Dawlish News
Jeremy Corbyn is currently travelling to North Devon, possibly on a low-speed rail line, to act as guest speaker at a special fundraising event tonight – but what questions should we put to the Labour leader? Last month he told the BBC he had bold plans to electrify rail lines from London, through Exeter, and as far as Plymouth. He also spoke of pumping money into alternatives to the ...
A mental health patient has denied threatening staff at a hostel in Exeter with an air pistol but admitted having a knife with him during the same incident. Armour appeared by video link from Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, where he is being treated after being transferred from Exeter Prison because of his mental condition. Read more... ...
The body of a man whose last words were about the size of the waves hitting the Devon beach he was walking on has been found. The 67-year-old Paignton man spoke on the phone about the size of the waves hitting the sea wall at Dawlish and drowned moments later, an inquest has heard. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/body-found-beach-mans-last-684809
Planners have given the go ahead to convert a barn at a farm in Dawlish with a long and complicated planning history into a home. Although part of the barn is used as a home, there is a current Enforcement Notice requiring the cessation of its residential use. The application is complicated further by the fact that the land owner, Leo Michaels, had recently admitted causing grievous ...
A railway-themed holiday park could soon be open all year round as a holiday destination. The Brunel Camping Carriages site in Dawlish Warren, which features eight chalets in converted rail carriages, was sold at auction for £261,000 last year. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/property/iconic-dawlish-warren-railway-carriages-669415
As a result of a weather warning that has been issued for the sea wall at Dawlish tonight, CrossCountry's 'Voyager' trains are unable to run between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids between 7.15pm and 11pm. Trains through Dawlish cancelled due to Storm Brian See more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-through-dawlish-cancelled-due-656145
A patient who used butane gas to try to blow up a former NHS clinic is to be detained indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital. He was ordered to remain under the care of doctors at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish after a judge at Exeter Crown Court ruled he posed a potential danger to the public. Read more... ...
The warning says: “High water at Exmouth is at 7:45pm, times of high water will vary along the coast. Strong force 6 to 7 south westerly winds and offshore wave heights of up to 2m are forecast to cause wave overtopping of sea defences and sea spray in exposed coastal locations at Torbay, Dawlish, and Teignmouth. Read more... ...
Boat users are set to be ‘banned’ from areas of the Exe Estuary as part of plans to create two wildlife refuges. Advice from conservation experts urge that new ‘Wildlife Refuges’ are implemented to make sure protected birds are undisturbed and have safe places to rest and feed. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/wildlife-refuges-planned-exe-estuary-639786
Paul Rowntree aged 36 from Dawlish was jailed for 19 years, Rikki Ward aged 28 from Sunderland was jailed for 15 years 3 months, and Ross Morton aged 29 from Dawlish was jailed for three years for their role in the attack and robbery that took place in Dawlish on Monday 30 January 2017. Read more... http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-10-14/three-jailed-for-37-years-after-ammonia-attack/
