Dawlish News
Latest News As It Happens Across Torbay. In Teignbridge and Exmouth, patrols will begin at Sandy Bay, Teignmouth and Dawlish from this weekend. RNLI Lifeguards will continue their daily patrols from 10am-6pm on these beaches up until Sunday 1 September.
DAWLISH’S own version of Glastonbury music festival has been cancelled again this year. Just a week before it was due to have taken place, organisers announced on social media that Snooky Fest will not be going ahead.
A predatory and manipulative sex offender has been jailed after downloading child abuse images from the internet. The defendant, aged 30, of Warren Road, Dawlish Warren, has been jailed for 16 months at Exeter Crown Court.
RNLI lifeguards will be back on the beaches of Teignmouth and Dawlish this summer. Patrols will be at the two resorts until September. They are among 14 beaches in Devon with lifeguards who will patrol between 10am and 6om.
New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to five of Teignbridge’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows – and it’s good news for them all. • Rated 5: Bibsys at Beach Road Dawlish Warren Devon E; rated on June 27.
Voters in Newton Abbot have gone to the ballot box in the general election 2024.
DAWLISH Coaster Laraine Gibbins took part in the Sportiva Torbay Sprint triathlon last weekend and finished in a time of 1:34:39. The event included a 750m sea swim, followed by a 20k bike ride, then a 5k run.
A TWELVE-year-old boy has been taken to hospital following a road collision in Dawlish. The boy sustained serious injuries and was taken to Bristol Children’s Hospital after the incident, which took place on July 1.
DAWLISH Women’s Walking Football Club is going from strength to strength. Following on from their successful progression into league and tournament football, including a runners-up trophy at EuroCopa 2024 in Portugal earlier this year, the club are keen to invite more women to play the sport.
Residents of new housing developments on the edge of Dawlish will have a local café later this month. The Hope Café, based at the Hope Centre on Swift Road near Sainsbury’s, will serve quality, fresh, locally-sourced, healthy light bites and snacks and drinks.