Dawlish News
The incident happened around 6.30pm at the Dawlish Integrated Youth Centre, Red Rock on Sandy Lane. A trespasser entered one of the classrooms and took a laptop belonging to the centre. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/police-appeal-after-laptop-is-stolen-in-dawlish/story-30266921-detail/story.html
An unregistered plumber from Dawlish has been fined after leaving gas work in a dangerous state. Read more... http://hvpmag.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4735/South_Devon_engineer_sentenced_for_unregistered_gas_work.html
A train passenger allegedly groped a 15-year-old girl's leg by sliding his hand down the side of her chair as he sat behind. Whitehead, aged 39, of Barton Crescent, Dawlish, denies sexual assault. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/exeter-central-passenger-denies-groping-girl-on-train/story-30251141-detail/story.html
A Dawlish teenager has landed her dream job that combines her love of the military and animals. Nineteen-year-old Helen Fewings from Dawlish has just landed a job as an Army dog handler. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/devon-student-lands-dream-job-as-army-dog-handler/story-30248817-detail/story.html
A village near Dawlish will get 20 new homes after a planning inspector allowed an appeal by developers. Leander Developments had proposed two separate developments of 20 and 15 homes on land at Little Leigh, Holcombe Road, Holcombe. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/developers-win-appeal-against-refusal-of-20-new-homes-in-village-near-dawlish/story-30245684-detail/story.html
Paul Rowntree, 36, and Ricky Ward, 28, both denied charges of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm with intent when they stood before a judge at Exeter Crown Court earlier this month. Now a third man, Ross Alan Morton, aged 29, from Gatehouse Close, Dawlish, has been charged with two counts of assisting an offender. Read more... ...
The water company allowed potentially dangerous sewage to flow down Dawlish beach in the height of the summer tourist season in one incident and caused a fish kill in the other. Read more... http://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=109306&headline=SWW%20fined%20%C2%A3150k%20for%20beach%20sewage%20spill§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017
Calls for a second major rail line through Devon have been renewed following last week's closure of the main route - the latest in a series of events which have seen the county's rail network cut off. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/new-tunnel-or-new-viaduct-what-are-the-options-for-a-second-devon-train-line/story-30235146-detail/story.html
Due to a person having been hit by a train in the Starcross area journeys between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids are being disrupted. This is expected to continue until at least 10:00. Trains are currently unable to run. Buses will operate between Plymouth / Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids. Customer Advice: CrossCountry customers may use Great Western Railway via Newport or ...
The Environment Agency scheme aims to reduce the flood risk to nearly 3,000 homes in Dawlish Warren and Starcross, as well as in Lympstone and Exmouth, and would reduce the flood risk for the main rail line through Dawlish to ensure that scenes such as the devastation caused in the 2014 storms would not happen again. Read more... ...
