Dawlish News
A Teignbridge Council spokesman said: “This bid is for four electric car charging points. It would be for one slow charge point for Newton Abbot and three fast charge points for Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Teignmouth. Read more... ...
A YOUNG woman pedestrian was injured after colliding with a pick-up truck in a Dawlish car park this morning. The 26-year-old casualty from Torquay suffered head, hand and foot injuries in the incident at Oak Park Villas. It’s thought the vehicle accidentally ran over her foot during a reversing manoeuvre just after 9am. The woman was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken ...
As a result, the schedule of works as part of the £14million scheme to raise the beach level at Dawlish Warren by two metres, as well as removing gabions along the sand spit, upgrading the revetments, dredging and recharging the beach and reinforcing the neck of the sand spit has changed. Read more... ...
The first direct train to London – using an alternative to the storm-hit line to Plymouth – is to leave Devon next month for the first time in 50 years. The special train from Okehampton to Paddington will use the route suggested as an option to avoid the long-term issues at Dawlish line which is frequently cut off by the high tide and storm waves. Read more... ...
Adolf Hitler's telephone, used to bark evil orders that led to the deaths of countless millions, has been sold by an elderly Dawlish resident for nearly £200,000. The blood red Siemens phone was handed to retired fountain specialist Maj. Ranulf Rayner's father, Ralph, when he was the first British officer to make contact with Soviet forces among the debris of Hitler's bunker in 1945. ...
Simeon Francis spotted the driver had left the key fob in the £18,750 Renault Captur and that all he needed to do to take it was to get in and press the start button. He took the car from the drive of a pensioner in Exeter Road, Dawlish, and stole a set of numberplates from a camper van to try which he put on the car to cover his tracks. Read more... ...
A cuddle party is an event that allows adults to experience the positive effects of non-sexual touch, like hugs, foot rubs, back rubs and spooning in an intentional space that is structured around consent and boundaries. The party is being held in Dawlish on Sunday, February 19, between 5.30pm and 9pm. Read more... ...
The people of the seaside town of Dawlish have been dancing in the streets again. After the success of the 2014 Dawlish Is Happy video, they have been showing off their moves in a new version for 2017. Read more... ...
More high tides and strong winds are affecting travel on one of the West Country's main railway lines for a second morning in a row. CrossCountry trains are again not running between Exeter and Plymouth due to problems on the line at Dawlish. Read more... http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-02-14/dawlish-line-disruption-continues-into-second-day-after-waves-smash-trains-windscreen/
The first spade has been put in the ground on a £250,000 project to create the new Dawlish Countryside Park. The brand new natural recreational area and haven for wildlife on land between Exeter Road and Eastdon Woods, north of Shutterton Lane, will provide a natural recreational area for local people to enjoy as part of the project called Suitable Alternative Natural Green Space across ...
