Dawlish News
THE MINOR Injuries Unit at Dawlish Hospital remains closed currently due to staff shortages. The unit was closed last week and had been expected to reopen this week. Health bosses say the ongoing closure is down to staff ‘challenges’ and is asking patients to use services at Newton Abbot and Totnes.
A CASUALTY was trapped by the leg under an agricultural vehicle near Chudleigh. Firefighters from Dawlish were called to the location yesterday, Wednesday, following a call reporting a member of the public who had rolled a small agricultural vehicle, trapping them beneath it.
IT SEEMS to be third time lucky for Black Swan parents Bert and Kimba. After trying several spots and laying one egg in two locations, the breeding pair appear to have settled on the purpose-built nesting island on the Brook.
A CONTROLLED zone imposed following the outbreak of Avian flu in Dawlish has been lifted, it has been confirmed. The 3km captive bird monitoring controlled zone was imposed by Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency in November last year.
Can't remember the last time a copper was seen walking around Dawlish.
Cant believe that ......!!!!! The PCC keeps taking rates money for more police and telling us how good she is doing but looks like not many work night shift or bother to patrol dawlish....no wonder thar the PCC projwct which has cost over £100million is an absolute joke when this money could have been spent putting bobbies on the beat rather than driving atound in cars and policing social media ...
When I moved to Dawlish 37 years ago, it was a lovely place to live. The past few years, it has turned into a crap hole, to put it mildly.
A POPULAR Dawlish cafe has been targeted by vandals. Cool Beans on the Green is the latest business in the town to fall victim to criminal damage. On Saturday night, the glass door and windows to the building on the Lawn were smashed.
The Black Swans in Dawlish have laid a second egg in their new nest location, following multiple relocations. Learn more about their nesting habits and current protections in place for these iconic birds.
TEIGNBRIDGE Trotters took part in the Dawlish Coasters’ Oh My Obelisk races. Sam Galvin reported; "This was my first crack at this iconic challenge, and the weather certainly made sure it was one to remember—wild winds, relentless rain, and that special kind of sideways drizzle that only Devon can deliver.