Dawlish News
Motorists are being urged to be on their guard after what police have described as an 'organised' spate of vehicle crime. Police have urged car owners in Teignbridge to clean out their cars after the wave of vehicle-related crime. And it is thought that travelling criminals may be coming from outside the district to raid cars. They are also targeting people who are parking their cars and hiding ...
Work on the state-of-the-art Integrated Youth Centre for Dawlish will be marked by an official Turf Cutting Ceremony next week (Mon 6 July) at Sandy Lane, Dawlish. The new centre is the result of a funding package in the region of £3million, from Devon County Council, the Big Lottery Fund and Dawlish Town Council. Teignbridge District Council has provided the land for the development. Local ...
The cost of running Teignbridge Council has risen by just £3,000 as councillors share cars and hunt for bargains to save tax payers money. The figures for 2008 to 2009 show the total cost, including basic allowances, special responsibility allowance, travel and food, rose by £3,299 from 2007 to 2008. In the same period, Torbay Council's bill rose by £19,700. Teignbridge Council leader Alan ...
New Dawlish Town boss Jeff Evans believes taking charge of the Toolstation Premier club will be the biggest challenge in his 30-year managerial career. Bristol-based Evans was confirmed as the new manager at Sandy Lane yesterday after meeting the club's committee and players on Tuesday night. He said he had even shelved retirement plans to accept the challenge of building on the Seasiders' ...
TRANSPORT campaigners have called for an alternative to the Westcountry's vulnerable coastal rail track after the Government's warning on rising sea levels. Train journeys past the crumbling Dawlish sea wall in South Devon on the region's mainline are routinely blighted by extreme storms and high tides. Following predictions that sea levels in the Westcountry could rise by 40cm (16in) by the ...
LOVING tributes have been paid to the chairman of one of Devon's biggest summer festivals after he lost his battle with cancer. Dawlish Carnival Committee chairman Brian Heath, of Upper Longlands, died in Dawlish Hospital on Sunday aged 68. Affectionately known as 'grandad' to carnival royalty, Mr Heath played a key role in putting on the carnival's air show which draws thousands of visitors to ...
It has emerged that one of the four cygnets born to the famous black swans of Dawlish this year owes its life to waterfowl warden Derek Porter, who gave the young swan the kiss of life after it almost drowned. Derek, 49, was clearing out the chick pen at the bird enclosure on the Brook last month when someone knocked on the window saying the seven-week-old cygnet was in trouble. Further upstream ...
Attracting crowds of almost 100,000 people, the Dawlish Carnival in South Devon, 15 – 22 August, is an eight-day extravaganza with around twelve hours of entertainment each day. The week’s highlight will be a fantastic Air Show on Thursday, 20 August, which is recognised as one of the UK’s largest free events. The carnival week will incorporate a huge array of attractions and activities from ...
Tesco and Sainsbury's are set for a High Court showdown over plans for a new store in Dawlish, Devon. Judge Mr Justice Burnett yesterday gave the go-ahead for the owners of the Lady's Mile holiday park site to join Tesco in challenging the grant of planning permission for Sainsbury's to build a new supermarket on a rival site at Shutterton Bridge. The judge granted Alfred and Joan Jeffery ...
HALF-TERM beach safety at Teignmouth and Dawlish now is the hands of RNLI lifeguard teams. The charity is now providing safety cover at Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren after the service was handed over by Teignbridge Council in March. Teams started on Saturday and are to patrol each beach every day from 10am until 6pm during the half-term school holiday. The lifeguards will patrol the beaches on ...
