Dawlish News
Linda Campbell, aged 76, met her half-brother Larry Lawson, 59, for the first time when he flew in with his son from Florida. Linda has spent more than seven decades as an only child. The siblings found each other through an ancestry website after they’d uploaded their DNA results Read more... ...
A damning report into the provisions offered by Gatehouse Farm Childcare in Dawlish found holes in children protection procedures, inadequate recruitment practices and that children were not making enough progress. The provider and staff do not make sure attendance records are accurate to help them keep track of which children are present and who is on the premises. Read more... ...
Dawlish Warren Beach is celebrating an impressive 21 consecutive years of being awarded a prestigious Blue Flag award. The acclaimed Blue Flag shows they have passed tough criteria for environmental management, visitor facilities, cleanliness and clean bathing waters. Read more... https://grow-media.co.uk/top-stories/success-for-dawlish-warren-beach/
More than 100 classic American and Canadian cars will be on show in Dawlish next month. On the Saturday, a cavalcade of classic cars will set off from Cofton at 11am, cruising through Dawlish to The Green at Dawlish Warren, where members of the public can soak up the sights and sounds of America’s mighty muscle cars completely free. Read more... ...
The Irishman moved to the UK in September 2013, bringing his wife Debbie and four children from County Limerick to take up a job in Dawlish in Devon. Poverty among people who are working has risen sharply since the mid-1990s, partly driven by higher housing costs and lower earnings growth, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48677693
The needs of the South West have been ignored in the face of Brexit disarray, South West Devon MP Gary Streeter has said. Sir Gary said that it had taken the lead from the way the region had pulled together in the wake of the Dawlish rail line disaster of 2014. Read more... https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/great-south-west-set-rival-16423388
The sentencing of a Seaton man who set fire to his block of flats has been delayed while psychiatric reports are produced. He was due to be sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday, June 13 but the case was adjourned by Judge David Evans because a report from a doctor at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, is not ready. Read more... ...
Police have received reports of three individuals who have been seen driving around Dawlish and Teignmouth, as well as rural villages and surrounding areas, and they have been reportedly seen in the rear gardens of elderly, vulnerable residents. Read more... https://alerts.dc.police.uk/da/273920/Cold_Callers-_Teignmouth_-_Dawlish.html
Beach-goers have been warned about entering the sea in certain areas of Devon after sewers overflowed due to recent rain. Dawlish Coryton Cove Historically known as Gentlemans Cove due to the privacy it offered, Coryton Cove is a secluded, sandy beach backed by red cliffs and the train track. Dawlish TownPollution Alert: Storm sewage has been discharged from a sewer overflow in this location ...
Work to raise the sea wall at Dawlish has already started but Network Rail is also looking at ways to protect the line between Holcombe and Teignmouth. Network Rail said the design would require some land reclamation to allow a buttress - a sloping rock structure to stabilise the cliffs and protect the railway - to be built. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-48572852