Dawlish News' Posts

Services at Teignmouth Hospital will move to Dawlish Hospital and to a new £8m health centre in the town centre. However, campaigners say community beds are "desperately needed" and a petition was signed by 1,000 people Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60798760

The three men in an old Ford Mondeo drove onto a pavement and tried to intercept guard Matthew Fleet as he carried £1,644 from the Build Centre DIY store to the main shop at the Stover site. Jagla, aged 29, of The Strand, Dawlish, and Boon, aged 28, of Coombe Lane, Torquay, both deny attempted robbery. They say it is a case of mistaken identity and their DNA was on the items because they had ...

Dawlish Water Rotary Club has chosen for its 2021 Community Champion Dawlish Town Council events, projects and tourism officer Angie Weatherhead – an incredible volunteer champion in her own right. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/rotary-honour-for-town-champion-angie-515336

Planning approval has been issued for the conversion of three barns on a farm in Ashcombe, Dawlish, Devon. Our client came to us following the refusal of an earlier application where the Local Planning Authority (LPA) had questioned the extent of the works required to facilitate the conversion and the consideration of flood risk issues. Read more... ...

A SERIAL burglar is facing jail after he admitted breaking into three homes in Dawlish or Teignmouth during a holiday in Devon . He burgled homes at Underwood Close, and Summerland Avenue, Dawlish, and Boyds Drive, Teignmouth, between September 19 and 23, 2020. Read more... ...

Toilet Twinning may sound like a bit of a joke - but far from it. It is a charity that is fulfilling a desperate need for improved health and sanitation in impoverished countries around the world, writes Bruce Pell of Dawlish Water Rotary. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/no-laughing-matter-511711

Yesterday, Saturday, the fire service was called to a carbon monoxide incident caused by a resident desperate for warmth and hot food using a gas barbecue indoors. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122233&headline=Worrying%20rise%20in%20carbon%20monoxide%20incidents%20and%20fire%20risks%20due%20to%20power%20cuts&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2022

Geoffrey Cox, the boss of Southern Healthcare which owns four care homes in Devon (in Exeter, Plymouth, Dawlish and Seaton), says: “We absolutely welcome this news. Visiting is fundamentally important for wellbeing – the residents especially, their families and the staff – after a very harrowing couple of years. Read more... ...

Mr Dancey-Stevenson, from Helston, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Thursday via a video link from Langdon Hospital in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60336221

Councillor Andrea Davis, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport, said: “The rail station will also be an important asset to support economic growth to the south west of Exeter, as well as Dawlish and Newton Abbot.” Read more... ...

Angelique Aldworth, a 44-year-old mum-of-two from Devon, began to suffer excruciating headaches in 2020 but brushed them off as a cold until a terrifying incident landed her in hospital Angelique Aldworth, 44, was rugby-mad and working as a coach in the sport in Dawlish, Devon, when she started suffering agonising headaches in February 2020. Read more... ...

Today [Friday] marks eight years to the day since the infamous 2014 storm which severely damaged the railway on the South Devon coastline Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122123&headline=EIGHT%20YEARS%20ON%3A%20Project%20to%20protect%20Dawlish%20line%20continues&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2022&fbclid=IwAR3zoS7Utho4C-is83WuYx-wXqD7XL7_qH6rto1WMCAToTrwQnJZmy0-Sfk

Passengers are being told the incident is currently under investigation The staff member said: "There has been a fight on the train at Dawlish. The train is still at Dawlish. They are waiting for the police." Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/fight-between-passengers-said-stopped-6599956

Samuel Tooley led the violence which left his victim unconscious with severe brain injuries in Somerset Place. He was in a coma for a month and had part of his skull removed by surgeons. Tooley, of Sandygate Mill, Kingsteignton admitted grievous bodily harm and was jailed for two years and eight months. Johnson, of The Mount, Dawlish, admitted causing actual bodily harm. He was given a ...

A Dawlish man living with cystic fibrosis has set himself an ambitious challenge in a bid to help others. The genetic condition causes a range of challenging symptoms, including thick sticky mucus in the lungs, problems with the digestive system and liver blockages. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-man-cystic-fibrosis-takes-6540506

James O’Reilly named his line Benny after his nickname and sent 98 texts in the space of three days offering users ‘best of both’ meaning heroin and crack cocaine. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122028&headline=Dawlish%20drug%20dealer%20jailed%20for%20running%20County%20Lines%20operations&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2022

It’s named after something by the A38 that’s no longer there Just beyond the slip where you can turn off towards Dawlish and Exminster on the A379 if you’re heading east, the Wobbly Wheel Garage stood on the site that is now occupied by Partridge Cycles Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/history/a38-wobbly-wheel-junction-near-6532023

At a meeting of Devon County Council’s health and adult care scrutiny committee on Thursday, the first since then, the agenda contained ’modernising health and care services in the Teignmouth and Dawlish area - update on referral to secretary of state for health and social care’ as one of the items Read more... ...

'Devastating accidents' in Dawlish spark demand for safer school crossing So far more than 660 people have signed the 's lowing down drivers near Dawlish College' petition launched by Daniella Jordan just five days ago. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devastating-accidents-dawlish-spark-demand-6505846

Overnight engineering work begins on 24 January to improve the railway line that connects 50 towns and cities across the UK’s south west with the rest of the country. Read more... https://railway-news.com/uk-work-begins-on-rockfall-shelter-extension-at-parsons-tunnel-devon/

A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in Dawlish. Emergency services were called to Exeter road at around 3:35pm today following reports a car collided with a teenage boy and another car. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/boy-hospital-after-being-hit-6496042

Overheating PlayStation causes Dawlish blaze which wrecks home Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/overheating-playstation-causes-dawlish-blaze-6428702

Jill Diprose BEM - Dawlish - For services to families of children with special needs. Giving the families of children with special needs the chance to spend quality time together has been the mission for Jill Diprose of Dawlish, who receives a British Empire Medal today. Readd more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/new-years-honours-list-2022-6420442

Care workers across Devon are set to benefit from a winter cash injection of over £5 million. The one-off package, funded by the government and NHS Devon, is to help ease the pressure on hospitals and encourage residential and nursing care firms to recruit and retain care staff. Read more... https://dawlish.nub.news/n/dawlish-devon-care-workers-to-get-winter-cash-boost

IF you’re travelling by train this Christmas? You need to know when will trains be busiest and where is engineering work taking place? Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=121801&headline=Timely%20train%20travelling%20advice%20for%20Christmas%20commuters&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

For many years Coryton Cove, Dawlish, has provided an accessible platform for wheelchair residents and visitors. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=121754&headline=Access%20all%20areas%20at%20Coryton&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

Renowned local photographer, David Clapp, was warmly welcomed by Dawlish & Teignmouth Camera Club members for his talk on Images with Impact. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=121752&headline=Lessons%20in%20making%20an%20impact&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

Planned engineering work is set to affect some train services in the Exeter area at weekends in January and February 2022. There will be replacement buses between Tiverton Parkway and Plymouth (non-stop), Exeter St Davids and Plymouth (calling at Newton Abbot, Totnes, Ivybridge and Plymouth), Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot (calling at Dawlish and Teignmouth), and Exeter St Davids and Newton ...

A Dawlish woman who lived an isolated life alone is believed to have died two months before she was finally discovered passed away at her home. Access was gained into the property by a police community support officer and Cynthia Buttle was found to have been dead for some time. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-neighbours-body-not-found-6367522

Prince Charles visited Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, which holds a very dear place in his heart, as part of a trip to Devon The sighting of the Royal Train has been described as 'very rare' on Britain's Railways, after it was photographed by Thomas Mills coming out of Kennaway Tunnel and passing Coryton Cove and approaching Coryton Tunnel on the Dawlish Seawall. Read more... ...

A DAWLISH patient has admitted starting a fire which caused neighbouring homes to be evacuated on a housing estate in Exeter Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=121738&headline=Dawlish%20patient%20admits%20setting%20light%20to%20flat&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

Stagecoach has installed the technology on 30 buses, including those on the 12 route connecting Newton Abbot with Torquay , Paignton and Brixham , and the 22 between Dawlish Warren and South Devon College. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/stagecoach-bring-talking-buses-torbays-6331173

Trains between Exeter and Plymouth have been cancelled due to bad weather. Train operator CrossCountry said that due to 'adverse weather conditions in the Dawlish area Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-trains-plymouth-exeter-weather-6312487

Emma has worked in veterinary clinic in Dawlish for 2 years, managing to raise a family on her small salary.Appearing on the 'This Morning' show, Emma Davis expressed her gratitude and thanked Bitcoin Up creators for dramatically changing her life and financial situation. Read more... ...

Ian Brown, a marine chemist from Dawlish, was among the 38 researchers who took the trip to Earth’s most Northern region for the Synoptic Arctic Survey 2021. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=121645&headline=The%20iceman%20cometh%20to%20the%20frozen%20north&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

A painting by a 10-year-old girl from Dartmoor depicting a vista of Meldon Hill and a mixed-media artwork by a 17-year-old from Dawlish portraying a South Devon seascape have won first prize in the two age categories of Devon CPRE’s inaugural Best Young Landscape Artist Competition. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/winners-young-landscape-artist-competition-6284509

The approved extension helps fill the gap between the inn and Dawlish, where the path already connects to the Exe Estuary Trail linking Exeter to Exmouth. Read more... https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-news/teign-trial-extension-gets-green-light/

Among the premises taking part in the offer of the free drink are: Ye Olde Cidre Barn, Newton Abbot; The Railway Brewhouse, Newton Abbot; The Star Inn, Liverton; The Carpenter’s Arms, Ilsington; The Church House Inn, Stokeinteignhead; The Devon Arms, Teignmouth; The Roundel Club, Teignmouth; The Castle Inn, Dawlish; The Marine Tavern, Dawlish; Harrisons, Dawlish; The Mount Pleasant Inn, Dawlish; ...

A DAWLISH plumbing supplier’s ‘cheeky’ calendar has gone on sale to help mental health charity Devon Mind. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=121596&headline=Cheeky%20way%20to%20raise%20funds&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021

THE man whose company owns most of Britain’s railway stations has thrown doubt on ambitious plans to restore a main line across Dartmoor. That feeling intensified when a massive storm in 2014 destroyed part of the London-Plymouth main line and a sizeable section of the seawall at Dawlish, cutting off Devon and Cornwall from the national rail network, which in turn led to ren ewed calls for an ...