Dawlish News' Posts

Traffic flows in the area will be monitored during the trial, which continues until Monday, June 13 Work will begin next week to temporarily widen the footpath in the Strand at three sections near the Galleon Inn, Starcross Garage and the former Westbank Charity Shop. Temporary kerbs are being installed on the evening of Monday, May 30. Read more... ...

Geoffrey Cox, who runs four highly rated and award-winning care homes in Devon, including Sefton Hall at Dawlish TRUST urgently needs to be repaired between the government and the care industry after the ‘scandalously wrong’ decision to discharge patients untested for Covid into care homes at the start of the pandemic. Read more... ...

A Dawlish woman who has just returned from six years living abroad has opened a tea room in memory of her mother. Owner Carley Holmes named the new venture after her mother who used to have a hairdressing salon in the town Read more... ...

Two close friends of Dawlish martial arts teacher and convicted rapist Paul Drury have also been jailed for child sex offences. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/two-jailed-for-child-sex-offences-had-links-to-dawlish-rapist-547819

Brunel Holiday Park at Dawlish Warren, which offers stays in converted train carriages, is now for sale for close to £1m The park was initially set up by Great Western Railway in 1935, but only for railway employees and their families to use for their holidays. Read more... ...

A £15.4m new cycle route linking Torquay and Newton Abbot is expected to get the green light next week. Members of Teignbridge Council will be asked to support the ambitious bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to deliver the “strategic” cycle route as well as links to the new neighbourhood of houses being built at Wolborough. “Despite Newton Abbot, Teignmouth and Dawlish being amongst the ...

It stocks a wide variety of products, including cheeses, wines, and pastries. Takeaway hot drinks and snacks are also on offer. See more... https://dawlish.nub.news/news/local-news/new-deli-opens-in-dawlish-133371

Ian Carroll, who has managed The Cove Cafe at Coryton Cove since it opened around five years ago, said the cafe would be “severely affected” by the closure, as the only remaining access will be via the cliff path, which is steep and has lots of steps, or via the stepped footbridge. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/food-drink/dawlish-cafe-fears-major-impact-7086256

A Dawlish holiday park has hit the market for just under £1million. Brunel Holiday Park, which is situated in Dawlish Warren has been put up for sale for £950,000 giving one new owner to take on what is being described as the largest and most impressive 'trainaction' site in the UK. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-holiday-park-described-one-7084347

It was spotted in Dawlish yesterday as it made its way along the Devon coast Two trains have been spotted flying through Dawlish during an English Riviera Statesman Rail Tour. Yesterday, May 14, the D1944/47501 Craftsman Double Headed was seen making its along the Devon coast in a return trip from Rugby to Paignton. Read more... ...

Access to the busy Dawlish beach and promenade will be disrupted this summer as Network Rail starts the final phase of building a new sea wall for the resort. The company has apologised but says it must be “safety first” as the major works begin. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/dawlish-beach-access-closed-new-7066416

The supermarket is offering £22,500 for anyone who can find suitable sites Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/lidl-wants-open-17-new-6999857

Patrick Gorman turned to alcohol after the breakdown of his marriage but it led to him being sacked from the private girls’ school in Exeter where he had been a respected employee. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/dawlish-teacher-banned-for-driving-while-five-times-over-the-limit-543414

Devon's iconic Dawlish and Holcombe railway route has received a £32m funding boost to help protect it from storm damage. It brings the total amount invested to secure the future of the railway up to more than £150m. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-rail-line-receives-32m-6890816

A prolific burglar ransacked homes in Dawlish and Teignmouth before driving 300 miles back home to North Wales. Ian Nash forced his way into four houses and stole thousands of pounds worth of jewellery and family heirlooms. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/burglar-drove-300-miles-ransack-6881201

A sleeper train which provides a key link between Cornwall, Devon and London is returning to full service, bosses say. It was part of Network Rail's multi-million pound scheme to protect the line between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60833988

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 suspended ...

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