Dawlish News' Posts

THE unveiling of a sundial on Saturday marked the official opening of the picturesque 52-acre Ridgetop Park which is designed to help protect internationally important wildlife sites at Dawlish Warren, the Exe Estuary and the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths by providing appealing, alternative outdoor places to visit. Read more... ...

BACK with a big post-Covid carnival, the packed programme of events for Dawlish Carnival kicks off on Tuesday, August 15, and runs until the grand finale, the community parade on Friday, August 18. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/carnival-welcomes-back-some-old-favourites-632017

A NEW miniature community has been uncovered in Dawlish . The Dittos live in a number of tiny new homes in the town but their presence is all positive. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/little-people-take-over-town-centre-shopfronts-631937

A FORMER motocross rider who suffers with multiple sclerosis was taken to an event by staff at the Dawlish care home which looks after him. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/motorcross-trip-down-memory-lane-for-dawlish-resident-nigel-631513

CARNIVAL Week in Dawlish kicks off today, starting a packed programme of entertainment. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/dawlish-celebrates-carnival-kicks-off-today-632040

The worst offender of all the companies for broken monitors installed in swimming waters is South West Water, which had 31 broken monitors. Beaches at Bude in Cornwall as well as Dawlish in Devon and Lyme Regis in Dorset all have sewage monitors installed which have been faulty in both 2021 and 2022. Read more... ...

The new link road and an associated bridge over Shutterton Brook is part of a scheme for 860 homes near Secmaton Lane contained in Teignbridge District Council’s current local plan and is a key step in achieving the goal of linking the new homes directly to the A379 Exeter Road. Read more... https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/work-to-start-on-dawlish-link-road-and-bridge/

Service 222 (Dawlish Warren – Teignmouth) Service will be withdrawn for end of the 2023 season. Following a recent tender award, Stagecoach will take over operation of the Tiverton town network from another operator, with only minor changes to the current timetables The local network Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/stagecoach-announces-new-devon-bus-8667688

COFTON Holidays has officially opened a brand new, state-of-the-art scooter, BMX and skateboard pump track to help promote health, fitness and fun among visitors to the Dawlish Warren park, year-round. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/fortes-track-design-comes-to-life-at-dawlish-warren-holiday-park-631502

Highways bosses are recommending no waiting at any time along sections of Elm Grove Road which as well as being a residential street, is also home to the town’s secondary school and a primary school. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/new-parking-restrictions-proposed-for-dawlish-roads-631517

Devon mum suffered numerous fatal stab wounds The victim's son Bradley Huggins, 24, has been charged with her murder Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-mum-suffered-numerous-fatal-8667045

DAWLISH will be marking Ukrainian Independence Day in support of refugees who have made the town their home since the invasion by Russia. Everyone is welcome to join the event which will take place on Thursday August 24 at the Piazza and the bottom of the Lawn. Mayor of Dawlish Rosie Dawson will lead the event and raise the Ukrainian flag at 1pm.

REUNION planning is underway for Dawlish Secondary School, as a local man attempts to make contact with his classmates. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/hopes-for-dawlish-secondary-school-reunion-630717

Thought to be one of the oldest events of its kind in the country, the race sees competitors in costume and using a decorated wheeled contraption, historically a pram, running a set course to pubs around the town. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/dawlish-marks-50th-anniversary-of-pram-race-630663

The summer holidays are well and truly underway and that means it's Dawlish Warren's time to shine. Being overwhelmingly made up of holiday homes and caravan parks, we went there to speak to locals find out what it was like to live and work in a seaside resort. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/devons-birmingham-sea-thats-tourist-8655445

A FUNDRAISING campaign has been launched to bring back a headline act for Dawlish Celebrates Carnival parade. Last in Dawlish in 2019, the carnival team hope they can make a return to make sure carnival week ends with a rousing parade Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/carnival-fundraiser-for-headline-act-630645

A domestic bully has been jailed for a brutal assault on his partner at a holiday park in Dawlish Warren. Edward Hodgkinson, 52, dragged the woman by the hair, threw her across the room, punched, kicked and stamped on her head during a vicious attack, a court heard. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-tourist-stamps-womans-head-8654494

A NEW £13million care home in Dawlish is expected to open next year. The company behind the new 71 bed facility will be hosting recruitment events in October to attract staff. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/new-care-home-to-open-in-dawlish-630353

Here, 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley takes over the train. Departing Taunton at 11:01, the train will pass through Tiverton Parkway (11:16), Dawlish Warren (11:52), Dawlish (12:04), Newton Abbot (12:16), Paignton (12:34) and Kingswear at 13:09. Read more... https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2023/08/steam-locomotive-60007-sir-nigel-gresley-to-pass-through-dawlish-this-saturday-2.html

DAWLISH Warren sea wall and part of a road surface was damaged by a disposable barbecue, fire crews have warned. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/warning-follows-barbecue-fire-at-warren-629955

Harry Robert Norman, aged 33, of Carlton Terrace, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man at Dawlish Warren Station by beating on March 21. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/two-assault-charges-denied-629879

• Rated 5: Smallacombe Organics at Smallacombe Farm Dawlish Devon; rated on July 29 Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/good-news-as-food-hygiene-ratings-handed-to-seven-teignbridge-establishments-629942

Despite his age, stopping is not in his sights and he says he will still be singing when he is 100. He said: “I was about three or four years old when my father took over a shop in Dawlish in Devon and he’d been a bit of a comic during the First World War, so he started a concert party in Dawlish called The Bohemians. Read more... ...

The Strand Centre has created a web patch in a space in front of the church building to repurpose as a growing area. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/mini-allotment-launched-in-town-centre-629301

QUESTIONS are being asked about the future of Dawlish Hospital’s minor injuries unit after a 73-year-old woman fell and needed treatment for a severe cut. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/questions-over-injury-unit-as-oap-has-agonising-wait-629050

Network Rail will be installing a series of protection measures, from netting designed to retain the cliffs in some high-risk locations, as well as catch fences, which will stop any cliff material before it reaches the railway. The work is expected to take until spring 2024 and is being carried out by contractor BAM Nuttall , who recently completed the new sea wall at Dawlish for Network Rail. ...

This year’s programme includes shows at Dawlish , Teignmouth and Exeter Quayside , and is being orchestrated by Dr Lidington’s local social enterprise, Prom-Prom. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/classic-seaside-shows-return-devon-8626845

Amy Walker and her family, from Dawlish, left their hotel late on Saturday, joining thousands "scrambling" to get on to boats. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66300544

ORANGE Army workers in Dawlish are giving a coastal park a makeover. South West Rail Resilience Programme says ‘pocket park’ as it is known, near Coastguard Cottages, is being revamped. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/park-gets-makeover-from-orange-army-628075

DAREDEVIL Dawlish octogenarian Bernice Johnson has been up to her high-flying antics again. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/dawlish-daredevil-bernice-is-at-it-again-627304

A vital Devon charity that has been rocked by a savage arson attack is battling to keep going with the help of the local community. Dawlish Community Transport, which offers accessible, affordable transport services for those unable to use public transport, was cruelly targeted last Friday, July 14. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/lifeline-devon-charity-battles-keep-8609734

The mum of a Ukrainian teenager who died after falling off a seawall in Dawlish is demanding changes be made to prevent other tragedies. 14-year-old Albina Yevko died after she was found unconcious on the beach in March this year. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/mum-demands-change-after-dawlish-8610915

County councillor Martin Wrigley (Lib Dem) presented a petition on behalf of people in Penfield Gardens, Frederick Terrace and Hoopern Terrace in Dawlish at the authority’s ruling cabinet this week. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/narrow-streets-petition-goes-in-for-dawlish-residents-626676

Topsham builder Darren Bradford assaulted a former partner at his home and again at a mobile home where the couple were on holiday in Dawlish Warren. Read more... https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/news/dawlish-warren-campers-intervene-to-save-woman-after-attack-in-motor-home-626706

Cockwood Cockwood is a small village on the west side of the Exe Estuary, lying between the villages of Dawlish Warren and Starcross. And while its spelling may appear straightforward, there is some debate as to how you should say it. Some miss out the "w", pronouncing it "Cock-uhd" - but we're genuinely not sure which way is correct. Do you know? Read more... ...

They’re busy organising one of the South West’s most prestigious carnival weeks, which is scheduled to run August 12-18 and had a recent get together. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/carnival-team-get-together-in-advance-of-busy-week-626418

Due to a lack of accommodation in Devon, Connor Cole has been told he will be moving from Dawlish to London on August 14, against his wishes He is autistic, partially sighted and has potentially life-threatening epileptic drop seizures several times a day. Connor also previously had behavioural issues which are now rare due to the support he has received Read more... ...

IT WAS the final curtain for a group of ground-breaking dancers in Dawlish at their last training session. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/curtain-falls-on-dawlish-dancers-625825

YOUTH leaders in Dawlish are encouraging people to volunteer to help support the town’s youngsters. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/call-for-people-to-volunteer-and-help-dawlishs-youngsters-625822

WIMBLEDON might have to abide by an 11pm curfew, but last weekend that rule didn’t apply to Dawlish Lawn Tennis Club. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/tennis-by-starlight-625820