Dawlish News
THIS week’s match report for Bovey Tracey Bowls Club begins with a home fixture in the men's Mid Devon League against Dawlish, writes Keith Lockett. In cool but pleasant playing conditions, the visitors ran out winners by 80 shots to 72 with the rinks tied two each.
POLICE have made an arrest following a series of burglaries from schools in Dawlish. A suspect was located and arrested over the weekend, the Coastal and Rural Teignbridge Neighbourhood Team said.
A Dawlish tea blender has launched a new product inspired by the River Teign and its estuary. Teign Tea is the latest blend offered by South Devon Teas. The floral, organic, loose-leaf green tea ‘with a hint of sea breeze’ is described as ‘a celebration of the local landscape in every sip’.
A writer from Dawlish, who has been laid up with a back injury since February, is preparing to publish another two books this summer, just weeks after releasing several other novels. Simon Tozer has been revisiting his books while he has been incapacitated by a prolapsed disc.
OYEZ, OYEZ…Dawlish is on the lookout for a tiny town crier with a fine voice. The hunt is one for the first ever junior town crier as part of this year’s Dawlish Celebrates Carnival. Organisers of the Junior Crier event are looking for a the best young crier, aged between eight and 12, to rival the town’s official adult crier Bob Graham.
A tooled-up mob travelled hundreds of miles and inflicted a savage beating on a holidaymaker staying at a caravan park in Devon. After leaving Lady's Mile holiday park in Dawlish they told the victim she would be killed if she told police.
VOLUNTEERS working to clear the waterway in Dawlish are due to start work on lower parts of the Brook. WADE - Waterways Around the Dawlish Environment - was set up last year to organise teams of volunteers to tackle the Brook in response to concerns over the state of the town’s waterway.
A NEW banking hub in Dawlish has taken the next steps to becoming a reality as a planning application for signage is submitted to Teignbridge planners. The application has been submitted by Cash Access UK Limited.
NEW parks designed to delight dog walkers are doing a valuable job in protecting some of Devon’s most precious wildlife havens, it’s been claimed. The newly-created Ridgetop Park at Matford on the outskirts of Exeter, along with the new Dawlish Countryside Park, are giving pet owners more options, and keeping them off sensitive areas.
A DENTAL practice in Dawlish is trialling a new NHS programme to help those in desperate need of treatment. For one day, there will be six slots available to patients for what is being described as a ‘dental stabilisation programme’.