Dawlish News' Posts

Fire survival advice was given over telephone to two women and a man who were trapped in a burning building in Dawlish this morning. A spokesperson said: "Fire control received a call reporting a fire in a property where the occupant could not get out. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/two-women-man-trapped-burning-3552373

A former public school boy from Croyde has denied the murder of three pensioners in Exeter on the same day in February this year. Lewis-Ranwell, of Croyde, and formerly of Broadwoodkelly near Okehampton, is charged with the murder of twins, Dick and Roger Carter, aged 84, and Anthony Payne aged 80 at their homes in Cowick Lane and Bonhay Road, Exeter, on February 10 this year. The jury were also ...

A tame jackdaw who disappeared from his home in Axminster has been surprising strangers by landing on their shoulders in search of a snack. His adoptive parents, Jaime and Adrian Lee, feared they might never see again. In fact, it seems Jake has been conducting a tour of Devon with potential sightings in Sidmouth, Ottery, Dawlish and Trago Mills near Newton Abbot. Read more... ...

Devon has performed well in the annual bathing water quality ratings for England with 37 beaches in the county rated as Excellent. The ratings for every bathing beach in Devon: • Dawlish Coryton Cove, Teignbridge • Dawlish Warren, Teignbridge • See more... ...

Tracie Atkin, 54, of Dawlish, Devon, left her profession and turned down the offer of a new role earning £35,000 a year in order to work at charity Cats Protection. Tracie said: 'I am in a position where I can afford a salary cut and to do something that I really enjoy. Money isn't the be-all and end-all. Read more... ...

Teignbridge Council says dog walkers have reported a person "pretending" to be a dog warden in the Dawlish Warren and Kingkerswell areas. They say the person has been threatening people with fines. "We can assure you our wardens will never ask for cash payment of fixed penalty notices & all our staff will always show council ID." Read more... ...

Alex Hynes, the managing director of Scotland’s railway, said more investment would be needed to future-proof the railway against rising temperatures. Much of its most recent climate change adaptation plan was written in the aftermath of extensive flooding in 2015, including the closure of the Devon-Cornwall line after the track washed away at Dawlish. Heavy rainfall and flooding remain the most ...

We have found the towns, villages and cities which have pulled out all the stops to turn Christmas shopping into a fabulous fun event. Whatever you're looking for here are all the times, dates and details you will need to join the fun this winter... The lights switch-on in Dawlish is on November 29 with a lantern parade and the Christmas Market is over the weekend of November 30 and December 1. ...

Large tree down A379 Teignmouth Road from Shaldon up to Maidencombe on to Torquay, awaiting Devon Highways to clear. Please find an alternative route. Police are receiving a high level of calls this morning across Teignbridge with trees down including standing water. Please drive with care.

A drunken woman kicked a policeman on the bottom after downing a bottle of wine in one at the culmination of a three day drinking binge. Police intercepted her and she kicked Pc Michael Elliott on the shins as she was being taken back to the car and jabbed a heel into his bottom once she was inside. She is now working with the mental health service and probation, both of whom have given positive ...

Roads  in Torbay and Falmouth have been shut due to flooding, as has the rail branch line bewteen Looe and Liskeard - and CrossCountry Trains are once again running a reduced service on the mainline due to conditions at Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/live-trains-cancelled-roads-closed-3481474

In Devon, both the north and south coasts are covered by the alert, which covers everywhere from Hartland Point to Lynmouth in the north and from Start Point to Dawlish Warren in the south. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/flood-alerts-issued-big-waves-3480500

Network Rail is inviting schoolchildren in Dawlish, Devon, to take part in an art competition that will brighten up hoardings around the new sea wall works close to Dawlish station. There will be four different age categories for the art competition including under fives, ages five to eight, nine to 11 and 12 years-old and over. Children whose designs are selected, will be invited to attend the ...

Area County District This year Last year Dawlish Devon Teignbridge 520 471 Dawlish Rural Devon Teignbridge 336 309 Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/how-many-crimes-were-recorded-3443329

Exeter man arrested on suspicion of attempted GBH after car flips Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-man-arrested-suspicion-attempted-3441092

A man who stalked a stranger he became fixated with breached a restraining order but a judge was told he’s made good progress while in hospital. Smale was brought to Truor Crown Court from Langdon mental hospital in Dawlish, Devon, and flanked in the dock by two experts. Read more... https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/stalker-making-progress-despite-breaching-3430104

Network Rail has announced plans to move a mile-long stretch of the main railway away from crumbling cliffs. The proposals have been part of a broader series of plans by Network Rail to safeguard the line Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-50016322

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The South Devon hospitals dealing with casualties from this morning's double decker bus crash have asked the public not to attend their A&E department unless it is a "real emergency". Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have issued the statement on social media. It says: "We are currently dealing with a major incident. Please do not come to our Emergency Department unless it’s a real ...

A man will buy a drink for the person who brings his bag from Bristol Temple Meads station's lost property store to London. The 44-year-old received a call from Great Western Railway yesterday morning (October 3) saying his property has been found and is being held in Bristol. Mr Kingston was holidaying in Dawlish with friends and family at the time he lost his items. Read more... ...

The Devon Children and Young People’s Plan brings together all the local agencies responsible for helping children, young people and their families. More than 22,000 children in Devon are living in poverty – that’s one in seven. A third of children in Barnstaple are in poverty, the plan reveals, compared to just 1.1 per cent in Dawlish. Read more... ...

The project follows Devon County Council securing a grant of £817,712 from the European Regional Development Fund. The charge points will be installed in key carparks in Devon’s largest communities. These include Exeter, Barnstaple, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Honiton, Seaton, South Molton, Ilfracombe, Totnes, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Tavistock, Okehampton, Dartmouth, Salcombe, Dawlish, Teignmouth, and ...

Tucker, aged 48, of Second Avenue, Dawlish, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for two years by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court. Read more... http://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118544&headline=One-punch%20attack%20left%20victim%20with%20brain%20injury&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019

Heavy rain means sewage and other run-off may have contaminated bathing waters Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the town and cliffs. There are five storm overflows covered by the Safer Seas Service within 650m off the beach which can operate in heavy rainfall. See more... ...

• dogs are permitted along the seashore from the slipway adjacent to the Railway Station until 230 metres before Red Rock at Dawlish Warren • dogs are not permitted along the seashore from the slipway to Coryton Cove from 1 May to 30 September • See more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/ban-over-77-devon-beaches-3362599

A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing near Dawlish seafront today. Police say the incident happened in the vicinity of the Teignmouth Inn pub, Teignmouth Hill, just after midnight (Saturday September 28). Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-24-seriously-injured-dawlish-3371582

A mentally ill robber who held up a string of men in the street at knifepoint has been recommended for detention in a psychiatric unit. Michael Green, for Cabanga, said he had been assessed as suitable for treatment by one psychiatrist for a Hospital Order under the Mental Health Act. He is already being held at the Langdon Unit near Dawlish. Read more... ...

COSTS for the reinstatement of a railway from Tavistock to Bere Alston have ballooned to £93-million, councillors have been told. As part of the Devon Metro proposals, the re-opening of this section of line was due to provide a new, sustainable link between Tavistock and Plymouth for commuter journeys. Instead, their top priorities were to get funding for the remainder of the Dawlish to Teignmouth ...

Eyewitnesses say the helicopter landed at the bottom of Pidgley Road at around 11.30am on Wednesday. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/air-ambulance-lands-next-houses-3332453

The full list is as follows: Barnstaple Bristol Brixham Bude Cinderford Dawlish Exeter Exmouth Falmouth Hayle Helston Ivybridge Lydney Newton Abbot Paignton Penzance Plymouth Plympton... Read more... https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/here-south-west-locations-could-3329803

Worldwide, more than 200 million people and counting live along coastlines that are less than five metres above sea level. In 2014, the global sea level was 66 millimetres above the 1993 average, and continues to rise at a rate of about 3mm a year, driven not only by the melting ice caps, but because water expands as it warms. But the old notion of building ever stronger defences is not the ...

Derrick May, 60, was on Monday (September 16) brought to Truro Crown Court from Langdon Mental Hospital in Dawlish where he was flanked in the dock by a number of medical staff who had travelled with him. Read more... https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-surrounded-court-dock-admits-3325521

Cash reward offered by heartbroken owner of stolen puppy in Devon https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/cash-reward-offered-heartbroken-owner-3319723

Police have been called to Starcross Train Station this evening following reports of an incident on the railway track. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-called-incident-train-track-3318657

A shocking report also stated there were safeguarding failures, dog poo left in the garden and a "mass walkout" by staff In May this year Gatehouse Farm Childcare in Dawlish was deemed "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors who found holes in children protection procedures, inadequate recruitment practices and that children were not making enough progress. Read more... ...

12) Dawlish (Below dates may not be correct and will be updated soon) With the lights switch on taking place November 30 and the Christmas Market on December 1 and 2, Dawlish will be feeling wonderfully festive in 2018. See more... https://www.devonlife.co.uk/home/christmas/christmas-markets-in-devon-1-5212698

Incident on board train between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot halts services Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/security-alert-halts-trains-between-3305113

Work resumes on Monday on the £30m scheme that will see a new sea wall built at Dawlish. The plans will raise the wall from its current height of 5m to 7.5m, widen the walkway to 4m from its current 3.1m width, and include a barrier between the pedestrians and the edge of the to stop people falling off the wall. Read more ...

(Last Updated On: September 5, 2019) Network Rail is set to restart work on a new bigger sea wall at Dawlish on 9th September which will provide greater protection to the railway and town from rising sea levels and extreme weather for generations to come. Read more... http://wearesouthdevon.com/work-set-to-restart-on-new-sea-wall-at-dawlish/

Katie Worsley, 30, who has lived in Dawlish for the past year said in the space of two days her two sons, Harry, six and Ronnie, 11, made their lucky discovery. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-mums-shock-after-sons-3278254