Dawlish News' Posts

Impressive photos show how Dawlish Train Station's new footbridge was lifted into position. South West Rail Resilience Programme posted photos yesterday showing the ongoing progress of the bridge's construction on their Facebook page. https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/gallery/new-dawlish-station-footbridge-craned-8590922

Emma Parker, a local Ecotherapist, is set to start the series of nature connection and intuitive writing sessions called "Love Letters To The Earth" at Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/dawlish-warren-sessions-to-help-connect-with-nature-625518

The Puzzled Sweet Shop MASSIVE THANK YOU from Mum & I for whoever decided it was our turn last night!! I doubt this person has many people of any value in their life but If you have woken up next to someone with a lacerated hand OR a half built puzzle covered in blood then please let us know. We need to stop protecting these people as the small business’s in Dawlish are the ones who are ...

Dawlish Town - Storm sewage has been discharged from a sewer overflow in this location within the past 48 hours and bathing not advised today due to the likelihood of reduced water quality. There are five sewer overflows covered by the Safer Seas Service here within 650m off the beach which can operate in heavy rainfa Read more... ...

We’ve now lifted in all the pre-cast concrete units for the new accessible footbridge at Dawlish station. Our pictures are taken over the past few weeks and show the progress we’ve made as the deck and final pieces of the lift towers have been installed. We’ll now move on to installing the lifts themselves and building a new ramp and stairs at the entrance to the station. We expect the bridge to ...

A sick family dog was left to die alone barricaded in the downstairs toilet because the owner failed to get her medical help. Dolci, a 15-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, was found dead in squalid conditions by RSPCA inspectors at a house in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devons-worst-pet-owners-shocking-8562547

Now the new sea wall has been reopened with its new frontage and seating, there has been widespread discussion about bringing in bands and musicians which could be enjoyed by residents and visitors and benefit the town’s businesses. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/sea-wall-alive-to-the-sound-of-music-624976

The sea wall at Dawlish from Colonnade to Coastguards has been shortlisted for the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2023 with the public encouraged to get involved by voting for their favourite scheme. Read more... https://wearesouthdevon.com/dawlish-sea-wall-scheme-needs-votes-to-win-engineering-award/

A DAWLISH man has been jailed for 10 weeks for attacking a police officer and fined for racially aggravated behaviour or words. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/jail-for-attack-on-police-and-fine-for-racially-aggravated-words-or-behaviour-624843

MEMBERS of Dawlish Against Plastic took part in one of their regular clean-ups along Dawlish Sea Front. The group’s next beach clean is August 5 at 3pm. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/litter-pickin-teamwork-624527

Fourteen Devon beaches and sixteen Cornwall beaches have been declared a pollution risk or at risk of pollution Read more... https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-hoe-surrounding-beaches-declared-8575730

The specially constructed sea wall was opened six weeks ago, four years after work started, allowing the public to walk the entire 415m length of new promenade. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/transport-secretary-officially-opens-ps82m-dawlish-sea-wall-624196

Dawlish man Baz Stancombe found safe and well

Ian James Mitchell, aged 40, of Linden Road, pleaded guilty to resisting PC Pocknell in the execution of his duty in Dawlish on October 8 last year. He was committed to Truro Crown Court for sentence on this. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/resisted-police-and-used-racially-aggravated-words-or-behaviour-623995

Maria Mallaband Care Group plans to open Claremont Manor in Dawlish, Devon, at the beginning of 2024. The setting, designed for residential, nursing, palliative, respite and dementia care, is being built by Lawrence Baker Ltd with the interiors designed by Rebecca Hunter of Rebecca Hartley Interiors. Read more... ...

A big result for our patrol team in the small hours of this morning in Teignmouth. After our officers stopped a vehicle with no insurance, instead of stopping to chat the occupants all decided to go for a very early morning run, in the process throwing a large brown bag of powder into a nearby garden. The result? Three people in custody and what is believed to be heroin with a street value of ...

Benjamin Myers and his friend Stephen McDaid raided the flat in Dawlish and then flashed the cash by brandishing bundles of it in the air while claiming they had won it at a casino. Myers, aged 31, of Old Town Walk, Dawlish, and McDaid, of no fixed address, Teignmouth, admitted burglary. McDaid also admitted dangerous driving and having no insurance. Read more... ...

Three members of the gang who were based in Exmouth, Dawlish and Liverpool were convicted by a jury at Exeter Crown Court after a month-long trial. A fourth man was acquitted. Read more... https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/news/men-found-guilty-of-being-part-of-ps125-million-drugs-plot-623472

THE deadly dangers of rip currents and advice on how to avoid them has been given by police on Teignbridge beaches. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/deadly-rip-current-warning-by-teignmouth-and-dawlish-police-623119

A brand new water attraction has opened at a popular UK holiday park ahead of the summer holidays. One place where families can offer their children a new water attraction is Cofton Holidays in Dawlish in South Devon. Read more... https://ustimespost.com/the-brand-new-water-attraction-thats-opened-at-popular-uk-holiday-park/

The tablets were originally used as part of a Helping Dawlish project called ‘Tablet 2 Go’ which was all about increasing digital inclusion and funded by a grant from Teignbridge’s District Council’s COVID Hardship Recovery Fund in 2021. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/keep-taking-the-tablets-dawlish-mayor-says-622129

A DAWLISH man has been accused of dishonestly using electricity worth more than £1,000, producing cannabis and possessing cannabis. He is further charged with possessing an offensive weapon, a Samurai sword, in a private place, which he has denied. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/man-charged-with-dishonestly-using-electricity-and-cultivating-cannabis-622815

From June 23 at 1030am Sefton Hall are opening their Community Café to the general public. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/new-cafe-on-way-for-whole-community-620598

Just a few weeks after the sea wall was reopened to the public, Network Rail has announced all the pre-cast units for the rockfall shelter north of Parson’s Tunnel are now in place. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/work-on-rockfall-shelter-reaches-milestone-619778

Indi and Felix are now being looked after at Sefton Hall in Dawlish having been adopted from the Torbay-based charity Hector’s House Cat Rescue. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/feline-therapists-make-themselves-at-home-621926

Although residents didn't have much to say regarding issues in Teignmouth, one person did say they would like a cinema in the town. Other residents also noticed there is too much residential parking in the streets of Teignmouth. Another local, who likes to cycle, also highlighted delays with the cycle route between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot. "As we have the river, there is a lot happening in ...

COASTGUARDS in Dawlish have become the latest to check out the new seafront. They were particularly keen to check access points for their vehicles. Read more,,, https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/coastguards-check-out-access-on-dawlishs-new-sea-defences-621904

Deliveries were made to towns and seaside resorts including Exmouth, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Ilfracombe, Hayle, Penzance, Camborne and Truro Dominic McLoughlin, aged 43, of Chorley Road, Liverpool; James Casey, 43, of River Bank Walk, Colchester; John O’Neill, aged 54, of High Street, Exmouth, and John Ward, aged, 54, of East Cliff, Dawlish, all deny conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. Read ...

Paul Watkins from Dawlish Warren intercepted the victim’s mail while house-sitting for him and obtained all the details he needed of his driving licence and bank account to pose as him. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/conman-jailed-for-car-frauds-621918

Healthscape is a community interest company which uses cold water and natural surroundings, alongside peer support, as a tool to enhance the mental wellbeing of communities. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/making-a-splash-at-dawlish-warren-621775

A379 resurfacing works mean huge disruption and loss of bus service It will result in Stagecoach bus services not being able to serve Starcross and Kenton when the main road closes this week, according to local councillor Alan Connett. The first phase will take place today between June 19 and July 7. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/a379-resurfacing-works-mean-huge-8534311

Contractors BAM Nuttall, working for Network Rail on the new sea wall, with the help of Dawlish History Group, have salvaged a part of Dawlish’s heritage. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/museum-receives-piece-of-dawlish-history-621106

A DAWLISH father-of-three is prepared to stage a protest against Teignbridge Council after an ongoing battle to find a home for his family. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/homeless-family-forced-to-stage-protest-621112

Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/you-cant-beat-the-classics-firefighters-stint-with-2003-vehicle-620793

The final open top bus tour you can explore is through Dawlish Hitting the essential Dawlish Warren, Dawlish and Teignmouth your day out will be packed with breathtaking views, stunning scenery and National Nature Reserves. Unlimited travel tickets cost £4.40 for a child or £6.50 for an adult. Read more.. https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/explore-devon-summer-incredible-open-8527247

Indi and Felix are now being looked after at Sefton Hall in Dawlish having been adopted from the Torbay-based charity Hector’s House Cat Rescue. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/rescue-cats-adopted-by-residential-home-620896

TOWN councillors in Dawlish are worried about a lack of police in the town, and are calling for a return to ‘acceptable’ levels of policing. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/town-council-calls-for-more-police-on-the-streets-620599

A FARMERS Market selling local produce is to be launched at 11am on Friday, June 16, at the Strand Centre in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/farmers-market-comes-to-seaside-town-620007

Ross Norman, from Dawlish, was sentenced to 42 weeks in prison for seven counts of shoplifting with a further 15 offences of theft taken into consideration. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/courts/prolific-shoplifter-jailed-620061

WORK continues on the rail line in Dawlish with engineers craning new concrete units in to build new lifts at the station Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/stations-first-lift-towers-taking-shape-618840