Dawlish News' Posts

Mid Wales is on another rare visitor alert after a black swan was spotted in Montgomeryshire. A small population of black swans exists on the River Thames at Marlow, on the brook running through the small town of Dawlish in Devon, near the River Itchen, Hampshire, and the River Tees near Stockton on Tees. Read more... https://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewernews/ArticleId/24212

Former Royal Navy sailor Thomas Lee-Everton defied a ban on going to his old family home in Dawlish and pestered his ex with scores of calls, e-mails and voicemails. Read more... https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/news/fixated-totnes-stalker-jailed-for-breaking-ban-on-going-to-exs-home-in-dawlish-619762

A DAWLISH man will stand trial on charges of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour that was racially aggravated. Ian James Mitchell, aged 40, of Linden Road, denies the charge. He also denies a charge of possessing cocaine and another charge of assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty in Dawlish.

Dawlish Community Transport, in conjunction with Dawlish Town Council and South Western Ambulance Service, has arranged free sessions to use a defibrillator. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/defibrillator-training-invitation-618729

A LOCAL resident has expressed their concern after the sea washed away the sand to reveal several metal spikes protruding from Coryton Cove's beach. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/concern-as-tides-reveal-dangerous-sharp-spikes-on-coryton-cove-619239

Dawlish beach has attained the required status to keep the flag which it has held almost every year since it was introduced in 2008. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/seaside-flag-flying-proud-over-dawlish-618439

A DAWLISH mum and dad have been fined £180 each because her teenage child failed to attend school. South and West Devon Magistrates' Court also ordered them to pay costs of £150 each and they must each pay £72 to fund victim services. The cases were proved in their absence.

A woman in her 40s was found dead at a property in Dawlish yesterday afternoon (June 4). Police were called to an address on Linden Road by paramedics following concerns for the occupant's welfare. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/woman-40s-found-dead-dawlish-8495357

A number of emergency services are currently on the scene in Dawlish responding to an incident. According to a witness, police, fire and the ambulance service are in the Linden Way area. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-dawlish-police-incident-8495014

The red phone box in Queen Street was officially opened by Mayor of Dawlish Cllr Rosie Dawson and her consort, her daughter Kitty. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/phone-box-reused-as-information-centre-618202

Philip Neil Seaton, aged 41, of Milbury Farm Meadow, pleaded not guilty entering The Boathouse at Dawlish Warren as a trespasser with intent to steal on December 11, 2022. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/trespassing-with-intent-to-steal-charges-denied-618328

A stalwart of both Dawlish Town Council and Teignbridge Council, former mayor Ros, now aged 78, has been looking back at her years as a serving member of both local authorities. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/former-leader-steps-back-from-politics-616581

THIEVES have stolen one of Dawlish’s lovingly created yarn bombs It had been made by the Knitty Noras of Dawlish who regularly decorate parts of the town with their crochet work. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/crochet-work-pinched-from-post-box-618154

Griffiths, aged 36, formerly of Davis Road but now a patient at the Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, was remanded in custody by Judge Stephen Climie but told he is likely to receive a hospital order when he is sentenced. Read more... https://www.ivybridge-today.co.uk/news/dartmouth-arsonist-who-set-fire-to-family-home-to-be-detained-in-mental-hospital-at-dawlish-618028

JUST days after the opening of the new £80million sea wall, vandals have defaced part of the wall at Coryton Cove, Dawlish. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/vandals-damage-sea-wall-at-dawlish-617460

Four rescues took place at Dawlish Warren, two in Exmouth and one in Teignmouth. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65768694

A popular Devon holiday park has opened its large outdoor swimming pool to the public just in time for a rare half-term filled with a forecast of nothing but sunshine and temperatures of more than 20Cs. Award-winning, family-run holiday park Cofton Holidays in Dawlish is now allowing day visitors to use its pool, as well as guests staying at the park. Read more... ...

LYNNE NICHOLLS, of Lower Drive, Dawlish, writes: Read on... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/lack-of-childcare-is-holding-women-back-in-local-politics-617084

IT’S time to get to work - that’s the message from the newly-elected Mayor of Dawlish Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/meet-the-new-team-at-town-council-616705

Visitors of a Devon seaside tea room have complemented its cream teas and described them as being out of this world. Daisy's Tea Room, on The Strand in Dawlish, sells light lunches, cream teas and lots of cakes, which are baked fresh daily for its customers. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/food-drink/devon-tourist-mecca-out-world-8473613

A picturesque seaside town in Devon is loved by local residents, as well as visitors. Dawlish is located about 13 miles from Exeter and whether people have lived there for months or years, they have nothing but praise for the area and have welcomed all of the latest additions like the new play park for children, and the ongoing seawall. Read more... ...

Crews from Dawlish, Teignmouth, Danes Castle and Middlemoor were called in at around 5pm to deal with the fire in the chip shop's cooking range. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/fire-damages-dawlish-chip-shop-616958

A local business in the heart of Dawlish has been branded amazing by locals for its welcoming atmosphere and for supporting mothers in the Devon town. We went along to Annie's Tea Room, on Brunswick Place, and met the incredible owner Carley Holmes, who named her business in her late mother's memory. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/family-kids/lovely-dawlish-tea-room-named-8467068

Connor Sidell was caught red handed because he tripped up on the stairs of the house in Dawlish after returning for a second time to look for more items to steal. Read more... https://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/news/drugged-up-intruder-jailed-for-terrifying-4am-knife-raid-616660

Completion of the £80m government-funded project means locals and visitors to Dawlish can enjoy the accessible high-level promenade all the way from Boat Cove to Coastguards footbridge, where it then joins the original sea wall. Stretching between coastguards and Colonnade breakwaters, it is linked to the first section at Marine Parade by a new footbridge which runs parallel to the railway ...

A VITAL road bridge needed to complete a multi-million-pound development at Dawlish has been given the green light after councillors heard they must act quickly or risk losing the funds to build it. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/dawlish-link-road-funding-agreed-616101

The exact date the two rebuilt sections of the wall will finally be linked is yet to be announced but engineers are working on the finishing touches Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/network-rail-poised-to-announce-reopening-of-dawlish-sea-wall-to-public-615698

Organised by Turn The Tide Teignbridge CIC and Dawlish Town Council, the festival is aimed at celebrating the sea and highlighting the current ‘climate emergency’. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/festival-celebrates-sea-and-all-its-life-615653

VOLUNTEERS at Dawlish Museum have been hard at work behind the scene getting new displays ready for this year’s opening. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/town-museum-opens-for-summer-season-614632

WORK is forging ahead on the installation of a lift at Dawlish railway station Once completed, the work will mean Dawlish station has a lift for the first time in its history. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/rail-crossing-taking-shape-614630

THE bathing water season started on Monday, with regular testing of water quality from the Environment Agency now underway at 150 designated bathing sites across Devon and Cornwall. Beaches monitored in Teignbridge include Teignmouth, Shaldon, Ness Cove, Holcombe, Coryton Cove, Dawlish, Dawlish Warren and Maidencombe. See more... ...

One person said: “This picture is a big miss between Dawlish and Teignmouth in Devon which LNER does not visit. Read more... https://ustimespost.com/edinburgh-to-london-train-operator-slammed-as-huge-blunder-leaves-punters-baffled/

Dawlish Community Transport, Dawlish Gardens Trust and the Friends of Dawlish Hospital are holding the event on May 26. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/invitation-to-the-castle-gardens-614315

The A379 Exeter Road near Dawlish is currently blocked due to a multi-vehicle crash. According to roads traffic and monitoring service, Inrix, the road is partially blocked both ways due to the incident near the car wash. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-a379-dawlish-traffic-crash-8444771

Punk legend rallies round Dawlish café rocked by break-ins https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/punk-legend-rallies-round-dawlish-8432564

DAWLISH and Cockwood as among the six Devon communities that would most benefit from lower traffic speeds and have been chosen for new 20mph schemes. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/20-is-plenty-speed-schemes-for-more-teingbridge-communities-614027

THE iconic Smugglers Inn at Holcombe Rogus, Dawlish, has been sold off a guide price of £200,000 for the leasehold interest. Having achieved a loyal following with many years of successful trading, the Smugglers Inn is well known for its carvery offering, with booking well advised via a fully integrated website, which very much aided the running of the business. Read more... ...

UPDATE: Missing man Ed Appiah who was last seen in Dawlish found safe and well

A Devon mobile pizza company that launched during the Covid pandemic is now hoping for national recognition by competing this weekend in the British Street Food Awards. Soul Pizza Truck, based in Dawlish, began back in February 2021, when Sam Connett found himself searching for a new job in the economic downturn caused by the pandemic. Read more... ...

Daniel Doran, aged 18, of Grove Lane, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon; and Felix Rooney, aged 31, of Leicester Road, Market Harborough, both pleaded not guilty to stealing the expensive car exhaust components at Dawlish Warren on March 13 this year. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/courts/pair-deny-catalytic-converter-theft-charges-612373