Dawlish News' Posts

New litter picking boards encouraging beach goers to collect marine litter every time they visit beaches in Teignbridge have been installed. Cllr Martin Wrigley, Mayor of Dawlish Town Council, added: "Dawlish is starting to go plastic free, and I’m delighted to see these new beach clean boards and litter pickers that will enable people to join in. We’ve all seen the importance of getting rid of ...

The latest section of a cycle route that eventually aims to link Exmouth with Newton Abbot has opened. Devon County Council’s strategic vision is to eventually link the recently completed Exe Estuary Trail that runs from Exmouth to Dawlish Warren, to Dawlish and Teignmouth and onto Bishopsteignton, Kingsteignton and Newton Abbot. Read more... ...

ajor £220,000 improvement works are set to be carried out at Dawlish Warren car park. While the works are carried out, sections of the car park will be closed periodically for the safety of the public and traders. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/major-improvements-planned-dawlish-warren-1506635

It has been bought by a family-owned hotel chain for about £1.3 million and they plan to spend well over another £1 million on a phased upgrade. Kerian Barnes, the operations director of Starboard Hotels, forecast the Cliffden on the Dawlish Road would be good for local businesses. Read more... ...

Purchasing health care for people living in Torbay and the surrounding area cost £13 million more than the budget set by NHS England last year. The South Devon and Torbay CCG represents 32 GP practices and buys health care for people living in an area stretching from Dawlish, southwards nearly to Kingsbridge, and inland to Dartmoor. Read more... ...

Teignmouth hospital could close as part of a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to create a new health centre in the town. Routine physio services and out-patient appointments would move to the new building, with more specialist needs being met in Dawlish or Newton Abbot Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/teignmouth-hospital-could-close-amid-1484190

North Devon has the rugged ones, East Devon the genteel, but if you want the perfect holiday beach with everything, South Devon is where you want to be. Atlantic breakers don't break on our rocks, but we can do you piers and crazy golf, fine dining and secluded coves, and officially the best sandcastle sand in the land. Outside Torbay the variety is even greater. From the peace and wildlife at ...

At Exeter Crown Court on Friday 6th April 2018, Chad Taylor, also known as Shipton, pleaded guilty to possessing an imitation firearm in a public place in Dawlish Town Centre 8th October 2016. Taylor was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment. Though this was a broken BB gun, it was of realistic appearance and its possession in a public place was enough to constitute a criminal offence. https://goo.gl

Police are concerned for the welfare for two Devon teenagers, who have been missing since Monday. Ellie Turpin, 16, from Newton Abbot, was last seen at around 5pm in the Heathfield area. And 17-year-old James Jordan was reported to police as missing from Starcross. He was last seen at around 4pm yesterday at Dawlish train station where he was going to Ivybridge. The two are not connected and are ...

A weekend of disruption is predicted as the massive Easter getaway begins. See more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/good-friday-weather-travel-news-1401895

The police helicopter and Exmouth lifeboats are currently searching for a person in the water off Dawlish Warren. The helicopter from NPAS Exeter is also involved in the search. A representative of the force said the helicopter was called after reports of a body in the water just off Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-helicopter-lifeboat-search-person-1401047

Plans for a proposed airshow in Teignmouth and Dawlish this summer have been grounded. Time has run out to put on a show this summer, but councillors remain confident that the show will take place in 2019. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/proposed-teignmouth-dawlish-plans-grounded-1399805

A holidaymaker who was jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a girl in a seaside holiday park Jacuzzi today failed in a bid to clear his name. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-who-sexually-assaulted-girl-1369123

A total of six fire appliances were called because of the large amount of black smoke reported coming from a shed containing dangerous liquid gas cylinders. It happened at 3.40pm above Gatehouse Close in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/large-clouds-black-smoke-shed-1351404

A video shows a man dicing with death on the sea wall at Dawlish as trains and huge waves crash over him during yesterday's extreme weather. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-puts-life-risk-huge-1341586

A FORMER Drewsteignton man has appeared at Exeter Crown Court accused of stripping naked and exposing himself in the Accident and Emergency department of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Judge Erik Salomonsen adjourned his case for a psychiatric assessment after being told that Smith, who is currently remanded in custody at Exeter Prison, but is due to be transferred to Langdon Hospital in ...

A wide-reaching review of special education provision in Devon could see cuts to services at some schools, but recommends increasing provision around North Devon, Exeter, Tiverton and Newton Abbot. But the 2017-18 SEND Strategic Review and Development Plan that is due to be endorsed does say that discussions are ongoing with the Governing Body of Marland School to bring forward proposals to expand ...

In Devon, warnings are in place for Plymouth Barbican, Bessands, Torcross, Slapton, Dawlish and the Dart Estuary. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/15-flood-warnings-36-flood-1291820

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Urgent work to shore up the vulnerable stretch of line between Teignmouth and Dawlish and flood prone Cowley Bridge is among plans outlined by Jo Johnson, Minister of State at the Department for Transport. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/government-offers-no-miracle-cure-1277575

The four month old black Labrador was off the lead when it fell at Polzeath, just over the border in Cornwall, on Saturday morning. And the Exmouth Lifeboat was called out and crew members had to enter the water to rescue a dog trapped on a ledge at Langstone Rock, Dawlish Warren – the third time in two months crews have had to rescue a dog from that location. Read more... ...

Two men who sexually abused two 14-year-old girls have been sent to prison after the Solicitor General appealed against their initial sentences. Read more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-43162688

Police were called to Dawlish Warren this afternoon after reports of two people on railway tracks. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-called-after-reports-two-1241186

COUNCILLORS in Dawlish have agreed to fund the ongoing maintenance of lighting which allows the Devon Air Ambulance to land at night in the town. Read more... http://www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105842&headline=Council%20to%20pay%20bill%20for%20landing%20lights&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018

A £2.5 million shot in the arm to regenerate a key Newton Abbot site has been announced today by delighted Teignbridge councillors The LRF application was submitted by a partnership of Devon councils and public authorities. ?Today’s announcement comes days after Teignbridge benefited from the first wave of funding from the Housing Infrastructure Fund for key projects including a new countryside ...

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/watch-dawlish-webcam-captures-moment-1214350

A pledge of £35million has been made to improve the vulnerable stretch of railway at Teignmouth and Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/business/dawlish-totnes-plymouth-set-benefit-1217565

One of Devon's most popular holiday parks has opened a new, £20,000 indoor cycling studio. Helen Scott, Director of Cofton Holidays, said: “We’re extremely proud of the fitness facilities we have here at Cofton Holidays and are delighted to be able to host a free fitness weekend from 23 to 25 February. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/inside-devons-new-20000-indoor-1215256

Two railway station staff have been hailed as heroes after they saved the life of a holidaymaker who suffered a near fatal heart attack on board a train. Mike Evans had just boarded at train at Plymouth railway station to head back to Dawlish where he was staying with his ex-wife, Jackie after the couple had spent the a day exploring Plymouth. Read more... ...

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-scrapped-dawlish-because-high-1211287

Oaklands Park and Ratcliffe School will become one special school which could accommodate 190 children with 35 weekly residential places Read more.. https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/merger-agreed-two-special-schools-1204596

It’s almost exactly four years to the day that devastating overnight storms on February 4, 2014 swept the main rail route into the Westcountry into the sea at Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/its-been-four-years-dawlish-1152802

'Seek out a survivor if you can, and if they will speak to you, listen' More than 100 Kindertransport children grew up during the war years at hostels at Exmouth, Dawlish, and elsewhere in South Devon. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/holocaust-memorial-day-watch-children-1126913

Graham Price stepped down in December from his Dawlish Central & North East Ward seat in December for personal reasons, while Doug Hellier Laing resigned from his Chudleigh ward seat shortly before he was sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted attacking his wife with a mallet. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/candidates-named-election-replace-councillor-1121585

http://www.devonlive.com/news/four-years-this-were-no-1092046

Some of the towns that attracted the most attention in 2017 were Teignmouth, Salcombe, Dawlish and Exmouth, and 75 per cent of visits to the website in 2017 were by new visitors. See more... http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/figures-show-2017-record-year-1041357

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Demolition work continues after fire destroys Manor House http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/demolition-work-continues-after-fire-1028318

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A LONG-LOST big game gun specially made for renowned Victorian explorer Sir Samuel Baker from Newton Abbot has been bagged at a bargain price by a collector originally from Dawlish. Read more... http://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=110633&headline=Newton%20Abbot%20explorer%20Sir%20Samuel%20Baker%27s%20gun%20bagged%20at%20a%20bargain%20price&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018