Dawlish News' Posts

A Devon-based fashion designer, who has designed frocks for the likes of Kate Middleton, Katy Perry and Pixie Lott, has released a brand new luxury range from her home in Dawlish. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/devon-based-celebrity-fashion-designer-launches-new-luxury-range/story-30284965-detail/story.html

A Dawlish teenager has landed her dream job that combines her love of the military and animals. Nineteen-year-old Helen Fewings from Dawlish has just landed a job as an Army dog handler. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/devon-student-lands-dream-job-as-army-dog-handler/story-30248817-detail/story.html

A village near Dawlish will get 20 new homes after a planning inspector allowed an appeal by developers. Leander Developments had proposed two separate developments of 20 and 15 homes on land at Little Leigh, Holcombe Road, Holcombe. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/developers-win-appeal-against-refusal-of-20-new-homes-in-village-near-dawlish/story-30245684-detail/story.html

Paul Rowntree, 36, and Ricky Ward, 28, both denied charges of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm with intent when they stood before a judge at Exeter Crown Court earlier this month. Now a third man, Ross Alan Morton, aged 29, from Gatehouse Close, Dawlish, has been charged with two counts of assisting an offender. Read more... ...

The water company allowed potentially dangerous sewage to flow down Dawlish beach in the height of the summer tourist season in one incident and caused a fish kill in the other. Read more... http://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=109306&headline=SWW%20fined%20%C2%A3150k%20for%20beach%20sewage%20spill&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017

The Environment Agency scheme aims to reduce the flood risk to nearly 3,000 homes in Dawlish Warren and Starcross, as well as in Lympstone and Exmouth, and would reduce the flood risk for the main rail line through Dawlish to ensure that scenes such as the devastation caused in the 2014 storms would not happen again. Read more... ...

The card is pink and has been launched by the retailer with the message: 'To My Lovely Mums' There are Sainsbury's branches across Devon including Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Newton Abbot, Ottery St Mary and Dawlish. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/sainsbury-s-launches-its-first-lesbian-mother-s-day-card/story-30226251-detail/story.html

Lewis Stewart carried out three raids in Newton Abbot and Dawlish which left the victims shaking with fear. The first two robberies happened within 40 minutes of each other on Newton Abbot quay and the third was a day later on the Strand in Dawlish, where he attacked a cleaner who was walking home in the early hours. Read more... ...

A legal high user has been jailed for shooting an entirely innocent man with a crossbow because the drugs made him believe he had been spying on him. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/legal-high-user-jailed-for-horrific-dawlish-crossbow-attack/story-30211334-detail/story.html

South West Water faces a fine of up to £150,000 after sewage spilled onto a beach in Dawlish during a Bank Holiday weekend. Exeter Crown Court was told the delay in dealing with the problem was made worse when a cleaning team initially went to the wrong address. Read more... ...

Paul Rowntree, 36, and Ricky Ward, 28, both denied charges of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm with intent when they stood before a judge at Exeter Crown Court. It is further alleged they attacked him with a noxious chemical - ammonia - leaving him with serious eye injuries. Read more... ...

The warning covers the South Devon Coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren and south coast of Cornwall from Lizard Point to Gibbin Head near Par. In Devon flooding is possible for exposed east facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish over ...

Protecting the Westcountry's rail links is a government priority for investment, Rail Minister Paul Maynard has confirmed. Mr Maynard was speaking at a meeting in London this week with the Peninsula Rail Task Force to discuss the Government's response to the Task Force's 20-year investment plan report, “Closing the Gap". The Dawlish main line is the top priority, requiring work to protect ...

The cob structure in Kenton, about six miles south of Exeter, crumbled to the ground on Wednesday afternoon. Nobody was hurt and the owner was not at home at the time. They are said to be too distraught to speak about the incident and are staying with friends. Read more... ...

A Teignbridge Council spokesman said: “This bid is for four electric car charging points. It would be for one slow charge point for Newton Abbot and three fast charge points for Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Teignmouth. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/teignbridge-bids-to-bring-electric-car-charging-points-to-newton-abbot-dawlish-and-teignmouth/story-30161215-detail/story.html

A YOUNG woman pedestrian was injured after colliding with a pick-up truck in a Dawlish car park this morning. The 26-year-old casualty from Torquay suffered head, hand and foot injuries in the incident at Oak Park Villas. It’s thought the vehicle accidentally ran over her foot during a reversing manoeuvre just after 9am. The woman was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to ...

As a result, the schedule of works as part of the £14million scheme to raise the beach level at Dawlish Warren by two metres, as well as removing gabions along the sand spit, upgrading the revetments, dredging and recharging the beach and reinforcing the neck of the sand spit has changed. Read more... ...

The first direct train to London – using an alternative to the storm-hit line to Plymouth – is to leave Devon next month for the first time in 50 years. The special train from Okehampton to Paddington will use the route suggested as an option to avoid the long-term issues at Dawlish line which is frequently cut off by the high tide and storm waves. Read more... ...

Simeon Francis spotted the driver had left the key fob in the £18,750 Renault Captur and that all he needed to do to take it was to get in and press the start button. He took the car from the drive of a pensioner in Exeter Road, Dawlish, and stole a set of numberplates from a camper van to try which he put on the car to cover his tracks. Read more... ...

The people of the seaside town of Dawlish have been dancing in the streets again. After the success of the 2014 Dawlish Is Happy video, they have been showing off their moves in a new version for 2017. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/the-people-of-dawlish-just-can-t-stop-dancing-in-new-video-to-highlight-music-festival/story-30136302-detail/story.html#0hOl5uvTYHqzA3MW.99

More high tides and strong winds are affecting travel on one of the West Country's main railway lines for a second morning in a row. CrossCountry trains are again not running between Exeter and Plymouth due to problems on the line at Dawlish. Read more... http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-02-14/dawlish-line-disruption-continues-into-second-day-after-waves-smash-trains-windscreen/

The operator CrossCountry say they are not running services between Plymouth and Paignton until this afternoon after waves overtopped the sea wall at Dawlish overnight. Read more.. http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-02-13/disruption-on-dawlish-line-after-high-winds-and-tides/

Trains cancelled as flood alert issued for Devon coast A flood warning has cancelled some trains between Exeter and Plymouth this evening as waves are set to batter Dawlish. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/trains-cancelled-as-flood-alert-issued-for-devon-coast/story-30130526-detail/story.html

Police are investigating a burglary at Portmile lodges, Exeter road which happened between 10am on Thursday 2 February and 11am on Tuesday 7 February 2017. The home was broken into and property stolen. Police believe the offender(s) may have spent some time in the holiday home before leaving Read more... http://wearesouthdevon.com/dawlish-burglary/

A YOUNG woman reported missing in Dawlish early today was found safe and well just two hours later in the resort. Police had been concerned for the welfare of 24-year-old Amber Brown who was reported missing at 6.45am. Search and rescue teams were called in to help find Amber who was traced locally just before 9am. Police thanked the public for their help. Source: ...

L ocked in the bone-clenching midwinter chill, Devon lies silent under a pewter sky. At Dawlish Warren the beach is deserted, but inland the Exe estuary is bursting with life. At this time of year it is hard to imagine the south Devon coast as England's Riviera, but there is no better season in which to discover the secret world of the Exe. Read more... ...

The dedicated dipper was snapped battling enormous waves in Dawlish, Devon, today – just hours after strong winds caused power cables to explode in another coastal town. Read more... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2765380/storm-doris-uk-weather-warning/

Thomas Chatterton is described as being five feet nine inches in height, with a stocky build, dark brown hair, brown eyes and often wears a baseball cap and tracksuit trousers. He has a distinctive round tribal tattoo on his neck. Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/search-for-missing-dawlish-man-25-last-seen-on-monday/story-30089407-detail/story.html

Crosscountry trains have confirmed that they will not be running any trains west of Exeter from 3pm today. The trains may stop running until 7pm due to the high tide, strong onshore winds and the risk of waves over the sea wall, which could affect the likes of Dawlish, which have had previous problems with adverse weather. Read more... ...

A paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his father in the chest after calling his parents "devil worshippers", a court heard. Neither parent want their son prosecuted and were angry that their son had not been properly treated for his mental health illness, the court was told. McGill, already in custody at the Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to ...

INTERNATIONAL Officer Cadets training at the Britannia Royal Naval College have taken time away from their studies to help out at the Dawlish Nature Reserve. The group are currently studying English language at the college. They are also undergoing a foundation course in Naval training in preparation for joining an entry of Cadets destined for careers in the Royal Navy for the full 30 week ...

One fire appliance from Dawlish and two from Teignmouth attended a two vehicle road traffic collision where one female casualty was trapped. Crews arrived on scene and got to work with hydraulic cutting equipment to release the casualty. Police and Ambulance also attended. Read more... http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=39321&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

As part of the changes at the hospital that included relocating the minor injuries unit to Dawlish, the former recuperation ward was due to change into therapy-led rehabilitation unit. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/lack-of-staff-has-led-to-empty-wards-at-teignmouth-hospital/story-30035829-detail/story.html

POLICE have slammed a closure order on a house in Dawlish after neighbours said their lives were being made a misery by alleged drug taking and vehicle crime. Neighbourhood officers went to court on Friday morning to secure a 'closure order' on the property. It is understood they feared for the safety of children and vulnerable adults visiting the house. Read more... ...

A DAWLISH holiday park will be welcoming Father Christmas as well as three other special guests next week. The free to enter event will raise money for Children's Hospice South West, and will see Santa sweep in to Cofton on a sleigh drawn by Comet and Cupid at midday, ready for photos with children between 12pm and 1pm. Read more... ...

This means Teignmouth and Dawlish also lose seven services and the stops at Newton Abbot will be reduced. Today, the Herald Express has teamed up with politicians, business and tourism leaders to launch a campaign to Save our Trains and we need all our readers to sign up and object to the proposals. Read more... ...

Dawlish Christian Fellowship and Redrow Homes have announced the project at Redrow’s Warren Grove site, adjacent to Sainsbury’s supermarket. Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/new-community-centre-will-be-a-real-asset-to-dawlish/story-29973320-detail/story.html

The video was created by Exeter-based agency HoneyBe Creative. It aims to support a crowdfunding campaign to help keep beavers living in the wild on the River Otter in East Devon. The video was shot in Dawlish and stars a dog provided by Sandra Cowell, alongside Nora, the Devon Wildlife Trust beaver mascot. It was one of four dogs there on the day but only one was needed during the shoot. ...

The Environment Agency and Teignbridge District Council are working together on a new beach management scheme at Dawlish Warren, which will get under way in early 2017. Read more... https://devongeography.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/giant-sausage-to-protect-dawlish-warren/

The Environment Agency say that flooding is possible for exposed east facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish over the high tides on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. Read more... ...