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Concrete pumping pipe in place for work starting on Monday 19th January. Use of the pump will be intermittent and driven solely by number of pre-cast concrete installed during suitable weather and tide conditions. The work will be on-going 24/7 to suit tidal constraints and will last for approximately 16 weeks. More pics..
The race is run over 10 country miles from Dawlish Leisure Centre and back, heading out to the Obelisk monument at Mamhead, along the green lanes and forest tracks which are always very wet, very hilly and seriously muddy. Four runners from the home club took part, with new member Greg Minns first home in 1hr 30min 12sec and Ross Pyne hot on his heels in 1:30.18. Next was Todd Squire in 1:35.47 ...
Cavanna Homes now employs 102 staff from its headquarters in Nicholson Road, Torquay and has taken-on four apprentices in the past year who will learn their trades from skilled contractors while studying at South Devon College. A further 200 local tradesmen and contractors are currently working on seven new homes developments across Devon including Fusion at Paignton, Kings Field at Kingskerswell, ...
Wonder what will replace it?
Patients would have to travel to Dawlish instead, South Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said. The CCG said the move would improve the quality of services at Dawlish, with longer opening hours and X-ray facilities. Read more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30778449
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The new Black Swans kept safe in their enclosure.
THE famous black swans at Dawlish have been in danger of dying out after the loss of female swans this year. Rose, who has fed the swans for 25 years, has bought two ebony-coloured female swans to partner up with the existing two male swans living at the Brook which runs through the middle of the town to the sea. Read more... ...
Jamie Jones, Neil Groft and Thomas Papworth used an imitation pistol in the hold up in Newton Abbot in which they escaped with goods and cash worth just £170. Papworth’s girlfriend Kayleigh Ineson and friends James Carpenter and Craig Lee then tried to thwart the police investigation by hiding a safe where detectives thought they had hidden the fake gun. Mr Robert Linford, for Papworth, ...
The honour follows a year in which Trevor managed the fire service response to the flooding on the Somerset Levels and the impact of the severe weather at Dawlish last winter. As Director of Operations at Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Trevor has responsibility for all operational and resilience matters across the organisation. Read More... ...
