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A £30MILLION-plus commitment to protecting the main seafront rail line into South Devon has been made by Network Rail. Patrick Hallgate, western route managing director for Network Rail, revealed the commitment at a meeting of Torbay Business Forum when he gave details of the company's current plans for protecting and enhancing the region's rail network. He pledged to protect the main ...
Park Home residents are celebrating the Mobile Home Act 2013 which forbids owners of Parks from being able to prevent residents selling their Mobile Homes to whoever they want at a price the two parties agree. Unscrupulous operators have in the past intervened telling prospective buyers that the dwellings aren't fit for sale, then purchase the units themselves at knock down prices and put them ...
Didn't Dawlish Community College receive a letter from Mr Clegg congratulating the school for being the best in the Westcountry?
Elderly care home patients are having to pay up to £40 for private taxis to hospital appointments in Devon because of a change in policy. South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust trust said eligibility for transport services had been reviewed. Nigel Morris, manager of the Palm Court nursing home in Dawlish, said the situation was "awful" and "abhorrent". He said residents who used ...
Apparently the work will take longer than first thought. The contractors have said more of the wall needs to be removed to complete the safety works and extra scaffolding needs to be brought in. It could take a further three weeks. Devon County Council will not allow any more work to take place once the initial work is finished involving the road itself until the end of September.
It's a shame it's got to this level without being noticed. I agree whichever school the year 6 children will go to will find it hard. Parents must feel very let down!
Interesting Carnival Column in todays Dawlish Gazette. The price of the carnival brochure's will drop to £2 each, and the prices of adverts will stay the same as last year. They insist they are not a closed shop and still need help.
Transmitter and relay stations are having frequencies adjusted on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is part of work to increase 4G mobile phone coverage. Satellite and cable viewers would not be affected, transmission officials said. In east Devon and west Dorset, areas affected include Beaminster, Bincombe, Dawlish and Preston. In south Devon, the changes would affect 134,000 households who ...
Police in Devon are seeking a 35-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison following a conviction for drugs offences in 2011. Damian Pearce from Dawlish (pictured) is currently sought by police for breaching his prison licence when he was released. Officers says they are proactively following a number of lines of enquiry to try and find Pearce, and intend to arrest and return him to ...
@FredBassett . Every Thursday from 13th June until 5th September 3pm-6pm. Warren Farm, Warren Road.
