Dawlish News' Posts

Please be aware of the adverse weather, the dip by The Smugglers is flooded and also other areas around Dawlish. These have been reported and hopefully should be getting sorted. Please drive at a sensible speed and increase your breaking distances.

An update on what's happening at Dawlish Community College. See more... http://www.dawlish.devon.sch.uk/news/

Date: 16/09/2013 Time: 08:25 Location: Church Street, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon The Fire Service received a call reporting a fire in a property at the above location.  One fire appliance from Dawlish and one fire appliance from Teignmouth attended. Fire crews confirmed a fire involving an electrical appliance lead in the kitchen of a domestic bungalow.  Fire crews escorted one ...

Hosted by Karen Duxbury-Watkinson ( @KDWScience ), Nann Stimpson (@NannStimpson) and our compere for the evening Mr Pete Reeves Our first Teach Meet is happy to announce the fabulous Nina Jackson ( @musicmind ) as our keynote speaker. Who will help launch your teaching into space. If you would like to sponsor/contribute prizes please email Karen . Date Thursday 14th November 2013 ...

Fire appliances from Dawlish and Teignmouth were mobilised to a report of a fire in a first floor flat in High Street in Dawlish. Upon arrival crews crews gained entry and rescued two persons from the flat who were suffering from smoke inhalation from a fire involving an electrical cooker. They used breathing apparatus, a hose reel jet, a covering jet, a thermal imaging camera and small tools ...

AQUARIUS DEVON UNDER 13 BOYS CUP First Round (to be played on or before September 15): St Martins Youth v Tiverton Town Youth; Roselands Youth v Waldon Athletic Youth; Okehampton Argyle Youth v Eastside Youth; Kingskerswell Colts v West Hill Juniors; Dawlish United Youth v Bovey Tracey Youth; Signal Box Youth v Marldon Youth; Ipplepen Athletic Youth v Weston Mill Oak Villa Juniors; SB Frankfort ...

Police say two men from the Teignbridge area are on their 'most wanted' list and warned the public not to approach them. Drugs dealer Damien Pearce 36 is known to have been living in the Dawlish area and has had class A dealing connections in Teignmouth. Another man Aaron Elliott-Smith, sought by Totnes and Newton Abbot police has 252 crimelinks to his name. He failed to appear in court after ...

The Princess Royal met staff, patients, architects and construction workers on a 45-minute tour of the Dewnans Centre. The Princess opened the state-of-the-art medium secure unit at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish which cost £27million. Source: Dawlish Post

Date: 05/08/2013 Time: 09:52 Location: B3381, Black Forest Lodge, Mamhead nr Exeter Area: Central County: Devon Our Co-Responders from Dawlish, together with a fire appliance from Teignmouth, were mobilised following a request from Ambulance for our assistance to a one vehicle RTC, no persons trapped. Due to the ETA of the ambulance our Dawlish Co-Responders assisted with rendering first ...

Date: 09/07/2013 Time: 11:53 Location: Gatehouse Close, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon One appliance from Dawlish was mobilised to reports fo an RTC at the above location. On arrival an RTC was discovered involving one car that had gone into the side of a house. All persons were free and clear of the vehicle. Crews made the vehicle safe. The Police and Ambulance also attended this ...

Dawlish carnival organisers are appealing for more sponsors to come forward to support the annual event. Last year the carnival still lost £8,000 despite cutting cost to try to reduce the losses. The committee's efforts to keep the carnival in the black are not helped by red tape. The disco where the carnival royalty are chosen and cost £300 to put on was cancelled also the loss-making Easter ...

The Fire Service were called to reports of a road traffic collision.  Two appliances from Dawlish and Teighmouth were mobilised to this incident. Upon arrival crews confirmed no persons trapped and made the vehicle safe. See more... http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=25151&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35

Two fire appliances from Dawlish and Teignmouth attended a building fire in Dawlish, a further appliance from Danes Castle was mobilised for the use of Compressed Air Foam (CAFS). Crews on scene also requested an aerial platform attend to assist with fire fighting capabilities, this was mobilised from Taunton. Crews set to work using 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, a thermal imaging ...

According to an Ofsted report Gatehouse Primary School needs to make futher improvements to become a good school. Inspectors said there had been too little good teaching in the school and students had not made the progress they should and there had been a high staff turnover. A more recent visit by Ofsted said the senior leadership team has now been strengthened, teaching improved and pupils ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two schools are celebrating after being crowned as the best of their kind in the Westcountry. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg named Dawlish Community College as the best secondary school in the region and Widey Court Primary School in Plymouth as the best primary school. Both schools received a letter of congratulations from Mr Clegg following their accolades in the 2013 Pupil Premium Awards. ...

A "manipulative" paedophile, caged for the sickening sexual abuse of a boy while sleeping over at his home, has had his potentially lifelong sentence quashed. Jade Cook, 23, "duped" a 13-year-old boy into performing oral sex on him, having accepted his parents' hospitality and lied about his age while grooming the boy online. Cook, of Oak Park Villas, Dawlish, Devon, was caged indefinitely for ...

DCC's scheme - piloted in Ilfracombe, Ivybridge and Tiverton - has proved so successful it is now being expanded to a further eight towns, including Dawlish and Teignmouth. The sessions offer those seeking work or claiming benefits up to two hours' free computer and internet access each Friday. The scheme was developed in response to the Government's "Digital by Default" strategy, to help those ...

All Year 11 students are expected to attend all lessons as normal up to and including THURSDAY 23rd MAY , when students will leave the College at the end of the English Literature exam, at approximately 3:30pm. Students are still required to attend normal classes/revision sessions after this date for any subject where they still have an exam. There will be a final leavers' assembly for all of ...

The Transport Secretary is due to visit South Devon today. Patrick McLoughlin will have a chance to see the coastal railway line at Dawlish and discuss possible investment. The line was damaged in the recent floods and there are fears for its future in the face of erosion. He'll then visit Kingskerswell where a new bypass is being built to improve transport links in the region. See ...

A TRAIN travelling through South Devon had to be evacuated after a stone was thrown at one of its carriage windows. The missile shattered the window glass as the train was travelling through Dawlish on Saturday. "It is thought the stone was thrown at the train from the beach. Officers attended the rail line at Dawlish Warren and searched the area for any potential offenders but to no avail. ...

Date: 23/04/2013 Time: 18:11 Location: A379 junction of Southdown Road, Dawlish, Devon. Area: Western County: Devon Request from ambulance to assist them with a road traffic collision on the A379 at the junction with Southdown Road, Dawlish. 1 fire appliance from Dawlish and 1 from Teignmouth attended the incident. On arrival crews found a road traffic collision involving 1 car and 1 ...

Fire crews were called to an address in Dawlish to test levels of carbon monoxide after reports of the dangerous gas in the air on Sunday morning. They attended a property in Churchill Avenue with a gas detector. A man at the address was reported to feel light headed. Read more: ...

DAWLISH and Teignmouth Camera Club hosted a friendly, but competitive, competition between four camera clubs in South Devon. A packed audience from all four clubs welcomed judge Brian Galbraith, president of the Western Counties Photographic Federation, which embraces over 100 clubs from across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and South Gloucester. Read more: ...

South West Water and the Environment Agency are working to improve Dawlish brook by clearing the silted up waterway which runs through the centre of the town to the sea. A computer-generated model of how the water flows from higher up outside the town all the way to the beach will be created. Dawlish Town Council has agreed to pay £3,000 towards the work, Devon County Council £5,000 and ...

Assurances by Prime Minister David Cameron that the vulnerable railway line at Dawlish will get investment to ensure it is protected in the future. MP Anne Marie Morris told Mr Cameron that traveller numbers on the coastal railway are growing fast and is also important to local tourism. Urgent investment plans are in hand to repair recent flood damage and to create a long-term sustainable ...

Part of the cliff at Ness Cove collapsed and blocked a pedestrian tunnel leaving the women, one of whom is pregnant woman, unable to leave. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told BBC News the two women, who had a dog with them, were not thought to be injured. Coastguards were alerted to the incident at about 11:00 GMT. Teignmouth inshore lifeboat and Devon and Cornwall Police were ...

Heavy rain in Devon overnight caused a 15m (49ft) long section of wall to collapse on to a main road in Dawlish. Devon County Council said it happened on the A379 at the bottom of Teignmouth Hill. Highways crews are at the scene investigating the damage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-21910061

Dawlish Leisure Centre is set to rock to the sounds of swing when one of the South West's biggest bands comes to town. The Teignbridge District Council-owned leisure centre is putting on a charity concert featuring AJ Big Band on Saturday 6 April from 7.30pm. The event – the first of its kind for the leisure centre in eight years – will help raise money for Devon Air Ambulance Trust and it ...

A SERIES of Flood Alerts was issued across South Devon on Thursday afternoon. The Environment Agency say flooding is possible for the Totnes, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dartmouth and Torbay areas on Thursday and Friday. A Flood Alert has been issued for the South Devon Coast at Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Torbay and Dawlish. Low lying land and roads will be affected first. Persistent and ...

Business people, landlords, retailers and community group representatives joined a workshop with town centre manager Emma Kay and came up with 100 ideas for improving the town's fortunes. The main themes revolve around improved marketing, parking issues, ways to use empty shop units and starting an online presence. Other suggestions included a children's play park, better signage to the mini ...

HOSPITAL staff are appealing to families and friends wanting to visit patients in Paignton and Dawlish hospitals to stay away to help reduce the spread of the winter sickness bug Norovirus. Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs community hospitals in the area, has put restrictions in place on two wards - one at each hospital - due to diarrhoea and vomiting. As a ...

1 Dawlish A visit to Dawlish and Dawlish Warren combines a beach day with a nature trail. Dawlish has the beach and Dawlish Warren has a nature reserve. Being part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and home to over 600 types of flowering plants, it’s easy to see why it’s so popular with visitors and wildlife alike. Waders and wildfowl can be observed from the various hides which are ...

Motorists in Devon are being urged to drive carefully, with up to 8cm (3ins) of snow expected to fall in parts of the county on Monday. The Met Office has issued an amber "be prepared" warning for parts of the county for the morning. So far the most snow has been reported on Dartmoor. Snow has also fallen in South Hams, Newton Abbot, Kingsbridge and Torbay. A flood alert has been issued for ...

People would draw up in their carriages to inhale the scent of violets wafting along the seafront, as porters loaded the ‘flower train’ that brought Devon violets from Dawlish to London Paddington and thence to Covent Garden. From the 1890s, nosegays of violets – selling for only a ha’penny locally – fetched premium prices in London and were Mothering Sunday favourites. Some 200 acres around ...

The town council have awarded the underwater hockey club £200 towards the cost of taking two junior teams to Rotterdam to the European underwater hockey open tournament to defend the title they won in 2012. Team South West Junior Underwater Hockey Club has more than 50 members, most from this area. Dawlish Dancers, formerly Dawlish Divas have also been awarded £200 from the council. ...

The scheme could start as soon as this year, tourist leaders have been told. The proposals have been out for public consultation and if there are too many objections officials have warned the cash could be lost. Teignbridge Council and Representatives from the Environment Agency told members of Dawlish Warren Tourism that as soon as the scheme gained support, initial work could start later ...

Devon towns and villages are to get about £60,000 to prevent flooding. The county council has pinpointed weaknesses after storms led to widespread problems last summer. Plans include £8,000 on new debris grills at Purze Brook, Axminster, £10,000 to divert floods at Sandygate, Kingsteignton and £10,000 on new sluice gates at Dawlish Water. See more...

Two groups of youths aged between 16 and 18 were caught with the class B drug in broad daylight and in plublic areas. Eight youngsters were found with the drug when police were on routine patrol. Parents have been informed and advised to deal with the situation as they thought appropriate. One of the youths was found with more of the drug on him and was reprimanded. Source: Dawlish Gazette