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A market inside Dawlish Leisure Centre is not what you would normally expect to see when you go for your weekly swim – but Teignbridge Council is doing just that. The Council is putting on a new indoor market inside its leisure centre as it looks to boost the offer for residents using the popular leisure centre. The market is being held on Sunday February 24 from 10am until 4pm and will ...

A former firefighter who tried to set light to his home while suffering from the male equivalent of post-natal depression has been allowed to resume a normal life after completing almost two years of counselling. Jason Jerome was under stress from the change from being a fireman to a house husband when he sprayed lighter fluid around his home in Dawlish and tried to set light to himself. Read ...

Hundreds of people descended on a sunny town to celebrate Valentine's Day on a brand new scale. Around 500 people flocked to Love Dawlish in the town centre. The event on Saturday was all about love and included performances, workshops and activities including a Passionometer to test the strength of love and an Imaginarium to hear love stories and songs. A cabaret night of music and comedy ...

More than £35m is to be spent on flood defence schemes in Devon. New £23m flood defences in Exeter would protect more than 2,000 homes and businesses, the government said. A further £8.6m is to be spent on a beach management scheme for Dawlish Warren and Exmouth in a bid to reduce the flood risk to 2880 properties, plus protect the main national rail line. Nearly £3.75m would also be spent ...

Outreach Service helps residents in Dawlish and surrounding areas apply for benefits,the service is likely to close at the end of March due to funding crisis. To keep the service going a minimum of £25,000 is needed.The service has helped more than 1,900 claim benefits in the last five years, with 30 people supported by benefits specialists at hearings. The services unaffected by the funding ...

AS 2013 gets underway attention moves to a new home for the new year and Barratt is highlighting five powerful reasons why buyers should choose one of its homes. "The new year is traditionally a time to look forward and we're gearing up for a busy time at our developments in Torquay and Dawlish,'' said sales director Caroline Hill. See more.. .. ...

New plastic Dawlish station footbridge opened and immediately listed! Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris has officially opened the UK’s first Grade II listed plastic footbridge at Dawlish Station. She cut a ribbon across the steps to the new footbridge off the main platform at the seaside station on the south coast of Devon. The footbridge was part of a £1m improvement project which saw the ...

Work will go on during Christmas to stabilise cliffs along the railway line between Dawlish and Teignmouth. Rail bosses confirmed it will be done when trains are not running along the vulnerable stretch of the line and services will not be affected Protective fencing, installed ten years ago has buckled under the weight of mud and rocks brought down after several days of heavy rain. It is ...

Composite Advantage LLC’s FiberSPAN™ fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) bridge deck was selected for Boston’s largest pedestrian and cyclist bridge project to date. Steel footbridge replaced with composite at UK railway station The railway station in the English seaside town of Dawlish has seen a corroded steel footbridge replaced with composite. This is the first composite bridge installed at a ...

Network Rail has announced that services to Plymouth and Cornwall resumed on Saturday after lines were reopened. This followed a landslip on the Teignmouth-Dawlish section on Thursday. Both tracks reopened at 5am today with a 20 mph speed restriction towards London and 50 mph from London. Up to 1,500 tonnes of soil, which fell onto track during the landslide, will have to be cleared by workmen ...

A POLICE community support officer has won a prestigious award. Debbie Sleeman, who patrols in Dawlish Warren, Starcross, Kenton and Mamhead, has received the commander's commendation from Supt Jim Nye at a ceremony at South Devon College. Her focus has been based on engaging with youngsters, concentrating on speeding and parking issues and going into local schools. See more...

A fresh landslip has closed the railway line linking Plymouth and Exeter at Teignmouth. The line, which was reopened on Wednesday after weekend flooding triggered a landslip, was closed again in the evening. About 1,000 tonnes of mud lying against a fence is also threatening the line. The main line from Exeter to the rest of the country has been reopened after flooding at Tiverton but there ...

Rail services are being disrupted again due to a fresh landslip at Dawlish / Teignmouth covering both tracks. Bus services are running from Exeter to Newton Abbot. Pdf of various routes affected

Cofton Country Holidays was awarded a silver in the Holiday Park of the Year category at Visit Devon's annual tourism awards. The competition covers parks catering for holidaymakers in their own touring caravans or tents as well as caravan holiday homes. A new indoor swimming pool complex opened earlier this year. Source: Dawlish Gazette

We have a concern for welfare for a male last seen in the Kenton & Starcross area on Tuesday 27th November at 15.00. He is described as 57 years of medium build wearing black rimmed glasses with yellow lenses. He was last seen wearing a light blue long sleeved jumper, grey track suit bottoms and black ankle working boots, black hat and blue jacket. He was carrying a navy blue bag with a zip across ...

Detectives are investigating a robbery that took place at a bookmakers in South Devon. Police say the crime took place during Sunday, when a man walked into the shop in Dawlish town centre on The Strand. Police say the robber threatened a staff member before making off with !a substantial amount" of money. He is described as being aged 30-40, 5ft 10in and wearing a black-hooded coat, dark blue ...

A WOMAN who smashed a wine glass into the face of a man who made unwanted advances to her in a pub has been ordered pay the victim £500 in compensation. Chelsea Reed, 19, had been drinking with friends in the Lansdowne Hotel in Dawlish when she followed Mark Bloxham down a corridor and furiously swung the glass into his face. He was left with cuts to his mouth and nose and bits of glass lodged ...

Heavy rain and soaking roads caused problems for motorists in Devon today. This morning police warned drivers of wet leaves, standing water and driving rain. It comes after numerous crashes in the region today. At 6:10am a 125cc motorcycle crashed in Dawlish. Police and an ambulance were sent to Teignmouth Road in Dawlish 100 metres past the junction with West Elliot Road. The female ...

Thousands of tonnes of sand could be moved from one east Devon town to another as part of a plan to shore up flood defences and restore a beach. Dawlish Warren had lost about 100,000 tonnes of sand over 15 years, with most of it ending up at Pole Sands, near Exmouth, the Environment Agency said. The agency and Teignbridge Council are considering dredging and bringing sand back along the River ...

TEIGNMOUTH and Dawlish traders are being put on the map with a new community initiative aimed at boosting the profile of each seaside town. New town centre maps which highlight the range of shops and businesses in both places have been produced by Teignbridge Council in partnership with Dawlish Town Council, Teignmouth Town Council and traders in both resorts. The illustrative maps are aimed ...

FREE Sunday parking has been re-introduced in Teignmouth and Dawlish car parks for the winter - just in time for Remembrance Sunday. Both resorts have joined the successful scheme which sees all 35 of Teignbridge District Council’s car parks free of any charges on a Sunday. With numerous Remembrance Day services planned for this Sunday, the scheme will provide a timely boost to motorists ...

The Fire Service received several calls to a fire involving outbuildings at The Strand, Starcross on Saturday evening.  Fire appliances from Dawlish, Danes Castle and Teignmouth attended. Upon arrival, fire crews confirmed outbuildings well alight and started to tackle the fire using four breathing apparatus wearers and two hose reel jets. Fire crews requested a fourth fire appliance from ...

The seaside town of Dawlish, on the south coast of Devon, hosted a landmark event in the history of UK railway infrastructure during the weekend of 13th - 14th October 2012 when a replacement footbridge was installed. The coastal railway line, part of Network Rail's mainline network is noted for its particularly scenic qualities and for being one of the most exposed in the country, constantly ...

A woman has been freed from a car which got stuck in the mud during a rising tide after it ended up in a harbour. The vehicle hit a wall, flipped over, and landed on its wheels in Cockwood Harbour near Starcross, Exeter, Devon, at about 21:50 BST on Sunday. Read more...

Dawlish Ladies Hockey Club is one of Dawlish's oldest sports set ups and is in danger of closing after almost 60 years. The club is appealing for new members and meets for training sessions every Tuesday evening between 6.30pm and 7.30pm at the all weather pitch at Sandy Lane. Women and girls aged 13 and over and of any ability can take part. Source: Dawlish Gazette

THE £27million redevelopment of Langdon Hospital has reached a milestone. Health bosses and construction partners marked the topping out of the new Dewnans Centre (pictured) at the mental health unit in Dawlish. Read More....

The home of sport in Dawlish could get a top quality new all-weather pitch if Teignbridge District Council's Executive agrees the next step of a £300,000 refurbishment programme. The 20-year-old artificial pitch at Dawlish Leisure Centre, Sandy Lane, will be replaced with a modern AstroTurf Pitch (ATP) if the Executive approves a recommendation to appoint an approved contractor to carry out the ...

A brave band of seven cyclists faced the worst of the Westcountry weather as they began a 150-mile cycle ride in aid of Help the Heroes. Describing themselves as "more senior gentlemen", the group set off from their home town of Dawlish first thing in the morning. Organiser Mike Swift, whose son is a colour sergeant in the Coldstream Guards, said: "People have been very supportive and there is ...

A mother from Devon is spearheading a campaign to make a cystic fibrosis drug available on the NHS immediately. Jess Nickless, from Dawlish, whose daughter Ellie has the condition, has asked the government to make Kalydeco available to those who would benefit. Read more...

Five years after a terrible motorbike accident, which left her fighting for her life, Pippa Farr of Holcombe, near Dawlish, is back in action and winning. With concrete determination the 34-year-old decided last year that she was fit enough to be able to follow her dream buying a horse again, having ridden and competed prior to her accident. To find out more see www.britisheventing.com

POLICE UPDATE: This morning police received a serious report where we required the assistance of armed police and the helicopter. A male was located on Elm Grove Road where he was arrested and conveyed to Torquay Police Custody.

Dawlish Neighbourhood Police POLICE APPEAL: We've received two reports of theft from motor vehicle in Dawlish this week, have you got any information to help with our enquiries? 1) Stockton Avenue- red sunglasses, ladies jumper, safari print bag, mobile phone charger and a set of keys. Commited between 6th Sep-8th Sep. Crime ref JG/12/1530. 2) Hospital Hill- Road Angle stolen on Sunday 9th ...

Tradesmen have been reported calling door to door offering services for repairs to the owners property, or telling the occupants that they have inspected the property and work needs to be done. It seems they are targetting mainly the elderly. The police have advised anyone who feels the work needs to be done, obtain at least two other quotes from reputable tradesmen. 'Teignbridge Council has ...

This message relates to Police Log No. 261 of 22nd August 2012. It has just been reported to us that an intruder was found in a property in the Elm Grove Road area of Dawlish this morning, 22nd August. The householder was visiting a neighbour and had left the front door to the property insecure. The male was described as being a white male, 5ft 10ins tall, in his 40's, stocky build with short ...

A £22 million ProCure21 contract to redevelop the medium secure unit at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish, Devon is showcasing Interserve's innovative approach as main contractor. The international support services and construction group, on behalf of Devon Partnership NHS Trust, is currently undertaking phase one of the hospital redevelopment, incorporating a new 60-bed medium secure unit and a range ...

AN unnanounced Ofsted inspection has given Dawlish Leisure Centre’s childcare service a ‘good’ rating in 16 out of 17 categories, with a special ‘outstanding’ rating given for its partnership work. In July the leisure centre welcomed a surprise Ofsted inspection, as members came to rate the centre’s holiday play schemes for young children. The centre has been working hard to achieve good grades ...

Landowner Devon Swan Holidays is looking to submit an application for outline planning permission for 250 houses on the land at Gatehouse Farm. The plans include a new link road, a percentage of affordable houses and other community infrastructures such as allotments and an orchard. News of the plans comes just weeks after a planning application for 350 homes at Shutterton Park was submitted ...

Six-year-old Coen Moore certainly saw the funny side when his little brother Aiden crawled inside an arcade machine on holiday. Four-year-old Aiden was in Devon for his birthday and playing with friends when he managed to crawl inside an arcade machine where players control a crane to pick up teddy bears. He was stuck inside for half an hour before staff at Dawlish Sands Holiday Park found a ...

Former dental technician, Stephen Sickelmore, who made dentures in "appalling" conditions in his house has had part of his sentence cut. The 52-year-old was sentenced in January to nine months in jail, suspended for two years, and 180 hours unpaid work. But a court hearing has revoked the community service because Sickelmore is receiving treatment for a brain tumour. Sickelmore, of Old ...

A “drunken lout”, caught on CCTV as he groped a student in Exeter, has had his jail term halved by top judges on appeal. Shane Hobbs was spotted by camera operators as he staggered around the city centre, lunging at women as they walked past. The 27-year-old, of Lee Cliff Park, Dawlish Warren, Devon, was jailed for 16 months at Exeter Crown Court in April after admitting sexual assault and ...