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Cofton Country Holidays has been awarded gold in the Devon Tourism Awards, held in association with Visit Devon. The four-star holiday park in Dawlish picked up the top award in the Holiday Park of the Year category in a ceremony at the Grand Hotel in Torquay. Helen Scott, director of Cofton, said: “We have recently invested a huge amount into the park which has dramatically increased customer ...

A man branded a slurry pervert after being repeatedly caught sexually pleasuring himself while surrounded by cow dung has been sent to jail following a psychiatric assessment. Following a spell in a hospital in Dawlish, Devon, a judge has ordered that David Truscott is sent to Exeter Prison prior to his sentencing at Exeter Crown Court. He carried on a six-year campaign of harassment against the ...

Date: 13/11/2013 Time: 05:18 Location: Exeter Road, Dawlish Area: Western County: Devon The Fire Service received several calls to a car on fire in a car park at the above location. A Fire Engine from Dawlish was sent to this incident, then due to information that this car was in such close proximity to a property another Fire Engine was sent from Teignmouth. Crews extinguished the fire using 2 ...

Dawlish Neighbourhood Police WEATHER WARNINGS: Please all take extra care due to the expected adverse weather, it is requested that all outdoor garden furniture is secured or brought inside. Please take extra caution when driving as there could be debris on the road. Please report any issues to the emergency services by calling 101 or 999 See more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24674537

BEACH HUT BREAK-INS: Overnight 9 beach huts were broken into at Coryton Cove, Dawlish. The police scene of crime officer (SOCO) has attended and forensic examinations have been taken. However, if anyone knows any information regarding these burglaries please call 101 quoting master crime JG/13/2045. Many thanks

Forecasters are warning of hurricane-strength gusts of up to 90mph and torrential rain as many areas face a direct hit Emergency services were on high alert yesterday as a freak storm thundered towards Britain. Forecasters are warning of hurricane-strength gusts of up to 90mph and torrential rain as many areas face a direct hit tomorrow night. They fear it could be the most devastating blow since ...

Dawlish Neighbourhood Police CRIMINAL DAMAGE: Overnight 'Underhills' Estate Agents on Iddesleigh Terrace Dawlish had its front door damaged. If anyone heard or saw anything please get intouch by calling 101 or PM. Many thanks PCSO 30578 Annabel Pettinelli

Devon and Somerset county councils have created their first joint PR roster as part of efforts to generate investment and jobs in the South West. Dawlish, Devon: The roster will help support efforts to increase investment and tourism The roster, which also includes agencies across design, media planning, broadcast, web development and market research, is worth up to £2m. See more... ...

Police in Devon have arrested a 35-year-old man who was wanted for recall to prison. Damian Pearce, from Dawlish, was arrested in in Exeter yesterday, Thursday, October 17, for a motoring offence. He attended Exeter Magistrates Court this morning charged with motoring offences, possession of a Class A drug and recall to prison.

THE Late Mrs Early will be presented at the Shafesbury Theatre, Dawlish, by the town's rep group from October 22 to 26. The comedy is by Norman Robbins, one of this country's most-treasured and prolific authors of pantomimes and plays. Although he now lives in Devon, he was born and grew up in Yorkshire, where this play is set, and he dedicated his play to the residents of his home town of ...

MUSIC and activities at Dawlish Community College helped launch the Exe Estuary Academic Co-operative Trust. students from the college enjoyed showcasing their skills in many areas. The jazz band quickly had toes tapping, the choir gave several performances from their current repertoire and GCSE drama students improvised for audiences. Food technology students prepared scones and biscuits for an ...

Princess Anne visited a convalescent home for retired railway workers in Dawlish as part of a whistle-stop tour of Devon and Cornwall. She toured Bridge House, the last remaining facility of a network created around the country more than a century ago, and officially opened a new set of rented apartments. The princess met staff, local dignitaries, young children and chatted individually to each ...

A DAWLISH footballer had to pull out of the squad after he was bitten by a venomous spider. Steve Harris (pictured) , 22, was forced to undergo an emergency operation at Torbay Hospital after being bitten by a false black widow, one of the most poisonous spiders in the country. He said: "When I woke up I had a pain in my side — a stinging feeling. I didn't take that much notice until it started ...

Dawlish Barca 2, Honiton Troopers 1 Honiton Troopers Under-9s were edged out in a close encounter, writes Dave Haysom. Troopers started strongly with Lewis Clyburn, Peter Osborne and Harvey Haysom working hard in midfield and creating chances for Louie Stevens. With some solid defending from Jess Spence and Ben Mottram the Dawlish side were kept at bay. When the defence was penetrated, Harvey Lee ...

Fire crews were sent to Dawlish on Sunday after reports of a fire in Iddesleigh Terrace. The incident happened at 6.10pm. Read more: http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Iddesleigh-Terrace-Dawlish/story-19894786-detail/story.html#ixzz2gyVrcvZj

It was a truly memorable end to the Triathlon Season at Dawlish on Sunday for the N1 Tri Club and all the emphasis was on teamwork. The race was in fact a duathlon comprising of a 4km run followed by a 21 km cycle and finally a 5.8 km run as the rough sea meant swimming was unsafe. The club attended the race ‘gang handed’ and many individuals gave excellent performances. See more.. ...

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 female ...

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 Venue Dawlish ...

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 to ...

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 aid to ...

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 incident. ...

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 are ...

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 prison ...

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 Year ...

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 more... ...

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. Read ...

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 motorcycle. ...

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: http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Dawlish-property-carbon-monoxide-scare/story-18702407-detail/story.html#ixzz2QTDG7CK4