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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 future ...

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 marks a ...

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 heavy ...

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 golf ...

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 temporary ...

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 the ...

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. Source: ...

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 this ...

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

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 feature an ...

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 took ...

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 on a ...

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 removal ...

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 the most ...

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 and ...

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 are ...

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 rider of the ...

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 Exe ...

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 at ...

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...