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UPDATE: The underpass at Colonnade giving access to King’s Walk promenade and the beach at Dawlish is due to reopen at 7pm tonight (Friday 17 June) until further notice. During our work this week, we discovered an uncharted, capped gas main. This means we can’t currently use the piling rig to install foundations in this location, so we are able to keep a pathway open to safely allow the public ...

Four appliances were called to the incident which was reported at about 17:20 BST said Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-61846083

Cllr. Petherick has been the only one who has ever showed any interest in the issues raised by these planning applications. The other members of the planning committee have been useless.

Planning permission granted. 12 votes for, 1 vote against.

Wish they would outline the case for getting potholes fixed grass verges cut etc and all the local things that we pay our council tax for. Devon county council have mismanaged the budget by millions of pounds so this is a good side show to take the pressure off.

They blame 'crazy' new safety measures which made the road narrower Huge traffic jams built up and people got out of their vehicles to watch the drama. One resident said that the driver didn't speak English which made it difficult for him to follow instructions as other lorry drivers tried to advise him. Read more... ...

Here 70000 Britannia will be added to the train. Departing Norton Fitzwarren at 10:59, the train will continue on its journey, passing through Tiverton Parkway (11:15), Exeter St Davids (11:35), Dawlish Warren (11:52), Newton Abbot (12:14) Paignton (12:32) and Kingswear at 13:06. See more... https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/06/steam-locomotive-70000-britannia-to-visit-dawlish-this-saturday.html

RAILWAY companies are warning that rail services in Teignbridge could be ‘significantly reduced’ after dates of industrial action were announced. Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/severe-disruption-warning-on-railways-550152

DAWLISH’S answer to Glastonbury has been cancelled for 2022. This is the third year the festival, which was launched in 2017 and held at Warren Farm, has had to be cancelled Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/disappointment-as-snooky-fest-cancelled-for-third-time-549864

Ban the religious slaughter of animals without first stunning them https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614742

Network Rail has apologised to the public as the Colonnade underpass at Dawlish is about to close for up to 12 weeks at the height of the summer holiday season from next Monday June 13. Engineers are building 20-metre long foundations for a new bridge in the second section of the sea wall, which is being built to protect the town and main coastal railway from storms and rising sea levels. Read ...

Sightings have been made in around 200 different locations across the country. The biggest cluster can be found in Dawlish Warren in Devon and they are the emblem of this town. Read more... https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/have-you-spotted-the-rare-black-swans-at-milton-keynes-lake-3721024

Hi there. The 'Lancaster' had just done a trial run for it's appearance at the Torbay airhow the next day. It was good of the crew to do a circuit over Dawlish on their way back to Exeter airport.

RESIDENTS have slammed builders Redrow saying their newbuild homes are ruined after “dodgy” sewer pipes have been unleashing a foul stench for years. Read more... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18788742/redrow-newbuild-homes-sewer-pipes-smell-devon/

Beach Clean Saturday, 2 July @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm See more... https://cagdevon.org.uk/event/beach-clean-dawlish-against-plastic/2022-07-02/

Not really news is it? Like saying hope weather gets sunnier,end world hunger etc...just more useless political bumf

There are going to be quite a few road closures in Dawlish and Teignmouth for the Platinum Jubilee weekend. Here are the roads to be closed in the towns for street parties and a street market over the long weekend from Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June at a glance: See more... ...

Each of the 27 categories cover best beauty salon to best children's business and all the finalists have been nominated by the public. Read more... ...

Hoping everyone has/had a great day. Congrats to HM the Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Thank you for being our wonderful monarch.

It's official! The museum is now open for the new season and all are welcome. With 11 rooms over 3 floors and lots for the children to do its great value. Check our website for prices and opening times and many thanks to volunteer Heather for agreeing to pose for us!

A massive jubilee weekend of hundreds of events across Torbay and South Devon is set to bring millions of pounds of badly-needed business into the area. Analysts believe a bumper £15.5 million will be spent on the English Riviera over the four days of the jubilee bank holiday long weekend. The air show is just one of hundreds of events taking place across South Devon over the weekend, from live ...

Residents living at a development site in Dawlish have blasted a string of 'false promises' from housebuilder Redrow after years of issues. According to long-term residents at The Copse, Redrow promised the completion of the site years ago, despite being 'nowhere near ready'. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/fed-up-redrow-residents-blast-7144142

Teignbridge Council has announced phase one of the new park at the top of Deepway Lane will be open to cyclists and walkers first in June, then for people travelling by car when parking has been provided. Long-term the future of the park has been secured through an agreement with the Land Trust, a similar arrangement with running Dawlish Countryside Park. Read more... ...

South West Water has completed work on a scheme to upgrade sections of the sewerage network in Dawlish as part of an ongoing commitment to protect bathing water and the environment while reducing pollution. The work, which began in June 2021, involved installing a new surface water system within the highways of Longlands, Stockton Road, Old Town Street, Penfield Gardens and Brook Street. Read ...

At Dawlish SC we pride ourselves on providing a comprehensive swimming programme, that can take swimmers from their early years in Learn to Swim all the way through to high performance swimming at County, Regional and National competition. Read more... https://www.devonswimming.org.uk/?p=3422

Advertised salary for full time, 52 week contract with one sleep in per week. Basic salary is £21,944.00 - £23.004.80 per annum if qualified. Term time and Part time contracts also available. Read more ... https://fetchajob.com/jobs/residential-support-worker-oakwood-specialist-college-dawlish-devon/605570076-2/

The group meets every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6.30pm outside the Sports Bar in Sandy Lane, Dawlish. For more information go to dawlishcoasters.com. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/coasters-invite-you-to-jubilee-fun-runs-548312

Sorry to ask but I’m looking for some rocks and large pebbles to enable me to create a memorial rockery/pond in our garden. See more... https://www.gumtree.com/p/freebies/rocks-and-plants-needed-for-a-memorial-garden-/1433457917

Traffic flows in the area will be monitored during the trial, which continues until Monday, June 13 Work will begin next week to temporarily widen the footpath in the Strand at three sections near the Galleon Inn, Starcross Garage and the former Westbank Charity Shop. Temporary kerbs are being installed on the evening of Monday, May 30. Read more... ...

Haven't they got more productive things to do with their time, how about cutting back overgrown grass verges bushes etc that the council no longer cares about or is that against climate change too?

I have found a  newspaper article from November 2019 concerning the potential flood/sea level circa 2050 in the Exe estuary area if sea levels continue to rise. The article shows that land to the west of Dawlish Warren (Secmaton/Langdon/Shutterton) at being at risk from rising sea levels., This area already has had new houses built, and is also where it is planned that even more new houses ...

Geoffrey Cox, who runs four highly rated and award-winning care homes in Devon, including Sefton Hall at Dawlish TRUST urgently needs to be repaired between the government and the care industry after the ‘scandalously wrong’ decision to discharge patients untested for Covid into care homes at the start of the pandemic. Read more... ...

A Dawlish woman who has just returned from six years living abroad has opened a tea room in memory of her mother. Owner Carley Holmes named the new venture after her mother who used to have a hairdressing salon in the town Read more... ...

Earlier this year I think it was, the town council asked for suggestions for where new benches might be sited in the town. I know I suggested (and I don't think I was the only one) that a bench should be sited on the higher part of Sandy Lane Playing Fields so to enjoy the lovely view. Pleased to say that one appeared some weeks back and this afternoon I took advantage of it and plonked me bum ...

Hope you have now settled in to your new abode @Brooklyn Bridge . Newhay up for sale? If it's old news then I haven't heard it. Perhaps someone with contacts at St. Gregs could pose the question and let us know the answer? and on the matter of new benches being installed......see my new thread concerning Sandy Lane Playing Fields.

Two close friends of Dawlish martial arts teacher and convicted rapist Paul Drury have also been jailed for child sex offences. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/two-jailed-for-child-sex-offences-had-links-to-dawlish-rapist-547819

Brunel Holiday Park at Dawlish Warren, which offers stays in converted train carriages, is now for sale for close to £1m The park was initially set up by Great Western Railway in 1935, but only for railway employees and their families to use for their holidays. Read more... ...

A £15.4m new cycle route linking Torquay and Newton Abbot is expected to get the green light next week. Members of Teignbridge Council will be asked to support the ambitious bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to deliver the “strategic” cycle route as well as links to the new neighbourhood of houses being built at Wolborough. “Despite Newton Abbot, Teignmouth and Dawlish being amongst the ...

It stocks a wide variety of products, including cheeses, wines, and pastries. Takeaway hot drinks and snacks are also on offer. See more... https://dawlish.nub.news/news/local-news/new-deli-opens-in-dawlish-133371