Dawlish News' Posts

Dicing with death - these youngsters risk their lives in a deadly came of 'chicken' played against massive waves whipped up by storm-force winds. The laughing schoolboys are just one slip away from being dragged out to sea - provoking an urgent warning from coastguards to parents. Devon's 'wave dodgers' were spotted on the seafront at Dawlish trying to avoid the huge breakers, many towering ...

VSP Software recently launched its new website to promote the company and products. The website was designed by VSP and is hosted on VSP's in-house servers. VSP hope you like the look of its new website and would be grateful for any comments.

At the end of October, Microsoft held the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. With the largest number of attendees of any previous PDC, we presented details regarding many upcoming developer-oriented technologies, including "Whidbey" (the codename for the next version of Visual Studio), "Yukon" (the codename for the next version of SQL Server), as well as the much anticipated ...

LAS VEGAS -- RealNetworks Inc. and IBM Corp. plan to team up to offer other companies a method for protecting and distributing digital audio and video. The partnership will combine IBM's Internet, database and content-management software with RealNetworks' software for disseminating audio and video over the Internet and setting up pay subscription services, RealNetworks said. The companies will ...

Sixty-year-old Peter Harry was accused of exceeding the speed limit in a 30mph restricted zone along the A379 at Starcross on March 27 2003. But when Harry presented his not guilty plea at Totnes magistrates court the crown procecutor David Bowen offered no evidence and invited the bench to dismiss the case. Mr Bowen explained that under the Trafic Regulation Act the prosecution had to prove the ...

Even manager Chris Myers, who has spoken highly of the players' attitude over the past month, had to accept the seasiders were poor, and that there must be more surgery if they're to climb off the bottom of the table "I'm not going to give up, but we looked like a bottom of the table team," he admitted. "It was frustrating, disappointing, annoying: it was everything from my point of view, ...

Repeated attempts to find Susan Hale, 52, from Dawlish a bed in the Teignbridge area have failed and she is currently in Brighton, after being remanded in custdy more than a year ago. Now a judge at Exeter Crown Court has ordered a representative from the Teignbridge Primary Care Trust to come to the court and explain why no bed has been made available. Also despite a report being ordered by the ...

And that would complete the first part of a three-point plan which chairman Nigel Gooding outlined when he fronted a three-man take over at the cash-strapped club in October. "I think it safe to say we'll still be a Western League club next season, even if we don't stay up," he says. "My view is that we're now a mid-table Premier Division side, given some of the performances against the likes ...

Heavitree's point put them level on points with Exeter Civil Service who lost 1-0 at Alphington, but not one club moved into a different position in the league. Crediton did close the gap on seventh-placed Vospers, to goal difference, as their victory at Lords Meadow took their unbeaten run to 11 games but they were made to fight hard by a determined Cullompton. "Our boys had too much Turkey ...

A policewoman is in hospital after a double stabbing incident at her home. Mother-of-two Fay Hurved suffered knife wounds to her neck, back and chest and is in a stable condition at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Her 52-year-old estranged husband Ian is also stable at Torbay Hospital after being found at the house with a knife embedded in his chest. Officers investigating the incident ...

The NHS is suing seven pharmaceutical companies for £30m over allegations that they fixed the price of common antibiotics, it has emerged. Documents lodged with the high court on December 17 by health secretary John Reid claim that the companies agreed to artificially raise the price of a range of penicillin-based drugs. The case is part of a wide-ranging investigation into alleged ...

Headteachers today condemned the latest expansion of Government school league tables to cover results achieved by 14-year-olds as an “unnecessary irrelevance”. School standards minister David Miliband said that, for too long, too many pupils had “drifted” in the first three years of secondary school and publishing the results highlighted the work schools were doing to improve their performance. ...

Dawlish Water Wheel Project has already come across the first unexpected problem. When lifting the wheel off the bearing housing it was found that both were broken in half. These will now need to be repaired, adding to the cost. This first phase should be completed early in the new year. The next phase will be the rubbing down and painting of the main wheel structure. Also, the pointing in of ...

Opened in the early 80s, the factory made quiches, fruit pies and sponges that were sold to supermarkets, catering companies and hospitals. Last Friday, staff turned up at 9am as usual, only to find that they no longer had somewhere to work. Instead of going into the factory as normal they were told to wait in the canteen. News of the liquidation was broken to them by a representative of Lamey ...

Spam – It’s the stuff that clogs up your inbox in the hope of selling you anything from the latest money spinning tool to plastic surgery. It's considered the biggest downside to the internet revolution. 90% of unsolicited email is from 200 spammers. 50-70% of email traffic across the world is spam. Healthcare products - mainly Viagra - accounted for nearly half of all the spam received in ...

Owner of Black Country Properties, Simon Steel Perkins, said: `Black Country Properties Limited submitted the Planning Application on September 1, 2003, for the Regeneration of Shutterton Bridge after many months of pre-application local consultation, together with a considerable amount of research and studies, including undertaking a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment in relation to ...

Dawlish resident Jack Chadwick, raised more than £350 for the National Wheelchair Association, by leaping out of a perfectly good aeroplane.

The big 'Switch On' event was held on Monday evening, with the switch operated by Dawlish Carnival Claire Barnes and Dawlish Mayor Bill Forrow.

The town council planning committee gave several reasons for its refusal of the scheme by Joe and Margaret Adams for two houses and a garage in the garden of their property, at Channel View, off Fordens Lane. They said that the development would be dangerous on highways grounds, because of poor access, and that it represented overdevelopment. It would mean a loss of amenity through the ...

The 31-strong fleet, now ranking amoung the largest in the South West, had been a family run business for half a decade employing 50 staff. But after a casual conversation between Neil Tomlinson, the prior owner, and John Weaver, the new managing director, the business is now in new hands. Mr Weaver, a former employee, bought the business along with partner Gill Byers, the former accounts manager. ...

The manager at Dawlish Town Football Club is Chris Myers, a 34-year-old Torquay postman. "I'm very happy with this appointment," he said. Being ex-professional footballer whose has played for Exeter City, Torquay United, Dundee United and Dorchester he brings experience with me. Nigel Gooding the new chairman who along with Mr. Myers will be looking to bring in new players to the club.

The amendments to the order include deleting suggested restrictions at the west end of Barton Terrace, Barton Villas, Barton Crescent, and the retention of most of the parking at the east end of Barton Terrace and Stockton Hill. Spaces are being created in Brook Street, close to the Hedley Way Centre and Strand Hill, together with retaining the parking spaces in King Street. The loading- bays in ...

Local man Tom Ahearn rescues a girl from the sea near to Red Rock, while she was attempting to rescue her dog that had been swept in to the sea by a large wave. Tom was walking back from the Warren behind Miss Arwen Bird and saw she was lying face down in the water. took off his trousers, top, shoes and jumped in. "I just knew I had to get her out as quickly as I could, I managed to get to her ...

Bryan Weston has interviewed people who lived in the village of Holcombe between 1900 and 1960. His new book, called Captured In Time - Memories Of A Devon Village, recounts the rural ways before 1965 when large-scale housing development trebled Holcombe's size and population. Mr Weston, 67, who has lived in Holcombe for the last 23 years, penned a book on the early history of the village called ...

The capule contained a old 1p coin, The Dawlish Times 1881, The Methodist Recorder 1879 and The Western Morning News 1881. Mr Fey, the church steward, was delighted at the find and after spending some time studying the documents will pass them on to Exeter Library for archiving. The Dawlish Times started in October 1868 and publication stopped in June 1903. Devon Library has most publications ...

Water rates are at their highest in Dawlish, with many opting to switch to meters to try and reduce their bills, and others forking out over £1000 per year in rates. Whilst we are trying to conserve water, South West Water doesn't seem interested in fixing the leak in Westcliff Road. This has angered residents of the street, in particular one lady who notified South West Water on August 21. They ...

The proposal has caused mixed feelings among locals with many sceptical about aspects of the proposal such as affordable housing. The southern part of the application site has had planning permission for over 10 years for employment use, but this has never been taken up, and overall the results of the environmental impact assessment indicates that the site will not cause any significant negative ...

Staff at Sefton Hall in Plantation Terrace called an ambulance shortly after 4.10pm on Sunday after finding the woman severely injured on the ground outside. She was later declared dead at the scene. Police think she may have fallen from an open window on the nursing home's third floor. A Devon and Cornwall police spokesman said: "Scene of crime officers and CID officers did attend and believe ...

The proposal to extend double yellow lines along Barton Terrace has raised serious concern among residents and business owners. The difficulty of finding parking already and the implications on safety are the main concerns. Many residents have commented that parking acts as a natural speed control and by disallowing parking the result is going to be a faster and increased flow of traffic along ...

The submission from Black Country Properties Ltd followed several months of consultation with the local community and statutory consultants (Environment Agency, English Heritage, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , etc) and the result of this has been a plan with a mix of land uses including offices, shops, a doctors surgery, a school and houses and flats. Simon Steele-Perkins, ...

Situated in a large field adjacent to Warren Road, the Minisunburn music festival should have been the biggest event in the area for years with live bands, dance tents and specialised Mini cars on show, but the event ground to a halt on the second day of the three day event. (29 – 31/08/2003). Such an event requires thousands of ticket sales to become viable, but for the event organiser, Tim ...

The Perseids are one of the best known annual meteor showers. Each year in mid-August, dust from the comet Swift-Tuttle falls on the Earth's northern hemisphere creating the light show. This year, the Perseids peak on August 13th. While the meteor shower is being somewhat obscured by the glare of a full moon, sky watchers spotted this fireball over El Paso, Texas, on August 5.

The City Steam Jazz Band played to an ever growing crowd as their great repertoire pulled people in from all directions to the Lawn, Dawlish. Sweet Georgia Brown, Sweet Sue and Strutting with some bar-be-que were just some of the tracks heard by the enthralled crowd, with some breaking out in to a dance. Although the evening was a little cloudy it did nothing to diminish the peoples enjoyment. The ...

Town Beach was briefly closed by Teignbridge District Council yesterday, since the water did not meet european standards for bathing. The beach was opened again Friday (15/08/2003) after the Environment agency passed the beach fit for bathing.

The weather predictions for the week show sunshine with some clouds. Next weekend (16th-17th), however, showers and storms are predicted. This may be a small setback for trade, but it will no doubt be a welcome break for asthma and alergy sufferers, some of whom have found the increase in air polution associated with the heat has worsened their condition. The temperature will be around 22C max ...

The town’s beaches were packed with families soaking up the sun this weekend while the temperature has been rising ahead of the forthcoming carnival festivities next week. This years tourist season could be one of the best ever with the holiday parks, hotels and guesthouses fully booked. There are many entertainment events happening all summer such as the stunt shows at Dawlish Warren and the ...

A homeless couple, who were living in a tent in Dawlish until last week, are one of the first to acquire accommodation under a new scheme devised by the Teignbridge District Council. The council has always been concerned about the homeless in Teignbridge and until now has generally been able to offer housing to those in this difficult situation. However, with the current cost of housing and ...

The Dave Rowlands fair which comes to town every year has been in Dawlish all week. The fair provides entertainment for all ages including crazy buildings to explore, a simulator and the rhythm dancer. Although the weather has continually threaten to turn The Lawn into a quagmire, the people have still turned out to enjoy themselves all the same. The firework display on Thursday evening was not ...