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Stagecoach South West – based at its new HQ at Matford in Exeter, launched South West Falcon coach services last year. It is the first ever 24/7 service linking Plymouth, Devon, Somerset to the region's largest airport in Bristol and Bristol City Centre. The Falcon service is among initiatives to help keep the South West open for business. Following the devastating storms of 2014, that cut off the ...

Talks for a joint Teignmouth and Dawlish airshow have begun. Early stages of negotiations around a two day event at the back end of the summer of 2018 are under way and an emergency Teignmouth town council has been arranged for Tuesday night to discuss the proposal. Read more... ...

Important Centre Update: Due to the continued weather conditions we are closing the Pool and Gym. Clubbercise and Circuits are still taking place in the Sport s Hall, however there are no changing rooms available. We are sorry for all the inconvenience caused, we will continue to update as and when we can.

Devon and Cornwall Police say they are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man on Tuesday (18 July). The man, named locally as Todd Riggs, from Holsworthy, was pronounced dead at the scene. Mr Riggs is the second Devon YFC member to die in tragic circumstances this year. Lauren Scott, 20, from Kenton, near Exeter, died following a farm machinery accident, near Dawlish, Devon, on 4 March. Read ...

A vast new 65-acre countryside park in Dawlish will open in September. Work will soon be complete on the £250,000 project to create the new Dawlish Countryside Park which will be public open space with wild countryside and walks and will be home to native species including wildflower grassland, scrub and woodland, and native wildlife, such as cirl buntings. The event - “A Family Day Where Dogs Can ...

Another one of the new Hitachi trains destined to go into service through Devon next summer has been spotted speeding along the scenic coastal route - in disguise. The Hitachi IEP 800001, to give it its full name, was spotted by Dawlish Beach on Facebook on Monday, with a video posted on its website dawlishbeach.com for good measure. Read more.. ...

Organisers of Snooky Fest have said they are proud of the people of Dawlish after more than 2,000 streamed through the doors at Warren Farm on Saturday. The festival raised money for the locally-based charity the Snooky Trust, set up by Caz Steffens, 45, in memory of her brother Chris Snook, who died aged 27 in 2000 The charity's aim is to help 18-to-40 year olds in Dawlish and Devon who suffer ...

Ministers were under fire last night after suppressing a key report into HS2 overseen by the country's most senior civil servant. The review assessed whether the UK's biggest ever infrastructure project is on budget and provides value for money for taxpayers. Read more... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4701986/Government-refuses-publish-report-scrapping-HS2.html

Sarah Harris from south Devon had taken her pet skunk to a dog show in north Devon and was staying in a tent, when Dottie made a break for it. Now Sarah hopes her psychic friend, who has a track record of finding lost pets, will be able to home in on 16-month-old Dottie, missing in Bratton Fleming. Initial searches haven't been fruitful, so Sarah has turned to her clairvoyant friend Becky ...

The duckling was saved by quick thinking wardens who fitted him with tape and cardboard shoes to help him waddle. The animal - known as Wonky - was born six weeks ago with clubbed feet and would trip over every time he tried to walk. Warden Don Phillips said: "We had two newborns in an incubator and one had clubbed feet. The poor thing kept falling over and couldn't walk. Read more... ...

Everybody moans about the price of rail travel these days, but this train might just be the most expensive ever seen on the railway lines of Devon. Early on Tuesday morning the rarely-seen Belmond Royal Scotsman Railtour passed along the spectacular seawall section between Dawlish Warren and Newton Abbot. Read more... ...

The news that a rehabilitation ward at Teignmouth Hospital will probably never reopen has been called 'symbolic of the current state of the health service'. The minor injuries unit and X-ray department at the hospital moved to Dawlish in January 2016 as part of proposals aimed at securing the long-term future of the two community hospitals. Read more... ...

Plans for 409 houses at Gatehouse Farm on Secmaton Lane were approved in July 2016 which followed on from the approval granted in April for Waddeton Park Ltd's plans for up to 200 homes, a 64-bed care home and three hectares of employment land on a 16-acre plot of land in the grounds of Langdon Hospital Now, plans for 201 new homes at land at Secmaton Farm in Dawlish have been submitted to ...

William Bryant left an elderly couple in hospital for a total of 26 weeks with serious spinal and rib injuries after smashing into their car when he failed to stop at a junction. Bryant was only 17 at the time and was on his way home to Dawlish from Torquay Boy's Grammar School, where he has just finished his A levels. Read more... ...

Cowboys quoted an elderly couple £170 for cutting down a tree in their garden, then quadrupled the price to £700 after the job was done. Reluctantly the wife called her regular taxi firm to take her to the bank to withdraw the extra cash, and driver Chris Smith quickly spotted something was wrong. Read more... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/hero-cabbie-wades-stop-rogue-10742028

Paignton and Brixham MIUs will close permanently after the last clinics being held on Friday July 28. Both sites will continue to operate as Health and Wellbeing Centres, with Brixham also being a Clinical Hub. Alternative MIU facilities are available at Totnes, Newton Abbot and Dawlish Community Hospitals. Read more... ...

Peter Dodd, aged 42, who was living rough in Exeter at the time, admitted wounding at an earlier hearing at Exeter Crown Court. His sentence was adjourned by Judge Geoffrey Mercer, QC, after he was told that Dodd now has an address at Coronation Avenue, Dawlish, and has started work with the addiction service Rise. Read more... ...

The introduction of a crime crackdown zone in Dawlish last year has stopped anti-social behaviour in the town, the council's anti-social behaviour officer has stated. Last summer, Teignbridge Council approved the introduction of a public space protection order (PSPO) for the heart of Dawlish, which bans anti-social behaviour such as drinking and rough sleeping, drug taking and littering. Read ...

Around the clock dredging and recharge works at Dawlish Warren has paid off – with the completion of the recharge of the western end of the beach a month ahead of schedule and as a result, the beach now boasts increased sand levels of up to 3 metres in places. Read more... ...

Now a Hero Award has been presented to Chris Smith, 37, the owner of Black Swan Taxis in Dawlish who came to the rescue when he realised what was happening and stepped in to quickly take action and protect them without a thought for his own safety. Read more... ...

Monitoring and forecasting the weather has become a reality at Langdon which provides secure care and treatment for people with mental health needs from Devon and the wider south west region. The weather station is the brainchild of Reverend Jez Brown, who is one of the Chaplains based at the site, and patients are being invited to present their own weather forecasts based on the data the new ...

Attempted murder arrest after man is slashed with broken bottle A 19-year-old man from Hereford was arrested for attempted murder and a 24-year-old man from Dawlish was arrested for assault. Both men have been questioned by police. The 24 year old man has been released under investigation and the other man is still in custody helping with police with their enquiries. Read more... ...

A bomb maker who was found with a 'viable' device in a safe in his home has been sent to a psychiatric hospital indefinitely after a judge was told he is not a terrorist. The order means he will be treated at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish and cannot be released without the agreement of the Ministry of Justice. The judge told him: "It is quite clear from all the psychiatric reports that this very ...

A section of Dawlish Warren beach has re-opened to the public. Over the last few months, work has been taken place on recharging the beach in Dawlish Warren as part of a £14million engineering project which is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe and is predicted to bring economic benefits of £158milllion. Read more... ...

Michael Lewis-Shermer was working for Southern Healthcare Wessex Ltd at Sefton Hall Nursing Home, in Dawlish, when he took £200 from a new resident in October last year. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/nurse-who-stole-from-dementia-sufferer-at-devon-care-home-is-banned-from-the-profession/story-30410219-detail/story.html

Plans to demolish an historic beach kiosk on Dawlish seafront have been approved. The beach kiosk, on Station Road, next to the railway station, was used for the sale of refreshments, but has been vacant for a while. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/dawlish-railway-beach-kiosk-demolition-planned-approved/story-30401959-detail/story.html

So very sad. http://www.devonlive.com/man-in-30s-died-at-scene-after-being-struck-by-train-in-dawlish/story-30404455-detail/story.html

Update on missing teenager. http://www.devonlive.com/search-continues-for-missing-teenager-sol-mclean-from-dawlish/story-30404386-detail/story.html

Work on recharging the beach in Dawlish Warren as part of a £14million engineering project is a step closer to completion. The scheme is aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe and is predicted to bring economic benefits of £158milllion. The overall scheme is due to be finished by October, but work on recharging the beach with sand, that began last ...

From 2018 a new fleet of Class 802 Intercity Express Trains will connect London Paddington to Exeter, Plymouth, Penzance and many more communities. The train will now be made ready to begin testing in the coming weeks prior to entering passenger service from summer next year. Two further test trains are due to arrive in the UK shortly. The Intercity Express Train is designed to withstand the ...

Jamie Stuart Rabin, 36, of Bank Street, Teignmouth, was ordered to pay a total of £6,594.25 in fines, costs, victim's surcharge and compensation at Plymouth Magistrates Court. Rabin, who changed his plea at the last minute, sold the Renault Trafic Van in 2016 from his dealership, Finnish Car Sales, in Dawlish. Read more... ...

A grandfather yesterday told how he unearthed a stash of valuable black truffles in a client’s back garden - just a month after setting up a new gardening business. Yesterday he said he was keeping the location of his untapped source secret to avoid any opportunistic foragers descending on the property but has admitted it is in his home town of Dawlish, Devon. Read more... ...

Controversial plans for new homes in a village near Dawlish have been resubmitted by developers. Leander Developments had proposed two separate developments of 20 and 15 homes on land at Little Leigh, Holcombe Road, Holcombe. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/controversial-homes-plan-for-village-near-dawlish-are-resubmitted/story-30389925-detail/story.html

A church in Dawlish is on the move. The Dawlish Christian Fellowship has moved out of its home of more than 20 years in Old Town Street ahead of plans to build a new church community centre on the outskirts of the town. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/new-place-of-worship-for-dawlish-church/story-30387970-detail/story.html

Serious concerns about the possibility of the Dawlish railway line being cut off again for months were raised as plans for three new luxury homes have been refused. Teignbridge Council planners had been asked to approve plans to build three, two storey detached houses in the grounds of La Falaise, 9 Old Teignmouth Road, Read more.. ...

So very sad. http://www.devonlive.com/body-of-missing-exeter-man-found-on-beach/story-30380714-detail/story.html

Work on recharging the scheme in Dawlish Warren as part of a £14million engineering project aimed at reducing the risk of flooding to over 2,900 properties around the River Exe has begun. The work is taking place after the Exe estuary flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy identified the narrow part of Dawlish Warren is at risk of being breached as a result of sea level rise and ...

Trains through Dawlish have been cancelled and motorists are being warned to beware as heavy rain is battering Devon. A flood alert has been issued for the South coast from Start Point to Dawlish Warren. Flooding is possible at exposed East facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, ...

The money, coming from £250bn of borrowing for infrastructure projects, will go towards improving the line at Dawlish and electrification of the network to provide "faster and more resilient journeys". Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/labour-pledges-2-5bn-to-improve-devon-s-rail-lines/story-30369443-detail/story.html

Police are appealing for witnesses after a spate of burglaries in the West Cliff Road area of Dawlish Twice in the last month the criminals succeeded in breaking into properties in the area and made off with items and cash. Read more... http://www.devonlive.com/police-appeal-after-burglaries-in-dawlish/story-30368583-detail/story.html