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Merry Christmas all and especially to you Webmaster, for keeping this site going.  Thank you.

It feels like 2020 was the tornado of incompetence sweeping across a once mighty nation. We are now in the eye of that tornado and its picked up a lot more crap and speed. Time to get your supplies in for the forseeable future. Dont and you will regret it, in my opinion. This deal that everyone is banging on about is so great. It reminds me of my first car. Lack of knowledge, rose tinted glasses ...

Well Boris wasnt lying when he said it would be an oven ready meal. About 6 hrs at 200 C I would say. https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/eu-uk_trade_and_cooperation_agreement-a_new_relationship_with_big_changes-overview_of_consequences_and_benefits.pdf

Public Health England has said the risk to the public from the virus is “very low”, and food standards agencies have said it does not affect the consumption of poultry products More than 8,000 birds on a breeding centre near the village of Attleborough were culled in a bid to stop the spread of the disease, which has become a serious threat to the country's poultry industry. Read more... ...

This is not unusual with large projects  sometimes theres a glitch here and a glitch there and solutions are found.

Network Rail have shared pictures of the severe weather that resulted in waves crashing over the Dawlish railway wall – saying it shows why the new sea wall is so vital. But at the other end of Dawlish at Marine Parade, where the first phase of new sea wall has been completed, the railway remained unaffected and free from flooding thanks to the sea wall design and curved top to deflect waves back ...

sounds like a job for the £34k a year climate change officer at teignbridge  council....

Award-winning social enterprise If Everyone Cares CIC, based in Dawlish, Devon, has launched seven Devon area-based community maps with the support of Recovery Devon. These maps aim to help build a local, easily-accessible resource for people seeking information and support. Read more... https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/help-build-community-maps-to-build-a-better-community-in-devon/

Lady’s Mile Holiday Park has been recognised in the 2020 British Travel Awards Popular Dawlish holiday park Lady’s Mile has been announced as the winner of ‘silver’ in the Best UK Parks & Lodges Holiday Company category in the prestigious 2020 British Travel Awards. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/popular-devon-holiday-park-wins-4800683

Eight people were onboard the vessel that grounded between Teignmouth and Dawlish Two people have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling offences after a boat ran aground in Devon yesterday (December 14). Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/people-smuggling-arrests-after-boat-4798886

Do what they do in the parliamentary bars..... scotch eggs and cheap booze and lay orders at 10pm. Sell as much booze as you like....

As a result, the Devon CCG is recommended to approve the changes to healthcare provision, with one change resulting from the consultation, that being that specialist orthopaedic clinics are to be sited at the Health and Wellbeing Centre instead of Dawlish Community Hospital. Read more... ...

@1263 Oh yes. After all, he has to look after his friends in the North first and after keeping them sweet, there wont be much left for us down here. To the back of the queue again.

The Minor Injury Units at Totnes, Dawlish and Ilfracombe have been closed since March, and there is  restricted opening at Lydford. Read more... https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/concern-raised-over-closed-minor-injury-units-at-devons-rural-hospitals/

The government's promised spending on infrastructure in the south west has been welcomed by Peninsula Transport, a group put together by local authorities to address transport issues. Work and plans are progressing on several other schemes not mentioned by name, including the upgrade of the rail line at Dawlish. Read more... https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-news/x5/

Currently the U.S. is looking at  a tentative approval of the Pfizer vaccine in the spring/summer of 2021. The U.K. is the first to get a shipment of the Pfizer vaccine and allow the MHRA to rubber stamp it for mass public rollout under emergency authorisation use. This is the first such approval by a goverment of a Western made vaccine. The thing to understand that this has been approved under ...

@ Epicurus I thought the More On (Moron) guide was very good indeed and brought a smile to my face. The unfortunate thing about it is that it is true. There are  far too many people around who have to be instructed in 'the use of common sense' and always blame someone else for their failures in life. Keep it up.

A new list reveals that living in an idyllic seaside location isn't everybody's cup of tea "Dawlish Warren is marketed by the tourist board as a traditional seaside resort for family, fun holidays. They haven’t visited in the past 20 years evidently, and failed to notice it is really Royston Vasey in disguise Read more... ...

The communities of South Devon who have grown to love the sight of cruise ships during the Covid pandemic are sending parcels to the six ships which will remain stranded over Christmas. Now collection points have been set up from Brixham to Dawlish Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/650-stranded-torbay-cruise-ship-4760285

NSPCC calls for better protection for children after sex offender who groomed boy is jailed Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/nspcc-calls-better-protection-children-4765795

Late night shopping in Dawlish tonight.

Tomorrow 10am-2pm The Strand Community Centre.

Devon has been placed under Tier 2 restrictions , which will mean several changes will be made See more... http://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119903&headline=13%20things%20Devon%27s%20new%20Tier%202%20rules%20mean%20you%20legally%20can%20do%20again&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2020

The avian flu which killed six of Dawlish's famous black swans is being blamed for bizarre symptoms among infected birds which include bleeding from the nostrils and swimming around in circles. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/grim-new-symptoms-attached-strain-4750754

Crews from Dawlish and Teignmouth were called to a location near the golf club in the town at around 11pm - and had to take their fire engines 'over the railway tracks' to get to the isolated scene. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/building-dawlish-golf-club-completely-4752324

Tune into tonight's episode of Paddington Station 24/7 at 9pm on Channel 5 to watch a feature on the new Dawlish sea wall. The programme will focus on the reopening of the sea wall at Marine Parade, as well as Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris' visit back in September

The avian flu which killed six of Dawlish's famous black swans is being blamed for bizarre symptoms among infected birds which include bleeding from the nostrils and swimming around in circles. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/grim-new-symptoms-attached-strain-4750754

Up for sale again. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87163042#/

Good to see the Scout Hut refurbished.

No, I can't hear a thing either, don't know what all the fuss is about!!

Its so crowded there we dont go there any more plus you cant enjoy the walk because you are constantly looking down to avoid dog mess. Lots of places to go on Haldon with very few people about.

Due to its proximity to Langdon prison (hospital) and non-requirement for local people plus the no doubt wood hut cheap and nasty over crowded construction thus forming a modern slum how about Criminal Close Mental Way Hide the truth Avenue Another dump road Single parent drive Asbo lane

Mayoral Christmas Hamper Nominations Christmas is a time for giving and thinking of others. This year has been a difficult year with many people isolating and having spent a lot of time on their own. To spread joy in the local parish Cllr Alison Foden the Mayor of Dawlish has decided she will be giving away 20 Christmas Hampers this year. All those receiving the hampers will have been nominated by ...

more info: Dawlish Virtual Santa Dawlish Town Council wanted to make sure that children in the parish did not miss out on meeting Father Christmas this year. As we cannot have the normal face to face meeting as part of the Festive weekend, we are working with Waggle Events so children living in the EX7 postcode area can have an individual virtual meeting with the very special Dawlish Santa. Be in ...

So, it’s Tier Two for Dawlish along with the rest of Devon – what does that mean? Read more... https://dawlish.nub.news/n/it39s-tier-two-for-dawlish---what-does-that-mean?fbclid=IwAR1d3-oHgqDk2XN6zno1JP2cpU2o8SrJ6jvEkmdvNB81JYdYYN-oXilsMvA

Newspaper report giving explanation to be found here https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119871&headline=Why%20council%20didn%27t%20bid%20for%20funding%20to%20get%20rough%20sleepers%20off%20the%20streets&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2020

Not at all sure what you mean by that expression. So I googled it in case it is an idiom of some kind that I had never heard of. Seems it is, but I'm still none the wiser as to what you are trying to say.

Jason Waite, now a patient at Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, was suffering from paranoid delusions which made him want to kill his mother when he attacked her without warning at their home in Plymouth. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119876&headline=Son%20who%20hit%20mum%20over%20the%20head%20with%20hammer%20sent%20to%20hospital&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2020&cat=Crime

A retired Devon postmaster who was jailed for fraud while running Starcross Post Office passed away at home alone and wasn’t found until weeks later. A concern for welfare was reported to police on July 26, 2020, after concerns were raised to the landlord of Western House, Gatehouse Hill, Dawlish, where Mr Huxham lived. Read more... ...

Please be aware there are ‘Professional Beggars’ from an organised gang currently operating in the Teignmouth, Dawlish and Newton Abbot area . Unfortunatly this has an effect on the genuinely homeless.