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Zzzzz old news, a snap poll does not show what is the will of the majority of people currently affected in the UK in Oct 2019. We have learnt so more since the lies of 2016

Exeter man arrested on suspicion of attempted GBH after car flips Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-man-arrested-suspicion-attempted-3441092

Yet now, according to the TV news, local councils are busy taking these notices down, saying they have no right to be there.  How much crazier is this country going to get ?

What a Joke this company is. That bleat on about the envirement and saving the planet and our carbon footprint. In the next part of the programme they advertise the competition,which involves sending the presenter Andy Peters plus others half way round the world for a full ten minute slot to mention the prizes.Don't do as I do Do as I say. Oh Yeh!

A man who stalked a stranger he became fixated with breached a restraining order but a judge was told he’s made good progress while in hospital. Smale was brought to Truor Crown Court from Langdon mental hospital in Dawlish, Devon, and flanked in the dock by two experts. Read more... https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/stalker-making-progress-despite-breaching-3430104

Network Rail has announced plans to move a mile-long stretch of the main railway away from crumbling cliffs. The proposals have been part of a broader series of plans by Network Rail to safeguard the line Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-50016322

Another photo op for a councillor, more interested in how they can justify a 35k wage for environmental officer when we are supposed to be strapped for cash.

Has been found safe and well.

If they must protest, then why not do it outside the Indian, Chinese, and USA embassies, as they are the ones who don't give a damn about the climate. At least we(the UK) are doing our best at the moment. I see that Chris Packham was in London today protesting, so I wonder if he will give up flying away on a BBC jolly (all expenses paid) in the future?

@1263 one thing they are very good at is spending our money for worthless things, while the local area continues to spiral downwards.

The South Devon hospitals dealing with casualties from this morning's double decker bus crash have asked the public not to attend their A&E department unless it is a "real emergency". Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have issued the statement on social media. It says: "We are currently dealing with a major incident. Please do not come to our Emergency Department unless it’s a real ...

A man will buy a drink for the person who brings his bag from Bristol Temple Meads station's lost property store to London. The 44-year-old received a call from Great Western Railway yesterday morning (October 3) saying his property has been found and is being held in Bristol. Mr Kingston was holidaying in Dawlish with friends and family at the time he lost his items. Read more... ...

The Devon Children and Young People’s Plan brings together all the local agencies responsible for helping children, young people and their families. More than 22,000 children in Devon are living in poverty – that’s one in seven. A third of children in Barnstaple are in poverty, the plan reveals, compared to just 1.1 per cent in Dawlish. Read more... ...

The project follows Devon County Council securing a grant of £817,712 from the European Regional Development Fund. The charge points will be installed in key carparks in Devon’s largest communities. These include Exeter, Barnstaple, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Honiton, Seaton, South Molton, Ilfracombe, Totnes, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Tavistock, Okehampton, Dartmouth, Salcombe, Dawlish, Teignmouth, and ...

Dawlish library have another competition on until 31st October. The prize is 4 main courses and a bottle of wine at The Boathouse in Dawlish Warren. All you have to do is to Guess How Many Books are Normally in Dawlish Library. Entries cost 50p and can be submitted in the library.

Tucker, aged 48, of Second Avenue, Dawlish, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for two years by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court. Read more... http://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118544&headline=One-punch%20attack%20left%20victim%20with%20brain%20injury&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2019

Heavy rain means sewage and other run-off may have contaminated bathing waters Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the town and cliffs. There are five storm overflows covered by the Safer Seas Service within 650m off the beach which can operate in heavy rainfall. See more... ...

• dogs are permitted along the seashore from the slipway adjacent to the Railway Station until 230 metres before Red Rock at Dawlish Warren • dogs are not permitted along the seashore from the slipway to Coryton Cove from 1 May to 30 September • See more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/ban-over-77-devon-beaches-3362599

A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing near Dawlish seafront today. Police say the incident happened in the vicinity of the Teignmouth Inn pub, Teignmouth Hill, just after midnight (Saturday September 28). Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-24-seriously-injured-dawlish-3371582

How naive can these people be. What do they think there homes were built. How do they think residents who have lived here for decades feel about their over priced and poorly built homes going up on green field sites then?

Every 30 mins? Great!

A mentally ill robber who held up a string of men in the street at knifepoint has been recommended for detention in a psychiatric unit. Michael Green, for Cabanga, said he had been assessed as suitable for treatment by one psychiatrist for a Hospital Order under the Mental Health Act. He is already being held at the Langdon Unit near Dawlish. Read more... ...

I use ECHO for my repeat prescriptions and so far they have been excellent. I requested a refill on my phone on Sunday and on Tuesday they were delivered. Great service.  It saves me from having to go pick it up from the pharmacy which means one less person in the queue.

Some of our local lads in court again. Lets hope they are away for a long time this time. https://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings-lists/crown-court-daily/8/lists/2019-09-24

Perhaps someone can ask if the rumours are true that the work is so far behind it won’t even be finished by the end of March!

They are refurbishing it but mainly to reconfigure things to try and stop the thieving that goes on blatantly every night!

COSTS for the reinstatement of a railway from Tavistock to Bere Alston have ballooned to £93-million, councillors have been told. As part of the Devon Metro proposals, the re-opening of this section of line was due to provide a new, sustainable link between Tavistock and Plymouth for commuter journeys. Instead, their top priorities were to get funding for the remainder of the Dawlish to ...

Thanks DEEDOODLE, seems quite likely.

Eyewitnesses say the helicopter landed at the bottom of Pidgley Road at around 11.30am on Wednesday. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/air-ambulance-lands-next-houses-3332453

The full list is as follows: Barnstaple Bristol Brixham Bude Cinderford Dawlish Exeter Exmouth Falmouth Hayle Helston Ivybridge Lydney Newton Abbot Paignton Penzance Plymouth Plympton... Read more... https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/here-south-west-locations-could-3329803

Worldwide, more than 200 million people and counting live along coastlines that are less than five metres above sea level. In 2014, the global sea level was 66 millimetres above the 1993 average, and continues to rise at a rate of about 3mm a year, driven not only by the melting ice caps, but because water expands as it warms. But the old notion of building ever stronger defences is not the ...

Tomorrow, 18 September, the community information hub near Colonnade underpass will be open from 11am-2pm to help keep residents, visitors and members of the general public informed about works at Dawlish. Do drop in if you have a question.

Derrick May, 60, was on Monday (September 16) brought to Truro Crown Court from Langdon Mental Hospital in Dawlish where he was flanked in the dock by a number of medical staff who had travelled with him. Read more... https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-surrounded-court-dock-admits-3325521

The EU membership will have to come up with something, because we are going to come out deal or no deal, and however others try and argue to keep us in, that will not happen.

Every year these @#£%S have their raves over a weekend solid....I just get a supply of wax ear plugs and when the booming start I stick them in, sleep like a baby.

Cash reward offered by heartbroken owner of stolen puppy in Devon https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/cash-reward-offered-heartbroken-owner-3319723

Police have been called to Starcross Train Station this evening following reports of an incident on the railway track. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-called-incident-train-track-3318657

A shocking report also stated there were safeguarding failures, dog poo left in the garden and a "mass walkout" by staff In May this year Gatehouse Farm Childcare in Dawlish was deemed "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors who found holes in children protection procedures, inadequate recruitment practices and that children were not making enough progress. Read more... ...

Bet sbhe won't do it again.

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union? with the responses to the question to be (to be marked with a single (X)): Remain a member of the European Union Leave the European Union Answer = LEAVE Three years ago. As you can clearly see there is nothing about a treaty (referred to as deal) in the question, so we should be out. ...