Dawlish News
THE weather smiled on us, the warm sun shone and the singers from Dawlish Choral Society who had been struck down with the “dreaded lurgy” had made an excellent recovery, writes Christina Sivitter.
Teignmouth Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) came to the aid of a yacht experiencing steering problems off Dawlish last night (Sunday April 27). Volunteers from Teignmouth Lifeboat Station were paged at 8.11pm to assist a yacht at Boat Cove.
PATIENTS at a Teignbridge hospital have been benefitting from an environmental project aimed at supporting at hedgerows. Alex Watkins, Occupational Therapy Technician at Langdon Hospital, near Dawlish has been instrumental in the development of the project which blends environmental conservation with patient wellbeing.
A DISCOUNT supermarket chain has expressed its interest in opening stores in Newton Abbot and Dawlish. Lidl has today, Monday, April 28, said it wants to expand its footprint of stores off the back of a £500million investment package, with an additional 40 stores over the next year.
Lidl GB has today announced plans to invest half a billion pounds in its expansion, as the discounter moves forward with plans to open more than 40 new stores across the country this financial year.
ON A very wet and soggy Saturday morning, Marina Bowling Club on Sandy Lane Dawlish enlisted the Town Crier and his Lady Consort to open the green and bowl the first bowl of the 2025 season.
ALL three Dawlish teams had something to play for as the first-ever Devon Women’s Walking Football League reached an exciting conclusion on Sunday, April 6. League Two has been an altogether closer affair with any of the top three still in the mix for first place right until the very end.
THERE are several police surgeries coming up throughout the month of May. First up, police will be present at Dawlish Lawn on Saturday, May 3 from 2pm until 4pm. Then on Saturday, May 10, officers will be on hand at Haldon Forest.
CONSTRUCTION work has started on the Lawn in Dawlish for South West Water’s multi-million pound scheme to improve water quality. Barriers have gone up across much of the green space in the centre of the town as plant equipment has moved in.
New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to 14 of Teignbridge’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows. • Rated 5: Cool Beans On The Green at Tourist Information Centre The Lawn The Strand Dawlish Devon; rated on April 16.