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A new Teignbridge lottery to raise money for good causes has been given the go-ahead by councillors. Tickets will be priced at £1 and can only be purchased online, a report to the council’s executive this week explained, with 20 per cent of sales going into the prize pot and a £25,000 jackpot. Read more,,, ...
For the first time eat:festivals is coming to the town with more than 50 local producers including farmers market favourites such as local ales, ciders and wine, bread cakes and pies plus street food, spirits and charcuterie, plus music and street entertainers. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/festival-promises-to-be-heaven-for-foodies-513251
PLANS have been submitted to build a main access road to a major development of more than 400 new homes on the outskirts of Dawlish. The detailed plans are for the main access road to residential buildings, self build plots, mixed use and extra care facilities at the site. The submission also includes details of a sustainable urban drainage pond and landscaping. Read more... ...
Dawlish Library is a welcoming community space where you can borrow books, DVDs and audiobooks, and meet lots of people at the library’s regular events. There are 11 public computers which are free to use for up to 2 hours a day, and the library offers scanning, printing and copying facilities. See more... ...
We are pleased to announce some good news this morning - 5 cygnets have hatched from the eggs which were being incubated. 3 cygnets will be in the window hopefully (Tuesday) and 2 are still 'drying off' in the incubator. They look in good health but obviously it is very early days and the wardens will monitor their progress over the coming days.
THERE will be a Housing Crisis Street Stall on Saturday, February 26, between 10.30am and 12.30pm outside the Co-op in the Strand, Dawlish. Read more,,, https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122284&headline=A%20housing%20crisis%20street%20stall%20will%20be%20in%20town%20this%20weekend§ionIs=news&searchyear=2022
A DAWLISH man has been cleared of a bottle attack after the victim told a court that he did not know who had hit him. The violence flared near Dawlish Railway Station at the end of the first Friday night in which pubs were open after the first lockdown in 2020 and many of those involved had been drinking heavily. Read more... ...
He spent 12 minutes video calling friends and taking selfies on the tracks - even after a near miss He appears to be chatting to friends via video call, when, at around the two minutes and thirty seconds mark, he spots the sleeper train from Paddington and dashes from the tracks. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-almost-hit-train-dawlish-6698560
We are sad to inform everyone that there has been an unfortunate incident where the father black swan has been killed by a dog on a lead in Tuck's Plot. The waterfowl wardens have the removed the eggs from the nest to continue their incubation in the compound. Mother swan is still at the nest, and we will be maintaining a careful watch on her welfare. The exact circumstances of the incident are ...
Tim Hawkins spent seven years being treated at the Langdon Hospital in Devon after being sentenced under the Mental Health Act in 2014 for trying to burn down a church in Somerset. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=122191&headline=Pyromaniac%20struck%20again%20two%20weeks%20after%20release%20from%20Dawlish%20mental%20unit§ionIs=news&searchyear=2022
