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Did any of you happen to watch spotlight Friday night about the Air Show being held in Torbay. They reckon 125 thousand people will attend and briing in 7 million pounds into the local community. Torbay had taken over 4 years ago when we lost ours here in Dawlish. What a brilliant day they must have had today.

Secmaton development link road and bridge looking more likely. (page 4 Dawlish Gazette). Funding for the £4.9m highway scheme has now come forward and district members are being urged to get the ball rolling. A planning application for the road and bridge still needs to be submitted to Teignbridge council. District councillors are expected to discuss the plans on Tuesday at Forde House, Newton ...

The county has one entry in the top three, two towns in the top ten and a grand total of eight in the top 50. Cornwall also has seven resorts in the new list compiled by researchers from the biggest website for family days out in the UK, Day Out With The Kids. The other Devon towns in the list are Exmouth (20), Dawlish (22), Ilfracombe (26), Salcombe (29) and Teignmouth (46) Read more... ...

A court has heard how a far-right extremist from Exeter carried out an arson attack on an historic synagogue. The defendant is currently in secure mental health hospital Langdon in Dawlish, and did not appear in court for a short hearing at the Old Bailey today, May 31. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/far-right-extremist-admits-carrying-2929248

Anyone else aware the local gp surgery is now charging £40 for the medical questionaire sent to them by Devon police? Came as a bit of a shock considering the same surgery has not charged a fee for the previous 3 permit medical requests. The shotgun permit is £45 and the police do a lot more work for that amount.

Contributions of up to £5.1m towards phase 1 of the A382 improvements and £4.9m towards a new link road in Dawlish are set to be agreed by the council at next Tuesday’s full council meeting. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/council-cash-needed-vital-link-2918485

There are two round trips each Sunday until September 8, allowing people to take the train from Exeter and Crediton and make a day trip by public transport to Dartmoor destinations other than Okehampton. The buses also offer the opportunity to do a circular trip around Devon, with travel one way via Dartmoor and the other via the main line through Dawlish. In addition, they provide a new Sunday ...

Tarmac Drive Specialists maybe?

In its coverage SKY attributed all Labour votes to the Remain cause in order to misrepresent the result, which just shows it is as untrustworthy as the BBC when it comes to reporting.

Sorry, should have said, the link is to the combined timetable for 2, 22 and 222 from the Warren to Teignmouth and back.

When the sale of eight infamous railway carriages in Dawlish Warren went under the hammer it was feared they would disappear and a modern monstrosity would be built on the land. Paul Placito is co-owner of the site along with his wife Abby, her sister Mitzi Stapleton and her husband Chris who live next door to the carriages and also own the amusement arcade opposite and the ice-cream kiosk ...

Exactly, I hope they don't use local funds to attempt to stop the wall, if they are truly acting in the interests of the town then spend the money and efforts in clearing the seawall, THAT is what is going to stop visitors to Dawlish. Having walked it today from the Warren to Dawlish it was so uncomfortable with all the stones laying. The walkway should be clear and having witnessed wheelchair ...

If Sandy still requires the photo please send me an email address and I will send it .I can’t seem to find a way to attach here

Think you should go to Specsaver.

I'm still waiting to find an MP who truly does. Until we get a country that has a well-balanced mix of socialism and capitalism and whilst we allow politicians to have interests in companies that will benefit directly from legislation then we are far from where we should be. We have millionaires who fail at business and cause thousands of job losses but walk away still a millionaire whilst feeling ...

Start of bulls*it season as one political party slags of the previous incumbent. I would assume all this had been previously discussed in financial meetings with the lib-dems involved and this is just point scoring. When are these parties going to wake up to the fact that this typre of politics are dead and thats why the electroate are fed up with it and want local issues dealt with rather than ...

They forgot to mention the Overstretched Doctors Surgery.

Humans 'threaten 1m species with extinction' Who counted them up and can I get a job with them

I thought he was just referring to the number of temporary road work traffic lights we had to endure yesterday

Another opportunity for the seagulls to dump all over Dawlish...!!!!!

safe for release.....................couple of weeks???

An unusual visitor turned up near a beach on the west coast of Scotland recently - a black swan. The species, which originally came from Australia is rarely seen in the wild in the UK and only four others have been sighted in Scotland. In Dawlish in Devon, the bird has become a symbol of the town. Small numbers of the species has been seen in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Stockton on Tees. Read more... ...

The Duchess of Cambridge's garden, which was co-designed with landscape architects Andree Davis and Adam White, will move to the Devon Partnership NHS Trust Dewnans Centre after coming out on top in applications from 23 trusts. The RHS will relocate plants and landscaping from the back to nature garden at Chelsea to The Dewnans Centre in Dawlish to create a beautiful green space for patients and ...

My sentiments exactly how could we possibly be last and a woman from Australia swinging on a pole with a awful voice be ninth it's madness.

The rail service between Okehampton and Exeter is due to start next spring; the plan is for the rail link to go all the way to Plymouth via Tavistock, which would make sense as much of the structure is in place, or it could be revived. With the West Country effectively cut off from the rest of the UK when the rail line at Dawlish was swept into the sea in 2014, a second rail link to Devon and ...

A pic might help to identify him.

The only way to confirm what has really happened is to record the incidents. This is the only evidence the courts will accept.

The no dog signs are already in place at Red Rock but dog owners seem to be ignoring them.

Ignorant cyclist putting walkers in danger whilst he cycles along the sea wall between The Warren and Dawlish. On occassion I have confronted those ignorant people who cycle along the sea wall only to be verbally abused and in some cases, if it wasn't for my size, physically assaulted. As long as there is no enforcement dickheads will continue to upset the rest of us, same for a lot of issues in ...

So Brooklyn Bridge what you are saying is if a Police Officer is doing a good job we should turn a blind eye if he or she breaks the law. I have been told the person who reported the indiscretion had been given words of advice about riding there bike on the footpath so if that is correct it's understandable.

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't prospective councillor Martin Wriggley against the current Network proposal for the sea wall,??? Interesting to see what stance the Lib-dems take as they are in power in Teignbridge council. !!!!!!!!

Apologies forr the typo : should have been  "teignbridge" council.

It'll be good if those standing outside when the weather is good actually moved out the way when people are trying to walk past.

It's not that the parents are engrossed in the gaming, it's that they don't care about their kids as it's so easy to blame someone else these days. PS. Sorry majorp to correct you on your spelling again.

Officers are investigating an incident which happened at around 11.30pm at the Landsdowne Pub, in Park Road, on Thursday 2 May. Read more... https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/News/newsarticle.aspx?id=418a8058-91d6-4253-a67f-137cd3811041

@Rob Ring - appreciate the comment. great bike to be hold, may you have many more happy years riding her.

They should have been banned for life from keeping any pets as they are clearly not capable of looking after them properly.

As they say one born every minute and the reporting is incorrect it's Dawlish not Dawlish Warren.

The family enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, with their five-bedroom home in one of London's most exclusive streets, as well as a sumptuous 18th century estate in Dawlish, Devon, complete with 12 acres of pleasure gardens. Read more... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7000757/Super-rich-banker-56-sues-ex-wife-500-000-branding-trespasser.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48173357 Glad to see our American buddies standing up against tyranny. Well Mr. Trump, there's no room for appeasement.