Discussion Posts

United Kingdom – The Highway Code discourages undertaking on motorways with some exceptions (rule 268): "Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake". ... On all roads, undertaking is permitted if the vehicles in the lane to the right are queueing and slow moving.

Eric Carter's career started as a reporter for the Bideford Gazette, before he was enlisted in the Devonshire Regiment when the Second World War broke out. Eric return to Devon in 1972 when he decided to run his own newspaper - the Dawlish Gazette. It was friend Jimmy Hall, who took over the Sidmouth Herald, that made Eric want to run a newspaper of his own, where wife Betty helped, along with son ...

Mum Jan Parkin, 55, an employee of accountancy firm Francis Clark, was reportedly found unresponsive on the floor of her Kestrel Way home by husband Barry. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/heartfelt-tributes-dawlish-mum-after-2517827

Anyone surprised?  he is a politican after all....................!!!!  Don't forget were all in it together.!!! unless your George( 3 jobs) Osborne who will not let you get together in his new 7million pound pad. Mel ( what i did in parliment today) Stride  column in the local newspapers .......never mind food banks, redundancy's at BCT, and local issues. Never said in his column  about secret ...

Emergency services are currently dealing with an incident in Dawlish. An eye witness said: "There's an incident on the near estate near Dawlish Sainbury's. "There are four ambulances, police and air ambulance there and it's all blocked off." Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/updates-police-ambulance-called-incident-2502881

It had already been a winter of hellish weather and flooding across the whole of the UK - but that single image of the Dawlish rail line left hanging like washing in the wind, with the sea raging beneath it, is how people across the country will always remember the storms of 2014. People 60ft up above Riviera Terrace, on the Exeter Road, were getting seaweed thrown against their upstairs windows. ...

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew of any person or company with a bit of unused office or workshop I could rent. I just need a small space to check some small water analysis portable equipment and repair them etc, very clean work. Thanks Roy(at)cleangrow.com

CrossCountry is reducing its services between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids because of the high waves at Dawlish. "Trains will not call at Dawlish and Teignmouth. We anticipate disruption will continue until 18:30." Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-being-cancelled-because-high-2491392

"One of the most famous old steam locomotives is heading to Devon this spring" The thing is it's not that old as it only made it's maiden run in 2008. Still, it will be nice to see it.

Also if you have paid the max 35 years national insurance you cannot claim jobseekers therefore you will not be classed as unemployed

On the news tonight there could be a shortage of Champagne OMG how are we going to cope.

@Epicurus I’m in the same area & our electricity used to come via overhead cables & was fairly reliable but about 5 years ago we were transferred on the grounds of “safety” to an underground cable which was fed by the sub-station located on the new-ish estate of houses at Upper Longlands. Since then, we seem to have had power cut after power cut & have often suffered the annoyance of our ...

Great pictures of one of my favourite places. Love the porky squirrel!

More holiday home for the extra rich to buy. Anyway, you lot voted for them so why complain?

Robin & Sue Hawkins bought Woodbury Park & Gold Club and sold it a coupe of years ago. Their records are publicly available. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06381443/officers Guy Hawkins owned/ran Peppermint Park until about 2004. He also has public records https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11094765/officers

Takes al sorts.

On Friday, January 25 prospective buyers have a chance to look around a new-build cottage-style home in Silverton, and on Saturday, January 26 properties in Exeter, Exmouth, Dawlish, Kennford, Broadclyst and Ottery St Mary will be open for viewing. See more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/property/devon-open-house-events-you-2454711

In the 15 years I have lived in Dawlish the town's essential services have become ever more scarce. Prohibition notices have been placed around the town to stop the minority of idiots, vagrants and alcoholics from being an annoyance, but as zero enforcement takes place they just paint the town as a problem area to visitors. Banks in the town started to close and last year Lloyds, the only bank ...

The article is exactly the same one from last month so to say “ The Rarely seen Network Rail Flying Banana Nos 43014 Named the Railway Observer and  43062 Named John Armitt, worked down from Reading Triangle Sidings to Paignton via Penzance," is a nonsense. It’s up and down our line like a yo-yo due to rough seas and high waves which prevent Crosscountry trains running along the line! I think the ...

A great source of inspiration and entertainment. R.I.P @elvis presley .

People are being advised to stay away from exposed areas and take care  this afternoon. A number of trains have been cancelled and others will be delayed because of forecast severe weather in Devon. Heavy rain is forecast for parts of Devon - including Dawlish - at around 4pm. People are advised to stay away from risk areas and take care next to the coast. Keep up to date with weather and tide ...

What a weasel word 'misspoke' is.

A number of trains have been cancelled and others will be delayed because of forecast severe weather in Devon. "CrossCountry services will not run between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids between approximately 13:30 and 16:30 today." Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/severe-weather-sees-trains-cancelled-2441764

A person has died after being hit by a train on the Exeter to Dawlish line. Police left the scene at 11.45am but about five Network Rail staff can be seen still working on the track and around the engine. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/live-trains-devon-exeter-starcross-2438712

I commute 6.45am and am in exeter on average within 25/30 mins, leaving Exeter around 4pm to come home with a similar sort of return journey time. You obviously have the odd hold up, break down etc. but doesn't everywhere. Certainly  not enough to make me question travelling to work in Exeter in fact I lived around 3 miles to the east of Exeter afew years ago and that took me a similar length of ...

There is a lot of activity at the viaduct by the police and coastguard right now.

What's the issue?

I have spoken to the workman - no Costa no Star Wars themed restaurant when they have finished the work they are doing for the Landlord the TO LET sign will go back up.

Anne Marie Morris: I am delighted to be the last Back Bencher standing to conclude the debate before the Front Benchers have their say. I thought the referendum result was a great tribute to the British people. It was a vote for opportunity, it was a vote of aspiration, and it was a vote for freedom. Many in this Chamber would absolutely support that. My real frustration is that this withdrawal ...

It would be better if they actually enforced the PSPO's they currently have, before they expand them. The Dawlish PSPO is a joke. There is blatent abuse off  the PSPO and very rarely does anything get enforced.

There never has been anything for teenagers to do and if there is something it costs too much. Teenagers hang around, its what they do, I did. If they are causing problems then that is a different issue but if they are just sitting around, chatting and laughing what is the problem? Most parents are happy their kids are in their rooms playing on games as they know where there are then.

Mel stride in the MDA paper glad that the government is paying extra for policing and with some amount or irony saying they had given council permission to exceed the cap to allow more police to be added via the rates....this is the government that chopped funding for the police. Another excuse for Teignbridge council to get more money while delivering less services,....

There will be light in Dawlish after the county council agreed to keep managing the street lights in Sea Lawn Terrace. As part of the policy and to reduce costs, the council will no longer retain responsibility for street lights in private roads, and will instead seek to transfer lights to those responsible for the private roads, unless it is in the public interest for Devon to maintain them. Read ...

Kieron also gave to numerous charities UNICEF, Save the Children and many animal charties and his family has invited donations to any of those named.

A mental patient stabbed a complete stranger to death with a Spider-Man knife in Barnstaple Tesco Extra car park after he ‘fell through the cracks’ in the health system, a court was told on Monday (January 7). Gale, aged 50, of Rackfield Court, Barnstaple, is accused of murder. He is now being treated at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish and has been assessed as unfit to plead. Read more... ...

Hoverboard is a recognised trade mark so the Trades Description Act is of no relevance.

Why would you want to pay for parking at Sandy Lane car park when you can park for free opposite. Handy for the indoor bowlers as well.

Click on this link to find out more about WTO terms of importing/exporting which is what the UK will  fall back on if there is a hard brexit. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45112872 Info is useful for all of us not just those running import/export businesses.