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Flying Scotsman trainspotter fumes as passing locomotive totally ruins his view of famous steam engine Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/flying-scotsman-trainspotter-fumes-passing-2076969

Perhaps its seasick................

And all the pigs are fed and ready to fly.

Kevin Gale, also known as Kevin Maloney, is currently being held at Long Lartin prison in the Midlands but is likely to be transferred to Langdon Hospital at Dawlish in the next few weeks. Read more... https://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/barnstaple-murder-mental-hospital-1-5722982

£50k a pop I believe for the new ones!

A new ‘critical’ Link Road in Dawlish that will help speed up the delivery of nearly 1,000 new homes will be fully funded by the Government. The new road, which will link from the A379 roundabout opposite the Sainsbury’s to Secmaton Lane, along with a new bridge and high quality pedestrian and cycleway, has been called by the council a critical strategic road project that will help unlock ...

Dawlish Town Beach and Coryton Cove • dogs are permitted along the seashore from the slipway to Coryton Cove from 30 September to 1 May • please pick up after your dogs, there's plenty of bins provided for the purpose!

People have put themselves at risk by walking on to tracks to get photos of the world’s most famous steam locomotive The Flying Scotsman is going to be travelling at speed along one of the most famous train lines in the country this week - the Dawlish sea wall which was nearly washed away forever in the storms of February 2014. Read more... ...

A man spotted swinging a young tot just inches from the edge of a perilous 100ft sheer cliff drop has been slammed as "crazily dangerous". At one point the boy appears to recoil in terror and struggles to release himself from the man's grasp. Read more... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-slammed-swinging-child-around-13341400

Four bus loads of pensioners have become 'stranded' in Teignmouth, and their drivers and tour guides are blaming a 'council cock up.' Brian Bostock, 77, from Cannock, said: "We're all here from Wolverhampton – all pensioners that have been stuck an hour and a quarter. “We’re on a tour of the South, going to Dawlish and we’re missing the tour now. Read more... ...

You're having a laugh.  It is the EU that has not negotiated, Brussels considers the EU project to be sacrosanct will not allow anything to undermine that idealogy.  It's why after two years we are barely any further forward.  The only option is for a no-deal exit, a negotiated withdrawal is impossible.  It would help if we had a PM who believes in Brexit.

What do you consider to be legit news sources, The Guardian, the BBC?  The link I quoted came from a respected blogger who has as large online following.  There was a widespread and sustained campaign across Europe and the wider world against the EU directive, that must tell you something about the concerns of this meddling.

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/watch-flying-scotsman-devon-cornwall-2045617

For hundreds of years, smuggling was a traditional ‘occupation’ across the South West, with Holcombe a popular area, not least at Smugglers Lane. Anyone who has walked along the seafront between Dawlish and Teignmouth will probably have noticed Smugglers Cove, which lies at the bottom of the lane, leading up to the village. Read more... ...

More Tory cuts destroying the lives of those in need. This is NOT a good thing and the way they have treated the staff is despicable! I feel so sorry for those with children that have special needs that are being screwed by this Goverbent :(

No need when the car crash that is Brexshit is obvious lol

With the highlighting, quite rightly so , for some females in what is called period poverty. which is a total scandal and should be sorted out. To some extent men are also being taken for mugs by manufacturers of razor blades. So much so in some supermarkets they are diplayed with a security tab fitted to the pack because I assume against theft. It's a wonder that an  armed guard is not ...

Hi DJ, no, I don't think that's how it works based on what else I looked at, but I do have to say the website is quite ambiguious. Looking at other local Charities, the Snooky Trust doesn't do too bad with an admin rate of 82%.  I had quite an educational half hour and I was amazed to see even higher rates than that from one local Charity. Yes, 25k is the point where detailed accounts kick ...

Agree with Calamari, nice pics and Kestrels indeed.

On Tuesday morning, police searched a private property on Pidgley Road, Dawlish under a warrant issued by Exeter Crown Court, where two men and a women were arrested following the operation. “Three people have been arrested following today’s operation; A 39-year-old man was been arrested this morning on suspicion of money laundering offences; A 22-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man have both ...

@leatash cheers for that, i'm sure the family will be happy to hear that. @Calamari that's alright, man, no worries. again, i'm just asking on behalf. just buying them makes more sense to me, personally, but there might be a difference idk

Section 106 money received -  Teignbridge District Council has received some more S106 money in from Cavanna Homes for 13/00943 South Downs Road Dawlish. It is the 2nd 50% of £4,176.71 per dwelling towards the provision of recreation and play space facilities to serve the residents of the development comprising of the following elements: Children’s play facilities £966.00 per dwelling ...

Obviously not a lot of grocks around or they would have been divebombing them for their chips etc.

For nearly two weeks in 1970 Devon held its breath in fear of disaster on its doorstep, after horrified locals woke to see the hulking burnt out wreck of the Pacific Glory, containing thousands of barrels of crude oil, had been towed from the Solent and moored in Lyme Bay. Now an author and historian is retelling the story and says it is a 'forgotten scandal'. "I would like to speak to anybody ...

Other projects in the running for the awards are Dawlish Countryside Park, Making Changes — Bath Preservation Trust, McArthurs Warehouse in Bristol, Regeneration of the former railway lands in Radstock, planning to ensure nationally significant projects realise tangible legacies (NSIPs) by Sedgemoor District Council, The Carriage Shed in Swindon and Waking the Watergate by Sedgemoor District ...

@Lynne maybe!

Licence approved for a maximum of 6 events a year. Live music up to 10.00pm only. See article on page two of this week's Dawlish Gazette.

Looks like there is a candidate for one of the awards.

Saw it today for the first time. It is on the right hand side if travelling towards Exeter, just past the turning that goes down to Cofton Holiday Park. as you say @flo - it does look nasty and hope whoever was in it is okay.

Has it actually gone downhill or is it the advent of social media and 24 hour news. I was a teenager when you moved down leatash and it definitely wasn't perfect then, just not as publicised.

Last Thursday night between 10pm and 5am somebody came onto our property and helped themselves to a stone gnome. It is not worth anything However, it does have sentimental value to my wife, it was a wedding present to her parents when they were married in 1940, they were married for 68 years and her mother passed away last December aged 99 years old. So if anyone knows who has taken this maybe ...

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/devon-beaches-no-longer-lifeguard-1961936

Why would anyone do that???? Thankfully it wasn’t anywhere near as warm as it has been this summer, but even so. At least the dog didn’t look in distress. PS Did you manage to get to 100% of your target steps for the day?

@leatash and cassandra, thankyou.

I read an article about this fund in the paper yesterday and thought I'd bring what it said to the attention of readers of this site in case they have children/grandchildren born between the dates shown above. Between the dates shown above, when the Child Trust Fund was in operation, every child received a voucher for £250 from the government to be put into the fund. Thing is, that from what I ...

Well Lynne in the very near future you will have to, the day of the High Street Bank is nearly over.

Teams from Middlemoor in Exeter and Dawlish raced to the scene, which was reportedly near Stile Farm, shortly before 8.30pm on Friday night. Eyewitness Charlotte Crouch said: "It's now smouldering. The fire fighters were there controlling it until the small hours. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/fire-crews-scrambled-tackle-massive-1958990

If you made a Power of Attorney between 1.4.13 and 31.3.17 it is highly likely that you were charged too much and you are now able to get that overcharge refunded. See link below for more info (but lots more links if you just do a search with the words Power of Attorney fee refund.) https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/02/millions-of-people-owed-power-of-attorney-refund/

Must have come through the back roads as it didn’t come up Badlake Hill. Was removed by low loader pretty promptly at about 8.30pm.

I thought this was Hotel Trump. There has been so much bickering, so many misleading comments, so many unanswered questions, so on and so forth. Some do not like what others have said about them, others claim to know more than they really do and others that don't know will make it up. So I think Hotel Trump fits the bill quite nicely. What do others think?