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Tesco has identified a site for a new supermarket in Dawlish after an earlier plan was withdrawn because of local protests. The retailer revealed it had secured land at the Lady's Mile Holiday Park, days after dropping a plan to build a store on a playing field at Sandy Lane, following strong opposition from residents in the South Devon coastal town. A Tesco spokesman said: "We know the ...

The recent deluge of weather has caused The Brook to burst it banks whilst flood-hit communities in other towns braced themselves for a possible second bout of flash-flooding after more severe weather forecasts. A clean-up operation was under way in Somerset and Devon following the previous night's torrential downpour. Firefighters evacuated homes in the worst-hit areas and hundreds of people ...

Desperately needed access for emergency vehicles to a tourist mecca is finally to be improved after years of campaigning. Vehicles which need to reach Dawlish Warren in a hurry will now be able to use a workmen's railway crossing after a breakthrough in negotiations between local campaigners and Network Rail. Tall vehicles, such as fire engines, currently cannot reach the Warren because the ...

People in the south west are more likely to live into their mid 70s than those living elsewhere in England and Wales, official data shows. The Office for National Statistics compared the current likelihood of living to 75 with the early 1980s. It found survival chances increased from 47% to 66% for men and 66% to 77% for women in England and Wales. Survival was generally higher in the south, ...

Bt is looking to pull the plug on 51 telephone boxes across Teignbridge.District council leader Alan Connett has expressed his concerns about the service being reduced. But BT have revealed four public phone boxes in the area have not taken a single penny in more than a year. And another 12 are only averaging one call a month, as calls have plummeted in the last two-years. BT spokesman Jason ...

A planning application for a new supermarket, petrol filling station and access roads has been lodged with Teignbridge District Council by supermarket firm Sainsbury. The development is proposed for land on the eastern side of Dawlish at Shutterton Bridge.Dawlish Town Council will be holding a special planning meeting at The Manor House, Old Town Street, Dawlish, on Thursday, May 1, starting at ...

Stretches of the Devon coast are at severe risk of flooding as persistent rain and gale-force winds were forecast to batter the county today. People are being warned to stay away from the coastline as heavy rain is expected to continue throughout much of today, while gale-force winds are predicted to cause some damage to property. Richard Horrocks, Regional Flood Risk Manager for the ...

More than 200 people attended a public meeting in Dawlish to debate whether the town needs a new supermarket.The meeting was called following proposals by Tesco for a supermarket at Sandy Lane and Sainsbury's interest in the Shutterton Estate. Alan Connett, leader of the district council, said: "I was delighted to see so many people at the meeting who are concerned about achieving the best for ...

An elderly Dawlish antiques dealer who acted as "a fence" for stolen jewellery was caught on a covert video selling items to an undercover policeman.Kenneth Paterson, 70, was twice recorded selling jewellery to an undercover officer known only as John, said Malcolm Galloway, prosecuting at Exeter Crown Court. Police caught Galloway as part of Operation Moonstone which had centred on the ...

A carer who attacked a fellow pub-goer in the street, causing a broken bone in his ear, has been convicted.At Exeter Crown Court 40-year-old Paul Drane, of Park Road, Dawlish, was found guilty after a two day trial of causing grievous bodily harm to Mark Symonds in October 2006. Sentence on Drane, who had denied the charge, was adjourned for the preparation of a pre-sentence report and he was ...

Devon thrashed Dorset 9-1 in their latest South & West Counties Championship Group B game at Budleigh Salterton.Plymouth Argyle's Sam Blake scored five of the goals. After a couple of early scares, Devon were 3-0 up inside 15 minutes, with all the goals coming from Ellis Glanfield's corners. Carmen Thornton headed home the first, Blake got the second and Cullompton Rangers' Jess Hooper side ...

A wave of Lottery cheer is washing over South Devon with £160,000 going to two good causes by popular vote. The Dawlish Action for Youth Skate Park and Torbay Disabled Sailing Association have each been awarded £80,000 in TV voting for the People's Millions.The Dawlish skate project for a street-styled skate park was pitted against a sporting scheme for youngsters in Bude. Designed by Dawlish ...

Devon youngsters have taken part in one of the UK's biggest online competitions.Pupils from the Isca College of Media Arts and St Peter's School in Exeter, and the Cullompton and Dawlish community colleges, were among the 600 teams from the South West to compete in the Make Your Mark Challenge, in which students create and market a company similar to Comic Relief and Fair Trade. Cullompton were ...

A woman who ran a Dawlish play scheme for children with special needs has called for local councillors to provide more help for families with disabled children.Margaret Noel, from the Happy Holidays play scheme, said she was forced to close her venture after 14 years because a lack of sufficient funding. She said: "There is a desperate need for safe environments for the children and teenagers to ...

AN INTEGRATED approach to tackling youth crime is the aim of a new youth crime prevention strategy being launched next month by The Youth Offending Partnership led by Devon County Council. Children First is the name of the multi-agency strategy being launched at a conference being held in Dawlish. The strategy is the result of a collaborative approach between key agencies including the council, ...

A Winter Postcard The beauty of a winter's morn - when snow is fresh and clean; Boughs on evergreens clothed in white - a pretty sight to be seen. Bushes are, themselves, a garden - to be remembered in the spring; A postcard scene on a winter's morn, to me, is everything. Joan Adams Burchell February 21, 2005

Members of the Territorial Army have been honoured for their commitment to the Reserve Forces at a ceremony at Powderham Castle.Staff Sergeant Sandra Eve, from Chudleigh Knighton, received the HM Lord Lieutenant's Certificate of Commendation, presented by HM Lord Lieutenant for Devon Eric Dancer. She joined the TA in 1992 as a musician. She was deployed to Bosnia in 2002 and was later awarded ...

Keen green residents across Teignbridge can now recyle cartons.Teignbridge District Council has teamed up with Tetra Pak Ltd and the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment to provide recycling sites for used cartons. Teignbridge councillor Gordon Hook, who is responsible for environmental services, said: "Residents have always responded well to the different recycling schemes we've ...

Club champions Samantha Kenshole (Dawlish) and Rebecca Ley (Torquay) have won through to today's finals at the Ivybridge Junior Open with brothers Benjamin and Oliver Tyrrell making a late charge in the boys' 14 and under singles. A top-quality entry and large overall draw at the South Devon Tennis Centre has seen the tournament extended to six days this year and Kenshole completed her run to ...

The daughter of a Dawlish woman, who died after suffering a massive heart attack, is hiking 12 miles with her husband for charity.Tammy Konestsky, 24, her husband Terry, 41, from Dawlish, and their friend Wayne, 41, are taking part in the Great West Ramble to raise money and awareness for the British Heart Foundation. Tammy's mum, Bridget Bennett, 54, collapsed when she was out shopping in ...

Control valve and marine steering system components are being machined at least twice as quickly in fewer operations at Hydraulic Projects Ltd (Hy-Pro), Dawlish, on a Brother 4-axis, twin-pallet, vertical machining centre (VMC) supplied by Whitehouse Machine Tools. Installed in July 2007, the machine matches the output of two older 3-axis VMCs which have been sold. The extra CNC axis on the ...

Police launched a search for a woman yesterday after reports that she had not been seen for 24 hours.Officers are concerned for 45-year-old Rhian Higgs' welfare and describe her as vulnerable. Miss Higgs, who had come to Dawlish on holiday from North Wales, went missing from a campsite in the town at 8.30am on Thursday. She told family members staying at Lady's Mile Holiday Park, in Exeter ...

A dimwit dad put his two girls' lives in peril - by making them walk just feet from a busy rail line. The moron twice ambled across the tracks while the girls, aged around five and eight, waited patiently for him. He then led them along the edge of the outer track as a train sped past from behind. Trainspotter Allan Wright, 25, who filmed the shocking scenes in Dawlish, Devon, said: "He jumped ...

Emergency crews were called to a road crash, thinking the driver was trapped - only to find the car empty after it had overturned.Fire appliances from Dawlish and Topsham were called to the scene of the one-vehicle crash on the A379, about half a mile from Kenton, near Exeter, at 9pm on Friday.

The posters along the six-mile course carried a poignant message: Together, We Can Beat Cancer.And more than 900 fundraisers gathered and joined forces to attempt to do just that yesterday. Runners of all ages, from teenagers to pensioners, lined up for the Cancer Research 10K Challenge at Powderham Castle, near Exeter. Their solidarity in raising what was a resounding and incredible £60,000 ...

Police are also investigating the accident at Holcombe Cross near Dawlish in which a man died. The fatal accident happened at 5.20pm on Saturday as a silver Fiat Cinquecento was in a collision with a bus. Another car was also involved in the crash. The 37-year-old man from Newton Abbot was confirmed as deceased at midday on Sunday. His 44-year-old, male passenger was taken to Exeter Hospital ...

The Medieval Knights of Dawlish are to hang up their lances and ride into the sunset following a run-in with council officials. The horsemen and their trusty steeds are off to pastures new and will not return to Dawlish Warren next summer because of a dispute over planning permission with Teignbridge District Council. The touring troupe of knights have been doing battle, medieval-style, since ...

Fit as a fiddle Ann Marie Rice has won a place in the Natural Body Building Finals next month - now she has to raise the money to get there.Rice, who is 42, and lives in Dawlish, took part in a qualifying round in Weymouth, where she finished third in the Miss Figure class. A fitness instructor by profession who trains at Steve's Gym in Newton Abbot, Rice hopes to go to the finals in Scotland ...

Four air rifles worth £1,600 were among the haul of a Paignton man who went on a crime spree across Devon. More than £2,000 worth of cosmetics were also stolen by Robert Francis, 49, of Hoxton Road, Paignton.Exeter Crown Court heard the air rifles were stolen from Ladd's of Crediton and by the time the owner realised what had happened, Francis had taken the guns and was speeding off in a getaway ...

Dawlish and Teignmouth fire crews helped get a man out of a vehicle which was balancing in a precarious position. The firefighters went to Cockwood, near Exeter, to help a man stuck in a Jeep balancing over a one-metre drop. It happened at about 10.24am yesterday in Church Lane. Teignmouth fire station's crew commander Matt Radford said: "He was coming down a lane from a field and the ...

The famous black swans of Dawlish are 'fleeing' the resort because they are at risk from being savaged by dogs, it is being claimed.Locals say the Brook, where the swans 'live', has silted up so badly in places, that dogs can wade out and attack them and other exotic waterfowl. Now there is a call for the waterway to be dredged to maintain a good level. Three swans left for an 'awayday' on ...