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I have found a  newspaper article from November 2019 concerning the potential flood/sea level circa 2050 in the Exe estuary area if sea levels continue to rise. The article shows that land to the west of Dawlish Warren (Secmaton/Langdon/Shutterton) at being at risk from rising sea levels., This area already has had new houses built, and is also where it is planned that even more new houses ...

Geoffrey Cox, who runs four highly rated and award-winning care homes in Devon, including Sefton Hall at Dawlish TRUST urgently needs to be repaired between the government and the care industry after the ‘scandalously wrong’ decision to discharge patients untested for Covid into care homes at the start of the pandemic. Read more... ...

A Dawlish woman who has just returned from six years living abroad has opened a tea room in memory of her mother. Owner Carley Holmes named the new venture after her mother who used to have a hairdressing salon in the town Read more... ...

Appeal has been lodged.

Earlier this year I think it was, the town council asked for suggestions for where new benches might be sited in the town. I know I suggested (and I don't think I was the only one) that a bench should be sited on the higher part of Sandy Lane Playing Fields so to enjoy the lovely view. Pleased to say that one appeared some weeks back and this afternoon I took advantage of it and plonked me ...

Hope you have now settled in to your new abode @Brooklyn Bridge . Newhay up for sale? If it's old news then I haven't heard it. Perhaps someone with contacts at St. Gregs could pose the question and let us know the answer? and on the matter of new benches being installed......see my new thread concerning Sandy Lane Playing Fields.

Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
19 May 2022

I haven't posted on here since December when Lynne was very supportive. Anyway walking the dogs this afternoon I happened to take a rest on the wooden bench at the Newhay. There was a workman there installing what is to be a metal bench. We started chatting about how nice it looks here now they have mowed the grass, ah, his say's they want to sell it?????? what?? the Newhay he say's, 'who wants to ...

Two close friends of Dawlish martial arts teacher and convicted rapist Paul Drury have also been jailed for child sex offences. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/two-jailed-for-child-sex-offences-had-links-to-dawlish-rapist-547819

Cllr John Petherick called for deferment of decision to allow a site visit to take place. This was Agreed (10 in favour, 1 against).