Dawlish News' Posts

PLANS for a new Timpson pod have been submitted by a Dawlish supermarket. The Exeter Road Sainsbury’s is seeking to erect a small retail concession pod in its carpark. The pod, which will be occupied by Timpson, will be located south west of the food store. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/plans-for-new-timpson-pod-submitted-by-supermarket-791300

A RETIRED Army nurse has donated her uniform and a host of artefacts to go on display at Dawlish Museum. June Sutton, now aged 93, was a nurse in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/retired-army-nurse-donates-collection-to-dawlish-museum-791236

TEIGNBRIDGE Darts Academy and Dawlish Darts League will be joining forces next month to help raise money for ‘Keep Me Close’. A youth darts competition will be taking place on June 28 at TDA’s base of The Keyberry in Decoy with eight groups, totalling 64 players, going toe-to-toe in a round-robin style event. Read more... ...

VILLAGERS in Holcombe have celebrated the 80th anniversary of the parish church. Guest of honour was Mayor of Dawlish Cllr Lin Goodman-Bradbury. The church building dates back to 1867 when it was originally a school for the children of Holcombe village and a Chapel of Ease. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/holcombe-celebrates-80th-anniversary-of-st-georges-church-790813

Dawlish, a charming seaside town located along the South Devon coast, is renowned for its scenic beauty, vibrant community, and traditional British seaside atmosphere. The town’s iconic beach is the heart of its coastal appeal, with golden sands stretching along the bay, perfect for family days out or a relaxing stroll along the promenade. Read more... ...

GAMES are now coming thick and fast for Newton Abbot Bowls Club members with some of the ladies progressing through in the county competitions. On Friday, May 3, Isobel Burley and Jane Otieno won their game in the Ladies Over 55s Minors County Pairs against a Dawlish Marina duo. Read more... ...

Voters in Teignbridge have had their say in the 2025 local elections. Read more... https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/teignbridge-local-election-results-2025-31527866

Polling stations are open across Teignbridge today as residents cast their votes to decide the councillors that will represent them on Devon County Council. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/polls-open-for-county-elections-789090

A MAN from Dawlish has been jailed for a violent assault on his former partner. Richard Williams, 39, of Holman Close in Dawlish, appeared at Exeter Crown Court after pleading guilty of three assaults occasioning actual bodily harm, non-fatal strangulation and criminal damage. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/man-jailed-for-attacking-former-partner-789066

A Dawlish woman who ran her first marathon on Sunday (April 27) has raised nearly £2,000 for Newton Abbot charity Life Chance Trust. Shannon Izod started running three years ago and, after completing the Couch to 5K programme, she trained for and completed a half marathon. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/marathon-novice-raises-ps2000-for-newton-abbot-charity-789002

A pedestrian was left permanently disabled after being hit by a driver on a zebra crossing in Dawlish , a court heard. Jacqueline Wright, 62, was behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta that hit the woman on Exeter Road in January 2024. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/zebra-crossing-crash-dawlish-left-10145086

Teignmouth Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) came to the aid of a yacht experiencing steering problems off Dawlish last night (Sunday April 27). Volunteers from Teignmouth Lifeboat Station were paged at 8.11pm to assist a yacht at Boat Cove. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/teignmouth-rnli-steer-to-the-rescue-787992

PATIENTS at a Teignbridge hospital have been benefitting from an environmental project aimed at supporting at hedgerows. Alex Watkins, Occupational Therapy Technician at Langdon Hospital, near Dawlish has been instrumental in the development of the project which blends environmental conservation with patient wellbeing. Read more... ...

Lidl GB has today announced plans to invest half a billion pounds in its expansion, as the discounter moves forward with plans to open more than 40 new stores across the country this financial year. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/uk-world-news/lidl-lists-locations-wants-new-10136771

ON A very wet and soggy Saturday morning, Marina Bowling Club on Sandy Lane Dawlish enlisted the Town Crier and his Lady Consort to open the green and bowl the first bowl of the 2025 season. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/bowls/town-crier-opens-up-new-marina-bowling-season-787714

ALL three Dawlish teams had something to play for as the first-ever Devon Women’s Walking Football League reached an exciting conclusion on Sunday, April 6. League Two has been an altogether closer affair with any of the top three still in the mix for first place right until the very end. Read more... ...

CONSTRUCTION work has started on the Lawn in Dawlish for South West Water’s multi-million pound scheme to improve water quality. Barriers have gone up across much of the green space in the centre of the town as plant equipment has moved in. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/construction-work-starts-on-lawn-water-tank-787014

New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to 14 of Teignbridge’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows. • Rated 5: Cool Beans On The Green at Tourist Information Centre The Lawn The Strand Dawlish Devon; rated on April 16. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/food-hygiene-ratings-handed-to-14-teignbridge-establishments-786832

Teignbridge District Council said "significant sized rocks" had fallen onto the path. A Facebook post , external from Teignbridge District Council said a section of path had been closed at Lee Mount in Dawlish between the steps from Early's Wall and a large viewing shelter. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevd72pnnxwo

A section of footpath in Dawlish is closed due to debris and rockfall dangers from cliffs. A SECTION of footpath in Dawlish has had to be closed off to the public following debris falling from cliffs. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/footpath-closed-after-rockfall-danger-from-cliffs-786566

Weather warning - areas affected The yellow weather warning in South West England has been issued for: • Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole • Cornwall • Devon • Dorset • Plymouth • Somerset • Torbay

AN outhouse fire in Dawlish is believed to have been started deliberately, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service have said. The building was left ‘100% damaged’ by the fire. Two fire engines, one from Dawlish and the other from Teignmouth, attended Thursday’s incident [April 17]. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/outhouse-fire-deliberate-fire-service-say-785493

WHAT a weekend of rugby awaits us at Teignmouth Rugby Club this weekend. Two years ago, Dawlish members from the club laid down the challenge to their Teignmouth-based teammates. Current and ex-players from each town would take part in the Parson and Clerk Challenge for the Coronation Cup. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/rugby/contest-for-coronation-cup-in-teignmouth-785087

POLICE are urging the public to get their phones out if they see incidents of violence or anti-social behaviour in Teignmouth and Dawlish. The appeal comes after two incidents of assaults featuring young people. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/999/police-appeal-for-phone-footage-784109

MARINA Bowling Club on Sandy Lane, Dawlish, are gearing up for the new season of lawn bowls which starts on Saturday April 19, 2025. The maintenance team have been very busy throughout the winter tending to the green (the club’s biggest asset), making new access points with rails onto the green, repairing the surrounds and generally maintaining the areas. Read more... ...

POLICE are urging witnesses to come forward following a fight in Dawlish Warren that saw two males attacked. Devon and Cornwall Police received a report of a group of males attacking two other men on Warren Road at just after 2pm on Saturday, April 12. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/police-seek-witnesses-to-fight-784052

Teignmouth Maritime Services (TMS) and its Dawlish subsidiary Marine Plant Hire (MPH) have been bought by a London-based private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. Sullivan Street Partners acquired the firms along with hydraulic engineering company Hesselberg Hydro, which is half-owned by TMS, in a three-way deal. Read more... ...

PARAMEDICS were alerted to an incident at Dawlish Leisure Centre this morning. South West Ambulance Service confirmed they were called at 7.40am today to the Sandy Lane centre. A spokesman said: ‘We were called at 07:40hrs on Wednesday 16 April to an incident in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/999/paramedics-called-to-leisure-centre-784807

TEIGNBRIDGE beaches have been issued with sewage alerts following yesterday’s heavy rain. Dawlish Coryton Cove, Dawlish Town and Teignmouth Holcombe beaches have been flagged by Surfer’s Against Sewage. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/sewage-alerts-at-beaches-after-tuesdays-heavy-rain-784655

Luke Steffens, a Dawlish artist, organised his first public exhibition alongside his father and wife, showcasing local talent during a two-day event. IT was a family affair for Dawlish artist Luke Steffens when he launched his first public exhibition. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/dawlish-artist-luke-steffens-hosts-family-pop-up-art-exhibition-783923

A MAN has sustained life-changing injuries to his face and head following an assault in Teignmouth in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police were notified at around 2.05am on Saturday, April 12, to reports of a serious assault on Dawlish Street, Teignmouth. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/victim-sustains-life-changing-injuries-as-man-bailed-after-assault-783600

A TEIGNBRIDGE fire station’s charity car wash takes place next month. The crew from Dawlish Fire Station will be at the town’s Sainsbury’s store on Saturday, May 31. ‘Every penny raised will go directly to the Fire Fighters Charity, supporting both serving and retired firefighters, their families, and fire personnel’ a spokesperson for the station said. Read more... ...

The crazy golf park is set to be demolished as part of multi-million pound project to improve water quality by SWW. Owner Robert Phipps confirmed the water company will need to totally rip up his business and take over the seafront site by July. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/teed-off-sww-to-demolish-golf-park-782058

Dawlish councillor Alison Foden applauds Stagecoach's bus service improvements after her eight-year campaign. BUS campaigner and Dawlish councillor Alison Foden has praised bus company Stagecoach for finally running more buses. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/councillor-praises-stagecoach-for-increasing-buses-782917

EGG-CELLENT events await those planning to visit Teignbridge’s countryside parks. First up, we have an Easter Trail at Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve. The drop-in event, which takes place from 11am to 3pm on Wednesday, April 16, costs just £1. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/egg-cellent-easter-events-at-countryside-parks-782756

TEIGN Bees recently celebrated their feat of winning Division Two of the newly formed Devon Women’s Walking Football League. The club may only be two years old but they overcame teams from Dawlish, Mid-Devon and Modbury to win the league on goal difference. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/football/teign-bees-buzzing-after-winning-division-two-title-782728

The neighbourhood team have received information that there is to be a large gathering of young people in the Dawlish area this evening. Due to concerns around ASB, crime and disorder issues that have arisen in previous years, we will be on patrol extensively in both Dawlish and Teignmouth this evening and over the coming days. We will also utilise our dispersal powers if required. Parents, please ...

POLICE are seeking the public’s help identifying two men following a spate of criminal damage to motor vehicles in Devon, including an incident in Dawlish. It was reported that vehicles listed for sale were being identified online, test driven and while the owner was distracted, deliberately damaged to get the vehicle at a cheaper price, police say. Read more... ...

Officers are warning people selling their cars of incidents where would-be buyers are deliberately damaging vehicles in an attempt to get the price reduced. One of the incidents is reported to have happened in Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/motoring/devon-drivers-warned-over-scam-10089942

ON SATURDAY, April 5, Dawlish Indoor Bowls Club’s men’s 2x4 team claimed victory in the final of the Devon County Charles Parrott (Unbadged) Competition, played at the Torbay Country Club Indoor Arena. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/bowls/dawlish-indoor-bowls-club-claims-charles-parrott-trophy-781842