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Good to see the market so busy. One of the many favourites See more: https://www.dawlish.com/photo?albumid=1368

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I’ve just been reading an article in a housing magazine which says that housing associations could exempt hundreds of thousands of homes from Right to Buy. Last week, 5 housing associations launched a RtB pilot scheme. Apparently the landlords (ie housing associations) are free to decide which properties to exempt from RtB and those included in this exemption will include homes built under a ...

HIGHWAYS bosses building the new South Devon link road expect the dual carriageway to be open before Christmas. Read more... http://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=101289&headline=Work%20on%20South%20Devon%20link%20road%20nearing%20completion&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2015

Awarded a Halifax travel bursary, Ross Thompson, 20, believes the move will enable him to forge a successful agricultural career back in Devon. He said: Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Young-Dawlish-farmer-spend-winter-sheep-shearing/story-28292737-detail/story.html

There used to be but i haven't seen it for at least 18 months.

Not sure what you mean by 'bettering yourself' BEE9?  Do you think a care worker on minimum wage should better themselves rather than look after you in your old age.  Do you think that cleaners should better themselves or anyone else doing a job that perhaps doesn't pay a huge amount but is more worthwhile than some banker or politician?  I know lets price everyone who actually works hard for a ...

It's so simple farmers sell land because they are not making profits from farming and we are all to blame as we demand cheaper and cheaper food a good case in point is milk. Six pints of milk for £1.48 it should be £2.48 and then farmers just might think twise before selling the same applies to most food production the only farmers making money are those who run large high teck farms. You could ...

So, we could have a hike in council tax to pay for social care. (see below for what George Osborne said about this in his Autumn Statement). " the health service cannot function effectively without good social care. The truth we need to confront is this: many local authorities are not going to be able to meet growing social care needs unless they have new sources of funding. That, in the ...

From last weeks Dawlish Gazette:" Killer to be held indefinitely at Langdon" A freed killer who was receiving treatment in the community in Exeter risked the lives of shoppers by starting a fire at the Debenhams store in Princesshay. He had a ten-year-long history of offending and was jailed for 42 months in 2007 for manslaughter after he injected a fellow heroin user with a fatal dose. He ...

The government has set itself a target of 1million new homes by 2020 and is looking at having around about 20% of them (that's 200,000) as Starter Homes sold at 20% off market value to young first time buyers. Another 135,000 new homes will be the brand new Help to Buy: Shared Ownership. Many of the restrictions on shared ownership – who can buy them, who can build them and who they can be sold ...

From 4 January 2016, Dawlish Community Hospital will provide an improved service for the treatment of minor injuries, becoming the area’s centre of excellence for urgent care. The service, based at the community hospital’s minor injury unit (MIU), will be available 8am to 8pm seven days per week, 365 days per year. Read more... ...

In my opinion it is the league who needs to be fined not the swimming clubs. It was their actions that caused the issue in the first place not the swimming clubs. It would seem the League is salivating over the chance of making £2500 in fines for their own incompetence, that's my feeling.

I would bet it's a fair chance it will be a bookies because there is no need to change the use as it was a bank it comes under the same usage, The first, second and roof space were changed to 5 flats,I assume, after the 2012 planning application was granted on planning application 12/00537/ful.

Ross Norman is described as 6 feet tall, skinny and with gingery coloured hair. He was wearing black hooded parka type coat, sandy coloured jeans and grey trainers. Read more... http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Police-voice-concern-missing-man-Dawlish/story-28232243-detail/story.html

17 To the israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Is this a sign from God, not quite as good as milk coming out of a statue  though - Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A man was treated for smoke inhalation last night after a fire broke out in an Indian takeaway in Dawlish. Firefighters were called to Bombay Delight at 7.13pm following reports of a fire. Read on ...

Anyone that attacks innocent people are cowards. The Paris attacks were terrible, I was in Paris in the summer with my family. Should we stop helping the vast majority of innocent people because of these idiots? Where do these people go if no one accepts them? That is exactly what ISIS want. They want for the "west" to appear unfriendly and against Islam, that helps their recruitment no end. ...

How come other towns ie. St. Ives Weston super mare and others have sucessfully intoduced a ban on alcohol in the streets, why is Dawlish so against this? Don't give the old excuse Oh people want to drink wine on the lawn, it works n other towns. Dawlish is very lax on things, like dog fouling, parking on double yellow lines and on the pavement. As for feeling sorry forthe happy hut drinkers and ...

Will be at the Barton Car Park Saturday 21st November 9.30am - 15.30pm See more... https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/ruralskip

Network Rail warned that "in any extreme weather a certain level of weather-related damage is to be expected, particularly in some areas of the South West where the railway line runs very close to the sea". A spokeswoman said new sea defences around Dawlish had made the area better able to withstand extreme weather. Read more... ...

As seen at the 2014 Party in the Park where kids went into the shops who sold them booze and then ran amok spoiling not just the day but ruined the future of the event as well.

R.I.P. Sarah. My thoughts are with your family.

The British coast is facing a disastrous future unless urgent action is taken now by the Government and agencies, the National Trust is warning. The country needs to prepare itself for the growing challenges of severe storms and rising sea levels. The UK’s coastline was battered by a series of high tides and storms in 2013 and 2014 which resulted in erosion levels that would normally take up to ...

@ZIGGY , Apologies, for removing the link but it doesn't work for everyone. Admittedly, one would have expected such a web page to be public, but clearly it isn't.

Bristol businessman Matthew Fairweather, and his brother Luke, inherited the site from their late father in March. But they have now decided the Smuggler's Caravan park near Dawlish, Devon, needs so much work it is best to close it and start from scratch. Read more... http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Families-devastated-Bristol-business-closes/story-28142447-detail/story.html

A certain Mrs Thatcher gave council house tenants the right to buy if one thing started this sorry mess it was that piece of legislation.

AMAZING photographs were captured in Dawlish of the train that was yesterday named to honour Harry Patch, the last survivor of the First World War. The train carries the famous Ode of Remembrance from Laurence Binyon's 1914 poem 'For the Fallen'. The train passed through Dawlish yesterday, heading back to Plymouth shortly after it's official naming ceremony in Bristol, and will be travelling ...

A CRACKDOWN on crime, drunkeness and anti-social behaviour in Dawlish on Bonfire Night resulted in a number of stop-checks, searches and police 'disruption' of known individuals. The South Devon Tasking Team held a proactive day to hep cut down on anti-social behaviour in the area in the ongoing operation to clampdown on crime. Working with neighbourhood officers, the high visibility patrol ...

What a "surprise" to read that the DWP has been paid almost £140 million in bonuses over the last 3years with most of this going to senior civil servants ! guess the cut backs don't include the rule makers.

Hopefully these signs with help people to understand how to behave! See more pics: https://www.dawlish.com/album

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be interested to know what you are celebrating @Carer . I don't mind fireworks too much, the dog doesn't like it but we can usually fit in a long enough run for him not to get too distressed in the evening.  It's the odd firework let off 'willy nilly' I object to.  Fireworks are dangerous, there's about 1000 injuries each year (stats available up to 2005, they are no longer collected!). I would ...

So very sad. Teenage girl tells how her life was destroyed when her dad murdered her mum http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teenage-girl-tells-how-life-6759961?ICID=FB_mirror_main

Very sad - Man who died after being hit by train in Dawlish was Langdon Hospital patient http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Man-died-hit-train-Dawlish-Langdon-Hospital/story-28115281-detail/story.html

Why not do it over a weekend or nights?.

Photograph found in Dawlish Warren 03.11.2015 I have found a photo of a man in his 50's the photo depicts the sea in front of him  and a mountain view in the bacgrkround.  With the photo was a piece of paper saying A cornish stranger Liz Fenwick Summer at Tiffans Karen Swan If it belongs to someone you know I have a copy on my phone 07816635548  Wendy

@1263 - i agree with you on getting rid of the comissioners, a completely useless excercise in employing a watchdog to oversee the police. paid an extorniate amount of money for being dead weight in a time when the government is screwing exvery penny out of the public services, whilst discussing spending £100 billion on major projects, plus the hs2 fiasco. I would like to see a breakdown of the ...

A Lifeline has been thrown to the multi-million pound youth centre in Dawlish, saving it from closure in the face of county budget cuts. Earlier this year, Devon County Council announced it was to stop paying for the upkeep of the purpose-built £2.4million Red Rock Youth Centre, which would have left the flagship building high and dry. Read more... ...

Dawlish has been donated a piece of lifesaving equipment thanks to the local running club. Dawlish Coasters donated £1,000 to Teign Heartbeat so the charity could buy a community defibrillator unit for the town. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Running-club-donates-piece-life-saving-equipment/story-28094236-detail/story.html#ixzz3qHIP