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A message from Teignmouth and Dawlish Neighbourhood Police. Please be careful when out and about today driving and walking. The wind is impacting on cars needing greater concentration when driving. There have been a couple of recycle boxes that have been blown across the road and black bins down on the pavement so please be aware of this. In Dawlish under the train station viaduct sea water and ...

Mr Dean said: “At the moment it’s a question of actually redesigning the railway and building a piece of brand new infrastructure through that area. He said the damage amounts to around twice as much as the Dawlish incident in early 2014. Read more... http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/commuters-to-get-refund-over-48448/

So then Dawlish grapevine, anyone know if it has been done up to be sold or if the person who owns it will be moving in/has moved in?

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William Power, 38, lives just 300 yards from what was Sophie's house, at Elmswood Crescent, Dawlish. He, along with his wife Erica, 37, were close friends with Sophie and she was a Bridesmaid at their wedding. Read more... http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Dawlish-man-run-London-Marathon-memory-murder/story-28427648-detail/story.html

SOUTH Devon's train services have been disrupted this morning because of bad weather at Dawlish. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Trains-cancelled-bad-weather-Dawlish/story-28430337-detail/story.html

A379 just passed the Smugglers Inn Holcombe Read more... http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=35432&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

I hope everyone hear had a Happy Christmas and have a happy new year. Have a Happy new year Webmaster and keep up the good work.

Flooding is possible for exposed east-facing coastal locations including Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross, Slapton, Blackpool Sands, Brixham, Broadsands, Goodrington, Paignton, Hollicombe, Torquay, Oddicombe, Teignmouth Promenade and Dawlish for Saturday morning's high tide. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/South-Devon-Boxing-Day-Flood-Alert/story-28422468-detail/story.html

Good to see another shop opening in The Strand.

The report focuses on the impact of sea level rises on the Dawlish to Teignmouth line which connects Cornwall and Devon to the rest of the UK. In January, the prime minister backed a new Okehampton railway route as the "most resilient" alternative to the vulnerable Dawlish line . Read more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-35146033

A WOMAN from Dawlish has lost over seven stone in one year after being horrified by a festive photograph of herself where she 'felt as fat as the Christmas Turkey' that she was holding. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Teignbridge-woman-drops-seven-dress-sizes-seeing/story-28396964-detail/story.html

Thomas Maughan and Thomas Mahon both operated out of the same caravan site at Farringdon, near Exeter, but targeted victims in Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Seaton. Road more... http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Bogus-Wimpey-builders-guilty-ripping-pensioners/story-28389214-detail/story.html

? http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/help-Police-appeal-missing-man-Dawlish-area/story-28232210-detail/story.html

No hard shoulders from what I can see, so the first time their is a conked out vehicle or large crash how will the emergency services get to it. The other side of the road I suppose! Poorly thought out for plans going back over half a century for traffic volumes that were never envisaged in the future. A little to late in my opinion.

I'm sure if TDC's planning dept had to endure bouts of sewage outside their offices on a regular basis it would be resolved very quickly. When I walk around the local area and see some of the nightmare buildings that TDC have allowed planning permission on. Which are either just ugly (in my opinion) or just standout as alien in the location they have been built. This is only the start of ...

If you click on the link I have given in my post above and then click on associated documents (see bottom left of page underneath the map) you should be able to access what Dawlish Town Council's Planning Committee had to say about this planning application when they met and discussed it last Thursday.

(iii) DAWLISH - 15/02018/MAJ - Land at Secmaton Lane - Approval of reserved matters for six flats and eight dwellings with associated parking and ancillary areas pursuant to 12/01147/OUT (approval sought for access, scale, layout, appearance and landscape) Reserved matters be granted subject to the following conditions: 1. Development to be carried out in accordance with the approved plans. 2. No ...

Two fire engines from Dawlish and Teignmouth were sent to the blaze in Old Teignmouth Road, Dawlish, just after 9.30pm on Monday after reports that a timber-framed building was on fire. The spokesman said the fire was out an hour later. Half of the building and roof was damaged in the fire. He added that the cause of the fire “was deliberate”. Read more... ...

Well done to Waitrose and Dawlish Rotary.

The Bill has now been amended and it now also proposes that future council tenants should no longer have life time tenancies but two or five year fixed term tenancies. Read more here: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/09/council-tenants-lose-lifetime-right-to-live-in-property and here ...

http://gis.teignbridge.gov.uk/TeignbridgePlanningOnline/Results.aspx?Type=Application&Refval=15/03292/MAJ

Santa cycle ride organised by Braking Wind.  Bob at Braking Wind Cycles usually organises an annual Santa Ride and some of you might like to join him. It is a casual and  fun affair with an easy ride.Everybody turning up to ride will be responsible for themselves!  It is not a Sustrans/Destination Dawlish event, but it will be a good opportunity for people to find out what is happening in the area ...

Ah, more detail in there, thanks Ziggy.  It seems to be taking the route along the wall rather than through the path where the garden area is.  Once they come out at the bus stop there's still the dangerous bit round the bend and I can't see how they will get around that.  I still think the more sensible idea would have been to have the cycle path come out at Beach Street. They could have 'killed ...

Where was the sewage spill last week ?

An 82-year-old pensioner has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting two sisters more than 15 years ago. The girls were so young they did not realise the significance of what he had done to them and remained silent for many years before going to the police, Exeter Crown Court was told. Read more... ...

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

Thread continues here https://www.dawlish.com/thread/details/44715

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 end, ...

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 has ...

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 on ...

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... ...