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@OurSoul I rarely buy the paper version of a newspaper these days, instead preferring to read the news online (more up-to-date you know), and that includes using my smartphone when out and about.  I've even been guilty of doing that down at the cove, but then it's no different to having my head buried in a book or newspaper, which is a pretty popular pastime for beachgoers. Anyway, the provision ...

Yesterday the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, made a speech about the NHS. Below is an extract where he refers specifically to the elderly. Admittedly he has their medical needs/the NHS in mind but the point is that if we are to continue having an ever increasing elderly population then surely we will need more accommodation suitable for the needs of the elderly? “Within 5 years we will be looking ...

She didnt fall, she was intentionally knocked over by a car that followed her taxi and aimed at her, the driver, he has been charged with dangerous driving and GBH and bailed.

The suspect has been found and detained.

Two hives containing thousands of bees stolen from an orchard near Dawlish between June 9 and 10. Beekeeper Brian Hunt, who took up the hobby last year, said that when he discovered the hives were missing, he saw a few confused bees who had returned loaded with pollen, only to find their homes had gone. Read more... ...

Copied from the Herald Express. He's innocent until proven guilty apparently. Stephen Patrick CLARK, Luscombe Terrace, Dawlish. Age: 62. At Dawlish being a person aged 18 or over, intentionally caused or incited a girl, not reasonably believing she was aged 16 or over, to engage in sexual activity. Plus one related offence. At Dawlish made indecent photographs of a child. Plus five related ...

Huw messaged 1263 very good

Just been told there is still some work to finish before the steps can be put in place. One of the security guards told me they have been told unofficially it maybe opened the end of July or begining of August.

IDS- Massive cost overrun on DWP  computer system - would have been shown the door in real life IDS  Failed Tory leader Are we  surprised ???

Re the above typical lah blah from MP'S - Anyone pick up the story in the paper ( daily mail ?)  a couple of weeks ago that the southwest will be getting next to nought now that the lib dems are no longer in goverment and no longer able to get political concessions  for the southwest.

Its been on the market a while already, I think it will struggle to sell

The road diversion signs at Matford are misleading. You can drive all the way to Staplake Road and then go round the back same as the bus.

See this week's Dawlish Gazette. (If memory serves, people living in that area pointed out to the planners way back in 2008/9 that there would be problems with sewage disposal. And were they listened to? Seems not). And I've found this - letter from South West Water dated 2012 concerning the new housing development(s) and sewage disposal. ...

Patterns have always played a role in home decor, and the latest trends seem to revolve around big bold patterns and mixing them with other patterns that complement each other.  According to Tidbits and Twine, the most important role of working with multiple patterns is making sure the patterns complement each other rather than compete with each other.  Patterns will always be a classic home décor ...

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All is very well Thank you Moving to posh place then ?

Located approximately 3.5 km northwest of Dawlish, Devon, Sawmills Farm project has been connected to the grid under the UK's Renewable Obligation program. With a total installed capacity of 6.6 MWp, the project will provide electricity for approximately 2,000 average households, or one-third in Dawlish, and reduce almost 3,000 tonnes of carbon emission every year. Read more... ...

Visted patient at Southmead yesterday (Saturday). Strongly suggest that if anyone else goes patient visiting that they do so at the weekend. Plenty of spaces in the car park. Whole complex so very, very, quiet compared to the mayhem of week days. If you can avoid going to Southmead Mon-Fri.  Do!

Most on the list are not 'Landlords' but 'Letting Agencies' acting for landlords. i.e. I'm sure the people that own Devon Rose don't trouser £82k themselves.

PEOPLE in Dawlish have been taking a trip down memory lane by holding a Vintage Bicycle Parade. The Dawlish Vintage and Classic Cycle Parade and Ride took place on The Lawn to support the vintage buses are running between Teignmouth, Dawlish and Dawlish Warren on the same day. The parade was held as part of Dawlish Heritage Day with a Great Storm of 2014 exhibition and museum with choir and art ...

Well, I tell you what I was told at the time (2010?) about why this Tuesday market/car boot stopped. This is what was told to me by some of the regular car boot sellers. They said that the person who ran this (succesful!) Tuesday morning market/car boot had been priced out by another, open market only, outfit and that the owner of the field had followed the money and gone with the Wednesday open ...

A date for the next rural skip.  Saturday June 20th at Sandy Lane car park 10am-4pm.

The free booklet has been produced by the Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership and brings together ideas for great days out in Exeter, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and along the English Riviera. Walks from stations are also featured including the Exe Estuary Trail and Agatha Christie Mile in Torquay. The booklet also promotes South Devon events along the Riviera Line in 2015 including the ...

Thanks Ziggy, I will pass the information onto our museum as they have a wealth of archive material collected from local people. Material includes photographs and oral recordings of the experiences of those affected on the night of the storm.

Just spotted this beauty on the main beach today. More pics... https://www.dawlish.com/photo?albumid=1270

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/25/eu-referendum-dont-leave-us-this-way-europe-uk-brexit

Hi Sarah, I'm sorry I don't do it anymore but if you contact OISE in Oxford or look in the local paper you should see the phone no for the new organiser. It will be for students only Kind regards Elaine

that joke is a hole in one,

Read the posts again. Yawn.

I was told by a Tory town councillor that I should vote for the person and not the party at local level. I also suggested they run as an independent. They talked about themselves a lot, talked ill of others, moaned about young people today, said they were a capitalist, explained that they voted Tory because their father had and that is how they were brought up (so no really thought or critical ...

News about the next opportunity to join in remembrance of a Dawlish serviceman that lost his life during World War One. Private Frederick W Bond, of the 1st Wessex Ambulance Company will be remembered on Saturday 23rd May 2015 at the Methodist Church, commencing at 12 noon . Private Fred Bond was the first Dawlish territorial to die in the war, aged just 20. Brought up in Dawlish, he is known to ...

Well done to all concerned with our beaches retaining these awards.

Really pleased to read that the preferred option is to place all local Minor Injury Units at Dawlish Hospital. Of course the likes of David Cox are whining about the consultation being unfair, but then losers  like him usually do.

As I understand it, a solar farm can still be 'farmed'. Apparently, sheep farming can still be undertaken as the sheep graze between and under the panels. Also, again apparently, ewes like to lamb in the shelter created beneath the panels. Seems an ideal solution for struggling hill farmers...if their fields face the right direction. I imagine that free range chicken farming would also be okay; ...

Ralph Rayner, director of Ashcombe Country Cottages, near Dawlish, Devon, wants to build a fibre optic broadband network to bring faster and more reliable speeds to people who live in and visit the area. After being told there are no plans to roll fibre out to the area, Mr Rayner started looking into building his own network, using local expertise and income from a solar farm on the estate. Read ...

The two female swans still incarcerated in the pen. While......... ...... The two male swans are just chilling out by the stream.

Now about the sea wall! Just been talking to another security guard after i heard him mention next summer to someone and told him what i had been told yesterday and the latest is They have the casing for the steps but can't find anyone to make them. Not sure if this is a joke.

I had a lovely walk earlier today and I thought how beautiful Devon is in the springtime, then my mood changed somewhat and became darker as my thoughts turned to the impending civil war.

Justin Tomlinson, New Disabilities Minister, Voted Against Protecting Disabled Child Benefits Yet voted against the bedroom tax

Stephen Clark, 62, from Luscombe Terrace, Dawlish, has been charged with two counts of inciting children to engage in sexual activity and eight counts of possession, making and distribution of indecent images of children. Read more... http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Dawlish-man-charged-numerous-sexual-offences/story-26501742-detail/story.html