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A leading doctor has said the decision to ease lockdown restrictions without proper testing was "terrifying". Rosie Toom is a self-employed foot practitioner from Dawlish in Devon who was first tested on 3 May after developing symptoms. More than 10 days later she's still waiting for the results. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-52667137
TEIGNBRIDGE is among the councils across Devon that have warned the £33 million extra from Government still isn’t close enough to plug their funding gaps with ‘a huge black hole of debt emerging and we are plunging headfirst into it. Read more... ...
Allan, 55, finished the £15,000 project during lockdown — 18 years after he started. A winch at the top of the 109ft track hauls a wagon carrying him and wife Rachel, 50, from the road to their three-bed bungalow in seven minutes. He dug out 150 tons of soil by hand and built retaining walls in Dawlish, Devon. Read more... ...
The size and scale of the new Dawlish sea wall can be seen as the recurve panels have begun to be the installed. The £30m scheme along Marine Parade aims to protect the railway for the next 100 years aims to improve the long-term resilience of the railway linking Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/what-new-30m-dawlish-sea-4068725
£1.75 million mansion loses 80ft garden in landslip Prior to this, previous owner Nick Skilton who built the property also lost 80ft of land at the bottom of the garden when it fell into the sea in 2007. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/five-buildings-most-risk-cliff-4049763
Cllr Alan Connett is concerned about the ‘plan to spoil this beautiful country road with its amazing views across Kenton and Starcross and the Exe Estuary’. The road from the estuary village of Starcross rises up through the woodland of Mamhead and leads to the Haldon Hills, but has seen increased use, especially by heavy goods vehicles in recent years. Read more... ...
Just received this from a friend in Australia and thought i would share it. "Internal email for Staff in * Hospital Virus Detection The simplest way to distinguish Coronavirus from a Common Cold is that the COVID-19 infection does not cause a cold nose or cough with cold, but it does create a dry and rough cough. The virus is typically first installed in the throat causing ...
Walked down Sandy Lane this afternoon and saw a group of youngsters in the car park cheering on a lad in a white car driving around the car park showing off. You can keep young chilldren at home but what can you do about teenagers?
The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have closed the Dawlish and Totnes MIUs and are now referring anyone with a minor injury to the MIU at Newton Abbot Community Hospital. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/minor-injuries-units-two-devon-3969609
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