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How is it possible for anyone to agree with Fred Bassett's comments? This young cyclist suffered serious injuries from an incredibly stupid car driver. Such behaviour repeated on other cyclists could ;ead to far more life threatening injuries. Cyclists, are permitted to use the roads by law. Only the truly selfish drivers of oil powered vehicles seem to think that roads are only for them. ...
The project follows Devon County Council securing a grant of £817,712 from the European Regional Development Fund. The charge points will be installed in key carparks in Devon’s largest communities. These include Exeter, Barnstaple, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Honiton, Seaton, South Molton, Ilfracombe, Totnes, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Tavistock, Okehampton, Dartmouth, Salcombe, Dawlish, Teignmouth, ...
What on earth have your comments got to do with this incident. It seems from the reports that she was deliberately blocked on the open road by a vehicle that had just passesd her illegally and then braked hard. She was forced to try and seek an escape route only to find bollards blocking her route. Cyclists are allowed on the public roads and the law has not changed. Health and safety has ...
Dawlish library have another competition on until 31st October. The prize is 4 main courses and a bottle of wine at The Boathouse in Dawlish Warren. All you have to do is to Guess How Many Books are Normally in Dawlish Library. Entries cost 50p and can be submitted in the library.
A council that declared a "climate emergency" is printing about 21 million pages a year, it has emerged. Cornwall Council, which has pledged to reduce its carbon footprint , produced 1.7 million sheets in June alone, figures showed. The figures were included in an agenda - itself totalling 170 pages - was presented to a committee discussing the authority's "digital transformation". ...
Tucker, aged 48, of Second Avenue, Dawlish, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for two years by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court. Read more... http://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118544&headline=One-punch%20attack%20left%20victim%20with%20brain%20injury§ionIs=news&searchyear=2019
https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/planning/forms/planning-application-details/?Type=Application&Refval=19/01767/MAJ&MN=Y (this is for 190 homes - there are a further 10 separate planning apps each for a self build house on the same site).
Heavy rain means sewage and other run-off may have contaminated bathing waters Dawlish Town is on the south coast of Devon. It is a sandy beach resort, approximately 650 metres wide, close to the town and cliffs. There are five storm overflows covered by the Safer Seas Service within 650m off the beach which can operate in heavy rainfall. See more... ...
dogs are permitted along the seashore from the slipway adjacent to the Railway Station until 230 metres before Red Rock at Dawlish Warren dogs are not permitted along the seashore from the slipway to Coryton Cove from 1 May to 30 September See more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/ban-over-77-devon-beaches-3362599
Having read the DevonLive story it seems she maybe a bit accident prone despite being a team GB rider. Perhaps she should stick to the cycle paths in future and use her talent and missfortunes to encourage more use of the paths provided and less use of the roads. Lets face it if the roads were subjected to a health and safety review like most industries cycling on them would be banned