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It's a pity that all this very useful info can't be collated and reproduced for the benefit of all those who do not come onto this website but who live in, or visit, Dawlish Chamber of Trade can you help? What about you Dawlish Gazette?

There's more about all of this in today's Gazette. See front page and page 3.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8627485/Parishes-to-rule-on-parking-and-licensing-hours-in-Camerons-big-society.html

As the Tesco challenge to the TDC decision re Sainsbury's was heard by a judge - hence its being a judical review - I imagine Sainsbury's had a barrister asking questions of Tesco because they were legally entitled to do so. If anything legally untoward had happened at that judical review don't you think that Tesco/Sainsbury (delete as appropriate) would have made a fuss? Seems to me that the ...

Yes, Tavener, I know that. Not sure though how that negates the fact that the government, aided and abetted by the right wing press, have been stirring it up about public sector pensions so much so that there are now 'urban myths' about how great they are. I think the low(er) paid public sector employees may well have a completely different experience from that! And the bankers are paying ...

Exeter College have got a bursary fund which might be of help for those on low incomes with teenagers studying at the college. I am sure other 16-18 year old education providers (eg Bicton College and VIth form colleges?) may have similar schemes so worth contacting them for info. For Exeter College contact: Jill Clark, Student Welfare Administrator, Exeter College. Tel 01392 205526 email ...

Anyone else spotted the methodological flaws in this survey........like (and as with the Dawlish by-election polling card issue that I've highlighted on a separate thread) unless: 1. You have a computer ( and go on Dawlish.com - and let's face it not that many do) 2. You buy the Dawlish Gazette (not all do) 3. You read the freebie Dawlish Post (and not all do that either) You are not that ...

seems like we are going to have a by election see item 3 on the Town Council agenda for 9th June http://www.dawlish.gov.uk/meetings.php

http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/page/speakout/email-steve-and-george

@wondering Crediton way to Plymouth. Okehampton etc. I think, long term, that is what will happen BUT to state the obvious, it cannot happen until that line is (re)built so until that happens train companies have to use the Dawlish line as there is no other option.

see this link for more info about the Dawlish Neighbourhood Plan http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=13658

As I said, why not make your experience public via the press? I appreciate you might not want to 'go public' but that sounds just like the type of story they might be interested in and you never know, it might result in some reaction from those you mention above. I just feel that if people don't make a public fuss about what is going on/ what their situation is then the powers that be just ...

This is from today's Herald Express New owners at soft play centre A PURPOSE-built soft play centre with a 40-seat café in Dawlish has been sold for £59,950 to new owners Jonathan and Kathy Baldwin from Enfield in Middlesex. The Monkey House is an 'interesting' business in the heart of the town next to The Lawn park and stream which cascades through Dawlish over a series of waterfalls before ...

and there was I thinking that the reason Tesco's are Appealing against TDC is because they haven't got planning permission to build! If that claim were to be true I'm sure the Planning Inspectorate would be very interested to know about it.

Two days ago, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, announced details about the new scheme which is to replace the EMA. Have a read of this link. http://blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/factcheck-bad-marks-for-gove-on-ema/6089

For more info re the new system have a read of this interesting article http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n01/christopher-prendergast/short-cuts

The next Transition meeting will be held on 22nd March, at 7pm Room 4a, The Manor House, Dawlish. A ll warmly invited to attend. If you can, please come along. The meeting is to decide what sort of activities and facilities we would like to see developed here in Dawlish as part our Transition Town movement, and to give information about progress with any ideas that have already been started. We ...

From today's Gazette http://www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk/News.cfm?id=7681&headline=Beach cleanup

Extra trains could mean more visitors By tina crowson tcrowson@heraldexpress.co.uk RAIL campaigners have welcomed the extra services linking Torbay and the North this summer. Train operator CrossCountry will be redirecting to Paignton two Saturday trains that would normally travel to Plymouth between May 28 and September 10. The extra services will carry visitors to Torbay from Yorkshire, the ...

Yes, when I got off the train at 4.45pm yesterday returning from a trip to Exmouth (£3.50 return with a Devon & Cornwall Railcard compare that to the £4.85 return bus fare Dawlish/Teignmouth!) there were three or four police cars outside the railway station and police around the block of flats by the entrance to the station car-park. Then up on the Exeter Road I saw police search some young men ...

Forgot to say that I've also been told that my liking for wearing purple along with a red hat also becomes me..........

Dawlish Transition Ambition Film Launch meeting date: 24th February 2011 time: 7-9pm at: Red Rock, Skills Centre, Sandy Lane, Dawlish Film showing: 'Power in the Community' and 'Message in the Waves' Guest speakers: Antony Turner Carbon Sense Foundation & Teign Estuary Transition Ben Bryant Teignbridge Recycling Officer (Dawlish Bag Campaign) The winners of the Dawlish ...

No - I shan't be standing. Being a councillor is my idea of......... well........not me at all. I'm politically active in other ways -using this website being an example. Don't know what you mean by my trying to find out what you are up to as I thought you had made that perfectly clear yourself - that you wish(ed) to stand for the town council in May. All I'm saying is,is that you can do that as ...

Suggest you tell that to Julian Crow Operations Manager, South West First Great Western, Milford House, 1, Milford Street Swindon SN1 1HL email - julian.crow@firstgroup.com and then let us know his response.

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Council-given-shame-163-250-000-building/article-3217648-detail/article.html

Anyone else seen it? Can hardly be missed. Three words succinctly expressing the author's/artist's feelings towards the government.

As I'm picking up very strongly that we may well have Independent candidates for whom to vote on our town council ballot papers in May I wondered if we might be having the same choice in terms of our district council candidates. Dawlish returns 5 councillors to Teignbridge District Council and all 5 seats will also be up for grabs at the May election. Presently all 5 councillors are Conservative ...

As I've mentioned the government's Localism Bill on other threads recently thought I'd just bring to your attention that our MP, Anne-Marie Morris, has also written about it in this week's Dawlish Gazette. (see page 8 "Power To The People".) Also at tomorrow's (Friday 28th) open day at the Manor House officers from Teignbridge Council will be available to talk about it. Manor House open ...

Thankyou. (and yes, the irony of my being bullied on this thread had not gone unnoticed by me either).

Some of you may have seen on the tv last week a news article concerning the devastating impact that will occur to support services in Devon concerning domestic violence should funding be removed because of Devon County Council's budget cutbacks. If you would like more info about this matter here is the website address www.domesticviolenceandabuseservice.org.uk

Meeting being held Tuesday 28th September (that's tomorrow as I type this). 7.00pm. The Manor House, Old Town, Dawlish. Presentation and discussion about how we may have to adjust to a world (but Dawlish in particular) with ever decreasing supplies of oil. All welcome (including cynics.)

This was in Saturday's Express & Echo: Tesco's planning battle with rival store continues TESCO says it has not given up the fight to build a store in Dawlish. The supermarket giant hasbeen embroiled in a battle with Sainsbury's over permission to build a store in the town for more than three years. In March, Teignbridge Council gave Sainsbury's permission to build a store and petrol station at ...

Log onto www.devongeneral.org.uk and click on the events link for more info about heritage 1950s and 1960s buses running half hourly back and forth Dawlish Warren, Dawlish, Teignmouth on Sunday 25th April. It says on the info that the the rides will be FREE!!! and will run from 9.15am to 5.15pm.

At a supermarket BUT I do my odds and ends shop at local stores. If I stop using the local stores for odds and ends and go to the new supermarket and other people do likewise then that will work out to be a lot of custom the local shops will lose. Then there is the tourist custom to consider. Instead of doing their supermarket shop at Gerald's supermarket at the Warren and getting their bread from ...