Meeting 'mad bastard' Bill Millin, who played the pipes while the D-Day bullets flew around him https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/meeting-mad-bastard-bill-millin-2945418
Dawlish rail investment must be the start of a new transport deal for our region http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Comment/dawlish-rail-investment-must-be-the-start-of-a-new-transport-deal-for-our-region
Secmaton development link road and bridge looking more likely. (page 4 Dawlish Gazette). Funding for the £4.9m highway scheme has now come forward and district members are being urged to get the ball rolling. A planning application for the road and bridge still needs to be submitted to Teignbridge council. District councillors are expected to discuss the plans on Tuesday at Forde House, ...
Lasting nine months, Network Rail’s work on the Dawlish sea wall begins on Saturday, with phase one running until July 14. No work will then take place during the peak summer season and will restart on September 9, with a scheduled finished date of January 23, 2020. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/vital-dawlish-sea-wall-works-2923801
Changes to key bus routes across Devon have been announced by Stagecoach following a review of all of its services. It is introducing four new services. The new Hop 222 open top service will link Teignmouth, Dawlish and Dawlish Warren, while the new L bus service will travel every 15 minutes from Pinhoe to Exeter city centre, extending every 30 minutess through to St Thomas, Dunsford Hill and ...
Teignbridge Tory leader hits back after £60m debt shock claims made by Lib Dems The new leader of the Conservative group on Teignbridge District Council has hit out at claims made by the Liberal Democrats that they uncovered £60m worth of debt in the council’s finances. “Over the last three years a great deal of information was provided to councillors and open discussions took place in the ...
Teignbridge’s new finance chief told councillors of his shock of uncovering £60m worth of debt in the council’s finances. Speaking at Monday’s annual meeting, he said that the debt is made up of £15.5m the council spent on buying the Market Walk shopping centre in Newton Abbot that will eventually have to be repaid, in addition to a further £45m of borrowing that previous administration ...
A crazed knifeman has been locked up indefinitely for smashing through a neighbour’s window and repeatedly stabbing him. The judge made a hospital order, after hearing psychiatric evidence, which will see Miller detained for treatment until he is deemed safe for release. Miller attended the latest hearing via videolink from Langd on Hospital in Dawlish, flanked by psychiatrists and ward ...
A man has been cleared of stalking his neighbour after a three-day trial. The jury was told that Greet was appearing for parts of the trial over video-link from Langdon Hospital in Dawlish because that is where he is currently receiving treatment for mental health issues. Read more... https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/man-cleared-stalking-neighbour-threatening-2876342