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It'll be good if those standing outside when the weather is good actually moved out the way when people are trying to walk past.

We all should be grateful that we have officer Mark patroling our town. There are numerous times you see many people riding their bikes on the pavement most of which don't care how they ride them weaving in and out around people. Mark has been instrumental on getting rid of most of the druggies and alkies from the lawn area and the town, yes, we still have them from time to time. Mobility scooters ...

Laura and Luke Woodward were walking their dogs on Dawlish beach when they first saw a number of jellyfish washed up. Then they spotted the baby shark struggling in the shallows and went to help it back out to sea. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/baby-shark-stunned-jellyfish-attack-2864528

It seems a little strange that he has been told to stop riding the bike because of the complaint. Would he not be told to just ride on the cycle paths and roads during normal patrols? As to pursuing law breaker I would have thought he would be allowed to cycle on any pavement that he would not be normally allowed on. I wonder what the Rotary of Dawlish think of this decision, if true. ...

leatash
leatash
13 May 2019

After all is it not an offence to ride a bike on a footpath and the law applies to everyone even a serving Police Officer consider the implications if he hit and injured someone. And i would imagine thats how his senior officer looked at it when taking the decision to tell him to stop riding it.

majorp
majorp
13 May 2019

I can't believe what he told me. I saw him riding a bike, so I stopped him and asked why he was now reduced to a bike instead of the car. Well I can get around much easier on this bike such as if he is in pursuit of someone, he can ride up through the lawn instead of driving up the Brunswick and back down the Strand. He told me it was an electric bike and was supplied by the rotary of Dawlish. ...

It's not that the parents are engrossed in the gaming, it's that they don't care about their kids as it's so easy to blame someone else these days. PS. Sorry majorp to correct you on your spelling again.

majorp
majorp
11 May 2019

I see this all the time especially around the amusement arcades, do the parents care when they are ingrossed with the machine they are playing with ----no they don't, panic only sets in when their child is not with them and nowhere to be found. Warning signs should be a must in these arcades warning parents to take care of their children. Some of the games on the machines are so captivating, you ...

Dawlish News
Dawlish News
11 May 2019

A two-year-old child is receiving specialist care after being found on their own in Dawlish Warren on Saturday morning. A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said: "Enquiries are ongoing to establish when the child can be returned to their parents. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/police-called-after-child-2-2857670

Wednesday 22 May 3.30pm - 7pm Dawlish Methodist Church Hall