Dawlish News
An appeal has been made for more hand-knitted poppies to join the Dawlish Poppy Wall of Remembrance this November. AN APPEAL has gone out for more poppies to be made to join the Dawlish Poppy Wall of Remembrance.
DOG owners can enjoy Teignbridge’s beaches alongside their four-legged friends from tomorrow as the annual ban is lifted. From October 1, the ban, which bars dogs from Teignmouth, Shaldon, Dawlish and Dawlish Warren beaches, will be lifted.
TWO LIBRARIES in Teignbridge are joining a countywide campaign to save money and recycle with a Halloween Costume Swap. Libraries in Dawlish and Buckfastleigh will be inviting families in October to take part.
HEALTH bosses have announced Dawlish Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit will be closed again. This time the unit, which reopened last year, will be shut until the end of this week. Anyone with an urgent but not life-threatening injury or condition is advised to go to the Urgent Treatment Centre at Newton Abbot Hospital.
THE future for any new eggs laid by the Dawlish Black Swans appears to be bleak. Any eggs laid on the flimsy nest are likely to be infertile the town’s waterfowl wardens have warned. There have been fears for the survival of any eggs laid as the breeding pair Bert and Kimba have made the makeshift nest on a small, low lying island in the the Brook.
THE solitary Black Swan egg laid in Dawlish may be infertile, the town’s waterfowl wardens have warned. A single egg has been laid by the breeding pair of dad Bert and mum Kimba and it is on a makeshift nest on a low-lying ‘island’ in the middle of the Brook.
After storms swept away the Brook lights, Dawlish town council plans to restore them with a new multi-colour design. MULTI-COLOURED lighting could soon return to the Brook in Dawlish. Members of the Civic Amenities Committee have been working hard behind to scenes to ensure the return of the popular decorative lighting.
POLICE in Dawlish have pledged to crackdown on e-bikes following complaints of intimidation and anti-social behaviour. Officers are working on information from the public relating to the anti-social use of the bikes in the Dawlish area.
The Dawlish Black Swans have laid their first egg on a newly built but precariously positioned nest in the middle of the Brook. JUST one egg has been laid on a new nest built by the Dawlish Black Swans.
A TEIGNBRIDGE village hall will host a police surgery this week. The Teignmouth and Dawlish Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team are holding their latest ‘Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting this Saturday, September 27 at Shillingford St George Village Hall.