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A new ‘critical’ Link Road in Dawlish that will help speed up the delivery of nearly 1,000 new homes will be fully funded by the Government. The new road, which will link from the A379 roundabout opposite the Sainsbury’s to Secmaton Lane, along with a new bridge and high quality pedestrian and cycleway, has been called by the council a critical strategic road project that will help unlock ...
People have put themselves at risk by walking on to tracks to get photos of the world’s most famous steam locomotive The Flying Scotsman is going to be travelling at speed along one of the most famous train lines in the country this week - the Dawlish sea wall which was nearly washed away forever in the storms of February 2014. Read more... ...
A man spotted swinging a young tot just inches from the edge of a perilous 100ft sheer cliff drop has been slammed as "crazily dangerous". At one point the boy appears to recoil in terror and struggles to release himself from the man's grasp. Read more... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-slammed-swinging-child-around-13341400
Four bus loads of pensioners have become 'stranded' in Teignmouth, and their drivers and tour guides are blaming a 'council cock up.' Brian Bostock, 77, from Cannock, said: "We're all here from Wolverhampton – all pensioners that have been stuck an hour and a quarter. “We’re on a tour of the South, going to Dawlish and we’re missing the tour now. Read more... ...
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For hundreds of years, smuggling was a traditional ‘occupation’ across the South West, with Holcombe a popular area, not least at Smugglers Lane. Anyone who has walked along the seafront between Dawlish and Teignmouth will probably have noticed Smugglers Cove, which lies at the bottom of the lane, leading up to the village. Read more... ...
Oaklands Park and Ratcliffe School have merged to become Orchard Manor School. Orchard Manor School caters for 165 students aged from three to nineteen years-old. They attend either as weekly residents or day pupils. Read more... https://www.devonnewscentre.info/new-dawlish-special-school-officially-opened/
On Tuesday morning, police searched a private property on Pidgley Road, Dawlish under a warrant issued by Exeter Crown Court, where two men and a women were arrested following the operation. “Three people have been arrested following today’s operation; A 39-year-old man was been arrested this morning on suspicion of money laundering offences; A 22-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man have both ...
