Dawlish News
Plans had been made to bring all pupils back for two days next week Orchard Manor School, a residential school in Dawlish that caters for 183 students aged three to 19 years old with communication and interaction difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and learning needs, has written to parents to inform them a member of the school community has tested positive for Covid-19. Read more... ...
From new train stations, to huge housing plans and to new leisure centres Major improvements to an historic Brunel railway station have begun to be made after councillors backed the second phase of the £80m scheme to protect the railway line at Dawlish. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/23-biggest-planning-decisions-made-4818699
Jamie Wisbey, aged 54, and 38-year-old Fay Miles were arrested after yacht ran aground with eight passengers on board Eight adult passengers, believed to be Albanians, were taken into police custody. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-pair-accused-people-smuggling-4841900
Public Health England has said the risk to the public from the virus is “very low”, and food standards agencies have said it does not affect the consumption of poultry products More than 8,000 birds on a breeding centre near the village of Attleborough were culled in a bid to stop the spread of the disease, which has become a serious threat to the country's poultry industry. Read more... ...
Network Rail have shared pictures of the severe weather that resulted in waves crashing over the Dawlish railway wall – saying it shows why the new sea wall is so vital. But at the other end of Dawlish at Marine Parade, where the first phase of new sea wall has been completed, the railway remained unaffected and free from flooding thanks to the sea wall design and curved top to deflect waves ...
Lady’s Mile Holiday Park has been recognised in the 2020 British Travel Awards Popular Dawlish holiday park Lady’s Mile has been announced as the winner of ‘silver’ in the Best UK Parks & Lodges Holiday Company category in the prestigious 2020 British Travel Awards. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/popular-devon-holiday-park-wins-4800683
Eight people were onboard the vessel that grounded between Teignmouth and Dawlish Two people have been arrested on suspicion of people smuggling offences after a boat ran aground in Devon yesterday (December 14). Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/people-smuggling-arrests-after-boat-4798886
As a result, the Devon CCG is recommended to approve the changes to healthcare provision, with one change resulting from the consultation, that being that specialist orthopaedic clinics are to be sited at the Health and Wellbeing Centre instead of Dawlish Community Hospital. Read more... ...
The Minor Injury Units at Totnes, Dawlish and Ilfracombe have been closed since March, and there is restricted opening at Lydford. Read more... https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/concern-raised-over-closed-minor-injury-units-at-devons-rural-hospitals/
The government's promised spending on infrastructure in the south west has been welcomed by Peninsula Transport, a group put together by local authorities to address transport issues. Work and plans are progressing on several other schemes not mentioned by name, including the upgrade of the rail line at Dawlish. Read more... https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-news/x5/