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the money handed out by esteemed mayor is not tax payers money it is our Council Tax, which is supposed to be used for out town. Does anyone know what the charities were given money.

A man from the Newton Abbot area has been charged with two offences of assaulting a police officer and one of public order. The incident occurred in a Dawlish pub on Tuesday. David Williams will appear before South Devon magistrates on Tuesday, June 24th.

I thought Waitrose had their sights on Teigmouth.

No thanks

You could well say the same for Dawlish which seems completely trapped in a time warp. It is quite shocking to travel just 20mins from Exeter and find yourself stepping back 30 years. It is not quaint, its just tat. Most shops and pubs awful, and have you seen the 'restaurants'! Its a great shame as the town should have so much potential. The town is run by those with a vested interest in tourism ...

Starcross ferry to exmouth runs every day from now untill end of september from starcross train station roughly every hour on the hour from 10.oo am

Tesco has identified a site for a new supermarket in Dawlish after an earlier plan was withdrawn because of local protests. The retailer revealed it had secured land at the Lady's Mile Holiday Park, days after dropping a plan to build a store on a playing field at Sandy Lane, following strong opposition from residents in the South Devon coastal town. A Tesco spokesman said: "We know the majority ...

Checking to see which way the wind is blowing.

Thats been tried but they are all very protective of each other, usually the only way to get a result is if the press get involved.

I took my two children and they loved it. It's great to have something like this in town. I really hope they do well. Food was great with kids in mind. They have thought of everything: microwave for customer use, jars of baby food, staff are really nice and helpful. There is also a party room and the prices are very reasonable. This is the best thing to open in Dawlish for a long time, but I ...

Are you sure that's right, Jim?

The recent deluge of weather has caused The Brook to burst it banks whilst flood-hit communities in other towns braced themselves for a possible second bout of flash-flooding after more severe weather forecasts. A clean-up operation was under way in Somerset and Devon following the previous night's torrential downpour. Firefighters evacuated homes in the worst-hit areas and hundreds of people woke ...

Should have added new 12a goes direct from Teignmouth to Paignton Zoo. May help someone.

Powderham Castle is to lose its licence to host weddings after its owner refused to allow two gay men to hold a civil partnership ceremony there. Lord Devon reportedly said the request for the marriage at Powderham Castle clashed with his religious beliefs. Devon County Council investigated and has said the licence for hosting civil ceremonies will be revoked. The move came after a gay couple from ...

Desperately needed access for emergency vehicles to a tourist mecca is finally to be improved after years of campaigning. Vehicles which need to reach Dawlish Warren in a hurry will now be able to use a workmen's railway crossing after a breakthrough in negotiations between local campaigners and Network Rail. Tall vehicles, such as fire engines, currently cannot reach the Warren because the ...

Mark Stevens has not been seen since May 18th. He sometimes goes by the name of James Sparkes. Police are concerned for Marks welfare. The 33-year-old is white, 5ft 10ins tall and of medium build, he has short brown hair and a fair complexion. At the time Mark went missing it is thought he was wearing a dirty greenish jacket, a red and white Exeter City shirt, black Adidas bottoms and black ...

People in the south west are more likely to live into their mid 70s than those living elsewhere in England and Wales, official data shows. The Office for National Statistics compared the current likelihood of living to 75 with the early 1980s. It found survival chances increased from 47% to 66% for men and 66% to 77% for women in England and Wales. Survival was generally higher in the south, but ...

I have just been diagnosed with fm would like to talk to someone else with it

Try living in a place surrounded by muslims and you'll soon change your mind.They are racist scum who think that every other colour and religion is beneath them and should be wiped out. Supposed to be a peace ful religion..what a laugh. Its time they were clamped down on, but then our government or Police havent got the guts. By the way , i moved here after being driven out of my own area, due to ...

Bt is looking to pull the plug on 51 telephone boxes across Teignbridge.District council leader Alan Connett has expressed his concerns about the service being reduced. But BT have revealed four public phone boxes in the area have not taken a single penny in more than a year. And another 12 are only averaging one call a month, as calls have plummeted in the last two-years. BT spokesman Jason Mann ...

The hills are alive with the sound of rubbish. Drink in brain's out.

I think you'll find the answer is Yes to both those questions.

Sounds great - I might well go along.

I've just been watching the Eurovision Song Contest and i'm sure Osama was amongst the backing singers in the French entry...

Thats an ace photo! Well done!

I can name one place to get a good coffee or tea, etc. Go to tilly's on the seafront. Just around the corner from the amusement arcade.

Life is competive kids are naturaly competitive playground games proves this. Why enter a race if you don't want to win

Fantastic night

Yes the old trick to start small. I will not shop there. Tesco is very clever convincing people they are cheap and its worked .. I'm an Asda shopper with no saver points card thank you.

Market and car boot sale at Dawlish Warren this (Bank Holiday) Tuesday. Signs are now back up.

One more thing on this. Why has diesel fuel increased so much in the last few months. About 6 years ago I ran a diesel Mondeo and diesel was the cheapest fuel. Now it has far outstripped leaded and super unleaded. Surely diesel is just a 'heavy oil' and the process to get it to the pumps cannot involve as much refining as both unleaded types? Is it that demand is now just forcing the price per ...

the doctor who found that smoking can cause lung cancer says there is no proof passive smoking harms anyone. I hate the smell of exhaust fumes, alcohol, and all household cleaning products as I have chemical intolerance

Exeter's Paris Street and High Street have been closed to traffic whilst shops are being evacuated after reports of an explosion at the Giraffe Restaurant in Princesshay. A force spokesman said firearms officers have been sent to the scene as well as specialist search teams. The spokesman added they could not not rule out the possibility of another device and said bomb disposal experts had been ...

Don't think your big bird got it right Ziggy. Those little birdies seem much better informed. Check out page 15 of today's (22.05.08) Express & Echo.

Floodwater as deep as four feet closed attractions at the Lady's Mile Holiday Park in Dawlish at the weekend. Jason Jeffery the park operator is threatening to withhold his business rates after suffering his third flood in the space of a year. Mr Jeffery blamed inadequate road drains for the deluge. He said he is battling against the clock to re-open the complex in time for the school half-term ...

Oh Viaduct. I'm not sure anymore whether you actually AGREE with what you write or you just like to be controversial, either way you're not doing yourself any favours. Stick with what you know, mate...

We certainly don't need the new numpty! This Ronnie Corbett lookalike (except not funny), pathetically sitting on a kiddies slide, seems to enjoy having his picture in every local paper. Why doesn't he cut out the middleman and just put up wanted posters around the town instead?!Along with the pictures of the supercilious ex mayoress.

sandy lane? really? never knew it went on so much in Dawlish!! I must say I'm intrigued

As I have placed on another thread. Who engineered giving Dawlish and Dawlish Warren the Blue flag award?

Ho ho ho, Santa here. It wasn't my lunch break, but I had to go and feed the reindeer. Otherwise the RSPCA, 'elf n safety and the European Workplaces Executive would have been down on me like a ton of snowballs. Point taken though. I will arrange a couple of helpers to sort out Rudolf and Co. on December 9th. And don't be silly. There is only one Santa and that's me, so I couldn't get a stand-in, ...