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Sorry neilh, it is most likely the size of the file being uploaded that is the problem. This will be fixed in the next release. For the time being, can you reduce the size of the photos before uploading them?

MEMBERS of Dawlish carnival committee completed an epic wheelbarrow walk from Dawlish to Newton Abbot, raising hundreds of pounds for the annual carnival. The team embarked on the 23-mile trip along the main road, pushing their barrow in front of them. Michael Butterfield and Maggs Farley walked the whole way with others helping out, both on foot and in safety vehicles. Source: ...

Neilh, you can post some photos if you want to as it is a special occassion and this was as close to Dawlish as the torch came.

Planning Inspector Christopher Balch is expected to publish his report on the Dawlish Neighbourhood Plan following examination hearing sessions that took place on 23 and 24 April. It is the first Neighbourhood Plan to reach the examination stage in England. Balch's examination of the Plan focussed on housing growth, the balance between housing and jobs and on protecting the environment. It is ...

AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl has been chosen as Dawlish's carnival queen for 2012 — the youngest in the history of the popular carnival. Libby Selley will represent the town after she was crowed winner of at a selection disco at the Manor House. Maddie Steer is princess and Niamh Tucker is attendant. The judges were Dot Martin and James and Mike McJury from Harbertonford's carnival committee. ...

The man from Cornwall who blinded his girlfriend by gouging her eyes out is undergoing treatment at the Butler Clinic at Langdon Hospital according to news reports. Shane Jenkin, of Sea Lane, Hayle, Cornwall, had pleaded guilty to a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent, but denied attempted murder. He was handed a life sentence by Judge Christopher Harvey Clark QC at Truro Crown Court ...

Dawlish will revive its Violet Ball, an event which started when the popularity of the flowers declined, to raise money for Cancer Research UK and The Strand Centre. In the 1920s and 1930s Dawlish was more famous for its violets than its beaches and many people visiting Dawlish would wear a posy of fresh Devon violets or take home a bottle of its famous Devon Violet Perfume. But as the ...

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A convicted murderer attacked a nurse with a rock after being moved from jail to a mental hospital and allowed to go on a shopping trip. Steven Wills became angry after nurse Millie Davis ordered him back to the hospital at Dawlish because he had broken the rules and walked away on his own. He picked up a large stone from the roadside and smashed her over the head. He then hurled a second rock ...