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A woman who ran a Dawlish play scheme for children with special needs has called for local councillors to provide more help for families with disabled children.Margaret Noel, from the Happy Holidays play scheme, said she was forced to close her venture after 14 years because a lack of sufficient funding. She said: "There is a desperate need for safe environments for the children and teenagers to ...
AN INTEGRATED approach to tackling youth crime is the aim of a new youth crime prevention strategy being launched next month by The Youth Offending Partnership led by Devon County Council. Children First is the name of the multi-agency strategy being launched at a conference being held in Dawlish. The strategy is the result of a collaborative approach between key agencies including the council, ...
A Winter Postcard The beauty of a winter's morn - when snow is fresh and clean; Boughs on evergreens clothed in white - a pretty sight to be seen. Bushes are, themselves, a garden - to be remembered in the spring; A postcard scene on a winter's morn, to me, is everything. Joan Adams Burchell February 21, 2005
Members of the Territorial Army have been honoured for their commitment to the Reserve Forces at a ceremony at Powderham Castle.Staff Sergeant Sandra Eve, from Chudleigh Knighton, received the HM Lord Lieutenant's Certificate of Commendation, presented by HM Lord Lieutenant for Devon Eric Dancer. She joined the TA in 1992 as a musician. She was deployed to Bosnia in 2002 and was later awarded the ...
Keen green residents across Teignbridge can now recyle cartons.Teignbridge District Council has teamed up with Tetra Pak Ltd and the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment to provide recycling sites for used cartons. Teignbridge councillor Gordon Hook, who is responsible for environmental services, said: "Residents have always responded well to the different recycling schemes we've ...
Club champions Samantha Kenshole (Dawlish) and Rebecca Ley (Torquay) have won through to today's finals at the Ivybridge Junior Open with brothers Benjamin and Oliver Tyrrell making a late charge in the boys' 14 and under singles. A top-quality entry and large overall draw at the South Devon Tennis Centre has seen the tournament extended to six days this year and Kenshole completed her run to the ...
The daughter of a Dawlish woman, who died after suffering a massive heart attack, is hiking 12 miles with her husband for charity.Tammy Konestsky, 24, her husband Terry, 41, from Dawlish, and their friend Wayne, 41, are taking part in the Great West Ramble to raise money and awareness for the British Heart Foundation. Tammy's mum, Bridget Bennett, 54, collapsed when she was out shopping in ...
Control valve and marine steering system components are being machined at least twice as quickly in fewer operations at Hydraulic Projects Ltd (Hy-Pro), Dawlish, on a Brother 4-axis, twin-pallet, vertical machining centre (VMC) supplied by Whitehouse Machine Tools. Installed in July 2007, the machine matches the output of two older 3-axis VMCs which have been sold. The extra CNC axis on the ...
Police launched a search for a woman yesterday after reports that she had not been seen for 24 hours.Officers are concerned for 45-year-old Rhian Higgs' welfare and describe her as vulnerable. Miss Higgs, who had come to Dawlish on holiday from North Wales, went missing from a campsite in the town at 8.30am on Thursday. She told family members staying at Lady's Mile Holiday Park, in Exeter Road, ...
A dimwit dad put his two girls' lives in peril - by making them walk just feet from a busy rail line. The moron twice ambled across the tracks while the girls, aged around five and eight, waited patiently for him. He then led them along the edge of the outer track as a train sped past from behind. Trainspotter Allan Wright, 25, who filmed the shocking scenes in Dawlish, Devon, said: "He jumped ...
