Dawlish News
The size and scale of the new Dawlish sea wall can be seen as the recurve panels have begun to be the installed. The £30m scheme along Marine Parade aims to protect the railway for the next 100 years aims to improve the long-term resilience of the railway linking Devon and Cornwall to the rest of the UK. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/what-new-30m-dawlish-sea-4068725
£1.75 million mansion loses 80ft garden in landslip Prior to this, previous owner Nick Skilton who built the property also lost 80ft of land at the bottom of the garden when it fell into the sea in 2007. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/five-buildings-most-risk-cliff-4049763
Cllr Alan Connett is concerned about the ‘plan to spoil this beautiful country road with its amazing views across Kenton and Starcross and the Exe Estuary’. The road from the estuary village of Starcross rises up through the woodland of Mamhead and leads to the Haldon Hills, but has seen increased use, especially by heavy goods vehicles in recent years. Read more... ...
The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust have closed the Dawlish and Totnes MIUs and are now referring anyone with a minor injury to the MIU at Newton Abbot Community Hospital. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/minor-injuries-units-two-devon-3969609
Barry Parkin moved into its new homes development in Dawlish in September 2017, and claims that when he bought his property, he was assured by Redrow that as soon as all the houses were built the roads and pavements on the estate would be addressed. After being approached by Devon Live, Redrow have confirmed the resurfacing works will be finished by mid-April. Read more... ...
Darren Chamberlain, managing director of Dawlish-based Garage Doors South West Ltd and an Exeter Chiefs season ticket holder, has made the gracious offer following the controversy during the Chiefs' win over Bath at the weekend. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/kind-businessman-offers-free-tickets-3934753
An underage drinker broke an autistic man’s cheekbone when he retaliated against having a soft drink thrown at him outside a convenience store. Thomas, now aged 18, of Kingsdown Crescent, Dawlish, admitted causing actual bodily harm and was ordered to do 120 hours unpaid community work and go on a thinking skills course by Judge Peter Johnson at Exeter Crown Court. Read more... ...
The Governing Body of NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group on Thursday afternoon unanimously approved the launch of an eight-week public consultation process over relocation of community, specialist outpatient clinics and day case procedures into a new health and wellbeing centre in Teignmouth or at Dawlish Hospital. Read more... ...
What does power mean, and who holds the most of it in Devon? When it comes to decisions over public services or how our cities and countryside will look in the future, then power remains in the hands of the traditional political institutions and big businesses, and their leaders. A former corporate lawyer, Morris was first elected in 2010 and in that time has set up two all party ...
Free Sunday parking in Teignbridge will be axed as part of budget proposals that have been approved. Teignbridge District Council’s budget plans for 2020/21, which also funding to employ a climate change officer and enhanced planning enforcement, were given the go-ahead by councillors on Monday morning. Read more... ...
