Dawlish News
The wall of a local pub in Devon has collapsed following heavy rain last night - forcing the family-run business to temporarily shut. The Ship Inn at Cockwood, near Dawlish, is said to have part-collapsed at around 11.30am this morning. Read more... ...
Allen, from Shropshire, is cycling around the country to raise money and awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in service veterans. Read more... https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/veteran-fundraiser-cycles-in-646203
THE new lifts at Dawlish railway station are already out of action, just hours after they opened. Network Rail says work is underway to fix the fault Read more... https://www.dawlish-today.co.uk/news/new-station-lifts-out-of-action-645342
The people of Dawlish have had enough of development on their doorsteps, councillors have been told. Read more... https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-news/anger-over-dawlish-homes-proposal/
Rail offices battle steps up https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/rail-offices-battle-steps-up-639247
In the run up to the Autumn Statement I met the chancellor to put forward the case for the pressing needs in Devon. First on the list was asking him to commit to the money needed for the last phase of the Dawlish railway line resilience programme. I met with Network Rail earlier in the week and they were able to set out exactly what we needed and when. My second ask was on the largest local road ...
Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot, Conservative) added: “in Newton Abbot 22% of sales are at the office, while at Teignmouth it is 26% and at Dawlish it is 34%. Therefore, why am I being told that ticket offices at two of my three stations will be closed this year, and the other one will be closed next year? We have just spent £80 million getting that line up and running. Read more... ...
Dawlish patient found guilty of murdering his grandmother https://www.totnes-today.co.uk/news/dawlish-patient-found-guilty-of-murdering-his-grandmother-635455
POLICE in Dawlish say they are ‘aware’ of complaints about part of the new Dawlish sea wall being used as a ‘drinking den’. Read more... https://www.teignmouth-today.co.uk/news/dawlish-police-keep-watch-on-sea-wall-drinking-den-634268
Gilly Robinson, 59, from Dawlish who was on the march said:“I was evacuated from my home in Dawlish twice during the storms of February 2014.The sea wall was breached and the railway line in front of my house left dangling. Climate change? Can’t prove it. But highly likely...Honestly? I’m terrified. And this is why I slow-march.” Read more... ...
