Dawlish News
Freeview viewers in parts of the Devon and Dorset may need to retune their TV equipment on March 27, 2019, to continue watching some programmes. The changes are being made at the following transmitters in the Stockland Hill transmitter group: Beaminster, Beer, Bincombe Hill, Budleigh Salterton, Charmouth, Chideock, Crediton, Dawlish, Dunsford, Honiton, Pennsylvania, Preston, Stokeinteignhead, ...
Devon County Council’s cabinet supported a recommendation to proceed with a planning application for the proposed section of the multi-use trail between the Passage House Inn and Teignmouth. Cllr Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council cabinet member for highway management, told the cabinet on Wednesday that it could be a ‘national showcase’ and much more than just a cycle route if it progressed. ...
CrossCountry services between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbot will be terminated or revised because of the heavy rain and high winds at Dawlish. This is expected to continue until approximately 09:00. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/trains-cancelled-because-severe-weather-2634592
Police in Dawlish have discovered a stash of heroin and crack cocaine in a hedge - and they've asked the owner to come and claim it. It was apparently sniffed out by a dog whose owner called the police. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/lost-your-heroin-cocaine-stash-2619234
The High Court has approved the Bus and Coach Association’s request for a judicial review application against the Secretary of State for Transport against their failure to enforce the rules that would mean that community buses with more than nine seats would be subject to the same regulations as buses, minibuses and coaches run for profit. Fifteen community bus schemes in Devon could be placed ...
A man has been arrested after allegedly entering a bar carrying both an air rifle and a knife. The incident happened on Saturday night (February 16) in the Dawlish area, and a man is now in custody. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/armed-police-swoop-dawlish-bar-2554754
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling was in Dawlish today (Friday) to announce £80million of government funding to build a new sea wall to protect the vulnerable railway line. Read more... http://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=117103&headline=Transport Secretary Grayling checks out Dawlish sea ...
A body modification artist has admitted three counts of grievous bodily harm, by carrying out tongue splitting and ear and nipple removal procedures. Read more... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-birmingham-47198786?fbclid=IwAR0J7OC4whPHNJA9Wf1dIIZLOxk5VzU7L5o3Mu6rGfXX1BihnDZ-XOUBC78
Eric Carter's career started as a reporter for the Bideford Gazette, before he was enlisted in the Devonshire Regiment when the Second World War broke out. Eric return to Devon in 1972 when he decided to run his own newspaper - the Dawlish Gazette. It was friend Jimmy Hall, who took over the Sidmouth Herald, that made Eric want to run a newspaper of his own, where wife Betty helped, along ...
Mum Jan Parkin, 55, an employee of accountancy firm Francis Clark, was reportedly found unresponsive on the floor of her Kestrel Way home by husband Barry. Read more... https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/heartfelt-tributes-dawlish-mum-after-2517827
