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Shame about the druggies. Hope the Queen St dealer gets put away for years.

I would have voted for her!

100% agree with Lynne!! Good luck to the lady who has been offered the position - she'll need it knowing some of the backward-thinking moaning lot around here!

GREAT NEWS!  That, together with the Section 16 windfalls, will make a big difference towards the common aim of improving the town centre for residents and tourists alike.

Thanks Lynne.

Good to see that this has almost been completed, and that its a proper resurfacing job rather than than just the thin scattering of road chippings that I feared. Granted that its not before time, but well done for doing the job properly.

Whilst a lift isn't needed at Dawlish Warren platform, its a shame that Network Rail (or First Group) don't have the finances for a pair of lifts at Dawlish.

And that reminds me that I saw that the site that's currently home to the infamous Sunburnt Arms is up for sale for something like £480K (or thereabouts). I overheard in a cafe yesterday that the owners allegedly turned down a £750K offer for the site about 4 or 5 years ago. Life is full of "if onlys" eh?!!!!!

You tried to visit all 4 of these public toilets in one day??  Your name is George Michael and I claim my five pounds.

Blues Brothers crossed with Village People crossed with Billy Ray Cyrus!  I don't want to kick a man who's down, but will someone please call the fashion police! :-)

I too feel terribly, terribly sorry for the poor old art dealers!

I'm glad it's not just me that spotted it lol. The wrong kind of sunny weather perhaps lol.

The maths is correct. The Strongvox site plan shows a total of 30 affordable homes (may be 31 if I miscounted), whilst Sovereign Living's website is showing 5 shared ownership homes still available (there must have been 15 originally available, as 10 have been snapped up).

Not sure what purpose was served by posting this at 8.20pm!!! The road was clear by 5.45pm!!!  I really hope though that the mess left behind by the torrent is cleared up sooner rather than later.

I would do, but I'd rather be Spartan with my explanation.......

No, I'm not being personal!  However today I've discovered that there's a colour called Dawlish Plum. So has Dawlish in the past been famous for its plums?  Of the fruit kind of course.

Or maybe not then. They're quick to criticise but slow to praise, as per usual.

So, not including building costs, that's just £126,300 per dwelling. Having a private beach is priceless...

TEIGNBRIDGE’s oldest astroturf pitch is set to replaced thanks to a £300,000 project organised by Teignbridge District Council. The Dawlish All-Weather pitch at Sandy Lane has reached a grand old age of 20 and is believed to be the oldest of its kind in Devon. However the pitch has started showing its age, and will now be replaced with a brand new, top quality all-weather pitch. £145,000 of ...

Oh totally serious, as per usual. Jimmy hasn't re-tweeted yet though. #legalbutunethicaltaxavoidanceschemes

Hi Paul. Good luck with your fundraising - your efforts at drumming up support are really admirable and should be a lesson to others. However, whilst I cannot claim to be speaking for others, I myself suggest that you might do even better if you posted about your fundraising on just the one thread, rather than five different ones at the same time. I'm not having a pop, honestly, just trying to be ...

The first mention of "PCN's" on Willo's thread, was by you 10 or so mins ago.  I was only trying to seek clarification.  Ultimately, we need rigorously enforced parking limits - which I'm glad to see that we have.

'Awesome' on Queen Street has everything that a sk8tr boi (or grrrrl) could wish for. It also sells a wide range of scooters - sorry Ethel, not mobility scooters, but the two-wheeled variety for kids of all ages. A belated welcome to Dawlish.

£120K sounds like a win-win to me. Well done to our elected representatives for relieving taxpayers of the burden left by the previous CON-DEM administration. I'm pleased that our council have insisted that it must be local housing for local people (not in Royston Vasey style though hopefully).

It's excellent that your business supports these causes, especially the Air Ambulance, so why don't you get some good free publicity by issuing a press release, including a photo with the obligatory large cheque (non-NatWest of course lol!)? That would be a far more productive use of your valuable time than slagging off potential customers on here.

Good news for the tourist industry and for residents who enjoy our beaches - if only the people responsible for maintaining the beaches round here would properly clean/clear them more regularly.

This is a matter that the police are aware of. I'd expect that the ABH or GBH that Sniper is inciting would, rightly, result in the perpetrator being brought to justice. Don't take justice into your own hands, just phone the police on 101 if you see or know the man described by Ziggy.

Was I the only one scraping the frost from their car windscreen at 6.30 this morning? Global warming is about the long term climate, not short term fluctuations but have you not seen the weather forecast? I'm dreaming of a White Easter...

Yes, it's a shame that the new councillors are too young to be retired and therefore were unable to participate in the video that was filmed during the working week!!! So, ShePerez, which one were you in the video?? LOL.

Lynne's spot on. C&J Fashions are opening up in that part of Costcutters. Rest assured that it's business as usual for Costcutters.

Thanks for the info Cassandra. If additional work is required, then the timing of it would presumably depend upon the urgency of the need for replacement. One can only hope that the urgency is not that great, and that seasonal trade is therefore not unduly affected. Still, it's never bad is it that the planned work was completed as per schedule?

This thread isn't about me. I notice that you fail to disagree about the fact that profiteering takes place. Be it the retailer or the supplier is semantics. I buy my petrol from a petrol station, and such minor technicalities are irrelevant when deciding which petrol station to use. The price, however, is very relevant.

Especially me why????? I'm all for a cracking Jubilee Week for those not at work, and have said so all along!!!! Good luck to you Huw and the rest of your RBL pals.

To put neilh's figure into perspective, a single water sprinkler uses approx 1,100 litres of water per hour. Hosepipes would use more.

I'm going to take a stroll around that neck of the woods this afternoon, after Sunday lunch at the Castle in Holcombe, and will have a look out for any clues as I too find the history of place names and street names to be fascinating. I enjoyed a lovely meal (always eating!!!) straight after work last night at the new Thai restaurant in Exeter and the lady whose leaving do we were out for is a ...

I'm laughing out loud too.......

Pain in the ass lol. Still, got there in the end! :-)

I'd like to offer my agreement with the letter in the Gazette regarding the daff bulbs that are in full bloom along Exeter Road and at the Manor. Well done to all those concerned for their excellent POSITIVE action to visibily improve our town - I too appreciate the effort they made to brighten up Dawlish, and would hope everyone on here would do likewise.

Yes. Thanks for explaining the rationale. It certainly would cost billions, but given the worst-case scenario of the line being washed away, there has to be an alternative.