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From the Herald Express. I would post this as News, but don't seem able to. Manager Jeff Evans can see his Dawlish Town squad coming together quite nicely ahead of tomorrow's pre-season friendly away to South West Peninsula League side Cullompton Rangers. It's a getting-to-know-you process in every sense with Evans among the newcomers at Sandy Lane after his close season appointment in ...

Some people are beyond satire. ;-)

From the Herald Express: Shutting down a bank counter in Dawlish means customers face a 10-mile journey. The Halifax agency counter at financial advisers Willsworthy Alexander in Queen Street is due to close on July 31. A spokesman for Halifax said: "The nearest Halifax branch is in Newton Abbot approximately 10 miles away. "The group also has an arrangement with the Post Office, whereby ...

Writing about yourself in the first person, eh? If I were a mentalist, I'd think that you meant to post that under a different alias...

Yet you fail to condemn the lazy racism. I apologise if it wasn't you, however it was definitely one of your mob who then subsequently forgot to change his username back from Chinaman to whatever...

Motorists are being urged to be on their guard after what police have described as an 'organised' spate of vehicle crime. Police have urged car owners in Teignbridge to clean out their cars after the wave of vehicle-related crime. And it is thought that travelling criminals may be coming from outside the district to raid cars. They are also targeting people who are parking their cars and ...

Hopefully yes.

Work on the state-of-the-art Integrated Youth Centre for Dawlish will be marked by an official Turf Cutting Ceremony next week (Mon 6 July) at Sandy Lane, Dawlish. The new centre is the result of a funding package in the region of £3million, from Devon County Council, the Big Lottery Fund and Dawlish Town Council. Teignbridge District Council has provided the land for the development. Local ...

Whooooooooooooooooosh, right over Viaduct's head. Like I clearly said, I think it's funny that some people used to think that Roy and Viaduct were one and the same. As ever you can't see the point, probably due to the froth getting in your eyes.

Thanks for the information mate, I've checked out that link and there seems to be quite a lot of vacancies around and about. Cheers, much appreciated pal.

The cost of running Teignbridge Council has risen by just £3,000 as councillors share cars and hunt for bargains to save tax payers money. The figures for 2008 to 2009 show the total cost, including basic allowances, special responsibility allowance, travel and food, rose by £3,299 from 2007 to 2008. In the same period, Torbay Council's bill rose by £19,700. Teignbridge Council leader Alan ...

New Dawlish Town boss Jeff Evans believes taking charge of the Toolstation Premier club will be the biggest challenge in his 30-year managerial career. Bristol-based Evans was confirmed as the new manager at Sandy Lane yesterday after meeting the club's committee and players on Tuesday night. He said he had even shelved retirement plans to accept the challenge of building on the Seasiders' ...

What happens if the sea does go as high as they say it will? The sea levels won't rise by that much for at least another 100 years. By then, our descendents will all be travelling on longer journeys, for example to get to the tropical beach holiday destination The Orkneys, aboard magnetically levitated trains. Short journeys, e.g. to pick up the pension from the Red Rock Post Office, will be ...

There's your answer Dawlishdame. He will never admit to being wrong - it's an unfortunate trait in many of his generation. And as for the irony of the fairytale spreading, libelous **** daring to ask others for evidence to back up their claims, well it's probably gone straight over the head of the saddo.

TRANSPORT campaigners have called for an alternative to the Westcountry's vulnerable coastal rail track after the Government's warning on rising sea levels. Train journeys past the crumbling Dawlish sea wall in South Devon on the region's mainline are routinely blighted by extreme storms and high tides. Following predictions that sea levels in the Westcountry could rise by 40cm (16in) by the ...

I hope you will all want to join me in passing on our condolences to the family of Brian Heath, chairman of the Dawlish Carnival. Brian sadly passed away at the weekend.

LOVING tributes have been paid to the chairman of one of Devon's biggest summer festivals after he lost his battle with cancer. Dawlish Carnival Committee chairman Brian Heath, of Upper Longlands, died in Dawlish Hospital on Sunday aged 68. Affectionately known as 'grandad' to carnival royalty, Mr Heath played a key role in putting on the carnival's air show which draws thousands of visitors ...

It has emerged that one of the four cygnets born to the famous black swans of Dawlish this year owes its life to waterfowl warden Derek Porter, who gave the young swan the kiss of life after it almost drowned. Derek, 49, was clearing out the chick pen at the bird enclosure on the Brook last month when someone knocked on the window saying the seven-week-old cygnet was in trouble. Further ...

Attracting crowds of almost 100,000 people, the Dawlish Carnival in South Devon, 15 – 22 August, is an eight-day extravaganza with around twelve hours of entertainment each day. The week’s highlight will be a fantastic Air Show on Thursday, 20 August, which is recognised as one of the UK’s largest free events. The carnival week will incorporate a huge array of attractions and activities from ...

Tesco and Sainsbury's are set for a High Court showdown over plans for a new store in Dawlish, Devon. Judge Mr Justice Burnett yesterday gave the go-ahead for the owners of the Lady's Mile holiday park site to join Tesco in challenging the grant of planning permission for Sainsbury's to build a new supermarket on a rival site at Shutterton Bridge. The judge granted Alfred and Joan Jeffery ...

More chip shops too lol!

Well done to Paula Black, who won the Totnes Rural Division for the Green Party.

Busy catching up with the news, I see that one that surprisingly slipped through the net on here is the praise that Wally Protheroe has received for raising over £2000 for charity. I quote: Retired Mayor of Dawlish Wally Protheroe has been praised by a charity for raising more than £2,000. Cllr Protheroe nominated The Helen Foundation as his charity of choice for his year of office. Set up ...

HALF-TERM beach safety at Teignmouth and Dawlish now is the hands of RNLI lifeguard teams. The charity is now providing safety cover at Teignmouth and Dawlish Warren after the service was handed over by Teignbridge Council in March. Teams started on Saturday and are to patrol each beach every day from 10am until 6pm during the half-term school holiday. The lifeguards will patrol the beaches ...

A dental technician, hoping to sell his home in Devon in an online raffle, has delayed the draw until July. Stephen Sickelmore, 49, and his wife, Caroline, are raffling their seaside home in the hope of raising the £490,000 it was originally on the market for. Tickets cost £25 each, and the winner will also get other benefits including their stamp duty paid, legal fees and a contribution ...

Is Teignbridge DC not our Council? Oh silly me, I forgot that the Electoral Commission has moved us to North Yorkshire...

Almost £20,000 will be spent on access to Dawlish Warren to improve safety and encourage visitors to the seaside resort. Land owner Teignbridge Council is to carry out the works which will see improvements to the railway tunnel approach, traffic calming and clearer pedestrian routes. Work will start on Tuesday and is scheduled to be completed by Friday, May 22 in time for the busy Whitsun Bank ...

I know that you hate answering questions, but what was this other source that you so mysteriously refer to? Do you agree that this is great news for Dawlish?

A seaside town is to keep its famous black swans after agreeing an action plan to eradicate fears over water pollution. Dawlish Town Council keeps 14 swans on the brook at Brunswick Place, as well as about 50 ornamental waterfowl which are not indigenous to Britain. The swans, which are more commonly found in New Zealand and Australia, and the other birds have proved a lucrative tourist ...

A CCTV network in South Devon - ran by police, Teignbridge council and the Newton Abbot Business Security (NABS) group - has helped to recover thousands of pounds in stolen goods, a report said. More than 500 arrests have been made and £37,946 of stolen property has been recovered in the past year, figures from the council revealed. Ian Curzon, operations and support inspector at Devon and ...

A public sector magazine has shortlisted Teignbridge District Council for its Best Achieving Council award. The council is one of six vying for the accolade from the Municipal Journal. Ealing Council, Rushcliffe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire, Somerset County Council, South Somerset District Council and Harrow Council in London are the other finalists. The Municipal Journal awards ...

See answer on the General forum :-)

Hi. I always thought that the brickwork that I believe you're referring to is part of the sea defences and that the bricks were laid to to shore up Langstone Rock. Many years ago, one used to be able to swim through a tunnel underneath the Rock, however that tunnel has long since been bricked up.

It's a pity that more people don't use the Sandy Lane par 3 course. Surely the District Council should be asking why that is so, rather than making what seems to me to be a very hasty decision to close it. Those tight-arse locals who abuse the facilty by using the course without paying, should be really happy with themselves. At least the District Council have said that the site won't be used ...

I feel sad that you are unable to move to another town.

Why don't you answer the question, Mastermind?

Thank you to those who have already emailed me regarding our campaign that has been christened: "Save Our Black Swans" This will be known as "SOBS" for short. The campaign Task Force is very much at an embryonic stage and the small collective (presently there are 5 of us) that have decided to take on this challenge are busy forming an appropriate and achievable strategy. We are hoping ...

A FLORISTRY academy has raised £670 for charity through flower arranging demonstrations. The newly-founded Academy of Floristry Art, which offers flower arranging and floristry courses throughout the South West, raised funds for four charities — Macmillan Cancer Support, NSPCC, Rowcroft Hospice and Hospice Care Exeter. The money was raised through three large flower demonstrations held at ...