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Leila's early arrival helps Amy make history
THINKING they had plenty of time before the arrival of their first baby, Amy Burnett and Eddie Odaro headed for the Devon coast to grab their last holiday before parenthood arrived. But their baby ...
21 June 07
Historic resort watches over the English Channel
This stunning image of Dawlish, taken from over the English Channel, is the second picture in our aerial series of the area.Dawlish is one of the more popular holiday destinations in the area, ...
28 March 07
D-Day piper celebrated with song

A piper who played the bagpipes as the troops went ashore during the D-Day Landings has been honoured in song. Scot Bill Millin, who is now 82, has lived in Dawlish, Devon, for 40 years. Inspired by ...

21 December 05
Legal threat over historic vicarage's repair work
The owner of a crumbling grade two listed building in Teignbridge faces legal action unless something is done to stop the building collapsing. The Old Vicarage in Weech Road, Dawlish, is owned by a ...
13 June 05
Enthusiast in Trackside Signal Box Bid

A Lincolnshire railway enthusiast is set to give a new lease of life to a dilapidated trackside signal box at a Devon seaside resort. Justin Rushworth is in talks with Network Rail over a 99-year ...

27 November 04
Historic Signal Box is Preserved

The battle to save an historic signal box from demolition has been won. A planning inspector has ruled that Network Rail cannot knock down the redundant box on Dawlish Station. The company claimed ...

13 March 04
Darwin's Beagle ship 'found'

The mystery of what happened to the ship that ferried Charles Darwin around the world may have been solved. A team led by Dr Robert Prescott of the University of St Andrews has located what they ...

1 March 04
Work on water wheel well under way
Dawlish Water Wheel Project has already come across the first unexpected problem. When lifting the wheel off the bearing housing it was found that both were broken in half. These will now need to be ...
14 December 03
Author Puts Memories of Village Into Print

Bryan Weston has interviewed people who lived in the village of Holcombe between 1900 and 1960. His new book, called Captured In Time - Memories Of A Devon Village, recounts the rural ways before ...

4 October 03
122 Year Old Time Capsule Unearthed
The capule contained a old 1p coin, The Dawlish Times 1881, The Methodist Recorder 1879 and The Western Morning News 1881. Mr Fey, the church steward, was delighted at the find and after spending ...
27 September 03