Dawlish News
A man was attacked by a dog and stabbed by its owner as he walked along Teignmouth sea front. The 37-year-old from Dawlish was on the sea wall between Teignmouth and Smugglers Cove when the incident happened at around 8.30pm on Tuesday. An argument broke out when he met a man walking an Alsatian along the sea wall in the opposite direction. He was then assaulted by the man and bitten by the dog ...
Warren are the new leaders after some high quality golf and no shortage of surprises in last weekend's South Devon League programme. The Dawlish club triumphed at home to Dainton Park by four and a half points to two and a half, while defending champions Torquay were being put to the sword at Teignmouth. Stover consolidated in third place when they overcame visiting Churston 4?/2? after a ...
Life is going swimmingly for a Dawlish man whose longstanding career with South West Water is being recognised with the MBE. Brian Hooper from Fay Road is to receive the honour for his services to the water industry, which span more than 30 years. The 59-year-old lives and breathes water, not only during the working week but also at weekends and in the evenings when he often goes out and about in ...
Controversial plans for university top-up fees have run into trouble on the first day of detailed Lords scrutiny. The House of Lords inflicted three defeats during the report stage debate of the Higher Education Bill. Ministers want English universities to be able to charge students up to £3,000 a year for courses from 2006. Peers voted to defer the fees for those on gap years in 2005, to limit ...
Plymouth Civil Service romped back to the top of the C Division with a crushing seven-wicket win at Stoke Gabriel. Heathcoat were top on Saturday morning, but their defeat by Dawlish & Teignmouth opened the door for Civil to take pole position. And Dawlish are up to second now with Exeter St James newly installed in third - they easily accounted for lowly Mount Wise by six wickets - with Heathcoat ...
Venus made a rare transit across the face of the Sun on Tuesday, giving stargazers from Australia to the Middle East and Africa a celestial view that no living person had seen before. To the delight of hundreds of people around the globe armed for the occasion with telescopes, pinhole cameras and special glasses, Venus appeared at 0520 GMT as a small black dot on the lower edge of the Sun at the ...
SpaceShipOne and the White Knight, are the unconventional designs of the California-based aerospace visionary Burt Rutan, who in partnership with the billionaire founder of Microsoft and space travel enthusiast Paul Allen, has invested between USD $20 million and $30 million USD in the project. A small rocket plane will power into a steep climb over California's Mojave desert later this month and, ...
Exactly seventy years to the day that the county association (DCLBA) was formed and affiliated to the English Women's Bowling Association (EWBA) at an hotel in the town, a Devon President's team took on the England President's team at Courtenay Park. Seven past presidents of the DCLBA and section secretaries were among a bevy of officials in Margaret Shillabeer's side, while Devon's Sue Harriott ...
Controversial plans to split Exeter's Parliamentary seat along the River Exe have been scrapped, the Echo can reveal today. The Boundary Commission for England has abandoned proposals to cut a chunk off the city's seat west of the river. In a dramatic U-turn, the commission has ditched plans to hive off Alphington, Cowick, Exwick and St Thomas into a massive 'Mid Devon' seat stretching to ...
Ian Langler of Dawlish Coasters holds a narrow lead in the Fox River/Ironbridge Runner Devon Race Series going into the fourth round at Plymouth on May 30. The Plymouth Half-Marathon, for which entries have now closed, includes the next round of the popular series which has already seen fierce competition during the early races of the season. Langler was eighth Devon runner in the opening race, ...
