Dawlish News
According to a resident in North Curry, near Taunton, a Black Swan has been spotted on a nearby canal. "My husband and I have seen a black swan with other white swans on the canal below North Curry - near New Bridge. It is regularly there." "Perhaps it is one of the missing Dawlish swans - my husband is convinced it is." Recent unusual weather patterns have been proposed as a reason why Black ...
The RAF display team delighted crowds attending the Carnival on Thursday as Red Arrows turn the sky true union jack colours. Mary Mugford, of Dawlish Town Council, stated: "I don't think there is a carnival anywhere in the South West which has an aerobatics display like this one." "We have had some wet days this week but fortunately when the Red Arrows came the sky was blue and the sun came out. ...
World famous Thai boxer Arjarn Sken Kaewpadung kept his audience 'spellbound' at a packed seminar hosted by Paul Drury's Black Belt Academy in Dawlish. Master Sken, who moved to this country from Thailand 30 years ago, passed on his skills to enthusiasts from as far away as Cornwall and Yorkshire, who were all eager to train with a martial arts legend.Master Sken is the top Thai master in Europe ...
Police have cancelled an £80 fine issued to a man in April for using a swastika on a leaflet. Keith Sharp, 68, from Dawlish, Devon, had been given the fixed penalty notice after putting 4,000 leaflets through doors complaining about a local increase in CCTV cameras. Police reconsidered after the CPS said it did not warrant a criminal charge.
Police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Dawlish on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a fatal collision at Ideford on Friday afternoon on the 10th August 2007. The collision, which involved two vehicles, occurred shortly after 2pm, and left a woman dead at the scene. She was a passenger in a Mercedes car which was in collision with a Ford Transit van. The male driver ...
An unauthorised financial consultant who mishandled £40,000 given to him by a farmer who already had debts of more than £200,000 from the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak has been given a suspended jail term. At Exeter Crown Court 63-year-old Harold Bell, from Teignmouth, admitted four charges of transferring cash when unauthorised to do so under the Financial Services and Markets Act.He was given a ...
Devon's unseasonably cool and wet summer weather is starting to hit tourist businesses in the back pocket.Ice cream parlours and other businesses in Dawlish Warren say the persistent rain is keeping tourists away. This time last year, the resort was packed with visitors, but it currently resembles a ghost town. Carnival rides near the Warren's seafront were deserted yesterday as summer visitors ...
A West Country fruit farmer has said he is having his worst season for 16 years as heavy rain ruins crops. Dennis Killan from south Devon said the wet weather was making strawberries swell and burst. Another fruit farmer from Cornwall says he is in a race against time to pick the rain-swollen fruit before it is destroyed. Arable farmers in the region are also struggling with the weather as ...
DEVON Wildlife Trust is holding its 5th annual corporate golf tournament next month at Dawlish Warren Golf Club. The event was due to take place in June but had to be rearranged and now the charity is eagerly searching for more teams to make it a success. Teams of four are invited to enter this challenging links competition to win the charity shield and a host of other top prizes. The event is ...
Vital minutes could be saved in emergencies by allowing rescue services to use a surface rail crossing to get to Dawlish Warren beach, Parliament has been told.Teignbridge's Lib Dem MP Richard Younger-Ross said the current access, via a tunnel, was too small for emergency vehicles to get through. He told a debate at Westminster that a friend and councillor had suffered a heart attack while ...
