News in Dawlish

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain as the heatwave is set to end with thunderstorms this weekend.

It comes after the weather agency sent out its first ever extreme heat warning on Monday (19 July) for the South West, West Midlands, and South Wales.

Japan will be hoping to use the Tokyo Olympic Games to project the image of innovation and their power in Asia. Now, the questions about the sporting integrity of the Olympics keep growing as athletes arrive in Tokyo, test positive, and have to pull out. The host city is in a state of emergency. Fans are barred from most venues and athletes must follow a strict protocol.

Mohamed Sbihi, a proud St Mary's University graduate, is the first practising Muslim to row for Britain and will be the first Muslim Olympic flag bearer for Great Britain. This is a significant moment for ethic minorities in the UK, but the biggest victory for the athletes could be to participate at the Tokyo Olympics.

A number of improvements to the main road through Starcross to help alleviate traffic problems and improve safety have been approved.

The stretch of the A379 through the village is known for pinch-points, especially a narrow section between the pillars and a convenience store, where traffic queues.

Here is a list of job opportunities that are currently available in and around Dawlish.

You can view more opportunities on our dedicated Dawlish jobs page.

Covid cases have fallen in every part of Devon except Torridge.

In the latest seven-day period (up to 25 July) cases fell by 2,335 across the county, a drop of almost 35 per cent on the previous week.

Dawlish Nub News' event of the week is the Vintage and Antiques fair this Saturday at the Strand Centre.

Lasting from 10am-3pm, entry is free and the cafe will be open.

As I walked up the Strand past the Lawn earlier this week, I caught sight of a little cafe on the corner of Queen Street opposite the library.

It was one of those strange, sleepy humid days just before a storm on which you can wear summer clothes but need an umbrella just in case you get washed away by a tropical shower.

Here is a list of job opportunities that are currently available in and around Dawlish.

You can view more opportunities on our dedicated Dawlish jobs page.

After a wetter week at the tail end of the heatwave, this weekend is not looking up.

What's going on with Storm Evert?

As many of you will be aware, last month, the Boundary Commission for England published their initial proposals for update constituency boundaries from the next election.

As a constituency, we are fortunate to be remaining pretty much identical to the current boundary map, apart from minor changes to realign with changes to local government ward boundaries.