News in Dawlish

A donation of £250 was given to Cllr John Petherick (Chairman of Teignbridge District Council) for his charity, East Teignbridge Community Transport Association.

Cllr Petherick is helping the charity to raise money towards a bespoke minibus, costing over £65,000, which is urgently needed to enable them to continue the much-needed services that they provide for the community.

A Dawlish town and Teignbridge district councillor has welcomed a £900,000 funding award to a project tackling gang culture and violence among young people in south Devon.

Martin Wrigley, one of the three councillors representing the Dawlish North East ward, described the impact of the Turning Corners project as 'potentially huge'.

The initiative to create a 'wall' of knitted poppies in Dawlish, for Remembrance Sunday, has begun.

Local residents are invited to buy a poppy, for a donation to the Royal British Legion, or knit or crochet their own. Patterns are available online, or paper copies can be collected from the Manor House.

On Saturday evening, the Prime Minister announced a second national lockdown, effective from 00:01 on Thursday 5th November until Wednesday 2nd December.

Like many, I am yet to be convinced that a second national lockdown would have a positive and effective impact in stopping the virus and believe instead that it would have a number of wide-ranging negative impacts on the population.

Here's how businesses and support organisations in Dawlish are preparing for the second national lockdown, with news on home deliveries, takeaway meals, and the possibility of Click and Collect Sunday roasts.

The lockdown took effect on Thursday, November 5, and will last until Wednesday, December 2.

Low pressure systems dominated the weather patterns across the UK for most of October resulting in a very unsettled, dull and wet month.

There were only two periods with higher than average pressure, the 10th to 11th and the 15th to 18th. These dates accounted for most of the dry days during the month.

A man who got stuck in the mud near the estuary at Starcross had to be rescued by the fire brigade.

Specialist crews from Exmouth, and two fire engines from Dawlish and Exeter, were called out to the incident at 1.50pm on Saturday (October 31), along with an ambulance.

Regulars at the Brunswick Arms know that its landlord, Dan Force, is a keen rugby player and a long-time member of Teignmouth RFC – the former club of Exeter Chiefs stars Joe and Sam Simmonds.

And, having played for Teignmouth with the Simmonds brothers, Dan's not at all surprised by their role in the Exeter Chiefs' glorious double victory this month, as they won first the European Heineken Champions Cup and then the Gallagher Premiership title.

'Don't turn Halloween into a Covid-19 nightmare on your street' is the message from local public health teams.

They're asking families to arrange alternative Halloween activities so that children can enjoy themselves without taking the risk of going out in groups and calling at neighbours' homes.

You'd be forgiven for thinking someone was about to start drilling for oil off the coast of Dawlish, when this strange-looking marine contraption appears next week.

But it's not an oil rig – it's an amazing piece of equipment that will play a key part in Network Rail's huge project to build new sea defences for protecting our vital train line.