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My Dawlish reporting days

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Saturday 5th April 2014

The seaside town of Dawlish endured a terrible battering during this winter’s storms. So much so that the Victorian railway line running along the coast was left dangling above the waves, with no trains able to pass through for two months. But this week, thanks to a £35 million rescue mission and engineers working round the clock, the line was declared open again ­– by prime minister David Cameron no ...keep reading