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There's positive news from Chilcotts Auctioneers this week after a successful March sale.

Star performers were works of art by West Country impressionist painter F Stuart Richardson; the collection sold for over £10,000 (plus Buyer’s Premium). Some of the paintings are now going to new owners with a link to their subject matter. Liz Chilcott explained:

“We contacted the Katwijks Museum prior to the sale as several of the paintings depicted local scenes painted by Richardson during his European travels, including shrimpers and women foraging on the dunes.

“We were...

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A turf cutting has been held to mark the start of the first phase of the £13 million Devon County Council scheme upgrading the A382 at Newton Abbot.

Work is currently underway on earthwork, vegetation clearance and utility service diversion as part of the improvements to the link from Newton Abbot to the A38 at Drumbridges roundabout.

The project involves realigning and widening the route between Forches Cross and Whitehill Cross, and a new roundabout will be developed at Ringslade Road.

The upgraded road will improve safety and provide additional capacity to...

Devon County Council Leader John Hart today pledged the authority will do whatever it can to support residents and communities through the Coronavirus outbreak.

“This is an unprecedented situation and many residents will be deeply worried about themselves, their families and how they are going to cope over the coming weeks," he said.

“I want to assure everyone that the whole council is working flat out alongside our partners in the NHS, districts and others to make sure we put everything we can in place to help people through this.

“We will do everything it takes to...