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Shaldon Bridge is set to be raised once a year to ensure that the recently refurbished structure remains operational and to allow essential maintenance.

Last Friday (February 17) Devon County Council contractors, under the direction of the authority’s Bridges Team, successfully completed a trial raising of the bridge’s lifting span. An Act of Parliament requires that the bridge, which links Shaldon with Teignmouth across the River Teign, remains operational. The current 324-metre long bridge was completed in 1931, but it has been many years since the lifting span was used for...

Some very strong winds are expected today (Thursday) in association with storm Doris with gusts of 60-70 mph likely, and 70-80 mph on coasts and hills.

Whilst the strongest winds look to be only short-lived, damage to structures, interruptions to power supplies and widespread disruption to travel networks are likely, with a danger of injury from flying debris. Trees are also likely to be damaged or blown over.

Heavy rain is also likely through Thursday as well as some snow over high ground as the system clears eastwards. These may prove additional hazards.

There is...

Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced it will open a new Foodhall in Exmouth on Wednesday 29 March at 10am.

The new store located on Royal Avenue, just a minute’s walk from Exmouth train station, will offer customers the very best of M&S’s innovative, high quality food and drink products. Customers at M&S Exmouth will be assisted by a team of 59 colleagues, the majority of whom have been newly recruited from the local area. The Foodhall will offer a variety of M&S’s everyday essentials, popular prepared meals, delicatessen foods, beers, wines and spirits. For...

Pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus are relishing new books for their library, provided through Cranbrook’s Healthy Town scheme which is funded by NHS England’s Healthy New Town programme.

The thirty seven new arrivals for secondary school aged children, valued around £240, cover the Reading Well Mood-Boosting Book lists chosen by and for young people. The Reading Well Mood-Boosting Books scheme, run by the Reading Agency, is described as a national promotion of uplifting titles, including novels, poetry and non-fiction.

The ‘Mood Boosting’ books were recommended by young...