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Work to install a temporary bridge over Martinhoe Bridge in North Devon will start next week (Monday 1 August) to enable the road to re-open as soon as possible. Martinhoe Bridge, located near the Hunters Inn on Exmoor, was closed for safety reasons earlier this month after a routine inspection by Devon County Council found serious structural defects. From Monday, a 90-tonne crane will lift...

Urgent repairs to New Bridge in Chudleigh Knighton are due to get underway next week.

The Grade II listed structure at Clay Lane, which dates from 1845, will be completely closed from Monday 10 August to Friday 28 August.

The stone apron that protects the foundations of the granite bridge was damaged during Storm Dennis earlier this year, and a routine inspection has found...

Police have condemned the actions of two men who threw a heavy object from a Plymouth footbridge into oncoming traffic.

The object hit a car being driven by an elderly woman who was extremely shaken but fortunately uninjured.

The incident took place between 2.45pm and 3pm on Saturday, 28 December at Manadon.

The 75-year-old local woman was driving her blue Nissan car up...

A flight by Exeter based Airline, Flybe had a “near-miss” while landing earlier this year according to a report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB).

The Flybe plane was carrying more than 60 passengers when it came within 894ft (272.4m) of an obstacle thought to be the Runcorn Bridge while landing at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool.

The co-pilot had disengaged the...