West Country Totnes

People in Totnes have voted to approve a planning application that will see the redevelopment of the former Dairy Crest site in the town.

Residents went to the polls yesterday to decide on the Community Right to Build Order, one of the first of its kind in the country.

86 per cent voted in favour of the plans for houses, a hotel and workshops.

Police are investigating after vandals wrote 'TRUMP' on several cars.

At least two cars and a wheelie bin were daubed with the message in Totnes following the election result.

The crime is being treated as anti-social behaviour, and officers have now launched an appeal to track down the culprits.

There's been an outbreak of measles at a school in Devon.

So far there have been nine confirmed cases at the King Edward the Sixth Community College in Totnes. Three students have been admitted to hospital.

Public Health England have advised anyone under twenty-five who has not had two doses of the MMR vaccine to contact their doctor.