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Former Exeter City Council officer charged with fraud

A former leading officer in Exeter City Council's housing department has been charged with fraud. Tony Bodgin faces nine charges in connection with allegedly making and receiving unauthorised payments of more than £700,000 while working for the Devon authority.

Mr Bodgin and four other people not employed by the council will appear in court next month.

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Travellers take over Weymouth Park & Ride

The travellers have set up camp at the Park and Ride but say they won't be there long Credit: ITV News West Country

A group of travellers has set up camp at the park and ride site on the edge of Weymouth. It's the fourth time in a year that members of the travelling community have stopped there. The group says it expects to leave later this week and has promised to keep the site clean.

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Met Office: UK extreme weather 'not unprecedented'

by Seth Conway - ITV West Country
The Met Office has said that none of the extreme seasonal weather is unprecedented
The Met Office has said that none of the extreme seasonal weather is unprecedented Credit: Nigel French/EMPICS Sport

The Met Office has said that none of the extreme seasonal weather is unprecedented but it's an unusual occurrence worth investigating.

The slow evolution of the Atlantic Ocean with its change in temperature affects the flow of the jet stream - and that's why we've had bad summers recently.

In a cycle of twenty years, there will be only some good summers amongst them.

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Farm fined after death of worker

Kim Webb had been checking on cattle when the accident happened Credit: Health & Safety Executive

A farm in Somerset has been fined £80,000 after the death of one of its workers.

26-year-old Kim Webb from North Cadbury was killed when the tractor she was driving overturned in a field.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the vehicle, owned by J A and E Montgomery Limited of Manor Farm, North Cadbury, had no seatbelt or rollover bar, which could have protected her.

HSE Inspector Leo Diez, speaking after the hearing at Bristol Crown Court, said: “Simple steps could have avoided a needless fatality. I hope this tragedy highlights the risks of driving tractors without proper protection for drivers".

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