Beth Sharp And Philippa Davies

Touching tributes have been paid to the well-known and much-loved Sidmouth man, the Reverend Handel Bennett, who has died at the age of 86.

Horrified Sidmouth residents have described large groups gathering on the beach and seafront, ignoring the risk of spreading the coronavirus.

Sidmouth finally has the urgent funds it needs for a multi-million pound flood defence scheme to protect the town from coastal erosion.