The MP for East Devon is meeting DEFRA officials later today... to discuss the future of the colony of beavers living on the River Otter.
The Government department says they may be diseased... and should be tested, and then taken into captivity.
But local people, including the landowner, want them to stay once they've been checked for disease... and an online petition in support of that has more than eight thousand 600 signatures
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Residents urged to help rough sleepers
Volunteers can join the soup run
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Parking in Devon could rise by up to 50 per cent
It should raise £4 million
Devon crime writer inspires new Mr Men books
Agatha Christie did like a twist!
