MONKS at Buckfast Abbey have revealed plans for a care village on the former Axminster Carpets site.

The complex would offer a range of high-quality independent living accommodation, along with a 60-bed care home and a 32-room dementia-nursing unit… read the full story in today's paper.

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- Shocked school supporters protest at radical lay-off plans.

- Demolition starts at gas blast site.

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