NEWTON Abbot's attempts to provide a quality pedestrianised area in the town for both residents and visitors is being thwarted by vandalism.

The latest to be hit is a diamond shaped panel on the St Leonard's Tower clock face, after repeated vandalism to two of the three recently-installed interpretation boards.

Devon County Council spent hundreds of thousands of pounds pedestrianising Wolborough Street around the tower.

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