This week’s Newton Abbot edition includes:

A Christmas ­dinner disaster was averted in one ­Newton Abbot household after a Tesco-bought turkey was found covered with the festive bird’s faeces.

Dip in the sea – raising funds for RNLI the Teignmouth way.

Three legs are better than two in annual Shaldon race.

Their future in our hands – Dartmoor dormice survey promising results.

Fond farewell for Ipplepen’s retiring clerk Fay.

See today’s paper (Dec 29) for all these stories and much more…