A START is due to be made on Monday on an £800,000 extension to Teignmouth Hospital.

The work will extend and improve the occupational therapy department and is another welcome upgrade to a vital community asset.

More than £600,000 is coming from the League of Friends and president Tom Seager said the development would further improve the Mill Lane hospital.

'There have been many discussions about this extension, and at last the day has arrived,' he told guests at the cutting of the first turf ceremony on Tuesday.

'All our members were 100 per cent behind this project. The money was raised by the residents of Teignmouth and I thank them for their generosity.'

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