Campaigners have urged the NHS to reconsider plans to close a community hospital in Devon.

The League of Friends of Teignmouth Hospital said it could provide £1m in funding to refurbish the facility as a recovery hospital and help ease demand on the NHS.

The decision to close the hospital was made by health bosses in 2018.

Local councillors said there was much more pressure on the health system since the original decision.

Teignbridge District Council voted to support the hospital in a budget meeting on Tuesday and agreed to write to the Secretary of State for Health to call for a re. Send your story ideas to spotlight@bbc.co.uk.

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