Exmouth

British

/ ˈɛksməθ /

noun

a town in SW England, in Devon, at the mouth of the River Exe: tourism, fishing. Pop: 32 972 (2001)

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Officers said they found the man at Sandy Bay near Exmouth on Tuesday after two swimmers went missing in stormy seas at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, on 25 December.

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A World War Two bomb dredged from the water in Exmouth is to be disposed of at sea on Friday morning.

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Thousands of people are spending another night away from their homes as cordons remain in place in Exmouth and Plymouth - where separate unexploded World War Two bombs were discovered on Wednesday.

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Support, information and temporary shelter is available for local people at Exmouth Leisure Centre - with more sleeping bags and mats delivered to the centre earlier, according to the centre's chief operating officer Matt Wright.

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Andy Wood, director of place at East Devon District Council, said the situation in Exmouth was "inherently a dynamic situation, and it's evolving".

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