Axminster Breakfast Briefing - Calm after the storm as flood issues subside

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Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise: 07:46

Sunset: 18:06

Weather

With the local flooding finally having subsided, the forecast for today is largely dry and cloudy, reaching highs of 12C.

Transport & Traffic

Most local flooding issues have now subsided but some roads have suffered damage so look out for potholes!

There are no major traffic issues reported in the Axminster area and trains are running as scheduled.

What's on today?

Wear Pink Day, The Axminster Inn, 8pm

Raise funds for cancer charity with Wear Pink Day at The Axminster Inn, including live music from a Gary Barlow tribute from 8pm.

Find more local events on our What's On page.

In case you missed it

The Axminster branch of the Royal British Legion, celebrating its 100th anniversary year, have launched the town's 2021 Poppy Appeal.

Branch and Women's Section members started their fundraising with a coffee morning and cake stall in the Church Room yesterday.

Read more here.

Supermarket opening times

Tesco: 08:00 - 22:00

Co-op: 07:00 - 22:00

Fact of the day

Axminster was on the route of The Trafalgar Way which is the name given to the historic route used to carry dispatches with the news of the Battle of Trafalgar overland from Falmouth, Cornwall, to the Admiralty in London in 1805 and there is a plaque commemorating this fact in the town centre.

On this day...

On October 22 1966, one of Britain's most notorious double-agents, George Blake, escaped from prison in London after a daring break-out believed to have been masterminded by the Soviet Union. After escaping from Wormwood Scrubs, George Blake made his way to Moscow, where he has lived ever since in a state-owned flat.

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