This story could have modern day implications with the new fashion for solid fuel burners

1962: Choking fog spreads across Britain A thick layer of fog which has covered London for the last three days is spreading all over the country.

Leeds has recorded its highest ever level of sulphur dioxide in the air and pneumonia cases in Glasgow have trebled.

A spokesman for London's Emergency Bed Service said 235

people had been admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours and issued a

"red warning" to prepare for more patients as thick fog continues to

affect public health.

So far 90 people have died since the crisis began and the fog is not expected to lift for another 24 hours.

Back in North Devon 25years ago - North Devon loses 'regional aid' and there are concerns no new industry will be attracted.

Archeologists begin to excavate the site of the Dornat's lemonade factory in Barnstaple prior to the new llibrary being built.