HOUSE sales in the area are being slowed up because of delays over searches at South Hams Council, it is feared. The council admits there have been problems, which it blames partly on Law Society changes.

Our picture shows residents of the west of Ivybridge who are furious after work began without warning on a new substation on valued green space close to homes.

All this and much more inside, this week’s Ivybridge & South Brent Gazette is on sale tomorrow.