COUNTY councillor for Hatherleigh and Chagford Bill Cann this week welcomed Devon County Council?s decision to make more money available for a new school hall for Northlew and Ashbury Primary School.

As reported in last week?s Times, the money includes £222,000 over the next two years for Northlew and Ashbury Primary School to provide a hall children can use for gymnastics.

Cllr Cann said he had visited the school with the county councillor responsible for schools, John Hart, 18 months ago, where Mr Hart had been able to see at first hand the needs of the small primary school.

?The school badly needed a hall, and this decision is due to the hard work of the governors as well,? he said.

Approval was given at Tuesday?s executive committee meeting for an additional £5.5-million to be made available for the county?s school building programme.