Badgered on road repairs

A ROAD collapse that sparked emergency repairs has been blamed on burrowing badgers.

The stretch in Braunton, Devon, was closed after large craters appeared along it. A spokesman for the county council said: “It appears badgers have been tunnelling under the road, causing subsidence.”

But a local farmer, who wished to remain anonymous, claims a badger had not burrowed under the road but dug into a nearby bank and hedge.