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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Reparo! Harry Potter film crew mend potholes blighting Devon village

Cottages in Lustleigh, Devon.
Cottages in Lustleigh, Devon, where the production company behind Harry Potter has hired contractors to fill in potholes. Photograph: Paul Glendell/Alamy

Residents of cities, towns and villages across the UK complain their lives are blighted by the plague of potholes. But life in one small village on a moor in the English West Country is going a little more smoothly after some of its potholes were repaired as if by magic.

Scenes for the new HBO adaptation of the Harry Potter books are due to be filmed in Lustleigh, Devon, and the film-makers have filled in at least some of the potholes in the area.

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