Devon community burns BT effigy to protest broadband speed

A small hamlet in Devon staged a protest over the weekend in response to slow internet speeds.

People from Templeton, which is near Tiverton, burnt a cardboard cut-out of a BT Openreach van as the centrepiece to their bonfire night activities.

The hamlet's bonfire night has a different theme each year – this year it was decided to use the event to protest the lack of reliable broadband.

BT Openreach says rolling out fibre broadband in such a rural community is challenging.