内容摘要：More than £1m has been spent on a public inquiry into a disgraced brain surgeon that has not started hearing evidence yet, new figures show.

More than £1m has been spent on a public inquiry into a disgraced brain surgeon that has not started hearing evidence yet, new figures show.

The leader of Teignbridge District Council said the scheme would be beneficial to businesses in Queen Street and the wider area.Liam Mullone, a Teignbridge District Council member from the South Devon Alliance, said: "This is supposed to be the commercial hub of our town and it's dying.

"Nobody wanted this."Mr Mullone said the legal challenge was the only avenue left to people against the scheme.showed projects could be overturned.

The legal challenge would relate to issues around air pollution, blue badge parking and public consultations, he said.Work on the project started on 28 May.

Claire Quelvennec, who runs Jacksons Fishmongers on Queen Street, said businesses were already reporting drops in trade of "between 10 and 20%".

She said: "Moving forward that will be uneconomical for them to sustain.“Bishop Montgomery would have walked daily through the town, called to certain houses in the square. The path he took became known as The Bishop’s Walk."

Lady Montgomery, Monty’s mother, was the last member of the family to live at New Park.She died in 1949, seventeen years after her husband, and the house fell out of the family’s ownership not long after.

As Monty flew into Derry to receive the city's freedom, the Derry Journal reported his Dakota plane “flew low over Moville” so he could see his parental home.The paper also noted Monty had not been able to visit New Park for seven years.