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Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service (DSTSS) , Devon and Cornwall Police and Avon and Somerset Constabulary have been recognised for a joint anti-poaching operation.

The three organisations received a runner up award for the National Wildlife Crime Operation of the Year at the National Wildlife Enforcers Conference.

It follows a joint anti-poaching operation earlier this year on Exmoor and work to prevent the illegal supply of poached meat into the food chain.

The annual conference brings wildlife officers from the UK’s police forces together with agencies...

Exeter Chamber of Commerce raised a total of £1675 for 11 local charities at this year’s Christmas charity auction lunch. Held at the Mercure Southgate Hotel, the event attracted over 100 Exeter business people giving them the opportunity for some festive networking and to bid for some fantastic prizes. The auctioneer for the charitable event was Ben Clark, Breakfast presenter on Radio Exe.

Items for auction included vouchers for Exeter Cookery School, a set of hand-made prints from Double Elephant, an Exeter Chiefs shirt signed by the team, a round of golf at Woodbury Park and the...

Stagecoach South West announced today that, starting from 3 January 2017, it is merging its Blue, SR4 (Sowton) and Green (Matford) park and ride services.

This will create a new cross-city connection with the route simply branded as ‘Green’ park and ride. The Red park and ride timetable, serving Honiton Road, will remain unchanged.

The new service will operate up to every 15 minutes, 6 days a week, with the end-to-end journey taking around half an hour.

As well as the park and ride sites, the service will include stops at Middlemoor, Heavitree Shops, Exeter...

At around 4pm on Saturday 17 December 2016, police were informed that a collision had taken place involving a tractor that was towing a single axle agricultural trailer close to Harts Farm, Hemyock, close to the Devon, Somerset border (Cullompton area).

A number of passengers were riding on the trailer when one of them fell off and went under the trailer and was run over by one of the trailer’s wheels.

The casualty, a man aged 64 who lives in a nearby village suffered severe abdominal injuries and was airlifted to Derriford hospital in Plymouth.

He is described as...