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Police in South Devon are appealing for information following a sexual assault on a bus.

The incident occurred between 8.30pm and 8.45pm on Thursday 23rd April whilst the victim, a 17 year old female travelled on a No.12 Stagecoach bus, between Paignton and Newton Abbot.

When the bus stopped at the Arcades near to Fleet Walk, Torquay, an unidentified man was talking to the driver. As the bus continued its journey between Torquay and Newton Abbot, the victim sat upstairs at the very front of the bus when she was joined by this man.

He engaged her in conversation, was...

Exeter Phoenix is excited to announce that the Two Short Nights Film Festival’s call for entries is now open. Two Short Nights celebrates and promotes short film and the people who make them. Now in its 14th year, the festival is proud to nurture new and emerging talent and offers a platform for regional, national and international short films to be seen. This year’s festival will take place on 26th and 27th November 2015 at Exeter Phoenix and will include screenings, talks and the premiere of this year’s Exeter Phoenix Short Film Commissions and Artist Moving Image Commission. The...

A total of 1,351 people are taking part in the South West’s first neon night run, being held in Exeter this weekend.

The sponsored event has proved so popular that organisers at Hospiscare are looking for more volunteers to help from early evening on Sat May 30 in the event arena.

The 5k run starts from the University of Exeter where there is a Neon Wonderland.

Entry for the race is now closed.

If you can help on the night please call Celia Wilkinson, Hospiscare’s event organiser, on 688093 or email: c.wilkinson@hospiscare.co.uk .

Hospiscare is the...

Animals, like humans, excel at some tasks but not others according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Aberystwyth used pond snails to investigate learning and memory. They found that if an individual is good at forming memories about food they are poor at forming memories related to predator threat and vice versa.

Dr Sasha Dall from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall said: “We found that snails vary in their ability to remember and respond to...