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A conman has been handed a one year jail sentence suspended for two years after being found guilty of unfair trading and fraud offences following an investigation by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service.

Exeter Magistrates Court heard how Henry Smith, 36, cheated three Devon residents, two of which were elderly, out of nearly £1,300 between 2012 and 2013 by fraudulently making false representations for computer repair work that he claimed to have carried out. The case concluded with guilty verdicts on all eight charges following a two day trial.

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Stagecoach South West has today announced plans to introduce a new route replacing the 50, 51, 315 and 377 services.

The new route, the 5, will be introduced on Easter Monday and will see the frequency of buses between Exeter and Crediton increase to once every 15mins.

Beyond Crediton there will be an hourly service to Copplestone. At Copplestone the service splits, with regular onwards connections to Hatherleigh and Okehampton (5A, up to every 2 hours); North Tawton, Winkleigh, Great Torrington and Barnstaple (5B, up to every 2 hours) and Chulmleigh (5C, up to every hour...

Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) will be taking over a ground floor office complex in the Civic Centre – giving it a more prominent location in the city centre.

The bureau, which provides free advice to the people of Exeter, has signed a lease on the building with Exeter City Council.

Dennis Mardon, chair of Exeter CAB, said: ‘We are delighted to be moving into new premises. We will be able to offer a more modern environment for our clients, staff and volunteers.

‘In many ways we will be sorry to be leaving our current offices in Wat Tyler House as they have...

In little over 24-hours nearly £6,500 has been raised to send a mother suffering from two terminal illnesses to Thailand for potentially life-saving surgery. Jo Smith, 36, has a unique combination of diseases and doctors say the odds of suffering both is over five billion to one. She needs a heart and lung transplant to have any hope of beating the blood vessel disorder pulmonary hypertension (PH). But doctors say she can't be put on a waiting list for the lifesaving organs - because she is also suffering from cancer. Similarly, the radiotherapy that could cure her lymphatic cancer cannot...