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Regular bus users in Exeter are to be protected by a price freeze later this month as Stagecoach South West raise bus fares by an average of 2.6%.

Under the plans the Exeter Dayrider, Exeter Megarider Plus tickets and the unlimited day travel Explorer tickets as well as most of the region’s megarider tickets will see their prices frozen in an effort to limit the affect of the price on regular bus users.

Exeter Stagecoach will also be trialling a simplified fare structure removing all return fares in the City, leaving just four adult single fares which ranging in price from...

Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer has this week met Pope Francis in the Vatican to raise awareness of human trafficking and slavery.

Chief Constable Sawyer joined fellow police leaders from around the world as well as Home Secretary Theresa May at the conference hosted by Pope Francis in the Vatican.

Mr Sawyer holds the National Association of Chief Police Officers Lead for Migration and Related Matters and took part in the two day conference on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The summit was organised by the bishops' conference of England and Wales...

Paignton Zoo’s baby Bornean orang utan Tatau is celebrating her first birthday.

She was born on 11 April 2013 to mother Mali and father Demo.

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park Director of Operations and Curator of Mammals Neil Bemment said: “She is doing well. Her progress is fairly typical for a one-year old orang. She is not weaned yet, but tries any food that is passing on the way to mum’s mouth! She picks at the watery soft items like cucumbers and tomatoes, but is mainly just sucking on them wistfully!”

At first the tiny baby was only seen clinging to mum, but...

A feature length programme focusing on the aftermath of the devastating winter weather is due to air on BBC one tonight A few months ago,the worst storms in living memory severely battered the South West shoreline, causing millions of pounds’ worth of damage, not only to coastal defences, but also to homes, businesses, roads and railways. The Storms That Shook The South West (BBC One, South West, 7.30pm, Friday 11 April) looks at the aftermath left by the wettest winter on record.

With analysis from Plymouth University experts the programme questions whether people living and...