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A Devon photographer has won a national zoo photography award.

Ray Wiltshire, from Paignton, took the award with his picture, Forty Winks, showing Bornean orang utan mother Mali and baby Tatau asleep on their island at Paignton Zoo.

The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) announced the winners of its annual photography competition sponsored by Wildlife Vets International at an award ceremony hosted by Woburn Safari Park. There were 63 entries, with shots conveying life in a BIAZA collection, work behind the scenes and zoo conservation work around the...

National charity Living Streets, which campaigns for pedestrians, today welcomes North Dorset MP Simon Hoare’s Private Member’s Bill calling for a ban on pavement parking in England and Wales.

The bill will receive its first reading in the House of Commons today.

Living Streets’ Chief Executive Joe Irvin said: ‘We have been campaigning for years to reclaim our pavements for pedestrians and we are delighted that this important issue is finally being addressed after being delayed twice in the last Parliament.

“Pavements are for people, not vehicles and it is about...

The departure of Judi Spiers from BBC Radio Devon also looks set to herald the end of daytime live broadcasting from Exeter.

From Monday, Chris Diniss's Radio Exe programme will be the only daytime radio show – commercial or BBC – to broadcast from Exeter.

Radio Exe’s managing director Paul Nero told the Daily: "Clearly some listeners may be unconcerned that shows that purport to be local actually come from Plymouth, as with the BBC from next week, or London, as with Heart.

"We’ve long been the only professional station that’s made in Devon, all day, every day. Now...

Research by the University of Exeter has helped underline new national guidelines to help GPs diagnose cancer earlier, and save lives.

Professor Willie Hamilton, at the University of Exeter Medical School, was a major contributor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) process to consider the latest evidence in formulating guidelines for use in general practice and healthcare settings. He was the clinical lead on the NICE Guideline Group, feeding in his expertise into key decisions that affect the way healthcare is delivered.

The new guidance aims...