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The police force has said that it tackling the issue of drink-spiking 'head-on' by making drink testing kits available in bars

Devon and Cornwall Police has said that 'testing kits' will be made available in bars across the region to combat the spiking of drinks.

It comes amid concerns about drink-spiking and attacks with needles following an incident on Saturday 16 October in which a woman was assaulted with a needle in the Fever & Boutique nightclub in Exeter.

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Greendale Vaccination Centre (Nub News, Will Goddard)

A Devon health chief says he's "concerned" about the uptake of Covid booster jabs, with less than half of people eligible having received it so far.

Dr Paul Johnson, clinical chair of NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, revealed that of the 163,000 people in Devon now due their booster, having had their second jab six months or more ago, only 42 per cent have come forward for it.

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A Stagecoach Bus (Image Chris Sampson/wikimedia Commons)

The boss of Stagecoach South West hopes a potential new pay deal with unions will improve its service and attract more drivers, after months of disrupted services.

Chief Executive Mike Watson offered his "deepest apologies for any anxiety and uncertainty that was caused," after a strike by members of the RMT union on Monday 18 October was called off with just hours to go.

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