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    Police investigate stab attack on bus driver

    Police in east Devon are investigating an unprovoked attack on a bus driver.

    The driver of the Stagecoach bus, a man in his mid-50s, was outside the vehicle in South Farm Road in Budleigh Salterton at about 20 past 8 last night when it happened.

    He was approached by a man who stabbed him in the thigh - leaving the knife in the wound - and ran off.

    The bus driver was taken to Exeter RD&E where the knife was removed and he was kept in overnight.

    The attacker is described as a white man aged over 25, with dark shoulder length hair and a slim to medium build - he was wearing a knee length olive green, parka-style jacket.

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