内容摘要：Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery hopes to acquire it.

Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery hopes to acquire it.

A cash injection of £361,000 from the DfT means more than £7.4m is available to purchase a fleet of 55 new all electric, zero-emission vehicles, the council said.It said it would make Stagecoach's Torquay depot the company's first fully-electric depot in the South West.

Funding for the fleet comes from the DfT's Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas 2 scheme - created to help transport authorities and operators to make the transition to zero-emission fleets.Torbay Council said over the course of the buses' lifespans, they would result in carbon dioxide savings equal to taking about 2,000 diesel cars off the road, as well as improving air quality in the area.Peter Knight, managing director at Stagecoach South West, said this was "an important milestone" on the road to net zero.

Councillor Adam Billings, cabinet member for pride in place and parking, said the new fleet was "an excellent result" for the people of Torbay.He said: "The new buses will be better to travel in and their lack of tailpipe emissions will contribute to improving air quality.

"This will particularly benefit our town centres as well as cyclists and pedestrians generally."

Billings said the fleet would provide an "improved public transport travel option", adding he was confident it would result in more people choosing to travel by bus."The worst thing about it was the impact it had on my family who were looking at the social media posts or with me in the pub. That's difficult and shouldn't happen."

But he said it had been worse for female colleagues and he feared that would put off women from standing in future."Political parties have got to try and temper their campaigning – the personal attacks on politicians from opposition parties. Everyone needs to take more responsibility," he added.

I've been talking to politicians about this for over 20 years and they think it is getting worse.Every time we interview an MP we have to be careful about where and when we're doing it. Politicians have accepted it to an extent – but why should they? No-one should be going to work and getting death threats.