An open top tourist bus along the Jurassic Coast has been axed because of the "whining" locals, its owner has said.

The Jurassic Mule service, which operated along the Devon and Dorset coast, ran for the last time on Sunday amid claims that its drivers had been abused and access to its depot blocked.

Owner Derek Gawn, who had been running the tours since 2015 and employed 25 people, said that although the vast majority of the community supported the business he could "no longer cope with the 1%".

He said: ""I have finally made my mind up about the Mule, and the final nails were not mechanical issues or the weather.

"It’s the continual whining of a few in Seaton and Colyton."

The company claims that some residents close to the car park where they left their vehicles did not want the outside their homes and had taken to "shouting at drivers".

The open top service ran through Beer, Colyton and Seaton in Devon, and on to Lyme Regis and Charmouth in Dorset.