Travellers set up camp next to Plymouth's Marsh Mills roundabout

August 29, 2015, 7:03 am

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A GROUP of travellers have set up camp beside the site of a former hotel beside the busy Marsh Mills roundabout. The group, which includes several children, are thought to have arrived yesterday, with at least six caravans along with other vehicles. They have set up camp beside a plot of land where the Legacy Hotel used to stand. The hotel was demolished last year as part of plans to create a new retail park at the junction, which is one of the city's busiest.

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August 30, 2015, 11:13 pm

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A KNIFEPOINT robber who has gone on the run after leaving a police officer needing hospital treatment is being hunted this morning. The man made off with hundreds of pounds from a gift shop after he struck at a tourist attraction near Plymouth. Police were called to Launceston Steam Railwayin Cornwall yesterday. One officer was injured and taken to hospital. According to reports, the suspect escaped with more than £1,000 from the steam railway gift shop, after holding the shopkeeper at...

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August 30, 2015, 11:46 pm

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THE Royal British Legion has slammed thoughtless thieves who made off with a Union Flag outside one of their branches near Plymouth. But members have been touched after receiving a replacement from the relatives of a Second World War veteran. The charity hung up the large flag with bunting at their branch in Chings Alley, Launceston as part of celebrations for Victory in Japan Day. But it was stolen during the night of August 16, after the celebrations. Terry Sully, chairman of the Launceston...

Now seagulls are vandalising the graves of dead babies

August 31, 2015, 10:34 am

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CEMETERY managers hunting vandals who have been targeting children's graves at a Devon church have found their culprits – seagulls. Stuffed toys and ornaments had been disappearing from the graves of babies and children at Paignton Cemetery in Colley End Road. Other objects had been found broken, ripped apart and strewn around the graveyard in March. Relatives started a petition and hundreds of concerned people called for better fencing and security measures. But cemetery managers have...

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August 31, 2015, 10:42 am

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MPS have been urged to challenge the Government over police funding – and to demand a better deal for the Devon and Cornwall police. The Police and Crime Commissioner's Fair Funding campaign now has a 7,000-strong petition calling for a better funding deal for the region. PCC Tony Hogg hopes the document will prompt Home Office officials to rethink proposed changes to the national police allocation formula, which he warns could cut Devon and Cornwall's budget by £24 million a...

Car torched in Bank Holiday Monday arson attack

August 31, 2015, 11:14 am

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POLICE are hunting arsonists who torched a car on Bank Holiday Monday morning. An arson probe has been launched after the car went up in flames in Liskeard. A crew from Liskeard Community Fire Station was called out to deal with the burning vehicle at around 9am. Firefighters got the blaze under control using a high pressure hose reel jet."The vehicle had been deliberately set on fire and was still smouldering," said a fire service spokesman. Police were also at the scene and are...

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August 31, 2015, 11:59 am

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TOMBSTONERS have been throwing themselves into the sea near rocks on Plymouth Hoe - ignoring warnings from a city teenager who was hospitalised at the weekend. The Herald reported yesterday on how TJ Rawding, aged 17, had to be rushed to hospital after crashing into three feet of water on Friday night. The teen's accident - his second of the summer - has left him with spinal damage and what his mum described as life-changing injuries. But TJ's injuries failed to act as a warning to a group who...

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August 31, 2015, 12:12 pm

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A SERIAL burglar is happier in jail – because it gives him easy access to the hardest illegal drugs, a court has been told. A defence barrister gave a stunning account of how dozy car thief William Butler felt "very much at home" in prison. The hapless addict and career criminal was back before court after he broke into a couple's home and stole a laptop and the keys to their Mercedes convertible – before leaving the car parked just a mile away with the computer still inside. Butler,...

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Man arrested over knifepoint robbery at Launceston Steam Railway

September 1, 2015, 2:53 am

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A MAN has been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery at a Cornish tourist attraction. Police were called at about 4pm on Sunday to a report of a robbery at Launceston Steam Railway. A man holding a knife and wearing a scarf across his face entered the gift shop and repeatedly demanded cash from the till. The elderly female shop assistant refused so he opened the till himself, removed about £400 in cash and ran off towards Newport Industrial Estate. The female assistant was not...

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September 1, 2015, 3:07 am

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A PRETTY mum claims she was beaten up by a woman outside her own home - because she is so good looking. Shadae Worrell was set upon in broad daylight as she played outside with her six-year-old daughter. The 26-year-old claims the woman made comments about her appearance before a male accomplice joined in - and they both attacked her. Shadae, known as Shar, claims the pair intentionally targeted her face and laughed at the damage they had caused to her looks. "The fact they were trying...

Jail warning for man after Plymouth nightclub attack

September 1, 2015, 5:25 am

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A MAN has admitted a serious assault at a nightclub and damaging a door. Peter Nurse, aged 33, pleaded guilty to attacking the man at Plymouth Crown Court. He also admitted causing criminal damage to the fire exit at the Revolution bar in the city centre. Nurse, of Devonport Road, Stoke, had previously denied assault causing actual bodily harm on January 12 last year. But he changed his plea on the eve of his trial. Kelly Scrivener, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said he was sorry for the...

Burglar admits jewellery raid on Plymouth home

September 1, 2015, 5:37 am

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A MAN burgled a home and stole a large quantity of valuables including jewellery, a court heard. Billy Sutcliffe, aged 43, pleaded guilty to raiding the property before city magistrates. He admitted taking a box and a bag containing jewellery from the home in West Down Road in Beacon Park on August 21. Sutcliffe also stole a computer games console, a laptop computer, a jar containing cash, camping equipment and perfume. He pleaded guilty to stealing a woman's purse containing cash and cards...

Masked man held shopkeeper at knifepoint, Plymouth jury told

September 1, 2015, 8:27 am

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A SHOPKEEPER has told a jury of his terror as he was robbed at knifepoint by a masked man. Jeyabalan Jeyarajah said he was shaking as the raider calmly rifled through his till and took tobacco and whisky from the shelves. The convenience store owner told Plymouth Crown Court in a statement: "I thought he was going to hurt me. I was shaking at the time. "It has made me extremely scared for my own safety. This is my livelihood and I am anxious that this will happen again." The robber escaped with...

Prolific Plymouth shoplifter jailed for latest thefts from shops

September 1, 2015, 8:56 am

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A PROLIFIC offender who stole steaks from two shops has been jailed for eight weeks. Chronic heroin addict Marcus Easterbrook, aged 33, has more than 70 previous offences on his record, Plymouth magistrates heard. He pleaded guilty to the theft of two beef brisket steaks worth £21 from Aldi in Union Street on March 7. Homeless Easterbrook also admitted theft of two packets of sirloin steak from Sainsbury's in Torpoint the next day. Magistrates ruled that custody was inevitable because of...

Plymouth man faces jail after breaching suspended sentence

September 1, 2015, 10:08 am

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A MAN faces jail after assaulting a woman in breach of a suspended prison sentence. George Blampey, aged 43, avoided going behind bars for headbutting, punching and kicking a man in a city bar. He was handed a four-month suspended prison sentence in April last year – and warned by a judge that any repetition of violence would land him in jail. Blampey, of Weston Park Road, Peverell, has now been convicted by city magistrates of the common assault of a woman on July 18. He also caused...

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September 1, 2015, 12:08 pm

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A MAN has been charged with possession of a knife and hard drugs following an incident in North Road West last week. Police were called to the junction with Bayswater Road at around 3pm on Friday. A police spokesman said 21-year-old Momoh Bangura had since been charged with possession of knife in a public place and possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. He was due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court.

Child, 6, goes missing near Plymouth as police join search

September 1, 2015, 1:04 pm

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POLICE were called in to join the search for a missing six-year-old tonight. The child went missing in South East Cornwall. Saltash-based PCSO Kirsty Down said the missing child was "found safe and well before our arrival".

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September 1, 2015, 1:48 pm

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A HOLIDAYMAKER who travelled to the city all the way from Australia fears he could be scarred for life after a night out in Plymouth ended in disaster. Rhys Shepherd, who lives in Australia, suffered serious facial injuries in an alleged attack at a Union Street pub. The 27-year-old told The Herald of the terrifying moment a pint glass struck his face during an evening out with pals. Police are now appealing for witnesses after being called to reports of an alleged unprovoked assault. Rhys said...

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September 1, 2015, 10:22 pm

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A MAN has been taken to hospital following a major explosion at a house in Cornwall which has blown out the walls and sent debris flying. Police have cordoned off the road following the blast in Camelford, which happened at around 11.30pm last night. The man is in a stable condition in hospital as rescue crews work to clean up the debris. Parts of the terraced house were sent flying into nearby homes and cars, while neighbours have been evacuated. The explosion, in Trecalgo View, could be heard...

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September 1, 2015, 11:16 pm

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SHOCKING video footage shows a young tombstoner plunging into rocky waters from cliffs on Plymouth Hoe - then floating face-down in the sea. The footage was captured just days after a city teenager suffered serious injuries jumping into shallow water in another part of Plymouth. Police have issued a stark warning to thrill-seeking youngsters who are still challenging each other to take on the dangerous leaps. The video, filmed by a Herald reader on the Hoe, shows a lad taking a run-up on the...