Over a dozen dogs trapped in hot cars reported to cops in two...

May 5, 2016, 10:59 am

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POLICE are warning dog owners they risk having their car windows smashed in if they leave their hounds in the sweltering heat.The Met Office has predicted highs of 20C on Saturday and Sunday, prompting the RSPCA and police to remind pet owners to consider their animals over the summer weather.Even today, in just a two-hour period Devon and Cornwall Police officers were called to seven incidents across the region. Officers were called to an incident in Camborne at about 1pm - and within minutes...

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May 5, 2016, 12:13 pm

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LEGAL highs will finally be banned later this month, the Government has promised.The blanket ban on the Psychoactive Substances was meant to come into force on April 6 but in an embarrassing – and silent – U-turn ministers admitted the criticism over the wording of the legislation meant it urgently needed to be reviewed. The Psychoactive Substances Act aims to close the loophole left in legislation which was taken advantage of by chemists who designed synthetic drugs which mimicked...

Manhunt continues after fatal shooting in Westcountry village

May 5, 2016, 3:21 pm

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A manhunt continues this morning after a man was shot dead and another wounded in a Westcountry village.Charlie Broadway, 23, is described as 'armed and dangerous' and poses a risk to the public and should not be approached, following the incident, Avon and Somerset Police said.Police said today that an arrest has been made but the hunt is still on for Charlie Broadway.A statement reads: "We're using every necessary resource to investigate these serious offences and out main priority is to...

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May 6, 2016, 12:30 am

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A SOUTH Devon man has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after being caught as part of an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation.Nigel Smith, 40, of Queensway, was arrested in September 2015 and charged with a number of offences of sexual activity with two young girls who were aged between 12 and 14 at the time of the abuse.Smith's arrest was part of an ongoing investigation called Operation Pangram into child sexual exploitation within the South Devon area.Having pleaded...

Men avoid jail for armed clash in Plymouth street

May 6, 2016, 2:04 am

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TWO armed thugs who clashed in the street have avoided going to jail.Lee Nolan, aged 48, carrying a baseball bat, and 27-year-old Shane Sweet, holding a chain, confronted each other in a row over a damaged motorcycle, a court heard.Both men had denied affray, or threatening or using violence in public. Each man blamed the other for causing trouble in Whitleigh on August 30 last year.They also pleaded not guilty to possession of an offensive weapon.But a jury found them guilty of both charges...

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May 6, 2016, 4:20 am

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A second person has been arrested while a 'potentially armed' man remains on the run following a shooting that left one person dead and a second injured in Somerset.Charlie Broadway, 23, poses a risk to the public and should not be approached, following the incident on Thursday night, Avon and Somerset Police said.Detectives said two men were shot at a home near Ilton, north of Ilminster, Somerset, shortly before 8pm.One died at the scene and a second received "non life-threatening"...

Thugs leave two men hurt in unprovoked Plymouth street attack

May 6, 2016, 8:17 am

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Police are looking for a Good Samaritan couple who came to the help of two men badly hurt in an unprovoked street attack in Pymouth.Two men were left with cuts, bruises and facial injuries after the unprovoked attack in Mutley.The men, both aged 57 and from Plymouth, were in Ford Park Road, at around 11.10pm on April 9 when they were approached by two men who launched an unprovoked attack on the pair. The first victim suffered a cut to his head, nose and lip while his friend was left with...

Opinion: Devon and Cornwall needs voting system for 21st century

May 6, 2016, 8:57 am

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The low turnouts in this week's elections point to a growing problem, writes Martin FreemanEvery successful election candidate talks about how people have voted for change and commentators and party leaders love to talk about the new political landscape.However, to spot the change in the landscape in Devon and Cornwall after this week's local elections you'd have to be a geologist. There's change, but on a geological time scale: gradual erosion and loss here, slow deposition and gain...

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May 6, 2016, 9:38 am

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A mum has admitted poisoning her infant daughter by putting a strong painkiller into her expressed milk.Rose Jones, aged 30, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court where she pleaded guilty to administering a poison with intent to injure her one year old child sometime between November 2014 and June 2015.She previously denied a second similar charge against her two-year-old daughter and prosecutors said this matter would lie on file. Jones, of Seaton Place, Keyham, also admitted to a count of...

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May 6, 2016, 10:30 am

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Police busted a huge drugs ring when a bungling courier did a U-turn close to a funeral cortege – with cannabis worth almost £40,000 on the back seat.A passing constable stopped the driver of the Ford Mondeo to give him advice and started an operation which unravelled a £1 million trafficking network.Detectives estimate that the gang could have brought cannabis worth £960,000 from Birmingham to Plymouth.Three men have now been jailed for a total of almost eight years for...

Plymouth club assault trial delayed due to barrister's illness

May 6, 2016, 10:41 am

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The trial of a woman charged with kicking a birthday drinker in the face at a nightclub has been put off for more than a month because her barrister is ill.Ellie Landricombe, aged 21, faced a jury at Plymouth Crown Court accused of assault causing actual bodily harm.She allegedly attacked Leonie Rowe after the law student punched a friend in the Play nightclub on the Barbican on December 6, 2014.Recorder John Williams was hoping to finish the trial this week.But Landricombe's barrister Malcolm...

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May 6, 2016, 10:46 am

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The imminent closure of a court-based cafe, run by volunteers with all profits going towards good causes in and around Plymouth, has been branded "disgusting" by court staff.The Phoenix Tea Bar, based within Plymouth Magistrates' Court, has long supplied tea, coffee, biscuits, toast and a friendly smile to everyone who attended the building, from solicitors, magistrates and court clerks to the accused, victims of crime and witnesses. It started life as the WRVS in 1993, with surplus...

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May 6, 2016, 11:01 am

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A twisted paedophile has been jailed after he was caught with more than 140,000 indecent images of children.Paul Cuddeford, aged 38, was found with one of the largest hauls of perverted pictures ever found in Plymouth.Jailing him for three years and four months, Judge Ian Lawrie said that the images were some of the worst he had to sentence upon.Cuddeford was released on bail and incredibly caught again with further pictures when he left his mobile phone in a taxi, Plymouth Crown Court...

Man jailed for harassing petrified ex-partner in Plymouth

May 6, 2016, 11:11 am

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A man has been jailed for persistently harassing his ex-partner and contacting her in breach of a court order.Mel Danvers, aged 25, sent a message to the woman and told police he had no intention of staying away, Plymouth Crown Court heard.The former partner told the court in a statement: "I wish he would just leave me alone. I am petrified and very stressed by his behaviour."Danvers has failed to comply with community orders and suspended prison terms.Jailing him for a total of a...

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May 6, 2016, 11:42 am

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Police want to speak to this man following an incident at a camping shop.He was spotted in the Go Outdoors store in Cattedown on the afternoon of March 30.A short while after he left the store staff notices a Berghaus rucksack worth £50 was missing from the shelves.If you know him please call police on 101 or email 101@dc.police.uk or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting crime reference number CR/020211/16.READ NEXT: Mum admits poisoning her baby daughter by putting drugs...

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May 6, 2016, 1:19 pm

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The region's new crime tsar has promised a rethink on plans to close police stations in the Plymouth area.Alison Hernandez was elected as Devon and Cornwall's new police and crime commissioner tonight.Fewer than 4,000 votes separated the Tory candidate from second-placed Labour rival Gareth Derrick, following a count that lasted several hours.Ms Hernandez will be in charge of policing in the Westcountry for the next four years when she takes over from fellow Conservative and predecessor Tony...

Plymouth man led police on 100mph chase with four flat tyres

May 6, 2016, 11:29 pm

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A Plymouth driver has been jailed after trying to outpace the police in a 100mph motorway chase with no tyres on his car. A police helicopter filmed the terrifying chase in which sparks and pieces of burning tyre could be seen flying off James O'Reilly's car as it carried on down the M5. All four tyres were burst when police deployed a stinger device on near Cullompton and the car nearly hit a lorry as the driver struggled to keep control. When he was stopped he told the police:"It...

Six now arrested over fatal Westcountry shooting at caravan park

May 7, 2016, 11:30 pm

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A man wanted by police in connection with a fatal shooting at a Somerset caravan park has been arrested.John Broadway, 37, has been held on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and firearms offences, Avon and Somerset Police said.He was arrested in Lichfield, Staffordshire in connection with the inquiry into the murder of Wilfred Isaacs, 50. Two women, who were at the same location, have been held on suspicion of assisting an offender.Mr Isaacs was shot dead at Chubbards Cross caravan park,...

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May 7, 2016, 11:59 pm

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People with mental health problems in Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall should soon no longer have to be held in police cells as a £15million fund to create 'places of safety' is taking bids.At present people suffering mental health crisis can be put in cells as there is nowhere else for them to go - with limited numbers of emergency places and beds in the healthcare system.In February last year The Herald launched its multi-award winning Safer Spaces campaign calling for an end to the system...

Woman arrested over fatal shooting in South West

May 8, 2016, 2:15 am

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Police have arrested Donna Broadway in connection with a fatal shooting in a village. Seven people in total are now being held over the death of 50-year-old Wilfred Isaacs at a caravan site in Ilton, Somerset. The 26-year-old woman handed herself in and was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. She joins John Broadway, 37, in custody, along with three other women and two men - including a 23-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. A forensic...