Travellers set up camp next to Plymouth's Marsh Mills roundabout
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...
View ArticleKnifepoint robbery at railway station: police officer in hospital...
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...
View Article'Disgusting' thieves hunted by police after stealing Union Flag...
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...
View ArticleNow seagulls are vandalising the graves of dead babies
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...
View Article500 police officers could face the axe unless Government acts,...
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...
View ArticleCar torched in Bank Holiday Monday arson attack
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...
View ArticleTombstoners pictured dicing with death on Plymouth Hoe - days...
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...
View ArticlePlymouth's dumbest burglar is happy in prison - because it's full...
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...
View ArticleMan arrested over knifepoint robbery at Launceston Steam Railway
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...
View ArticleYoung mum says she was beaten up because her attackers were...
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...
View ArticleJail warning for man after Plymouth nightclub attack
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...
View ArticleBurglar admits jewellery raid on Plymouth home
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...
View ArticleMasked man held shopkeeper at knifepoint, Plymouth jury told
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...
View ArticleProlific Plymouth shoplifter jailed for latest thefts from shops
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...
View ArticlePlymouth man faces jail after breaching suspended sentence
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...
View ArticleMan, 21, charged with drug and knife offences after police drama...
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...
View ArticleChild, 6, goes missing near Plymouth as police join search
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...
View ArticleTourist may be scarred for life after being glassed in Plymouth...
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...
View ArticleExplosion at house in Cornwall: Man in hospital after blast heard...
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...
View ArticleVIDEO: Tombstoner appears to 'play dead' after narrowly missing...
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...
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