Plymouth court case over two anti-nuclear protesters thrown out...
A PAIR of anti-nuclear protesters, who chained themselves to a car at the entrance to Devonport Naval Base, have had a case against them thrown out of court due to a legal technicality.Nicola Clark,...
View ArticleHunt for driver after potentially deadly stunts on A38 in...
Police are hunting a driver after a he was reported pulling off a string of potentially deadly moves on the A38 in Plymouth. Drivers have reported a motorist undertaking at speed, tailgating and...
View ArticleBurglary warning issued by police after thieves target Plymouth...
RESIDENTS across Plymouth are being reminded to ensure all windows and doors are locked when they leave the house following a burglary in Stoke.Earlier this week, on Monday September 7, a property on...
View ArticleCouncillor accused of advocating rape when he said 'no' means...
A Tory councillor is refusing to stand down despite being accused of advocating rape after telling a public meeting: "If a lady says no, she means perhaps". Conservative John Dyer further stunned...
View ArticleNew CCTV command centre brought online to monitor Plymouth's 300...
A new CCTV control room has been brought online to monitor Plymouth's 300 security cameras as well as radio frequencies. A disused room beneath the Council House been transformed into a command centre...
View ArticlePolice want to trace man after incident in Tavistock swimming...
POLICE want to trace a man after an incident in Tavistock swimming pool's changing rooms. The incident took place on the afternoon of August 31 and police say there would have been a mixture of "loud...
View ArticleDevon and Cornwall Police urged by Home Office to join forces...
SENIOR police officers have said they will continue to try and get fair deals when buying equipment after the Home Office highlighted the regional cost differences.Devon and Cornwall Police pay £28.90...
View ArticleTwo men still in hospital after Plymouth assault in June left...
TWO men remain in hospital three months after an alleged serious assault in a Stoke street. Officers were called to Wingfield Road in the early hours of June 9 after a 48-year-old man was found...
View ArticlePlymouth man cleared of assaulting stranger in the street
A JUDGE has thrown out the case against a man accused of breaking the jaw of a stranger who had insulted his girlfriend. Luke Butt, aged 30, has been cleared of assaulting Thomas James causing actual...
View ArticleToddler ate heroin substitute in Plymouth playground thinking it...
A DISTRAUGHT mother whose two-year-old daughter ate a heroin-substitute drug in a city playground thinking it was a sweet says she thought her child was going to die.Toddler Taylor Atwill was playing...
View ArticleUp before Plymouth magistrates
ASSAULT: KEITH BOORMAN, aged 30, of Paradise Place, Plymouth: assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty and drink-driving – 16-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, with 150 hours...
View ArticlePlymouth region police chief attacks 'clumsy' Government
DEVON and Cornwall police chiefs have accused the Government of acting "irresponsibly" on proposed funding reforms, as senior figures warn additional budget cuts will create "dramatic and dangerous"...
View ArticleBiker caught doing 108mph in Plymouth police crackdown
SPEEDS of 108mph were recorded by motorcyclists over the August bank holiday weekend as riders enjoyed the last of the summer weather. Speed enforcement areas were set up all over Devon and Cornwall as...
View ArticlePedestrian run over in early-hours crash on busy Plymouth road
POLICE are investigating an early-hours crash involving a pedestrian on one of Plymouth's busiest roads. The incident happened overnight in Wolseley Road. Police described the crash as "nasty" and are...
View ArticlePolice go around Plymouth shutting front doors people have left...
POLICE say they are having to go around Plymouth closing front doors that dozy residents are leaving open. Officers in the Mutley area said they closed several doors on behalf of dim-witted...
View ArticleDrink-driver beaches car on grassy knoll - then blows four times...
A WOMAN crashed her car into a grassy knoll after getting behind the wheel while more than four times over the drink-drive limit in the early hours of this morning. Police Sgt Harry Tangye tweeted a...
View ArticleA38 closed in Plymouth after reports of a car fire
A BUSY stretch of the A38 through Plymouth has been closed by police following reports of a car fire.The road was initially completely closed between the Manadon Roundabout and Forder Valley, according...
View ArticleMissing 16-year-old girl dies after being found outside Devon...
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl has died a day after she went missing – shortly after she was found ill outside a theatre. The teenager from Torquay, who has yet to be formally identified, had gone missing from her...
View ArticleMemorial to biker, 27, who died in crash under investigation in...
A MEMORIAL event has been held to celebrate the life of a motorcyclist who died following a crash with a pick-up truck which is being investigated by police in Plymouth. Matthew Smith, aged 27, died at...
View ArticlePlymouth officers search Palace Theatre with police dog for...
THE POLICE were called to the Palace Theatre last night following reports of teenagers going into the building with petrol cans.Officers, along with a police dog, searched the building just before 7pm...
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