Over a dozen dogs trapped in hot cars reported to cops in two...
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...
View ArticleLegal highs latest: Government gives new date when it will...
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...
View ArticleManhunt continues after fatal shooting in Westcountry village
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...
View ArticleMan jailed as part of investigation into sexual exploitation of...
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...
View ArticleMen avoid jail for armed clash in Plymouth street
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...
View ArticleSecond arrest made after man shot dead in Somerset, suspect still...
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...
View ArticleThugs leave two men hurt in unprovoked Plymouth street attack
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...
View ArticleOpinion: Devon and Cornwall needs voting system for 21st century
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...
View ArticleMum admits poisoning her baby daughter by putting drugs in her...
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...
View ArticleBungling cannabis courier who did U-turn near Plymouth funeral...
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...
View ArticlePlymouth club assault trial delayed due to barrister's illness
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...
View ArticleAnger as volunteer-run court cafe - which has raised thousands...
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...
View ArticleVile paedophile caught with one of Plymouth's biggest ever hauls...
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...
View ArticleMan jailed for harassing petrified ex-partner in Plymouth
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...
View ArticlePolice want to trace this man after rucksack went missing from...
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...
View ArticleHope for closure-threatened police stations as new crime...
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...
View ArticlePlymouth man led police on 100mph chase with four flat tyres
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...
View ArticleSix now arrested over fatal Westcountry shooting at caravan park
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,...
View Article£15million now available to keep people with mental health...
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...
View ArticleWoman arrested over fatal shooting in South West
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,...
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