Updates to legislation recently passed through Parliament mean owners found guilty of irresponsible dog ownership will face unlimited fines. The updated Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Act 2025 was passed on 18 December 2025, offering increased...
Release date: 20/01/2026
The police team across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have looked back at what has been both a challenging but proactive year, with successes highlighting the dedication across the county to keep communities safe. Policing teams have continued to focus ...
Release date: 20/01/2026
Hotspot and Neighbourhood Policing in 2025 Hotspot policing designed to reduce anti-social behaviour (ASB) with targeted neighbourhood police and street marshal patrols in areas with the highest levels of crime was a great success last year. Made possible...
Release date: 20/01/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and information following a fatal collision in Bridgerule, Holsworthy. Officers were called at around 3pm to the B3254 on Friday 16 January following a two-vehicle collision involving a silver Ford Focus and a red Ford Fiest...
Release date: 19/01/2026
A rapist who tried to intimidate his victim into withdrawing from the investigation has been jailed for 23 years. Daniel Rowe, 35, formerly of Tiverton and Exeter, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Friday 16 January, after previously being fo...
Release date: 19/01/2026
Two residential addresses related to people responsible for causing relentless antisocial behaviour (ASB) have been served with closure orders to prevent further disruptions to peace in the local area. Both properties located on Harvey Street, Torpoint, w...
Release date: 19/01/2026
Devon and Cornwall Chief Constable James Vaughan, QPM MSt (Cantab), and Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez have thanked all the agencies involved in dealing with two Second World War unexploded device operations this week. This week two separa...
Release date: 16/01/2026
Police are appealing for witness and information following a serious road traffic collision near on the A30 west bound near Zelah. Officers were called at around 1:51pm on Wednesday 14th of January to a two-vehicle collision on the A30 westbound involving...
Release date: 16/01/2026
A violent offender has been jailed for three years and nine months for two acts of extreme violence committed four years apart. Frankie Wall, 22, of no fixed abode, but previously of Totnes, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday 13 January afte...
Release date: 16/01/2026
Devon & Cornwall Police and students from City College, Plymouth have collaborated to create two videos about knife crime, aimed at the students’ peer group. The project was designed to create messaging by young people for young people to bust the myt...
Release date: 16/01/2026
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