Extra frontline police officers in South Devon have recently been trained to test drivers for drugs to keep local communities safe. The drug screening sessions are designed to enable greater detection of driving offences to save lives and support De...
Release date: 28/10/2025
A North Cornwall man has been jailed for 18 years with a further year on extended licence for the sexual abuse of six child victims over four decades. Robert Squires, 80, from Bosinney near Tintagel, was sentenced at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday 28 Octobe...
Release date: 28/10/2025
Halloween and Guy Fawkes or bonfire night fall within the space of less than a week. Devon & Cornwall Police has some advice to avoid any behaviour that others may find antisocial during that time. Neighbourhood Policing Lead Inspector Steve Philp sai...
Release date: 28/10/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police are this week honouring their ‘Headset Heroes’ who work tirelessly in the Force’s control rooms as part of International Control Room Week. Based in Exeter and Plymouth, the Force’s contact and dispatch operators work in a chal...
Release date: 28/10/2025
Children from St Andrew’s School in Plymouth recently teamed up with local police officers to raise awareness about driving and parking safely near schools. Devon & Cornwall Police and the school ran a competition to design safety posters to be given ...
Release date: 27/10/2025
A thief who stole alcohol from a garage before climbing on its roof and sparking a major emergency service response has been jailed for 27 months. Lawry Alison, 24, from Polstain Road, Threemilestone, also yelled racist abuse and threatened to blow ...
Release date: 27/10/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and relevant footage following the theft of a vehicle and subsequent dangerous driving in North Devon. We were called at around 4.15pm on Sunday 26 October following a report of a white Ford Mondeo taxi being stolen in the G...
Release date: 27/10/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious road traffic collision on Market Jew Street at the junction with Albert Street, Penzance. Officers were called at around 6.45pm on Sunday 26 October to reports of a road traffic collision ...
Release date: 27/10/2025
A Devon-based masseur has been jailed for four years after being convicted of sexually abusing three of his clients. Ian Nicholls, 64, formerly of Newton Abbot, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Friday 24 October having been convicted at a tr...
Release date: 24/10/2025
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has launched a new campaign to alert young people to the dangers of ketamine, counterfeit medicines which contain synthetic opioids (nitazenes) and vapes which purport to contain THC, a cannabis deri...
Release date: 24/10/2025
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