Police across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are stepping up their patrols during summer as millions of holiday makers spend Summer in the South. Officers will be on foot and in vehicles across Cornwall towns as part of the police’s effort to be visible...
Release date: 29/07/2025
We are warning residents to be vigilant over a phone scam involving fraudsters posing as police officers – with one elderly victim swindled out of £14,000. Officers are investigating 12 reports across Devon in the space of a fortnight of people being call...
Release date: 28/07/2025
Officers from Devon & Cornwall Police took part in the one-day operation focused on uninsured driving, alongside the Motor Insurers’ Bureau. The operation was timed to coincide with the busiest day of travel into the South West, following the start of...
Release date: 28/07/2025
We are continuing to investigate the death of a man following a fire at a residential property in Newquay. Officers were called by the fire service to a fire at a residential property on Narrowcliff, Newquay, at around 4.35pm on Tuesday 22 July. The body ...
Release date: 28/07/2025
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Musbury at the weekend are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. We received a report of a serious road traffic collision involving a three-wheeler Invictus trike, a Harley Davidson motorcy...
Release date: 28/07/2025
Police were out and about with the Dartmoor Rangers recently in response to public concerns around speeding drivers and anti-social behaviour Our teams went the extra mile and carried out hotspot checks across Dartmoor; targeting areas where spe...
Release date: 25/07/2025
Detective Superintendent Jon Bancroft said: “We currently have three separate murder investigations being conducted in the Cornwall area. “I have oversight of all of these investigations at this time, and can confirm they are being carried out indep...
Release date: 25/07/2025
Devon & Cornwall Police are offering free bike marking to the cycling community in Exeter at a series of events over the coming week. Officers will mark bikes with a unique code and add them to the national Bike Register database. This will deter thie...
Release date: 25/07/2025
A man who killed his 70-year-old sister in East Devon has been given a hospital order. Richard Law, aged 68, of Lark Rise, Newton Poppleford, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Friday 25 July, after he admitted the manslaughter of Judith Law by ...
Release date: 25/07/2025
Police in Cornwall are carrying out visible patrols and targeted operations across key routes as part of their commitment to tackle dangerous driving and those who use road networks for criminality throughout summer. Specialist roads policing officers are...
Release date: 25/07/2025
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