Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 20-year-old man from the Tiverton area. James Marsh is wanted after breaching the conditions of a warning notice and a report of shoplifting. Enquiries have been made by police to locate him and officers ar...
Release date: 02/02/2026
We are appealing for information after a man assaulted a woman in Plymouth. The incident took place at around 9pm on Tuesday 13 January on New George Street outside the TUI travel store. We received reports that a couple had a verbal altercation which end...
Release date: 02/02/2026
Police searching for a missing man from Boscastle have located the body of a man at Bude. Officers and HM Coastguard were called around 6.30pm yesterday, 31 January, after the body of a man was discovered in the sea at Bude. Sadly, he was deceased at the ...
Release date: 01/02/2026
Detectives have launched an investigation following the deaths of a woman in Torquay and a man in Hampshire. Emergency services were called just before 4pm on Saturday 31 January after concerns were raised for a woman at an address in Shirburn Road, Torqu...
Release date: 01/02/2026
Last week, the Exeter Neighbourhood Policing team secured a closure order on a residential property as part of their ongoing commitment to tackle antisocial behaviour in the city. On 20 January 2026, Exeter Crown Court granted a partial closure order for ...
Release date: 30/01/2026
At today’s Police and Crime Panel, Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable James Vaughan QPM welcomed the Government’s police reform white paper, which proposes an ambitious programme of changes to policing. The Chief Constable and the ...
Release date: 30/01/2026
We are seeking information from the public to help trace a 40-year-old Torquay man who is sought on recall to prison Tom Underwood, who was originally convicted of robbery, is wanted by police for failing to adhere to his post-release conditions. He is de...
Release date: 30/01/2026
More than 23,000 people across the South West sought support concerned about child sexual abuse in 2025 as agencies across the South West join forces with national charity to tackle online child sexual abuse Throughout February 2026, more than 30 agencie...
Release date: 30/01/2026
Firearms owners are being urged to check if their previously lawful weapon is one of five now classified as illegal – and to hand them in safely during a month-long amnesty. Police forces across England and Wales will be holding a four-week firearms amnes...
Release date: 30/01/2026
A body has been located in the search for a kayaker who was reported missing at the weekend. We were called at 3.50pm on Saturday 24 January, to reports of concern for a male kayaker in the river near Great Western Bridge in Tiverton. It was reported that...
Release date: 29/01/2026
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