Rural crime cost Devon & Cornwall £750,000 in 2014, down from £1.1 million in 2013. Despite the fall, 2014 saw thieves continue to target expensive all terrain vehicles (ATVs) as well as tools.
The figures are part of a UK-wide survey by NFU Mutual. The leading rural insurer’s annual Rural Crime Survey shows the nationwide cost of rural crime totalled an estimated £37.8 million in...
People across the country have an awesome chance to join one of the UK’s leading big wave surfers and his crew, to witness some of the world’s most gigantic XXL waves in either Portugal or Ireland, thanks to Cornwall’s Sharp’s Brewery.
Devon-based Andrew Cotton has just returned from an intensive five day training trip to a high performance surf academy in California. There, he joined...
Preliminary findings from the National Rural Crime Survey support calls for Fair Funding for Devon and Cornwall Police.
Although the full results are yet to be released, initial findings from the rural crime survey of over 17,000 people in England and Wales indicate that victims in rural areas have a lower perception of policing than the national average.
EE customers registered in flood risk areas in Devon and Cornwall will receive messages from the Environment Agency’s Floodline Warnings Direct service, giving people valuable time to prepare.
The scheme is the first of its kind in England and follows a successful pilot in Staffordshire in March this year.
Since 2010, the Floodline Warnings Direct service has enabled the...
Devon and Cornwall Police has today launched a week long awareness campaign encouraging people to protect their personal information.
The ‘Not With My Name’ campaign, produced in partnership with the City of London Police (National Policing Lead for Fraud) is targeting identity crime in our communities.
Identity fraud is an offence that one in four UK adults – approximately...
St Ives September Festival’s 300+ artistic, theatrical and musical celebrations bring an eclectic close to the hazy days of summer.
Welcoming in the warm September autumn days in a creative seaside haven, the extensive St Ives September Festival is staged over two weeks, providing locals and visitors alike with a colourful array of artistic performances, literary recitals and musical...
Weasel’s snout, Venus’s looking glass, small-flowered catchfly…as summer unfolds one of the south west’s rarest natural spectacles comes into its own along the north Cornish coast.
Carefully managed for nature and people by the National Trust, the West Pentire arable fields near Newquay are exploding in a riot of red poppies and yellow corn marigolds – but also creating a much-needed...
Police are trying to trace Chanelle Ford, a 23-year-old woman from Crowborough, who has been reported missing after not having spoken to her family since Wednesday 3 June.
This has been described as out-of-character and officers are keen to ensure that Chanelle, also known as Nell, is safe and well.
It is believed that she has travelled to Devon and Cornwall, and is with a...
Police in Devon and Cornwall have welcomed a new report from the National Police Chief’s Council showing a nationwide reduction in the use of police custody cells as a place of safety for those suffering mental illness.
Historically, police cells have been used to house those people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The Government announced earlier this year...
