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Police in Plymouth are appealing for information after a woman had a purse, containing a large sum of cash, snatched in the city centre.

The incident took place on Frankfurt Gate at around 11.05am on Thursday 24 October 2013.

The 40-year-old victim was carrying her purse which contained around £600 as she planned to buy stock for her business.

A man snatched the purse...

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Tavistock.

On Saturday 1 October at around 1am in Bedford Square, a 20-year-old local man was approached near to the kebab van and punched twice to the face in an unprovoked attack.

He received slight injuries, including a cut lip.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault. Anyone with information is...

Police across Plymouth are urging local residents to be vigilant of bogus callers. They have described a scam where criminals attempt to gain entry to properties, claiming to be workmen and often work in pairs, where the resident is distracted by one person while the other looks for items to steal.

Police are emphasising the need for people to be vigilant and not to let anyone into...

Police report that the 22-year-old Slovenian man who died after an industrial accident at the Interfish factory in Wallsend Industrial Estate, Plymouth has yet to be formally identified, although officers have met with his family.

The man was working in the freezer area shortly after 7pm on Friday 18 October 2013 when he was struck by a falling pallet and sustained fatal injuries....

Update 2.30pm: On the M5 southbound in Somerset there are currently long delays between junctions J21 and J23 due to an earlier incident. All lanes are now open.

Lane 3 remains closed northbound for emergency repairs after the incident.

Update 12.30pm: The M5 Southbound carriageway remains closed between J22 and J23 following earlier collisions, causing delays of approximately...

A woman who went missing from the Eggbuckland area of Plymouth has been found safe and well in London.

Jeanette Wood, 52, was reported missing by police at the weekend; her family had not seen her for about ten days and were concerned because she had not made any contact with them, which was considered to be out of character.

Police reported her found on Thursday 24 October....

Community groups in Devon and Cornwall have got just over a week to apply for a share in a £200,000 cashpot.

Applications for the first round of the small grants scheme, which aims to help small community groups which work to reduce crime and make people feel safer, must be submitted by 31 October.

Already over 60 applications have been received for grants up to £5,000 for...

A Plymouth schoolgirl has been arrested for the second time in a week after two alleged attacks on a member of staff at the Mount Tamar school.

The girl, who has not been named, was first arrested on 16 October on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, and was bailed.

After the second incident on the 21 October, she was arrested on suspicion of assault. She has been...

Police in South Devon are warning residents after a string of bogus caller incidents in Newton Abbot and South Brent on Tuesday 22 October 2012.

Three properties in the Newton Abbot area and two in South Brent have been targeted with callers claiming to be from the water board – and in one occasion police officers – conning their way into people’s homes.

The intent is for one...

Police working on an ongoing investigation into alleged abuse at a number of care homes in Devon have now arrested a total of seven people in relation to the enquiry.

The care homes under investigation are Teignmead in Teignbridge, Veilstone in Bideford and Gatooma in Holsworthy.

Those arrested are three people from Teignmouth (a man aged 67, a man aged 39 and a woman aged 26...