Over 100 premises over Freshers’ Week to make sure the new influx of students in Plymouth had fun safely.
A joint operation involving the Council's Public Protection Service, Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon and Somerset Fire Rescue Service checked out how staff and owners managed their premises during this busy period.
Freshers’ Week – which now covers two weeks – sees a...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the city on Saturday (19 October).
The victim, a 39-year-old local man, was threatened and assaulted in the incident at Kinnard Crescent in Southway in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Four suspects - three males and one female all described as being between 18 and 25-years-old - made off down the cut-...
Fire crews were called to a serious blaze at Hatherleigh Cattle Market in Devon last night which has prompted concern over possible asbestos contamination. The roof of the building used for the regular Monday sheep auction has been severly damaged.
The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received several calls reporting cattle sheds on fire in the early hours of Monday morning (...
Police have launched a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the death of a 22-year-old Slovakian man who was killed following an industrial incident at the Interfish factory at Wallsend Industrial Estate in Plymouth.
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...
Police are appealing for information after a nine-year-old girl was grabbed by a man while playing hide and seek in the gardens at Dartington Hall.
The incident happened on Saturday afternoon (12 Oct) when the girl was playing near to the donkey statue at Dartington Hall. The girl, from the Totnes area, was approached from behind by a young man who grabbed her arm. She managed to kick...
Police and frontline staff in Plymouth have teamed up with a local charity to help them support people with communication difficulties in the local community.
Members of the Speech and Language Therapy Department at the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust in Ivybridge are teaching Makaton to 25 police and front line staff as part of the pilot scheme.
One lane remains closed on the A30 near Okehampton after two lorries collided at around 6.10am on Thursday 10 October.
The drivers of both drivers were taken to hospital; both are believed to have leg injuries which are not thought to be life threatening or life changing.
The collision occurred between the B3260 turning and Sourton Cross, westbound. Police say the recovery of...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision near to Tavistock on Sunday.
The collision involved a motorcycle and a Land Rover on the A386 near to the Dartmoor Inn at Mary Tavy at around 2.30pm.
A Yamaha 1100cc motorcycle which was being ridden by a 56-year-old man from Okehampton with a 51-year-old female pillion passenger, was travelling in the direction...
A motorcyclist has been killed in a collision near Okehampton at the weekend.
Police are appealing for witnesses into the fatal collision which happened shortly after 4.20pm on Sunday 6 October on the A386 outside Lower Lodge, Merton, near Okehampton.
A 44-year-old local man, riding a Suzuki GSXR, was travelling in the direction of Torrington from Meeth with a group of other...
