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Police investigating a Plymouth assault, where part of a man’s ear was bitten off, would like to speak to the man and woman pictured in the CCTV image (above).

The unprovoked assault happened in the Two Trees pub in Union Street, Plymouth on Sunday 14 July at around 2.50am.

Anyone who recognises them is asked to call police on 101 quoting EC/13/6764 or alternatively call...

Detectives are investigating after a Plymouth man was robbed at knifepoint in the Stonehouse area of the city.

The victim was approached by two men in Victoria Park who asked him for a cigarette. The man agreed but one offender then drew a knife while a second searched the victim’s pockets.

The pair then ran off towards Stonehouse with the victim’s wallet containing various...

Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a shoplifting attempt at a Plymouth supermarket.

A man entered Asda in Miller Way, Estover, around 6pm on 18 July and selected almost £270 of various foods.

He tried to leave the shop with the trolley of food but was stopped by a store security officer. He then abandoned the trolley and...

Police are investigating an unprovoked assault on a 13-year-old Plymouth boy in the Crownhill area of the city.

The boy was walking home with friends at around 10.20pm on Friday night (26 July) when they were approached by a group of people in Crownhill Road, close to Woodland Fort.

One of the men in the group then punched the boy in the face and bit his arm and back. The boy...

Reducing the harm caused by alcohol is the key aim of a new five year plan for Plymouth being considered by Plymouth City Council’s cabinet on 6 August 2013.

The Strategic Alcohol Plan aims to change attitudes towards alcohol and prevent problems developing, support those in need and create a safer, more vibrant city.

The objectives are to:

• Reduce the rate of
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A number of families had to be evacuated last night after a fire in a block of flats in the Devonport area of Plymouth.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service were sent to the flats on Devonport Hill after receiving a call reporting smoke issuing from inside the three-storey block of flats. Two fire appliances from Greenbank and one fire appliance from Camels Head attended....

Two men are in Police custody after a 33-year-old man was assaulted with a glass bottle at a Plymouth bar.

The incident took place at the Cuba bar in Mutley at around 1.40am on Friday 26 July.

The victim attempted to intervene when a fight broke out inside the bar and was then hit with the bottle, sustaining a cut to the back of the head.

Two men aged 24 and 21 years...

A two-month-old pony has been found dead on Dartmoor. Police say the body shows signs of deliberate mutilation.

The pony was discovered on moorland at Yennadon Down, Dousland, Yelverton near Plymouth at around 6.50pm on Tuesday 23 July.

Police report that the pony appears to have been deliberately mutilated and officers are investigating the possibility that the body had been...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in West Park, Plymouth on Sunday 14 July.

The incident happened at about 2am in Shaldon Crescent.

A 29-year-old man confronted a man who was damaging his car, a green Vauxhall Astra, parked on his drive.

The 29-year-old victim and his partner were then assaulted by that man and another.

During the...

Witnesses are sought by police after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted in a Plymouth street on Monday 15 July.

The woman was walking on Culver Way in Eggbuckland when she was approached from behind by an unknown man who threw her to the ground and punched her several times.

Police would like to speak to anyone who may have seen the man in the area at the time of the assault,...