CCTV

The number of public CCTV cameras in Mid Devon has increased by 79% since 2019, new research has revealed.

There are now 50 cameras controlled by the local authority, compared to 28 three years ago.

IronmongeryDirect , the UK’s largest supplier of specialist ironmongery, issued Freedom of Information requests to local authorities and found that almost seven in ten (69%) have...

Police have released CCTV footage following a robbery at a Plymouth convenience store.

The footage is from the Regent News Store, Regent Street, Plymouth.

It shows a male entering the store and producing a machete from a brown sheaf and threaten the member of staff.

A member of staff puts money and cigarettes into a plastic carrier bag and suspect leaves the store. The...

Police have released the image of a man they wish to identify, following reports of racial abuse in Greenbank Avenue, St Judes in Plymouth.

It is alleged that two men were near the Plymouth Islamic Education Trust at 00.45am on Sunday 12th June 2016 and subjected a number of the members, including women and children to racial abuse as they left the premises.

One man, aged 45...

Police have issued CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to in relation to a robbery in the Southway area of Plymouth.

The incident took place at the junction of Skerries Road and Alderney Road, Southway, Plymouth, at around midday on Tuesday 23 February.

The victim, a 72-year-old woman, was pushing a pram which contained her one-year-old grandson when her handbag was pulled...

Police are keen to identify the man pictured in connection with an assault in Plymouth which left a man with serious facial injuries.

Two men were involved in an altercation outside Goodbodys Cafe on Mutley Plain in the early hours of 28 January.

The victim, aged 39 and from Plymouth, sustained serious injuries after being punched in the face multiple times by the other man....

Police are seeking this careless driver who ploughed into a line of traffic cones, leading to a pile-up on the A38 in Plymouth.

The hit-and-run driver was caught on camera striking the traffic cone barrier at road works near Marsh Mills. Their actions resulted in a three-vehicle collision further back on the carriageway - but fortunately no-one was seriously hurt.

Police have...

Detectives have released CCTV images of a group of potential witnesses they would like to speak to after a man was stabbed in Plymouth at the weekend.

The man in his 30s, from Plymouth, suffered multiple stab wounds as a result of a disorder outside the Crash Manor nightclub on Union Street at 5.30am on Sunday 4 October.

He was taken to Derriford Hospital with superficial stab...

Police in Plymouth have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with an unprovoked attack on a man in a nightclub.

A 27-year-old local man was punched and knocked unconscious by a man at around 2am on Monday 20 July at the Reflex Bar in Union Street, Plymouth.

The suspect then left the premises alone, although he is believed to have been with a...

An old unused kitchen in the basement of the Council House is being transformed into a base for the city’s new CCTV control centre.

Contractors Ryearch have been on site for several weeks and have already completed much of the shell of rooms that will soon have aCSI-style bank of CCTV screens, together with servers and facilities for the team.

A separate corridor is being...

Police investigating a sexual assault in Plymouth have issued CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident.

At around 12.45pm on Monday 2 February a man started talking to a 27-year-old woman in the queue in the St Andrews Cross post office in the city centre.

After a few minutes he startled the woman by grabbing her around the waist and...