There is a new member to the team at St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, but this is no ordinary staff member, he’s furry, has big floppy ears and will do anything for his favourite treat. Meet St Luke’s latest recruit, Comet the hospice dog.
Comet was bred to be a Hearing Dog for Deaf People but failed to make the grade because he has a condition called Cerebellar Hypoplasia. This has made...
Devon and Cornwall Police has crowned its champion dog and handler at its annual trials.
PC Lee Adamson and dog Vinni from Barnstaple came out winners after a series of tests and trials held across the Force area.
Trials are used to assess the ability and standards of the Force’s general purpose police dogs and Vinni was victorious ahead of PC Tim Goodwin and Buzz from...
A unit from Plymstock and the Specialist Rescue Tender from Camelshead have rescued a dog from a cliff above Bovisand Beach.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service report that on the crews' arrival at the scene at Bovisand Bay, Plymstock, the dog was found to be stuck in heavy gorse approximately 40 feet up a cliff.
The crews used a 135 ladder and an animal restraint to...
A 15-year-old boy has suffered severe burns after a barbecue explosion at a house near Clayhidon, Cullompton yesterday evening (Wednesday 21 August).
Ambulance control contacted the local fire service requesting assistance at the incident and appliances from Wellington and Taunton were mobilised to investigate. After further information, the Wellington appliance continued to the...
Plymouth police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a man and a woman carrying a large flat screen television and accompanied by a dog sometime between the 9th and 15th of April 2013.
The television and dog are thought to have been stolen from the Whitleigh and Whin Bank Road area of the city. Police say it is possible they were stolen from two different locations.
