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Appeal to find dog which fled fatal crash

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on the A374 at Torpoint in which a woman pensioner was killed on Monday evening, January 25, 2016.

The collision occurred at around 5.15pm near to Anthony House when the pedestrian 72-year-old Jennifer Lowden, from Torpoint, was involved in a collision with a red Nissan Micra car.

Ms Lowden was...

Pedestrian dies following collision

Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on the A374 at Torpoint in which a woman pensioner was killed on Monday evening, January 25, 2016.

The collision occurred at around 5.15pm near to Anthony House when the pedestrian, believed to be a 72-year-old local woman was involved in a collision with a red Nissan Micra car.

The woman was treated at the...

Police and Crime Commissioner learns more about police drones

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg this week met with police officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) to learn about the benefits of drones for policing.

Devon and Cornwall Police has been trialling the use of drones to aid police work since early November 2015.

The force currently has two drones in operation, which have been used...

Crime continues to fall across Devon & Cornwall

The latest figures for 2015 shows that crime continues to fall across Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Recorded figures for January to December 2015 showed a decrease of 4.9% or 3,998 fewer offences compared to 2014, with reductions across a number of crime groups. The updated picture shows the Force continues to see reductions in public order offences (down by -12.4%),...

Five arrested following wildlife crime operation

On the 20 January, officers from both Avon & Somerset and Devon & Cornwall Police along with staff from Devon and Somerset Trading Standards, Environmental Health and the National Wildlife Crime Unit visited nine premises in the Barnstaple area as part of a wildlife crime operation.

This activity follows a two and a half year investigation and intelligence gathering by both...

Funds to improve 'unacceptable' 101 service

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner is ring fencing up to £250,000 for the Chief Constable to make immediate improvements to the 101 non emergency phone line.

The commitment comes as Tony Hogg publishes phase two of his office’s ongoing review into the 101 service, a report which also assesses the force’s progress against the initial findings from a year ago.

The...

Elderly woman dies following Plymouth crash

Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious traffic collision in Plymouth following the death of an 87-year-old woman.

Emergency services were called to Notte Street at 11.20am on Wednesday 6 January following the collision between a mobility scooter and a grey Seat Toledo.

The elderly Plymouth woman on the mobility scooter sustained serious injuries and was taken to...

Witness appeal after fatal crash on A38

At 5.45pm on Friday 1st January 2016 a report was received by police of a single vehicle road traffic collision on the A38 at Dean Prior, near Buckfastleigh.

Police Fire and Ambulance attended the scene where it was established that a Green coloured BMW 323i motorcar travelling towards Plymouth had left the carriageway and struck a tree.

The driver of the vehicle, a 22 year old...

Evofit released of Plymouth burglary suspect

Police have released an evofit of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary in Plymouth.

A man entered a property in Royal Navy Avenue, Keyham, through an unlocked door on Thursday 18 December, sometime between 9.45am and 10.20am.

The man stole a beige leather purse with butterflies on it, which contained cash and cards, from a shopping bag in the kitchen...

Headbutt leaves man needing 60 stitches

Police are appealing for witnesses following a shocking attack that left a man requiring 60 stitches to his forehead.

Neil Rogers, aged 47, was outside of the Cider Press in Plymouth Barbican between 9.45-10pm on Friday 18th December when he was head butted by an unknown offender without provocation.

This attack caused Mr Rogers to fall directly onto a glass set of railings,...

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