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Police investigating the disappearance of missing Chudleigh man Mike Vincent discovered the body of a man in Chudleigh on Sunday (3rd November) morning at around 11am.

The man has not been formally identified but the family of Mr Vincent have been informed.

Police in Devon appealed for information over the weekend to help trace Mike Vincent, aged 64 years, who has been missing...

Two men have been killed following a single vehicle collision on the A38 at Saltash, Cornwall on Friday night (1 November).

The men have been named locally as Chris Williams and Lee Skeldon, both in their twenties and from Saltash.

Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for witnesses.

Devon and Cornwall Police received a report of a road traffic collision on the A38 at...

A three-year-old boy who was reported missing from his home in Abbotskerswell, near Newton Abbot was found safe and well - curled up beneath a pile of clothes asleep under his bed.

Devon and Cornwall Police received a report of a missing three-year-old at 9.15pm on Thursday 31 October. A co-ordinated search took place to locate the child utilising the Police Dog Unit, the police...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following two separate distraction type burglaries.

On both occasions the victims were elderly women aged in their 80s.

The first incident occurred sometime between 11.45am and 1.15pm on Tuesday 15 October at a house in Embankment Road, Plymouth.

Two men gained entry via a rear door on the pretence that they were from...

Two men have appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court following a charge for conspiracy to commit burglary.

The two men were charged on Friday 25 October 2013; a third man, a 29-year-old from Chesterfield, has been bailed until January 2014 whilst further enquiries are conducted.

The two men charged are 23-year-old Martin McCann from Worksop and 23-year-old Bowsy Bowater from...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information after a woman had a purse, containing a large sum of cash, snatched in the city centre.

The incident took place on Frankfurt Gate at around 11.05am on Thursday 24 October 2013.

The 40-year-old victim was carrying her purse which contained around £600 as she planned to buy stock for her business.

A man snatched the purse...

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Tavistock.

On Saturday 1 October at around 1am in Bedford Square, a 20-year-old local man was approached near to the kebab van and punched twice to the face in an unprovoked attack.

He received slight injuries, including a cut lip.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault. Anyone with information is...

Police across Plymouth are urging local residents to be vigilant of bogus callers. They have described a scam where criminals attempt to gain entry to properties, claiming to be workmen and often work in pairs, where the resident is distracted by one person while the other looks for items to steal.

Police are emphasising the need for people to be vigilant and not to let anyone into...

Police report that the 22-year-old Slovenian man who died after an industrial accident at the Interfish factory in Wallsend Industrial Estate, Plymouth has yet to be formally identified, although officers have met with his family.

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 fatal injuries....

Update 2.30pm: On the M5 southbound in Somerset there are currently long delays between junctions J21 and J23 due to an earlier incident. All lanes are now open.

Lane 3 remains closed northbound for emergency repairs after the incident.

Update 12.30pm: The M5 Southbound carriageway remains closed between J22 and J23 following earlier collisions, causing delays of approximately...