Police and frontline staff in Plymouth have teamed up with a local charity to help them support people with communication difficulties in the local community.
Members of the Speech and Language Therapy Department at the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust in Ivybridge are teaching Makaton to 25 police and front line staff as part of the pilot scheme.
One lane remains closed on the A30 near Okehampton after two lorries collided at around 6.10am on Thursday 10 October.
The drivers of both drivers were taken to hospital; both are believed to have leg injuries which are not thought to be life threatening or life changing.
The collision occurred between the B3260 turning and Sourton Cross, westbound. Police say the recovery of...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision near to Tavistock on Sunday.
The collision involved a motorcycle and a Land Rover on the A386 near to the Dartmoor Inn at Mary Tavy at around 2.30pm.
A Yamaha 1100cc motorcycle which was being ridden by a 56-year-old man from Okehampton with a 51-year-old female pillion passenger, was travelling in the direction...
A motorcyclist has been killed in a collision near Okehampton at the weekend.
Police are appealing for witnesses into the fatal collision which happened shortly after 4.20pm on Sunday 6 October on the A386 outside Lower Lodge, Merton, near Okehampton.
A 44-year-old local man, riding a Suzuki GSXR, was travelling in the direction of Torrington from Meeth with a group of other...
Police are concerned for the welfare of Jacqueline De Young a 51-year-old woman who left her home address in Buckfastleigh, Devon during Saturday afternoon (5 October 2013). It is believed that she left in her vehicle, a black Mitsubishi Colt convertible registration WF07 VGY.
Police have described Ms De Young as a white female, five foot one inches tall, with straight shoulder length...
A highly successful Plymouth scheme to support children witnessing domestic abuse at home is re-launching on Friday (4 October) with a new way of working that reaches even more youngsters in need.
The pioneering work, called ‘Encompass’, is a partnership between the police and Plymouth City Council, involving schools and early years settings across the city.
A 24-year-old man has been charged with grievious bodily harm following an alleged attack in a Plymouth nightspot .
Kyle Kessell will appear at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 9 October 2013.
Police reported the incident which took place at the Two Trees pub in Union Street, Plymouth on Sunday 14 July at around 2.50am, and resulted in a man having part of his ear...
The police helicopter was involved in the rescue of a mother and her two children who were lost in north Devon on Sunday night.
At about 7.20pm on Sunday (29 September), Devon and Cornwall Police received an emergency call from the mother who was described as "distraught" and "panicking". She was with her ten-year-old and three-year-old children and told police that she was lost on...
