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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...

Police in Devon have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man who was allegedly assaulted in a Sidmouth pub.

Officers were called shortly after 10pm on Thursday 26 September to the Blackhorse Hotel after receiving a report that a man had been assaulted.

A 71-year-old man was found at the scene. Despite efforts of officers and paramedics the man was...

A man who was wanted by police after breaching his bail conditions, has been arrested.

David Dams, 47, was arrested at 9.55pm on Wednesday 25 September after he attended Charles Cross police station in Plymouth.

He has been charged with breaching his bail conditions and appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 26 September at 9.30am.

Mr Dams' bail conditions...

A driver became trapped in his car after the vehicle left the slipway of the Exeter-bound carriageway of the A38 between Deeplane and Smithaleigh on Thursday morning (26 September). Police, paramedics and fire crews all attended the scene.

The car went into a field where three fire appliances from Plympton, Crownhill and Plymstock attended. Fire crews worked, alongside paramedics and...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following an assault in the Barbican area.

The incident took place in Bar Rakuda on Quay Road on the Barbican just after 1am on 7 September 2013.

The victim, a 23-year-old local man, was assaulted in an apparently unprovoked attack on the dance floor by an unknown man who punched him to the head from behind.

The assault...

A man missing from the Efford area of Plymouth has been found.

Police had grown increasingly concerned for the health and welfare of Timothy Harwood from Plymouth who had been missing since 17 September. although it was believed he had been seen at around 1.30pm on 20 September walking out of Plymouth along Embankment Road, close to Marsh Mills.

Police have not released any...

Police chiefs have launched a week-long campaign highlighting the realities faced by those dealing with drunkenness and alcohol-related incidents.

The national initiative follows the vow from Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner, Tony Hogg to do more to tackle the problems of alcohol-related disorder, which is costing the region more than £300m.

The UK police...

Police report that a Plymouth man missing since last Thursday (12 September) has not yet been found.

Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Desmond White who was last seen in the Ernesettle Lane area, Ernesettle, Plymouth, near to the Vi-Spring factory on the morning of Thursday 12 September 2013.

Desmond is described as male, white, aged 45 years, 5’8”...

Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of Desmond White.

Desmond is described as male, white, aged 45 years, 5’8” tall, of slim build and usually wears jeans and a T-shirt.

Desmond was last seen in the Ernesettle Lane area, Ernesettle, Plymouth, near to the Vi-Spring factory on the morning of Thursday 12 September 2013.

Any person with any information...

Police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of money laundering after a warrant was executed in West Devon.

The operation took place on Tuesday 10 September 2013, and involved officers from the Serious Organised Crime Branch, the Force Support Group and uniformed officers from Okehampton.

The warrant was executed at a combined private and business premises in the North...