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Devon and Cornwall Police have been criticised in a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary.

The report, ‘Core Business: an inspection into crime prevention, police attendance and the use of police time’, examines all 43 police forces in England and Wales.

It looks at three principal aspects of day-to-day policing: the prevention of crime; how crime is investigated...

Despite the fact that it is now over 30 years since wearing seatbelts in the front seats of vehicles was made compulsory (1983), and 23 years since it became law for rear seat passengers to belt up, failing to wear a seatbelt is still one of the primary contributors to sustaining injury in a collision.

Of the “Fatal Four” main causes of serious injuries and deaths on the region’s roads...

It might seem a long way into the future, but Plymouth parents whose children are due to start school next year are being encouraged to get their applications in early.

Plymouth City Council is now taking applications from families whose children are due to start at primary school for the first time or junior school (having completed Year 2 in an infant school) in September 2015....

Living Coasts is offering local people a free weekend of fun and games beside the seaside.

The coastal conservation charity is holding a marine BioBlitz and beach clean at Beacon Cove, with TV presenter Maya Plass and lots of additional activities to keep everyone entertained.

Clare Rugg, from Living Coasts, explained: “We will have divers in the water cleaning the seabed,...