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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...

Plymouth Citybus has announced the withdrawal of four of its school route services in the city. The scrapping of bus routes 104, 109, 115 and 142 will take effect from 3 November and has been put down to the high cost of providing subsidised services which are not commercially viable.

The company says that Plymouth pupils will still be able to use the regular bus services.

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An incident last year at Devonport dockyard in Plymouth had "potential nuclear implications", according to a Ministry of Defence (MoD) report released to the BBC .

The power-loss caused by a fault to the nuclear switchboard and which lasted for 90-minutes, could have been "catastrophic", a nuclear analyst told the BBC.

The incident, which was graded as "code-B" (the second most...

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.

Approved education...