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Sir Richard Branson’s famous record-breaking Virgin Atlantic Challenger II will be sailing back to the UK after a 20-year absence.

Dan Stevens, a merchant navy officer and master, discovered the vessel in a boatyard in Palma de Mallorca, where it has sat for more than seven years. He is flying out a crew within days to carry out a basic refit to make it seaworthy, and then intends to...

Fifty community support officers (PCSOs) are to be lost over two years, the force commissioner has told the BBC.

However, under a five-year plan, from commissioner Tony Hogg, the number of volunteer special constables will be increased by 200.

The force must reduce spending by £51m by 2015 to meet government targets.

The force currently has about 350 PCSOs and 500...

Overall crime across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has fallen by 6.7% - that is over 6,000 fewer recorded offences. This covers the financial year period April 2012 to March 2013.

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer is encouraged by these latest figures but recognises there is still much work to do. He said: “I am in no doubt that my officers and staff have responded and worked...

Devon and Cornwall Police report that the body of a man has been found in the back of a van in Plymstock.

Police received a call from ambulance staff at around 4.15pm on Monday 8 April with a report that a deceased man had been located in the back of a van parked on Radford Park Road.

At this time the death is being treated as unexplained and detectives are awaiting the results...