Cornishman Matt Frost joins Devon and Cornwall Police this week as part of his year-long job challenge raising money for The Prince’s Trust.
Matt, 29, from South East Cornwall, aims to complete 52 different jobs in 52 weeks across the UK. So far his jobs have included being a motorcycle stuntman, working for the NHS, Plymouth Aquarium and a recruitment agency.
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for information after a white van collided with an eight-year-old boy in Moretonhampstead and then failed to stop.
The incident took place at around 4.10pm on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 on a narrow country lane between the village of North Bovey and Moretonhamstead.
The van collided with the boy as it passed him and his two siblings in...
At approximately 3am on Sunday 22 September, a gas leak was detected inside the disused Millenium nightclub complex in Union Street, Plymouth.
It was believed that the gas may have been leaking for some time inside the building from a ruptured pipe. In order to ensure public safety, Devon and Cornwall Police closed Union Street to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Police have arrested a 72-year-old woman at a property in North Devon on suspicion of attempted murder.
Devon and Cornwall Police were called to a property in Northam at around 2.40am on Monday (16 September 2013) after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed.
On arrival officers found a man, aged 79, with a number of stab wounds to his neck, hands and leg.
Police are investigating possible arson after fire crews were called out to a car fire in a car park in Kings Tamerton in the early hours of Monday morning (16 September).
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue service received a number of calls shortly before 2am and mobilised one appliance from Camels Head station.
On arrival the crew reported that the vehicle was well alight and...
Devon and Cornwall Police is leading the way with new technology, which will allow police officers to give evidence without attending court.
The Force is introducing Live Links, which enables officers to provide testimony over a secure video link to any court in the country without leaving the station.
The new technology, which will save valuable police hours and money, is...
Two women from Tavistock have been arrested after an investigation by Devon and Cornwall Police into the alleged fraudulent sale of tickets for Tomorrowland 2013, an electronic musi festival in Belgium.
Police say that the women, aged 50 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of fraud by misrepresentation and are currently on police bail until February 2014.
Devon and Cornwall Police has appointed Ken Lamont as Detective Superintendent, to head crime investigation (CID) across the whole of Devon, the Force has announced.
A former member of HM Royal Marines, he joined the police in 1990 in Torbay. He has worked across all Force areas including Devon, Plymouth and Cornwall; holding positions of Detective Constable, Det. Sergeant, Det....