Police are concerned for the welfare of Malcolm Russell, aged 53 years, who was last seen in the Tavistock area on Sunday 6 October at around 11pm.
Mr Russell is described as a white man, 6ft tall, of slight build, with short straight grey hair, blue eyes and a beard. He was wearing a black leather jacket with a hood, blue jeans and Kickers style shoes. Mr Russell is also carrying a...
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will pass most of the money raised from a late night levy on Plymouth licensed trade back to Devon and Cornwall Police if it gets the go-ahead in November – but insists the Force must prove how it is being spent in the city.
Mr Hogg has decided that the 70 per cent of the levy attributed to policing the late night economy would be used to...
Devon and Cornwall Police has appointed a new Deputy Chief Constable.
Assistant Chief Constable Bill Skelly will be joining the Force from Police Scotland where he is currently working on the safety and security of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Mr Skelly was selected after a process earlier this week and will take up his post on 30 November 2013.
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...
