Small business owners have been warned about a telephone scam offering cheap or heavily discounted advertising in local newspapers and magazines.
Devon and Cornwall Police say scammers have targeted at least three firms in North Devon during the last week. Each time, regular advertisers were offered discounted advertising space in a sister publication and asked for credit card details...
The Home Secretary is actively campaigning to erode the independence of the British Police, claims former Devon and Cornwall police chief Bob Spencer.
Mr Spencer, who is standing as an independent candidate in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections, has slammed Theresa May for her plans, which he claims will mean the loss of more police stations and more officers on the beat....
Five men have been charged following a kidnap and assault that took place on Sunday the 27th March.
The victim, a 27-year-old man was attacked in his home in the Mutley area of Plymouth, before being driven to Cornwall where he was abandoned in Hayle.
The victim suffered a number of injuries including a suspected broken jaw, broken ribs and bruising.
Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision in Plymouth that left two people in hospital.
Police were called at around 8.40pm on Thursday 24th March following reports of a two vehicle road traffic collision had occurred on Hooe Road, Turnchapel, Plymouth.
The two vehicles involved were a black Jeep Cherokee and a blue Renault Clio; extensive damage was sustained to...
Police are trying to trace a couple who may have witnessed a serious assault on a man at a Plymouth restaurant.
A 38-year-old man, from Plymouth, was in the Mesopotamia Restaurant, on Western Approach, at around 5.30pm on Monday 7 March 2016 when he was attacked following an argument.
The victim sustained a large cut to his head after being hit with objects and having objects...
More than 20 drivers have been reported for offences by police as part of a multi-agency road safety operation in Plympton.
Local officers and Special Constables were joined by staff from HM Customs and Excise, VOSA, taxi licensing and Trading Standards for the operation in Vicarage Road on the morning of Wednesday 16 March.
In total 54 commercial and private vehicles were...
EAST Devon retired police officer Bob Spencer has won the influential support of a top Plymouth businessman in his bid to become the next Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall.
Charles Howeson, an acknowledged expert on South West economic regeneration, has been openly critical of the politicisation of the role of commissioner.
Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses to fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the north bound lane of Outland Road in the early hours of Saturday 12th March 2016.
At approximately 03.10 hrs , emergency services responded to reports of a collision between a cyclist and a car in the vicinity of the footbridge over Outland Road near Devonport High School for Girls....
Police are urging the public to be vigilant after a number of shoppers have been targeted by thieves in supermarket car parks across Devon and Cornwall.
While the victims, in some cases elderly women, have purchased goods in a supermarket or used a cash point a suspect has watched them enter their PIN number.
When the victims have returned to their vehicles, they have been...
Gareth Derrick, Labour’s candidate for Devon, Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, will be talking direct to people in communities all over the region over the next 6 weeks in what he calls his “Judge for Yourself” tour.
Gareth Derrick, Labour’s candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner said: “It is clear to me that there are many people who still know very little about the role...
