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Devon and Cornwall Police is promoting a new campaign around sexual consent, which aims to educate and inform young people around what can sometimes be a confusing issue.

The campaign, which targets 16 to 21 year olds, also promotes the message that there are #noblurredlines – sex without consent is rape.

Young people may feel pressured into having sex when they don’t want to...

Police are trying to find a missing 52-year-old man last seen in Bristol.

Neil Mackenzie (pictured) was last seen in the Stapleton area of Bristol at around 10am today, Thursday 11 February, and he spoke to a relative by phone shortly after.

Police are concerned for Neil's welfare and would like to find him as soon as possible.

He may be using public transport and...

A former police chief is announcing today (Monday) that he will run for the office of Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner, over fears that government austerity measures are putting at risk the most vulnerable members of area’s population.

Bob Spencer, who served in Merseyside and Devon and Cornwall police forces for over 30 years, retired in 2009 as Acting Assistant...

Police in Plymouth have issued CCTV footage of a suspect they wish to identify following an attempted robbery in a City store.

The incident occurred at just after 7.00am on Monday 1st February at the Co-op Store in Poole Park Road, in the Barne Barton area of the City.

The offender entered the store wielding an iron bar and forced the staff to the rear of the store whilst...

Police are hunting for two men who robbed and assaulted a 42-year-old physically disabled man on a Plymouth street for just £10.

The victim, who uses a walking stick, was on Mannamead Road at 10.45pm on Thursday [28 January] when he was approached by the two men.

They demanded cash and then rifled through his pockets.

When he hit one of them with his stick, he was...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked in the Mutley area of Plymouth.

A 25-year-old man, from South Humberside, was attacked by two men after he intervened following a disturbance between the two men and a woman at Sherwell Arcade, North Hill.

The victim was punched in the face by both men during the incident that happened on Sunday 24 January at around...

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on the A374 at Torpoint in which a woman pensioner was killed on Monday evening, January 25, 2016.

The collision occurred at around 5.15pm near to Anthony House when the pedestrian 72-year-old Jennifer Lowden, from Torpoint, was involved in a collision with a red Nissan Micra car.

Ms Lowden was...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on the A374 at Torpoint in which a woman pensioner was killed on Monday evening, January 25, 2016.

The collision occurred at around 5.15pm near to Anthony House when the pedestrian, believed to be a 72-year-old local woman was involved in a collision with a red Nissan Micra car.

The woman was treated at the...

Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg this week met with police officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) to learn about the benefits of drones for policing.

Devon and Cornwall Police has been trialling the use of drones to aid police work since early November 2015.

The force currently has two drones in operation, which have been used...

The latest figures for 2015 shows that crime continues to fall across Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Recorded figures for January to December 2015 showed a decrease of 4.9% or 3,998 fewer offences compared to 2014, with reductions across a number of crime groups. The updated picture shows the Force continues to see reductions in public order offences (down by -12.4%),...