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Police are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in an unprovoked attack as he walked home with his wife in Plympton.

The couple were heading home around 11pm on Saturday (29 March) when they were came across a man and a woman arguing near to the Sir Joshua Reynolds Pub at Plympton Ridgeway.

Words were exchanged between the two men and the male offender punched...

Detectives are seeking an arsonist who put lives in danger by setting fire to a motorcycle underneath a block of Plymouth flats.

Fire crews were called to Ferry Road in Devonport around 7.20am on Sunday 30 March and found the motorcycle well alight in a garage beneath the flats.

The offenders had first tried to steal the Kawasaki ZR machine, which had been moved from its...

Police are appealing for information as to the whereabouts of Paul Smith, who has gone missing from Ventnor on the Isle of Wight.

The 58-year-old was last seen in the Parkhurst area of Newport on Saturday 22 March 2014.

He is described as white, stocky build, ginger hair and freckles. He is believed to be wearing a beige top, blue jeans and boots.

PC Lucinda Critchlow...

A Plymouth police officer has been praised for his actions after helping to save the life of a man who had suffered a suspected heart attack.

Response officer PC Ryan Northmore was on foot patrol at the Torquay v Newport match at the Plainmoor ground on Saturday afternoon (22 March) when he was alerted to a man who had fallen ill.

PC Northmore and a colleague from Gwent Police...

There are ‘some significant risks’ in the way that Devon and Cornwall Police tackle domestic abuse according to a national report published today by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

There were 9,212 domestic abuse related crimes reported in Devon and Cornwall in the 12 months leading up to August 2013 accounting for 11% of all recorded crime in the force area....

Police in Plymouth have issued CCTV images of a suspect they wish to identify following a attempted high-value fraud.

On Tuesday 4 March the suspect managed to have all incoming calls to a large Plymouth-based company diverted to another number.

He did so by contacting the company’s telephone provider and masquerading as the company’s managing director. Shortly after the divert...

Police are urging anyone who finds some small bottles left at a bus stop in Plymouth to hand them in.

Three 100ml bottles of methadone were left at the bus stop at the end of Wolseley Road, by the Tesco Extra store, on Tuesday 18 March between 2.30pm and 4pm.

A police spokesperson said: “A woman left the bottles at the bus stop by mistake and when she went back to get them,...

Police have taken part in a series of action days as the force continues to clamp down on metal theft across the region.

Over three days in February officers, along with colleagues from partner agencies, staged action days as part of Operation Tornado.

Launched in 2012 by Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Op Tornado was set up to reduce metal theft, which nationally...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a series of suspected linked indecent exposures.

The incidents in the main have occurred in the Manadon area of the City.

The first incident occurred in October last year on Tuesday 29 October at around 1.20pm when a man exposed himself to a woman whilst walking across the bridge at the Manadon roundabout.

The...

Sergeant Owen Messenger from Devon and Cornwall Police is urging drivers and cyclists to ‘think safe’ when using the county’s roads.

Since the start of the year, there have been five incidents involving pedal cycles; all of which were serious. Last year alone, there were 77 casualties involving a pedal cycle, compared to 60 in 2012. Of these, five resulted in the deaths of the rider...