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With the Christmas party season in full swing Devon and Cornwall Police have issued a seasonal warning to drivers featuring a list of myths and facts. The simple message is that the only way to be safe is not to drink at all and that even if you hitch a lift or take a taxi ride home, you may be over the limit the next morning. Motorists are being warned to take heed of the following advice to...

Police investigating a disturbance at the Bluebird Public House on Eggbuckland Road, Plymouth, are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Two men were reported to be fighting outside the pub on Friday 6 December 2013 between 9.20pm and 9.35pm, but left before police arrived.

One of the men is described as bald, large build and was wearing a t-shirt and jeans.

Anyone...

Chief Inspector Mark Bolt has just returned from a six-week fact-finding mission to the USA.

The purpose of the trip was to see how police forces in the USA deal with individuals in mental health crisis. It was funded as a part of his Winston Churchill Fellowship for 2013.

Mark said: “This issue is high on the agenda of British policing and it is hoped that the UK can learn...

All areas should have a dedicated traffic court within the next six months, Justice Minister Damian Green said today.

Devon and Cornwall has a dedicated traffic court at Bodmin Magistrates’ court. The local area decides on how often motoring offences are heard, depending on the needs of the region.

Subject to judicial agreement to list all low-level traffic cases together,...

Police officers from South Hams are cracking down on the use of drugs in pubs by carrying out random tests using specially trained dogs.

They made unannounced visits to a number of pubs in Totnes and Dartmouth and had the full support of the licensees.

The operation resulted in a number of searches and one individual was issued with a Cannabis warning.

Inspector Andy...

A fairer share of central government funding, the cost of alcohol related crime and mental health provision were on the agenda when Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg and Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer met south west members of Parliament at Westminster on Tuesday (10 December).

A cross party group of eight of the regions MPs joined Mr Hogg and Mr Sawyer to look at the issues they...

Police in Plymouth are trying to trace the driver of a black hackney taxi who picked up a man and a woman in the Octagon area of Union Street between 4am and 7am on Sunday 1 December 2013. The driver picked up the two passengers and took them to an address in Agaton Road, St Budeaux.

The taxi went via St Budeaux Square, where the man got out of the taxi in order to withdraw money for...

A pupil at a Plymouth school has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a fellow student this morning.

Police were called to Eggbuckland Community College shortly before 8.40am following reports that a student had been stabbed.

A 15-year-old boy has been taken to Derriford hospital with a back injury. His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

The 14-year-...

Devon and Cornwall Police have tasered a teenage boy with special learning needs at Chelfham Senior School in Bere Alston, near Tavistock.

Police were called to the school grounds around 9pm on December 1 after an alleged assault on a teacher involving three teenage boys.

Two 14-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy were involved in the incident.Devon and Cornwall police have...

A 17-year-old boy was arrested this morning (Monday 9 December) on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm.

He is currently in police custody at Charles Cross police station.

The arrest is in connection with a serious assault that is alleged to have taken place at around 9.15pm outside the Ridgeway Service Station on the Ridgeway in Plympton on 4 December 2013. The...