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Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg has joined forces with the five other south west PCCs to lobby Policing Minister Damian Green over further cuts to police funding.

In a letter sent to Mr Green, the five south west PCCs express their concerns about the extra pressure being put on police budgets and warns of further cuts to policing numbers.

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Police in Plymouth are seeking the identity of a man who is alleged to have been involved in an incident that took place on the West Park playing field on Ringmore Way in Plymouth, sometime between around 4.30pm and 5pm on Tuesday 5 November. - Bonfire Night

It is alleged that a small group of youths were nearby and one offender threw petrol over an unlit bonfire with some petrol also...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured on the A38 on Monday evening (11 November 2013).

Shortly after 7.15pm a Yamaha motorcycle and red Nissan Qashqai were involved in a collision on the southbound carriageway of the A38 at Wrangaton, South Brent.

The male motorcyclist was taken to Derriford Hospital with life threatening injuries and...

Police are warning fans going to the Chase and Status concert at Plymouth Pavilions on Tuesday 12 November to watch out for pickpockets.

A number of mobile phones have been reported stolen at other venues on this tour, including Bournemouth and Nottingham.

Fans targeted by thieves have had their phones taken from trouser pockets, jackets and handbags.

Thefts at...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was abusive to members of the public in Plympton on Wednesday 30 October 2013.

The incident happened between 4.30pm and 4.45pm in Coypool Road at the entrance to the cycle track.

A woman driving a black Volkswagen Bora mounted the kerb and shouted abuse at a couple.

A number of witnesses are believed to have been in the...

The family of one of the two men killed in a collision on the A38 in Saltash on Friday 1 November, has paid tribute to him.

Lee Skeldon, aged 27, from Saltash has been formally identified and named as the driver of the BMW 318 involved in the single vehicle collision at Whity Cross.

The other deceased man - the passenger in the car - has now been formally identified as Chris...

Police investigating the disappearance of missing Chudleigh man Mike Vincent discovered the body of a man in Chudleigh on Sunday (3rd November) morning at around 11am.

The man has not been formally identified but the family of Mr Vincent have been informed.

Police in Devon appealed for information over the weekend to help trace Mike Vincent, aged 64 years, who has been missing...

Two men have been killed following a single vehicle collision on the A38 at Saltash, Cornwall on Friday night (1 November).

The men have been named locally as Chris Williams and Lee Skeldon, both in their twenties and from Saltash.

Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for witnesses.

Devon and Cornwall Police received a report of a road traffic collision on the A38 at...

A three-year-old boy who was reported missing from his home in Abbotskerswell, near Newton Abbot was found safe and well - curled up beneath a pile of clothes asleep under his bed.

Devon and Cornwall Police received a report of a missing three-year-old at 9.15pm on Thursday 31 October. A co-ordinated search took place to locate the child utilising the Police Dog Unit, the police...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following two separate distraction type burglaries.

On both occasions the victims were elderly women aged in their 80s.

The first incident occurred sometime between 11.45am and 1.15pm on Tuesday 15 October at a house in Embankment Road, Plymouth.

Two men gained entry via a rear door on the pretence that they were from...