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It was a quiet Wednesday afternoon in Taunton and Natalie Young[1] had popped over the road from her Pegasus retirement home to pick up a few groceries from Morrisons. The sprightly 92-year-old liked to get out at least once a day, and was just paying …
A pensioner who died after his car crashed into a tree near Torquay has been named as RAF veteran Wilfred Owen. The 84-year-old, of Dawlish[1], was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth[2] on Remembrance Sunday, November 10, after the incident on the…
Devon’s shoplifting epidemic and continuing violence against police both feature in the latest round-up from the magistrates’ courts. One man was sent to prison for four months for stealing Apple goods from a shop in Exeter.
Other punishments handed ou…
Dawlish Avenue residents have expressed growing concerns with road safety from speeding and heavy traffic, which they claim is a “knock-on effect” of the two LTNs installed in Fox Lane and Bowes Park three years ago and made permanent last year.
In the…
It might be statistically one of the safest parts of the country but Devon is no stranger to violent crime. The court in Exeter[1] regularly deals with criminals convicted of serious assault.
In the past 12 months alone dozens of defendants, almost all…
Two days worth of sentencing eventually saw a large number of criminals involved in the supply of hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of heroin and cocaine from Merseyside to towns and cities in Devon and Cornwall jailed for more than 86 years[1].
Op…
The 21 men and women were part of an organised crime group who trafficked cocaine and heroin (Image: Devon & Cornwall Police)MEMBERS of a drugs gang who trafficked £1.4million of Class A drugs from Merseyside into Devon and Cornwall have been jailed fo…
An urgent search was launched in Topsham after a woman fell into the river late last night (Saturday, November 25). There was a heavy emergency services presence in the town, while crowds of locals gathered to help with the rescue operation.
At around …
A person has been rescued after falling into a river in Devon.
HM Coastguard said emergency services responded to reports of a person in the water of River Exe, near Topsham Quay, at about 23:30 GMT on Saturday.
The Exmouth RNLI lifeboat and coastguard…
Drink-driving Maxine Grocott has been banned from the roads for 12 months. The 34-year-old was seen driving a Citroen Picasso in Dawlish Drive, Bentilee[1], at 2.30am on September 10.
Prosecutor Hannah Baddeley told North Staffordshire Justice Centre[2…