Police have released images of a number of people they wish to identify in connection to a large-scale fight in Exeter City Centre.
Police were called at around 2am on New Year's Eve (Saturday 31 December 2016), with reports of a fight outside Natwest Bank in the High Street, Exeter.
A number of people were taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital following the disorder, including a 24-year-old man from Exeter with a suspected fractured eye socket and vertebrae.
One man was arrested at the scene and was bailed until the 19th of January pending further enquiries...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a large-scale fight in Exeter.
Police were called at around 2am on Saturday 31 December 2016, with reports of a fight outside Natwest Bank in the High Street, Exeter.
A number of people were taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital following the disorder, including a 24-year-old man from Exeter with a suspected fractured eye socket and vertebrae.
One man was arrested at the scene and was bailed until the 19th of January pending further enquiries
Police believe that a number of people witnessed the fight and...
Police are investigating a distraction burglary in Exeter where two men posed as council workmen to steal precious jewellery from an elderly woman.
The two men, who were wearing green jackets and white hard hats, called at the woman’s home in Laburnum Road, shortly after 11am on Friday [6 January].
They claimed they were from the council and asked to go into the house to look at areas of the property. One of the bogus workmen distracted the woman by asking for a drink while the other man went upstairs.
After conducting a tidy search one man left through an upstairs...
Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of a man and a woman at a property in East Devon.
Officers attended an address in Dunkeswell at 11.40pm on Wednesday 4 January 2017 following concerns for the welfare of a man and woman at the property.
On arrival officers found the man and the woman deceased.
Detectives have launched an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding both deaths. Next of kin have been informed.
A scene guard remains at the property while a forensic examination and searches are conducted.
Devon and Cornwall Police is launching a campaign designed to raise awareness of how domestic abuse can affect anyone and takes many forms.
The campaign will highlight the fact that domestic abuse can happen to anyone, at any age, in any kind of relationship. This phase will be highlighting the fact that domestic abuse can happen among groups such as the elderly, the disabled and same sex couples.
Domestic abuse isn’t just physical and can take many forms, such as intimidation, financial control, psychological abuse and others.
Devon and Cornwall Police is urging the public to think carefully before they contact the police non-emergency 101 service this Christmas and to go online for their answers where possible, and also to remember that inappropriate calls increase waiting times for other callers.
Inappropriate calls and emails to 101 take up the valuable time of the staff in the contact centres when they could be helping those in need. It is vital that all members of the public with genuine enquiries, especially those who are vulnerable, can have their queries or concerns dealt with in a timely fashion...
At around 4pm on Saturday 17 December 2016, police were informed that a collision had taken place involving a tractor that was towing a single axle agricultural trailer close to Harts Farm, Hemyock, close to the Devon, Somerset border (Cullompton area).
A number of passengers were riding on the trailer when one of them fell off and went under the trailer and was run over by one of the trailer’s wheels.
The casualty, a man aged 64 who lives in a nearby village suffered severe abdominal injuries and was airlifted to Derriford hospital in Plymouth.
Police are urging revellers in the South West to be on their best behaviour as figures show one in three violent crimes on the region’s railway last Christmas were alcohol-related.
Our officers arrest more people for violent and public order offences at this time of year than for any other type of incident, with 73 such crimes being recorded in the South West.
Of those offences, nearly a third were alcohol-related, and officers are now carrying out extra patrols and encouraging passengers to keep a clear head in a bid to reduce the national rise in violence seen on the rail...
Police are appealing to the public following a serious collision which left one man with serious injuries.
At approximately 5.47pm on Monday 12 December, a single vehicle collision occurred on the A361 at Crazy Loman Bridge, Tiverton.
A white Scania car transporter, travelling in the direction of Bolham, left the road causing it to roll into the nearside. The vehicle was transporting approximately ten cars.
A male driver was trapped for over two hours whilst emergency services worked to free him. The man was taken to The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with non life...
