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Woman dies in M5 collision

Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision on the M5 northbound near Cullompton in which a woman died.

Police and other emergency services were called to the scene of the fatal collision involving a car and a lorry just after 12.10pm on Tuesday 27 January.

The collision involving a heavy goods vehicle and a silver Vauxhall Omega happened about one mile before junction 28, Cullompton.

The car driver, a 57-year-old woman from Tiverton, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The male car passenger was not injured.

The lorry driver, a 64-year-old man...

Pedestrian seriously injured in Exeter collision

Police have been called to a serious collision on the outskirts of Exeter.

Officers, along with paramedics, were called to Exhibition Way, Pinhoe at 2.30pm today (Tuesday 27 January) after reports that a pedestrian was seriously injured.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish how the man came to be injured but he is thought to have been in collision with a lorry.

The road is closed at Exhibition Way and Cumberland Way.

Traffic in the area is already congested due to the earlier collision on the M5. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area.

Appeal to find missing mother of four

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/27/2015 - 9:50am

Detectives in Dorset searching for 25-year-old Samantha Henderson from Corfe Castle, who is believed to have connections in Exeter, have released CCTV footage of her the day she disappeared.

Samantha, of Halves Cottages, was reported missing at 8.43am on Thursday 22 January 2015.

The last confirmed reported sighting of the mother-of-four was at around 3pm on Wednesday 21 January 2015 outside Corfe Castle Primary School in East Street.

Following initial investigations, a 27-year-old man from Corfe Castle who is known to Samantha, was arrested on suspicion of her...

Police investigate assault on schoolboy

Exmouth Police are investigating an assault on a 12-year-old schoolboy in the town.

The incident happened as the boy was walking home from school on the cycle path between Phear Park and Bradham Lane around 3.30pm on Wednesday (21 January).

The boy, dressed in school uniform, was near the brick bridge when he was pushed over by an unknown man and assaulted. His phone was smashed and he suffered grazes to his hands.

Police are investigating the possibility that the assault was an attempt to steal from him.

Officers are seeking the offender who ran off towards...

Distinctive rings stolen in Devon burglary

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/26/2015 - 12:04pm

Police have released images of some unique jewellery stolen from Sidmouth.

A man broke into the JBM jewellers in Church Street around 3.30am on Monday, January 19th, smashing a front door and a number of display cases.

A quantity of gold jewellery was stolen including four very distinctive rings.

The rings each have an opal in with a number of diamonds on the sides and are hallmarked with the jeweller’s specific mark.

The suspect is described as a white man who was wearing a coat with a hoodie underneath and a baseball cap.

Police are keen to hear...

Crime continues to fall across the region

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 01/23/2015 - 12:23pm

The latest figures for 2014 show that crime continues to fall across the region.

Recorded figures for January to December 2014 showed a decrease of 3.2% or 2,747 fewer offences compared to 2013, with reductions across a number of crime groups.

The updated picture shows the Force continues to see reductions in public order offences (down by 14.8%), theft (-10.7%), Burglary (-5.7%), and criminal damage has fallen by 5.9%.

In line with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, there are certain types of crime that the Force want to see a rise in the reporting of...

Figures show drop in Christmas drink drivers

Figures have been released for Devon and Cornwall Police’s Christmas drink driving campaign 2014.

Police officers administered a total of 1,766 breath tests of which 156 were positive, refused or failed to provide. This represents 9% of the total and is a decrease of 3.5% on last years result.

Last year the figures were 167 positive, refused or failed to provide from a total of 1,316 or 12.5% of the total.

The total number of positive breath tests following a collision was higher this year at 69 or 9% of the total (742) compared to 6% (21 out of 361) last year....

Plea after pensioner seriously hurt in crash

An 87-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being in collision with a lorry in Exeter yesterday (19 January).

Police and emergency services were called to Topsham Road around 1.15pm after the elderly pedestrian was in collision with the HGV.

The woman, from Exeter, sustained a serious leg injury and was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The driver of the 18-tonne truck, a 43-year-old man, was interviewed by police and has been released while police enquiries continue into the circumstances of the incident.

Police closed the road for...

Devon & Cornwall Police ready for Rugby World Cup in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 01/16/2015 - 11:57am

It is now officially Rugby World Cup Year in Exeter and across the UK.

Devon and Cornwall Police have been planning for this prestigious event since March 2014. A specialist team of officers has been working with management at Sandy Park rugby stadium and with a multitude of partner agencies including England 2015, the world cup organisers, and local authorities.

Placing Exeter on the world stage means that the team has planned for the security of visiting heads of state and politicians from around the world, and are aware of any potential risks.

Devon and Cornwall...

Fugitive drug trafficker captured in Spain

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 01/15/2015 - 12:42pm

A fugitive drug trafficker who headed a crime group that supplied huge amounts of heroin to the South West, including Exeter, has been arrested in Tenerife.

Stephen Blundell, aged 36, of Leathers Lane, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin but fled to Spain before he could be sentenced in April 2013. He was later jailed for nine years eight months in his absence.

Blundell (pictured in 2013) controlled a crime group which included a Cornish grandmother caught transporting £50,000 heroin under pasties in her shopping bag.

He was apprehended on a...

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