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Police are appealing for information to locate a woman reported missing from the Tiverton area. Concerns are growing for Ann Holding, 48, who has been reported to police as missing from her home in Cadbury, between Tiverton and Crediton. Ann was last seen yesterday morning, Tuesday 15 October, at her home address. She is believed to be in possession of a green Peugeot 206 registration number Y836 WDS. Ann is described as white, 5’4” in height, and of slight build. She has short mousy brown hair and wears glasses with a brown or a purple frame. She may be wearing beige cord trousers and a...

Update at 12pm: Road is now fully open.

Reported earlier today: One lane remains closed on the A30 near Okehampton after two lorries collided at around 6.10am on Thursday 10 October.

The drivers of both drivers were taken to hospital; both are believed to have leg injuries which are not thought to be life threatening or life changing.

The collision occurred between the B3260 turning and Sourton Cross, westbound. Police say the recovery of the vehicles is underway.

A white Scania HGV registered to Lanarkshire and red Renault HGV registered to Newton Abbot...

A 19-year-old woman was rescued by police officers who waded into the sea in Exmouth at the weekend.

Police were called at 7.30pm on Sunday 6 October by the woman’s friend who was concerned about her walking out to sea.

Two officers from the Force Support Group, based in Exeter, were in the area at the time and rushed to The Esplanade area of the town.

When PC Grahame Bailey and PC Geoff Howell arrived they spoke to the friend who pointed out where she was.

The officers ran in to the sea until they could reach the woman. The pair grabbed her around 50 metres...

On Wednesday 2 September, five Exeter College media students took part in a training exercise designed to test Plymouth City Council and the MOD’s contingency planning.

The exercise, codenamed Short Sermon, tested the reactions of these organisations and local authorities in the event of nuclear reactor accident.

During the day around 27 separate groups, including students from the College, took part in playing and responding at operational, tactical and strategic levels across Exeter, Plymouth and Truro.

The students worked alongside trained professionals as they...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died following a collision near Okehampton at the weekend.

The fatal collision happened shortly after 4.20pm on Sunday 6 October on the A386 outside Lower Lodge, Merton, near Okehampton.

Police report that a 44-year-old local man, riding a Suzuki GSXR, was travelling in the direction of Torrington from Meeth with a group of other motorcyclists.

The rider is believed to have lost control of his motorcycle on a bend and impacted with a low bank. No other vehicles were involved.

The rider was pronounced...

Nottinghamshire Police have issued a nationwide appeal for Artus Anisimovs, a Lativian man who has been missing since August.

The 24-year-old, who moved from Latvia to Mansfield last year, was last seen at the end of July this year.

He was wearing a red baseball cap with an 'A' on the front, a yellow shirt with blue detail, blue corduroy type trousers, a beige hip-length coat and canvas shoes.

Since his move, Arturs has kept regular contact with his family via the Internet. The fact that he has not been in touch with them since 11 August is of great concern. Arturs...

The police helicopter was involved in the rescue of a mother and her two children who were lost in north Devon on Sunday night.

At about 7.20pm on Sunday (29 September), Devon and Cornwall Police received an emergency call from the mother who was described as "distraught" and "panicking". She was with her ten-year-old and three-year-old children and told police that she was lost on Braunton Burrows.

She had been walking since 6pm and her children were getting cold and upset.

Devon and Cornwall Police say that the woman had been trying to find her way back to her car...

Update: A 41-year old male from Sidmouth, Nicholas Jameson, has been charged with the murder of a 71-year-old Nottingham man, Brian Kemp. Jameson appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court on Saturday 28 September 2013, where he was remanded in custody to appear before Exeter Crown Court.

Reported 27 September: Police in Devon have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man who was allegedly assaulted in a Sidmouth pub.

Officers were called shortly after 10pm on Thursday 26 September to the Blackhorse Hotel after receiving a report that a man had been assaulted...

A victim in Tiverton is delighted to have his laptop returned to him following a burglary at his home three years ago.

Brian Williams, 54, had his laptop taken when his home in Moorhayes, Tiverton was burgled back in April 2010.

Two laptops and a digital camera were taken by thieves who have since been convicted.

Mr Williams said: “One of the laptops had hundreds of family photographs on there and thankfully this is the one which was been returned.”

“I was also a secretary for the Moorhayes Community Centre at the time and all of the documents relating to...

Police in Exeter are seeking a 42-year-old man who is wanted for a recall to prison.

Mark Sleman (also known as Archie Sleman and Stuart Holmes) from Exeter is currently wanted by police after failing to abide by the conditions of his release from prison.

He was originally convicted of armed robbery.

He is described as a white man, 5’ 11” tall (180cm), of medium build, with cropped ginger hair, blue eyes, a 3-inch scar on his right cheek with a soft English accent. He has numerous tattoos on his arms, including a rose, the name Suggs, a cross and some dots.

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