Four people have been taken to hospital after a crash in Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the Quirkhill Bridge area, Withleigh, near Tiverton, at about 05:40 BST. Police said one vehicle was involved in the crash. The force added the road was blocked and drivers have been advised to avoid…
Police, fire and ambulance crews are at the scene of the serious crash A automobile lost a wheel and plunged from the southern highway into the northbound carriageway on the M5, badly injuring three passengers. All three emergency services are present, and an air ambulance has touched down. Following the major incident near Exeter, pictures…
A man in his 40s has died in hospital after a large emergency response in Devon. A number of police and ambulance crews were called to a property on Hann Road, Tiverton along the Fairfax Heath Estate on Tuesday Emergency crews were called following a concern for the welfare of a man. Multiple ambulances attended…
Dartmoor Search and Rescue Ashburton were called out by Devon and Cornwall Police at 16:22 today to assist in the search for missing 39-year-old Torquay man who had last been seen on Saturday (21st May) night. Around 30 of our members took part in the search in the Oddicombe / Babbacombe area of Torquay until…
Witness appeal to help identify the driver of a light blue Mini The driver of a light blue Mini is wanted by police after a deadly crash in Devon. On Friday, June 21st, at about 7:30 p.m., emergency services were dispatched to Sidmouth Road in Honiton due to a single-vehicle collision involving a silver Vauxhall…
Over the weekend, a woman in her 50s was discovered dead at the Pennyhill Park Hotel, and police have detained a murder suspect. A woman was discovered dead at an opulent Surrey hotel, prompting the opening of a murder investigation. A woman in her 50s died over the weekend at a five-star hotel in Bagshot,…
Police officers urgently searching for a man who has been reported missing from Devon. Kyle Rowe, 33, was reported missing from Barnstaple and was last seen at 6am today (Sunday, June 2). Kyle is described as 5ft 10in tall and of average build. He has a beard and was last seen wearing denim shorts, trainers…
Two persons have been accused in relation to the death of a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl in an Exeter nightclub, one of them being a Camborne youngster. Lucy Hill, of Exmouth, Devon, passed away in December 2022 following her collapse at the Move nightclub on Exeter Quay following an Ecstasy overdose. During the club’s 16–18 music night,…
Devon and Cornwall saw a slight increase in reported crime last year, but the area is still among the safest in both England and Wales. Devon, Cornwall, and North Yorkshire are tied for second place with 59 offences per 1,000 people last year, with Wiltshire having the fewest crimes per 100,000 residents. However, shoplifting has…
The body of a man believed to be convicted sex offender Richard Scatchard has been found in a caravan in across the border in Somerset, police have said Just across the Devon border, the body of a man believed to be convicted sex offender Richard Scatchard, who vanished on October 16, has been found in…