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25-year-old Devonport man found dead at his home

Detectives in Devonport are investigating the death of a 25 year old man who was found at an address in Stoke on Saturday 12 January 2013.

Ambulance staff called officers to the Albert Road flat at around 2.15 p.m. where they found the body of a man inside. He has yet to be formally identified.

Uniformed Officers and Detectives attended the scene and interviewed other residents at the address.

This will be referred to the HM Coroner. Police have not yet ruled out the possibility that the death is drug related.

Anyone with information regarding this matter is...

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Police seek man after Wiltshire woman found dead

Wiltshire Police is appealing for the public’s help in locating a man officers would like to speak to in connection with an incident in Melksham.

Officers are keen to locate Richard Gordon Newton, 51 (DOB: 17/09/1961), from the Bowerhill area of Melksham.

This is in relation to the body of a woman being found at an address in Melksham yesterday morning (Sunday 13th January 2013).

Officers believe that Mr Newton might hold vital information on this incident and may be able to assist police with their enquiries.

A photograph of Mr Newton is attached.

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Building UK's biggest prison: a titanic waste of money

Government plans to build Britain’s biggest prison are a titanic waste of money that will do nothing to cut crime, the Howard League for Penal Reform said today (10 January).

In a move which echoes the ill-fated Titan jail proposal of the last decade, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that it is to start feasibility work on a new prison that could hold more than 2,000 prisoners.

The project - combined with the planned construction of four new mini-prisons - follows the opening of the G4S-run Oakwood Prison near Wolverhampton, which has been dogged with problems...

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Met Office Warning for ice and snow at weekend

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice on 12th and 13th January 2013.

There will be outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow, with temperatures dropping afterwards, leading to a risk of icy surfaces throughout the UK.

They recommend the public to take extra care when travelling and to be aware of the risk of disruption, this Saturday and Sunday.

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Serious road collision causes tailbacks on A38 at Plymouth

Update: The A38 eastbound was closed at 4.50pm for approximately 30 minutes.

An elderly gentleman is in hospital with what is described as a serious neck injury.

The collision occured just before the Crownhill turnoff, so traffic is now flowing okay around the Manadon roundabout.

Earlier: Police and emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious road collision on the A38 at Plymouth.

An HGV and a Rover car were in collision on the eastbound carriageway just before Manadon junction around 1.50pm today (9th January).

An elderly man, the driver of...

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RMT announce rise in membership over last year

Rail, maritime and transport union RMT announced today that the organisation has continued to increase its membership in the past twelve months in the teeth of the most savage attacks on jobs and working conditions for a generation.

Membership figures released by the union today show that RMT has put on a net gain of 1,456 members through 2012, taking the total to 77,549 – an annual growth of nearly 2% in the most challenging circumstances.

The union has increased its membership year-on-year from the 59,277 total when General Secretary Bob Crow was elected in 2002.

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NICE guidance supports new device for healing bones

NICE has today (9th January), published new medical technology guidance supporting the use of a device to heal fractured bones.

The NICE guidance advises that the EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system benefits patients and the NHS when used for treating long bone fractures with non-union (bone fractures that have failed to heal after 9 months). However, the case for adopting EXOGEN routinely for long bone fractures with delayed healing, that is, fractures which do not show radiological evidence of healing after 3 months, wasn't supported because of uncertainties in the evidence....

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Protests against playground demolition in Battersea

According to eye witness reports and local activists, police are preventing protesters from demonstrating at the adventure playground set for demolition in Battersea Park, South London.

Police are said to be denying entry to the park, meaning that people already inside the protest area are having to use bottles instead of using the toilets outside of what is effectively a kettle.

Some participants have travelled a long way to join Occupy in Battersea Park, saying it is an example of how the financial crisis impacts locally. (NewsPoint)

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Falmouth Police hit the town 'Gangnam Style'

Members of Devon and Cornwall Police have hit the streets of Falmouth ‘Gangnam Style’ to help raise funds for a young boy left with disabilities following a brain tumour.

Sergeant Gary Watts ‘persuaded’ colleagues from the town station to join him in a public re-creation of the cult music video by South Korean rapper PSY. Officers and PCSOs put their dancing skills to the test to film the parody at various locations in the town, including Falmouth Quay.

The tongue-in-cheek charity video, which has now been posted on the Force Youtube site at: http://youtu.be/jhWrCGVMQf8 and...

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UK Child benefit changes take effect today

More than a million better-off families will lose some or all of their child benefit, under changes which came into force at midnight. Families with one parent earning more than £50,000 lose part of their child benefit and it will be fully withdrawn where one parent earns above £60,000. However, if both parents earn £49,000 each, they will continue to receive child benefit.

David Cameron described the move as "fundamentally fair" but Labour said it was a "huge assault" on families.

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