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Police are seeking witnesses after a woman was racially abused in Exeter on Bank Holiday Monday night [2 May].

The woman, who was wearing a hijab, was approached by a man while she waited at the bus stop outside Evans store in the High Street around 9.50pm.

He subjected her to verbal abuse using racist language before following her onto the bus using threatening behaviour.

The victim, in her 20s and from Exeter, was left shaken and distressed by the incident.

Police are appealing for witnesses and are seeking the offender who is described as being aged...

Eight men were jailed on Wednesday 4 May for a total of 34 years for defrauding elderly people out of approximately £1 million.

The gang from London and the South East were convicted at the Old Bailey following a Met Police investigation into the ‘Bank of Terror’ conmen responsible from defrauding victims in Devon and Cornwall and across the country.

A number of the organised crime gang’s 140 victims were from Devon and Cornwall and were identified by Operation Fardel which has been investigating these offences for over 18 months.

The Operation Fardel team were...

Police are continuing to investigate the garden at the former home of a paedophile couple, who knew serial killers Fred and Rose West.

Excavations began on Tuesday 3 May in the rear garden of a bungalow in Bradnich, near Cullompton, following historic intelligence linked to the former occupants of the council-owned property, David and Pauline Williams.

David Williams was jailed for life in 2015 and his wife Pauline for 12 years for putting 10 girls and boys through rape, sexual assault and beatings.

The couple became friends of the Wests in Gloucester in the 1980s...

Police are continuing to investigate the garden at the former home of a paedophile couple, who knew serial killers Fred and Rose West.

Excavations began on Tuesday 3 May in the rear garden of a bungalow in Bradnich, near Cullompton, following historic intelligence linked to the former occupants of the council-owned property, David and Pauline Williams.

Investigations are continuing today and are expected to last until Friday 6 May at the earliest.

David Williams was jailed for life in 2015 and his wife Pauline for 12 years for putting 10 girls and boys through rape...

Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were today digging up the garden at the former home of a paedophile couple, who knew serial killers Fred and Rose West.

The excavation is being carried out a property in Cullompton.

David Williams was jailed for life in 2015 and his wife Pauline for 12 years for putting 10 girls and boys through rape, sexual assault and beatings.

The couple became friends of the Wests in Gloucester in the 1980s. A police spokesman said: "Following intelligence received, Devon and Cornwall Police are undertaking excavation work at a property in...

Around 30 motorists were caught speeding during a road safety operation on a busy Exeter road yesterday [28 April].

Exeter Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out the operation in Rydon Lane to target speeding motorists and educate drivers.

The operation was in response to concerns from the public about speeding and dangerous driving on the 40mph road, plus a number of reported collisions.

More than 30 vehicles were stopped near Pynes Hill during the two-hour operation, most for speeding at 50mph and above. The highest speed recorded was 60mph.

Of those, 23...

Devon and Cornwall Police has appointed Chief Superintendent Jim Colwell to lead frontline policing across the whole of Devon.

Rising from a bobby on the beat across Plymouth in 2001 to a member of the Force’s senior leaders, C Supt Colwell aims to sustain the professional standard of policing service across the county, as well as collaborate with partner agencies to assist community policing across the county.

C Supt Colwell joined the Force at a tender age of 27 after graduating from Leicester University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and...

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer will be saddling up alongside police officers and staff from Devon and Cornwall and Dorset for a unique cross-border challenge in aid of local charities.

A team of 18 senior officers and staff members from the two police forces is aiming to cycle from Christchurch in Dorset to Land’s End in Cornwall in three days.

The 225-mile ride, which starts on Friday 13 May, will see the team pedal through a county each day before reaching their destination on the Sunday evening.

The route is especially tough due to the hilly nature of the route and...

Police are appealing for witnesses following an indecent exposure in Exeter.

In the early evening of Monday 25th April, police received a report of a man cycling around Market Street, Exeter wearing no trousers or underwear, and only wearing a dark hoodie.

It is believed that this is the same person who was seen cycling in and around the same area on the 18th of April at around 4am; once again he was wearing a dark hoodie with the hood up and no trousers or underwear.

On both occasions the man was seen cycling on Market Street before heading along Smythen Street,...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after an elderly woman was the victim of a distraction burglary in her home in Newton Abbot.

The woman, aged 90, had around £50 stolen from her purse after letting the suspect into her home.

Police are keen for anyone who saw the man to get in touch as soon as possible.

The theft took place on Sunday 24th April between 2pm and 3pm when a man knocked on the woman’s front door in Wolborough Street saying he had been running and asked to use her toilet and have a drink. The woman let him in and the following day he...