Sidmouth police are aiming to forge positive links with young people by setting up the town’s first Scooter and BMX Jam.
The neighbourhood team has organised the event on Saturday 5 April to provide vital youth activities and engage with young people about personal safety and antisocial behaviour.
The event will take place from 11am to 4pm at The Ham on the eastern end of Sidmouth Esplanade. Scooter manufacturer Maddgear will be bringing their roadshow and portable skate park with five of their pro-team scooter and BMX riders to run demonstrations, tuition and competitions...
Sidmouth police are aiming to forge positive links with young people by setting up the town’s first Scooter and BMX Jam.
The neighbourhood team has organised the event on Saturday 5 April to provide vital youth activities and engage with young people about personal safety and antisocial behaviour.
The event will take place from 11am to 4pm at The Ham on the eastern end of Sidmouth Esplanade. Scooter manufacturer Maddgear will be bringing their roadshow and portable skate park with five of their pro-team scooter and BMX riders to run demonstrations, tuition and competitions...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision in Seaton which left an elderly pedestrian with serious injuries. Emergency services were called to Harbour Road around 10.50am yesterday morning (23 March) after a Mercedes car was in collision with an 89-year-old woman near to the junction with Bay Court.
The elderly woman, from Seaton, sustained serious head, leg and arm injuries and was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth by air ambulance. She remains in hospital in a serious condition. The car driver, a 90-year-old woman from east Devon, was uninjured in...
Police helicopters were dispatched over Exeter late last night to aid in the search for a missing man. Emergency services called for assistance from the National Police Air Service (NPAS) after concerns were raised for the man’s welfare. A police helicopter team located the man in the Ludwell Valley area shortly after midnight and officers on the ground were directed to him.
A reward of up to £2,000 is being offered through independent crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, for information on a robbery that occurred in Dawlish Warren last summer. Dean Smart, aged 27, is wanted in connection with the robbery which took place at Golden Sands Holiday Park in the early hours of 27 August 2013. Smart, who is from the Bath area, is considered dangerous, and police believe he is actively evading capture.
The incident, saw four offenders wearing balaclavas forced members of staff to open a safe containing a large quantity of cash.
Update: A 45-year-old woman from Axminister has died after being involved in a serious road traffic collision at 7:45 am this morning.
A second woman aged, 56, is in 'critical condition' after their two cars crashed on the B3261 between the A35 and Axminster
The 45-year-old woman from Axminster who died was the driver and sole occupant of the silver Ford Focus. Her next of kin has been informed and formal identification will take place in due course. The 56-year-old woman from Axminster was taken by air ambulance to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, where she remains in a...
Police are warning the public about a large-scale fraud, orchestrated by email, that makes death threats to recipients. The scam involves sending threatening emails to both individuals and companies advising them that someone close to them wants them dead and has provided details on how to kill the individual. The recipient is then told to provide their bank details in order to prevent any harm coming to them.
The scam appears to be at a national level, and the emails are very generic in nature, appearing to be sent from outside the UK. There have been five separate reported cases...
A body has been found by search teams looking for missing Plymouth man Martin Hough.
The body was discovered by officers at midday near Burrator Reservoir. Officers, members of the Dartmoor Rescue Group and the police helicopter were in the area since Martin Hough, 53, was reported missing to police on Sunday at around 7.15pm. He was last seen at about 9.45am that morning at an address in Rocky Park Road, wearing jeans and a blue/black check shirt and black boots. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared on behalf of the coroner.
Devon County Council partnership-working has been given an extra boost with the appointment of local Partnerships Superintendent Chris Eastwood. Supt. Eastwood will be largely based at County Hall for the next two years. In this new position for Devon and Cornwall Police, he will be responsible for identifying and developing opportunities to work with the County Council and other partner agencies to support closer collaborative working and deliver better outcomes for communities. “With the challenges facing the public sector, we all need to look at ways to work more creatively and...
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has appointed Andrew White as the new OPCC Chief Executive, subject to a confirmation hearing from his scrutiny body, the Police and Crime Panel. Mr White has been interim CEO at Mr Hogg's Exeter base since the departure of Sue Howl last year. He will take up the role with immediate effect. A full, open and transparent recruitment process was organised by Mr Hogg's advisor Jan Stanhope. “I was delighted that there was so much interest in this role.” said Mr Hogg.
“We had a high quality field with applications from all over...
