Police and the Health and Safety Executive are carrying out an investigation into the death of a teenager in Newton Abbot.
Officers were called at 1pm on Thursday 4 December after reports a 17-year-old boy had fallen from a ladder in Abbotskerswell.
The teenager, from the South Devon area, was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital with serious head and back injuries and passed away in hospital on Friday 5 December.
Detectives have launched a murder enquiry following the suspicious death of 17-year-old in Kingsbridge in the early hours of this morning.
Police and ambulance crews were called to Prince of Wales Road at 2.20am on Sunday 6 July following reports that the teenager had been injured during an altercation involving people at the taxi rank.
On arrival they found the boy, from the Kingsbridge area, had sustained serious injuries.
Members of the public went to the aid of the boy and commenced CPR before paramedics arrived. He was taken to Derriford Hospital where he was...
The body recovered from the sea last Saturday (11 January) has been formally identified as the missing teenager Harry Martin today (16 January).
A formal inquest into the death of Mr Martin, who went missing from his home in Newton Ferrers during the height of the recent storms, is due to begin next Monday (20 January).
The 18-year-old’s body was found in Carswell Bay in the Noss Mayo area by friends who were aiding in the search effort using sea kayaks.
Police, the Dartmoor Rescue group, Coastguard, specialist search dogs and over 100 members of the public took...
Forty leading charities, organisations and academics have written to the House of Lords calling on them to seize their once-in-a-generation opportunity to change the lives of thousands of vulnerable young people this week, as they discuss an amendment to the Children and Families Bill that would allow care leavers in England to stay with their foster families to the age of 21. Currently most young people are forced to leave their foster homes at the age of 17, unless they are one of the lucky ones supported by their local authority or their foster carer can fund them to stay out of their...
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A 17-year-old boy has been airlifted to hospital after the car he was travelling rolled on the M5 southbound near Cullompton.
The collision happened just before 11am today (Monday 19 August) about one mile past Junction 28.
Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the scene.
Five people were injured in the silver Toyota Avensis, which is registered to Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
A 17-year-old boy has been taken by air ambulance to Derriford with a head injury. The other four occupants of the car have been taken to RD&E with minor injuries....
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager had his teeth knocked out during an assault in Sidmouth at the weekend. The incident happened at around 1am on Saturday 10 August in Ham Lane. The lane, by Sidmouth swimming pool, leads up to the sea front and esplanade. The 16-year-old boy who was assaulted was kicked in the face and his upper two front teeth were completely knocked out. PC Jason Colcutt said: “We would like anyone who may have seen the incident or who was in the area at the time to come forward. This happened on the last night of the Sidmouth Folk Festival and there...
A 17-year-old boy from Exmouth has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft, arson and criminal damage following a fire at a property in Kay Close, Exmouth on Wednesday 7 August. No-one was in the property at the time.
The teenager has been released on police bail until 5 November, to appear at Heavitree Road police station.
Police are concerned for the welfare of 18-year-old man Jamie Grewal, who has gone missing from the Ivybridge area.
He was last seen last on Friday afternoon, 4th January, after having a drink with friends after work in the Abbey Inn pub at Buckfastleigh during lunchtime. He was then dropped off in Ivybridge around 1.30pm to 2pm.
He has not been seen or heard from since that time.
Jamie is described as five feet five inches tall, of very slim build with dark brown, short hair.
He was last seen wearing a turquoise blue jacket with jeans and trainers.
