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Car seized by police because uninsured

Uninsured driving crackdown operation

28 July 2025 – Bodmin, South West England: Devon & Cornwall Police joined forces with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) in a one-day operation targeting uninsured drivers, coinciding with one of the busiest travel days of the year due to the school holiday rush.

The operation resulted in four vehicles being seized for no or inadequate insurance, and seven fixed penalty...

South West Water fined for discharging sewage into Tamar

South West Water has been ordered to pay £58,375 in fines and costs for discharging sewage into a tributary of the Tamar estuary. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.

The offences were committed at the company’s Camels Head treatment works that treats sewage from 40,000 people and operates under an Environmental Permit designed to protect human health and the environment....