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Update 2.30pm: On the M5 southbound in Somerset there are currently long delays between junctions J21 and J23 due to an earlier incident. All lanes are now open.

Lane 3 remains closed northbound for emergency repairs after the incident.

Update 12.30pm: The M5 Southbound carriageway remains closed between J22 and J23 following earlier collisions, causing delays of approximately...

A woman who went missing from the Eggbuckland area of Plymouth has been found safe and well in London.

Jeanette Wood, 52, was reported missing by police at the weekend; her family had not seen her for about ten days and were concerned because she had not made any contact with them, which was considered to be out of character.

Police reported her found on Thursday 24 October....

Community groups in Devon and Cornwall have got just over a week to apply for a share in a £200,000 cashpot.

Applications for the first round of the small grants scheme, which aims to help small community groups which work to reduce crime and make people feel safer, must be submitted by 31 October.

Already over 60 applications have been received for grants up to £5,000 for...

A Plymouth schoolgirl has been arrested for the second time in a week after two alleged attacks on a member of staff at the Mount Tamar school.

The girl, who has not been named, was first arrested on 16 October on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, and was bailed.

After the second incident on the 21 October, she was arrested on suspicion of assault. She has been...

Police in South Devon are warning residents after a string of bogus caller incidents in Newton Abbot and South Brent on Tuesday 22 October 2012.

Three properties in the Newton Abbot area and two in South Brent have been targeted with callers claiming to be from the water board – and in one occasion police officers – conning their way into people’s homes.

The intent is for one...

Police working on an ongoing investigation into alleged abuse at a number of care homes in Devon have now arrested a total of seven people in relation to the enquiry.

The care homes under investigation are Teignmead in Teignbridge, Veilstone in Bideford and Gatooma in Holsworthy.

Those arrested are three people from Teignmouth (a man aged 67, a man aged 39 and a woman aged 26...

Over 100 premises over Freshers’ Week to make sure the new influx of students in Plymouth had fun safely.

A joint operation involving the Council's Public Protection Service, Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon and Somerset Fire Rescue Service checked out how staff and owners managed their premises during this busy period.

Freshers’ Week – which now covers two weeks – sees a...

Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the city on Saturday (19 October).

The victim, a 39-year-old local man, was threatened and assaulted in the incident at Kinnard Crescent in Southway in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Four suspects - three males and one female all described as being between 18 and 25-years-old - made off down the cut-...

Fire crews were called to a serious blaze at Hatherleigh Cattle Market in Devon last night which has prompted concern over possible asbestos contamination. The roof of the building used for the regular Monday sheep auction has been severly damaged.

The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received several calls reporting cattle sheds on fire in the early hours of Monday morning (...

Police have launched a joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the death of a 22-year-old Slovakian man who was killed following an industrial incident at the Interfish factory at Wallsend Industrial Estate in Plymouth.

The man was working in the freezer area shortly after 7pm on Friday 18 October 2013 when he was struck by a falling pallet and sustained...