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Police have released CCTV images of a suspect after a Plymouth man’s life was put at risk when someone tampered with his car.

The victim was driving his Audi on the A38 near to Ivybridge when it suddenly pulled to the left, span around and ended up facing the wrong way. The driver managed to get control of the car but the wheel was left buckled.

On examination it was found...

The family of Katherine Hooper has paid tribute to the young mother and her two sons, Josh and Sam, following their tragic deaths on Friday 12 July .

Katherine Hooper, 24 and Josh Patterson, aged five were killed after they fell from rocks at Haytor on Dartmoor on Friday morning. Police later discovered the body of two-year-old Sam Patterson at Ms Hooper's address in Paignton.

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A pedestrian has been killed after being hit by a Nissan van on the A38 near the Lee Mill Industrial Estate.

The 47-year-old man was from Smithaleigh in Devon. The collision occurred at about 10.30pm on Sunday 14 July 2013 on the eastbound carriageway.

A 57-year-old man from Bristol has been arrested by Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion of causing death by driving without...

A 25-year-old man has been bailed until 19 September 2013 pending further police investigation following an armed police operation on Laira Bridge Road on Wednesday night (10 July).

Police say a 23-year-old man has been released with no further action being taken.

Armed police mounted the operation in response to reports that two men were carrying weapons.

A police...

Two men in their twenties from Plymouth have received a police charge of burglary with violence.

The two men were arrested following an aggravated burglary in the Greenbank area of Plymouth on Wednesday night (10 July).

Thomas Oyler, aged 24, has been released on bail to appear before South and West Devon Magistrates Court on 31 July 2013.

Michael Saville, aged 29,...

Police in Plymouth are seeking a 22-year-old man who is wanted for a breach of an electronic tagging order.

Aaron Stephenson from Plymouth is currently sought by police and officers are following a number of lines of enquiry in an attempt to locate and arrest him and return him to court.

Mr Stephenson is described as a white man, around 1.70m tall.

Stephenson is...

A Plymouth woman has been charged with the attempted murder of a 35-year-old man.

Devon and Cornwall Police say that Annabel Beal, aged 25, from Deptford Place, Greenbank in Plymouth has been charged with the alleged crime and is due to appear in Plymouth Magistrates' Court on Monday 8 July 2013.

Ms Beal was arrested on Saturday morning following a call from the public. She was...

A 25-year-old man from Plymouth has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

The man was arrested at an address in the city yesterday afternoon (8 July). The arrest follows police investigations into a car fire on Sunday evening.

The incident occurred at some time just before 11.30pm on Sunday 7 July. A grey Ford Focus was set alight and destroyed while...

Police have arrested a 47-year-old woman in connection with an incident that left a man needing hospital treatment for a suspected stab wound to the chest.

Police in Plymouth were called shortly before 7.30pm last night (Monday 8 July) to a house in the Efford area of the city.

Upon arrival officers found a 39-year-old local man with a suspected stab wound to the chest. The man...

Police are appealing for witnesses to what they describe as an unprovoked assault after a man was set upon by a group of men in Plymouth.

The victim was walking on Exeter Street around 3.30am on Saturday (29 June) when he was approached from behind by a group of men.

He was punched on the back of the head and knocked to the ground before being set upon by the group who kicked...