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Plymouth solicitor closes adding to over 1,000 solicitor firms closed in the last year

Thornleys Solicitors of Plymouth closed on Monday ending 32 years of serving the Plymouth, Plymstock and South Hams communities.15 staff have been made redundant.

The Law Society Gazette reported that more than 1,000 small legal practices in the UK have ceased trading in the past year, and they predicted that the figure is set to rise further.

The Solicitors Regulation...

Police investigate suspicious death of Plymouth man

A 47 year old man is in police custody at Charles Cross Police Station in connection with the death of a Plymouth man in Keyham Road.

Devon and Cornwall Police were informed of the death at 10.08pm on Tuesday 12th March. They describe both men as local.

The death is being treated as suspicious and police have begun investigations.

The deceased’s next of kin has been...