Counter-terror police have arrested four people after military planes were sprayed with paint during a break-in at RAF Brize Norton that was claimed by a pro-Palestinian group. Footage posted online last Friday by Palestine Action showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a scooter up to an Airbus Voyager...
Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West Devon and Cornwall Police The pilot involves the use of wristbands for people with neurodiversity A police force has launched a pilot scheme in a bid to improve the way emergency services support those living with neurodiversity. Devon and Cornwall Police said the pilot, for Cornwall, would involve the...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service Google Plans have been submitted for the former police station in Heavitree Road, Exeter Plans have been submitted to knock down a former Devon police station to build more than 800 homes for university students and local people. The plans for Exeter’s former police station, on Heavitree Road, would...
Christine Butler BBC News, Cornwall Lisa Young BBC News, Cornwall BBC PC Pip Davey talks to coffee shop owners Olivia and Jo Richards about anti-social behaviour issues There has been a spike in anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Saltash since February, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said it had enrolled a police community support...
Ben King Business reporter BBC Cdr Stephen Clayman says he understands victims’ frustration at how long the investigation is taking Criminal trials over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal may not start until 2028, the police officer leading the investigation has told the BBC. “The teams need to be really meticulous and [pay] attention to...
Actor Brad Pitt’s home in Los Angeles has been ransacked by a trio of thieves. Three suspects broke into the home in the Los Feliz late on Wednesday through a front window and “ransacked the location,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police did not confirm the home belonged to the Oscar-winning actor, but...
BBC Fiona (left) took her case to the police 20 years ago and they were also told of Fee’s case Four women have told a BBC investigation they were sexually assaulted or raped by the same man in the 1980s and 90s. The alleged attacks took place in Dumfries over an 11-year period when the...
BBC Operation Lockspring aimed to reduce the number of road collisions and educate the public More than 30 motorists have been arrested during a four-day campaign targeting dangerous driving. Devon and Cornwall Police said Operation Lockspring was working to reduce the number of collisions on roads and to educate the public about the importance of...
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to demand justice. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of...
An 18th Century violin worth more than £150,000 has been stolen from a north London pub, with police appealing for help to trace the suspects. The string instrument, which belonged to a member of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, was allegedly stolen on the evening of 18 February from The Marquess Tavern on Canonbury Street in Islington....
Detectives are linking a spate of burglaries in which cash has been stolen from residential properties. Devon and Cornwall Police said the incidents took place at four residential properties in north Devon between Friday and Saturday. Properties in Roundswell, Ilfracombe and Bideford were broken into on Friday, with a fourth break in at another property...
Peter Walker BBC News, Essex PA Media John Palmer was convicted at the Old Bailey in 2001 of a timeshare fraud that had about 16,000 victims Detectives have renewed their appeal for information 10 years after the murder of notorious and once wealthy criminal John “Goldfinger” Palmer. The 65-year-old was shot six times in the...
The Metropolitan Police chief has said he is “shocked and frustrated” at a planned protest in support of Palestine Action in London on Monday. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, “actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest”. It comes as...
A former police sergeant has been dismissed for gross misconduct. Devon and Cornwall Police said this week a panel found Tim Perrin had breached standards of professional behaviour relating to his reply to a notice of intended prosecution after a speeding offence in his private vehicle. After a two-day hearing, a gross misconduct panel found...
A Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been charged with rape. Sgt James Rawlinson, 36, was postal requisitioned over one charge of raping a woman aged 16 or over, said Devon and Cornwall Police. The force said it related to an alleged incident while he was off-duty in Exeter in August 2018. It said Sgt...