Bea Swallow BBC News, West of England Getty Images The unit investigates and disrupts the activities of organised criminal groups Five police forces must make improvements to how they work together to tackle serious and organised crime, an inspectorate has ruled. The South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) works closely with the local police...
Exeter’s first build to rent residential flats are being advertised to let at The Hay, a five-storey 53-unit development in Prince Charles Road, with full-price rents ranging from £1,375 to £2,350 per month. Ten of the units are “affordable” flats reserved for key workers including nurses, teachers and firefighters, the minimum proportion required by government...
Chloe Parkman & John Ayres BBC News, South West BBC Protestors gather in Torquay ahead of council decision A children’s charity said it was “very disappointed” with plans to shut specialist hearing units at two schools in Torquay. Torbay Council’s overview and scrutiny committee agreed to go ahead with the planned unit closures at St...
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The government has suspended kitchen use in prison separation centres that are used to house a small number of the UK’s most dangerous and extremist inmates, it is understood. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked three prison officers on Saturday in HMP Frankland. Two male officers remain in hospital with serious...