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'Hero' copper speaks out after losing 'dream job' over maths GCSE lie

PC Kye Smith was described as a 'Covid hero' for helping his community during the pandemic

Wales Online

Life in 'UK's Magaluf' - drugs on beaches, police raids and £1million houses

Newquay in Cornwall used to have a reputation for being a party town but in recent years that has changed, but locals insist things are as bad as ever as drug taking runs rampant

Daily Mirror

Gang's costly mistake at pub exposed their huge drug crime ring

The gang tried to rectify their mistake but it just helped police further

Liverpool Echo

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Police officer charged with three counts of rape while on duty

Sergeant David Stansbury to appear in court on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Church caretaker’s police restraint death to be examined by jury

Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest after being held down, handcuffed and placed in restraints – with a webbing belt wrapped around his face

The Independent UK

Police searches continue for girl who knocked on door and said she was lost

Devon and Cornwall Police were called to the Hele area of Torquay on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of pedestrian

Devon and Cornwall Police said the victim, a local man, was confirmed dead at the scene in Plymouth.

The Independent UK

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Boy, 7, crushed to death between two parked cars as he changed boots for rugby match

Alfie Tollett’s family say they ‘are so numb and are struggling to understand why this has happened’

The Independent UK

Ukrainian national, 14, dies after being found unconscious on beach

Devon and Cornwall Police said they were called to reports of a missing teenager on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian girl, 14, dies after being found unconscious on Devon beach

Devon and Cornwall Police said the girl was found on Dawlish Beach on Saturday after a search by police and coastguard

The Independent UK

Killer Plymouth gunman's family plea 'for action, not words' to prevent future atrocities

Apprentice crane operator Jake Davison, 22, used his legally held pump action shotgun to carry out one of the worst gun massacres in Britain for more than a decade

Daily Mirror

'Terrifying' warning guns are in wrong hands as MP tells of constituent in hiding

The government is under pressure to tighten gun laws after the conclusion of an inquest into the killings in Keyham, Plymouth, by evil Jake Davison, as Labour MP Rachael Maskell said a woman in her constituency has been forced into hiding

Daily Mirror

Gunman Jake Davison killed himself after shooting five dead, inquest rules

The 22-year-old shot himself with a pump-action shotgun after being confronted by an unarmed police officer minutes after killing five people.

The Independent UK

Britain’s gun laws could be tightened following ‘catastrophic’ failings that enabled Plymouth shooting

Home secretary will be ‘failing in her duty to protect the public’ if laws are not changed, families say

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The Independent UK

Keyham families demand firearms law changes after ‘catastrophic failures’

They spoke out after an inquest jury found there was a ‘seriously unsafe culture’ in Devon and Cornwall Police’s firearms licensing unit

The Independent UK

‘Complete overhaul’ of gun licensing needed in UK after Plymouth shooting, victims’ families say

Inquest jury warns that ‘catastrophic’ failures that let Jake Davison have a gun are seen nationwide

The Independent UK

‘Catastrophic failings’ at gun licence unit, but no officers or staff lose jobs

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said that one member of Devon and Cornwall police staff received a written warning.

The Independent UK

‘Unsafe culture’ in police firearms unit before Keyham shooting – inquest jury

Jake Davison shot dead four adults and a child in an eight-minute rampage in Keyham, Plymouth, on August 12 2021.

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Wales Online

Families of gunman Jake Davison's victims say he was given 'licence to kill'

An inquest found the five victims to have been unlawfully killed by Davison

The Independent UK

Families of Plymouth shooting victims hit out at ‘series of failings’ that led to ‘act of pure evil’

‘Warning signs were ignored and a licence to kill was granted’

Evening Standard

Victims of Keyham gunman Jake Davison were unlawfully killed, says inquest jury

Jake Davison killed his mother and then shot dead Sophie Martyn, three, her father Lee, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd before killing himself

The Independent UK

The mistakes made in giving Jake Davison a shotgun licence

The inquest jury heard of blunders made.

The Independent UK

‘Act of pure evil’ changed our lives forever, say Keyham families

They said Jake Davison was ‘facilitated and enabled by a series of failings and incompetence’ from those ‘supposed to keep us safe’.

Daily Mirror

Moment Plymouth gunman beats boy - before police give him gun back to go on massacre

CCTV captured Jake Davison attacking an innocent 16-year-old boy less than a year before he mercilessly shot five people dead in Plymouth

The Independent UK

‘Licence to kill’: Victims’ families hit out at police failings that led to ‘pure evil’ Plymouth incel gunman killing five people

Police were already aware Jake Davison had a history of violence and knew that aged 12 he had assaulted two teachers

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