• Driver, 23, denies causing friend's death in car chase

  By Western Morning News at 09:14 on 20/10/11

  

  A man accused of causing the death of his best friend in a car chase on a Cornish road at high speed told a jury the pair were not racing. Nathan Kingcome, 23, a self-employed landscape gardener, denies one count of causing the death of 20-year-old Michael Vercoe by dangerous driving. Mr Vercoe of St Stephen, near St Austell, died when his red Peugeot 306 spun out of control and ploughed into a wall. Kingcome was driving behind...

• Seven arrested and bailed following drugs and money laundering bust

  By JoJoWoo at 14:46 on 06/02/11

  

  Seven people have been arrested in Cornwall in connection with the suspected unlawful supply of controlled drugs and associated money laundering offences. During the course of the arrests which took place during the afternoon of Thursday 3rd February in the Newquay and ST Dennis areas, one of those arrested attempted to flee the scene in a vehicle and in so doing collided with a Police motor cycle and another Police vehicle. Police...

• Newquay residents warned to be on the alert for new phone scam.

  By John197511 at 20:20 on 01/02/11

  

  Police are warning residents across Devon and Cornwall about a telephone scam where people are persuaded to pay money over the phone to avoid having their line cut off. Reports have been made to police in South Molton of an individual ringing the customer claiming to be from BT, advising them that their line will be disconnected because of an unpaid bill. A payment of £31 is demanded to rectify the situation, otherwise it...

• Newquay Crime Maps, Police new site online today!

  By John197511 at 20:15 on 01/02/11

  

  The new crime map website went online today and promtly crashed by 10am under the sheer volume of numbers with over estimated numbers of between 75,000 and 300,000 people a minute trying to log in to search their area. The site is the most detailed crime information ever available to the general public and should allow people to type in a postcode and see not only the amount of crimes in the town but also how many crimes are local to...

• How Much Crime is there in Newquay?

  By chris_wasey at 14:39 on 21/11/10

  

  Statistics suggest that crime is on the way down in Newquay and Cornwall.  Comparing overall crime levels form the same three month (July, August, September) period in 2010 and 2009, crime is down by 6.3%. Online Stats Having spent the summer working on increasing police visibility within the town, the perception by local people has picked up recently.  However, as a popular party town, how does Newquay fit as part of...

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