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The Latest Breaking News from Plymouth

Senior officer apologises over decision to grant gun licence to Keyham shooter

Jake Davison killed five people in Keyham, Plymouth, in August 2021.

The Independent UK

Plymouth shooting: police force says sorry for issuing licence to gunman

Jake Davison should never have been allowed to have shotgun, Devon and Cornwall police tell inquest

The Guardian - UK

Luxury boat builder Princess Yachts taken over by US private equity firm

Plymouth-based Princess Yachts said the deal would take the business to the ‘next level’

Birmingham Post

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Parking warning as woman fined over broken meter - and she even left a friendly note

Janice Bailey was left "cross and inflamed" after being forced to fork out £25 for a parking ticket after Plymouth Council rejected her appeals - despite not having any other way to pay

Daily Mirror

Unarmed PC tells inquest how he ran at Plymouth shooter

Zachary Printer, who tried to distract Jake Davison, said he had no choice as he ‘had to protect the public’

The Guardian - UK

Killer gunman Jake Davison should not have had shotgun licence, inquest told

Davison killed five people in a shooting spree in Keyham, Plymouth, in August 2021.

The Independent UK

Burts Snacks ‘committed’ to UK sites after Europe Snacks deal

The Plymouth-headquartered company has been acquired by the France-based food producer

Birmingham Post

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Jake Davison assault case should have been sent to CPS, detective tells inquest

Police were under pressure not to send more cases to courts at time of attack a year before Plymouth shooting

The Guardian - UK

Detective did not understand database records on Keyham gunman, inquest hears

Det Con Pablo Beckhurst was investigating assaults by Jake Davison on two teenagers in a park 12 months before he killed five people in Plymouth

The Independent UK

Brittany Ferries planning to bring French tourism boost to Plymouth

The cross-channel operator is involved in a new partnership initiative being funded by VisitBritain

Birmingham Post

Labour MP makes gun reform plea and says laws needed to tackle incel violence

Labour's Luke Pollard says thousands of pump-action guns must be removed from UK homes, while misogynistic violence should be treated as a hate crime to prevent a repeat of the sickening Plymouth murders

Daily Mirror

Police recreate Hot Fuzz by 'arresting' swan and taking it away in back of car'

Police say the bird was pulled from a nearby harbour in Plymouth, Devon, by a drunken man before being involved in a collision when he was waddling on a busy road

Daily Mirror

‘Not your usual prisoner’: police pick up swan in Plymouth

Bird ‘removed’ from harbour by a drunk man is escorted to vet in scene likened to the film Hot Fuzz

The Guardian - UK

Firearms licensing unit which granted Plymouth shooter a gun ‘was dangerous shambles’

Inquest halted as officer who recommended Jake Davison be granted a shotgun certificate led out in tears

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The Independent UK

Firearms licencing unit which granted Plymouth shooter a gun ‘was dangerous shambles’

Inquest halted as officer who recommended Jake Davison be granted a shotgun certificate led out in tears

The Independent UK

Inquest hears of Jake Davison’s violent attack on innocent teenager

CCTV of the incident in a Plymouth park showed Davison punching the boy at least five times.

The Independent UK

Mentally ill woman decapitated her brother, court told

Heaven Belal, 41, had moved to London from Plymouth to be near her older sibling Omar Bilal in February 2021.

Daily Mirror

UK's 'lost' airport could be set to reopen after being closed for more than a decade

Plans are in place to re-open Plymouth's mothballed airport as leader Richard Bingley aims to start a “public/private” partnership, with cross-party backing for a new airport on the disused site

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The Independent UK

Shooter Jake Davison wanted to kill teenagers after ‘fat’ taunts, inquest told

The 22-year-old killed five people, including his own, mother in Plymouth less than a year after assaulting a boy and girl in a park

The Guardian - UK

GP was not told Plymouth shooter had shotgun certificate, inquest hears

Dr Ben Dawson had declined to acknowledge Jake Davison’s suitability to own a weapon, inquest hears

The Independent UK

‘Emerging threat’: Rising number of suspected incels referred to UK counter-terror police

Incels being monitored as an ‘emerging threat’ as inquest considers motivation behind Plymouth shooting

Daily Record

What Morgan Whittaker offers Rangers amid Plymouth heroics as inside man answers burning questions

Plymouth Argyle writer Chris Errington appeared on the latest Record Rangers podcast and gave an insight into his work at Home Park.

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth gunman’s father tells inquest he warned police about shotgun licence

Father says he tried to stop Jake Davison getting firearm and alerted authorities about son’s ‘volatile environment’

The Independent UK

Dad of killer incel warned police not to grant son shotgun licence

Jake Davison used a shotgun to kill five people, including his own mother, in the Keyham area of Plymouth

The Independent UK

Plymouth gunman’s father tells inquest he warned police not to grant son licence

Jake Davison used a shotgun to kill five people, including his own mother, in the Keyham area of the city on August 12 2021.

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