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Coroner calls for ‘root and branch’ reform of gun laws after Keyham tragedy

Ian Arrow, the senior coroner for Plymouth, said the 50-year-old Firearms Act was at ‘odds with public safety’.

The Independent UK

Britain’s firearms laws ‘need root and branch reform’, Plymouth shooting coroner says

Coroner says current laws are ‘at odds with public safety’, after incel gunman Jake Davidson was allowed to keep his shotgun despite previous violent attacks

The Independent UK

Dame Darcey Bussell to become new chair of the board at Theatre Royal Plymouth

The announcement of her appointment, effective from April 1, coincides with International Women’s Day.

The Independent UK

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Scots tourist found dead by friends in Plymouth Airbnb while on holiday

Kirsty Kindness, 40, who lived in Annan, was found dead by friends at the premises in the south-west of England where she was also planning to visit Torquay.

Daily Record

Seven-year-old boy crushed to death between two vehicles in freak car park accident

Alfie Tollett had just watched his brother play in a rugby match at his local club and was putting his shoes back on when he got wedged between two cars.

Daily Record

Winner: Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism 2023 – En Liang Khong on Tanoa Sasraku

This year’s winning entry explores the work of the Plymouth-born artist who delves into the hillsides of the west country and beyond

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth has been named one of the world's 'most underrated' holiday destinations

Time Out has selected 14 destinations across the world which having amazing food, culture and experiences on offer, but are not visited as often as other bigger hitting destinations

Daily Mirror

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Manchester bomber's preacher friend Mansour Al-Anezi was on MI5 radar for 10 years

Salman Abedi's Muslim preacher friend Mansour Al-Anezi was investigated by the security services before a failed suicide bombing in Exeter in 2008

Daily Mirror

UK shooting lobby to fight demands to tighten shotgun ownership rules

Powerful pro-gun groups plan to lobby ministers as calls mount to raise ownership barriers after Plymouth killings

The Guardian - UK

TUI charges NHS worker £327 to change maiden name on booking after passport mix-up

Sharon Tucker, from Plymouth, booked a holiday to Turkey with TUI, only to realise she would fall foul of post-Brexit travel document rules if she didn't get a new one

Daily Mirror

Devon defence jobs secured after British Army vehicle contract win

Combat vehicle manufacturer Supacat and engineering giant Babcock have struck a deal to make potentially hundreds of light armoured transporters at the firms' sites in Dunkeswell and Plymouth

Birmingham Post

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

Britain’s gun laws could be tightened after Plymouth shooting - but what are they?

Firearms laws could be changed in the UK to make sure shootings can never happen again.

Evening Standard

'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

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Plymouth shooter’s sister and brother criticise failure to toughen gun laws

Government under pressure to reform licensing system, with one MP describing it as ‘a thicket’

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

The Independent UK

Plymouth gunman beat boy after being called ‘fat’ - year before killing five people

Police briefly confiscated legally-held shotgun from 22-year-old before handing it back to him – ahead of fatal shooting spree which saw him kill his own mother

Evening Standard

Plymouth victims’ families demand law change after claim ‘catastrophic failures’ handed gunman Jake Davison licence to kill’

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

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Calls for radical reform of gun laws after Plymouth shooting

‘Catastrophic’ failings that allowed gunman to kill five people increase pressure to overhaul 1968 legislation

The Independent UK

Plymouth shooter Jake Davison ‘searched for incel serial killers online’ days before massacre

Motivation for mass shooting, which was not declared a terror attack, to be examined at new inquest

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

‘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.

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’

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth shooting: burst of savagery that began with an attack on a mother

Many tears have been shed during inquest into what happened when Jake Davison went on rampage

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth shooting: victims’ families hit out at ‘police failings’ after unlawful killing verdict

Relatives at inquest say Jake Davison should not have been granted gun licence with known history of violence

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