The Pigeon Express
Boaters in Massachusetts had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with a real-life whale tail. A humpback breached and landed on the bow of a fishing boat near Plymouth on July 24. The whale broke the water’s surface around 10am a few hundred yards off of Manomet Point. No one was injured, and the huge marine animal safely […]
An 87-year-old woman who died during a helicopter landing was blown over while walking on a footpath, police said. Devon and Cornwall Police said it was continuing to investigate the incident at Derriford Hospital on Friday. The “down draft” from the landing helicopter caused the woman, from Plymouth, to be blown over, the force added. […]
The mother of a nine-year-old boy who was killed by a dog apologised to his family for her “senseless actions” in leaving the animal alone with him. Frankie Macritchie was attacked by the 45kg American bulldog Staffordshire bull terrier cross in a caravan in Cornwall in April 2019. His mother Tawnee Willis, from Plymouth, was […]
Six men were arrested off the coast of Plymouth after authorities seized more than two tonnes (2,000kg) of cocaine. A British national, and five Nicaraguans were arrested on a luxury yacht on Thursday. The men, aged from 24 to 49, were held on suspicion of drug trafficking and remain in custody, the National Crime Agency […]
Six people, including a suspected gunman, have died in a shooting incident in Plymouth, about 230 miles southwest from London. Devon and Cornwall Police said three females, two males and the suspect had died in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday evening. One of the dead was a child under 10, according to […]