Category Archives: Crime News

Newquay 1996 Murderer Kills Again

Back in 1996 Kathryn Sharples was found murdered in her bedsit in Newquay, she had been beaten to death.  A divorcee from Farnworth, she was murdered by William (Billy) Tolcher, then aged 31, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, having … Continue reading

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

olice 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 will cost £118 to re-connect the line at a later date.

If the customer tells them that that they are with a different phone provider, they tell you that they have to pay BT a percentage for line rental. Continue reading

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Newquay Crime Maps, Check Out Crime In Your Street

The Police have launched a new crime map website today, building on their more general police crime maps that have been available for some months now.

The instant success of the police crime maps managed to grind to a halt and crash by 10am on its first morning, under the sheer volume of numbers of people who wanted to look up the crime in their street. The Police estimate that between 75,000 and 300,000 people each minute were trying to log in and search their area.

The crime map website is the most detailed crime information ever made publicly available, allowing people to type in their postcode and see the amount of crimes in their town and also how many of those crimes are local to them; it even shows what types of crime are happening in every area. Continue reading

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Newquay Treviglas Message to all Students

Thank you to all who have contacted Treviglas and offered support. It is much appreciated. Such an event as happened last night is a shock to everyone, but we are doing everything we can to get back to normal as soon as possible. I would like to thank the emergency services and the Treviglas site staff for their prompt actions last night.

The College will be open for all Post 16 students (Year 12 and 13) and Key Stage 4 students (Year 10 and 11) as normal today (Friday 28th January).

The SOS Charity Day for the RNLI has been postponed. All Key Stage 4 students should, therefore, attend in college uniform.
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