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Ben Woolvin

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Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC Radio Cornwall

Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC Radio Devon

Home Affairs Correspondent at Spotlight

Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC South West. [email protected]

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  • 2 days ago | bbc.com | Ben Woolvin

    Six appear in court charged with acid murderBen WoolvinHome Affairs CorrespondentChloe ParkmanDevon and Cornwall PoliceSix people have been charged with murder after an alleged acid attackDanny Cahalane, 38, was taken to hospital on 21 February following a serious assault involving acid on Lipson Road. He died in hospital three months later on 3 May.

  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Ben Woolvin

    Youth service tackles issues from Netflix dramaBen WoolvinBBC South West home affairs correspondentBBCIn their Adolescence Workshop, trainee youth worker Gabby Lloyd and youth worker Jon Dingle talked with young people and their parents about online bullying, misogyny, incel culture and knife crimeAn "Adolescence Workshop" to discuss issues raised by the Netflix drama about a boy accused of murdering a girl from his class has been held at a youth club in Cornwall.

  • 4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Ben Woolvin

    Senior police officer cleared of gross misconductBen WoolvinBBC South West home affairs correspondentErin BlackBBCThe IOPC said Mr Colwell had no case to answer over the alleged use a work mobile phone to exchange personal messagesThe police watchdog has concluded there is no evidence of gross misconduct by the former acting chief constable of the Devon and Cornwall force.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Ben Woolvin |Charlotte Cox

    Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceImage caption, (L-R) Mark Baker, Matthew Heyward, Timothy Patterson and Richard King were jailedBBC South West home affairs correspondentSix people have been sentenced for their roles in a £1.7m construction scam in which staff hired by an energy firm accepted bribes in the form of cash, dodgy references and gifts including a Range Rover and an air conditioning unit.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Ben Woolvin

    New town at centre of £1.7m construction scamBen WoolvinCharlotte CoxDevon and Cornwall Police(L-R) Mark Baker, Matthew Heyward, Timothy Patterson and Richard King were jailedSix people have been sentenced for their roles in a £1.7m construction scam in which staff hired by an energy firm accepted bribes in the form of cash, dodgy references and gifts including a Range Rover and an air conditioning unit.

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17 Dec 24

RT @BBCCornwall: It was the double killing that shocked the whole of Cornwall - but now the Firkins brothers, convicted of the A39 Perch Ga…

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1 Aug 24

Call for youth workers numbers to more than double https://t.co/e9BVvA6wZ7