Plymouth Detectives have been operating in Plymouth and the South West for almost 20 years.
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Plymouth's economy is still strongly influenced by shipbuilding, but has become a more service-based economy since the 1990s.
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Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England.
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Plymouth is about 190 miles (310 km) south-west of London.
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Plymouth is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west.
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Plymouth's history goes back to the Bronze Age, when its first settlement grew at Mount Batten.
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This settlement continued to grow as a trading post for the Roman Empire.
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Today Plymouth is home to over 250,000 people, making it the 15th most populous city in England.
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Plymouth is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by three MPs.
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Plymouth has the 11th largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students.
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Plymouth has ferry links to France and Spain and an airport with European services.
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Prior to the latter half of the 18th century grain, timber and then coal were the greatest imports.
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Plymouth was also home to the Royal Naval Engineering College; opened in 1880 in Keyham.
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