A major police manhunt is under way after a woman died following a serious attack in a street in Plymouth. Police were called to West Hoe Road at 20:55 GMT on Wednesday after a woman in her 40s was found with serious injuries. The woman was taken to hospital but died in the early hours, police said. Her next of kin have been informed.

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a woman, in her 40s, in Plymouth, who had been found seriously injured in the street on Wednesday

Officers were called to the West Hoe area of the city just before 9pm on Wednesday after the victim was found seriously injured in the street.

A manhunt is under way for a male murder suspect after a woman in her 40s died having been found seriously injured in the street. The woman died in hospital during the early hours of Thursday having been attacked the night before in Plymouth.

A murder investigation has been launched after the death of a woman in Plymouth. A huge police presence was seen in West Hoe Road on Wednesday, January 22, after a woman in her 40s was found seriously injured in the street.

Police are searching for a male suspect after a serious assault in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the West Hoe area at 8.55pm on Wednesday after reports that a person had been “seriously injured” in the street.

A murder investigation is underway after the death of a woman in Plymouth. Police are searching for a male suspect after the woman in her 40s was found seriously injured in the street on West Hoe Road. She was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead in the early hours. Her next of kin have been informed.

Devon and Cornwall Police are now hunting a man whose identity is known to them. Officers said the suspect and the victim were known to each other.

Armed police have swarmed Plymouth searching for a suspect after a serious assault left a victim in hospital. Devon & Cornwall police said that officers rushed to the scene at 8.55pm on Wednesday after a person was found “seriously injured” in the street.

Police are searching for a suspect after a serious assault in Plymouth's West Hoe left a victim hospitalised, with the public urged to avoid the area.