Four officers from Devon and Cornwall Police have been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Police Triathlon Championships (USPE) which will be held in the Netherlands next month and make up a third of the British team.

Three of them have had their 50th birthdays with the youngster of the team being aged 45.

PC Jo Church, from Plymouth;  DC Richard Martin from Launceston; PC Jason Chubb from armed response at Barnstaple and Sgt Linda Dabbs from the safeguarding team at Torquay make up a third of the 12-strong British team.