Weekly round-up: Stories you may have missed

Faye Williams helped staff at Corfu Airport control the crowd

A woman from Devon who helped control the crowd at a Greek airport, and a car which fell into a sinkhole which suddenly appeared in a car park in Cornwall, were some of the stories we reported on this week.

We have selected six articles from the past seven days for Devon and Cornwall.

Mum steps in to control crowd at Greek airport

Faye Williams said she saw an airport employee who looked like they were on the "verge of tears"

A mother who stepped in to help organise thousands of passengers at a crowded Greek airport said it was "one of the most random days" of her life.

Faye Williams said she and her family, from Devon, were travelling home from Corfu International Airport on 24 October when several flights were called to the same departure gate at the same time, leaving people unable to get through the crowds.

She offered to help the single employee trying to assist people and was given access to the tannoy. A video taken by her daughter of her reading out flight numbers has reached a million views on social media.

A spokesperson for Corfu Airport thanked Mrs Williams for helping fellow travellers.

Fewer sharks die when guidelines followed - study

Researchers tagged about 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks during the project

Most sharks survived after they were released by non-commercial fishermen when angling guidelines were followed, a study has found.

The University of Exeter said researchers tagged nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks to track their behaviour after they were caught using the catch-and-release technique.

When this method is used, fish are put back into the water, but animal rights groups have said the method could still cause injury or death. Researchers said out of the sharks tagged, only three died when best practice guidelines were followed.

Families protest at lack of Send provision

The shoes were chosen to symbolise absence, waiting, and the loss of a normal school life

Families in Cornwall held a silent protest about special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision.

In Truro, rows of empty children's shoes from 120 children were laid out at County Hall to represent children failed by the education system.

It was part of similar protests held across more than 80 council locations in England and Scotland as part of the Every Pair Tells a Story campaign. Local organisers said there was a "massive Send deficit" in Cornwall.

The Department for Education said the government inherited a Send system "on its knees", but had carried out more than 100 listening sessions with families and had made progress on plans to build a "truly inclusive system".

Car falls into sinkhole in car park

The car fell into a hole about 2m deep

An empty parked car fell into a 2m (6.6ft) sinkhole in a car park.

Cornwall Council said its contractor Cormac secured the site behind Berrymans Bakery on Trew Parc, Redruth, Cornwal.

Dan Berriman, from Cornwall Mining Consultants, said engineers "needed to understand what was going on" before any action to remove the car was taken.

BBC Devon and Cornwall presenters finish Children in Need challenge

BBC Radio Devon presenter Caroline Densley walked around Plymouth on day two of the challenge

Presenters from BBC Radio Devon and Cornwall completed their part in a 1,000-mile (1,609km) three-legged charity challenge for Children in Need (CIN) on Wednesday.

Caroline Densley and Michael Chequer from BBC Devon and James Churchfield and James Dundon from BBC Cornwall covered sections in both counties tied to different people.

The community walkers included volunteers and staff from CIN-funded projects, over the course of the two-day fundraising challenge.

Airline agrees temporary deal for London route

Skybus currently flies to the Isles of Scilly and has acquired a larger plane for the London route

A deal to restore a vital flight route between Cornwall and London was agreed on Friday.

Cornwall Council said airline Skybus would take on providing the Newquay to London Gatwick route from 23 November on a "short-term contract".

The route was suspended last month after the previous operators, Eastern Airways, announced it was on the brink of entering administration.

The authority added the process to find a long term replacement was underway.