BBC Spotlight

A man has appeared before magistrates in Cornwall, charged with causing the deaths of two women by dangerous driving.

Martin Chun, who's 59 and from Exeter, was driving a coach which crashed on a steep hill in Morval near Looe in 2014 - two of the passengers Margeret Luxton and Carol Muldoon were killed. 

He was also charged with causing serious injury through dangerous driving to four other people travelling on the coach. Mr Chun entered no plea at Bodmin magistrates, he will appear again at Truro Crown Court next month.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A school in Cornwall has become one of only a few to be recognised as a centre of excellence in financial education.

Bodriggy Academy, external in Hayle has taken part in a year-long national programme which aims to provide pupils with skills in money management. 

The children have been learning how to budget money by using role play and being given an allowance to shop with.

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Sixty people will lose their jobs at a newspaper and magazine distributor in Plymouth, the company has said.

Staff at Smiths News were told about the job cuts - which will happen in April - on Wednesday. The magazine side of the firm, which makes up the majority of the workforce, is moving to Newport, bosses said.

The firm added that part of its firm will remain at Langage in Plympton. The company claims to be the UK's leading newspaper and magazine wholesaler.

BBC Spotlight

Work has started to roll out superfast broadband across some of the remotest parts of Devon.

It means people on both Dartmoor and Exmoor should be able to access faster internet speeds.

Instead of laying fibre optic cable, masts are being installed as part of a wireless broadband system.

Devon County Council said it was hoped the first customers would go live in the next few months.

Matt Pengelly
Local Live

The 12-year-old girl knocked over by a police car in Camborne yesterday remains in a 'serious but stable' condition in hospital in Bristol.

The girl was flown to Bristol Children's Hospital by air ambulance following the crash on Trevenson Street at about 08:00 - the police have said officers were responding to a "violent incident" with the blue lights on.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed.

Bee Tucker
BBC Weather

If you're planning a trip to the seaside today - watch out for those strong winds - here are the times of the next high waters around Devon and Cornwall.

I'll have the latest forecast on BBC Spotlight at 13:30.

Western Morning News

The Westcountry remains on a weather warning, external after heavy overnight rain swelled already high river levels.

BBC Sport

The Devon cricket community has been left 'devastated' at the death of a young fast bowler.

Image source, Getty Images

Tom Allin, 28, was found dead on Monday night on the River Torridge Bridge - he had represented Devon and Warwickshire.

In a statement on the Devon Cricket website, external, the North Devon CC chairman Mark Ansell said: “Everyone at the club is devastated by the news of Tom’s death. We all feel so sad for Tom’s family. He was a great guy and this has come as such a shock."

BBC Travel

- Foundry Road in Stithians is blocked near the Tregonning Road junction, because of fallen power cables

- There's flooding on the B3301 in both directions between the Prosper Hill junction in Gwithian and the Green Lane junction in Portreath. Approach with care

- Lampen Road in St Neot blocked near the turn for Ley junction, because of a fallen tree. Approach with care

- There's a traffic light failure on the A386 Tavistock Road in Plymouth at Derriford Roundabout. Approach with care

BBC Radio Cornwall

Hundreds of house owners in Cornwall and west Devon who are trapped in properties blighted by mundic block, external could have a change in fortune. 

Rules governing the classification of mundic block - a so-called concrete cancer - have been updated. Properties previously placed in the A/B category will immediately be transferred into a new A2 category and be fully mortgageable.

It could make the difference between someone being able to get a full market asking price when selling their property rather than losing thousands of pounds.

BBC Radio Devon

Residents in Bideford who claim a nearby housing estate is causing their properties to flood say their complaints are being ignored.

Several families living alongside the College Park estate insist the flooding started when the new homes were built more than two years ago.

The development has a drainage pond that water runs into and gradually seeps away.

Developers Bloor Homes and Redrow insist the drainage scheme, which was approved by the Environment Agency, was working as it should but it would investigate further.

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

Health bosses have apologised after a scheme designed to reduce the rate of hospital bed blocking saw figures soar.

In April 2014, health organisations in Cornwall started to share resources in the hope of cutting bed blocking by 25%. But the latest figures show the number of bed days lost has increased by 69% in a year.

A health campaigner said the new initiative, launched under the government's Better Care Fund, could turn out to be "useless".

BBC Travel

- The A377 in Umberleigh in north Devon is partially blocked and busy but moving near the turn for Northcote Manor junction, because of an accident

- Lampen Road in St Neot is blocked near the turn for Ley junction, because of a fallen tree. Approach with care

- Between Gwithian and Hells Mouth we've got reports the B3301 is flooded and impassable

- There are reports of a fallen tree between St Neot and the A38, Lampen Road is blocked

BBC Radio Cornwall

A man has been rescued from a car after it got stuck in two feet of flood water, external - in Deep Lane.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service crews from Tolvaddon, Falmouth and Penzance were deployed to the road near Four Lanes just before 21:00 last night.

A full water rescue team helped the driver from his car - he wasn't injured.

BBC Sport

A former county cricketer from Devon has died at the age of 28, prompting a flood of tributes from within the game.

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Fast bowler Tom Allin played for Warwickshire as well as Devon. He was found dead on the A39 River Torridge Bridge on Monday night - the police say it was a "non-suspicious incident".

Allin is the second cricketer to die in a matter of days, following the death of Sussex bowler Matthew Hobden at the age of 22.

BBC Weather

It will be a day of scattered showers and bright, sunny spells. Some of the showers may be quite heavy at times this morning.

The bright and sunny spells will be more extensive this afternoon.

Winds will be fresh north westerly, but strong around the coasts and near gale force in the west. It will fell quite chilly - maximum temperature: 10C (50F).

Matt Pengelly
Local Live

Good morning from the BBC Local Live team in Devon and Cornwall - be careful on the roads it was very windy and pretty wet on my drive in to work.

If you'd like to get in touch with the team, we'd love to hear from you on email.