Updates on Tuesday 2 February 2016
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The GMB union says it is "working collaboratively" with Plymouth City Council to minimize job cuts over the next three years with latest figures showing 400 jobs could go in Plymouth, external.
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A Plymouth University lecturer has raised hundreds of pounds to provide solar-powered cookers for people in Africa.
Karen Treasure will be travelling to Zambia to distribute the cookers which, because they don't require wood to burn, could help alleviate the country's deforestation problem.
A park in Buckfastleigh used by young people in the area has been awarded a grant of £200,000.
Victoria Park has received funding from Viridor Credits Environmental Company, for a skate park and play equipment.
It's considered the next step in the regeneration of the town.
BBC Travel
- In Devon, the A380 Hellevoetsluis Way in Paignton is now clear after an earlier accident
- In Cornwall, a broken down lorry has been removed from the A30 Westbound in Zelah, between Shortlanesend Road and the Allet turn-off
- In Launceston, the A388 Western Road is now clear after an accident near Carboth Lane
The mild and wet winter has been causing problems for some South West farmers.
It means crops need harvesting weeks or even months early. It's also been difficult to get vegetables out of the ground due to the muddy conditions.
The father of Genette Tate has hit out at the state after taxpayers paid for the secret funeral of child killer Robert Black, external, who was suspected to have killed Genette in 1978.
A Cornish designer hopes a piece of public art, condemned to the scrap heap six years ago, could be resurrected after interest by the conservation group, Historic England.
The huge modernist fibreglass wall was commissioned in the 1980s for a supermarket in Falmouth.
It was torn down in 2009 but will now feature in a London exhibition called Our Post-War public art, external after some of the panels were saved by local man Nick Dobson.
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- A Cornish businessman who posted a picture of himself having treatment for prostate cancer on Facebook, external, says he's trying to raise awareness of the disease's symptoms
- Campaigners against windfarms say the council in North Devon could pave the way for even more turbines, if the district becomes a specialist area for wind energy development
- There's been a rise in the number of school pupils recognised as autistic in Devon and Cornwall, according to the government
Holly Green
BBC Weather
Cloud and rain will affect many areas at first with drier conditions spreading southwards later. This will leave a day of well broken cloud, with bright or sunny spells and a scattering of showers.
It will be a breezy day, with fresh north westerly winds that will be strong around the coasts. Maximum Temperature: 10C (50F), but cooler this afternoon.
Apache helicopter pilots, Major David Lambert, from Plymouth, and Tom Brunwin have crossed the finish line in Antigua to finish in fourth place of the world’s toughest rowing race, external - the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
BBC Travel
- In Paignton, the A380 is blocked both directions by an accident between Preston Downs and Gallows Gate Roundabout. There are long delays.
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BBC Travel
- The traffic lights have failed at the Charles Cross Roundabout in Plymouth. Approach with care.
- In West Hill, West Hill Road is closed between Elsdon Lane and Higher Broad Oak Road, due to a large hole in road. Diversions are in place.
- The A373 near Awliscombe is partially blocked by an accident near Weston Lane and the off-road driving centre. Traffic is busy but moving.
- In South Brent, there are reports of an accident on the B3372 near Harwell Lane.
- On the A388 in Launceston there has been a collision on Western Road.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
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