Updates on Friday 5 February
There are warnings there will be more smoking and drinking related deaths in Cornwall after the closure of a campaign group.
The BBC can reveal that Public Health Action, formerly Smoke Free South West, external, is to close in June. Councils say it is a 'direct result' of government cuts.
Two greedy building bosses face jail after they were convicted, external of siphoning more than £1 million from luxury boatmaker Princess Yachts.
Miles Davis
BBC News Online
A 65-year-old man who died on Monday in a crash, external on the A390 at Probus near Truro has formally been identifed by police as Keith Hurren from Chacewater.
Police, fire and ambulance were called to the scene of the crash between a Toyota RAV4 and a Land Rover Defender and Mr Hurren was pronounced dead at the scene.
Storm force winds and towering waves, external are set to lash the Westcountry for the next few days prompting the Met Office to issue a severe weather warning.
BBC Travel
- On the A38 one lane is blocked by an accident near the Dartbridge junction heading towards Exeter following another incident near Ashburton
- In Paignton Preston Down Road is partially blocked by an accident and fuel spillage around Duchy Drive
- Bradham Lane in Exmouth is closed in both directions because of a burst water main
Plymouth University's former vice-chancellor received a pay out of £125,000 for loss of office after stepping down following a high-profile dispute, external.
Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live
- The South Western Ambulance Service says its crews are wasting around 50 hours a day because of delays transferring patients to busy accident and emergency departments
- A cancer charity is warning lives could be lost because a campaign group that fights smoking and drinking is to fold
-Local councils could get the power to set their own speed limits, if a Cornish MP gets a bill through parliament.
- New research from the University of Exeter has found that the spread of a deadly virus affecting honeybees is caused by humans
Local town and parish councils should be able to set their own speed limits, according to a South West MP.
If Conservative Scott Mann, external's private member's bill is successful, small councils would be allowed to hold referenda to set speed limits, which highways authorities would then be obliged to introduce.
The North Cornwall MP's bill will have its second reading in the Commons later, but the Alliance of British Drivers has criticised the idea, describing it as "localism carried too far".
A mild, dull and rather cloudy day with outbreaks of light drizzle at times, especially over the moors and areas exposed to the moderate or fresh south westerly winds which will gradually strengthen throughout the day.
Late in the day, a band of heavier rain and stronger winds will reach the Islands and far west with a maximum temperature of 12C (54F).
Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
Ambulance staff are wasting an average of 50 hours every day between them, waiting to hand patients over at accident and emergency departments in the South West.
The South Western Ambulance service, external says in one nine-month period, staff spent more than 11,000 hours on delayed handovers.
BBC Travel
- On the A38 one lane is blocked near Menheniot by an accident near the B3252 near the go karting centre
- In Plymouth Derriford Road is partially blocked by an accident near Research Way
- In Exmouth Bradham Lane is closed due to a burst water main
Miles Davis
BBC News Online
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