Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

- A midwife has told an inquest she arrived at the home of a newborn baby - who later died of sepsis - and could immediately see he needed to go to hospital.

- The University and College Union says thousands of pounds has been spent on hotel rooms, first class flights and salary increases of between 9 and 20% by some of the vice-chancellors in the region.

- The health service in North, East and West Devon is facing huge financial pressures, a report has revealed.

- An accident report has found a pilot was forced to make an emergency landing when a propeller fell from his 80-year-old plane at 2,500ft over Cornwall.

Plymouth Herald

Plans for a giant bridge linking Central Park to Plymouth city centre have been unveiled, external by the area's leading cycling campaign group.

BBC Spotlight

The mother of a newborn baby who lived for just over a day has told an inquest in Cornwall that his breathing before he died was "like a goat".

Charlie Jermyn died of sepsis just 30 hours after being born in a toilet at his home in Penryn in May last year.

Image source, Mark Jermyn

His mum Hayley told an inquest that she was initially concerned he'd banged his head when he was born.

She said: "Then he started making a funny noise, a bit like a goat for a couple of hours."

The inquest has heard that 'grunting' in newborns is a 'red flag indicator' of sepsis.

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

The health service in North, East and West Devon is facing huge financial pressures a new report has concluded.

If nothing changes local health and social care services are likely to be £442m in the red by 2021, according to the Case for Change document which was published today. 

It's the first step of a project called the Success Regime, looking at the problems facing local healthcare services. The next phase will look at the solutions and possible cuts that have to be made. The chief executive of Plymouth hospitals NHS Trust Ann James says the high cost of agency staff is one of the issues facing trusts.

Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online

A pilot who was forced to make an emergency landing on a golf course heard "a loud bang" and "saw the propeller falling away", a report has said.

Image source, Adrian Jasper

Nick Chitterdon, 46, landed next to a golf course near Polzeath in October 2015, and escaped uninjured.

The propeller fell from his 80-year-old plane at 2,500ft (762m), an accident report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A Cornwall councillor is warning people living in Truro are feeling trapped by an influx of commuters.

Image source, Google

"There's a great deal of concern among residents about being imprisoned in their own homes," said Conservative Fiona Ferguson. "Commuters are coming into town very early and finding places to park and residents don't feel like they can go out because they won't have a place to come back to."

Lynne French, BBC News Online

A mathematician and lecturer from the University of Exeter, external has been awarded more than £300,000 to study the behaviour of animals, and how they decide when and where to migrate.

Dr Colin Torney is one of two UK-based researchers to secure a grant from the US-based James S. McDonnell Foundation.   

The study will include data on the wildebeest of the Serengeti, Canadian caribou and geese migrating across Mongolia.

BBC Spotlight

A midwife has told an inquest she arrived at the home of a newborn child - who later died of sepsis - and could immediately see he needed to go to hospital.

Charlie Jermyn died of the condition, just 30 hours after being born in a toilet in Cornwall last year.

Midwife Katie Wickham said she arrived at the family home in Penryn on 10 May and told the inquest: "When I examined him I could see he was sick and see he needed to go to hospital.

"It was the colour and breathing, and the grunting sounds." The inquest in Truro has heard that grunting in new born babies can be a 'red flag' indicator of sepsis.

Press Association

The hedgehog is a "noble species" and an important part of Britain's national heritage, a Cabinet minister has said. 

Commons Leader Chris Grayling also predicted a new petition to "save the hedgehog" will attract the 100,000 signatures it needs to stand a chance of being debated in Parliament. 

He made the remarks after Conservative Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) announced, to cheers from fellow MPs, that he has started collecting signatures in support of the prickly mammal. The British hedgehog population has declined by up to 33% in the last decade and should be given better legal protection by the government, Mr Colvile's petition states.   

BBC Radio Cornwall

A Flood Warning has been issued by the Environment Agency for the South Cornwall coast, external from Land's End to Lizard Point excluding Mounts Bay.

Flooding is expected at a number of locations including Mousehole, Praa Sands, Porthleven and Mullion Harbour during the high tide on Friday morning.

The agency said immediate action was required.

Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport

Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams says he is looking forward to planned changes to the loan system.

Image source, Rex Features

Fifa wants lower-league clubs to stop emergency loans, where sides can bring in players for between 28 and 93 days outside of the transfer windows. English football was allowed one final season of the current system last year, but that reprieve runs out in May.

"Next year, when the new system comes in, it'll be beneficial for Plymouth Argyle," Adams told BBC Radio Devon.

Bill Buckley
BBC Radio Devon

Protests in Exeter last night because the council's considering using a new law that could ban begging, street drinking and rough sleeping - what do you think?

And shopping lists can save hundreds of pounds a year - do you write one and do you give in to temptation?

Join me, Bill Buckley from 13:00 on BBC Radio Devon.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A community midwife said she thought a baby - who later died of sepsis - was grunting because he hadn't been fed recently.

Charlie Jermyn died of sepsis in Cornwall in May – just 30 hours after he was delivered in an unplanned home-birth.   

Midwife Jo Bennett told an inquest: "I thought it [the grunting] was feed related. Given the clinical situation at the time he [Charlie] didn't appear to be anything other than a baby that hadn't fed for a few hours." 

She added that though Charlie initially struggled to feed, he latched on to his mother Hayley's breast and he appeared normal. The inquest in Truro continues.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

Devon and Cornwall Police is promoting a new campaign around sexual consent, external, which aims to educate young people. 

The campaign, which targets 16 to 21 year olds, also aims to tell young people there are no blurred lines – sex without consent is rape.

Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police

Det Insp Andrea Kingdon said: “We want to help young people to stay safe and for them to be aware of and understand the issues surrounding consent. 

"We aim to reassure people that it’s their choice whether or not they have sex with someone."

BBC Travel

- In Scorrier, the A30 westbound heading towards Hayle is blocked due to a vehicle fire between the A3047 and the Chiverton Cross Roundabout. 

- There's queuing traffic on the B3183 in Fore Street in both directions in Exeter around the Magdalen Road junction.

- On the St Mawes Passenger Ferry there will be no sailing from Prince of Wales Pier at 13:15 and no return from St Mawes at 13:45. 

Donna Birrell
BBC Radio Cornwall

Today Donna Birrell is sitting in for Laurence Reed, and will be talking about Cornwall Council's parking survey and whether it is skewed towards a revenue raising agenda.

The Aviation Minister Robert Goodwill is at Newquay Airport today. The airport is subsidised to the tune of £5.2m per year by Cornwall Council and central government - is it worth it?

And we’ll be hearing a progress report from our much loved weatherman Kevin Thomas who is battling a rare form of blood cancer. Join me from 12:00 on BBC Radio Cornwall.

West Briton

The Department for Transport and Great Western Railway has announced funding for a new study, external to look into improvements to the railway infrastructure between London and the South West.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

A community midwife, who visited a newborn baby who died of sepsis in Cornwall last year, has told an inquest that he appeared to be healthy and a grunt she heard was down to feeding.

Charlie Jermyn died of the condition in May, just 30 hours after he was delivered in an unplanned home-birth.

Image source, Family of Charlie Jermyn

Midwife Jo Bennett told the inquest that she visited and checked Charlie shortly after he was born and he appeared to be well. Yesterday the inquest heard that a grunting cough can be a “red flag” indicator of sepsis in a newborn baby. The inquest continues.