Updates on Thursday 12 May 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Friday
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
Live updates for Devon and Cornwall have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
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Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
Actor Robson Green said he "only did what anyone else would have done" when he was involved in the dramatic rescue of a man in his 70s in Clovelly.
He said he hoped the man - who fell 60ft down a cliff - was okay and gave his praise to the rescue teams.
Robson said he heard the man shouting for help and tried to get down to him but he was too far down the cliff, so he called the coastguard who sent a rescue crew to bring the man to safety. He said all recognition should go to them.
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
Devon and Cornwall Police has said its response to a collapsed man who later died, was "not up to the standard expected".
A police watchdog investigation looked at how police dealt with a call about Christopher Rothwell, 46, found collapsed in Bodmin in 2014 and found there were errors made.
The force said "the inquest indicates that our actions had no bearing on Mr Rothwell's death" but "the service he received was not up to the standard expected by our public, nor did it meet the standard we set ourselves as a force". It added: "Our thoughts are with the family of Mr Rothwell."
Elisabeth Mahy
BBC News Online
The decision by Truro City councillor, Lance Dyer, to post a tweet suggesting 6 million Jews did not die in the Holocaust was "absurd" according to Cornwall's Jewish community organisation.
Image source, BBC/GettyImagesJeremy Jacobsen from Kehillat Kernow, external said it was absurd that "anyone should question something which has been so well-documented".
Mebyon Kernow's party leadership said the investigation into Mr Dyer's actions would begin in the next 48 hours.
David Braine, Weather Forecaster
Tonight: Locally heavy showers will soon ease to allow drier and clearer conditions to develop, before some cloud arrives from the east later in the night. Remaining very mild. Minimum Temperature: 10 Deg C (50 Deg F).
Friday will see patchy cloud but with some sunny spells, especially across the west. Any sunshine may trigger some isolated heavy showers. It will feel cooler with less humid air but remaining pleasantly warm. Maximum Temperature: 20 Deg C (68 Deg F).
Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
Police and crime commissioner (PCC) Alison Hernandez is to face an emergency meeting by the panel which oversees her work, the BBC has learnt.
The watchdog, the independent police complaints commission, will also investigate allegations of undeclared general election expenses by Devon and Cornwall’s new PCC.
Ms Hernandez denies any wrongdoing.
Johnny O'Shea
BBC Radio Cornwall
A former police child protection officer had "too much time on his hands" after he retired and started looking at child pornography Truro Crown Court has heard.
Robert Branney, 69, from St Austell,started visiting chat rooms to talk with others and downloaded images of children as young as six via Skype, until he was arrested in August last year.
Branney admitted one count possessing an indecent images of children, one count of making an indecent image, and one count of possessing an extreme image portraying a sexual act with an animal.
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman's body was found in a field in Brixham.
The 57-year-old's death is being treated as unexplained, external.
Det Insp Steve Davies said: “We would urge any member of the public who may have been in the area of Gattery Lane on the morning of Wednesday 11 May to contact police.”
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
A resource deployment officer has received a written warning after he admitted failings relating to an emergency call about a collapsed man who later died.
Devon and Cornwall Police responded to concerns about Christopher Rothwell, 46, found in Bodmin on 9 August 2014. He was treated by paramedics and transferred to hospital, but died later that morning.
The police watchdog said the actions of one of staff member, during a call about the collapsed man, amounted to gross misconduct. They admitted during a hearing held by the force, and received a written warning, the IPCC said.
Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online
Plymouth students are growing seeds that have flown to the International Space Station.
The seeds were among 2kg of rocket seeds flown to the station last year on Soyuz 44S. They spent several months in microgravity before returning to earth and being distributed among some schools, along with seeds which haven't been into space.
Image source, Stoke Damerel Community CollegeTheir growth will be measured at intervals by the Stoke Damerel Community College students over the next six weeks and all the data will be returned to the Rocket Science Project, external.
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Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
An Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report has identified errors by Devon and Cornwall Police, during their response to a call about a collapsed man who later died.
The investigation looked at how police responded to concerns for Christopher Rothwell, 46, in Bodmin on 9 August 2014. He was treated by paramedics and transferred to hospital, but died later that morning.
The IPCC's Tom Milsom, said: “The most significant information about Christopher’s condition - that he was unresponsive – was not recorded during a call for assistance, meaning the people responsible for dispatching police officers did not have the facts they needed. Opportunities by call handlers and officers to link separate calls about Christopher were also missed.”
BBC Travel
- In Clyst Honiton we've had reports of an accident on Honiton Road around Sowton Lane
- There is very slow traffic on the A390 between Highertown and Threemilestone in both directions
- There has been an accident on Stonehouse Street in Plymouth
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Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
The Royal Cornwall Hospital’s new chief executive Kathy Byrne has been in the job for just three weeks and already has some major issues to deal with.
In recent months the trust has been ranked one of the worst in the country for waits in A&E, bed blocking and staff being able to report mistakes. And now inspectors, the Care Quality Commission, have again warned it to improve.
Agency spend is exceptionally high; the hospital spent £1.43m on agency workers in March.The spend on agency nurses was more than three times the current cap. The Royal Cornwall Hospital also has a higher death rate than would be expected.
Three deer have been shot and killed, external at a solar farm in Cornwall.
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
A woman has been found dead in a field in Brixham, external, sparking a police investigation.
The 57-year-old was found near Gattery Lane on Wednesday and her death has been treated as unexplained.
A 65-year-old man, from Brixham, is assisting police and officers are speaking to a number of potential witnesses as part of the investigation.
Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live
