Torquay Herald Express

Repairs to potholes across Teignbridge could be carried out, external after the region was awarded nearly £200,000 from the Pothole Action Fund.

BBC Spotlight

Nearly 60% of 18 to 44-years-olds in the South West are being forced to delay careers, marriage and children because of housing problems and shortages, new research shows.

Image source, PA

The Shelter and YouGov study of adults under 45 was carried out as part of the charity's Great Home Debate. Of those, 59% said they believed "housing issues will delay me from reaching milestones, by the time I come to end of my life".

Of the survey of 226 people in May, about 15% of people in relationships said they had postponed marriage or expected to do so. And 24% in relationships said they had put off having children, or expecting to, because of a lack of stable housing. Many also said they felt retirement was slipping out of reach, with 9% saying they thought it would be delayed because of housing.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Proposals for more than 300 new pitches for gypsies and travellers in Cornwall by 2030 are part of work "looking at the future needs of the travelling community", a senior councillor says

The council must provide suitable, well managed sites for residential and transit purposes, including a network of emergency stopping places. A public consultation period, external finishes today to get views on current proposals before the authority sets out its Gypsy and Travelling Communities Site Allocations Plan. 

Edwina Hannaford, portfolio holder for planning at Cornwall Council, said: "We'll be looking at the future needs of the travelling community, and looking at where they should be placed. There is, I understand, a particularly strong need in west Cornwall."

BBC Weather

As well as bright and sunny spells, it may be a little misty later this afternoon, and there is a low risk of an isolated shower. Winds will be light, but moderate along the south coast. Maximum temperature: 23 Deg C (73F) in the sunshine, 16C (61F) under cloud.

It will be cloudy overnight, with a band of showers crossing the county and also some mist patches forming late in the night. Winds will be light and variable. Another very mild and humid night. Minimum temperature: 12C (54F).  

BBC Spotlight

Approximately 50 police officers and specialists were deployed to 24 locations in Devon and Cornwall in an operation to target modern slavery, external. 

Two people were arrested for modern slavery and money laundering offences and two for immigration offences. The suspects have been released on bail.

The work was part of a pan-European week of action on modern slavery with five police forces from across the South West working together.

BBC Travel

• Just outside Exeter on the A30 at Ide, we have reports of an incident near the A377 Alphington junction. 
• Between Goonhavern and Rejerrah on the A3075 there's slow traffic westbound.
• Around Cheriton Bishop, on the A30 Exeter-bound the road is now clear after an earlier jack-knifed trailer. Traffic is starting to ease.   

Plymouth Herald

A motorist who submitted a bogus picture of a speed limit sign, external in a bid to dodge a £60 fine has been given a suspended prison sentence.

The final memorial service has taken place in Torquay to commemorate those who fought and died on D-Day. 

Earlier veterans paraded to the town's war memorial where the event was held. During the ceremony Nigel Sarjent and Ken Taylor, who both landed at Normandy in 1944, were presented with the Legion d'Honneur medal.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

As two people are arrested for modern slavery and money laundering offences in Devon, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, has urged people who suspect slavery is happening in their area to come forward.

He said: “Victims may not regard themselves as being exploited, and are often reluctant to talk to police."

Ch Supt Jim Colwell said: “Modern slavery comes in different forms which includes labour exploitation. The priority for the police in the first instance is to safeguard victims. We also seek to disrupt criminal activity associated with modern slavery and prosecute those responsible where possible.” Police said three potential victims had been found and were being supported.

Gordon Sparks
Presenter, BBC Radio Devon

Scientists are trying to grow human organs inside pigs.

Is it the solution to a shortage, or a case of "Franken-science"?

Call in on 0345 3011034.

BBC Wales News

A former physiotherapist for Exeter City FC has spent £65,000 amassing a collection of hundreds of match-worn Wales tops.

Image source, Simon Shakeshaft

Fifty-one-year-old superfan Simon Shakeshaft (pictured above aged 11, wearing his favourite kit in 1977 (l), and (r) today), said his collection, which includes 350 tops has allowed him to - literally - sometimes stand in his heroes' boots. 

Image source, Simon Shakeshaft

The idea started in 1991, when a relative gave him a match-worn club shirt. His Wales collection did not really kick off until 2001, when he got his hands on a John Hartson shirt and it began to scale up in 2004.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Three potential victims of modern slavery have been discovered after police and other agencies visited nail bars and car washes in Devon last week, Devon and Cornwall Police say.

Three Vietnamese people - an adult male and female, and a male suspected to be under 18 - were discovered last week and were being supported by the UK Human Trafficking Centre "which ensures that victims receive appropriate help and support", officers said. 

Two people were arrested for modern slavery and money laundering offences and two for immigration offences. They were later released on bail. The work was part of a pan-European week of action on modern slavery.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Penzance's Jubilee outdoor swimming pool has reopened after "too much sunshine" caused its closure on Friday.

Image source, Andrew Segal

The sun caused algal blooms in the water. The algae itself was harmless but affected visibility, meaning lifeguards were unable to see the bottom of the pool. 

Saltwater from the pool has now been replaced.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport at Wembley

They say that your whole life can turn on one chance event or meeting, and nothing could be truer for Irish rider Padraig McCarthy. 

While selling bloodstock to help pay his way through a PhD, he met the woman that would change his life - both personally and professionally - in 2010. 

At the time, Lucy Wiegersma was getting over the heartbreak of missing out on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing - an injury to her horse meant she had to forgo her place on the British team.

Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

Would you be happy for a travellers' site near you?

Cornwall Council has announced it is to build more than 300 extra pitches within the next few years. It said it had has a legal obligation to do so, but has not published specific areas being considered yet.

Council leader John Pollard will take your calls on 01872 222222.

Plymouth Herald

Seventy-five south Devon roads are to be closed with all on-street parking banned for three days this weekend to make way for a major air show, external.

Supt Ian Drummond-Smith of Devon and Cornwall Police, said plans were in place "both locally and nationally" about policing the tournament.

He added officers were working closely "with partner agencies, bars, pubs and social clubs to help them prepare for the tournament and make them aware of both their responsibilities, but also where they can turn for advice".