Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

Nineteen school crossing patrols in Cornwall will be axed after a review by Cornwall Council. 

The study was based on the number of vehicles passing the crossing point, combined with the number of children crossing, during the busiest 30-minute period in the morning and afternoon. 

Those that didn't meet the criteria will lose their patrol officers at the end of the summer term.

The 19 sites on the hit-list can be found on BBC Radio Cornwall's Facebook, external page.

Plymouth Herald

Fans travelling to Rod Stewart should plan their travel carefully, as there will be no parking available at Home Park., external

Andrew Segal
Local Live

• Torbay Council rejects criticism over three days of road closures for an airshow, saying it is to keep streets clear for emergency vehicles 
• Teachers in Cornwall condemn the axing of 19 school crossing patrols, saying the move will threaten the safety of children
• Police appeal for witnesses after a man is cut free from his car after it hits a tree and rolls 30m down a bank between Avonwick and Totnes
• Firefighters in Cornwall urge people to be careful when getting rid of disposable barbecues after being called to two incidents in two days
• Tonight's the Night: Tens of thousands of Rod Stewart fans head for Home Park in Plymouth for his stadium concert this evening

BBC Radio Cornwall

A pilot scheme in Port Isaac to ensure holiday let owners pay privately for their rubbish collections begin on 4 July, a senior councillor says.

National legislation means any premises used to make money should use a private waste collector and not put out black bags for council collections. The Cornwall Council pilot scheme will allow bosses to decide how best to approach the issue, as the situation could be costing the tax payer.  

Joyce Duffin, council environment portfolio holder, said the authority had written to holiday let owners to give them time to employ a commercial waste collector. She added that legislation around litter and fly-tipping was available if it needed to take action, but the council was hoping it would not come to that.

West Briton

A new multi-agency task force has been set up in Cornwall to crack down on the illegal meat, external trade.

BBC Weather

It will continue to be a bright day, with variable amounts of cloud and sunny spells, and some mist patches persisting around the coasts. There is a slight chance of an isolated shower developing in the afternoon. Winds will be light westerly, but moderate in the southeast. Maximum temperature: 21C (70F).

Tonight, conditions will become cloudy again, with mist, fog and low cloud forming through the night. Winds will be light and mainly northerly. Minimum temperature: 12C (54F).

BBC Radio Devon

Thousands of Rod Stewart fans are heading for Home Park in Plymouth this afternoon. 

The rocker is playing at the home of Plymouth Argyle tonight and his devoted followers will be decking the stands in leopard print and tartan to make him feel at home.

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There's no parking at the ground - warning signs are up on all the main routes - but there is a park and ride service from the city centre.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

A motorcyclist has been left with life changing injuries after he collided with a car in East Devon.

The four-vehicle crash happened on an unclassified road between Dunkeswell and Hemyock just before 08:00 on Monday.

Police said the motorcyclist, a man in his 40s from Somerset, was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with serious and life changing injuries to his arm and leg. No one else was injured in the collision.

Janet Kipling
BBC Radio Devon

As hundreds of no parking signs go up in south Devon, ready for Torbay Airshow, we ask if other such events around the county have caused you parking problems.

Call in on 0345 3011034.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Falmouth's inshore lifeboat has been called out to take a elderly man off his anchored yacht after he fell ill.

The 79- year-old man was taken from his boat off Malpas in the Fal River to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, rescuers said.

BBC Travel

• In Plymouth, on Saltash Road near Admiralty Street there are reports of an incident.  
• On the A377 traffic light failure at Exe Bridges South in Exeter around the A3015 Western Way junction is causing problems.
• On the A3075 there's slow traffic because of roadworks on Newquay Road in Goonhavern near the B3285 Halt Road junction.

Press Association

Male bats are significantly more likely to be hit and killed by road vehicles than females, scientists in Exeter have found.

Image source, Thinkstock

Researchers investigated more than 1,200 bat deaths caused by collisions with cars. 

They also found evidence that the animals avoided roads, which disrupted them reaching feeding and roosting areas, Dr Fiona Mathews, from the University of Exeter, external said.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Tens of thousands of pounds paid out by a cleaning product company in clear-up costs after hundreds of pink bottles washed up on Cornish beaches - including at Gunwalloe, Poldhu and the Lizard - in January did not take into account how much it could have cost to have all the work done, a National Trust ranger has said.

It's thought the bottles came from a container that fell off the deck of a ship. Reckitt Benckiser paid the Maritime and Coastguard Agency about £38,000 in costs and Cornwall Council about £5,500. The National Trust's costs were also met, and it received a contribution to conservation work.

However, Justin Whitehouse, lead ranger for the trust on the Lizard, said: "So much of the clean-up operation was done by volunteers - it was members of the local community. It wasn't staff costs, it was actually local people coming down and mucking in. That wasn't factored in. That's what we're good at: mobilising volunteers."

Western Morning News

Illegal immigrants may have been smuggled into Cornwall by boat, external in the past week, say police.

BBC Radio Devon

Current plans for transport infrastructure in the Exeter area are "wholly inadequate", campaigners say.

The Campaign for West Exeter Smarter Transport is sending an open letter to Devon County, Teignbridge District and Exeter City councils about its concerns. It follows the county council withdrawing an application for a park and ride near the village of Ide after residents voted four-to-one against plans for a 500-space scheme in a referendum. 

Lynn Wetenhall, from the campaign, said: "The plans are wholly inadequate, not only for now, but for the massive growth that's going on in Exeter. We have to do something radical. We can't just keep rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic and doing what's been done for the past 20 years because we will reach gridlock."

BBC Spotlight

Work is needed to improve emergency care at Torbay Hospital so patients get what they need, an inspector says.

The emergency department has been condemned as "inadequate", with the Care Quality Commission finding delays which place patients at risk of harm. However, the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust was rated overall as "requiring improvement", with some areas highlighted for high praise.

Mary Cridge, from the CQC said: "They need to sort out patients in A&E getting assessed within 15 mins of arrival. They need to make good decisions that put patients in the right place. They need to sort out the crowding in the hospital, so patients can get on to the right ward for the care they need."

Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

It's emerged Cornwall Council is pulling the plug on 19 school crossing patrols, from Sennen to Saltash.

Many people are furious. What do you think?

Call in on 01872 222222.

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

A cleaning products firm has paid out nearly £50,000 to clean up thousands of its bright pink plastic detergent bottles washed up on beaches.

Reckitt Benckiser gave £38,000 to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), £5,445 to Cornwall Council and more than £5,000 to the National Trust. 

The bottles started arriving on the Lizard in Cornwall in January but have also washed up in Devon. 

Agencies said the bottles posed a risk to wildlife.