Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

It's welcome news that Appledore has secured a £40m contract with the Irish Navy.

About half the yard's workforce of 170 people have spent recent months on a transfer to the bigger sister yard at Devonport. 

This contract is more or less a straight repeat of the orders that have kept Appledore Shipbuilders in business at a time when their work on Britain's new aircraft carriers has tailed off. 

So although this won't refill the technical drawing office at Appledore, it will keep other trades busy. They have to build 90 metres of small warship that can handle a crew of around 50 people and the worst the Atlantic can throw at them.

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

• Appledore shipyard secures £40m Irish Navy contract
• Serious concerns about the safety of patients and staffing of the NHS 111 service in much of the South west have been raised in two reports
• A decision will be made today on whether to ban the tradition of fishermen using small rowing boats and nets on some of Devon's estuaries.
• Each passenger on a "green" commuter ferry service cost taxpayers more than £170 in subsidies, it has emerged 
• Dartmoor rescue teams were called out to help an unconscious teenager who was part of a team which got into trouble last night

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

A combination of sea mist and the England v Wales game, means many people I've spoken to on Perranporth Beach were packing up early.

I managed to catch the Gardner family from Evesham just before they packed away their eye-catching England windbreak. 

They are heading back to their holiday park nearby to watch the match, with dad Craig (also a Leicester fan) predicting a 3-1 win for England, if Jamie Vardy starts. 

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

There is good news for shipbuilders at Appledore, North Devon after they won a contract from the Irish Navy for a fourth offshore patrol vessel. 

The package of work is thought to be worth at least £40m and work on cutting the steel for the ship is expected to begin very soon. 

The shipyards owners Babcock have been transferring workers to Devonport because of a shortage of orders in North Devon. 

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

I will be covering the England v Wales game this afternoon from Perranporth Beach in Cornwall. 

I have managed to stake out my place for the match, which is being broadcast live from The Watering Hole. 

Gordon Sparks
Presenter, BBC Radio Devon

Gordon Sparks is here from 13:00

It's another Devon Debates EU special. You can put your questions and comments to Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw who wants us to stay in the EU and Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs George Eustice who wants us to leave.

Call 0345 301 1034 or email devondebates@bbc.co.uk 

And after 14:00 - your NHS 111 experiences and grass cutting - does your area need a trim? That's Sparksy from 13:00.

Exeter Express & Echo

Police are today questioning a 27-year-old man in relation to the death of an 8-month-old boy, external at Brownhills Road, Newton Abbot.

Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

Today we're talking about the view that all drugs should be decriminalised? What do you think?

Serious concerns about the safety of patients and staffing of the NHS 111 service in much of the South West have been raised in two reports out today. The Care Quality Commission has rated the services in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall as inadequate and issued a formal warning to the South Western Ambulance trust.

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Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

Inspectors have praised a north Devon doctors surgery for its outstanding quality of care., external

Image source, Google

In February the Care Quality Commission inspected the Northam Surgery in Bideford. 

Inspectors found the practice was providing a safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led service that meets the needs of the population it serves.   

Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Retired detective Chris Boarland who investigated some of the most shocking crimes in the region says being in the EU made it easier to catch dangerous criminals with links to other member states such as Exeter rapist Jakub Tomczak.

But other top detectives say leaving the EU would allow us to have tighter controls on immigration and improve security

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Plymouth Albion have agreed a new contract with South African forward Dave Fisher for the forthcoming National One season.

Image source, Plymouth Albion

The 23-year-old joined Albion last year, but missed the whole of the campaign after injuring his knee in a pre-season friendly last August.

Albion have also signed 21-year-old former Redruth, Fylde and England Counties second-row Todd Prisk.

West Briton

Cornwall's clinical commissioning group for the NHS is urging patients to avoid heading to the emergency department if concerns could be better dealt with at a minor injuries unit, external.

BBC Travel

• On the A30 between Temple and Millpool there are narrow lanes and a speed restriction of 40 mph due to roadworks, slow eastbound
• At Clyst St George on the B3179 around Woodbury Road we've got reports there's an incident
• At Camelford on the A39 Market Place there are temporary lights due to roadworks. Slow moving traffic

Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online

As the NHS 111 service is branded as a "consistently failing" patient helpline and has been rated inadequate in a "damning" report, BBC News looks at other issues the service has faced:

• June 2015 - Inquest hears that William Mead's death "could have been avoided" if NHS 111 had referred him to hospital
• January 2016 - An NHS England report finds the service "missed chances to save sepsis baby William Mead"
• February 2016 - NHS investigates "sleeping 111 medics" at Dorset call centre
• February 2016 - Top paediatrician questions safety of NHS 111 helpline for young children
• February 2016 - The Royal College of Nursing claims staff are being implicitly pressured not to transfer calls to 999

Andrea Ormsby
BBC Spotlight

A new art exhibition is celebrating the once prosperous glove industry in North Devon. 

The Hand to Hand project started this week and runs until the end of next month.

It pays tribute to former glove workers through ceramic artwork inspired by the production process, equipment and machinery. 

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Redruth have signed Cornish Pirates scrum-half Jack Oulton for the 2016-17 National Two South campaign.

Image source, Getty Images

The 20-year-old joined Pirates from Premiership side Exeter Chiefs last year, having featured in the LV= Cup and 'A' League.

But he made just two replacement appearances for the Pirates in the Championship and made his only start in the British and Irish Cup.

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

There are few surprises in either reports by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) or Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC). 

NHS 111's troubles have been widely known, what isn't known is how this has impacted on public faith in the service. 

A&E attendances are rising, particularly out of hours. Is this a sign that people are voting with their feet?