Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

Concerns have been raised over inconsiderate parking which, at worst, could claim the lives of some residents who live in narrow streets, fire bosses have said.

Firefighters at Wadebridge took 13 minutes to squeeze through one street that was just 250 yards-long. So what are the answers?

Also, Cornwall Council warns of bogus environmental health officers trying to get access into people's homes.

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Image source, Wadebridge Fire Station

BBC Weather Watchers

Andrew Segal
Local Live

• Fresh concerns are raised by firefighters in Wadebridge over badly parked cars blocking access on narrow Cornish streets
• A 68-year-old woman dies in hospital two weeks after being injured in a road collision in Paignton, police say 
• There's concern over the future of Lostwithiel Community Centre because of an insurance row
• The annual British Firework Championships gets under way in Plymouth this evening

Kirk England
BBC Radio Devon

A California-based multi-millionaire and founder of the Bebo social networking site has pumped money into a north Devon village after seeing its "sad state", he says.

Michael Birch - who has a net worth of $390m (£303m) - told the BBC he felt a "need" to transform Woolsery, where his ancestors have lived since 1700, and where he spent "all his summers" as a child. 

He has bought properties including the village pub, an old hotel and the fish and chip shop over the past two years. Residents have welcomed his support.

He told the BBC: "The pub had been closed for a number of years, the manor house had been closed a lot longer... it was knowing that I could do it [help] and knowing that I needed to do it."

West Briton

After having a fantastic time at Boardmasters thousands of revellers have packed up and headed home – but clearly not everyone remembered to take their rubbish with them, external.

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Patients are waiting up to 46 weeks for treatment for headaches and epilepsy at Torbay Hospital.

The number of people waiting longer than they should for treatment has risen by more than 50% in a month - from 91 to 141.   

The managing trust had wanted to close its waiting lists for neurology appointments due to increasing backlogs and staff shortages but was refused permission. 

Commissioners said they were working to prioritise people who most urgently needed care.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A 68-year-old woman who was seriously injured when she was knocked down by a car in Paignton has died two weeks later, police have confirmed.

The pedestrian was hit by a Fiat Doblo as she attempted to cross Yalberton Road at about 15:00 on Saturday 30 July. She was airlifted to hospital in Plymouth but died on Sunday 14 August, officers said, external.

The driver, a 76-year-old Paignton woman, was not injured in the collision at the junction with Brixham Road. Police have appealed for witnesses.

Jenny Walrond
BBC Spotlight

BBC Radio Cornwall

A disagreement with an insurance company has forced the closure of Lostwithiel Community Centre.

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The problems began back in May when cracks appeared in a wall causing it to become unstable. Eight staff had to be made redundant and the closure has also left dozens of clubs and health support services with nowhere to meet. 

Angeline Edney, chairman of the Lostwithiel Community Association, and who has been overseeing work, said the building was now "fine in a general sense", but a risk assessment resulted in insurers saying that "any risk perceived in any way meant they provide us with public liability insurance".

BBC Radio Devon

A drop-in session is being held in Totnes for friends of Paignton teenager Nathan Wood.

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The 16-year-old's body was found in the River Dart on 7 August. The exact cause of death has still not been confirmed, but Devon and Cornwall Police previously said it was possible he fell into the river after taking a "new pyschoactive substance", formerly known as a legal high.

St John's Church in Bridgetown will be open between 13:00-16:00 to anyone who would like to drop in and light a candle or lay flowers, organisers said.

Torquay Herald Express

A 15-year-old girl in Torquay was one of the 150 drink and drug drivers caught by during a month-long operation, external by Devon and Cornwall Police.

Holly Green
BBC Weather

If you're planning a trip to the coast or seaside, here are the next high water times around Devon and Cornwall.

We'll have the latest forecast on BBC Spotlight at 13:30.

BBC Radio Cornwall

About £350m of EU-funded projects in Cornwall have not been guaranteed by the government, a senior councillor says.

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that funding for projects that were contracted by the autumn up until 2020 would be guaranteed by the Treasury. 

However, Cornwall Council cabinet economy portfolio holder Julian German said the "vast majority" of about £500m-worth of EU funded projects in the pipeline in the county were not covered by this guarantee, which he said "simply isn't good enough". 

He said: "Major funding streams such as contracts for EU structural funds and European Maritime Fisheries projects beginning after the Autumn Statement have no guarantee of continuation at all." Mr German added the council was "supporting the Local Government Association's campaign for all EU funds to be honoured".

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Kingsbridge's Giselle Ansley helped Team GB into the semi-finals of the women's hockey at the 2016 Olympics.

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The 24-year-old was part of the side that beat Spain 3-1 in the last eight in Rio.

Great Britain will face New Zealand - who they beat to win bronze in 2012 - for a place in the final on Wednesday.

BBC Travel

• In Cornwall, the A38 in the Glynn Valley is partially blocked near Two Waters Foot due to a broken-down lorry. Traffic is slow moving in both directions
• On the A30, there are reports of an accident near the B3284 Perranporth turn-off, heading westbound
• In Callington, there are reports of a road collision on the A388 Saltash Road, near A390 Southern Road
• In Camborne, there are reports that Pendarves Road is partially blocked due to a broken-down lorry near Basset Road

Daily Mirror

Two women have admitted performing sex acts, external in front of horrified members of the public.

Kirk England
BBC Radio Devon

What makes a Silicon Valley multi-millionaire based in California want to spend a fortune buying up much of a Devon village?

Michael Birch - who made his fortune when he sold the social network Bebo - has strong connections with the Woolsery area.  

He's bought the pub, the old manor house, the fish and chip shop and two other properties, and is having them renovated after most had fallen into disrepair.    

He said he was having the work carried out because the village was "in the saddest state that I'd ever seen in my memory".

Elisabeth Mahy
BBC News Online

A man has begun a six-year prison sentence for having sex with a teenage girl after grooming her via texts and Facebook.

Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police

Kingsley Omiogate, 40, of Newton Abbot, had sex with the girl twice in 2014 after arranging to meet her via text messages. 

He had denied two counts of sexual activity with a child but was found guilty at Exeter Crown Court in June. The judge said Omiogate had groomed the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in a "systematic and planned way".

The Newquay Community Orchard group has been awarded more than £460,000 in Big Lottery Funding to develop a growing and events space.

The group, which provides food and environmental education, wants to transform nine acres into a Victorian kitchen garden, a wood workshop and an amphitheatre. More than 200 volunteers have worked over the last 18 months to make the project possible.