Driver of crashed coach says he had problems with brakes before the accident
Man charged with murder following the death of Michael Horner in West Cornwall
British firework champion crowned after two-day competition
Public spending on SW bus services 'falls by £10m in five years' campaigners claim
Hundreds of thousands of teenagers get their A-Level results this morning
Public meeting to be held over plans for major new road in Devon
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That's all from BBC Local Live in Devon & Cornwall for today, we'll be back at 08:00 to bring you all the day's news, sport, travel and weather updates.
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Garden furniture and trampolines should be tied down or put away ahead of ferocious weather heading towards the south west at the weekend, according to a warning from Cornwall Council.
The council said people organising community events over the weekend are "advised to undertake their own risk assessments".
Image source, Dylan Vaughan EvansComments made by a Devon MP about gypsies and travellers "normalise racism" according to the chief executive of the Traveller Movement group.
Gary Streeter MP said a group who parked their caravans in a local park were "as vulnerable as Genghis Khan".
Yvonne Macnamara, chief executive of the Traveller Movement said: "In our experience hostile comments such as these normalise racism and hate crimes against the community."
BBC Travel
A close friend of Gergana Prodanova has spoken of the grief in losing , external"a kind woman who would do anything for anybody".
Miles Davis
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The storm due to hit the south west at the weekend could "overturn caravans and high sided vehicles" according to a warning issued by Cornwall Council.
Gusts of 40-50 miles per hour are expected inland and up to 60 miles per hour along exposed coasts on Saturday.
The council is advising people living in areas which are prone to flooding "to make sure they take the necessary precautions" and asking drivers to take care.
Claire Jones
BBC News Online
A last-ditch attempt to save the eyesight of a rare primate has been hailed a success.
Gloria the pygmy slow loris has undergone double cataract surgery due to her failing eyesight, which has meant she has struggled to find food to eat.
Image source, Paignton Zoo Environmental Park & Living CoastsGhislaine Sayers, head of veterinary services at Paignton zoo, said: "Gloria arrived in July 2014 and already had cataracts in both eyes.
"The only option was to carry out surgery to remove the opaque lenses, allowing light to get to the retina - it was the only way to restore her sight."
Ms Sayers added: "Slow lorises have large eyes because they are nocturnal and they have a very big light-reflecting area at the back of the eye to maximise the available light at night, but as far as I know they are not prone to eye problems."
Incensed road users have vented their frustrations, external at what is being described as "Cornwall's busiest summer ever" ahead of the looming August Bank Holiday weekend.
The Mayor of St Austell is defending her town after the local MP highlighted what he called an increase in anti-social behaviour.
Steve Double said he believed there had been an increase in street drinking and fighting and it was putting people off from visiting the town.
But Mayor Jackie Bull said it was unfair to pick on St Austell.
A guide dog was rescued by its owner after it fell in the gap between a train and the platform at Exeter St Davids.
Owner Leonard Trueman said the gap was too wide and 10-year-old Labrador Kim misjudged it.
He said he luckily managed to pull the dog up by its lead before it fell down all the way to the track.
In a statement Great Western Railway said it was investigating: "During a booked customer assist, a gentleman’s guide dog has fallen between train and track as our staff member was loading their suitcases onto the train. The dog was retrieved uninjured."
Claire Jones
BBC News Online
Six taxis which had their defected plates removed after a crackdown by police and the council can no longer be used as taxis, officer have said.
The six vehicles have to fix the problems identified and then have them re-examined before being allowed back on the road as taxis.
The drivers - who had their plates removed - will be sent before a committee regarding their conduct, police said.
PC Jason Mullard said: "The checks were at random to show a true reflection of the condition of day-to-day vehicles on our roads. This goes to show that these checks are worthwhile and are important in maintaining a high standard of road safety."
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceIf you have lost someone or something you love, gone are the days of relying on the authorities or word of mouth. Social media is now in charge and it is proving to be very successful.
Thanks to the power of Facebook, and the honesty of the Cornish public, a couple from Cornwall were reunited with their missing engagement ring after a successful social media campaign.
BBC News has examined other occasions social media has saved the day and reunited an individual with something dear to them or found them something they desperately need.
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Speaking of the changes to the government's strategy to tackle child obesity, the Totnes MP and chair of the Health Select Committee, Dr Sarah Wollaston, said she was pleased with the new measures around sugar, like the tax on sugary drinks, but she said she was concerned it wouldn't come in for some time.
Image source, ThinkstockReferring to the speech Prime Minister Theresa May made on the steps of Downing Street where she pledged to tackle inequality, Dr Wollaston commented: "If you say you're going to tackle the burning injustices of health and inequality then you shouldn't, as the first litmus test of that, put the interests of advertising and marketers ahead of the interests of children."
More than 1,000 properties in Exeter have been left without electricity, external as engineers work to fix a power cut.
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Plymouth Argyle has re-signed Reading midfielder Craig Tanner on a loan deal until January.
The 21-year-old spent last season with the League Two club, scoring six times Argyle reached the play-off final.
Tanner was part of the Reading squad which defeated Derek Adams' side 2-0 in the EFL Cup first round on 9 August.
The trial of a coach driver accused of causing death by dangerous driving has heard how he was on his mobile phone using a hands free device at the time of the accident.
The coach was taking 51 passengers on an Age Concern trip from Exmouth to Looe, when it crashed into a wall on a steep hill a few miles from its destination in May 2014. Margaret Luxton, 59, and Carol Muldoon, 68, were killed.
Some of the passengers have told the court that they didn't think driver Martin Chun, 59, was concentrating and say as he came down the hill he approached a bend too quickly.
He was asked by the defence Paul Dunkells "did you feel distracted by being on the phone?" Mr Chun replied: "No". Mr Chun was asked if the brake failure was something he had invented because he knew he had done something wrong . He replied: "No".
Mr Chun from Whitestone near Exeter denies one count of causing death by dangerous driving and an alternative count of causing death by careless driving. He also denies a third charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The trial continues.
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Scotland Yard is a force of "commuter cops" - with officers living as far away as Cornwall and the South of France, a new report claims.
The Policy Exchange think-tank argued that the trend makes it harder to deploy personnel in emergencies such as riots or terrorist attacks.
Image source, PAThe study cited figures showing that as of September last year, of 18,179 Metropolitan Police borough officers - 8,896, or less than half, lived in the capital.
Policy Exchange said many travel in from the Home Counties, with Hertfordshire seen as a "bit of a police conclave" - while some were living "very far from London".
In one interview for the report it was suggested that some officers "live in the South of France because they work 14 days in a row and then they go home for the remaining two weeks of the month".
