Summary

  • 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

  • More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Friday

Live Reporting

Claire Jones

  1. Elderly man rescued from home by fire crews

    Alison Johns, BBC Radio Devon

    An elderly man has been rescued from his home in Tiverton after he reported smoke in the property. 

    An operator in the fire service control room kept him on the phone and gave him advice as two crews went to the property in Spurway Road yesterday evening. 

    They got in through the first floor window and rescued him. The smoke was coming from food which had been left on the cooker in the kitchen.

    Spurway RoadGoogle

  2. Public spending on SW bus services 'falls by £10m in five years'

    BBC Spotlight

    Public spending on local bus services in the wider South West has fallen by more than £10m in the last five years, the Campaign for Better Transport says.

    Bus

    It claims many routes are now being cut because they're no longer financially viable. 

    But, a group of schoolchildren from Exeter, who use the 972 bus, are campaigning to reinstate it after Stagecoach said it was axing the service as it could no longer afford to run it. In response the company says there are alternative services.

    Bus

  3. News, sport, weather and travel for Thursday

    Claire Jones
    BBC News Online

    Good morning from BBC Local Live. We'll be bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for Devon and Cornwall today. If you want to get in touch, please email us.