Leigh Rundle
BBC Spotlight

A coach driver has been found guilty of killing two women in a road crash in Cornwall.

Martin Chun, 59, from Whitestone, near Exeter, was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving by a majority verdict of 11 to one by a jury at Truro Crown Court

The coach, with 51 passengers on board, was on an Age Concern trip when it crashed on a steep hill near Looe in Cornwall in May 2014. Chun had denied causing the deaths of Margaret Luxton, 59, and 68-year-old Carol Muldoon.

BBC Travel

• On the M5 in Devon, all lanes Bristol-bound between Exeter and Cullompton have re-opened after an earlier car fire, but traffic is slow
• On A30 at Honiton, there's very slow traffic Somerset-bound between the A35 for Honiton and Upottery
• In Exeter, there are reports of an incident on Polsloe Road, near Heavitree Hospital
• In Cornwall, the Mevagissey-Fowey ferry is out of service today due to forecast winds in the bay

BBC Radio Cornwall

Cornwall is to hold a victory parade for Penzance's Olympics double gold medalist Helen Glover. 

Image source, Ezra Shaw, via AP

The parade will be held on Sunday 4 September and will parade through Glover's home town of Penzance. 

Helen (pictured left) and rowing partner Heather Stanning successfully defended their Olympic title in Rio in the Women's Pair.

Plymouth Herald

An investigation has been launched after a piece of toughened glass fell from above the entrance to Drake Circus, external.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Police are continuing investigations into the death of a man who died when a car crashed through railings and over the edge of a cliff in Devon.

Emergency services were called to Corbyn Head in Torquay at about 01:15 on Sunday and two RNLI lifeboats were launched after the crash.

Officers said, external they were called to a "report of a blue BMW X5 which had left Torbay Road and driven through a barrier and then over the cliff at Corbyn headland, coming to a rest on the beach". A 41-year-old man - the sole occupant of the vehicle - was pronounced deceased at the scene, they added.

Police said: "A witness to the incident left the scene without leaving his details and police are appealing for him, and any other witnesses to the incident, to come forward to assist the inquiry."

Gordon Sparks
Presenter, BBC Radio Devon

It's me debating the big stories of the day in Devon.

After six sea deaths around Britain's coast recently, is it time to teach sea safety in schools? 

Also, could you cope with your rubbish being collected only every three weeks?

Call in on 0345 3011034

BBC Weather

It will continue to be a mainly cloudy afternoon with some bright spells, especially for inland and areas sheltered from the moderate south westerly winds. Maximum temperature: 21C (70F).

There will be some early evening brightness or sunshine initially before we see more cloud invading from the South West. Conditions will be quite humid, allowing for some mist and fog to form late in the night. Minimum temperature: 14C (57F).

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Truro's City of Lights annual festival will not feature parades of lanterns through the city centre, organisers say.

Instead, the event, in its 20th year, "will be moving into Victoria Gardens" and be open for three evenings in November because it is "evolving and expanding", festival managers said on Facebook, external.

Image source, Andrew Segal

Organisers said the move "means that our wonderful audiences will be able to enjoy City of Lights at their own pace through the gardens and that there will be more opportunities to see and be part of the event".

BBC Travel

The M5 is blocked and there's queuing traffic northbound between J29, A30 (Exeter) and J28, A373 (Cullompton), because of a car fire.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A species of crab which had not been seen in Devon for more than 30 years has been found living on a stretch of coast close to Plymouth, the Devon Wildlife Trust says, external.

Image source, Steph House

The crustacean, most commonly known as the St Piran’s crab, has been found in Wembury Bay by a trust volunteer on a rockpool safari run by the charity from its Wembury Marine Centre.

The last record of the hermit crab - which uses the empty shells of other molluscs to make a home - in Devon was in 1985. Trust volunteer John Hepburn, who discovered it, described it as a "pretty special find".

BBC Radio Cornwall

"Conditions can change in an instant" is the warning from coastguards in Cornwall after six people died around the coastline of Britain this weekend. 

In Newquay, holidaymaker Rudy Bruynius died after he and his family were knocked off rocks by a large wave at South Fistral Beach on Friday evening. His two-year-old daughter remains in a critical condition in hospital. 

Emma Watkins, maritime operations officer at Falmouth Coastguard, said they did as much as they could to get the safety message across. She said: "The RNLI works hard with its campaigns, we have people that put out weather warnings on a regular basis, we do our best to do accident prevention and surveillance ... we do try our best to do all we can."

Plymouth Herald

Police are warning people to take their rubbish home with them after discovering a large amount of litter at a Dartmoor beauty spot, external.

Martin Bailie
BBC Radio Cornwall

Six people have died off the beaches and coasts of Britain over the weekend, despite awareness campaigns, a recent documentary series about the RNLI and numerous appeals.

What more can we do to get the message across? And what about the effects of these events on the emergency services who deal with the harrowing sights of these tragedies?

And did you hear a bit of the wave hub of Cornwall has gone AWOL?

Call in on 01872 222222.

BBC Travel

• In Devon, there's very heavy traffic on the A361 in Braunton
• There's very slow traffic in both directions on the A385 through Totnes
• In Cornwall, there are reports of an oil spillage on Camelford on the B3266, from the school heading towards the A39
• On the A30, there is slow traffic in both directions between Chiverton Cross and Carland Cross
• The A30 westbound from Connor Downs has heavy traffic
• In St Austell, East Hill is partially blocked near Eastbourne Road due to an accident
• The Place Ferry is out of service between 14:00 and 16:00 due to tides

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A man has died and another man is in hospital in a critical condition after a road collision near Bodmin.

Police said, external a Saab and a Ford Fiesta collided on the A38 in the Glynn Valley at about 02:15 on Friday, resulting in a "number of people" being taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

The driver of the Saab, a 60-year-old man from Plymouth, died in hospital. The Ford's driver, an 18-year-old man from Bodmin, suffered multiple serious injuries and remains in a critical but stable condition at Derriford.

A third vehicle, a Mercedes Vito van, sustained minor damage as a result of debris from the collision, officers said. The road was closed for nine hours for an investigation. Police have appealed for witnesses.

Metro

Harry Potter author JK Rowling does enjoy calling out bigotry. And sadly she’s had another opportunity, external after a ‘prayer and lobby group’ went on an anti-gay rant over the Olympics.

BBC Travel

• In Cornwall, there are reports of an accident in St Austell on Trinity Street, near South Street
• There's very slow traffic on the A39 in both directions at the Trekenning Roundabout, near St Columb Major
• In Devon, the B3230 is partially blocked in Muddiford, around Rookbear Lane, due to an incident

Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

A long established factory in Devon is under threat of closure with the loss of almost 30 jobs. 

Relyon, in Okehampton, make mattresses and headboards. A source at the factory told the BBC staff were very deflated at the news. 

Some people have worked there for more than 30 years he said. A consultation is underway on the factory's closure.

In a statement, its owners Steinhoff UK said the operational and logistical costs of keeping the site open meant it was no longer viable. Alternative employment was being sought for the 28 staff, it added.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A two-year-old girl remains in a critical condition in hospital in Bristol after being swept into the sea in an incident which killed her father, police say, external.

Holidaymaker Rudy Bruynius died after he and his family were knocked off rocks by a large wave at South Fistral Beach on Friday evening while in Newquay.

His daughter, Mckayla, was recovered from the sea by lifeboat before being flown to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. She was later transferred to Bristol Children's Hospital. Mr Bruynius' wife and two other children were also recovered from the sea by the RNLI.

Officers also confirmed they were "investigating the circumstances" of the incident and have appealed for witnesses. Det Con Jarrod Yewen, from Newquay CID, said: "This is a tragic incident and our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time."