BBC Spotlight

The owners of a tungsten mine near Plymouth has been given permission to mine until 2036.

Russell Clark, Wolf Minerals managing director said: "This mine, and it's not a particularly big one, but it's 4% of the world's tungsten production, 20% of western world production. It's a very important mine."

Many local people have complained about noise levels around the site but the firm says it's delighted Devon's planners have granted permission.

Cornwall Live

Cornwall could be set to become the mountain biking capital, external of the South West with plans to build a new bike park, Cornwall Live can reveal.

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Residents of a house in Okehampton left their home because a van fire was so severe that smoke had entered their property.

Firefighters were called to Westbridge Close, Okehampton, at 01:48 and the vehicle was well alight when crews arrived. 

An additional engine was drafted in to clear the house of smoke.

The vehicle, which was a commercial van, was severely damaged in the blaze.

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Fowey Councillor Anne Boosey welcomes the trial of new flood defences in Fowey but she also has some concerns.

"I don't think Fowey can pay for them and I don't think Fowey has the manpower to assemble them. 

"There will have to be a lot of detailed talks between the council and the Environment Agency to find out what the options are."

The defences consist of steel plates supported by a frame and covered in watertight plastic sheeting.  

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Totnes residents have voted overwhelmingly in support of a development which will see the old Dairy Crest site brought back into use.

Part of the former milk processing plant, next to the railway station, was sold to community organisation Atmos Totnes for £1 in 2014.

South Hams District Council said, external 85.69% voted in favour and 14.31% voted against. The overall turn out for the referendum was 30.64%.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Thousands of people lined the streets of Truro last night for the 20th City of Lights Festival. 

The event almost didn't go ahead in its usual form because of funding challenges. Organisers asked people to donate generously last night to help secure its future.

BBC Travel

• In Plymouth there are reports of an accident on Plymbridge Road near Darklake View
• In Chybucca, Cornwall, there are reports of an accident on the A30 near the Allet turn off
• On the A38 around the Deep Lane Junction there's a speed restriction of 50mph due to the ongoing roadworks on Sandy Road

BBC Radio Cornwall

After years of coastal flooding in Fowey the Environment Agency is looking at new ways to help protect the town.

Temporary flood defence barriers will form part of a national network that bosses say can be deployed to any location under threat. 

The defences consist of steel plates supported by a frame and covered in watertight plastic sheeting.

Image source, Brandon Tregidgo

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

• Royal Marine Philip Eaglesham, who contracted a debilitating fever after serving in Afghanistan, could win his case against the Ministry of Defence today after it failed to comply with a court order

• New emergency response plans for severe winter weather in the South West are being drawn up. For the first time, police in Dorset, and Devon and Cornwall, will formally work together on major weather-related incidents as part of the forces' strategic alliance

• Wolf Minerals, the owners of one of the largest tungsten mines in the world has been given approval to carry on mining until 2036 near Plymouth

• The Environment Agency's testing new equipment in Fowey that could see homes and businesses protected from the flooding that regularly blights the town
• People in the village of Heamoor near Penzance say a proposal to build almost 800 new homes would cause mayhem

Plymouth Herald

Plymouth's cutting edge digital technology hub will be built next year after the Chancellor handed it £1million, external in his Autumn Statement.

Harriet Bradshaw
Reporter

BBC Spotlight

The owners of one of the largest tungsten mines in the world has been given approval to carry on mining until 2036 at Drakelands near Plymouth.

Many local people have complained about noise levels around the site but Wolf Minerals says it's delighted Devon's planners have agreed mining will continue for the next 20 years. 

BBC Weather

After a rather cloudy start, it should turn increasingly bright through the day with some sunny spells developing for many of us. 

It will remain windy with local gales likely, especially along the coasts and over high ground such as Dartmoor. The maximum temperature will be 11C (52F).

BBC Spotlight

A Royal Marine who contracted a debilitating fever after serving in Afghanistan, could win his case against the Ministry of Defence today, after it failed to comply with a court order.

Philip Eaglesham, from Taunton who was a Devon-based Royal Marine, was diagnosed with Q Fever which made him weak, and depressed. He now uses a wheelchair. He claims more should have been done to prevent him catching it. 

If a judge rejects the MoD's request for more time to prepare its case he will win. His lawyers are pushing for compensation in excess of £1m.

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

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