Plymouth Herald

A stunning historic naval building in Plymouth, which was once home to former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, could be transformed, external into luxury apartments.

BBC News UK

Three babies on average are born addicted to drugs in England every day because of their mother's habit, according to new NHS figures.

Trevi House in Plymouth has the only remaining mother and baby drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in the UK.

David White
BBC Radio Cornwall

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Cornwall Council has become the third worst funded local authority in the country in the rate of funding to provide additional childcare hours.

The government is introducing a new national formula for funding its 30-hour childcare offer, and the suggested rates for Cornwall would see a 1% increase in funding per child - significantly below the national average of 5.7%.

"This is bad news for parents, children and early years' providers in Cornwall," said Andrew Wallis, the council's cabinet member for young people. 

"The clear message from providers is that rates being proposed for Cornwall by the government are so low they will not meet minimum staff costs."

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

A concert is being held tonight featuring four different bands to raise funds for Cornwall Music Therapy Trust.

The 3 Daft Monkeys Duo, Davey & Dyer, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline and Salt & Sky will be playing at Chacewater Village Hall with tickets at £5 in advance - call 01726 879500 or go online, external - or £8 on the door. Doors open at 19:00 for 19:30.

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Claire Jones
BBC News Online

A police 101 service was clogged up for an hour a day by officers doing administrative tasks, the BBC can reveal.

Staff have since been taken off patrol to deal with the call centre backlog.

Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police

Calum Macleod, vice-chair of the Police Federation, said: "We would expect all police officers and staff to use the 101 phone line appropriately and responsibly, and in line with any local procedures that are in place."

A force spokesman said "the process has ceased".

BBC Travel

• Police are attending a serious collision on the A39 at Bideford. Motorists are advised to avoid the area

• In Carthew, Cornwall, on the B3274 the temporary traffic lights are stuck on red
• At Newton Tracey Belladown Hill is now clear following a collision near Rushcott Cross
• In Bideford A39 there's slow traffic between the A386 Instow Turn Off and the Roundswell Roundabout due to a broken down van
• At Polyphant the A30 eastbound is now clear - the broken down van at Two Bridges has been recovered

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Police across Cornwall are supporting today's White Ribbon Day.

Ch Supt Jim Pearce, who has become an ambassador for the White Ribbon, said: “I think it is extremely important we do not to tolerate violence or abuse towards women and I want to be able to do something to help prevent and challenge this type of behaviour."

"I will be encouraging all male employees and community members across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly to join me and make a stand.

"Whilst the White Ribbon campaign predominately focuses on male against female violence, we know domestic abuse can affect anyone regardless of age, gender or sex and that as a police force we would encourage people to come forward and seek help."

BBC Sport

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Torquay United manager Kevin Nicholson says it will be difficult to extend the loan spell of striker Kieffer Moore.

The 24-year-old has scored four goals in two games since joining the Gulls from National League rivals Forest Green Rovers for a four-week spell.

Plymouth Herald

German budget supermarket giant Aldi will create jobs and help residents 'stay local to shop', external after planners approved its bid for a new store at the site of a former paper factory.

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

To mark this year’s White Ribbon Day, in support of domestic abuse victims, Devon and Cornwall Police have announced that four police stations across Cornwall will become White Ribbon stations.

The four stations chosen are St Austell, Newquay, Camborne and Penzance and each station will have an ambassador to actively raise awareness in the community and encourage victims of domestic abuse to seek help.

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The White Ribbon Campaign is the world’s largest effort by men to work towards ending violence against women.

Cornwall Commander, Ch Supt Jim Pearce said: "I’m very honoured to become an ambassador for White Ribbon, the campaign is a great opportunity for men to be able to take a stand, and be involved in positive work to end violence against women."

BBC Sport

Plymouth Argyle centre-back Sonny Bradley says the club's defensive players feel they are to blame for the end of their unbeaten run.

Argyle had gone 14 games with defeat in League Two before losing to Grimsby and Barnet.

Image source, Rex Features

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

• The BBC can reveal Devon and Cornwall police have been using the non-emergency 101 service to contact colleagues meaning members of the public couldn't get through
• Four private care homes in Cornwall where distressed residents were ignored and people were left without help to eat have been described as "horrifying"
• Derriford hospital's outpatients department is no longer rated as inadequate according to inspectors. A follow up report by the Care Quality commission has praised work to improve patient care
• The government has decided to back a proposal which would make people who wear military medals they're not entitled to liable for prosecution
• Almost 20 years after the Taunton Cider brand disappeared a group of cider enthusiasts is relaunching it at an old cider farm on the Devon/Somerset border
• Penzance's outdoor art deco pool is due to become the first facility of its kind in the country to be heated with geothermal energy

Claire Jones
BBC News Online

Devon and Cornwall Police said the 101 number is barred from all police landlines, mobile phones and airwave terminals.

The BBC can reveal that the line was clogged up for an hour a day by officers doing administrative tasks.

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However, staff are still able to access the 101 service through their private mobile phones and landlines, "which has been actively discouraged", the force said.

A Devon and Cornwall Police spokeswoman said: "An internal message went out eight months ago asking officers not to contact 101 for administrative tasks, this process has ceased."

Claire Jones
BBC News Online

• It was introduced across England in 2011 to cut calls to 999 

• Waiting times for 101 calls to be answered by Devon and Cornwall Police rose 450% since the service started, it emerged in 2014

• Police failed to answer more than a million calls to 101 phone lines in 2014 while some callers waited more than an hour to speak to someone, it was reported

• In 2015, Insp Matt Johnson of Cambridgeshire Police admitted in a public meeting that "life was too short" to use the service

BBC Travel

• In Exeter one lane of the A379 Bridge Road is closed for carriageway widening between Countess Wear Roundabout and the Matford Roundabout
• In Devon at Newton Tracey there are reports of an incident on the B3232 affecting traffic between Roundwell and Torrington

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

The knife amnesty held last week by Devon and Cornwall Police saw more than 200 knives of varying types being handed in at police stations across the force area.

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These knives are no longer at risk of falling into the wrong hands, nor will they be responsible for causing harm, police say. They will be destroyed in the next few weeks.

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The knives range from small pocket knives and illegal lock knives to commando and Nepalese kukri-type knives, along with a random assortment of knives found in a typical kitchen.

Claire Jones
BBC News Online

Devon and Cornwall's former police and crime commissioner, Tony Hogg, said earlier this year the 101 service was not fit for purpose.

The BBC can reveal that the line was used by officers doing administrative tasks.

"At a time when we have been reducing some face-to-face contact though the closure of public enquiries offices, it is vital that our phone contact system is fit for purpose - it is not," he said. 

"There is a lack of police management focus in this area and that needs to change."

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected four Morleigh Group care homes, including Clinton House in St Austell, St Theresa's in Callington, Elmsleigh in Par and Collamere in Lostwithiel.

Andrea Sutcliffe, chief inspector of adult social care at the CQC, said: "These reports make horrifying reading - people in distress being ignored by staff; a person lying in a urine-soaked bed for two hours; people sat in the same chair all day with uneaten meals in front of them, and no help to eat or drink; someone needing medical attention waiting weeks to be referred to their GP.

"These services were providing grim, shoddy and unsafe care - the sort that no one should ever have to put up with. I am sorry that people have had to endure this poor level of care."

Cornwall Live

Redruth School will offer no A-level provision for the next school year at least after it confirmed it has suspended recruitment, external to its Year 12 sixth form intake for September 2017.