A teenager who "tripped" on a LSD-style legal high drug and drowned in a river went "all weird" with a group of youngsters before his death, an inquest has heard.

Nathan Wood drowned after taking the psychoactive drug N-bome, stripping naked and then jumping into the River Dart, near Totnes, last August. 

The hearing in Torquay was told one of the group he was with rang a friend of his and said: "Nathan has gone all weird on us and we don't know what to do."

The coroner concluded that the 16-year-old's death was drug-related.

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BBC Radio Cornwall

A Cornish businessman says he's been forced to temporarily close his business after being subjected to an elaborate hoax.

Steve Robins, who runs a company that provides personal protection equipment in Redruth, said he was so worried he shut up shop. He reopened it a few days later after making some enquiries.

He said a man phoned and demanded £4,000 as part of a county court judgement, external against him. 

After talking to police and Trading Standards, it was confirmed there were no such debt demands issued against him, so it was a scam.

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Police investigating the death of a man, external in Exmouth say they are treating the incident as 'unexplained'.

A teenager jumped into a river and drowned after taking an LSD-style legal high, an inquest has heard.

Student Nathan Wood became "disorientated" after taking the psychoactive drug N-bome, stripped naked and then jumped into the River Dart near Totnes, Devon. 

His mother, Mandi Retter, 47, said she was aware he had been smoking cannabis but was "not aware he was experimenting with any other type of substances". 

She said his death caused her "world to fall apart".

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Nathan's rucksack, clothes, wallet and phone were found on the river bank and a police diver found his body on the river bed the next morning following a massive search involving a helicopter, divers, dogs and Dartmoor search teams. 

A post-mortem concluded Nathan had drowned. Coroner Ian Arrow concluded it was a drug-related death.

A teenager "tripped" on a LSD-style legal high drug and drowned in a river, an inquest has heard.

Student Nathan Wood became "disorientated" after taking the psychoactive drug N-bome, stripped naked and then jumped into the River Dart near Totnes, Devon. 

The senior coroner for South Devon Ian Arrow concluded that the 16-year-old's death was drug-related. A post-mortem concluded Nathan had drowned. 

His mother Mandi Retter, 47, made a statement saying her youngest son was "a loving son, full of life, quite a big character and a joker".

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A robbery in Dawlish which saw a man have his eyes damaged when he was sprayed in the face with a substance was a "despicable crime", police say.

The victim, who is in his 50s, was attacked close to the junction with Lawn Hill and The Strand in Dawlish on Monday afternoon while bringing a shop's takings to be banked. He was robbed by two men who had their faces covered and then ran off with the cash, officers said, external.

The victim was taken to hospital in Exeter for treatment. Devon and Cornwall Police said he had "some sight back in one eye", but it was too early to state what the lasting damage or impact was on his eyesight.

Det Insp Mike Jones said: "This was a shocking robbery at a time when The Strand was busy with shoppers going about their daily business". He appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Cornwall Council is looking at the possibility of buying the homes of people who live in areas with poor air quality, and moving them to new neighbourhoods.

The council said it was looking at the option because it can be "very difficult to identify feasible and affordable measures that will provide and meaningful reduction in pollution levels".

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Of course, without knowing the location or extent of any relocation projects, it's impossible to judge how feasible or affordable they are.

The council said it would cost "several million pounds" to implement, but would be "considerably cheaper" than a bypass, which Claire Hewlett of the Camelford Clean Air Group favours.

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Carys Edwards
Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

Care homes in the South West are "in general" in "slightly better financial shape than some of the rest of the UK", but are not exempt from financial issues or potential closures, a report says.

About one in four care homes in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset is at risk of closure or needing rescuing, with most struggling with high levels of debt and low profits, research suggests.

Analysis of accounts of care home operators at Companies House, carried out for the BBC, found that, for many owners and operators, the returns did not justify the risk.

This meant that "some 80 care homes... are at risk of closure or will need rescuing", the report said.

However, the figures do not include companies or premises owned by sole traders or partnerships, which do not file records at Companies House.

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Eight branches of Lloyds Bank are due to close in Cornwall this year, the company has confirmed.

The Lloyds' branch in Padstow (pictured) is the latest confirmed closure. It is due to shut on 5 June.

The other branches due to shut because "of the changing way customers choose to bank with us" are:

• Lostwithiel (8 March)
• Mevagissey (7 March)
• Perranporth (7 June)
• St Blazey (9 March)
• St Columb (7 June)
• St Ives (8 June)
• St Mawes (6 March)

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Residents in pollution hotspots could be relocated under new clean air proposals. Cornwall Council is to discuss the plans, which could include compulsory purchases of properties in areas with "particularly poor air quality", later.

A council spokesperson said there was "no specific area" in mind at present. However, there are seven Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA) in Cornwall.

AQMA is an area in which the local authority has measured the quality of the air and come to the conclusion that it is unlikely to meet the national air quality objectives., external

The authority must then produce a plan to improve the air quality, called a Local Air quality Action Plan.

This one, external was produced for Bodmin in 2009

Cornwall has six AQMAs:

• Truro
• St Austell
• Kerrier (including Camborne, Redruth and Pool)
• Bodmin
• Gunnislake
• Tideford
• Camelford

The Kerrier area was the first to be declared an AQMA in 2005.

Camelford was granted AQMA status earlier this month.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Police in Dawlish say it is too early to tell what lasting damage a man will suffer after he was sprayed in the face with a substance during a robbery in Devon.

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Officers said, external the victim was attacked close to the junction with Lawn Hill and The Strand in Dawlish on Monday afternoon. The man was taking money to a bank. He was robbed by two men who had their faces covered and then ran off with the cash.

The victim, who is in his 50s, was taken to hospital in Exeter for treatment. Devon and Cornwall Police said: "The victim has some sight back in one eye but it is too early to state what the lasting damage or impact will be on the victim’s eyesight."

Exeter Express & Echo

Devon social services bosses have been ordered to stop trying to penalise a grandmother who they say has breached orders made in the Court of Protection, external.

Carys Edwards
Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

About 23 care home operators in the South West are at risk of potentially going insolvent, new research suggests.

Many care homes in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset are struggling with high levels of debt and low profits.  

Analysis of accounts of care home operators at Companies House, carried out for the BBC, found that, for many owners and operators, the returns did not justify the risk. 

The report said the implication from its data was that "some 23 companies" in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset "may fail", which would mean "some 80 care homes in the four counties are at risk of closure or will need rescuing".

Any closures will increase pressure on social care for the elderly and vulnerable in coming years.