BBC Radio Cornwall

Police in Newquay say using legal powers to confiscate alcohol from people drinking in public has been successful in tackling anti-social behaviour problems.

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It comes as incidents of street drinking more than doubled in Cornwall in the past three years according to official figures.

The Safer Cornwall partnership research shows the biggest increases are in Camborne, Falmouth and Penzance.

Agencies are putting together a new strategy for dealing with anti-social behaviour - and are asking the public for their views.

James Law
BBC Sport Online

Manager Paul Tisdale has thanked the Exeter City board for allowing him to hold on to his key players during the January transfer window.

Exeter were bottom of League Two after losing at Carlisle on 19 November, but they are now fourth after victory over Wycombe last night, just four points from an automatic promotion spot.  

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"The board has backed my request that we keep this team together," Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon.

"That shows some real intent and real bravery when there are clubs offering really good money."

BBC Radio Cornwall

"We have a pretty creaking system of finance."

That's Steve Sims, the Isles of Scilly Council's chairman of the Finance, Audit and Scrutiny committee who admits action should have been taken earlier on a predicted overspend.

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The Isles of Scilly Council has been told it will need to borrow up to £3m to pay staff and suppliers.

The authority will overspend this year by nearly £500,000.

Mr Sims said: "We have a pretty creaking system of finance."

Hamish Marshall
BBC Spotlight

A jury has been told that a man who died after being in police custody had tried to alert officers to the difficulties he was in.

Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest at Heavitree Road Police Station in Exeter in 2012 after being arrested in the city centre for a public order offence.

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Custody Sergeant Jan Kingshott, 45, and civilian detention officers Simon Tansley, 39, and Michael Marsden, 56, deny manslaughter by gross negligence at Bristol Crown Court.

The court was shown CCTV of the time Mr Orchard spent in his cell before the alarm over his condition was raised.

BBC Sport

Forwards Chris Morgan and Alex Cheesman have signed new two-year contracts at the Cornish Pirates.

Cheesman has made more than 100 appearances for the club while captain Morgan has amassed more than 200 games since joining from Newbury in 2008.

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Forwards coach Alan Paver said: "Alex is one of the best back-rowers in the Championship, and Morgs is a legend."

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

A gardener who learned his trade at Eden has won a prestigious accolade at the fifth annual Society of Garden Designers Awards.

Richard Riddell, who graduated from the Eden Project Learning Garden Design course last year, won the student design award for commercial projects for his design of a new contemporary parkland at the Royal William Yard, Plymouth that he completed during his final year on the course.

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Exeter Express & Echo

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BBC Radio Cornwall

Police are asking for help about an attempted robbery at a post office in Callington.

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Officers say a man with a knife threatened staff before being chased away at about 16:40 yesterday.

A 52-year-old man and a 43-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of attempted robbery and are currently in custody at Charles Cross Police Station, Plymouth.

Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online

Prisoner supervisors say they recognise that Exeter Prison needs more staff to deal with the problem of drugs, to improve safety and to provide more purposeful activity for prisoners.

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Michael Spurr, chief executive of National Offender Management Service, said: "The government has provided additional funding to increase staffing levels and good progress is already being made to recruit new officers.

"I'm confident that, together with these extra resources, the governor will be able to fully address the recommendations in this report and significantly improve the performance of the prison."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Levels of street drinking and nuisance behaviour have more than doubled in Cornwall in the past three years according to official figures.

The Safer Cornwall partnership data shows the biggest increases are in Camborne, Falmouth and Penzance. There are also high numbers of incidents in Truro and Newquay.

It comes as agencies are putting together a new strategy for dealing with anti-social behaviour as a whole - and are asking the public for their views.

There are concerns rises in rough sleeping and homelessness is having an impact.

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BBC Radio Devon

Exeter prison faces a challenge to reduce the supply of drugs, such as new psychoactive substances and cannabis, says an inspector.

Hooch, the name given to illicitly brewed alcohol, was also found to be a serious problem said Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke.

"Physical security measures were generally proportionate, but the prison faced the almost daily challenge of items such as drugs being thrown over the wall," a report said.

Inspectors were told during the inspection in August there was 490 inmates and a shortfall of 13 prison officers.

In the six months prior to the visit, there had been 96 assaults, 45 fights and 173 self-harm incidents.

Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon

Youth workers in Devon have won a £5.2m contract to run services in the county from today.

The county council, which used to run the service, decided to put it out to tender.

The contract was won by the in-house team, which have set up a public sector non-profit organisation - just like the libraries did last year.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

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Firefighters in Devon have warned people to ensure they warm up and use wheat-filled heating packs or bags correctly after being called out to two incidents in "the last few months".

Staff at Devon and Somerset Fire Service's station in Newton Abbot said on Facebook, external that an elderly person's flat in the town centre was left filled with acrid smoke on Sunday evening "because of an overheated wheat bag in the microwave oven". The occupant wasn't injured.

Firefighters said people needed to "be aware of the correct use of these bags, as incorrect use can cause them to overheat, eventually catching fire".

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

A new scheme beginning in May will simplify rail fares to give passengers the cheapest possible rail fares.

A traveller buying an off-peak return from Wick, in northern Scotland, to Par, in Cornwall, can currently pay up to £342.50, although in practice few people pay that amount.

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However, by buying six separate fares for each leg of the journey, passengers can pay as little as £80 for the same trip.   

The Rail Delivery Group says the potential saving of £262 will soon be offered to customers automatically. 

CrossCountry Trains, an operator taking part in the trials, may eventually offer savings on other routes as well.

Cornwall Live

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BBC Travel

• Around Landrake we've got reports the A38 eastbound is partially blocked due to an accident, traffic is slow moving
• Closures will be in place on #Exeter, external High St until Mon 13th Mar from Queen St-South St
• In Camborne North Roskear Road is just passable near Cliff View Road after an accident
• In Plympton on Sandy Road near the A38 at Deep Lane there are temporary traffic lights for roadworks. Traffic is slow moving