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A security guard has been arrested following the death of a suspected shoplifter in Trowbridge on Thursday.

Police were called to The Shires car park near Asda shortly after 15:00 after reports of a man being seriously injured during an altercation.

A 20-year-old man from the Trowbridge area is being held by police on suspicion of manslaughter.

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Det Ch Insp Jeremy Carter said: "He tackled the suspected shoplifter causing a number of glass bottles he was concealing to smash. He suffered significant bleeding from which he died."

He said the victim, who was thought to be from the Cornwall area, was suspected of committing a number of shoplifting offences in the town and there had been.. "various episodes involving this individual and security staff from surrounding stores during the day". 

BBC Radio Devon

Devon County Council has set up a scheme that sees volunteers make minor repairs to the roads. It's believed to be the first of its kind in the country.

Some people have criticised the scheme saying the authority is exploiting cheap labour but councillor Stuart Hughes says it's using people power to make a difference.

About 100 volunteers across Devon have now been trained to fill potholes.

Exeter Express & Echo

The family of a single mum from Devon who was training to be a nurse will never know the precise cause of her death., external

The cash will help with the refurbishment of a school at a refugee camp in Sierra Leone and provide much needed medical supplies for the community.  

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BBC News Online

The RSPCA has called the suspected beheading of two swans in Exeter "horrific acts" towards the "defenceless" animals.

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"We would appeal to people's consciences to report any information they have about the deaths to the police," it said after the attacks last week at The Quay.

The first headless swan was found last Saturday and the other was found in the same area on Wednesday. 

Animal charity the RSPB also said it "beggars belief" that anyone could harm "beautiful and much loved" swans.

Exeter Express & Echo

A mother has shared her story of how staff at North Devon District Hospital saved her four-hour-old baby from liver failure, in a bid to help save the maternity services at the hospital., external

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BBC News Online

The rusting freighter at Instow adds to the atmosphere this morning at Instow. Thanks to Aliy Fowler who captured the moment.

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Cornwall Live

A Newquay resident has slammed 'jobsworths' at Cornwall Council who instructed a pair of young business owners in the town to remove chalk arrows directing customers to their shop., external

An animal charity says it "beggars belief" that anyone could harm "beautiful and much loved" swans after the suspected beheading of two birds in Exeter.

Police said they believed the death of one of the birds "appeared to have been a deliberate act". Exeter City Council said another "decapitated swan was brought to the canal office".

Tony Whitehead, from the RSPB, said: "That anyone could harm these beautiful and much loved birds in this way beggars belief. 

"We would call on anyone with information to contact the police so that the perpetrators can be be brought swiftly to justice. Killing wild birds is a crime under the Wildlife and Countryside Act and people who do so could face a £5,000 fine per offence or up to six months in prison." 

BBC Travel

• In Okehampton on Station Road near Tors Road we've got reports there's an accident
• In Plymouth on Forder Valley Road there's slow traffic due to tree felling work. Surrounding roads are also busy

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BBC News Online

A man from Cornwall has been given a suspended prison sentence for making indecent images involving children.

Frederick Jose, 73, from Hayle pleaded guilty to making 27 indecent images.

The court heard how Jose used pictures of children's faces and superimposed them on to pornographic images of adults. 

Judge Robert Linford told Truro Crown Court he had "no doubt" the defendant had made the images for "sexual purposes". He sentenced Jose to an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years and a 25-day rehabilitation order. He's also been given a sexual harm prevention order which will last five years.

BBC Spotlight

Tomorrow's Devon Derby between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City is the most hotly anticipated for many years. 

With Argyle in second place and Exeter now in fourth - both sides will be desperate for the win, with promotion on their minds. 

A sell out crowd is expected at Home Park where some of the extra seating brought in for the Liverpool FA Cup game will also be used. 

Devon and Cornwall Police said: "An appropriate police presence will be in place."

Exeter are the in form team and are unbeaten in 12 games - but Argyle remain nine points clear of their rivals with a game in hand. 

Plymouth Herald

A world-class arts and culture building would become the centerpiece of Plymouth Hoe if exciting new plans for the future are realised., external

BBC Radio Devon

It's being claimed proper checks weren't made when eco boilers were put into the homes of elderly or disabled social housing tenants in North Devon, who then struggled to use them.

BBC Radio Devon knows of about six cases where there are problems with people being able to use the boilers after oil fired heating systems were taken out and replaced. 

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The boilers need filling with wood pellets, which are often delivered in sacks weighing 10kg each. 

Landlord Westward Housing says it's sorting out the problems as a priority and that the installer Anesco assessed who should get the boilers.

Anesco declined to comment.

BBC Travel

In Plymouth, on Forder Valley Road there's slow traffic due to tree felling work. Surrounding roads are also busy

In Plymouth, on Outland Road around Peverell Park Road there are lane closures due to roadworks, there's slow traffic outbound

Near Torquay, there's slow traffic on the A380 between the Gallows Gate Roundabout and the Preston Downs Roundabout due to roadworks

The body set up to advise hospitals on staff safety is to end that work at the end of March, the BBC has discovered.

This is despite figures showing almost 200 assaults on doctors, nurses and other NHS staff in England every day. One A&E doctor said "most NHS staff" could say they had been attacked or felt unsafe at work.

NHS Protect said it could not comment before a staff consultation ended, but the government said it believed a new approach was needed to protect staff. 

The body was tasked with overseeing the measures that trusts were taking to stop physical attacks on doctors and nurses.

BBC Radio Devon

Two swans appear to have been beheaded in Exeter.

The first headless swan was found at The Quay in Exeter last Saturday and the other was found in the same area on Wednesday. 

Exeter City Council confirmed that the "first decapitated swan was brought to the canal office last Saturday". 

The dead bird, which is a protected species, was reported to Defra on Monday. Police said they believed the death of the second bird "appeared to have been a deliberate act". 

Officers have appealed for more information.

BBC Travel

• In Plymouth on the A38 Parkway around St Budeaux heading towards Cornwall one lane is blocked due to a broken-down vehicle
• In Plymouth on Forder Valley Road there's slow traffic due to tree felling work. Surrounding roads are also busy

It's been pretty stormy recently what with Storm Doris - or the tail end of Storm Doris - and the harbour wall at St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly has taken a bit of a battering.

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BBC Spotlight

The opening of a new factory in Okehampton is good news as the town has seen a number of factory closures in recent years.

Forthglade, a pet food company, says the move will "fulfil its ambition to become one of the UK's leading producers of 100% natural pet food".

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Gerard Lovell, joint managing director, said: "We hope this move demonstrates our commitment to both our dedicated team and the Devon area.

"It represents a major investment in a Devon success story, which first started trading in 1971."