Summary

  • Man who sexually abused girls is jailed

  • Swans 'beheaded' in Exeter

  • Man superimposed children's faces on pornographic images of adults, court hears

  • Almost two thirds of children in Devon will lose out under government plans to change the way schools are funded, according to Devon County Council

  • About 100 volunteers across Devon have now been trained up to fill potholes in their local areas

  • Plans for a spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay move a step closer as the government launches a £10m scheme to support applications

  • Updates on Friday 10 February 2017

Live Reporting

  1. Volunteers sought to help family and friends at inquests

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    People with life experience and a sense of compassion are being asked to volunteer at Cornwall's Coroners Court. 

    They'll be asked to support people who have to sit through an inquiry into the death of a friend or loved one. 

    No formal qualifications are needed and training will be given. Rob Skinner is the service coordinator - he says it's a vital service for people who can be confused and upset.

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  3. It's a giant leap for Newquay as spaceport plans get £10m turbo-boost

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Plans for a spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay have moved a step closer as the government launches a £10m scheme to support applications. 

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    Newquay is among several sites in the UK bidding to be able to launch horizontal spacecraft by 2020.

    Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership is bidding for a licence which would allow conventional take off space planes to deliver satellites into orbit.

    Newquay is up against five other sites - four in Scotland and one in West Wales.   

  4. Police dog finds robbery suspect in bushes

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  5. Cold day with some sunny spells

    Bee Tucker
    BBC Weather

    Friday will be another cold day with rather cloudy skies, although some sunny spells will start to break through in the afternoon. 

    A few light showers are possible, and these could fall as sleet or snow. Maximum temperature: 6C (43F).

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  7. Latest travel: Accident and fuel spillage on A361

    BBC Travel

    • Near Tiverton on the A361 heading towards the M5 there's an accident and fuel spillage 
    • In Eggesford the A377 is blocked in both directions due to an accident near James's Week Lane 
    • In Callington on the A388 Saltash Road near Southern Road there's an accident 

  8. Council finances in 'dire state' as households face tax rise

    BBC Spotlight

    New research out today reveals that most councils in the South West say they will have to raise council tax and charge more for services because they don't think the government will give them enough in the next financial year.

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    Councils are in the process of deciding budgets, but information from the latest State of Local Government Finance Survey found that 84% of councils across the country think the current "needs assessment formula" is not fit for purpose.

    Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, said: "Local government finances across the country are in a dire state."

  9. Latest travel: A377 blocked due to crash

    BBC Travel

    • In Eggesford the A377 is blocked in both directions due to an accident near James's Week Lane

  10. Pet food company expands with new factory

    Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
    BBC Spotlight

    A Devon pet food company is to increase its workforce by more than a quarter with the building of a new factory.

    Forthglade is moving from Winkleigh, in mid Devon, to nearby Okehampton, creating about 25 jobs and safeguarding 80 more.

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    The company makes natural pet food products and says increasing demand has prompted its expansion.  

    Building work on the new factory is due to start in the spring.

  11. Headlines for Devon and Cornwall: Schools 'underfunded', spaceport plans, and man with machete jailed

    BBC Spotlight

    • Almost two thirds of children in Devon will lose out under government proposals to change the way schools are funded
    • A man caught with a machete and a kitchen knife at Camborne Station in December has been sent to prison for five months
    • Plans for a spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay Airport have moved a step closer as the government launches a £10m scheme to support applications
    • Police say they've completed their search for a 76-year-old man from Bideford who's been missing since New Year's Day. He hasn't been found, and officers say they will react to new information accordingly

  12. School funding: 'Two thirds of children in Devon to lose out'

    BBC Radio Devon

    Almost two thirds of children in Devon will lose out under government proposals to change the way schools are funded, according to Devon County Council. 

    New analysis by the county's education chief maintains that almost 62% of pupils will be taught in schools which will have their money cut. 

    It comes as teaching unions warn that the new proposed funding formula coupled with rising costs, could lead to the region's schools budgets being cut by more than £105m within the next three years. 

    The government says the new formula will make the system fairer.

  13. Welcome to BBC Local Live for Devon and Cornwall

    Jonathan Morris
    BBC News Online

    Welcome to BBC Local Live in Devon & Cornwall. We'll be bringing you all the day's news, sport, weather and travel and if you have a story email us.