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• In Plymouth Buckwell Street is blocked in both directions between Vauxhall Street and Palace Street due to a broken-down vehicle

BBC News Travel

• On the A30 westbound between Tolvaddon and Camborne West we've got reports there's an umbrella in the road. Approach with care
• In Redruth on Station Road near Station Hill we've got reports there's an accident
• Near Dobwalls the road from Burnthouse Crossroads to Redgate is closed due to the scrapyard fire

Plymouth Herald

The Royal Navy’s new £1bn attack submarine, external – HMS Audacious – has been unveiled.

Press Association

John Earle has been jailed for a series of sexual assaults on a young boy.

Earle, who started his television career on a show called Treasure House, then worked on the BBC children's science programme Tom Tom.

He was on TV in the 1960s and 1970s.

His appearances as a Jackanory storyteller marked the end of his television career and in the intervening years he has written books about Dartmoor and ran an expedition centre there, becoming an expert on trekking on the moors.

He admitted six counts of indecent assault at Exeter Crown Court and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Former children's TV presenter John Earle, 87, has been jailed for a series of sexual assaults on a young boy nearly 60 years ago. 

Alison Longhorn, from the CPS, said: "John Earle took advantage of his young victim for his own sexual gratification. 

"We worked closely with the police to build a strong case and faced with the evidence against him, Earle pleaded guilty. 

"Earle's offending has had a lifelong impact on his victim, to whom I would like to express my appreciation. Without him this prosecution would not have been possible."

Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police

BBC Radio Cornwall

Fire crews from across Cornwall are still damping down and searching for hotspots after a severe fire at a scrapyard near Dobwalls. 

People living nearby were warned to stay indoors overnight and keep their windows closed to avoid fumes.

The blaze broke out at WH Orchard and Son yesterday afternoon. Tyres and cars were involved in the blaze causing large plumes of smoke. 

Press Association

Former children's TV presenter John Earle, 87, has been jailed for a series of sexual assaults on a young boy nearly 60 years ago. 

Earle narrated two Jackanory stories in 1971 and presented programmes for youngsters in the 1960s and 1970s.

At Exeter Crown Court, Earle, who admitted six counts of indecent assault at an earlier hearing, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.

The court heard the victim was subjected to the abuse in the 1950s and 1960s.

Sentencing Earle, Judge Erik Salomonsen said: "You used a young child to satisfy your sexual needs on many occasions."

Press Association

A former Jackanory storyteller has been jailed for a series of sexual assaults on a young boy nearly 60 years ago. 

John Earle, 87, who narrated two Jackanory stories in 1971 and presented programmes for youngsters in the 1960s and 1970s, was deputy headteacher at a school in Devon when he carried out the attacks.

More to follow.

The new fleet of Intercity Express Trains for the Great Western Railway (GWR) line from London to the South West has reached a new milestone, the firm has said.

The route will link Paddington to Exeter and Cornwall via Reading and Newbury.

Image source, GWR

Image source, GWR

The first five-car test train left Japan for the UK on Wednesday and is expected to reach Southampton port in June, GWR said.  

The Class 802 fleet is currently being built in Pistoia, Italy, and due to enter passenger service next summer.

In total, three test trains will be used ahead of the trains entering service.

The Class 800 fleet, built at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, is currently being tested in the UK and due to enter service later this year.

James Law
BBC Sport Online

League Two sides Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle have offered professional contracts to eight youngsters who have come through their academy systems.

The Grecians have offered deals to Archie Collins, Max Smallcombe, Ben Seymour and Lewis Williams, who are all second-year scholars, as well as Alex Hartridge.

Meanwhile the Pilgrims have tabled offers to three youth graduates - defenders Jordan Bentley and Callum Rose, and striker Alex Fletcher.

The players are yet to put pen to paper but will be part of the first-team squads next season if they agree to stay.

Falmouth Packet

A Camborne landlord whose negligence placed his tenants at "serious risk of harm" has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 in fines, external and costs by magistrates. 

BBC Radio Devon

Thousands of people are expected at Exeter's food and drink festival over the bank holiday weekend.

Seven Michelin-starred chefs, including Tom Kerridge and Michael Caines MBE, will take part in cookery demonstations at the three-day event, which showcases regional produce.

Image source, Exeter Festival of South West Food and Drink

A "Let's Talk Farming" roadshow is being run by the National Farmers' Union for children to learn more about how food is produced.  

Plymouth Herald

Residents claim they have been unable to open their windows because of the stench coming from bins, external left unemptied on the Barbican.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A man from Cornwall says doctors saved his life after he was partially paralysed by what's believed to be an adder bite. 

John Kiernan, 55, from Charlestown, spent three days in hospital in Truro after the incident in Tehidy Woods near Camborne last weekend. 

Image source, Mark Bowen

Although the 55-year-old didn't actually see the adder - which is the UK's only venomous snake - doctors say his symptoms were consistent with a snakebite and that is what he was treated for.

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

A financial update from the new tungsten mine at Hemerdon near Plymouth gives a mixed picture. 

Run by Wolf Minerals, Drakelands Mine - which has one of the world's largest tungsten and tin sources and employs 200 people - is still making a loss as it adjusts its huge mill to suit the ores it's digging out.

Image source, Wolf Minerals

However, it's now producing better grade tungsten as a result and the world tungsten price is up 12% in three months.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Rowers from as far afield as Ireland and the United States are gathering on the Isles of Scilly for this year's World Pilot Gig Championships.

The event - which is taking place over the next three days - has been running every year since 1990. 

The first test train of a new Intercity Express fleet for Great Western Railway’s (GWR) Devon and Cornwall route has left Japan en route to the UK.

Image source, Great Western Railway

In total, three test trains will be used ahead of the Class 802 fleet entering passenger service in summer next year.  

BBC Weather

If you're planning a trip to the seaside today, here are the times of high water around the region's coastline.

There'll be a full weather forecast in the lunchtime Spotlight news at 13:30 on BBC One.

BBC News Travel

• Reports of a collision in Plymouth by the railway station near the Liskeard exit. Police are at the scene
• The road from Burnthouse Crossroads to Redgate is currently closed due to the scrapyard fire at Dobwalls
• In Cornwall, delays are expected in Lanner on the A393 Lanner Hill near Sandy Lane for electricity work

Victoria Derbyshire

The Royal Marine jailed for shooting dead a wounded Taliban fighter has been released from prison.

Sgt Alexander Blackman - who served with Plymouth-based 42 Commando - received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter.

Judges at the Court Martial Appeal Court were told he had a recognised mental illness at the time of the killing in September 2011.