Investigation after two from Saltash and Plymouth man die in A38 collision
Child almost falls through moving train's toilet floor
MP Anne Marie Morris apologises for racist remark
Rick Stein Porthleven restaurant fire 'not deliberate', police say
People in Great Torrington claim they're struggling for cash after last bank closes
Updates on Monday 10 July 2017
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BBC News Online
Live updates for Devon and Cornwall have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
Don't forget Spotlight on BBC One later.
There will also be news through the night on your BBC Local Radio station.
Six-year-old cancer patient Riley Thomas is the first to ring an "end of treatment" bell installed in Royal Cornwall Hospital.
Evening sunshine is likely for many. However, occasional rain will cross Land's End by midnight and spread across the region during the early hours. Minimum temperature: 13C (55F).
There will be patchy rain on Tuesday morning. It will intensify during the afternoon, becoming heavy for a time. Maximum temperature: 18C (64F).
BBC Three
Wheelchair user Rob was crowdsurfing at global megastars Coldplay's concert at Croke Park in Dublin on Saturday.
He was then invited by Exeter boy and frontman Chris Martin invited him on stage to perform.
Rob described the experience.
Disabled fan's on-stage performance with Coldplay
Andrew Segal
Local Live
Members of political parties across the spectrum have condemned a Devon MP who used a racist expression during a public discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbot, used the phrase at an event in London to describe the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Ms Morris, who was first elected to Parliament in 2010, told the BBC the comment was "totally" unintentional, adding: "I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused."
A Dartmoor public car park has closed because of vandalism and littering.
The Spitchwick public car park, near Ashburton, was recently closed by landowner Patrick Simpson.
People were reported to have been smashing bottles on the rock face and abusing civil enforcement officers.
Mr Simpson said he reluctantly had to place boulders across the site to mark the closure.
Torbay has the third highest child smoking rate in the UK, according to new figures published today, external.
Johnny Rutherford
BBC Spotlight
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is looking into an incident where a mother and her son narrowly avoided falling through a missing floor on a moving train on the South Devon Railway.
BBC Politics
The Liberal Democrats have called on Prime Minister Theresa May to withdraw the party whip from a Devon Conservative MP criticised after it emerged she used a racist expression during a public discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbot, used the phrase at an event in London to describe the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Leader Tim Farron said he was "shocked" and called for her to be suspended from the parliamentary party.
"This disgusting comment ... has no place in our Parliament," he said.
Ms Morris, who was first elected to Parliament in 2010, told the BBC the comment was "totally" unintentional, adding: "I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused."
A Conservative Party spokesman said: "We are aware of these reports. This kind of language is completely unacceptable and we are urgently investigating."
BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg tweeted, external that the pressure was "already for May to withdraw the whip from Morris", which would mean "another one off the majority if she does".
Santander's bank branch in Helston is to close.
It follows the closure of the HSBC bank in the town in recent months, and the loss of two building society offices locally.
Santander said the decision was not been taken lightly.
BBC Politics
A Devon Conservative MP has been criticised after it emerged she used a racist expression during a public discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbot, used the phrase at an event in London to describe the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Image source, Conservative PartyAccording to a recording published on the Huffington Post, external website, Ms Morris was discussing the impact of Brexit on the UK's financial services industry at an event organised by the Politeia think tank.
The Lib Dems have urged Theresa May to discipline her for the "nasty" remark.
Ms Morris told the BBC: "The comment was totally unintentional. I apologise unreservedly for any offence caused."
Cheeky internet trolls have flooded social media and message boards, external to mock a Cornish nationalist group.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
A small boy almost fell from a moving train carriage on to the track below because the toilet floor was missing.
His mother was able to catch him before he fell when she took him to the toilet on the South Devon Railway Totnes Riverside to Buckfastleigh train in Devon last month.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said its investigation found, external that the former ex-British Railways Mark 1 Open Second carriage "had been put back into service after repairs to its braking system, which had required the dismantling of the lavatory floor".
Image source, South Devon RailwayIt said: "The floor had not been replaced and staff had placed a notice on the compartment door and attempted to secure it to prevent it being opened. This had not been effective."
South Devon Railway, which runs the steam train attraction, said it is taking the investigation "extremely seriously".
BBC News England
Image source, @OPUWORCSOne person was killed when four cars and a lorry crashed on the M42 near Redditch and Bromsgrove.
Three of the cars went up in flames after the smash on the southbound junction of the motorway last night.
One woman was pulled from a flaming car by an off-duty paramedic who ran to her aid.
A 52-year-old man from Exmouth, Devon, has been arrested on suspicion of death by dangerous driving, police say. He remains in police custody.
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With just days to go until Bryan Adams and Little Mix arrive in Exeter for their hotly anticipated shows at Powderham Castle, event organisers have issued important information ahead of the concerts, external.
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BBC Radio Cornwall
A row has broken out over 200ft of new double yellow lines in Porthleven.
They've been painted along Commercial Road, which is owned by Harbour and Dock Company.
Phil Ward, from the company, said it was part of a project to calm the traffic.
However, Cornwall Council said the lines were not legal, had no legal standing, and no enforcement could be carried out by anyone.
BBC News Travel
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BBC News Online
Devon and Cornwall Police are asking for help to find a man who's gone missing from Torquay.
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Police said the 53-year-old was reported missing from home on Sunday morning and that officers, a police helicopter and coastguards had been conducting coastal and inland searches.
Divers in the South West have had a rare sighting of one of our native seahorses.
The creature is under threat, along with its natural habitat - seagrass - which provides a nursery for all kinds of marine life and helps reduce coastal erosion.
Experts at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth said they were now looking at how best to help our seahorses by learning how to cultivate seagrass, because it was in worldwide decline.
Image source, National Marine Aquarium
