Summary

  • Man 'stabbed in hip and doused in petrol'

  • Man dies in overturned car crash

  • Girl sexually assaulted after Boardmasters

  • Duchy of Cornwall was warned of Crantock beach death risk

  • 'Unresponsive' man airlifted to hospital after Rame Peninsula coastal fall

  • Protest held over Devon hospital bed closures

  • Eight people removed from derelict hotel

  • Updates on Monday 21 August 2017

  1. The latest travel news for Cornwallpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    • Great Western Railway services to and from London Paddington are subject to delays due to earlier derailment at the station
    • On the roads fog is causing some problems in parts of Cornwall this morning - In Bude there's very thick fog causing low visibility
  2. The latest travel news for Devonpublished at 08:27 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    BBC Radio Devon

    • There's queuing traffic on the A38 Devon Expressway heading towards the Tamar Bridge and Cornwall
    • Great Western Railway services to and from London Paddington are subject to delays due to an earlier derailment at the station
    • In Exeter, on Bridge Road expect delays between the Matford and Countess Wear Roundabouts - due to the roadworks
    • In Plymouth, Tavistock Road is busy heading towards the Derriford Roundabout from both directions through the roadworks
  3. Duchy was warned ahead of beach deathpublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    BBC News England

    The Duchy of Cornwall was warned of the risk of a "potentially fatal situation" at a beach it owns, ahead of a man's death there last week.

    Oneil Din, 27, from Coventry, got caught in a rip current and died at Crantock beach, Cornwall on 15 August.

    Crantock Parish Council told the duchy in April it was "extremely concerned about the safety risks to the public".

    Crantock beach

    The duchy said new warning signs were put up in 2016 and it planned to "see what more can possibly be done". It also said the area had protected status, and that re-engineering the course of a river was a complicated and long process with no guarantees of success.

    The parish council says that the River Gannel has changed course since a breakwater was damaged in 2015, making the rip currents more erratic, and the beach more dangerous.

  4. Man 'unresponsive' after fallpublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Amy Gladwell, BBC News Online

    A man has been airlifted to hospital after falling at Penlee Point on the Rame Peninsula in south-east Cornwall.

    Coastguards said he was unresponsive when they reached him on Sunday afternoon.

    Due to the poor weather the helicopter had to land on Plymouth Hoe rather than at Derriford Hospital. The condition of the man isn't known.

  5. Criticism of Devon's health planspublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Jenny Walrond
    Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

    The chief executives of Torbay and the Royal Devon and Exeter hospitals have taken over the running of plans to reorganise Devon's health services.

    It follows the departure of the previous leader Angela Pedder, but the plans themselves continue to be dogged by criticism from campaigners and some politicians, including claims of a conflict of interest.

    Hospital

    Devon county councillor Brian Greenslade says the plans are flawed and a waste of money. He has also criticised health commissioners for using the same consultants to both assess the problems facing some local services, and deliver the solutions.

  6. BBC Local Live in Devon and Cornwallpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 21 August 2017

    Amy Gladwell, BBC News Online

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