Devon County Council no confidence motion in police commissioner is defeated
Phone and websites of three Devon councils fail in major IT fault
Cornish bathing waters open despite mass strandings of Portuguese man-of-war
Ex-Bath City boss Gary Owers new Torquay United head coach
Campaigners call for reinstatement of a popular Torbay bus route
Updates on Wednesday 13 September 2017
This afternoon will see a continuation of sunshine and showers, some of which could turn heavy with hail and thunder possible.
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Devonport-based HMS Ocean arrived in Gibraltar, en-route to the Caribbean to provide humanitarian aid to people affected by Hurricane Irma.
Nearly 50 people are thought to have lost their lives in the Caribbean and Florida.
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Brett Williams scored a hat-trick as Bromley eased to victory over bottom side Torquay United on Tuesday evening.
The Gulls arrived in London still looking for their first win of the season but they fell behind after 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, the National League side have appointed Bath City boss Gary Owers as their new head coach.
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The council is of three Devon authorities affected by an IT failure.
Phones and websites at Exeter, East Devon District Council and Teignbridge District Council have failed after the major fault.
The services are shared by the three to save money and improve efficiency.
Exeter City Council also said, external people could "use Twitter if you can't get through".
CCTV cameras are set to be installed in Wadebridge at a cost of £50,000 in response to the ongoing vandalism, external in the town.
James Law
BBC Sport Online
Plymouth Argyle boss Derek Adams says red cards are "killing" his side after a third sending off in three home games in their defeat by Blackpool.
Ryan Edwards was dismissed in their 3-1 loss last night, leaving the Pilgrims 23rd in League One.
Image source, Empics"I don't know what we've done wrong but it feels like we're getting punished all the time," Adams said.
"We've played well in large spells but you can't have 10 men on the pitch all the time, hoping to get a result."
A Royal Navy plane that crash-landed at an air-day in Cornwall is due to return to its Yeovilton base in Somerset this week after being rebuilt.
Experts have spent three years re-assembling the Sea Fury, which came down at the RNAS Culdrose Air Day in 2014.
Image source, Andy AitchinsonThe Royal Navy plane crashed onto the runway at the show, but the pilot, Lieutenant Commander Chris Gotke, walked away uninjured.
The Sea Fury will go on display at Yeovilton later this month after returning on Friday.
Surfers against Sewage is in Downing Street today to deliver a 250,000-signature petition to the government about environmental pollution.
The Cornwall-based pressure group said discarded plastic was a blight on beaches.
The petition calls for a new bottle deposit scheme, with glass and plastic bottles, as well as aluminium cans, having a surcharge that can be repaid when recycled.
Christine Butler
BBC South West
Removing stones from a ancient monument site in Cornwall to build so-called "fairy stacks" could see perpetrators prosecuted.
An increasing number of the stone stacks on Stowe's Pound, on Bodmin Moor, has upset archaeologists, who describe it as vandalism.
Image source, Stuart DowThe early Neolithic site, which dates back about 6,000 years, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and protected by law.
Historic England said removing objects without permission was an offence and people doing so could be prosecuted and even face a custodial sentence.
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Actor Beatie Edney, who plays Prudie, is to film for the fourth series of the Cornwall-set drama, which is due to hit our screens next summer.
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If you're planning a visit to the seaside, here are the times of high water around the region's coast.
There will be a full weather forecast on Spotlight's lunchtime news today at 13:30 on BBC One.
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Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall
A Devon council has voted against a no confidence motion proposed against Police Commissioner Alison Hernandez.
The motion was the third she has faced in as many months, this time by Devon County Council's cabinet.
Cabinet members voted unanimously against it.
The police chief also survived the first two motions - by Plymouth City Council and the Police and Crime Panel - following comments she made suggesting gun owners might be able to act as armed civilians in a terror attack.
Today's motion was brought by Lib Dem councillor, Alistair Dewhirst, who said he was unhappy about cuts to neighbourhood policing.
Ms Hernandez said the latest vote was politically motivated.
One of three councils affected by an IT failure is asking people to contact it by phone or using social media.
Phone systems and websites at Exeter City Council, East Devon District Council and Teignbridge District Council have failed after a major IT fault.
The services are shared by the three authorities to save money and improve efficiency.
As well as saying how people could contact it, Exeter City Council warned that the problem meant it could not process payments at the moment.
Lynne French
BBC News Online
Phone systems and websites at Exeter City Council, East Devon District Council and Teignbridge District Council have failed after a major IT fault.
The services are shared by the three councils to save money and improve efficiency.
A Teignbridge spokesperson said the cause was being investigated and they were trying to resolve the situation as soon as possible.
The council is asking members of the public to be patient, and has apologised on its Facebook page, external.
Lynne French
BBC News Online
A 24-year-old man been killed in a head-on collision in Knowlestone, near South Molton, police say, external.
Emergency services were called to the crash involving a Honda motorcycle and a Volvo HGV near Moortown Barton picnic area just before 07:00 yesterday.
The motorcyclist, who was local, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Devon and Cornwall Police have asked anyone who witnessed the collision to contact them.
East Devon District Council's leader is facing a vote of no confidence today for not doing more to stop the closure of community hospital beds.
Conservative Paul Diviani, who represents district councils on Devon County's Health Scrutiny Committee, said he did nothing wrong in voting not to refer the closure of 71 beds to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The confidence motion is being brought by Independent Councillor Ben Ingham, who said Mr Diviani had previously said he would support the vote to refer the decision.
"Having told us he would support our wishes ... then he actually voted against what we had asked him to do," Cllr Ingham said.
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BBC Radio Cornwall
Truro City have made it five wins in a row.
The White Tigers beat Chippenham Town 1-0 last night, with Rocky Neal scoring the winning goal.
The result leaves Truro second in the National League South table.
Military personnel from the South West are among 1,000 troops deployed in the Caribbean to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Irma is believed to have been responsible for at least more than 30 deaths in the Caribbean and 18 in the US.
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A suspicious package which brought a North Devon town to a standstill, external yesterday afternoon was actually a training device.
