A 13-year-old girl has appeared at Truro Magistrates' Court charged with knife-related offences allegedly carried out during an incident at Penair School in Truro.

The charges against the girl include: possession of an offensive weapon on school grounds, making threats to kill, assault and causing criminal damage.

Police were called to the school on Monday afternoon.

The case will be heard at a youth court on a date to be decided.

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Hamish Marshall
BBC Spotlight

England's World Cup-winning cricket captain Heather Knight has returned to her old school in Plymouth this morning.

Knight, who helped England lift the World Cup earlier this summer, gave a coaching session to Year Five pupils at Elburton Primary School as part of the Chance to Shine programme.

Heather, who leaves for Australia later this week, where England hope to regain the Ashes, said it was great to be back on her old stomping ground.

BBC Spotlight

A three-year-old girl has received a special award for her bravery in fighting cancer.

Rose Lucking-Elhitmi, from Copplestone in Devon, was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer, when she was six months old.

Doctors picked up on the cancer when her grandfather noticed something odd in a picture of Rose.

Cornwall Live

A man was left injured after an incident involving a BB gun, external in St Austell yesterday evening (October 2), police have confirmed.

BBC Radio Devon

On the A380 Exeter-bound, near the Starcross turn-off, there are reports one lane is blocked due to a broken-down lorry.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Plymouth Argyle chairman James Brent says he will back manager Derek Adams with more signings to try and end their poor run of results.

The Pilgrims, who won promotion to League One last season, are bottom of the division after in 11 games.

Image source, Getty Images

Adams' squad has been hit by injuries and ill-discipline this season - in their last eight matches Argyle have lost seven and had players sent off in five of those games.

"We believe that our players can address the current run of form," Brent told the club website.

"The Board is ready, however, to support further additions if Derek believes they are required."

Andrew Segal
Local Live

The latest sighting this morning of a Portuguese man-of-war, photographed at Porthmeor Beach in St Ives, is the latest in an invasion of potentially fatal jellyfish-like creatures which has spread along the English Channel.

Another of the creatures was reported washed up on Downderry beach, Seaton, yesterday.

They add to the greatest number of man-of-war recorded in the UK since records began in 2003.

They were first spotted in Cornwall and have been seen as far east as Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire.

The Marine Conservation Society said it had received reports of more than 2,000 of the organisms, which have long purple tentacles.

Pics: St Ives Harbour Twitter

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Police in Kingsbridge are investigating a burglary at the town's cinema.

Officers said on Facebook, external that the King's Cinema in Fore Street was broken into and a quantity of cash stolen "sometime overnight".

They have appealed for witnesses and information.

BBC Radio Devon

A new farm safety course has started today at Bicton College in east Devon.

It's being run by the Farm Safety Foundation and aims to help improve safety for all new students studying agriculture.

Last year there were seven fatal accidents in the South West.

Cornwall Live

A shortage of nurses could put patients' lives at risk in Cornwall, external.

According to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), patient care is being compromised due to shortages of nursing staff.

BBC News Channel

An invasion of potentially fatal jellyfish-like creatures has spread along the English Channel.

It amounts to the greatest number of Portuguese man-of-war recorded in the UK since records began in 2003, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said.

They were first spotted in Cornwall and have been seen as far east as Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire.

The MCS said it had received reports of more than 2,000 of the organisms, which have long purple tentacles.

Image source, Tony Hutchinson

BBC Radio Cornwall

A teenage girl is due to appear court after a knife was seized at a Cornwall school.

Devon and Cornwall Police said they were made aware of a pupil bringing in a knife to Penair School in Truro on Tuesday afternoon.

The girl is due before magistrates in Truro later.

BBC Weather

It will be a bright day with sunny spells for most of us. However, increasing amounts of cloud will develop through the afternoon.

The winds will be a little lighter than on Monday, and it will feel a touch cooler. Maximum temperature: 15C (59F).

Plymouth Herald

Fourteen people are to appear at court today, external charged with conspiring to supply crack cocaine and heroin.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Police are continuing to question a 21-year-old man from Redruth in custody who was arrested under the Explosives Act.

Officers were called to reports of a small explosion in the town on Sunday night, and cordons were set up yesterday whilst an explosive ordnance device team assessed the scene.

The incident's not believed to be related to terrorism.

BBC Radio Devon

Five fire crews have put out a barn fire in Pancrasweek, near Holsworthy.

The agricultural building and workshop was severely damaged by the heat and smoke from the fire, which broke out shortly after 20:30 last night, firefighters said.

BBC Radio Devon

At Abbotsham, the A39 is blocked due to an accident around Clovelly Road.

Devon Live

A Teignmouth hotelier dubbed ‘the female Basil Fawlty’ has been jailed for 22 weeks, external for a string of assaults against her employees and a police officer – which she says she can’t remember because her drinks were spiked.