Del Crookes
BBC News Online

Police have released CCTV images of a man who they want to speak to over a stolen credit card that was used to withdraw thousands of pounds from a bank in Plymouth.

Officers say the card is believed to have been stolen from the Redruth area.

It was taken on Thursday, 16 November, and used to withdraw £5,060 from a bank on Armada Way.

Aidan Heslop, aged 15, says it is "amazing" to be included in the Welsh team for 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Andrea Ormsby
BBC Spotlight

Classic cars have been travelling up a cliff on the Lynton-Lynmouth Cliff Railway for the first time in decades as part of a magazine photo shoot.

It also happened in the 1960s.

In 1952 a number of cars were transported up the cliff via the railway during the Lynmouth flood as a way of getting stranded cars out of Lynmouth and back to Lynton during the disaster of 15 August.

Plymouth Argyle boss Derek Adams believes rules over how many clubs a player can play for in a season should change.

BBC Radio Devon

• In Okehampton, on St James Street at Kempley Road, there are reports of an accident
• In Ilfracombe, the A361 St Brannock's Road is partially blocked between St Brannock's Park Road and Kingsley Avenue due to an accident

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A public consultation is being held, external into plans for eradicating a notorious bottleneck on the A30 in Cornwall.

Highways England plans to dual the eight-mile (13km) stretch between the roundabouts at Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross in a £290m project scheduled to open, if approved, by late 2022.

Here are some of the views you have shared with us on the BBC Radio Cornwall Facebook page, external:

• Mike Bawden: I live mid way along this stretch at Ventongimps. For the last couple years it's been jammed up in the mornings and evenings, and pretty much all day in the summer months. There are a variety of reasons for it, but the bottom line is that it needs dualling. The proposed scheme seems on the whole to be well thought out, with as limited impact as possible. So just get it done please.
• Diane Nankivell: There is no point having a comment as ‘they’ don’t listen to what the locals say. It’s just a PR exercise to show they are ‘listening’. The proposed route will be a disaster.
• Jak Garraway: Sad to see more green fields getting the tarmac & concrete treatment but this is very sorely needed now. Good that they've tried to keep it as close to the existing carriageway as possible, helping to lessen the impact on the surrounding countryside. Dreading using the current road this summer already!
• Buzz Hawke: It’s just going to push the traffic problem to Hayle roundabout. Not going to resolve anything in the long run Cornwall is a culdesac
• Paul Pocock: Shame we have to wait until 2020 before the start! How long will it take to build? That's about 5 or 6 more years of misery during between Spring and Autumn each year. Well overdue!
• Paul Hugill: Poor consideration for business owners that will potentially be obliterated as a result.

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Plymouth Conservative MP Johnny Mercer has said "the window is closing" for the prime minister to meet the challenges of leadership.

Speaking at a Resolution Foundation event in Westminster, the Plymouth Moor View MP said Theresa May should stay in her job, but she needed to deliver on important policies.

He said: "I hold the view that any sort of change of leadership is unhelpful at the moment and I don't support that. But I do think the window is closing because politics can be quite a brutal game.

"The prime minister talks about things that are brilliant around inter-generational fairness, housing and so on, but we have to deliver them."

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

An Eden Sessions concert by Icelandic singer Bjork due to be held in June has been moved to July because of "unforeseen" circumstances, organisers say.

Eden bosses said the move of the show, from Wednesday 20 June to Saturday 7 July, was down to "unforeseen logistical issues in Bjork's touring diary".

They added that all existing tickets were valid for the new date but those unable to go could get a full refund by contacting the box office by 12 March.

"We are very sorry for any inconvenience and now look forward to the big event on 7 July," organisers said.

Amy Gladwell
BBC News Online

A student veterinary nurse who rescued a labrador puppy from being put down says she is overwhelmed to have raised another £3,000 for her surgery over the weekend.

Fay Alsworth, who works at St Clement veterinary clinic in Truro, had already crowdfunded £3,000 in six days to pay for a life-saving operation. She then discovered the dog's chances of survival would be higher with more advanced surgery.

Image source, Fay Alsworth

Nelly suffers from a rare liver problem called a shunt, external. Her owners could not afford to pay for the treatment so Fay stepped in and took on her care.

Earlier, £6,500 had been raised, just £300 short of the new target.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

An 82-year-old man has died after being injured in a serious road crash in north Devon last August, police say.

John Pope, from Winkleigh, was injured after his Vauxhall Zafira collided with a tipper lorry at North Molton junction on the A361, near South Molton, on 7 August 2017.

He had sustained life-threatening chest and head injuries, police said.

Devon and Cornwall Police said, external they were "notified that Mr Pope died on 10 January in Worcestershire as a result of the injuries caused in the collision".

The crash was being investigated as a fatal collision and a file was being prepared for the coroner, officers added.

NHS England says it has had thousands of responses over its plans to move some cancer services away from the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske to Plymouth or Exeter.

The Sunrise Appeal says more than 11,000 people have given feedback over the proposals to move various radiotherapy treatments away from Truro.

Under the plans, the Sunrise Centre at Treliske would only be able to treat less common and rarer cancers if it met minimum case numbers of more than 50 a year.

Consultants say the proposals could directly affect 200 or more patients from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Image source, Sunrise Appeal

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Two people have been taken to hospital after a road crash in Torquay, firefighters say.

A car and a van were involved in the crash on Hele Road at about 06:50.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said, external there were "casualties within both vehicles" and hydraulic rescue equipment had to be used to release a male and a female.

Their conditions are not known.

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Feyaza Khan
BBC Radio Cornwall

Being a steam train driver is the dream of so many children.

In Cornwall, volunteers at the Bodmin and Wenford Railway are spending many of their winter weekends keeping that dream alive, working on the upkeep of lines for the organisation's steam trains.

At the moment, weekends are dedicated to replacing wooden sleepers with concrete ones.

There are about 15 to 20 people usually on the sites, supervised by permanent staff who make sure everything meets safety requirements

There are about 1,000 members of the society around the world, with some as far away as Australia.

But there are only some 150 active volunteers who work on the upkeep of the railway lines, which makes it slow work for the scale of the task.

The railway is hoping to recruit more volunteers.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Police say a suspected rape near a Dawlish nature reserve is "an isolated incident".

Officers are investigating a 36-year-old local woman being attacked on a beach path close to the Dawlish Warren Bird Nature Reserve on Thursday 18 January at about 11:00.

Police said, external the victim was "currently being supported by specialist officers".

They added: "This isolated incident is being investigated by detectives in south Devon."

Officers said they were trying to trace dog walkers in the vicinity "who may have seen the victim immediately after the incident".

BBC Radio Devon

People can now recycle coffee cups and cartons in Exeter after the council introduced new orange bins.

The five banks take Tetra Pak cartons and used coffee cups, which are hard to recycle because they are made of mixed plastic and cardboard.

• Bampfylde Street car park
• Arena Park car park recycling site
• Holman Way car park
• Heavitree Park recycling site
• Exton Road outside the recycling centre

Image source, Exeter City Council

There are also two other places, external to recycle the packs in Exeter - at the Sainsbury's on Hill Barton Road and the lay-by on Cowley Bridge Road.

At the moment, Exeter City Council does not take Tetra Paks as part of its green bin collections from homes.

Teignbridge District Council launched a new recycling service, external for plastic-lined paper cups last week.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Police in Dawlish have begun a rape investigation after a woman reported she was attacked near a nature reserve.

Officers said, external the 36-year-old local woman said she was attacked on a beach path close to the Dawlish Warren Bird Nature Reserve on Thursday 18 January at about 11:00.

The suspect, who covered his face, was described as a white man, about 6ft (1.8m) tall and of stocky build. It is believed he may have had a tattoo in and around his right ear "which could have been wings or an angel".

Police said it was believed that "there were dog walkers in the vicinity who may have seen the victim immediately after the incident".

Officers said they were keen to identify and speak to these people "as they may hold information vital to the investigation".

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Singer Paloma Faith is to headline the Live in the Wyldes event in north Cornwall, organisers say, external.

The Brit Award-winning singer is the first headline act announced for the event near Bude in July, with tickets to go on sale at the beginning of February.

More artists and further dates were "due to be announced soon", organisers added.

Cornish Pirates captain Chris Morgan says they paid the price for failing to take chances in their loss at Rotherham.