Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A jury has gone out to deliberate the case of a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing a 14-year-old in Truro.

His victim was wounded outside a community centre in the city on 27 September last year, suffering an injured lung.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has admitted wounding at Truro Crown Court but denies wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

The trial continues.

BBC Radio Cornwall

The relentless wet weather is causing big problems for Cornwall's farmers and anyone else working the land or keeping livestock.

West Cornwall has already had 56% more rainfall than average this January and there are fears about harvesting crops and delays to the next growing season.

Kevin Sansom is part of the team at the Bolenowe Animal Sanctuary, near Ruan Minor on The Lizard, which is home to about 70 horses, ponies and donkeys.

Its fields are now a sea of mud and most of the animals have had to be brought inside.

"If we leave the horses out in the fields, they become a quagmire," said Kevin. "Also the damp weather is not good for those which have got breathing problems and chest problems.

"Also you can't leave them out in muddy fields because horses pick up a thing called mud fever and thrush. We have to get as many under cover as we can."

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

Police say they are investigating a burglary which happened at a house on Winsham Road, Braunton, on Saturday.

It took place between 13:30 and 21:00.

A large number of high value items were stolen along with a safe containing cash.

Image source, Devon & Cornwall Police

Image source, Devon & Cornwall Police

Image source, Devon & Cornwall Police

Det Con Anna Lewis said: "These items include a Breitling Bentley watch, a ruby and diamond ring, a diamond drop necklace on a gold chain, and cuff links.

"Several wrist watches were also taken among other high value jewellery and approximately £1,000 cash.

"We have released photographs of some of the stolen items. If anyone is offered these for sale or has any information about them, then please contact us."

BBC Radio Devon

Devon County Council says it is planning to carry out a review of on-street parking in Sidmouth.

It will look at whether people in the town feel that residents' parking permits are needed on some roads.

The consultation will focus on properties either side of the A376 in the area bounded by the A3052, A376 (Sidford Road), Manstone Lane, Alexandria Road, B3176 (Station Road), The Esplanade and The River Sid to identify whether restrictions are wanted.

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Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highway Management and local member for Sidmouth, said: "This is an important issue which I’ve discussed with the traffic management team, and we need this review to find the best way to manage on-street parking in the town.

"Residents need to be able to park near their homes but we want to hear what people have to say on any proposals to change parking arrangements."

BBC Radio Devon

A charity which provides free hot meals for people in Plymouth says there has been a big rise in the number of people coming to them since they started more than a decade ago.

The most recent figures, external show that more than 11,500 children are living below the poverty line in the city, which is higher than the national average.

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United Ministries' drop-in cafe uses food donated by supermarkets and local businesses through the charity Devon and Cornwall Food Action.

Pastor Osee Ntavuka from the All Nations Ministries Church says people need their help more than ever.

He said: "Some of them, they are struggling to get the money to eat. Some come to us asking if we have money to give to them.

"Many people are suffering now."

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

A rape investigation has been closed after the person who made the claim withdrew her allegation, Devon and Cornwall Police has said.

A woman said the incident happened on the beach path close to Dawlish Warren Bird Nature Reserve at about 11:00 on Thursday 18 January.

Insp Dean Bassett said: "Incidents like these are extremely rare in our area and I would like to reassure the community that no-one is sought in connection to this previous allegation.

"The woman has withdrawn the allegation and we are confident that there is no risk to the public with regards to this previously alleged incident.

"Devon and Cornwall Police takes reports of any sexual assault extremely seriously and investigating these crimes is a force priority."

Plymouth Herald

A leading European helicopter operator wants to open a £500,000 engineering facility, external and create jobs at Plymouth’s airport site - if it is reopened.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

M&S says it is consulting staff about closing its store in Falmouth.

The company is planning to close 14 shops with hundreds of jobs affected across the country.

M&S employs 60 people at Market Street, Falmouth, and says the proposed closure is part of its programme "to modernise its UK store estate to better meet the changing needs of customers".

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John Dorrington, head of region for the south west, said: "Proposing to close the Falmouth store has been a difficult but necessary decision.

"Over the coming weeks we’ll be talking to each colleague individually about what is right for them and we’ll update customers and the community as soon as we can."

M&S also has stores in Truro and Hayle in Cornwall with a food store at the BP station in Wadebridge.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Budding astronauts will get the chance to hear from a top space scientist in Cornwall this week.

Dr Suzie Imber was the winner of the BBC Two series, Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?, which put contestants through their paces in a series of tests used in the NASA training programme.

She is at Goonhilly Earth Station, Helston, speaking to school children from the local area after visiting Truro High School yesterday.

She says she hopes her sessions in the county will help to inspire the next generation.

"I think one of the things that people struggle with is having a role model that they can see in front of them and imagine that it can be them one day.

"The fact that I'm able to do that, but also that I'm female. Maybe some of the young girls out there that don't have a female role model that's doing something like this might look at me and think, 'Actually, that could be me in 10 years' time.'

"So that's what I'm hoping."

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The fourth and last sitting of the Accountable Care System Inquiry convenes this morning, external – and, after three sittings of being given almost exclusively evidence in the case for, it’s the chance to hear some of the counter arguments.

But the inquiry will have only until Monday to prepare a comprehensive report on their findings and then present it to the Health Committee for scrutiny. Because of the time constraint, members of the committee will not be given any prior sight of the inquiry report until they meet at 10:00 on Monday.

The inquiry is part of an assessment of proposals for integrating health and social care in the county. If approved, the proposals would see a shared budget between NHS services and council-run social care - via a so-called "accountable care system".

BBC Weather

It will be a cold and windy day with sunny spells and scattered blustery showers.

The showers will be heavy at times with hail and thunder possible, which may turn wintry across the hills.

Maximum temperature: 10C (50F).

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Football club fixture secretaries across Cornwall have been facing a real headache with bad weather causing a raft of matches being postponed.

Cornwall has had some of the wettest weather so far in January, with west Cornwall alone seeing 56% more rain than average.

The Cornwall Football Association has confirmed that 332 matches have been postponed in January, with 95% of those due to the weather.

For comparison, only 250 matches were called off the whole of last season.

The continued wet weather is causing more than just problems for grounds' staff. Clubs themselves are also losing out financially, with empty grounds often meaning empty clubhouses.

League secretaries and officials are facing an increasingly mammoth task of rearranging the fixtures. They are, no doubt, hoping for dryer weather soon.

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Catfish and The Bottlemen and George Ezra have been announced as the Friday and Sunday night headliners of this year's Boardmasters Festival.

The Chemical Brothers had already been revealed as Saturday night headliners.

Rag'n'Bone Man, Kano and Friendly Fires also join the line-up at the festival, which takes place at Watergate Bay between 8 and 12 August.

BBC Radio Cornwall

The delayed City of Lights parade in Truro will finally take place this evening.

It was postponed in November because of wet and windy weather.

Since then lantern makers have been continuing to work on their creations at a workshop in the city centre.

Artistic director, Tony Crosby, says the delay will actually make the parade better.

He said: "If you put a group of artists in a room with materials and time, they tend to just keep on going.

"Actually the parade you're going to see is actually better. The lanterns are more complex, there are a few more lanterns than there were going to be.

"It's a bigger, richer, louder event all round."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Proposals to move some radiotherapy cancer services out of Cornwall would not be in the interests of patients, according to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.

It has issued a statement saying it was fully committed to the continued provision of world class radiotherapy for all cancer patients in the county.

NHS England has proposals to move some cancer services away from the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske to Plymouth or Exeter.

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.

The trust said it feared travel times and expenses would be detrimental, there was no evidence outcomes would be improved, and doctors in other centres would not be familiar with patient records.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Cornwall has had some of the wettest weather so far in January, with west Cornwall seeing 56% more rain than average.

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Del Crookes
BBC News Online

A Cornish charity which helps military veterans adapt to civilian life is launching a £100,000 appeal to allow it to cope with demand.

Turn To Starboard's Float-A-Boat campaign aims to fund a new boat for its sail training courses.

Taunton-based former Royal Welsh Fusilier Patrick Provis says he is learning navigation with the charity in Falmouth.

"I was badly injured in Northern Ireland," he said. "I lost my left forearm just before the elbow and my right hand except for my thumb.

"Psychologically the benefit is tremendous and the sailing is incredible. Rather than being a beneficiary at some stage, we hope to all be able to give back."

Fundraising events for the Float-A-Boat campaign include a 24-hour life raft survival challenge, a It’s A Knockout competition and a coastal obstacle course.

BBC Radio Devon

• At Clyst St George, on the A376 Exmouth Road, there are reports there's slow traffic due to an accident
• On the Sandy Gate roundabout near Exeter, there are reports a broken-down lorry is causing delays
• One lane is closed on the A38 near Plympton, before the Deep Lane junction, heading towards Plymouth, due to a broken-down vehicle. Traffic is slow moving
• On the A361 between the M5 and Tiverton, there are lane restrictions and a contraflow due to roadworks. There's busy traffic in both directions

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Fire crews have put out a fire in a block of flats in Plymouth after water got into a light fitting in a public area.

Two fire crews were called to the four-storey block in Victoria Place at about 18:30 on Tuesday after the fire was reported in the second floor stairwell, in a communal lift area.

The blaze was caused by water getting into an infra-red sensor in a light fitting.

The device was damaged by the fire and about 25% of the stairwell suffered smoke damage, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said, external.