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HMS Ocean sails into home port for final time
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Updates from Monday 5 February 2018 until Friday 9 February 2018
Here's the latest from South Western Ambulance Service:
Quote MessageWe responded with 15 resources including six ambulances, four rapid response vehicles, two officers, two air ambulances and one BASICS doctor. There are 10 patients in total. The carriageway is likely to be closed whilst emergency services are at the scene, please avoid the area.
South Western Ambulance Service
The 2 Sisters Food Group has announced it will be creating 300 new jobs at their factory in Devon., external
Several paramedic crews were sent to the M5 crash near Taunton including two air ambulances.
Read MoreCampaigners fighting to keep a day centre from closing in Cornwall say they remain optimistic despite being told that the town council doesn't have the money to help.
The Donald Thomas Day Centre in Camborne is due to close next month because it's losing about £300 a week. Campaigners have asked the council for £20,000 to help keep it open.
They were told at a full council meeting on Thursday night that such a large sum isn't available in either this or next year's budget.
However, the council's finance committee is expected to take another look at the plea for help later this month.
Linda Barton, from the centre's user group, says it is still needed for local people.
"We've got loads of ideas which will bring people in. Hopefully it will take off."
Adam Lowe took this video from the site of the crash.
Two air ambulances landed at the scene of the crash. Adam Lowe, who is stuck in the queue, filmed one of them landing.
The first new train for the South West will roll off the production line later
Great Western Railway (GWR) has ordered several dozen of the new Hitachi Intercity trains which are being built in Italy using Japanese bullet train technology.
They'll take over from the familiar 125s that have been the mainstay of the region's Paddington route since the mid-70s.
It is part of what GWR describes as the "biggest fleet upgrade in a generation", aimed at reducing journey times and increasing capacity.
They say one person has died and four injured and taken to hospital.
Quote MessageThe M5 remains closed in both directions between junctions 25 and 26 following a fatal collision this morning. Sadly, one person has died in the collision, which happened at just before 6.20am today. Several vehicles were involved and the northbound and southbound carriageways were both affected. Four people have suffered injuries and have been taken to hospital. We expect the motorway to be closed for a significant amount of time so would urge motorists to avoid the area and make sure they follow diversions put in place by Highways England. If your journey isn’t necessary, please consider delaying it until later in the day.
Avon and Somerset Police
A former nurse and mother from West Cornwall has set up a support group for women suffering a severe form of sickness in pregnancy.
Caitlin Dean, from near Lostwithiel, had to give up work because she had hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) , externaland says she suffered severe mental and physical symptoms.
Now she's co-written a paper in a medical journal urging doctors to recognise the condition and to treat it.
Ms Dean says she was so ill she even contemplated a termination.
"When you're lying in bed for your fifth or sixth week in a row it's natural and normal to start fantasizing about miscarrying."
It affects about one in every 200 pregnancies and results in severe nausea and vomiting. One of the main dangers is dehydration.
Andy Bennett
BBC Somerset reporter by the M5
Taunton town centre, unless you have to go there, then I advise you avoid it. Solid queue on the A358 for the last hour and a half.
All approaches to junctions 25 and 26 are extremely busy.
No word on when they are going to reopen the motorway but at the moment both carriageways remain closed.
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Listen: BBC Somerset's Dean Poolman explains the suggested diversion
The M5 is shut in both directions between junctions J25 and J26, Avon and Somerset Police say it'll be a lengthy closure.
BBC Somerset has a reporter on the scene.
Tap here to listen live, or tune in to 95.5 FM or on DAB.
The Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean will sail into her Devonport base for the final time today.
She'll fly under a White Ensign before decommissioning later this year.
The ship will come alongside with her decks lined by the ship's company in dress uniforms, with the traditional 425ft (130m) long decommissioning pennant flying and accompanying tugs firing water hoses into the air.
The amphibious assault vessel has served the navy for 20 years and been involved in operations in Sierra Leone, Iraq, Libya and most recently in a humanitarian capacity after storms in the Caribbean.
It was announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 2015 that HMS Ocean would be decommissioned when she "reached the end of her life" in 2018.
Work on Plymouth's new and improved skate park, external has started and it will re-open with a new look in April. Specialist skatepark designers will turn it into a destination facility - with the possibility of hosting events and competitions in the future.
In Redruth, Buckett's Hill is partially blocked at the junction with Falmouth Road due to an accident.
Andy Bennett
BBC Somerset reporter by the M5
I am on the Stoke Road bridge, over the M5, which has been shut to traffic by police.
The crash happened on the northbound carriageway.
I can see they are turning around traffic which is being sent north on the southbound carriageway.
Police are at the scene dealing with the incident and subsequent traffic problems.
A film partly shot in Devon and starring Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Colin Firth opens tonight across the UK.
The Mercy tells the story of Donald Crowhurst who set out from Teignmouth on a round the world challenge in 1968 - hoping to win thousands of pounds in prize money.
He was never seen again but his boat and journals were found in the West Indies more than a year later.
The film is based on what was found in his logbooks.
Oscar winner Colin Firth filmed some of his scenes in Teignmouth
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A Cornish snowboarder is preparing to represent Team GB at the Winter Olympics for the first time.
Rowan Coultas, who is from St Wenn, will be compete in the slopestyle and big air events throughout the games.
The 20-year-old's family have all travelled to Pyeongchang to see him achieve his dream of competing at an Olympic event.
Rowan says it was "relief" to see his hard work pay off.
"We've been training for this for the past four years now. As soon as I found out - when it was officially announced - it was just amazing. It's a big relief to see the past four years and the two years of world cups we've been doing, pay off."
BBC Somerset has a reporter at the scene on the M5 near Taunton.
Tap here to listen live, or tune in to 95.5 FM or on DAB.
