Summary

  • Updates from Monday 26 February until Friday 2 March 2018

  1. Driver makes 150 pothole complaintspublished at 07:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2018

    BBC Radio Devon

    A man who's made 150 complaints about potholes near his home in Devon says he may be forced to move if nothing's done about it.

    Hole

    Geoff Palmer from Morchard Bishop near Crediton suffered damage to his car as a result of the potholes along a mile-and-a-half stretch of road.

    It's the only way in an out of his property. His friends now refuse to visit and one set of neighbours has moved away.

    Devon Council Council says the road in question, Gays Lane, will be resurfaced in the next couple of months.

  2. Man dies in car-tractor crashpublished at 07:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 February 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    A 20-year-old man's died after his car crossed the central reservation on the A30 at Roche and hit a tractor on Saturday night.

    Crash

    A 17-year-old woman who was a passenger in the BMW is in a critical condition in hospital.

    It's not known why the car strayed on to the eastbound carriageway just before midnight but police have described a convoy of four cars which crossed the Tamar Bridge earlier in the evening - including the BMW - which headed west from Plymouth and joined the A30 at Bodmin.

    The driver who died has not been named but is from the Truro area, his passenger, who's in Derriford Hospital with life threatening head injuries is from Camborne.

    The A30 was closed for more than 12 hours, only reopening yesterday afternoon. An appeal has been made for witnesses.