Devon and Cornwall Police 'need to improve' in some areas
'Lives could be at risk' over unreleased coastguard report
Police officer found not guilty of rape
Funeral for Looe girl killed in car 'ice-slide'
Cornwall swimmer Jonathan Fox out of Commonwealth Games
Royal Cornwall Hospital no longer on black alert
Horse has hair shaved in 'suspicious activity'
Updates from Monday 19 March until Friday 23 March 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A toddler has been taken to a police station after being found walking on a Plymouth road by himself, police have said.
Devon and Cornwall Police received reports of a young boy without his parents in St Budeaux earlier this morning.
He was taken to Devonport Police Station where his parents collected him.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A Cornish MP is hopeful the government will put £3m into the pot for the proposed Stadium for Cornwall.
Conservative Derek Thomas says he's confident from talks he's held the money could be added.
It would help plug a £6m shortfall in the project that Cornwall Council cabinet is set to vote on next week.
Mr Thomas says there is "no reason Cornwall should be left behind".
"What the government has invited is to put a business case forward so I've asked the council to do that."
Earlier this year, Truro City chairman Peter Masters said Cornwall would be a "laughing stock" if £6m of public money isn't found to fund it. The government is yet to comment.
Image source, INOXThe Stadium for Cornwall is due to be built at Langarth Farm, just off the A390
There are reports of an accident in Paignton on Borough Road at Longstone Road.
In Illogan on Old Portreath Road around Bassett Road, there are reports of fallen power cables on the road. Drivers should approach the area with care.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
In Exeter on Bridge Road, the canal bridges are due to be raised at about 10:15, Devon County Council has said.
Delays can be expected.
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Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A man has been rescued by firefighters after his car left the road and ended up in a leat, a fire service has said.
It happened at about 00:30 on the A396 at Chain Bridge between Dulverton and Tiverton.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service gave the man first aid before helping him from the vehicle and up the embankment where he was assessed by paramedics.
On the A380 around Kingsteignton, there are lane closures and a speed restriction due to roadworks. Traffic is very heavy heading towards Penn Inn. Roads in Newton Abbot are also very congested as drivers avoid the A380.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A primary school in Cornwall is closed today due to a "possible gas leak" in the boiler room.
Marhamchurch Primary School, near Bude, said it has taken the decision to shut as a "precautionary measure".
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A new fuel station at a supermarket in Devon is set to be given the go-ahead - despite the loss of 55 car parking spaces.
A planning application, submitted in 2016, proposed the construction of an automated four-pump filling station and a jet wash at the Asda store in Newton Abbot.
Image source, GoogleSally Henley, the town centre development manager, said she was "concerned" about the loss of more than 50 parking spaces.
"There are already concerns that parking provision within the town is insufficient for current usage and particularly in view of the thousands of new homes planned for the town, parking will become even more critical."
However, the report recommending approval says there is "no evidence to support this" and that the parking spaces in question are in private ownership and "do not affect the council's town centre parking provision".
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Pink ribbons have taken over the Cornish town of Looe in memory of seven-year-old Maisie Duncan whose funeral will be held today at St Martin's Church.
She died when she was hit by a car in icy conditions on 1 March.
Ribbons and bows - in Maisie's favourite colour - can be seen on lamp posts, gateways, shop fronts, hedgerows and even the road signs as you drive into Looe. Maisie's family says it has been "touched" by the level of support from the local community.
One trader who has been providing pink ribbons said it's a "really lovely way of the town pulling together and showing support for the family".
A photo album made up of all the pictures that have been taken of the pink ribbons is being compiled by Maisie's parents Abbi and Joe for Maisie's twin brother Charlie to look at when he's older.
Mayor Armand Toms says the ribbons have been "a comfort". "They are a young family and Maisie leaves [her twin brother] Charlie behind. It's going to be tough for him because he's of this young age. It will take time for him to really understand what has happened."
Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight
A project in Plymouth set up to reduce the number of young men taking their own lives has celebrated its 10th anniversary.
It's A Goal combines group therapy on a football theme with a weekly game of the sport.
More than 300 men have been through the programme - which is a collaboration between Argyle Community Trust, external and Livewell Southwest., external
Rob Jackson is a community psychiatric nurse and says football is a "powerful tool" in which to engage men.
"There's a lot of men that have attended this group that have said it's the best thing they've ever done and it has certainly stopped them from doing things that they would later regret at times when they've been at high levels of distress."
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A Devon MP is calling for stricter controls on real fur being passed off as fake in British shops.
Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish says low animal welfare standards in China can make it cheaper to use real fur than fake fur on clothing produced there.
He chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, external, which is conducting an inquiry into the problem.
"People are being sold real fur when they think it's fake fur. There's a problem with online sales and there's a problem in some of the shops as well," he said.
Emma Thomasson
BBC Spotlight
Thank you to Barry Williams for sharing this picture of a gorgeous start to the day in Looe.
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Image source, Barry Williams
Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall
A bench will be unveiled later at Falmouth University for a student who took her own life in Penryn last year.
Caitlin Cook's family have travelled from Derbyshire to be there.
After the 21-year-old's inquest in January, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust said it was reviewing its communications.
But her father, John Cook, says these measures should have been common sense and believes with hindsight her death could have been avoided.
The trust has since said it has made several changes since her death.
Image source, Cook FamilyDue to engineering works, on the trains there are replacement bus services running between the following places:
Del Crookes
BBC News Online
Image source, Family handoutThe people of Looe are expected to line the streets later for the funeral of Maisie Duncan, which takes place at St Martin's Church.
The seven-year-old twin was killed when a car hit her as she was playing in the snow in the Cornish town earlier this month.
Her family has asked everyone to wear something pink today, which was Maisie's favourite colour.
The Mayor of Looe, Armand Toms, is expected to read a statement on behalf of the family.
It will turn cloudier from the west through the day, with a freshening breeze.
Conditions will be mainly dry, but there will be an increasing chance of a shower, especially in the north of the region.
It will be milder than it has been so far this week.
Maximum temperature: 5 to 8C (41 to 46F).
Many people from across the South West are still waiting to return home, after their flights were cancelled due to snow in the UK on Sunday.
A group of friends from Saltash have been in Venice to celebrate a 50th birthday, and should have returned home on Sunday.
Maxine Edwards said they were unable to fly into Bristol Airport, and due to the backlog, were told the earliest flight home was not until today.
"We came for our flight and were meant to be taking off at 13.25 [on Sunday]. We had no indication at all and looked up at the board and it was cancelled.
"We queued for about an hour, hour-and-a-half, to find out that there was no availability until Wednesday to get home. We're stuck."
