Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

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Fowey will not being playing host to the Red Arrows aerobatic team this year because of cuts in defence spending, harbour commissioners say.

The cuts mean the air display team has been forced to reduce its display programme.

Fowey Harbour Commissioners said it was "bitterly disappointing" for the town after previous hard work that saw the Red Arrows return in 2017 after a previous hiatus.

The town would bid for a display in 2019, the commissioners added.

"We hope that the future programme can be adjusted year to year to allow them to fly in Fowey again," they said.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A horse has been rescued after getting stuck in a swimming pool in Devon.

Firefighters said, external they used animal rescue equipment including strops to rescue the animals after they were called to the scene in Buckland Monachorum at about 07:35.

The horse was found to be not injured after it was recovered and it was handed back to its owner.

Plymouth Herald

The number of new homes sold in Plymouth fell again, external to just 282 in 2017 – with the prices of those houses tumbling too.

In that time, about 750 student flats were created in three new blocks, most of them in the huge Beckley Point and Mary Parker House towers.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Motorists affected by a road crash on the outskirts of Plymouth have been finding themselves stuck in floodwater while trying to avoid the scene, police say

Four cars crashed on the A386 at Roborough at about 10:10. One man has been taken to hospital with potentially life-changing injuries.

The road was left blocked in both directions and was closed at at Tamerton Road for recovery work and an investigation.

Police said a number of vehicles had become stuck in deep patches of water while trying to divert around the closure, adding that, in Roborough, Little Down Lane was blocked due to flooding.

Martin Bailie
BBC Radio Cornwall

Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell has paid tribute to former BBC Radio Cornwall presenter Ray Shaddick, who died last week.

Shaddick - known as the Boy from Bude - died at the age of 84 after a long illness.

His distinctive tones were a fixture on the station for many years on the Sunday Choice request programme for about 15 years during the 1980s and 1990s.

O'Donnell, whose records were requested week after week on Ray's show, said he knew that Ray was "tremendously popular".

He said: "He had a great way with him and I was very, very sorry to hear of his passing."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Shoppers in Cornwall are being encouraged to offer plastic packaging back to supermarkets for one day towards the end of the month.

As part of Earth Day on 22 April, organisers want people to make a stand against what they believe is excessive packaging on products.

Hugo Tagholm from Surfers Against Sewage says he hopes it will be as successful as its beach cleans.

"We're taking the narrative of tackling plastic pollution back upstream," he said. "It involves our shops, it involves our manufacturers and we can do much more to stop the plastic from arriving on our beaches in the first place.

"This is a good, positive piece of action. It's starting a good conversation with the supermarkets."

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Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

East Budleigh Parish Council has turned down plans for a fence around its local football pitch, which was proposed last year to stop dogs fouling on the grass.

However, following the resignation of former chairman councillor Jon White and a vote of no confidence in the council, an amended plan has been passed for the recreation ground.

The council has agreed to run a voluntary trial scheme for a year which gives unrestricted access to the site for dogs and their owners.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

A quantity of class A drugs and a large amount of power tools were found in a police raid on the outskirts of Helston on Tuesday.

Officers said a warrant was executed after an increase in thefts from vehicles across the west of Cornwall.

Insp Ian Thompson said a number of suspects were now being questioned.

More than 150 tradesmen and women took part in a rally in Plymouth last month in protest at a rise in van tool thefts.

Devon Live

A woman was pulled from the sea at Goodrington on Wednesday morning after trying to rescue her dog, external.

Ross Ellis
BBC Radio Cornwall

Cornish pole vaulter, Molly Caudery - who is England's youngest athlete at this year's Commonwealth Games - has been revealing the process behind how she transports her poles for competition.

The eighteen-year-old, who trains in Redruth, says she often gets "weird looks"...

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

Near Plymouth at Roborough Down, the A386 remains blocked in both directions between Little Down Lane and New Road due to an accident which has left a man in hospital with potentially life-changing injuries.

Diversions are in place but traffic is queuing in the surrounding area.

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Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

A town council has lodged a "strong objection" to revised plans for 230 new homes on the edge of the A38.

Outline planning permission for the Station Hill development on the edge of Chudleigh was granted by Teignbridge planners in 2014.

Developers Linden Homes have submitted a reserved matters application for the scheme that will comprise of a mixture of two-bed flats and two, three and four-bedroom homes; and will also include 46 affordable homes and 12 self-build plots.

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Chudleigh Town Council said it was planning to lodge a strong objection to the application, saying a major concern was the "lack of connectivity for pedestrians and cyclists from the proposed development to the town" which makes it "not sustainable".

The plans said a formal and informal green space would be included, and would protect the rural character of the area and create new community spaces in keeping with the character of the site.

Teignbridge District Council's planning committee will make a decision on the scheme.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A man has been taken to hospital with potentially life-changing injuries after a four-car crash on the outskirts of Plymouth.

Police said they were called to the crash scene on the A386 at Roborough at about 10:10. The road was left blocked in both directions.

The injured man has been taken to Derriford Hospital for treatment.

The road has been closed for recovery and investigative work at the Tamerton Road roundabout.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

A man in his 60s has been found dead on Beaumont Road in Newton Abbot.

Police say they were called by a member of the public at about 08:30 on Saturday morning who had concerns about his welfare.

A statement from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file has been prepared for the coroner."

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Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

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An Exmouth lifeboat has had to be left parked on a beach after Storm Emma and other harsh weather caused a fall in sand levels, affecting a launch ramp, the local lifeboat station says.

Exmouth RNLI said, external its Shannon-class boat, based at the station on Queens Drive, near Maer Rocks, was on a launch tractor after sand levels across the beach fell by an average of 2m to 3m.

It said: "This exceptional situation has resulted in the removal of a large quantity of sand from the bottom of the launch ramp and a 1m drop from the end. This had rendered the use of the ramp... impossible without severe damage.

"As a precaution, the Shannon lifeboat is, for the time being, held on the beach adjacent to the station."

It added that the Shannon and its inshore lifeboat were still "fully operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week".

"RNLI staff are working hard to find a solution both long and short-term, but this is not a situation that can be resolved quickly," the station said.

About 20 people were involved in the "very technical" rescue of the man in his 50s.

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

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A donation box on Sidmouth's seafront removed for maintenance will not be reinstated as repairing it is "too costly", a council says.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) installed the donation box last April with an accompanying explanatory sign about flooding and coastal erosion, with the box to allow contributions towards a beach management scheme.

A Freedom of Information request submitted to the council had revealed that, so far, the council received less money in donations than the cost of installing the box.

The cost of the sign and its legs were £276, and the cost of the box was £125. The amount collected to date was £165.75, it revealed.

EDDC said: "Since removing Sidmouth BMP collection box and reviewing its effectiveness, we have decided not to reinstate it as the repairs are too costly."

The sign promoting the beach management scheme was to remain, it added.

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A man taken to hospital after falling down an 80ft (24m) blowhole on the north coast of Cornwall was a 56-year-old who fell about 20ft (6m) into the hole, coastguards say.

Rescuers had to be lowered into the collapsed sea cave at Trevone, near Padstow.

The rescue operation, which lasted five hours, started at about 17:50 on Tuesday after a member of the public called the ambulance service.

Padstow Coastguard said, external cliff rescuers went into the hole as part of the rescue, and a helicopter winch-man was also lowered into the hole, along with a stretcher, to recover him.

It added: "The casualty sustained serious injuries so had to be treated on scene with pain relief and first aid before transport."

The victim, who was flown to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, has injuries to his head and back.

BBC Radio Devon

There are fears that long-promised new railway stations at Marsh Barton in Exeter and Edginswell in Torquay will never be built after costs tripled.

The planned so-called metro stations were designed to take pressure off the roads and give commuters an alternative way of getting into work at the two business and industrial estates.

The Department of Transport has refused to fund the stations after costings rose from £4m to £13m.

Andrew Roden, from Rail Magazine, said the project would be viable "if they can get the costs down".

However, he added: "But at £13m, quite frankly passengers would be expecting leather sofas in waiting rooms and concierge service. This is absolutely crazy."

The Department for Transport said: "The stations need further development, particularly around timetabling, before we could support them through the New Stations Fund."