Summary

  • Man dies after A30 Cornwall crash into central reservation

  • Conman who lied about being a quadriplegic jailed for £245k benefit frauds

  • Knife-carrying drug dealer jailed

  • Death of GP killed by wife 'may have been prevented'

  • Former teacher jailed for 12 years for abusing children

  • Teenagers get government to look at body image issues

  • Tom Daley calls on Commonwealth nations to decriminalise homosexuality

  • Body found with sock in mouth had broken back

  • Hattie the Fattie the dog to get tummy tuck

  • Updates from Monday 9 April until Friday 13 April 2018

  1. Cornwall travel: Accident on the A390published at 10:22 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    At Hewas Water on the A390 around the B3287, there are reports of an accident.

  2. Burglar used 'Aldi carrier bags' to carry stolen goodspublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Hayley Westcott
    BBC News Online

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglary in Liskeard.

    It happened at a property on the B3254 Liskeard to Pensilva road, on 8 April between 06:00 and 18:00.

    Devon and Cornwall Police say the offender "forced entry" to the property through the rear window and stole jewellery, computer items and sentimental belongings.

    It added that the offender may have used Aldi carrier bags found in the house to carry the items away.

    Anyone with information is being asked to contact police via 101.

  3. Truro City squad target top threepublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Truro City's forward Cody Cooke says the club are aiming for a third-placed finish in National League South.

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  4. Devon travel: Roadworks cause delayspublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    BBC Radio Devon

    In Axminster on the A358 Chard Road and near Bucks Cross on the A39 there are delays due to roadworks.

  5. Risk of heavy showers laterpublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Alex Osborne
    BBC Weather

    Spells of sunshine are expected today but there is also the risk of a few showers - with some potentially heavy.

    There will be a light east or north-easterly breeze.

    Maximum temperature: 12-15C (54-59F).

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  6. Rain warning for Thursdaypublished at 09:32 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

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  7. Drugs and cash seized by police in Torquaypublished at 08:57 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Hayley Westcott
    BBC News Online

    drugsImage source, Torquay Police

    A large quantity of drugs and cash have been seized by police in Torquay.

    Officers from the town's neighbourhood team carried out a drugs warrant at a property in the Shiphay area on Wednesday.

    The team said it was "actively developing" community intelligence and expected to be executing further warrants soon.

    drugsImage source, Torquay Police
  8. Police make crack cocaine arrestspublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Johnny O'Shea
    BBC News Online

    Police in Bodmin say they have made two "significant seizures" of crack cocaine in the town.

    Four people were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply a class A drug on Monday morning.

    Three women aged 47, 33 and 52, along with a girl aged 17 were arrested and have been released while investigations continue.

    A post on their Facebook page, external said: "Bodmin Police are continuing to work hard to target drug suppliers and dealers at premises all over the town, so that we can remove drugs and weapons from the streets of Bodmin".

    Bodmin Police StationImage source, Google
  9. Garden village outside St Austell 'a step closer'published at 08:04 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Richard Whitehouse
    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Illustration of the garden village outside St AustellImage source, Eco Bos

    The development of a garden village with 1,500 homes on the outskirts of St Austell is moving forward with hopes work can start by the new year.

    Originally, part of plans for an eco-community across a number of former china clay sites around St Austell and Par, a garden village is now planned at West Carclaze to the north of the town.

    The proposals already have outline permission but it was revealed that a public consultation will start next month on the first phase of the major development.

    Illustration of the garden village outside St AustellImage source, Eco Bos

    About 350 homes, a school, community centre, leisure and retail facilities and public open space are all included in the plans.

    There will be 105 affordable homes with another 18 for self-build as well as 36 flats, 54 terraced homes, 80 semi-detached properties, 42 detached, 36 bungalows, 98 townhouses and four coach houses/apartments.

    ACE Academy Trust has secured a deal to provide a 420-place primary school on the site and is aiming to open to its first form entry in September 2020.

  10. Teenagers get government to look at body image issuespublished at 07:59 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Jenny Kumah
    Politics reporter

    A group of teenagers, including one from Plymouth, have got the government to commit to tackling negative body image issues.

    The Youth Select Committee researched the topic , externalafter thousands of young people highlighted it as a concern.

    It found that in some cases body dissatisfaction can lead to depression, anxiety and eating disorders.

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    Ana Silver, who helps to run an eating disorder support group in Exeter, had anorexia in her teens and still suffers from body dissatisfaction.

    She wants the social media industry to reflect a more diverse range of body images.

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    My home page on Instagram was filled with girls who all looked the same. The more I scrolled through it, the more would show up. Whenever I would feel like I had eaten something that I shouldn't have, I would go on Instagram and look at all these girls and say, 'This is how I have to be and if I want to be like this, then I can't eat.'"

    Ana Silver

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    The government has responded to the study, external and says it will look into the support available for young people.

  11. South West greeting card firm stops accepting cashpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Janine Jansen
    BBC Spotlight

    The loss of many high street banks has led one South West company to refuse cash from its customers.

    Whistlefish has 11 greeting card shops across Devon and Cornwall.

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    It says that, on the whole, most customers approve of the change but that it is monitoring the situation.

    The company says an increase in the use of contactless card payments led to its decision, as well as concerns over holding cash.

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    We decided this year to remove cash as a payment option from our galleries. We started in one of our galleries in Dartmouth and then following a month of that, we rolled it out across our network of galleries.

    Aymer Wilson, e-commerce manager for Whistlefish

  12. Lane out of Commonwealth Gamespublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Brent Pilnick
    BBC Sport

    Exmouth badminton player Ben Lane's Commonwealth Games are over after he and Chris Adcock were beaten in the men's doubles.

    Ben LaneImage source, Getty Images

    The 20-year-old - who won team bronze earlier in the week - and his partner lost 12-21 21-13 21-17 to Malaysia's Peng Soon Chan and Soon Huat Goh in the last 16.

    Lane also lost in his first mixed doubles match on Wednesday with partner Jessica Pugh at what is his first Commonwealth Games.

  13. Man rescued after car jack collapsespublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    Johnny O'Shea
    BBC News Online

    Fire crews were called to help a man who became trapped after the jack that was holding up his car failed.

    A Wadebridge fire crew was called to Trenant Vale in the town, along with the police, ambulance and air ambulance.

    The man is not believed to have been seriously injured.

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  14. Police cuts are 'hitting public safety', says unionpublished at 07:41 British Summer Time 12 April 2018

    BBC Spotlight

    Seven years of austerity has seen police numbers cut by "more than 15%", according to new research from Unison.

    There are now 2,817 fewer people employed by the South West's five forces than there were in 2010.

    Devon and Cornwall's force has been hit worst - losing 22% of its strength.

    Unison says the government needs to stop the cuts and get numbers back to a reasonable level.

    Its Police and Justice Lead Mike Cracknell said austerity is "hitting public safety".

    "Our police workers are 100% committed to keeping people safe, often putting themselves in danger to do so. But you can’t do the job with a skeleton crew."

    The Home Secretary Amber Rudd says the evidence doesn't back up claims that reduced resources are the cause of more crime.

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  15. Trailblazing abstract artist Gillian Ayres dies at 88published at 18:19 British Summer Time 11 April 2018

    BBC News

    Gillian AyresImage source, Freia Turland

    Gillian Ayres, one of Britain's leading abstract painters of the last 60 years, has died at the age of 88, at a hospital in north Devon.

    Ayres was at the forefront of the British contemporary art scene from the 1950s, and became known for paintings filled with vibrant shapes and colours.

    She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1989 and was made a CBE in 2011.

  16. Stadium for Cornwall 'will deliver more benefits'published at 18:09 British Summer Time 11 April 2018

    Richard Whitehouse
    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Cornwall councillors have been told that the Stadium for Cornwall has developed into a project which will deliver "more benefits for the county than previously thought".

    A special briefing has given councillors more information and the chance to question those behind the stadium before they make a decision on whether to provide £3m for the project.

    The stadium, which is planned for a site near Threemilestone outside Truro, would provide a home for the Cornish Pirates, Truro City Football Club and provide facilities for Truro and Penwith College.

    Image of the proposed Stadium for CornwallImage source, Inox

    Earlier this year Cornwall Council was asked for £6m of public money to reach the £14m needed to build the stadium.

    Officers suggested the authority could provide half of the funding with the rest provided by central government.

    Next Tuesday, all 123 members of Cornwall Council will meet at County Hall and decide whether the council should provide cash for the project.

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    Do they want to become a council that does nothing but mends potholes and look after the elderly? We have put money into other projects that we think have a public benefit."

    Bob Egerton, Cornwall Council cabinet member

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  17. Thursday's weather: Cloudy day with risk of a few showerspublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 11 April 2018

    BBC Weather

    It will be dry tonight with some clear spells at first, but generally there will be a lot of cloud and mist around through the night.

    A light north-easterly breeze.

    Minimum Temperature: 4 to 7C (39 to 45F).

    Weather map

    On Thursday it will be a mostly cloudy day with the risk of a few showers.

    More widespread and potentially heavy showers could push up from the south-east later in the day and into the evening.

    Maximum Temperature: 11 to 14C (52 to 57F).

  18. Cornwall Council CEO named among top earnerspublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 11 April 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Kate Kennally

    A list of the highest paid council employees in the country, external has been revealed with Cornwall Council's chief executive, Kate Kennally, named as one of the top earners.

    According to the council website, Ms Kennally earns £170,000 a year.

    James Price from the TaxPayers' Alliance says a local council head does not need to earn at the same level as the CEO of a top business.

    "[People] can't decide whether or not they pay their council tax, because if they don't, they'll end up going to prison," he said.

    "We need to hold the government and local authorities to account because we don't have a say in these things. That's another reason a council is very different to a business."

  19. Open conclusion at beach death inquestpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 11 April 2018

    Johnny O'Shea
    BBC News Online

    The coroner has recorded an open conclusion at the inquest into the death of a man found dead on Perranporth beach with a sock in his mouth.

    Alan Jeal, 64, from Wadebridge died from drowning with head and chest injuries on 25 February 2014.

    The coroner for Cornwall Dr Emma Carlyon told the hearing in Truro: "It's not possible to exclude intentional death, accidental death, or the involvement of a third party."

    Alan Jeal on CCTVImage source, Devon and Cornwall Police
  20. Buildings on edge of Dartmoor to be built after settlementpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 11 April 2018

    Sophie Pierce
    BBC Radio Devon

    The owners of a small ancient woodland on Dartmoor have won their battle to be allowed to have forestry buildings on their land.

    Doug and Claire King-Smith, who own the Hillyfield near South Brent, were opposed in their appeal against the refusal of planning permission by the Dartmoor National Park.

    Now both sides have issued a joint statement saying they've come to an agreement and the work can go ahead.

    Doug King-Smith said the agreement was a "positive step for woodland restoration in the UK".

    James Aven, of Dartmoor National Park Authority, said: "Dartmoor is a place of critical importance to the UK's rural environment and this agreement will permit us to develop even more effective approaches to sustainable woodland development, the rural economy and environmental protection."

    The statement said they have agreed to settle the appeals relating to planning permission, prior approval and enforcement and work together to enhance Dartmoor's efforts on forestry, woodland, volunteering and community development.