Three arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in Penzance
Runaway truck death: Waste firm fined £238k
Resident of 53 years 'sad and angry' after burglary
Devon pothole reports: '700 a day'
Dog rescued after getting stuck on cliff
Gymnasts back in action at fire-hit sports centre
Updates from Monday 16 April until Friday 20 April 2018
Matt Pengelly
BBC Radio Cornwall
It was a good night's work by Truro City last night as they overcame Hungerford 2-1 at Treyew Road.
A penalty converted by Connor Riley-Lowe and a goal from Niall Thompson, both in the second half, mean Truro stay sixth in the table, in the play-off places.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A woman has been "swept out to sea" at Westward Ho!, coastguards have said.
While heading out for training at about 19:00 on Tuesday, the team were asked to help paramedics.
On arrival, the woman had been recovered. She was not injured.
The team stayed to patrol the area during an "extremely high tide and large swell".
Bideford Coastguards added that "more high tides are expected" over the next 24 hours and urged people to keep "well clear" of any slipways where waves were breaking over the sea wall.
BBC Business News
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that 49 branches will be closed, including some in Devon.
Those closures, along with reorganisation elsewhere at the bank, will affect 1,230 jobs.
Lloyds said it was creating 925 jobs and existing staff would be redeployed "wherever possible".
Of the 49 banks earmarked for closure eight belong to the Halifax network and the other 41 are Lloyds branches. After those cuts, the group will have 1,750 branches in total.
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There will be "temporary restrictions" across entrances to each of the Torpoint Ferry lanes today, due to contractors working on site.
Drivers are asked to approach the area with care.
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In Crowlas, the A30 is partially blocked by an accident around Chapel Square near the Star Inn. It's affecting traffic between Long Rock and Canon's Town.
Cuts to North Devon Council's CCTV service are being made from 1 May.
At the moment 85 cameras monitor the area, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which costs £200,000 a year.
After a public consultation and extensive review of the service, it was decided costs could be cut by directing resources at areas of most need, and only manning the control room during hours of most need.
The cameras will continue recording incidents 24 hours a day.
Long-term solutions are being looked into with Police Commissioner Alison Hernandez.
Emily Wood
BBC Weather
There will be lots of sunshine throughout the morning and it will feel pleasantly warm.
Lots of blue sky on offer in the afternoon too.
Maximum temperature: 18 to 21C (64 to 70F).
Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon
Local people and businesses in a coastal Devon town are being asked to help pay towards the cost of a new £9m flood defence scheme.
Sidmouth's eastern cliffs, which protect the town from flooding, are vulnerable and eroding at the rate of about a metre a year.
East Devon District Council is asking locals and businesses to contribute £3m towards the project.
But many locals do not see why they should pay, and are accusing the council of having wasted time and money over the last decade, "fiddling while Rome burns".
Quote MessageEast Devon District Council is completely committed to this project. We have already invested over £500,000 of our own money into the research, investigations and all the other necessary work that is done. If we can find another £3m, we can then unlock funding just under £6m from Defra, who are the primary agency concerned with flood protection."
Tom Wright, Environment Porfolio, East Devon District Council
Francesca Gould
BBC News Online
Police say they are concerned for a 24-year-old man missing from Wotter.
Calum Hayne is believed to be in the Wotter or Lee Moor area.
He is described as white, 6ft 1 inches (1.75m) tall, slender build with brown hair.
He was wearing a black jacket, officers said.
A lifeboat was called out from St Marys on the Isles of Scilly on Tuesday after a man in a kayak was reported to have capsized.
He was in the water off the north coast St Agnes at about 17:30.
Coastguards said he was safely recovered and brought back to shore after the alarm was raised by a holidaymaker.
Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster
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Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A car has been "completely destroyed" by fire on the A30, firefighters say.
Crews were called to Daisy Mount Cross in Ottery St Mary at about 06:00.
On arrival, crews confirmed the vehicle was "well alight".
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said no-one was hurt and the cause of the fire was accidental.
One lane remains closed while highways staff complete recovery work.
Stakeholders and Cornwall Council members will lobby the government for £3m to add to the pot for the Stadium for Cornwall in Westminster today.
It has been the cause of many debates in the county since its announcement but £3m of public funds in Cornwall have been pledged to its development after a full council vote on Tuesday afternoon.
The project is expected to cost more than £14m in total and will be the new home of Truro City Football and the Cornish Pirates Rugby.
Image source, InoxTruro City FC Chairman Pete Masters said he thought it was the start of better opportunities in Cornwall for talented players.
"Up at Treyew Road, we haven't got a youth team," he said. "We can never put a youth team in place, or an academy, which is what we were trying to achieve for the last five years.
"We've jumped lots of hurdles in the last five years since my involvement. I can see the finishing line, that's the most important thing."
Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon
Here's a lovely picture of the sunrise at Sidmouth this morning.
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Why are we in Sidmouth today? Find out here later.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
One lane is closed on the A30 westbound, between the B3177 and B3174/B3180, at Fenny Bridges in Ottery St Mary due to a vehicle fire.
Highways South West are on the scene to "treat a fuel spill".
Drivers are being asked to approach the area with caution.
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Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
Image source, Mark HallA fire that broke out on a train at Penzance station last night started in the power car.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue said the power car caught fire on the platform at about 20:00, causing the station to be evacuated. Four or five trains were also left queueing near the station, it added.
The sleeper service to London was affected but services from Penzance are running as normal this morning.
Fire crews from Penzance, Hayle, St Ives, Falmouth and St Just attended the incident.
No passengers were on board and nobody was hurt.
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Exeter narrow the gap to rivals Wycombe in the race for promotion to League One with a nervy home win over Chesterfield.
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BBC News Online
Image source, Andrew SegalCornwall Fire and Rescue says it was called to a fire on a GWR train, external at Penzance Station just after 20:00.
Crews equipped with breathing apparatus isolated the incident to the engine compartment of the train.
GWR says fewer trains are able to run from Penzance and disruption is expected until 22:45.
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Smoke was seen coming from the train earlier this evening, which was not in passenger service.
The station was evacuated as a precaution.
GWR says it hopes that the sleeper service will be able to depart later this evening.
No staff or passengers were affected.
Eleanor Parkinson
BBC Spotlight
Image source, Kay KittoA lorry driver who left a woman with life-changing injuries has been given a two-year suspended sentence and 300 hours of unpaid work at Truro Crown Court.
Paul Ince, 47, of Leyland, Lancashire, was driving when a loose stability leg on his company's lorry pushed a van into the path of a partially sighted woman.
Kay Kitto was crushed in between that vehicle and her own car outside her house in Falmouth in September 2016 and spent several months recovering in hospital.
Image source, Cornwall Fire and Rescue ServiceOn a previous occasion Ince pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Last week Gavin Bentley, 40, director of Midlands Poling Services in Staffordshire, was fined £9,000 for causing or abetting dangerous driving.
The firm's maintenance manager Paul O'Toole, 50, from Cannock, Staffordshire, was fined £2,000 for the same offence.
Cornwall Council will now work with organisations behind the planned Stadium for Cornwall to bid for £3m from central government.
Cornwall Council members voted in favour of spending £3m of its money today on the £14m project to build a stadium and conference centre at Threemilestone to be used by the Cornish Pirates and Truro City Football Club.
Bob Egerton, Cornwall Council cabinet member for planning and economy, said: “ We know that this funding is not guaranteed, but we will continue to work with the MPs and we are hopeful that it can be achieved.”
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