Summary

  • Updates from Monday 23 April until Friday 27 April 2018

  • Maisie Duncan death: Police seek three witnesses after Looe road crash

  • Cornwall Council's £46k Cannes trip scrutinised

  • Ten Devon and Cornwall Police officers assaulted in single night

  • Parents campaigning to save 'inadequate' Plymouth free school due to close

  • Parade to call for more affordable housing on Rame Peninsula

  • Home-schooling stats reveal Cornwall in fourth place in UK

  1. 'Daring' WW1 submarine hero honouredpublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 23 April 2018

    Lt Richard Sandford blew up his submarine under a viaduct stopping German U-boats in 1918.

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  2. Weather: Dry and bright but feeling coolerpublished at 08:17 British Summer Time 23 April 2018

    Dan Downs
    Weather Forecaster

    A much fresher start this morning with some good spells of sunshine.

    Weather

    Remaining dry and bright but becoming breezy and staying significantly cooler than of late.

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

  3. Latest travel for Cornwall: Shed lorry load now clearedpublished at 08:13 British Summer Time 23 April 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    • In Truro, a load of bricks shed from a lorry on the A390 Tregolls Road at the Trafalgar roundabout has now been cleared (pictured)
    • At Polperro, on the A387 between Longcoombe Lane and Sclerder Lane, there are temporary traffic lights and roadworks
    • Traffic is flowing well on the Tamar Bridge and there is now up to a 10-minute wait at the Torpoint ferries
    Bricks on roundabout
  4. Farmers warn of food shortages after wet winterpublished at 08:11 British Summer Time 23 April 2018

    Christine Butler
    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Cornish vegetable farmers, who deliver to a high proportion of UK supermarkets, said they feared the winter's wet weather would lead to food shortages this summer.

    Some crops such as brassicas are only just being sown near Helston, seven to eight weeks behind schedule.

    Food producers said they were already suffering from bad weather since July last year and it was having a disastrous effect on their business with predicted delayed supplies.

    Farming

    Greville Richards, the owner of Southern England Farms, said they had now moved on to the summer season.

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    We've had weeks and weeks of rain. We're seven weeks behind. We're very behind on plantings. It's a pretty serious situation and there are going to be a lot of gaps in continuity of supply."

    Greville Richards

  5. Penzance murder hunt police appeal for informationpublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 23 April 2018

    BBC Spotlight

    Police are appealing for information about recent movements of a woman from Penzance who's at the centre of a murder inquiry.

    The body of 32-year-old Cecilia Seddon was found on Thursday evening at a property on Penare Road.

    Police car in terraced street

    Two men, aged 49 and 22, and a 27-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody.