BBC Devon and Cornwall Live: 23-27 April

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

Live Reporting

Cornwall's out-of-hours GP service is 'one of the best'published at 09:04 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Image source, Google
Cornwall's out-of-hours GP service has been recorded as being one of the best performing in the south of England.
The new integrated 111 and out-of-hours service was launched by Kernow Health in November and has been in the top four in the south since.
Latest figures show that in Cornwall 94.5% of calls to the service were answered within 60 seconds.
This was the second best behind the Isle of Wight with 95.8%.
In Devon, it was just 70.4%.
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We know that, if we get this service right, it would ease the pressure on the emergency departments at Treliske [the Royal Cornwall Hospital, near Truro] and Derriford [in Plymouth]."
Peter Stokes, Chief executive, Kernow Health
Devon travel: Accident on A39 at Bickletonpublished at 08:44 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Devon
On the A39 at Bickleton, there are reports of an accident about a mile after the Torridge Bridge.
It's affecting traffic between Bideford and Barnstaple.
Travel: Power outage hits Tamar Bridge toll collectionspublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
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Approaching the Tamar Bridge, traffic is slow-moving from both the Devon and Cornwall sides due to the power cut affecting toll booths.
We've had reports that this has meant drivers being unable to pay tolls.
Outbuilding on fire at Devon farmpublished at 08:33 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
Jenna Hawkey
BBC News Online
Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at a farm in Whimple, Devon.
Crews from Ottery St Mary and Middlemoor were called at about 06:05 to reports of an agricultural outbuilding on fire on Rull Lane.
Western Power also attended to isolate the electric supply to the building.
Home-schooling stats reveal Cornwall in fourth placepublished at 08:31 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
Cornwall has the fourth highest percentage of home-schooled children in the UK, figures reveal.
A total of there are 1,024 children - 1.2% of students - are being educated at home instead of school.
A BBC investigation shows the national number has risen by about 40% over three years, with some 48,000 children are being taught at home across the UK.
Weather: Cloudy with outbreaks of rainpublished at 08:21 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
Dan Downs
Weather Forecaster
Today will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain.
Some of the rain is likely to be rather heavy this morning, but it will become lighter and patchier this afternoon.
Maximum temperature: 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).
Cost of living in Devon is 'twice as much as in London'published at 08:16 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
Devon Live
Council tax is higher, water bills are £41 per month more and our broadband speeds are the worst in the country., external
Body found in search for missing womanpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Wales News
Image source, Family Photo
Police searching for a missing woman have confirmed they have found a body.
Hollie Kerrell, 28 - who had lived in Kingsbridge, Devon, and had recently moved to Wales - was last seen at her home in Knighton, Powys, on Sunday.
Dyfed-Powys Police, external officers are questioning a 35-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with Ms Kerrell's death.
Detectives said a formal identification of the body had not yet been carried out, but the coroner had been informed.
MP proposes migrant worker schemepublished at 07:57 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Spotlight
A Devon MP is calling for immediate action to help farmers struggling to recruit migrant workers.
Tiverton and Honiton's Neil Parish wants the government to bring in a pilot seasonal worker scheme so people from outside the EU could get work permits.
In Cornwall alone, up to 22,000 seasonal workers are needed at the peak of the season, and farmers are worried about the future.
David Simmons is the managing director of Riviera Produce...
Travel: Scillonian III to leave Penzance at 12:00published at 07:53 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
Today's sailing of the Scillonian III from Penzance to the Isles of Scilly will now be leaving at the later time of 12:00 due to the weather conditions.
Check-in will be open from 10:45 until 11:30.
Parade to call for more affordable housing in Cawsandpublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
Image source, Google
Young people living on the Rame Peninsula are calling for more affordable local housing and will hold a parade in Cawsand tonight to highlight the problem.
Last year, holiday homes in Kingsand and Cawsand reached 50% of the total housing stock.
The Peninsula Trust wants to buy the derelict Old Ship Inn at Cawsand, external (pictured), which burnt down in 2013, so it can be developed into flats for locals.
Cornwall travel: Accident on westbound A30 Bodminpublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
On the A30 at Bodmin, there are reports of an accident.
A single vehicle is blocking one lane on the westbound carriageway between Airfield Road (the Cardinham turn-off) and Carminow Cross.
Travel: Flight from Exeter to Channel Islands cancelledpublished at 07:21 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Devon
Flybe flight BE302 from Exeter to Guernsey and Jersey, which was scheduled to leave at 09:45, has been cancelled.
Lifeboat rescues yacht off south coast of Cornwallpublished at 07:20 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
The Falmouth lifeboat was called out last night to a yachtsman who was stuck off the south coast.
He rang the coastguard at about 22:30 as he approached the Cornish coast from France, when the wind dropped and he couldn't start his engine because of a gearbox problem.
The yacht was towed into Falmouth.
Parents campaigning to save 'inadequate' schoolpublished at 07:19 British Summer Time 27 April 2018
Jenny Kumah
BBC South West politics reporter
Parents are fighting to save a Devon school from closure despite a damning Ofsted report finding it inadequate in all areas.
Inspectors visited Plymouth Studio School, external in March and found students regularly missing lessons, poor leadership and poor exam results.
The school, which has 155 pupils and was intending to have capacity for up to 300, announced earlier this week it was close less than three years after it opened.
Its head teacher said he was "extremely sorry" to be announcing the news.
It cost £4.2m to build.
RFU chief concerned over club financespublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
The head of English rugby, Steve Brown says the current financial situation at many Premiership clubs is a concern.
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Weather: Rain at times on Friday but easing off laterpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
BBC Weather
Tomorrow will be cloudy, wet and breezy for much of the time with outbreaks of rain.
However, the rain will ease off through the afternoon, giving a drier end to the day.
Maximum temperature: 9 to 12C (48 to 54F).
Pub shut down by council told it can reopenpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Chris Baker
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A bar in Paignton that had its licence suspended has been told it can reopen.
Police asked Torbay Council to shut it down after a man claimed he had been assaulted by door staff at Winstons in Station Square on 10 March.
CCTV footage was shown of the man being punched and falling into the road twice, where he narrowly avoided being run over by a coach.
Image source, Google
The council's licensing committee has now reinstated the licence after hearing there would be a fresh start at the pub, with a change of culture, different clientele and the revival of a former name.
Solicitor James Cross, representing owner Hossam Kasbar, said: "We are going back to the future by using the name Pickwick, Pickwick was the name of the premises, and now it's going back to Pickwick."
Conditions imposed by the licensing committee, and agreed to by police and the pub's owner, include:
- Not allowing customers to enter or reenter after midnight
- Not selling drinks after 01:00
- Closing the pub's doors by 01:30
- A new company employing doormen has also been appointed
Cornwall stadium given 'clear understanding' by governmentpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Image source, Inox
Backers of the Stadium for Cornwall say they have been given a "clear understanding" of how the government could help the project get under way.
A team from the stadium joined together with a group of Cornish MPs to meet with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock and Sports Minister Tracey Crouch.
Cornwall Council has agreed to provide £3m towards the £14.3m project to build the stadium on the outskirts of Truro.
Image source, Inox
It would provide a permanent home for the Cornish Pirates and Truro City Football Club as well as providing training and business facilities for Truro and Penwith College.
However, the council's funding is dependent on the government providing another £3m towards the project.
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This is a fantastic project and we firmly believe that, with the work now going on with government, we will end up with the facility that people want - promoting health and wellbeing, providing economic benefits and offering top class sporting events at what will truly be a stadium for one and all."
Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives
Newquay bar has its licence revokedpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 26 April 2018
Del Crookes
BBC News Online
Image source, Google
Eden Bar in Newquay has had its licence revoked by Cornwall Council, external.
The authority was asked to look at the premises by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Officers said there were "regular breaches" of its licence, external, which included drunk people being served alcohol, doors being left open with loud music playing, under-age drinkers entering the bar and disorder in local streets after closing time.
Cornwall Council says it will explain why it revoked Eden Bar's licence soon.
The club will stay open while owner Memet Aldemir appeals against the decision.