Summary

  • Updates from Monday 14 May until Friday 18 May 2018

  • Scilly helicopter service 'suspended'

  • Dogs pay tribute to Harry and Meghan's wedding

  • Man arrested following bomb disposal call out

  • Suspected drink driver abandons car on Torpoint Ferry

Live Reporting

  1. Well-being project reaps rewards

    Sophie Pierce
    BBC Radio Devon

    Early results from a pilot well-being scheme in south Devon suggest that it's reduced people's visits to hospital and GPs by half.

    The idea is that people get practical as well as clinical help, and get involved with things such as gardening, swimming and lunch clubs.

    Twelve well-being coordinators are being employed by the NHS in Torbay and South Devon to help people whose health is at risk of getting worse.

    Man in garden

    The project has so far cost £750,000 over 18 months and has been used to treat 3,000 people.

    Dr Andrew Thornton said those going through the programme were seeing "definite improvements".

  2. Accident in Plymouth causing delays

    BBC Radio Devon

    In Plymouth, on the A38 Parkway around St Budeaux heading towards Marsh Mills, one lane is closed due to an accident and debris on the road. Traffic is slow-moving.

  3. Weather: Dry and sunny

    BBC Weather

    After any early patches of mist clear it will become a dry and sunny day.

    Maximum temperature: 18C (64F).

    Weather

  4. Electricity repairs hit Helston supplies

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  6. Parked car blocks fire station exit

    A firefighter says it was fortunate the station was not called out on an emergency while the car was there.

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  7. Restorative justice rolled out after pilot scheme

    Ben Woolvin
    BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent

    A new restorative justice scheme is being officially launched in Devon and Cornwall this week.

    The Make Amends project aims to reduce re-offending rates and help victims recover from crime by putting them in touch with offenders.

    Kathleen Beukes met the man who burgled her home in Torbay two years ago and found the experience beneficial.

    Poster

    I would honestly recommend it 100%. And for each person it does a different thing. It's not just: 'Let's get you there and see the person in prison.' Just knowing that someone's there knowing exactly what you're going through, it really made such a difference."

    Kathleen Beukes

    After a pilot scheme, the project is now being rolled out across Devon and Cornwall.

  8. Parked car blocks Bodmin fire station exit

    Lynne French
    BBC News Online

    Car blocks fire station. Pic: Bodmin Fire Station/FacebookBodmin Fire Station/Facebook

    An "irresponsible" motorist who parked a car in front of a fire station's main doors - blocking in its fire engines - made a "serious error of judgement", firefighters say.

    It happened at Bodmin Fire Station in Cornwall on Saturday night.

    "Of all the parking spaces, I really don't think this was their wisest decision," the station said on social media.

    Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said the incident was reported to Devon and Cornwall Police and the vehicle was removed about two hours later.

    A spokesman said if the station had received a "shout" before the car was moved, it would have had no option but to move the vehicle using "any necessary means".