Updates from Monday 18 June until Friday 22 June 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
There is currently a yellow weather warning in place for wind across the islands.
Winds of force six can be expected.
Image source, STATES OF JERSEY
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
As well as a stunning sunrise this morning, the sky was also full of colour as the sun went down on Wednesday night.
Thank you to Adrian Colston for sending this shot of Scorhill on Dartmoor.
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BBC News Online
Firefighters rescued a child who had been locked in a car at a supermarket car park in Penzance.
They used "small tools" to release the child who had been accidentally locked inside the vehicle at Morrisons on Wednesday at about 16:00.
Image source, GoogleBetween 1 April 2016 and 5 May 2017, firefighters in Cornwall attended 27 calls to assist parents or carers with children locked in vehicles.
The AA says it rescues on average seven children locked in cars every day in the UK.
BBC Radio Jersey
A new report has called for a thorough review of land and property owned by Jersey taxpayers - claiming it's not being "managed properly".
The States auditor said Property Holdings isn't looking after assets effectively or efficiently.
Karen McConnell said the organisation needs to have a clear strategy to get the best out of the sites - which are altogether worth about £1bn.
Image source, FACEBOOKHer report says there is still no strategy for bringing the body's plans to reality with its annual business plan for 2017 only getting as far as draft form by the end of the year.
Managers at Property Holdings say it accepts the department could perform better, but say it needs more staff - especially to cope with major projects such as the planned new hospital.
A States spokesperson said they welcomed the report, which demonstrated the shortcomings in the way the organisation is run. They say things should improve under new systems introduced by the new Chief Executive Charlie Parker.
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If you were up early enough this morning, there was a stunning sunrise across parts of Cornwall and Devon, marking the start of the longest day.
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Network Rail has been stopped in its tracks from cutting down trees along the railway line across the whole of Teignbridge in Devon.
A preservation order on woodland has been put in place after the district council realised large numbers of trees were being felled as part of scheme to reduce train delays.
Council officers were concerned about the impact on local wildlife including greater horseshoe bats which use the trees to help them navigate.
Network Rail, which maintains 20,000 miles of track, says incidents caused by vegetation cost over £100m in 2017. It says it's working with the council to find a way forward.
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Rob England
BBC News Online
The driver of a tractor who stopped to help at the scene of a fatal road crash in Cornwall is being sought by police as a witness.
A 74-year-old local man was injured when his car, a Vauxhall Meriva, was involved in a crash with a Fiat Punto.
It happened at about 09:10 on Monday 14 May, on the A390 at Gunnislake, Cornwall.
The man was taken to Derriford Hospital, and died on Friday.
Officers said the driver of a red tractor travelling in the direction of Gunnislake "stopped and assisted at the scene".
Two women have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at a house in Exeter., external.
Four crews were sent to New North Road at about 18:10 on Wednesday.
The fire is thought to have been caused by a toaster.
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A councillor was forced to point out an error in a report which could have led to Cornwall Council's cabinet agreeing to buy a wrong set of affordable homes.
Liskeard West and Dobwalls councillor Jane Pascoe told a cabinet meeting that a map showing the location of seven affordable homes the council is buying in Dobwalls was incorrect.
It led to a flurry of activity with officers trying to check whether they did have the right location for the homes.
She pointed out the error after asking why she had not been consulted about the plans to buy the homes. She said that a map showing where the seven homes are was wrong and showed Honey Meadows in Dobwalls rather than Lantoom Meadows.
Cllr Pascoe said: "If I had been told about this I would have saved you the embarrassment of giving misleading information to this meeting and the public."
Cabinet member for housing Andrew Mitchell and council leader Adam Paynter both apologised to Cllr Pascoe, saying that they had been told that local members had been told about the projects.
Before the item was voted on, it was established that while the map was incorrect all the other details about the Dobwalls homes were correct.
BBC Radio Guernsey
An inter-island tunnel between Guernsey and Jersey would be a "huge boost to the economy", according to the new president of the Chamber of Commerce.
Barrie Baxter was speaking after calls from his predecessor Martyn Dorey that Guernsey should explore the idea of inter-island tunnels.
The idea received a mixed reaction on social media.
Mr Baxter says getting more people to come to the island is key for the economy.
Quote MessageIf it brings more trade in, it brings more access. There is another aspect to these big infrastructural projects. They don't happen in isolation, they happen as part of the community. People are employed, they spend locally, we bring in a lot of trade - so it's not just the absolute cost of a project like that.
Barrie Baxter, President, Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live
A children's charity says it is "only right" that a man from Plymouth was jailed for shaking his six-month-old son to death.
Lee Sweet, 26, was jailed for five years and four months at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceSweet had initially denied causing the fatal injuries which killed his son, Ruben Sweet-Harris, but later pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death in May 2017.
The NSPCC said: "Sweet inflicted appalling injuries on his defenceless baby son, ending his life, and it is only right that he is now behind bars."
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Torquay United have signed former Plymouth Argyle winger Jason Banton.
The 25-year-old, who made 46 appearances for the Pilgrims over two spells between 2013 and 2015 is the third new signing this summer by boss Gary Owers.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Gulls will be the 13th club Banton has been on the books of, having been relegated alongside Torquay to National League South with Woking at the end of last season.
Banton, who has also played for the likes of MK Dons, Crawley Town and Notts County scored for Argyle in their 2015 League Two play-off semi-final loss against Wycombe.
Alex Osborne
BBC Weather
Cloud continuing to break this evening to leave some late sunny spells. Then tonight, it will be dry with clear spells.
Feeling cooler compared to recent nights.
Minimum temperature: 6 to 11C (43 to 52F).
A fresher feel to the weather but it looks like staying dry with some sunny spells; just a partial build up of cloud is expected.
Maximum temperature: 14 to 18C (57 to 64F).
Clare Woodling
BBC Spotlight
A hole which has appeared in St Agnes appears to be an old culvert rather than a mineshaft, engineers say.
Staff from Cormac are digging up the road to assess the extent of the surface collapse and will fill in to repair the road's stability.
The contractor said the hole was "small at the top", but wider under the surface and about 1.6m (5ft 3ins) deep.
The road is open to small vehicles, with traffic management in place, although it was likely that it would be closed "at some point", Cormac said. The road is closed to heavy goods vehicles already.
Cormac added that it expected to have completed the work by the end of Friday.
In Plymouth the Tavistock Road inbound is partially blocked between The George junction and Derriford roundabout due to an accident.
It looks like staying dry tonight with cloud tending to break, allowing for some clear spells. Turning a little fresher, compared with recent nights.
Minimum temperature: 11 to 14C (52 to 57F).
A fresher feel to the weather but it looks like staying dry with some sunny spells. Light to moderate northerly winds.
Maximum temperature: 13 to 17C (55 to 63F).
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A man with suspected back injuries has been freed from a car after he was left trapped inside it in a multi-vehicle crash in Plymouth.
Firefighters said three cars were involved in the crash in King's Road, Devonport, at about 12:20.
The occupants of the two other cars were free of their vehicles when fire crews arrived.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said, external the injured man was cut free with hydraulic rescue equipment before being taken to hospital.
Cornish Stuff
Steve Double, MP for Newquay and St Austell, has once again spoken in the House of Commons against the so-called proposed Devonwall cross-county constituency, external, asking his party, the Conservatives, to allow a free vote on the proposals, rather than being told how to vote by his party whips.
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A planning committee meeting expected to decide whether a new heliport could be built in Penzance has been cancelled.
Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee was due to meet on 28 June and expected to have the Penzance Heliport planning application on its agenda.
Cornwall Council said that the meeting had been cancelled so that technical issues could be resolved by the applicants.
The council also said that committee chairman Rob Nolan had requested that a public meeting be held about the application before it went to the committee.
No dates have yet been set for that public meeting or when the committee will consider the application.
Robert Dorrien-Smith, from Penzance Heliport, said: "We are sorry to announce the Penzance Heliport planning application ... has been deferred after requests for further information."
The £2m project by Penzance Heliport Ltd, led by Mr Dorrien-Smith, the owner of Tresco, to restart flights from the town to St Mary's and Tresco has been mired in controversy, including objections and a legal challenge from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC).
The steamship company also then launched its own helicopter service from Land's End Airport to St Mary's last month (pictured).
