Updates from Monday 18 June until Friday 22 June 2018
A parrot has literally gone with the wind after her cage was blown over in a gust.
Image source, Tracey FordCleo is an african grey with a red tail who flew off towards Hatherleigh Moor on Thursday afternoon after the wind blew her cage open.
It will remain fine with sunshine this evening, giving way to some long clear spells overnight.
Turning fairly cool once again with just a gentle breeze.
BBC Radio 4
The Seale Hayne venue near Newton Abbot played a remarkable role in treating World War One soldiers suffering from shell shock - and is the setting for BBC Radio 4's latest series of Home Front.
The series dramatises the real life Dr Arthur Hurst, who pioneered cures for shell shock, or 'war neuroses' as he preferred to call it, at Seale Hayne when it was a military hospital 100 years ago.
By the end of the war, 20,000 men were suffering from shell shock. Thousands more had experienced its symptoms during their military service.
Actor Mark Heap discusses his role in Home Front; the pioneering doctor, Arthur Hurst.
Quote MessageI don’t want to gush, but I do realise the immense amount of trouble and skill spent on pulling me back into rational working order
WW1 soldier in a letter to Dr Hurst
Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Major new expansion plans for Greendale Farm Shop would provide "significant benefits" to East Devon, council planners are being told.
Image source, GoogleFWS Carter and Sons wish to expand the existing farm shop as well as build a new dedicated classroom facility at the site on the A3052, between the Greendale Business Park and Crealy.
They say they would be making a significant investment in the farm shop, that already makes sales of around £100,000 a week, would create 30 new jobs, and expand on the shop which is a focal point to the rural community which it serves.
The farm shop already employs 68 people (56 full time and 12 part time), but the company says the new proposals would directly create 30 new jobs (8 full time and 22 part time) in documents submitted with a planning application to East Devon District Council.
David Bull picked up Sgt Dave Clarke by the nostrils after putting him in a "choking headlock".
Read MoreA large bonfire grew out of control in parched conditions near Modbury.
Fire crews from Modbury, Kingsbridge and Ivybridge were called out shortly after midday and stopped the fire from spreading to barns in Loddiswell.
Image source, Modbury Fire Station
Image source, Modbury Fire StationTorbay Council's looking at taking back control of a waste company that's come under fire from local residents.
Hundreds took to social media, or wrote to their local councillors, complaining that TOR2 weren't collecting their rubbish on time.
The council's now negotiating with the Kier Group - which has a majority shareholding in TOR2 - to decide whether or not to take full control of it.
Steve Darling, the leader of the Liberal Democrats on the council, says it's a step in the right direction.
Quote MessageThe council will be entering into negotiations to see if there are any hidden nasties and it will then decide how to better manage the contract, should someone else run it or should it come in-house.
Steve Darling, Liberal Democrat group leader
Ben Woolvin
BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent
Former soldier David Bull has been jailed for attacking police officers when he was pulled over and found to be drink driving.
Bull picked up Sgt David Clark in a headlock and tried to gouge his eyes out in the assault in Tavistock in April 2017.
He also kicked PC Jenny Mash in the leg and dislocated her knee.
Bull, 37, from Luton in Bedfordshire, was found guilty of two charges of grievous bodily harm with intent.
He was jailed for seven years and told he would serve a minimum of three and a half years.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police
Miles Davis
BBC News Online
BBC Spotlight presenter Ollie Yates has been out enjoying the sunshine around Polzeath.
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The Met Office says it's only going to get warmer over the next few days.
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Ex-Cdr Charles Howeson was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years at Bristol Crown Court.
Read MoreResidents in The Lizard have scaled up their campaign against a campsite's "family-friendly" festival.
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Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall
A report has been handed to the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, calling for urgent improvements on the A38 after a number of serious road crashes.
MPs across Devon and Cornwall are calling for the work.
There have been a number of fatal accidents on the road, and the document called the "A38 Case for Action" is urging the government to invest in making the road safer, and also boost the local economy.
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A landslip during winter storms, between Porthleven and Loe Bar in Cornwall, destroyed a coastal footpath and a "vital" flood defence. , external
BBC Business News
Creditors have backed department store chain House of Fraser's plans to close more than half its stores, including its Plymouth shop.
Earlier this month the retailer announced plans to shut 31 stores to offset financial difficulties.
Some 250 jobs in Plymouth are thought to be affected by the closure of one of the longest-standing stores in the city's retail community.
High Street landlords were unhappy with the plan as they will have to shoulder the burden of financial losses, but they were outvoted.
The decision to accept the rescue plan means the 169-year-old business avoids going into administration.
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Cornish Pirates will face Doncaster in their opening fixture of the Championship season.
Image source, Brian TempestThe Penzance-based club are the venue for newly-promoted Coventry's first away game the following week before the Pirates' first away match at Hartpury a week later.
The club end the season away at Doncaster and have been drawn with London Irish, Hartpury and Bedford in the Championship Cup.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Image source, SWNSA former senior naval officer has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after committing a string of indecent assaults against men in the 1980s and 90s.
Charles Howeson, 68, from Plymouth, was last year found guilty of 10 indecent assaults against eight men.
He held high profile business positions including with the Consumer Council for Water and First Great Western Trains and was lieutenant commander on HMS Cleopatra.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police
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Drivers are being asked to avoid the A381 between the Ware Barton Roundabout and Bishopsteignton after an accident.
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Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Villagers have opposed plans for a campsite to hold a music festival claiming last year revellers were "copulating" on the village green.
Henry's Campsite on The Lizard Peninsula has applied for a premises licence to hold events including the three-day Little Big Gig in September. The popular event has been attracting dedicated followers for the past eight years.
Jane Grierson, who runs a B&B in the village, raised a number of concerns about public nuisance and noise from the event.
Quote MessageDuring the time of the Little Big Gig, one couple was seen on the village green actually copulating. This is the genre of some of the people who attend the gig, and such disgusting behaviour does not fit in with the AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and family holiday aspect that The Lizard has always promoted and is in danger of losing."
Jane Grierson
Michael and Janet Edwards, who also live in the village, objected to the "appalling level of noise" caused by events at the campsite.
One other objection also highlighted "inappropriate behaviour" stating, "unsavoury people can be seen, many drunk, wandering all over the village and into private gardens, urinating and defecating there. And worse."
Cornwall Council will discuss the plans on Wednesday. The campsite refused to comment on the claims made by residents.
A mum who sacrificed her car 12 years ago to help her struggling son gets a surprise replacement.
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Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A man who ram-raided a shop in Newton Abbot, causing £140,000 of damage, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Dylan Taylor, 43, of Lichfield Avenue in Torquay was found guilty of burglary at Exeter Crown Court.
He was sentenced in his absence after jumping bail. He is believed to be in Thailand.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceTaylor drove a Mitsubishi Shogun into the Co-op shop at the Trago Mills complex in Newton Abbot last December and attempted to steal a cash machine.
The roof collapsed around him, causing him to abandon the vehicle. He left blood on the cash box leading to his identification through DNA. He has three previous convictions for ram-raiding and had only been out of prison for two weeks.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceHe had bought the vehicle for £895 cash just hours before the raid and was identified by the seller.
Recorder Hannah Willcocks issued a warrant for his arrest after being told that he went missing on Wednesday and his phone has been traced to Thailand.
A trial in May heard how Taylor was the only one of four intruders to be caught and he had only just been released from a four and a half year sentence for an identical ram raid at the Bridgetown Post Office in Totnes on Christmas Day 2012.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police
