Devon travel: Crash on A30 westbound at Fairmilepublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 5 July 2018
On the A30 westbound at Fairmile, there are reports of a crash involving a single vehicle between the B3177 and Daisy Mount Cross.
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Updates from Monday 2 July until Friday 6 July 2018
Devon travel: Crash on A30 westbound at Fairmilepublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 5 July 2018
Tate St Ives hoping to win museum of the yearpublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 5 July 2018
Curators at the Tate St Ives gallery are waiting to find out if it has won the Art Fund's Museum of the Year.
It is one of the five on the shortlist and the museum prize is the biggest in the world.
It is worth £100,000 to the winner with £10,000 going to each of the four runners-up.
The judges are looking for innovation and exceptional achievement.
The winner will be announced later this evening.
Nurse recognised for 'end of life' care at Derrifordpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
A Plymouth nurse has been given an Excellence in Cancer Care award.
Sian Dennison is among health heroes who have been honoured on the eve of the NHS's 70th anniversary celebrations on Thursday.
She is lead cancer nurse at Derriford Hospital and has helped to bring in several patient support groups and enhanced "end of life" rooms at the hospital.
Image source, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS TrustImage caption, Sian Dennison with Ann James, Chief Executive of the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
She was nominated by Plymouth MPs Johnny Mercer, Gary Streeter and Luke Pollard.
NHS England received hundreds of nominations for the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards, which took place in the House of Commons.
Quote MessageTo me, this award is about the team I work with. I couldn’t have achieved all that has been delivered without their passion, dedication and their support to improve patient care and make a difference."
Sian Dennison, Nurse at Derriford Hospital
Pupils play own England v Colombia gamepublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Seven schools near St Agnes brought 112 students to play in the tournament at a football ground.
Read MoreUK will be able to use fish stocks 'to bargain with EU'published at 17:41 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Martin Bailie
BBC Radio CornwallMinisters are promising the UK will be in charge of its own fishing stocks after Brexit and that British fishermen will get a greater share of fishing stock.
The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, says coastal communities will benefit from government proposals.
He has told MPs that leaving the EU's Commons Fisheries Policy will benefit coastal communities.
Quote MessageIn food and drink alone, we have a trade deficit with the EU of £18bn a year. They want to sell us beef from Ireland, bacon from Denmark, they want to sell us poultry from the Netherlands and cheeses and produce from France. They have huge market opportunities in the UK [and] they won't want to leave those."
George Eustice, MP for Camborne and Redruth
'Exeter Hospital Should Take over Treliske'published at 17:32 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Cornish StuffAs reaction continued to come in to the news that Kathy Byrne has quit her £183k a year job as Cornwall’s NHS boss after just two years in the job, a novel solution is being suggested by one veteran Cornwall Health campaigner, external.
Weather: Staying mostly drypublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Dan Downs
Weather ForecasterAny showers should slowly fade through this evening, leading into a mostly dry and partly cloudy night.
Winds will remain light and mostly from the east.
Minimum Temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).
A fairly cloudy but dry start is anticipated for Thursday. Thereafter, a mainly dry day, with partly cloudy skies and some warm sunny spells.
There is a risk of the odd afternoon shower.
Maximum temperature: 20 to 25C (68 to 77F).
Contractor chosen to build Exeter's new bus stationpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Exeter City Council has selected construction firm Kier as its preferred contractor to create a new leisure centre and bus station in the city centre, external.
It said until October Kier would carry out enabling works that were necessary ahead of the main building programme.
The main contract for the leisure centre and bus station is expected to be signed later this year.
Image source, Exeter City Council'Nothing compares' to seeing a Komodo dragon in personpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Ryan Morrison
BBC News OnlineThe man responsible for bringing a Komodo dragon from Barcelona to Paignton Zoo in Devon said "there is no experience quite like seeing your first Komodo dragon in the flesh".
Luke Harding, curator of lower vertebrates and invertebrates at Paignton Zoo says it is a complicated process to move a Komodo dragon. He said they worked with a number of organisations to bring the creature to Devon.
Image source, Paignton ZooThe six-year-old female dragon is arriving in Devon towards the end of July and will make her new home in the crocodile swamp at the zoo's environmental park.
Paignton Zoo is the sixth in the UK to hold Komodo dragons: the others are London Zoo, Colchester Zoo, Chester Zoo, Crocodiles of the World and Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park.
The Komodo dragon is a member of the monitor lizard family and can grow up to three metres and weigh up to 70kg. It is classed as a vulnerable species.
Forest Green sign Exeter's Jamespublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Forest Green sign midfielder Lloyd James from fellow League Two side Exeter on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Read MoreAttempted knifepoint carjacking in Dawlishpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Del Crookes
BBC News OnlineA man was forced out of his car at knifepoint on Tuesday night at about 22:45 after three men approached his vehicle in Dawlish, external, police say.
One of the men tried to drive it away before being dragged out of the car by the victim between the junctions of Gatehouse Rise and Goodridge Close, on Elm Grove Road.
The three, wearing dark clothing and face covering, ran into nearby woods after a short struggle, officers said.
The victim was able to drive back home and then called 999.
A police dog and helicopter carried out a search of the area but officers said they want any CCTV footage from the area and any witnesses to come forward.
Motorcyclist who died after being found on road is namedpublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Del Crookes
BBC News OnlineA man who died four days after being found unconscious on a road near South Molton last month has been named as Richard Baker from Barnstaple, external.
The 65-year-old motorcyclist was given first aid before being flown to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital on 23 June.
The road was closed for 15 hours while police examined the area.
A 44-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman from South Molton were arrested on suspicion of driving a vehicle and failing to stop after a road accident.
Both were released under investigation pending further inquiries.
CT scans cancelled over data protection issuespublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Laurence Reed
BBC Radio CornwallAn electrician from west Cornwall says his partner is one of many people to have a CT scan at a private hospital cancelled just days before the event due to data protection issues.
Graham Ball, from Goldsithney, said the situation had upset his family after his partner, who was due to have her scan at Duchy Hospital on Wednesday as an NHS patient, had her appointment called off.
He added that her cancellation was "along with everybody else's", he was told by staff there.
Duchy Hospital in Truro said it took patients' confidentiality seriously and, as a result of the new GDPR regulations which came into effect at the end of May, it had been necessary to undertake some additional compliance checks with third-party companies currently based outside the EU.
Farm granted permission to build third home on its landpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceA family who have farmed on Rydon Farm in east Devon for more than 200 years have won permission to build a third home on the site.
The Glanvills, who took on the tenancy of the farm in Woodbury in 1816, run the 750-acre farm with 840 cattle.
Plans were submitted for a third agricultural home for the head herdsman and his family, who is a partner in the business and works full time at Rydon Farm.
Image source, LDRSIt had been recommended for refusal by planning officers on the grounds that it was too big for the accommodation needed and would result in harm to the setting.
However, East Devon District Council's development management committee meeting almost unanimously backed the plans, which were approved by 12 votes to one.
Jersey 'pleased' to be involved with Asian hornet researchpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Rob England
BBC News OnlineScientists testing a new technique to track Asian hornets to their nests used labs provided by Jersey's Environment Department.
The University of Exeter researchers, based in Penryn in Cornwall, travelled to Jersey and France last year to conduct tests using electronic radio tags.
They attached the tags to hornets, external and followed them back to previously undiscovered nests.
Dr Peter Kennedy, who led the research, said the new method was a "really important new tool" to tackle the spread of Asian hornets.
The scientists were also assisted by beekeepers from the Jersey Beekeepers' Association.
Image source, Peter KennedyImage caption, The hornets could carry tags which weighed up to 80% of their body weight
Quote MessageWe are pleased to be investigating efficient methods of tracking Asian hornets to their nests as we’re concerned about their impact on our wild insect pollinators, as well as their effect on local honey production."
Willie Peggie, Director, States of Jersey Department of the Environment
Council 'should listen to school routes concerns'published at 14:24 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
BBC PoliticsTheresa May is urging Cornwall Council to listen to the concerns of rural communities about the safety of children walking to school.
During Prime Minister's Questions, North Cornwall Conservative MP Scott Mann mentioned a route where pupils had been denied free public transport.
He questioned whether a five-mile round trip between Delabole and St James' School in Camelford, which more than 1,500 people have signed a petition protesting against, was really safe.
He said: "The road has no pavement, no street lighting, and, in winter months, they walk to and from school in the dark on a single-track road with cars tractors and lorries on it. And there are similar stories all around Cornwall."
Theresa May said it was up to the local authority to decide how to allocate funding but she would "encourage local authorities to make sure that they are taking into account the wishes of the communities that they serve."
National and Cornwall Council policy means children over the age of eight who live within three miles of their school do not get a free bus pass if it is safe to walk.
The council said the route was assessed twice and found to be suitable for pedestrians.
Devon students becoming Ultimate championspublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Students at a Devon school are celebrating after becoming national champions at the sport of Ultimate.
The activity sees players trying to score points by throwing a flying disc to a teammate in an end zone. But competitors must not take steps while holding the disc.
Under 14s, 17s and 20s from St Peter's Secondary School in Exeter have become the best in the country at the sport.
Head of Sport Paul Ruff said the students' hard work paid off...
Fishing industry 'not convinced' by Brexit negotiationspublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
People working in Devon's fishing industry are hoping for good news as the environment secretary reveals proposals for what happens after Brexit.
Michael Gove has already insisted fishermen will get a larger share of the domestic catch once the UK "decides access" to its own waters.
The industry is pressing to keep 80% of the catch.
Image source, Getty ImagesTerri Portman, a Devon-based marine consultant, said fishermen overwhelmingly voted for Brexit on the basis that they were going to get control of their waters back.
"I'm not sure any of us are convinced, in the medium or long term, that's actually going to happen," she said.
"So is this consultation a bit premature without knowing what the outcome is of the Brexit deal?"
Plans resubmitted for Penryn student accommodationpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceNew plans have been submitted to build 329 rooms of student accommodation on an industrial estate in Penryn.
The outline planning application has been made by the John Lewis Partnership Pension Trust.
It previously had plans to build 392 student rooms on the site at Kernick Industrial Estate.
Image source, LDRSUnder the new proposals, the height of the proposed buildings has been reduced from seven to eight storeys to five to six, cutting the number of rooms which could be provided.
The John Lewis Partnership Pension Trust had previously been told that it should work together with developer Studytel, which is set to build 600 rooms of student accommodation on a site called Century House.
Cornwall travel: Problems near Helston and Kelly Braypublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 4 July 2018
- The A394 between Breage and Helston is blocked in both directions due to an earlier car fire. A diversion is in place but surrounding roads are very congested
- On the A388 between Kelly Bray and Bray Shop, there are reports of an accident
