BBC Radio Cornwall

The mother of a 12-month-old boy who died of sepsis is fighting to raise awareness of the condition.

Sepsis is the immune system's overreaction to infection or injury. If not treated immediately, it can result in organ failure and death.

Sepsis deaths recorded in England's hospitals have risen by more than a third in two years.

Melissa Mead's son William died in December 2014 after doctors failed to spot it.

Cornish Stuff

Cornwall's unemployment figures are the "lowest since the 1970s" - but wages remain low, figures show., external

Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon

Plans are under way in Brixham to get a tidal bell installed as part of a national project.

The Time and Tide Bell scheme, external has seen five bells installed along the coast from Appledore to the Outer Hebrides - which ring at high tide.

Waves from rising water strike the clapper to ring the bell, with the waves creating a varying pattern.

The original bell installed - as part of this project - was crafted by Devon sculptor Marcus Vergette and placed in Appledore in 2009.

People living in Brixham have come together to get one installed in the town.

Pauline Neal is involved in the project and says it will "mean so much"...

Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online

Devon police officers are warning homeowners to keep their properties secure after a spate of thefts in Barnstaple.

Hamish Marshall
BBC Spotlight

Four Devon railway stations which have not had replacement buses on strike days will now get a service.

Saturday is the fourth day of eight days of industrial action over the role of guards on South Western Railway.

Previously, Pinhoe, Cranbrook, Whimple and Feniton had no bus services.

Buses from Exeter will run every two hours, to match train times.

Passengers from Devon stations can also use their tickets on GWR trains which will get them to the capital faster.

• Talks to avert South Western Railway strike collapse

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Sarah Bloch-Budzier
BBC News

Sepsis deaths recorded in England's hospitals have risen by more than a third in two years, according to data collected by a leading safety expert.

In the year ending April 2017, there were 15,722 deaths in hospital or within 30 days of discharge, where sepsis was the leading cause.

William Mead, from Cornwall, was 12 months old when he died in December 2014 after health professionals failed to recognise he had sepsis.

His mother Melissa Mead is campaigning for greater awareness of the condition.

Image source, William Mead's Family

BBC Radio Devon

• The M5, between Junction 29 and 28, has completely reopened following an earlier crash.

BBC Radio Cornwall

• In Bodieve, on the B3314 between Little Bodieve Holiday Park and Trewornan Manor, there are cows on the loose in the road. Approach with care.

BBC Radio Devon

• On the M5, between Junction 29 and 28, lane three of three is closed due to a multi-vehicle crash. There are reports of slow traffic and debris on the road - approach with care.
• In Teignmouth, on the A379 Teignmouth Road, near the junction of New Road there are temporary traffic lights due to water main repairs. Traffic is slow moving.
• In Fremington, on the B3233 Church Hill, there are temporary traffic lights for roadworks near the church.

Cornwall Live

Fury has broken out in St Ives after a group decided to "fence off" part of Porthmeor Beach, external with their wind-breaks and tents.

BBC Radio Cornwall

• In Pelynt, on Jubilee Hill, there are temporary lights and roadworks near Casey Lane.

• At West Taphouse, on the A390 near North Hill, there are temporary lights for telecoms work.

Lauren Haly
BBC News Online

Two people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a "deliberate" house fire in Plymouth.

Emergency services were called to Mylor Close at 01:48 and found a fire in the ground floor living room of a property.

Fire crews from Crownhill, Camels Head and Greenbank attended.

Paramedics treated the two casualties as fire crews ventilated the property using a fan.

The officer in charge believed the fire was deliberate, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said.

BBC Weather

A cloudy start in most places with patchy mist too.

Throughout the day it should remain dry with the cloud breaking in many places to allow some sunshine to develop. It will feel humid.

Maximum temperature: 26C (79F).

Dick Straughan
BBC Radio Cornwall

Some people across Cornwall who rely on springs, wells and boreholes for their water supplies are reporting shortages as the dry summer weather continues.

About 6,000 properties get their water off-grid.

Companies such as Aquasource Ltd from St Stephen, near St Austell, say they are being inundated with requests to find new supplies.

Engineer Steve Ead said his company had drilled several emergency boreholes in recent weeks for customers whose normal source was running dry.

Adrian Campbell, Environment Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Experts will study rip currents at Crantock Beach, near Newquay, after concerns for beachgoers.

In the past few days several swimmers have been rescued after getting into difficulty.

Some local people living nearby are demanding the restoration of an old engineered wall to help divert the River Gannel, which is constantly changing course and helping to create currents across the beach.

Crantock councillor, Alistair Ross said the parish council had been working with the beach's owners the Duchy of Cornwall and the National Trust to see what could "sensibly and economically" be done to bring the river back to its original course.

"It used to hug the Pentire coastline," he said. "(It) was encouraged to do that by a training wall which got broken by big storms."