Summary

  • Prison staff 'woefully unaware' of drugs

  • Derriford Hospital misses key targets

  • MP to meet minister about Appledore Shipyard's future

  • Police called out to Batman and Robin in Exeter

  • Extra £12m asked for Exeter leisure area and bus station

  • I should be so lucky: Extra date for Kylie concert announced

  • Updates from Tuesday 20 November

  1. Derriford Hospital misses key targetspublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Jenny Walrond
    Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

    Three key targets for treating patients have been missed at the South West's biggest hospital every month for a year.

    University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is among 16 trusts in England that have failed to treat enough patients in A&E within 4 hours, within 18 weeks of referral from a GP and within 62 days of a cancer referral.

    The trust, that includes Derriford Hospital, says the number of patients attending A&E has increased by 3.6% in the last year, while there has been a 16.5% rise in the number of patients referred with suspected cancer.

    Plymouth hospitalsImage source, Google
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    Our staff continue to work hard to not only ensure that patients receive timely, high-quality care, but we are also making headway to improve waiting times for patients. Since August, we have consistently achieved the two-week wait target for suspected cancer referrals and are performing higher than the national average. In October, we hit six out of nine of all cancer standards.

    Kevin Baber, Chief Operating Officer at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

  2. Police called out to Batman and Robin in Exeterpublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Daniel Clark
    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    A man dressed as Deadpool, a missing person dressed as Barbie, and Batman and Robin loitering outside a hotel in Exeter, are among the incidents reported to Devon and Cornwall Police involving fancy dress in the last three years.

    A Freedom of Information request revealed there were 60 different incidents - with others including racial abuse from someone dressed as a clown, superheroes being involved in a large fight, and a man dressed as Charles Dickens seen in Exeter with a sword.

    Batman and Robin

    The only incident in which an arrest took place was in October 2015 when one person was arrested for driving without due care and attention in Torquay after a pedestrian was hit by a car.

    The FOI also showed the Devon and Cornwall Police force received four reports mentioning the phrase "trick or treat" on October 31 and November 1 last year.

  3. Police called to assault on buspublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Johnny O'Shea
    BBC News Online

    There's been an assault on board a bus between Truro and Newquay.

    First Kernow said the police have been called and the service is on hold.

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  4. Brixham murder: Police renew appealpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Johnny O'Shea
    BBC News Online

    Police are continuing to investigate the murder of a man who died in July after an attack in Brixham.

    David Williams, 49, died after he received a serious injury following an incident on the quay in Brixham in the early hours of Friday 29 June.

    Five men, aged between 21 and 30, have so far been interviewed in connection with the incident outside the Crown and Anchor pub.

    The police have now renewed a plea for information.

    BrixhamImage source, Google
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    We urge the community of Brixham to come together and to speak to detectives to help us understand what happened outside of the Crown and Anchor in Brixham. The family of David Williams deserve answers and closure, and a detail no matter how small, could be vital to our investigation.

    Det Insp Lee Natrass, Senior investigating officer

  5. Paper trail: Cornwall Record Office packs up to move homepublished at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Cornwall Records Office

    A major removal operation is under way to take many of Cornwall's most precious documents to their new home.

    The Cornwall Record Office is moving from its Old County Hall site in Truro to a new purpose-built centre in Redruth, Kresen Kernow, external.

    The 1.5 millions items being moved include maps, books, wills, documents and blueprints.

    Cornwall Records Office
    Cornwall Records Office

    Many are needing to be wrapped in acid-free paper over the next three months for transportation.

    The items - including a letters patent , externalsigned by Elizabeth I (pictured) - have been stored on four-and-half miles of shelving.

    Tamsin Mallett, from the office, said some of the treasures dated back hundreds of years...

  6. Second Kylie date at Eden after 'locals' miss outpublished at 09:37 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Johnny O'Shea
    BBC News Online

    A second Kylie Minogue concert date at the Eden Project has been announced.

    On Monday, tickets were snapped up for the first gig on 2 July within an hour, with some people complaining local people had missed out.

    Tickets were priced £65 (including booking fee) for the 6,000 capacity venue but some of the tickets for the first date have been resold for more than six times their original face value.

    Organisers have since announced there will be a second concert on 3 July.

    Tickets will go on general sale at 17:00 on Monday through the Eden Session website.

    Kylie
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    We are thrilled to have a second date for Kylie. She has a huge number of fans and now we have a second concert, twice as many will be able to enjoy seeing her at Eden."

    Rita Broe, Eden's marketing director

  7. Elderly woman has 'high sentimental value' ring stolenpublished at 09:31 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Hayley Westcott
    BBC News Online

    A ring with "high sentimental value" has been stolen from an elderly woman's home in Plymouth, police have said.

    Offenders smashed a window to get into the house in Plympton St Maurice on 15 October between 13:30 and 18:00.

    The ring, which was made in Singapore and carries Chinese symbols, is made from the wedding rings of the woman's mother and grandmother.

    Officers said an "untidy search" of the place took place before cash and various pieces of jewellery were taken.

    Anyone with information is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police via 101.

    stolen ringImage source, Devon and Cornwall Police
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    The ring is made from the wedding rings of the elderly homeowner's mother and grandmother

  8. Plymouth police station evacuated after gas leakpublished at 09:21 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    People at a Plymouth police station have been evacuated from the building due to a gas leak.

    Devon and Cornwall Police said staff and others were "moved to a safety point" after the leak was reported at about 07:15

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  9. Extra £12m asked for Exeter leisure area and bus stationpublished at 09:03 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    BBC Spotlight

    Exeter city councillors are being asked to approve an extra £11.8m being spent on a new leisure complex and bus station.

    The price tag on the project was £32m two years ago, which went up to £39.9m, and now up again to almost £52m.

    Council officers said they predicted the project would attract £250m of private development to the old bus station site, with the potential of a new arts centre being built.

    Exeter city centre plansImage source, Handout
  10. Parling's 'adventure' returns to Melbournepublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    Former Lions and England lock Geoff Parling tells BBC Sport about becoming a coach in Super Rugby.

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  11. Prison staff 'woefully unaware' of drugspublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    The report into Dartmoor jail followed the inquest into the death of an inmate in 2015.

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  12. MP to meet minister about Appledore Shipyard's futurepublished at 08:24 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    BBC Radio Devon

    Appledore Shipyard

    The future of Appledore Shipyard is due to be raised in a meeting on Tuesday between the area's MP and the defence secretary.

    Geoffrey Cox will be asking how the government can encourage other companies to take over operations at the yard.

    Current operators Babcock announced at the start of the month that it was to close it at the end of March 2019 because of a lack of work.

    Some of Appledore's 199 staff have been temporarily redeployed to the firm's Devonport yard in Plymouth.

    In a statement at the time, Babcock said it "very much regretted" having to take this course of action and recognised the impact it will have on its workforce.

    Meanwhile, it is being reported that Babcock is battling to calm investors' fears about its finances, external following a dramatic slump in its share price.

    The Daily Mail said the company had seen its stock value decrease more than 30% since June.

  13. Firefighters deal with 1,000m long gorse blazepublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    A large gorse fire stretching 1,000m on The Lizard is being tackled by firefighters.

    Emergency crews were called to the scene near St Keverne at about 23:00 on Monday after "receiving multiple calls, external".

    It's the second on The Lizard in as many nights after a blaze broke out near Ruan Minor on Sunday night.

  14. I should be so lucky: Kylie Eden ticket resales criticisedpublished at 08:15 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Disappointed music fans in Cornwall have missed out on tickets for a big event at the Eden Project.

    Thousands joined an online queue for tickets for Kylie Minogue when they went on general sale at 17:00 on Monday.

    They sold out within an hour and some started appearing on resale websites very soon afterwards.

    They were priced £65 (including booking fee) for the 6,000 capacity venue but some are being resold for more than six times their original face value.

    Hundreds of comments have been posted on social media highlighting that local people are missing out on seeing a major artist in the county.

    Eden Sessions bosses said they quickly became aware of the situation and apologised, saying there had been an "exceptionally high volume of traffic" and that they did not recommend "buying tickets from a third party website".

    Kylie Minogue
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  15. Weather: Breezy, some sunny spells, showers possiblepublished at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2018

    BBC Weather

    Tuesday will be breezy with some sunny spells, but also a good deal of cloud around with a few showers possible, these may be wintry on the hills.

    Weather

    Feeling cold in the brisk north-easterly wind.

    Maximum temperature: 3 to 6C (37 to 43F).