A £16m, 348-bed student flats development in Plymouth is still deserted and unoccupied months after it was completed, external, Plymouth Live reports.

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Crescent Point - which has two blocks, 13 and 10 storeys high on a site near Derry's Cross in the city centre - was completed last September but has sat empty since then.

Student accommodation website Unilodgers has advertised rooms as available from 15 September 2018, but has not updated its site since.

The Mears Group, which operates Crescent Point, has not responded to messages left asking for a comment.

London-based building owner and landlord the Harouni Group has also not replied to emails asking for a comment.

Hedgeland Porperty Consultants, in the Crescent, which is marketing the commercial units at the foot of the buildings said it was not involved with the accommodation side of the development and could not comment.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

One person has been arrested after a two-car crash which left one vehicle half-way up the side of a lane near Plymouth.

Police, who were called to the scene in Luke's Lane at about midnight on Wednesday, said one man was taken into custody after being tracked down by a police dog.

Only minor injuries were reported from the crash officers added.

Father Francis McDermott, 75, used his "charm" to befriend families and abuse their children.

David Fitzgerald
BBC Radio Devon

A Devon man - born just a couple of months before the Titanic sank in 1912 - has celebrated his 107th birthday.

Joe Daniels was born in London on 19 February but family members say today, he is "as sharp as ever".

He celebrated his big day with a telegram from the Queen at his care home in Seaton, Devon on Tuesday.

He shared stories of being bombed in the capital in World War One and how by World War Two, he was called up to the Royal Signals as an expert in telecommunications.

After the war, he became a senior member of a telephone company before retiring with his wife to Dorset before moving to Sidmouth.

His nephew, Andrew Daniels said his uncle still "enjoys a glass of gin and a glass of whisky".

"He's remarkable. He's still full of wit, has a cheeky grin and hopefully the genes will pass down through the family," he said.

Joe added the secret to such a long life is "moderation" especially when it comes to alcohol.

"I love a scotch," he said.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A new scheme to help people suffering from chronic pain is being introduced across Cornwall after a successful trial at Bodmin Hospital.

ESCAPE-pain is aimed at people over the age of 45 with hip, knee and back conditions.

It involves six weeks of intensive physiotherapy combined with exercising at home.

Morissa Livett is a physio at Bodmin Hospital and says it's all about trying to avoid surgery...

ESCAPE-pain is currently running in over 135 sites and you can find more information here., external

Sixty-six sailors died when the ship was hit by a torpedo from a Nazi U-boat off Cornwall in 1944.

Press Association

Troubled Exeter-based regional airline Flybe has snubbed a rival rescue proposal from investors including US airline Mesa Air Group and backed by former Stobart boss Andrew Tinkler.

Shares in Flybe more than doubled to 2.9p as it confirmed the "highly conditional" approach from a consortium including Mesa Airlines of Arizona and South African hedge fund Bateleur Capital.

But Flybe said it "does not believe that the indicative proposal is executable in the timeframe required to enable Flybe to continue to trade".

It added it continues to back the existing takeover by the Connect Airways consortium - which consists of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group and investment firm Cyrus Capital - as the "only viable option available to the company which provides the security that the business needs to continue to trade successfully".

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BBC Radio Cornwall

Arsonists are being blamed for a fire in Bodmin on Tuesday night.

Rubbish was set on fire in Fore Street at about 21:20

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said police are investigating.

The collie-cross, dubbed "Britain's fattest dog", is adopted after shedding almost half her weight.

Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon

Plans to dredge Exmouth Marina and dump the spoil in the sea off Teignmouth have resurfaced again - with locals saying they want the spoil dumped much further out to sea.

Last year, a licence to dump the spoil off Sprey Point was suspended, after black silt appeared on Teignmouth's beaches.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is consulting on an application for a new licence which would involve less spoil being dumped, and it only happening in the winter months.

But locals say they're still not happy including Councillor David Cox...

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

Cigarettes and tobacco have been stolen from a shop in Cornwall after burglars smashed a window to gain access, police have said.

It happened at the Co-op on Fore Street, Looe at about 02:30 on 15 February.

Officers said the culprits "forced access" to the cigarette cabinet after breaking into the shop.

Any witnesses are asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police via 101.

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BBC Spotlight

More than 100 homes in Plymouth have their water supplies back on after a burst water main ripped up a road in the city causing traffic chaos and flooding.

The water main burst through Melville Road in Keyham on Tuesday afternoon.

Water poured down the hill and on to a busy road with the force of the water cracking the tarmac in a number of places.

Engineers carried out a temporary repair and restored water supplies within several hours.

Emily Wood
BBC Weather

It will be a breezy day but mostly dry with sunshine at times.

However, cloud cover may thicken enough in places this afternoon to bring the odd shower.

Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

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