Summary

  • Parents jailed for "systematic sexual abuse"

  • A landlord, landlady and family are taken to hospital after a fire at a Cornwall pub

  • Man arrested after fatal hit-and-run in Plymouth

  • Attacks by dogs on sheep "on the increase"

  • Family-run Cornish abattoir to close after 50 years

  • Boy, 6, launches litter picking club in Devon town

  • Updates from Monday 25 February 2019

  1. Weather: Dry with sunshinepublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2019

    BBC Weather

    After a chilly start in places, Monday will be dry with plenty of sunshine for most.

    Just a few patches of misty low cloud around, mainly during the morning. Very mild.

    Maximum temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).

    Weather
  2. Four in hospital after Newlyn pub blazepublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February 2019

    Andrew Segal
    BBC South West

    Newlyn pub fire scene

    Four people have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a west Cornwall pub.

    The blaze, at the Fisherman's Arms, in Fore Street, Newyln, started between midnight and 01:00 GMT and has reportedly gutted the building.

    Seven fire appliances engines were called to the scene and there are road closures in the area.

    Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said the fire spread from a room upstairs to the ground floor, and then to a property next door.

    The pub's landlord, landlady and members of their family were taken to hospital to be treated for the effects of smoke inhalation, firefighters said.

    Police tweeted that, external drivers should seek alternative routes to avoid the area.

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