BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 1 March 2019published at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for Devon and Cornwall
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Woman charged with murder after death in Paignton
Man arrested after Post Office burglary in Exeter
Dolphins 'distressed' by water scooters near Falmouth
Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston faces by-election calls after quitting Tories
Arrests in Cornwall in county lines drugs raids
Brexit delay would be worst of all worlds - Cornwall MP Eustice says after quitting as minister
Updates from Friday 1 March 2019
BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 1 March 2019published at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Dawn French to star in new TV series set in Devonpublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineDawn French has signed up to star as a gossip in a new series set in south Devon.
Glass Houses is said to be "in the tradition" of TV hits Doc Martin and The Darling Buds Of May.
The Vicar of Dibley actress - who is based in Cornwall - will play nosy Maggie Connors, who pays no heed to the adage that "those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones".
Mark Heap has been cast as her husband, while Julie Hesmondhalgh, Vicki Pepperdine and Patrick Robinson also star in the drama as locals.
The new six-part ITV series will go into production on location in Devon in the spring.
Man arrested after Post Office burglary in Exeterpublished at 10:57 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineA man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after he attempted to smash his way into a Post Office in Exeter, police have said.
Officers were called to Bedford Street after the alarm was triggered at about 00:30.
The front glass door has been damaged.
The arrested man, 30, remains in police custody.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police via 101.
Image source, GoogleCountdown to new academy for deaf in Exmouthpublished at 10:44 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Johnny Rutherford
BBC SpotlightWork begins on Friday on Exeter Deaf Academy's new £10.5m home in Exmouth.
Building work on the old Rolle College site is expected to take 12 months, with the new academy due to open in April 2020.
Academy directors said the facilities had taken years to design and would help change the lives of "countless young deaf people for generations to come".
Cornwall travel: Collapsed manhole on A38 near Tidefordpublished at 10:42 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
- On the A38 westbound, between Tideford and the Trerulefoot roundabout, there's a collapsed manhole. Approach with care
- At Carbis Bay, on the A3074 at Trelyon Avenue, near Treloyhan Park Road, the temporary traffic lights have failed. Traffic is slow-moving
Brexit delay would be worst of all worlds - MP Eusticepublished at 10:23 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Cornish MP George Eustice says a postponement of a Brexit decision would be the "worst of all worlds".
The MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle resigned from his post as farming and fisheries minister on Thursday.
He's warned there will be "humiliation" for the country if the UK's departure from the EU is delayed...
Mr Eustice will stay on as a backbench MP.
Flicks fans work to save Plymouth's Reel from developerspublished at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
A community group which wants to take over Plymouth's former ABC cinema has published its ideas., external
The Royal Cinema Trust wants to retain the building as a cinema but also use it for live music and other arts activities, alongside a bar and restaurant.
Current owner Reel Cinemas has been talking to developers about new uses for the site.
It has so far been unavailable for comment.
Wollaston faces by-election calls after quitting Toriespublished at 09:30 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Chris Quevatre
BBC News OnlineThe MP for Totnes is facing calls for a by-election after she left the Conservatives to become an independent.
Sarah Wollaston, now a member of the recently-formed Independent Group of MPs, quit her party over Brexit, but the Labour Party in the constituency said that, in 2011, she supported a bill which said if an MP defected there should automatically be a by-election.
Lynn Alderson - the chair of the Labour Party in Totnes and South Devon - said Ms Wollaston "made her views clear".
Quote MessageIn 2011 she co-sponsored a bill that would have made it mandatory for anyone who changed party to face a by-election. We think that we should have a by-election. We think there's a whole range of other policies here - it's not just about Brexit.
Lynn Alderson, Chair of the Labour Party in Totnes and South Devon
Dr Wollaston said that once the Independent Group was able to form a party with "policies we can put to people, that's the point where MPs should be challenged about whether we put that to the electorate".
Dog bite football escape in Netflix seriespublished at 09:21 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Torquay United avoided relegation in 1987 in time added on after a player was bitten by a police dog.
Read MoreMinister quits over Brexit delay votepublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
George Eustice warns Theresa May's promise of an MPs' vote on delaying Brexit could lead to UK's "humiliation".
Read MoreMurder arrest after pensioner found deadpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
The body of a man in his 70s was found at a house in Paignton on Wednesday.
Read MoreWoman charged with murder after Paignton deathpublished at 08:42 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
BreakingChris Quevatre
BBC News OnlineA woman has been charged with murder after a pensioner was found dead at a property in Paignton, Devon, police say.
The body of Peter Flux, 74, was found at a house in Midvale Road on Wednesday.
The Faye Burford, 40, is due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court later.
Exeter to bid for Premier 15s franchisepublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
2017 Premiership champions Exeter are to bid for a women's Premier 15s rugby union franchise.
Read MoreNine arrested in joint county lines drugs raidspublished at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Chris Quevatre
BBC News OnlineNine people have been arrested in a joint drugs operation in Cornwall and London.
Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and the Metropolitan Police simultaneously raided properties at 06:00 on Wednesday.
The investigation is part of the ongoing problem with so-called "county lines, external" gangs - the name used to describe urban gangs supplying drugs to other parts of the UK using dedicated mobile phone lines.
The gangs also often are likely to exploit children and vulnerable adults in order to move and store drugs and money.
Det Insp Peter Found, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said that, while the South West doesn't have a "major problem" with county lines, the force was determined to tackle it through "early disruption".
The Cornwall arrests included a 55-year-old man from Bodmin, another man, 31, from Newquay, and a 64-year-old woman from St Austell. All were subsequently released under investigation.
Other arrests saw three men in London charged with drug offences, as well as modern slavery charges; while two others were released under investigation.
South West weather: Sunny spells developingpublished at 08:22 Greenwich Mean Time 1 March 2019
Quite a lot of low cloud, mist and fog at first on Friday, but this will lift to give a dry day with broken cloud and sunny spells developing in the morning.
In the afternoon, cloud will spread in from the west, with winds light and south westerly at first but fresh and southerly.
Rain and low cloud will spread from the west to all areas during the evening, but clear away east in the early hours, giving a dry end to the night.
