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Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for Devon and Cornwall on 12 June 2019

Motorists and horses involved in a crash in Devon earlier avoided serious injury, police have said.

A horse box fell on its side on the A39 near Bideford and trapped a car at about 09:30.

The road has been closed for several hours.

Two people who were in the car were taken to hospital.

Two horses were in the horsebox and vets and specialist rescue teams worked to free them.

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Unemployment in the South West was 2.7% in the three months ending in April, down from 3.3% last year.

This is the lowest rate of all the regions in the UK. The highest unemployment rate in the UK was the North East at 5.7%.

The UK’s unemployment rate has stayed at 3.8%, its lowest since late 1974.

UK wage growth faster than expected

A 14-year-old girl has been missing from her home in Truro for more than 24 hours.

Devon and Cornwall Police say they are "increasingly concerned" for her welfare.

Meah Hill was reported missing shortly after midday on Monday.

She is described as white and about 5ft 8ins (1.7m) tall. She has long blonde hair, blue jeans and was last seen wearing sky blue Nike trainers, and a light blue hoodie.

She may also use the names Lexie, Lexcy and Ruby.

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A flood alert for Devon has been issued, affecting areas around the rivers Culm and Clyst.

The Environment Agency warns flooding is possible for Hemyock, Cullompton, Stoke Canon, Broadclyst and Clyst St Mary.

The main area of concern is the River Culm, where levels suggest that there will be flooding to low lying land and roads close to the river.

Levels are expected to remain high throughout Tuesday, though no flooding to properties is forecast.

Johanna Carr
BBC News Online

Police have said a man found dead in his car is their only suspect in the killing of a Devon pensioner.

Officers launched a murder investigation after a 73-year-old man died on Sunday after suffering multiple stab wounds.

The pensioner was found in Kingsteignton, Devon, at about 21:20 BST on Sunday.

At around 11:00 on Monday, officers were made aware of the body of a 42-year-old local man found dead in a car near Labrador Bay, Shaldon, about six miles away.

Det Supt Mike West said: “The man found deceased within a car near Labrador Bay is our only suspect in relation to the murder and we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death, which we are treating as an isolated incident.

“This has come as a huge shock to the family and loved ones of those involved."

A file is being prepared for the coroner and the matter will now be progressed by them in relation to the cause of the two deaths.

BBC Weather

There will be low cloud around the coasts and across the moors this afternoon. Winds will be fresh or strong northerly, gusting near gale in exposed locations.

Maximum: 13C

It will be overcast overnight with outbreaks of rain that could still be heavy at times. It will ease through the night to be very light and patchy by dawn, but with some low cloud and hill fog over the moors. Winds will ease to be fresh reducing moderate north easterly.

Minimum Temperature: 8C

Newly-appointed Plymouth Argyle manager Ryan Lowe discusses his relationship with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

Charley Adams
BBC News Online

A horsebox has collided with a car, leaving two horses trapped.

Vets and special rescue teams are at the scene on the A379 West Roundswell to Bideford.

Three fire engines and a heavy rescue vehicle were sent to the crash at 09:25.

On arrival, a horsebox was on its side with a car underneath it.

An ambulance took one casualty from the car to hospital and another casualty, also from the car, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The horsebox has been stabilised and emergency crews are working to release the horses.

Seven thousand people including Chris Packham back the ban to protect roosting starlings.

New Plymouth Argyle boss Ryan Lowe says he wants his new side to play like his boyhood club Liverpool.

The large white bird with an 8ft wingspan took off on Monday and has not been seen since.

Helen Hoaken smashed Carol Clarkson's skull after learning she had slept with her fiancé.

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Local Democracy Reporting Service

A bid to alter the design of homes to be built on a controversial site has been rejected by Cornwall council's planning committee.

Linden Homes had applied to Cornwall Council to change the designs of seven of the homes on its development of 28 at Swanpool Road in Falmouth.

The council had originally refused planning permission for the overall development but that was overturned on an appeal to the planning inspectorate.

Work has already started on the site, which also includes 11 affordable homes, but the developer was seeking permission to increase the size of seven of the homes.

Falmouth Town Council objected to the changes saying that it would lead to over-massing and said it also impacted the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Local Cornwall councillor for the area Alan Jewell said there had been a large number of objections.

He said the homes would be visible from points "all over the town" and it was disappointing that the developer was not willing to stick with what it has permission for.

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

It's a wet start to the day with a flood alert around the River Exe near Cullompton., external

For the rest of the day it will be very wet and breezy, with prolonged spells of frontal rain spreading from the east throughout, these often heavy and persistent.

High rainfall totals possible, but some uncertainty still.

Maximum temperature: 11 to 14°C (52 to 57°F)

BBC Radio Devon

Detectives are continuing to investigate the murder of a man at his home in Kingsteignton on Sunday night.

Officers launched a murder investigation after the pensioner was found at about 21:20 BST on Sunday.

Police said the body of a second man was found in a car six miles away near Labrador Bay, Shaldon, on Monday.

"This death is not currently being treated as suspicious," they said.

Police say they are investigating links between the suspected suicide and the death of the 73-year-old.

BBC Spotlight

A conservationist has described Devon County Council's cutting of an "ancient" wildflower verge as an act of "vandalism".

The local authority said the the 200m strip between Buckfastleigh and Totnes has been cut for health and safety reasons.

But Donna Cox, the co-founder of the Moor Meadows community group, said the work has been done at the wrong time of year - for the third year in a row which could destroy the habitat forever.