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Two seriously injured in two-car crash in Cornwall
Devon man is charged with attempting to steal a copy of the Magna Carta
Petition growing against Colyton fire station closure
'Misery' for people living next to £1m Brixham jetty work site
Phone scammers con people out of thousands of pounds in Plymouth
Haldon Forest 10K runner is knocked over by a deer
Bishop of St Germans leaving Cornwall to head CofE's Ministry Division
Updates from Monday 24 June 2019
How hot is it where you are?published at 10:24 British Summer Time 16 June 2022
National League news - June 2019published at 14:30 British Summer Time 28 June 2019
Follow the latest news stories from the National League, including transfers and selected contract announcements.
Read MoreBBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 25 Junepublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 25 June 2019
Bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for Devon and Cornwall
Read MoreWoman dies in two-vehicle crashpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
A female driver died and two people were injured in a two-car crash near Chiverton Cross.
Read More'Urgent action needed' after boy's deathpublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
A coroner has called for changes to the NHS 111 system following Sebastian Hibberd's death.
Read MorePlymouth's Lameiras leaves for Portugalpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Plymouth midfielder Ruben Lameiras rejects a new deal in favour of Portuguese top-flight football.
Read MoreDevon and Cornwall weather: Rain before brighter spellspublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Bee Tucker
BBC WeatherA few spells of evening sunshine on Monday.
Overnight, showery rain is expected to develop and move up from the south, with a small chance of a rumble of thunder.
Minimum temperature: 11 to 14C (52 to 57F).
Largely cloudy on Tuesday, with a few scattered showers moving in, perhaps occasionally heavy and thundery.
Clouds breaking through the afternoon to allow more in the way of brighter spells.
Maximum temperature: 19 to 22C (66 to 72F).
Twin lemurs born at zoo as mum 'gets the hang of it'published at 17:02 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Charley Adams
BBC News Online
Image source, Paignton ZooTwo baby red ruffed lemurs have been born at Paignton Zoo.
Their mother, 17-year-old Tack, gave birth to the twins on 22 April.
All red-ruffed lemur babies are born in April and it always took a few weeks before the mother decided to take the babies outdoors, the zoo said.
Zoo spokesman Phil Knowling said that, so far, Tack had been "attentive" and "staying close" to the twins.
Quote MessageWe’ve been coy about this because she has been unsuccessful with youngsters before, but this time it looks like she’s got the hang of it."
Phil Knowling, Paignton Zoo spokesman
Red ruffed lemurs (Varecia rubra) are critically endangered. They live in small family groups; the females defend the territory and are dominant over males.
Scammers con people out of thousands of pounds in Plymouthpublished at 16:37 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Andrew Segal
BBC South WestPolice in Plymouth say they have had several reports of telephone scams in the Stonehouse area of the city recently.
Officers reported that "sadly, most reports are of people losing in excess of £4,000".
In one case in Plymouth recently, one victim also lost more than £8,000 "in a few weeks" during a longer-term scam, police said.
Officers added that genuine callers from the police or HM Revenue & Customs "will never call you for money".
Anyone who was suspicious of such calls should "go to your bank. Tell the truth. Ask them the verify things for you," they added.
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End of twitter postTwo seriously injured in Cornwall two-car crashpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Charley Adams
BBC News OnlineAt least two people have sustained serious injuries after a crash in Cornwall, police say.
Emergency services were called to the scene after what a described by officers, external as a "serious two-car crash" near Chiverton Cross in Cornwall.
Police, fire and ambulance services were called just before 13.30 following the collision on the B3277.
A number of road closures are in place.
The B3277 is closed between St Agnes and Chiverton Cross at the junction with Towan Cross, up to Three Burrows, Blackwater.
Man in hospital after falling from coast pathpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
A man has been taken to hospital after falling from the coast path near Mevagissey.
Coastguards from St Agnes and Porthscatho were called to Port Holland at about 11:15.
The man was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital near Truro by ambulance with a suspected fractured ankle.
Body found in Axminsterpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Charley Adams
BBC News OnlineThe family of a missing woman has been told about the discovery of a body in Axminster on Friday.
Police were called to Yawl Cross at about 11.50 on 21 June following reports of a body being discovered in the area.
Emergency services attended the scene and found the body of a deceased woman, police said.
The family of 48-year-old Karen Wyatt, who had been missing from Axminster, had been informed, they added.
This death is not currently being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.
Cornwall bishop leaving to head church's ministry divisionpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Charley Adams
BBC News OnlineBishop Chris Goldsmith is leaving the Diocese of Truro to head the Church of England's Ministry Division, he has announced.
In a letter to diocesan clergy and lay colleagues, external, the Bishop of St Germans, who joined the diocese in 2013, said it was an announcement he never expected to make.
He said there was no other role within the Church of England for which he would have considered leaving the diocese. He is due to take up his new post in September.
The diocese said the bishop would "play a lead role in supporting the continuing renewal of ministry throughout the Church of England as the church looks to increase the scale and diversity of those called to both lay and ordained ministries".
Fire crews rescue woman from flipped car in Devonpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
A woman was rescued from a car which flipped off the roadway onto its side and collided with a building in Horrabridge.
Fire crews from Tavistock, Yelverton and Crownhill went to Walkhampton Road at 10.40 and used hydraulic rescue equipment to release the woman.
She was left in the care of paramedics.
National Express 'journey from hell'published at 13:33 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
A driver is suspended after claims of swearing at passengers, getting lost and "slamming on brakes".
Read MoreDevon family hopes to send girl to US for cancer treatmentpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
The family of a five-year-old girl from Devon with a rare cancer is hoping to send her to America for treatment.
Cayla Jones, from Cullompton, was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, external last year.
The condition affects children and babies and commonly occurs in one of the adrenal glands above the kidneys, or in the nerve tissue that runs alongside the spinal cord. It can spread to other organs such as bone marrow, bone, lymph nodes, liver and skin.
It affects about 100 children a year in the UK, the NHS said.
She's undergone chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
Cayla has been offered a pioneering vaccine in New York. The treatment will cost about £200,000.
Fishery authority will not increase mesh size on netspublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
The organisation that oversees Cornwall's fisheries has said it will not bring in a by-law to increase the size of the mesh of fishing nets, that some anglers say could save sea bass from serious decline.
Cornwall's Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority committee rejected the idea again last week, as it did in February.
It said it will continue to consider the idea over the next few years as part of a longer-term strategy.
Inquest to go ahead after GP stabbed husbandpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
An inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the death of a doctor, external who was stabbed to death by his wife at their home in Cornwall six years ago.
Multi-agency mission rescues male who fell from cliffpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Charley Adams
BBC News Online
Image source, Torbay CoastguardA male who fell from a cliff in Torbay in the middle of the night has been rescued after emergency services worked together to retrieve him, coastguards say.
Torbay Coastguard said on Facebook, external that emergency services were called to cliffs at Corbyn's Head at about 02:05 after a "casualty was found lying injured on the beach below".
They said the male was put in a basket stretcher and later tended by an ambulance crew.
RNLI Torbay reported the rescue involved 30 people from five different teams from the RNLI, police, fire service, NHS and the coastguard.
Torbay Coastguard said: "This was another great example of multi-agency working together."
'Misery' for people living next to Brixham jetty work sitepublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 24 June 2019
Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio DevonPeople living beside the construction site of a new £1m shellfish jetty in Brixham have said their lives are being made "a misery" by constant noise.
The jetty is being built to service a large mussel farm off the coast nearby.
The Torbay Development Agency said the work had been intensified to complete it quicker, but the working hours would be restricted from 08:00 to 18:00 Monday to Saturday.
It added that it expected the marine pile installation to be completed this week.
