David Cox, who set up services delivering more than 200 meals a day, is among the recipients.

As world leaders gather there for the G7 meeting, one of the UK's poorest regions is at a crossroads.

Paint, smoke grenades and loud hailers were among items found in a car and a van.

The UK's PM urges leaders to "build back better" after Covid, as the Queen joins them for a dinner.

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A graveyard showing things that will go as climate change develops has been set up in a garden near the G7 media centre.

Jennifer Hudson from Falmouth helped her parents set up the protest display.

It has a model of the grim reaper standing over a graveyard, alongside a number of messages including “tick tock” and ‘100 seconds to midnight”.

The 17-year-old says the display shows a “graveyard of things that will go when climate change has got too bad to fix it”.

She says she hopes it will get people to take notice and “make the leaders take real action”.

The rabbit was registered as lost property when she was found by Great Western rail staff.

Catherine and the first lady of the US paid a visit to Connor Downs Academy in Hayle, west Cornwall

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A shop worker based near the G7 summit site says the conference "is not good for business".

Emelye Parker from the Bean Hive by the Sea in Falmouth says footfall has dropped "dramatically" and the local businesses in the area rely heavily on car parks that have been closed down.

"The ridiculous amount of police is intimidating and I know for a fact it is putting people off coming into town”, said Emelye.

The window displays in the quirky gift shop are being used to "reflect the feeling of the town" she says.

"A lot of the messages are climate-led which is so important, and it’s ridiculous that they are all flying here.

"It will never happen again that the world's media is just down the road so I wanted to make sure we put the message out.”

A framed photograph of an Edinburgh mural of Frederick Douglass was among gifts exchanged by the leaders.

At least 500 people joined a parade in St Ives, chanting "act now" and "sound the alarm".

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Campaigners have been posing as G7 leaders fighting over a giant Covid-19 syringe on a beach in Cornwall.

The People's Vaccine Alliance is calling for world leaders to share coronavirus vaccinations with poorer countries.

Campaigners have been using Oxfam's "big heads" to protest on Swanpool Beach, near the international media centre in Falmouth.

Twelve police officers are self isolating after one provided a positive lateral flow test.

Exmoor's holiday industry is facing a recruitment "crisis" as firms struggle to fill posts

A police officer working in the South West for the G7 summit has tested positive for Covid-19.

Devon and Cornwall Police said the officer, plus 12 officers who were in close contact with them, are self-isolating.

In the early hours of Friday, the officer received a positive lateral flow test.

The officer was staying on the ferry which was hired to accommodate officers working during the G7 summit.

The next stage is a PCR test and to continue following advice from Public Health England, said Devon and Cornwall Police.

"Incensed" villagers are prepared to go to court over the only known complaint in a century.

Environmental activists asking for immediate action from the G7 leaders are campaigning in Cornwall.

An Extinction Rebellion protest has gained momentum this morning in St Ives.

It is estimated a few hundred protesters have gathered in the field above the town's leisure centre.

The protesters plan to march into the town centre.

Penny Kent, who has traveled from Stroud to take part in the protest, says she is worried for her grandchildren's future.

She queued to get to the protest site from her accommodation between St Ives and Falmouth.

She tells the BBC she wants action from the G7 leaders "immediately".

The A30 Hayle bypass was closed for seven hours while investigations were carried out.

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Local suppliers from across the South West have been called upon to provide for the visiting world leaders at the G7 summit.

They include gift hampers for the world leaders, bespoke fountain pens made from South West Coast Path wood and cups made from recycled Cornish ice cream tubs.

Some of them described how when they received the call from the Cabinet Office they thought it was a joke.

Boris Johnson tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg the UK-US relationship is "indestructible".

The woman is held following the death of a 52-year-old scooter rider.