Rebecca Thorn
BBC News

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Communities across the South West paid their respects on Remembrance Sunday through creative displays of poppies.

In the East Cornwall town of Callington local people came together to knit and crochet 9,000 poppies that were put on show outside a church.

A horse sculpture in Crantock was also made out of 7,500 knitted poppies.

It was named Kenneth after a resident's great grandfather who served in World War Two.

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A beach cleaning group in Bude made a poppy out of waste found along the South West coastline.

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And finally in Holsworthy, Devon, a carved tree was inscribed with a poppy to mark the special day.

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Latest news and updates from Devon and Cornwall.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

Cornwall's airport has "temporarily closed" its terminal and suspended all scheduled flights "due to the impact" of current government Covid guidelines on demand, it has tweeted.

The airport added that its aerodrome "remains open to support vital services such as Cornwall Air Ambulance, HM Coastguard Search and Rescue, business and military operations".

It's one of hundreds set to travel to Paddington on Remembrance Day for a national gathering.

Johanna Carr
BBC News Online

New road sweepers, rubbish and recycling lorries are being rolled out across Cornwall after the local authority signed a new contract with waste management firm Biffa.

The contract, signed this week, covers refuse and recycling collections and street, beach and public open space cleaning, as well as collections for bulky, clinical and garden, council office and commercial waste.

It will also see the introduction of a weekly food waste collection and fortnightly rubbish and recycling collections.

The new contract starts on 1 February but householders won’t see major changes to their kerbside collection services until the following year. This allows time to make changes to the sites where the food waste and recycling is delivered.

Laurence Reed has presented BBC Radio Cornwall's phone-in show for 25 years.

Andrew is moving from Australia to join Rosanna in Torquay, nine years after they first met.

BBC Radio Devon

Nearly 3,000 trees are to be planted in Plymouth between now and spring 2024.

It's part of the Plymouth Tree Challenge - a £1.3m investment by the city council, the Forestry Commission and the group Plan for Trees.

It's hoped they will help to reduce the city's carbon dioxide emissions, by absorbing pollution and improving air quality.

The trees will be in public places such as parks and open spaces, road verges, residential streets and outside housing developments.

Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service

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The boss of Cornwall’s hospitals has confirmed that there are currently seven coronavirus patients in Royal Cornwall Hospital with three in intensive care.

Kate Shields, chief executive of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, provided the update at a briefing yesterday.

And she also explained that the Truro hospital could also be used for surgery for patients from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

Mrs Shields said that the NHS in Cornwall was currently “very busy” with a larger number of people using health services since the last lockdown.

But she said that it was important that people do still access healthcare when they need to.

The chief executive said the hospital had also had to take some beds out so that it could follow social distancing guidelines.

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

Devon and Cornwall Police have put together a list of responses to frequently asked questions, external to do with the coronavirus lockdown.

The questions cover topics from meeting up with family and friends to running businesses and supporting communities.

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A four-hour rescue was mounted by the fire service on Wednesday night to rescue a horse which had been spooked by fireworks.

The incident occured at Tywardreath in Cornwall, with the animal eventually being lifted out of a river.

Image source, Richard Gibbons

Image source, Richard Gibbons

Image source, Richard Gibbons

Truro City manager Paul Wotton criticises the rules stopping his team from playing during the Covid-19 lockdown in England.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Police are appealing for information after a woman in her 20s was pushed to the ground in woodland near Camborne on Tuesday.

The incident occurred at about 10:00 GMT in Tehidy Woods, with the suspect described as a white male wearing a black top, white trainers, a cap and a black face mask.

"Anyone who was in the area at the time and may have any information which could assist police, is asked to call 101 or email 101@dc.police.uk, external quoting crime reference CR/092904/20," the force said.

BBC Radio Devon

A second national lockdown has come into force across England. For the next four weeks, hairdressers, gyms, pubs and non-essential shops will be closed to try to control the spread of coronavirus.

MPs approved the curbs in a vote in the Commons yesterday.

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, Alison Hernandez said officers are ready for the next four weeks.

Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service

A Cornish MP who voted against the government’s plan to enter into a second national lockdown has explained his decision.

Derek Thomas, MP for St Ives, was the only one of Cornwall’s six Conservative MPs to go against the government in today’s vote over the lockdown which started on Thursday.

And he was one of just 32 Tory MPs who voted against the plans for a second coronavirus lockdown which the prime minister said was needed to control the spread of the virus.

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The MP said that he wanted to see the government continue to operate a regional system of tiered restrictions based on the rates of infection in local areas.

Speaking after the vote Mr Thomas said: “It is the lockdown itself I don’t believe in, I don’t believe it is the appropriate thing for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

“The government was right to have three tiers and, in fact, they could have gone for four tiers. I don’t know that we gave enough time to be able to see if that worked, we didn’t look properly at whether it did work.

“I got elected to represent my constituents in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and I just can’t square that circle in my mind," he added.

Robyn Jackson was surfing in Cornwall when a wave threw her off, wedging her board into her leg.

BBC Radio Cornwall

BBC Radio Cornwall

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

People planning a last night out at the pub or a restaurant in Cornwall on Wednesday night are being urged to take a "common sense approach" and not see it as a party night before before the latest Covid lockdown.

Cornwall Council said cases of coronavirus were rising and people going out needed to keep obeying rules about social distancing and the "rule of six" for gatherings.

Council cabinet public health portfolio holder Sally Hawken said she recognised the planned lockdown in England was a blow to the hospitality and everyone was "weary of the rules", but it was "now more important than ever to stick to the rules for this last little bit before lockdown".

In some parts of northern England, where local lockdowns were put in place, large crowds gathered in some towns and cities to mark a so-called "last night of freedom".

Businesses deemed non-essential are preparing to shut up shop at the end of Wednesday as the new lockdown starts.

Pubs, restaurants, gyms and non-essential shops are among those which will have to close, but businesses in Cornwall are being reassured they do have support.

The Cornwall Chamber of Commerce said the county had a habit of coming together at times of crisis.

The Guardian

When BBC Radio Cornwall's Laurence Reed, the corporation's longest-serving local radio phone-in host, first opened up the phone lines at Radio Cornwall 25 years ago, he swiftly discovered the issues that really got his audience excised, external.