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The two drivers are said to be "shaken up" following a crash between a train and a delivery van.

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Two drivers are "shaken up" but no-one has been injured in a crash between a train and a delivery van.

It happened at an open level crossing between Gunnislake and Calstock.

National Rail Enquiries said disruption on the line was expected for the rest of the day.

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Emergency services and Network Rail are at the scene of a crash between a train and a delivery van near Gunnislake, Cornwall.

It's thought no-one is seriously injured.

It happened at an open level crossing between Gunnislake and Calstock.

National Rail Enquiries said disruption on the line was expected for the rest of the day.

Ben Woolvin
BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent

A South West fire service has been "experiencing technical difficulties" with its aerial ladder platforms after cracks were found.

Earlier the BBC reported five out of the seven appliances at Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service had been taken out of use after a routine inspection found evidence of cracks in some of the steel arms that support the platforms.

In a statement the service said it "has been working with the manufacturers to test the vehicles before making them available again for operational use".

"A number of aerial appliances are still available to be used at incidents and have been strategically located across the service.

"The remaining appliances will be returned to duty as soon as they have been tested and deemed suitable for use. Standard fire appliances are not affected by these technical difficulties."

BBC Radio Devon

Plymouth City Council is taking back control of fining people who drop litter and don't pick up dog mess.

Since March, Kingdom Services Group has worked with the council to deter littering, fly-tipping and dog fouling.

In September, 16 people which dropped litter in the city were fined nearly £700 each after being given fixed penalty notices by Kingdom.

The council said data showed the majority of fixed penalty notices issued by Kingdom were for dropping cigarette butts in the city centre and "whilst it remains important to make sure that people know this is unacceptable and will be enforced against, we want to take a broader approach".

Councillor Sally Haydon, cabinet member for customer focus and community safety, said: "Just because we are now enforcing it ourselves, it doesn't mean that those who blight our beautiful city with their irresponsible actions will get away with slap on the wrist.

"Although our officers will be trained to interact and educate with residents more than in the past, environmental crimes will still incur fixed penalty notices."

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Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online

A man has been charged in connection with the theft of a Royal Mail postal van full of presents.

Police were called to Mullion, Cornwall, after the van was allegedly stolen at knifepoint on Wednesday lunchtime.

Area searches were carried out by local officers and the van was later found at a local Royal Mail depot.

A local man, 47, has been charged with blackmail, possession of a bladed article, driving without insurance, driving otherwise in accordance with a license and assaulting an emergency worker.

He was remanded into custody and will appear at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Friday.

Ed Oldfield
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Work to redevelop Plymouth's derelict Civic Centre has reached an important next stage as developers and the city council press ahead with a new heating system using energy from deep underground.

A trial borehole was drilled up to 330ft (100m) deep outside the city centre building in October to investigate whether a geothermal scheme was viable.

Now the city council is going ahead with more work costing hundreds of thousands of pounds after approving the business case for the project.

The Civic Centre District Energy scheme is designed to capture warmth from underground to provide a system of heat and cooling for the building, which is due to be turned into flats. The network would also supply the Council House next door and Guildhall across Armada Way, and could be extended to developments in the city centre and Millbay.

The now-derelict 14-storey civic centre tower block was sold by the council for £1 in 2016 to Manchester-based developer Urban Splash, which aims to turn it into more than 140 flats. The district heating scheme has been supported by the city council in line with its commitment for Plymouth to halve its 2005 level of carbon emissions by 2034 and be carbon-neutral by 2050.

A budget of £786,000 for the scheme has been approved by council leader Tudor Evans, funded mostly by grants. The next stage is for officers to appoint contractors to take on the work.

A crash at a level crossing between Plymouth and Gunnislake means trains are not running between these stations, National Rail Enquiries says.

Disruption is expected to continue until the end of the day.

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The RMT union says South Western Railway workers will hold 24-hour strikes on 27 and 31 December.

BBC Radio Devon

Police forces in England and Wales are to receive extra funding to help fight cybercrime, terrorism and pay for additional pension costs.

About £300m will come from the government, while police and crime commissioners (PCC) will be able to increase the policing element of council tax.

Devon and Cornwall's PCC Alison Hernandez says it gives her a welcome degree of flexibility, and the chance to raise an extra £24 from a band D property.

Since 2010, central government funding to police forces has been cut by almost a third, in real terms, leading the number of officers to fall by 21,000.

The police minister accepted the deal came at a "time of real pressure".

Nick Hurd added that forces needed "additional support to help them do their job".

He said officers were "bearing down on the worst spike in serious violence and knife crime that we have seen in a decade".

Ben Woolvin
BBC South West Home Affairs correspondent

Most of the aerial ladder platforms in the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are currently out of action because of a concern about their safety, the BBC understands.

Five out of the seven appliances have been taken out of use after a routine inspection found evidence of cracks in some of the steel arms that support the platforms.

Fire service management are meeting to discuss the results of the engineering tests which have been carried out.

Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online

Police want to speak to this man after a power tool was taken from a display in Plymouth.

The alleged theft took place on Wednesday 21 November at about 16:00 at Cash Converters on New George Street.

Police would like to identify the man pictured as it’s believed he may "have information vital to the investigation".

Anyone who recognises him is asked to contact police.

Celina Stone proposed to Jade Euden in the store's rain tunnel that has been decorated for Christmas.

Adrian Munday was befriended and then killed by violent criminal Stuart Hodgkin in October 2015.

Ed Oldfield
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Critics of redevelopment plans for a new seafront hotel have been dismissed by a panel.

The plans for the new six-storey 175-bedroom hotel would see the four-storey 45-bedroom Corbyn Head Hotel in Torquay demolished.

Objectors claim that the building, on Torbay Road, would be too high and there would not be enough parking.

The current plans include a bar, restaurant, function rooms and a terrace overlooking the sea.

There would also be 94 parking spaces, including five for the disabled, and improved landscaping and access.

The company behind the plans said the current hotel is no longer fit for use and needs major work.

Following discussions, the Design Review Panel supported the final proposals as "an exciting, handsome and positive addition to this part of the seafront."

The white spume that covered the streets of Dawlish occurs when algae is whipped up by rough seas.

Police in Devon turned to the public when the search for the missing VW Tiguan left them "stumped".

Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online

An 89-year-old man who was involved in two crashes in Cornwall has been named.

William 'Grevis' Williams, from Newlyn, died in hospital on Saturday after his silver Toyota Aygo crashed twice.

The first crash, involving a parked black van, took place on Heamoor Road, Penzance, at about 17:10 on Friday.

Williams' Toyota crashed into two parked cars in Reens Crescent shortly afterwards.

Police would like to speak to anyone who saw what happened.