Andrew Segal
BBC South West

A Covid-19 mobile testing centre in Torquay will be staying in the area until at least Monday 6 July, Torbay Council has said.

Anyone eligible for a test could go to the site at Lymington Road in Torquay, but needed to book online first, external and provide photo ID, the authority said.

In order for testing to take place, the coach station car park had been closed to cars and pedestrians, it added.

Meanwhile, a temporary testing site for the mid Devon area was to operate in the car park at Exe Valley Leisure Centre at Bolham Road, Tiverton, from Monday 29 June, Mid Devon District Council has said.

The drive-through-only facility is being delivered by the Ministry of Defence for the Department of Health and Social Care and is due to be open from 10:00 to 16:00 for seven days.

BBC Radio Cornwall

There are only four patients with Covid-19 at Cornwall's main hospital, managers have said.

Because of the low numbers, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust said it was moving its main trauma work back to its Treliske site, on the outskirts of Truro, from St Michaels in Hayle.

Trust chief executive Kate Shields also said people in Cornwall needed to set an example to visitors when lockdown restrictions in England eased on 4 July.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Police are appealing for witnesses after a robbery in St Austell.

Officers said they would like to speak to two members of the public who helped the victim after the incident in Trevail Way, near the Costcutter store, at about 21:20 on Wednesday.

The victim, who was in his late teens, was headbutted and valuables stolen from him.

Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

One person has died from Covid-19 at Derriford Hospital.

It brings the total number of deaths in the South West to 396, with 192 of those in Devon and 90 in Cornwall.

Police said up to 50 young people had been fighting at Orcombe Point.

BBC Radio Devon

Work on the new £12m Exmouth tidal defence scheme to protect the town from flooding has paused for its summer break.

The Environment Agency has removed most of the construction areas from the town, and the road along the seafront is now open.

Once complete in 2021, the scheme aims to reduce the risk of tidal flooding to more than 1,400 residential and 400 commercial properties.

Construction work started in June 2019.

Image source, LDRS

Tourist spots have seen bookings boom after the government gave holidays the go ahead from 4 July.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The RNLI has said its thoughts "are very much with the family and friends" of a man who died at Porthcurnow after getting into difficulty in the sea.

Coastguards said the swimmer - in his 30s and not from the area - had been in the water near Land's End with his son on Thursday afternoon. He died at the scene despite attempts to resuscitate him.

The beach would normally have RNLI lifeguard cover from May, but cover has been delayed while staff are trained in coronavirus procedures. Lifeguards are due to start there on Saturday as part of restricted summer cover.

The RNLI said its "all-weather lifeboat and inshore lifeboat from Sennen Cove responded to the incident, as did the coastguard and other emergency services".

Image source, Lynn Batten

More information on RNLI lifeguarded beaches can be found here, external.

BBC Radio Cornwall

There is a call for more black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) senior managers at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust.

Edward Mabgwe, the BAME and equality lead at the trust, said it would encourage staff from minorities to go for promotion.

He said some people working with BAME staff needed to be more sensitive and realise things they said could be hurtful, even if they thought they were light-hearted.

The trust said it was "working closely with our BAME colleagues to describe how we stop talking about equality and start to develop plans to deliver it".

BBC Radio Cornwall

Emergency crews were dispatched to a beach where a man died "within minutes" of calls, coastguards have said.

The man, in his 30s, died after being pulled out of the sea by swimmers at Porthcurno at about 17:00 on Thursday, after going for a swim with his son.

Coastguard Dave Corcoran said the emergency response was swift, with both an air ambulance and coastguard rescue helicopter landing on the beach.

Image source, Lynn Batten

BBC Radio Devon

A temporary testing site specifically for people showing symptoms of Covid-19 is opening in Tiverton from Monday.

The centre will be at Exe Valley Leisure Centre and will be staffed by the military from 10:00 until 16:00, and is likely to be open seven days a week.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The government is warning it will close beaches if there is a spike in coronavirus cases.

It follows Thursday's hot weather when hundreds of thousands of people headed to beaches across the country. Bournemouth beach in Dorset was described as "stretched to the absolute hilt" by officials and a major incident declared.

Environment Secretary and Cornwall MP George Eustice told BBC Cornwall that closing beaches would be a last resort, and added he hoped that, as the good weather broke, people would behave more sensibly.

Meanwhile, a man has died after being pulled out of the sea by swimmers at Porthcurno on Thursday.

The man, in his 30s, had gone for a swim with his son before getting into difficulty. He was given medical treatment at the scene but died.

The beach would normally have RNLI lifeguard cover from May, but cover has been delayed while staff are trained in coronavirus procedures.

Lifeguards are due to start there from Saturday as part of restricted summer cover.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

A fire in a flat in Exmouth which saw a man injured involved a "loud bang and a window being blown out", firefighters have said.

Emergency services, including an air ambulance, were called to the building in Hartley Road at about 09:40.

The injured man was taken to hospital. The extent of his injuries is not known.

Other residents were evacuated from the property.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service said: "Three crews dealt with a fire in the flat with a hose reel jet, a man was being treated by paramedics, police and fire will investigate cause."

The road is currently closed.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

One person has been injured in a fire in a flat in Exmouth, police have said.

Officers said they, paramedics and the fire service were called to an address in Hartley Road at about 09:40.

The air ambulance landed in the town and the injured person was taken to hospital. The extent of their injuries is not known.

Other residents were evacuated from the property.

The road is currently closed.

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Vivienne Nunis
Business reporter, BBC News

If you try to call the Trencreek Holiday Park in Newquay, Cornwall this week, you're likely to find the line engaged.

The holiday park is one of many UK accommodation providers that have seen a surge in bookings over the past 48 hours, since Boris Johnson gave the go ahead for summer holidays from 4 July onwards.

"Literally, as soon as he announced yes to campsites, the phone has not stopped ringing," says Julliette Hautot.

Find out more here.

BBC Radio Devon

Sections for a new footbridge to replace the 100-year-old Alma Bridge in Sidmouth have been lifted into place, Devon County Council has said.

The new crossing over the River Sid is located about (131ft) 40m inland from the site of the original one.

It follows the removal last month of the historic Alma Bridge, which was damaged in 2012 during severe floods and was deemed no longer safe for use.

Image source, Devon County Council

Rob England
BBC News

The government says local lockdowns could be be used to deal with further outbreaks of Covid-19 in England.

However, there is still uncertainty over the details of what they would involve. What's meant by 'local lockdown'?

On 27 May, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that local restrictions, or lockdowns, could be used in specific areas in England if there were localised "flare-ups".

What remains unclear is whether a local lockdown would focus only on the exact location where the outbreak takes place - a school, a care home or a workplace, for example - or would it cover a whole area, such as a postcode, a town, or even a city.

But what could happen? Find out more here.

Devon Live

An elderly disabled Brixham man who is a radio enthusiast has had to wait almost three months before finally receiving his first government coronavirus food box, external, and said he only survived thanks to the generosity of friends he has made over the airwaves.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

Extra police patrols are being laid on in trouble spots across Devon where antisocial behaviour has flared up this week.

In Plymouth, residents on the Barbican were in tears after revellers urinated in public and left rubbish lying in the streets. One bar worker said people had been behaving "worse than animals".

There have also been reports of widespread littering in Torquay and Exeter, as people sat outside eating and drinking.

And in Exmouth, police were called after a huge brawl started on the beach on Wednesday in an area which had seen "200 young people drinking, and in some cases fighting".

East Devon District Council also criticised the amount of waste and litter left behind (pictured).

Image source, East Devon District Council

Simon Jupp, the Conservative MP for East Devon, said he was "shocked and appalled" at the incidents and said more police patrols were needed and he had spoken to the police and crime commissioner about that.

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers would "do whatever is necessary to protect all of our communities from crime and disorder".

Temporary Ch Supt Matt Lawler said officers had also been victims of crime and it would not be tolerated.