BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 10 May 2019

Concerns have been raised about the future of a surgery which has thousands of patients after its main GP quit the NHS.

The sole partner at Mevagissey Surgery is said to have told the NHS that she is handing her contract back on July 31.

It will be a cloudy Friday evening with showers and longer outbreaks of rain possible, although these will clear from the west overnight.

A milder night with winds freshening.

Minimum temperature: 3 to 6C (37 to 43F).

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It will be a dry and bright Saturday with long sunny spells.

Northwesterly breezes and feeling warm in the sunshine.

Maximum temperature: 13 to 16C (55 to 61F).

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A man has been left with serious facial injuries following an assault in Dawlish, police say.

The victim was struck in the face with a glass inside the Landsdowne Pub in Park Road at about 23:30 on 2 May.

He suffered a deep cut to his cheek.

A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and released under police investigation.

A children's slide and climbing frame in a play space in Plymouth's Central Park have been destroyed in an arson attack, the city council says.

The authority said the area was "only refurbished last year and it’s very frustrating to see how the actions of a few can ruin the fun of the thousands of kids (big and small) who enjoy the park".

Staff added: "It may take some months to build and install a replacement, but the rest of the play park is still open."

Anyone who has any information is asked to contact police.

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A security van driver got that sinking feeling as he attempted to make his way along a tidal road at Aveton Gifford.

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The mile-long stretch of road linking Aveton Gifford and Bigbury at low tide is notorious for catching motorists out.

As the tide comes in they can get stranded by the rising waters - and time and tide waits for no van, as the saying goes.

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The driver escaped with just a touch of embarrassment while his van was later towed clear.

New residential parking zones in Truro and St Ives will be enforced from Monday 13 May.

Cornwall Council said it had delayed enforcing the new schemes, initially due to come into force in April, to ensure residents had time to apply for permits.

The authority said it had had a backlog of applications for residents' permits, as well as new free permits for care workers - dealing with up to 1,500 applications at one point.

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A dog has bitten off part of a man's finger in Croyde, police say.

Officers said they were investigating an incident of a dog being dangerously out of control on Jones's Hill on Good Friday, at about 11:00 on 19 April.

A 55-year-old man was bitten by a black and white collie-type dog which was off the lead.

The owner of the dog was described as a white man, about 50 years old, about 5ft 10ins tall, of average build and with brown, thinning hair.

He was with two other men at the time.

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A swimmer from Plymouth could be one of Great Britain's best medal hopes when he competes in his first World Para Swimming Championships later this year.

Reece Dunn from Plymouth Leander had only recently been applied to be a para-swimmer in the S-14 classification for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

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At the British International meet in Glasgow last week, the 23-year-old carpet fitter broke one world record and came close to a second.

And he believes he can go even faster at the World Championships in London in September.

Quote Message: Hopefully I can improve on those times with a smaller schedule and not being as tired, maybe that will bump me up into the medals...Hopefully I can bring the 100m freestyle record down a little bit more and hopefully I can dip under the 100m butterfly record too." from Reece Dunn Great Britain swimmer

Hopefully I can improve on those times with a smaller schedule and not being as tired, maybe that will bump me up into the medals...Hopefully I can bring the 100m freestyle record down a little bit more and hopefully I can dip under the 100m butterfly record too."

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Plymouth businessman Chris Dawson, who owns 'The Range' chain of homeware stores, has been named at number three in the south west in this year's Sunday Times Rich List.

The paper says he and his wife Sarah are worth just short of £2bn - that's £30m up on last year.

Mr Dawson opened his first store in Plymouth in 1989. He now has about 150 nationwide.

India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has bought the iconic British toy retailer Hamleys for an undisclosed sum.

Reliance Brands Limited, which is owned by Mr Ambani, said it had signed an agreement to buy the company from China's C Banner International which had acquired it in 2015.

But did you know that the world's oldest toy retailer was founded by Cornishman William Hamley, who grew up in Bodmin?

Hamley left Cornwall for London in 1760 to open his first toy shop in the High Holborn area. The little store was named Noah's Ark.

The company opened its flagship store in London's Regent Street in 1881, where it continues to be one of the city's major attractions.

You can find out more about its history here.

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A Torbay charity for the homeless has won its fight with two former workers who claimed they were unfairly dismissed.

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An employment tribunal accepted an appeal by Humanity Torbay that the workers Flo Ardesi (pictured above) and Gaf McGoff (below) had worked there for fewer than two years and so were not entitled to make a claim.

Humanity also said the claimants were not employees and were volunteers.

It said it terminated the relationship lawfully and reasonably when the claimants delayed undertaking the necessary Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks [criminal record checks], and that various safeguarding concerns had arisen following their voluntary work.

The appeal followed a tribunal last year which found in favour of Mr Ardesi and Mr McGoff and they were each awarded £40,000.

The pair claimed unfair dismissal on race grounds and unpaid wages.

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Former chef Mr Ardesi said he was "gutted" at the reversal.

"I stayed there for 11 months without wages," he said. "I was taking a big gamble. It was not about the money, I had a genuine passion for it."

Dave Barratt, general manager of Humanity, said the charity felt "vindicated".

"We did not do anything wrong and the claim was a complete waste of time," he said.

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Thought you had an early start?

These firefighters were on a shout at about 04:00 on Friday and rushed to the station in their pyjamas.

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Totnes-based Claire Storey and Debbie Miller Wright were called to a fire at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.

En-route they were told the fire was out but they attended to put in ventilation fans to clear smoke.

Like the sound of that? Anyone interested in being part of the Totnes team should get in touch here.