It started as a gathering outside Plymouth's Civic Centre, but after a few laps around the square, more than 100 students started marching through the city to get their message across to the public.
The protests are taking place all over the world in a bid to get governments to tackle climate change.
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Dylan (pictured) led much of the chanting, including "System change, not climate change", and "Climate, change it back".
He said it was time for the government to start hitting the targets laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Elouise said she wanted to make a
change for the planet and for the future of all the other students on strike.
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The tour through the city was quite sporadic, but included a trip through Drake's Circus shopping centre.
Security guards shepherded the crowds away from the main shopping route.
An international footballer - 22-year-old Gladston Burke, has been given a community order by magistrates after he was caught with a knife in Plymouth.
Doors close on 15th Century Staverton inn
Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A 15th Century Devon Inn has closed after the company who were leasing it suddenly ceased trading yesterday.
But the Sea Trout Inn's owner, Palmers Brewery, said it hopes to reopen as soon as possible.
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A brewery spokesman said meetings with "interested parties" have already taken place.
"It is a lovely pub, so we hope the temporary closure does not last much longer," he said.
The Sea Trout Inn has 11 en-suite bedrooms, a restaurant, two bar areas, and a beer garden and a car park.
A task-force is looking at ways of reopening Appledore Shipyard after it formally closes today.
The group has been speaking to private businesses about the potential to commission new vessels.
It hopes to establish a consortium to take over the site in the coming weeks or months.
Parties involved in the task-force are Torridge District Council, Devon County Council, Langham Industries (the owners of the premises), Geoffrey Cox MP and the South West Business Council.
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Quote Message: We continue to work tirelessly to achieve a new start for this business and to support the existing workforce and those within the Bideford area who have been part of its success. Negotiations to date are active and we are encouraged by the number of strong inquiries received from companies seeking to place new marine contracts with the business. We expect to make good progress with the consortium over the next 6-8 weeks.” from Tim Jones Chairman of South West Business Council and Chair of the Taskforce
We continue to work tirelessly to achieve a new start for this business and to support the existing workforce and those within the Bideford area who have been part of its success. Negotiations to date are active and we are encouraged by the number of strong inquiries received from companies seeking to place new marine contracts with the business. We expect to make good progress with the consortium over the next 6-8 weeks.”
Plymouth MP addresses student crowd
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
After marching through a local shopping centre, about 100 students descended on the Plymouth offices of Luke Pollard MP.
They were initially told that he wasn't there, but he was on his way.
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Ten minutes later he arrived and faced some tough questions.
One students asked why he didn't attend a recent parliamentary debate on the environment, while another asked what he was personally doing to try and push through environmental legislation.
Mr Pollard said he had missed the debate as he was talking to another group about sustainable fishing at the time.
The Labour MP described the government's approach to environmental policy as "rubbish", and said the country needed more onshore wind farms and solar panels.
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He brushed off several questions from adults in the crowd, saying it was "the children's turn to talk".
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Warship returns to Plymouth after nine month mission
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
About 900 family and friends today cheered HMS Argyll home to Plymouth after a nine-month
mission to the Pacific.
The Royal Navy warship sailed to Tokyo and back via Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Diego Garcia, Greece and Malta.
The frigate had 210 sailors and Royal Marines on board.
Quote Message: After spending 270 days deployed from the UK across both hemispheres and as far East as Japan, my ship’s company will now enjoy some well-deserved leave at home before resuming operations in the summer.” from Commander Toby Shaughnessy Commanding Officer
After spending 270 days deployed from the UK across both hemispheres and as far East as Japan, my ship’s company will now enjoy some well-deserved leave at home before resuming operations in the summer.”
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Fresh food supplies flown in to Scilly
Lynne French
BBC News Online
The first of two special flights has arrived in the Isles of Scilly with supplies of fresh food.
The Cooperative store on the main island of St Mary's has run out of fresh food items over the past week due to weather conditions disrupting freight deliveries.
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group agreed to fly the produce in at its normal shipping charge, while the council also waived its landing and freight handling fees.
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The Steamship Group is still hoping to do a freight run by sea on Saturday, but adverse weather conditions could delay the crossing until early next week.
Council Chairman Robert Francis, said: "The weather over the past week has unfortunately restricted sea operations to such an extent that food supplies on the islands are now critically low.
"I'd like to thank the Steamship Company for agreeing to bring groceries in by plane at a reduced charge."
The council said it was closely monitoring supplies of other essential items, including pharmaceuticals, and although there were no immediate concerns, it wouldn't hesitate to take action if the situation changed.
Police and coastguards search Truro river bank
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
Police are continuing to search for evidence that could help them identify a woman who died in Truro this morning.
The woman was found on the river bank at Garras Wharf shortly after 10:00.
Devon and Cornwall Police received a call from a member of the public with concerns for the woman's welfare.
Emergency services attended, and she was taken to hospital but declared dead just after 11:30.
Coastguard teams and the police helicopter have been carrying our searches of the river bank. These were described by police as "evidential
searches particularly trying to find any items that would assist with ID."
Concerns over mental health facilities in Cornwall
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Councillors have raised concerns about facilities in Cornwall for people detained by police under the Mental Health Act.
Data from Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, shows 365 were detained last year, with the majority being taken by police to a dedicated unit at Longreach House in Redruth.
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Under section 136 of the act, police can detain someone they believe to be mentally ill and in need of immediate help to ensure their safety and/or the safety of others.
Detaining them in a police cell should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and this had not happened in Cornwall for more than two years.
The trust's report was put before Cornwall Council's health and adult social care overview and scrutiny committee earlier this week.
Councillor Bert Biscoe said he was worried about the increase in mental health issues police have to deal with and whether they have the capacity to take on the extra work.
He suggested that if another facility was needed, it could be provided at the new police headquarters in Bodmin.
Two artists from Devon have launched a project to turn solar power into an art form.
Chloe Uden and Naomi Wright have set up the community interest company Art and Energy, and have been given EU funding to develop a more aesthetically pleasing way of harnessing the power of the sun.
Ideas include fashioning panels in the shape of flowers and being able to charge a mobile phone from a solar powered sculpture.
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Quote Message: One of the main complaints that people have is about the look of solar panels. I think most people agree that solar panels are fantastic and brilliant and an important part of dealing with the climate emergency, but people hadn't really thought about the problem of how solar panels can be more beautiful." from Chloe Uden Artist
One of the main complaints that people have is about the look of solar panels. I think most people agree that solar panels are fantastic and brilliant and an important part of dealing with the climate emergency, but people hadn't really thought about the problem of how solar panels can be more beautiful."
The new solar artworks will be on display at Kaleider Studios in Exeter on 15 and 16 March.
The film about Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends had its premiere in Newquay last night.
It's inspired by the true story of the folk singers who became an unexpected hit with their authentic sea shanties.
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Lobster fisherman Jeremy Brown - from the real Fisherman's Friends - was at the premiere. He said it had been a nerve-wracking experience, but he was "very pleased" with the result.
"Obviously because we've got quite close links - the band is very tight - it could have all been dreadful if they hadn't captured it," he said.
Flights to Scilly set to resume after weather delays
Devon homeowners making huge profits from Right to Buy
Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall
Some homeowners in Devon are making huge profits when they sell on their former council houses, a BBC investigation has found.
In the wider south west, there have been about 9,000 Right to Buy sales since January 2001.
The homes are kept for an average of eight years, and sold on having made an average profit of £37 per day.
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In one instance, a tenant bought their home in Exeter under Right to Buy in 2006 for £310, and sold it on a month later for £205,000.
The average profit across Devon is more than £55,000.
But while thousands of people in the south west have benefited, Devon-based housing consultant Brian Moore says Right to Buy has had a "catastrophic effect" on the availability of social housing.
Quote Message: With Right to Buy coming along, probably half the [social housing] stock has gone...and the big problem is the government has not replaced them...It was great for the generation that had the Right to Buy - my parents were one of them, and it transformed their lives in a wonderful way. However the damage is, it's ruined the opportunities for millions of people in our country to bring up their families in a stable situation." from Brian Moore Independent housing consultant
With Right to Buy coming along, probably half the [social housing] stock has gone...and the big problem is the government has not replaced them...It was great for the generation that had the Right to Buy - my parents were one of them, and it transformed their lives in a wonderful way. However the damage is, it's ruined the opportunities for millions of people in our country to bring up their families in a stable situation."
The government says Right to Buy has enable nearly 2 million people to achieve their dream of home ownership.
It also says tenants who use the scheme must pay the council back some of their discount if they sell the property within five years, and give the local authority to opportunity to buy it back.
Global climate protest starts in Plymouth
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
They’re up and running at the Youth Strike 4 Climate in Plymouth.
Around 100 students from across the city are asking the government at all levels to do more to tackle climate change.
Chants of “Climate, change it back” are sporadically ringing around the reception area of the Civic Centre.
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There are plenty of inventive signs, some of which have taken a week to make.
Security guards at the Civic Centre weren’t too happy that the protest moved from the public footpath to a more sheltered area in what they described as “a private car park”.
Protesters were asked to move and are now marching around the square.
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Young woman found on Truro river bank has died
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A young woman who was found on a river bank in Truro this morning has died, police say.
Officers responded to a call from a member of the public shortly after 10:00, reporting "concern for the welfare of a woman on the river bank" at Garras Wharf.
Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the woman but she was declared deceased at hospital at 11:35.
An investigation is under way and police cordons remain in place on both sides of the Truro River.
'Young female' found on Truro river bank
Rebecca Wills
BBC South West
A "young female" has been found on a river bank in Truro police say.
Emergency services have cordoned off a section of the Tesco car park and also areas on the northern side of the Truro River.
Police and fire crews attended the scene at Garras Wharf after receiving a call from a member of the public just after 10:00 this morning reporting "concern for the welfare of a woman on the river bank".
An investigation is under way.
A statement from Devon and Cornwall Police said she had been taken to hospital and is undergoing CPR.
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Protesting students march through Plymouth
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
It started as a gathering outside Plymouth's Civic Centre, but after a few laps around the square, more than 100 students started marching through the city to get their message across to the public.
The protests are taking place all over the world in a bid to get governments to tackle climate change.
Dylan (pictured) led much of the chanting, including "System change, not climate change", and "Climate, change it back".
He said it was time for the government to start hitting the targets laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Elouise said she wanted to make a change for the planet and for the future of all the other students on strike.
The tour through the city was quite sporadic, but included a trip through Drake's Circus shopping centre.
Security guards shepherded the crowds away from the main shopping route.
Community order for knife-carrying footballer
Plymouth Live
An international footballer - 22-year-old Gladston Burke, has been given a community order by magistrates after he was caught with a knife in Plymouth.
Doors close on 15th Century Staverton inn
Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A 15th Century Devon Inn has closed after the company who were leasing it suddenly ceased trading yesterday.
But the Sea Trout Inn's owner, Palmers Brewery, said it hopes to reopen as soon as possible.
A brewery spokesman said meetings with "interested parties" have already taken place.
"It is a lovely pub, so we hope the temporary closure does not last much longer," he said.
The Sea Trout Inn has 11 en-suite bedrooms, a restaurant, two bar areas, and a beer garden and a car park.
'No point in school if there's no future'
Young people walk out of schools and colleges across England to protest over climate change.
Read moreHopes remain for future of Appledore Shipyard
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A task-force is looking at ways of reopening Appledore Shipyard after it formally closes today.
The group has been speaking to private businesses about the potential to commission new vessels.
It hopes to establish a consortium to take over the site in the coming weeks or months.
Parties involved in the task-force are Torridge District Council, Devon County Council, Langham Industries (the owners of the premises), Geoffrey Cox MP and the South West Business Council.
Plymouth MP addresses student crowd
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
After marching through a local shopping centre, about 100 students descended on the Plymouth offices of Luke Pollard MP.
They were initially told that he wasn't there, but he was on his way.
Ten minutes later he arrived and faced some tough questions.
One students asked why he didn't attend a recent parliamentary debate on the environment, while another asked what he was personally doing to try and push through environmental legislation.
Mr Pollard said he had missed the debate as he was talking to another group about sustainable fishing at the time.
The Labour MP described the government's approach to environmental policy as "rubbish", and said the country needed more onshore wind farms and solar panels.
He brushed off several questions from adults in the crowd, saying it was "the children's turn to talk".
Warship returns to Plymouth after nine month mission
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
About 900 family and friends today cheered HMS Argyll home to Plymouth after a nine-month mission to the Pacific.
The Royal Navy warship sailed to Tokyo and back via Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, Pakistan, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Diego Garcia, Greece and Malta.
Earlier this week they were involved in rescuing all the crew of a burning container ship off the French coast.
The frigate had 210 sailors and Royal Marines on board.
Fresh food supplies flown in to Scilly
Lynne French
BBC News Online
The first of two special flights has arrived in the Isles of Scilly with supplies of fresh food.
The Cooperative store on the main island of St Mary's has run out of fresh food items over the past week due to weather conditions disrupting freight deliveries.
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group agreed to fly the produce in at its normal shipping charge, while the council also waived its landing and freight handling fees.
The Steamship Group is still hoping to do a freight run by sea on Saturday, but adverse weather conditions could delay the crossing until early next week.
Council Chairman Robert Francis, said: "The weather over the past week has unfortunately restricted sea operations to such an extent that food supplies on the islands are now critically low.
"I'd like to thank the Steamship Company for agreeing to bring groceries in by plane at a reduced charge."
The council said it was closely monitoring supplies of other essential items, including pharmaceuticals, and although there were no immediate concerns, it wouldn't hesitate to take action if the situation changed.
Police and coastguards search Truro river bank
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
Police are continuing to search for evidence that could help them identify a woman who died in Truro this morning.
The woman was found on the river bank at Garras Wharf shortly after 10:00.
Devon and Cornwall Police received a call from a member of the public with concerns for the woman's welfare.
Emergency services attended, and she was taken to hospital but declared dead just after 11:30.
Coastguard teams and the police helicopter have been carrying our searches of the river bank. These were described by police as "evidential searches particularly trying to find any items that would assist with ID."
Areas of the river bank remain cordoned off.
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Read moreConcerns over mental health facilities in Cornwall
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Councillors have raised concerns about facilities in Cornwall for people detained by police under the Mental Health Act.
Data from Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, shows 365 were detained last year, with the majority being taken by police to a dedicated unit at Longreach House in Redruth.
Under section 136 of the act, police can detain someone they believe to be mentally ill and in need of immediate help to ensure their safety and/or the safety of others.
Detaining them in a police cell should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and this had not happened in Cornwall for more than two years.
The trust's report was put before Cornwall Council's health and adult social care overview and scrutiny committee earlier this week.
Councillor Bert Biscoe said he was worried about the increase in mental health issues police have to deal with and whether they have the capacity to take on the extra work.
He suggested that if another facility was needed, it could be provided at the new police headquarters in Bodmin.
The works of art that can charge your phone
BBC Spotlight
Two artists from Devon have launched a project to turn solar power into an art form.
Chloe Uden and Naomi Wright have set up the community interest company Art and Energy, and have been given EU funding to develop a more aesthetically pleasing way of harnessing the power of the sun.
Ideas include fashioning panels in the shape of flowers and being able to charge a mobile phone from a solar powered sculpture.
The new solar artworks will be on display at Kaleider Studios in Exeter on 15 and 16 March.
Cornish premiere of Fisherman's Friends film
BBC Radio Cornwall
The film about Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends had its premiere in Newquay last night.
It's inspired by the true story of the folk singers who became an unexpected hit with their authentic sea shanties.
Lobster fisherman Jeremy Brown - from the real Fisherman's Friends - was at the premiere. He said it had been a nerve-wracking experience, but he was "very pleased" with the result.
"Obviously because we've got quite close links - the band is very tight - it could have all been dreadful if they hadn't captured it," he said.
Flights to Scilly set to resume after weather delays
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Devon homeowners making huge profits from Right to Buy
Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall
Some homeowners in Devon are making huge profits when they sell on their former council houses, a BBC investigation has found.
In the wider south west, there have been about 9,000 Right to Buy sales since January 2001.
The homes are kept for an average of eight years, and sold on having made an average profit of £37 per day.
In one instance, a tenant bought their home in Exeter under Right to Buy in 2006 for £310, and sold it on a month later for £205,000.
The average profit across Devon is more than £55,000.
But while thousands of people in the south west have benefited, Devon-based housing consultant Brian Moore says Right to Buy has had a "catastrophic effect" on the availability of social housing.
The government says Right to Buy has enable nearly 2 million people to achieve their dream of home ownership.
It also says tenants who use the scheme must pay the council back some of their discount if they sell the property within five years, and give the local authority to opportunity to buy it back.
Global climate protest starts in Plymouth
Chris Quevatre
BBC News Online
They’re up and running at the Youth Strike 4 Climate in Plymouth.
Around 100 students from across the city are asking the government at all levels to do more to tackle climate change.
Thousands of schoolchildren worldwide have abandoned classrooms for a day of protest.
Chants of “Climate, change it back” are sporadically ringing around the reception area of the Civic Centre.
There are plenty of inventive signs, some of which have taken a week to make.
Security guards at the Civic Centre weren’t too happy that the protest moved from the public footpath to a more sheltered area in what they described as “a private car park”.
Protesters were asked to move and are now marching around the square.
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Severe accident: A390 Cornwall both ways
A390 Cornwall both ways severe accident, from A390 to B3275.
A390 Cornwall - A390 in Probus closed and heavy traffic in both directions from Trewithen Roundabout to the B3275 junction, because of an accident involving three vehicles.
To report traffic and travel incidents dial 0330 123 0184 at any time
Young woman found on Truro river bank has died
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A young woman who was found on a river bank in Truro this morning has died, police say.
Officers responded to a call from a member of the public shortly after 10:00, reporting "concern for the welfare of a woman on the river bank" at Garras Wharf.
Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the woman but she was declared deceased at hospital at 11:35.
An investigation is under way and police cordons remain in place on both sides of the Truro River.
'Young female' found on Truro river bank
Rebecca Wills
BBC South West
A "young female" has been found on a river bank in Truro police say.
Emergency services have cordoned off a section of the Tesco car park and also areas on the northern side of the Truro River.
Police and fire crews attended the scene at Garras Wharf after receiving a call from a member of the public just after 10:00 this morning reporting "concern for the welfare of a woman on the river bank".
An investigation is under way.
A statement from Devon and Cornwall Police said she had been taken to hospital and is undergoing CPR.