BBC Local Live: Devon & Cornwall

Teignmouth Hospital could close if proposals for a new health centre in the town go ahead.

The purpose-built site could see GPs, the multi-disciplinary health and wellbeing team, voluntary sector partners, and some outpatient clinics brought under one roof.

Several different sites in the town are being considered, with the current hospital site and East Cliff Car Park both viable options.

The proposals will go to public consultation for six weeks from 20 April.

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Tonight will be dry and often clear with only the odd patch of cloud and mainly gentle winds.

Minimum Temperature: 3 to 6°C (37 to 43°F)

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Tomorrow morning will be dry and rather sunny.

Some cloud will bubble-up in places by the afternoon bringing the risk of one or two sharp showers.

Maximum Temperature: 17 to 20°C (63 to 68°F)

A man has been left with serious injuries after the car he was driving crashed on the A30 westbound near Launceston at about 04:40 this morning.

A man and a woman in their 30s were in the car when it left the road and struck a number of trees, police said.

Both were taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, the woman with minor injuries.

One lane of the A30 remained closed whilst an examination of the scene took place and was reopened at 11:00.

A power cut in Plymouth is currently affecting more than 1000 properties. Western Power Distribution hopes to have it resolved by 19:00.

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A woman had a shock when house sitting for friends after she discovered a slow worm wedged in a BBQ tool.

RSPCA Animal Collection Officer Paul Adams was called on 19 April by a member of the public who found the slow worm in the garden shed in Exeter.

Mr Adams had to take the reptile, still stuck in the tool, to RSPCA West Hatch Animal Centre.

Staff at the centre used a saw to carefully cut the slow worm free.

Mr Adams said: “Hopefully she can now be released back into the wild where she belongs."

A Cornish mum who deliberately poisoned her 18-month-old daughter with more than a tablespoon of salt has been jailed for four years.

The 29-year-old mother, who is from the St Austell area, gave her toddler between 21 and 24 grams of salt in April 2016.

The child survived after treatment at two hospitals.

The woman was found guilty of administering a poison or noxious substance to endanger life at Truro Crown Court in March and cannot be named for legal reasons.

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Wheelie bins could help reduce the amount of litter on the streets of Cornwall and drive up recycling rates, councillors were told this week.

Current figures show that just 35% of waste in Cornwall is currently recycled but the council has set itself a target of 48%.

Following an inquiry into rubbish collections held by the neighbourhoods overview and scrutiny committee, new container options were on display at County Hall, with wheelie bins, seagull-proof sacks, trolley boxes and an assortment of other bags and sacks being proposed.

No firm proposals have been drawn up but a decision is expected to be considered on 24 May when a recommendation is made by the committee.

Verity Palk, team leader for waste and environmental contracts at County Hall, said: “There are benefits in that we can control the amount of waste that is put out and there are also benefits from a health and safety perspective for collecting crews."

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Police are investigating a care home in Perranporth over safeguarding concerns.

Residents of Sunningdale House have been removed by Cornwall Council after concerns were raised over the quality of care.

Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We are in the early stages of what is likely to be a protracted and fairly complex investigation."

Sunningdale House remains open but the owners, South West Care Homes, have replaced the home's management team.

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The company said: "Care wasn't reaching its usual high standards."

In a statement, Cornwall Council said: "We are working closely with families and partners and support is available for those people who fund their own care if they wish to move."

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have visited the home twice in the last month.

A CQC report is expected to be released in the coming weeks.