Calls to the police were disrupted for several hours after the lightning damaged a phone mast.
Calls were diverted to the Plymouth control centre until the problem was fixed in the mid-afternoon - however all 999 calls continued to be answered as a priority.
Plumes of smoke seen over Exeter
Fire crews tackling blaze in a field
£500k for new homes for Torbay and Afghan families
More than 160 are in temporary accommodation
Government halts protection work on Dawlish mainline
'This is a massive blow'
Three people charged with attempted murder
Two men and a woman appearing at Plymouth Magistrates'
Body found in Cornish woodland
Death is suspicious
Costly Plymouth road project sparks council row
City growth vs. disruption
