Live updates for Devon and Cornwall have finished for the day, but we'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel.

BBC Spotlight

Service personnel across the South West have observed the two-minute silence on Armistice Day today to remember those who lost their lives during armed conflict.

A lone bugler played the Last Post high above St Bartholomew's Fleet Air Arm Memorial Church, close to RNAS Yeovilton.

At the Royal Navy Submarine School at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, wreaths were laid at the statue of the unknown submariner. There'll be full reports from around the region on BBC Spotlight at 18:30.

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

Plans by Devon County Council to review the future of school crossing patrols have been labelled as "another stealth cut".

The Conservative-run authority says it wants to consult with schools as part of plans to deal with a predicted £9m overspend. 

The leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition Alan Connett said: "They have announced massive overspending on social services and they are trying to claw their way back with cuts."

BBC Radio Devon

Factors linked to increased farm productivity - including maize growing, feeding cattle silage, and the removal of hedgerows - are associated with higher infection rates of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), scientists at the University of Exeter, external say.

For every 10 hectares of maize grown to feed cattle, bTB risk increased by 20%, their studies found.

Maize is a favourite food of badgers, the researchers pointed out. The animals are also attracted to silage, and feeding cattle silage was associated, with a doubling of bTB risk in both dairy and beef farms. However, they added that badgers were only part of the problem in the disease's spread.

BBC Spotlight

A Cornish party organiser has rejected calls to ban balloon releases and said more research is needed on the issue.

Staff at Cornwall Wildlife Trust are urging people to stop supporting the mass release of helium-filled balloons, saying they are 'lethal' to many sea creatures.

Image source, Sharon Hedger / Balloonatics

Sharon Hedger from Balloonatics in Threemilestone said her manufacturer had told her their balloons were 100% biodegradable, adding: "The public have to take responsibility for their own actions and find out about the things they're buying, as with anything else - I don't want to see the environment harmed or any animals injured - I'm a member of Cornwall Wildlife Trust myself".

Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Two brothers from Exeter have appealed to the Queen and the prime minister for permission to bring their elderly father to the UK.

Muayad and Ahmed Damous say their father Abdulkarim is living in a park in Turkey after fleeing Syria - but three visa applications for the 75-year-old have been rejected.

The Home Office said all applications are considered on their individual merits and in line with immigration rules - but Muayad Damous said: "We fear he may not last much longer with winter coming on and miss him dreadfully."

Andrew Segal
Local Live

South West Water has made changes to its lone working procedures since a worker drowned in a water tank, a senior manager has told an inquest.

Robert Geach (pictured) died after falling into the filtration tank at the Falmouth Water Treatment Works in December 2013. Senior manager Bob Trivett told the inquest in Truro that it was 90 minutes before someone was sent to find out what had happened to Mr Geach after messages were not returned.

Image source, Handout

The hearing was also told that, if members of staff felt a particular task was too dangerous to carry out on their own, they were encouraged to ask for a colleague to join them for safety reasons.  

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

A worker for the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) in Exeter said she felt "utterly betrayed" after whistle blowing about a "hostile, sexist and discriminatory environment".

The NASUWT "wilfully ignores their own policies and procedures" and "turns a blind eye to discrimination", said Charlotte Revely, 51, at an Exeter tribunal.

The NASUWT has strongly denied the claims - the tribunal continues.

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

- The jury in the fraud trial of the founder of Cornish aid charity Shelterbox, his son and a third man has been sent home for the night 

- One of four people accused of murdering a vulnerable man in Cornwall has been acquitted 

- Devon County Council has announced a charity will take over its libraries to save £1.5m 

- South West Water has told an inquest in Cornwall that the company has made changes to lone working procedures after an employee drowned in a water tank in December 2013 

- A Devon boarding school is preparing to house refugees from Syria 

- And a number of services have taken place across Devon and Cornwall to mark Armistice Day 

David Braine, Weather Forecaster

Tonight: The drizzly conditions will clear southeastwards through the evening leaving the rest of the night dry but breezy with some clear periods. It'll turn cooler than recent nights with temperatures nearer average. Minimum Temperature: 8 Deg C (46 Deg F).

Tomorrow will get off to a dry start with some morning sunshine. Then rain will move in from the west, reaching Cornwall by dusk, then pushing across all parts. Temperatures will again be mild but it will feel cooler in the strengthening winds. Maximum Temperature: 15 Deg C (59 Deg F.  

BBC Travel

- The A30 isclosed between Penzance and Newlynafter an accident at Nancealverne. 

- In Kingsteignton on Newton Road one lane is closed and there is slow traffic after a collision near the retail park

- On the A3052 in Newton Poppleford, Four Elms Hill is partially blocked by an accident between Lower Way and Bowd.

- Look out for delays on the A38 in Plympton because of roadworks.

Exeter Express & Echo

A pressure group has spoken out over new proposals for the redevelopment of Exmouth seafront, external. Members of action group Save Exmouth Seafront have criticised a planning application for the scheme put forward by East Devon District Council.

BBC Radio Devon

Devon's libraries are to be run by a new organisation, owned by staff and the community. 

Council chiefs today agreed that Libraries Unlimited, the new 'public service mutual' set up by the Council, will take over the library service in April 2016.

The move is set to secure the future of all 50 of the County's libraries and save the authority a further £1.5m in addition to the £3m it has already saved from its library service budget over the past three years.

BBC Spotlight

The city of Exeter came to a respectful standstill at 11:00 as military personnel and members of the public marked Armistice Day.

The Exeter Branch of the Royal Marines Association held a Service of Remembrance at the World War Two Graves at Higher Cemetery.

The Exeter Cathedral choir paid tribute with a new musical version of the famous Remembrance Day poem "For the Fallen", by Robert Binyon. There'll be full reports from around the region on BBC Spotlight at 18:30.

Plymouth Herald

A boat owner says an “illegal” oil spill in Sutton Harbour, external has ruined his yacht and jeopardised his chances of taking part in a transatlantic race

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

School crossing patrols in Devon are said to be "under threat" as the council looks to save £250,000.

The county council wants to review the service to deal with a predicted £9m overspend and said it wants to consult with schools first.

The cabinet member for highway management Stuart Hughes said: "Consultation would be required to help the county council make an informed decision at a later date, and it is likely this issue will be raised at Cabinet this week."

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A "robust and evidence-based" approach is needed to beat the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), a scientist says.

Scientists from the University of Exeter, external report intensive cattle farming practices are linked to its increase, after analysing data from more than 1,300 farms.

Dr Fiona Mathews, who led the study, said: "All of the effects we have found are additive, so changing several linked aspects of the farming system could potentially make a big difference.

Pudsey Bear

In the run-up to the BBC Children in Need Day on Friday, we're looking at where your generous donations have been spent in the South West.

Play Torbay, external offers free play sessions to children. One of the children - Emily - said it gave her the opportunity not only to play, but to be a role model to the other children."

This year's BBC Spotlight 'Party for Pudsey' will be broadcast live from Fort Regeant in Jersey. 

BBC Radio Devon

Exeter-based airline Flybe has reported a pre-tax profit of £22.9m in the six months up to the end of September.

It compares to a £3.3m loss in the same period last year.

Chief executive Saad Hammad said: "While there are still a number of challenges ahead, Flybe enters the winter season with solid momentum".