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

Kirk England, North Devon Reporter

A garage on Exmoor which sells fuel discounted by five pence a litre under the Rural Fuel Rebate Scheme has seen sales increase by around a third since it started six months ago. 

As he filled up at the filling station at Barbrook, taxi driver Gary Wedlake said: "It's made a great difference - living out at Lynmouth in the country, it always feels like you're paying the higher price for fuel, if you're trying to run a small transport business, it does have an impact."

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

A man whose heart echogram was cancelled ahead of a planned strike by junior doctors has said he was "a little upset".

The strike was called off, but hundreds of appointments and some operations in local hospitals postponed.

John Burdett said: "I have a new mechanical valve and I like to know it's still working properly."

Protestors against military intervention in Syria have been gathering in Truro. 

MPs will debate whether the UK should start bombing Syria tomorrow, with a vote expected at 22:00.

David Braine, Weather Forecaster

Little change is expected overnight with mostly cloudy skies and some clearer intervals. The odd drizzly shower will continue and it will be mild once again. Minimum Temperature: 9 Deg C (48 Deg F).

Another cloudy day on Wednesday with outbreaks of drizzle but becoming mostly dry with the odd brighter spell later. Winds could become quite gusty over the moors. Maximum Temperature: 13 Deg C (55 Deg F).

Carys Edwards, Business & Industry Correspondent

People on the edge of Exmoor are furious after plans to put up a mobile phone mast were scrapped.

Fovernment-appointed contractor Arquiva , externalpulled out just two days after planning permission was granted for the Haddon Hill mast by Exmoor National Park Authority, external, saying it was "unfortunate" it could not be completed on time.

Terry Brownbill, a spokesman for the Business Exmoor Communications Committee, said people were operating in conditions that would "shame many Third World countries" and the lack of a reliable mobile signal meant businesses were are at a serious competitive disadvantage, while farmers working alone would continue to be in danger.

Lynne French, BBC News Online

- A man accused of murdering a 27-year-old builder in Plymouth on New Year's Day has told a court he took an axe to protect himself.  

- Devon and Cornwall Police have been criticised for failing to share intelligence on organised crime

- Despite a strike by junior doctors being called off at the last minute, about 60 operations and hundreds of outpatient appointments have been cancelled at local hospitals

- Space debris found off the Isles of Scilly was not from a rocket that exploded after take off, but from a successful mission in September last year

- A man accused of murdering a 27-year-old builder in Plymouth on New Year's Day has told a court he took an axe to protect himself.

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

A chunk of space debris found off the Isles of Scilly was from the first stage of a mission to the International Space Station and not an exploded rocket, as first thought.

Image source, Tresco Island

The section of spacecraft was spotted floating between Bryher and Tresco. Coastguards believed it was from the SpaceX Falcon 9 which exploded after take-off in Florida in June.

SpaceX have now confirmed it was from the earlier CRS-4 mission, which successfully docked with the International Space Station after its launch from Cape Canaveral last September.

John Danks, BBC Spotlight

A man accused of murdering a 27-year-old builder on New Year's Day has told a court he was on his way to a fight and took an axe to protect himself.

Donald Pemberton, 21, denies murdering Tanis Bhandari, 27, in Tamerton Foliot, near Plymouth in Devon. Mr Bhandari was stabbed twice in the attack, Plymouth Crown Court has heard. 

Mr Pemberton said Ryan Williams, who pleaded guilty to murder last week, went with him to meet a man that Mr Pemberton had been messaging on Facebook.

BBC Travel

- Reports of an accident in Plymouth on North Prospect Road near Greatlands Crescent.

- Treyew Road in Truro is partially blocked near Chapel Hill due to an accident.

 - There are a number of overnight road closures in Devon and Cornwall, including the A38, A30 and the M5. Check out the @BBCTravelSW Twitter feed, external for more details.    

- An early warning that the Torpoint Ferry, external will be temporarily suspended during rush hour on Thursday between 08:20 and 09:40.

The last minute cancellation of a strike by junior doctors has been met with relief by the majority of them.

In the South West, about 60 operations were cancelled as well as hundreds of outpatients appointments.

Louise Anning, a junior doctor at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, external, said she always hoped it would be possible to avoid taking action, adding that most of her colleagues were relieved and the vote to strike "showed the depth of concern" doctors had about the proposed contract changes.

Western Morning News

Prince Harry has been telling young people in South Africa, external about his happy experiences of surfing at Polzeath in Cornwall. He was speaking to a group involved in the Surfers Not Street Children project.

Lynne French, BBC News Online

December has brought the first flurry of 'snow' to Truro - even if it is the fake kind.

Image source, Totally Truro BID

Totally Truro, external said the "snowy" tree was just one of many Business Improvement District-funded activities for the city this Christmas.

Lynne French, BBC News Online

Motorists who are under the influence this Christmas may face roadside drugs as well as breathalyser tests.

If drug driving is suspected - which also includes so-called 'legal highs' - drivers could be swabbed byDevon and Cornwall Police, external or have a roadside sobriety test.

Image source, Getty Images

“Drink and drug driving is not tolerated at any time of the year, but with more temptation on offer at Christmas, officers will be extra vigilant," Inspector Richard Pryce said.

The Cornishman

A man from East Sussex is due in court charged with driving a golf buggy while over the limit, external on the Isles of Scilly.

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

A benefit of the junior doctors' strike being called off has been having extra staff to send patients home, a hospital boss has told the BBC.

The planned industrial action was called off at the last minute, but not before many operations and outpatient appointments were cancelled.  

However Adrian Harris, medical director of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, said the additional staffing meant the "significant bed pressure" could be relieved, adding: "We have virtually every bed full and this is allowing us to concentrate on getting patients discharged."

BBC Radio Devon

Plans for a new multi-million pound leisure centre in Exeter, including an eight-lane swimming pool and a learner pool for babies and young children, have gone on display. 

The council, external says the state-of-the-art facility will help to encourage people to get fit. "About 70% of the city's population is currently not getting enough exercise," Councillor Pete Edwards added.  

Kirk England, North Devon Reporter

The owner of a garage in north Devon selling fuel at a five pence a litre discount under the government's Rural Fuel Rebate Scheme says it's been an 'amazing' success.

Exmoor garage owner Lesley Goodman said her sales had increased by around a third, adding: "Our customers have started to come in and fill up their tanks... whereas before they were filling up with a little bit of fuel and then going on to a local supermarket or into a bigger area to buy, so the impact on us has been amazing."