Press Association

The Coxless Crew, external, including Redruth's Laura Penhaul, have arrived in Cairns, Australia (pictured), becoming the first all-female team and the first four-person boat to row the Pacific. 

Image source, PA

So what did the crew endure during their trip? Well, they ...

- Lived aboard a pink 29ft, 1.5-tonne boat called Doris

- Rowed at least 8,000 nautical miles, or 9,206 miles - more than a third of the Earth's circumference - during 257 days at sea, taking in about 512 ocean sunrises and sunsets

- Rowed in pairs for 12 hours a day in two-hour sessions, totalling about 3,080 hours each - the same as rowing non-stop for 128 days

- Slept approximately six hours each a day, napping for an hour-and-a-half at a time

- Endured gales, storms, waves as high as three-storey buildings and temperatures up to 40C (104F) and as low as 12C (53.6F) 

- Suffered sea sickness, sunburn, salt and pressure sores and hands that stiffened into claw shapes from pulling the oars for so long

BBC Radio Cornwall

The Bishop of Truro has been named as the new president of a local autism charity. 

The Right Reverend Tim Thornton takes over the role of president of Spectrum, based in Penryn, from former Lord Lieutenant Lady Mary Holborrow. 

Spectrum provides specialist care services for people with disorders on the autistic spectrum. It supports about 100 children and adults across the country.

BBC Travel

- In Devon, on Moles Lane, near Moles Cross, close to Torquay, there are reports of an accident

-  On the A30, heading towards Okehampton, between the Woodleigh Junction and Whiddon Down, one lane is closed due to accident 

- Traffic's flowing smoothly on the Tamar Bridge, and there's a 10 minute wait the ferries running at Torpoint

- Skybus flights to and from the Isles of Scilly are operating on time

BBC Spotlight

A teenager was among those to surf the giant "Cribbar" wave in Newquay, Cornwall.

Kamron Matthews, 15, was believed to be the youngest ever surfer to ride the famous 20ft wave on Saturday.

Image source, Dan Sedgwick

The Cribbar - named after rocks on the western edge of Towan Head - forms over a shallow reef and creates a very steep wave a few times a year when the weather and tides come together. Two windsurfers were rescued by a lifeboat in the waves on Saturday.

BBC News Health

A park in Plymouth had playing equipment which recorded lead in its paint of more than 1,000 times above internationally agreed levels, a newly published study by city scientists says.

Plymouth University scientists tested the content of paints on play equipment at 50 parks across Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire and Somerset. 

Image source, Thinkstock

A 10% presence of lead was found in the paint at one playground built in Plymouth in 2009. European rules from 1977 suggest paint for playgrounds should contain no more than 0.25% lead, but Dr Andrew Turner said the general consensus in the US and many European countries today was for paint to have level of around 0.009%.

BBC Radio Devon

There are reports of traffic chaos in Crediton after part of the High Street was closed for roadworks.

Diversions are in place along a stretch of the A377 South West Water can carry out sewer repairs. The road is a major commuter route for people travelling to and from Exeter. 

Some of those using the diversion told BBC Radio Devon, they had reported long delays during this mornings rush hour. The road closure is so South West Water can carry out sewer repairs, the company say they're working hard to keep disruption to a minimum.

West Briton

Residents in Cornwall are being urged to have their say on the county's proposed Local Plan, which will act as a blueprint for all future planning across the county, external.

Amy Gladwell, BBC News Online

Male domestic violence victims in Cornwall are being urged to come forward as authorities try to deal with a higher than average proportion of deaths.

Action's been taken after a review said there could be a "chink in the chain of support for males" and reported that "victims are still reluctant to tell" and "professionals are still reluctant to ask".

Michelle Davies from Safer Cornwall said: "We've done an awful lot of work following the reviews of the fatalities that recognise that we need to be better at promoting services' availability to male victims."

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Here's something you don't see rumbling through Truro on a Sunday afternoon often - a 1960s FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier in United Nations livery.

Image source, Andrew Segal

The 15-tonne full caterpillar track vehicle - a former ambulance which had been in desert camouflage - was now owned by a local vehicle dealership, its crew members (below) said.

Image source, Andrew Segal

But driving it is not without its hazards - and not just the ordinary ones of size, weight and levers instead of a steering wheel. Driver Jim Wrigley (second right), who served with the Army's Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, said: "You'd still be surprised how many drivers don't see it pull out on to the road."

BBC Radio Cornwall

The last 200m of 9,200-mile (14,800km) expedition by a team of female rowers to cross the Pacific Ocean was a "rather nice row" after a very difficult 200 miles before, the crew's leader says.

The Coxless Crew, external - led by 32-year-old team leader Laura Penhaul, originally from Redruth - have arrived in Australia nine months after setting off from San Francisco to cross the Pacific Ocean.

Image source, Via Skype

Laura Penhaul said about arriving: "We'd an escort of boats, loads of people came out. We were very overwhelmed with the response that we got. But the last 200 miles were the hardest rowing of the entire journey. We had the least amount of energy, you had to dig deep." 

BBC Radio Devon

The government's new Universal Credit system is "shocking" because it will mean "people will not be able to feed their children, people will not be able to pay their rent", a union official says.

Universal Credit scheme is being rolled out in Jobcentres in Devonport, Plymouth, Brixham and Torquay from Monday. 

Martin Manear, from the Unite union in the South West said: "Hundreds of people are going to be sanctioned for minor infringements of bureaucratic rules; and not because they are swinging the lead, cheating the system or anything like that."

The government said it did not accept such "scaremongering".

James Law
BBC Sport Online

Truro City manager Steve Tully admits his side's mistakes were caused by tiredness as they spurned a two-goal lead to draw 4-4 at home to Maidenhead.

Isaac Vassell scored two for the White Tigers and on-loan striker Matt Jay netted on his debut but Truro conceded twice in the last 15 minutes.

"At 4-2 it's got to be game over but we didn't do that," said Tully. "When tiredness creeps in you make mistakes and that's definitely what happened in the last 20 minutes."

Bill Buckley
BBC Radio Devon

The government might take in 3,000 unaccompanied child migrants while some asylum seekers already here have had to wear coloured wristbands to get food. Are we treating desperate people fairly? 

And is it time for the over-75s to pay for their TV Licence? Those people may be asked to give up their free licence or make a voluntary contribution to it.

Join me from 13:00 and call on 0845 3011034.    

BBC Radio Devon

A man who died after his car crashed near Barnstaple was a 58-year-old local man Barnstaple driving a two-seat, three-wheel vehicle, police say.

The driver died at the scene of the crash on the B3232 between Charlacott Cross and Prospect Corner, near Newton Tracey, at about 11:50 on Sunday. No other vehicles were involved, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

The road was closed for around five hours for a forensic examination of the scene where the car - which had two front wheels and single rear wheel - took place.

Exeter Express & Echo

Battlelines have been drawn ahead of May's council elections after the city's Conservative group pledged to scrap the £100m redevelopment of the bus station site just minutes after it was given the go-ahead, external.

Holly Green
BBC Weather

It will be a breezy afternoon with variable amounts of cloud and some bright or sunny spells, but also a few isolated showers. Maximum Temperature: 13C (55F).

Tonight will see a cooler night, with some good breaks in the cloud initially. More cloud and strengthening winds will spread from the west later in the night. Minimum Temperature: 7C (45F).

BBC News England

A 9,200-mile (14,800km) expedition by a team of female rowers to cross the Pacific Ocean has set new world records.

Image source, PA

The Coxless Crew, external - led by 32-year-old team leader Laura Penhaul, originally from Redruth - have arrived in Australia nine months after setting off from San Francisco to cross the Pacific Ocean.

The crew set two records: the women becoming the first all-female team, and the first team of four to row the Pacific.

Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

We're talking about experiencing domestic abuse, particularly men being the victims. Men suffering such abuse are being urged to come forward in Cornwall as authorities try to reduce an unusually high proportion of deaths in the county. 

And concern is raised that Cornish post office's days could be numbered. Porthleven is the latest to come under scrutiny as the Post Office reorganises services.

Call us on 01872 222222.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A murder investigation has been launched following the "sudden and unexplained death" of a man in Cornwall, police say., external

Emergency crews were called to a property in Horsedowns Road in Leedstown, Hayle, at about 02:00 on Saturday, following reports of a disturbance.

A man in his 50s, who was found unresponsive at the property later died. He has yet to be formally identified. Two local men, aged 43 and 70, were arrested on suspicion of murder and later released on police bail.