Matt Pengelly
BBC Radio Cornwall

A team of injured military veterans who are building a brand new Cornish pilot gig have asked for the public's help to name it.

This is the vessel in its early stages - now it's nearing completion, the group behind it have started an appeal on Facebook, external to find a fitting name. 

The boat will be officially launched in Falmouth next month. It will then be rowed to the Isles of Scilly by a Help for Heroes, external crew for the World Pilot Gig Championships.

BBC Weather

The tops of the moors could see some isolated wintry showers. However, most areas will miss those, staying dry but with increasing amounts of cloud. Winds will be mainly northerly backing south westerly later. Maximum temperature: 8C (46F).

It will be a mainly cloudy night, with showers persisting around the coast. More continuous rain will approach from the west in the night, becoming showery. The rain or showers will be wintry over the moors, and winds will be moderate southerly. Minimum temperature: 3C (38F).

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

Cornish restaurants have raised more than £3,000 for local homeless charities.

Several took part in the StreetSmart campaign, which added an optional one pound charge onto customer's bills during November and December. All of the money raised will stay in Cornwall. 

Torquay Herald Express

Following the official opening of the South Devon Highway earlier this week, work is continuing on the project and the next phase of works has been announced, external by Galliford Try.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Cornwall Council is considering whether its special educational needs provision is fit for purpose.

The council is looking at capacity and the range of services, and has identified autism as an area that needs enhancing.

About 2,000 children and young people are diagnosed as having special educational needs in the county.

BBC Travel

- One lane is blocked on the A30 Longrock bypass on the approach to Penzance after an accident which is causing long delays.

- There are reports of a broken down car on the Mevagissey to St Austell road on a sharp bend.

- in Plymouth, Morgan Road remains closed near Plymbridge Road due to an accident.

- And traffic is very slow around St Austell on the A390 at Holmbush because of temporary traffic lights. 

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

- Twelve million pounds of cuts and the first council tax rise in five years are being voted on by councillors in Torbay

- The company running Appledore Shipyard says it hopes a decision to redeploy nearly half its workforce to Devonport Dockyard will be temporary

- A man has been ordered to pay just over £1,000 in fines and costs after becoming the first driver in Devon and Cornwall to be prosecuted under new drug-driving legislation

- Devon and Cornwall police have been praised in an annual review by the policing watchdog

BBC Spotlight

What do Barack Obama, Johnny Depp, and Aidian Turner have in Common?

They all have clay tobacco pipes made by artist Heather Coleman from Exeter.

Image source, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery

Heather Coleman started out as a collector before realising that TV and film producers needed replica pipes for costume dramas. More on the lunchtime news on BBC One at 13:30.

BBC Radio Devon

Two women have been rescued from a burning building in Ilfracombe, firefighters say, external. 

Four crews were called to the home in Northfield Road at about 00:40 after the fire started in the lounge. They rescued an elderly woman first, quickly followed by a younger woman.

The pair were treated by ambulance crews for the effects of breathing in smoke. An investigation is under way into the cause, Devon and Somerset Fire Service said.

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

The first driver in Devon and Cornwall to be prosecuted under new drug-driving legislation has been ordered to pay more than £1,000.

Mark Mitchell, 35, of Grassmere Way, Saltash, pleaded guilty to driving his BMW while over the prescribed drug limit on the A388 at Callington on 3 December 2015.

Bodmin Magistrates banned Mitchell from driving for 12 months and ordered him to pay a fine of £900, a victim surcharge of £90 and costs of £85.

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Seventy workers from Devon's Appledore Shipbuilders, almost half the workforce, have been transferred to Babcock's sister yard at Devonport.

A statement from Babcock says they have provided opportunities for workers at other sites because of a dip in workload, adding: "We remain focused in our efforts to successfully secure future work for the yard." 

Conservative MP Geoffrey Cox said: "Appledore and Babcock are making enormous efforts with the assistance of the government to find alternative work streams."

Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

Have you been convicted of speeding? Maybe your streets are plagued by drivers going too fast? 

Figures obtained by the BBC show more than 2,000 people in the UK were caught driving at over 100mph last year, with the fastest 156mph! 

Let me know if you've been caught and if you've changed your ways. Call today's lunchtime phone-in on 01872 222222.

Jenny Kumah, Devon Political Reporter

Proposals for £12m of cuts and a 4% council tax rise will be voted on by Torbay Councillors today. 

One main sticking point is elected Mayor Gordon Oliver's plans to save £60,000 by closing Connections Offices, external in Torquay and Brixham, where people get help with things such as housing benefit and council tax.  

There is concern that plans to reduce the service to one day a week will have an impact on vulnerable people. An office in Paignton would remain open full-time.

Fire crews are still using special equipment to cool down gas cylinders involved in a large fire at a workshop on a farm at Blackwater.

At its height 45 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze at Two Burrows.  

Bee Tucker
BBC Weather

If you're planning a trip to the seaside, here are the next high water times around Devon and Cornwall. 

  I'll have the latest forecast on BBC Spotlight at 13:30. 

Exeter Express & Echo

A cyclist has been involved in a collision with a car on Topsham Road, outside Devon County Hall shortly before 09:00, external.

Martyn Oates
BBC South West Political Editor

The prospect of a controversial parliamentary constituency incorporating parts of both Cornwall and Devon is now back on the table.

The Boundary Commission has started to redraw constituency boundaries and reduce the number of seats – which will mean two fewer MPs in the South West.

Similar plans drawn up in 2013 – but ultimately rejected by the Liberal Democrats in the coalition government – proposed a new cross-border seat based on the towns of Bideford, Bude and Launceston.

Schoolchildren from across Cornwall have been viewing a full size model of the Bloodhound Supersonic car this morning.

The Bloodhound will eventually be capable of reaching 1,000mph and will be tested in South Africa later this year.