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

Claire Jones
BBC News Online

Bidders who took part in an auction of rare antique and vintage Dinky toy cars were "very much a grey-haired audience" who were willing to spend a lot of money "to recreate their youth", a toy expert says.

Image source, Piers Motley

John Kinchen, from Portsmouth, collected the vehicles for decades before his death last year, with models dating from 1937 to the early 1970s. His collection of about 3,500 cars was passed to his cousins after he died and fetched £150,000 at an auction in Devon.  

Expert Bob Leggett said part of the "thrill" for collectors came from chasing the more elusive models they did not have during their childhoods. "When we were young we didn't have as many toys as people have today and therefore they were treasured much more", he said.

Cornish Guardian

Motorists face weeks of overnight road closures, external on the A30 as further work is carried out to dual the carriageway near Bodmin.

David Braine, Weather Forecaster

Any heavy showers should ease for many this evening, although a few may continue throughout the night. Otherwise there will be clear spells and some mist redeveloping in places. Minimum temperature: 11 Deg C (52 Deg F).

Thursday will be similar to Wednesday, with any early morning mist clearing quickly to leave another day of sunshine and heavy, thundery showers. Further west though it will likely be a little drier and brighter. Maximum temperature: 17C (63F).

Carys Edwards, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

A college which could see 60 staff losing their jobs has told BBC News it is hoping to avoid compulsory job losses wherever possible.

Cornwall College has seven sites across the county. Principal Amarjit Basi, one of the highest paid bosses of further education colleges in the country, has rejected calls to cut his £200,000 annual salary.

It has faced years of cut-backs, linked to a drop in government funding. Since 2011, there have been almost 400 job losses - more than 275 voluntary. The most recent accounts show a deficit of £9m, although the college said it was on track to get back in the black. 

It added that the principal's "strategic vision has transformed the college ... ensuring that it is fit for the future".

Andrew Segal
Local Live

• Police investigate the death of an eight-month-old baby in Newton Abbot
• A 97-year-old former head teacher from Devon is found not guilty of a string of child sex abuse charges alleged to have taken place over 25 years
• Five teenagers are taken into intensive care after taking drugs in Sidmouth
• A residential care home in Gorran Haven is told to find new homes for 20 residents by the end of this week after losing its licence
• Heavy rain has led to number of homes in North Devon being flooded
• Twelve people are set to lose their jobs at Trinity Mirror local newspapers in Cornwall  

Reality Check

As South West fishing boats join a flotilla sailing up the River Thames as part of the Brexit campaign, BBC News looks at the arguments to leave and remain in the EU for the farming and fishing industries.

Main views to remain:

• Many British farmers would go out of business without the support of the CAP
• 73% of UK farming exports go to the EU
• It was the EU that forced France and Germany to lift bans on British beef
• Fisheries have to be managed to prevent over-fishing

Main views to leave: 

• Britain pays more for the CAP than it gets back, so leaving the EU would make more money available for UK farmers
• The CAP also wastes lots of money on bureaucracy
• The Common Fisheries Policy has devastated the British fishing industry

Julie Skentelbery
BBC Radio Cornwall

Staff at three of Cornwall's best-known newspapers say they are shocked to be told that more than a quarter of their jobs are to go.

Trinity Mirror - which has owned the Cornishman, Cornish Guardian and West Briton since November - has admitted it plans to ask 44 staff to reapply for 32 jobs, indicating by Monday if they are interested. The re-structure also includes a merger for the three titles' websites.

We're told this announcement came out of the blue for the editorial teams. Some of the staff have worked for the papers for decades. One source described it as "fewer print journalists and more Twitter monkeys".

Trinity Mirror said the proposed changes are "built around a digital strategy backed by an editorial structure which ensures we are adapting to the changing landscape".

BBC Radio 5 Live

A 97-year-old former head teacher has been found not guilty of a string of child sex abuse charges alleged to have taken place over a 25-year period.

Jack Mount, from Devon, faced a number of allegations, the majority alleged to have been carried out at the Shropshire school he once owned in the 1960s and 1970s. Because of his ill health, the case was split into a series of relatively short trials.

Image source, PA

Two trials have been held: the first, which finished in February, involved two alleged victims and the jury returned not guilty verdicts. The second, which finished in May, involved a further four victims and saw the jury find him not guilty of three charges before it was dismissed because it was unable to reach verdicts on five other charges.

A third trial was to be carried out, but Judge Geoffrey Mercer at Exeter Crown Court ruled it should not go ahead because of Mr Mount's deteriorating health. Mr Mount is one of the oldest defendants ever to face trial in the UK.

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Three forwards have agreed deals with National One side Plymouth Albion.

Back-row Cameron Thompson, 25, who played eight times for Albion last season, is the most experienced of the new signings. He is joined by 19-year-old props Rory Briers and Curtis Reynolds.

Reynolds was part of Wasps' academy side and also played at Albion's National One rivals Old Albanians, while Briers is a Dutch under-18 international.

Carys Edwards, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Cornwall College says there are no plans for its principal or senior managers to take a pay cut after unions said he and other senior managers should accept cuts to show leadership and "recognise the pain" staff are going through after not having had a pay rise for some time.

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Amarjit Basi (pictured) is one of the highest paid bosses of further education colleges in the country, earning £200,000 a year. However, the college group - which has seven sites across Cornwall and also runs Bicton College in Devon - is facing a £9m deficit, and has plans for up to 60 redundancies.

The college said it was on track to get back in the black and Mr Basi's salary was in line with national pay scales. Such scales, it said, aimed to attract the best person for the top job.

Exeter Express & Echo

The skies above Exeter have been witness to a fair bit of drama recently, and this week has seen two victims of a surprising dogfight, external.

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

The parents of a disabled five-year-old from south east Cornwall fear he could be forced to give up school due to a problem with paperwork over his transport.

Lawrence Kowalski has a specially adapted taxi to school but he's not been issued with the paperwork needed to travel in it while seated in his new wheelchair because he's not heavy enough. His father, Gavin, said he feared his transport would be withdrawn and the family didn't have a suitable vehicle for him.

Cornwall Council and NHS Kernow said they were working together to find a solution. Millbrook Health, which provides the wheelchair, said it was waiting for guidance from them before it could issue a wheelchair passport to allow Lawrence to use his wheelchair in a taxi.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Police are investigating the death of an eight-month-old boy in Newton Abbot, officers have confirmed.

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a home in Brownhills Road at about 10:30 by an ambulance crew, who informed them of the death. 

The force said that "scenes of crime officers have been at the house to undertake initial investigations and we are currently treating the death as unexplained". 

A 27-year-old man is in police custody, awaiting questioning.

Julie Skentelbery
BBC Radio Cornwall

Staff at three local newspapers in Cornwall are facing job cuts, a union says.

The National Union of Journalists said it was told staff at the West Briton, Cornishman and Cornish Guardian were told their numbers were being cut by 12. 

It is understood those 12 are among 44 posts at the papers. The papers' owner, Trinity Mirror, has yet to comment.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

Five teenagers have been treated in hospital after becoming seriously ill after taking a prescription only drug called Alprazolam.

The five, aged 17 and 18, were treated in intensive care in Exeter. An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying the drugs and is currently on bail until 22 August pending further investigations.

PC Simon Blyth said: "Taking a drug that was not prescribed, in conjunction with drinking alcohol, resulted in five young people being hospitalised. It is through good fortune and the high standard of care of the NHS which meant there were no fatalities.”

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it had pumped water from a handful of cottages in Leacott in Devon after flash floods.