BBC Weather

Tonight cloud will continue to spread eastwards and thicken at times to give some outbreaks of light rain or drizzle. It will also become misty around the coasts and over hills. 

Light or moderate southwesterly winds will become fresher at times around the coast. Minimum temperature: 15 C (59 F).

Saturday: Generally cloudy with a little light rain or drizzle possible, but there should also be some drier, brighter periods for a time before cloud thickens during the afternoon and a spell of more persistent rain moves in from the west towards evening.

It'll be misty around the coast and over high ground. Moderate or fresh southwesterly winds will be occasionally strong around the north coast. Maximum temperature: 20 C (68 F).

BBC News England

A woman who was raped as a teenager in 1987 has described decades of living in fear until her attacker was caught.

David Mears, now 60, was arrested earlier this year after new forensic techniques were used.

Mears, from Plymouth, has been sentenced to life with a minimum term in jail of eight years.

BBC Spotlight

More humane cages are being drafted in to try and catch a lynx that escaped from Dartmoor Zoo on Thursday.

Keepers have 25 humane traps dotted around the zoo boundary and in surrounding land and have now brought in two larger humane traps, which they believe will offer a better chance of catching the cat.

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

Nuclear waste from 12 laid-up submarines at Devonport will be stored at Capenhurst nuclear site in Cheshire.

The Ministry of Defence announcement means Devonport can start removing the subs' radioactive reactors and dismantle the vessels as soon as the facilities are in place.

Capenhurst will store the reactors from a total of 27 laid-up nuclear subs at Devonport and Rosyth until a permanent site is found "some time after 2040".

Nuclear fuel which remains on eight of the 12 subs at Devonport will be taken to Sellafield in Cumbria.

Plymouth Herald

Massive blades, external which will power nine 390ft turbines at a controversial wind farm in Devon have started to be delivered.

Facebook

Image source, Devon & Cornwall Police

News that a Polish family were targeted by arsonists in what police are calling a "racially motivated hate crime", has prompted angry people to take to Facebook:

• Glenda Benger - Shame on those who did this. Ashamed of the actions of some of our so called society.
• David Pullin - Disgusting. Poles helped us gain freedom for Europe 1939 - 1945. They contribute to our country in so many ways and should be welcome here. 
• Charlotte Richardson - I voted leave and I think it's pretty small minded to brandish everyone who voted leave as a 'racist' I think this sort of behaviour is disgusting and thuggish!   

• Wendy Howe - Leaving the EU has given idiots the go ahead for these despicable acts... Embarrassed by these Morons.  

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

Benjamin Mee, director of Dartmoor Zoo, said that overnight police used drones to hover "over the field where we thought the lynx was and there was indeed a lynx-sized dot, with cows nearby to give a comparison".

He told BBC News: "We used a human cordon to try and move him towards the humane traps.

"We're now going to give him enough space and time to rest and get hungry." Mr Mee added. He hopes the lynx will enter a humane trap to feed tonight.  

BBC News England

We are broadcasting live on Facebook, external from the home of a Polish family who tell us they are too scared to go out after a racially motivated arson attack on their home in Plymouth.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

Police have closed a road to allow a specialist team to remove a "large amount" of drugs and equipment from a three-storey building in Devon.

Officers were called to the former Axe Vale Social Club in Chard Street, Axminster, after reports of a strong smell of cannabis in the area.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the production of cannabis. The man remains in police custody while investigations are ongoing.

It is not clear how long the operation will take, a spokesman said.

BBC Travel

The A30 in Cornwall is blocked and there's queuing traffic westbound between Carminow Cross in Bodmin and Innis Downs Junction in Lanivet, because of an accident. 

West Briton

If you would like to lord it over your neighbours, external at Tintagel, you can now do so – for a mere £9,000.

BBC Radio Devon

A charity in the South West wanting to rehome dogs from Hungary claims tens of thousands of them die there every year in "killing stations".

People across Devon and Cornwall have been adopting dogs from the country to save them from being killed.

The Hungarian government has admitted it doesn't know how many dogs are put down in rescue centres and pounds.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Police in Newquay are to become the first in Britain to use Segway machines while out on patrol. 

The two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicles are already used overseas and have been donated to the force meaning there's no cost involved.

Elisabeth Mahy
BBC News Online

Prison officers at HM Dartmoor have joined colleagues from across England and Wales in an unofficial walkout in protest against plans to change how they work.

They say their concerns have been "ignored". 

Officers say they have been "undermined" over proposals to reform the system of offender management within jails. There is also concern over safety, with almost 5,000 assaults on prison staff nationally last year.

The Prison Service says it will "continue to work closely" with the unions to address their concerns and insists that the welfare of its staff is one of its key priorities.

BBC Radio Devon

Volunteers and staff at Dartmoor Zoo have formed a human cordon to try to capture Flaviu, the lynx that escaped from the wildlife park in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Two police drones with thermal imaging equipment have identified an animal the size of the wild cat in fields near the zoo.

Staff have also discovered two of the baited traps have been disturbed and there are animal tracks around the park. They hope to recover the animal in the next few hours.

BBC Travel

• A30 eastbound between Chiverton Cross and Carland Cross and again between Innis Downs and Temple there's slow moving traffic
• On the A39 through Camelford traffic is very heavy in both directions
• Delays, external to and from London Waterloo expected until 14:00

Exeter Express & Echo

Parents are continuing to be assured that it's business as normal at Exeter Deaf Academy after a major investigation was launched, external at the school involving the police and Devon County Council.

BBC Spotlight

Zoo staff trying catch an escaped lynx say their main concerns are the safety of the public and for the welfare of Flaviu.

The animal escaped on Thursday and staff and police have since located the cat in farmland close to the zoo, but now need to catch him.

Staff said he was extremely timid and his instinct was to stay away from people.