People living in Exeter city centre are still not allowed to return home following a major fire
Thousands of people flocked to Plymouth city centre for the MTV Crashes music concert
The Port Eliot arts festival near St Germans in Cornwall is in full swing
Updates on Friday 29 July 2016
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THE Labour Party has launched an inquiry after its Totnes branch decided to run three independent candidates, external in Wednesday's election.
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Thousands of people have converged on the Port Eliot festival, external near the village of St Germans in south east Cornwall.
Image source, Carolina FaruoloThe festival is on its second day with guests such as Dawn French, comedian Noel Fielding and musician Beth Orton.
Global warming is causing swathes of jellyfish, external to flock to British beaches as warmer seas attract the stinging menaces.
A man from Doncaster successfully proposed at the most beautiful spot he could think of - on the slipway to St Michael's Mount in west Cornwall.
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Australians Peter Hooley and David Humphries and forward Deji Adekunle have become the first signings for new Plymouth Raiders boss Jonathan White.
Image source, Plymouth RaidersHooley and Humphries qualify as British players through family ties and all three played college basketball in the United States until this summer.
Hooley averaged 12.5 points a game at Albany University, Humphries played under former NBA coach Mike Dunlap at Loyola Marymount University while Adekunle will become Raider's tallest player at 6'11 and joins having graduated from Kiele University having also played at Northwestern State and Williston State.
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Homes due for demolition will be set on fire by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue so they can test new equipment.
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St Austell in Cornwall could be rebranded as part of a move to celebrate its history with the material.
By the early 20th Century, Cornwall dominated the global market, producing half the world's china clay which was used to produce the finest porcelain and pottery.
The rebrand is part of a multimillion-pound regeneration project including the production of Cornishware pottery in the county it was named after, nearly 100 years after it first appeared.
Tens of thousands of people will descend on Sidmouth as the Folk Festival gets started.
Janet Dowling, who moved to Sidmouth after going to the festival for 40-years said: "It is glorious. There are stories in every part of Sidmouth. I'm so glad I'm living here."
Folk musicians and dancers will fill the town over the next week.
A man has been arrested after alleging trying to jump on board one of the floats in the Torbay Carnival procession, external.
There are fears illegally parked vehicles could be putting lives at risk in Cornwall.
Residents and traders in some Cornish tourist hotspots say there have been cases where ambulances and fire appliances have been held up because of badly parked vehicles.
Richard Gibbons, Station Manager with Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service, said irresponsible parking was a serious problem for crews.
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Trials of a new generation of life-saving firefighting equipment will take place in Plymouth today.
Four empty houses due for demolition will be set ablaze as part of a series of training exercises by crews including a new sprinkler system.
Devon and Somerset's Chief Fire Officer, Lee Howell said the technology could have helped crews tackling the blaze at Richer Sounds in Exeter on Wednesday.
The team behind a multimillion-pound regeneration project in St Austell hope the town will become a "centre for ceramic arts".
Image source, WHEAL MARTYN TRUSTJames Staughton, chairman of the St Austell Bay Economic Forum and chief executive of St Austell Brewery, said it was a "huge opportunity" for the town.
"By putting together a programme of events as a cultural destination, I think we can encourage people in who will spend their time and hopefully their well-earned money."
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BBC Weather
It will be a cloudy morning with outbreaks of light rain or drizzle affecting many areas along with low cloud and patches of hill fog.
It will brighten up in some areas this afternoon, but there will also be some further occasional showery outbreaks of rain. West or southwesterly winds will be mainly light or moderate. Maximum temperature 20 Deg C (68 Deg F).
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Torquay United chairman David Phillips tells me there is 'still no news' on a proposed takeover of the National League club.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Gulls have been in talks with Swindon-based Gaming International since March and the firm's period of exclusivity ends on Sunday.
If they fail to get a deal done, the Gulls can open up talks with other bidders - if there are any.
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Liberal Democrat Maggie Vale was elected to Cornwall Council last night after winning the Newlyn and Goonhavern by election.
The seat was previously held by Conservative Lisa Shuttlewood who resigned. Mrs Vale won with 247 votes.
Paul Charlesworth of the Conservative Party took second place with 234 votes and independent candidate Kenneth Yeo was third with 163. The turnout was 26%.
An Exeter man was captured on film rifling through a woman's underwear, external drawer before sexually relieving himself on her bed, while wearing her nightgown on his head
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Exeter City are assessing the extent of ankle injuries to two of their key players.
Image source, Getty ImagesCentral defender Jordan Moore-Taylor and winger Lee Holmes were both hurt as the Grecians beat a Cardiff City side 3-0 in a pre-season friendly on Thursday night.
"It could be anything from four days, to four weeks, to four months, you just don’t know until you have them in the next day and you see the reaction from it," manager Paul Tisdale told the club website.
