Man who threatened Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw gets suspended jail sentence
A cull of badgers to try and control TB in cattle is to be extended to include Devon and Cornwall
Calls for a stretch of water which runs alongside a popular Cornish cycle path to be made safer after three dogs drowned
Helen Glover recounts 'incredible' second gold medal win at Rio 2016
Catch of the day! Rare blue lobster caught off Devon
Updates on Tuesday 23 August 2016
BBC Travel
Joe Baker tweeted, external: "Whoops accident in alphington road @BBCDevon, external"
BBC Travel says the A377 Alphington Road in Exeter is partially blocked and there's slow traffic near Aldi, because of the accident involving the lorry.
Image source, Joe BakerTributes have been paid to a woman who died in a car crash in Okehampton.
Image source, HandoutMarin Evans, from Bradford, near Holsworthy, died in a collision on the A3079 at Thorndon Cross on 13 August.
She has been described as an accomplished and effortless swimmer, who "dreamt of world travel". The 25-year-old's family said they were "heartbroken and she will be sadly missed".
Lynne French, BBC News Online
A rare blue lobster is to be released back into the sea after being caught off Devon.
Image source, Ladram Bay Holiday Park/Robin CarterThe surprising catch was made by keen amateur fisherman Robin Carter, who is the director of Ladram Bay Holiday Park , externalat Otterton and his friend Keith Setter.
The odds of catching a blue lobster - so-coloured because of a genetic abnormality - are thought to be about two million to one.
Harriet Bradshaw
Reporter
The number of community energy projects in Devon has rapidly grown in the past five years, Regen SW has told BBC News.
These are projects, including solar and wind installations, that are owned by local people with surplus money reinvested into the community.
Exeter Community Energy's newest and biggest solar installation is on top of Exeter College's Technology Centre. Steve Strang from the college, and Miles Davey showed us around...
The number of community energy projects in Devon has rapidly grown in the past five years,
Gordon Sparks
Presenter, BBC Radio Devon
The BBC has learned parts of north and south Devon have been chosen for a badger cull to try to control TB in cattle. How do you feel about it?
Also, is it time to ban the use of hands-free mobile phones while driving? The son of a coach crash victim has called for tougher penalties for people who use phones while driving.
Call in on 0345 3011034.
Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight
A woman from Cornwall is calling for better awareness of sepsis - or blood poisoning, external - among medics and the wider community, citing how she became "really poorly, really quickly" when she developed the condition.
Sarah Pascoe almost lost her life earlier this year after she had an extreme reaction to an insect bite.
She said: "I got really poorly, really quickly, and I’m meant to be a fit, healthy, youngish woman. If I’d been a child, if I’d been older, if I’d had a medical condition, I probably wouldn’t be here."
The family of South Devon's Olympic champion Giselle Ansley have spoken of their pride at her winning gold in Rio, external.
It will be a warm and bright day, with plenty of hazy sunshine and more cloud later. Winds will be light south easterly, becoming onshore in the afternoon as sea breezes set in. Maximum temperature: 23C (73F).
It will be a cloudy night, as well as humid and warm. Mist and fog patches will form in a few places. Winds will be light north westerly, increasing moderate late in the night. Minimum temperature: 14C (57F).
BBC Sport
Exeter's injury problems have eased for their EFL Cup second-round tie against Premier League side Hull at home tonight.
Joel Grant (calf) is fit, Matt Oakley and David Wheeler should be available, while Robbie Simpson will feature despite suffering a head injury.
Youngsters Greg Olley, Josh Clackstone, Jarrod Bowen and Greg Luer are in contention as manager Mike Phelan looks to rotate his threadbare squad.
"At this moment everyone's happy with the performances and they all want to play," said Phelan, whose side have won their first two Premier League matches this season, despite a troubled summer and having just 13 fit senior players to choose from.
Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
A Google Street View car has been spotted just outside Okehampton in Devon.
The driver said he was mapping the town today.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
History-making Olympic cyclist and Tour de France champion Sir Bradley Wiggins is due to take part in the Tour of Britain, which includes a stage in Devon, Devon County Council says, external.
Image source, PASir Bradley - the first Briton to win eight Olympic medals, including his fifth Gold at the Rio Games - will be cycling with his own team, Team WIGGINS, which includes Owain Doull and Jonathan Dibben.
The tour begins in Glasgow on Sunday 4 September. The Devon stage, Stage Six, takes place on 9 September.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
Safety measures around a river in Cornwall in which three dogs drowned recently are being reviewed, the Environment Agency says.
Fears have been raised about the Carnon River at Bissoe, which runs alongside a busy Cornish cycle path. Some sections are just 1ft wide but 8ft deep, with some parts of the waterway hidden by long grass, and it also flows underground in places. The latest incident last week saw a five-month-old German pointer puppy drown.
The Environment Agency said: "We are extremely sorry to hear about the recent incident. The watercourse is very narrow in places, with steep and unstable banks, and poor water quality in the river from old mine workings. We will again review the (safety) measures in place."
Martin Bailie
BBC Radio Cornwall
Recycling: How easy or hard do you find it? Do you know the rules? Do you know where to find local information about recycling?
And do you know what happens when you mix your recycling, or co-mingle, as they call it in the trade?
Also, bovine TB raises its head once again.
Call in on 01872 222222.
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Andrew Segal
Local Live
Local and national organisations have condemned plans to extend badger culling in England to five new zones in a government bid to try to prevent the disease from returning.
Shooting of badgers will begin in early September in north Cornwall, north Devon and south Devon, the BBC understands.
Image source, PAReactions include:
Police in East Devon have put out an urgent warning after Pokemon Go players were spotted on the railway, external.
The number of community energy projects in Devon has grown rapidly in the past five years, according to Regen SW.
About 30 have been created since 2012.
It's estimated that, in the South West, they now have a joint capacity to provide enough energy to power more than 10,000 homes.
Lynne French, BBC News Online
A 37-year-old man who admitted threatening to kill a Labour MP in a two-minute answerphone rant is due to be sentenced later.
Geoffrey Farquaharson left the "venomous" message on the Westminster phone of Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw the day before Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed in June.
Farquaharson, who could be facing a jail sentence, also made a derogatory, homophobic remark about the openly-gay MP.
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