A pub is 'severely damaged' by fire
Sharp rise in number of children permanently excluded from Devon schools
Cornwall couple say health affected after a nine month battle with damp house
Updates on Wednesday 7 September 2016
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.
Don't forget Spotlight on BBC One later. There will also be news through the night on your BBC Local Radio station.
After a fine end to the day it will be a dry start to the night with clear spells for many.
However, cloud will thicken during the early hours, bringing mist, fog and some light rain and drizzle, particularly over Dartmoor.
It will also turn breezier around the coasts. Minimum Temperature: 14C (57F)
Tomorrow any early cloud will thin and break up to leave a largely dry and fine day with sunny spells.
It will still be warm in the sunshine although feeling fresher than recent days, perhaps turning cloudier again later with a few showery outbreaks of rain. Maximum Temperature: 21C (70F)
Claire Jones
BBC News Online
Ben Chapple
BBC News Online
The Sheila & Dennis II - a B Class 85 RNLI lifeboat named after donors to the charity - has been delivered to Looe ahead of officially replacing the current lifeboat the Alan & Margaret tomorrow.
It is being retired after 13 years of service.
Image source, RNLIDave Haines, Looe lifeboats operations manager, said: "We are delighted with this new craft and everyone is very impressed with its performance and handling.
"This boat will ensure we can continue our primary role of saving lives at sea."
A formal naming ceremony is due to take place on Saturday 12 November.
A Cornish housing company has apologised after a Launceston couple complained of health problems from extensive damp in the place they've been living in for nine months.
The penetrating damp in the sheltered flat run by Sanctuary housing has been identified as a Category 1 health hazard.
The couple, both in their 60s, have now been offered alternative accommodation.
Cornish damp expert Stephen Richford said he would also like to see people given help on how to reduce moisture in their homes.
The Jubilee Pool in Penzance will be marking the end of summer with a triathlon this weekend.
The pool will then close for the winter.
The iconic lido reopened in May after suffering extensive damage in the storms of 2014.
Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon
Monica Bulman, a nurse who works on Hutchings ward at Torbay Hospital and has celebrated her 83rd birthday, says she still works 15 to 20 hours a week and has no plans to retire.
Image source, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustMonica said: “I love my job, each and every part of it. Being a nurse brings me so much pleasure and keeps me on my toes!
Image source, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust"I bought a belt to wear with my uniform when I qualified in 1957 – I still have and wear the very same belt to this day.”
Dates have been fixed for the 2017 Torbay Airshow, external, zooming back to the skies over the bay for a second year.
A 60-year-old man from Topsham has appeared in court charged with attempted murder.
Andrew Richard Barnes, from Altamira, is accused of attempting to murder a 29-year-old man on Monday night.
He appeared via video link at Exeter Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody.
Mr Barnes did not apply for bail.
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
A Cornwall couple say their health has been affected after a nine-month battle to get damp and mould in their sheltered housing treated.
The couple have suffered severe damp in their housing association home for nine months
Cornwall Council has designated the damp at the property in Launceston as a Category 1 health hazard - the highest level.
Jeanette and Steve Padginton had to move out of the bedroom because the damp was so bad.
Owner Sanctuary Housing says it is sorry for the length of time it has taken to resolve the problem and it will be offering the couple, who are in their 60s, alternative accommodation this week.
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
Seal pups risk being abandoned by their mother if people push them back into the sea during pupping season, a marine rescue group warns.
Image source, Delia WebbBritish Divers Marine Life Rescue said it is normal for pups to remain on dry land to conserve energy.
Dave Jarvis, from the group, said: "If it gets an alien smell from a dog or a human or something else touching it then the smell changes and the mother will then reject it and the pup has been abandoned."
Exeter city centre night spot Unit 1 is incredibly concerned about future noise complaints from a proposed student block opposite their premises, external.
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing to the public for help following an attempted burglary.
Officers are hoping the public can help identify this person.
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Ryan Morrison
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A Devon MP has called upon the government to ensure farmers get a good deal in any future Brexit negotiations.
Image source, Conservative PartyConservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish, told the Commons he welcomed the Chancellor's recent decision to guarantee EU funding for farmers up until 2020.
He told the Prime Minister: "We need to make sure the farming and food processing industry is protected through trade deals we do in the future."
Theresa May said she had every intention of working with farmers during future trade negotiations.
Plymouth's new £4m coach station is now open, with councillors heralding "a new era for the travelling public and the city centre, external.
Police say a 74-year-old reported missing from Torquay, external has been found "safe and well".
John Hine, who has Alzheimer's, had been last seen in Frobisher Green walking his dog - a springer spaniel - and it was thought he may have sought shelter from the damp weather.
BBC Travel
The job market in Cornwall is a "dog-eat-dog" world according to one young person trying to find work in Cornwall.
A report published today by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the charity EY Foundation shows that more than 17% of young people in Cornwall are unemployed, compared to the national average of 11%.
"It's not like a race, you don't see other people running next to you so you don't know how well they're doing, that's what I find the difficult part," says Oliver May, from Saltash, which has one of the highest levels of unemployment for young people in the South West.
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
Beachgoers mistakenly put a seal pup in danger by forcing him back into the sea after thinking he had been abandoned.
Image source, Delia WebbMarine medics were called out twice on Sunday to assess one-week-old Snoozy at Portheras Cove in Cornwall after he was pushed into the water.
British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said it was normal for pups to remain on dry land to conserve energy.
Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon
A Torbay Hospital nurse has celebrated her 83rd birthday, making her one of the oldest nurses in Britain.
Image source, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustMonica Bulman, a Registered General Nurse (RGN), works on Hutchings ward at Torbay Hospital as part of the specialist outpatient surgical clinic team for endoscopy.
Image source, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustShe has worked for the NHS for 64 years - starting aged 19 in 1952 - and has no plans to retire.
