BBC Radio Devon

A man has been taken to hospital after a single-vehicle crash in Torquay.

Emergency services were called just after 12:00 to the scene on the A380 Hamelin Way, which left the driver trapped in his vehicle. He was cut free by firefighters.

The road has been closed between Kerswell Gardens and Gallowsgate roundabout, and motorists are being warned of heavy traffic in the area.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Jack Maunder says he struggled to believe it was true after being named in Exeter's squad for the Champions Cup tie against Clermont Auvergne.

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The 19-year-old scrum-half is set to make his debut from the bench against one of the biggest clubs in rugby, having come through the club's academy.

"When you see your name you check it about four or five times," he said. "Before I told my family I kept checking and I almost forgot what my name was," he joked with BBC Sport.

BBC Travel

• In Devon, there are reports of an accident on the A381 in Newton Abbot, Newfoundland Way, near Powderham Road 
• In Bishopsteignton, there are reports of an incident on the A381 Newton Road, near Church Road
• On the Tamar Bridge, drivers are experiencing delays of up to 30 mins westbound because of lane restrictions in force. Traffic is queueing back to Devonport. There are no delays eastbound 
• In Cornwall, the A30 is blocked westbound around the area Launceston between the A388 Western Road and Kennards House due to an accident. Diversions are in place but heavy traffic is reported in the area

Andrew Segal
Local Live

• A man's been seriously injured in an incident involving a car on the A30 near Launceston
• A 39-year-old man who died in the sea off Plymouth was tombstoning off cliffs
• It's being claimed waste is being brought into Cornwall to burn in the county's incinerator at St Dennis
• The main railway line in Dawlish, which has been repeatedly battered by storms, could be rebuilt in Devon at a reported cost of £500m
• Conservationists say an "urgent inquiry" is needed after a male gorilla - which used to be in a Devon Zoo - escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo

BBC Radio Devon

The former home of a gorilla which escaped at London Zoo says the awareness-raising such institutions carry out is important work.

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Kumbuka (picture), a western lowland silverback, escaped into a secure keepers' area on Thursday. The 29-stone gorilla, which was eventually tranquilised and taken back into captivity, arrived from Paignton Zoo in Devon in early 2013.

Wildlife group the Born Free Foundation has called for an urgent inquiry, saying the escape was a "startling reminder" of the risks of keeping wild animals in captivity. 

Philip Knowling, from Paignton Zoo, said: "The importance of zoos is that, in putting these amazing animals in front of people, we're saying: 'The natural world is out there and it's in big trouble'."

Exeter Express & Echo

A judge has ordered a psychiatric report on an man who used a crossbow to cause serious injury to a farm worker, external at a smallholding in Dawlish.

BBC Sport

Portsmouth manager Paul Cook is looking forward to the challenge of facing Plymouth Argyle once again. 

Pompey were beaten by Argyle in last season's League Two play-offs semi-final following a fiery tie both on and off the pitch.

Both sides are among the automatic promotion candidates this term with fourth-placed Portsmouth visiting top-of-the-table Plymouth on Saturday.

Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster

Continuing mainly dry with some spells of sunshine. A few showers will affect the far west, but later it will become more cloudy from the west as a band of occasionally heavy rain moves.

Light north-easterly winds will turn to the south or south east and become moderate at times. Maximum temperature: 15C (59F).

Tonight, the band of occasionally heavy rain will become increasingly fragmented as it clears to the north east.

It'll be followed by drier, clearer weather, with just a few showers moving into the far west by morning.

Moderate or fresh southerly winds will veer to the south west as the rain clears. Minimum temperature: 7C (45F).

BBC Radio Cornwall

Waste being sent for incineration at the new plant at St Dennis is having to be cut up to fit into a hole just 60cm wide.

One west Cornwall businessman who regularly uses the recycling centre at St Erth said he was told he had to cut everything up to fit into bin bags before it could be taken to the plant at St Dennis. Nick Reynolds, from Paradise Park in Hayle, said cutting the waste up was time consuming and putting him off recycling.

Cornwall Council said bulky items had the potential to block or damage parts of the plant, and it was working with the industry to develop long-term options.

The Daily Telegraph

There was a slightly awkward moment on BBC Breakfast this morning when footage of the gorilla that escaped at London Zoo was shown during a segment on Nicola Sturgeon, external.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A man has been seriously injured in an incident involving one car on the A30 at Kennards House, near Launceston. 

Emergency crews were called to the scene at about 10:30, and the road has been been closed in both directions. 

Heavy traffic's been reported on diversion routes.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Redruth boss Marek Churcher says his side must ensure their mental approach is right if they are to continue their good start to the season.

Image source, Dan Barbary/Redruth RFC

The Reds have won five of their first six games to lie fourth in the table.

"We've targeted the first 10 minutes of every game and we seem to go to sleep after that," Churcher said. "The boys get really excited and then not sticking to the structures and the processes they go a bit off script. So at the minute it's just a challenge mentally to stay within those structures and trust the processes."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Motorists can look forward to a smoother journey home in part of Cornwall this evening. 

The long awaited re-opening of the road at Chacewater, near Truro, is due to take place at 15:00. Network Rail closed the main road through the village for 18 weeks to carry out upgrade work on a rail bridge and it caused significant disruption for drivers.

Project managers said the work had been completed on schedule and the rail operator said it meant the bridge would not need any major maintenance for about 120 years.

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton of Devon and Cornwall Police tweeted that he was "really saddened" after a body was found in the water off Plymouth. He added "we lose too many people being washed off cliffs as it is".

The man died after tombstoning at Plymouth Hoe.

A force spokesman said: "The body was recovered from the water and was taken by ambulance to Derriford Hospital, where the 39-year-old local man was declared deceased. 

"His next of kin have been informed and police are currently looking into the circumstance surrounding this man's death, but are not currently treating this death as suspicious." 

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter City boss Paul Tisdale says goalkeeper Christy Pym's good form in training forced him to pick him.

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The 21-year-old former England Under-20 international had not played a League Two game for City since Bobby Olejnik signed for the club in June 2015, but Exeter-born Pym was selected for Saturday's 0-0 draw with Grimsby - his side's first home point of the season.

"He has trained as well if not better than I have ever seen before and he just forced the issue," Tisdale said. "I fancied a bit of a change in the team and I wasn't quite sure where it would be, but he forced his way."

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

A 39-year-old man has died after tombstoning off cliffs in Plymouth.

The local man's body was found in the water on the seafront near the Citadel on Thursday afternoon, said police.

The area around Plymouth Hoe is popular for tombstoners - people who leap off high structures into water.

BBC Travel

On the A30 westbound around Launceston, we've got reports one lane is blocked due to an accident, traffic is slow-moving.

Highways England ‏said, external it was a serious collision "within the junction of the A388, near Launceston" and police were on scene.

Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon

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