Exeter fire: Royal Clarence Hotel facade demolished
Exeter Cathedral reopens after major city blaze
In other news, a rugby player is in a coma after a head clash
Two band members of Oll an Gwella in hospital after crash
Nearly 250 police officers and staff 'assaulted at work' this year
Plymouth Palace Theatre restoration bosses under investigation by charity watchdog
Work has started in North Devon to reunite young migrants with their families
Updates on Wednesday 2 November 2016
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
That's all from BBC Local Live in Devon & Cornwall for today, we'll be back at 08:00 to bring you all the day's news, sport, travel and weather updates.
Don't miss BBC Spotlight at 18:30 and the late bulletin at 22:30 tonight.
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Quote MessageMost of us have got used to the mild temperatures but we can't be complacent, particularly at this time of year. It's worth bearing in mind that there may be hoar frost on some of the county's roads overnight and tomorrow morning and it may be colder this coming weekend, so I would appeal for everyone to take extra care."
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention
Image source, PAThe council has given out the following advice:
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Dartmoor's wide, open spaces are a magnet for off road motorcyclists, but they're damaging the ancient landscape according to the people who manage the park.
Bikers are being warned not to use Dartmoor for trial biking, after reports of riders flouting the rules.
Rob Steemson, Head Ranger at Dartmoor National Park, said: "It's illegal to use bridleways and footpaths and you could get a criminal conviction if prosecuted."
Devon and Cornwall Police are concerned for the welfare of Chloe Timms and Tiegan Lewis, who both went missing from the Bude area and have not been seen since Saturday.
Police believe they are together and could be in the Plymouth area and urge anyone who has seen them to call 101 quoting log 945 of the 29 October.
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Officers have given out the following descriptions:
Chloe Timms is 5ft 4in tall, of a slim build, with long, high-lighted brown hair. She was last seen wearing blue leggings, a mid-length cream fluffy jacket cardigan over a white top. She is also wearing new Nike trainers which are black at the top and white at the bottom.
Tiegan Lewis is 4ft 12in tall, with shoulder length wavy blonde hair with a hooped nose piercing. She was wearing black, ripped jeans, and grey Nike-top White Air Force trainers.
David Braine
Weather Forecaster
Another cold night, with widespread frost, and the risk of fog, particularly in rural areas.
Mostly clear, although perhaps a little cloudier further west, but staying dry for all. Minimum Temperature: 2C (36F).
Another cold start on Thursday with cloud thickening through the morning, with patchy rain slowly spreading in from the west towards the end of the afternoon. Maximum Temperature: 12C (54F).
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Tonight will see gritters out on some of Devon's major roads for the first time this season.
Road surface temperatures are forecast to drop close to freezing in parts of the county overnight.
Image source, Getty ImagesAlthough conditions are dry, 19 of Devon's 37 key routes will be treated with the main activity around Torridge, Mid, West and North Devon, and inland areas of East Devon.
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The fire started at about 05:30 on Friday, above the Castle Fine Art gallery where renovation work was under way.
It then spread to the Well House Tavern, a cafe, and the Royal Clarence Hotel.
The exterior walls of the hotel were all that was left, and have been monitored by lasers to detect any movement over the past few days.
Nearly six days after the start of the fire, crowds are still gathering around the site on Cathedral Green.
Patrick Clahane
Inside Out South West
The Charity Commission says it's "assessing information from a number of sources" as it probes the organisation behind Plymouth's Palace Theatre.
It follows the recent resignation of the charity's patron and more than 100 volunteer musicians from the community choir and orchestra set up to raise funds for the project.
A commission spokesman said: "A trustee can also act as a chief executive in certain circumstances, although we expect that a charity would only appoint an employee to a trustee body where the trustees are satisfied that this is in the best interests of the charity.
"We are currently determining whether the charity's governing document allows or prohibits payments to trustees."
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police have been testing their riot control methods with a hail of potatoes.
Image source, PoliceFire, petrol bombs and potatoes were thrown at officers as they worked to bring the mock disorder under control with Exercise Conquer on Salisbury Plain.
Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton said: "The sole aim is to protect the public."
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BBC News Online
An official appeal to help those affected by the fire in Exeter has reached £3,000 in donations.
The fire started at about 05:30 on Friday, above the Castle Fine Art gallery where renovation work was under way.
It then spread to the Well House Tavern, a cafe, and the Royal Clarence Hotel.
The demolition of a hotel that was on fire for days has begun.
Read MoreThe demolition of Exeter's Royal Clarence Hotel has begun.
A fire completely gutted the building on Friday - and the facade of the top two floors has been knocked down by demolition teams in the last 30 minutes.
An official appeal to help those affected by the fire has raised over £3,000 in just 24 hours.
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The facade of the Royal Clarence Hotel in Exeter is demolished after a fire swept through it last week.
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Demolition has started on the Royal Clarence Hotel in Exeter after a fire swept through the building last week.
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Torquay's Christmas lights will now go ahead after a radio station came forward to offer funding.
Image source, PASusie Colley, chair of Torquay Chamber of Commerce said that The Breeze amongst others came forward and offered the funding after the chamber said it could not afford the lights.
She said: "I negotiated with them and happy to report that they have increased the funding so the lights are going to be even more fantastic than we originally hoped for this year."
