More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Thursday
Serious crash closes A30 in Devon
A303 crash victims named as Robert and Brenda Newton, both 72 and from the Ottery St Mary area of Devon
Collector admits stealing protected birds' eggs
Dog owner seeks pals for pet's last walk
Work on a new flood defence scheme in Braunton could start in January after councillors approve funding
Looe landslide inquest: Daughter leaves hearing in tears
Exeter-based airline Flybe has announced a fall in half-yearly profits
Two-time Olympic champion Heather Stanning has announced her retirement from rowing, ending her partnership with Cornwall rower Helen Glover
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.
Miles Davis
BBC News Online
A dog owner is appealing for members of the public to join him and his dog Walnut for one last walk on Porth beach near Newquay on Saturday.
Walnut, now 18, is "on his last legs" and will be put down later that day.
Image source, Mark Woods
David Braine
Weather Forecaster
The showers will continue tonight. They will be often heavy, perhaps with hail. The winds will slowly ease though and it should stay frost free. Minimum temperature: 5C (41F).
Thursday will be a day of sunshine and showers, but it will become drier for most into the evening. Maximum temperature: 12C (54F).
Andrea Ormsby
BBC Spotlight
Work on a new flood defence scheme in Braunton could start in January.
Devon county councillors have approved the £500,000 project.
The aim is to improve drainage and install a pump to take flood water away, but it still won't provide the higher level of protection that is usually aimed for.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
Julie Skentelbery
BBC Radio Cornwall
Cornish Olympic rower Helen Glover says she "hasn't decided" if she is going to follow her crew mate Heather Stanning's decision to retire.
Among their many accolades, she and British Army major Stanning took golds in London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Image source, APPenzance girl Glover said she "knew it [Stanning's decision] was coming" and "we'd spoken about it a lot".
She added she was taking "a few months without thinking" about such a move. She added: "Her decision doesn't affect mine. I'll make my own decision."
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
It might look as if these teachers are not concentrating - but you would be deceived by that notion - they are actually taking a trip around the world thanks to virtual reality goggles.
Image source, Stoke Damerel Community CollegeThe low cost cardboard goggles are the latest teaching method at Stoke Damerel Community College in Plymouth.
Image source, Stoke Damerel Community CollegeTeachers tested out the tech from Google before giving pupils the chance to take expeditions to Everest and the North Pole.
English teacher Justine Hardie asked Media Studies teacher Darren Towers to arrange a special session for pupil Sean Moore after he wrote a "heart-warming and descriptive story" about the Great Barrier Reef and thought of a way of bringing the reef to the classroom.
Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall
A landslide which trapped and killed a woman in her flat in Looe pushed the building forward "like in slow motion", with windows popping out, an inquest has heard.
Sixty-eight-year-old Susan Norman died in March 2013 when the landslide, during torrential rain, poured into her ground-floor hillside flat.
Neighbour Peter Temlett told the jury he was "amazed" to see the building moving, and that there were massive amounts of very bright reddish water running down the sides of it.
The inquest, in Truro, continues.
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The bus overturned at Lapford Cross, near Kelland Hill, leaving two people reportedly trapped on the top deck.
A female on the lower deck suffered minor leg injuries, police said.
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Andrew Segal
Local Live
Charitable social enterprise GLL is to take over running Cornwall's leisure centres and other leisure facilities from next April, Cornwall Council says.
The day-to-day running of the centres is currently in the hands of charity Tempus Leisure, but the maintenance has been the responsibility of the council. The annual bill to the authority is about £4m, and the change is an attempt to cut that bill to zero.
Staff would "transfer over to the new operator on their existing terms and conditions", the council said. Tempus said it was "extremely disappointed".
Andrew Segal
Local Live
Helen Glover, the Cornish rowing team-mate of Olympian Heather Stanning, has thanked Stanning for their work together, saying it was "the most fun journey possible" and she was "friend first and crew-mate second".
Olympic champion and soldier Major Stanning (pictured right) has announced her retirement from rowing, ending her all-conquering partnership with Penzance's Glover (left). The pair took golds in London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Image source, APHelen tweeted, external that the 31-year-old British Army major and team-mate of six years had been "dependable, determined, and a formidable athlete".
She added: "The Army has given us both incredible support and I am sure she will continue to flourish in her career. Thank you, Heather, not just for the success we shared, but for making it the most fun journey possible."
Andrew Segal
Local Live
A special service of thanksgiving at Exeter Cathedral is being held this weekend to "thank the emergency services for their heroic efforts" at putting out the Cathedral Green fire last month, the cathedral's Dean says, external.
The fire damaged several historic buildings and resulted in the demolition of the Royal Clarence Hotel.
The Very Reverend Dr Jonathan Draper said: "I know we, and so many people in Exeter, are profoundly grateful to them. And though we are all immensely saddened by the damage that has been done, we also want to say thank you for the fact there were no fatalities or injuries."
The service is being held at 11:00 on Saturday.
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Truro is the rat capital of Cornwall, with 55 reports of rats, external made to Cornwall Council in the last six months.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
A double-decker bus has overturned and been left at a 45 degree angle after a road accident on the A377 near Chulmleigh.
The bus overturned at Lapford Cross, near Kelland Hill, and has been left wedged near or in a hedge, police say.
Some passengers are believed to be still on board, with two people reported trapped on the top deck. Only one injury has been reported so far - a female on the lower deck who suffered minor leg injuries, officers said.
Andrew Segal
Local Live
A closure order has been granted on a flat in Plymouth following "repeated complaints of antisocial behaviour, drugs and noise nuisance", Plymouth City Council says, external.
The council said the order on the property in Teats Hill flats, in Coxside, was granted by magistrates because the 49-year-old tenant and visitors "caused nuisance to members of the public, disorder, loud music, and there was evidence of drug use".
The property will be closed for 10 weeks. Councillors said the move "sends out a strong message that antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated in Plymouth".
BBC Travel
Andrew Segal
Local Live
People who use recycling centres should "think about the waste which they are taking ... so as not to waste council and police time", a Devon council has said after an ordnance incident.
About 100 people were evacuated from the Totnes industrial estate after an unexploded suspected World War Two shell (pictured) was found dumped in a general waste skip on Tuesday. It had to be removed by a Royal Navy bomb disposal unit.
Councillor Roger Croad, of Devon County Council, said "Some people may consider something that's been sat in their loft or garden shed for years as completely harmless, but it's a question of perception, so we would like to remind people to check and think about what they're planning to take to the recycling centre."
Victoria Gould
BBC News Online
A hotelier from Tintagel who has won more than £100,000 after betting that Donald Trump would become US President, says he was absolutely certain the Republican would win.
John Mappin, 51, owner of the Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, says he placed 35 bets over the last 18 months on the billionaire businessman becoming the United States' commander-in-chief.
The odds of a Trump victory were 33-1 when Mr Mappin placed his original bet in 2015.
The businessman, who says he has never gambled before, told the BBC he placed the bet because he wanted to be able to prove to people that he always believed Trump would win.
