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An egg collector from Devon has been fined £4700 after admitting stealing the eggs of protected birds. 

William Beaton, 73, from Dousland near Yelverton admitted five offences under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act at a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates' Court. 

The RSPB said it hoped the prosecution would "send out a message".

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BBC Weather

Showers are continuing to move in from the northwest and they could be heavy, with hail likely. Winds will be strong, with coastal gales. Maximum temperature: 11C (52F).

The showers will continue tonight, especially in the west towards the River Torridge. They will be often heavy, perhaps with hail. The winds will slowly ease though and it should stay frost free. Minimum temperature: 5C (41F).

Lifesaving volunteers from Cornwall are preparing to represent the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, external in the annual Remembrance Sunday service this weekend. 

Phillip Woodcock, 44, from St Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly, and Nathan Wilmer, 38, from Newquay, are two of 19 people from across the UK and Ireland who will represent the RNLI in the official Remembrance Sunday commemoration in London’s Whitehall on Sunday.

BBC Sport

Two-time Olympic champion Heather Stanning has announced her retirement from rowing, ending her all-conquering partnership with Cornwall rower Helen Glover.

The 31-year-old, who followed her London 2012 gold (pictured) with a tour of Helmand Province in Afghanistan, said she doubted whether she had the desire to maintain the sporting standards she had set herself for the next Olympics. 

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She said: "If I was honest with myself and said I was going to commit to another four years, would I have the same drive and determination I had four years ago? Probably not - therefore is it worth half-heartedly committing to something?" 

She added: "There was no pressure on me to make a decision this year. I could have taken a whole year to make that choice, but I wanted to know what I was doing."

Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall

The daughter of a woman who died in a landslide in Cornwall has fled an inquest in tears.

Sixty-eight-year-old Susan Norman (pictured) died in March 2013 when the landslide, during torrential rain, poured into her ground-floor hillside flat in Looe, burying her in her bed.

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Her daughter, Helen Boden left the hearing at Truro Magistrates' Court, which has been shown photographs that showed damage to Sandplace Road after a landslip in 2012. 

Photographs by Sally Marsh, a neighbour, showed evidence of the edge of St Martins Road being undermined and that road surfacing had fallen away. Vehicles were still travelling up the road. Traffic measures were later introduced by Cornwall Council. The inquest continues.

Plymouth Herald

A former candidate on Sir Alan Sugar's "The Apprentice" from Plymouth has apologised for parking his van in a disabled space in Exeter, external.

Andrea Ormsby
BBC Spotlight

Work on a new flood defence scheme in Braunton could start in January after Devon county councillors approved funding for it.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management and Flood Prevention, said: “This is a very welcome scheme to tackle the risk of flooding in one of Devon’s high risk communities and will protect the commercial heart of the village. 

"The most recent flood event has demonstrated that the pumping station is essential to protect the community from similar flash flooding, which it has suffered frequently."

It will cost more than £500,000 and will involve improved drainage and a pump to take flood water away.

BBC Radio Cornwall

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An egg collector from Devon has been fined £4,700 after admitting stealing the eggs of protected birds.

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Seventy-three-year-old William Beaton, from Dousland, near Yelverton, pleaded guilty to five offences under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act at a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates' Court. 

The court heard he was in possession of 435 eggs at his home. He admitted to taking barn owl eggs in Norfolk, and the eggs of other protected birds in Orkney.

Exeter Express & Echo

A special service of thanksgiving will be held this Saturday in Exeter Cathedral, external, two weeks on from the devastating fire which ripped through historic properties on the Cathedral Green and destroyed the historic Royal Clarence Hotel.

BBC Spotlight

Nearly 83,000 children in Devon and Cornwall are living in poverty, new figures suggest.

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The End Child Poverty Coalition has released the figures and broken them down by parliamentary constituencies, local authorities and wards. 

Nationally, there are more than 3.5 million children living in poverty across the UK. The coalition warned low income families "won't be managing tomorrow" if prices rise and benefits are cut or frozen. The government said it was tackling poverty and its "root causes".

The coalition is made up of more than 100 organisations, including charities, child welfare organisations, social justice groups, faith groups, trade unions and others.

Press Association

A lucky punter is £100,000 better off after placing a string of bets on Donald Trump becoming US President.

John Mappin, owner of the Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, Cornwall, placed 30 bets with William Hill over the past 18 months on the billionaire businessman becoming the United States' commander-in-chief.

When Mr Trump announced his candidacy in June last year, he was 150/1 but overcame the odds to beat Hillary Clinton to become the 45th US president in January. He became favourite to do so only at 02:00 on Wednesday, the bookmaker said.

Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Saad Hammad's recent departure as chief executive of Flybe is not because there is a black hole in the company's finances.

Flybe's executive chairman Simon Laffin has said people were wrong if they suspected Mr Hammad left for any reason connected to performance.

"There's no big surprise in these numbers," Mr Laffin said.

"I know some people were saying 'Ooh, he's left, so that means there's going to be a black hole'. There's no black hole.

"The real clue as to why he's gone off to do other things is when we say we have completed our turnaround. Because Saad is primarily a turnaround man.  And as we finish that turnaround, I think he wants to go and do a turnaround somewhere else."

Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall

The family of a woman who died in a landslide in Cornwall has been told a family photograph of her cannot be on display during an inquest into her death.

Helen Boden (pictured) had attempted put a photo of her mother, Susan Norman, beside the inquest jury to put a "face" to the person who died.

However, coroner Stephen Nicholls said the picture could not be on display during the hearing, which is in its third day at Truro Magistrates Court.

Sixty-eight-year-old Mrs Norman died in March 2013 when a landslide, during torrential rain, poured into her ground-floor hillside flat in Looe, burying her in her bed.

The inquest, expected to last until 24 November, continues.

BBC Sport

Two-time Olympic champion Heather Stanning - and rowing partner of Cornwall's Helen Glover - has announced her retirement from rowing after winning her second Olympic gold only back in August.

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However, the 31-year-old Army major said: "I wanted things to get back to normal before I made the decision firmly and I wanted to make sure it was the right decision.

"It's about time I made the decision and it has helped me focus on what to do next, certainly with work and the army because I know that's something I want to go back to.

"It seemed the right time to make that decision."

North Devon Journal

A commercial airport could be opened at the site of RMB Chivenor, external if a buyer in the private sector was to come forward.  

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A senior Plymouth city councillor says she is "disappointed, external" that four city GP surgeries are to close next year.

NHS England announced on Tuesday that Cumberland, Hyde Park (pictured), St Barnabas and Saltash Road surgeries were to shut at the end of March "after the GP contracts were given back". It added that it would support patients affected. 

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The council said health and social care commissioners in Plymouth would "continue to work together to ensure that patients can access GP services".

Councillor Lynda Bowyer, cabinet member for health, said: "Patients affected by these closures are advised to register with another practice as soon as possible, though they have until March 2017 to do so."

Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall

Sixty-eight-year-old Mrs Norman died in March 2013 when a landslide, during torrential rain, poured into her flat in Looe, Cornwall, burying her in her bed.

She lived in the ground-floor flat of a house split into three apartments. It was built into the hillside with a retaining wall behind the property.

The jury inquest in Truro, expected to last until 24 November, continues.

Torquay Herald Express

A girl from Devon suffered horrific burns, external when a rogue firework exploded after catching in her scarf as she watched a little display in her back garden.