Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Torquay United manager Kevin Nicholson says he expects at least one new loan signing in his squad for the trip to Guiseley on Saturday.

The club have not won a game since the start of October and are currently 18th in the National League.

"We had three or four players fall through over the last 48 hours," Nicholson told BBC Sport.

"But I would expect that at least one will be in for the weekend."

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The A3022 is blocked in Paignton, following an incident near Cadwell Road. It's affecting traffic between Torquay and Glampton. 

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall

A clamp down on new second homes in St Ives can go ahead, after Cornwall Council won a legal battle.

It follows a referendum in May which had been challenged in the High Court.

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More than 80% of voters backed a neighbourhood housing plan for St Ives which included a clause that any new builds would only get planning permission if they are reserved for full-time residents.

A firm of Penzance architects challenged Cornwall Council's decision to allow the referendum in the first place. But today the High Court has ruled the policy is compatible with human rights, and the outcome of the referendum stands.

Victoria Gould
BBC News Online

A man flying a light aircraft which crashed at Perranporth Airfield said the initial part of take off felt normal, according to a report. 

The 64-year-old man and his female passenger managed to get out of the Piper Cherokkee Warrior II plane after it crashed and before it burst into flames on 11 August.

The pair were travelling from Scilly to the Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire, when they decided to stop at Perranporth to refuel. 

Image source, Truro Community Fire Station

The plane crashed on take off. 

An Air Accident Investigation Branch report into the cause of the crash said damage to the propeller indicates that at impact the engine was running at the time of the crash. It says it's possible that downdraft turbulence from the upwind sea cliffs may have contributed to the descending flight path during the latter stages of takeoff. 

Victoria Gould
BBC News Online

A charity in Cornwall which supports farmers in need says it's "never known a year like it".

The Farming Community Network which supports farmers who are struggling with debt, depression and loneliness, says it's busier than ever.

They've given out grants of £80,000 to farmers in the county this year to cover things like heating bills, the cost of school uniforms and even supermarket vouchers.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter prop Tomas Francis is set to start for Wales in their Test match against Argentina on Saturday.

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Francis, who signed a new contract at Exeter in the summer, will win his 16th cap for his country, haivng come on as a replacement in the 32-8 loss to Australia last week.

But the game in Cardiff will be just his sixth start for Wales and just his second for his country in over a year.

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Victoria Gould
BBC News Online

The A30 in Devon was closed for seven-and-a-half hours yesterday following a serious crash. 

A 60-year-old man was seriously injured in the collision which involved just one car - a black Jaguar XF.

The road was closed between the Meldon junction and Sourton Cross. 

Police say the car rolled several times before coming to rest in the main carriageway. The injured man was a passenger in the car, the 60-year-old woman who was driving had minor injuries. Both were taken to Derriford hospital in Plymouth.

Paul Rose takes to the skies on a hang glider over Woolacombe on the Devon coast for spectacular views.

Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall

The mayor of Looe has told the inquest into the death of Susan Norman that CORMAC was offered an additional £600 paid by the town council to clear drains in St Martins Road. 

Susan Norman was crushed to death while asleep in bed when a landslide hit her flat on 22 March 2013.

Looe Mayor Armand Toms told the jury that the money was offered to Cornwall Council's contractor CORMAC to help alleviate concerns from residents about blocked drains. 

Mr Toms said the offer was never taken up. Three months before Susan died, Mr Toms said he sent a confidential email to the head of CORMAC saying there were three drains blocked solid in St Martins Road and the highways manager had not done anything about it, the inquest heard. 

Susan Norman died after a retaining wall and rock slope that stretched up to St Martins Road collapsed. The inquest continues.

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall

Victoria Gould
BBC News Online

Angry residents opposing a plan for student accommodation up to 12 floors high, say if it goes ahead it could become one of the tallest buildings in Exeter. 

They don't want the university to build the accommodation for 1,300 students on East Park on the campus, because they say it will destroy a "special green space". 

There are also concerns about noise pollution, parking, and privacy. Those in favour of the plans say the university brings more jobs and businesses to the city and high-rise buildings are an effective way of providing homes for students. 

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The owner of an elderly whippet who's invited people to join him on his pet's final walk says he's being offered support from around the world. 

Comments have been flooding in to BBC Radio Cornwall's Facebook page, external in response to Mark Woods social media request. 

Image source, Mark Wood

Sharon Brown from Australia says: What a wonderful friendship you must have shared over 18 years. We recently lost our 15 year old mate Sandon. We got him from St Columb RSPCA and he emigrated to Australia with us 10 years ago. Sandon and his chums Spike and Caspar were Fistral boys themselves...all now dearly departed but having a ball in doggy heaven I'm sure. I hope you share a beautiful morning with friends...old and new on Saturday, and create many happy memories of Walnut to carry you through your sadness. All the best from a Newquay girl.

Chris Carne says he had a last walk with Jacky his 17-year-old Jack Russell. "We sat on a bench with the sea breeze in our faces, and she had a bit of chocolate. I always remember that special time. Safe journey Walnut xx"

Walnut will be put to sleep at home after his last walk on Porth beach in Newquay at 09:30 on Saturday. 

Falmouth Packet

A loved bugler from Falmouth still has far to go before his last post as he marks 60 years of Remembrance Day services, external this November.  

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

The long-awaited Primark store has opened in Truro this morning on Lemon Quay.

The shop is the first Primark to open in the Duchy.

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Nigel Farage should be appointed as the UK's ambassador to the USA, according to William Legge, the Earl of Dartmouth and a UKIP MEP.

He says Nigel Farage already has "good ties and a relationship" with Donald Trump and his appointment would help in getting a UK-USA trade agreement for the first time. 

"We in the UK would then be at the front of the queue," he said.

"The alternative is some establishment Foreign Office 'high flyer' with neither empathy nor understanding for the next US president and administration."

Paul Rose goes in search of wildlife at Lizard Point in Cornwall.

He spends time looking for the Chough, a bird which disappeared from the area in the 1970s due to habitat loss and persecution.

Now these black corvids with distinctive red beaks and feet are back and their numbers have been increasing since 2001.

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

Several witnesses said that they heard a sound like a plane doing "aerobatics" before an aircraft hit the ground near Churchinford in the Blackdown Hills south of Taunton in November last year.

An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report into the crash said: "The evidence from the autopilot examination system suggested that, as the pilot turned on to the final approach and started to descend, the autopilot may not have been disengaged due to a mental lapse, incorrect button selection or a technical fault." 

It concluded it was "unable to determine with certainty the reason for the initial rapid climb". 

It added: "However, it was considered possible that the pilot had initiated the preceding descent by overriding the autopilot."

The plane was expected to land at Dunkeswell Airfield, in East Devon.

Victoria Gould
BBC News Online

A dog owner from Newquay who has appealed for people to join him on his beloved pet's last walk says he has been comforted by the global response to his social media post. 

Mark Woods said he had no idea about the number of responses his Facebook request for people to join him to #walkwithwalnut would attract. 

But he added his 18-year-old dog now struggles to eat without help or get out of his basket so on his last walk along Porth beach he will have to be carried. 

Image source, Mark Woods

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Cornwall's two-time Olympic gold medalist Helen Glover says she is considering whether to continue in the sport.

The 30-year-old's partner for pairs gold in 2012 and 2016, Heather Stanning, retired on Wednesday.

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Glover, who married television presenter Steve Backshall in September, is taking time out from the sport.

"I haven't decided. I was always going to take these few months without thinking about it too much and without trying to make a decision," she told BBC Radio Cornwall. "Heather's decision doesn't affect mine at all, I already knew she was going to retire."