Gun enthusiast 'murdered in quarry'
Father jailed over motorcyclist death
Government confirms additional £10m of funding for Dawlish line
Police submit defence over Orchard case
Police seize 27 dogs from house in Launceston
Defra 'heavy-handed' on pony curbs project
Updates on Thursday 17 November 2016
Live updates for Devon and Cornwall have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Friday 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.
An official fund set up to help people in the aftermath of the Royal Clarence Hotel Fire in Exeter has reached more than £11,000.
The fund was set up by the Devon Community Foundation and will be handed out to groups and people who've suffered financial hardship.
Scott Walker from the foundation said: "We are getting the money out already. The money has gone over £11,500 already. I think that community spirit is coming from far and wide."
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
Police wish to identify this man in connection with a theft of a Poppy charity collection box on Armistice Day.
At about 22.45 on Friday, 11 November, the box was stolen from the foyer of Treliske Hospital in Truro.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceSgt Marc Sayers from Truro Police said: "We would like to identify the man pictured in connection with this theft. He will be known to someone and I ask them to call the police with his details."
If you can identify the man pictured, please call 101 or email 101@DC.police.uk, external quoting crime number CR/80125/16.
Johnny O'Shea
BBC Radio Cornwall
Gun enthusiast David Alderson, 72, was "beaten and dragged" before being murdered at disused mine workings near Bissoe, Cornwall, Truro Crown Court heard.
Kevin Cooper of Poldory View in Carharrack and Trewen Kevern of Tresillian Road in Falmouth both deny murder.
Prosecuting, Martin Meeke QC said Mr Alderson legally kept an arsenal of weapons, ammunition and gunpowder along with about £40,000 cash in two safes within his Falmouth flat.
He said Mr Alderson drove from Falmouth to Wheal Maid mine with the defendants on the evening of 17 January 2014, believing he was going to meet someone selling handguns.
Mr Meeke said he was then beaten around the head probably until unconscious, and dragged to the pond.
His head was then probably held down in the water to ensure he was dead, the court was told.
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
A woman was hit by a tractor and killed after stopping following a minor collision with another car.
A Fiat Punto and a Peugeot 108 were parked on a grass verge on the A390 near St Mewan, St Austell, following a minor collision when both vehicles and the driver of the Peugeot were struck by a passing tractor.
Image source, Google mapsThe incident happened just after 17:00 on Tuesday - the driver of the Peugeot, a woman in her 60s, sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene.
The driver of the tractor, a 25-year-old man from Bodmin, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of manslaughter and following questioning has been released on police bail until 17 February.
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Chudleigh yesterday in which a 60-year-old woman died.
Emergency services were called at 15.40 after the collision between a Ford Fusion and a Mitsubishi L200 Trojan at Milestone Cross.
Image source, GoogleThe Ford driver, a 60-year-old woman from Chudleigh, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two occupants of the Mitsubishi, a 35-year-old woman also from the Chudleigh area and her male passenger, sustained minor injuries.
A driver accused of causing the deaths of an elderly couple from Cornwall is to stand trial next year., external
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The release of a new movie has been blamed for a spate of thefts, external - of ginger cats.
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
A man carrying an axe in Plymouth has been Tasered and arrested by police.
The arrest was made at about 11.20 and details of the incident were shared on Twitter by an account which shares the work of the Exeter-based National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter.
The Tweet said: "Male armed with an axe walking around Plymouth located and @DC_Police, external armed officers guided in to taser and arrest him #TeamWork, external."
David Braine
Weather Forecaster
The showers will continue tonight with some clear spells. It will be a cold night too, perhaps with a patchy frost away from the coast. Minimum Temperature: 2C (36F).
After a chilly start there will be sunny spells tomorrow. There'll be further showers, again with the risk of hail and thunder, and the winds will ease. Maximum Temperature: 8C (46F).
A teenager who attacked his neighbour with a rake has been spared a jail sentence so he can try to fulfil his dream of joining the army., external
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
"Oven chips are safer" said the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service after putting out a fire caused by a chip pan.
Image source, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue ServiceCrews from Dawlish and Teignmouth were called at 16:45 yesterday to Stockton Road, Dawlish and got to work to extinguish the fire.
There was severe fire damage to the kitchen and the rest of the property suffered severe damage caused by heat and smoke.
Torrential rain proved no deterrent for more than 50 concerned residents who staged a protest in their village this morning, external against plans for hundreds of new homes.
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The "tiniest" of its kind in the world and it was invented in Cornwall - here's the miniature bagless vacuum cleaner invented by Toby Bateson.
A&E doctor Toby built the 2cm long vacuum cleaner by hand at his home in Truro.
Watch the 'tiniest bagless vacuum cleaner in the world'
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A man walking around Plymouth armed with a hatchet axe was tracked down and tasered, external by police.
Anybody who wants to throw wet sponges at the Cornwall Council member for Porthleven, Andrew Wallis, can join the queue at County Hall on Friday.
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Anna Varle
BBC News Online
The NHS 111 service for Cornwall has improved according to the health watchdog - the CQC.
In March, the service, which deals with non emergency medical calls, was given a warning notice and told it needed to take action on things like making sure enough suitably qualified staff were on duty.
Now, the CQC says the South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the service, has made positive improvements but still needs further progress.
Paul Tattam, from the CQC, said: "Following our first inspection, the service has now got a clear vision around improvements that they need to make."
