Plymouth Herald

Dartmoor has become the first of the UK's National Parks to launch a large-scale public art project within its borders, external.

Holly Green
BBC Weather

If you're planning a trip to the coast or seaside, here are the next high water times around Devon and Cornwall.

We'll have the latest forecast on BBC Spotlight at 13:30.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Campaigners against cuts in Cornwall's NHS services are protesting outside a big health meeting this morning.

NHS Kernow managers are in St Cleer near Bodmin to discuss how to save £264m.

The plans to tackle the deficit include the possibility of selling off some community hospitals.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

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The Royal Navy will play a key role in supporting the UK's presence on the world stage after Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May has said as she addressed personnel from the deck of the fleet's Plymouth-based flagship. 

Mrs May was on board helicopter carrier HMS Ocean during a visit to Bahrain, praising the work done by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in the fight against Islamic State terrorists. 

She was also flanked by two Jackal armoured vehicles from South West-based 42 Commando.

BBC Travel

• The A30 Cornwall-bound is partially blocked between Sourton Cross and Stowford due to a broken-down vehicle
• In Okehampton, roadworks on East Street are causing long delays
• In Barnstaple, Mount Sandford Road is partially blocked due to an incident near Landkey Road

Dick Straughan
BBC Radio Cornwall

The Stadium for Cornwall is finally set to become a reality with work likely to begin next year, according to Cornish Pirates director Colin Groves. 

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The New Zealand-based businessman, who comes from Cornwall, has been back in the UK, meeting with partners in the project on this side of the globe.

He said: "We can now crack on, probably at the beginning of next year, with getting refinancing organised."

BBC Entertainment and Arts

A red fez hat worn by legendary comedian and magician Tommy Cooper - who spent much of his childhood in Exeter - is to go on display following an appeal by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).

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The Knightsbridge museum purchased the late comic's archive and "gag file" earlier this year, but had been unable to get his famous hat. But a former advertising executive came to the rescue, donating a fez he was given by Mr Cooper days before he died.

It will be on display at the museum from 6 December. According to legend, Tommy Cooper began wearing a fez when he lost his army-issue helmet while performing in Cairo during World War Two.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Smarter, greener and cheaper - that's the ambition of a new scheme in Cornwall which aims to allow homes and businesses to generate and sell their own electricity. 

Centrica is planning to provide free, smart energy upgrades to up to 150 properties and then provide a virtual market for them to sell it. 

The scheme will cost £19m, including £13m from the European Regional Development Fund.

Victoria Derbyshire

It is less than three weeks since ex-Crewe defender Andy Woodward waived his right to anonymity to say that he was a victim of sexual abuse as a young footballer.

Since then, more than 20 former footballers - including ex-youth players, trainees and professionals - have also come forward with allegations of historical abuse in football.

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

A Devon cheese maker is launching the UK's Academy of Cheese. 

Mary Quicke wants to create a UK system to educate people about cheese after seeing a similar organisation in the US. 

The position of master of cheese is available for cheese makers and cheese lovers - but would Wallace qualify?

Cornwall Live

Police are hunting two young women who could have information after a man's ear was bitten off, external.

Ben Chapple
BBC News Online

If Plymouth Argyle get through to the third round of the FA Cup they would face a side they have not played in more than 50 years.

The last time the Pilgrims played Liverpool was in the 1961/1962 season when they were playing in what was then Division Two - the Reds ran out winners 2-1 at Anfield and 3-2 at Home Park.

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The two teams have never met before in the FA Cup and in their 10 meetings in Division Two Argyle took the honours in two and Liverpool in five.

But before we get carried away there's the not so small matter of travelling to Newport County next week for the second round clash after Saturday's 0-0 draw.

Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

A woman living in Devon says she fears her husband will die before she's reunited with him due to problems moving him from Surrey.

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Malcolm Steward has been in hospital since July 2015 after having a car accident. 

He and his wife, Philippa, were moving to Devon and he has a nursing home place ready in the county, but Torbay Hospital said it did not have the capacity to let him recover from the journey in its Intensive Care Unit.

Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

A multimillion-pound shortfall in education funding for the most vulnerable children in Devon will leave schools in a "very difficult situation", a head teacher says.

A letter to county councillors said a £4.5m shortfall in the "high needs" education budget could be made up by taking money from mainstream schools.

Jamie Stone (pictured), head teacher at Denbury Primary School and vice chair of the Devon Association of Primary Headteachers, said: "It is a concern because we will lose funding, which is a very difficult situation. Maybe we will make redundancies to balance the budget."

The council's letter said the authority "will do everything we can to keep the top slice as low as possible". The authority told the BBC that no final decision had been made.

BBC Travel

• In Devon, the A39 between Horns Cross and Bucks Cross is reported to be partially blocked due to an incident 
• In Cornwall, there are reports of an accident on the A38 at the Trerulefoot roundabout
• On the A30 near Zelah, close to the the Boxheater Junction, heading westbound, there's an accident. Traffic is slow-moving 
• On the A30 between Temple and Millpool, there is a lane closure and speed restriction of 40mph due to long-term roadworks. Traffic is slow in both directions
• On the A391 near St Austell, there are temporary traffic lights due to roadworks between Stannary Road and Scredda roundabout. There's slow traffic.

Exeter Express & Echo

Police carried out a drugs raid at a property in Buckfastleigh, external on Monday morning.

Sophie Pierce
BBC South West

Four in 10 bank branches in Devon and Cornwall have closed in recent years, with at least seven towns being left without a bank at all, and five due to lose their last branch next year.

Ten years ago, there were 299 banks across both counties. Today there are 183 - a fall of about 40%. Banks say that fewer customers are using branches because they are banking online.

In Cornwall, Lostwithiel is due to lose both its bank and Post Office in the next few months and the town council is considering taking it on. In Ashburton in Devon (pictured), which has lost its last bank, the Post Office is taking up the slack.

Plymouth Herald

An inquest has opened into the death of well-respected South Devon farmer, parish councillor and former agricultural show president who died after falling into a silo of grain, external.

BBC Radio Devon

Exeter City Council voted unanimously last night to approve a scheme to convert the old Richard's Aquatics shop on Market Street into a homeless shelter.

Supporters of the plans said if it didn't go ahead there was a higher risk people would die on the streets this winter. 

But some businesses in the West Quarter of the city were worried it could bring trouble at a busy time of year and put off customers.