BBC Weather

Mainly cloudy and dry for the rest of the day, apart from a few scattered outbreaks of light rain or drizzle.

Patches of low cloud could make it misty over high ground, but a few brighter periods may also develop with light or moderate winds and a maximum temperature of 8C (46F).

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Tonight will be cloudy with a few pockets of light rain or drizzle, but otherwise dry with cloud clearing allowing a patchy frost to develop, with a minimum temperature of 1C (34F).

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

Human remains found in Cornwall in August belong to 45-year-old Darren Rhys Witcombe, police have said.

Officers were made aware of human remains being found in the area of Tregurrian, Newquay on the 11 August 2016.

Police said: "Initial formal identification proved inconclusive and the remains were then sent off for specialist DNA testing."

Det Con Sarah Pinder, said: “We are currently treating the death of Darren Witcombe as unexplained and as part of our enquiries, we are appealing to the public to help us piece together a better picture of his whereabouts before he died."

Mr Witcombe was last seen in December 2015.

Chris Ellis
BBC News Online

The security of a Tunisian resort where 38 people were killed in a gun attack in June 2015 was questioned six months before, an inquest has heard.

A report from January 2015 for the UK government raised concerns about the beach entrance of the Riu Imperial Marhaba near Sousse.

Thirty people from the UK were killed - including Stephen Mellor, 59, from Bodmin in Cornwall - in the deadliest attack on Britons since the 7 July 2005 London bombings.

Islamist gunman Seifeddine Rezgui was killed an hour after his attack began. He killed 10 of his victims on the beach before entering the five-star hotel from the sand.

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BBC Travel

• On the A38 Haldon Hill Plymouth-bound, one lane is closed, external due to a broken-down coach  
• Slow traffic in Plymouth on Outland Road around Peverell Park Road due to road closures
• At Branscombe the A3052 is partially blocked because of an overturned van near Beechtree Lane
• In Cornwall the A30 will be closed in both directions between St Erth roundabout and Loggans Moor roundabout for drainage work between 2000 and 0600, with diversions in place

Plymouth Herald

Homeless people have been blamed for a suspected arson attack at a shopping mall, external last night.

Heidi Davey
BBC Spotlight

The Princess Royal is visiting Devon today.

Princess Anne is opening a 50m Olympic legacy swimming pool at Mount Kelly School in Tavistock.

She earlier visited the Plymouth Highbury Trust, which helps people with learning disabilities, to mark its diamond anniversary.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter prop Tomas Francis has been named in Wales' 36-man squad for the Six Nations. 

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The 24-year-old has won 17 caps for his country and featured in four of Wales' Six Nations games last season.

He was suspended for his country's final game against Italy after being given an eight-week ban after making contact with the "eye or eye area" of England prop Dan Cole.

Clare Woodling
BBC Spotlight

A man has appeared at Exeter Magistrates' Court charged with attempted murder.

A major police operation involving dogs and a helicopter was launched after an incident in Leighton Terrace in Exeter on Sunday night. 

A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital with stab wounds.

The accused was refused bail and will appear before a judge at Exeter Crown Court on 16 February.

BBC Travel

• Between Seaton and Harcombe on the A3052 we've got reports there's an incident
• In Plymouth, on Outland Road around Peverell Park Road there are lane closures due to roadworks, Traffic is slow moving
• In Plymouth, on the St Budeaux Bypass around Carlton Terrace there are temporary traffic lights due to roadworks. Traffic is slow on the bypass

Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online

A leading expert has said damage caused to a dead dolphin found on Polly Joke beach near Newquay, "is potentially consistent with a shark bite".

However, he ruled out the possibility that it could be caused by a great white shark. 

Rob Deaville, from the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, said: "I'm aware of the speculation linking this case to potential great white shark predation. 

"I have to say that this is unlikely - as far as I'm aware, there have been no confirmed sightings of this species in UK waters."

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Ruth Williams, Marine Conservation Manager with Cornwall Wildlife Trust, said: "You can see little peck marks around it that have been caused by sea birds and crustaceans. Something has injured it initially, which could have been a shark, but we don't think the whole damage is one big shark bite." 

Andrea Ormsby
BBC Spotlight

Princess Anne is visiting the Plymouth Highbury Trust, which helps people with learning disabilities, to mark its diamond anniversary. 

She will also be opening a 50 metre Olympic legacy swimming pool at Mount Kelly School in Tavistock.

BBC Spotlight

A Torquay man has had his film about living with dementia entered in the internationally renowned Sundance Film Festival.

Norman McNamara wanted made to make people aware of what dementia is like and show that those with the condition can live happy lives.

His Purple Angel campaign now has 600 Ambassadors worldwide in more than 40 countries.  

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Cornish Pirates coach Alan Paver says he has been impressed with Luke Chapman's commitment after injury.

The 21-year-old prop, who joined the club this summer under their Player Development Foundation scheme made his debut in the weekend win over Ospreys.

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"He had a nasty injury early on and he came back and we weren't happy with his fitness and form," Paver said.

"He went to Redruth and I had a few doubts, we had a frank conversation and he's taken the bull by the horns."

Plymouth Herald

The brother of a man who died in tombstoning accident, external has called for diving boards to be reinstated on Plymouth Hoe in a bid to prevent future tragedies.

BBC News Scotland

A Plymouth Argyle footballer and another footballer have been ruled to be rapists and ordered to pay £100,000 damages despite never facing a criminal trial.

David Goodwillie - a former Scotland international - and David Robertson, were taken to court by the victim who was left "devastated" when a Crown decision was taken not to prosecute them.

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The 30-year-old woman said she was raped at a flat in Armadale, in West Lothian, Scotland after a night out in January 2011, although Goodwillie and Robertson claimed intercourse was consensual.

In the civil action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Judge Lord Armstrtong ruled Goodwillie and Robertson had each raped a vulnerable woman who was "incapable of giving meaningful consent" because of her alcohol consumption.

The Guardian

 An embryonic industry trying to harness the UK’s waves to generate clean electricity, external has been dealt a significant blow by a warning that the technology is too costly.  

Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online

A dead dolphin found stranded on a beach had injuries that could have been caused by a shark bite, an expert has told the BBC.

Rob Deaville, a leading dolphin expert with the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme said "the damage is potentially consistent with a shark bite". 

The creature was found on Polly Joke beach near Newquay on Sunday and may have been attacked after it died.

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Jake O'Mahoney was walking his dogs when one of them found the dolphin. He said: "He [the dog] was having a good sniff so we went over and saw it was a dolphin and it had a massive chunk out of it." 

"We thought it looked like a shark bite. Some people think a boat might have hit it but it looks like a shark bite to me." 

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams says he will not change his side's defensive tactics when they face Liverpool in their FA Cup third-round replay at Home Park on Wednesday.

Argyle defended deep and had only 23% possession and one shot on target in their 0-0 draw at Anfield on 8 January.

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"We have to defend very well again," Adams told BBC Radio Devon. "I think that we've shown in the first game that we can do that, and we'll have to do exactly the same."

The Scot, whose team are second in League Two, continued: "I can't see that we're going to be too cavalier on our approach. We've got to show respect to the Premier League team.They're third in the top flight and we've got to be careful of that."

Exeter Express & Echo

A seven-year-old girl from Exeter has become a star with a Youtube video, external watched more than one million times and a TV performance which wowed audiences in the Philippines.

BBC News England

Maria Balshaw has been selected to run the Tate art empire.

Dr Balshaw will become the first female director in the Tate's 120-year history and will replace Sir Nicholas Serota, who has been at the helm since 1988.

She will take charge of the Tate Modern and Tate Britain in London as well as offshoots in Liverpool and St Ives.

Under her stewardship, Manchester's acclaimed Whitworth Art Gallery had an award-winning expansion in 2015. She also runs Manchester Art Gallery.

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