Human remains found in Cornwall 'belong to missing man'
Argyle player branded a rapist in civil court action
Dolphin damage 'consistent with shark bite'
Police spend £1m on counter-terrorism operation
Attempted murder accused appears in court
More than 5,000 operations were cancelled in the South West last year on the day they were due to take place - a rise of a third in five years
Police search Dartmoor reservoir for missing cyclist
Police appeal after large New Year's Eve fight in Exeter
Updates on Tuesday 17 January 2017
The long-term roadworks currently taking place at Temple , externalmight face delays before they are completed and is starting to impact the tourism industry in Cornwall.
Lynne French, BBC News Online
Police are looking for witnesses to an attempted knife-point robbery in Ilfracombe in which a local man in his 40s, was cut on his face.
He was walking home on Tarry Lane on Friday night when he was confronted by three men aged between 18 and 22, who demanded his wallet and mobile phone.
Anyone who may have seen the men or anything suspicious at the time is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police, external.
Dan Downs, Weather Forecaster
If you're thinking about a trip to the seaside today, here are the times of high water around the South West coast.
There will be a full weather forecast in the Spotlight lunchtime news on BBC One at 13:30.
Lynne French, BBC News Online
Police have released images of a number of people they want to identify in connection with a large-scale fight in Exeter in the early hours of New Year's Eve.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceA number of people were taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital following the fight outside Natwest in the High Street, including a 24-year-old local man with a suspected fractured eye socket and vertebrae.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall PoliceAnyone who saw the fight or can identify any of the people in the images is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police, external.
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
England winger Jack Nowell has the ability to be selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, says Exeter head coach Rob Baxter.
Nowell has impressed for Exeter since returning from injury in December.
Image source, Getty Images"I hope he can maintain this form and drive himself into the England side," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon. "Then show form in a very good England set of performances in the Six Nations and he gives himself a fantastic opportunity to go on a Lions tour."
Nowell, 23, has won 18 England caps and was part of the side which whitewashed Australia on tour in the summer of 2016.
Chris Ellis
BBC News Online
Police and Dartmoor search and rescue teams - including diving specialists - are at Burrator Reservoir, looking for a cyclist who went missing at the weekend.
The search was called off as light faded yesterday but has resumed this morning.
The 30-year-old man was reported missing from Plympton. Police have not yet released his name.
Lynne French, BBC News Online
An investigation has been launched after a dolphin was found washed up on a beach near Newquay with a giant "shark bite, external" taken out of its stomach.
Patrick Clahane
Inside Out South West
More than 5,000 operations were cancelled in the South West last year on the same day they were due to take place - a rise of about third in five years, the BBC can reveal.
Richard Kerr, from the Royal College of Surgeons, external, says there's potential for the condition of patients waiting for operations for serious conditions to deteriorate while they wait for them to be rescheduled.
However, NHS England, external says the level of cancellations remains low at just 1% of the millions of operations performed nationally every year.
"Barbaric" plans to close 10 city libraries, external have provoked fury from political opponents who are urging the public to protest against the move.
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Colder than yesterday, especially in the east. Rather cloudy, but it should stay dry with light winds and some bright spells, especially through the afternoon.
Maximum temperature 9C (48F).
A dry night will follow with light winds and clear spells, allowing temperatures to fall away and the odd mist and localised frost patch to develop with a minimum temperature of 0C (32F).
Firecrews were called to a suspected arson attack at the Crossways Shopping Centre in Paignton overnight.
Officers found the fire on the upper floor of a gym and said it was caused by electrical items and rubbish.
Part of the roof has been destroyed.
Lynne French, BBC News Online
Police have charged a man in connection with a stabbing in Exeter on Sunday.
The man has been charged with attempted murder and is due to appear before Exeter Magistrates' Court later.
BBC Travel
Simon Hall, Home Affairs Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
Devon and Cornwall Police spent more than £1m on a counter-terrorism operation it was directed to carry out by the Metropolitan Police.
Chair of the Police Federation in Devon and Cornwall, which represents rank and file officers, Nigel Rabbitts, said: “This spending on a national policing operation has to be returned to Devon and Cornwall for policing needs here."
The Freedom of Information response revealed searches of woodland, and guarding the area, near Exeter, last year, cost more than £1.1m. Devon and Cornwall Police told us they were, "confident they will be reimbursed".
Lynne French, BBC News Online
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