Alexander Blackman - Marine A - sentenced to seven years for manslaughter of insurgent
Speeding driver 'wished he had died instead of victim'
Woman injured in three-vehicle crash on the A30 in Cornwall
Devon farmer challenges Tesco over promotional picture
Young people with bowel cancer may get a quicker diagnosis after research by the University of Exeter
Updates on Tuesday 28 March
Although more cloudy at times today, with some scattered showers around, there will still be some bright or sunny periods.
However, cloud will thicken from the west later this afternoon, and rain will become more persistent and also heavier at times.
Light or moderate south to southwesterly winds will be fresher around the coast. Max Temperature: 14C (57F).
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A former Plymouth-based Royal Marine whose murder conviction for shooting dead an injured Afghan fighter was reduced to manslaughter is expected to find out his sentence later.
Forty-two-year-old Alexander Blackman, from Taunton, was jailed for life in 2013.
Image source, PAEarlier this month, a Court Martial Appeal Court ruled the conviction should be manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility, not murder.
He has been serving an eight-year minimum term for his initial murder conviction.
His family said they hoped the new sentence could mean Mr Blackman being released from prison sooner.
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
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Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight
A new tool based on research done at the University of Exeter is helping to diagnose bowel cancer in young people .
GPs have been given access to the tool, which calculates the risk of the disease based on blood tests, symptoms and a GP's examination.
Experts say people under 50 do not act on bowel cancer symptoms quickly enough, and 20% have to visit a GP five times before being referred to a specialist.
Three in five people under 50 will be diagnosed with Stage 3 or 4 bowel cancer, while fewer than one in five will be diagnosed at the earliest stage of the disease - when survival rates are much higher.
Richard Green
BBC Radio Devon
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A woman's been left with potentially life-changing injuries after a three-car crash which closed the A30 near Zelah last night.
The collision happened on the west bound carriageway at about 21:00.
A fire crew from Perranporth used crash rescue equipment to release one person from their vehicle. The injured woman was airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
The road was closed in both directions between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross for more than five hours.
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
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