Rugby player 'fatally injured' in tackle, inquest hears
London Tube bomb accused Damon Smith claims it was a prank
'Dozing' driver jailed for four years for killing friends
Ex-footballer jailed for child sex offences
Cornwall's commercial spaceport plans to be submitted to the government
Pedestrian hospitalised after Exeter crash
'Homes raided by burglars while owners asleep upstairs'
Three humpback whales spotted from Skybus
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Magdalen Street is partially blocked after a collision between a pedestrian and a car around Bull Meadow Road.
Traffic is starting to get busy around Western Way.
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Two sets of traffic lights are out in Exeter, at Western Way and South Street, and at Topsham Road and Barrack Road.
A 74-year-old woman disabled since having a stroke had to wait on the floor for five hours, external after calling an ambulance when she fell out of her wheelchair.
Don't feed the seagulls and cover up your bagged waste - that's the advice from North Devon District Council following a rise in reported problems with the birds in the area.
The council says the birds are in their nesting season and are looking for extra food to rear their young.
It says people carrying shopping bags and snacks are an easy target for the hungry gulls, and bags of rubbish and litter bins make for easy pickings.
Today looks cold, bright and perhaps frosty at first.
There will be spells of sunshine through much of the day, but some will see occasional showers during the afternoon too, especially in the south and east, and it will feel rather cold.
Maximum temperature: 11C (52F).
Ambitious plans to open a commercial spaceport in Cornwall are being formally submitted to the government this week.
Cornwall Airport Newquay is one of five sites shortlisted for a £10m project to develop plans to launch satellites and offer space tourism.
One of Newquay's advantages is its partnership with Goonhilly Earth Station - a major satellite communications hub with links to NASA and the European Space Agency.
‘Twisters’ or funnel clouds were spotted , externalacross North Devon yesterday evening.
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The roads are all looking clear this morning, but there are a few roadworks to be aware of:
A grandmother convicted of killing two women after she "dozed" off at the wheel of her car is expected to be sentenced later.
Image source, PAUL SLATER IMAGESTeresa Sant, 58, was found guilty of causing the deaths by dangerous driving of the friends in Plymouth last May.
The city's crown court heard she ploughed into Victoria Hodge, 42, and Marie-Helene Gieblen, 60, in a car she had bought just four days earlier.
The victims had got off a bus in Torr Lane and were saying their goodbyes when they were killed.
Plymouth Crown Court heard that Sant had told police she had dozed off at the wheel before. Once on a trip while with her husband and at other times when waiting at traffic lights. However, she had not told her GP or the DVLA about these episodes.
Sophie Malcolm
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