Amy Gladwell, BBC News Online

She has been loved by locals for years as she holds up traffic and surfers alike, but a famous female swan has met a sad end.

"Mrs Swan", a "big friend of the community" in Perranporth has been put down after being attacked by a dog last week, it is believed.

Image source, Perran Tremewan

Mat Judge, who helps run the boating lake where the swans nest, said a lot of people who came to see her and her mate each day have been left "very sad".

"A lot of people are now saying they don't even want dogs in the boating lake, or that they should be kept on leads," he added.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

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Jobs are to be cut at Plymouth Marjon University, bosses have confirmed.

The former teacher training college said it was undergoing restructuring "to ensure efficiency savings".

It added that it could not confirm final numbers but that a "tier of senior management" was to leave.

BBC News Scotland

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An Edinburgh-based climber originally from Devon - who has become the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest from the north and south sides - says climbing the mountain from the north was "definitely more difficult".

Mollie Hughes reached the summit at 01:14 GMT (05:34 local time) with climbing guide Jon Gupta. The 26-year-old, originally from Torbay, successfully climbed the mountain from its south side in 2012.

Climbing the 8,848m (29,029ft) mountain from the north, starting in Tibet, is thought to expose mountaineers to colder and windier conditions.

In a message from the summit, Mollie said: "The climbing has been really, really hard but our mental and physical strength got us up here. I can confirm that the north side is definitely more difficult than the south side!"

A BMW driver has been jailed after he paid two witnesses £250 to change their statements about a late night crash.

Daniel Honey offered the two women cash after seeing them at court on a day when his trial was adjourned.

The witnesses were due to give evidence about a late night crash in Bradworthy in June 2015 in which Honey's silver car crashed into a cottage causing £4,000 damage.

Honey, 26, of Chillaton, near Lifton, denied being the driver. He admitted doing acts intending to pervert the course of justice and was jailed for three months by Judge Erik Salomonsen at Exeter Crown Court.

Clare Woodling
BBC Spotlight

A toddler who locked himself inside his mother's car has been reunited with the firefighters that rescued him.

Image source, Simon Goodearl

A picture of Brandon Green in the car went viral and was shared all over the world. 

He had accidentally locked the car from the inside after his mother Kirsty left the keys in the boot while unloading her shopping.

Fourteen-month-old Brandon and Kirsty went to Bude fire station in Cornwall to thank firefighters who freed him.  

BBC Cymru Wales

A man who died after falling a "considerable" distance while walking in Snowdonia has been named.

John Gerrard Wynne, 61, of Exmouth, Devon, was walking with his 26-year-old daughter on 3,000ft (100m) Tryfan when he fell on Sunday.

They were descending down the South Gully when they decided to turn around but Mr Wynne slipped. He is believed to have fallen more than 200ft (60m).

He was airlifted to hospital in Bangor where he died.

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Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster

It'll continue damp and cloudy with outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain moving across the counties during the day. Moderate or fresh southwesterly winds will be occasionally strong over the moors and around the south coast to the west before easing later. Maximum temperature: 17C (63F).

Cloud will thicken again as rain returns westwards to all parts during the night. The rain will be occasionally heavy and persistent, while winds will become mainly northwesterly, but generally light. Minimum temperature: 11C (52F).

BBC Radio Devon

The popularity of hockey has exploded in Devon. 

The number of people playing the sport has gone up by more than 50% in the last five years, according to England Hockey.

Since Great Britain's women took gold in the Rio Olympics, demand for pitches has outstripped supply. Now work has now begun on a new hockey hub in Plymouth which will benefit talented young players from across the region. 

Andrew Segal
Local Live

The Independent group on Cornwall Council says its members unanimously rejected an offer by Conservatives to share power because it "required" them to agree to the Tories' manifesto.

This month's local elections left the authority in limbo and no party in overall control. 

Power talks between the Conservative and Independent groups on the council broke down yesterday. The Conservatives then claimed the Independents wanted "an amount of power and influence on the council that is not proportionate".

Independents are proposing that the council's chairman and leader are elected at next week's annual meeting. The Liberal Democrat group is meeting later at County Hall.

Amy Gladwell, BBC News Online

A swan made famous for parading her cygnets through a popular Cornish resort each year has been killed in a suspected dog attack. 

The bird, which was thought to be nearly 20 years old, had been guarding her nest of six eggs when she was savaged, it is believed.

Image source, Perran Tremewan

'Mrs Swan' and her mate 'Mr Swan' have been described as 'big friends of the Perranporth community' and have made national headlines, external in recent years. 

Vets tried to treat her leg wound but she had to be put down on Sunday, according to Perranporth Gardens Charities which manages their nesting ground, the town's boating lake.

Harriet Bradshaw
BBC Spotlight

Melodies composed more than 1,000 years ago will soon be heard again at Buckfast Abbey on a rather magical musical instrument.

This is one of more than 5,000 pipes from what's believed to be the first large Italian organ in England. It's been brought from Italy piece by piece. Each pipe started life in a workshop near Venice. 

The first section will take five weeks to install, with the second section arriving in September.

BBC News Travel

There's slow traffic on the A39 Arch Hill around Mill Lane, near Truro, due to a broken-down lorry.

BBC Radio Devon

A fostering charity is looking for more people under the age of 35 in Devon and the wider South West to become foster carers. 

The call comes during the second week of Foster Care Fortnight, as part of the Fostering Network's campaign to help recruit 480 new foster families in the region in the coming year. 

The charity said that younger foster carers would be in a great position to offer homes to the many children who needed to live with a foster family for the long-term, often until the age of 21.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Lawyers for Lee and Robert Firkins say a jury got it wrong when the brothers were jailed in 2005 for murdering Graham and Carol Fisher, and believe DNA evidence could be used to clear them. 

They are currently serving life sentences for killing the Fishers at the couple's Perch garage, near Wadebridge, in 2003. The couple were shot a number of times after being bludgeoned with a sledgehammer. 

The garage, which has since been levelled, was described as a scene of "indescribable horror" by a judge at Exeter Crown Court during the brothers' lengthy trial.

The Firkins, from Weston-super-Mare, always denied the murders, saying previously they were seeing relatives and visiting a pub at the time.

Devon Live

Vets in Cullompton have confirmed a second dog that has contracted killer flesh eating disease Alabama Rot, external.

James Law
BBC Sport Online

Exeter City director of football Steve Perryman has called on fans to make "positive noise" during their League Two play-off semi-final second leg at home to Carlisle on Thursday.

While no team won more away games than Exeter this season, only three sides suffered more defeats at home.

The first leg against Carlisle finished 3-3 at Brunton Park on Sunday.

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"There's something wrong if it's not a great atmosphere, because what more do people want?" Perryman told BBC Devon. "You sometimes think there's a bit of negativity at home."

BBC Radio Devon

A young Torbay climber has just scaled the heights of Mount Everest.

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Mollie Hughes' success makes her the youngest Briton, the youngest European woman and the first English woman to successfully scale the peak from both the north and south sides of the world's highest mountain. 

In temperatures as low as minus -40C (-40F), the 26-year-old reached the summit of Mount Everest - a height of 8,848m from the north side - in the early hours of this morning.

Devon Live

Police have begun a crackdown, external on travellers who have moved on to a South Devon beauty spot by targeting illegal vehicles.

BBC Weather

A cloudy, murky and mild day across the South West with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, particularly in the west.

The rain will slowly move eastwards and gradually ease during the afternoon. Despite the cloud and rain it will feel rather humid, particularly in the east. Maximum temperature: 17C (63F).