Live updates for Devon and Cornwall have finished for the day, but we'll be back at 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

Don't forget Spotlight on BBC One later. There will also be news through the night on your BBC Local Radio station.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Thefts from tents at Cornwall's Boardmasters Festival fell by about a third from last year, a senior police officer says.

Supt Ian Drummond-Smith, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said there were 46 such thefts, down from 70 in 2016.

The force added, external that there were 22 arrests at the festival in total, including one for assault and 20 people, aged from 15 to 50, being taken into custody for drugs supply offences or money laundering.

As well as that, officers said 99 traffic offences were detected and three vehicles were seized for no insurance.

Of the tent thefts, Supt Drummond-Smith said it was "still too many", but he was "pleased" in the fall in incidents.

About 50,000 people attended the festival over the weekend.

Bee Tucker
BBC Weather

This evening and tonight, further rain, heavy at times, will spread northeast across all parts this evening, with some hill fog. It will gradually clear away east after midnight, then becoming largely dry with clear spells, and perhaps a few showers around the coasts. Minimum temperature: 12C (54F).

Tuesday will see a good deal of dry weather, with some decent spells of sunshine. Perhaps the odd isolated shower early in the day. It will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine, with light winds. Maximum temperature: 20C (68F).

Sian Davies
BBC News Online

A project to explore for lithium in hot springs in Cornwall - which has received £1m investment - has created a "lot of excitement in the technical world", the boss of the company behind the plans says.

Global demand for lithium - used in batteries for mobile phones and cars - is expected to triple in the next decade.

Cornish Lithium, which plans to extract it from water in Cornish mines, said it could become a "very significant player" in the industry.

Company boss Jeremy Wrathall (pictured) said: "We hope to be the domestic source of lithium for the UK."

High levels of lithium were indentified in the water in Cornish mines in the 19th Century, but there was no market for it at that time. Most lithium is produced in South America, Australia and China, but the UK Government has earmarked it as a metal of strategic importance to the country.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A family of bats being found making their home in the belly of a fibreglass dinosaur at a north Devon theme park is a "fantastic discovery", staff say.

The triceratops at Combe Martin's wildlife park is now an official lesser horseshoe bat roost.

Staff said the 4m-high dinosaur was one of its older dinosaur models and it was thought that the bats made their home there after discovering a hole in the underside of its belly.

Senior Keeper Louisa Bartlett said: "It is fantastic to discover we have bats living in a triceratops.

"We always knew we had wild bats on site but never really knew where. The fact that they have decided to live in a dinosaur just makes it even more exciting."

BBC Sport

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Birmingham City have signed striker Isaac Vassell for an undisclosed fee from League Two side Luton Town.

The 23-year-old moves to St Andrew's on a four-year deal having been under contract at Luton until next summer.

Blues manager Harry Redknapp bemoaned the lack of fit strikers as a "crazy situation" after losing Che Adams in Saturday's victory over Bristol City. Vassell will go straight into Redknapp's squad for the home match with Bolton on Tuesday.

Having moved to Luton on a free transfer last summer, Vassell - a cousin of former Aston Villa and England striker Darius Vassell - scored 10 league goals for the Hatters in 42 appearances last season.

He will provide Redknapp with another option up front with Lukas Jutkiewicz also missing with a calf problem.

Newquay-born Vassell, who graduated through the youth ranks at Plymouth, becomes Birmingham's fifth summer signing.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Planners have voted to turn the Bodmin Public Rooms into a cinema.

Cornwall Council's east sub-area planning committee passed an application by Merlin Cinemas by nine votes to five to turn the building into a four-screen cinema.

The plans have not been without their critics.

Members of the Bodmin Public Rooms Trust previously said they were outraged that the council didn't accept its attempts to save the Grade 2-listed building as a community venue.

Merlin Cinemas said its plans would be "a perfect community use for this wonderful building".

Image source, Google

Sophie Malcolm
BBC News Online

Reconstructions of rare 125,000-year-old fossils made from 3D printing have been made after the originals were stolen from a cave in Devon two years ago.

A team of academics from around England, including the University of Birmingham, has worked to build replica fossils for the Joint Mitnor cave at Buckfastleigh.

BBC News Technology

A British cyber-security researcher has pleaded "not guilty" to charges of creating and selling malware that snooped on victims' banking logins.

Marcus Hutchins, 23 - who appeared in court in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - shot to fame after helping to stall the WannaCry ransomware attack that struck the NHS and many other organisations around the world in May.

He was arrested by the FBI in Las Vegas on 2 August and is facing six charges relating to the development and distribution of Kronos, a well-known piece of malware that gathered financial information from infected computers.

A second defendant, who has not yet been named, was also included in the indictment against Mr Hutchins.

The cyber-security researcher is from Ilfracombe, Devon and works for LA-based firm Kryptos Logic. He was granted bail on 5 August after $30,000 (£23,000) was raised by friends and family.

A man who was responsible for more than 1,000 air cadets in Devon and Somerset kissed a teenage boy on his neck during a band camp, a court has heard.

Brian Wills-Pope MBE, 64, from Torquay, also asked the boy to wear a mankini and suggested sharing a bed on another occasion, Taunton Crown Court heard.

Mr Wills-Pope was Commanding Officer for Devon and Somerset Wing Air Training Corps at the time of the alleged sexual assault in 2015 during an overnight band camp at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon.

Prosecutor Sean Brunton said Mr Wills-Pope approached the boy from behind.

Mr Brunton said: "Rather unexpectedly this defendant leant forward and kissed the victim on the neck and then put his hand under his shirt, running it over his back, skin on skin."

The defendant denies one charge of sexual assault and the trial continues.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Police involved in a search in Dartmouth after a man was reported trying car door handles and walking in and out of people's gardens say a house has been burgled.

A police dog and a helicopter were deployed after the man was spotted in the Davis Road and Carey Road area this morning, Dartmouth Police said on Facebook, external.

Confirming a burglary in Davis Road, officers said, external they believed the male suspect "discarded the property that he stole as he would not have wanted to hold onto it knowing that we were out looking for him".

People in the Davis Road, Ivatt Road and Carey Road areas were asked to check their bins and gardens for a black leather lady's handbag containing a purse with cards and a Samsung Galaxy S3 mobile phone.

Officers said: "The victim is very upset as this phone has all of her family photos on it and we would very much like to reunite her with it."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Boardmasters Festival-goers have faced road and rail problems trying to leave Newquay.

Some drivers have described being blocked in log-jam traffic, and train passengers have described hundreds or up to 1,000 people crammed on to a railway platform, leaving services unable to cope.

Some waiting at the station have told the BBC, external that they been waiting five hours for a train.

James Davis, from train operator GWR, said the company did make contingency plans.

He said: "We have provided additional trains and also put additional carriages on to existing services.

"Clearly when you have 50,000 or so people leaving a festival at exactly the same time, you can expect a relatively small station like Newquay to be a lot busier than normal."

About its car parks, the festival's organisers said on Facebook, external in response to posts about parking: "Delays must be anticipated but we're working to get you all out as swiftly and as safely as possible. Thanks for your patience."

Image source, Alex Moore

Devon Live

A group of travellers who arrived in Sidmouth on Sunday afternoon have moved to the main car park in Budleigh Salterton, external.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

The use of drones by police to monitor crowds saved the force thousands of pounds because it meant a police helicopter did not have to be called, a senior officer has said on social media.

After the force posted infrared pictures, external of the crowd on Twitter (above), it was asked by a security company, external: "Other than the nice pictures, what did you find was the operation benefit of deploying a drone team at Boardmasters?"

Supt Drummond-Smith replied it was "basically mobile CCTV" which was used to target thieves and drug dealers, and "helped during a few foot chases".

He added that, external, for Boardmasters, drone use was instrumental in "avoiding two deployments of the police helicopter from Exeter".

Andrew Segal
Local Live

News that a family of bats making their home in the belly of a fibreglass dinosaur at a north Devon theme park "is definitely a first for us", a national charity says.

The triceratops at Combe Martin's wildlife park is now an official lesser horseshoe bat roost. Staff at the attraction said it was a "fantastic discovery".

Becky Wilson, of the Bat Conservation Trust charity, said: "We get to hear of some very unusual bat roosts and are always pleased to hear of new ones. But a fibreglass triceratops is definitely a first for us."

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The trust covers the greater South West, including: Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and the former Avon area.

Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster

Along with some scattered outbreaks of rain, there will also be drier spells as well as some sunshine. However, more persistent and sometimes heavy rain will return from the west this evening and spread eastwards. Moderate or fresh southerly winds will be mainly light or moderate from the south. Maximum temperature: 18C (64F).

It'll be mainly cloudy tonight as outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain clear during the evening to become mainly dry apart from a few scattered showers. Some clearer periods will then develop by morning. Light southerly winds will turn to the west or northwest and become moderate at times. Minimum temperature: 13C (55F).

Hundreds of people have been stuck at Newquay train station after the Boardmasters Festival.

Some 50,000 festivalgoers attended the music event in Newquay over the weekend, which finished on Sunday night.

People have taken to social media to raise concerns with train operator GWR.

In one tweet, external, GWR said: "The 1506 will run as an eight coach train".

It added additional buses were also "supporting the train service".

BBC Radio Devon

Trains between London Waterloo, Salisbury and Exeter St Davids are facing delays through the afternoon after a vehicle struck a bridge, external at Crewkerne, National Rail says.

The collision has been causing disruption to trains between Yeovil Junction and Exeter St Davids.

National Rail said that rail lines had been reopened but that delays were still possible until 15:00.

Press Association

Cornwall's mining revival received a boost on Monday after the firm behind plans to tap into huge reserves of lithium in the county raised £1m in funding.

Mining company Cornish Lithium, headed up by Jeremy Wrathall, said the cash injection will allow it to explore the coastal region as the demand for the precious metal soars.

Lithium - dubbed "white petroleum" - is used in the rapidly growing market for electric cars and rechargeable batteries in everything from mobile phones to cordless vacuums. It is estimated that the global market for lithium stands at a potential £70bn.

Mr Wrathall, 53, is hoping to raise £5m to fund exploration tests, with around four or five well drills expected to be set up, which covers a large area centred around Camborne, Redruth and St Day.

Most lithium is produced in South America, Australia and China, but the UK government has earmarked lithium as a metal of strategic importance to the country.