BBC Radio Cornwall

Several branches of Natwest and RBS will close across Devon and Cornwall following a national announcement.

The first to close in Cornwall - Wadebridge - will shut its doors on Friday 8 December. Other branches will close between December 2017 and June 2018.

RBS has published figures which show transactions over the counter have fallen.

The lowest figure in Cornwall is for Wadebridge where bosses say just 36 customers "do business face-to-face every week". The highest is 68 transactions at the Newquay and Helston branches each week.

Natwest says it's "proactively communicating with customers affected by the closures" and will be contacting vulnerable customers and regular branch users.

A mobile branch will be in Wadebridge for 12 weeks because of the short notice of the closure.

Plymouth Herald

An 83-year-old woman has been left with a broken wrist following an attack in the city., external

A visitor's online review of Dawlish said he felt 'bombarded' by the number of warning signs in the town.

BBC Radio Devon

A visitor to Dawlish has posted a scathing review online saying it is one of the "unfriendliest" towns in the country.

The person, who posted the comments on TripAdvisor, says the number of signs in the town is creating an unfriendly tone and is doing the area a disservice.

They claimed they saw more signs in the town centre than on a 14-mile drive over from Brixham.

Town Mayor, Martin Wrigley, says the objective visitors may have done them "a favour".

What do you think? Is Dawlish an unfriendly town? Send us your thoughts.

BBC Spotlight

A new series of detective novels set in Devon is getting readers involved in a locations guessing game.

They are set in a fictional town called Temple Regis in the late 1950s, but the author Christopher Wilson, who writes as T P Fielden, has readily admitted that his inspiration was "beautiful" south Devon and the English Riviera.

The National Trust house, Overbecks, in Salcombe, is one of several places to appear in the novel under a different name.

Mr Wilson added there was "certainly a bit of Totnes in there" as well.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Plymouth Argyle will have emergency loanee Will Mannion available for their FA Cup second round tie at Bradford City.

Hull City's Mannion replaced fellow emergency loanee Remi Matthews who was injured in last week's loss at Portsmouth.

The Pilgrims are missing all three of their senior goalkeepers - Luke McCormick, Kyle Letheren and Robbert te Loeke - as well as Jamie Ness for the trip to Valley Parade, but Oscar Threlkeld is available after recovering from a fractured leg.

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"Bradford are the favourites because of the position they are in the league and they've done well this season," Argyle boss Derek Adams told BBC Radio Devon.

"But they were favourites the last time we went there and went up and won 1-0 with a good performance.

"We have to do exactly the same again, we have to take care of their danger players and they'll have to do the same to us."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Hundreds of tonnes of rock and earth have crashed on to the beach at Dollar Cove on The Lizard in West Cornwall.

People have been advised to avoid the area.

Image source, Bob Felch

BBC Weather

It will stay mainly dry and sunny today, with some patchy cloud.

Maximum temperature: 7C (45F)

BBC Radio Cornwall

Keen-eyed Paul Turner saw this waterspout off the Cornish coast between Tintagel and Boscastle yesterday.

He filmed it from his garden in Trethevy.

Devon:

At the Marley Head Junction, the A38 is partialy blocked due to an accident.

Kings Ash Road in Paignton is closed in both directions due to roadworks, and should re-open at 18:00.

Initial reports are also coming in of an accident in Bovey Tracey on Ashburton Road, around Newton Road.

Cornwall:

In Callington, the A388 Saltash Road is partially blocked due to an accident around the A390 Southern Road.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter City fans will welcome the return of Danny Seaborne to St James Park.

Along with Dean Moxey and Ryan Harley, he is another of the side that helped the club to the heady heights of League One a few years ago who have returned 'home' after playing their trade higher up the tree.

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But there will also be a worry for how long the club will be without Troy Brown.

Manager Paul Tisdale told BBC Sport he would be "out for a significant length of time", but was still unsure of the exact nature of the injury.

With the addition of Seaborne to the squad it appears that Brown could be out for months rather than weeks.

BBC Business News

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RBS is closing 259 branches - one in four of its outlets - and cutting 680 jobs as more customers bank online.

The closures involve 62 Royal Bank of Scotland and 197 NatWest branches.

RBS, which is 72%-owned by the taxpayer, said it would try to ensure compulsory redundancies were "kept to an absolute minimum".

The bank said use of its branches by customers had fallen 40% since 2014, but the Unite union, which represents bank staff, called the cuts "savage".

Here is a list of affected outlets in Devon and Cornwall:

• Axminster
• Bideford
• Bodmin
• Bude
• Crediton
• Crownhill, Plymouth
• Dartmouth
• University of Exeter
• Helston
• Holsworthy
• Ilfracombe
• Liskeard
• Newquay
• Plympton
• Sidmouth
• South Molton
• St Ives
• Teignmouth
• Totnes
• Wadebridge

Following the closures, the RBS group will be left with 744 branches.

Torquay boss Gary Owers says he is entering a period of uncertainty as he juggles the side's remaining loan options.

Rob England
BBC News Online

Police have released footage after appealing for information regarding a suspected "serial arsonist" in Exeter.

Officers have described the suspect as a lone man wearing a "distinctive top which has a large dark strip across the front".

The footage relates to an incident on Mayflower Avenue at about 01:50 on Tuesday 15 August, police said.

The man is seen setting fire to a hedge. A total of 14 fires in the city are believe to be linked, police said.

Rob England
BBC News Online

A second man has been charged in connection with two robberies in West Cornwall.

The Post Office in Four Lanes, Redruth, and a shop in New Road, Stithians were targeted on Sunday, police said.

The man will appear in Bodmin Magistrates' Court this morning.

Another man previously arrested in connection with the robberies has been referred to Truro Crown Court and will next appear on the 19 December.

Cornwall Live

Truro and the surrounding areas in Cornwall have been revealed as having the second-highest drink and drug driving conviction rate in the UK, external, Cornwall Live reports.

Many might think type 1 diabetes is a "disease of childhood", but new research has found it has similar prevalence in adults.

Exeter City re-sign centre-back Danny Seaborne after almost eight years away from St James Park.

Rob England
BBC News Online

Police believe a serial arsonist has started 14 fires in the Exeter area since August.

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Officer said it was only by "pure chance" no-one had been injured in the fires.

Insp Simon Arliss said: "Many of the linked incidents have involved hedges and foliage which are adjoining properties, where fires have been started by the suspect dousing the area in petrol before setting it alight."

All the fires took place in the early hours of the morning, he added.

Police say some of the locations had been targeted "more than once", and others had found evidence of preparation for another attack, such as hedges soaked in fuel, which had not been carried out.

In these cases the suspect "must have been spooked before being able to fully set the fire.", according to Insp Arliss.

Police are urging the public to report any similar incidents.

BBC Spotlight

The new benefit universal credit will start to roll-out in parts of Cornwall next week - with campaigners warning of the impact on rural areas.

Liskeard, Bude and Launceston are the first areas in the county where all new applicants will see multiple benefits replaced by one monthly payment.

Lesley Carty from the Labour Party in Liskeard says people may have an issue accessing their benefits due to broadband issues in rural areas, as applicants must register online.

Heather Devreese, a single mum from Liskeard, told the BBC she relies on tax credits to top up her wages and any payment delay would have a big impact.

However, Johnny Mercer, Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View, said the new system was the "single biggest poverty fighting tool we've got".

• What is universal credit - and what's the problem?