Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter full-back Phill Dollman will miss Saturday's Champions Cup match at Leinster.

The 32-year-old came off in the 18-8 loss to the Dublin-based side at Sandy Park on Sunday, with the likes of Lachie Turner or Jack Nowell in line to replace him.

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"It's nothing that you expect to be out for too long with," director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.

"It's a relatively painful injury but it's not something that needs an operation or lengthy rehab."

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Plans to cut funding to Citizens Advice in Cornwall are part of £75m savings needed to be made by the county's unitary council by April 2021, the authority says.

People who have used the charity's services are being asked to tell Cornwall Cornwall how valuable it has been as part of its funding debate.

Cornwall Council had wanted to cut the CAB funding by 54% from £356,000 to £153,000 a year for three years because of funding cuts by central government.

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If the cuts went ahead, seven of CAB's nine centres across the county were likely to close and a number of staff lose their jobs, the charity said last week.

It added that such a move would leave about 9,000 people in Cornwall without anywhere to go for help.

Council Leader Adam Paynter said: "The council is facing the unenviable challenge of having to decide which services to deliver and how to deliver them with less budget.

"The only way to do this effectively is to do things differently and make changes in how we work and how we contribute to other organisations and get the best value for money.

"We are continuing to talk to CAC [Citizens Advice Cornwall] about the way forward."

A final decision on the council’s budget is due to be made in February.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Eight people arrested in a crackdown on immigration crime across the south coast of England were taken into custody as a result of "the culmination of many months of work", police say.

The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) said a series of warrants were executed, external on Wednesday morning in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex, Eastbourne, Folkestone, Ashford and Plymouth.

Det Ch Insp Simon Steel, of the unit, said: "This investigation involves a highly organised criminal network organising and facilitating the entry of illegal immigrants into the UK.

"Today has seen the culmination of a lengthy operation headed by SEROCU with the support of a number of partner agencies.

"The investigation of organised immigration crime is a priority for SEROCU and today’s activity is the culmination of many months of work."

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Eight people have been arrested in a crackdown on immigration crime across the south coast of England, police say.

The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit said a series of warrants were executed, external in the early hours of Wednesday in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex, Eastbourne, Folkestone, Ashford and Plymouth.

Officers said the eight detained were in custody "in connection with organised immigration crime offences".

Donna Birrell
BBC Radio Cornwall

A meeting is under way in London to discuss the possibility of people in Cornwall having the chance to tick a box identifying themselves as "Cornish" on the next census.

Cornwall Council staff are meeting staff from the Office for National Statistics in an ongoing campaign for people in the county to use the description from 2021.

Following a decision by the government to officially recognise the Cornish as a national minority in April 2014, the council has been pushing for the Cornish to be treated equally with the UK's other Celtic nations: Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh.

While the other nations could tick a box to identify themselves in the 2011 census, the Cornish could only write Cornish under the "other" option, and some 14% chose to self-identify themselves in this way.

Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

There's been a positive comment from the head of the education watchdog in the South West about secondary schools in Cornwall.

Although Bradley Simmons from Ofsted said the region as a whole was not performing as well as London and the South East, he said secondary schools in the county were improving.

He was speaking today on the launch of the watchdog's annual report.

Rob England
BBC News Online

The Condor Liberation, which sails between the Channel Islands and Poole, will resume services this week after being sent to dry dock in Falmouth for maintenance.

It was taken out of action due to an engine fault in October.

A company spokesman said "extensive work" had been done, including a service of the vessel's engines and exhaust systems.

The Condor Rapide is due for maintenance in Janurary 2018, and the Liberation will cover its sailings during this time, according to Condor.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A security guard has been hit with a metal bar and two cash boxes allegedly taken from a security van during a robbery outside a shop in Plymouth, police say.

Officers said they were called to the Tesco Express store on Alexandra Road, on the corner of Ashford Hill near Mutley Plain, at about 10:30.

A search is ongoing to trace three men seen fleeing the scene, police said.

The injured guard did not require medical attention.

Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster

The day will be mostly cloudy with showery outbreaks of occasionally heavy rain. But it will be brighter this afternoon, with some sunny spells as the showers ease for a time.

However, a band of heavy showers will move in from the west towards the end of the day. Winds will also strengthen with moderate or fresh west to southwesterly winds turning to the northwest and increasing gale or severe gale around the coast and to the west.

Maximum temperature: 11C (52F).

BBC Radio Cornwall

People with money-making ideas in Cornwall are being given the opportunity to bid for locations to set up shop.

Cornwall Council has 40 new pop-up sites available, external for lease in places including Widemouth Bay (pictured), the Camel Trail and Penzance Promenade.

The authority said tenders could include "yoga on the beach to a food concession and everything in between" at a "huge variety" of sites on beaches, as well as in harbours, car parks and open spaces.

Councillor Sue James, said they were after original ideas which would not impact on existing businesses.

She said: "It could be about giving businesses a chance to try out a new idea without quite the overheads they might have if they were going to take on a shop lease."

She added: "We are looking at quality, and part of that is looking at if it adds anything to the experience of visitors in that area."

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BBC News UK

British armed forces veterans could have their driving licences stamped with a "V", as part of plans to improve the recognition of their service.

The move, similar to a US scheme, could see 2.5 million ex-military personnel issued with the new licence to "clearly distinguish" them as veterans.

The card would give holders easier access to specialist services and to offers, including retail discounts.

Prime Minster Theresa May said veterans deserved "recognition for their sacrifice".

The scheme, to be announced by the prime minister later, could be implemented in the early 2020s.

The Ministry of Defence is working with the Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to adapt the design of the current driving licence.

BBC Radio Devon

• In Exeter, Prince Of Wales Road is partially blocked due to an accident between Streatham Drive and Lower St German's Road
• In Parracombe, near Lynton, the A39 is blocked around Ley's Lane due to an accident

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

The driver was caught doing nearly 100mph in the bad weather, the officers' speed detection unit in the tweet displays.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Police investigating a "large disorder" near a taxi rank in Plymouth city centre are appealing for an assault victim to come forward.

Officers said, external the fight broke out on Raleigh Street, by Derry's Cross, at about 01:45 on Sunday 2 December after a "large group of men approached the rank and around four of them began fighting" with people already waiting there. Two men were assaulted.

One victim was "held down and repeatedly assaulted by two men" before he left the area. Officers want to trace him.

He was described as in his early 20s and wearing a light-coloured T-shirt and dark trousers.

An 18-year-old local man was arrested over the incident and later released under investigation.

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Laurence Reed
BBC Radio Cornwall

People who have used Citizens Advice services in Cornwall are being asked to tell the county's unitary council how valuable it has been.

Funding cuts by central government mean Cornwall Council would have to cut just over £200,000 of its funding from the service every year, the authority said.

Nearly all Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) centres in Cornwall could be forced to close if the initial plans to more than halve its funding went ahead, the charity warned last week.

Cornwall Council had wanted to cut the CAB funding by 54% from £356,000 to £153,000.

If the cuts went ahead, seven of CAB's nine centres across the county were likely to close and a number of staff lose their jobs, the charity said.

It added that such a move would "leave about 9,000 people in Cornwall - and these are generally at the bottom of the social scale - without anywhere to go".

Council Leader Adam Paynter said he now wanted people to tell the council how useful the service was to judge the level of future funding.

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The team canoed and walked 185 miles (300km) over eight days.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A child sex offender has been jailed for 12 years after a case that involved an "excellent example of multi-agency working", police say, external.

Andrew Berry, 45, of Rifford Road, Exeter, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Tuesday for the sexual assault of a child under 13 after being found guilty of two charges of the offence.

Det Con Phil Hodder, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the girl "managed to speak out about things that happened to her that she found difficult to understand" despite her young age.

He also said that police were "grateful to all other professionals whose assistance made this prosecution possible".

He said: "This case has been an excellent example of multi-agency working, whereby suspicions raised by professionals for an unrelated matter have led, thanks to the involvement of children’s services, to the uncovering of evidence that will ensure what Berry has done to his victim will not be repeated."

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Plymouth Herald

A judge has torn up an ASBO, external which prevents a homeless alcoholic from being drunk in the street.

Brian Morgan has breached the order stopping him from being intoxicated in public more than 20 times, Plymouth Crown Court heard. Judge Ian Lawrie said the order on the 37-year-old was “ridiculous” and “bordering on absurd”.

Gordon Sparks
Presenter, BBC Radio Devon

Tickets for Exeter City's third-round FA Cup tie with Premier League team West Bromwich Albion will go on sale as soon as possible, the club says.

The Grecians beat Forest Green Rovers 2-1 last night to book a place in round three.

However, the team's St James Park is in the process of being redeveloped, which means there's a reduced capacity at the ground for a game that's expected to be a sell-out.

Club Chairman Julian Tagg said the club was waiting to hear from the Football Association "hopefully this morning" about how many could attend.

After that, he added, the tickets would be put on sale "as soon as we possibly can" and "then the mayhem starts".