Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Animal rescuers say they are "overwhelmed" by the number of washed up seals in the wake of winter storms.

Many animals have been rescued from beaches in Devon and Cornwall after stormy weather battered the counties.

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The latest, Storm Eleanor, which brought winds of 100mph (161kmph) and huge swell, combined with spring tides to destroy sea defences.

Volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said they had received five to 10 calls a day for the last two weeks - compared to eight to 12 usually.

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Many of those rescued are pups were born at the end of last year.

Dan Jarvis of BDMLR said: "We have been overwhelmed with calls.

"There are a lot of exhausted animals out there."

Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online

Engineers are starting work to temporarily repair the damaged sea wall at Portreath today.

On Wednesday morning, Storm Eleanor blasted a 65ft (20m) hole in the harbour wall, just metres from several houses.

There had been fears the properties would flood during subsequent high tides - but this was not the case.

Cormac will carry out temporary repairs to the end of the sea wall, stabilise the concrete ramp and place concrete cubes in various locations to help protect nearby properties from tidal flooding.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Torquay United manager Gary Owers says his line-up for Saturday's trip to Wrexham in the National League will depend on how many new players he can bring to the bottom-of-the-table club.

The Gulls have already bolstered their ranks with the loan signings of Colchester United midfielder Tommy O'Sullivan and Plymouth Argyle striker Alex Fletcher, while Michee Efete has extended his loan until the end of the season.

Owers, who will be missing centre-back Josh Gowling and forward Ryan Higgins, is still hopeful of getting a second forward in time for the trip to the Racecourse Ground.

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"At the moment I don't know what the team's going to be as I don't know who will be here and who may have left," Owers told BBC Sport.

"Wrexham have been almost watertight defensively, but then all of a sudden in the last game conceded three.

"Everyone thinks they can beat us because of our position in the league, so we have to go and deal with all of that and find a bit of spirit and try and come back with something for our efforts."

BBC Radio Cornwall

A £145,000 project to replace an iconic wooden bridge over a busy Cornish road started this week.

The current bridge at Trelissick Gardens, near Truro, is 30 years old and beyond repair. It will be removed in three sections and then replaced by a new oak structure.

The work will involve closing the road to the King Harry Ferry over several nights between now and mid February.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Truro City goalkeeper Tom McHale says the club are aiming to extend their winning start to 2018.

The White Tigers travel to Bath City after back-to-back festive period wins over Poole Town in National League South.

Truro are currently fourth in the table and have not lost a game for a month.

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"We're going to go up there this weekend full of confidence," McHale told BBC Radio Cornwall

"We've picked up six points from our last two games, we want to make it nine this weekend.

"I don't think Bath are going to let us go up there and get in their faces and play, but we're going to do all we can to put them on the back foot early like we have done to a lot of teams this season."

Fire crews were called out to several reports of flooding in Plymouth last night.

The flooding was described by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue as "quick and sharp", and was caused by blocked drains, and flooding within properties due to high tides and heavy rainfall.

The roads affected at about 19:30 included Quay Road, Connaught Avenue, Beaumont Road, Shipping Quay Road, Greenbank Road and Laira Bridge Road.

Plymouth Herald

A bingo hall has been forced to shut its doors after torrential downpours turned areas of the building into a "waterfall"., external

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter manager Paul Tisdale will make a late call on top-scorer Jayden Stockley for their clash with Premier League West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

The forward broke his nose in Monday's loss at Newport County, while he also faces injury problems at centre back.

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Captain Jordan Moore-Taylor is a doubt with a muscle injury while fellow defenders Troy Brown and Luke Croll are out.

Bottom-of-the-table West Brom have not won any of their last 20 games and are the first top-flight team to play at St James Park since City held Liverpool to a 2-2 draw at the same stage of the FA Cup two years ago.

Cornwall Live

An "irresponsible and thoughtless, external" parent has prompted hundreds of angry comments after posting a picture of his children among waves in Cornwall.

Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online

People are being urged to take care around 'sand cliffs' that have developed on several Cornish beaches following the recent stormy weather.

The beaches include Perranporth, Crantock and Summerleaze in Bude.

The RNLI said the sand cliffs "contain huge quantities of heavy sand and are extremely unstable.

"Children and dogs are especially at risk as they may not see the steep drop when approaching from the top and anyone should be discouraged from digging into them."

BBC Radio Cornwall

• In Truro on the A39 Morlaix Avenue near Fairmantle Street, there's a lane closure for emergency repairs
• Traffic is very slow moving on all roads and the Trafalgar roundabout is stop-start
• On the A390 approaching Truro there are queues back to Tresillian
• Near Redruth the A30 westbound is partially blocked near the Avers Junction due to an accident. Traffic is slow moving
• At Swanpool, on Swanpool beach road there's flooding near the lake. It is passable with care

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Exeter's England duo Jack Nowell and Harry Williams are set to miss Saturday's trip to Newcastle in the Premiership.

The pair were both forced to withdraw from this week's England training camp - winger Nowell has an ankle injury and prop Williams has a head injury.

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"We're assessing his ankle day by day," director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.

"It doesn't look at this stage a particularly bad one, whether it will be too quick with it also being a rubber crumb surface which we tend to be very careful on with Jack as well, I can easily see him not being involved."

Cornwall Live

A village pub in Cornwall which has been serving beer for almost 200 years will shut and converted into two homes, external – despite a campaign to save it.

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall

A school bus protest walk is planned in south east Cornwall later.

Cornwall Council provides a free school bus for children from Hatt who attend Landulph Primary School up to the age of eight.

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After that parents would have to pay £100 a term for their child to use the bus as the walking route is under three miles and deemed to be safe.

Some parents aren't happy and say the route is not safe, and want the council to rethink.

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BBC Radio Cornwall

The National Trust says it has teams "assessing any damage" to its properties, estates and coastal areas following Storm Eleanor.

It has already started to repair a wooden bridge at Trelissick House near Truro that has been in need of replacing for some time. It hopes the new oak bridge will be in use by 20 February.

A spokesperson said: "In any poor weather conditions we would ask visitors to our places to take great care and not put themselves at risk, and of course keep an eye out on social media both regionally and very locally for updates."

Devon Live

A council house tenant with lung disease and asthma says her health is getting worse, external due to damp problems caused by a roof which has been leaking on and off for the past 14 years.

BBC Radio Cornwall

• At Carkeel on the A388 there's a lane closure and temporary traffic lights due to roadworks. Traffic is moving slowly
• On the A30 at Temple there's slow traffic in both directions

BBC Radio Devon

• Near Ashcombe on the A380 heading towards Exeter, one lane is blocked due to a broken-down van and traffic is slow moving
• In Plymouth there are delays on Tavistock Road due to roadworks. Forder Valley Road is also very busy heading outbound

• On the A385 from Marley Head heading to Totnes there's floodwater. Approach with care

Devon Live

Police sealed off one of the routes into Exeter city centre after a car crashed and overturned, external.