British Olympic diver Tom Daley has announced he is having a baby with his husband, US film director Dustin Lance Black.

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Daley and Black got married last year in Devon, at Bovey Castle Hotel on Dartmoor.

The Olympics diver said they shared the day "with 120 of our closest friends and family, from Texarkana to Plymouth".

He married the scriptwriter and producer 30 miles from his home city of Plymouth.

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In a social media post, Tom Daley said: "Thank you to everyone who made this weekend the most special weekend of our lives!"

The diver's husband also shared a picture of the nuptials, asking "So... what did you do this weekend?"

British Olympic diver Tom Daley has announced he is having a baby with his husband, US film director Dustin Lance Black.

A spokesman for the couple told the Press Association: "Tom and Dustin are thrilled to share that they are expecting their first child in 2018."

British Olympic diver Tom Daley has announced he is having a baby with his husband, US film director Dustin Lance Black.

Dominant male pheasants learn faster than their downtrodden rivals, new research shows.

A group of 18 male pheasants - vying for the attention of 16 females - were repeatedly placed in front of two tunnels, and had to remember which was clear and which was blocked.

The researchers found dominant males were better at remembering which tunnel was clear - with the top third of males 40% more successful at the task than the least dominant third.

It is unknown whether dominance makes males better learners, males become dominant because they are better at learning, or both are due to other characteristics.

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Nearly 200 flower pickers sign a letter asking police to apologise after the modern slavery raid.

The town of St Columb Major, near Newquay, continues its centuries-old tradition of hurling.

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A man has died after collapsing at a property in Paignton, Devon and Cornwall Police have said.

Police were called to Sands Road in the town at about 10:30.

The death is currently being treated as unexplained and officers are trying to establish circumstances, police added.

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A woman from Cornwall says she is "waging a war on plastic" by making weekly beach visits to collect tiny microplastics, known as nurdles.

Jo Blake, from Porthtowan, does a beach clean once a week and pays particular attention to the tiny nurdles which are used to make nearly all of our plastics.

Jo says it does not take much time and effort.

"We started to notice a lot more little bits, more than the bigger bits," she said.

"When you lift up the seaweed to find the bigger bits, you automatically see the smaller bits.

"The smaller bits are what the fish will be eating by accident, so it is just as important to pick up the little bits than it is the bigger bits."

The clean-up is part of Cornwall's first ever #LoveYourBeach day, which has been organised by Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

It is encouraging everyone, especially children on half-term holidays, to head to their local beach to collect rubbish.

The trust says one person, picking litter on their local beach, can make a difference and are encouraging people to draw a heart in the sand and post pictures on social media.

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It will be a rainy afternoon as well as cloudy and murky.

Further spells of heavier rain will move in later.

Fresh to strong south or southeasterly winds will reach up to gale or severe gale force in exposed areas.

Maximum temperature: 11C (51F).

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Four hotels in Devon and Cornwall have been put up for sale after the firm which owns them went into administration.

The businesses being put on the market are:

• The Metropole Hotel in Padstow
• The Falmouth Hotel, Falmouth
• The Fowey Hotel in Fowey
• The Grand Hotel, Torquay

All the hotels affected will continue to trade as usual while the sales take place.

Ed Jefferson, from the South West Hotels team at administrators Colliers International, said: "Richardson Hotels Limited and Fowey Hotel Limited have gone into administration, creating a unique opportunity for hotel operators to acquire some of the best-known hotels on the South West peninsula.

"All have great features that will appeal to a wide range of buyers."

Plymouth's Derek Adams claims he will be managing in the Champions League next season if he leads them to the play-offs.

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Health commissioners in Devon have told the BBC they can't follow national guidelines, external on who should be eligible for cataract operations because they don't have the capacity or enough money.

NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon) said if they were to follow the NICE guidelines there would be too many patients for the service to cope with.

Helen Lee, from the Royal National Institute of Blind People, said: "When they're [patients] not getting the treatment they need it can lead to issues like people not being able to drive and this can have a profound impact on individual's lives. It can lead to them not being able to get out and about and do their daily tasks - leading to isolation and even depression and anxiety."

NICE said: “We are asking NHS organisations to compare their current practice with our recommendations and to consider what changes may need to be made to put them into practice. In considering any changes, they will need to take into account any extra costs they may incur. The speed at which these recommendations are adopted by local NHS services will depend on the resources they have available and the other priorities they are dealing with.”

Cornwall Live

A warning has been issued for dog owners after a walker discovered a chunk of palm oil , externalon a popular Newquay beach.

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The replacement of Trelissick Estate's wooden footbridge over the road to the King Harry Ferry will be officially opened later.

However, visitors will not be able cross it until next week because landscaping work has not been finished yet.

Work on installing and finishing the bridge at the National Trust site in Cornwall has taken longer than planned due to the harsh winter weather.

It has been built through the night over a month-and-a-half.

Viv Henley, Trelissick's visitor experience manager, said: "Because of the curvature of the bridge, it's going to much easier access for people with wheelchairs and pushchairs to be able to get over on to the north side of the garden into Carcaddon.

"It should be better access for all."

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Exeter Chiefs' forward Sam Simmonds will miss England's next two Six Nation matches with a shoulder injury.

The Devon-born number eight picked up the knock in England's win over Wales on Saturday.

Head coach Eddie Jones said he hopes Simmonds will be fit to play Ireland in the final game of the competition on St Patrick's Day.

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A romantic Valentine's Day message has been left on top of a hill in Devon.

The message, which reads "I love you Leah" has been left on Capstone Hill, overlooking Ilfracombe in North Devon.

Are you Leah?!

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• On the A30 at Yarcombe, there are reports of an accident at Rag Lane.
• In Exeter, on Magdalen Road around Marlborough Road there are reports there's an accident.

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Cornwall Council has sumbitted its proposal for the number of councillors, external to be reduced to 87 from the current number of 123, by 2021.

The boundaries for the new electoral divisions were put forward at a meeting of the full council yesterday.

A final decision on the revised number of wards will be made by the Boundary Commission later this year.

"All of us can be involved in living out empathetic love, and that’s definitely worth celebrating," says Ruth in this Pause for Thought.