Bogus charity collections conman described as "saturated in dishonesty" jailed
Plymouth "murder" now being treated as "unexplained death"
Skinned cats found outside Truro Cathedral
Child sexual exploitation awareness campaign launched
Dartmoor Zoo tests positive for TB
Almost 13% of Cornish women kept smoking during pregnancy
Updates from Monday 12 March until Friday 16 March
A motorist has been released from a car after a road crash in Exeter, firefighters say, external.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said three fire crews were called to the junction of Sidmouth Road and Clyst Road at about 13:00 and freed a driver "trapped in their car in the middle of a busy multi-lane road".
The condition of the driver is not known.
Lynne French
BBC News Online
Police are investigating two "mindless acts" of criminal damage at the Dartmouth Steam Railway over the past few weeks.
The first incident took place on Saturday, 24 February, between 20:00 and 21:00 when damaged was caused to the tracks and structure in an attempt to take photographs.
In the second incident - sometime between the afternoon of Friday, 2 March, and morning of Monday, 5 March - vandals damaged a train carriage with spray paint.
Image source, Devon & Cornwall Police“These are mindless acts and there seems to be no understanding of the damage being caused," PC Phil Johnson said.
The police officer is hoping someone will recognise the "tag" used by the spray painter that may help identify the suspect.
Exeter City Council's Karime Hassan should end his dual role as its chief executive and growth director, external, an independent review by experts from other councils is recommending.
A registered sex offender who lied about his past has been jailed for abusing a nine-year-old girl.
Paul O'Connor, 30, of Baston Gardens, Torquay, began a relationship with a woman without telling her he'd been to prison for having sex with a 14-year-old girl and was subject to an Sexual Offences Prevention Order to stay away from children.
When his partner was looking after a friend's twin girls, O'Connor climbed into bed with one of them in the middle of the night and assaulted her.
He admitted sexual assault and breaching his prevention order and was jailed for three years and six months by Judge David Evans at Exeter Crown Court.
Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live
A laundry at a Devon hospital is among the services back at work again after repairs to a fractured gas main.
One entrance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital was closed earlier while repairs were carried out at the scene near the hospital's laundry block.
The hospital said its Church Road entrance "has re-opened, all cordons lifted, and laundry back in action" after an operation - if you pardon the pun - involving firefighters and engineers from Wales & Utilities.
Firefighters said a two-inch gas main which was "completely fractured" in the incident was made safe.
A teenager has been arrested in a supermarket, external in Mid Devon after reports of a man wearing body armour holding a knife.
A man was beaten in front of his wife and eight-year-old son in a road rage attack, external which police believe may have been filmed.
Sarah Ransome
BBC Radio 5 live
All services at a hospital in Devon have resumed after a fractured gas main near the laundry block.
One entrance to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital was closed earlier while repairs were made.
A hospital spokesman says all entrances are now open and cordons lifted.
Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live
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Could a Mother's Day cream tea advert that sparked fury cause safety problems on the road?
The Somerset Road Safety organisation thinks so, with a tweet saying that any "heated arguments on whether it's jam or cream first should not be undertaken while driving".
The warning comes after the National Trust's Lanhydrock estate in Bodmin angered Cornish locals over the weekend by depicting the delicacy on a Facebook post in the rival Devon tradition.
A photograph used in a promotion on social media showed clotted cream having been put on a scone first. Cornwall traditionally puts jam on first.
The trust apologised for the "heinous mistake".
However, it appears Somerset Road Safety is still concerned about how deep feelings run on the subject, particularly if a debate is under way in a moving vehicle.
It said: "Anger affects concentration, so please keep the debate off the road and stay safe."
Somerset Road Safety has also cleverly kept itself out of the argument: the scones in its tweet are unadorned by either jam or cream.
A car parked on a road in Bampton was severely damaged by a fire.
A crew from Devon and Somerset Fire Service, external was called out at about 10:30 and found the car "well alight".
The blaze was extinguished using one hose reel jet and the cause of the fire is believed to be accidental.
Miles Davis
BBC News Online
The beach huts demolished by a massive landslide at a beach in Cornwall have now all been cleared away.
The huts at Lusty Glaze beach in Newquay were destroyed when tonnes of rock crashed down onto the beach at about 16:00 on 5 March.
It is not yet clear whether the huts will be rebuilt.
A spokesman for the privately-owned Lusty Glaze said: "All areas are open and running as usual."
A gas leak has prompted cordons at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E).
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called out at about 11:40 to reports of a fractured gas main outside a laundry block there.
Four crews are at the scene and engineers from Wales & West Utilities are also looking into the incident.
Firefighters have also been checking gas supplies at homes nearby.
Cordons were in place in the area until Wales & West Utilities staff finished their work, firefighters said.
Staff at RD&E said the hospital was not shut, but it was still determining what was affected by the leak.
Damage caused by a coach fire has closed a lane on the A30 while repairs are carried out.
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The Police Federation represents rank-and-file officers up to the rank of chief inspector.
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Exeter's promising fly-half Joe Simmonds drew more praise after leading the Chiefs to the Anglo-Welsh Cup final.
The 22-year-old scored a try as part of his 15-point haul as Exeter came from behind to beat Newcastle 20-17 and seal a place in the final against Bath.
The performance came seven days after he helped Exeter beat Saracens in their top-of-the-table Premiership clash at Sandy Park.
"He's had a really good couple of weeks, he's really grown," said Chiefs skills coach Ricky Pellow.
Image source, Getty Images"What he has done, which a lot of people won't see, is glue the side together with his chat and communication.
"That was the one area with any 10, but especially Joe, that we've asked him to really work on.
"You'll see the finishing things like his try and his kicks and how he deals with those bits, it's how he glues the side together with his chats which is the most pleasing thing.
"He's now backed up what was a good performance last week with another on this week."
Plans have been unveiled to develop the grounds at Dartington Hall in Devon.
The Grade II-listed gardens are at the heart of the 880-acre site.
The hall said, external the aim was to develop and enhance the gardens, the arts and community access to the grounds.
Award winning designer Dan Pearson says it has taken him a year to get to know the gardens well enough to be able to come up with a master-plan for their future.
He said: "We don't want to lose any of its current magic, but I think there can be some new surprises."
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Torquay United manager Gary Owers says Saturday's 1-0 loss at Maidstone was a microcosm of the club's season.
The second-from-bottom Gulls are still nine points from safety after Josh Hare's 88th-minute goal inflicted a 21st loss in 36 National League matches this season.
Image source, Getty Images"It's something that's cost us dearly in the last couple of games so we've got nobody but ourselves to blame," Owers told BBC Radio Devon.
"I thought we were worth a point on the balance of play, but in two blinks of an eye you've seen the summary of our season, a goal out of nothing at one end and then a gilt-edged chance at the other end and we can't convert it into a goal."
