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
Lynne French
BBC News Online
Nearly 400 knives were handed in to police in Devon and Cornwall during a week-long amnesty last month.
It was part of the national Operation Sceptre initiative to reduce knife crime and the number of families affected by it.
Image source, Devon & Cornwall PoliceThe force said every surrendered bladed weapon has now been destroyed and can't fall into the wrong hands.
The "extraordinary" variety of the 390 items handed in included kukris, bayonets, samurai-style swords, machetes, along with a random assortment of kitchen knives.
Ch Supt Glen Mayhew said the force was pleased with the response from the public, adding: "If a knife is used in a confrontation, the balance of probability is that the person carrying it is highly likely to be injured from it themselves."
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle says his side are expecting a 'backlash' from Hartpury when they face the Gloucestershire side in the Championship on Saturday.
The Pirates have beaten their opponents in all three of their meetings this season, including a 41-0 victory the last time the sides met in the British and Irish Cup in January - a game that was moved from Penzance to the Gillman's Ground due to bad weather.
Image source, Brian Tempest"They've under-performed against us a couple of times, I know in the British and Irish Cup they wouldn't have been happy with that performance, so we're expecting a bit of a backlash this weekend," he told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"It's a great place to play, a great surface, we've been there a couple of times this year and managed to win so it would be nice to go up and do the same again."
Cornish Pirates: Moyle; O'Meara, Koster, De Battista (capt), Evans; May, Day; Walker, Matavesi, Judge, Caulfield, Beukeboom, Lawday, Stevens, Duncan
Replacements: Andrew, Paver, Freeman, Morgan, Lee, Pope, May
Lynne French
BBC News Online
Health bosses in Devon are asking people to take care and "choose the right services" for their needs after the Met Office issued a yellow warning for snow on Sunday.
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John Henderson
BBC Spotlight
A play which first came to the West End 100 years ago - thanks to support from the founders of Dartington Hall Trust - is to be be retold at the country estate.
Journey's End by RC Sherriff is a poignant story about lost innocence in the trenches and widely acclaimed as the definitive play about World War One.
Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst gave £400 to the help Journey's End succeed
Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst who founded the trust, helped finance the first production in the West End by giving £400.
The Dartington Playgoers will perform the piece at Studio 31 next week.
The play returns to its spiritual home next week
A holidaymaker from Greater Manchester who went to hospital in north Devon after suffering shortness of breath died face down in a hospital toilet after a nurse failed to check how much oxygen was left in his portable tank, an inquest has heard, external.
Plans which could see part of the coastal path in Cornwall moved further inland have are concerning some local people.
A popular section of the path between Loe Bar and Porthleven was swept away in storms in January, prompting the National Trust, which owns the land, to close the existing path and re-route it.
A public meeting has been arranged to discuss the matter as some walkers are worried they could lose stunning views if the new trail is further inland
However, others, including tenant dairy farmer Martin Wallis, said a vista from a slightly higher vantage point, away from the cliff-edge, would be safer and better.
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Mousehole AFC, aka the Seagulls, and the Endorsed Academy have announced an exciting new annual pre-season tournament, external, to be hosted at the West Cornwall club’s home, Trungle Parc, featuring Premier League clubs Newcastle United and Huddersfield Town, as well as Championship side Bolton Wanderers.
Harriet Bradshaw
BBC South West
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Singer-songwriter and political activist Billy Bragg has joined lecturers at the University of Exeter taking part in industrial action in a row over pensions.
Lynne French
BBC News Online
Exeter Airport is warning passengers that some flights could be disrupted by snow and ice this weekend.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning, external for the South West from 00:05 until 23:55 on Sunday.
Image source, Met OfficeThe airport said it was unable to predict the impact on flights departing or arriving ahead of the day of travel or before airlines decide to cancel a service.
Airlines will advise passengers of any cancellation or changes to their booking, but passengers booked on departing flights should plan to check in at the airport, unless advised otherwise.
It's also advising passengers travelling to the airport by road to allow plenty of time in case of disruption.
Lynne French
BBC News Online
Cornwall Council has extended its deadline for a consultation over its charging policy for adult social care.
People who need or provide care in Cornwall have been asked for their views on proposed changes to residential, respite and supported-living services.
The council decided to give everyone more time to come forward with their views after users and families said they didn't have enough time to respond.
Some parents of vulnerable adults said letters from the council, alerting them to the changes, only arrived three days before the end of the consultation period on Monday, leaving them feeling "rushed" in to responding.
Cornwall Council's Rob Rotchell said the increasing demands on the system meant there had to be a "fair and transparent" system of charging to ensure both the authority and residents get the "best value for money" for the care provided.
"We know that people who use adult social care services and their families felt strongly that they did not have enough time to respond to the proposed changes in this policy... we want to put that right," he said.
The new deadline for comments is Monday 23 April at 17:00, after which all the comments received will be "carefully considered" before the final proposals are put forward to council members.
Daily Mirror
A Michael McIntyre fan ended up in hospital after laughing so much, external at the comedian's jokes during a gig in Plymouth last Friday night.
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Truro City captain Ben Gerring says he has never known the National League South be so open.
The White Tigers are a point outside the play-off places with games in hand on most of the sides above them.
It is the first season of the new six-team play-off system, although just six points separates fourth place down to 10th.
Image source, Truro City FC"It's made the league a lot more exciting, with everybody capable of taking points off each other," he told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"This league, in my opinion, has never been so open. Four years ago you wouldn't see a club like Dartford entertaining clubs like ourselves. The Ebbsfleets, Maidenhead, they were all capable of opening up a 10 to 15 point gap and it would literally be a two-horse race.
"This year it seems that anybody that starts to put a foothold on it becomes undone one way or another."
Slow traffic Exeter-bound on the A377 Newbridge Road through Newton St Cyres due to roadworks.
Alex Osborne
BBC Weather
If you're thinking about heading to the coast today, here are the all-important times of high water.
There will be a full weather forecast on BBC Spotlight at 13:30 on BBC One.
A dealer who masterminded an ingenious plan to flood Plymouth with cocaine and heroin, external cannot complain about his tough sentence, judges have ruled.
Torquay United boss Gary Owers says he has never known a more emotional scene than when Ryan Higgins announced his retirement.
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