Exeter City give their League Two promotion hopes a huge boost as they hang on at Port Vale to claim a first win in four matches.

PC Ryan Canning says he "absolutely" did not assault the woman at his home in Cornwall.

Lucinda Shaw and Martin Kelly hope it will be third time lucky with a ceremony later.

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How to get young people not in education, training or work to become entrepreneurs?

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That's the task of researchers from the University of Plymouth’s Faculty of Business leading part of a Europe-wide project aiming to encourage young people to consider becoming entrepreneurs.

Innovating Youth Work to Foster Youth Active Citizenship is a €200,000 (£175,000) project involving partners in the UK, Italy, Greece, Lithuania and Poland.

Project leader Dr Jonathan Moizer, a former trustee of Gwellheans, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation charity based in Redruth, Cornwall, said: "We are looking to survey about 250 young people who may be defined as outside the system. We also need to find six mentors, ideally younger people who have been there and done it, to engage online in mentoring people that are outside the system."

The 22-month project will run until autumn 2019. Anyone who would like to find out more about becoming a mentor can contact: Dr Jonathan Moizer on jonathan.moizer@plymouth.ac.uk, external/ 01752 585635.

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Drivers in the South West may disagree but the region appears to have relatively good roads compared with the rest of the country.

Some 10% of the road network maintained by local authorities in Great Britain is in poor condition, or has been flagged for further inspection.

Over the past eight years, London and the South East were consistently the worst performing regions of the UK while the South West has performed relatively well.

About 37,000km (22,990 miles) across England, Wales and Scotland fell below the top standard in surveys carried out on behalf of the Department for Transport.

The RAC said the road network had suffered from years of underinvestment.

The government said it was investing £6bn in improving local roads.

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The Beachcomber Cafe in Teignmouth has been given the go-ahead to rebuild after a fire destroyed the kitchen, takeaway and service areas last year.

The rest of the seafront building was left badly damaged by smoke and water.

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The cafe is owned by Teignbridge District Council, who applied for planning permission for replacement windows and aluminium panels in the roof. Asbestos has also been removed from the building.

Councillor Rosalind Prowse, recommending approval, said: "It feels to me that many people I have spoken to in Teignmouth would be delighted to see the Beachcomber up and running for this summer. It has been a great loss to the seafront, so this is excellent news and I think that we should approve it as set out in the report."

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The council says it is working with the tenant of the cafe towards a May opening date.

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Cornwall Council has defended sending delegates to an international property conference, external in the south of France.

The trip cost more than £46,000, with around £24,000 spent on accommodation and hiring a meeting room, plus £3,500 on travel.

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It said: "At MIPIM, we launched the Cornwall Investment Fund, worth up to £600m by promoting significant investment opportunities in infrastructure including Cornwall Enterprise Zones, West Carclaze Garden Village, housing and many others.

"If Cornwall is serious about building a strong future for itself and securing inward investment, we need to attend events like these or pass up the opportunity to compete for millions of pounds of inward investment.

"We cannot afford to be passive, sit back and wait for investors to come to us. We will be following up all leads for inward investment into Cornwall as a result of MIPIM and will keep members and our residents updated."

Cornwall Council chief executive Kate Kennally was at the meeting along with the strategic director for economic growth and development, John Betty. Representatives from the Cornwall Development Company, Invest In Cornwall and St Austell Brewery also attended.

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Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

The University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth say it is great news they have been allocated money for an extra 158 medical school places.

Eighty-eight medical students will now be trained in Exeter and Truro each year from 2019. That includes 15 places which had already been announced to start in September.

A further 70 will be based in Plymouth.

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A mum-of-two from Helston has died days after handing over more than £2,500 in donations, external for cancer charities.

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It's a road to nowhere for this lorry driver who was only two days into his job when his sat nav led him into this tight spot.

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Unable to move in the rat-run called Milford Lane in Plymouth, he's now waiting for a recovery truck.

PCSO Adam Bell, who is helping get the lorry out, said: "It's not the first time when lorries have followed a sat nav in this lane and made the same mistake, but there are clear signs that warn the lane narrows to 6ft (1.8m).

"The driver is OK but quite shaken up. It's only his second day of driving the vehicle.

"We will probably have to tow him back in the direction he came."

It's all part of plans by Plymouth City Council to "deliver a healthy city", so what exactly is planned?

Here's the breakdown on the pitches plan:

At Higher Efford, the two current junior surfaces will be fitted with better drainage and the disused field at the former Plym Valley View Primary School will be transformed into two mini soccer pitches.

Meanwhile in Central Park, the existing rugby pitch will be regraded.

Finally, Bond Street will benefit from four brand new surfaces, external, replacing two existing poor quality pitches that have been out of action for some time due to water-logging.

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BBC News Online

Periods of extreme winter weather like the "Beast from the East" could be linked to the solar cycle, research by Exeter University has suggested.

The study revealed that when the solar cycle is in its "weaker" phase, there are warm spells across the Arctic in winter and heavy snowfall across the Eurasian sector.

Scientists observed that during these periods when there are few solar sunspots - the magnetic fields on the sun - the Arctic warming extends from the lower troposphere to high up in the upper stratosphere.

On the other hand, there is a cooling when sunspots are above average.

Dr Indrani Roy, from the University of Exeter, said: "In spite of all other influences and complexities, it is still possible to segregate a strong influence from the sun.

"There are reductions of sea ice in the Arctic and a growth in the Eurasian sector is observed in recent winters.

"This study shows those trends are related and current weaker solar cycle is contributing to that."

BBC Radio Cornwall

It has been revealed that a controversial Cornwall Council business trip to Cannes in the south of France has cost more than £46,000.

There has been an angry response from some people in the county about the use of public money for a trip that was intended to boost Cornish trade after Brexit.

Cornwall Council says leads from the trip will help the county "build a strong future" and that it "needs to attend events like these or pass up the opportunity to compete for millions of pounds of inward investment".

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Tory Cornwall councillor for Mevagissey, James Mustoe, has described the business seminar in Cannes as a "jolly" and says there are better ways of spending taxpayers' money.

"In the week that we're getting these great big council tax bills dropping on our mats, they say that they've spent £46,606.39 on this jolly to an international property developers' conference in France, [this] is not the right way to go about it."

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His death is not being treated as suspicious but it is unexplained so police are preparing a report for the coroner and they want your help.

PC Verity Veal said: "Dylan, aged 47, left his supported accommodation in Newquay at around 5pm on Saturday 17 February 2018.

"We are interested in hearing from anyone who may have seen Dylan in between this time and the time when his body was located.

"Dylan was described as white, with dark brown hair worn in a ponytail. He was 6ft 2in tall and of slim build. He had hazel coloured eyes.

"Dylan was last seen wearing dark blue jeans and a green checked shirt, a black beanie hat and black trainers. Dylan had a brain tumour which caused issues with his speech and he would possibly have appeared to be confused or agitated."

Here's what can happen when people park irresponsibly - the buses can't get through. Applies to emergency services too.

There's a warning to householders around Younghayes Road that supplies are being turned off for work on the network.

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So, we've been through two Beasts from the East and the thaw has started - but here's a reminder to nominate those who did their best to help in the snow.

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Police say that without having to be asked, many local volunteers pitched in to help. So who would you like to thank? Click here to put in your nomination, external.

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A sponsored walk to raise money for a dog that needs a life saving operation was held at the weekend.

Chibbs, a two-year-old Beagle, needs £10,000 for a double hip replacement.

Scores of dogs and their owners turned out for a walk around Cardinham Woods, near Bodmin.

Chibbs' owner Melissa Thomas, from Launceston, says she is hoping to raise the first £5,000 this year for hip dysplasia surgery.

"The operation he needs costs £5,000 per hip," she said.

"We have insurance, but I didn’t realise I'd only taken out accident insurance because I'm a new dog owner. I never knew about insurance, so that wouldn't cover it.

"We've just been trying to get the money together."