Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A flood alert has been issued by the Environment Agency, external for the south Cornwall coast, from Lizard Point to Gribbin Head, excluding Truro.

The agency said coastal flooding was a possibility during Tuesday evening’s high tide and Wednesday morning’s high tide.

It said that "locations of particular concern" included: Mounts Bay, Porthallow, Porthoustock, Falmouth, Portscatho, Portloe, Gorran Haven and Mevagissey.

It added that high spring tides in combination with force five south-south easterly winds and offshore wave heights up to 10ft (3m) "may cause overtopping at exposed locations and along undefended quays and harbours".

BBC Radio Cornwall

New on-the-spot fines for littering will be a challenge to enforce, according to Cornwall's councillor in charge of the environment.

The new laws aim to get tough on people throwing rubbish out of their car windows.

Now, if caught, the driver will be responsible to pay the fine even if it was someone else in the car being a litter lout.

Councillor Sue James lives on a main road and says they are determined to smarten Cornwall up.

"The chances of a member of council staff happening to be in the right place at the right time, when you think of all the miles of Cornwall's roads, is probably limited.

"But I just cannot get in the heads of people who think it's OK to wind down the window and chuck their takeaway wrappers and bottles out of the window."

BBC Spotlight

The Commonwealth Games, external in Australia get under way tomorrow with a number of medal hopefuls from the South West taking part.

One sport where England traditionally does well is badminton and this year, a 20-year-old man from Devon has been selected to compete in the mixed doubles.

Ben Lane is taking part in his first major games and will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his mother, Suzanne Louis Lane, who won the first of her two national titles in women's singles in the early 1990s.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

Police say a man has died after being found in a property in Launceston early on Easter Monday.

Emergency services were called after reports of a fire at the house.

The man was found inside at about 03:00 but he died later.

Police say they are treating the death as "unexplained" and inquiries are "ongoing".

The "Man Engine" has travelled across the border into Devon for a show.

The 36ft (11m) tall miner, the largest mechanical puppet ever constructed in Britain, has begun touring the country.

It started its "Resurrection Tour" on Saturday at Geevor Tin Mine, near Land's End, after originally appearing in 2016 to celebrate Cornwall's mining heritage.

Image source, Matthew Deaves

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A Devon zoo says it has a "good record in breeding giraffes" after five calves died after 11 births in eight years.

A calf born at Paignton Zoo over the Easter bank holiday weekend was put to sleep on Monday because of "suspected underlying medical problems", staff said.

The zoo said the "hard decision" was made "for the sake of welfare" when the frail calf became "noticeably weaker and deteriorated rapidly" through Monday morning after being born on Friday.

It said that, of previous calves, two males were moved on to other collections and four females remained at Paignton Zoo with their parents, making a herd of six.

Of the others, the zoo said: "One calf died and three sadly had to be put to sleep for different veterinary reasons.

"This good record in breeding giraffes is in no small part due to the patient hard work and dedication of animal and veterinary staff."

Eleanor Parkinson
BBC Spotlight

One hundred years ago a battalion of Cornish soldiers won praise for a World War One battle in which they succeeded in pushing back the German forces.

It has now been commemorated in a song and details have emerged about how the soldiers were marched into battle by buglers playing the Cornish anthem Trelawney.

Image source, Cornwall's Regimental Museum

It is thought that this may have been one of the last times British soldiers went into battle with a band.

Musician Steve Gilbert says it was a last-minute decision to attack the village of Verlaines.

"The order went out at 10 o'clock in the morning," he said. "There was no time for reconnaissance.

"The men hadn't eaten for two days. They were exhausted, and yet they were told 'right, you're going into Verlaines' and that's what they had to do."

BBC Radio Devon

Image source, The Boat Shed

A new development on Exeter Quay is no longer opening this summer.

The owners of the Bike Shed, a theatre in the city which closed for the final time on Saturday, planned to reveal what they called Exeter's Boat Shed in a few month's time.

But in a farewell statement released on their website, owner David Lockwood revealed that those plans are on hold while they look for a new coalition for the venture and they are trying their hardest to make the Boat Shed a reality.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

Most Devon attractions are reporting an "average rather than exceptional" Easter weekend, with Good Friday being particularly poor for visitor numbers.

The Devon Association of Tourist Attractions said they were challenged by the "wet" weather as statistics from the Met Office show.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Police investigating reports of a trolley allegedly being thrown from a bridge say there were no reported injuries during the incident.

Officers said they received reports of anti-social behaviour on the A379 near Exeter at about 19:20 on Monday after it was reported "that a trolley was thrown from the overbridge onto the main carriageway".

Devon Live reported, external officers were investigating after video footage shared online appeared to show a youth throwing the heavy trolley from the overbridge between Tesco Vale and Ikea.

Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed that inquiries were "ongoing into this matter".

BBC Radio Devon

• Cliff railway closed 'for at least a week' after landslip
• Engineers work to clear cliff railway landslip

BBC Radio Devon

The general manager of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway says it will be "at least a week" before the attraction reopens after a landslip on Monday night.

Ashley Clarke said the recent wet weather has washed rock and mud on to the track and engineers are currently on site assessing the damage.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

Image source, Via Devon and Cornwall Police

Police in south Devon are trying to trace a man who has been missing for more than a fortnight.

Officers said, external they were concerned for the welfare of 53-year-old Andrew Haworth, from Torbay, who had been missing since Sunday 18 March, and they were "carrying out urgent inquiries" to locate him.

He was described as white, about 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall, of thin build and bald.

He was last seen wearing brown/green combat trousers and an army jacket.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

A giraffe calf born at a Devon zoo over the Easter bank holiday weekend has been put to sleep because of "suspected underlying medical problems", staff say.

Paignton Zoo said the "frail" calf was put down on Monday after mother Janica was helped by staff to give birth on Friday.

The calf was believed to have suckled over the weekend but "sadly, by Monday, the calf was noticeably weaker and deteriorated rapidly through the morning", staff said.

They added that they "could see that the calf was in distress" and "for the sake of welfare", they took the decision to euthanaise the calf.

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out.

BBC Business News

Exeter-based airline Flybe has warned that its full-year results will take a hit from the extreme weather in February and March, which resulted in widespread transport disruption throughout Britain.

The regional airline said that it had to cancel 994 flights in the fourth quarter due to the so-called Beast from the East, and it was anticipating this "to have an impact of around £4m from lost revenue and additional care and assistance costs".

Notwithstanding the weather, the group, which is in the midst of a turnaround under boss Christine Ourmieres-Widener, flagged that those turnaround efforts were bearing some fruit, with passenger revenue per seat up by 9% in the period.

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• In Bigbury, there are reports Stakes Hill is blocked due to an accident near Tidal Road
• At Cadbury, the A3072 is partially blocked due to an accident near Uppincott Lane

Andrea Ormsby
BBC Spotlight

An elderly couple who have been told by the Home Office they're to be deported from Devon to South Africa say they "can't sleep at night".

Gerald and Dorothy Smee fell ill while visiting their daughter in Cullumpton and were told by doctors they weren't fit to fly.

An application to ask if they could stay in the UK has been refused.

The Home Office said "all applications are considered on their individual merits" and it couldn't comment further because the case is "subject to an appeal".