BBC Radio Devon

In Bishops Tawton, on Easter Street near Sentry Lane, there are reports of a horse on the road.

This morning will be fairly cloudy but mostly dry with patches of mist and fog slowly lifting.

This afternoon should see bright or sunny spells slowly develop but with the risk of a shower forming.

Maximum temperature: 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).

BBC Radio Cornwall

At Summercourt on the A30, around the A3058 Beacon Road, there are reports of an accident.

Hannah Stacey
BBC Radio Cornwall

Camouflaged shipping containers could be used to provide "pop-up" shops on a historic Cornish harbour made famous for its use as a film location.

Charlestown and its tall ships have featured in Poldark, Rosamunde Pilcher and even films such as The Eagle Has Landed.

A company called Contains Cornwall now hopes to secure permission to create six retail units in the first phase by dropping specially adapted containers on the end of the quay.

Image source, Contains Cornwall

Director Clive Kessell said the units would remain portable and temporary and could be hidden from view.

He said: "We're going to be down below the walls, so if you drive down the road towards St Austell's Pier House on the harbourside, you actually won't see anything here apart from the top of the containers.

"[They] are going to be dressed with marine regalia - so boats, fishing nets, lobster pots, to give it that true maritime feel."

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Devon County Council says it is spending £3m on improving cycle routes into Exeter from the east of the city.

Cllr Stuart Hughes, the cabinet member for highway management, has told a cabinet meeting that construction will also continue on the Newton Abbot East-West Cycle Route this year.

It will connect developments to the town centre, including the planned Houghton Barton site which will include about 2,000 new homes.

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Cllr Hannaford said: "We all know that we have a very fragile traffic system in Exeter. All it takes is a few roadworks or an accident and quite often it grinds to a halt, so it is obvious that we need to put as much money as we can into cycle routes and transport."

Last week, East Devon District Council's cabinet approved plans for four new projects in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone.

An £8m fund, subject to full council approval, includes a more frequent bus service connecting Exeter to the area and a 309 space park-and-change car park located at the Exeter Science Park.

An RSPCA inspector said the attack on terrier Edie "turns my stomach".

Cornish company Whistlefish says it is only accepting cards because of security concerns.

Del Crookes
BBC News Online

A man who loaned money to people in Torquay and Newton Abbot has been ordered to pay back £315,000 or face more time in prison.

Paul Stretch, 58, of Twickenham Road, Newton Abbot, was jailed for two years and three months in August after pleading guilty to illegal money lending and money laundering.

Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police

At a confiscation hearing at Exeter Crown Court, the loan shark was ordered to pay back the cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002).

He has three months to pay the full amount or face an extra three years in prison.

In addition to his confiscation order, Stretch was also told to pay £11,545 in prosecution costs.

BBC Weather

Any daytime showers will tend to die away this evening to leave a mainly dry night with some clear spells, but also a good deal of cloud around with the risk of a few showers later in the night.

Minimum Temperature: 5 to 8C (41 to 46F).

Through the day on Friday there will be spells of sunshine, but also a few showers breaking out.

Any showers that do break out could be locally heavy.

Maximum Temperature: 10 to 13C (50 to 55F).

David George
BBC Spotlight

A woman who admitted beating and throwing a dog down on a patio has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison.

Joanne Hosking, 41, admitted causing unecessary suffering to a terrier type dog called Edie in July 2017, when she appeared at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Mrs Hosking and her husband Christopher, 45, have been indefinitely banned from keeping all animals after the pair both admitted failing to provide veterinary care for the animal.

Magistrates said her actions were a deliberate attempt to cause the animal suffering.

Christopher Hosking was also ordered to be electronically tagged and put under a curfew. The couple were additionally ordered to pay £1,450 in costs and victims surcharge.

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Burgh Island's new owners have revealed the hotel will get a private members club and a spa in a multimillion-pound revamp.

Image source, Daria Papanova

The 26 acre island and hotel off Bigbury-on-Sea in south Devon has been bought by a consortium led by office entrepreneur Giles Fuchs after 17 years in the hands of Tony and Deborah Orchard.

Mr Fuchs said: "Luxury tourism in Britain is booming, and we are delighted that our first investment in this sector will serve to enhance and ensure Burgh Island continues as a leading high-end travel destination.

"Once again, The Burgh Island Hotel will be known as it was in the 50s, as 'the best hotel in the UK west of the Ritz'."

David George
BBC Spotlight

A dog that was beaten and thrown onto a patio suffered an injury similar to that caused by a road traffic accident, a court has heard.

Joanne Hosking, 41, from St Ives, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to Edie, a terrier type dog, when she appeared at Bodmin Magistrates Court.

She and her husband Christopher, 45, also pleaded guilty to failing to provide veterinary care to the animal in July 2017.

In written evidence a vet who examined the dog said she would have been in considerable pain.

Video evidence taken by a neighbour was shown of the dog limping and moaning some two days after the incident.

The court was told the dog has been re-homed to a veterinary nurse and has recovered.

The case is continuing.

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Several rare boar fish have been found dead on beaches in south-west England in a series of "mystery" strandings.

The "bizarre, brightly coloured" fish, external usually live at depths of up to 2,300ft (700m) in the east Atlantic.

Three have been reported on the Isles of Scilly, one in Newquay and one in Kimmeridge, Dorset over a three-week period in March and April.

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

If Torbay Council will not support a new train station in Edginswell, one should be built in Kingskerwell instead, according to Devon County Councillor Alistair Dewhirst.

The representative of the Ipplepen and the Kerswells ward said: "I want to mention the proposed Edginswell station.

"We handed that to another authority (Torbay Council) who are plainly not going to do anything as far as that is concerned."

He continued: "We should be pressing for it. It is a major route and we have put the proper infrastructure in for the roads, but we need that station.

"If Torbay are not prepared to back a station for Edginswell, then we should be prepared to put it in in Kingskerswell. It is a large community and it needs a railway station."

A new Marsh Barton station was initially supposed to open in 2016 but has been hit by funding delays. It is now expected to be fully funded by the end of the summer.

Last year, Torbay Council agreed not to commit any more funding to the £13m project for the new Edginswell station, other than an extra £178,000 to get it ready.

A woman from St Ives has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a dog.

Joanne Hosking, 41, was accused of picking up the pet, called Edie, in July last year and slamming the animal down onto a patio.

She and her husband Christopher, 45, also pleaded guilty to failing to provide veterinary care to the dog in a case brought by the RSPCA.

Bodmin Magistrates' Court was shown footage of the dog being beaten. Other footage showed the dog, a 12-month-old terrier-type, limping around the garden.

Veterinary evidence showed the animal had a dislocated hip and needed an operation to remove part of the joint.

The case is continuing.

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Up to 30 variable message signs in Devon, which warn drivers about potential hazards or queues on main roads, have been out of action since a cyber-attack last year.

Devon County Council is spending £10,000 this financial year on maintaining them and says some of them have already been switched back on.

Councillor Alan Connett, leader of the Liberal Democrats, told a cabinet meeting he had been told they were not working because they run on Windows XP and had been knocked out by a cyber-attack.

Meg Booth, chief officer for Highways, Infrastructure Development and Waste, said that some signs were still not showing the correct information but the council had installed patches to fix the problem and extra security.

They were all switched off as a precaution after the cyber-attack.

The highway maintenance revenue budget and on-street parking account for 2018/19 was approved by the cabinet.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

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Work is under way to replace a collapsed culvert in Bideford, North Devon, which has left several properties liable to flooding, Devon County Council has said.

The culvert at Moreton Park Road runs under several private gardens and the collapse has caused a sinkhole which poses a flood risk.

The authority has said, external the work - which will involve excavating and replacing over 246ft (75m) of damaged and collapsed concrete culvert - is expected to take up to 15 weeks to complete.

It added that a road closure will be put in place next month so the new section of culvert can be joined to the existing culvert upstream.

Image source, Devon County Council

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

The new owner of Burgh Island Hotel has promised to open up the island pub to everyone.

Image source, Glenn Denny/Geograph

Under previous owners only hotel guests and "regulars" were allowed in one of the two bars at the Pilchard Inn.

But new owner, offices entrepreneur Giles Fuchs, 53, who led a consortium which bought the hotel and island, said: "It's about everyone coming and enjoying it," adding that both bars in the Pilchard would be open to all.

He and his wife Letitia, who is from Bovey Tracey, and their four children, were looking forward to spending more time by the sea.

"It's an amazing spot," he said. "The first time I saw it I fell in love with it."

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

A 73-year-old man has gone missing from Torquay, police have said.

George Smith was last seen travelling on foot at about 10:30 near the crematorium. Police are concerned for his welfare.

He is described as white, 6ft (1.8m) tall, of stocky build with short grey hair and was last seen wearing glasses, a green waterproof jacket, and light green/grey trousers.

Anyone with information is being asked to call 999.

BBC Weather

Spells of sunshine will continue throughout the afternoon with any showers disappearing by early evening.

It will be a dry night with some cloud.

Minimum temperatures this evening: 5-8C (41-46F).