Harlequins 17-41 Exeterpublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 5 May 2018
Premiership leaders Exeter Chiefs prepare for the play-offs with six tries in a bonus-point win at Harlequins.
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Updates from Monday 30 April until Friday 4 May 2018
Harlequins 17-41 Exeterpublished at 18:08 British Summer Time 5 May 2018
Local elections: The results in maps and chartspublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 5 May 2018
Labour has failed to take target councils in London, while the Conservatives have lost control of two councils.
Read MoreWeather: Mostly sunny across the bank holiday weekendpublished at 18:48 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Tonight looks set to be dry with some clear intervals, but still a good deal of cloud at times and the chance of some mist or fog for the coasts and hills.
Winds will be light. Minimum Temperature: 4 to 9C (39 to 48F).
Tomorrow will see early patches of mist and fog lift to leave most places dry with sunny spells.
A few coasts may stay quite misty though.
Maximum Temperature: 15 to 20C (59 to 68F).
Sunday, another dry and warm day with periods of sunshine. Overnight will be dry with clear periods.
Staying dry and warm into Bank Holiday Monday with further sunshine likely. Clear periods overnight.
Tuesday will again be mild and predominately dry with sunny spells.
Through the period, mist patches may linger, particularly along the coast.
UK and US marines square off for boxing battlepublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Thousands of Marines watched as fighters from both sides of the Atlantic faced each other in the ring.
Read MoreVandalised phone mast affecting signalpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Amy Gladwell
BBC News OnlineVodafone has apologised to mobile phone customers in part of Cornwall who have been having problems with signal after a local mast was vandalised yesterday.
The company said "essential cables have been cut" after several people in Perranporth took to social media to complain that they could not get any 3G or 4G coverage.
Some EE customers said they were also affected, but the company has yet to respond to the BBC.
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageWe are awaiting delivery of replacement equipment and will get the site up and running as soon as possible."
Jane Frapwell, Vodafone Corporate Communications Manager
Teen admits raping girl, 6, and boy, 8published at 15:50 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
The youth, now 17 and preparing to sit exams, committed the offences when he was 13.
Read MoreTwo arrested after 'loan shark' investigationpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News OnlineTwo men were arrested in Torquay yesterday on suspicion of illegal money lending and money laundering, Torbay Council has said.
Officers said the men, aged 23 and 73, are in police custody after a joint investigation between the England illegal money lending team (IMLT), Torbay Trading Standards and police.
Further arrests were made on the 23-year-old on suspicion of assault, blackmail, driving whilst disqualified and possession of a firearm.
Torbay council said documentation, electronic devices and "a quantity" of cash was taken from two properties in Brixham.
Tony Quigley, head of the IMLT, said: "Loan sharks are a scourge on our communities; exploiting and extorting borrowers and often resorting to the worst kind of bully tactics to force people into paying back far and above what they have borrowed and can afford."
Man arrested over Penzance 'altercation'published at 15:06 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Rob England
BBC News OnlineA man received minor injuries with "a sharp object" in Penzance after an "altercation" according to police.
Officers were called to Bread Street about 12.30 to the incident that involved three men and a woman.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault.
Devon man finds a 'double banana'published at 14:55 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
A Devon man was left amazed when he discovered an extremely rare ‘double banana’ in his lunchbox yesterday, external.
Tributes paid to talented BMX riderpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
The cause of Martyn Hastings' death is still waiting to be confirmed.
The mobile App that helps Cornish hedgehogspublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Cornish StuffIndustrial sites that shaped Englandpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Historic England said the locations helped to shape the country and the modern world.
Read MoreScrum-half Schwarz joins Piratespublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Cornish Pirates sign scrum-half Alex Schwarz from Welsh Premiership side Rygbi Gogledd Cymru.
Read MoreMan jailed for emptying frail relative's account of £160kpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
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Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineA man has been jailed for stealing £160,000 from a frail relative's bank account so he could live a jet set lifestyle.
Gerald Weight, 54, of Kestor Drive, Exeter took his family on four holidays to Egypt and spent thousands more on gambling, designer clothes, and in restaurants and pubs.
His wife's 87-year-old great aunt, Joan White, was left totally penniless, Exeter Crown Court heard.
She sold her home in Plymouth and moved into Weight's home in Exeter in 2012. She gave Weight access to her bank accounts and within weeks he had started spending the money by taking his family of three children on a £9,000 luxury all-inclusive trip to the Red Sea.
Weight and his wife, Sally-Ann Weight 43, admitted fraud.
He was jailed for three years and nine months while his wife was sentenced to two years, suspended for two years.
Judge Timothy Rose told the couple their behaviour was "driven completely out of greed". "You have completely and utterly lost control of yourself - not done anything to stop. You literally emptied all her accounts."
Girlfriend 'sprayed own blood' on wallspublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Dean Lowe tells a jury his former partner set him up by spraying her own blood on the walls.
Read MoreJohn Curtice: What we learnt from local election resultspublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
BBC PoliticsThere were mixed results in the local election with the Conservatives and Labour failing to make decisive gains nationwide...
'Labour can win the next general election' - Bradshawpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News OnlineLabour "would have hoped to have done better" in the local elections but can learn lessons from Plymouth and Exeter, a Devon MP has said.
Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, says he is "confident Labour can win the next election".
The party held on to its majority in Exeter and Labour took control of Plymouth City Council by gaining four seats from the Conservatives.
The Devon road with potholes 'as long as surfboards'published at 12:47 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceA Devon road with a "prize-winning sized collection" of potholes that are "as long as surf boards" is being repaired.
Councillor Rob Hannaford (pictured) complained to Devon County Council about the "plague of potholes" that had developed along Bowhay Lane, Exeter.
He said that a cyclist had a bad fall whist commuting to work last week and is considering a compensation claim against the authority.
Image source, LDRSYacht caught in fishing nets off the Cornish coastpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
The Padstow lifeboat was called out this morning to assist a yacht which had its propeller caught in fishing nets.
The crew were having difficulty because of the lack of wind and could not get under sail.
A coastguard spokesman told us the yacht is being towed back to shore.
Travel update: two incidents in Truro affecting trafficpublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 4 May 2018
- On the A39 Arch Hill in Truro, there's slow traffic due to a crash between an ambulance and a car around the junction with Green Lane and Falmouth Road.
- Hendra Road in Truro is blocked in both directions by a crash at St George's Road.
