Lauren Haly
BBC News Online

A man remains in hospital after suffering potential life-changing injuries in a crash in Devon.

Emergency services were called at 11:00 after a silver Mini Cooper S left the road at Luscombe Hill, Dawlish and crashed into a tree.

The 34-year-old man from Teignmouth was freed from the vehicle by the fire service and airlifted to Derriford Hospital.

Police said the road was closed for "three hours while the man was removed from the car and an examination of the scene" took place.

Police are investigating and appealing for witnesses.

Jack Murley
Channel Islands Sports Producer

A group of gig rowers from Dartmouth have raised more than £14,000 so far by rowing from England to Guernsey.

A gig is a wooden boat built to a traditional Cornish design which is rowed by six people with a cox. Gig rowing has grown in popularity as a sport over the past decade, with clubs as far afield as the Netherlands, the USA, Ireland and Kuwait.

Image source, Dartmouth Gig Club

The Dartmouth Gig Club decided to tackle the 140 mile round journey to raising funds for the Children's Hospice South West.

The rowers set out with their support vessels on Thursday 26 July in challenging conditions, arriving 20 hours later in St Peter Port on Friday.

Stormy conditions delayed their return journey, which the team started on Tuesday at about 05:00. The team are due back in Dartmouth at about 21:00.

Rower Stan Bray, 73, said the team had to battle tough seas and seasickness in the first leg of their journey but he was "very proud" of his club and the amount raised.

South Western Railway and the RMT union are to hold further talks in the dispute over guard roles.

BBC Radio Devon

Agatha Christie's grand piano has fallen silent while specialist conservation work is carried out.

The Torquay-born novelist was a trained - but very shy - concert pianist who played on the Steinway Boudoir in her drawing room at Greenway in south Devon.

It dates back to the late 1800s and is still regularly played.

The National Trust said the work should take about two months, with the piano due to be restored in time to mark Christie's birthday on 15 September.

Image source, National Trust

And if your wondering about the headline, it's a homage to her 1942 novel The Moving Finger.

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has wished a former member of its board well after he quit, saying he had found it "increasingly difficult to agree with, or influence the company's direction of travel".

Non-executive director Mark Howarth, who had been on the board since 2013, said stepping down was the "only honourable thing to do" over his disagreements.

Steamship group chairman Andrew May said: "We wish him well in his future endeavours."

The company has recently been embroiled in a row about a rival helicopter service being proposed to operate out Penzance to take passengers to Scilly.

It said it has no objection to a competitor but it should operate from the airport it owned at Land's End, not in the town.

BBC Radio Devon

• On the A379 Teignmouth Road near Bishopsteignton, there are reports there's slow traffic due to an accident
• In Barnstaple, the A39 Pilton Causeway is closed in both directions between Alexandra Road and Pilton Quay due to an accident
• On the A38 heading towards Plymouth, near Buckfastleigh, there's slow moving traffic

North Devon Gazette

Plans for a new £1.8m visitor centre at Northam Burrows are set to be decided upon on Thursday, external.

The proposals by Torridge District Council, to demolish the existing centre and build a new two-storey one, are recommended for approval.

The man who bombed the Manchester Arena was rescued from the civil war in Libya by a Devonport-based Royal Navy ship three years earlier, it has emerged.

Salman Abedi killed 22 people in May last year when he detonated a homemade suicide vest at an Ariana Grande concert.

He was 19 when he boarded the Plymouth-based vessel HMS Enterprise in Tripoli in August 2014 with more than 100 other British citizens.

Image source, Police handout

It is understood Abedi's name was on a list of stranded citizens handed to the crew in charge of the evacuation. The vessel took them to Malta where they caught a flight back to the UK.

A government spokesman said: "During the deteriorating security situation in Libya in 2014, Border Force officials were deployed to assist with the evacuation of British nationals and their dependants."

Abedi was being monitored by security services when he travelled to Libya, but his case was closed a month before his rescue.

The Anderson review into the attack found the decision to close Abedi's case as a "subject of interest" was sound, based on the information available to security services at the time. However, it also said the attack could have been avoided had "cards fallen differently".

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

People wanting to report a spate of graffiti in Exeter were told by police at one point to stop using the Devon and Cornwall force's 101 non-emergency phone number.

More than 65 graffiti tags have been found in the part of the city after teenagers were arrested in the Exeter Quay area late on Monday.

Officers said they were called to the area at about 23:50 "following reports of a group stealing from a shop". They found a "group spray-painting" who fled and were located by officers shortly afterwards.

Two 19-year-old men have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and two 17-year-old males arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and possession of a class C drug with intent to supply.

A search "found 66 tags had been painted in the area and inquiries are ongoing into this incident", officers said.

They added that anyone who believed that their property was daubed should report it using the force website, but that anyone who witnessed the incident or had further information should contact 101.

Plymouth Argyle defender Ryan Edwards is ready to return to league football after his recovery from testicular cancer.

The Sun

A companion cat of an autistic boy from St Austell is fighting for his life, external after sustaining horrific injuries when he became trapped in an illegal snare.

Warning: Graphic images

BBC Radio Cornwall

A member of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company's board has resigned, saying it has become "increasingly difficult to agree with, or influence the company's direction of travel".

Non-executive director Mark Howarth had been on the board since 2013.

In a statement, he said he remained "passionate" about the company and he wanted to see it "succeed for its customers, employees and shareholders" but that stepping down was the "only honourable thing to do" given his disagreements.

The company has recently been embroiled in a row about a rival helicopter service being proposed to operate out Penzance to take passengers to Scilly.

It said it has no objection to a competitor but it should operate from the airport it owned at Land's End, not in the town.

The company has been approached for a comment about Mr Howarth's resignation.

Image source, Via Mark Howarth

BBC Radio Cornwall

Cornwall Council is to pay a team of consultants up to £4m if they can come up with a plan to save £17m from the adult social care budget.

The number of people over 65 in the county is predicted to increase to almost 200,000 by 2038, which is expected to put enormous strains on care and health systems.

For comparison, Cornwall's estimated total population in 2015 was 549,400, according to the local authority, external.

The council said a major change was needed to prevent a crisis.

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BBC Radio Devon

• On the A396 just outside Tiverton, there are reports some stonework has fallen into the road. Approach with care
• Near Torquay, one lane is blocked on the A380 Hamelin Way has been blocked between the Gallows Gate roundabout and Kerswell Gardens by a crash

Andrew Segal
BBC Local Live

The latest series of Poldark finished over the weekend and we asked what you thought of the latest adventures of Ross, Demelza and co.

Image source, Mammoth Screen/BBC

• Silverj told us: "Brilliant series, wish it could go on forever, such good actors & actresses, also good to see Cornish countryside."
• However, John Wheddon said: "One series too many. How many hours spent staring into space? Silly 'Cornish' words. Over-baked with dull, predictable plot. Change the name to Westenders!"

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Lauren Haly
BBC News Online

Four people have been arrested in connection with graffiti sprayed across Exeter.

Police said 66 sites with graffiti sprayed on walls and premises had been identified.

Officers are appealing for anyone with graffiti on their premises - sprayed overnight - to come forward.

BBC Radio Devon

In Exeter, Alphington Street is partially blocked due to a broken-down vehicle at Exe Bridge North.

Lauren Haly
BBC News Online

Fire crews were called to reports of a fire in a Devon hotel overnight.

Three crews from Dartmouth and Totnes were called to attend a small fire in the motor room of the pool at Stokes Lodge Hotel, Stoke Fleming.

The fire was out by the time they arrived and crews cleared smoke from the building.