Exeter-based student charged with spying in United Arab Emirates
Lyn Bryant murder: Nine new leads after police appeal
Mum and best friend of flu death boy urge others to get vaccine
Charity claims victory in cancer care fight
Train stations to share £90m upgrade spend
'£36m savings over three years' warning for Plymouth
Community raises £1,000 for fire victims
'Safeguarding concerns' Steiner Academy to reopen Thursday
Bike shop hit by 'wall-breaker' thief
Updates on Tuesday 16 October 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Cornish Pirates forward Sam Matavesi has been called up by Fiji for their forthcoming autumn internationals.
Image source, Brian TempestThe 26-year-old, who won three caps for Fiji in 2013, will take on Scotland and France next month.
Matavesi, who balances his time with the Pirates with work for the Royal Navy, has scored four tries in six games for the Pirates this season.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Prime Minister Theresa May has called for "cool, calm heads" as she insisted a Brexit deal was "still achievable" despite differences with the EU.
On Monday, there was a warning from Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, that it was more likely than ever that the UK would leave the EU without an agreement.
Mrs May though, told the Commons that "real progress" has been made.
But Conservative MP for Totnes, Sarah Wollaston, isn't convinced and repeated her call for another referendum...
Prime Minister Theresa May says a Brexit deal is "still achievable"
PhD student Matthew Hedges' wife is calling on the UK Government to deny he was spying for them.
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Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A sewage spill has been reported at the south end of Fistral Beach in Newquay. Surfers against Sewage says it is due to a burst pipe and is recommending people do not go in the water there "for at least 48 hours".
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Cancer patients in Cornwall are not at risk "at present" of having to travel elsewhere for treatment, a charity has announced.
In 2017 NHS England opened a consultation, external about centralising cancer care.
This was opposed by the Sunrise Appeal, which raised £500,000 in 2001 to help open the Clinical Oncology Department at the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, near Truro.
The charity said centralising treatment would mean some patients currently being treated for radiotherapy at Treliske would have had to travel to Plymouth, Exeter or even Bristol.
Now the Sunrise Appeal , externalsays NHS England has "indicated" patients "will continue to receive radiotherapy at the Sunrise Centre in Truro [at] present".
"This is excellent news for cancer patients in Cornwall," a charity spokesman said.
NHS England said its consultation for modernising radiotherapy services in England, which closed last October, had received more than 11,000 responses, external and it was now being analysed.
The Durham University student is being held "without explanation" following a research trip in May.
Read MoreAn Exeter school that was closed last week due to concerns over its safeguarding is to stay closed until Thursday, it has confirmed.
Steiner Academy was suddenly closed by the school's commissioner , external after a damning Ofsted report.
The Cowley Bridge school told parents in a letter and on its website, external that it regretted "the loss of time in school for our students over this last week, but we hope parents can understand that we have had to be rigorous in addressing our shortcomings".
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
An 80-year-old man who died after being hit by a car in Wadebridge has been named as Graham Brinsden.
It happened on Southern Way on 9 October at about 11:25.
A car hit Mr Brinsden before crashing into a house - causing "extensive damage", Devon and Cornwall Police said.
He was airlifted to Derriford Hospital with "critical injuries" and died the following day.
The 77-year-old driver of the car was also taken to hospital but his injuries were not thought to be serious, police added.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact police via 101.
The crash happened on Southern Way, Wadebridge, Cornwall
A council says Chris Witt, who lost part of his leg to diabetes, does not meet national criteria.
Read MoreImprovements totalling £90m are to be made at train stations across the South West.
South Western Railway said the work would be carried out at locations including Axminster and Honiton (pictured) in Devon, and Weymouth and Dorchester in Dorset.
Improvements would include some new and refurbished trains, better wi-fi coverage, new benches at stations, new ticket barriers and more parking, staff said.
South Western Railway (SWR) has services from London to Exeter, via Honiton and Salisbury.
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
Police want to identify a number of people, pictured, after a 24-year-old man was left with "serious" facial injuries in an assault in Torquay.
It happened at about 01:30 on 16 September outside Seamus O'Donnell's bar on Victoria Parade.
Officers said there were a "number of witnesses" to the attack and have now released images of people who could help with the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Devon and Cornwall Police via 101.
Image source, DEVON AND CORNWALL POLICEPolice want to speak to these people who may have information
Council chiefs have postponed a court hearing seeking to change a controversial street which was named after Charles Howeson, a convicted sex offender., external
Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight
The parents and best friend of a nine-year-old boy from Devon, who died from flu earlier this year, are calling on parents to have their children vacccinated.
Coby Simons, from Whipton near Exeter, passed away in January after feeling "groggy" and "sleepy" in the days before.
His mum and dad have now helped design a postcard with the hashtag "Thumbs up for Coby" to raise awareness.
Coby's mum, Louise and his best friend Josh are also urging people to have the flu jab...
Councillors in Plymouth are being warned the city needs to make £36m worth of savings from public services over the next three years.
The efficiencies would be on top of £11.5m already made this year.
Leaders of the Labour-run authority are blaming a cut in funding from central government.
The council's cabinet has also been told that a no-deal Brexit could harm the local economy which, up until recently, had been growing and producing goods and services worth just under £5bn.
The government said last month that councils were to get a real-term funding increase in 2018-19.
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Read MoreAlmost £1,000 pounds has been raised for people affected by a fire in Paignton last week.
More than 100 firefighters tackled the flames on Thursday evening.
The fire took hold of Scoffs fish and chips shop, and surrounding buildings, including the flats above.
A fundraising campaign has been set up by the local chamber of commerce to help the businesses and residents who "lost everything", according to the organisation.
The fire on Torbay road ripped through a chip shop and flats
Early fog will tend to lift to leave Tuesday morning mostly cloudy and misty with a little drizzle possible.
It will then be mainly dry during the afternoon, with spells of sunshine breaking through.
Maximum temperature: 14 to 17C (57 to 63F).
Rob England
BBC News Online
Image source, Unit Cycles LtdThe owner of a bike shop in Truro says he is "furious" after thieves broke through a wall and took "nearly everything".
Image source, Unit Cycles LtdStaff at Unit Cycles Ltd, on the Threemilestone Industrial Estate, say the break-in happened on Friday night.
Commenting on social media, owner Anthony Van der Lugt said: "We are gutted/furious - there aren't even the words.
"We had an alarm and CCTV, however we believe the thieves scoped the place out first as they ripped the alarm system out along with the phone line, turned off the power to the building and took the CCTV recording unit with them."
Image source, Unit Cycles LtdDevon and Cornwall Police confirmed they were investigating a burglary where "those responsible gained access by smashing a hole in the outside brick wall and stole a large amount of stock".
