Backbencher Johnny Mercer says he would not have stood as an MP "if the situation was like it is now".

The theft left users of the centre, some of whom have mental health and learning disabilities, "very upset".

Force admits failings over officer training on an emergency restraint belt after Mr Orchard's death.

Alex Osborne
BBC Weather

A dry Friday night is expected. Skies are expected to remain clear, and with light winds, patchy mist and fog is anticipated to form widely away from coastal districts. Not as chilly as recent nights.

Minimum temperature: 4 to 7C (39 to 45F).

A foggy start for some districts away from the coasts. Through Saturday morning, fog patches should slowly lift to reveal a fine day. Just a risk that mist may linger into the afternoon here and there.

Maximum temperature: 14 to 17C (57 to 63F).

Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online

An MP's tweet about his wife and a local newspaper has captured the imagination of thousands on Twitter.

Conservative MP Johnny Mercer asked another user on Tuesday night if they had insinuated that his wife "was a prostitute" in the Plymouth Herald comments section.

The derogatory remark, which was quickly deleted for breaching the website's guidelines, had been left under an article about the MP's new job at a cybersecurity firm, external.

Plymouth Herald editor Edd Moore said that while he was "pleased" to see the paper trending nationally, he does not tolerate "defamatory or offensive comments" on his site.

More than 3,000 people have now shared their responses to the tweet, causing the Plymouth Herald to trend on Twitter on Friday.

Mr Moore added: "This is not really about us or our comment section, but about online trolls and how people react to them."

Mr Mercer has declined to comment on this.

The Tory backbencher is also in the headlines after criticising the government and saying he would not have stood as an MP "if the situation was like it is now".

Mr Mercer, who is a guest at the Dorchester Literary Festival (pictured), told the audience there: "I've made my views clear, I absolutely stand by what I said ... It's my job to speak out when I think it's going awry."

The men become the first male students to qualify in the prestigious college's 126-year history.

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

A third bid to demolish a former care home and replace it with retirement apartments has been revealed.

A planning inspector first rejected Churchill Retirement Living's plans to revamp the closed 23-bed former Green Close care home in Drakes Avenue in Sidford in 2017.

Then, in May this year, a revised scheme was rejected by East Devon District Council planners because its affordable housing offer was not "policy compliant".

Image source, Daniel Clark

Now, a new application - that would see the care home demolished and replaced with 40 retirement apartments for older persons including communal facilities, access, car parking and landscaping - has been submitted to planners.

Documents submitted with the application said the proposed development is an "excellent opportunity to provide the redevelopment of an under-utilised site within Sidford and would make better use of a previously developed site in a sustainable location".

The Green Close care home was built in 1971 but closed in 2014 after Devon County Council cutbacks.

East Devon District Council planners will determine the fate of the application at a later date.

Devon Live

A Devon teenager has spoken of the unexpected moment he delivered a baby, external while he was on the train home from college.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment of Sidmouth College to improve the buildings students are taught in have gone on show at a public exhibition.

The scheme would see the existing 1960s main building demolished and replaced with a new, three-storey building on the edge of the existing car park.

Formal plans are due to be submitted on 5 November and subject to planning permission, the new build could be completed by April 2020.

Funding for the building work was secured after Devon County Council submitted a successful bid to the Priority Schools Building Programme back in 2014.

College principal Sarah Parsons said everyone at the school would "benefit from the new build and it would provide improved facilities".

They were found to have caused "unnecessary suffering" to horses that were underweight.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

Image source, Made-Well

A pink life-size model of an Indian elephant has been stolen in Hatherleigh.

Community interest company Made-Well - which is based at West Fishleigh Farm - said it was "very sad" somebody had taken the elephant from its grounds.

It's believed it was taken between 16:00 on Thursday and 09:00 on Friday.

The company is asking people to share its social media post to help find the elephant.

Image source, Made-Well

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

Devon and Cornwall Police has pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court to health and safety breaches following the death of Thomas Orchard, who died in custody in October 2012.

The force admitted the breach on the basis that there were failings over how officers were trained to use the emergency restraint belt, but the force has not accepted that the belt lead directly to Mr Orchard's death.

Image source, FAMILY HANDOUT

Volunteers responded to photos of the pups on social media and set up shifts to help feed them.

Cornwall Live

Dramatic scenes unfolded at a Cornish holiday camp on The LIzard as members of the public grappled with a suspected knifeman, external after an incident at Mullion Holiday Park.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A motorcyclist and passenger are reported to have suffered minor injuries in a road crash on the A39 in Cornwall.

The pair crashed at Winnards Perch, near the Cornish Birds of Prey Centre.

Police have closed the road in both directions.

Ross Ellis
BBC Radio Cornwall

Sam Matavesi will be playing for Fiji in the autumn internationals.

The 26-year-old from Camborne has been called up for the matches against Scotland, Uruguay and France.

Sam's father, Sireli, played for Fiji, as well as his brothers, Joel and Josh.

He's currently playing for the Cornish Pirates, as well as pursuing a career in the Royal Navy.

In this picture you can see him trying to do both as he's tackled by a couple of his colleagues.

Image source, David Gallagher/RNAS Culdrose

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

A Cornish builder has been given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay £4,500 after he kept more than 500 sheep in "appalling conditions".

Kenneth White, 51, of Penarwyn Woods, Par, has also been banned from keeping farm animals after pleading guilty to six animal cruelty offences.

Cornwall Council said its inspectors found lambs that were drowned in mud, some dead from exposure, with over half the herd underweight and 12 animals needing veterinary treatment.

The discovery of the animals was made at Valley View Farm near Fowey in February.

At Bodmin Magistrates Court, District Judge Diana Baker sentenced White to 16 weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months.

She also disqualified him from the custody of farm animals for 10 years and ordered him to pay the council's costs of £4,500 and a victim surcharge of £115.

Image source, CORNWALL COUNCIL

Torquay United boss Gary Johnson is caught in a case of mistaken identity during an appearance on BBC local radio.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

The former Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith, says Devon MP, Johnny Mercer "has a point" after he criticised the government.

The MP for Plymouth Moor View said he would not have stood as an MP "if the situation was like it is now".

Mr Mercer used strong language to describe the current state of the government and also told The House magazine he was no longer sure his "set of values and ethos" were still "aligned with the Conservative Party".

Mr Duncan Smith says he understands his frustrations...

BBC Radio Cornwall

• On the A39 at Winnard's Perch, near the Cornish Birds of Prey Centre, the road is closed in both directions due to an accident.
• On the A38 westbound between Notter and Landrake, there are reports of slow traffic due to an accident.