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Munster won their 12th successive home match in Europe to knock out Exeter and claim a Champions Cup quarter-final spot.

Newport County secure their first League Two win since November as Jamile Matt's goal is enough to beat Exeter.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A Cornish MP has added his support to postal workers who are calling for low-level letterboxes to be banned because of repetitive strain injuries from bending down.

The issue has been raised in the House of Commons and is being supported by the Communication Workers Union which says letter boxes should be at waist level - as advised by the EU.

Scott Mann, the MP for North Cornwall who was a postman for 20 years, says it makes sense to put letter boxes at a reasonable height...

Hundreds of holiday park goers and investors have been potentially left out of pocket after a luxury lodge firm which has sites in Devon and Cornwall went into administration.

Eighty of the 121 Dream Lodge Group staff, who worked at eight parks across England, have also been made redundant.

Administrator Deloitte was appointed by the firm's Essex-based parent company, Walsham Chalet Park Ltd, after "a period of financial pressure".

Dream Lodge Group runs Blossom Hill Park in Honiton, Devon and Hilton Woods near Whitstone, Cornwall as well as six other sites across England.

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'Jaqi ha Jerry' is a half-hour online programme entirely in the Cornish language.

A man involved in a Christmas Eve sex attack in Carlisle, who went on the run after being charged, has been jailed for 10 years.

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Mohammed Miah, 38, of The Strand, Exmouth, had raped a woman brought to a flat by two other men, Kabir Hussain, 41, and Marco Martins, 32.

Hussain had already raped the woman twice, and Martins had sexually assaulted her, in what Tim Evans, for the prosecution, described as "a gang assault".

Miah was arrested and then bailed on Christmas Day, but while the other two men were dealt with, he was then on the run for nearly a year before he was caught in Devon because of DNA evidence. He pleaded guilty to rape.

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BBC News Online

A warning has gone out to parents and school children in Exeter after an 11-year-old girl was approached by two men in a van, police have said.

It happened between Cowick Lane and St Hill Close on Wednesday at about 08:00 while the girl was walking to school.

Officers added that the girl did manage to get into the building safely.

Letters handed out to parents of West Exe School said the two men in the white van involved were in their 40s.

One had a shaven head with a "mini mohican" hairstyle the other had a receding hairline.

Insp Simon Arliss said Devon and Cornwall Police have recently received other reports "where children have felt that they have been followed, approached or simply felt uneasy on their walk to school for a range of reasons".

"Public safety is our primary concern and we would encourage members of the public to continue to report suspicious incidents to police," he said.

"But we must stress that at this time there does not appear be an increased risk to your children, nor any new matters that are causing us concern from a policing point of view."

Bath announce the signing of four forwards for next season, including Harlequins prop Lewis Boyce.

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BBC News Online

The 7m (23ft) sculpture, called Messenger, that will be installed outside the Theatre Royal in Plymouth is "weeks away from completion".

On Friday, the theatre said all the main components have been cast and the final stages of brazing are "well under way".

Craftsmen at the Welsh foundry where she is being created will spend the next few weeks attaching her head and right arm before finishing the final colouring.

She will then be broken down into four sections for the 270-mile journey to Plymouth from the foundry in Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant.

The potential dates for the installation are set to be unveiled next month but Messenger will be the "UK's largest cast bronze sculpture".

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BBC Radio Devon

A project to build Plymouth's creative industries for Mayflower 400 has been awarded £3.5m from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

The iMayflower project aims to support makers, doers, artists and digital pioneers working towards the 400th anniversary of the ship's pioneering voyage in 2020.

A total of £750,000 has also been awarded directly to Mayflower 400 and £2.75m for new initiatives that could see more than 4,000 people offered training, business support and development opportunities in creative industries.

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A flood alert has been issued by the Environment Agency for the South Devon coast.

It's in place from Start Point in the South Hams to Dawlish Warren.

Flooding is possible and tides can be expected to be about 0.3m higher than predicted due to weather conditions.

People are advised to stay away from risk areas and take care next to the coast, the Environment Agency added.

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It took 15 people to drag the enormous fishing net, estimated to weigh half a tonne, out of the sea.

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BBC News Online

The minor injuries unit at Totnes Community Hospital has reopened after a 24-hour closure due to the discovery of Legionella bacteria in some taps and showers on the site.

Whilst no Legionella was detected within the unit area itself, the unit needed to temporarily close as it uses a lot of water and the entire site’s water system was being disinfected, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust said.

This disinfection has now been completed.

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Leicester Riders welcome Plymouth Raiders to the Morningside Arena in the British Basketball League - watch live coverage.

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BBC News Online

The rail route from Taunton to Exeter St Davids will be closed from 18 February until 8 March while maintenance works are carried out at Whiteball Tunnel.

Great Western Railway (GWR) added that further work at Marley Tunnel will mean a reduced rail service will operate between Plymouth and Exeter St Davids.

Services will be diverted but passengers should expect delays of up to 60 minutes.

Before the tunnel maintenance starts, track renewal work between Newton Abbot and Plymouth will also close the railway on three Sundays: 20 and 27 January and 17 February.

Track renewal work is also to take place between Truro and Penzance, including the St Ives branch line, over the weekend of 9 February; and on the Barnstaple branch line on 2 and 3 February and on 9 and 10 February.

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Exeter City sign Watford winger Randell Williams on a free transfer and Huddersfield Town full-back Jaden Brown on loan.

Munster edge titanic contest at Thomond Park to snatch a last-eight spot from the Irish province.

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BBC News Online

A man was rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped in a trench.

Crews were called to Halwill junction near Beaworthy at about 11:05.

They managed to release the man and handed him over to paramedics.

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Local Democracy Reporting Service

The old fire station in Ivybridge is set to be demolished as part of plans to get traffic moving and improve air quality in the town.

Devon County Council is currently consulting on plans that would introduce double yellow lines on Western Road and would remove the current on-street parking provision on the B3213.

Western Road is classified as an Air Quality Management Area, external and studies have shown that the on-street parking on the road - between the A38 roundabout and Marjorie Kelly Way roundabout - causes traffic congestion and a build-up of nitrogen dioxide levels.

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Devon County Council is holding a consultation looking at options for the relocation of the parking spaces.

Two options are being presented to the public, with the first being to relocate parking to all of the existing verge to the north of Western Road and south of Wayside - the old fire station area could be used to provide improvements for pedestrians.

The second option would use some of the verge between Western Road and Wayside for the relocated parking spaces as well as the old fire station site - allowing more green space to be retained.

An exhibition of the parking options will take place at Ivybridge Library on 22 January and the consultation continues until 3 March.

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