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Wu-Tang Clan will join the line-up of the Boardmasters festival as the Friday headliner, it has been announced.

The hip hop stars join previously announced headliners Florence + The Machine and Foals, while The Wombats have been announced as a Land Of Saints stage headliner.

Their appearance at the festival comes as the group celebrate 25 years since the release of their debut album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

Other acts added to the bill include Bear's Den, Mahalia, SG Lewis, Sunset Sons, Elderbrook, Mella Dee and Heidi, joining Giggs, Dizzee Rascal, Jorja Smith, Plan B, DJ EZ, Jax Jones, Martin Solveig, Wilkinson B2B Sub Focus, Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight, Mabel, Sam Fender, Slaves and The Hunna.

The festival will also see the return of its surf competition, as part of the World Surf League Qualifying Series.

The five-day event takes place at two locations in Cornwall - Fistral Beach, where the surf competitions take place, and Watergate Bay. Boardmasters takes place from August 7-11.

Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Calls have been made for an emergency by-law to be introduced which would limit the size of nets used to fish for bass in Cornwall.

The request has been made after concerns fishermen have been using small mesh nets, resulting in smaller bass being caught.

This could lead to a lack of the fish reaching maturity, impacting the overall bass stocks.

In 2015, new restrictions were put in place by the EU which mean that bass must be at least 42cm (17 inches) to be caught to address a serious fall in stocks.

An extraordinary meeting of the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (CIFCA) will be held on Friday to consider the request.

BBC Radio Cornwall

A pub in Helston with a reputation for live music has been told to keep the noise down or face a fine of £20,000.

The Blue Anchor has been the subject of a noise complaint from people living nearby.

The landlord Simon Stone - says he has spent £12,000 on sound insulation, and that legislation threatens the future of Cornwall's small music venues.

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Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested after 10 puppies were stolen from a Devon farm, police have said.

Combas Farm in Croyde reported the animals were taken on Wednesday night.

After huge coverage on social media, officers were led to an empty caravan - in the Croyde area - in which all 10 puppies were located safe and well, Devon and Cornwall Police added.

Inquiries continue and the woman - from the London area - remains in police custody where she awaits questioning.

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Cornwall Live

Boardmasters has revealed legendary hip hop pioneers Wu-Tang Clan, external as the festival's Friday headliner.

Devon Live

Councils in Devon have spent more than £200,000 on award ceremonies, external since 2015, it has been revealed.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

A campaign is under way to get Saint Boniface declared the patron saint of Devon.

He was born in Crediton at about 680 AD and is often referred to as the "first European" because of his missionary work across the continent.

The national shrine to Boniface is in the town's Catholic church and now the Boniface Link Association want him recognised as the county's patron saint.

Councillor Nick Way will put a motion to Devon councillors later - calling on them to support the campaign.

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John Ayres
BBC Spotlight

Torbay Council is set to consider taking back full control of the borough's bin collections.

Tor2 was set up in 2010 as a joint venture between the council and what is now the Kier Group and since then has had responsibility for recycling services.

However, the company has not not met its targets for recycling rates and the current contract expires next year.

The council will consider five options at a meeting later - including keeping it as it is or having the service run by a company that is wholly owned by the council.

Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online

A garden shed has been damaged in a fire in Devon, but three ferrets have been saved from the blaze.

Crews were called to Red House Close, in Chudleigh Knighton, at about 04:00.

The occupant had used a garden hose before firefighters arrived which resulted in three ferrets and fuels within the shed to be unaffected, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue said.

The shed had 40% fire damage.

The cause is believed to be an accidental ignition caused by ashes from a previous fire being stored in a waste bag within the shed.

Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight

People are still waiting too long for scans at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, according to a report.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the trust has failed to comply with a warning notice from an August inspection telling it to take urgent action to improve its diagnostic imaging service.

However, it does add that University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust has made "significant improvements" to its pharmacy service - which was another concern the CQC had in its last inspection.

Mary Cridge is from the CQC...

The trust said staff have been working hard to make the required improvements and it's good to see the inspectors recognise the progress that has been made - particularly in pharmacy.

It added some of the changes needed relate to capacity and culture but these take time "because they depend on recruiting new staff, implementing new ways of working and changing attitudes and behaviours".

BBC Radio Devon

"It's not me that's changed - it's the Tory party" - that's what the Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston told the BBC earlier about her decision to join two colleagues in resigning from the Conservative Party.

It was announced on Wednesday that she would be joining the new Independent Group along with Heidi Allen and Anna Sourby.

The new group is made up of eight Labour MPs who resigned from their party over its handling of Brexit and anti-Semitism - saying it represented "the centre ground of British politics".

Dr Wollaston said she felt compelled to act...

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

Two people have been arrested after a knife-point robbery at a Torquay hotel, police say.

Officers said, external a man entered Livermead Cliff Hotel in Torbay Road at about 20:45 on Thursday 14 February and threatened a staff member with a knife.

The robber demanded money before "entering the reception area and carrying out a search".

The offender then left the hotel with a quantity of cash.

A man and a woman in their 30s, both from Torquay, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery. They were later released under investigation pending further inquiries.

Police have appealed for witnesses and also asked for anyone with "relevant dash cam footage" of the area around the hotel between 20:30 and 21:00 that evening 14 February to get in contact.

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Ed Oldfield
Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Work is expected to start next week to repair a slipway at a popular Devon beach damaged in a storm last year.

Contractors have been appointed to carry out the work at Paignton Beach for Torbay Council after the slipway was left badly damaged by Storm Callum last October.

Torbay's elected mayor Gordon Oliver allocated up to £35,000 to rebuild the concrete structure which was broken up after being battered by large waves.

Councillor Mrs Lewis, Conservative, Roundham with Hyde, said: "Paignton is a tourist town and can't have part of the promenade and the whole of the slipway fenced off during the summer season. It gives the wrong message to locals, tourists and day visitors."

Dan Downs
Weather Forecaster

After a cloudy and misty start in places, it will become brighter through the day with at least a few sunny intervals developing.

It will be a mild day for February.

Maximum temperature: 14C (5°F).