Hattie, rescued near Lands End, was put to sleep after she "rapidly deteriorated", rescuers say.

Shaun Powney denies murdering Patrick Powney after police are called to his house in Plymouth.

While Conservatives win two seats in Exmouth and one in Broadclyst, the Greens gain a second seat.

There have been four sewage leaks on the River Gannel near Newquay during 2021.

The party has been in control of the council since 2009 and will remain in charge until 2025.

The Conservatives break a deadlock, the first time one party has been in control since 2009.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The counting is not quite over, but the Conservatives have won Cornwall Council and become the first party to take full control of the unitary authority since it was created.

It brings to an end no party having overall control since it was created in 2009, replacing Cornwall's former county authority and six district councils.

The Tories, as of just before 19:00, had 46 of the 87 seats, with Independents and the Liberal Democrats the next biggest groups with 14 each. Two seats were left to declare.

Cornwall-based party Mebyon Kernow has five seats and Labour has four, with the Labour & Cooperative Party and the Greens both have one.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The Conservatives have won a majority on Cornwall Council.

A finish line of 44 on the now 87-seat authority has been passed.

Independents are currently the next biggest group with 13 seats, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 12.

Cornwall-based party Mebyon Kernow has five seats.

Labour has four seats, with the Labour & Cooperative Party and the Greens both having one.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The Conservatives have won nearly half of the seats in the Cornwall Council election, as of 17:50, according to the council's website, external.

The Tories have 43 seats on the now 87-seat authority, and would see a majority if they got to 44.

Nine more seats are yet to be declared.

Independents are the next biggest group, with 13 seats; followed by the Liberal Democrats with 11.

Cornwall-based party Mebyon Kernow has five seats.

Labour has four seats, with the Labour & Cooperative Party and the Greens both having one.

Image source, Cornwall Council

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

It will be four more years of Conservative rule in Devon after the Tories comfortably retained control of Devon County Council.

Under John Hart’s leadership, they have been in charge of the council since 2009, and Thursday’s local elections saw them stretch that until 2025.

Image source, LDRS

John Hart, leader of the council, who retained his Bickleigh & Wembury seat, said: "We shall continue to govern in Devon for the benefit of the county as a whole and for all our residents.

“They’ve shown great resilience over the past year in ensuring we’ve had some of the lowest Covid infection figures throughout the pandemic.

"But now, with the success of the vaccination programme and the Bank of England’s optimistic forecast for the national economy, we have got to focus on regenerating the Devon economy and driving the strongest possible recovery.

“We mean to get back to work immediately for the benefit of everyone in the county. We have ambitious plans for a cleaner, Greener Devon with a thriving economy. We can’t create jobs but we can provide the right climate for business to create jobs."

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

A former Cornwall MP has been elected to Cornwall Council.

Liberal Democrat Andrew George won the Ludgvan, Gulval & Heamoor ward.

He returns to frontline local politics after winning 1,483 votes - 56% of the ballots cast.

He beat his nearest rival - Conservative Simon Elliott, who won 873 votes - by more than 600.

Mr George was St Ives MP from 1997 to 2015.

Scott Bingham
BBC Spotlight

It’s a Conservative hold for Devon County Council.

With 56 of 60 seats declared, the Tories hold 36 – down two on four years ago.

The Liberal Democrats have gained two seats and currently sit on nine, up from seven last time, to become the official opposition.

Two East Devon wards, Exmouth and Broadclyst, are due to declare on Saturday.

Both are double member wards, so four seats are up for grabs. They are currently all Conservative.

The Tories lost seats to the Lib Dems in Barnstaple South and Teignmouth.

Labour remains on seven seats so far.

Independents have three and the Green Party one.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The Greens have won a seat on Devon County Council with nearly 60% of the vote.

Jacqi Hodgson has won the Totnes & Dartington ward with 3,026 votes.

She was nearly 2,000 ahead of her nearest rival, Conservative Jamie Rogers, who won 1,088 ballots.

Turnout in the ward was 48.0%.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

Cornwall-based political party Mebyon Kernow (MK) has made a gain today.

The Party for Cornwall has five councillors so far on Cornwall Council, an increase of one on the four members it had on the previous authority.

However, one extra councillor does not mean a mere 25% increase in its membership in the debating chamber.

It had four councillors on the former 123-seat authority, but has seen that rise to at least five on the new 87-seat council, giving it more influence within the new assembly.

Loveday Jenkin, seen here in Tamsin Melville's tweet, has been re-elected in Crowan, Sithney & Wendron. She made part of her acceptance speech in Cornish.

Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall

A former Conservative councillor has won a Cornwall Council seat as an Independent.

John Fitter said he was determined to fight for the St Columb Minor & Colan seat after the Tories selected another candidate.

He told the BBC: "The Conservative Party decided I wasn't right wing enough and red-toothed enough so selected somebody else."

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall

The Liberal Democrat group leader on Cornwall Council, Malcolm Brown, has lost to Conservative Jordan Rowse in St Austell, Bethel & Holmbush.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The Conservatives are ahead in the Cornwall Council election, as of 15:45, according to the council's website, external.

The Tories have had 33 out of 52 seats declared in their favour.

The Liberal Democrats had seven seats at that point, and Labour has had two wins.

Meanwhile, Cornwall-based party Mebyon Kernow has secured three seats, with one of those being won by leader and long-term councillor Dick Cole.

There have been two Independents elected, and Penryn has selected Green Party candidate Tamsin Widdon.

The county is seeing a different council in terms of number, with the number of seats being reduced from 123 seats to 87.

Tamsin Melville
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Cornwall

It's off to work for new Conservative councillor Connor Donnithorne, as he gets issued with his new official Cornwall Council laptop.

He had received it after beating long-standing Independent and former council cabinet member Mark Kaczmarek in Redruth Central, Caharrack & St Day.

Meanwhile, members of the media have been offered a hot water bottle here at the Carn Brea count.

With all the hall's doors open to make it Covid-secure, it’s pretty cold!

Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service

The wife of one of Cornwall's MPs has been elected to Cornwall Council.

Anne Double, wife of St Austell & Newquay MP Steve Double, has been elected for the Conservatives in the St Austell Central & Gover ward.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

The Conservatives remain ahead in the Devon County Council election, as of 15:25, with only a handful of seats yet to be declared, according to the council's website, external.

The Tories have had 35 seats declared in their favour.

The Liberal Democrats have the next highest number so far, with nine, seats; then Labour with seven.

There are three Independents.

Only three wards in the East Devon district are yet to be declared.

Previously the Tories held 42 of the 60 seats.

Image source, Devon County Council