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Ryan Lowe's League Two pace-setters Plymouth continue their winning start with an EFL Cup first-round success against Leyton Orient.

Jordy Hiwula scores twice as Coventry progress to the second round of the Carabao Cup with a resounding win over Exeter.

Maidenhead make it two wins from two on the road with a 2-0 victory at Torquay in the National League.

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Police have cleared an overturned vehicle after a crash on the A377.

The road between Exeter and Crediton was closed for recovery work, causing long delays at Newton St Cyres.

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William Pope was told he had "destroyed the life of a child" for his own sexual gratification.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

Police in Plymouth have warned that drones are being banned in the skies over the city during the British Firework Championships this week.

Officers said the ban would be in place on Wednesday and Thursday between 18:00 and midnight.

The championships will see six professional display companies demonstrate their skills over the two nights, three per night, on the city's waterfront - the Hoe.

The annual event attracts tens of thousands to the city each year.

Ed Oldfield
Local Democracy Reporting Service

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A new 13-screen cinema has been approved for the former BHS store in Torquay town centre.

Cornwall-based company Merlin Cinemas has been given planning permission to convert the empty shop in Union Street into a multi-screen complex.

Torbay Council’s planning committee voted in favour after hearing it would help regenerate the area.

Conditions include improving the pedestrian link from Union Street to the car park and better CCTV and lighting in the area.

Police have asked for the measures because of regular call-outs to Temperance Street and Lower Union Lane to deal with drugs and antisocial behaviour.

Other conditions include counter-terrorism measures requested by police, such as bollards to prevent vehicles being driven into the entrance and work to prevent noise reaching nearby homes.

The company said the complex would have 10 full-time and 40 part-time staff, and it was to move from its current site in Abbey Road, which is expected to be redeveloped.

Merlin said it estimated the new cinema would bring in about 300,000 visitors a year.

The BHS store closed in the summer of 2016 and was taken over by Buyology, which closed in January this year.

Dan Downs
Weather Forecaster

Cloud will thicken on Tuesday evening, rain will start to edge in from the south-west and winds will strengthen.

Rain will likely become widespread through the overnight hours.

Minimum temperature: 11 to 14C (52 to 57F).

Further outbreaks of rain are expected on Wednesday, some spells could be on the heavy side and it will likely be windy.

There should still be some drier interludes later in the day though.

Maximum temperature: 18 to 21C (64 to 70F).

Daniel Clark
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans to transform a former Maplin store into a laser tag and arcade gaming attraction have been scrapped.

The shop on Barnstaple High Street closed last year after the firm went into administration.

Delta3Base Limited had submitted a planning application to convert the former store into a laser tag arena.

However, the plans have been scrapped as Delta3Base Limited has found a more suitable property.

The application has now been withdrawn from North Devon Council’s planning list, having been declared invalid.

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Andrew Segal
BBC South West

A woman has been punched, kicked and stamped on during an assault and robbery in Devon, police say.

She was attacked in the Grenville Close area on the Buckland Estate in Newton Abbot at about 23:00 on Saturday 10 August.

The victim, aged in her 20s, had items, including a purse, stolen from her and she sustained injuries to her face and upper body.

Det Sgt Kay Deer, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the attack was "not thought to be random and we believe the suspects may have known the victim".

She added: "Police do not have reason to believe that any other attacks are likely, but would, however, warn people to be vigilant."

Two local men and one female have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and grievous bodily harm. They remain in police custody for questioning.

A male in his 60s who was with the woman is found on nearby rocks with "a number of injuries".

Drugs were supplied from London to Cornwall by sending messages to known users, a court is told.

A woman was found dead in the sea at Brixham on Sunday.

Police said the woman, in her 40s, was confirmed dead at the scene near Freshwater Quarry car park at about 05:45.

A man in his 60s was found on rocks nearby with a number of injuries.

Police said the death was being treated as unexplained but was not thought to be suspicious.

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BBC Radio Cornwall

The Royal Cornwall Hospital near Truro has again moved to its highest level of alert and is asking people not to go to its emergency department unless there is a life-threatening situation.

Bosses said they were not in as difficult a position as they were in May with the current level four alert - formerly known as a black alert - and they hoped stand down from the situation by the end of Tuesday.

They said they were urging residents and holidaymakers to use minor injuries units, or to ring the NHS 111 service.

Exeter City defender Tom Parkes is suspended for three matches after accepting a violent conduct charge from the FA.

Andrew Segal
BBC South West

Visiting the Isles of Scilly has cracked the top 20 of a list of the top 500 things to do in the British Isles.

Scilly made number 14 in travel guide Lonely Planet's list.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival topped the chart.

Ed Oldfield
Local Democracy Reporting Service

Plans to build a new £11m, 120-bed Premier Inn on a council-owned car park overlooking Torquay harbour are going ahead.

Torbay Council’s planning committee unanimously gave conditional approval at a meeting on Monday after hearing the scheme had been redesigned to better fit in with listed buildings in The Terrace. Some of the buildings in Higher Terrace date back to 1811.

Members agreed with a recommendation from officers that the economic benefits outweighed any harm.

The new six-floor hotel will be built on the western end of the multi-storey car park at The Terrace, behind the Hilton Hotel going up as part of the multi-million pound redevelopment of Torwood Street.

The scheme is to be funded by council borrowing to bring in revenue for services as part of its investment strategy.

Concerns were raised at the meeting that the new hotel would damage local independent guest-houses by taking their customers. But councillors were told Torbay was short of branded hotels and the area was missing out on conferences and events as a result.

The hotel will be allocated 100 spaces at the multi-storey car park with 60 for the nearby Torwood Street retail and office development, leaving 335 for general use.

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BBC Radio Devon

A new support group is being started in east Devon to offer help and reassurance to new mums.

The Honiton Baby Café is being set up and run by new mums who say they couldn’t find the help they needed in the town.

The café aims to offer guidance to mothers with things like breastfeeding and wearing slings.

Lauren Costello-Fox, one of the founders of the group found it difficult to get out of the house in the early weeks because she'd had a caesarean section and couldn't drive for a few weeks after having her daughter.

She said it was important the group was within easy walking or bus distance.