Devon & Cornwall Live: As it happened

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A woman was murdered by her former soldier on-off boyfriend while three children slept upstairs.

Jay Nava, 27, from Plymouth, stabbed 26-year-old Natasha Wake 11 times in the chest and neck at her home in Bournemouth in October. He then fell asleep beside her body, which he later hid in a cupboard under the stairs, Winchester Crown Court heard.

The jury was told Miss Wake became angry with Nava on the day she died when she found out that he had been investigated by police for an alleged sexual assault on another woman.

Nava tired to hang himself from a tree after the murder but police officers managed to resuscitate him, the court heard. A defence psychiatrist had told the jury Nava suffered an "abnormality in mental function". He will be sentenced on Thursday.

An elderly man has been rescued from a car after the vehicle went up a grassy bank on the side of a road and into a hedge, firefighters say .

Emergency services were called to the scene in Transit Way at about 14:05.

Fire crews said they stabilized the vehicle and administered first aid to the man before an ambulance arrived. His condition is not known.

A Bodmin teenager has ridden into the record books by completing a  3,000-mile cycle across Australia .

It will remain dry overnight but the skies will turn cloudier for many.

There will be light winds and some clear spells, possibly allowing a ground frost in some rural areas by dawn. Minimum temperature: 6C (43F).

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Thursday will be another dry day, with variable amounts of cloud, light winds and bright or sunny spells for most, especially during the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 12C (54F).

A hearing dog from Devon has been rewarded with a three-day holiday after being recognised for his volunteer work with children at the Exeter Deaf Academy.

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Niven the cockapoo is thought to be the first ever listening dog in a deaf school and has been hailed a "hidden hero".

You'll be able to find out more and meet him on  Spotlight tonight  on BBC One at 18:30.

The South West newspaper the Sunday Independent, which has announced its closure, had been in circulation for nearly 210 years.

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Up to 20 full-time staff based in Liskeard are to lose their jobs at the paper - which was founded in 1808 - with a further 300 freelance reporters and contributors losing work.

It's understood the paper has failed to find new investors following the death of its previous owner. This is despite it "trading well in the past year", according to an email sent to contributors informing them of the closure.

Management at the newspaper said they were not giving up hope that an 11th hour investor would come in to save the publication.

People pretending to be Trading Standards officers have been visiting homes and telling people they can claim compensation if they pay money into a bank account provided by the bogus officer, genuine Trading Standards staff say.

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The Devon and Somerset Trading Standards service said fraudsters had been knocking on doors and "advising" residents they could obtain refunds and compensation following poor work carried out previously.

But, to get that, they were told they had to pay £1,000 into a specific bank account, with the fake officer providing that account's details.

Stephen Gardiner, of Trading Standards, said people should be "extra cautious about anyone unexpectedly knocking on their door" and that officers would "never ask for money from members of the public".

• In Exeter, there are reports of a two-vehicle collision on Union Road, near Culverland Road
• In Plymouth, there are reports of an accident on the A374 Chapel Street, near Cumberland Street

A Devon trampoline centre has changed its rules for the Easter holidays so children of different ages can play together .

• In Devon , on the A380 Hamelin Way in Torquay, there are reports of a broken-down vehicle near the Gallows Gate roundabout
• In Cornwall , there's been an accident on the A392 between the Halloon roundabout and Quintrell Downs, on the narrow part of the road
• In St Ives, on Gabriel Street, there are reports of an accident near the library

Three people have been detained and a car seized after it failed to stop for police in Totnes, officers say.

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Totnes Police  said on Facebook  the black BMW made off up Harpers Hill after not stopping at about 11:30. It was found abandoned with damaged rear tyres a bit later.

Three people were detained nearby after officers, a police dog and a police helicopter were involved in a search.

One male was reported "for a host of driving offences" and his car "will soon be crushed", police said.

One of the South West's biggest charities is facing cutting jobs, but says it hopes to reduce the number of possible redundancies.

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The Dame Hannah Rogers Trust says it is looking at having to cut up to 20 jobs at its Seale Hayne site, some 15% of its staff, because of financial troubles. Three of its five trustees are also being replaced.

The trust - known as Hannahs - bought the former agricultural college in 2009. It provides care, education, training, job opportunities and support to disabled people and their families.

About 1,500 disabled people use its services every year.

Have you had a parking ticket you feel is unfair?

Almost every day we get calls from motorists who have a yellow and black sticker on their windscreen which they feel has been unfair or over-zealously issued.

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About 100 English councils  responded to a Freedom of Information request  asking how many parking tickets issued between January and October 2016 were appealed and how many appeals were successful.

Runnymede Council, near Windsor, only refunded 9% of appeals, yet Waveney District Council in Suffolk refunded a staggering 72% of appeals.

Here in Cornwall, we are about mid-table, with just over 3,000 appeals. Of those, 925 - just over 30% - were upheld.

So-called robot power station buildings on Dartmoor, which could be demolished if plans for a new whisky distillery get the go-ahead, are an important part of local history, a member of The Dartmoor Society says. 

Built in 1959 and thought to be the world's first, the pocket power station unmanned electricity generator in Princetown was installed to provide a backup power supply.     

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The plant has been decommissioned and stripped of its generating engine but isn't considered suitable to be listed. 

Tom Greeves, from the society, said: "These buildings, even though they're relatively modern and not aesthetically that beautiful, are such an important marker about the story of energy production on Dartmoor."

The company behind the plans for the distillery declined to comment. 

A row between a tiger and dinosaurs has broken out on a Devon harbourside after traders disagreed over plans for a new ice cream stand - and police had to intervene .