That's all from the BBC Local Live team for Devon and Cornwall on Thursday 5 March. Thanks very much for joining us.

We'll be back at 08:00 on Friday with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates.

The top stories at 18:00 include:

BBC Radio Cornwall: There's been a mixed reaction to Liberal Democrat proposals for a Cornish Assembly, with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg saying devolution would mean more decisions made locally, but Mebyon Kernow dismissed the plans as ill conceived.

BBC Radio Devon: A number of state secondary schools in the South West are failing their brightest pupils, a report by Ofsted warns.

A Plymouth volunteer who helps homeless people has received national recognition from the Salvation Army, external.

Image source, Google

Lyndsey Withers - a regular volunteer at the Plymouth Lifehouse in the city's Devonport area (pictured), a residential centre for homeless people - has been given the Exceptional Contribution Award at a ceremony in Derbyshire.

BBC Spotlight

Schools in the south west are among the poorest in England when it comes to helping able pupils reach their full potential, an Ofsted, external report says.

The education watchdog said the most able students in non-selective schools were not being challenged to achieve the highest levels of scholarship, and too few schools set high enough expectations of what these students could achieve. Ofsted regional director Bradley Simmons said those students "will be tomorrow's leaders and they will take our nation forward".

Ministers have dismissed claims of "anti-competitive behaviour" by BT in the roll-out of superfast broadband in the south west as MPs warned of rural areas plunging into "digital darkness", the Western Morning News, external reports.

The firm bagged the main £94m contract to get the quickest connections to 90% of properties in Devon and Somerset.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Council officers have recommended refusal for retail development plans on the current Truro City Football Club site which would pay for a planned new ground for the club.

Image source, Google

It is among recommendations that also include turning down plans for a supermarket which would fund a stadium for Cornwall.

BBC Travel South West

BBC South West travel has warned of problems on the A30 near Camborne, in Cornwall, as a lorry has shed its load near the Loggans Moor roundabout, on the westbound carriageway.

In Newton Abbot, Devon, there are reports of an accident on the A380 Torquay Road near the Penn Inn roundabout; and Queensway is blocked due to an accident near Haldon Rise.

The top stories at 17:00 include:

BBC Radio Cornwall: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a £5m boost for tourism in the South West.

BBC Radio Devon: More than £50,000 has been spent in Lynmouth to improve flood protection in the town.

Two men from the Liverpool area have been arrested after a pedestrian was injured in a suspected hit and run in Tiverton, Devon and Cornwall Police, external say.

The man, in his 20s, was hit by a white Ford Transit van in the Barrington Street area at about 18:30 on Tuesday. Police said six detectives were working on the case.

David Braine
Weather forecaster, BBC Spotlight

Tonight will be rather cloudy overnight but it should stay dry with some clear periods. Despite this, it will be frost-free and noticeably milder than of recent nights. Min Temp: 4C (39F)

Friday will be rather cloudy at times but it should remain dry, with further bright or sunny intervals. Winds will strengthen through the day with some strong gusts over Dartmoor and other areas of high ground. Max Temp: 12C (57F)

A crash on a busy Plymouth roundabout left a motorcycle embedded in the front of a van, the Plymouth Herald, external reports.

The incident, believed to only involve the two vehicles, happened at about 14:00.

A man who spent £10,000 to find out who shot their kitten has criticised the lack of a "credible" investigation by police.

Image source, Neil Tregarthen

Neil Tregarthen told the BBC: "The police were very respectful. But there's a huge difference between getting a crime reference number and having someone credibly investigate what was a very thuggish-type event."

Planning officers have recommended permission be turned down for a supermarket that could fund a stadium for Cornwall.

Image source, Inox

Inox, the company behind the proposals, said it needed planning permission for a supermarket at Langarth to be granted so £8m from that could fund the 6,000-seat stadium. Peter Marks, from the Stadium for Cornwall Group, said the planners' recommendation was a "kick in the teeth" for the project.

The top stories at 16:00 include:

BBC Radio Cornwall: Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says plans for an Assembly for Cornwall would see Cornwall Council abolished and replaced with a much smaller body.

BBC Radio Devon: A piece of Gibraltar is to be installed at an historic east Devon beauty spot as a memorial to the Royal Marines and all commandos who've trained on Woodbury Common, near Exmouth, since 1940.

People across Cornwall have been celebrating St Piran's Day.

See some of the parades and celebrations from around the county on BBC Spotlight, at 18:30 on BBC1.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Exeter-headquartered airline Flybe is to open a new UK base in Cardiff in June, managers say.

The company said the move would create 50 jobs and it would be operating 11 routes from Cardiff.

BBC Radio Devon

Eleven letters of objection have been sent to Plymouth City Council, external about plans to move the city's bus station.

People against £4m plans to move the station from Bretonside to Mayflower Street said they were worried about disabled access to the new site and whether there was enough room for buses to turn. Councillors are to vote on project next Thursday, which has been recommended for approval.

A Beryl Cook oil painting has sold at Plymouth Auction Rooms for £19,200 to a collector in Canada.

Image source, Plymouth Auction Rooms

The painting titled Kissing Time is in the Plymouth artist's distinctively vibrant and fun style - Paul Keen of Plymouth Auction Rooms, external said: "It was a fantastic piece and I'm not surprised it achieved our estimate and sold for the price it did."

BBC Radio Cornwall

The Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has been put on the spot by junior journalists from the BBC School Report project for not wearing a tie.

Image source, BBC School Report

An open-shirted Deputy PM seems momentarily bemused after one of the children at Newquay Treviglas School asked him why he wasn't wearing a tie and told him he should because it was "more formal".

Mr Clegg apologised to the pint-sized Paxman and explained: "I just find having a tight collar round my neck I just don't find very comfortable, so where I can I don't do it and secondly I quite like a little bit of informality, I think so much of politics is a bit stuffy."

The top stories at 15:00 include:

BBC Radio Cornwall: Plans for a Stadium for Cornwall could be abandoned next week if councillors follow the advice of local planning officers, who have recommended permission for a supermarket which would fund the project be turned down.

BBC Radio Devon: People in the EX35 postcode area of north Devon are to benefit from rural fuel rebates after the European Union approved proposals.