Andrew Segal
Local Live

That's all from the Devon and Cornwall Local Live team today. Thanks for joining us.

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow with the latest News, Sport, Weather and Travel, plus highlights from the first day of the 2015 Royal Cornwall Show.

David Braine
Weather forecaster, BBC Spotlight

It is going to stay dry tonight. But, with largely clear skies, it is set to turn a little chilly, particularly around more rural spots such as along river valleys. Minimum Temperature: 6C (43F).

Another fine day is expected on Thursday, with more sunshine again making it feel rather warm at times. It may turn a little cloudier later on, especially towards the coasts. Maximum Temperature: 18C (64F).

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A south American fur seal pup which was born at a south Devon zoo and aquarium is celebrating her first birthday today.

Image source, Living Coasts

To mark the birthday of Gemini, who was was born at Torquay's Living Coasts, external, staff are creating an ice block with sprats inside and kelp seaweed wrapped around.

Keeper Libor Mach said Gemini, who weighs about 20kg (45lb), was "really lively and playful - she still likes her toy penguin, as well as a football and a floating rubber dog toy" and "she also likes to play with visitors at the big window".

Cornish Guardian

Planning permission for a 252ft wind turbine near Newquay has been quashed after a pensioner took Cornwall Council to the High Court, reports the Cornish Guardian, external.

Peter Waller has won a judicial review of the council's decision to approve Clean Earth Energy plans for a mast measuring 77m to blade tip at Tredinnick Farm, Newquay.

The judge ruled in favour of Mr Waller, 71, and ordered the local authority to pay costs of £9,500.

BBC Radio Cornwall

The David White Show tweets, external: John Cleve dropped over new @Fishy_Friends CD. I'll give that a play on the show tomorrow, see them live on Sat at 2pm

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

A lawyer involved in a case against Cornwall Council for approving a wind turbine on a farm near Newquay says the council's planning department has a "systemic problem".

Image source, PA

The High Court overturned the council's decision to allow the turbine after Peter Waller brought forward a case. Susan Ring of law firm Richard Buxton, which represented Mr Waller, said problems at the authority included developers being able to choose which planning officer they wanted to deal with their application.

She said: "This does not instil public confidence in the fairness and transparency of the planning process." A council spokesman said it "will be considering how it can further improve its procedures and learn from this decision".

Brent Pilnick
BBC South West Sport

For Gulls' fans the news the group bidding to take over Torquay United could complete a deal for the Conference club by Monday will be welcome, although as ever with football, until the last 'i' is dotted and 't' crossed, it's never certain.

Image source, Getty Images

One thing is for sure, whatever happens next, the days of the club having the backstop of a wealthy benefactor are over with Lottery-winner Thea Bristow leaving the club. The new consortium do not have millions available and it's unlikely they will be amongst the favourites for a return to the Football League.

But if the club survives, then Gulls supporters will probably feel like they've won the league before a ball has even been kicked.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A fuel retailers' organisation has criticised Devon and Cornwall Police's new stand on dealing with fuel bilkers, saying such incidents are "on the increase".

Image source, Thinkstock

The force said, external it would no longer deploy officers to all reports unless there was a deliberate criminal attempt of theft or to defraud garage owners. There have been 1,600 such incidents in the force area in the last year.

Brian Madison. chairman of the Petrol Retailers' Association, external said: "If police are broadcasting that they are going to treat it as low priority, if at all, it is quite extraordinary because it is only going to encourage would-be thieves to take more petrol from the forecourt."

BBC Spotlight

A major Devon health authority says it is welcoming an announcement that hospitals in areas where health services are described as persistently failing are to be taken over by NHS regulators.

NHS England, external said the North, East and West Devon NHS area, external was to be moved formally into the "new success regime" because previous attempts to turn around services in certain places had been "tested to destruction" and a new way of dealing with them needed to be tried.

The NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group said the county had "already made significant inroads to address the challenges of increasing pressure on NHS services", but that "we recognise that only by putting organisational boundaries aside can we truly deliver the change we need".

John Ayres
BBC Spotlight

A scheme encouraging young people with a learning disability to go out with other people of their own age is being piloted in Plymouth.

The 'Gig Buddies' scheme is run by the Theatre Royal, external, it's pairing up people with similar tastes to go to events together, with the buddies vetted beforehand.

Sarah Hetherington (r) on a night out with her gig buddy Becky said: "Brilliant time, amazing, I love dancing."

BBC Travel

• The A377 in Crediton in Devon - High Street - is partially blocked by an accident near Searle Street

• On the A38 near Saltash in Cornwall, there is very slow-moving traffic around the Carkeel Roundabout because of roadworks

• On the A39 around Wadebridge, there's slow moving traffic as exhibitors head to and from the Royal Cornwall Showground before the event opens tomorrow

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A bombed-out Plymouth city centre church is being lit up permanently after the installation of a new lighting system.

Image source, Wayne Perry

The LEDs (light emitting diodes) have been installed as part of a project by the city council, external to put local landmarks in the spotlight.

The church, which dates back to the 1600s, was burnt out by incendiary bombs in 1941 and remains a memorial to the city's residents who lost their lives during World War Two.

Press Association

Hospitals in part of Devon where health services are described as persistently failing are to be taken over by NHS regulators, NHS England's, external chief executive says.

The North, East and West Devon NHS area, external is among the first parts of the country that are to be moved formally into the "new success regime", Simon Stevens said.

He added that previous attempts to turn around services in certain places had been "tested to destruction" and a new way of dealing with them needed to be tried.

BBC Sport

Plymouth Albion will fly to Jersey this summer as they prepare for life in the third tier of English rugby.

Albion were relegated from the Championship in April - ironically their last win in rugby's Championship came against the Channel Islanders in February - Jersey will host Plymouth Albion in a pre-season friendly at St Peter on Saturday, 8 August.

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

A council made "unlawful errors of fact" in giving planning consent for a 77m (253ft) wind turbine.

The High Court has overturned Cornwall Council's decision to allow the turbine after a member of the public pushed for a judicial review of the consent. A Cornwall Council planning officer failed to report concerns from English Heritage and the National Trust to planning committee members.

Cornwall Council said it would look to "improve its procedures".

BBC Radio Cornwall

The Royal Cornwall Showground, external at Wadebridge is a hive of activity in the sunshine today as exhibitors prepare to welcome thousands of people for the three-day event - it starts tomorrow!

Here Gary Howard, joint owner of the 'Steam Galloper', is making sure his carousel horses are looking their best - BBC Radio Cornwall will be broadcasting live from the show, starting at 06:00 on Thursday.

Check out the station's Facebook page, external for the full schedule and and look for #RCS15 on Twitter, external for plenty more photos from the Royal Cornwall Show.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

The top stories on BBC Local Live: Devon & Cornwall include:

• The High Court has overturned consent by Cornwall Council to allow a 77m (253ft) wind turbine on a farm near Newquay

• Hospitals in north, east and west Devon are to be taken over by NHS regulators

• Garage owners say they're upset that Devon and Cornwall Police say they won't always chase up people who don't pay for fuel

• Children at a Pensans Primary School are holding a red carpet premiere of a film they've made at Penzance's Savoy Cinema tonight

Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online

Decommissioning out-of-service nuclear submarines, which are laid-up in Plymouth, could take several years per vessel and exposes the public to danger, a nuclear engineering consultant says.

Nuclear engineering consultant John Large blamed a "lack of decision and decisive management of the decommissioning and dismantling" of the submarines. He said: "It also exposes the public, and the naval base workforce, to continuing radiological risk arising from untoward accident or incident." The MoD said it took submarine disposal "very seriously".

Plymouth Herald

Hundreds of unwanted products have been found in the home of an 84-year-old man with dementia who had been targeted by scammers, the Plymouth Herald reports, external.

The vulnerable man had been scammed out of thousands of pounds - buying products such as pedicure scissors and stain remover he would never have used; plus items for false teeth, despite his not having any - and his family only discovered the truth when he went to hospital.

The man bought the products in order to enter scam prize draws and his family found letters from the conmen among the horde.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Devon and Cornwall Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton says the force has had an "interesting public response" to changes by the police in how they deal with bilking of fuel, external.

ACC Netherton said it would still record crimes, but garages were being challenged "to prevent the crime and seek a civil debt recovery where it isn't a deliberate crime", and possibly introducing pre-payment procedures.

There has been range of response to his tweets, external, including:

• ‏@willoindevon: theft is theft isn't it? Or is investigating crime a bit of a nuisance these days?

• ‏@stevebryanwills: Are you really closing the crime report before the driver has paid the bill? That would merely encourage a repeat incident

• @WinningPostEsso: you do all realise that payment upfront would be the death of countless #indies who rely on their shop sales?

• @Boscorelli55: quite right. That's the way it is on the continent

• @KenwynResident: Fully support you on this, filling stations should demand payment up-front either by credit card or cash