Live updates for Devon and Cornwall have finished for the day, but we'll be back with the latest news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.

Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online

The infamous boat from which two "catastrophe" US sailors were rescued nine times as they sailed from Norway to Cornwall has finally been sold.

Steve Shapiro, 71, said he decided to sell "Nora" because it "wasn't as comfortable as it could be", but said the price was a "private matter".

At the time of their last rescue in Hayle in January, Mr Shapiro and his fellow yachtsman Bob Weise, 71, were criticised by veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who told them to "get the hell our of our waters".

Cornish Guardian

A man who raped a disabled woman, external and a vulnerable teenager and poses a "threat to any woman" has been jailed for 18 years.

David Braine, Weather Forecaster

After a dry and fine start to the evening, scattered showers will soon drift down from the north to affect many areas. However, these showers will tend to clear to leave a largely dry and cold night, with clear spells and a touch of frost. Minimum Temperature: 3 Deg C (37 Deg F).

After a chilly start, most places will be fine and dry on Saturday with good spells of sunshine. However, there may be the odd isolated sleet or hail shower during the afternoon. It will feel colder in the northerly wind, especially across exposed locations. Maximum Temperature: 10 Deg C (50 Deg F).

Plymouth Herald

A Metropolitan Police detective from Plymouth working in a child abuse investigation unit has admitted sexually touching a young girl, external more than 10 years ago.

A senior police officer has described the murder of two children by their own mother as a "tragic case" which had left their family "stricken by terrible heartache".

Lesley Dunford, 37, formerly of Windermere Close in Exeter, has been jailed for life for killing her baby son Harley in 2003.

Image source, Eddie Mitchell

She confessed to her crime while in custody for the murder of her daughter Lucy, 3, in 2004. 

Det Ch Insp Wendy Burton said: "Justice has now been done and our sympathies are with little Harley and Lucy."

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

A church steward attacked an 85-year-old neighbour in a row over a disputed alleyway, knocking him to ground and leaving him with a missing tooth.

Graham Booker, 68, flew at retired policeman Richard Hadley like "a mad bull" during the assault in Sidmouth, Devon, last October, magistrates heard.

Booker was convicted of assault after a trial at Exeter Magistrates Court.

BBC Travel

- On the A380 from Kingsteignton heading towards the Penn Inn Roundabout we've got reports of an incident

- At Landcross the A388 is partially blocked near the A386 

- There is heavy traffic on the A38 westbound between Saltash and Notter Bridge

- Also on the A38 at Liskeard, near the turning for Horningtops, there has been an acident

- In Crediton, the A377 Western Road is just passable after an accident near Landscore

- Between Ermington and Ugborough the A3121 is closed in both directions after a collision 

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

Blood pressure differences between each arm can signal an increased risk of dying of heart disease, even in healthy people, a new large-scale study by the University of Exeter has found.

Image source, University of Exeter

The University of Exeter Medical School has led an analysis of more than 3,000 people in Scotland published today in the British Journal of General Practice, external.

Ross Ellis
BBC Radio Cornwall

Truro City captain Jake Ash is set to return for Truro City. 

Image source, Truro City FC

The defender hasn't played since Boxing Day and could start in the White Tigers' match with Maidstone United. 

Manager Steve Tully said: "I think he's been punching walls and has been really irritable he's not been involved. So he's ready to come in."

Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online

Plymouth University has labelled a union survey inaccurate, after it was ranked in the top 50 worst universities and colleges for employing teaching staff on insecure contracts.

"We have read the report carefully and note that the data referring to Plymouth University is three years old and does not accurately reflect the current situation", a spokesperson said.

The university said it did "not recognise" the picture of "casualisation" painted by the University and College Union report.

Miles Davis
BBC News Online

An international money launderer from Cornwall has fled the country with his family, it has emerged.

Peter Gifford, 49, has been convicted in his absence at Truro Crown Court of conspiracy to launder money. Gifford, of Budock, Falmouth and his partner Penelope Lawton, 52, were also found guilty in their absence in January of a series of mortgage frauds.

Police said Gifford and Lawton were last seen travelling to France and a European Arrest Warrant has been issued for them both.

The Independent

A sailor dubbed “Captain Calamity, external” after having to be rescued by coast guards nine times in seven months, has sold his ill-fated yacht.

The husband of Lesley Dunford, from Exeter, who has been sentenced to life for killing her baby son has said he "forgives her".

Image source, Sussex Police

She was already serving a jail term for killing her daughter Lucy, who was three-years-old. Harley Dunford, who was seven months old, was found dead in his cot in 2003. His mother, 37, admitted his murder in March after twice changing her plea. 

Lesley Dunford's husband Wayne said: "This has been a very difficult time for myself. Lesley lied to me about what had happened with the children. She was very good at this and I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to family and friends for this deceit that lasted for a decade."

BBC Radio Cornwall

Tonight at 18:00 we will be paying tribute to broadcaster, bard, teacher and proper Cornishman, Ted Gundry. 

In his own words, and in conversation with fellow Bard and close friend Chris Blount, we'll hear Ted remembering the early days of radio in Cornwall and the wider South West. 

We'll be hering about his childhood, education, getting caught truanting from Truro School by prefect (and later award winning actor) Robert Shaw, meeting and marrying the love of his life and why he took the Cornish Bardic name 'Covathor Covyon', meaning 'Recorder of Memories'.

Rachael Thorn
BBC News Online

A detective working in a child abuse investigation unit has admitted sexually touching a young girl.

Det Con Christopher Maitland, 40, of Widey View, Plymouth, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to two counts of sexually touching a child under the age of 13 in 2005.

He had previously admitted 12 charges of taking and making indecent images of a child and is currently suspended from duty with the Metropolitan Police.

Daily Mirror

Evil Lesley Dunford has been sentenced to life behind bars, external for murdering her baby son just months after killing her daughter.

Ross Ellis
BBC Radio Cornwall

Cornish Pirates director of rugby Ian Davies says he's going to be "very sad" to leave the club.

Davies will take charge of the Pirates for his last home match against London Welsh on Sunday. 

Davies told BBC Radio Cornwall: "We're going to be very sad to leave. There's no hiding that. But it's time to move on."