BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 29 January

An abandoned fishing net weighing about 150 kilos has been found on a beach near Looe in south east Cornwall.

It follows a similar haul in Perranporth on the north coast recently.

Amelia Bridge, the chair of Looe Marine Conservation Group said it was entangled with rope and trawler cable and extremely difficult to take away on a trailer.

The group is getting the so-called ghost gear turned into plastic pellets which will be used to make plastic kayaks by a company near Bristol.

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Three fire crews have been sent to a house fire in Paignton.

The units from Paignton and Torquay and an Aerial Ladder Platform from Danes Castle were sent to Oldway Road at about 14:20, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said.

There was a small fire in the first floor bedroom, involving a mattress and an electric heater.

Everyone had already got out and there were no reports of injuries.

A mum from Mevagissey has shared a distressing video of a seal struggling to free itself after getting caught in a fishing net.

A controversial masterplan that will see a 30% hike in the number of homes previously anticipated to be built to east of Axminster has been approved.

The masterplan provides a template for development of the area, which includes up to 850 new homes, 200 more than initially planned, employment and community uses, a range of public open spaces and the proposed north/south relief road that will stop traffic having to go through the centre of the town.

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Developed by consultants on behalf of East Devon District Council, who worked with The Crown Estate and Persimmon Homes who between them have control of the land, the masterplan sets out guidance for future planning applications for the site.

The Local Plan envisaged 650 homes to be built as part of the North East Urban Extension to the town, but the masterplan increases the size of the urban extension and the number of homes to about 850 homes as without the increase, developers would not be able to fund the proposed relief road.

There is a yellow weather warning for snow in place for the south west until Wednesday, 30 January, at 11:00.

Tuesday night will see clear spells with a scattering of wintry showers, these a mixture of hail, sleet and snow. Rather windy, and icy in places. Minimum Temperature: -2 to 1C (28 to 34F).

Tomorrow will be cold and breezy with a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some heavy and wintry with hail, sleet and snow.

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There is a dusting on the moors.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault on an 18-year-old woman in Torquay on New Year's Day.

The victim was reportedly set upon by two other women of a similar age or slightly older, at about 3:30.

She was confronted at the entrance to the park in Ellacombe Road and suffered a black eye and a broken ankle.

One suspect was described as 5ft 7in tall, with medium length black hair and was wearing large hooped ear rings.

The second suspect had short light hair, which was long on one side and shaved on the other.

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Charity St Luke's Hospice Plymouth has announced that it is set to move into the empty Toys R Us store on Western Approach.

The Met Office expects rain and snow to move in from the south-west, moving across England and Wales through Thursday into Friday.

But it's already happening on Exmoor, as this tweet from Andrea Davis shows.

The Met Office has issued four yellow warnings for snow and ice and has predicted up to 10cm (4in) of snowfall on higher ground.

The first rise in the cost of crossing the Tamar Bridge since 2010 has come a step closer.

Plymouth City Council has approved increasing tolls by a third, taking the cost of a car or van from £1.50 to £2.

Cornwall Council has already agreed the new prices despite calls for the tolls to be scrapped.

Now the plan has to go to the government for approval.

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A report says the increases are needed to cover extra capital costs, lower income and more maintenance.

The bridge is self-financing and run by a joint committee of both the councils that jointly paid for its construction.

The Tamar Tag prepaid tolls will remain at a 50% discount of the cash cost.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the A3083 on The Lizard.

The incident, involving a blue BMW estate and a red Skoda Fabia, was reported to have happened at about 13.20 at Mile End on Saturday, 19 January.

The driver of the Skoda suffered sustained leg injuries and was taken to hospital.

Two others involved in the incident sustained minor injuries.

Police want to speak to the driver of a small blue car or van believed to have been travelling on the A3083 at the time of the incident.

A warning if you are traveling between Cornwall and Devon overnight.

Snow has started to fall on Dartmoor with more showers forecast over the next 24 hours.