BBC Local Live: Devon & Cornwall on Thursday 7 July 2016

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Updates on Thursday 7 July 2016

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Police rule out explosives as bomb squad is called to Plymouth streetpublished at 08:28 British Summer Time 7 July 2016
Plymouth Herald
Police have ruled out the possibility of an explosive device after bomb disposal experts were called to a property in Plymouth, external on Wednesday night.
Police officers use Segways along coastlinepublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 7 July 2016
BBC Spotlight
Officers in Cornwall are going to start using Segways to police a stretch of coastline.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police
They'll operate between Crantock and Watergate Bay in a bid to tackle low level crime like drinking.
The company behind the machines has donated them to the force for the summer trial.
Exeter's England trio commit until 2019published at 08:09 British Summer Time 7 July 2016
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Exeter Chiefs' England trio Jack Nowell, Henry Slade and Luke Cowan-Dickie have signed new contracts to stay with the Premiership club until 2019.
Image source, Getty Images
Wing Nowell, 23, has played a part in all but one game under England head coach Eddie Jones, while centre Slade, 23, has yet to feature under Jones, but both he and hooker Cowan-Dickie, 23, were in the squad which whitewashed Australia in June.
"It's great that they've come through our academy," Exeter head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Sport. "They're international-quality players who want to stay at the club long term, and that in itself talks about what we're all about."
'Green alternative' to cremation which dissolves the bodypublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 7 July 2016
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The process is often cited as a green alternative to cremation, and works by dissolving the body in heated alkaline water.
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News, sport, weather and travel for Thursdaypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 7 July 2016
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