Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

The year of 2014 was arguably Jo Pavey's greatest year as a distance runner: Gold at the European Championships came just 10 days after a famously gritty bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. 

Image source, PA

All of that came as she juggled the needs of a one-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son - much to the acclaim of people everywhere as they called the Exeter-based runner a "supermum". 

Two years on, with her little family getting bigger, she is preparing for her fifth Olympic Games - a record for any British track athlete. It is a training regime which is balanced around her son Jacob, who is almost seven, and little Emily who is approaching her third birthday. We find out how she keeps everything together.

Engineers had to remove the whole 40-50ft tree after one of its limbs fell on to the A39 at Perranarworthal, because of safety concerns for the rest of the tree.

Cormac said traffic was flowing freely. However, there may be some residual delays for a while on the main route between Truro and Falmouth.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Viv Bidgood, from road contractor Cormac, said the tree was being felled because of safety concerns.

He said: "It's not just the limb that's fallen down on the road, it's the damage that's occurred to the main trunk. It means it all has to come down. It's a 40-50ft-tall tree.

"The road is being completely closed for safety as the work is carried out, as it's a high-speed road with a 60mph speed limit in places."

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

The picture often painted of seaside towns in decline is not one recognised by Newquay-based company, Crowdfunder UK.

Jess Ratty, head of public affairs, told me they had expanded from three members of staff to more than 40 in just three years.

The company, which helps business start-ups and community groups, has raised £25m across the UK and £1m of that in Cornwall. When I asked Jess why they chose to base themselves in Newquay, she said "because we can"... "we don't need to be in central London".

BBC Travel

• In Cornwall, despite earlier reports, the A39 remains closed after a tree fell at Perranarworthal. The road will remain closed until the rest of ther tree is felled, Cormac says
• There are reports of an incident on the A3072 Stratton Road in Bude, near the leisure centre
• On the A3047, there are reports of an incident at the Redruth junction
• In Saltash there are reports of an incident on the B3271 Callington Road, near Channon Road

Jonathan Morris, BBC News Online

Two Frenchmen aim to cross the English Channel from Plymouth to St Malo in a human-powered submarine.

French engineers Antoine Delafargue, 33, and Michael De Lagarde, 36, expect to take seven days to make the 135 nautical mile crossing.

Pedals inside the sub, power a propeller, and the pair will take turns to complete what is thought to be the first ever journey of its type.

Jenny Walrond, Health Correspondent
BBC Spotlight

Research into a huge increase in ambulance call-outs has found that paramedics are increasingly attending people with mental health problems and older people who have had a fall.

The research, by the University of Exeter Medical School, is being used by the South Western Ambulance Service to try and address a 24% increase in 999 calls in the last four years.  

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A dog owner has been reunited with her dog after it was rescued from a mineshaft, firefighters say.

Image source, Truro Community Fire Station/Facebook

Truro Fire Station said on Facebook, external that Indie the Golden Retriever was rescued from the disused and uncapped mineshaft near Wheal Jane on Tuesday after being located by her owner, who had been searching for her missing dog for two days.

Image source, Truro Community Fire Station/Facebook

Firefighters said the dog was retrieved using a pulley after being secured in a special harness, and appeared to be uninjured despite falling down about 20m. 

The fire crew captured video of the rescue which you can see here, external.

BBC Travel

There are reports the A39 at Perranarworthal has re-opened after a tree fell on the main route between Truro and Falmouth.

However, residual traffic delays are expected.

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

In 1960s Britain, seaside towns were renowned for family holidays, buckets and spades, dodgy swimming costumes and ice creams, but then - legend has it - a group of Australians arrived in Newquay and started a small revolution.

Those travellers are widely credited with bringing modern surfing to the country, having heard about the pounding Atlantic swell off Cornwall.

The late Doug Wilson (above) became known as the 'surfing king of Newquay' and was one of a small group who helped turn it into a Mecca for surfing.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Police in Plymouth are investigating an unexplained death in a block of flats.

Image source, Google

Officers said they were called to Tavy House in Devonport at about 08:50 on Tuesday "following concerns for the welfare of a resident". 

The body of a 46-year-old man "thought to have been deceased for some days" was found inside a flat. Police said the body had yet to be formally identified but that the man's next of kin had been informed.

Claire Hawke
BBC Local Live

Seaside towns such as Newquay may be struggling to cope in the summer season because of what one business owner describes as 'the Gove effect'.

Efforts by former education secretary Michael Gove to reduce the amount of time pupils are absent from school means that the tourism sector often has trade concentrated in a six-week period.

Chris Lowe, who runs wildlife watching and fishing trips out of Newquay's working harbour, said: "When the children are off school, really and truly we're flat-out seven days a week. I can understand it, but it is difficult because I've been around a long time and I've seen the change over the years and it is definitely having an effect on us."

Emily Wood
BBC Weather

If you're planning a trip to the coast or seaside, here are the next high water times around Devon and Cornwall.

We'll have the latest forecast on BBC Spotlight at 13:30. 

The trust said it was taken in a garden in Exeter.

BBC Weather Watchers

British people don't go to the seaside any more, research suggests. But before cheap foreign deals, the convenience of air travel and higher disposable incomes, beaches in this country were a popular destination for those seeking rest and recreation only a rail journey away.  

From 10:00, BBC England will be running a live page, to see what seaside resorts are like today, and what people think of them. Reporters will be in locations across the country from Newquay to Scarborough, but the team want your help to tell the story.

So, Weather Watchers in England who live in coastal areas, please post your photos, and you may see them on the live page today.

North Devon Journal

A scheme designed to help people look after the streets where they live has been slammed, external after leaving residents "confused" and "frustrated".

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A car has been hit by a tree which fell into the road on the A39.

Kirsty Howard, whose vehicle was damaged, said: "I was just casually driving along, then there were lots of leaves on the windscreen, then, all of a sudden, the windscreen completely cracked, and I realised I couldn’t see anywhere.

"I had to pull over into a layby and realised how damaged my car was. I’m a little bit shaken up, but the car’s a lot worse than I am."

Meanwhile, there are reports that the Carnon Downs bypass is at a standstill due to the A39 closure at Perranarworthal.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Campaigners and holiday-makers say they are seriously concerned about the quality of water on Cornwall's beaches after there were reports of raw sewage in the sea. 

It follows the heavy rain this week, and Porthtowan was one location affected by a discharge of raw sewage.

South West Water said its BeachLive service, external would inform people about bathing water quality, and that it and "the Environment Agency provides alerts for some beaches when rainfall in the area might impact on bathing water quality".