Simon Jones
Reporter, BBC South East Today

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A stunt show boss who is being sentenced over the death of a "human cannonball" at one of his events is "truly sorry", a court heard.

Matthew Cranch, 24, died when a safety net collapsed during Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show in Kent, in 2011. May is being sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court. 

His defence team today accepted that he "failed to recognise the risk" of the set-up of the human cannonball stunt that claimed the life of Mr Cranch.

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Defence for Stunts UK Ltd says it was "far from a cowboy operation, doing anything to make a profit".

Mr Cranch, from Newquay, Cornwall, had performed the stunt five times, having joined the team about four weeks before his death.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

Madness and Bryan Adams are to take part in next year's Eden Sessions, the Eden Project says. 

Madness will bring their House of Fun to the Cornwall attraction on Friday 16 June.  

Canadian rocker Adams, whose hits include Run to You, Summer of ’69 and (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, will be at the biomes on Thursday 6 July, having been on Eden's wish-list "for many years", staff said.

Plymouth Herald

Neighbours watched in horror as a Polish woman was stabbed to death at her Devon home, an inquest has heard, external.

BBC Radio Cornwall

Arsonists are thought to be behind a fire in a caravan at St Stephen. 

A crew from St Austell was called to the blaze on Gwindra Road late on Monday afternoon.

Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport

Cornish Pirates coach Alan Paver says the club have abandoned their squad rotation policy.

Most players have made starts since the beginning of the season and they are fifth in the Championship and second in their British and Irish Cup pool.

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"We're running out of numbers, so we're going to see a similar side now week in week out," Paver told BBC Cornwall.

"The rotation is probably coming to an end, we've seen everyone play, we feel it's given us the development we need."

BBC Travel

• In Cornwall, there are reports of a large tree branch across the road between Lamanva and Constantine. It's on a bend. Approach with care
• Trains are now running normally between St Erth and St Ives after a broken-down engine caused earlier problems 
• In Devon, there are reports of an incident on the A388 at Chapmans Well, near the turning for Northcott

Exeter Express & Echo

The cause of the death of a baby boy who was found with bruising around his neck remains a mystery, an inquest has heard, external.

Bee Tucker
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.

Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online

Fishing industry representatives appear to have solved the mystery surrounding to mass beachings of fish on Cornish beaches in recent weeks.

Simon Cadman, from the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority, said: "There's a strong likelihood this is to do with ring netters. This is not good in any respect and fishermen, like anybody else, don't want to see this amount of fish ending up as seagull fodder."

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At the weekend,thousands of small fish washed up on Marazion Beach near Penzance. This followed a similar incident at Pentewan Sands near St Austell earlier this month.

The boats work by encircling shoals, or part of shoals, with a large net before closing it up into a circle on the surface.

When they catch too many fish there is a danger of the boat being pulled under.

To prevent this some of the fish can be released from the bottom of the net, but they usually die. There are about 15 of the boats operating along the south Cornish coast between Plymouth and Mounts Bay, and they have been busy in recent weeks.

Martin Bailie
BBC Radio Cornwall

Police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of the theft of parking meters across Devon and Cornwall.

Both were arrested by a police officer and PCSO on patrol in Kingsbridge who spotted what they believed was a suspicious vehicle.

The 33-year-old man from Launceston and 24-year-old woman from Plymouth were bailed by police until next March.

BBC Spotlight

Hospitality businesses in the South West say they're having major problems recruiting with an unprecedented demand for new staff.

The sector is expanding. For example, in Exeter, six establishments opened within days of each other. 

Restaurant and hotel bosses said trade had increased since Brexit, but the pool of eastern European staff had got smaller and chefs were especially in short supply.

BBC Radio Devon

Fire crews were called to a block of flats in Torquay on Monday night after the main door locked shut, leaving residents stuck inside.

Firefighters said they used an axe to open the door to the flats on Upton Road just before 23:00.

The lights were dimmed to commemorate Cornwall's worst lifeboat disaster 35 years on.

On 19 December 1981, a total of 16 people died when hurricane-force winds and massive waves blew the cargo ship Union Star off course after it suffered engine failure. 

The Penlee lifeboat Solomon Browne was launched, but its eight-strong crew, together with all eight hands aboard the Union Star, perished.

BBC Travel

• One lane is blocked on the A30 eastbound after the Chiverton Cross roundabout due to an accident
• On the A30 westbound around Summercourt, there's slow traffic due to roadworks
• On the trains, there's disruption between Par and Liskeard because of a broken-down train. Great Western Railway tickets will be accepted on local buses
• Also on the railways, services have been suspended between St Erth and St Ives due to another broken-down train

The Daily Mail

Charity shop staff in stitches at tiny wagtail that won't stop looking at himself in the mirror, external.

Andrew Segal
Local Live

German police are investigating a "probable terrorist attack" after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48.

The truck, which was loaded with steel beams, veered into the market at 20:14 local time (19:14 GMT), one of its busiest times, crashing through wooden huts and stands packed with tourists and locals.

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Former BBC Radio Cornwall reporter Emma Rushton, was drinking mulled wine with a friend at the market. 

She said: "It completely crushed people in front of us, it crushed the hut where we had just bought our wine from. We had to walk through the path the lorry had come through, and we saw people injured, people crying, pools of blood, people in the recovery position. I think we were just so incredibly lucky [to not be injured]. It was far too close for comfort."

Andrew Segal
Local Live

A man has been charged with murder over the discovery of a body at a flat in Plymouth.

The body of Gary Miller was found in the property in Union Street on Saturday.

Police said a 35-year-old local man was due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court later.