BBC Local Live: Devon & Cornwall on Monday 12 June 2017

Summary

Teenager, 18, dies after Exeter statue fall
Terror attacks 'highlight need for more rural police funding'
Rick Stein thanks firefighters after blaze at his Porthlevan restaurant
Poldark: 5.5m tune in to launch of series three
Updates on Monday 12 June 2017

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Young chough says hello to the worldpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andrew Segal
Local Live
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This little chough chappie (or chap-ess) has popped out to say hello to the world, and must be still a bit young as they have not yet developed their red beak.
The Cornish Choug watchers confirmed it was a chick "just fledging".
The birds - one of Cornwall's emblems - are a member of the crow family, with a red beak and legs and an excitable high-pitched "chi-ow" call, from which the bird gets its name.
After being absent from Cornwall for 54 years, the species returned in the early 2000s.
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Rick Stein restaurant fire: No one hurt in blazepublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andrew Segal
Local Live
Image source, Mullion Fire Station/Twitter
Staff at a Rick Stein restaurant in Cornwall which has been damaged in a fire say no one was hurt in the blaze.
Firefighters from Helston, Tolvaddon and Mullion were called to the business by Porthleven's harbourside at about 04:15 to what they described as a "fully involved property fire".
The cause and the extent of the damage is not yet known.
The restaurant thanked fire crews on Twitter, external, adding: "most importantly no-one hurt" and that they were "currently assessing damage".
General election 2017: Gove is new boss for environment minister Eusticepublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Radio Cornwall
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Michael Gove has been appointed environment secretary.
Mr Gove, a former Cabinet minister and leadership rival to Mrs May before she became Conservative leader, was sacked by the PM in her reshuffle in July last year.
Camborne, Redruth and Hayle MP Mr Eustice has been a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs minister since May 2015.
Half of people in South West not eating enough fruit and vegpublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Spotlight
A survey for Diabetes UK suggests more than 50% of people in the South West aren't eating enough fruit and veg.
The poll, conducted for Diabetes Week, also indicated that more than four in five people did not know how big a portion of vegetables was and that some people were put off eating fresh produce because it was too expensive.
The charity said the findings were a huge cause for concern.
Teenager, 18, dies after Exeter statue fallpublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andrew Segal
Local Live
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A teenager has died after falling from a statue in Exeter over the weekend.
Officers said the 18-year-old man was taken to hospital at about 23:40 on Saturday after suffering serious neck and back injuries when he fell from the General Buller statue at the junction of New North Road and Hele Road.
The local man died on Sunday morning.
Police said they were investigating the death but it was not being treated as suspicious, and that a file was being prepared for the coroner.
Drunk man tries to swim from Devon to Cornwallpublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Devon Live
A man described as "extremely drunk" twice tried to swim from Devon to Cornwall and had to be rescued by a Ministry of Defence police launch, external while the Torpoint Ferry was suspended.
Royal Cornwall Show: All we need is music, sweet musicpublished at 09:25 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Radio Cornwall
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And you can also see our live stream which rounded up the first day of the show here.
New cancer op tech helping cut number of women needing radiotherapypublished at 09:06 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Jenny Walrond
Health Correspondent, BBC Spotlight
New technology being used in some cancer operations in the South West is helping cut the number of women needing radiotherapy.
The Royal Devon and Exeter is one of two hospitals in the region using the Pinpoint equipment, which allows surgeons to understand the extent of uterine and cervical cancer in their patients, and helps doctors to decide what treatment they need next.
It's been funded with a £93,000 donation from cancer charity FORCE.
Teenager dies after falling from Exeter's General Buller statuepublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Devon Live
A teenager has died after falling from a statue in Exeter, external.
Fans are 'Poldarked and Poldazzled' at show's return for series three - despite low bare chest countpublished at 08:57 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
The Daily Telegraph
Poldark made a dramatic return to television screens, external with a birth, two deaths and a pregnancy announcement - but a disappointing lack of torso-baring.
Travel: Collision on M5 northboundpublished at 08:56 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC News Travel
On the M5 on Devon, there's been a collision on the northbound carriageway between Junction 31 Exminster and Junction 30 Exeter Services. There had been slow-moving traffic back to Splatford Split, but it is easing.
New recycling scheme rolled out across East Devonpublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Radio Devon
Residents in East Devon now have to make sure they separate cardboard, food waste and plastic in a recycling scheme being rolled out across the district.
Changes to the way rubbish in brown and green bins is collected, external will affect about 70,000 households.
Latest weather: Cloudy and scattered light showers at first, sunny laterpublished at 08:24 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Weather
It'll be quite cloudy at first with a few scattered, but mostly light, showers.
The showers will gradually die out during the morning to become mainly dry with spells of sunshine. Moderate, locally fresh westerly winds will also ease during the day. Maximum temperature: 17C (63F).
Numbers working in the South West gig economy 'doubles since 2011' - unionpublished at 08:16 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Spotlight
New figures from the GMB union show the number of people working in the so-called gig economy has more than doubled since 2011.
There are now 145,000 people in the wider South West who work in these unsecured jobs, often freelance, with zero-hour or short-term contracts.
Although union officials are critical of this fairly new way of working, some say it's a life that suits him.
Morpurgo wins Children's Book Award for fourth timepublished at 08:09 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Entertainment and Arts
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War Horse author Michael Morpurgo has won the Children's Book Award for a record fourth time.
The Devon-based novelist's book, An Eagle in the Snow, illustrated by Michael Foreman, is inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II.
The annual book prize is chosen and voted for entirely by children.
The former children's laureate last won the prize in 2011 for Shadow, the story of boy who is befriended by an army sniffer dog in Afghanistan.
Five sailors rescued during transatlantic races over the weekendpublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andy Breare
BBC Spotlight
There are just eight boats remaining in the Ostar and Twostar transatlantic races after a severe storm in the mid-Atlantic.
Five sailors have been rescued over the weekend after their yachts either sank or were scuppered.
They were among 21 who left Plymouth, bound for Newport Rhode Island, two weeks ago.
Seventy-three-year-old Mervyn Wheatley, from Newton Ferrers, had to abandon his yacht after it was hit by the force 12 storm and started filling with water. He was picked up by the cruise ship Queen Mary II.
Fire at Rick Stein's Porthleven restaurantpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
BBC Radio Cornwall
Image source, Mullion Fire Station/Twitter
Firefighters have been battling a blaze at Rick Stein's restaurant in Porthleven.
Crews from Helston, Tolvaddon and Mullion were called to the harbourside building in the early hours of this morning.
They described it as a "fully involved property fire" which saw four hose reel jets and two main jets used to bring it under control.
The cause is not yet known.
News, sport, weather and travel for Mondaypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andrew Segal
Local Live
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