Investigation after two from Saltash and Plymouth man die in A38 collision
Child almost falls through moving train's toilet floor
MP Anne Marie Morris apologises for racist remark
Rick Stein Porthleven restaurant fire 'not deliberate', police say
People in Great Torrington claim they're struggling for cash after last bank closes
Updates on Monday 10 July 2017
Devon and Cornwall Police say claims that a fire at Rick Stein's restaurant in Porthleven was started deliberately are not credible.
The blaze, in a bin store on 12 June, is thought to have been caused by an electrical fault.
Police said they would respond robustly to any threats of terrorism after comments on social media, and asked anyone with information to contact them.
Landowners on the banks of the River Tamar say there's a growing problem with dead livestock in the water or being washed up on surrounding fields.
The cattle have no eartags and the Environment Agency said it would only remove them if they posed a flood risk by blocking bridges or culverts.
Andy Reeve, who runs a riding stable on land near the Tamar, said he couldn't get the agency, the RSPCA or Cornwall Council to take action.
"If the animal's in the river, it's very hard from a farm boundary to decide who actually owns that bit," he said. "I would suggest the state vets would be responsible for removing and finding out where it came from."
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Police have confirmed that a 32-year-old woman from Saltash and her six-year-old son died as a result of the A38 crash near Landrake on Sunday.
Five vehicles were involved in the crash which was caused by a car stopping at the side of the road.
A 53-year-old Plymouth man also died, officers said, external.
Another son of the woman, who is aged four, was in hospital, they added.
A total of nine people were injured in the collision.
A total of 108 crimes were logged in Redruth and some of its surrounded villages, external in just one month, according to street-by-street figures released by Devon and Cornwall Police.
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South Devon Railway has apologised to a mother whose young son almost fell through the floor of a carriage on a moving train.
Authorities are investigating, external after the incident last month on a train from Totnes to Buckfastleigh on the heritage attraction's seven-mile line.
The boy tried to go into a toilet compartment which did not have a floor, leaving the carriage wheels below exposed.
An SDR spokesman said: "The South Devon Railway takes this incident extremely seriously in which safety on a moving train was badly compromised and that could have resulted in serious injury to a female passenger and her young son.
"We regret that this incident took place and wish to apologise to the lady and family involved for the trauma which they suffered.
"On the day in question, something clearly went wrong with our safety control and hazard monitoring systems as evidenced by the incident having taken place - it simply should not have happened."
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A crash in which three people including a child died followed a vehicle stopping on the side of the road, it has emerged.
A man got out of the stopped car on the Plymouth-bound carriageway of the A38 before a car travelling the other way hit him, said police.
A woman and a child in another car also died in a series of vehicle crashes.
The victims' families were "devastated" said Ch Insp Adrian Leisk of Devon and Cornwall Police.
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BBC News Online
The last survivor of a shipwreck has been reunited with two of the lifeboat men who rescued him.
Benito Mayo Nunez, 71, was one of just four to survive when the coaster Juan Ferrer was washed on to rocks off Cornwall in 1963.
The Penlee lifeboat was launched, but just four of the 15 crew could be saved. Mr Nunez returned to attend a memorial service and lay a wreath.
He met Nim Bawden and Melvin McClary, both 83, who were on board the Solomon Browne lifeboat that night.
James Law
BBC Sport Online
Exeter Chiefs captain Jack Yeandle says the Premiership champions must stay on the front foot if they are to build on their success this upcoming season.
The 27-year-old hooker played 26 times last term as the Devon side beat Wasps to become English champions in May.
Image source, Getty Images"It's very much about going out and firing the shot, and not looking for teams to fire shots at us," Yeandle told BBC Sport.
"You don't want teams coming at you, you want to be the ones going at teams and antagonising the opposition."
Parents say they believe they've come up with a viable plan to save one of the smallest schools in Cornwall.
Directors of the multi-academy trust which runs St Martin-in-Meneage, on the Lizard, have been meeting to decide whether or not to close the primary school which has only 12 pupils.
David Murray, co-chair of the St Martin Action Group, said parents did not like the younger children being taught part of the week in St Martin and part of the week in nearby Coverack, as happens at the moment.
He said their plan included integrating a revived preschool into the main primary, and running two classes in the morning and one in the afternoon.
America's powerful gun lobby group the National Rifle Association (NRA) has come out with all guns blazing, external in support of Devon and Cornwall Police Commissioner Alison Hernandez.
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The latest seizure is a continuation of work which last week saw seven bottles of vodka taken from teenagers visiting Newquay.
Those bottles were taken from one room with six 16 to 18-year-olds in it, police said.
The canisters pictured above are suspected nitrous oxide. The sale of the gas for human consumption, used as a party drug, has been illegal since May when the Psychoactive Substances Act, external came into force.
The town is expected to see thousands of teenage visitors over the next few months, with many being allowed to travel to Cornwall alone with friends to celebrate the end of exams.
Police have appealed to parents to "be responsible" and not give alcohol to teenagers heading for the resort.
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The man was arrested after the crash involving seven vehicles on a residential street in Plymouth.
One car hit a wall and then six parked vehicles, causing extensive damage, in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
Three people were taken to Derriford Hospital in the city but were not believed to have serious injuries.
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Authorities are investigating after a child almost fell through a train toilet floor, external on a Devon railway last month.
A passenger and her child attempted to enter a toilet compartment in a carriage on a train from Totnes to Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway, when they found the floor of the compartment was missing, exposing the carriage wheels below, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said.
The mother was able to catch hold of the child and prevent him from falling.
The child reportedly suffered minor bruising and both were left shocked, the RAIB said.
Image source, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
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On the A30, just after the Chiverton Roundabout heading eastbound, towards Carland Cross, there are reports of a vehicle fire.
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A 25-year-old man has been rescued by lifeboat volunteers after being swept along the Gannel Estuary at East Pentire in Cornwall.
The man was found clinging to the rocks about 19:30 last night after being swept along the estuary by a strong ebb tide.
He was rescued by RNLI crew on a lifeboat from Newquay within 10 minutes of launching and was reunited with his family, including his father, who had earlier entered the water in an attempt to assist his son but had been unable to reach him.
Image source, RNLIA police investigation is under way into a fatal multiple car collision in Cornwall in which three people died, including a child.
A further nine people were injured in the crash on the A38 in south east Cornwall.
Police, fire and ambulance crews were called at 11.15 yesterday to the collision involving five cars between Tideford and Landrake.
Chief Inspector Adrian Leisk, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said a vehicle stopped on the Plymouth-bound road.
He said: "Someone has got out of that vehicle, and then been struck by a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. Subsequently then, a number of other vehicles have become involved, and, sadly, two other occupants of another vehicle have died."
People are sleeping rough in barns and outhouses, external as a hidden homelessness crisis hits rural areas, an influential think tank has warned.
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A police investigation is under way into a fatal multiple car collision in Cornwall in which three people died, including a child, on the A38 in south east Cornwall.
