BBC Local Live: Devon & Cornwall on Friday 25 August 2017

Summary

Company director bludgeoned wife to death at Devon farmhouse
Autistic boy finds Kinder Egg shark after eight month hunt
Devon rugby player talks about battling depression in bid to help others
Eight people, including four children, rescued from mud
People 'urged to report anti-social behaviour rather than post about it on social media'
Concerns over people struggling to pay rent as 20,000 people helped in SW in one year
Updates on Friday 25 August 2017

Live Reporting

Police appeal for missing woman, 71published at 13:39 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
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Reminder to check tide times after nine people rescuedpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Hannah Stacey
BBC Radio Cornwall
Newquay RNLI is reminding people to check tide times ahead of the busy bank holiday weekend.
It's after nine people including five children, aged between seven and 11, had to be rescued after getting trapped in a cove.
The charity's released more details of the rescue operation earlier this week.
Image source, Google
The two families got cut off by the rising tide in a small cove south of the main beach at Porthcothan.
The rescue involved the Newquay lifeboat, coastguard volunteers from Padstow and lifeguards from the beach.
The two families were taken to safety by the inshore lifeboats. With decent weather forecast for the weekend people are being urged to check the tide times and remain vigilant if they're heading to the coast.
Travel latest: Accident cleared on M5published at 13:08 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC News Travel
Devon
- Tiverton at junction J27 on the M5 accident cleared
- A38 Haldon Hill broken down vehicle removed
- The Sidmouth Regatta is taking place, traffic is busy in the town centre
- In Salcombe on Fore Street near Cliff Road we've got reports there's an accident
- Traffic's moving well on the Tamar Bridge and there's a 10 minute wait with three ferries running at Torpoint
- In Dartmouth the South Embankment and a number of other roads in the town centre are closed to traffic for the regatta
Cornwall
- On the A30 near Indian Queens heading westbound there's an accident, traffic is slow moving
- On the A30 between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross there's heavy traffic in both directions
- The A38 from the Carkeel Roundabout is very slow moving westbound
- In Newquay there's very slow traffic on the A392 Trevemper Road between the A3075 and North Way
- Near Penryn there's slow traffic on the A39 and the A393 approaching the Treluswell Roundabout due to roadworks
- On the A30 between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross there's slow traffic in both directions due to an accident
Football: Former Exeter defender Ampadu gets Wales call-uppublished at 12:52 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
James Law
BBC Sport Online
Former Exeter City defender Ethan Ampadu has been included in a senior Wales squad for the first time, for the 2018 World Cup qualifying double-header against Austria and Moldova.
The 16-year-old joined Chelsea from Exeter this summer, though the Devon side are still waiting to hear what fee they will receive for the player.
Image source, Rex Features
Ampadu made 13 appearances for Paul Tisdale's side in League Two last season.
Travel update: Slow traffic on the A30published at 12:41 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC News Travel
On the A30 between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross there's slow traffic in both directions.
Inquest into double deaths at Devon farmhousepublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC Spotlight reporter Hamish Marshall is in Exeter for the inquest into the deaths of Michael and Nicola Beck.
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Eight rescued from Kingsbridge mudflatspublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Sophie Malcolm
BBC News Online
Here are some pictures of the rescue at Kingsbridge yesterday, where eight people, including four children, were rescued by specialised teams after their boat ran aground.
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Police appeal over Mutley assaultpublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Sophie Malcolm
BBC News Online
Police have released pictures of a man they want to speak with in connection to an assault in the Mutley area of Plymouth.
Police say a 28-year-old man was the victim of an unprovoked assault on Mutley Plain around 03:30 BST on Saturday 15 July.
The victim was punched in the face and the assault continued when he was on the ground.
The victim ended up needing treatment in hospital for a fractured cheekbone and jaw.
Police would like to identify the man pictured as part of their investigations.
Image source, Devon and Cornwall Police
Driver spotted heading the wrong way down the A38published at 11:08 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Plymouth Herald
A car was reportedly spotted yesterday driving the wrong way on the A38, external. A witness, travelling to Exeter on August 24, called police after she spotted a silver car driving in the same direction, but on the other side of the carriageway.
Rapping teacher 'overwhelmed' by praise from hundreds of studentspublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
Hundreds of students have praised an English teacher on social media thanking him for helping them get top grades.
Andrew Bruff, known as Mr Bruff online, from Tavistock, Devon, runs a YouTube channel of him rapping lessons., external
Image source, YouTube
"I am overwhelmed by today's messages of thanks," he said.
The 35-year-old's YouTube channel proved so successful that two years ago he left his teaching role at Lipson Academy in Plymouth.
He now travels the country as a consultant on exam success as well as making a YouTube video almost every day.
Sat navs send coaches and motorhomes down narrow lanespublished at 10:41 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Cornwall Live
Bus and motorhome drivers heading to the Eden Project using sat navs are being sent down narrow hilly lanes., external
Mugford opens up on depression battlepublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC Spotlight
Former Sale Sharks fly-half Dan Mugford, now at Plymouth Albion, tells BBC Spotlight about his battle with depression...
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Dan Mugford: Former Sale Sharks fly-half opens up on depression battle
Eight people rescued from mudpublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Sophie Malcolm
BBC News Online
Eight people, including four children, have been rescued from mud after a boat they were in ran aground.
Falmouth Coastguard said the boat suffered engine failure just before 13:00 BST on Thursday, and became stuck in the mud at Kingsbridge.
Specialist teams from Prawle Point and Teignmouth coastguard rescued the group, in an operation which took about four-and-a-half hours.
A spokesman said rescue teams would usually wait for the incoming tide to free the boat, but there were concerns for some of the children on-board.
He said people should check tide times before setting off in boats.
Campaign to clear plastic from the seapublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC Spotlight
A week-long campaign called Fish 4 Plastics starts in Torbay today to encourage people to clear as much plastic from the sea as possible.
Two skips are being placed in the marina car parks in both Torquay and Brixham.
All the plastic gathered will be made into two fish sculptures, one for each harbour.
Year on from the Hooe Lake tragedypublished at 09:40 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Plymouth Herald
It has been a year since a man and woman died after the car they were test driving plunged off a quay, external at Hooe Lake and into water.
GCSE students thank Devon's rapping YouTube teacherpublished at 09:25 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Jonathan Morris
BBC News Online
An English teacher who raps lessons on YouTube has received hundreds of messages from GCSE students thanking him for helping them get top grades.
Andrew Bruff, known as Mr Bruff online, from Tavistock, Devon, has been running a channel for five years.
Image source, PA
His most popular video was rapping a lesson over Stormzy's grime hit Big For Your Boots., external
"Your videos have helped me so much in getting a grade 9 in English lit," said one student on Twitter.
Holiday getaway to 'begin at lunchtime'published at 09:14 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC Radio Devon
Drivers are being warned to expect one of the busiest days of the year on the roads.
The AA is estimating about 15 million motorists will be making journeys over the August Bank Holiday weekend and it says the big getaway will start from lunchtime today.
The organisation says the M5 through Somerset was one of the traffic hotspots this time last year and it's urging us to plan an alternative route in case of delays and carry plenty of water.
- August Bank Holiday: Where to avoid on roads and rail
Image source, Getty Images
Funding boost for brain tumour training and researchpublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
Sian Davies
BBC News Online
An initiative led by Plymouth University designed to train the next generation of brain tumour researchers has received funding of almost €3.7m (about £3.4m).
The project will focus on training early-stage researchers in the early diagnosis of brain tumours.
The funding has come from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 – Research and Innovation Framework Programme.
The four-year project will also focus on gliomas - a range of devastating and progressive brain tumours affecting around 25,000 people each year in Europe, and responsible for the majority of deaths from primary brain tumours.
The potential for this project to boost research into brain tumours is significant, the university said.
Currently in the UK about 1% of the total research spend on cancer is spent on brain tumours, yet they are the biggest cancer killer of children and young people under the age of 40.
People 'struggle' to pay rent as '20,000 people helped'published at 08:35 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC Radio Devon
Citizens Advice in the South West says it has grave concerns that more people are struggling to pay rent.
In the past year offices in the region helped about 20,000 people cope with housing issues.
Of these, more than 4,000 were cases of people at risk of homelessness. The organisation says putting a roof over your head is becoming less affordable.
The government says it's implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act to ensure more people get the help they need earlier.
Residents encouraged to officially report anti-social behaviourpublished at 08:17 British Summer Time 25 August 2017
BBC Spotlight
People in a Cornish town are being encouraged to officially report anti-social behaviour - rather than just post about it on social media.
Leaflets with relevant phone numbers are being handed out by Safer St Austell, a partnership of agencies.
Those involved say the town has around average rates of things like street drinking and begging - but they want to address concerns from within the community.