Summary

  • Woman dies in bungalow fire in Looe

  • Tributes to boy, 3, killed in crash

  • Woman in hospital after being rescued from sea

  • Cyclist seriously injured in Penzance crash

  • Man rescued from flat fire in Paignton

  • Multiple-vehicle crash on A30

  • Plymouth airport site decision expected soon

  • Rail fares rise from today

  • Updates on Tuesday 2 January 2018

  1. Woman dies in bungalow fire in Looepublished at 08:11 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018
    Breaking

    Andrew Segal
    BBC Local Live

    Looe fireImage source, Twitter/@MarkHayling

    A woman whose bungalow was destroyed in a fire in East Looe on New Year's Eve has died, police have confirmed.

    Fire crews were called just before 20:00 in Sunday after receiving about 50 999 calls.

    They said the fire was so fierce they were barely able to enter.

  2. Man dies after tractor overturnspublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    A man has died after a tractor overturned in Cornwall.

    The 34-year-old was trapped under the tractor and fire crews were called to release him in the incident at Crowan, near Camborne, on Sunday morning.

    Paramedics treated the man, from the Camborne area, but he died at the scene.

    The incident also involved a blue VW van.

    Police have appealed for witnesses.

  3. Woman still missing after fire destroyed her homepublished at 07:45 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Fears are growing for a woman who's still missing after fire destroyed her bungalow in East Looe on New Year's Eve.

    Fire crews were called just before 20:00 on Sunday after about 50 calls were made to 999.

    They said the fire was so fierce they were barely able to enter. Police said it was caused by a gas leak.

    Bungalow

    Robin Pengelly, who lives next door, said he heard a big bang, thinking it was fireworks, and then saw the house on fire.

    He said: "I immediately tried to get down there and tried to get her out. I couldn't get into it at all because the flames were really vicious. They were coming out of the windows and coming out the doorway."

  4. Woman in hospital after being rescued from seapublished at 07:34 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    A woman is in hospital after being pulled from the sea off Lizard Point by coastguards on New Year's Day.

    A lifeboat, two coastguard teams, police and ambulance crews were called to the scene at about 14:00. Emergency services received several 999 calls reporting two people in trouble in the water.

    A man was also treated by paramedics for potential shock and hypothermia after trying to rescue the woman, and was taken to hospital as a precaution.

  5. Sixty-five hay bales on fire in barn blazepublished at 07:26 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    Fire crews are tackling a large blaze at a barn in Devon.

    Sixty-five hay bales and machinery are on fire at the barn at Denbury, near Newton Abbot.

    Firefighters were called just after 21:00 and remain at the scene.

    Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said Public Health England is involved because of asbestos in the building.

  6. Rain this morning, drier and brighter this afternoonpublished at 07:22 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Weather

    Outbreaks of rain will spread east, clearing by late morning.

    Then dry and brighter conditions and light winds will temporarily follow. Late afternoon strengthening winds and further rain arrives from the west.

    Maximum temperature: 12C (54F).

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  7. Man rescued from flat firepublished at 07:19 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Radio Devon

    A man has been rescued from a fire at a flat in Paignton.

    Three crews were called to Palace Place just before midnight last night.

    On arrival, crews confirmed there was a fire within a first-floor flat and requested an ambulance.

    The man was given oxygen by paramedics and taken to hospital.

    The cause of the blaze was accidental.

  8. Rail fares rise from todaypublished at 07:11 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Spotlight

    Rail passengers in the South West will be paying higher fares from this morning.

    Journeys will cost an average of 3.4% more - that's the largest increase for five years.

    Train

    An anytime return from Plymouth to London will go up to £276.60 - that's an increase of 3.6%.

    The Department for Transport says it's investing in the biggest modernisation of the network since Victorian times but the pressure group Railfuture claims the government is driving people on to ever more congested roads.

  9. Plymouth airport decision should be made soonpublished at 07:02 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    BBC Spotlight

    The long wait for a ruling on what should happen to the site of Plymouth's closed airport should soon be over.

    The city council wants to reserve the site in the hope that someone finds a way to get an air service back up and running.

    Plymouth City Airport

    But a rival vision would use the land used for housing instead.

    The issue will be decided by a government inspector who leads an inquiry into Plymouth's local plan later this month.

  10. News, sport, weather and travel for Tuesdaypublished at 07:00 Greenwich Mean Time 2 January 2018

    Andrew Segal
    BBC Local Live

    Good morning from BBC Local Live. We'll be bringing you the news, sport, travel and weather for Devon and Cornwall today.

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