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  • Updates from Monday 19 February until Friday 23 February.

Live Reporting

  1. Life jacket plea after night angler dies

    Andrew Segal
    BBC Local Live

    Tintagel Haven

    Coastguards and lifeboat crews are reiterating safety messages after a man died while fishing from rocks off the north Cornish coast at night this weekend.

    The 42-year-old man from St Dennis was fishing at Tintagel Head.

    Coastguards, the Port Isaac lifeboat and a rescue helicopter were alerted in the early hours of Sunday.

    The angler was pulled unconscious from the sea and airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

    Police said he was among a group of three angling off rocks at the popular tourist destination.

    Damien Bolton, senior coxswain at Port Isaac Lifeboat Station, said it was "vital" anglers sea fishing at night wore life jackets.

  2. Devon travel: A376 blocked after crash

    BBC Radio Devon

    The A376 near Exeter is blocked in both directions due to a "serious accident" between Summer Lane and Clyst St George.

  3. Crash victim's father calls for 'crumple' crash barriers

    BBC Spotlight

    The father of a man killed when a van crashed into a signpost on the A38 says he won't rest until road safety has improved.

    Trevor Gorman's son was one of three young men who died last June in a crash near Plymouth.

    Crash scene

    He says he wants "crumple" crash barriers and lattice signposts so they give way on impact rather than rigid steel posts.