BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 2-6 July

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Updates from Monday 2 July until Friday 6 July 2018

Live Reporting

Football: Richards pens new Truro City dealpublished at 10:29 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Truro City centre-back Jamie Richards has agreed a new contract at Treyew Road.
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The 23-year-old, who has played more than 100 games for the National League South club, is now their longest-serving player.
He joins winger Niall Thompson in agreeing a new contract, while City are still looking to replace goalkeeper Tom McHale and top-scorer Cody Cooke, who have both left the club.
South West golfers in Open qualifying attemptpublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A Cornish amateur golfer is attempting to qualify for the Open Championship on Tuesday.
Harry Hall, from Hayle, is at Prince's Golf Club in Kent.
The University of Las Vegas student is attempting to gain one of 12 places that are available across four courses today.
Tiverton golfer Harry Konig is also in the field at Prince's.
You can follow their progress here, external.
The Open is being played at Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland and begins on 19 July, external.
Man charged with GBH over Exeter assaultpublished at 09:37 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
A man is due to appear at court on Tuesday charged in connection with a serious assault in Exeter at the weekend.
Police said the 31-year-old from Exeter will appear at the magsitrates' court in the city charged with grievous bodily harm.
A 40-year-old man remains in hospital in Plymouth in a life-threatening condition after the incident on Saturday 30 June at about 23:00.
Police warn of football-related domestic violencepublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
BBC Radio Devon
Devon and Cornwall Police officers are bracing themselves for a busy night as England take on Colombia in the last 16 of the World Cup in Russia.
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer said keeping order on the streets after a big game was manageable, but domestic violence incidents could escalate if England lost...
Woman paid £5 for 'miracle' Trelawny coffin platepublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Christine Butler
BBC Radio Cornwall
A woman who found a precious coffin plate that had been stolen from a Cornish church in a charity shop in Norfolk paid just £5 for it, and that included also buying two books.
The plate belonged to the coffin of Bishop Trelawny, the man behind Cornwall's unofficial anthem Trelawny, also called The Song of the Western Men.
It was taken from St Nun's Church in Pelynt in September 2016, where it had been on display for 200 years.
Reverend Marilyn Elliott said the fact it was being sold so cheap showed that "it might mean nothing to anybody else but it's part of Pelynt's heritage".
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All of a sudden, being a church member, I realised there is a miracle, because we thought we would never see it again."
Frank Edwards, Church warden
Weather: Warm with scattered showerspublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
BBC Weather
It will be a dry and mainly sunny start to the day, but cloud will start to increase during the morning and a few scattered and mostly light showers will develop as cloud also lowers later.
It will be warm again and winds will be mainly light or moderate from the east or northeast, but becoming fresher at times this afternoon.
Maximum temperature: 25C (77F).
Weather watchers: A warm and sunny start in Padstowpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster
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Devon mum pleads for 'life-saving' drug for her sonpublished at 08:18 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Devon Live
An Exeter mum has spoken of her "horrendous battle", external to persuade the government to make a "life-saving" drug available to people with cystic fibrosis for her son.
Police save rabbit and dog (cuddly ones!) from busy roadpublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
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A police officer has taken to Twitter in the hunt for the owners of two toys he found on a road on Monday.
Sergeant Harry Tangye said the fluffy rabbit and dog were found between Exeter and Clyst St Mary.
At least they have each other for company.
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Dairy believes in plastic bottles over glasspublished at 07:54 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
A dairy in west Cornwall is using plastic milk bottles because it believes the environmental impact is less than with glass bottles.
Trink dairy farm, near St Ives, sells bottles in three sizes, and they are fully recyclable - including the lids.
It said glass bottles for their use would need to be transported 1700 miles, and require treatment at far higher temperatures, and therefore require more energy.
Many firms across the UK have seen a surge in demand for milk in glass bottles since the start of 2018.
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Unfortunately, people hear short snippets on the news and are convinced all plastic should be banned. I don't believe in that. In my next life I'm going to come back and champion banning single-use glass because from the research I've done, single-use glass is 100 times worse than plastic."
Rachel Knowles, Trink Dairy Farm
High UV expected in South West on Tuesdaypublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
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Young driver left fighting for his lifepublished at 07:33 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Cornwall Live
A 22-year-old driver remains in hospital after his "selfless action", external to avoid a head-on crash in Hewas Water saved multiple lives.
Torquay man who 'sank the Titanic’ not remembered wellpublished at 07:28 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Daily Mirror
The man at the wheel of the Titanic when it struck a fateful iceberg in 1912 has not been remembered well throughout history.
Quartermaster Robert Hichens, from Torquay, tried to kill himself twice before he was locked up for attempted murder, external after shooting a man who had given him a loan in the head.
Home on medieval graveyard gets planning permissionpublished at 07:25 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Planning permission has been granted for a new home to be built despite evidence that the site is on a medieval graveyard.
Cornwall Council's west sub-area planning committee gave outline agreement for the house to be built on land off Fore Street in Goldsithney.
The site is on the east side of the former St James' Chapel and historic records show that it is on the same site as a medieval graveyard.
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The outline application is for a single house with all details of design to be subject to a subsequent reserved matters application.
Under the conditions of the planning consent, the applicant will have to carry out archaeological work on the site before the development can start.
South West crackdown on 'cross-county lines' drug tradepublished at 07:15 British Summer Time 3 July 2018
BBC Radio Devon
A crackdown on drug dealers who exploit children is being launched today by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Officers said gangs from other parts of the country were using young people or vulnerable adults to deliver and store drugs or money in rural areas.
The officer in charge, Det Supt Anthony Hart, said people should report any signs of unusual behaviour.
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In relation to children, it may be a child has repeatedly gone missing from home or school. We may also see lone children from outside our community and we don't really know why they are there. Children may also have no clothes or a phone and they can't really account for why they have it."
Dept Supt Anthony Hart, Devon and Cornwall Police
Weather: Risk of showers before sunny spells on Tuesdaypublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 2 July 2018
Alex Osborne
BBC Weather
Monday evening will see sunny spells, but there is still the risk of a few showers and there will also be clear spells and variable cloud.
Minimum temperature: 10 to 15C (50 to 57F).
There will be sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud with the risk of a few heavy showers on Tuesday.
Warm, with gentle easterly breezes.
Maximum temperature: 21 to 26C (69 to 79F).
Dogs to be allowed on park and ride in Truropublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 2 July 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
Cornwall Council is starting a three-month trial allowing pet dogs to accompany their owners onto the park and ride at Tregurra and Langarth, when they visit Truro.
Guide dogs have always been allowed to accompany their owners on the buses since the park and ride first opened in 2008, but this is the first time owners of pets will also be allowed to take their dog aboard.
It is hoped that the trial, if successful, will become permanent.
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Devon valley 'special' for endangered butterfly speciespublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 2 July 2018
BBC Radio Devon
The Heddon Valley on the Exmoor Coast has been described as a "special" place for a rare butterfly.
National Trust Ranger, Kevin Davis said the appearance of the high brown fritillary in the area is partly down to ideal weather conditions and conservation work.
He has been describing exactly why the valley is a good spot for the species...
Exeter sign ex-Bradford midfielder Lawpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 2 July 2018
Exeter City sign midfielder Nicky Law on a free transfer after his release by League One side Bradford City.
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'Knife-waving' robbers threaten fishermanpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 2 July 2018
Stuart Pengelly describes how he confronted armed thieves trying to steal his catch at sea.
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