BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 02 August

Summary

Man dies after being trapped under forklift in Cornwall
Elsie Scully-Hicks: Baby murderer seen as 'positive dad'
Teenager injured in hit-and-run on pedestrian crossing
Warning after 'solar panels start fire' in loft
Four men rescued from 'inaccessible' cove at high tide
Exeter Chiefs' scientific lab tests players' performance
Updates on Thursday 2 August 2018

Live Reporting

Coastguard called to rescue fisherman with 'head injuries'published at 10:01 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online
Rescue teams were called to a fishing boat in Brixham on Wednesday evening to help an injured crew member.
The man had head and face injuries and was taken to hospital by ambulance. His condition is not known.
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Five Chiefs in England training squadpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Five Exeter players have been named in England's 44-man training squad.
Image source, Getty Images
Henry Slade is the only Chiefs back picked as Jack Nowell recovers from summer surgery.
Props Alec Hepburn and harry Williams, along with hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie and back-row Sam Simmonds are also picked.
Williams to captain Torquay Unitedpublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport
Striker Brett Williams will captain Torquay United this season.
The 30-year-old, who is in his second spell at the club, will lead the side as they embark on their first season in the sixth tier of English football following relegation from the National League last season.
Image source, Getty Images
“I think he’s a player that influences the players in the dressing room in a really positive way," head coach Gary Owers told the club website.
"I hope the armband will get a little bit more out of him and I am looking forward to watching him lead the best in him.”
'Too heavy and awkward to lift' engine stolen from museumpublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
BBC Radio Devon
Bosses at a Devon museum say they are baffled after the theft of a model steam engine.
The engine - which was made by a local engineer and has been on display since the 1970s - was thought to be "too heavy and awkward to lift".
It weighs about 25kg (55lb).
It disappeared from its display at Totnes Museum last month.
Chairman of the museum, Tony Whitty, says museums across the country have been notified of the theft and asked to keep their eyes peeled.
Decision day for Penzance to Scilly helicopter linkpublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
Neil Gallacher, Business & Industry Correspondent
BBC Spotlight
A decision will be made later on a plan for a new heliport in Penzance which will bring back helicopter services from the west Cornwall town to the Isles of Scilly.
The planning application is set to go before Cornwall Council's strategic planning committee and planning officers have recommended it's given consent.
Robert Dorrien-Smith, who owns Tresco has submitted the plan.
Speaking after a meeting on Monday, Council of the Isles of Scilly chairman Robert Francis said the future of the islands' communities depended on the resilience of the helicopter link.
Currently, people can fly to the islands from Land's End Airport, Newquay Airport and Exeter Airport.
Police investigating 'deliberate' BMW blazepublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online
A black BMW has been destroyed in an arson attack in Plymouth.
Firefighters were called to the fire at the junction of Craigmore Avenue and St Georges Terrace at about 19:00 on Wednesday.
Image source, Google
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: "The officer in charge requested the attendance of the police as this fire was believed to be deliberate."
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Warning after 'solar panels start fire' in loftpublished at 08:50 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online
Firefighters are urging people to check their electrics after a fire in Plympton on Wednesday evening.
Three crews from Plympton, Crownhill and Plymstock were called to tackle the electrical blaze in a house on Yealmpstone Drive at about 18:35.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was caused by a solar panel in the loft.
Plympton Fire Station are warning people to check the set-up of their solar panels, and consider fitting a smoke detector in their lofts.
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Man dies after being trapped under forklift in Cornwallpublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
A man has died after becoming trapped under a forklift truck.
The man, from Plymouth, and in his 50s, was the driver of the vehicle and was treated by paramedics and the air ambulance on Tuesday.
He died at the scene in Trevol Road, Torpoint, and police, fire and ambulance attended.
Officers from the Serious Collisions Unit, CID and Health and Safety Executive are investigating.
His next of kin have been informed.
Polystyrene lump off Cornwall ‘biggest piece of UK litter’published at 08:34 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
The Daily Telegraph
A giant lump of polystyrene found off the Cornish coast was the “biggest piece of litter” recovered from UK waters, external.
Beautiful sunrise on the south Devon coastpublished at 07:56 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
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Low pollen levels for Thursdaypublished at 07:40 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
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Exeter Chiefs' scientific lab tests players' performancepublished at 07:34 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
BBC Spotlight
The Exeter Chiefs is the only rugby club in the UK to have a new scientific lab at its disposal which is able to test every part of a players performance.
The state of the art facility is a new venture with Red Bull - which has helped to fund the lab.
It will be available to the premiership side throughout the new season, which is just a month away.
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Exeter Chiefs' academy manager Rob Gibson
Four men rescued from 'inaccessible' cove at high tidepublished at 07:13 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
Four men had to be rescued from a Cornish cove after they were trapped by the incoming tide.
A surfer raised the alarm after he saw the young men - believed to be holidaymakers - climbing over the partly collapsed cliff from Porthtowan to the beach at Lushington Cove on Wednesday evening.
Image source, RNLI/Drustan Ward
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Lushington Cove is just west of Porthtowan and on a low tide, it’s possible to walk round the corner and explore. However, at high tide it is completely inaccessible. This group had scaled down the cliff, which had already partly collapsed, to reach the beach, but once there, found there was no way back. The lifeguards were just finishing their patrols on Porthtowan for the day and had already checked the cove for cut offs before packing up. The group were very lucky the surfer spotted them and raised the alarm."
Drustan Ward, RNLI lifeguard supervisor
The men were rescued by lifeboat and were not injured.