BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 20 August

Summary

'Hero' paraglider from Tavistock killed in mid-air crash
Pressure from cyclists to open Devon bridge for bike route
Stolen road sweeper stopped by police with stinger
Baby born above Cornwall in coastguard helicopter
Updates on Monday 20 August 2018

Live Reporting

Two cows rescued from Wadebridge riverpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
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Crews were called out at about 08:40 and "successfully rescued the cows and helped usher them back to the herd", Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said, external.
Methodist church merger and new building in Redruthpublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service
New plans have been revealed to build a new church in Redruth which will replace three existing churches in the local area.
Methodist chapels earmarked to merge are Paynters Lane End, Redruth and Bridge.
To fund the new church, buildings will be sold and a planning application has been submitted to demolish one of the existing chapels, Bridge, and replace it with two houses.
A site has also been identified for a new building in Redruth (pictured) and pre-application enquiries made with Cornwall Council.
Those behind the scheme said "a full planning application [will be] envisaged shortly."
Image source, Via LDRS
Match point: Public tennis courts in Exeter revampedpublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
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Shoppers wished early 'Merry Christmas'published at 10:23 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Trago Mills said an employee plugged in last year's message by mistake.
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Cyclist seriously injured in hit and runpublished at 09:57 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Del Crookes
BBC News Online
Police say they want to find a driver involved in a hit and run near Launceston, which left a cyclist with serious injuries, external.
It happened at around 18:30 on Monday 23 July on the A395.
The cyclist, who came off the road and fell into bushes along with his bike, was travelling in the direction of South Petherwin.
He has a broken collarbone and was taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth for treatment.
Holsworthy road closed after lorry hits bridgepublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
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Three rescued from 'inflatable chair' a mile off Newlynpublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Johnny O'Shea
BBC News Online
Three people on an "inflatable chair" had to be rescued by a lifeboat after the water craft that was towing them broke down.
The incident happened at about 15:30 on Saturday about a mile off Newlyn.
The inshore Penlee lifeboat launched, external, transferring three people back to Penzance harbour, and towing one person on the water craft.
Image source, Penlee Lifeboat RNLI
Traffic lights blocking bus stoppublished at 08:42 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
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Rare white porpoise spotted off Penzancepublished at 08:33 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
BBC Radio Cornwall
A rare, bright white porpoise has been spotted in Cornish waters.
The leucistic harbour porpoise was seen off Mounts Bay, near Penzance, along with her newborn calf.
It was seen and photographed by a team from Marine Discovery, whose members said they have never seen the rare type of cetacean before.
Image source, Marine Discovery
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We saw this white shape and colour - almost luminously white - just gliding thorough the waves. Ordinarily when you see a white cetacean you think: 'Ah, a Risso's dolphin.' But it was much to small, and when it surfaced it became clear it was a little porpoise with a little triangular fin... and it had a calf with it."
Hannah Jones, Marine Discovery, Penzance
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Stolen road sweeper stopped by policepublished at 08:24 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
The vehicle was found being driven 13 miles away where it was forced to stop using a stinger.
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New app lets parents stay in touch with babies in hospitalpublished at 08:18 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Janine Jansen
BBC Spotlight
Parents of premature or sick newborn babies at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth can now keep in touch with their child via a new mobile phone app.
Hospital staff in the neonatal Intensive care unit can record and send video updates to parents when they're unable to be with their baby.
Parents are notified by email when there's a new film to watch and staff said already there had been "really positive" feedback.
Baby Romeo was born at 26 weeks - 14 weeks early - and has been in hospital for more than 100 days.
His mum, Leesha Warring, said the app had been helping form the vital mother/baby bond...
Weather: Cloudy with hill and coastal fog and some drizzlepublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Alex Osborne
BBC Weather
Rather cloudy on Monday, with patchy drizzle that will mainly affect higher ground, where hill fog will also be present.
Coasts will also be murky at times. Some brightness may develop inland later.
Maximum temperature: 20 to 23C (68 to 73F).
It will stay cloudy tonight, with further hill and coastal mist and some patchy drizzly, mainly affecting hills again.
Minimum temperature: 12 to 15C (54 to 59F).
RAF brooch stolen from owner who has had it for 60 yearspublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Hayley Westcott
BBC News Online
A Royal Air Force (RAF) brooch with "huge sentimental value" has been stolen from a woman who has owned it for more than 60 years, police have said.
It happened on 17 July in the Okehampton area, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
The brooch is described as about 2ins to 2.5ins (5cm to 6cm) long, with two gemstones missing, and similar to the one pictured.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101.
Image source, Okehampton Police
BBC Devon & Cornwall Live: 20 Augustpublished at 07:55 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
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'Hero' paraglider killed in mid-air crashpublished at 07:48 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Innes Powell and another pilot were fatally injured during a competition in Macedonia.
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Weather watchers: A misty start in Penzancepublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Kevin Thomas
BBC Weather Forecaster
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We'll have a full forecast for Cornwall and Devon later.
Biker injured in head-on crashpublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online
A 27-year-old man has been seriously injured in a head-on crash between a car and a motorbike over the weekend.
The man, from Plymouth, was taken to Derriford Hospital with “life-changing” injuries.
Police were called to Lakeside Drive, Ernesettle, at about 11:20 on Saturday after the crash between a black Honda motorbike and a blue Ford Mondeo.
The road was closed for more than three hours.
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Baby born above Cornwall in coastguard helicopterpublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
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Pressure from cyclists to open Devon bridge for bike routepublished at 07:31 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
John Ayres
BBC Spotlight
Cyclists in the South West are increasing their pressure to try to get a privately-owned bridge in Totnes opened so it can be used to connect up an important part of the National Cycle Network, external.
Cycle Route 2 runs from Dover to St Austell, but there is a gap between Newton Abbot and Totnes because of difficulties in finding a suitable way across the River Dart.
Cyclists said alternative options were "too expensive" when there's already a piece of infrastructure that could "possibly be shared" - the Bulliver Bridge, which is owned by the South Devon Railway.
The railway said it feared that opening the bridge up would create a "significant security risk" for its and its neighbours.
The bridge is 6.5ft (2m) wide and the normal standard expected for a shared space between cyclists and pedestrians is 9.8ft (3m).
Harbour cordoned off after 'unexploded bomb' fearspublished at 07:18 British Summer Time 20 August 2018
Millicent Cooke
BBC News Online
Police closed off Brixham Harbour for four hours on Sunday after an "unexploded bomb" was caught in a fisherman's net.
A Royal Navy bomb squad was scrambled to Brixham fish quay after the device was brought to shore by a fishing boat.
Image source, Alan Letcher
A 100m cordon was put in place while local businesses were closed and residents evacuated.
Police said the suspected bomb was found to be full of concrete and officers said it was "nothing to worry about".
Image source, Alan Letcher
The bomb squad said the object had been part of a German bomb but was filled with concrete and may have been used as a door stop.
The squad praised the efforts of everyone involved and thanked them “for erring on the side of caution”.
Image source, Alan Letcher
“We would rather be called out to nothing than the alternative – and an unexploded ordinance was overlooked,” a spokesperson said.