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Updates from Tuesday 6 August 2019
Charley Adams
BBC News Online
Image source, Kingsbridge PolicePolice are appealing for information for a vulnerable woman missing from south Devon.
Louise Groom was last seen at about 17:45 on Monday in Dartmouth town centre.
She was last seen wearing a pink and mauve dress, peach sandals, and carrying a blue and white striped bag.
Charley Adams
BBC News Online
Image source, Kingsbridge PoliceA man who got stuck on a cliff ledge has had to be rescued by helicopter.
He was winched to safety from Matthew's Point, Blackpool Sands, in south Devon on Monday afternoon.
The terrain was "too difficult" for a safe rescue by foot Dartmouth Coastguard Search and Rescue Team told the BBC.
The casualty was unharmed and reunited with his family.
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Image source, GooglePlymouth's Derriford Hospital has declared OPEL 4 - it's highest state of alert as it suffers from extreme pressures.
The alert has been caused by a delay in freeing up beds resulting in people not moving through the hospital as quickly as normal.
The wait time in the A&E Department was about five hours on Monday night. Bosses declared the alert at 15:00 on Monday.
