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Girl, three, found alone 'playing in street'published at 08:50 British Summer Time 27 August 2019
St Ives lifeboat launched to stranded fishing vesselpublished at 08:49 British Summer Time 27 August 2019
Jenna Hawkey
BBC News Online
Image source, RNLIImage caption, Helm Barney Stevens launched the inshore lifeboat with volunteer crew Nick Phillips and Daisy Jarvis
St Ives inshore lifeboat was launched on Sunday to a fishing vessel that had broken down.
The crew were called out at 11:57 and quickly located the 16ft fishing boat half a mile of St Ives head.
The vessel was towed to the safety of the slipway at Hayle harbour.
No one was injured in the incident.
43 years since dramatic rescue of 14 peoplepublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 27 August 2019
Jenna Hawkey
BBC News OnlineThis week marks 43 years since heroic RNLI volunteer John Dew rescued six adults, eight children and an Alsatian dog, external at Torbay.
Five-foot surf and strong winds were battering Forest Cove in Start Bay when the volunteer lifeboat crew arrived on scene at 16:00 on 26 August 1976.
With the lifeboat unable to reach the shore in the challenging conditions, crew member and professional diver John Dew put himself forward to swim ashore with a line.
Image source, RNLIRemoving his sea boots, but wearing his oilskins and life jacket, Mr Dew made seven trips to and from the lifeboat to bring the entire party to safety before finally suffering total exhaustion.
The RNLI crew then landed the survivors at Dartmouth before returning to Brixham at 20:10.
John Dew was awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for his outstanding courage and determination shown that day.
Image source, RNLIImage caption, John Dew was awarded the RNLI's bronze medal for his outstanding courage
Police seek to ban 'professional beggars' from Totnespublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 27 August 2019
Jenna Hawkey
BBC News OnlinePolice are investigating two "professional beggars" who allegedly travel to Totnes each day to exploit members of the public in the town.
The Totnes Neighbourhood Team said they were building a file of evidence on the pair, who travel into the town by train from Newton Abbot.
Police said the pair split up in Totnes "to maximise income and exploit the increase in foot-fall".
Image source, GooglePolice said they intended to apply for Criminal Behaviour Orders , externalto ban the two individuals, described as "con artists", from the town centre.