Devon & Cornwall Live: As it happened

Strictly Come Dancing finalist Danny Mac will be treading the boards in Plymouth for the premier of a new musical based on the Tom Hanks film Sleepless in Seattle.

Danny Mac, previously best known for his role in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, will star in the romantic comedy Sleepless, alongside leading lady Carley Stenson.

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The production will open at Theatre Royal in April after which it will go to Salford and Dublin prior to a run in London's West End.

A family wrongly accused of having links to al-Qaeda has received an apology from columnist Katie Hopkins.

When the Mahmood family were refused entry to the US for a planned holiday in 2015, the outspoken former Apprentice candidate from Exeter said  "you can't blame America for not letting this lot travel to Disneyland - I wouldn't either", claiming Mohammed Tariq Mahmood and his brother, Mohammed Zahid Mahmood, were extremists.

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The Mail Online, which published her claims, has paid the family "substantial damages" and removed the story from its website.

The Solomon Brown lifeboat crew who died trying to rescue the stricken cargo ship Union Star 35 years ago today were "the salt of the earth", according to an American helicopter involved in the disaster.

Russell Smith paid tribute to the Penlee crew in a BBC Four documentary ten years ago.

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Hurricane-force winds and waves up to 64ft high (20m) in 1981 meant the helicopter was unable to help with the rescue and the pilot could only watch the disaster unfold as the lifeboat crew tried repeatedly to save the people on board the Union Star.  A total of 16 people died.

"You can't imagine the bravery of people like that to put their lives on the line - they're the salt of the earth, the fathers, the brothers, the sons... the sons of Mousehole," he said.

Thousands of fish remain on Marazion beach near Penzance after a mass stranding at the weekend.

It's the second time in two weeks that large numbers of small fish have washed ashore on a Cornish beach.

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There are several theories as to why it's happened. 

Jean-Luc Solandt from the Marine Conservation Society said: "Usually mass strandings are weather related, or linked to extreme tides. We have looked into whether any oil and gas companies have been doing any testing in the area that's caused seismic activity but can't find any evidence. 

"Fishermen dumping the catch at sea is a reasonable explanation as they don't want useless fish clogging up their vessels."

A mostly cloudy night, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle and although chilly, frost is unlikely with a minimum temperature of 5 Deg C (41F).

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Tuesday will have a dull start, perhaps with some mist or fog patches. It will then stay cloudy, with occasional outbreaks of light rain or drizzle and feeling less warm than today with a maximum temperature of 9C (48F).

In a statement read in the coroner's court at Torquay, Rose Polge's tearful family called for action to tackle the "crisis" in the health service.

Dr Polge took her own life at the time of a strike by colleagues.

It said: "Many doctors work under terrific pressure and over incredibly long hours. They cope with fatigue and heavy workloads in extremely busy departments.

"Doctors' awareness of patient safety issues, together with an emphasis on self-reflection and personal responsibility, can generate massive levels of anxiety." 

Incredible dashcam footage showing a white van forcing a BMW into the lane of an oncoming lorry has been put on social media.

Fishing industry experts say that pilchard ring netters are likely to be behind two recent mass beachings of small fish on Cornish beaches.

On Saturday thousands of fish came ashore at Marazion near Penzance, following another incident at Pentewan Sands near St Austell two weeks ago.

Paul Trebilcock from the Cornish Fish Producers' Organisation does not think fishermen have been intentionally throwing away their by-catch; "Sometimes they simply catch too many fish for the ring netters to handle and they escape. 

"This has nothing to do with quotas but simply too many fish in the sea in this case."

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Simon Cadman from the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority said: "There's a strong likelihood this is to do with ring netters. This is not good in any respect and fishermen don't want to see this amount of fish ending up as seagull fodder. 

"We are talking to them about what has gone wrong to try and stop it happening again."

‪The family of junior doctor Rose Polge said in a statement that she was a "lively and lovely person who brought light into a room wherever she went".

‪They added: "She was also a conscientious and dedicated young doctor, described by her colleagues as one of the best they had worked with."‬

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An inquest has heard how Ms Polge went missing on 12 February from Torbay Hospital.

She went into the sea to take her own life an inquest heard. Her body was found in April in Dorset. 

Her family has criticised the long working hours of junior doctors and called for and end to the "crisis" in the NHS.

Trainee doctor Rose Polge, who took her own life by walking into the sea, was "very highly regarded" an inquest heard.

South Devon coroner Ian Arrow said her death was a "tremendous loss to her profession and to her family".

After the inquest in Torquay Ms Polge's family criticised the long working hours of junior doctors and called for action to end the "crisis of morale".

Ms Polge left work at Torbay Hospital early on 12 February and her body was found in April in Dorset.

Mr Arrow said she had intended to take her own life and died either of drowning or hypothermia.

Trainee doctor Rose Polge was "afraid of working the weekend" after five days of an 11 day stretch, an inquest heard.

Her boyfriend Dr Alasdair Hawley said she feared she might be "unable to hold it together".

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She started her shift at 08:30 on 12 February when she went missing later in the day. 

A coroner said she walked into the sea to take her own life. 

Her family has criticised the long working hours of trainee doctors.

A junior doctor who killed herself at the height of the dispute between the government and NHS workers had serious concerns about remaining in the profession in the hours before she died, an inquest has heard. 

Rose Polge, 25, struggled with crippling self-doubt and considered a change of career despite being described by colleagues at Torbay Hospital in Devon as "one of the best". 

Her long-term boyfriend, fellow doctor Alasdair Hawley, described how Dr Polge had spent the night before her death walking along the beach near their home in Torquay trying to decide what to do. 

In a statement read during the inquest in Torquay, Dr Hawley said he left work early to talk with his girlfriend after becoming increasingly concerned about her mental state. 

‪The family of junior doctor Rose Polge said in a statement read at the inquest that a report by the General Medical Council had shown that "increasingly heavy workloads for both trainees and trainers are impacting both on training and on concerns about patient safety".‬

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Ms Polge, a trainee doctor at Torbay Hospital, went missing after walking into the sea.

A coroner said she had taken her own life.

The family of trainee doctor Rose Polge who took her own life after walking into the sea in Torquay have called for "something to be done" about the "crisis of morale" affecting young medics.

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• Friday 12 February - Rose Polge's car is found in a car park near Ansteys Cove in Torbay

• Saturday 13 February - The family and boyfriend of Dr Polge join more than 100 people searching the area around Ansteys Cove

• Sunday 14 February - Torbay Hospital confirmed that Rose Polge works there as a junior doctor. "We will do whatever we can to support the authorities," a statement said.

• Monday 15 February - Colin Smith, from Royston Hockey Club where Dr Polge used to play, said: "We just don't know what we can do."

• Tuesday 16 February - Dr Polge's family release a statement saying they are "overwhelmed" by the support from her friends and colleagues

• Friday 1 April - A woman's body is recovered from the sea east of Portland Headland in Dorset

• Monday 11 April - Police announce the discovery and say relatives of Dr Polge have been informed

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Trainee doctor Rose Polge took her own life by walking into the sea in Torquay, a coroner has said.

Ms Polge had worked five days of an 11-day stretch at Torbay Hospital and was depressed, her inquest heard. 

She had searched the internet looking into aspects of suicide before she went missing.

An inquest has heard how a junior doctor at Torbay Hospital took her own life after having doubts over continuing in the profession. 

Rose Polge who was 25 is believed to have waked into the sea at Anstey's Cove after leaving a shift early.

The coroner Ian Arrow returned a verdict of death by immersion in water and said Rose was highly regarded and was a tremendous loss to the profession.

A 25-year-old junior doctor is believed to have walked into the sea at Anstey's Cove after leaving a shift early at Torbay Hospital.

An inquest into her death heard Rose Polge's boyfriend Alasdair Hawley was awoken last February when she was in a distressed state and had been walking down the beach. 

She asked if he would stay with her if she left the profession, He said yes. later that afternoon she walked into the sea. 

Rose left two notes but their contents were not read out in court. Her family said in a statement that doctors work under terrific pressure and over incredibly long hours adding that they can feel a dreadful sense of personal failure and inadequacy if they struggle to keep working. 

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