Lifeboat called to a Cornish Lass

Fowey lifeboat was called out at l0.45am on Monday morning, after being stood down at 4.30pm on Sunday evening following the search for missing Polperro fisherman, Daniel Kebble.

On Monday the crew were called to a fishing boat, Cornish Lass, taking on water in Par Bay. The vessel, owned by Peter Matthews, 46, had started to take on water after sailing earlier that morning from Fowey. Mr Matthews was on board with his son, Lee, 20.

Also included in the call-out were Fowey pilot boat and a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose. After pumping gear had been put aboard the fishing boat it was towed back to Fowey and moored, where the remaining water was pumped out, the cause of the problem later thought to be a pipe coming off the oil cooler in the engine.

Mr Matthews said that with the fishing vessels around, and the helicopter, both he and his son would have been safe, but without the lifeboat and pilot boat their vessel would have been lost.

The Fowey vessel launched was the Trent class offshore lifeboat 'The Maurice and Joyce Hardy'. The lifeboat had spent 20 hours at sea searching for the missing fisherman, coxwain Keith Stuart, Jonathan Pritchard, Pat Barron and Rob Husband all being involved in this incident. The fifth crewman on Monday was Carl Gudmunsen.

Saltash

blaze

A Kitchen fire at Hobbs Crescent, Saltash, was attended by firefighters on Monday, just before 8pm.

Firemen wearing breathing apparatus ventilated the property and removed the cooker from the kitchen. The blaze is thought to have started in a grill pan.

Blaze near Callington

Two fire crews were called to Rill Farm, St Germans Road, near Callington just after midnight on Tuesday following a blaze.

Paper and wood were said to have caught light in front of an open fire, and the blaze was reported as being confined to one room.

Man in custody

A man was taken into custody in the early hours of yesterday morning (Thursday) after an incident in Callington.

Police were called to a property in the town after a woman was said to have been assaulted, and a man then locked himself in. Police then carried out lengthy attempts at negotiation, which ended with a forced entry.

A man aged 30 was arrested without injury, and a knife was seized. A police spokesman said the incident, began at 8.55pm on Wednesday and ended at 01.30am on Thursday.

Night-time burglaries

Five burglaries took place in the Rilla Mill and Upton Cross areas early on Tuesday morning.

The incidents took in a break-in at The Manor House Inn, Rilla Mill. Detectives at Liskeard, who are investigating the matters, have appealed for the driver of a blue, J-registered car to come forward to be eliminated from enquiries.

The car was spotted around 5.10am at the scene of one of the burglaries.