A dog walker has given a donation to the search and rescue teams that helped look for him after he broke Covid exercise rules – and then became lost in thick mist. The incident happened on Wednesday this week after the man drove 13 miles to walk his dog on Bodmin Moor. Bodmin Police said that this contravened Covid exercise rules, as there were plenty of alternatives that were closer. Officers had considered giving him a fixed penalty notice for breaching the rules, but he had paid the equivalent amount as a donation to the volunteers of Cornwall Search & Rescue, after three rescue teams were sent out to help find him in thick mist.
A FROZEN and barefoot teenager spotted walking along a rural lane after saying she had fallen in a stream was found after an all-day search by police and search and rescue teams. The 16-year-old girl was seen by a member of the public early on Sunday morning walking along the lane near Trevaylor Woods, Penzance with literally frozen hair, a blue face and wearing no shoes. When they asked her what had happened she said she had fallen in a stream and lost her belongings and her wellies. The member of the public was so alarmed by her condition that they called the police.
Notter flooding: Homes remain underwater 18-hours after flood - with alerts still in place across Devon and Cornwall
Multiple flood alerts remain in place across Devon and Cornwall
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Isn t Christmas in lockdown bad enough? Britain is bracing for washout festive season as its battered by tail of US storm as Eden Project is forced to CLOSE as floods cause landslips
There are currently 15 flood warnings in place across much of the south west, the midlands and in Yorkshire
Country will be hit with remnants of US s nor easter storm which will bring rain across much of the south
Heavy rainfall this weekend caused coal tip in Rhondda Valley to spill down the hillside yesterday afternoon
And in early hour s of Saturday morning, 18 people evacuated from caravan park in Cornwall amid flooding
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image captionEast Cornwall Search and Rescue rescued a trapped driver and helped people evacuate their homes
Fire crews were pumping water out of houses through the night after flooding forced people to evacuate their homes.
Several people in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, had to spend the night in a community centre, while 18 people had to abandon their caravans at Notter Bridge, near Saltash.
The fire service called in water rescue units from Devon after 35mm of rain fell in just 24 hours.
The flood risk is reducing over the weekend.
Saltash Community Fire Station said both of its pumps were sent to two separate incidents on Friday, with both appliances pumping water until 04:00 GMT on Saturday.