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Padstow speedboat tragedy investigators confirm driver was not wearing engine 'kill cord'

Authorities investigating the tragic speedboat accident that killed Nick Milligan and his daughter Emily in Padstow, have confirmed that the driver of the boat had not been wearing the safety cord that would have cut the engine and possibly saved their lives.

Mr Milligan, a Sky television executive, and his eight-year-old daughter died and four other members of the family were injured...

Convertible BMW cars destroyed in arson attack

Two convertible BMW cars have been destroyed in an arson attack in Plymouth.

Local police and fire fighters were called to Middlefield Road, Southway, just after 9.00p.m. on Sunday 17 March 2013 where they found the silver 118 and a black 645 alight.

Officers are now working with fire investigators to establish the cause of the blaze which is being treated as a criminal act...