08/04/2017

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:00:12. > :00:15.Police say a 25-year-old man has been taken to hospital with serious,

:00:16. > :00:17.life-threatening injuries following a hit-and-run

:00:18. > :00:22.It happened just before one o'clock this morning on Gestridge Road.

:00:23. > :00:24.The road was closed for several hours.

:00:25. > :00:31.A Plymouth teenager has been telling the BBC how he stumbled

:00:32. > :00:34.across a missing man who'd been down a hole in the woods

:00:35. > :00:39.Izaak Eglington Watts had shouted into the hole,

:00:40. > :00:42.expecting to hear an echo, but got the fright of his life

:00:43. > :00:50.It was meant to be a pleasant walk in Plymbridge Woods for Isaak

:00:51. > :00:53.and one of his friends but what happened next took both

:00:54. > :00:59.So, this is the hole that me and my friend Emily found

:01:00. > :01:04.And I leaned in to say hello, just to hear the echo.

:01:05. > :01:07.And that's when I got the response back.

:01:08. > :01:10.The moment was captured on a mobile phone.

:01:11. > :01:23.I was terrified, to begin with, because I thought, Oh my God!

:01:24. > :01:27.I didn't expect to go to a hole that was pitch-black with nothing

:01:28. > :01:40.The man in the hole was James Thompson, who is 51.

:01:41. > :01:44.He had last been seen on CCTV in Plymouth a month earlier.

:01:45. > :01:47.When he was found, he was close to death.

:01:48. > :01:50.Taking it to its natural conclusion, you saved a guy's life.

:01:51. > :01:54.I am really happy that it has come to that conclusion

:01:55. > :01:59.I mean, it must be a relief to his family and him

:02:00. > :02:03.I'm glad he is on the right hands and safe.

:02:04. > :02:05.It is thought James Thomson had been sleeping rough,

:02:06. > :02:08.suffered an injury and crawled into the hole for shelter.

:02:09. > :02:11.He was in a very poor state when he was found.

:02:12. > :02:13.The hole has been closed off for safety.

:02:14. > :02:18.John Ayres, BBC Spotlight, Plymbridge Woods.

:02:19. > :02:21.A group of food growers in Devon say they've found a way to make ten

:02:22. > :02:24.times more money from their produce than by selling to supermarkets.

:02:25. > :02:27.Chagford Market Garden farms just six acres -

:02:28. > :02:31.but uses a model called subscription farming, selling direct

:02:32. > :02:40.Working the land with just an ancient tractor

:02:41. > :02:47.This is community-supported agriculture in action.

:02:48. > :02:50.I was very excited when we first heard about this scheme

:02:51. > :02:54.because I love good food and the fact that they were

:02:55. > :02:57.going to grow it locally, there would be no food miles,

:02:58. > :03:01.it was grown to organic principles, so I knew that it would be top

:03:02. > :03:10.Many of the 90 customers, all from within a 12-mile

:03:11. > :03:13.radius of the village, help work the land, too.

:03:14. > :03:17.We supply directly to our members who are customers.

:03:18. > :03:20.So they pay an annual subscription to the farm,

:03:21. > :03:27.So, as growers, we are able to essentially sell our produce

:03:28. > :03:34.The veg boxes cost around ?500 a year, with big discounts

:03:35. > :03:42.Julie Fisher, BBC Spotlight, Chagford.

:03:43. > :03:45.There were huge delays on the M5 today after a trailer

:03:46. > :03:48.It happened southbound between junctions 30 and 31

:03:49. > :03:53.The road was closed for a time while the cows were moved

:03:54. > :03:56.The Exeter Chiefs rugby match and the Exeter City football game

:03:57. > :04:01.were both delayed to allow time for fans to arrive.

:04:02. > :04:04.Football now and Plymouth Argyle are one step closer to automatic

:04:05. > :04:07.promotion after winning 2-1 against Crawley.

:04:08. > :04:12.Exeter lost 1-0 to Newport, and Yeovil lost 3-1 at Portsmouth.

:04:13. > :04:18.Torquay drew 1-1 at Aldershot in the National League.

:04:19. > :04:22.On to rugby and the Exeter Chiefs picked up a bonu-point win

:04:23. > :04:25.as they beat West Country rivals Bristol 38-34 at Sandy Park.

:04:26. > :04:40.Meanwhile, the Cornish Pirates lost to Richmond 24-20.

:04:41. > :04:48.It'll be warmer than last night for most, and tomorrow any mist

:04:49. > :04:50.will soon clear, allowing sunny spells at first, but patchy

:04:51. > :04:53.cloud will gradually spill in from the west

:04:54. > :04:54.during the afternoon. Top temperature 18C.

:04:55. > :05:14.Turning much cooler over the coming days with more in the way of cloud,

:05:15. > :05:23.What a spectacular day to day. Hardly a cloud in the sky. Just

:05:24. > :05:29.clear blue skies around. A nice picture here from Lincolnshire.

:05:30. > :05:36.This evening and overnight will turn quite chilly. There will be a touch

:05:37. > :05:40.of brass frost. This is the satellite image from early on. Not

:05:41. > :05:44.often do we see pictures like this. Just a little bit of cloud in the

:05:45. > :05:50.North West of Scotland and that is pretty much it. This evening,

:05:51. > :05:52.starry, starry skies. The temperatures will dip