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Jailed for six`and`a`half years ` the retired police officer who

abused teenaged boys. Good evening. Danny Bryant carried

out the assaults while he was a serving officer. Devon and Cornwall

police say it was an unforgivable abuse of trust. We'll hear from one

of his victims. It devastate people's lives. People can't cope

with it emotionally and they turn to all sorts of things like alcohol

and drugs to suppress the pain. Also tonight:

We've never had it so good! Lord Heseltine wades into a row over

poverty on a visit to Cornwall. And remembering the fallen ` how

children are getting involved to mark the centenary of the Great War.

A victim of abuse by a police officer is calling for a full

inquiry into why it took 25 years for the case to come to court.

Danny Bryant has today been jailed for six`and`a`half years. The court

heard how the officer, who's now retired, carried out the abuse for

more than a decade in the 1970s and 80s. Some of the offences were

committed while he was in uniform in a patrol car. Tonight, one

victim has criticised the way Devon and Cornwall police handled the

initial complaints and says the effects have been crippling. Carole

Madge reports from Taunton Crown Court.

Former police officer Danny Bryant arriving at court earlier today.

Tonight he begins a six and a half year sentence for abusing boys in

North Devon. One of those was a loss for Dawson. He was 14 when he

joined a life`saving club where Bryant was a trainer. That is where

the abuse started. It's is crippling. It devastate people's

lives. People turned to alcohol or drugs to try and suppress that kind

of pain. Horrendous. Absolutely horrendous watching that. By

fantastic San suffering. `` fantastic son has suffered. Danny

Bryant deserves that sentence and I only wish it was given to him all

those years ago instead of Russell having to suffer all these years.

In 1988, Russell told the police about the abuse, but they said

there was insufficient evidence. I tried to get it dealt with 25 years

ago and from that tyrant when the police covered it up, it has been

difficult to get on with my life and have confidence. I hope now

that this has happened that it is the first step in dealing with that

and moving on. The judge said that Danny Bryant had brought shame on

himself and on the police service. He added that the fact it had taken

so long to obtain justice for the victims should be a matter of

regret for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. The reason it was not

prosecuted, it was not as the result of a cover`up, it was

because of insufficient evidence. Having said that, we are willing to

learn lessons. If they were techniques used at the time that

were not up to scratch, we are willing to change. The judge said

that his offences were severely aggravated because they represented

a breach of trust because he was a serving police officer and he had a

position of authority in the surf Life Saving Club.

The former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine has told Spotlight

that prosperity in Cornwall is incomparably better than a

generation ago. He said you can clearly see the difference in

people's cars and houses. Cornwall is officially one of the poorest

regions of Europe. Lord Heseltine says that's relative poverty, not

absolute. Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher has

the story. Lord Heseltine was visiting this

shipyard and taking the long view of the local economy. If you look

at Cornwall today and compare it with 50 years ago, it is

unrecognisable. So there has been a welcome shift in prosperity. Not as

much as people would like, but you cannot escape the evident signs of

it where ever you look. To you think wage levels are better now

than they were 30 years ago? Incomparably. Look at the cars. The

cars are different to those that they were 30 years ago. Look at the

modern technology. Most people who want it have televisions, mobile

phones and every sort of device. Also, look at the houses. You don't

see many houses that aren't in good condition. Lord Heseltine was MP

for Tavistock in the 1960s. Do you think the spending power of the

ordinary working man or woman in Caundle today relative to that in

England generally, let say, is as good as it was 30 years ago? You

have asked to different questions. One is the absolute level and the

other is the relative. I don't have the figures for the relative level,

but the absolute level, there is a marked difference. He is a rubbing

our noses in the De for complaining that we had a lot of poor people in

the county. To be honest, he needs to come into Cornwall and mix with

the will people and not with people who like to feed him rubbish.

Probably in the last 30 years we have seen a lot of people coming

into the county who have brought wealth with them and that might

make a difference, but if he were to look in certain towns within the

county which will probably still in decline, I think it would look a

lot different. He did not actually use the phrase you've never had it

so good, but that is the basic thrust of his argument, even if he

is forced to admit that the rest of the country have got it

considerably better. Well, joining me now is the

economist Professor Peter Gripiaos. Lot Heseltine not disputing that

Cornwall today is poorer than some areas, but says that is the wrong

issue to focus on. Do we ever played that? We don't. People

regard their welfare in relation to other people. If you are poor and

someone is richer, that his evidence. There is still evidence

of deprivation in central parts of Cornwall where they have been big

losses in jobs that paid well. A lot of the money that has come in

has come in to the coastal regions, it has come in from people outside

and second home owners. You mention some of those big jobs have gone

and a lot of this is how you measure poverty and the difference

that makes. It's his and in some ways Cornwall is lucky because it

qualifies for European funding. It is poor in those terms and will

never be which in those terms. Disposable income is higher, but

Cornwall is still poor compared with her lot of the UK. Dash back

with a lot of the UK. Dozens of war memorials to the

fallen of Devon are to be restored to mark the centenary of the Great

War. School children will also research the stories of those who

gave their lives in the war. Simon Hall reports from the East Devon

village of Upottery. The war memorial at Upottery could benefit

from a little attention. Now the county council is offering ?150,000

to communities to renovate their manorial so. `` memorials. To ex

military staff it means people will be taking good care of their

heritage. What these chaps did in the past has allowed us to be where

we are today. When you think about it, this is the only place in this

village and places all across the country where England has

apportioned a piece of land to remember people from the past. 100

years ago they started something that is as relevant today as it was

a hundred years ago. School children are being encouraged to

research the lives of the glorious dead. It is important we keep them

in our memory because we should remember them because they did go

to the very dangerous places to save us. We need to think about

them and think of how brave they were. I think it is critical that

everyone recognises that the sacrifices made in the First World

War has allowed us to do what we do now. At this remembrance time of

year it is often said that their name lives for ever more. This

project should help to ensure that they do. Anyone wanting to apply

for funding to renovate their memorial should contact the

Community Council of Devon. Still to come in Spotlight tonight:

We take to the road on a trip down memory lane, all the way back to

the 1940s. And could this be the best bus

driver in the land? His passengers certainly think so.

A Cornwall based law firm has been shut down because it can't pay its

debts. Follett Stock had offices in Exeter, Bristol and London as well

as Truro where today the Solicitors' Regulation Authority

has sent officers and taken possession of the firm's documents

and money. The SRA says it had to intervene to protect clients'

interests. 30 people have been made redundant.

Some sports news, and the former captain of Exeter Chiefs, who led

the club to the Rugby Premiership, has announced his retirement from

the sport. 33`year`old lock forward Tom Hayes, seen here on the right

of head coach Rob Baxter, has failed to fully recover from a back

operation. Hayes has played 136 games for the Chiefs, but has only

managed 32 minutes of rugby this season.

The Falmouth yachtsman Sam Goodchild and co`skipper Ned

Collier Wakefield set off in the Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race

today from the French port of Le Havre. The race start had twice

been postponed by bad weather. The fleet of more than 20 Class`40

yachts will now only go as far as Roscoff until the weather clears.

They're expected there tomorrow. They'll eventually cover 5,500

miles, finishing in Brazil. Sam and Ned were forced to abandon the race

two years ago when their boat was damaged.

People across the region are being encouraged to consider adoption,

regardless of their age, personal circumstances or sexuality. Tonight,

Cornwall Council is hosting a drop` in evening where they hope to

clarify some of the myths about who can adopt.

Just five years old and this young girl last playing at Happy families.

She has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and finding someone

to adopt and care for her permanently would make a lasting

difference. For the last year she has lived with foster parents and

they recognise how much she has to offer. Anyone can deal with it. If

you look beyond her disability, she has got so much love to give and

when you get to know her, she is such a pleasure to look after. She

is so easy, and if I can do it, anybody can. The in Cornwall there

are currently 14 children of differing ages and backgrounds who

need a permanent family. Tonight Cornwall council is hosting a drop

in evening between six and 80 clock where they hope to clarify some of

the myths about who can adopt. You can be a single person, same`sex

couple. You can have her children of your own. This is no age

restriction at will. You don't need to own your own house. All those on

myths. If for those children needing adoption, what they want is

really quite simple. She has just got so much love there for

everybody and anybody really. You know, she just wants a forever

family, and somebody she can call Mahmood, or dad. `` can call mummy

or daddy. A young designer from Falmouth has

been shortlisted for a prestigous international yacht design award at

the tender age of 24. Henry Ward is amongst the youngest ever to be

nominated for the International Yacht and Aviation Awards. Louise

Walter has been to meet the man dubbed one of the hottest young

designers on the maritime scene. I enjoy it. I'll do it all day and

night. And it is that passion that has seen Henry Ward been doctored

one of the hottest maritime designers around. This design for a

floating large house in short listed for the 2014 International

Yacht and Aviation Awards. Believe it or not, it is a take on up

cycling. We've made this collection of floating lodges and houseboats

to recycle and we used the mould and then produce Eco friendly

accommodation for people around the world. Luxury is a market that

Henry is in. This design for a yacht to include a diamond

encrusted on bald spot. So how does he dream up these ideas? I do get a

vision of how I think it should look straight away, but after pages

and pages of sketches and working alongside the client, we now read

that down to something that can be completely different. Henry is a

determined young man. He runs his own design company in his spare

time whilst also working for a boat builders near Falmouth. His boss is

certainly impressed with him. He has got such a great open mind. If

you are going to design things, you have to be open`minded and come at

things from a fresh and new perspective. And with innovations

such as the floating island, Henry is certainly thinking outside the

box. A radical plan has been drawn up to

move one of Torquay's most historic buildings, the Pavilion, onto a

purpose built island in the town's harbour. The idea has been dubbed

bonkers by some, but those behind it say it will help regenerate the

resort and improve the town's image. The idea is quite simple ` take

this iconic Grade 2 listed building and put it on an island in the

middle of the harbour. Why? To give Torquay a centrepiece. It is the

brainchild of this man who believes Torquay need something to jaw

people in. A I am an economist by trade and we need the town to be

buzzing. The inner harbour is fall of moored boats and the harbour

provides an iconic view of Torquay. So could islanders and the bows

share this view. It is like taking a bath. You run the water and you

are going to share it with a wardrobe. A bath and a wardrobe

does not go together. Will the idea attract support, even though it is

something that has been done elsewhere before? They would be

doing it for no reason. WHITE spent ?30 million. `` why spend ?13

million? It's pointless. This idea to move the pavilion is an

alternative to the plan that is being put forward at the moment.

Plan A would see a large hotel being built and the pavilion would

provide the entrance to the hotel. There would also be car`parking. At

this stage the planned to move the Pavilion is at the concept stage.

The people behind it are confident it will gather support.

A family`run company in Cornwall have been asked to lead the Lord

Mayor's show in London with their lovingly restored 1940s lorry.

Mitchell and Webber oil distributors revived the old fleet

tanker to such a high spec, it's thought to be one of the best

restorations of its kind. Johnny Rutherford went to see it in

Scorrier before Saturday's show. The Mitchell and whether families

have been delivering oil For over 100 years. This sort of bed for it

would have been seen on all the lanes been called off. This one has

been perfectly restored by a Alan, who has worked for the oil

distributors for over 30 years. I am honoured to drive it and

privilege to go to the Lord Mayor's Show with it. The oil tanker's job

is to lead a cavalcade and of vehicles `` a cavalcade of vehicles.

The new Lord Mayor wanted energy as one of the themes of the show and

telephoned us and asked if we could be part of it. It took 12 months to

restore this vehicle. Lot of detailed work, right down to be

signed that was hand written using the original paint from the 1950s.

This Bedford match is a beautifully with the two they used to be used

by the company in the 1940s and 1950s, and it looks brand new. It

is three years younger than me and in better condition. I feel very

passionate about it. From what it used to be when it was broken down

to what it is now, it is 101 % better. And it is a good sign of

the company's success as they continued to grow with their latest

branch opening in Tiverton. A man from Cornwall, who's been a

bus driver for a quarter of a century, is in the running for an

industry Oscar. Gino Contrino has already won several awards and

received dozens of thank you letters from happy passengers. Now

he's hoping to become the UK's Best Bus Driver at a special ceremony in

London. Spotlight's Janine Jansen has been to meet him.

His name may sound Italian, but Gino Contrino is Cornish through

and through. He has been driving buses here for 26 years. From a

very early age, I mean, I remember going on a bus journey and thinking

this is a lovely job. I always wanted to be a bus driver. But when

he first started, he made a mistake, possibly because he was too

friendly. I came in late and a bus was trying to squeeze its way out.

This bloke was struggling and I was trying to give him directions.

Little did I know are was aiding and abetting this guy he was

stealing the bus. You can't do that now because there are devices on

the bus that track them. He has a pile of them due letters. `` of the

thank you letters. I just love dealing with the public. He has won

awards for his customer care and of course his boss is thrilled he

works for the company. There is no` one else like him. He is a

character in himself and he does an amazing job. Well, Gino Contrino is

so popular that even one of his passengers has written a poem in

about him. Never po`faced of silent and never Kurds. `` Kurt. Gino

Contrino has been nominated for the best bus driver award and everyone

knows about it. People have been tooting their horns and wishing me

well. The award ceremony will be held later this month in London. I

have a chicken named after me. I'm sure the Queen hasn't. I don't

think she has. Best of luck to him. Now the weather.

It has turned colder over the last few days. The temperatures have

lowered and as we head in towards the weekend we will see a world

first frost of the season. Saturday night looks as if it could be

chilly. Tomorrow, heavy rain first thing in the morning. That will be

replaced by sunshine and showers in the afternoon, but for all of us

there is a chance that we will see a bit of rain. This weather front

has plagued us a bit today. It will continue to produce rain across

northern France before it moves out of the way. There are no real clear

spells in this cloud structure which means their arm more showers

to come. One line will come in tonight. Some of them could be

quite intense with a risk of hail and thunder. After we lose that

line of showers, or we will have another one. There is some good

news because this weather system will be arriving a bit later and

Remembrance Sunday could be a dry day for all of us. We do have some

breaks developing in the cloud later tonight. Showers will become

more frequent as the night wears on. Briefly, clear skies, but at the

end of that night, generally clouding over. Low temperatures

will likely be in Somerset and Dorset. Further west the

temperatures are around seven and ten Celsius. Tomorrow morning that

line of showers will move through the English Channel, probably

giving some intense rain. What follows up a line of showers that

could be heavy. But every now and again we should get a glimpse of

the sunshine. There will be a brisk breeze and it will feel cold for

all of us. Temperatures will struggle. 12 degrees is the highest

we can expect. Looking further ahead to what is going to happen

across the Isles of Scilly, there will be brain first thing in the

morning, but moving through quite quickly. `` will be rain. There is

the forecast for the times of high water:

The north coast is going to be messy with very big waves. Here are

the coastal waters? `` coastal waters:

Showers on Saturday, but good news for Remembrance Sunday it will be

dry, even though it will be frosty to start.

We have had lots of reaction to Lord Heseltine's comments regarding

property in Cornwall. Please do have a look at our website. That's

it for now, goodbye.