13/04/2014 Spotlight

for three years, will at some point Good evening. The commander of a

Devonport`based survey ship which is searching for the missing M`laysian

airliner has said it is the hardest operation he has ever been part of.

HMS Echo was diverted to thd southern Indian Ocean, wherd pings

thought to be from the misshng plane's black box flight recorder

had been detected. Its equipment has been specially adapted for the task.

Crew members are working rotnd the clock in difficult conditions.

We have a young, bright, and enthusiastic team. Very highly

trained and very profession`l. We have world`leading expertisd in both

hydrographical and oceanogr`phic surveying. As you can imagine, I'm

very proud of their determination and professionalism, attempting to

help in the search. An elderly lady who walks whth the

aid of a walking stick has been taken to hospital after being

injured while her handbag w`s stolen in Exeter. It happened betwden AM

and 9AM this morning, on thd footpath between St Thomas Pleasure

Ground and Buller Road. The man who made off with her bag is described

as white, 6`foot tall, and was wearing a black top and jeans. He is

believed to have had his face covered. The woman has been released

from hospital. Campaigners opposed to wind farms in

Cornwall say they would prefer a nuclear power station in thd county

than more wind turbines. Thd man in charge of Cornwall Protect says

there are upwards of 600 wind turbines in Cornwall. John Henderson

reports. A wind turbine close to the Cornish

village of Pensilva, near Lhskeard. The campaign group, Cornwall

Protect, opposed the turbind and claim its one of 600 in the county

alone. The man leading the group says that is too many and hd would

prefer a nuclear power stathon in Cornwall. A nuclear power station

would actually achieve something. So yes, if I was given the chohce

between nuclear power or wind turbines, at least I would know that

the nuclear power station w`s achieving something and it would

produce green, clean energy. The comments came in the same wdek that

there was a protest over thd new Hinkley C nuclear power station in

Somerset. It was the threat of a nuclear power station in Cornwall in

the late 1970s and early 1980s, that prompted Peter Edwards to ddvelop

the first commercial wind f`rm at Delabole. Though he thinks nuclear

power is expensive, he is not against it. The trouble is that many

people's energy policy is something else, somewhere else. For now at

least, there are no plans for a nuclear power station in Cornwall.

John Henderson, BBC Spotlight. A boat has sunk in a yacht harbour

in Cornwall following a fird. Fifteen fire fighters, incltding

some on a boat, tackled the fire on the 20`foot motor vessel at Mylor

last night. No one was on board The severity of the fire the catsed the

vessel to sink. Teignmouth's historic pier, which

was badly damaged in the recent storms, will re`open in Julx. Work

has started over the last fdw days to restore the site, which suffered

hundreds of thousands of potnds worth of damage. Our South Devon

reporter, John Ayres, has more. The clean`up has begun. This pier

has been here for 149 years and has been owned by the same family for

decades. The storms back in February took out the floor, the electrics,

and 90% of the machines and games ` some of them are irreplaceable. But

now the insurance has been settled, the Grand Pier is being brotght back

to life. It will be a littld bit different, but we do not want to

make it too out there. We are not that sort of a town. By keeping it

broadly traditional it will appeal to enough people. This pier is one

of only two in Devon. The other is at Paignton. It is a famous landmark

and is loved by holiday`makdrs. With the weather picking up recently

being closed has come hard to Nick. Heartbreaking. With the kids off and

we have had sunshine all wedk, we would have been really busy. In the

Easter holidays last year it was snowing and we had a very b`d start

to the year. To be missing out on all this sunshine that we h`ve got

now is heartbreaking. All going well, and with no more mish`ps that

the weather, 1st of July is the date that is pencilled in for thd pier to

reopen. If it remains like this they hopefully should not h`ve too

many problems. John Ayres, BBC Spotlight, Teignmouth.

On to this afternoon's rugbx, and in the Championship the Cornish Pirates

have been beaten at home despite holding a 13 point half`timd lead

against Rotherham. They lost 40`20 to Rotherham Titans.

And Plymouth Albion have suffered a heavy defeat. They lost 40`04 at

Leeds. Onto the weather now, and hdre is

Emily. Good weather brought crowds out, the question is will it

continue. Good evening. Aftdr good weather over the weekend, wd will

continue the settled weather for the start of the week. Tonight, there is

some clothes and some wind. A cool night in the countryside, 4`5

degrees. Tomorrow morning, ` fine and bright start to the day. More

warm sunshine in the afternoon. A dry day tomorrow, 14`15 degrees

This is set to continue on Tuesday and Wednesday. Warm sunshind,

although cool overnight. Probably some workload by Thursday.

That is all from us for now. Goodbye.

We got to 17 degrees in the sunshine in London and many places enjoyed a

pleasant day. A different story for the zero wherein was quite wet and

windy. You can see that cloud is moving