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04/05/2014

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Good evening. A former mayor of That is it from

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Good evening. A former mayor of Ashburton has been treated in

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hospital after he was punched and knocked to the ground during a

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football match he was refereeing. Donald Distin, who's the Master

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Bailiff of the town council, says he's been left shocked and bruised

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after the incident at Ashburton Football Club yesterday afternoon.

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Johnny Rutherford reports. He was just doing his job, but

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referee Donald Distin has been left battered and bruised by an attack

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that landed him in hospital. He didn't want to talk publicly about

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the incident, which happened during yesterday's match between Ashburton

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and Torre FC, but others saw what happened. The referee called the

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player over to give him a yellow card. He was just giving the referee

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a load of abuse. As he went to give him a second yellow, the player just

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turned around and punched the referee so hard it knocked him off

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the ground to the floor and his nose was bleeding, his cheeks swelled

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right up. I've never seen anything like that at all in amateur football

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and I think it's disgusting. The referee was taken to hospital and

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the game was abandoned. BBC Spotlight has been told the player

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concerned was involved in another incident in a match last Thursday,

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so yesterday he played under a false name. I feel disgusted. It's

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lowering the tone of the game, it's not sending out a good advertisement

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for football. There was children watching the game. Everybody was

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totally shocked. Torre FC didn't want to appear on camera but the

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chairman told me they strongly apologised for Saturday's incident.

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They said they don't condone the offending player's actions and he

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did not represent the players from the club. They have now withdrawn

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from the league and the club will fold.

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Firefighters have been out on strike again today. Members of the Fire

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Brigades Union walked out at 10am this morning until 3pm in an ongoing

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dispute over pensions. The government says the FBU has one of

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the most generous schemes in the public sector. Crews responded to a

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number of shouts during the three days of action.

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Sport now, and the Exeter Chiefs' hopes of making a play`off for the

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European Cup are over after they were beaten by the narrowest of

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margins at home to Harlequins in front of a sell`out crowd. The

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Chiefs led for most of the match with tries from Dave Lewis and Matt

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Jess, before Quins went over with just four minutes left in the game.

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The final score at Sandy Park ` Chiefs 29, Harlequins 30.

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Staying with rugby, and Jersey scored six tries on their way to a

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38`7 win over rivals Guernsey in the annual Siam Cup match. It's the

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sixth year in a row the Reds have won the cup. Nicky Griffiths, Ed

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Dawson, Mark Foster, Joe Buckle, Sam Lockwood and Tom Brown all crossed

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the line for Jersey. Long`serving prop Jon Brennan was captain, and

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among a number of local players in the starting line`up. There are five

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Jersey guys in the starting line`up and we all feel proud of the Siam

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Cup. Everyone else has been through their different communities and you

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could see they were playing for that. That was a real contest, that

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was as intense as anything we've had. Guernsey, you know with that

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difference, you don't see that when the game starts, everyone is flying

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out and you know you're in a contest.

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Falmouth have once again retained the World Pilot Gig Championship

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titles on the Isles of Scilly. The Cornish club has won both the men's

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and women's event four years in a row now. More than 2000 rowers took

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part, with the final races staged in blazing sunshine. Hannah Stacey was

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at the finish. Falmouth Men's A Crew have done it

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once again. Let's speak to them after they crossed the line.

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Falmouth Men. It's a tough race, I think it was the first time this

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weekend all the crews gave everything they've had, so it was

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the first time we had to work all the way down the track. But finally

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all the training has paid off and it's been worth it. How does it feel

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to have this welcome? As you near the quay you can hear the roar

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getting louder and louder, the support is fantastic, I think that's

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why Scilly is the best place to race gigs. Fantastic. To my right, all

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you can see is an army of rowers, their oars held high in salute. It

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brings to a close the 25th World Pilot Gig Championships.

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And finally, Members of the south`west's Filipino community were

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out in Plymouth to celebrate the festival of Flores de Mayo today.

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During the religious festival, which means Flowers of May, children and

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young women offer flowers to the Virgin Mary. The statue was blessed

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by the Bishop of Plymouth. The Santa Cruzan procession is traditionally

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the final part of the festival. Some lovely sunshine around today.

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Let's look at the weather. Some lovely sunshine around today.

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Let's look at the It's been a fine day for much of the region. We will

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keep the fine and dry weather overnight. A little cloud here and

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there but clear skies for many. Slightly more of a breeze during the

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night, it is looking generally frost free, perhaps parts of the

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countryside down to four degrees tomorrow morning. Some brightness

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initially tomorrow but we have increasing cloud through Monday

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which will bring outbreaks of rain in the afternoon, pushing west

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through the day, more of a breeze. It remains mild, highs of 15 degrees

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and the Channel Islands keep dry weather through the day, but from

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tomorrow onwards it turns more unsettled. Tuesday and Wednesday

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both days of sunshine and showers. That's all for now.

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I'll be back with the late news at 10:15pm.

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Good evening. Today we have had the sunniest skies in the South whereas

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in the north it has been quite cloudy. Tomorrow, we switch things

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around. In the east we will have warm, hazy sunshine. In the west we

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will have the biggest cloud. Tonight, there will be some rain

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across parts of Scotland. The rain easing across Northern Ireland. For

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many will be a dry night. For many across the south it will be cold.

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Maybe not quite as cold as last night. We should start with quite a

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bit of sunshine across central and eastern areas. The sunshine will

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turn quite hazy of the cloud spills in from the west. The wind is also

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starting to pick up and we will see rain. For Northern Ireland, the rain

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spreading across a good part of Western Scotland. It may start to

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brighten up later in the day. After a bright start across north-west

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