24/05/2014 Spotlight

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Believing. Prayers will be said this weekend

for two West Country sailors feared lost in the Atlantic. `` good

evening. Paul Goslin and Stephen Warren from Somerset were among the

crew of the Cheeki Rafiki. The vessel was found with its life`raft

unused. Their families said today they were "shocked and deeply

saddened". Steve Knibbs reports. The discovery of the Cheeki Rafiki

initially gave hope to the families, but once the US Navy discovered the

yacht's life raft still in place, hope turned to despair.

I think we are all absolutely devastated, and just also aware of

the immense support that everybody signing the petition, the hopes and

prayers of so many people out there. Tony Bullimore, who was rescued from

his upturned yacht after five days in 1997, told me the yachting world

will be in mourning today. I think all sailors, all people that

have crossed the North Atlantic or not, feel very deeply for these

guys. Very young, some of them, and it has all gone wrong for them.

Sailors from the many private boats that helped in the search will take

part in a minute's silence tonight at sunset, remembering the crew of

the Cheeki Rafiki and the families they have left behind. Steve Knibbs,

BBC Spotlight. A 12`year`old girl has died after

falling from a wall in Exeter. The incident happened at the Phoenix

Youth Club in the Wonford area of the city yesterday evening. John

Danks reports. The 12`year`old girl fell from this

wall behind the Phoenix Youth Club last night. Today, floral tributes

were left for Nicole Hardup by many of her friends. Police say an

investigation into the incident is being carried out but no one is

being sought in connection with it. The Exeter club is run by Devon

County Council. The local authority says it is working to ensure

counselling and support is available over the coming days and weeks. A

spokesman for Devon County Council said the girl had been stood on a

wall watching people play football when she slipped and fell. She

apparently stood up immediately afterwards but moments later

collapsed. She was taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital,

where she later died. Organisers of the Devon County Show

are thanking people for their support after they had to cancel day

three of the event. Heavy rain turned the public car parks into mud

baths. Heidi Davey has been at Westpoint.

Normally, this field would be full of cars, but today just a solitary

few remain stuck in the mud. Inside the showground it is sadly a similar

scene as everyone is packing up. Well, you can't argue with the

weather, can you? It is down to the elements. But it has quite a

knock`on effect for everybody. It dramatically reduces your turnover,

you know, you come with great expectations and then it is just

negative when you get this sort of scenario.

For the farmers, day three is normally the busiest. It is when

they get the chance to show off their livestock to thousands of

visitors. This day, Saturday, at the Devon

County Show, is the day of the year that people come with their children

and we get the chance to let them touch the animals and find out what

the animals are. We have lost that opportunity this year, but we will

be back. And whilst there is widespread

disappointment, for some the show still goes on. Livestock classes are

being judged and rosettes handed out.

There was no way we could have said don't go ahead, because they are all

here, they might as well enjoy the day. We need space at the moment to

close the show down safely and to get people home safely and hopefully

the public will respect that. Heidi Davey, BBC Spotlight. Some

sport now and congratulations to Cornwall rugby who have reached the

final of the county championships by beating Hertfordshire heart ``

Hertfordshire. Now for the weather. Hello there. We have had some fairly

unsettled conditions in the South West today. This is all thanks to in

area of low pressure, and we just still have a yellow "be aware"

warning from the Met Office, issued this morning, for heavy rain for the

next few hours. 20 to 30 millimetres possible. And you can see the

showers swinging in from the west, so some heavy downpours overnight

tonight. But overnight lows, 12 Celsius. It won't be too cold. On to

tomorrow morning, then, the showers are set to continue, especially

across parts of Devon and Cornwall. But further east, more in the way of

brightness, hopefully some decent sunny spells here. And temperatures

tomorrow reaching about the 15 or 16 Celsius mark. Moderate southerly

winds. Looking forward to Bank Holiday Monday, probably the better

day, with more in the way of sunny spells, but still a few showers.

We are back tomorrow at 11.00 am with a special live edition of the

The heavens opened for some of us today. As far as tomorrow is

concerned, more of the