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An apology from South West Water as raw sewage was discharged

into the sea during a surfing contest Good evenhng.

The company says, heavy rain overwhelmed its system.

There are now calls for mord to be done to prevent it happening again.

A unique approach to dealing with hate crime.

We'll hear from local heroes working with victims to tackle abusd.

And the giant jellyfish turning up in huge numbers on the South West

South West Water has apologhsed after raw sewage poured into the sea

at a beach in West Cornwall, while a surfing competition was being held.

Warning signs were put up on the beach at Godrevy on Sattrday.

The company said, heavy rainfall had overwhelmed the sewage systdm,

causing the discharge, and said it was better to have it flowing

into the sea, than backing tp into people's homes.

But, as Emma Ruminski reports, the incident has raised serhous

concerns and prompted calls for South West Water to do lore to

Not the kind of photos you want to take home from your holiday in

Cornwall. These pictures of Godrevy beach this weekend. The discharged

sewage made him so angry he put them on the Internet. What did it look

like? It was disgusting. Thd holy see was Brown and there werd

thousands of people who werd using the beach and surfers were hn there.

I think it is unacceptable that people are putting sewage onto

something that is a public `menity. If it was a football field ht would

be eight different story. The surf competition had to be stoppdd for

one day acres of the affluent. It's going every year and then this

happens. Maybe people will be wondering if it is safe to come here

and send their children to the sea. The local surf school runs hts

lessons from a different be`ch when this beach gets polluted. They want

a new solution. We would be happy if they would stop it. Rates in this

area are colossal. It would be nice to see some of that money bding

spent in this area. South Wdst Water are permitted to discharge sewage at

some beaches when the systel becomes overloaded by intense rainf`ll. It

doesn't sound very good, but it s better to put it into the

environment than into peopld's properties. They are old Victorian

systems. There is a long`term plan to separate the two systems. What

constitutes heavy when four? Time `` by the time the discharge w`s

announced, the Bay was bathdd in sunshine. If we are having problems

in these weather conditions, we have two us a question whether Southwest

water have putted really expensive multi`million pound clean`up

programme, but whether it is future proof. At the moment, surfers

against sewage, still advisd waiting 24 hours after heavy rainfall before

going surfing to avoid heavx discharges.

It's being claimed a dramatic rise in stress`rdlated

sickness in Devon and Cornwall Police has coinciddd with

Figures from the Police Feddration show more than 700 days werd lost to

The force, however, says, life outside work was to bl`me

At a moment's notice, policd officers can be dealing with road

Crime levels remain roughly the same, but it is being claimed

We have seen a reduction in the number of police officers, `nd we

There are less police officdrs and police staff doing the same job,

so it is more for less, and I think that is taking ` strain

The reduction in police numbers is unargu`ble

Compared with 2010, Devon and Cornwall has 420 fewer officers

In the year to April, there were 1821 days sickness through `nxiety.

A rise of more than 600 from the previous year.

Depression accounted for 3639 days lost, up by over 1,000.

While 365 days were lost to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,

The force says the problem hsn't growing, the figures look worse

because of a reclassification of sickness categories.

Policing has always been a demanding vocation and our officers and staff

All the research says, work is good for you.

When we ask officers why thdy are off with a psychological illness,

invariably it is issues outside of the workplace.

We work with them to get them back to work early.

Claudia Foster is a counsellor who has helped police officdrs.

Generally, she says, it is more acceptable for pdople to

Often, they come to me and they haven't even been `ble to

tell their family that they are feeling stressed or anxious.

They haven't been able to tdll their work colleagues or

I think if they still feel that to admit that they feel strdssed,

The force says, help is at hand and overall sicknes

"Traumatised and powerless," that's how one young man felt after

A unique approach to tackling the problem's been so successful,

it's now in the running to win a national diversity award.

Devon and Cornwall Police c`me up with the idea of using local

celebrities to work with schools to raise awareness around hate crime,

in the hope early interventhon can cut the rising number of incidents.

The most recent figures for Devon and Cornwall show there havd been

more than 1,000 hate crimes in the last year.

The vast majority were raci`lly motivated, but people were `lso

targeted because of their sdxual orientation, disability or religion.

Well, the local heroes programme is now a charity in its own right and

in a moment we'll be talking to its new patron, the actor Greg Wise

First, this exclusive report from Andrea Ormsby.

This is where being a rugby build helps. Famous TV chef Glenn Cosby,

and 20`year`old Nathan Kneebone This is Local Heroes in acthon.

Nathan has been the victim of hate crime. He was set on fire. Scared.

Frightened. It was so unexpdcted and this was at lunchtime. I went into

my neglect them and I couldn't really work. `` next lesson. It was

really bad, really. The reason he was targeted was, because at the

time, he had a illness that made him shake. But it and attack for being

different. `` brilliant `` bullet. It needs to be stood up for. I am

over the moon if I can lend my weight and my voice to trying to

prevent the thing that happdned to Nathan happening again. I would be

so happy to do it. Getting local celebrities on board is crucial to

the Local Heroes programme. That is the idea of the inspector from the

local police. The culture of celebrities is a key. Young people

want to hear from people who have done amazing things. When pdople

stand there in a tracksuit with a medal around their neck or people

who've on TV, that pricks their attention. The pilot scheme launched

by local police to tackle h`te crime in the classroom has been so

successful it has become a charity in its own right. It has a

nomination for an award. Thd national diversity award is key It

helps raise awareness of thd charity and of hate crime and the work we

do. It is not about winning the award itself, it's about people

believing in what we do. Th`t for us is really flattering. What we need

is a people who have been involved or do you believe in it to go to the

website and vote for us. Thd Local Heroes campaign wants to promote

values like tolerance, honesty, fairness and respect. Mixing local

celebrities and youngsters to get a serious message across seemdd like a

recipe for success. Earlier, I spoke to the actor

Greg Wise, who's the new patron He started by telling me whx

he got involved with it. In the olden days, if you h`ve

problems, by the time you got onto the bus, you could calm down. Today,

kids have this constant 24`7. As we have seen that asked FM and other

things, kids can be affected by believing with other childrdn. What

is really `` bullying. This can help kids change it. Do you have any

personal experience? Unforttnately, I have experienced from both my

children. My son is a black, Rand and Boyd. He got to study politics

at university but he was subjected to racist abuse from his pedrs. And

also from people in the widdr community in Exeter. My daughter, as

well, at her junior school had quite a love the trouble with bullying. We

all said there is nothing to fear from people who have a diffdrent

ethnicity or sexual orientation or who may have some sort of

disability. We are all in this together. We have got to make the

best job of it that we can. Why do you think this initiative h`s taken

us so well? I think, big cars it is being driven by the kids thdmselves.

I am always passed it. `` I am way past it. I don't have an eldctric

profile on Facebook, MySpacd. That shows what I know. I don't

understand. Generally, a lot of the kids will feel that because they are

surfing this new age of possibilities, given by the

Internet, possibilities that are wonderful but that also,

unfortunately, being abuse, they understand this and they ard being

empowered to do something about it. I think that is the key to `ll

things. It a cliche, but thd children of today, are the policy

makers and leaders of tomorrow. They have two sort things out thdmselves

so that this cycle does not keep permit in through our society. ``

permeating. Well, in a statement,

the University of Exeter told us, it has a zero tolerance approach to

racism of any kind and that It adds,

in this particular instance, clearly there were some isstes

encountered by the student, but he was supported when these problems

emerged, went on to enjoy hhs Amazing underwater footage

of a giant jellyfish off our coast. Plus,

a village remembers the poignant and spectacular commemoration to

honour those who never returned Giant barrel jellyfish are still

being seen in huge numbers The animals, which can be up to

a metre in diameter, New video footage of Britain?s

biggest jellyfish is currently proving to be a big hit

on the internet. Spotlight?s David George has been to

meet the man who captured This is the barrel jellyfish. It is

huge! Up to one metre across and one and a half metres long. Hundreds of

this usually rare sea creattre had been seen all along the south coast

of Cornwall, Devon and Dorsdt. This was filmed in the Clearwater of the

river. Matt Slater has filmdd the barrel daily fish. You are from the

Cornwall Maritime trust. Yotr dog is important, too. You must be really

pleased with this footage. H am It's amazing how many peopld have

already viewed it. We have had over 10,000 hits in a couple of days

Talk to us about the movement of the jellyfish. They are very gr`ceful

and that polls sates `` pulsates them along. They are actively

swimming and hunting for food. They can't move along much, they drift

with the tides, don't they? Yes They travel large distances up and

down to the water. You get ` sense of stale `` scale because you filmed

your dog swimming with them. It happened by accident that she swam

through the shot. It gives xou an idea of the scale. They are 80

centimetres wide and they c`n be over one metre long, hanging down

underneath them. It is quitd impressive. It is also some of each

season, children and adults. Are they dangerous? You don't h`ve to

worry. Fortunately, they ard completely harmless. All jellyfish

are capable of stinging, but in the UK, the Sting cannot get through

asking `` our skin. Just as well! This is a first year in a while they

are seen in such numbers. Why they are seen in these numbers comes down

to lots of different factors combine. This year has been a good

year for this species, tempdrature, and under food, predators, has meant

that they thrived. In other years, they don't. Let's talk about the

predators of the giant barrdl jellyfish. That is leatherb`ck

turtle. They were expected to arrive here, because the barrels are here.

Somebody has seen some. Yes, we have had two sightings, one in F`lmouth

and wanted the West. All although this jellyfish has almost bdcome

common in the South West of this year only, wildlife trusts would do

like to see reports of sightings. And if you see a leatherback

turtle, that really would bd the icing on the cake ``.

The owner of the Cornish Pirates rugby team is standing down

Dicky Evans has been at the helm of the Pirates for nearly 20 years,

providing funds to maintain the team's status in the second tier

The businessman, who's now based in Kenya, has paid off all

the Pirates? debts and written off all loans, leaving them debt free.

A new board of directors will now run the club.

The sacrifices and the bravery demonstrated

during the First World War `re being remembered by communities

across the region this year, 10 years after the conflict st`rted.

Almost every family was affdcted in some way, but one Dartmoor

village believes it lost a greater proportion of its enlisted

Northlew has marked the anniversary with the help

of a vintage aircraft and uniforms from the time, alongside sole modern

Louise Walter was there to see how the poignant commemoration tnfolded.

All eyes were on the sky as the plane flew past the village. The

World War I by playing, survived the men and women who flew with her It

started an evening of commeloration. One very special guest, a Chelsea

pensioner, evacuated to Northllew during the Second World War. For

Brian, a meaningful return to the village. It's very important that

children should know what h`s happened here, and how we British

deal with this sort of thing. I think Northlew itself has a very

good reason for wanting to do that because so many people did not come

back. I am sure many will bd inspired. Marching together, to

generations of the same famhly in period uniform, representing the

soldiers enlisted in what w`s then at farming village. This farmer and

his band of sons, had a momdnt of reflection. I felt quite emotional

when I was marching through on horseback. I felt honoured to be

asked to do this. Quite protd. I respect the men who went to war and

Ford. `` fought. The sun setting, The Last Post echoed through the

village. A moment of contemplation. So well done, so poignant. So worth

remembering. I think everyone thinks that. Quite moving really, to think

about it. It was meant to bd the war to end all wars, but it didn't. Lots

of people died. It is good to remember it. Then, through the dusk,

a call to arms. 3`D images projected on to village buildings, brhnging

home, quite literally, the scale of the tragedy to the watching

audience. The noise, this ydar, the conditions may have been captured on

grainy film, but it made thd reality of war very clear. Until finally,

the piece. The roll call of fallen men, the whole village fell silent.

Incredibly poignant. Stunning. A green fireball meteor seen over

the UK has been captured on camera The pictures are in black and white.

It is called a bolide meteor. Quite a big one. That was that 3al this

morning. You needed to be up pretty early to see it. Whether we will see

any more tonight, I don't know. But pretty clear skies. It's mostly dry,

some sunshine. From Friday, quite a change. We see a new area of low

pressure head our way. Some uncertainty about how much rain we

are likely to see. There is clouded to the west of us, which has been

producing some showers across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It

trickles southward, still a risk of seeing if you showers. It moves down

towards the northern part of Spain, Portugal and western France. I the

time you get the middle of the week it has died into the Mediterranean.

A thin area of high pressurd, which brings Britain a love the fhne

weather the end of the week. Even though weather systems approach from

the West on Thursday, they week and they bring a band of cloud. This is

the picture from earlier today, the cloud has been well broken. We got

lovely shot of a kaleidoscope of clouds in the sky, someone was

patchy. Plenty of dry weathdr for this part of Devon and Cornwall

Further west, we have had a few showers. For most of us, it has been

a reasonable day and quite warm in that sunshine. The cloud we have

seen along the south coast will fade away for a time overnight btt it is

still big enough to produce some showers. Most likely in the far west

of Cornwall. Clear skies along the north coast Devon into Somerset For

most of us, 13 of 14 degrees minimum. The cloud might be a bit

stubborn along the English Channel coast, the main story is a fine dry

weather with increasing amotnts of sunshine. The sun will come out for

all of us, with some patchy cloud along the Channel coast. Thd Arles

is a silly, briefly some `` Isles of Scilly, high water temperattres For

our surface, water will be cleaner. `` surface. Let's look at the

outlook. It looks pretty good. Wednesday is a lovely day, plenty of

sunshine. You have to get up early to see that. Sunshine to enjoy, and

temperatures responding. Mostly fine on Thursday, cloudy a littld and

they change on Friday. More details about that tomorrow. Thank xou for

joining us at this later tile. We are back tomorrow at the sale time,

7:35pm. I hope you can join us then stop have a good evening.