13/07/2014 Spotlight

Good evening. A week after the death

of Kingsbridge teenager Alex Peguero`Sosa,

police have returned to the town in a bid to gather

The 17`year`old former youth player with Plymouth Argyle died

Last night, officers were ott and about, reassuring

the local community and appdaling for witnesses to come forward.

A 42`year`old man has been charged with murder.

We are looking for any information at all on anybody who was ott in

Kingsbridge last Saturday nhght who may have seen or heard anything

Even if they think it's insignificant, we would orddr them

Even if they think it's insignificant, we would urgd them

to come forward and talk to detectives on the 101 number.

All the local community, and pass that information on.

People who either sell or bty illegal tobacco are being w`rned

as a new clampdown takes pl`ce across the South West.

Efforts to stop the trade include raids on dealers and places where

It's estimated that one in six cigarettes in the Sotth West

has not had duty paid on it, as packets are sold

Trading Standards say this hits traders who are

Illegal tobacco, because it's so cheap,

stops people giving up smokhng because they can afford to buy it.

If we take illegal tobacco off the streets, people won't bd able to

pay the price in the shops, they will therefore pack up smokhng.

That can add 10`12 years on somebody's life expectancy.

The East Devon town of Seaton has today been honoured for its part

in helping American forces prepare for the D`Day landings.

A number of American troops were based there for training,

ahead of the assaults on thd beaches of Normandy 70 years ago.

As Hamish Marshall reports, the son of one American veteran tod`y said,

Military honours for the part of the people of Seaton played in helping

the war effort. The first US troops to reach Utah Beach on D`Dax trained

alongside the home guard unht here and were welcomed to the town. One

of those Americans was comp`ny Sergeant Major Robert Rutten. 7

years on, his son was here today. He led a campaign for an offichal thank

you to be put in place. You could see it in their eyes and faces as

they walked down the villagd lanes and stood in front of the b`r or the

house down there by the beach. They were happy. They did all thdir

training with the home guard here in Seaton. They didn't get sent out

with the rest of the regiment. It was very unusual and special. The

memorial remembers the men of 2nd Battalion, eighth infantry Regiment.

Three quarters of them died on D`Day. Anyone reading the plaque

will know what a contribution the American soldiers

made. It is such a story th`t those Americans went over to D`Dax and the

last memory was of Seaton. On the 70th anniversary of D`Day, Seaton's

hospitality will be forgottdn no more.

And finally, a fish which is reported to be worth as

much as ?1 million has been landed on a Cornish beach this weekend

The 300lb tuna fish was discovered floating in the water at Kingsand

They brought it ashore on their kayaks before experts identhfied

The species is endangered and it's illegal to catch

The find has been reported to the authorities and will be transported

to the University of Exeter in Falmouth tomorrow for examination.

Then we thought maybe it was, like... An ornament.

We said it was really heavy. Some boys were like, all, really heavy?

But it was really heavy! Onto the weather now, and hdre's Dan

with the forecast. Sunshine, cloud and patchy, light

rain all feature in our fordcast For tonight, though,

it's generally dry. I think we'll see some clear spells

overnight and the winds fall lighter, too, making

one or two mist patches forl. Temperatures not falling much

below 12`13 degrees. First thing tomorrow, althotgh it is

brighter to the east, we st`rt to It could be thick enough

for a few spits and spots of patchy, Temperatures still fairly w`rm,

in the high teens or maybe the