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Good evening, on the eve of the tenth anniversary of | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
the disaster, we'll hear from some of those who were caught up in it. | :00:54. | :01:12. | |
We escaped up the ladder and into the garden up above and we were | :01:13. | :01:26. | |
saved. CCTV caught on fishing boats to find out how much is thrown back | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
into the sea. And standing | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
on her own two feet again ` the paralysed rider whose battling | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
back by becoming a bionic woman. Ten years ago this weekend | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
an intense and localised storm wrought havoc on | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
one small corner of North Cornwall. The villages of Boscastle | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
and Crackington Haven were Problems started early | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
in the afternoon on the 16th Heavy rain started falling | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
on the moors above Boscastle By 1 o'clock river levels in the village | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
were starting to rise. By 3.30 the river Valency was bursting | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
its banks At 3.45 the fire service started receiving calls for help. At | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
around 4 o'clock families who were trapped in the Visitor Centre had to | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
climb into the attic to escape the rising water, cars were starting | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
to float through the village. At 4.45 the first | :02:03. | :02:04. | |
of seven helicopters arrived on the scene, and just after 5 | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
a major incident was declared. Johnny Rutherford reports now | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
on the scene of devastation One month's rainfall in two hours. A | :02:10. | :02:25. | |
Cornish village under siege from a freak rainstorm ten years ago. A | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
major incident declared in North Cornwall, dozens of people trapped | :02:30. | :02:36. | |
after flash flooding in Ross Castle. `` Boscastle. There was a huge bang | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
and the river started flooding, it was literally in a matter of seconds | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
and there were cars floating downstream into the sea. Jude was on | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
holiday at the time. The sudden storm and its scale even took The | :02:55. | :03:02. | |
Met Office by surprise. An absolute shock to see this. The coastguard | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
was the first to be alerted. The river has urged `` burst its banks. | :03:09. | :03:17. | |
A lot of people around. That call started the biggest he's fine `` the | :03:18. | :03:26. | |
biggest peacetime rescue in peacetime. As well as the main | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
emergency services, seven helicopters were scrambled. They | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
battled against strong winds and torrential rain. A major incident, I | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
have to say. They blew four hours over the devastated village, flying | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
very low. As they went from building to building and plucked off stranded | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
holiday`makers. There was a mixture of relief, you could see that. Other | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
people were still scared and somewhere even jovial, they could | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
not believe what was happening. There were some hysterics. We have | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
two on the front of that building. 120 people were rescued in seven | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
hours. At its peak, the flooding whipped through the village with a | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
wall of water ten feet high, travelling at 40 miles per hour. It | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
has now disappeared, one of the oldest buildings in Boscastle. I saw | :04:26. | :04:33. | |
a car hit it and it went stop we could see buildings crumbling around | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
us. The water was gushing through the harbour and all of the sudden it | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
crumbled like a pack of cards. Water was spilling through the youth | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
hostel, out of the windows, and you wondered what would happen next stop | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
only six casualties were taken to hospital, most suffering from shock | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
and affects of the cold. It is incredible to think nobody was badly | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
injured or dragged out to see by the sudden raging flood that caused so | :05:03. | :05:04. | |
much devastation. Well, | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
ten years on from the devastating And new flood defences have been put | :05:10. | :05:11. | |
in place to protect the village. Our reporter Simon Clemison | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
joins us now live. A good evening to you, Rebecca. | :05:16. | :05:27. | |
Students actually come down here to study the flood defences. The whole | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
village is back to its former glory, but there is always a danger a place | :05:34. | :05:43. | |
suffers a major event that it will become defined by it. It becomes a | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
benchmark, but not necessarily in a bad way. The pain has gone here. The | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
character and appeal does seem to be have `` doesn't seem to have been | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
boosted by what happened. Our reporter has been to meet some | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
people who wear here on that terrible day ten years ago. This | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
woman lives in a flat above her place of work when the water began | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
pouring in. She knew it was time to go. I put up a ladder here and we | :06:15. | :06:37. | |
escaped up to the garden above. Seven miles down the coast from | :06:38. | :06:40. | |
Boscastle, they were left submerged under a wall of water. Restaurants | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
were flooded, people were trapped in buildings and cars were washed out | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
to sea. Staff at this cafe realised very quickly that the situation was | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
serious and escaped to higher ground just in time. A lot of water in a | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
short time. It was obvious that things were going to happen. | :07:02. | :07:10. | |
Everybody was all right because had time to escape so it was just a | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
matter of watching in disbelief. Cars were thrown over the top of the | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
bridge. Back in Boscastle, and Tracey Bright found herself cut off | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
from her husband, 12 months pregnant. She had an appointment in | :07:24. | :07:32. | |
the town. It was when I came out of the appointment, I realised I could | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
not get out so I went to my mother's. I watched it on the TV. I | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
was pregnant so I was getting panicky. The phone was down so we | :07:41. | :07:49. | |
could not get hold of anybody. The couple were soon reunited and Lily | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
was born ten days later. The first child to be born in the village | :07:54. | :07:57. | |
after that remarkable day which changed many people's lives. | :07:58. | :08:05. | |
Research by The Met Office suggested there could be an increase in the | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
number of extreme downpours in the future. Ten years ago tonight, the | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
conditions were not that remarkable. Any sharp showers were expected to | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
pass over but the landscape and atmosphere clashed as I have found | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
out from the Environment Agency. We know from secondary school geography | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
that if there was a lot of rain, it needs to get to the sea. Yes, a | :08:35. | :08:43. | |
special set of circumstances ten years ago. To air masses met and | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
they got stuck. They stalled and stayed there, and it kept raining | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
intensely for four of five hours. Is this the solution? Yes. This is the | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
bottom end of the flood defence scheme which we built six months | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
after the event occurring. It helps relieve the flood risk that we saw. | :09:04. | :09:12. | |
What else have you done? Where we stood, what we did was widen and | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
deepen the river, and set the car park back from the river. All other | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
cars ended up in the harbour. Yes. We set the car park back from the | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
water to make more space for the water, really. You cannot tell | :09:32. | :09:34. | |
anything has happened, it does not look like you have flood defence | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
scheme. Yes, that was a key aim. We knew how important the history was | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
to Boscastle and we wanted to reduce the flood risk but we wanted to keep | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
that historic environment intact, and I think we have achieved it. It | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
is better than some great big concrete flume you could have had. | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
What about the other villages around Devon, Somerset or Dorset? The ?10 | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
million also covered a lot of the other places affected as well. We | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
have a programme of flood risk improvements across the UK, and we | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
have learnt a lot from the 2004 flood. We have engaged with | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
communities to help them manage flood risks. This is just one of the | :10:24. | :10:32. | |
businesses that was completely rebuilt. I am joined by a member of | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
The National Trust, you wear here that they, won't you? What was it | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
like? An unforgettable experience. It is something I will never forget. | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
The strongest memory is the sheer force of the water and the damage | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
unleashed by it. So many people had their lives are affected by it. Ten | :10:54. | :11:02. | |
years on, it it does seem to have added to the appeal of the place. It | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
was probably the biggest single event in the history of Boscastle, | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
and although they do not wish to be defined by that, it has attracted | :11:13. | :11:15. | |
many visitors in the years afterwards, and they still come. It | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
is part of the history of Boscastle. Thank you very much. How, where and | :11:21. | :11:29. | |
when, and the science of rainfall is still very challenging but measures | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
are improving all the time and the forecast, you will be pleased to | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
hear, for Boscastle, is settled. Thank you, Simon. | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
And this weekend also marks 62 years | :11:42. | :11:43. | |
since the devastating Lynmouth Floods in which 34 people died. | :11:44. | :11:45. | |
On the 15th and 16th of August in 1952, | :11:46. | :11:47. | |
The water flowed off the moors and into the rivers, which then | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
formed a torrent that cascaded through Lynmouth overnight. | :11:53. | :12:00. | |
More than 100 buildings were destroyed, | :12:01. | :12:01. | |
Almost 40 cars were washed out to sea. | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
Coming up: Further revelations about the controversy that has rocked | :12:06. | :12:20. | |
Plymouth University. Also, we will catch up with the Devon hockey | :12:21. | :12:23. | |
player who helped England win silver at the Commonwealth Games. And food, | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
glorious food. A festival welcomes thousands of visitors to the south. | :12:30. | :12:36. | |
A senior figure at Plymouth University is claiming | :12:37. | :12:38. | |
she's been forced out of her role as part of the ongoing dispute | :12:39. | :12:41. | |
In a statement today Barbara Bond criticises the University's Board | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
of Governors for the way they are running the university, and | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
for their decision to effectively suspend the Vice Chancellor Wendy | :12:49. | :12:50. | |
The university denies dismissing Mrs Bond. | :12:51. | :12:52. | |
Our correspondent Neil Gallacher is following this story | :12:53. | :12:54. | |
Let's start with Mrs Bond, who is she? She has held a number of senior | :12:55. | :13:07. | |
positions and is a former chairman of the governors. She has been an | :13:08. | :13:14. | |
ambassador, and is also an MBE. Her role as Chancellor came to end last | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
month but she said she was asked by Wendy Purcell to do another term. | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
The university has said that her role came to a natural end. She said | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
it was brought to an end. Barbara Bond has criticised the Board of | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
Governors. Yes, essentially. At the heart of this is a bitter dispute | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
between the chief executive Wendy Purcell and the chairman of the | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
board of governors, a retired judge. Wendy Purcell was placed on leave by | :13:46. | :13:47. | |
the board of governors last month and we do not know why. Today, | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
Barbara Bond is calling on the board to reinstate Wendy Purcell before | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
they do any more damage to the University. Mrs Bond has said she | :13:57. | :14:05. | |
has long`standing concerns about the questionable governance practice of | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
the University and she says the board lacks the experience. I gather | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
Mrs Bond has been in dialogue with the University's regulators? Yes, | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
Barbara Bond said she went to see the regulator. What is the | :14:21. | :14:28. | |
University saying? They say they strongly refute any suggestion that | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
the University is in crisis, and they point out that the university | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
was visited by the regulated and found no evidence to investigate | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
Barbara Bond's complaint for themselves. We know that the | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
regulator the deeds ask for the university to be investigated but | :14:49. | :14:57. | |
University have pointed out that the case against Wendy Purcell is | :14:58. | :14:59. | |
something for the university to investigate. We will watch this | :15:00. | :15:00. | |
space. South west fishermen are about to | :15:01. | :15:03. | |
begin further trials using CCTV to cut down on the amount of fish | :15:04. | :15:06. | |
being thrown back into the sea. They've told Spotlight they're keen | :15:07. | :15:09. | |
to reduce the overall amount of discards, but believe some | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
species such as young monkfish can have good survival rates | :15:13. | :15:14. | |
if they're returned to the sea. Our Environment Correspondent Adrian | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
Campbell reports. A small number of south`west vessels | :15:18. | :15:32. | |
have been fitted with CCTV and are being monitored to make sure they | :15:33. | :15:34. | |
bring back everything they catch. It is part of trials using different | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
net sizes which cuts the amount of fish being thrown back into the sea. | :15:41. | :15:45. | |
We are trying to ensure that certain species are not discarded. We | :15:46. | :15:53. | |
reviewed the footage from the cameras to make sure soul is not | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
discarded. This was filmed by fishermen. Many fishermen leave it | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
makes sense to throw them back into the sea. Juvenile monkfish are | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
susceptible to being caught in trawls. We are trying to highlight | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
the high survival rate of juvenile monkfish so they can be returned to | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
the sea in future. New European regulations to reduce the amount of | :16:21. | :16:24. | |
fish put back into the sea start to take effect from next year. There is | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
uncertainty about how these new rules will be enforced but fishermen | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
say they are worried that they will be expected to bring back every | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
single fish they catch, including those of no value. We will have | :16:37. | :16:43. | |
doctors and boxes of fish. `` boxes and boxes. Fishermen say they are | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
working with scientists to show that they are returning some fish the sea | :16:50. | :16:54. | |
and it can help conservation. Onto this evening's sport now and | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
Dave Gibbins has been to Kingsbridge to welcome home a Commonwealth Games | :16:59. | :17:01. | |
silver medallist who helped England Well, here in Kingsbridge, it is | :17:02. | :17:08. | |
homecoming for the Commonwealth Games' silver medallist, back in her | :17:09. | :17:24. | |
home town. First, Plymouth Argyle are preparing for their Devon | :17:25. | :17:35. | |
confrontation Exeter city. It is the first time they have met so early in | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
the season. Exeter City have just had their transfer embargo lifted. | :17:43. | :17:54. | |
Exeter Harriers are very confident of winning another gold at the | :17:55. | :17:57. | |
European athletics Championships in Z?rich tomorrow. Four days after her | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
10,000 metres success, the 40`year`old mum tries to add the | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
5000 metre title. There is coverage on BBC Two. Here is just sell | :18:09. | :18:19. | |
Annesley who is proudly wearing the silver medal she won for the England | :18:20. | :18:22. | |
hockey team in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. You were 11 | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
seconds away from winning the gold against Australia. They equalised | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
and went on to win the penalty shoot out. How long did it take you and | :18:34. | :18:36. | |
your team`mates to recover from that agony? A long`time! I have come to | :18:37. | :18:44. | |
terms with it and we are very proud of our silver medal. What feedback | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
and acknowledgement have you received from people in the town? A | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
lot of support throughout the whole tournament. Old school teachers and | :18:53. | :19:02. | |
stuff like that. It has been really, really good. The qualifiers are the | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
main focus for us but so are the European Championships next year. | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
Thank you for joining us this evening. That is it from me in | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
Kingsbridge, I hope you have a lovely weekend, and enjoy your | :19:21. | :19:21. | |
sport. Back to you. A 25 year old woman from Cornwall | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
paralysed in a riding accident two years ago is learning to stand up | :19:26. | :19:29. | |
using a bionic leg. Suzanna Hext broke her back and | :19:30. | :19:31. | |
pelvis and was left in a wheelchair She's recently started riding | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
again and is determined to Spotlight's Janine Jansen has been | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
to see her at the country's leading rehabilitation centre | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
for injured jockeys in Berkshire. Two years ago, Suzanna was paralysed | :19:43. | :19:54. | |
when a horse fell on her. After eight operations and a year and a | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
half in a wheelchair, she can now walk in crutches, thanks to a | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
battery pack in her spine. But she has no feeling in her left foot and | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
ankle. Last month, she achieved her goal which was to write again. But | :20:11. | :20:15. | |
there is a problem. It keeps going into spasm. Oh, God. She has come to | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
Berks where they help injured jockeys. The people here just seem | :20:21. | :20:28. | |
to think that nothing is impossible which is a great attitude. And now, | :20:29. | :20:36. | |
the exciting part. This is the bionic leg. Basically, it is an | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
assisted robotic walking device which is controlled by Suzanna. We | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
have a sensor that is in her shoe. It feels quite weird when it is | :20:50. | :20:55. | |
turned on. It makes funny noises. Let me pop is on your leg. Suzanna | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
is determined to stand up on both legs. I will stand on it however | :21:02. | :21:17. | |
long it takes. You are in control. And your other leg, well done. | :21:18. | :21:22. | |
Good, nice! Well done! Bring yourself forward. Yes, beautiful. | :21:23. | :21:33. | |
You have got it. Read. Well done. It is the first time she has stood up | :21:34. | :21:40. | |
in two years. I am very determined. I am not going to let my leg lead! | :21:41. | :21:50. | |
Yes, I will eat my leg. `` my leg beat me. Her passion for writing is | :21:51. | :22:01. | |
so strong, nothing will get in her way. Such a positive up the person. | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
`` upbeat. Lentil burgers, | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
blueberry beer and curried goat: just some of the offerings | :22:11. | :22:11. | |
at Plymouth's three day Flavour Fest which is celebrating | :22:12. | :22:13. | |
its 11th anniversary this year. It's a chance to showcase | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
the best of our regional produce alongside demonstrations from some | :22:17. | :22:18. | |
of the top names in gastromony. John Henderson has been enjoying | :22:19. | :22:21. | |
a saunter through the food stalls. the dramatic images of the flooding | :22:22. | :22:31. | |
which swept through Boscastle and Crackington Haven in North Cornwall | :22:32. | :27:35. | |
ten years ago this weekend. | :27:36. | :27:39. |