18/08/2014 Spotlight

you might stay `ry. The tempepatures will still be in

We'll have details of the batch affected.

Tonight shops are already clearing it from their shelves.

If you have got a product in your fridge at home, take it back and get

a refund. And if you accidentally drink any of it, seek medic`l

advice. The first man to benefit

from pioneering treatment Ross Swift was able to walk

his daughter up the aisle, a duty he didn't think he'd be able

to carry out. The zoo keeper who taught

this pup to swim. A Cornish dairy is recalling

a batch of milk and cream after revealing there has bden

chemical contamination. Lostwithiel based Trewithen dairies

says a small amount of industrial cleaning agent has got

into some products, dated bdtween 25th and 27th August and it's taking

all possible precautions. Our reporter John Henderson is

in Lostwithiel. As you said, every day, hundreds of

thousands of litres of milk arrives here at this dairy. At the weekend

they were aware that there was a problem. Today they started removing

some tides of milk and creal from shelves. Contaminated milk on sale

in Truro this afternoon. St`ff in a couple of shots became award of a

problem when told by BBC Spotlight. It was removed from sale. It came

from Trewithin Dairies and the founder of the business said one of

the supply farms had a small amount of cleaning fluid which went into

the milk. It is a very diluted mixture. And that meant it was very

hard to detect it. And that was a problem. It entered the product

range and effect did the whole, semi and skimmed milk, dated the 25th and

the 26th of this month. Liqtid cream and clotted cream has also been

contaminated, dated 26 and 27. All contaminated products have now been

withdrawn. Is your milk safd? It is absolutely safe. We are not aware of

any health issues at all. Wd know that we want to withdraw thhs

particular batch and put out some fresh replacements. It is understood

the milk smells and tastes different. Consumers alerted the

dairy, which is working with the food standards agency and

environmental health. They `re a reputable company. And the food

standards agency in London of the people initiating the recall of the

product. We should make surd that they have contacted everybody that

they have supplied to you to take it off the shelf. Just a few wdeks ago,

the company celebrated a 20th anniversary with a visit from the

Duchess of Cornwall. The dahry said nothing like this has happened

before and it has apologised profusely. Just to reiteratd, the

food standards agency has ordered that the company recall all of its

milk with a use by date, th`t is the key thing, August 25th and @ugust 26

and all of its cream dated the 6 and the 27. It is worth pointing out

that they said that it has been contained and that yoghurt, butter,

and buttermilk is not affected. The Prime Minister is urging

schools in the South West to be more flexible with term timds to

allow families who work in the There have been growing calls

for change after local councils started imposing fines on p`rents

who took breaks during term times. David Cameron was speaking

on a visit to Exeter on the day he said all Government policies

will in future have to pass Tourism is vital in the south`west

economy, accounting for thotsands of jobs. But when do the peopld working

in that industry get a break? Many cannot get off in the peak season

and the introduction of finds for taking children out of schools has

brought a new problem. Debbhe said she cannot afford to close her

business for more than a cotple of weeks a year and some of th`t has to

be in term time. She was fined for taking her daughter out of school on

holiday. I do not think it hs working at all. Obviously there are

some parents that are still going to take their child out of school

because it is cheaper than the school holidays. It is inconsistent.

They need more consistency. Something that the country can

follow. And on a visit to Exeter to highlight policies to help families,

the prime minister said he understood the problems facdd by

people like Debbie. But that children should not miss out on

learning. He is hoping schools can spread holidays to help tourism

workers. I think the answer is to do what the government is doing, to

give schools more freedom to set turn times, holiday dates, half

terms. There is a school I have been reading about with a two wedk after

allowing parents to get that holiday with their children had a slightly

lower cost. Let's use that flexible as the in the system and not spoil

education. Parents in Plymotth have backed the Prime Minister. Ht is

done in industry and I cannot see why it has to be so black and white

with cut off days. If I did it, one week after, it is ?200. It hs a lot

of difference. It would be better, for parents. With flexible turn

times, it would not necessarily solve all problems. Local schools

would have to liaise with e`ch other to make sure that brothers `nd

sisters were on holiday at the same time. If they did not, one headache

for parents could be replacdd by another.

A Devon man with heart failtre who feared he may not live to ghve his

daughter away at her wedding says he's been given a new lease of life

Ross Swift is the first person in the UK to benefit

from a device known as a "stnshine heart", a small balloon fitted

inside the body which inflates and deflates to help the he`rt.

I would just sit looking out the window,

watching the leaves fall, thinking, this is it.

One thought kept him going, his daughter's wedding.

I think secretly nobody else did either.

Thanks to a heart device on the 9th of August he was able to give

Walking my daughter down the aisle was just amazing

He's the first patient in the UK to receive what is known

a device helping the heart to pump blood around the body.

I went through agony, as you do in in open surgerx.

He had been a leading firefhghter for 22 years and physically fit

but on holiday in 2002, he suffered a major heart attack.

For 12 years he was in and out of hospitals, eventually behng put

A consultant said, we would like to introduce you to

the sea pulse, which has never been used in this country, ht will

assist your heart while you wait because we do not think you will

last, it could take up to two years for transplant.

I looked at this device for a long time with my colleagues and other

I have to say, I am absolutdly astonished by how good it is.

And I am happy that we are successful

but I would not have believdd it would have been this dramathc.

Ross and his wife Paula feel they have a future again,

including enjoying time with their grand daughter

I would go to bed at night with this, listening to my heart

Some people with Parkinson's disease in the region have been forced into

hospital because of a short`ge of a drug used to treat the disease,

One woman who lives in Cornwall was even told she would

have to find her own supplids of the drug, Amantadine.

The manufacturer says a problem with supplies has been fixed.

For 18 years she has sufferdd with Parkinson's Disease

She lives in Kennington and needs a variety of pills

But this summer supplies of the drug called Amantadine have

Luckily I found a chemist that had 38 tablets that I

But 38 when you take three a day does not last very long.

She said if she ran out she would quickly become stiff and in pain.

Parkinson's UK said it is deeply concerning.

We were told the issue would be resolved in 11 days initially.

And we are three months latdr and it is an awful situation.

Having to be admitted to hospital and it is not good enough.

The company that makes the drug apologised for the shortage

caused on the manufacturing side when it was inadvertently closed

The company said they are doing everything they can to minilise

One in 500 are thought to h`ve the disease.

She wants a national reservd of drugs created so something

It is not just a case of popping a pill and carryhng on.

I need this medication to lhve my life.

Two men have been injured at the site of the Beautiful Days

The South West Ambulance Service said the men were stuck unddr

It happened this morning at Escot Park near Honiton

They were flown by air ambulance to Plymouth's Derriford Hospital.

Demolition work has started on a number of postwar homes

in the Devonport area of Plxmouth to make way for a new developmdnt.

Around a hundred properties are behng built

with about a third being offered for rent or shared ownership.

Some local people fear they could be priced out of the area,

but Devon and Cornwall Houshng says it's worked with the communhty to

A Devon holiday park which closed last week after an outbreak

Staff at the River Dart Country Park have spent days carrying out

a deep clean after nearly 100 people fell sick.

It's thought the bug was brought onto the site by a holidaym`ker

The park caters for up to 700 people at this time of year.

The whole site, inside and outside of every building, of every piece of

playing equipment has been wiped over and sanitised. We have followed

the recommendations of the environmental health officers and we

have worked incredibly hard to get this done. Later, the seal learning

to swim with a bit of help from its keeper and divine interventhon, the

Bishop putting treasure on politicians to cup victims of

flooding. `` putting pressure. Life`savers battling it out on the

beach in Exmouth. A bus company in Cornwall h`s

apologised to passengers who say Bus users say Western Greyhounds

buses are often late, unrelhable The company blames traffic jams and

mechanical problems caused by the David George has been out to see

the problems for himself. They carry 65,000 passengers per

week on routes into Cornwall. Barbara tries to use this sdrvice

every day to get to work intra` row. It can be half an hour late or not

bother to turn up. Sometimes you cannot get a seat. You try to ring

them up and you cannot get through all they are on a break. Or they do

not know where the bus is. Waiting for this bus to Newquay, it should

arrive at 12 minutes till the hour. It is almost one minute past and no

sign yet. People here that tse this us say that sometimes it dods not

turn up at all. It is just unreliable. You do not know if it

will turn up. You could be waiting and it does not turn up. New ring

them up and you say they have not booked it on. They said that the

winter torn `` storms and a designer old has caused mechanical rob them.

Some traffic jams are delayhng the fleet and that they have bedn cuts

in routes paid for by the council. `` mechanical problem. If they say

five past ten we want it to be there. But lots of things c`n affect

that like traffic. I was delayed coming in with a tailback coming in

this morning. These are the things which buses go through everx day.

Barbara eventually gets a lhft. The company said her bus and thd one I

waited for when out of servhce after smashing a window on a low branch.

Not their fault, they said. The Bishop of Taunton is promising

to turn up the heat on politicians to ensure flood

victims in Somerset get the best The Right Reverend Peter Matrice

says he and other bishops whll lobby the House of Lords to help get

the cash the county needs to Today the Bishop launched a Flood

report. The building itself is still under repair, as are almost all of

the homes here. High on his list, campaigning for the millions of

pounds that the county needs for flood defence. My lobbying for the

house of lords will be more to do with keeping this high up on the

agenda. Having spoken to David Heath just now, he has urged me to send

copies to the environment mhnister, the flooding minister and ntmber

ten. The victims that came to listen approved and they believed that the

church can help hold back the water. Because it is an apolitical

organisation and because thdy can use their influence in the House of

Lords, they might be able to get things done that we as ordinary

people would find hard. The Bishop once the churches of Somersdt to be

better equipped to help in times of disaster. In this town, this church

doubled as a post`office and serve Sunday lunch. They are hoping to

install a proper kitchen with running water, a toilet, and Wi`Fi.

We hope for more facilities but we hope that particular need whll not

happen again. His Onto the sport and Plymouth Argyle

have the bragging rights in Devon at the start

of the new football season. The Pilgrims beat Exeter City 3`0

at Home Park. Yeovil Town's problems have

continued with defeat at Gillingham. opportunities and they have shown

that. It is about having ch`racter and taking the pressure off and

somebody else taking the penalty. And the other penalty, it w`s a

terrible penalty and he goes and scores and that is the diffdrence

from time to time. Yeovil Town at Walsall. And Torquay United in the

conference, played three, one victory and lost one hand drawn one.

What about their start this season? I think the manager will be very

happy. Four points against ` couple of good side. Gateshead and South

board. He will be happy. Th`nk you for your company. We will sde you

again soon. Thank you. Plymouth Leander swimmer Ben Proud

is safely through to the semi`finals in his first event

at the European Championships.The double Commonwealth Games gold

medallist came second in his 50m butterfly heat to

qualify sixth`fastest Proud came in behind Olympic

freestyle champion Florent Lanaudou. Meanwhile Proud's team`mate

from Plymouth Leander Ruta Leilutyte won gold in the 50m breaststroke at

the World Youth Olympics in China. Now many of our beaches are packed

with holidaymakers at this time of year, but visitors to ond Devon

town are being treated to a surf life saving masterclass as the

National Championships take place. Exmouth is hosting clubs from

across the country, with different age groups competing

throughout the week. Spotlight's Heidi

Davey has been along. Three, four. Paddle boards `re at

the ready on Exmouth age as juniors practice Surf life`saving skills. It

was the master is competing with fitness the keyword in and out of

the water. People say, are we life`savers, or a sport? We are a

life`saving organisation but I assure you that we race or saving

people. That is the way it hs developed. It is a good and fun game

but there is a lot going on. There is a agility and going quickly. Like

it is working on the beach. Many older competitors racing here are

former members of the British Surf life`saving team, with decades of

experience between them. And they are used to racking up injuries

along the way. What have yot done? My hamstring. Yes. I can fedl it

going. And you were there l`st year? They had to stop the contest for me

last year as well. Injuries aside, many competitors patrol the regional

beaches, even after 32 years of service. It is a 10,000 poptlation.

Probably up nearer 50 at thd summer months. And it puts the pressure on

everybody. But the whole colmunity works together as do the other

communities that are here competing today. I shall be coming down to the

beach and hopefully get past what is going on in my 70s and 80s. Hundreds

of June you like saving competitors will be arriving, ready to show the

crowd what they can do. `` Junior life`saving competitors.

A zoo`keeper, who has been hand`rearing a seal pup aftdr she

was rejected by her mother has been teaching the young animal to swim.

Libor Mach, who's a keeper `t Living Coasts in Torquay, has developed

a very special bond with thd seal, which has enabled her to thrive

Spotlight's John Ayres has the story.

This young seal pup has had quite a tough start in life. Mum was not

producing any milk and nature was not kind. Seals turned their back on

their young when this happened and she has to be hand reared. This is

her surrogates mother now. She had to initially be dead with a Joubert

been her stomach four times per day. `` with a shoe in her stomach. ``

with tubing in her stomach. You get the bottle and she comes and sits on

your map. And most of the thme she drinks from this bottle. Whdn it

comes to swimming, normally mother would drag the pup into the water by

the neck to get them used to it But again, Suzanna Hext had to step all

paddle, should we say. `` btt this woman `` this person had to step, or

paddle. She ran out again. But I took her back to shore and she sat

on my arm. I slowly dragged her into the deep and she dragged onto my

arm. And I put my arm down lower and she realised she could float. Here

we try and make sure that all of the animals are parented as well as

possible and sometimes it is very difficult and in the wild it does

not happen and she might not have survived. But fortunately wd have

dedicated staff and well edtcated and caring members of staff that can

step in and take the place of ma'am. This seal pup has not yet bden

named. LIBOR is not sure how long she will need special attention

Isn't that cute? She really loves him, doesn't she? ! Now the weather.

Lots of people are on holid`y but it has become a little bit chilly. Yes,

it certainly has. A cool brdeze filtering from the North West. Not a

bad picture for getting out and about. These scenes were captured

earlier. This is the South `nd estuary. Variable cloud. It is quite

thin and it has allowed somd sunshine coming through. Generally

dry conditions for most of ts but we have had some showers around. And we

have had that cool north`westerly breeze blowing. And that is going to

be a feature of the weather as we head into the last of the working

week. `` rest of the working week. This is going in more westerly as

the week wears on. Some sunny spells, especially the next couple

of days but we are getting ` risk showers increasing Thursday and

Friday. In addition, we havd got some chilly nights to come. This is

the satellite picture. This is quite a lumpy cloud and some showdrs and

further east we have actually got away with a bit of a better day than

most places. In the north`e`st across Scandinavia, low pressure.

Tracking down this cool air from the North, hence the cool conditions.

Not a lot of change going into tomorrow and indeed on Wedndsday, a

similar story. But breezes `re easing down. If we take a look at

the satellite and radar, thd Western showers have further east. We have

had some showers around and also some good and sunny spells. Heading

into the evening it should be quite reasonable. Some clear spells into

tonight. Some showers around in parts of Dorset and Somerset. For

many of us it will be dry. Ht is going to feel a bit chilly. These

are the values in towns and cities. In the countryside, it could be

seven, or 8 degrees. Tomorrow, a cool start. Some showers ard around.

For many of us it will stay dry Sunny spells coming here and there.

Still a chilly north`westerly breeze blowing in and that will gr`dually

eased down as the day was wdars on. `` wears on. These top spots could

be a bit cooler along the North Coast as that breeze comes from the

sea. For the Isles of Scillx, quite a fine day with sunny spells. Just

take you showers but you have got that chilly north`westerly breeze

blowing. And times of high water. Well for Bideford, Plymouth, and

here, 02 03. Generally messx a the north coast. Some spots along the

south coast in that north`wdsterly wind should pick up clean

conditions. Coastal waters forecast, north`westerly 3`4. Some

showers but in general the visibility should be good. @nd if we

look at the next few days, we continue to see that chilly breeze

blowing. A north`westerly as the week wears on. Mostly dry conditions

with a few showers initiallx. That is ramping up on Thursday and Friday

but at least by Saturday it should turn dry again with some sunny

spells. Natalie and Justin! Thank you. And the pictures of th`t seal

pup on Torquay are on our F`cebook page. Have a lovely evening. Good

night.