20/08/2014 Spotlight

But the turmoil at the senior level is, according to

one local MP, becoming a crhsis and hurting the organisation.

We can reveal today that the university has appointed

barrister Simon Cheetham to investigate allegations

of sexual harassment against William Taylor, the retired judge

But it's not the only investigation underway at the university.

In June, the Vice Chancellor Wendy Purcell was effectively suspended

by the governors while an inquiry is carried out

The university hasn't revealed their nature.

While that inquiry was underway Professor Purcell alleged that Judge

Taylor had sexually harassed female members of staff at the university.

Those are the claims which will now be investigated.

"I categorically deny these allegations

I have personally insisted that together with the universitx,

these are robustly investig`ted by an independent expert.

It would clearly be inappropriate to comment further while that

investigation is in train, dxcept to say that these are deeply htrtful."

Whatever the outcome of the two investigations,

there is concern outside and inside the university that the

Any investigation like this must be damaging. We need to minimise the

damage. We want the univershty to be successful, it is a great

institution, we want this to be wrapped up as quickly as possible.

The university's watchdog, the Higher Education Funding Cotncil,

has already looked into the suspension of Professor Purcell and

They've said there isn't enough evidence

for them to launch an investigation, but they have called for a review

Well, our Business Correspondent Neil Gallacher is with us now.

What are the claims and two is making them? We know that Wdndy

Purcell is making the compl`ints, she is the suspended Chief

Executive, and they concern a number of alleged incidents of

inappropriate behaviour by Judge Taylor towards female members of

staff at the University. Judge Taylor, as chair of governors, is

the head of the body that oversees the university and guided

strategically, and categorically denies these allegations. In the

background is the suspension of the Vice Chancellor, Wendy Purcdll,

isn't it? Yes, it is a bittdr dispute at the top of the

University. Wendy Purcell w`s suspended for reasons that have

never been made clear and l`st week and other senior university figure,

Barbara Bond, she issued a statement she said that she had long`standing

concerns, as she put it, about the way that university was govdrned and

criticised Judge Taylor for what she called his manner when dealhng with

female members of staff and students. What could next? One MP is

adding voices to his concerns because of the damage it is doing to

an important institution and in the last 40 minutes, there has been a

statement from Judge Taylor Brady says he is prepared to stand aside

the time being. He said, I have already stepped away from the

investigation into the condtct of Wendy Purcell, he said he would be

prepared to do the same agahn and transfer of duties and

responsibilities to the deptty, Steve Pearce, pending the ottcome of

this independent investigathon, were that thought to be helpful. He said

he will speak to the board to moral and seek their views.

Businesses in Weymouth have been counting the cost today, after it

was confirmed that the resort is to lose its Condor Ferries service

The company, which generates millions of pounds for the Dorset

economy and supports hundreds of jobs, is moving its oper`tions

to Poole from next spring. Paul Clifton reports from Wdymouth.

Setting sail at lunch time, the ferry macro to Guernsey slipping

away from Weymouth. Soon, the whole company will do the same. Condor

Ferries is replacing two ferries with a new larger one. It whll not

fit on this birth. Forever tell years and shops, that will lean a

significant loss of business, up to ?10 million per year. Passengers

stay the night before sailing or stop for a meal. We are going to

miss it. But we need to movd on and say Weymouth with your long before

Condor Ferries and it will be here long after, so I think we whll come

back after they find out how much it costs to run from pool. Two years

ago, the harbour wall startdd slipping into the sea. The council

and this board spent ?4 million rebuilding a sport which will now

stand empty. The cancers as they will not spend another ?10 lillion

building a larger one. They try to gloss over the economic dam`ge that

will inevitably follow the departure of the ferry. We have had the ferry

service operating from Weymouth substantial amount of time `nd it

plays an important role in the local economy, but equally, as, wd have

been mindful of seeing thesd things within the strategic agenda going

forward. We have that five xears to scratch our heads and think, do we

want the ferry here and if so how do do we raise the money? That will

give people time to think about it. It became a beauty contest between

the town of blue and the tenor Weymouth, one has the shortdr sea

crossing, the other offers the right facilities. Weymouth's lasts is the

game of pool. We have a contract to make sure that Condor Ferrids will

be here for a number of years so it gives certainty to the port and it

helps with employment. Condor Ferries has left a faint glhmmer of

hope for Weymouth in the long`term future. We're signing a medhum`term

agreement, so that provide certainty for the Channel Islands and

certainty for us and certainty for to accommodate us. It is festival

time. The red arrows fly ovdr. Condor Ferries have chosen this with

care, this announcement. Shortly, it could be gone.

We will be in Weymouth for the festival, live, later on.

A 50`year`old man from Germany has been released

on police bail in connection with the discovery of suspected hllegal

15 people were discovered in the back of a truck

The foreign nationals, who told police they were

from Eritrea and Kashmir, included men, women and a 15`year`old boy.

It's madness that too many people in Devon are being kept

in hospital when they don't need to be, according to one

The latest government figurds show that in June, Devon was

the third worst place in thd country for so`called bed`blocking.

Nearly 140 people were readx to be discharged from hospitals

in the Devon County Council area, but couldn't be because thex were

That's only just behind Birlingham and Northamptonshire,

which were the worst. Jenny Kumah reports.

Earlier this year, bed blocking was a big problem in Cornwall.

This meant that people like Florence Uren had their operations c`ncelled,

I had been looking forward to going in to get rid of the pain

But what upset me was that H had the bed and then it was takdn away.

Florence had her operation ` few weeks later and the bed blocking

But now, Devon is one of the worst places

The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital admits they have had high ntmbers

of patients on wards unnecessarily but they say

The hospital Chief Executivd has said more needs to be done to

improve the way that health organis`tions

and social services work together to provide onward care for pathents.

This could be in a nursing home or any colmunity

But she says she recognises this can be challenging because of the high

number of elderly patients, some of whom live in remote, rural `reas.

A recent survey highlights community care worker shortages,

lack of access to physiotherapy and problems with patient transport

as key issues behind delayed hospital discharges in Devon.

The local clinical commissioning group and county council sax they're

working with hospital trusts and the independent care sector providers to

make sure services are available when and where they're needdd.

But some think government cuts are to blame.

They need to ensure that social care, community hospitals stpporting

people in their own homes, have the support that they need to

enable hospitals like the Royal Devon and Exeter to ldt people

The government says it's spdnding more money tackling this problem,

including giving social services across the country an addithonal

Two men have been airlifted to hospital

after a steel structure collapsed at Falmouth Docks in Cornwall.

Emergency services were called to the scene just

A Falmouth said the men suffered "serious injuries"

and the thoughts of everyond at the company were with thdm.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed.

An review into mental health services for young people in England

has been welcomed by a family from Cornwall whose son died

The Health mMinister Norman Lamb has described services as

He's set up a "task force" to find out how they can be improved.

In a moment, we'll be hearing from a member of that task force, but first

18`year`old Ben Cowburn frol Truro took his own life at the

Longreach House Adult Mental Health Unit in Cornwall in 2010.

His parents set up the Invictus Trust to campaign for

a specialist unit for young people with acute mental health issues

Plans for the unit are advanced but are waiting on NHS fundhng

The family welcome the ministerial interest.

Norman Lamb outlines a numbdr of points that we have discovered

through talking to young people and their families.

Priorities that we see as rdally, really important,

so it is completely in line with the Invictus C`mpaign.

I am slightly concerned that a task force means a strategy,

aims, objective, etc, so th`t all adds delay to a process and I am

concerned that there may be some delays in things happening, but we

are very pleased that mental health is being raised up to

a more appropriate level of consciousness, really.

The Health Minister says thd initiative has been influenced by

meeting the families of young people including Steve and Sharon Cowburn.

Here he's visiting a young persons mental health unit in Essex.

I want to crucially involve young people in this whole process to look

at how we can modernise children's mental health services, makd the

best use of the resources available, pooling all of the resources.

It's a commission organised by four different organisathons

We need to make that much more rational.

Two of the patients at the Colchester unit are from Cornwall.

Because there are between tdn and 15 young people being c`red

for outside of Cornwall at `ny one time, Cornwall has to pay for that.

The Cowburns say that costs ?2 million a year.

The new unit would cost no lore and young people would be treated

The Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

which runs mental health services in Cornwall says it welcomes the task

force and that its clinical director will be providing some input.

Meanwhile, it says the 30 beds here at Longreach House

should reopen after building work by the end of the year.

Well one member of the task force is Johnny

Benjamin, he says he receivdd poor mental health care as a teenager

I asked him what one thing needs changing to

I mean, we know, in some ardas, funding has been cut by 94%

There is no parity of esteel between physical health tre`tment

Cuts keep coming to the mental health system and much

Money is one thing, but it `lso depends on how that money is spent.

What kinds of services on the ground are needed

so that young people in particular get the help and support thdy need?

We need to look at services on the ground and things

like more beds and stopping young people being placed in adult wards.

Also, stopping young people having to travel miles for treatment.

Sometimes they have to travdl right across the country, which is really

They need to be around their family and fridnds

There is also a problem with waiting times.

People are waiting for years for access to therapy

The Minister says that the system isn't currently fit for purpose do

you detect that something could come out of this task force? I do hope

that something comes from this task force because something desperately

needs to change. I just hear stories of young people that down bx the

service. It is very rare to hear a good example of mental health care

for young people, and the wrist the problem of when people turn 18, they

get transferred to the adult service, and so many people fall

through the gap in that service Too many people are failed by the

system. Thank you. The end of an era

for a famous livestock markdt. It's carnival time in Weymotth,

thousands are there, includhng Join us for the legendary c`rnival

here in Weymouth, we are here with hundreds of thousands of other

people and the world`famous red arrows.

The North Devon town of Holsworthy is famous for its cattle market

but today the hammer went down on the final sale in the site's

last ever auction, ending a hundred years of bidding and bargaining

A brand new market will soon open just outside the town,

but it's still been a poign`nt day for farmers who?ve been selling

Kirk England has been to medt those seeing the end of an dra.

Very sad, really, because after about 107 years, it's going.

This is the last time we are coming to this market.

People came from far and wide for the last ever auction

Surreal, I think, that is how it feels.

You're standing back and looking at what is going on.

There are a lot of people hdre, farmers coming in with stock,

they want to be part of history and have animals here at thd last

Livestock was eventually sold on the town square, before being moved to

It has been sold now to pay for this, a ?6 million markdt

An investment that many argte was vital for the local economy

There was probably one third of all people involved in some shape

If we took that out of the dquation, that would be an enormous g`p

in what is happening in terls of productivity in the area

in what is happening socially in the area as well as economically.

The old market site has been bought by a housing developer and Tesco

We have to compete against a supermarket.

We are individual traders whth their individual niche at what we

No`one from Tesco was avail`ble for comment, but the local business

groups say that the planned store could attract more people into town.

This is the last piece to be sold through

Back at the market, the last hammer falls, and people

are hoping the next 100 years will be as good as the last 100.

It's been the end of an era too for the Royal Navy frigate HMS Plymouth.

She's set sail to be scrappdd in a foreign port.

She was one of the last surviving warships from the Falklands War

It's believed she's heading for a port in Turkey.

One of the main thing is th`t she is the surrender of South Georgia. She

was involved in major action in the Falklands War and was severdly

damaged during the action and claimed a number of hits on

Argentinian aircraft also. Onto some sports news and

in last night's football, Yeovil Town at last got off the mark

in League One with a good away win. Plymouth Argyle staved

off defeat with a late penalty, while Exeter City still wait for

their first win of the new season. Yeovil Town relied on two mdmbers

of their promotion`winning team at Wembley last year to delhver

the goods at Walsall. James Hayter was

in the right place at the rhght time to finish off an accurate cross from

Kevin Dawson to put them on the path The Midlanders wiped that ott to

set up what could have been a few But Gary Johnson's boys movdd

forward with purpose and Dawson swooped to score the winner

in an encouraging 2`1 result. At Home Park,

Plymouth Argyle were on the verge of going down to Stevenage who took

an early second half lead. They held that

until the eighth minute of `dded time, when a handball offence led to

a penalty which Dean Smallex duly despatched to earn a 1`1 dr`w

in front of a relieved 6,000 crowd. Exeter City are left

frustrated once again. Still without a victory

in league and cup, they went down to a lone goal at Burton Albion

who've won three on the trot. Former Weymouth striker

Stuart Beavon did the damagd just before the interval to leavd City

with only one point from Plymouth diver Tom Daley has

finished a disappointing fotrth in the men's 10 metre synchronised

event at the European Diving The 20`year`old, along with

his new diving partner James Denney, was in the silver medal poshtion

going into the final round. But they failed to maintain their

form and missed out on a medal. It is one of the big events in the

Dorset calendar and bumper crowds have turned out for the Weylouth

Carnival. We can cross to the town very much in a party mood.

Good evening, Weymouth has been teeming with visitors and it still

is this evening, soaking up the beautiful sunshine and the carnival

atmosphere. The grand procession got underway about half an hour ago and

you can see everybody behind me Luckily the military band isn't

quite here yet. Probably thd favourite with the crowd was the red

arrows. Nine aircraft in total, all of the pilots from the front line

squadron, today, they are ldd by Jim Turner, the Squadron Leader. The red

arrows have flown more than 450 displays in 55 countries since their

first performance back in 1865. Letters take a look now at the

events leading up to today's grand procession.

It is 5pm and the tension is building. Usually, reserved folk

turn into animals. In contr`st, on the beach, there is some calm

anticipation. A big party tonight. I am

We've got factory boys and butchers' apprentices and office clerks

Don't stop moving! If you go back you'll die!