23/08/2014 Spotlight

A police custody centre in Dxeter was forced to close

for more than 12 hours after a suspected case of Ebola

A woman from West Africa was taken ill at Heavitree Road Policd Station

Public Health Officials say tests carried out

on her proved negative and there was no threat to the public.

Staff here at Heavitree Road Police Station raised

the alarm on Thursday evening after a woman who is being held here

fell ill with the fever, whhch they feared could be the Ebola vhrus

That is because the woman, who had been arrested

by immigration officials, c`me from Guinea in West Africa,

one of the countries worst affected by Ebola.

The woman was moved to a hospital and the 19 cells were

closed for cleaning, with staff being given health checks.

The custody centre didn't rdopen until yesterday afternoon.

A spokesperson for Public Hdalth England confirmed it had bedn sent

a sample for Ebola testing but said the woman's result proved ndgative.

The organisation said there was no threat to public health

and it was important to remdmber that so far there have been no cases

The seventh annual Cornwall Pride festival took to the streets

The event celebrates divershty amongst lesbian, gay and tr`nsgender

Dozens of people joined the parade through the centre of Truro this

morning, leading their way through the city with a rainbow flag.

This year's theme was love and managed to coincide with new

legislation which allows sale`sex couples to get married.

I think it makes a vast difference for those who love one another

and want to be together in ` stable relationship, particularly hf they

I do wish the Church would wake up to

the fact that the world unddrstands the nature of that relationship

and that a lot of people wotld love to have a relationship blessed but

Organisers say the event is important to draw the lesbi`n,

gay and transgender community together for a day of celebration.

Devon and Cornwall Police are running a special operation

to prevent illegal raves this bank holiday weekend.

It's hoped Operation Derig will prevent events like this ond

A dedicated team is patrollhng potential party sites.

Previous events have brought complaints of damage to property

Efforts are continuing this weekend in Penzance to plug a ?160,000

funding gap to restore the town s historic Jubilee bathing pool.

A grant of almost ?2 million was awarded by the government

two weeks ago to help towards the repairs of the Art Deco Lido,

which was damaged extensively during the winter storms.

Campaigners hope they'll be able to raise the rest of the money

Plymouth diver Tom Daley has taken the silver medal

in the Men's 10m platform at the European Championships in Bdrlin.

20`year`old Daley, the defending European champion

finished with a score of 534.45 50 points below Russia's Victor

Obviously, I would have lovdd to have retained my title as the

European champion but I'm actually really pleased with the way I dived.

There are lots of positives in there.

Four of my dives were around a 10 and two were around a 7.

That's the news and sport this Saturday.

Time now for the weather. Hdre's Dan with the forecast.

After a fine end to the day, we have an unseasonably chilly night

Temperatures in rural parts could fall as low as three or four degrees

so in prone spots there is a chance of a touch of frost.

Elsewhere, temperatures down to seven or eight degrdes.

It will be bright further to the east but already cloud turning

That is followed by thicker cloud and eventu`lly some

Some heavy pulses on Bank Holiday Monday.

The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning and some

of your travel plans could be disrupted by surface water.

The next update from the te`m is at 6:50pm tomorrow evening. Good

evening. It has been a familiar story again

today, pleasant in the sunshine but certainly a chill in the air and

tonight will be unusually cold for this time of year. There will be

some sunshine on Sunday before cloud increases in the West to bring some

rain around on Monday. Still showers at the moment, some heavy ones,

maybe thundery across eastern England, Windows will fade away

maybe thundery across eastern England, Windows will fade tonight

will be dry, clear, cold, not a breath of wind. Temperatures in

towns and cities in many areas will be in single figures but if you are

in the country, look at this: Temperatures in the night for a

while could be close to freezing. Chilly start first thing, sunshine

to compensate. For many eastern areas it will stay fine and dry

with some sunshine all day. Heading further west, the crowd will come

in. -- clout. It will bring in rain. Should be driver the Notting Hill

Carnival, white woman the sunshine, it will be cool under the advancing

cloud, cloud eventually coming