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Good evening. late news at 10pm. | :00:09. | :00:10. | |
Around 500 passengers today took advantage of the first direct | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
train service from Okehampton to London in 50 years. | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
Campaigners want to re-establish the link and organised | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
They say it would provide an alternative to the troubled | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
But, as Eleanor Parkinson reports, today's journey didn't quite | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
This specially named train arrived at her cap turned to an enthusiasts | :00:28. | :00:47. | |
kick welcome, at Okehampton. Everybody who has brought a seat on | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
this specially chartered train says that the service is much needed. | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
When we hear stories that Cornwall has been cut off because of Dawlish, | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
we feel annoyed. As far as we are concerned, we are | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
permanently cut off. Thinking about job opportunities for Exeter, to get | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
this line, the job opportunities mean that we are right on the moors | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
with cyclists and walkers. The first leg did not go well, wet rails | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
caused damage to the train wheels, allowing the train to slide. | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
Passengers had to disembark at Exeter and move to a different train | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
for the rest of the journey. Despite the bumpy start today, campaigners | :01:29. | :01:31. | |
said that they would like to turn the clock back to when there was a | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
regular service on this route. There is a novelty aspect about the | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
day-to-day, but we are trying to make a serious point that actually, | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
the tickets sold out within the week. Passengers arrived in London | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
to be met by the Minister for trains. | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
Eleanor Parkinson, BBC Spotlight, Okehampton. | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
Campaigners angry about the closure of community hospital beds | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
in Devon met today to decide a plan of action. | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
Around 130 people attended the meeting in Colyford after health | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
managers decided to close four in patient beds at Seaton Hospital. | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
Campaigners have successfully lobbied to have the decision | :02:05. | :02:06. | |
This is only one year or so after they closed beds at Axminster | :02:07. | :02:16. | |
hospital, and told people that there would still be beds at Seaton | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Hospital. All of the beds have been taken away from the eastern side of | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
East Devon, and people in a large number of communities will now have | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
to travel for a long time, or a long way, if they need that hospital bed. | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
Now it's a big weekend for our sporting teams. | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
Exeter Chiefs attempt to win rugby's first trophy of the season | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
when they play Leicester Tigers in the Anglo-Welsh Cup final | :02:41. | :02:42. | |
Plymouth Raiders face Leicester Riders in the BBL Trophy Final. | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
The team set off for Glasgow today hoping tomorrow's match | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
will end their ten year wait for silverware. | :02:50. | :02:51. | |
Their opponents start favourites but the Raiders took them | :02:52. | :02:53. | |
to overtime when the two sides met earlier in the season. | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
In today's action, Plymouth Argyle moved a step closer to automatic | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
promotion to League One when they beat Morecambe | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
With just eight games left the Pilgrims are 11 points clear | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
Exeter City and Luton Town drew 1 all in Bedfordshire to remain | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
While Yeovil drew 1-1 with Accrington in League Two. | :03:11. | :03:13. | |
Onto rugby and in the Championship, the Cornish Pirates went down 39-10 | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
to London Irish while Jersey were beaten 17 points | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
A Russian sailor who died in Plymouth 100 years ago | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
was remembered today at a special memorial service. | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
Peter Ogorelkov was 27 when he died in March 1917. | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
His overgrown grave was uncovered in Ford Park Cemetery in the 1960s. | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
Today a representative from the Russian Embassy in London | :03:38. | :03:39. | |
and members of the city's Russian community were among those | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
We are not sure what his family history is, whether he had a wife, | :03:42. | :03:58. | |
or children, or his parents were in Russia. But it is nice to think that | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
we are looking after him so far from home, as many of our service people | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
in France are looked after by the French people and in Belgium. We are | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
doing our bit to make sure that he isn't forgotten here. | :04:11. | :04:10. | |
Onto the weather, here's Dan with the forecast. | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
Thank you. It has been a cloudy and breezy weekend so far. Not a great | :04:17. | :04:23. | |
cloud, mist and fog overnight, cloud, mist and fog overnight, | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
further outbreaks of light rain and drizzle, some rather brisk winds. | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
Temperatures in most areas holding up at nine or 10 degrees. Tomorrow, | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
it starts off much the same. Light outbreaks of rain or drizzle round. | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
Some bright moments are a possibility but cloudy throughout | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
the day. Marred temperatures at 12 or 13 degrees. We hold onto brisk | :04:47. | :04:56. | |
winds. A change as winds ease on Tuesday. | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
Sunnis bowls but also heavy showers. That's all we got one for today, | :04:59. | :04:59. | |
goodbye. | :05:00. | :05:01. |