:00:09. > :00:17.Imprisoned for 10 years for a series of sex attacks on young
:00:17. > :00:22.girls in Torquay. Good evening and welcome to
:00:22. > :00:24.Spotlight. More on Jake Ormerod's sentence and the effect his crimes
:00:24. > :00:27.had on his victims and their families in just a moment.
:00:27. > :00:30.Also tonight... Anger from second home owners.
:00:30. > :00:33.Outrage after Cornwall Council says it wants to charge them full
:00:33. > :00:43.council tax. And a hi-tech approach to weed out
:00:43. > :00:46.The dreadful impact of a paedophile's crimes was made very
:00:46. > :00:50.public today as a Torquay man who groomed and sexually abused a
:00:50. > :00:53.series of girls was sentenced for his crimes. Jake Ormerod, who is 20,
:00:53. > :00:57.was jailed for ten years. He admitted 13 charges of sexual
:00:57. > :01:00.abuse against eight girls as young as 12 in Torbay. His case is part
:01:00. > :01:05.of a widespread investigation into child sex abuse in Torbay, which
:01:05. > :01:08.police today revealed they now believe involved 140 children. Our
:01:08. > :01:18.Home Affairs Correspondent, Simon Hall, was at today's sentencing at
:01:18. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:28.The effect of Jake Ormerod's cranes was starkly outlined by the
:01:28. > :01:33.prosecution. But they topped of lives shattered, people suffering
:01:34. > :01:39.so much they will probably never get over it. They talked of. We
:01:39. > :01:42.have been speaking to one mother about what happened to her daughter
:01:42. > :01:52.and have disguised her identity to protect their goal.
:01:52. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:55.She was only 14 years old, and I have spoken to her about it since,
:01:55. > :02:02.about what scuppered telling me, and it was mainly that it was a
:02:02. > :02:06.shame. She felt responsible for it. The court heard distressing details
:02:06. > :02:11.of the impact of Jake Ormerod's crimes on his victims. One
:02:11. > :02:16.attempted suicide, another spoke of family breakdown. Another spoke of
:02:16. > :02:26.depression and being unable to go out for weeks. One girl wrote of
:02:26. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:45.Manipulative, predatory paedophile, someone that preys on children that
:02:45. > :02:49.go missing in the very vulnerable stages of their lives, often plies
:02:49. > :02:53.them with alcohol and has sex with them when they are clearly drunk.
:02:53. > :02:57.He has gone through the years perpetuating that sexual
:02:57. > :03:02.exploitation of young, vulnerable girls, whether they are vulnerable
:03:02. > :03:07.or just because they happen to be young teenagers. All teenage girls
:03:07. > :03:11.go through phases and stages of being unsure of themselves.
:03:11. > :03:19.Insecure, am I unattractive? Others have issues in their life, there
:03:19. > :03:23.may be bereavement. Of these things make these children's soap
:03:23. > :03:27.vulnerable and he has cherry-picked them and work firm and sexually
:03:27. > :03:32.exploited them. What do I think about Jake Ormerod? I think he is
:03:32. > :03:37.scum. Some of his victims faced him in
:03:37. > :03:42.court today. Several cried their way through the hearing.
:03:42. > :03:46.Jake Ormerod showed no reaction as he was sentenced to ten years in a
:03:47. > :03:51.Young Offenders' Institution. The police tell us this case is part of
:03:51. > :03:57.a wide-ranging investigation into a paedophile gang operating in Torbay.
:03:57. > :04:05.They now believe they are dealing with 140 victims. They expect more
:04:05. > :04:08.arrests, charges and more cases Owners of second homes in Cornwall
:04:08. > :04:11.say they are angry about plans to charge them full council tax. The
:04:11. > :04:13.council is calling on the Government to bring in new
:04:13. > :04:16.legislation to allow it to scrap the current discount.
:04:16. > :04:19.It says everyone who has a home in Cornwall should contribute the same
:04:19. > :04:28.as full time residents. Eleanor Parkinson has been speaking to some
:04:29. > :04:34.second home owners about the effect Philip Bond has warned his wooden
:04:34. > :04:39.chalet in Cornwall for 12 years. He uses it in the summer but says it
:04:39. > :04:44.is not habitable all year round. He says he should not be forced to pay
:04:44. > :04:49.full council tax. It is impossible to live here all year. We have no
:04:49. > :04:52.means service come apart from water, no electricity, no heating. Even
:04:52. > :04:58.the water has to be turned off in the winter otherwise the pipes
:04:58. > :05:03.freeze, it is impossible to live. Another holiday -- holiday hotspot,
:05:03. > :05:11.this time on the north Cornwall coast, added Jane inherited a house
:05:11. > :05:15.from her parents. It is used by the extended family during the summer.
:05:15. > :05:20.She says the business puts money back into the economy and they
:05:20. > :05:23.should not be penalised. I understand people resent second
:05:24. > :05:27.homeowners, but if it was not for the second homeowners in this area,
:05:27. > :05:32.for example, there would be little employment.
:05:32. > :05:36.But the council is adamant. It says asking these residents to pay the
:05:36. > :05:40.same as everyone else is not a lot to ask.
:05:40. > :05:44.No one is vilifying second homeowners, we're just asking them
:05:44. > :05:47.to invest in the community they are living so we can keep it
:05:47. > :05:52.sustainable. This is one of the most deprived counties in the
:05:52. > :05:57.country. Cornwall may not be the only county
:05:57. > :06:02.are looking at this. Northampton Council have also commissioned a
:06:02. > :06:08.report into the impact. Seoul, for some, enjoying their favoured few
:06:08. > :06:11.may cost a little more than the future. -- their favourite of the
:06:11. > :06:15.you. Our political editor will be
:06:15. > :06:19.discussing this issue more on the Politics Show on Sunday.
:06:19. > :06:26.We have talked to a range of people with a wide spectrum of views. One
:06:26. > :06:35.of those was the shadow housing minister, Alison Seabeck, buttock
:06:35. > :06:45.to her about the Labour decision to slash housing benefit in 2004. --
:06:45. > :06:50.slash the second, as discount in 2004. Up until then, homeowners had
:06:50. > :06:56.the opportunity to have a 50 % discount, and then they gave local
:06:56. > :07:01.authorities the ability to lower that to 10 %. She said keeping the
:07:01. > :07:07.10% was important so that councils could identify which homes are
:07:07. > :07:13.second homes and how many there are. Her can say that -- Conservative
:07:13. > :07:17.neighbour in Plymouth said that local authorities should be given
:07:17. > :07:22.complete freedom to have a discount or no discount at all.
:07:22. > :07:26.Some think that second homeowners should pay more than the rest of us.
:07:26. > :07:34.This is an idea that some Lib Dems have talked about. We spoke to a
:07:34. > :07:37.Lib Dem councillor who thinks second home owners should pay 200 %
:07:37. > :07:41.council tax. People think that reflects the impact the second
:07:41. > :07:50.homes make on the affordable housing crisis.
:07:50. > :07:52.I am the Politics Show on Sunday at Shelterbox has said it stands ready
:07:52. > :07:55.to respond to the deepening humanitarian crisis in East Africa.
:07:55. > :07:58.It is now assessing the situation to see what practical help it can
:07:58. > :08:01.give. The charity, based in Cornwall, says this year has been
:08:01. > :08:04.the driest in the Eastern Horn of Africa since 1995. Shelterbox says
:08:04. > :08:12.that as the crisis deepens it is important that aid agencies work
:08:12. > :08:15.together to provide emergency help to the people most in need.
:08:15. > :08:21.We are in contact with all our people in that part of the world,
:08:21. > :08:28.so we are talking to the Kenyan Red Cross and people in Ethiopia and
:08:28. > :08:31.Somalia. We have offered assistance, if they require emergencies shelter
:08:31. > :08:34.we will stand by and ready to respond.
:08:34. > :08:37.The South Western Ambulance service has apologised after a patient was
:08:37. > :08:40.transferred to the A&E department in a mail van. The incident
:08:40. > :08:42.happened at the Royal Cornwall Hospital this morning. The
:08:42. > :08:46.ambulance service say a rescue helicopter arrived earlier than
:08:46. > :08:49.expected and the ambulance which was tasked to meet it had to been
:08:49. > :08:52.sent to another emergency call. In the meantime, the helicopter pilot
:08:52. > :08:55.commandeered a delivery van to take the patient the short distance from
:08:55. > :09:01.the helipad to casualty. The ambulance service says it is sorry
:09:01. > :09:05.Bus drivers in Plymouth who work for First Devon and Cornwall have
:09:05. > :09:09.voted to strike over the withdrawal of the staff bus in the city. The
:09:09. > :09:13.RMT union says many of its members rely on the bus to get to work and
:09:13. > :09:15.the company has refused point-blank to talk about it. In a statement,
:09:15. > :09:25.First said it was deeply disappointed by the vote for
:09:25. > :09:26.
:09:26. > :09:28.industrial action and it believes What would you do if the plants in
:09:28. > :09:31.your garden started to go missing? In East Devon, green-fingered
:09:31. > :09:33.thieves have been stealing so many shrubs and flowers from the
:09:33. > :09:37.district council's gardens and floral displays that the authority
:09:37. > :09:47.is taking action. It is actually microchipping the plants to deter
:09:47. > :09:49.
:09:49. > :09:53.I have come to Connaught Gardens to dig the dirt on plant thieves. They
:09:53. > :09:59.are not only ruining the beautiful displays but costing the council
:09:59. > :10:02.time and money. East Devon District Council has come up with this
:10:02. > :10:07.solution - a microchip which they are using to help identify stolen
:10:07. > :10:11.plants. We provide the parks and gardens as
:10:11. > :10:16.amenity. People travel here from all over the country and the world
:10:16. > :10:21.to look at our beautiful parks and gardens, and when they find the
:10:21. > :10:24.vault -- this almost vandalism or theft going on, it is not very nice,
:10:24. > :10:30.and it is disheartening to the parks and gardens staff who look
:10:30. > :10:35.after all these beautiful plants. The chips are similar to the ones
:10:35. > :10:42.used in Peps and are embedded in the plant's roots, so even if they
:10:42. > :10:48.are dug up they can be identified. We have a special scanner, and we
:10:48. > :10:51.can quickly scanned the plant like this and it comes up with an
:10:51. > :10:57.identifying 14 digit number of unique to this particular basket,
:10:57. > :11:01.and we can identify where the plant was stolen from, the exact location.
:11:01. > :11:06.Flower beds have been plundered throughout the district.
:11:06. > :11:11.It is disgusting. Why do you think it is disgusting?
:11:11. > :11:15.Anything like that is bad, isn't it? It is stealing, and the thing
:11:15. > :11:21.is, they are stealing from themselves, because the council
:11:21. > :11:25.presumably paid to plant them, and we pay their council, so it is a
:11:25. > :11:29.little silly, isn't it? The trip lasts even if the plant
:11:29. > :11:38.dies, so if these are caught there is no way they can bury the
:11:38. > :11:42.Earlier this week we reported on a survey about the number of empty
:11:42. > :11:45.shops in the region and we asked what your town centre was like.
:11:45. > :11:48.Some viewers got in touch to say there were lots of empty shops in
:11:48. > :11:52.Liskeard in Cornwall. Traders there have hit back.
:11:52. > :11:57.Rik from the chamber Of Commerce says we have 95 shops in the town
:11:57. > :12:00.centre. Of these, a total of just seven shops are empty. Lin in
:12:00. > :12:03.Liskeard says, over the past two years I have visited several small
:12:03. > :12:08.towns and believe you me, ours is by far much more healthy than some
:12:08. > :12:16.I have visited. We are keen to hear what your town centre is like and
:12:16. > :12:20.we plan to visit some of them over Later in the programme...
:12:20. > :12:22.The moment a swimmer from Cornwall broke his second world record in a
:12:22. > :12:24.week. Plus Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie helps launch a
:12:24. > :12:34.prestigious competition. And the monster from the deep which
:12:34. > :12:38.has attracted the attention of Sir If you have never known anything
:12:38. > :12:41.about fossils it is thrilling, and if you know just something come it
:12:41. > :12:51.is hugely thrilling, because you realise this is the biggest skull
:12:51. > :12:54.
:12:54. > :12:58.There are major delays on the A38 this evening following an accident
:12:58. > :13:03.on both sides of the carriageway. One line has now reopened on each
:13:03. > :13:07.of the carriageways, but delays are continuing.
:13:07. > :13:17.BBC local radio will keep you up- to-date with that throat the
:13:17. > :13:19.
:13:19. > :13:22.evening. A Devon salt marsh has been
:13:22. > :13:24.returned to the way it was in the 18th century following a three
:13:24. > :13:27.hundred thousand pound restoration project. The Environment Agency has
:13:27. > :13:30.designed a special gate for the South Efford marsh to allow the
:13:30. > :13:31.tide to cover the lowest-lying areas. Spotlight's Heidi Davey
:13:31. > :13:34.reports. The rain held off just long enough
:13:34. > :13:37.for everyone to make their way down the path to one of Devon's newest
:13:37. > :13:41.the nature reserves. The Environment Agency acquired the
:13:41. > :13:47.site at South Efford, and over the past few months has fitted a new
:13:47. > :13:51.tidal gate. He is a sight we have had our eyes on for a long time,
:13:51. > :13:55.and today is the end of that, although in some ways it is just
:13:55. > :14:03.the beginning. We have allowed the tide it to
:14:03. > :14:07.return to a site that has had the tide excluded from it. Since around
:14:07. > :14:11.1770. They date is designed to steadily
:14:11. > :14:16.control the amount of water allowed into the marsh land, and will
:14:16. > :14:19.automatically close to avoid the threat of flooding to neighbouring
:14:19. > :14:23.land and properties. The marsh land has already started
:14:23. > :14:26.to flood a nicely, but the responsibility of looking after
:14:26. > :14:34.this land will now fall to the Devon Wildlife Trust, who have
:14:34. > :14:39.taken it over on a 21 year at least. We have not managed salt marsh
:14:39. > :14:45.anywhere, and not a project like this, where it has gone from
:14:45. > :14:50.grazing marsh to salt marsh. It is a long-term partnership, and the
:14:50. > :14:53.local school and residents are keen to see how the site progresses.
:14:53. > :14:56.Members of the local community are impressed with what is on their
:14:56. > :15:00.doorstep. The value of this to the parish
:15:00. > :15:06.will be really significant and I hope it will mature beautifully in
:15:06. > :15:13.the next 15 or 20 years. And I found it quite interesting.
:15:13. > :15:17.It is really fascinating, because I really didn't know anything about
:15:17. > :15:22.this before. As the site develops and matures
:15:22. > :15:28.over the coming months and years, the Devon Wildlife Trust hopes to
:15:28. > :15:31.successfully managed and area that will be renowned for its salt marsh
:15:31. > :15:35.and nature. It is 25 years since the Lynx set
:15:35. > :15:38.the helicopter speed record of 400 kmph over the Somerset Levels.
:15:38. > :15:40.After a four year restoration at the Agusta Westland factory in
:15:40. > :15:44.Yeovil, the aircraft is again running in its record breaking
:15:44. > :15:46.configuration. Apprentices have been carrying out the work on the
:15:46. > :15:56.helicopter which, a quarter of a century on, remains the official
:15:56. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:01.holder of the speed title. We knew it would probably stand for
:16:01. > :16:06.a while because it was quite a step up. We beat the last triggered by
:16:06. > :16:16.something like 33 kilometres per hour. Normally world speed record
:16:16. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:32.score up by one or 2%. We knew it So a sports news now come and a few
:16:32. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:35.champions coming up. We are all champions, are that we?
:16:35. > :16:39.Staff at Plymouth Argyle have described the first half of 2011 as
:16:39. > :16:44."six months of hell". It comes on the day the Pilgrims have announced
:16:44. > :16:47.season ticket prices for the new season. Office workers will be
:16:47. > :16:52.remunerated in full, although the payments will come over a period of
:16:52. > :16:57.Triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie has today been back in the
:16:57. > :17:00.county where he learned to sail. The 34-year-old was at the Royal
:17:00. > :17:07.Cornwall Yacht Club launching the Finn Gold Cup, which Falmouth has
:17:08. > :17:13.won the rights to stage next May. Ben Ainslie, back where it all
:17:13. > :17:17.started. He was brought up in west Cornwall, honed his skills at a
:17:17. > :17:23.local sailing club, and his parents still live in the county. One of
:17:23. > :17:27.the most famous sailors in Olympic history has officially started the
:17:27. > :17:34.campaign for the 2012 Gold Cup, or with Falmouth's Royal Cornwall
:17:34. > :17:38.Yacht Club chosen to hold the event. I have to give Phil Slater and a
:17:39. > :17:42.few of my old mates are called to try and work out what is going on
:17:42. > :17:51.out in the bay and which side of the course is going to pay, but it
:17:51. > :17:57.will be great to spend some quality time down here at near my parents.
:17:57. > :18:00.He won gold members -- gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, after
:18:00. > :18:04.stepping up from winning gold at Sydney.
:18:04. > :18:09.The Gold Cup is perfect timing for the forthcoming Olympics in this
:18:10. > :18:19.country, and it will see Ben go for gold No. No. Four.
:18:20. > :18:20.
:18:20. > :18:24.It is perfect. For me it will be incredible to race in such a
:18:24. > :18:29.prestigious event near where I grew up, and it will be good preparation
:18:29. > :18:33.for the Olympics next year. It could be another golden year for
:18:33. > :18:36.Benn in 2012, and the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club will be one of
:18:36. > :18:38.his biggest supporters. In this evening's Twenty20 cricket,
:18:38. > :18:48.Somerset can steer themselves towards the quarter-finals by
:18:48. > :18:50.
:18:50. > :18:59.The latest scores... Marcus Trescothick was bowled
:18:59. > :19:02.Cornish swimmer Jonathan Fox has set a second world record in a week.
:19:02. > :19:04.Fox, from the Newquay Cormorants club, smashed the one hundred metre
:19:04. > :19:14.backstroke record at the European Paralympic Swimming Championships
:19:14. > :19:21.
:19:21. > :19:26.in Berlin. Brent Pilnick reports on Jonathan Fox powered his way to a
:19:26. > :19:31.second European title in a week and topped it off by smashing the world
:19:31. > :19:35.record for his category, 100 metre backstroke.
:19:35. > :19:41.I am not being too cocky, but I normally blast the first 50 metres
:19:41. > :19:47.anyway. I always knew he was right behind me and I just ticket for the
:19:47. > :19:52.last 50 and smacked the ball. So, as he celebrated his second
:19:52. > :19:59.gold medal of the championships, he will be hoping he can turn this
:19:59. > :20:02.European medal into a Paralympic Finally tonight, Plymouth Devils
:20:02. > :20:07.try to move off the bottom of speedway's Premier League if they
:20:07. > :20:15.beat Newport Wasps at the St Boniface Arena this evening. Cheer
:20:15. > :20:20.them on at 7:30pm. A brilliant achievement by Jonathan
:20:20. > :20:23.Fawkes there. The doyen of natural history broadcasting, Sir David
:20:23. > :20:26.Attenborough, has described the discovery of part of a huge marine
:20:26. > :20:29.reptile as one of the most exciting things he has ever seen.
:20:29. > :20:34.Sir David today got up close and personal with the jaw of a 155
:20:34. > :20:37.million-year-old pliosaur which has gone on display in Dorchester. The
:20:37. > :20:47.fossil, which was found off Dorset, is believed to have possessed the
:20:47. > :20:47.
:20:48. > :20:51.biggest bite of all time. Hamish It is not called the Jurassic Coast
:20:51. > :20:57.for nothing. Over a five-year period, fossil bones were recovered
:20:57. > :21:02.after being washed out of a landslide. When assembled, if the
:21:02. > :21:08.pliosaur skull impresses this man it must be a bit special.
:21:08. > :21:11.You do not have to be hugely interested to look at those jobs.
:21:11. > :21:15.Imagine what this creature must have been like through the seas. If
:21:15. > :21:19.you have never known anything about fossils it is thrilling, and if you
:21:19. > :21:22.will just something it is hugely thrilling, because you realise this
:21:22. > :21:27.is the biggest skull you have ever seen and probably the biggest
:21:27. > :21:33.debate there has ever been. The pliosaur would have looked like
:21:33. > :21:37.this in action, probably the most powerful predator that ever lived.
:21:37. > :21:41.It measures about 2.5 metres, but that is just one-fifth or one-sixth
:21:41. > :21:45.of the size of the scooter, which would have been around 16 metres
:21:45. > :21:50.long. The largest piece of skull
:21:50. > :21:53.collected weighed 80 kilograms. In two years it has gone from this to
:21:53. > :21:58.a viewer-friendly exhibit. Only the dark brown parts are not the
:21:58. > :22:03.genuine article. Here we have teeth for grabbing
:22:03. > :22:06.prey. Further back we have great big teeth for slicing up prey,
:22:06. > :22:14.further back we have teeth which had backwards and stop anything
:22:14. > :22:18.getting out. Grab, slice and swallow, and nothing would escape.
:22:18. > :22:21.Still, could the body still be on the Jurassic Coast? That is the
:22:21. > :22:26.holy grail for the man who discovered that the skull.
:22:26. > :22:30.If that creature was a wound, it would fill the whole museum. -- if
:22:30. > :22:39.that creature was around. Mind- blowing. But never mind, we have
:22:39. > :22:44.got a piece of it. There are a lot of fossils of
:22:44. > :22:48.marine reptiles all over the place, but nothing that compares to this.
:22:48. > :22:56.That is why museum bosses hope people will flock from all over the
:22:56. > :23:00.country to see their exhibition's I cannot think from all -- of a
:23:00. > :23:08.lick from old fossils to David, so let's see what the weather has in
:23:08. > :23:13.We have had some sharp showers today, thankfully this weekend they
:23:13. > :23:18.should be later. Some sunny spells, and it will feel warm work with all
:23:18. > :23:24.of us seeing temperatures up to 21 Celsius. Lots on the satellite
:23:24. > :23:29.picture to look at, but the best thing would be the fine weather,
:23:29. > :23:33.this clear sport out to the West. I know it seems a long way off, but
:23:33. > :23:38.slowly it will move closer. Several weather fronts still wrapped around
:23:38. > :23:42.the area of low pressure of generating showers tomorrow, but
:23:42. > :23:45.come Sunday I think we will start to lose those showers, Sunday the
:23:45. > :23:51.better of the two days of the weekend.
:23:51. > :23:58.Earlier today, some of the showers along this line from Norfolk to
:23:58. > :24:02.Devon have been very heavy. Either side, we have had a reasonable day.
:24:02. > :24:11.Here there was a very blustery wind, but for some that wind is a perfect
:24:11. > :24:15.wind to enjoy, enjoying the waves and the strength of the breeze.
:24:15. > :24:24.Quite a stiff south-westerly today. Overnight tonight it will drop a
:24:24. > :24:29.little bit. If you are a sufferer, tomorrow is the best day to enjoy
:24:29. > :24:33.some sizable waves. Showers I mentioned will fade away
:24:33. > :24:37.tonight, and in the early hours of the morning, apart from one or two
:24:37. > :24:43.light showers coming into the Bristol Channel, many of us getting
:24:43. > :24:48.away with a dry night. Temperatures down to 11 Celsius, probably the
:24:48. > :24:53.lowest, along the coastline 13 or 14 Celsius. Tomorrow is reasonable,
:24:53. > :24:57.a lot of cloud with some light showers, but nothing compared to
:24:57. > :25:00.today. By the afternoon, more breaks in the cloud, more sunshine,
:25:00. > :25:06.and more pleasant feeling because the winds will not be a strong as
:25:06. > :25:11.today, temperatures ranging from 16 or 17 Celsius along the coast line
:25:11. > :25:15.to as much as 20 Celsius in the sunshine. For the Isles of Scilly,
:25:15. > :25:25.the risk of showers early in the day then sunny spells come up winds
:25:25. > :25:41.
:25:41. > :25:47.later than they have been. The Are the forecast for coastal waters
:25:47. > :25:50.has the wind west, being north- westerly, four auf That is all from
:25:50. > :25:54.us for now, goodbye. -- four or five in the morning, dropping to a
:25:54. > :26:01.force four by the end of the day, mainly fear with good visibility.
:26:01. > :26:06.Sunday not too bad, are largely dry, bright die, as -- bright day, more
:26:06. > :26:08.cloud on Monday, a little cooler, cloud on Monday, a little cooler,
:26:08. > :26:13.but staying find through to Tuesday. Have a lovely weekend.