:00:12. > :00:21.The teenager killed while riding her bike - her mother says she
:00:21. > :00:28.can't move on from what's happened. I cannot think ahead about life any
:00:28. > :00:31.more, it is literally one day at a time. Claimed -- trying to come to
:00:31. > :00:33.terms with it. Good evening. A second person has
:00:33. > :00:35.appeared in court today charged with causing death by dangerous
:00:35. > :00:43.driving. Also tonight, the former Beirut hostage, Terry Waite, tells
:00:43. > :00:46.us how he wants to help Cornwall's homeless. People do not recognise
:00:46. > :00:49.that there are deep problems of on employment and homelessness within
:00:49. > :00:55.Cornwall. And they've made the grade, but are
:00:55. > :00:57.pupils avoiding tougher subjects to secure good GCSEs?
:00:57. > :01:04.A second person has appeared in court today charged in connection
:01:04. > :01:07.with the death of 13-year-old Amy Hofmeister. The Taunton teenager
:01:07. > :01:10.was killed when a car went out of control and careered into her on a
:01:10. > :01:13.cyclepath. The driver of that car has already appeared in court. But
:01:13. > :01:22.now a woman who was at the wheel of a second car is also being
:01:22. > :01:26.prosecuted. Clinton Rogers reports. Every day since it happened, Amy's
:01:26. > :01:32.mother visits the scene of her daughter's death. The grief is
:01:32. > :01:36.still raw and so is the desire for justice. She is my first thought
:01:37. > :01:43.when I wake up and my last when I go to sleep. Beatty's all-consuming,
:01:43. > :01:48.I cannot think ahead any more. Glitch lead one day at a time.
:01:48. > :01:54.Trying to come to terms with it. We miss her so much. Amy was 13 when
:01:54. > :01:57.she died, cycling home one June evening. The driver of the car that
:01:57. > :02:02.hitter has already pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous
:02:03. > :02:08.driving. He will be sentenced later. He was driving at more than twice
:02:08. > :02:14.the legal limit apparently when his car hit the pavement and hit a me
:02:14. > :02:18.right here. It is understood it was racing another car when it happened.
:02:18. > :02:23.Today 20 year-old Leanne Burnell appeared at Taunton magistrates
:02:23. > :02:26.court also to face a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
:02:26. > :02:31.The Crown Prosecution Service took the decision to charge her last
:02:31. > :02:35.week. Having reviewed the evidence provided by the police I concluded
:02:35. > :02:40.that there was a realistic prospect of conviction for joined the
:02:40. > :02:43.charging her in relation to causing the death of Amy. And that it was
:02:43. > :02:47.in the public interest to do so. Leanne Burnell Atta family had
:02:47. > :02:52.nothing to say as they left the hearing today. She will now face
:02:52. > :02:56.trial at Crown Court. Her legal team say she will be pleading not
:02:56. > :03:02.guilty. The condition of her belt issue does not drive until this
:03:02. > :03:05.case is over. -- her bail. A 30-year-old man arrested in
:03:05. > :03:07.connection with the murder of six people in Jersey, including three
:03:07. > :03:09.children, has been released from hospital into police custody.
:03:09. > :03:12.Damian Rzeszowski had been recovering from his own injuries
:03:12. > :03:14.following the incident in St Helier earlier this month. Post-mortem
:03:14. > :03:20.examinations carried out on the six Polish victims confirmed they all
:03:20. > :03:22.died from stab wounds. Hundreds of mourners turned out
:03:22. > :03:26.today to pay their respects to Lieutenant Daniel Clack, who died
:03:26. > :03:30.in Afghanistan. He was serving with First Battalion the Rifles when he
:03:30. > :03:34.was killed by an IED earlier this month. Up to 150 of Lieutenant
:03:34. > :03:39.Clack's comrades were present at the service in Essex. It was his
:03:39. > :03:42.battalion's fourth loss on their current tour of duty.
:03:42. > :03:44.The North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple has been told to
:03:44. > :03:47.improve its wound care following concerns about the treatment of
:03:47. > :03:51.five vulnerable patients. The Care Quality Commission identified a
:03:51. > :03:53.failure to keep proper treatment records.
:03:53. > :03:55.Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha spent this
:03:55. > :03:59.morning at the Royal Cornwall Hospital where they met the team
:03:59. > :04:02.who delivered their daughter Florence almost a year ago. They
:04:02. > :04:07.spent three quarters of an hour with doctors and nurses at the
:04:07. > :04:09.maternity unit along with Baby Florence.
:04:09. > :04:12.Terry Waite, the former special envoy to the Archbishop of
:04:12. > :04:16.Canterbury who was taken hostage in Beirut, has been talking to
:04:16. > :04:18.Spotlight about his plans to help homeless people in Cornwall.
:04:19. > :04:20.As president of the organisation Emmaus, he's planning a new
:04:20. > :04:23.community which will offer accommodation and work for those
:04:23. > :04:29.who have nowhere else to go, and will potentially save the local
:04:29. > :04:39.authority thousands. He outlined his hopes and aims to me earlier in
:04:39. > :04:40.
:04:40. > :04:47.a special interview. This was a project foundered after
:04:47. > :04:52.World War Two in France. Founded by a remarkable man. He formed the
:04:53. > :04:58.community. It is not a religious organisation, it is secular. It
:04:58. > :05:04.came to this country 21 years ago when I opened the first community
:05:04. > :05:10.in Cambridge. The concept is quite simple. But very effective. Namely,
:05:10. > :05:15.a person will come into a community, will get a good room and there are
:05:15. > :05:24.certain requirements that they must come off state support. Secondly
:05:24. > :05:29.they must agree to work according to their capacity. And work is
:05:29. > :05:35.provided with goods donated from the public, selling these items,
:05:35. > :05:39.renovating furniture and white goods. And eventually the community
:05:39. > :05:44.itself becomes self-supporting. And the individuals begin to get new
:05:44. > :05:49.skills and get back on their feet. I'm interested in what you said
:05:49. > :05:54.earlier about not just putting growth over someone's head but also
:05:54. > :06:00.building up their self-esteem again. That is the critical point - to
:06:00. > :06:05.enable people to have a sense of self-worth. So they recognise that
:06:05. > :06:10.given the structure, they can make it. And you'll all pull people know
:06:10. > :06:17.very much how that feels. I have had a number of experiences in life.
:06:17. > :06:23.I spent almost five years chained to the wall in a dark room. With no
:06:23. > :06:28.books or papers, no one to speak with, blindfolded when anyone came
:06:28. > :06:32.into the room. And the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert
:06:32. > :06:37.Runcie, was the first president of the organisation and when I came
:06:37. > :06:42.out he said, I think you will be interested in this movement.
:06:42. > :06:52.Because you know what it is like to be at the bottom of the pile and to
:06:52. > :06:52.
:06:52. > :06:56.be kicked around. Having been through that experience, I knew in
:06:56. > :07:01.my heart what it was like. I think people here in Cornwall and the
:07:01. > :07:07.West Country to feel isolated from the rest of the country, almost
:07:07. > :07:13.like the poor relations. Cornwall, from outside is seen to be a
:07:13. > :07:16.wonderful place, a lovely holiday destination. But people do not
:07:16. > :07:22.recognise that within Cornwall Bird deep problems of unemployment and
:07:22. > :07:28.homelessness. And it is a serious issue. So we're going to make a
:07:28. > :07:34.difference with this project. Not the government in London, this is
:07:34. > :07:38.going to be really Cornish and really good. And in five years'
:07:38. > :07:43.time it will be the best in the country. I think that is possible
:07:43. > :07:48.and I will put my back into it to make sure it happens. We hope to
:07:48. > :07:50.talk to you again when that happens. Head teachers in the south west
:07:50. > :07:52.have tonight denied claims that GCSE students are being pushed
:07:52. > :07:57.towards so-called soft subjects to boost their rankings in the school
:07:57. > :08:05.league tables. It comes as pupils in the region are celebrating their
:08:05. > :08:09.best ever results. Spotlight's Simon Alexander reports.
:08:09. > :08:19.At this college in Exeter pupils are celebrating a record GCSE
:08:19. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:30.results. I got a good grade in English. I only cared about
:08:30. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:35.mathematics. I have got six A grades. I have got eight A grades.
:08:35. > :08:40.A number of pupils achieving five or more A to C grades has risen by
:08:40. > :08:46.14%, and that has been mirrored across the region. Official figures
:08:46. > :08:51.showing a decline in the number of pupils studying traditional
:08:51. > :08:56.academic subjects has been rejected. The government is encouraging us to
:08:56. > :09:03.keep the focus on English and mathematics. We will carry on the
:09:03. > :09:13.same route. At another school in Truro people have also celebrated
:09:13. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:20.strong GCSE results. I got an A grade in mathematics! I got an A
:09:20. > :09:25.grade in English. I'm very happy. The school says it is encourages
:09:25. > :09:29.students not to turn their backs on core academic subjects. Absolutely
:09:29. > :09:34.thrilled, they have worked so hard and they have got the results that
:09:34. > :09:40.they have worked hard for. So it is brilliant. English, maths, science,
:09:40. > :09:45.the traditional subjects were subject that we wanted not to
:09:45. > :09:51.promote, but not to devalue in other ways, and we have not. A away
:09:51. > :09:54.from the classroom, on the shop floor, this south-west company says
:09:54. > :10:00.that students are still taking the right kind of subjects that makes
:10:00. > :10:06.them valuable employees. operatives come to us and need a
:10:06. > :10:09.good understanding of English and mathematics. And a hard work ethic.
:10:09. > :10:14.But there is concern especially amongst unions that the current
:10:14. > :10:18.exam system is leaving youngsters lost in an education and employment
:10:18. > :10:25.Maze. Joining me now is Richard Smith,
:10:25. > :10:28.the director of Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. As an employer, what you
:10:28. > :10:31.make of the qualifications that young people are coming tea with
:10:31. > :10:36.that the moment? I think it has been acknowledged for some time
:10:36. > :10:40.that there was a shortfall in what is expected by employers. Digby
:10:40. > :10:44.Jones some time ago spoke about reading, writing and arithmetic and
:10:44. > :10:49.it is essential that those core skills are there. And to think
:10:49. > :10:53.there catch the missing? Yes I do. Yet the head teachers are saying
:10:53. > :10:57.there is still and advises on those core subjects. What you make of the
:10:57. > :11:02.way that schools are equipping young people for the workplace?
:11:02. > :11:06.is their duty to prepare them for life after school but employers are
:11:06. > :11:10.continually saying that there is a short fault and they cannot all be
:11:10. > :11:16.wrong. There's more competition now for every vacancy than ever before
:11:16. > :11:20.so a lot of sifting is done at the level of the CD. If that is not
:11:20. > :11:24.well written and they will fall at the first hurdle. You are one of
:11:24. > :11:27.the people trying to drive the economy here before would. What
:11:27. > :11:33.kind of qualifications which you think would equip youngsters for
:11:33. > :11:38.the modern workplace? Is English, mathematics, history or geography,
:11:38. > :11:43.a science and a language. We are working out in a global market so
:11:43. > :11:53.of foreign language is very valuable. There's often criticism
:11:53. > :11:57.that the GCSE exams are too easy. But that does take away from the
:11:57. > :12:03.undoubted hard work that young people have put into them. Some
:12:03. > :12:10.certainly do and I do not myself entirely understand the grades, I'm
:12:10. > :12:13.not so aware of GCSEs. The thank you very much.
:12:13. > :12:17.We get many emails on Spotlight telling us that David Braine is the
:12:17. > :12:22.best dressed man in the south west. Well later tonight, we'll be
:12:22. > :12:31.getting up close and personal with male fashions of the 1960s. See if
:12:31. > :12:36.you can notice a difference. And join me as we steamed along the
:12:36. > :12:40.river. It was a big occasion, but it
:12:40. > :12:42.wasn't to be for Exeter City. A packed St James Park saw the world
:12:42. > :12:47.famous names of Liverpool knock City out of the Football League Cup
:12:47. > :12:55.last night. The Premiership club won three-one to end the Grecians'
:12:55. > :12:59.hopes of reaching round three. Spotlight's Dave Gibbins was there.
:12:59. > :13:04.City fans were hoping Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish would feel
:13:04. > :13:11.the strong team for the second world - their second round cup-tie.
:13:11. > :13:18.They were not disappointed. Seven first-team players were appointed.
:13:18. > :13:23.It was a night to savour the skills of the Uruguay striker Luis Suarez.
:13:23. > :13:32.He scored the first goal in the first half and also set up the
:13:32. > :13:38.Argentine winner for a second and then forward, Andy Carroll brought
:13:38. > :13:48.in a third. All over bar the shouting, and the shouting came
:13:48. > :13:51.
:13:51. > :13:59.from City. We didn't get the result we wanted but I'm more than happy
:13:59. > :14:04.with how we played on the pitch and how we looked as a club. I suppose
:14:04. > :14:09.when you are drawn away from home with the team in a lower division
:14:09. > :14:14.them yourself people are looking for a banana-skin. But it was
:14:15. > :14:22.commendable. Despite the result, East Devon soul singer Joss Stone
:14:22. > :14:24.enjoyed herself along with others who had a lucky vantage point.
:14:24. > :14:27.Plymouth Argyle are losing the services of another player.
:14:27. > :14:30.Defender Stephane Zubar is leaving Home Park for what's been classed
:14:30. > :14:32.as "personal reasons". But it's thought the Guadeloupe
:14:32. > :14:35.international is departing because he's unhappy at not being paid his
:14:36. > :14:40.full wages. The 23-year-old, who re-signed for Argyle in the summer,
:14:40. > :14:42.has played in every match this season.
:14:42. > :14:46.Meanwhile, Plymouth Argyle fans fighting to save the club are
:14:46. > :14:50.camping out at Home Park in a round-the-clock vigil. Around 30
:14:50. > :14:52.people marched from the city centre to Home Park last night. The
:14:52. > :14:57.preferred bidder has been given until midnight on Friday to find
:14:57. > :15:07.around �6 million to buy the club. Fans are taking turns to man the
:15:07. > :15:14.candlelit vigil until Saturday. We were told that this is the last
:15:15. > :15:19.deadline. And we just want to know that the deadline will be met. The
:15:19. > :15:24.fans are just brilliant, they keep going whatever happens. We will not
:15:24. > :15:31.let this lie. Now, how's your dress sense? And
:15:31. > :15:34.what fashions do you have in your wardrobe at home? Tonight, as part
:15:34. > :15:37.of our look back through the Spotlight archives, we return to
:15:37. > :15:41.1967 and the summer of love. Yes, it was the year of flower
:15:41. > :15:43.power, hippies and the peace movement. And for a while it seemed
:15:43. > :15:48.that Plymouth might be something big in the fashion world of the
:15:48. > :15:58.time. Spotlight's reporter, Angela Rippon, brought us the details 44
:15:58. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:20.For a number of skiers British designers have been drawn from a
:16:20. > :16:30.small part the country. But this year there's something of a minor
:16:30. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:47.West Country invasion of the This is Plymouth where according to
:16:48. > :16:52.a London fashion promoter, the men are much more fashion-conscious
:16:52. > :16:56.than the women. That is a pretty dangerous remark to make that comes
:16:56. > :17:01.from Michael Whitaker, who later this year is producing the fashion
:17:01. > :17:05.show for the City's annual Trades Fair. He has been described as top
:17:05. > :17:10.dog in his particular field so I suppose he should know what he's
:17:10. > :17:15.talking about. D'you think men in Plymouth are more fashion-conscious
:17:15. > :17:20.than women? No, I think the girls are very smart and some of the men
:17:20. > :17:26.are very dowdy. I would not say more fashion conscious, but more
:17:26. > :17:33.than they used to be. I think my sister's more conscious of dress
:17:33. > :17:38.than I am. From what I see, they look a lot more fashion conscious
:17:38. > :17:44.than the women will stop City is about time that the men got in on
:17:44. > :17:54.the act! I think men are most definitely are not smarter than
:17:54. > :18:01.women. I love to look back at those old
:18:01. > :18:04.films. I'm sure those old fashioned will all come round again.
:18:04. > :18:06.Now, as the Dartmouth Regatta gets underway, we continue with our
:18:06. > :18:09.series travelling from the source of the River Dart on Dartmoor to
:18:10. > :18:12.the sea. In the final part of the series,
:18:12. > :18:14.our South Devon reporter, John Ayres, has been steaming along the
:18:14. > :18:24.river, and taking a look at its connection with the crime writer,
:18:24. > :18:32.
:18:32. > :18:39.What better way to complete a journey along the River Dart than
:18:39. > :18:43.in a boat, and a particular type of boat as well? With the great finds
:18:43. > :18:48.behind us we had a long the River Dart towards Dartmouth. Ireland on
:18:48. > :18:53.the left is Greenway House, the holiday home of crime writer,
:18:53. > :18:58.Agatha Christie. It was here she wrote many of her books and we did
:18:58. > :19:03.you like this, you can see how it portrait in the right frame of mind.
:19:03. > :19:07.These days it is cared for by the National Trust. The his room is
:19:08. > :19:13.known as the inner hall and it is where the family entered. You get a
:19:13. > :19:18.flavour of the collections all round the house. Family photographs,
:19:18. > :19:26.the tapestries from another branch of the family. Lots of modern art
:19:26. > :19:30.and local pottery. Now we come into the library which is a very
:19:30. > :19:40.interesting room. You can see that we have this fantastic freeze on
:19:40. > :19:49.the wall. The house was wreckage Missen -- requisitioned during the
:19:49. > :19:53.Second World War by the army. And this charge -- charts the entire
:19:53. > :20:00.journey of one major-generals through the whole of the war. We
:20:00. > :20:06.move now into the bedroom. Agatha Christie's bedroom is really nice.
:20:07. > :20:12.We still have her original quotes in the wardrobe. And at the moment
:20:12. > :20:18.we have on display one of the items which she actually eat more to the
:20:18. > :20:23.opening of the Mousetrap. -- she actually war. This might be a
:20:23. > :20:28.shrine to all things Agatha Christie but it is also home to
:20:28. > :20:33.contemporary art. The festival held here in the summer showcases the
:20:33. > :20:43.hidden talent in Devon. We have an installation by an artist called
:20:43. > :20:47.
:20:47. > :20:51.David Greenaway witches things excavated from the River Dart.
:20:51. > :20:56.Along the river would gold, a flotilla of steamboats head towards
:20:56. > :21:01.Dartmouth. The steamboats have been coming today Royal Dartmouth
:21:01. > :21:05.Regatta for 20 years and this Saturday will take part in a parade
:21:05. > :21:09.of Classic ads. With all the different types of vessels up there,
:21:09. > :21:15.of what is it about the steamboats that makes them so special? They're
:21:16. > :21:23.so much quieter than any internal combustion engine. So in terms of
:21:23. > :21:27.wildlife, you can get much closer. The bird life is wonderful. And
:21:27. > :21:32.another thing is you never get a rest from it, you're working hard
:21:32. > :21:38.all the time and keeping an eye on the other boat users, watching the
:21:38. > :21:43.engine and the water level. You're always busy which is all part of
:21:44. > :21:49.the challenge of running at Steamboat. Finally we arrive in
:21:49. > :21:59.King's we're on Dartmouth, an area steeped in maritime history, home
:21:59. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:05.to Royal Navy officer training. Come home again those blue boats,
:22:05. > :22:12.to the fires warm. Yellow figures bright as light. Bring them home
:22:12. > :22:16.again tonight, those blue birds. Our journey along the River Dart
:22:16. > :22:21.has come to an end and we have arrived at that time of year when
:22:21. > :22:27.it stages one of its most prestigious occasions - the port of
:22:27. > :22:31.Dartmouth Royal Regatta. And after that wonderful gentle
:22:31. > :22:35.journey down the river Dart, another treat as we take your life
:22:35. > :22:43.to a rather splendid garden and some barely signs of autumn, it
:22:43. > :22:48.seems. David is there. Welcome to a rose more garden in
:22:49. > :22:54.north Devon. I'm here because lots of people have been asking us, has
:22:54. > :23:00.bottom, little bit early? No better person to talk to them Radio
:23:00. > :23:05.Devon's Sarah Chester's. Has it come early? It has. There is a riot
:23:05. > :23:10.of colour at the moment which is more or less normal but if you go
:23:10. > :23:14.into your own garden or drive into the country lanes, it you will see
:23:14. > :23:18.that autumn is coming earlier. Some of the leaves are already coming
:23:18. > :23:23.off and the branches are changing colour. We would normally expect
:23:23. > :23:26.that because of the decreasing length of day but that is not
:23:26. > :23:32.happening enough that this time of year. So what is making it happen
:23:32. > :23:36.this time is the dry spring. What about the Winter's? We have had
:23:36. > :23:42.some severe winters now, does that make a difference to the Garden's?
:23:43. > :23:52.It often gives you a superb spring flowering and can also help to
:23:53. > :23:54.
:23:54. > :23:59.ripen the wood for good autumn colour. People are picking apples
:23:59. > :24:04.earlier, believes are changing colour that little bit earlier. It
:24:04. > :24:14.is happening about four weeks earlier. We did have a lot of rain
:24:14. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:19.this summer but we still have not made up the deficit from the spring.
:24:19. > :24:26.We have had some rainfall today. It came in the form of showers and
:24:26. > :24:30.some of them really have been quite heavy. It does feel like autumn and
:24:30. > :24:40.it will not change much overnight tonight and through the day
:24:40. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:51.tomorrow. Some frequent showers are slightly. -- likely. Tomorrow we
:24:51. > :24:55.
:24:55. > :25:02.should have some sunshine but equally some showers. Let's start
:25:02. > :25:06.with the satellite picture. Things quite unsettled across the Atlantic.
:25:06. > :25:11.On Saturday the area of low pressure moves away from us. This
:25:11. > :25:14.evening at low pressure beginning to move in and over much of the
:25:15. > :25:19.south of Britain by tomorrow lunchtime. But by Saturday
:25:19. > :25:23.lunchtime it is beginning to move away which is the good news as we
:25:23. > :25:29.move into the weekend. It is improving just in time for the bank
:25:29. > :25:33.holiday weekend. Not necessarily a huge amount of sunshine, but much
:25:33. > :25:38.better in terms of avoiding the showers we have seen so far this
:25:38. > :25:43.week. This evening we continue to see some showers right through
:25:43. > :25:50.until the end of the night. Wind coming mainly from the West or the
:25:51. > :25:59.south-west but becoming variable for a time. Tomorrow morning,
:25:59. > :26:04.showers quickly developing. Probably more widespread than we
:26:04. > :26:10.have seen today and slower moving. They continue through to the
:26:10. > :26:14.afternoon. And they could even be in thundery in places. And we also
:26:14. > :26:23.have a change in the wind direction tomorrow making it feel chillier
:26:23. > :26:33.along the coast. The Isles of Scilly is seen showers in the
:26:33. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:08.morning and becoming more isolated On to the Alps look, and this is
:27:08. > :27:14.where it does get better. Quite a few showers around on Saturday
:27:14. > :27:24.which stayed during the afternoon. Sunday is bright and dry with some
:27:24. > :27:26.