:00:12. > :00:22.Calls for a second criminal investigation into alleged abuse at
:00:22. > :00:26.a former hospital as the first inquiry comes in for criticism.
:00:26. > :00:28.polite description of the approach is that it is half-hearted. Some
:00:28. > :00:31.would be less generous. Good evening and welcome to
:00:31. > :00:34.Spotlight. Compensation has already been awarded but families say it's
:00:34. > :00:37.not enough. We'll hear from the man who first made the allegations.
:00:37. > :00:40.Also tonight: The father of an 11 year-old girl who died after
:00:40. > :00:43.falling down a mine shaft on a beach says holidaymakers should be
:00:43. > :00:53.made more aware of the dangers. Standing tall - Britain's biggest
:00:53. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:00.art exhibition comes to Plymouth. We are live for the America's Cup
:01:00. > :01:03.final races. Almost board and a full forecast data in the programme.
:01:03. > :01:05.There are calls tonight for a fresh police investigation into the
:01:05. > :01:10.physical and mental abuse of patients with learning disabilities
:01:10. > :01:16.at a former hospital in Cornwall. �8 million in compensation is being
:01:16. > :01:20.paid to the 165 vulnerable adults affected. But some believe there is
:01:20. > :01:22.now enough evidence for a new criminal investigation. There are
:01:22. > :01:27.also increasing fears that with cuts in local authority spending,
:01:27. > :01:36.cases of abuse could become more widespread. In a moment, we will be
:01:36. > :01:41.talking to the man who blew the whistle.
:01:41. > :01:46.Physical and sexual assault, theft, verbal abuse - all among the
:01:46. > :01:49.allegations of what went on behind the closed doors at the Budock
:01:49. > :01:54.Hospital and numerous communal homes across Cornwall over a 20
:01:54. > :02:01.year period. Allegations because, despite a lengthy police
:02:01. > :02:07.investigation, no one has ever been charged. One and 65 disabled people
:02:07. > :02:12.took part in the civil legal action against partnership his predecessor
:02:13. > :02:16.ran the facilities. The High Court has approved its offer of �8
:02:16. > :02:22.billion compensation. That is not the end of the matter for this
:02:22. > :02:26.father. I am hoping there is going to be some sort of reaction from
:02:26. > :02:34.somewhere by somebody to say, what went on in the building? Who is to
:02:34. > :02:41.blame for what went on in that building? Horrific acts against the
:02:41. > :02:46.most vulnerable people. People with mental disorders. Horrible.
:02:46. > :02:53.parents must all remain anonymous as part of the settlement. Some are
:02:53. > :02:58.just glad it is all over. Delighted now, not necessarily about the
:02:58. > :03:06.money, but because we can draw a line in the sand and carry on. The
:03:06. > :03:13.last few years, they have not been good. We're glad it's all over. It
:03:13. > :03:22.has been dragging on for too long. It has been a long road. Hopefully
:03:22. > :03:26.now, we can get things settled. of the lawyer's representing the
:03:26. > :03:31.disabled people describes the now closed police investigation as half
:03:31. > :03:35.hearted. He says there is room for a fresh look at the evidence.
:03:35. > :03:42.have seen thousands of pages of documents in possession of the
:03:42. > :03:47.trust and they prefer to specific incidence, specific individuals and
:03:47. > :03:50.their identify individuals that are the alleged perpetrators. I should
:03:51. > :03:55.have thought those documents alone should give rise to the police
:03:55. > :04:05.reviewing the decision. The last patient left the hospital in
:04:05. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:20.January 2007. The building was demolished last year The abuses at
:04:20. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:34.We cannot undo the things that happened but providing financial
:04:34. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:42.compensation is part of our commitment to putting things right.
:04:42. > :04:47.The abuses first came to light in 2004, a report in 2006 found
:04:47. > :04:49.institutional abuse But in May this year, almost identical failings
:04:49. > :04:52.were exposed by an undercover investigation by Panorama at
:04:52. > :04:56.another care home in Bristol. It turned out one victim of abuse at
:04:56. > :04:59.Budock had subsequently been sent to that care home. So what is being
:04:59. > :05:01.done to stop this kind of abuse happening again? The Care Quality
:05:01. > :05:04.Commission says it's introduced a programme of unannounced
:05:04. > :05:07.inspections of services for people with learning disabilities. But
:05:07. > :05:17.that hasn't convinced the man who first reported the abuse at Budock
:05:17. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:23.to the authorities. I think they should be a total
:05:23. > :05:28.review of the policy and of the implementing of the policy through
:05:28. > :05:38.local government on how people with learning disabilities are treated
:05:38. > :05:38.
:05:38. > :05:41.because this abuse report came out in to thousands 06 -- 2006 and they
:05:42. > :05:45.always say, lessons have been learnt. I would say that lessons
:05:45. > :05:51.have not been learned. The Care Quality Commission is now say they
:05:51. > :06:01.have introduced a programme of unannounced inspections, haven't
:06:01. > :06:02.
:06:03. > :06:06.they caught up? I would say, no. What they expect -- inspect, they
:06:06. > :06:10.inspect the care provider, the registered care provider and they
:06:10. > :06:14.don't actually go to the house and see the people with learning
:06:14. > :06:18.disabilities. To be honest, I don't think it's good enough. This is
:06:18. > :06:23.your concern that there are other cases like this, is that the reason
:06:23. > :06:28.you wanting to look again at this case in particular? Yes, we have
:06:28. > :06:32.just had the example that there are other cases and of course, it's
:06:32. > :06:36.like an iceberg, you only see the tip. If there is another case,
:06:36. > :06:41.there will be another case elsewhere. People with learning
:06:41. > :06:46.disabilities have the same rights as anyone else. Legally, they don't.
:06:46. > :06:49.I would argue that cares for people with learning disabilities should
:06:49. > :06:54.be valued. It is a difficult job and you need special skills to be
:06:54. > :06:58.able to do it, in terms of empathy. At the moment, this council has
:06:58. > :07:01.made the 20% cut in money they are paying for care providers and I
:07:01. > :07:05.think it shows that they don't value either the people who care
:07:05. > :07:08.whether people with learning disability.
:07:08. > :07:11.An inquest in Cornwall has heard how an 11 year-old girl died after
:07:11. > :07:16.falling down a mineshaft on a Cornish beach. Eleanor Clarke had
:07:16. > :07:24.crawled into the mining addit, thinking it was a cave. Her father
:07:24. > :07:27.says that holidaymakers should be warned about these hidden dangers.
:07:27. > :07:30.11 year-old Eleanor Clarke was on holiday and was exploring the beach
:07:30. > :07:36.in north Cornwall with her family when she climbed into what she
:07:36. > :07:40.thought was a cave some 20 feet up a cliff. It was an old mining addit.
:07:40. > :07:45.Giving evidence at today's inquest, her father said within seconds, he
:07:45. > :07:50.heard her cry out. He followed her inside and he called for her but
:07:50. > :07:55.there was no reply. Eventually, he found her at the bottom of a
:07:55. > :07:58.mineshaft that she had not seen in the dark. She had fallen 15 ft onto
:07:58. > :08:04.the rocks below. She was airlifted to hospital but died from head
:08:04. > :08:10.injuries. The inquest heard how that 10 years ago, a woman had
:08:10. > :08:15.fallen down the same shaft. She was badly injured but survived. Eleanor
:08:15. > :08:18.Clarke's father said more should be done to warn holidaymakers who were
:08:18. > :08:22.not familiar with the mining past about the hidden dangers in
:08:23. > :08:28.particular on beaches. The coastline is littered with old mine
:08:28. > :08:32.workings. The RNLI go into schools to talk about beach safety and they
:08:32. > :08:40.now plan to highlight the dangers of caves and at its. As a result of
:08:40. > :08:44.this, where many is an issue, we will be adding this to some of the
:08:44. > :08:54.hazards. One of our main messages within that is to keep well away
:08:54. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :09:03.from clicks. -- cliffs. The local parish has directed a grill
:09:03. > :09:07.covering my mind. The inquest recorded a verdict of accidental
:09:07. > :09:10.death. Devon County Council is under fire
:09:10. > :09:14.tonight for employing a highly-paid consultant at the same time as
:09:14. > :09:24.axing jobs and cutting services. It has emerged that the Tory led
:09:24. > :09:26.
:09:26. > :09:30.authority paid the consultant more than �186,000 a year.
:09:30. > :09:35.Money is on everyone's mind at County Hall. There were protests
:09:35. > :09:39.earlier this year over the county council's � 54 million cuts. As
:09:39. > :09:45.well as taking away millions of pounds from local services, 900
:09:45. > :09:49.council jobs are being lost. Now if the authority is being criticised
:09:49. > :09:54.for paying a consultant more than the council's highest official, the
:09:54. > :10:01.chief Executive, at a time of austerity. Most people would be
:10:01. > :10:08.outraged that such a fee is being paid. The council says it has led
:10:08. > :10:17.to more than �200 million being saved. They would say that,
:10:18. > :10:21.wouldn't they? The county council's outlay equates to six nurses a year
:10:21. > :10:25.and 10 times the average care worker's salary. Unions have
:10:26. > :10:30.expressed anger at the amount the council is paying. Views that are
:10:30. > :10:35.reflected at a community charity in Exeter that helps people affected
:10:35. > :10:44.by the cuts. It is money that is being wasted. I understand the need
:10:44. > :10:50.for professional advice but that seems to be too expensive. I am a
:10:50. > :10:56.professional, I give my time here free. I think it is a waste of
:10:56. > :11:01.public money. In a statement, it says it only uses consultants in
:11:01. > :11:05.exceptional circumstances and says the �2.8 million it saved by the
:11:05. > :11:08.consultant would be reinvested to help those most in need in society.
:11:08. > :11:11.An influential committee of MPs has launched a last-ditch attempt to
:11:11. > :11:17.fight the government's plans to cut funding for the Marine fire-
:11:17. > :11:19.fighting service and emergency tugs which help big ships at sea. Two
:11:19. > :11:21.months ago, the government abandoned its proposals to reduce
:11:21. > :11:26.Falmouth coastguard station to day cover only, following a scathing
:11:26. > :11:29.report from the Transport Select Committee. But the government's
:11:29. > :11:32.detailed response to the committee, published today, shows ministers
:11:32. > :11:41.are standing their ground on the issue of funding for tugs and
:11:41. > :11:45.firefighters. The emergency towing vehicles are
:11:45. > :11:50.there to prevent major pollution incidents which cost the taxpayer
:11:50. > :11:55.millions of pounds. They decided to withdraw funding from those vessels
:11:55. > :12:00.without any kind of proper risk assessment and without consultation.
:12:00. > :12:03.We saw no evidence at all of the private sector was ready to step in
:12:03. > :12:07.and I hope the government, even at this are, revise their plans.
:12:07. > :12:13.You can see more on that story in the Politics Show on BBC One at
:12:13. > :12:16.Sunday at 1:30pm. Plenty more to come in the
:12:17. > :12:21.programme tonight, we're off to the America's Cup in a moment. Also
:12:21. > :12:26.still ahead: Anyone fancy a look at a vomiting head? Britain's biggest
:12:26. > :12:36.art exhibition touches down in Plymouth. Also touching down, a
:12:36. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:53.rare giant moth, is at an evil omen?
:12:53. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :13:00.Time now for sport. We can just about see you there!
:13:00. > :13:06.It's a lovely sight here and a lovely Friday evening. We are based
:13:06. > :13:10.at the America's Cup headquarters. Just around the corner, Plymouth
:13:10. > :13:14.Sound. You can perhaps see in front of you some of the 45 ft catamaran
:13:14. > :13:19.yachts that are racing and my word, do they cut through the water! They
:13:19. > :13:23.have been doing so all week and they will continue to do so in the
:13:23. > :13:27.final two days of competition tomorrow and on Sunday. Team New
:13:27. > :13:33.Zealand are in Sunday's final but he will join them? Plenty for the
:13:33. > :13:38.spectators to get excited about as we go into the weekend. Look at my
:13:38. > :13:43.special guest. Then Mr next to it so you can see how big the
:13:43. > :13:48.America's Cup is. This is the authentic America's Cup. It was
:13:48. > :13:52.made for the inaugural competition in 1951. The oldest sporting trophy
:13:52. > :13:56.in the world. The first America's Cup was held on the Isle of Wight.
:13:56. > :14:06.Britain was so convinced they were going to win it but they lost to
:14:06. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:09.America. A picture history lesson for tonight! We may only be two
:14:09. > :14:14.games into the new rugby season but Exeter Chiefs's top of the table
:14:14. > :14:16.position in the Premiership makes pretty good reading. Having won at
:14:16. > :14:20.Leicester Tigers on the opening day, then brushing aside Newcastle
:14:20. > :14:30.Falcons at Sandy Park, the Chiefs now go for win number three at Bath
:14:30. > :14:35.
:14:35. > :14:40.tomorrow night. After two matches, we are on top of
:14:40. > :14:44.the table. It means nothing for us. At the moment, it is very good but
:14:44. > :14:48.we are still working the same as we did a month ago. Nothing changes
:14:48. > :14:51.here, it is exactly the same. Tonight Plymouth Albion go for a
:14:51. > :14:54.second home win at the Brickfields, this time against Rotherham Titans.
:14:54. > :14:58.The Cornish Pirates go for maximum points at the Championship new boys
:14:58. > :15:01.London Scottish. Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick,
:15:01. > :15:07.although not fully fit, will play in his county's CB 40 final against
:15:07. > :15:15.Surrey at Lord's tomorrow. He has not played for nearly three weeks
:15:15. > :15:16.because of a damaged ankle ligament. It is Somerset's last chance to win
:15:16. > :15:24.a trophy this season after finishing runners-up in the 2020
:15:24. > :15:29.Cup and 4th in the county championship.
:15:30. > :15:33.I think my week of preparation outdoors has gone very well. I have
:15:33. > :15:38.been running around, trying to push the ankle as much as possible to
:15:38. > :15:42.see that it responds well. I am pleased at the moment, a long and
:15:42. > :15:45.that nothing happens today or tomorrow and I will be ready to go.
:15:45. > :15:48.Exeter City have brought in 19 year-old striker Matthew Witchlow
:15:48. > :15:52.on loan from Watford for tomorrow's game with Bournemouth at St James's
:15:52. > :15:57.Park. City, depleted by injuries or suspensions to strikers, have
:15:57. > :16:01.scored only four times this season. There should be a big crowd for
:16:01. > :16:05.Sheffield Wednesday's visit to Yeovil Town. Torquay United, having
:16:05. > :16:07.won only once in their last six games, try to get the better of
:16:07. > :16:10.second-placed Rotherham and Plymouth Argyle manager Peter Reid
:16:10. > :16:20.hopes for better luck at Southend after seven league defeats in a row
:16:20. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:31.which sees them stranded at the bottom.
:16:31. > :16:37.We are all in their together, the staff, the players. I have signed
:16:37. > :16:41.his players and I want to try and stick it through. I want to keep...
:16:41. > :16:44.We all need to work together to keep the club going and that's it.
:16:44. > :16:47.Then try and get up the league. Stage six of cycling's Tour of
:16:47. > :16:52.Britain got under way from Taunton this morning after the excitement
:16:52. > :16:58.of the Exeter to Exmouth leg. Hundreds of cyclists set off on
:16:58. > :17:01.route for the smallest city in England, Wells. Among them, Devon's
:17:01. > :17:05.Jon Tiernan-Locke, fresh from winning the King of the Mountains
:17:05. > :17:14.section yesterday. Lars Boom won the stage and extended his lead in
:17:14. > :17:18.the case. Getting the very best out of these
:17:18. > :17:21.catamarans requires a lot of skill. Iain Percy, an Olympic champion at
:17:21. > :17:26.the Sydney Games, will be sailing for Great Britain at next year's
:17:26. > :17:29.Olympics at Portland. He's a tactician to Artemis Racing and he
:17:29. > :17:39.has been giving Spotlight's John Henderson a quick spin around these
:17:39. > :17:41.
:17:41. > :17:47.top racing boats. Balance is the key to sublime
:17:47. > :17:54.sailing like this. When you are going along, one of the holes
:17:54. > :17:58.should always be that of the water. This keeps the tried very low.
:17:58. > :18:03.Catamarans in the America's Cup don't have sales, they have a wing
:18:03. > :18:12.that is 65 ft tall. That really generates most of the force of the
:18:12. > :18:22.boat. When they get it right, it is scarily fast. We could be going up
:18:22. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:33.to 40 miles an hour. Fast by a seller's terms, that is for sure.
:18:33. > :18:37.To control all that power, the catamarans have to boards. They
:18:37. > :18:42.push you for words but also sideways. They go in the water,
:18:42. > :18:46.restrict you from going sideways and drive you faster. Carbon-fibre
:18:46. > :18:50.gives the boats their strength. Sharp edges help them slice through
:18:50. > :18:56.the water. There are lots of times where you are missing other boat by
:18:56. > :18:59.inches and if you miss that, you could cut them to in half. Sheer
:18:59. > :19:03.speed helped them but a place in Saturday's semi-final but Ian, a
:19:03. > :19:10.sailor who won gold in the Sydney Olympics, won't be taking liberties.
:19:10. > :19:15.The boat is worth just under �1 million. Everything you made his --
:19:15. > :19:21.editing you see his native Cargin. But the cheapest thing to go out in
:19:21. > :19:25.a day's jolly! That's it for now from the
:19:25. > :19:35.America's Cup, David will be here shortly with more on the event and
:19:35. > :19:36.
:19:36. > :19:39.the all-important weather. A pile of earth, a vomiting head
:19:39. > :19:42.and the works of several Turner Prize nominees are among the
:19:42. > :19:47.cutting edge art to go on display to the public as Britain's biggest
:19:47. > :19:50.art exhibition touches down in Plymouth. The city has been chosen
:19:50. > :20:00.as one of only four locations to host the British Art Show which is
:20:00. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:07.organised every five years by the Hayward Gallery.
:20:07. > :20:11.Whatever your reaction to modern art, this show brings together
:20:11. > :20:16.carefully selected exhibits which have made a significant
:20:16. > :20:19.contribution on an international stage. Plymouth was chosen to host
:20:19. > :20:26.the exhibition which includes some of the vast thought-provoking work
:20:26. > :20:31.by today's top artists. I think it is a tremendous coup for Plymouth,
:20:31. > :20:34.it is a bit like winning the visual arts Olympics! The Hayward Gallery
:20:34. > :20:40.first started thinking about Plymouth three or four years ago.
:20:40. > :20:45.The combination of factors actually made it Plymouth's moment to have
:20:45. > :20:50.the show. In the world of modern art, even a pile of soil is all
:20:50. > :20:55.about provoking a reaction. wanted to make a coherent show, to
:20:55. > :21:00.showcase what, for us, this sum of the most interesting practices team
:21:00. > :21:05.place at this present moment. that the British Art Show is here
:21:05. > :21:10.in Plymouth, we want audiences to come and look at contemporary art,
:21:10. > :21:15.to think deeper, look harder and maybe if people are not used to it,
:21:15. > :21:20.to think, hold on a second, this does something for me. It is
:21:20. > :21:24.exceptional to see such a concentration of 39 artists
:21:24. > :21:28.together in one exhibition. It doesn't happen in London. If people
:21:28. > :21:32.want to see contemporary art, they have to travel from one gallery to
:21:32. > :21:36.another but an exhibition of this scale does reach many more people.
:21:36. > :21:40.As well as exhibited art works from a series of local fringe events
:21:40. > :21:43.will take place throughout the show which runs until December. It is
:21:43. > :21:51.hoped that limit will gain from this bold and ambitious event,
:21:51. > :21:55.whether or not the art itself is to your taste.
:21:55. > :21:58.Some say it is an evil omen but a Plymouth man is counting himself
:21:58. > :22:02.lucky to have found a rare giant moth near his home. The death's
:22:02. > :22:12.head hawk moth is usually found in southern Europe but turn up on a
:22:12. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:16.housing estate in the city. The skull white markings on its
:22:17. > :22:21.body once gave the death's head hawk moth a reputation as an omen
:22:22. > :22:27.for impending doom but for this man, discovering the extra-large Mott on
:22:27. > :22:30.a pad near his home was exciting for him and his grandchildren. This
:22:30. > :22:35.species is mainly found in Asia and southern Europe and is relatively
:22:35. > :22:39.rare for it to migrate here. I got a fishing net and put it on the top
:22:40. > :22:45.of it and a plastic container and told the grandchildren that I had
:22:45. > :22:48.one. There are very rare, as far as I'm concerned. I haven't seen one
:22:48. > :22:52.since I was seven years old. All the children have been down and
:22:53. > :22:56.there has been some excitement. moth's wing was unfortunately
:22:56. > :23:01.damage before Tom found it but experts say it has probably reached
:23:01. > :23:08.the end of its flights ban anyway. It only lasts a few weeks and also
:23:08. > :23:17.this goal markings on its head Adair for good reason. If they are
:23:17. > :23:23.irritated, they get a loud squeak to deter predators against them.
:23:23. > :23:27.Now if you think Tom's find was big, take a look at this. The Atlas moth,
:23:27. > :23:33.the largest in the world, is found in south-east Asia and can grow to
:23:33. > :23:37.size of a dinner plate. It is only found in captivity here. For Tom,
:23:37. > :23:47.spotting rare wildlife is a passion and he insists it is not just about
:23:47. > :23:55.
:23:55. > :23:58.luck but keeping his eyes peeled. The conditions here today for
:23:58. > :24:05.selling have been pretty much perfect but there is a perfect
:24:05. > :24:10.person to ask about that, the race director. How has it gone today?
:24:10. > :24:15.has gone fantastically well. As far as this is a venue, we can see the
:24:15. > :24:20.pictures and how good it looks. What do the same as think of
:24:20. > :24:26.Plymouth Sound as a race venue? gives them everything, we have had
:24:26. > :24:30.great wind, in makes for great racing. A lot of opportunity to
:24:31. > :24:35.pass, come back and lead. It keeps the pressure on and to keep leading
:24:35. > :24:39.into the finish and as a result, we have had great races. The
:24:39. > :24:45.competitors love it. What can we expect to see in the next few days?
:24:45. > :24:49.You are the weather man but I think we will see a lot of wind so we had
:24:49. > :24:59.a lot of excitement on Saturday and Sunday and I think we are in for
:24:59. > :25:03.
:25:03. > :25:08.another bout of thrills and spills and fast boats tomorrow. Good luck
:25:08. > :25:14.with it, we hope it goes well. The forecast is quite windy, let's
:25:14. > :25:18.start with a summary. Windy and showers just about sums it up. When
:25:18. > :25:23.you look at the satellite picture, there is a lot of cloud around the
:25:23. > :25:26.north of the UK by now. There is an area of low pressure and this
:25:26. > :25:28.gradual moves towards a so by lunchtime tomorrow, that no
:25:29. > :25:34.pressure is of a Scotland and by lunchtime on Sunday, it is still
:25:34. > :25:39.bearing down across most of the divided kingdom. For most of us on
:25:39. > :25:43.Saturday and Sunday, some blustery conditions. This is the picture for
:25:43. > :25:47.this evening. We have seen just a few showers in the last few bars.
:25:47. > :25:51.They will probably continue overnight tonight. There are
:25:51. > :25:56.beginning to gather out to the west and the seedlings forecast is to
:25:56. > :26:00.see more of those charges by the end of the night. Quite blustery
:26:00. > :26:04.conditions with overnight temperatures down to 12 at 30
:26:04. > :26:07.degrees. Tomorrow morning, some sunshine in between the showers but
:26:07. > :26:12.the rain will be frequent and in places, particularly around the
:26:12. > :26:17.middle of the Day tomorrow, some of the shower is really quite heavy
:26:17. > :26:20.which makes for challenging sailing conditions. Looking at the
:26:20. > :26:30.temperatures tomorrow, will probably get to around 16 or 17
:26:30. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:56.degrees. Feeling cooler be because Pretty challenging conditions for
:26:56. > :27:11.
:27:11. > :27:15.our service tomorrow. Let's look at The shares will be with us through
:27:15. > :27:19.the day tomorrow and also on Sunday. Here is the outlook - it looks
:27:19. > :27:23.pretty and settled for Saturday and Sunday. There is a risk on Sunday
:27:23. > :27:29.at some of the Shah as being very heavy with the risk of thunder and
:27:29. > :27:38.lightning. Unfortunately, next week looks rather cloudy with further