:00:09. > :00:14.Breaking up redundant nuclear submarines in Plymouth - a public
:00:14. > :00:19.consultation on the plans is about to get underway.
:00:19. > :00:22.Good evening. We'll have reaction to the MoD proposals. Also tonight:
:00:22. > :00:32.Struck by lightning - this man's terrifying ordeal and how he was
:00:32. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:37.saved by his wellies. My body was flying up in the air, not falling
:00:37. > :00:39.forward, I was seeing the sky and my feet in front of me, not the
:00:39. > :00:45.ground below me. And why the police believe drivers
:00:45. > :00:48.over 65 should consider a refresher course. We think it is important
:00:48. > :00:55.that we carry out these courses to give them some hints and tips and
:00:55. > :00:58.advice to keep them safe as they The Ministry of Defence has
:00:58. > :01:02.announced a new public consultation on plans that could see up to 27
:01:03. > :01:05.redundant nuclear submarines cut up at Devonport. The work could be
:01:05. > :01:08.worth millions of pounds to the local economy. But opponents are
:01:08. > :01:11.worried about the health risks to thousands of people living nearby.
:01:11. > :01:13.Devonport and Rosyth in Scotland are the two preferred sites, and a
:01:13. > :01:18.ministerial statement put before the Commons today says the
:01:18. > :01:20.consultation exercise will start tomorrow. In a moment we will get
:01:20. > :01:28.the political reaction. First, this from Spotlight's defence reporter
:01:28. > :01:34.Scott Bingham. Plymouth has a long association
:01:34. > :01:39.with nuclear submarines, dating back even before 1993 when it won
:01:39. > :01:43.the battle of the dockyards against Rosyth in Scotland. The prize, the
:01:44. > :01:48.multi-billion pounds contact to refit the Trident fleet, work it is
:01:48. > :01:52.still carrying out to this day. But the latest controversy surrounds
:01:52. > :01:56.proposals in the submarine dismantling project to cut up and
:01:56. > :02:00.store dismantled submarines once their service days are over. 10
:02:00. > :02:06.decommissioned submarines are stored at seven -- Devonport, seven
:02:06. > :02:11.at Rosyth, 10 remain in service, 27 in all. Either Devonport or Rosyth,
:02:11. > :02:15.or both, have been identified as preferred site by the MoD to
:02:15. > :02:19.dismantle the submarines, but as well as where the work is carried
:02:19. > :02:23.out, at the study will also consider how the submarines are cut
:02:23. > :02:26.up to remove the reactors and where and how they are stored. All of
:02:26. > :02:30.this is potential work which could be worth millions of pounds and
:02:30. > :02:34.hundreds of jobs to the chosen site, but opponents in Plymouth question
:02:34. > :02:39.the wisdom of carrying out such work in the heart of a city of
:02:40. > :02:43.250,000 people. The public will be asked for their views during the
:02:43. > :02:47.six-day week consultation, which will be launched tomorrow.
:02:47. > :02:52.Exhibitions and workshops will be out of England and Scotland. The
:02:52. > :02:58.decision is expected some time in 2013.
:02:58. > :03:03.I am joined by our political editor. Will local MPs be lobbying for this
:03:03. > :03:09.to come to Devon? Normally it would be, more work for Davenport, yes,
:03:09. > :03:15.please. This is a more difficult case and this is what the MP had to
:03:15. > :03:21.say it earlier today. We have the skills base, 25,000 people
:03:21. > :03:25.dependent on the defence interested -- industry, and it is important we
:03:25. > :03:28.do as much as we can to protect those jobs, but at the same time
:03:28. > :03:32.what is also important, the Government have to explain how they
:03:32. > :03:36.will make sure it will be environmentally friendly and health
:03:36. > :03:40.and safety will be taken into account, too. He is being measured
:03:40. > :03:44.in his language because of the tricky business of balancing the
:03:44. > :03:52.economic benefits against concerns about health and the environment.
:03:52. > :03:57.Frankly, this is not something people like. -- people like Oliver
:03:57. > :04:01.Cole will want to put too much emphasis on, because they do not
:04:01. > :04:06.want the area seen as a submarine graveyard. Does the Labour MP
:04:06. > :04:11.Alison Seabeck have the same view? This is one of the areas she
:04:11. > :04:14.specialises in as her new job as shadow defence minister. She says
:04:14. > :04:18.on the safety issue that the proposed new work would be less of
:04:18. > :04:23.a risk than the D fuelling work which goes on at Devonport at the
:04:23. > :04:26.moment. She agrees that Oliver Colvile that low-skilled work is
:04:26. > :04:30.not the main event for Davenport, but says it should grab all the
:04:30. > :04:32.work it can get. Thank you very much indeed.
:04:32. > :04:35.Devon and Cornwall Police are to review their investigation into the
:04:35. > :04:37.disappearance of the Devon schoolgirl Genette Tate after a
:04:37. > :04:41.suspect for her abduction was convicted of murdering another
:04:41. > :04:43.young girl. Genette disappeared in the east Devon village of
:04:43. > :04:45.Aylesbeare in 1978. Today, Robert Black was found guilty of
:04:45. > :04:51.kidnapping and murdering nine-year- old Jennifer Cardy in Northern
:04:51. > :04:56.Ireland in 1981. Black was jailed for life in 1994 after killing
:04:56. > :04:59.three other girls in the 1980s when he was working as a delivery driver.
:04:59. > :05:04.He was linked to the Amargh killing after detectives trawled more than
:05:04. > :05:07.half a million fuel receipts and found one that proved crucial. Our
:05:07. > :05:10.home affairs correspondent Simon Hall has been in Aylesbeare today.
:05:10. > :05:20.Earlier, I asked him what the prospects were of Black now being
:05:20. > :05:20.
:05:21. > :05:24.charged with Genette's murder. That is the key question, of course.
:05:24. > :05:28.There was no obvious new evidence which came out against black in
:05:28. > :05:32.this trial, and prosecutors decided a few years ago they had
:05:32. > :05:37.insufficient evidence to charge him with abducting Genette Tate, so
:05:37. > :05:39.what has changed? The key issue is the Northern Ireland case, the
:05:39. > :05:45.Jennifer Cardy case, where the judge allowed bad character
:05:45. > :05:49.evidence against Black, and in his case that is as bad as it gets,
:05:49. > :05:54.sexually assaulting and murdering children. You can imagine the
:05:54. > :05:58.impact on the jury. If the prosecutors could now put Back in
:05:58. > :06:01.this area at the time that Genette Tate disappeared, introduce
:06:01. > :06:05.evidence against him and have the prospect of bad character evidence,
:06:06. > :06:10.you could see that might raise the prospect of a conviction.
:06:11. > :06:15.What is the reaction to all of this?
:06:15. > :06:18.Genette Tate's father has said to Black, if you know what happened,
:06:18. > :06:22.if you were responsible for my daughter's disappearance, please
:06:22. > :06:27.come out and tell us. He said the family had been through real help
:06:27. > :06:30.and he wants to see an end to that. It is the view of those involved in
:06:30. > :06:35.the case by and large that the truth about what happened to
:06:35. > :06:38.Genette Tate will only become known if it was Black, it forever it may
:06:38. > :06:45.have been, comes forward and confesses.
:06:45. > :06:50.And the chances of him confessing? Well, he has not until now, and we
:06:50. > :06:55.are talking many years, of course, so you have to say dubious. There
:06:55. > :06:59.is powerful psychology behind this. In this man's mind, and he's
:06:59. > :07:03.devious and manipulative, he only now has a feeling of power because
:07:03. > :07:07.of the secrets he possesses, he will never be released and he knows
:07:07. > :07:12.that, so these give him some feeling of influence in the world.
:07:12. > :07:15.Would he give those it? That is something you would have to ask.
:07:15. > :07:19.What are Devon & Cornwall Police saying?
:07:19. > :07:22.No one was available for interview, they released a brief statement
:07:22. > :07:26.saying the Genette Tate case remains open, they will review the
:07:26. > :07:36.evidence presented in the quarter Northern Ireland, and see if it
:07:36. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:50.A man from Cornwall has been speaking for the first time today
:07:50. > :07:54.about the moment he was struck by lightning. Ian Thomas, the mayor of
:07:54. > :07:57.Redruth, was out with his dog when it happened, and he was so badly
:07:57. > :08:00.injured he has been in hospital for a week. As Spotlight's Cornwall
:08:00. > :08:02.reporter Eleanor Parkinson explains, Ian's doctor says if he had not
:08:02. > :08:05.have been wearing rubber boots, he would have been killed.
:08:05. > :08:08.Ian Thomas got up early to feed his chickens. He was walking through
:08:08. > :08:11.his garden with his dog when he says he dug a huge blow to the head.
:08:11. > :08:13.I was conscious of the fact that my body was flying upwards as opposed
:08:13. > :08:16.to falling downwards. Then everything went blank, or black, or
:08:16. > :08:21.whatever. And when you came round? I don't know how long I had been as
:08:21. > :08:26.I was, but I came to my senses, if I can say that, on my hands and
:08:26. > :08:29.knees with my fists clenched shut my chest, head buried in the ground.
:08:30. > :08:34.With the help of his dog, he managed to get back to his house.
:08:34. > :08:38.His wife, thinking he had had a heart attack, drove him to hospital.
:08:38. > :08:43.Doctors there found he had been hit by lightning. They even found
:08:43. > :08:47.entrance and exit marks on his body. They believe the lining was
:08:47. > :08:54.attracted by the metal food ball he was carrying. I was clutching at in
:08:54. > :08:59.front of my chest as I would usually, and there is a suggestion
:08:59. > :09:03.that the lightning targeted the bowl. But unfortunately, it hit my
:09:03. > :09:08.head on the way to it. The doctors told him his life had been saved by
:09:08. > :09:13.his Wellington boots, which had stopped the electricity earthing.
:09:13. > :09:17.The consultants said, it is lucky he is here, his words were, if he
:09:17. > :09:21.was not wearing these boots it would be a totally different story.
:09:21. > :09:25.So it is not worth thinking about, you can't help thinking about that,
:09:25. > :09:31.but I am so glad he is here. those boots will stay in the
:09:31. > :09:34.family? He is wearing them to bed, out to dinner, everywhere now!
:09:35. > :09:39.Thomas spent four days in hospital and is still being treated for pain
:09:39. > :09:41.in his left side. He says he and his family know he is very lucky to
:09:42. > :09:45.be alive. New figures obtained by Spotlight
:09:45. > :09:49.show that older drivers now account for almost a fifth of all road
:09:50. > :09:54.accidents in Devon and Cornwall. In 2008, accidents involving drivers
:09:54. > :09:59.aged 65 and over accounted for just under 12%. In 2010, that jumped to
:09:59. > :10:02.18%. In fact, police are so concerned that they now want all
:10:02. > :10:11.drivers over 65 to consider taking refresher driving courses.
:10:11. > :10:18.Spotlight's John Danks has the story.
:10:18. > :10:22.Stanley passed his driving test in 1965. Yesterday, 56 years later,
:10:22. > :10:27.the standard of his driving was again under scrutiny. His driving
:10:27. > :10:34.was assessed by a qualified instructor. You do get into habits.
:10:34. > :10:39.I think everybody does, everybody gets a way of doing things. But he
:10:39. > :10:42.obviously thought I was pretty safe on the road, so it was a good
:10:42. > :10:46.experience. Devon and Cornwall police believe refresher driving
:10:46. > :10:50.courses are a good way to improve safety on the road. They are
:10:50. > :10:54.concerned about the number of accidents involving older motorists.
:10:54. > :11:00.Senior motorists, because of their vulnerability due to age and
:11:00. > :11:07.conditions that go with old age, are an area where we need to look.
:11:07. > :11:12.The fatality rate is not increasing, but the minor damage coalition's is
:11:12. > :11:17.certainly something that is increasing. -- commissions.
:11:17. > :11:20.south-west has the highest number of pensioners than any other UK
:11:20. > :11:25.region. That may go some way to explain these latest accident
:11:25. > :11:29.figures. Earlier this month, Torbay council's road safety team
:11:29. > :11:33.organised a driver awareness Day in Paignton, supported by snooker
:11:33. > :11:40.legend Ray Reardon, who lives in the bay. You have to drive ahead of
:11:40. > :11:43.yourself, not where you are now, 50, 100 yards ahead. Anticipation, to
:11:43. > :11:46.see whether people will walk in front of you, whether they have
:11:46. > :11:50.children or animals with them. According to the police young
:11:50. > :11:54.drivers are still biggest at-risk group, but they say anyone worried
:11:54. > :11:58.about their driving skills can as an instructor to take a refresher
:11:58. > :12:01.course. E-mails coming in on that story
:12:01. > :12:04.already. And we'd like your views on that
:12:04. > :12:08.story. Do get in touch. You can contact us by email or Twitter. The
:12:08. > :12:11.addresses are on your screen now. An activity centre designed by
:12:11. > :12:21.teenagers for teenagers has been opened in Paignton. We will be
:12:21. > :12:24.taking a look around in a moment. Also still to come: It is that meat
:12:24. > :12:26.there. It is a pie, but there is a tale
:12:26. > :12:34.behind it. We will be discovering its secret ingredient.
:12:34. > :12:36.And sitting on the fence - the rare An emergency team from the
:12:36. > :12:38.Cornwall-based disaster relief charity Shelterbox has arrived in
:12:38. > :12:44.the Thai capital Bangkok, where 100,000 people have been left
:12:45. > :12:49.homeless following floods. They are distributing 400 boxes of vital aid.
:12:49. > :12:53.More than 370 people have been killed.
:12:53. > :12:56.A union challenge to save the jobs of 80 civilian staff at Devon and
:12:57. > :12:59.Cornwall Police has failed. The force announced it is cutting
:12:59. > :13:05.dozens of crime investigators as part of a four-year programme of
:13:05. > :13:07.budget cuts. An appeal panel ruled the redundancies were justified.
:13:07. > :13:12.22-year-old British bobsleigher Serita Shone, from Weymouth, has
:13:12. > :13:16.fractured her back in a training crash in Winterberg in Germany. She
:13:16. > :13:20.has had four hours of spinal surgery. She has just joined the
:13:20. > :13:24.squad after switching from athletics.
:13:24. > :13:27.All this week we have been looking at the health of three of the
:13:27. > :13:30.region's cities, Exeter, Plymouth and Truro. So far we have looked at
:13:30. > :13:34.them as important centres of business, media and health. Tonight,
:13:34. > :13:37.in the fourth and final film, there is a sporting theme. Spotlight's
:13:37. > :13:47.Dave Gibbins looks at how Exeter leads the way in the planning and
:13:47. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:52.commercial use of sports stadiums. Exeter Chiefs Sandy Park is the
:13:52. > :13:58.role model to how a sporting venue can be used to maximum potential.
:13:58. > :14:02.They could not have dreamed -- achieved their dream of reaching
:14:02. > :14:06.Rugby's Premiership had they stayed at their old ground. It was looking
:14:06. > :14:11.tired and black and -- and dilapidated so they sold it for a
:14:11. > :14:18.housing development and moved into a new site, costing �80 million.
:14:18. > :14:22.Their fore sight has paid off. Nasty in the championship we had a
:14:22. > :14:27.turnover -- last year in the championship we had a turnover of
:14:27. > :14:31.�4 million. This year, turnover at the end of May was 8.3 million.
:14:31. > :14:35.Going to the Premiership has doubled. The Cornish Pirates would
:14:35. > :14:40.love to achieve what Exeter Chiefs have done here. The only problem is
:14:40. > :14:43.they do not have a stadium to do it. This is where the City of Truro
:14:43. > :14:49.comes in. This is what the proposed stadium for Cornwall would look
:14:49. > :14:52.like on the periphery of Truro. It will be the new abode for the
:14:52. > :14:56.Cornish Pirates rugby team, eager to follow the path taken by Exeter
:14:56. > :15:01.Chiefs. It needs the backing of Cornwall Council for the project to
:15:01. > :15:06.get off the ground. Plymouth City Council pocketed a �1.1 million
:15:06. > :15:10.profit from buying back Plymouth Argyle's Home Park last week. They
:15:10. > :15:15.may have lost their one asset but they have money in the bank from
:15:15. > :15:19.the sale of the site, Paramount for the new owners. We can and should
:15:19. > :15:24.target surpluses rather than profits, and then reinvest into the
:15:24. > :15:27.club. There is no ambition on my part to take money out of the club
:15:27. > :15:31.to make money from the club. These days it is not just about fans
:15:31. > :15:37.coming through the turnstiles for a club to earn money. Utilisation is
:15:37. > :15:40.the key to healthy finances. Exeter Chiefs had a vision and boldly went
:15:40. > :15:43.where no other south-west club dared to go.
:15:43. > :15:47.And staying with sport and leisure now, because a new �5 million
:15:47. > :15:50.activity centre for young people has opened in Paignton. As Emma
:15:50. > :15:56.Ruminski has been finding out, the Parkfield centre was designed by
:15:57. > :16:01.teenagers for teenagers. Young people can no longer meant
:16:01. > :16:04.that there is nothing for them to do in Torbay. Teenagers helped
:16:04. > :16:08.design the new multi-million-pound Parkfield Centre and chose all of
:16:08. > :16:13.the facilities for. I was saying to my friends and the people I know,
:16:13. > :16:17.you guys are going to love this. We have been involved from the start.
:16:17. > :16:21.As soon as I went through those doors the other week, I literally
:16:21. > :16:28.nearly lost my breath. I absolutely could not believe it. Even coming
:16:28. > :16:32.up in a taxi to go to a regular meeting, the taxi driver went, wow!
:16:32. > :16:36.The price of membership has been kept low to make it affordable. It
:16:36. > :16:41.costs �12 to use the centre from now until March and membership
:16:41. > :16:45.means teenagers get discounted bus travel to the site. Coaching
:16:45. > :16:50.sessions and workshops hope to get young people involved in positive
:16:50. > :16:54.activities. Youth workers are on hand to give advice and support.
:16:54. > :16:58.The young people in Torbay do not have many places to go to get
:16:58. > :17:02.positive activities, professional support and guidance. This place
:17:03. > :17:07.can offer all of that as well as some physical for and. We need to
:17:07. > :17:14.focus on how to highlight young people's' positive views, and how
:17:14. > :17:19.we are not all foodies -- not all hoodies. We have got D-Day
:17:19. > :17:26.facilities for those who like music, but a BMX track for those who like
:17:26. > :17:32.sport -- DJ facilities. Others will look on in envy at the new cycle
:17:32. > :17:37.tracks. Indoors, there is a recording studio and cafes. It cost
:17:37. > :17:41.almost �5 million and was funded by the government. It is one of only
:17:41. > :17:45.63 youth projects in the country to get funding. I would imagine this
:17:45. > :17:49.is quite lucky, because it would have been difficult to achieve in
:17:49. > :17:54.this economic climate? Today would have been very difficult. The
:17:54. > :17:57.timing was good three years ago when the bid was put in. The park
:17:58. > :18:02.filled centre will run events over half-term to introduce people to
:18:02. > :18:06.the centre and activities, but it is aimed at teenagers so some will
:18:07. > :18:09.have to wait a little bit longer before they can join.
:18:09. > :18:12.Chicken, turkey, pheasant - they are all popular meats these days.
:18:12. > :18:14.But one food shop in Cornwall is hoping to further broaden people's
:18:14. > :18:18.tastes. The owners say they are doing a
:18:18. > :18:24.roaring trade in grey squirrel meat. We sent Spotlight's Amy Cole to
:18:24. > :18:29.find out what people there really think of it.
:18:29. > :18:34.Three this food boxes made up of fresh cornice -- Cornish produce.
:18:34. > :18:42.The usual suspects, carrots, broccoli and... Squirrel meat? You
:18:42. > :18:45.have got to be joking?! There is a project about to start to cold grey
:18:45. > :18:52.squirrels from this area to reintroduce the red squirrel, and
:18:52. > :18:56.it seems as saying -- it seems a shame not to make use of that made,
:18:56. > :19:02.so we are hoping to develop a market for other types of meat like
:19:02. > :19:07.rabbit or grey squirrel. I have my squirrel meat, what do I do with it
:19:07. > :19:10.now? Joanne Schofield is no stranger to grey squirrel. She is
:19:10. > :19:19.Canadian and apparently it is popular over there so she is making
:19:19. > :19:26.me a pie. You can use raw squirrel. It is better if you slow cricket.
:19:26. > :19:30.Like Venice and, for example -- slow-cooked it. Like Venice and.
:19:30. > :19:35.That that in the pie, put the pastry on top. Here is one she made
:19:36. > :19:42.area. It looks like any other pike to me, but this is Cornwall, not
:19:42. > :19:47.Canada, so what do people make of I have got squirrel pie, would you
:19:47. > :19:52.like to try some? No, thank you. have squirrel pie, would you like
:19:52. > :20:02.to try some? I am a vegetarian! That is what they all say!
:20:02. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:14.sorry! Let's see if these firemen like it. It is that meat there.
:20:14. > :20:20.like it. You like it? Would you like to try some? What... Squirrel.
:20:20. > :20:30.What do you think. Like rabbit. I thought I would save the best
:20:30. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:36.until last, I know you are waiting for me to try it so here goes. It
:20:36. > :20:46.is pretty cheery. The camera men will eat anything, so, Pete, why
:20:46. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:56.don't you have a go? Let's try a bit. Do you like it? It is very
:20:56. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:05.nice. You are not lying? No, no! There you go, you have it.
:21:05. > :21:08.It will not have taken Peter Long to finish that off! That has caused
:21:08. > :21:11.much amusement among the technical staff here!
:21:11. > :21:14.An unusual feathered visitor to North Devon is causing something of
:21:14. > :21:17.a flutter. There have been a number of sightings of a European eagle
:21:17. > :21:21.owl in the Westward Ho! Area over the last few weeks. One teenager
:21:21. > :21:25.captured the bird on camera when it spent the whole day in her garden.
:21:25. > :21:30.Hamish Marshall reports. It comes close to being the world's
:21:30. > :21:35.largest owl, with a wingspan of between five and six feet. This is
:21:35. > :21:39.10-year-old Daphne, in captivity. But this is another European eagle
:21:39. > :21:43.owl on the loose in north Devon. It is thought she has escaped from a
:21:43. > :21:48.private collection. These pictures were taken by Sarah Short when it
:21:48. > :21:54.spent a day in her garden. At first I thought it was just a large bird.
:21:54. > :21:58.I called mum, and she said, no, it is an owl. We researched it on the
:21:58. > :22:04.laptop to find out what it was. He would sit there and 10 his head and
:22:04. > :22:09.now and again have a wash. For this expert, it is no surprise the al
:22:09. > :22:12.spent all day not moving much. They prefer the night. David has been
:22:12. > :22:16.monitoring sightings, almost unheard of in this part of the
:22:16. > :22:21.world. European eagle owl was are difficult to train and maintain.
:22:21. > :22:26.Every now and again we will go and presented with some food, which he
:22:26. > :22:29.takes readily, but it is in a population, a very high pheasant
:22:29. > :22:34.population. European eagle owl stayed very well to taking
:22:34. > :22:37.pheasants. We have had phone calls and reports of it eating road to
:22:37. > :22:42.already, and it is looking healthy and flying well in the strong wind,
:22:42. > :22:49.so we have no concerns for its howl. What attracted the owl to this
:22:49. > :22:54.garden? Perhaps this is the answer, the sound of Chalky and Fudge. The
:22:54. > :22:58.good news is they were safely tucked up in their cage all day.
:22:58. > :23:03.There were no reports of pacts being attacked. The Owl should
:23:03. > :23:07.survive the winter, but if it does get into trouble, David said he
:23:07. > :23:12.would try to catch it. We will look at your e-mails on all
:23:13. > :23:17.the drivers in a moment, but first an e-mail from will, whose young
:23:17. > :23:22.son has made a rain gauge for his half-term holiday and has collected
:23:22. > :23:26.60 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Is that accurate?
:23:26. > :23:31.It depends when he started recording, but the highest today
:23:31. > :23:41.has been 30 mm. He is doing very well though, keep it up.
:23:41. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:46.We have had wet weather today, 20 to 30 mm. The good news is tomorrow
:23:46. > :23:51.it should be fine and dry, a chance to try things out. Enough moisture
:23:51. > :23:55.for some mist and fog patches later tonight, but a dry story tomorrow
:23:55. > :24:02.and we should see some sunshine, perhaps becoming hazy as the Count
:24:02. > :24:06.gets closer. But we are between weather systems tonight. The low-
:24:06. > :24:12.pressure Ms out of the way, and a ridge of high pressure, a weak one,
:24:12. > :24:17.but then nonetheless, will change it into the weekend. Some light and
:24:17. > :24:21.patchy rain across us in the afternoon on Saturday. But the main
:24:21. > :24:25.threat of rain is on Saturday night in two Sunday. Still some rain
:24:25. > :24:30.around now, some still quite heavy as it moves across the eastern
:24:31. > :24:37.parts of the region. But a nice clearance further west. This was
:24:37. > :24:41.earlier today in Truro, where we had a glimpse of the sunshine. With
:24:41. > :24:45.a bit of brightness in the sky it has felt quite pleasant. Although
:24:45. > :24:48.cooler air has followed in behind and with the clear skies we are
:24:48. > :24:53.expecting some fairly low temperatures overnight tonight as
:24:53. > :25:00.temperatures plummet into single figures. Some mistiness and fog
:25:00. > :25:04.forming particularly in the river valleys. A lot of clear sky
:25:04. > :25:08.beginning to come in which will continue overnight. The rain last
:25:08. > :25:12.to peer over parts of Dorset and the Channel Islands, and some of
:25:12. > :25:20.the mist and fog forming by tomorrow morning as well. Overnight
:25:20. > :25:28.temperatures could be as low as three or four, not must -- not much
:25:28. > :25:32.frost, but fog in areas. Further west, we should have a fine day
:25:32. > :25:38.with sunshine. High cloud in the Far western Cornwall but a pleasant
:25:38. > :25:43.enough day, and temperatures up to 14, possibly 15 degrees, with Mike
:25:43. > :25:47.winds through the day. On to the Isles of Scilly, we can expect a
:25:47. > :25:57.reasonably sunny day tomorrow, with some cloud making the sunshine hazy
:25:57. > :26:17.
:26:17. > :26:23.and a gentle breeze from the south- Let's look at the forecast through
:26:23. > :26:26.this weekend. Expect on Saturday to have a bright, cold start, some
:26:26. > :26:31.sunshine then generally clouding over with a risk of a few showers,
:26:31. > :26:35.more persistent rain into the evening. Sunday is similar,
:26:35. > :26:39.brighter weather around possibly in the morning, but a lot of cloud,
:26:39. > :26:44.brisk winds developing through the weekend. Slightly warmer air, 16
:26:44. > :26:49.degrees the top temperature. And if you are wondering what the picture
:26:49. > :26:58.is behind, it is a salmon coming up the river, taken by Tim Smit. We
:26:58. > :27:03.would love to see more of them, e- Your e-mails on older drivers, this
:27:03. > :27:08.one from Jane in Bideford. If 20% of accidents are caused by elderly
:27:08. > :27:13.drivers, then 80% are not. Which is higher?
:27:13. > :27:17.A lot of people made that point. One says, I have come up against
:27:17. > :27:21.accidents caused by impatient drivers in their mid-thirties. He
:27:21. > :27:25.says, as you get older you slow down and do not take chances.
:27:25. > :27:29.Tony says he was assessed when he retired 12 years ago and he
:27:29. > :27:33.recommended. A student in Plymouth says driving