:00:11. > :00:21.Monitoring patients at home, a revolution in health care which has
:00:21. > :00:25.
:00:25. > :00:27.cut death rates. Your blood pressure is 83 over 57.
:00:27. > :00:29.Good evening. The trial in Cornwall was so
:00:29. > :00:31.successful the idea will now be used across the country.
:00:31. > :00:34.Also tonight: A split second decision. A medic
:00:34. > :00:38.describes the dramatic moment she had to shoot dead a Taliban fighter
:00:38. > :00:43.to save the lives of her team. And with a starring role for Devon,
:00:43. > :00:46.War Horse the movie receives its worldwide premiere in New York.
:00:46. > :00:50.A Cornish scheme that monitors patients' health in their own homes,
:00:50. > :00:53.has reduced death rates by 45%, the Prime Minister has announced today.
:00:53. > :00:56.David Cameron said the telehealth trial by NHS Cornwall, the largest
:00:56. > :00:59.in the world, has been so successful, it will be rolled out
:00:59. > :01:08.across the whole country. Here's our health correspondent, Sally
:01:08. > :01:11.Mountjoy. It is part of his daily routine,
:01:11. > :01:20.checking his vital signs like a pulse, temperature and blood
:01:20. > :01:25.pressure. Joe has several long-term illnesses, including heart failure,
:01:25. > :01:29.diabetes and a long condition. When he sends his readings down a phone
:01:29. > :01:34.line from his home, they are monitored by nurses in a control
:01:34. > :01:42.centre. Any variation from his usual results raises the alarm. At
:01:42. > :01:46.the scheme has prevented many visits to the GP and to a hospital.
:01:46. > :01:49.The aim of the scheme is to keep me out of hospital. Happy days. I
:01:49. > :01:56.would recommend this to other people like myself with long-term
:01:56. > :02:01.conditions. The results of three trials including Cornwall's, where
:02:01. > :02:06.announced today. They announce a 45% reduction in death-rate in a
:02:06. > :02:09.25% reduction in admissions to hospital. Today, David Cameron said
:02:09. > :02:13.this meant that it would be extended across the country.
:02:13. > :02:17.have done a trial which has been issue success and they be will roll
:02:17. > :02:24.it out nationwide, with an aim to improve 3 million lives over the
:02:24. > :02:28.next five years with this technology. At the NHS -- NHS
:02:29. > :02:33.Cornwall has been running the pilot for two years. In these times of
:02:33. > :02:39.austerity, it is saving not only laid spot money also. For these
:02:39. > :02:42.patients, we are spending less money on crisis intervention and on
:02:42. > :02:47.going into hospital, which in turn it releases more money to be able
:02:47. > :02:52.to spend on preventative programmes, on earlier detection of people at
:02:52. > :02:59.risk of developing long-term conditions. Cornwall has shown that
:02:59. > :03:03.the schemes are saving lives. Now millions more will get that
:03:03. > :03:06.lifeline. A former army medic from Devon has
:03:06. > :03:09.described a dramatic incident in which she shot dead a Taliban
:03:09. > :03:12.fighter while she was serving in Afghanistan. Chantelle Taylor is
:03:12. > :03:21.believed to be one of the first female British soldiers to have
:03:21. > :03:24.killed a member of the enemy during combat. She has spoken to Spotlight
:03:24. > :03:28.by phone from the Middle East, where she now works. Chloe Axford
:03:28. > :03:33.reports. She was serving as a combat medic
:03:33. > :03:36.in Helmand province when her convoy was ambushed by Taliban fighters.
:03:36. > :03:46.The 35-year-old said she quickly realised that one of the gunman was
:03:46. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:01.shooting directly at her vehicle. She says that as a medic, she does
:04:01. > :04:11.not feel good about the death of the Taliban fighter, but it was a
:04:11. > :04:20.
:04:20. > :04:24.There are a woman serving in a number frontline roles in
:04:24. > :04:29.Afghanistan, but she is believed to be one of the first to have killed
:04:29. > :04:32.an enemy fighter in combat. That is because women are currently banned
:04:32. > :04:42.from roles where they might be required to kill the enemy face to
:04:42. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:07.The shooting happened in 2008. She has since left the forces and is
:05:07. > :05:10.currently working as a security adviser in the Middle East.
:05:10. > :05:15.A new warfare training facility costing more than �100 million has
:05:15. > :05:18.been unveiled today at Devonport Naval Base. The Navy describes the
:05:18. > :05:21.new computer-based system as the most radical change in training for
:05:21. > :05:30.the last 40 years and says it is the most advanced system in the
:05:30. > :05:33.world. Spotlight's Ali Chitty reports.
:05:33. > :05:38.The matting composite trading system in action at Devonport, part
:05:38. > :05:42.of a multi-million pound package described by the Navy as a training
:05:42. > :05:46.revolution. All bought simulations are not new to the Navy, this new
:05:46. > :05:50.programme allows entire crews to work together with those at other
:05:50. > :05:54.locations and even members of foreign navies. Today they are
:05:54. > :05:59.working on a simulation of their share's run, dealing with the
:05:59. > :06:04.threat of air attack. This would cost tens of thousands of Pounds if
:06:04. > :06:09.it were done at sea. We're going to have to train in a different way.
:06:09. > :06:13.This is absolutely how we will do it. We will take individuals in his
:06:13. > :06:20.small teams, work them up, get their drills right, just like
:06:20. > :06:25.Nelson dead in his day and then finally send them to see. So far,
:06:25. > :06:29.the crew have been unsuccessful in its seeing off that the attack.
:06:29. > :06:33.Trainers are increasing the pressure at every moment. There is
:06:33. > :06:37.no extra cost. State of-the-art micelles to be sent against the
:06:37. > :06:40.crew without anyone having to pay for them and this means that when
:06:40. > :06:46.the hit a real-life training situations, they are up to speed
:06:46. > :06:52.with 10 hit -- with how to deal with the modern threat. They may
:06:52. > :06:55.not have actually worked together to counter the threat. We can bring
:06:55. > :07:03.the men here and they will learn their role and how to interact with
:07:03. > :07:07.each other. Work is already in hand to use the new system to trained
:07:07. > :07:11.sailors for the new Queen Elizabeth class carriers, still under
:07:11. > :07:14.construction. It means the crews can be ready before the ships.
:07:14. > :07:17.An inquest has been told a Royal Marine serving with Taunton-based
:07:17. > :07:27.40 Commando in Afghanistan may have been killed after an insurgent
:07:27. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:32.detonated an explosive device close to where he was patrolling. The
:07:32. > :07:36.inquest heard Marine Richard Hollington was injured in the blast
:07:36. > :07:38.in the Sangin district on June 12 last year but died from his wounds
:07:38. > :07:41.eight days later. A new waste treatment plant at Lee
:07:41. > :07:44.Moor near Plymouth has been given the go ahead by Devon County
:07:44. > :07:47.Council. Building work on the facility at the old china clay
:07:47. > :07:50.works will start early next year and is expected to create more than
:07:50. > :07:53.22 jobs. Local people opposed to the plans are worried about
:07:53. > :07:56.increased traffic and emissions. Work is underway on a flood relief
:07:56. > :07:59.scheme for Teignmouth in South Devon. The Environment Agency's �4
:07:59. > :08:04.million project includes defence walls and flood gates to protect
:08:04. > :08:07.the back beach, town centre and more than 400 homes.
:08:07. > :08:10.Councils across the South West are pushing for thousands of empty
:08:10. > :08:13.homes in the region to be redeveloped and made available for
:08:13. > :08:15.affordable housing. It is national Empty Property Week, and local
:08:15. > :08:25.authorities are planning to use government money to improve
:08:25. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:28.privately owned vacant properties, and bring them back into use.
:08:28. > :08:31.The earthquake which affected parts of Cornwall this weekend has
:08:31. > :08:34.highlighted fears that the region could be hit by a tsunami. As Sam
:08:34. > :08:36.Smith reports, researchers believe it has happened before and
:08:36. > :08:43.campaigners say a planned nuclear power facility at Hinkley Point in
:08:43. > :08:47.Somerset could be at risk. EDF Energy wants to build a new
:08:47. > :08:51.power plant at Hinckley Point. Environmental campaigners say they
:08:52. > :08:56.-- that is misguided. A mass of about the money coming in from the
:08:56. > :09:03.sea would not get the power supply and knockout the back out
:09:03. > :09:07.electricity, so the power station would have no electricity. There
:09:07. > :09:11.would still be a lot of residual heat. That could build up into a
:09:12. > :09:17.meltdown of the fuel, do it kind of thing that happened in Fukushima in
:09:17. > :09:21.Japan. Fukushima was swamped by as tsunami that followed an offshore
:09:21. > :09:29.earthquake in March. An offshore tremor shook the South West at the
:09:29. > :09:37.weekend. No tsunami fault, but was that the case 400 years ago?
:09:37. > :09:42.Researchers at mention that a great flood and 16 was seven, -- 16 or
:09:42. > :09:46.seven. The houses were completely demolished. We have records that
:09:46. > :09:50.there was a 60 township, fully laden with goods and ready to set
:09:50. > :09:58.sail which was hoisted into the water and transported onto land, so
:09:58. > :10:03.we're looking at a significant way fight of seven or eight metres.
:10:03. > :10:13.flood killed 500 people living close to the site of hoof power
:10:13. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:22.station. -- close to the site of the power station. Oliver analysis
:10:22. > :10:25.suggests that this is an ideal spot to build it. The planning
:10:25. > :10:28.application could be decided in about one year from now.
:10:28. > :10:30.And you can find out more about Hinkley on tonight's edition of
:10:30. > :10:33.Inside Out in half an hour here on BBC One.
:10:33. > :10:38.The film War Horse, which was part- filmed on Dartmoor, premiered in
:10:38. > :10:43.New York last night. It has already been a huge hit on the stage in
:10:43. > :10:51.London. Now Stephen Spielberg has made Devon author Michael
:10:51. > :10:58.Morpurgo's book into a movie. Janine Jansen reports.
:10:59. > :11:02.One man and his horse. This film tells the story of a farmer's son
:11:02. > :11:08.from Devon and tie he and his horse are plunged into the horror of
:11:08. > :11:13.World War One in France. I think people see an animal like this, a
:11:13. > :11:19.magnificent, handsome and a maul, and the sea that and did they
:11:19. > :11:23.forget about tower animosity and hour attained -- problems with each
:11:23. > :11:26.other and data under full attention on helping the horse and the sea
:11:26. > :11:33.the healing that takes place on stage and now in a movie and before
:11:33. > :11:40.that, in a book. The Devon-based offer was at the premiere. He has
:11:40. > :11:45.get the integrity of what it is. It is epic, very beautiful, horrifying
:11:45. > :11:49.and turns. I was very moved, not just because it had anything to do
:11:49. > :11:56.with me. I lost myself it completely. The acting is wonderful.
:11:56. > :12:06.It seems that Holyrood cannot get enough of Devon. Another film is
:12:06. > :12:16.based on this park here. It think we'll be ushered into the red
:12:16. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:22.carpet alongside the Stars. I have never even which the red carpets
:12:22. > :12:26.ceremony of any sort. If I see that, I turn off. I'll have to look at
:12:26. > :12:30.clubs that what you actually do. The boos To her struggle to keep
:12:30. > :12:35.afloat, but this film could be its saviour. A new that when we came
:12:35. > :12:38.here, it just need a light shining on it so people could see her
:12:38. > :12:47.fantastic it is and they will come. It did not expect further like to
:12:47. > :12:57.be quite so big from Hollywood. -- I did not expected the light to be
:12:57. > :12:58.
:12:59. > :13:03.quite so big. Both films or will open-ended the new year. -- both
:13:03. > :13:05.films will open in the new year. All the sport coming up in a moment,
:13:05. > :13:07.plus: We meet a couple of young
:13:07. > :13:13.entrepreneurs. The two Devon schoolgirls who created a board
:13:13. > :13:22.game out of sheer boredom. And he did dead at 25 feet Christmas tree
:13:22. > :13:25.across this River? By canoe, of On to sport now and Yeovil Town is
:13:25. > :13:28.our only team left in this season's FA Cup after Torquay saw the sharp
:13:28. > :13:31.end of the Blades at Sheffield United. Meanwhile, in rugby, Exeter
:13:31. > :13:41.Chiefs are now up to third in the Premiership. Brent Pilnick looks
:13:41. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:02.Fleetwood Town against Blackpool. So, Ian Holloway could be returning
:14:02. > :14:12.to the West Country if you'll pull can overcome Conference side
:14:12. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:18.Fleetwood. Fleetwood her back after letting in two goals. They managed
:14:18. > :14:25.to secure a replay with the last minute penalty. Torquay were the
:14:25. > :14:33.architects of the room downfall at Torquay United. An own goal got the
:14:33. > :14:41.Blades back into the match. Sheffield doubled their score a
:14:41. > :14:45.minute later. He soon made it 31. Despite the late consolation from
:14:45. > :14:55.Danny Stevens, they could not find a way to fly back into the third
:14:55. > :15:05.grant - - third round. Exeter chiefs are now third in the
:15:05. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:19.Exeter managed to get there seconds successive league win. The Cornish
:15:19. > :15:24.pirates overcame London Scottish 42 points up to 10. Rob Cook was among
:15:24. > :15:34.the first have scores with the strike. London Scottish change
:15:34. > :15:39.their shirts, but it did not change their fortune. Plymouth Albion are
:15:39. > :15:45.still looking for their first win after they went down 20 points to e
:15:45. > :15:48.Cornwall's Ben Ainsley has had a great start in the Perth 2011
:15:48. > :15:51.sailing championships. The five- time Finn World Champion won from
:15:51. > :15:55.the front in the first race, but had to come from fifth place to
:15:55. > :15:57.take the second and put himself firmly at the top of the fleet. The
:15:57. > :16:00.venue in Fremantle, Western Australia, has attracted entries
:16:00. > :16:09.from 80 countries, with 1,200 athletes, and is billed as the
:16:09. > :16:16.biggest regatta in the world. It was a good day. I had two first
:16:16. > :16:23.places, so I am very happy with that. Difficult conditions and good
:16:23. > :16:27.conditions - - a good result. There was a bit of a delay to get going,
:16:27. > :16:33.it was a little bit lighter than the breezy with normally expect
:16:33. > :16:43.here. Tricky conditions. It was a good day for everyone and a great
:16:43. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:50.way to start of the event. Now to two schoolgirls from Devon
:16:50. > :16:53.who would make Lord Sugar proud. At the ages of 8 and 10, Alice Bailey
:16:53. > :16:55.and her sister Megan have invented a board game which is now being
:16:55. > :16:58.professionally produced and sold. They don't have a celebrity backer,
:16:58. > :17:01.well, not yet anyway! The investment, in fact, came from
:17:01. > :17:05.their grandmother. Simon Clemison has been to meet the two very young
:17:05. > :17:10.apprentices near Cullompton. From boredom to board game. Like so
:17:10. > :17:15.many children, they found themselves how they might fill a
:17:15. > :17:20.few spell - - spare hours. They decided to make their own fund.
:17:20. > :17:24.Nothing unusual in that, except the game they come up with has gone
:17:24. > :17:32.commercial and is now selling in some shops and their home county of
:17:32. > :17:37.Devon. You won a prize at the show, move forward three. Last winter
:17:37. > :17:44.when it was really cold and horrible we decided to make up a
:17:45. > :17:48.board game about horses. They could have made up a board game about
:17:48. > :17:52.cities like a monopoly, but you decided to make it about the
:17:53. > :17:56.countryside, why? Because there are not many games about the
:17:56. > :18:03.countryside. Not many children have created a board game and published
:18:03. > :18:07.its, so we thought we could do that. After months of playing it at home,
:18:07. > :18:12.their grandmother, who was recently widowed, decided to invest some of
:18:12. > :18:17.the money she was left. The game was professionally illustrated and
:18:17. > :18:21.the family got it to market themselves. It is not clear whether
:18:22. > :18:27.this is the beginning of something or not, but children have been the
:18:27. > :18:32.inspiration for books and toys in the past. In this case, the whole
:18:32. > :18:42.idea came for them. Do you want to be based this on Sunday? Yeah us.
:18:42. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:54.Running a factory? Maybe. At bit of It is the time of the year when
:18:54. > :18:57.Christmas trees are being put up and decorated all over the place.
:18:57. > :19:00.At Trellisick Gardens near Truro, they have come up with a novel and
:19:00. > :19:10.challenging way of collecting their tree from the nearby Tregothnan
:19:10. > :19:15.
:19:15. > :19:21.estate. Spotlight's David George The estate is only about three-
:19:21. > :19:26.quarters of a mile away from the National Trust garden, the problem
:19:26. > :19:32.this the river far all lies between the two properties. So, it could
:19:32. > :19:39.have taken the 17 mile road trip, or even taking did Jian Ferri, but
:19:39. > :19:44.they chose canoeing. We thought what the quickest route was, we
:19:44. > :19:48.were thinking about fairies and so on, so we turn to can use instead
:19:48. > :19:53.and decided that was the best way to get the deer. It wouldn't have
:19:53. > :19:57.been my first choice, but they manage the whole voyage without any
:19:57. > :20:04.mishap and the 25 that Norwegian spruce was brought ashore at the
:20:04. > :20:08.estate. It is quite exciting. It was hard work. There were a few
:20:08. > :20:12.showers along the way, but we made it a more MPs. It doesn't seem the
:20:12. > :20:19.obvious mode of transport if you're carrying Christmas trees.
:20:19. > :20:24.thought it was an unusual way to go down the river. Exciting times,
:20:24. > :20:32.really. Meanwhile, at the gardens they were finishing of another
:20:32. > :20:37.spectacular Christmas decoration. Easy does it! So, with the tree in
:20:37. > :20:47.place it is time to decorate its, all 25 feet. They will be finished
:20:47. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:57.I don't fancy the job of decorating it! Let's see what the weather is
:20:57. > :21:01.going to be like. It is feeling a bit more wintery.
:21:01. > :21:06.As after the second warmest November for over a hundred years,
:21:06. > :21:16.it feels like winter, doesn't it? Good evening. It is a cold breeze
:21:16. > :21:20.
:21:20. > :21:24.Whilst it warms up temporarily on Thursday, the colt returns on
:21:24. > :21:29.Friday and into the start of the weekend. Quite a lot going on on
:21:29. > :21:34.the satellite picture with a lot of cloud to start with. There are some
:21:34. > :21:39.breaks in the cloud, so there have been some sunshine spells today.
:21:39. > :21:48.There are some quite frequent showers today. They should become a
:21:48. > :21:52.little bit more isolated and there will be enough clear skies to let
:21:52. > :21:57.the temperature kicker - - temperature go close to freezing.
:21:57. > :22:01.We keep the showers right the way through to Wednesday, although by
:22:01. > :22:09.the afternoon there should be more in the way of sunshine. Lots of
:22:09. > :22:19.cloud by giving showers, but there were some holes in that cloud.
:22:19. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:29.These pictures were taken today. The showers have never been too far
:22:30. > :22:35.away today, but there will be a fair amount of clear sky tonight
:22:35. > :22:45.and, as a result, the temperatures will plummet fairly rapidly. It is
:22:45. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:50.already quite calls. It will be cold enough for some frost in well
:22:50. > :22:57.sheltered parts. It has also called enough to give us a few icy
:22:57. > :23:02.stretches on roads and pavements. So, tomorrow morning, showers from
:23:02. > :23:06.Don. Some sunshine in between them, and it will be more generally
:23:06. > :23:14.cloudy in the afternoon with the risk of frequent showers into the
:23:14. > :23:20.early evening. Temperatures tomorrow will be similar to today.
:23:20. > :23:24.There will be blustery winds, especially on the coastline. With
:23:24. > :23:34.the islands of Scilly, a very blustery day with some frequent
:23:34. > :23:57.
:23:57. > :24:03.The winds will remain strong. West or north westerly force five or six,
:24:03. > :24:08.occasionally casting seven, showers with moderate disability in those
:24:08. > :24:15.showers. Onto the forecast all the way through. Do will be quite a few
:24:15. > :24:19.showers on Wednesday, but by the afternoon they will fade away.
:24:19. > :24:22.There will be some frost on Wednesday evening, but a weather
:24:22. > :24:27.front will move in on Wednesday night to bring some more persistent
:24:27. > :24:32.rain, giving us a milder but cloudier day on Thursday, but still
:24:32. > :24:38.windy. We are back to the cold air on Friday with widespread frost on
:24:38. > :24:41.Friday night. We have come to the other end of
:24:41. > :24:43.Broadcasting House in Plymouth to the studios of BBC Radio Devon,
:24:43. > :24:46.where a massive final effort has been underway to reach their
:24:46. > :24:49.�600,000 target towards a new air ambulance for the county. An all
:24:49. > :24:52.day on-air auction of things money can't normally buy started at
:24:52. > :25:02.7.00am this morning and is about to come to an end. Spotlight's Andrea
:25:02. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:13.Ormsby reports. Don't forget, on the programme
:25:13. > :25:18.today you can bid for... this auction has been under close and 7
:25:18. > :25:24.o'clock this morning. The bidding will finally finish at 7 o'clock
:25:24. > :25:31.tonight. Listening at home, someone who has a deep personal interest in
:25:31. > :25:38.raising money for the Air Ambulance Fund. Marie Clarke was taking her
:25:38. > :25:44.dog out for a walk on Christmas Day when she fell. The air ambulance
:25:44. > :25:49.came to her rescue. They were brilliant. So kind and caring. I
:25:49. > :25:54.think we take so many things for granted these days. Marie hopes
:25:54. > :26:04.everyone who can will do their bit to make sure that Devon gets a new
:26:04. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:14.We came into the studio earlier this afternoon and it was a hive of
:26:14. > :26:16.
:26:16. > :26:21.activity. The phones were ringing like mad. I think David's Taiwan
:26:21. > :26:27.for �30! This is the moment we find out if BBC Radio Devon has finally
:26:27. > :26:31.reached the grand total assets hundred �1,000. You have been so
:26:31. > :26:37.generous, ladies and gentlemen. We have been fund-raising for months
:26:37. > :26:42.and months. The aim has been to raise �600,000 to buy a brand-new
:26:42. > :26:48.helicopter to save lives here in Devon. You have swum across the sea
:26:48. > :26:57.in Torbay, skydiving, sold more cream teas than anyone has eaten
:26:57. > :27:07.before. Today a great big auction has raised �4,580 across the day
:27:07. > :27:09.
:27:09. > :27:19.the auction has raised �17,127. Which takes the air ambulance
:27:19. > :27:24.
:27:24. > :27:30.appealed total to �602,127! Yes! That is a superb efforts, and well
:27:30. > :27:36.done to everyone at BBC Radio Devon. Well done to all the listeners.