:00:09. > :00:19.The horse owner devastated after the animal was drugged and
:00:19. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:24.mutilated before being killed. Angry, upset why someone would be
:00:24. > :00:28.so sick, so nasty to do that a beautiful animal.
:00:28. > :00:31.Good evening. We'll hear more from the owner and the police, who say
:00:31. > :00:34.it's one of the worst cases of cruelty to a horse.
:00:34. > :00:42.Also tonight: denied an operation. This little boy's family believe it
:00:42. > :00:45.could enhance his life, the NHS says it's not convinced.
:00:45. > :00:48.Why did they turn me down, I want to know why.
:00:48. > :00:51.A custody battle across Europe - the father who fears he may never
:00:51. > :00:54.see his children again. Shocking figures reveal the extent
:00:54. > :00:57.of obesity among children leaving primary school in the region.
:00:57. > :01:06.And find out how these little monkeys are creating something of
:01:06. > :01:10.A horse has been tortured and killed in an horrific attack in
:01:10. > :01:14.Cornwall. The stallion was drugged in a field and then mutilated with
:01:14. > :01:17.a knife. The police officer in charge of the investigation says
:01:17. > :01:21.it's one of the worst cases of cruelty he has ever seen. The
:01:21. > :01:25.savage attack has left the animal's owners shocked and appalled. Some
:01:25. > :01:30.of you may find this report by Spotlight's Amy Cole distressing.
:01:30. > :01:33.Once a prized possession, now the subject of a criminal investigation.
:01:33. > :01:36.So brutal are the injuries this horse sustained that I cannot go
:01:36. > :01:40.into details because they are too distressing, except to say he
:01:40. > :01:46.suffered horrific mutilation to his head and body - and this is all we
:01:46. > :01:55.can show you. Erik, a 2.5-year-old Friesian stallion belonged to Dawn
:01:55. > :01:59.Jewell, who discovered him yesterday afternoon. High on the
:01:59. > :02:04.bed to come out and to a report and he looked at the injuries and with
:02:04. > :02:08.their head that had been cut and found some pungent winds where he
:02:08. > :02:16.had either been sedated or poisoned. Then with the other injuries
:02:16. > :02:24.sustained he said it had been done with the knife. He was one of 11
:02:24. > :02:27.horses that Dawn owned, and he was by far her favourite. Since I was
:02:27. > :02:34.six years old, I had always wanted a Friesian, they were always my
:02:34. > :02:38.favourite. It took me years to find him and he has been fantastic. And
:02:38. > :02:41.so are angry, so upset. Police search teams turned up this
:02:41. > :02:48.afternoon to scour the fields for any clues. The investigation is
:02:48. > :02:53.also trying to establish a motive. There are lots of different factors
:02:53. > :02:58.that could be a motive for this. We are keeping an open mind and then
:02:58. > :03:03.we will see head inquiry takes first in relation to those lines of
:03:03. > :03:08.investigation. Over 26 years of police experience, that is the
:03:08. > :03:12.worst I have come across of this nature. A post mortem examination
:03:12. > :03:17.is being carried out and forensics are there to try to ascertain how
:03:17. > :03:21.the horse died and to look for any clues that the attacker might have
:03:21. > :03:25.left so that the police can find out who was responsible for this
:03:25. > :03:29.most vicious attack. The family of a 12-year-old boy are
:03:29. > :03:32.calling on NHS Devon to pay for an operation that they and his
:03:32. > :03:36.consultant believe could enhance his quality of life. Adam Pengelly
:03:36. > :03:46.was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was two, and can only walk
:03:46. > :03:51.unaided for a short period of time. Heidi Davey has the story.
:03:51. > :03:57.Adam Pengelly has been living with cerebral palsy for the past decade.
:03:57. > :04:02.His condition also means he is by pleated, which affects both of his
:04:02. > :04:09.legs. As he gets older his condition is likely to deteriorate
:04:09. > :04:11.which is why his family and medical experts believe he would be an
:04:11. > :04:17.appropriate candidate for selective dorsal rhizotomy, a technique used
:04:17. > :04:22.to treat spasticity in lower limbs. In my old life I have been told
:04:22. > :04:26.I'll be more reliant on my wheelchair. Could I get a job I
:04:26. > :04:33.want to be as mobile as I can and I think there's operation would help
:04:33. > :04:38.me to be as mobile as I am now. was referred to a new oral surgeon
:04:38. > :04:48.at Bristol's Frenchay Hospital he believes the operation would
:04:48. > :04:50.
:04:50. > :04:55.enhance the lifestyle of the tart like Adam. We do no from the United
:04:55. > :05:00.States that this procedure has been undertaken in younger children. As
:05:00. > :05:04.long as there is significant lower limb spasticity which is causing
:05:05. > :05:10.impairment of movement then it can be a very effective and useful
:05:11. > :05:16.operation. But NHS Devon has subsequently turned at them down
:05:16. > :05:21.for the operation. His mum cannot understand why. Surely, the cost of
:05:21. > :05:26.keeping a person who is more wheelchair-bound than eight more
:05:26. > :05:36.able body to person overtime will cost the country more than the cost
:05:36. > :05:40.
:05:40. > :05:44.of an operation. In response, N H S Adam and his family say today's
:05:44. > :05:48.response from the NHS is one they needed to hear when he was
:05:48. > :05:55.originally turned down. They are now considering whether to appeal
:05:55. > :05:58.against the outcome for stop The police are trying to find a
:05:58. > :06:02.convicted sex offender missing from a hospital in Taunton. 75-year-old
:06:02. > :06:05.David Marker disappeared yesterday morning. He has been detained since
:06:05. > :06:09.committing an offence against a child in 1965.
:06:09. > :06:13.More than a third of children in parts of the south west are living
:06:13. > :06:16.in poverty, according to new figures. The Campaign to End Child
:06:16. > :06:18.Poverty says among the worst areas are Devonport in Plymouth and
:06:18. > :06:22.Watcombe in Torquay. Shares in the Exeter-based airline
:06:22. > :06:25.Flybe fell more than 20% to touch a new low today, after the company
:06:25. > :06:30.issued a profits warning. Flybe, which is Europe's largest regional
:06:31. > :06:34.airline, says sales have fallen short of expectations.
:06:34. > :06:36.Around one in three children leaving primary school in the South
:06:37. > :06:41.West is obese or overweight, according to the latest official
:06:41. > :06:46.figures. And in most parts of the region, the rates have been rising
:06:46. > :06:50.steadily. The health service says tackling the problem is a priority.
:06:51. > :06:54.Sally Mountjoy has the details. Children at Ide Primary School near
:06:54. > :06:59.Exeter know all about keeping fit. They have this brand new outdoor
:06:59. > :07:08.games area, a walking bus to get to school and a range of after school
:07:08. > :07:12.activities. We place a great emphasis on children's healthy
:07:12. > :07:17.lifestyles. At least once or twice in the year we have whole school
:07:17. > :07:20.themed weeks or days which focus on wholefood living as well as the
:07:20. > :07:23.continuous message that we give to children. Heathy living is an
:07:23. > :07:27.increasingly important part of the curriculum, as the proportion of
:07:27. > :07:30.children who are an unhealthy size has continued to rise in recent
:07:30. > :07:34.years. In Plymouth, 34% of pupils leaving primary school are obese or
:07:34. > :07:40.overweight. In Torbay, it's 33% and in the four South West counties
:07:40. > :07:43.it's around 30%. And while the figures show the number of obese 10
:07:43. > :07:47.and 11-year-olds in Cornwall has fallen in recent years to 30, the
:07:47. > :07:52.proportion of five-year-olds with a weight problem has gone UP - to 24%
:07:52. > :08:02.- in line with the rest of the South West. Tackling the problem is
:08:02. > :08:07.a health service priority. Winnowed from the evidence that if we try to
:08:07. > :08:10.establish healthy eating in early childhood it will carry forward to
:08:10. > :08:15.adult could and protect long term. There is a wide range of
:08:15. > :08:18.interventions that we are undertaking to try to ensure that
:08:19. > :08:22.children and young people have the best healthy start to life that
:08:22. > :08:26.they can. At Ide, a local restaurant provides meals cooked on
:08:26. > :08:29.site - so there's a high take up of school dinners, which offer healthy
:08:30. > :08:39.choices. The school's won an award for its pupils' excellent
:08:40. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:47.undersanding of how to keep healthy. We had been taught to eat healthily
:08:47. > :08:53.and do running and swimming and lots of sport. Why is that
:08:53. > :08:58.important? Because it held its your health and if you're not very
:08:58. > :09:01.healthy will not have a good start in life. If you are not overweight
:09:01. > :09:05.-- if you are overweight you cannot do as much water as we will do and
:09:05. > :09:08.it is not as much fun. Almost two thirds of adults are an unhealthy
:09:08. > :09:11.weight and related conditions like heart disease and diabetes are
:09:11. > :09:21.ballooning. So getting the healthy living message across to children
:09:21. > :09:29.
:09:29. > :09:32.is seen as vital. A South West MP is calling for
:09:33. > :09:36.better protection for people living on mobile home parks who have been
:09:36. > :09:39.bullied and intimidated by park owners. In a new survey, more than
:09:39. > :09:46.two thirds of residents said their living conditions were unacceptable.
:09:46. > :09:50.Frank Boulton lives on a park homes site in St Austell. He loves the
:09:50. > :09:56.sense of community that has just settled a dispute with the park
:09:56. > :10:01.owners and now campaigns on behalf of other residents and backs the
:10:01. > :10:05.call for new legislation. What we want is new legislation because the
:10:05. > :10:11.legislation that is in at the moment, has too many loopholes in
:10:11. > :10:17.it. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the owners of Buckler
:10:17. > :10:21.Park. We tried unsuccessfully to get their side of the story today.
:10:21. > :10:27.But many Park home President's report living under unacceptable
:10:27. > :10:33.conditions. There are calls for tighter regulation and a fit and
:10:33. > :10:36.proper person test for site owners. At the moment about 50% of those in
:10:37. > :10:43.Park Homes Report tactics that you and I would not find acceptable
:10:43. > :10:46.from our landlord. I'm trying to make sure that often elderly, often
:10:46. > :10:56.vulnerable people are protected as you or I would be if we were in a
:10:56. > :11:16.
:11:16. > :11:26.house that we shared with other 700 Park home residents in Mr got
:11:26. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:45.the's constituency will be eagerly awaiting news on his bill. Police
:11:45. > :11:48.in Newquay are continuing their search for a 26-year-old man who
:11:48. > :11:53.hasn't been seen since the early hours of Saturday. Oliver Doy was
:11:53. > :11:55.in the town on a surfing break with friends. He was last seen leaving a
:11:55. > :11:58.nightclub and walking with an anonymous male and two unknown
:11:58. > :12:02.females near the cinema in Newquay. Police would like those three
:12:02. > :12:06.people to come forward, as well as this woman who may have seen him
:12:06. > :12:11.that evening. A father involved in a custody
:12:11. > :12:14.battle says he fears he may never see his two sons again. John
:12:14. > :12:17.Janus's former wife took them both to Austria, despite a British court
:12:17. > :12:20.saying he should have custody of them. His former wife never
:12:20. > :12:23.complied with the court order and it was eventually dropped. Now Mr
:12:24. > :12:27.Janus is facing a hearing in Austria on Thursday where he
:12:27. > :12:30.expects to be told both boys will have to live there.
:12:30. > :12:33.They look a happy father and son - but six-year-old Christopher Janus
:12:33. > :12:37.and his dad, John, face being separated after a court is expected
:12:37. > :12:41.to force the youngster to live with his mother in Austria. The problems
:12:41. > :12:45.started nearly two years ago when Mr Janus' wife suddenly left their
:12:45. > :12:48.home in Sidmouth with both children. They went to her home country of
:12:48. > :12:51.Austria. Almost immediately the High Court in London ruled the
:12:51. > :12:54.children should be brought back to the UK. But that never happened.
:12:54. > :12:59.Last August, Mr Janus brought his older child Christopher back to
:12:59. > :13:03.Devon. But by November the High Court decided it could not enforce
:13:03. > :13:07.its earlier rulings and that the two boys should be together. Last
:13:07. > :13:16.week, Mr Janus and his son were escorted back to Austria where the
:13:16. > :13:21.custody hearing will take place on Thursday. I could only hope that
:13:21. > :13:25.the Austrian court would see the real welfare issue and they would
:13:25. > :13:30.allow me to return to England with Christopher until such time as a
:13:30. > :13:35.proper assessment could be made. The family says that Christopher
:13:35. > :13:39.was flourishing here in east Devon. He was enjoying school and they
:13:39. > :13:42.maintain that this is where he wanted to stay with his father. Mrs
:13:42. > :13:50.Janus's sister, who is also Christopher's godmother, was with
:13:50. > :13:55.them as they flew to Austria. seemed to be being treated as a
:13:55. > :14:00.criminal because he had not actually done anything wrong. It
:14:00. > :14:04.was his wife that had broken the law. His passport was taken away
:14:04. > :14:07.from him. He was shadowed at the airport to make sure that he went
:14:07. > :14:17.through to the departure lounge. Janus fears losing Christopher
:14:17. > :14:22.despite staying within the law. has cost me my inheritance, my home.
:14:22. > :14:26.I have spelt -- spent everything in trying to find a legal way to
:14:26. > :14:33.achieve this. And he's already given up hope of having a
:14:33. > :14:37.relationship with his younger son, who is now two.
:14:37. > :14:40.Earlier I spoke to Mark Smith, a specialist family lawyer. He is not
:14:40. > :14:44.involved in this case but I asked him what people should do if
:14:44. > :14:51.children they have cars today of are taken to another country.
:14:51. > :14:56.first think is to act quickly. Where there is a fear of abduction,
:14:56. > :15:02.contact the police. Secondly, they need to seek independent, expert
:15:02. > :15:06.advice from a family law specialist. What sort of legal rights would
:15:06. > :15:10.someone have one's children are in another country? Can they pursue
:15:11. > :15:15.legal action in another country? They can but it may depend on
:15:15. > :15:21.whether a child is taken. There is a difference between remedies
:15:21. > :15:25.available in United Kingdom all countries removed to a convention
:15:25. > :15:30.countries or none Hague Convention countries. What about taking
:15:30. > :15:34.preventative measures to avoid situations like this. Or should
:15:34. > :15:39.couples do once they have split on one wants to go to another country?
:15:39. > :15:42.The first issue may well be to seek independent legal advice because in
:15:42. > :15:48.many circumstances in maybe be able to negotiate as to what you're
:15:48. > :15:51.going to do as a couple. You may feel that the child will do better
:15:51. > :15:56.abroad and in those circumstances solicitors will often meet with the
:15:56. > :16:00.client, they meet with the solicitor of the spouse, and try to
:16:00. > :16:04.thrash out an agreement. Where that cannot happen, an application
:16:04. > :16:07.should be made by the parent wishing to move the board with the
:16:07. > :16:12.child to the court, for the permission of the court to remove
:16:12. > :16:16.them from jurisdiction. In cases such as this one, to the British
:16:16. > :16:20.courts have any power one someone has moved abroad with children?
:16:20. > :16:25.Condenses that that person comes back or that the children come
:16:25. > :16:30.back? It is difficult to comment on the case without knowing the entire
:16:30. > :16:34.factual background. But usually in Hague Convention country to rule-
:16:34. > :16:44.of-thumb is that the child should be returned to that country from
:16:44. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:48.which it was removed and then the proceedings follow.
:16:49. > :16:52.British Transport Police in Cornwall are trying to identify
:16:52. > :16:56.these two men in connection with an incident at Truro Railway Station.
:16:56. > :16:59.Officers say a train driver had to apply the emergency brakes after a
:16:59. > :17:01.man fell against a moving carriage on 22nd December. It's claimed that
:17:01. > :17:03.staff were then verbally abused and left shaken.
:17:03. > :17:06.Cornwall Council has made significant progress addressing
:17:06. > :17:08.concerns about its work with vulnerable children. An Ofsted
:17:08. > :17:11.report on a surprise inspection praises the authority's leadership,
:17:11. > :17:14.management and working practices. It's a turnaround from the
:17:14. > :17:17."inadequate" rating Ofsted gave the service in 2009 when many failings
:17:17. > :17:20.were identified. Three-times Olympic gold medallist
:17:20. > :17:24.Ben Ainslie, who has strong ties with Cornwall, is launching his own
:17:24. > :17:27.America's Cup team. Ainslie will compete in the World Series with
:17:28. > :17:32.the Oracle team over the next two years, before starting a team of
:17:32. > :17:41.his own in the world famous competition. With more on the story,
:17:41. > :17:48.Dave Gibbins joins us this evening. Why is he branching NT you think?
:17:48. > :17:53.He is very ambitious, 34 year-old Ben Ainslie. He has won three gold
:17:53. > :17:59.medals in past Olympic Games. But when you come to the America's Cup,
:17:59. > :18:07.you're talking about an entirely different kettle of fish. They are
:18:07. > :18:12.40 ft in Lent. I think Ben Ainslie basically wants to test himself to
:18:12. > :18:18.the very limit. It is a very exciting period and the America's
:18:18. > :18:23.Cup has made some key changes in the last couple of years. I think
:18:23. > :18:27.the whole thing is very exciting and very positive times ahead.
:18:27. > :18:31.he has very strong links with the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club in
:18:31. > :18:36.Falmouth. How much of an enclosed you think they have had? Quite a
:18:36. > :18:41.lot. One has to Nonnet oneself to a club, you have to be affiliated to
:18:41. > :18:48.the yachting club and Ben Ainslie has chosen the Royal Cornwall Yacht
:18:48. > :18:56.Club. He grew up in Truro and learn to sail mere warm-up and his father
:18:56. > :19:01.is to look for the kid that same club. My dad has had a siege
:19:01. > :19:05.infants read the prayer and has been a fantastic support. My
:19:05. > :19:09.parents are not involve my sailing as much as they were as a kid but
:19:09. > :19:14.there are still in the background, very much supportive, and they have
:19:14. > :19:20.always been there behind-the-scenes helping out and have made a huge
:19:20. > :19:25.difference to my career. It is could be a busy 2012, not only for
:19:25. > :19:33.Ben Ainslie in this project, but before that he has the Gold Cup in
:19:33. > :19:36.May which is a pre-Olympic tester and then the Olympics themselves.
:19:36. > :19:40.Gary Johnson's first game tonight in charge of Yeovil Town couldn't
:19:40. > :19:43.be tougher, as he takes his Glovers side to Sheffield United, who are
:19:44. > :19:47.third in League One. The 56-year- old has returned to Huish Park as
:19:47. > :19:55.manager, replacing Terry Skiverton, who becomes Johnson's assistant. If
:19:55. > :19:59.Yeovil win, they will move out of the relegation danger zone. If we
:19:59. > :20:05.can get the crowd buzzing and everybody getting back to how it
:20:05. > :20:09.pay felt six years ago, when we had a couple of promotions, then this
:20:09. > :20:12.club can move on. Now, it all started when he bought
:20:12. > :20:15.a monkey hand-puppet for his three- year-old daughter - but a few
:20:15. > :20:18.months later, and with a lot of hard work, it's turned into
:20:18. > :20:22.something quite spectacular! Yes, Mike Stocks from North Devon is a
:20:22. > :20:26.tattoo artist by trade - but he's also a singer/songwriter and once
:20:26. > :20:36.worked in London's fashion industry. Well he's used all that experience
:20:36. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:42.to create something of a stir! With the story, here's Andrea Ormsby.
:20:42. > :20:46.A music video attracting interest from all over the world. So far,
:20:46. > :20:56.more than 2,000 people have watched Mr Pickle and the Junkshop Quartet
:20:56. > :20:58.
:20:58. > :21:03.on Youtube. And it all started with a monkey. I was going around a car
:21:04. > :21:13.boot sale and I penned this little guy, who I think is quite
:21:14. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:18.manipulative and I thought he would make a cup double bass player. --
:21:18. > :21:23.good player. This is Mr Pickle - real name Mike Stocks. The
:21:23. > :21:26.moustache is real. More and more monkeys were bought - and with a
:21:26. > :21:36.mix of Meccano, animatronix and other tools of the trade they
:21:36. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:45.slowly came to life. I am a tattoo artist by trade so this guy here
:21:45. > :21:51.has got a tattoo: inside him which makes his arm strummed the strings.
:21:51. > :22:00.When a person but then by my late here, and the piano player has the
:22:00. > :22:04.same technique. He is playing eight child-size violin and it moves on
:22:04. > :22:07.the Little Rock but is moved by McCann of. It's been a real family
:22:07. > :22:17.affair - all designed as a birthday present for his three-year-old
:22:17. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:22.daughter, Sunday - who thinks her Dad is well... He is brilliant.
:22:22. > :22:31.for his wife, expecting their second child, it's all run of the
:22:31. > :22:35.mill. It is chaotic in the house, as you can imagine. Mike says he's
:22:35. > :22:39.surrounded by an incredible amount of talent in North Devon - people
:22:39. > :22:49.he credits with making this video something special. Even the family
:22:49. > :22:54.
:22:54. > :22:59.dog took to the stage in the attic You begin to wonder if the dog is
:22:59. > :23:06.real or whether that has strings attached as well! On to the weather
:23:06. > :23:15.forecast now. It pills we have gone from autumn to spring. Are we going
:23:15. > :23:21.A bit colder this weekend, yes. More overnight frost is possible.
:23:21. > :23:26.We have not seem much of that at whole this year. At the moment we
:23:26. > :23:31.have that they are covering of cloud. This evening and through
:23:31. > :23:34.until dawn tomorrow there is every chance of enough clear sky to a low
:23:34. > :23:43.temperatures well into single figures. Temperatures a bit colder
:23:43. > :23:49.than last night. The main rain bearing cloud is to the north of us.
:23:49. > :23:53.But it is slowly sinking southwards. It is high pressure all the way for
:23:53. > :23:58.this evening and tonight. Not much change for tomorrow but by the time
:23:58. > :24:03.we get to Thursday, the cold front from the North will introduce a
:24:03. > :24:06.change. The cloud thick enough to bring some light rain and overnight
:24:06. > :24:11.from Thursday into Friday morning the possibility of some colder
:24:11. > :24:15.weather. Then the high pressure comes back over for the weekend
:24:15. > :24:19.which means a high risk of overnight frost. There has been
:24:19. > :24:25.just a few holes in the cloud today to allow the sunshine to come
:24:25. > :24:34.through. We start at the Grand Western Canal near Tiverton weather
:24:34. > :24:39.was bright, dry weather. Hardly a breath of wind steering the water.
:24:39. > :24:44.In Cornwall, how come a man caught a glimpse of settled Commission --
:24:44. > :24:54.conditions out her seat. Here on the south coast we did get some
:24:54. > :24:58.sunshine now and then. Initially tonight, affair couple of cloud but
:24:58. > :25:04.it will break up by the morning. We will see a few places getting
:25:04. > :25:14.fairly close to freezing. Most likely perhaps in the south eastern
:25:14. > :25:16.
:25:16. > :25:21.parts of Devon and southern parts of Dorset. Tomorrow, we will have
:25:22. > :25:27.some sunny spells throughout the day. Patchy cloud coming and going.
:25:27. > :25:33.The best of the sunshine in a sheltered areas. Temperatures
:25:33. > :25:43.similar to the last two days, up to 10 or 11 degrees, possibly a twirl
:25:43. > :25:47.
:25:47. > :25:57.with we see any prolonged sunshine. Generally like wins. -- generally
:25:57. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:21.After the bid apices of last week, the surf is barely small for this
:26:21. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:36.week. -- the big seas. On Thursday, it is a great day and initially dry
:26:36. > :26:41.but then the cloud thickening and by the evening some patchy light
:26:41. > :26:48.rain or drizzle coming from the north. Then the weather becomes
:26:48. > :26:54.slow-moving as we move into Friday. In Cornwall it will be cloudy but
:26:54. > :26:59.further eased it will be brighter. Perhaps the chance to see some
:26:59. > :27:03.sunny spells. Notice the drop in the temperatures to no higher than
:27:03. > :27:13.aid to Greece. Into the weekend, frosty start on Saturday morning
:27:13. > :27:17.
:27:17. > :27:21.and Brighton start with the The main news again. A police
:27:21. > :27:27.investigation is under way after a stallion was mutilated and killed
:27:27. > :27:31.in a field in Cornwall. The family of a 12 year old boy