:00:10. > :00:15.Anti-capitalist protestors have been told to leave as Exeter
:00:15. > :00:20.Cathedral and business leaders issue an ultimatum. This is now
:00:20. > :00:27.becoming a problem. We want to work with the "Occupy" movement but time
:00:27. > :00:30.for negotiation is beginning to run out.
:00:30. > :00:34.Good evening. We'll be live in Exeter where protestors have been
:00:34. > :00:38.told to respond by noon tomorrow. Also tonight: A double murder trial
:00:38. > :00:41.- the two men whose bodies were found buried in a burnt-out van.
:00:41. > :00:51.Teachers asked to leave as drastic steps are taken to improve
:00:51. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :00:56.standards at this school. You have to take robust action because it is
:00:56. > :01:03.children's education on the line. The impact of social networking on
:01:03. > :01:06.teenagers' attitudes to sex - the shocking findings of a local study.
:01:06. > :01:15.And, the children whose song about the frustrations of the using the
:01:15. > :01:17.Torpoint Ferry has become an Tonight, it seems patience is
:01:17. > :01:20.finally running out with the protestors who've been occupying
:01:20. > :01:24.land around Exeter Cathedral. The anti-capitalist demonstrators set
:01:24. > :01:27.up camp several weeks ago, but this evening they've been told to leave.
:01:27. > :01:30.Exeter Cathedral says the "Occupy" protest is causing noise and mess,
:01:30. > :01:34."upsetting and distressing" local people and damaging the much-loved
:01:34. > :01:44.green which forms the heart of the city. Spotlight's Home Affairs
:01:44. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:52.correspondent, Simon Hall, joins us The camp has been here for two
:01:52. > :01:59.months. It has attracted some praise and some criticism. The
:01:59. > :02:04.question is how long it will remain here given today's developments.
:02:04. > :02:09.The neighbours have fallen out. Tolerate it at first by the
:02:09. > :02:13.cathedral authorities, the camp has now it been asked to leave. Things
:02:13. > :02:19.have changed because the conditions on the camp have become quite
:02:19. > :02:24.difficult. It is a very messy camp, it is attracting a lot of people
:02:24. > :02:28.who have alcohol addictions and other anti-social behaviour has
:02:28. > :02:33.been happening regularly. The police have been called soap
:02:33. > :02:40.regularly it is becoming difficult for passers-by and those who live
:02:40. > :02:43.locally. Residents at the heart of Exeter are suffering now and we are
:02:43. > :02:49.seeing a rapid degeneration. Businesses are saying that there
:02:49. > :02:55.are regular fights and a focus for antisocial behaviour and it is now
:02:55. > :03:02.becoming a problem. The cathedral is saying they can be a presence on
:03:02. > :03:06.the green. There is a lot to be said for Day protests or longer
:03:06. > :03:11.protests but as soon as the protesters leave, it is swept under
:03:11. > :03:17.the right and there is no media attention any more. I think that
:03:17. > :03:24.part of what embodies As is that why we are staying he ate
:03:24. > :03:28.indefinitely is that we believe we need to look at how we run our
:03:28. > :03:32.society in a long-term fashion. protesters have been given until
:03:32. > :03:41.noon tomorrow to respond to the request to leave. They say they
:03:41. > :03:45.haven't yet decided what to do. Now it is all about waiting. Then
:03:45. > :03:52.how the cathedral authorities respond. They will decide that at a
:03:52. > :03:55.Two men have appeared in court charged with a double murder on a
:03:55. > :03:59.remote farm in Cornwall. Ross Stone and Thomas Haigh are alleged to
:03:59. > :04:02.have gunned down two men when a drugs deal went badly wrong. Both
:04:02. > :04:12.deny committing the murders. From Truro Crown Court, Spotlight's Matt
:04:12. > :04:12.
:04:12. > :04:17.Pengelly reports. The court heard that the two men
:04:17. > :04:21.were both prone to guns and violence. But last month their
:04:21. > :04:29.bodies were loaded into a van which was burned and buried here at
:04:29. > :04:39.Trenance Downs. Today, Ross stone and Thomas Haigh appeared charged
:04:39. > :04:39.
:04:39. > :04:45.The QC for the prosecution was told that both men owed money to the
:04:45. > :04:50.murdered men. Ross Stone had built an underground bunker to grow
:04:50. > :04:55.cannabis to pay off his debt. Later he told police he owed up to
:04:55. > :05:00.�40,000. Thomas Haigh had been sent to Brazil on drug runs but was
:05:00. > :05:05.reluctant to go again and it was that background which inspired them
:05:05. > :05:12.to commit the two murders. One of these defendants pulled the trigger
:05:12. > :05:17.but the two were in it together, he said. Four weeks later it was a
:05:17. > :05:26.Ross Stone who told where to dig at his property. They found the burnt-
:05:26. > :05:31.out van and the charred remains of David Griffiths and Brett Flournoy.
:05:31. > :05:34.Both defendants denied two charges of murder.
:05:34. > :05:37.The University of Exeter has announced a major investment that
:05:37. > :05:41.will put it at the forefront of research into diseases including
:05:41. > :05:45.cancer. It's investing �20 million in a research centre which will be
:05:45. > :05:48.home to up to 200 scientists. The announcement is a further boost
:05:48. > :05:50.for the region. The university already employs 3,000 staff and
:05:50. > :05:59.contributes �400 million to the wider UK economy. Spotlight's
:05:59. > :06:03.Business Reporter, Scott Bingham, has the story.
:06:04. > :06:07.These scientists may be focusing on microscopic cell research but the
:06:07. > :06:12.University of Exeter is thinking big for the future. It has unveiled
:06:12. > :06:17.plans for a new 20 million pound research centre which one day could
:06:17. > :06:21.look for a cure for cancer. It will bring together under one roof some
:06:21. > :06:27.of the world's top brains in the field of engineering, biology,
:06:27. > :06:32.physics, medicine and maths to study diseases. Per se minds that I
:06:32. > :06:37.used to designing jet airliners and circuit boards are applying that
:06:37. > :06:43.same methodology to understanding how a living cell works and how a
:06:43. > :06:47.micro organism works. Exeter is already a top 10 University but it
:06:47. > :06:53.is literally building on that reputation to become a hugely
:06:53. > :07:00.successful business. It is investing �200 million. Turnover
:07:00. > :07:04.has trebled since 2003 to �250 million a year. These are big
:07:04. > :07:10.numbers in the current economic climate and a massive boost for the
:07:10. > :07:13.City and beyond. It is not just about education but also
:07:13. > :07:19.development and research taking place that will bring active
:07:19. > :07:24.employment. A lot of people from around the UK, potentially from
:07:24. > :07:28.around the world, could look to relocated because of those jobs.
:07:28. > :07:32.is hardly surprising, given the huge levels of growth and
:07:32. > :07:38.investment, that new structures seem to spring up all over the
:07:38. > :07:42.campers. But this will be the first news -- new size building since
:07:42. > :07:45.1968 and contraction is due to start later this year --
:07:45. > :07:49.construction. Teachers asked to leave and some
:07:49. > :07:52.pupils expelled - that's the tough action that's been taken to haul
:07:52. > :07:54.one of the largest secondary schools in the south west out of
:07:54. > :07:57.special measures. Tavistock College in Devon was
:07:57. > :08:01.deemed as failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of
:08:01. > :08:11.education by Ofsted, so a new head teacher was brought in to tackle
:08:11. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:20.Bringing a French lesson to life by letting the pupils use puppets. Now,
:08:20. > :08:24.Tavistock College can concentrate on creative teaching after spending
:08:24. > :08:28.two years trying to get out of special measures. The head teacher
:08:28. > :08:32.brought into says she was not afraid to take decisive action.
:08:32. > :08:38.Eight members of staff were asked to leave and some pupils were
:08:38. > :08:42.expelled. You have to take robust action when necessary because it is
:08:42. > :08:48.children's education on the line. If you do not, you are letting down
:08:48. > :08:52.the children. The vast majority of staff embraced the change so I'm
:08:52. > :08:57.only talking about a minority but you have to deal with that minority
:08:57. > :09:01.to get things back on track. school has been inspected six times
:09:01. > :09:06.by Ofsted, which has now classed it as satisfactory and that is a
:09:06. > :09:13.relief for some of the students. They set as a standard and we were
:09:13. > :09:16.a bit put down by it. Now we feel build up. It was worrying because
:09:16. > :09:22.you wondered whether you would get the drain -- raise for university
:09:22. > :09:30.courses and where the you could do what you why it in life. Now it has
:09:30. > :09:36.boosted as completely. It has put past... Motivated us. What
:09:36. > :09:40.Tavistock College has now got well on the way to recovery, the latest
:09:40. > :09:44.Ofsted statistics shows that one nursery and six Prime the schools
:09:44. > :09:47.across the whole of Devon are currently in special measures. --
:09:47. > :09:51.six primary schools. Earlier, I spoke to Fiona Westwood
:09:51. > :09:54.from the teaching union the NASUWT. I asked her what we should make of
:09:54. > :10:03.the departure of eight teachers followed by an improvement in the
:10:04. > :10:08.school's performance. Quality of teaching is a special
:10:08. > :10:14.part of -- an important part of special measures provisions but
:10:14. > :10:19.There are lots of other factors. What would they be? Issues around
:10:19. > :10:23.the culture of the school, budgetary pressures, organisational
:10:23. > :10:29.issues, management processes and leadership styles. All of those
:10:29. > :10:34.have a bearing on the teachers -- teaching and learning and the
:10:34. > :10:38.general level of morale. But there has to be a direct correlation
:10:38. > :10:44.between the teachers going and the school suddenly improving? I don't
:10:44. > :10:49.think any school suddenly improves. Usually, a lot of hard and sustain
:10:49. > :10:53.work is done and the improvement flows from that. I don't think you
:10:53. > :10:57.can say that eight people left and therefore the school suddenly
:10:57. > :11:01.massively improved. That would negate all of the other processes
:11:01. > :11:06.that go on in special measures. you think other issues that may
:11:06. > :11:10.have brought the school down may also have been addressed? They must
:11:10. > :11:12.have deep -- been because you would not have a report saying
:11:12. > :11:19.substantial improvements have been made if that was not the case. If
:11:20. > :11:24.it was as simple as getting rid of people not capable, I'm not saying
:11:24. > :11:29.that was necessarily the case, you would not need special measures.
:11:29. > :11:36.They head carried out capability measures and they did not measure
:11:36. > :11:41.up? That may be their views. I do not know the details so I don't
:11:41. > :11:45.think anybody should make assumptions about that. OK. Thank
:11:46. > :11:50.you. A Devon MP has urged the government
:11:50. > :11:55.to invest more in Devon's train services before extending high-
:11:55. > :12:01.speed services to Scotland. The Conservative MP for Devon, Gary
:12:01. > :12:05.Streeter, urged ministers to think again. Can I encourage the
:12:05. > :12:11.Secretary of State to consider not extending this to Scotland but
:12:11. > :12:15.extending it to Plymouth and the far west. We are now without an
:12:15. > :12:20.airport and the motorway stops at Exeter.
:12:20. > :12:24.Police searching for a missing holidaymakers say they have traced
:12:24. > :12:28.his mobile phone signal to the new key area. Oliver was on a serving
:12:28. > :12:33.great but has not been seen since leaving a new key nightclub early
:12:33. > :12:40.on Saturday and detectives are keen to speak to anyone who may be using
:12:40. > :12:49.his sums and mobile. New research suggests that social
:12:49. > :12:56.networking has alarming effects on young people's attitudes to sex.
:12:57. > :13:02.Clare Carson reports. What if they asked you out?
:13:02. > :13:05.Learning to keep safe. This sort of workshop is now offered to all
:13:05. > :13:11.students at City College in Plymouth, encouraging them to think
:13:11. > :13:16.about how they use technology and the impact it can have on their
:13:16. > :13:20.sexual health and personal safety. There are a younger girls that
:13:20. > :13:25.meets who have not had much experience of going on the internet
:13:25. > :13:28.and would not know what to do if something bad happened. Before we
:13:28. > :13:35.did this workshop we all thought it would be fine and didn't matter
:13:35. > :13:39.what we put on face but but now we are aware. They need to know what
:13:39. > :13:43.the worst case scenarios are. It is not making people scared but making
:13:43. > :13:49.them think before they act. With everything being very fast these
:13:49. > :13:53.days, it is something people don't necessarily do. If we can help them
:13:53. > :13:58.think before they act we are doing the job we need to do. In fact, new
:13:58. > :14:05.research from Plymouth University looking at the impact of technology
:14:05. > :14:08.on relationships has found some alarming results. A survey of 16 to
:14:08. > :14:13.24 year-olds reported one in 10 making contact with people online
:14:13. > :14:18.and then going on to have casual sex and eight in 10 said they had
:14:18. > :14:25.used a smartphone or the Web for sexual purposes. There are concerns
:14:25. > :14:29.when people go off and meet people online and off-line. Also the
:14:29. > :14:35.issues around with you engage with these sorts of technologies and
:14:35. > :14:39.send people images of yourself, they might end up elsewhere.
:14:39. > :14:42.case highlights the potential dangers. The 15 year-old killed
:14:42. > :14:47.herself by jumping off a bridge near Redruth and last week an
:14:47. > :14:52.inquest heard she had been meeting older men for sex after contacting
:14:52. > :14:57.them on line. In Penryn, a postmen carried out a string of sex
:14:57. > :15:03.offences using the internet to groom victims. Research auto --
:15:03. > :15:13.also found the vast majority of young people believe that social
:15:13. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:16.47,000 homes in Cornwall are being offered free radon tests. The
:15:16. > :15:20.Health Protection Agency says its already tested around 100,000
:15:20. > :15:29.Cornish homes for the radioactive gas. Our Environment Correspondent,
:15:30. > :15:38.Adrian Campbell, reports. The south-west's geology means many
:15:38. > :15:48.of us are exposed to high levels of radon gas in our homes. The action
:15:48. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :15:56.level, it in Cornwall, has readings of over 20,000. More than 23,000
:15:56. > :16:02.homes in Cornwall are above the action level compared with just
:16:02. > :16:07.under 8000 in Devon. In Somerset it was just over 1000 while Dorset had
:16:07. > :16:10.just 18. Another significant fact his people in Cornwall on average
:16:11. > :16:16.receive four times as much radiation as everyone else in the
:16:16. > :16:24.country. The annual average in the UK is 2.7 whereas in Cornwall it is
:16:24. > :16:29.10. Gerry Ford is an expert in radon gas and wanted to make sure
:16:29. > :16:35.his family was safe from the cancer causing gas. He installed a metre
:16:35. > :16:40.in Scouse to measure The Levels of the gas and took advantage of the
:16:40. > :16:50.free testing service. Now he has installed better ventilation.
:16:50. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:59.I used these high-performance air bricks. I wanted to get it below
:16:59. > :17:04.the action level and so I fitted these ventilation fans. All that
:17:04. > :17:11.reduces the health risks. One me breed in the gas it undergoes
:17:11. > :17:16.radioactive decay and it irradiates our lungs which can cause lung
:17:17. > :17:20.cancer. It is the second biggest cause of lung cancer after smoking.
:17:20. > :17:24.The Health Protection Agency says people should not worry unduly
:17:24. > :17:30.about levels of the gas. That says in the year the average person in
:17:30. > :17:33.Cornwall is exposed to twice as much radiation as a pilot flying
:17:33. > :17:36.600 hours per year. Work has begun off the Cornish
:17:36. > :17:45.coast to remove a fishing net which is harming wildlife and could put
:17:45. > :17:47.divers lives at risk. The 75 metre net has been caught around the
:17:47. > :17:49.wreck of the warship HMS Scylla for two months. Recreational divers
:17:49. > :17:54.have been warned to stay away. As Spotlight's Hamish Marshall reports,
:17:54. > :17:59.new pictures filmed this week show the harm it is doing.
:17:59. > :18:02.This is a killer for marine life and a danger to divers. For two
:18:02. > :18:09.months now than that has been smacked on one of the most popular
:18:09. > :18:14.diving Rex in the region. Those who have gone down sages calls
:18:14. > :18:22.significant damage to marine life. We have pulled fish out of it,
:18:22. > :18:28.there has been a bird stuck in it. You can see it rubbing on the wreck
:18:28. > :18:31.of the ship. It was a spectacular sight when the frigate was scuttled
:18:31. > :18:36.into the Usman four. It is estimated the artificial reefs
:18:37. > :18:42.attracted more than 30,000 divers bring in around �5 million to the
:18:42. > :18:48.local economy each year. Down on water business stretches out for
:18:48. > :18:51.about 75 metres. The key thing about this kind of net is that when
:18:51. > :18:55.underwater it is virtually invisible. That is the problem for
:18:55. > :19:05.divers and the 250 species of marine life which have made it
:19:05. > :19:12.their home. More and more fish are becoming caught so we need to get
:19:12. > :19:16.it removed as an urgency. The diving season is due to pick up and
:19:16. > :19:21.so we need to reiterate the warning not to dive there until the Net is
:19:21. > :19:28.removed. So how long can it take to remove? The experts are not even
:19:28. > :19:35.certain. As soon as we cut one piece freak it will automatically
:19:35. > :19:44.then tried to snag on another piece of that REC. Nature drag the Met to
:19:44. > :19:49.the ship. But her removal is in in the interests of everyone.
:19:49. > :19:57.A Cornish sailor has been talking about the battle against the
:19:57. > :20:01.elements in an ocean Challenge. Sam Goodchild was glad to finish the
:20:01. > :20:08.second leg of the race. But he managed to kill himself during the
:20:08. > :20:13.ordeal. Day 16 of the race. If this is a
:20:13. > :20:19.race as much about winning as surviving. The water pours in and
:20:19. > :20:24.the group wraps up, they have to keep themselves and their boat in
:20:25. > :20:34.one piece. And at speed. It is extremely wet and we are going very
:20:34. > :20:37.quickly. We are still in first place. Cape Town could not have
:20:38. > :20:42.been come up. The start of the second leg just a few weeks earlier.
:20:42. > :20:52.They know what lies ahead on this stretch of the journey, or at least,
:20:52. > :20:53.
:20:53. > :21:02.they think they do. We saw some pretty strong wind. We sought some
:21:02. > :21:07.of the worst weather we had ever experienced. Poor conditions and
:21:07. > :21:13.miles from anywhere, this is a remote drama. Sam good child from
:21:13. > :21:17.farmer and his skipper battle on and 31 days after setting out, they
:21:17. > :21:24.arrived in Wellington. It day and a half ahead of their closest
:21:24. > :21:28.competitors. Finishing was a massive relief. He started to sink
:21:29. > :21:33.in but we have one. But that was irrelevant, it was just finishing
:21:33. > :21:37.after what we had been through. They say the southern ocean
:21:37. > :21:44.commands respect. And for the youngest crew in the race, they
:21:44. > :21:53.have just learned why. Now a song performed by children
:21:54. > :21:56.from school in Cornwall is turning into an internet hit. The Ferry
:21:56. > :21:58.Song was written for the Torpoint Nursery and Infants School's
:21:58. > :22:00.Christmas show. Since then it's been played thousands of times
:22:00. > :22:09.online by people all over the world. Spotlight's John Danks was there
:22:09. > :22:15.for a special performance. We're queueing at the lights.
:22:15. > :22:22.For the longest seven minutes of our lives.
:22:22. > :22:32.We're being put in lane. For the longest seven minutes of
:22:32. > :22:41.our lives. The solid is all but travelling on
:22:41. > :22:51.the ferry and this. -- this lot do not like to be kept waiting. It is
:22:51. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:13.terribly boring. We miss it and then we have to wait for ages.
:23:13. > :23:17.The composer the composer cannot believe how popular it has become.
:23:17. > :23:23.We have done and the song for every Christmas show in the past four
:23:23. > :23:33.years. We never thought we would be famous. And what response from the
:23:33. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:42.ferry operator? I got sent the CTF Christmas and I told them that it
:23:42. > :23:49.was a fond not to them. Hopefully they understand it is done with
:23:49. > :23:59.love and affection! For the longest seven minutes of
:23:59. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:11.our lives. our lives.
:24:11. > :24:16.
:24:16. > :24:23.Good evening. A bit of a change coming tomorrow and into the
:24:23. > :24:28.weekend. Tonight we have the risk of some fast. And also the risk of
:24:28. > :24:33.some fog patches forming, some of that stubborn to appear first thing
:24:33. > :24:41.tomorrow morning. The current weather front is beginning to peter
:24:41. > :24:46.out. It is giving us a cloud, much of that being a high level.
:24:46. > :24:55.Tomorrow it has pretty much weekend and moved out of the way. We have
:24:55. > :24:59.some settled weather at least for the start of the weekend. Any
:24:59. > :25:04.breeze will be coming from the east, were the South East, the direction
:25:04. > :25:14.we have not seen so far at this winter. That brings in the colder
:25:14. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:29.air. Parts of the South West caught some sunshine earlier today. This
:25:29. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:43.was Church Cove earlier. Tomorrow we have the risk of some mist and
:25:43. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:49.fog around but we should also see the sunshine again tomorrow. Also
:25:49. > :25:54.some pockets of frost here and there. Quite the cold light to come.
:25:54. > :26:01.And then tomorrow morning and misty start for many of us, the fog
:26:01. > :26:06.stubborn to move out of the way. But by the afternoon we have some
:26:06. > :26:11.sunny spells to enjoy. Quite a pleasant day but temperatures are
:26:11. > :26:17.going to struggle, up to around seven or eight degrees at a maximum
:26:17. > :26:22.figure. For the Isles of Scilly, here we are closer to the weather
:26:22. > :26:32.front so it will start of cloudy and then brighten up later in the
:26:32. > :26:47.
:26:47. > :26:51.And for the serve, not too much of a wave. The coastal waters forecast,
:26:51. > :27:00.the winter from the East for North East tomorrow. No more than force
:27:00. > :27:05.three but picking up towards the end of the day.
:27:05. > :27:11.Now looking at the forecast all the way through into the weekend, on
:27:11. > :27:16.Saturday we have some mist and some frost which is quite widespread in
:27:16. > :27:26.the morning. More of a breeze developing on Saturday and similar
:27:26. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:34.conditions on Sunday. A fine day on conditions on Sunday. A fine day on