:00:10. > :00:16.The Devon photographer injured in a Syrian shell attack. His wife
:00:16. > :00:24.describes the moment she saw the headlines.
:00:24. > :00:28.My heart stopped and I was looking and I saw Marie's name and I
:00:28. > :00:31.thought if she was dead then he was dead as well.
:00:31. > :00:33.Good evening. Paul Conroy survived the attack but two other
:00:33. > :00:36.journalists were killed. Also on Spotlight tonight:
:00:36. > :00:39.The death of a Royal Marine. A coroner pays tribute to James
:00:39. > :00:42.Wright and to the sacrifices made by military personnel. Refused a
:00:42. > :00:48.private ambulance because he can't wear a seat belt. The patient who
:00:48. > :00:52.had waited over a year for an appointment.
:00:52. > :00:56.They have let me down, really. I have got to wait for another
:00:56. > :01:06.appointment and it could be several months.
:01:06. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:09.And we are not amoosed! The shaggy dog story of the premature calf.
:01:10. > :01:13.A wife has been speaking to Spotlight about the horrific moment
:01:13. > :01:16.she thought her husband had been killed in a mortar attack in war-
:01:16. > :01:19.torn Syria. Kate Conroy says it was the moment her life stopped. It was
:01:19. > :01:22.almost half hour before she knew he was alive.
:01:22. > :01:24.The mother of three is tonight waiting for more news of her
:01:24. > :01:26.wounded husband Paul, a photographer, whose two journalist
:01:26. > :01:29.colleagues died in the same attack. It happened earlier today when
:01:29. > :01:33.government forces shelled a house in the Baba Amr district of the
:01:33. > :01:40.city of Homs. The three were all working inside. Live to Totnes and
:01:40. > :01:44.Spotlight's correspondent Simon Hall.
:01:44. > :01:48.Paul was well known here. I detected a sense of pride about the
:01:48. > :01:52.work he was doing in Syria. There has been great shock at what has
:01:52. > :02:00.happened here. That was expressed very powerfully to me by his wife
:02:00. > :02:04.Kate. Paul, is being treated for his are ruins following the attack,
:02:04. > :02:11.but he is the lucky one. Two journalists working alongside him
:02:11. > :02:15.were killed. At home, his wife waits for news, as she has since
:02:15. > :02:20.first hearing of the attack. I was actually at work and I was just
:02:20. > :02:26.about to show a colleague a little documentary that he had posted on
:02:26. > :02:32.the internet last night. I was trying to locate it on the internet
:02:32. > :02:38.and then this headline flashed up about two Western journalists
:02:38. > :02:42.killed in Syria. My heart just stopped and I was looking and I
:02:42. > :02:49.summary's name and I thought that if she was dead that meant he was
:02:49. > :02:54.dead as well. -- saw Marie's name. I thought that was the case and
:02:54. > :03:01.then I came across a little bit of news saying that Paul Conroy was
:03:01. > :03:05.seriously injured which was better than dead. But still, it was not
:03:05. > :03:10.necessarily good. Things are looking a lot better now than that
:03:10. > :03:15.laugh -- half hour. Very few people have experienced anything like that.
:03:15. > :03:25.It must have been the worst have hour of your life. Your world just
:03:25. > :03:31.comes tumbling around you. It is just indescribable, really. I have
:03:31. > :03:39.imagined the SIM area of so many times over -- the scenario so many
:03:39. > :03:49.times over in the last 10 years, and suddenly it is a reality. It is
:03:49. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :03:57.impossible to describe, to be honest. The couple have three sons.
:03:57. > :04:04.The youngest son does not actually know yet so I have got to break
:04:04. > :04:10.that to him gently. We have tried to protect him a lot from the
:04:10. > :04:17.danger that his father is in but he picks it up. It is on the news and
:04:17. > :04:20.it is hard to shield him complete from it. He is very brave.
:04:20. > :04:25.suspect part of that might come from his father. I have heard
:04:25. > :04:29.people speaking of him as a brave man who is doing his duty to show
:04:29. > :04:37.the world something they need to see. How are you feeling now about
:04:37. > :04:44.the job he does out there? I Emily hoping that maybe he will stop now.
:04:44. > :04:51.-- I am really hoping. We will see. When I told my older son he said it
:04:51. > :04:58.was a wake-up call. He cannot carry on doing this. That is my hope. He
:04:58. > :05:02.will see that he has not somebody... He is a very driven to tell a story
:05:02. > :05:08.and he is doing a really important job and I am very proud of him for
:05:08. > :05:14.what he does but he does not make it any easier for us at home. --
:05:14. > :05:19.does not make it any easier for us at home. The question now is what
:05:19. > :05:24.happens to Paul next. The Sunday Times have given us a statement
:05:24. > :05:28.saying they will do everything they can to get him to safety, but in a
:05:28. > :05:31.country like Syria, in a virtual state of civil war, that will not
:05:31. > :05:34.be a straightforward task. The coroner at an inquest into the
:05:34. > :05:37.death of a south west Royal Marine in Afghanistan today paid tribute
:05:37. > :05:40.to the sacrifices made by military personnel. 22-year-old Marine James
:05:40. > :05:42.Wright, from Weymouth, was killed in a grenade explosion in Helmand
:05:42. > :05:45.last August.The West Dorset Coroner said he felt the verdict of
:05:45. > :05:55.unlawful killing was inadequate and recorded a narrative verdict.
:05:55. > :05:56.
:05:56. > :06:01.Spotlight's defence reporter Scott Bingham was at the inquest.
:06:01. > :06:04.The loss of marine James Wright seemed all the more tragic as his
:06:04. > :06:11.partner was pregnant with their first child at the time of his
:06:11. > :06:16.death. Today, just 12 weeks after she was born, baby Lily attended --
:06:16. > :06:20.attended her father's inquest. Though she might never know him in
:06:20. > :06:29.person, in time she will know about the man he was and the sacrifice he
:06:30. > :06:33.made. The inquest heard that marine James Wright was serving a in a
:06:33. > :06:39.district of Helmand province last year. They had been on patrol that
:06:39. > :06:42.morning and had come under fire from insurgent several times. The
:06:42. > :06:47.fire fight ceased and they made it safely back to their checkpoint.
:06:48. > :06:52.They removed their helmets and body armour, as was routine Bude to the
:06:52. > :06:59.high summer temperatures. Minutes later, three grenades were launched
:06:59. > :07:05.into the compound. James was hit by shrapnel and suffered an survivable
:07:05. > :07:10.rooms to the head. Medics were unable to save him.
:07:10. > :07:15.Recording a narrative verdict, the coroner said, it seems to me this
:07:15. > :07:20.is an unlawful killing, but I am not sure that bold statement
:07:20. > :07:27.adequately recalls what I think needs to be acknowledged. James
:07:27. > :07:34.Wright died under enemy fire while serving his country. This, he said,
:07:34. > :07:37.gives some small acknowledgement to the sacrifice that James and others
:07:37. > :07:40.have made. An investigation into a complaint
:07:40. > :07:43.which led to a ward closure at the Royal Cornwall Hospital has now
:07:43. > :07:46.moved into a second week. The Wheal Agar ward was closed after an
:07:46. > :07:50.allegation from a patient. Several members of staff have been
:07:50. > :07:52.suspended, whilst the hospital carries out an inquiry.
:07:52. > :07:55.Weymouth ferry port remains closed tonight as an investigation
:07:55. > :07:57.continues into cracks in the harbour wall. Condor ferries has
:07:57. > :08:04.transferred all its services to Poole temporarily. The local
:08:04. > :08:06.council says it doesn't know how long the port will remain shut.
:08:06. > :08:09.Rail watchdogs are worried Cornwall's train services could be
:08:09. > :08:12.starved of cash if the local authority takes more control. It
:08:12. > :08:15.comes as the government prepares to offer a new franchise on the
:08:15. > :08:19.current First Great Western Line. Travelwatch South West is concerned
:08:19. > :08:26.there may not be enough money to back up a council bid to help run
:08:26. > :08:29.A disabled man in Cornwall missed a hospital appointment after a 14
:08:29. > :08:31.month wait because a private ambulance was unable to take him
:08:31. > :08:41.there without him wearing a seatbelt. The Royal Cornwall
:08:41. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:47.Hospitals Trust says it is working to resolve the problem.
:08:47. > :08:53.64-year-old Stuart is a chronic asthmatic who needs constant oxygen
:08:53. > :09:01.to help him breathe. Every movement is a strain. He also suffers from a
:09:01. > :09:05.hernia, which makes him exempt from wearing a seatbelt in a vehicle. A
:09:05. > :09:10.hospital asked if one of the ambulances could transfer him for a
:09:10. > :09:14.check-up but there was an insurance issue. They have let me down,
:09:14. > :09:21.really. I have got to wait for another appointment. It could be
:09:21. > :09:27.several months. How am I going to get their next time? He says he is
:09:27. > :09:31.absent because the trust had received all of the -- he is angry
:09:31. > :09:36.because the trust had received all of the information regarding the
:09:36. > :09:42.seat belt issue weeks before. should not stress out asthmatics at
:09:42. > :09:46.the best of time. It upsets your asthma. The trust says it was
:09:46. > :09:48.unaware of the seatbelt situation until it was too late and says that
:09:48. > :09:54.the transport department did everything it could to provide
:09:54. > :09:59.appropriate transport. The therapy department will be contacting him
:09:59. > :10:03.within the next month for his next appointment. No one from the
:10:03. > :10:11.ambulance service was available for interview, but in a statement, the
:10:11. > :10:17.company said that it could not risk the safety off Stuart were any of
:10:17. > :10:21.its staff. Stuart is someone who does not lead
:10:21. > :10:25.his problems get in the way of his life in the local community. He is
:10:25. > :10:29.hoping that any future hospital transport issues can be sorted out
:10:29. > :10:32.swiftly. MPs are this evening voting on
:10:32. > :10:34.whether the government should be forced to publish a confidential
:10:34. > :10:36.risk assessment into its controversial NHS reforms. Labour
:10:36. > :10:39.tabled today's debate but three Liberal Democrats from the South
:10:39. > :10:41.West have also called on the government to make the report
:10:41. > :10:51.public. Our Political Editor has been following events at
:10:51. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :11:01.Earlier I asked her what the risk register was.
:11:01. > :11:08.This is a routine in house procedure that water the Health
:11:08. > :11:17.Secretary told MPs today that these reports are confidential and they
:11:17. > :11:19.encourage the reports... This is such an underwritten issue that
:11:19. > :11:28.confidential the should be weighed in this case because these reports
:11:28. > :11:32.are do tend to be so candid in their findings. One MP is -- has
:11:32. > :11:35.said that this information should be in the public domain and has
:11:35. > :11:40.already made up his own mind that the health bill should be scrapped
:11:40. > :11:44.in its entirety. If you are about to undertake the biggest
:11:44. > :11:48.reorganisation of the NHS it is best not to do that in the dark.
:11:48. > :11:52.Whilst the Government has published a lot of information about the Bill
:11:52. > :11:59.and its impact, the Information Commissioner has made it clear that
:11:59. > :12:04.it does not risk government delivery and what actually add to
:12:04. > :12:08.improvements. And what is the Government saying?
:12:08. > :12:11.Despite the ruling from the Information Commissioner saying
:12:11. > :12:16.that the Government should publish this information, the Government is
:12:16. > :12:20.standing its ground and refusing, for a number of reasons. It says,
:12:20. > :12:24.for instance, that these assessments give a snapshot of the
:12:24. > :12:28.risk associated with a policy at a certain time because the health
:12:28. > :12:32.bill has changed so much since the assessment was made that it is no
:12:32. > :12:37.longer an accurate picture. They are also saying that if confident
:12:38. > :12:42.shout sea was breached it might make the people who write the
:12:42. > :12:52.reports less frank and useful with their advice in the future. --
:12:52. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:58.confidentiality was breached. The government has made, and some will
:12:58. > :13:01.only fuel speculation. This report contains some pretty hot stuff.
:13:01. > :13:05.A South West MP pressed the government today for more money to
:13:05. > :13:15.pay for millions of pounds in flood defences for the region. As it was,
:13:15. > :13:19.the bid failed, but he says the battle will go on. Exeter suffered
:13:19. > :13:23.serious flooding in the 1960s when a large part of the city was under
:13:23. > :13:28.water. New flood defences were put in place, but this flood Simulation
:13:28. > :13:32.produced by the Environment Agency shows how homes and businesses will
:13:32. > :13:37.be overwhelmed again if nothing is done to address the increasing risk
:13:37. > :13:41.of rising river levels. There are already a couple of suggestions
:13:41. > :13:46.about how Exeter might try to protect itself from rising river
:13:47. > :13:51.levels. There are existing flood defences along the banks of the
:13:51. > :13:56.river and a more costly option talks about the creation of a
:13:56. > :13:59.reservoir upstream from here. A possible shortfall of up to �12
:13:59. > :14:04.million for new flood defences would have to be found locally
:14:04. > :14:09.according to the City's MP. Government is passing the buck down
:14:09. > :14:14.to local people to find what should be nationally important schemes.
:14:14. > :14:18.The cost of cleaning up after a flood disaster is a higher than the
:14:18. > :14:21.cost of preventing the floods happening in the first place.
:14:21. > :14:26.businesses along the river want to improve flood defences but say they
:14:26. > :14:31.cannot afford to pay for them. Local authorities are also
:14:31. > :14:37.concerned. Last year, the total raised from all local authorities
:14:37. > :14:41.for local projects like this was in the region of �13 million, so I
:14:42. > :14:45.expect one of 40 -- so to expect when a party to get that all on
:14:45. > :14:49.their own is just and reasonable. The Environment Agency says it will
:14:49. > :14:53.do all it can do secured a flood scheme that will protect lives and
:14:53. > :14:58.property in Exeter. But the Government insists more money can
:14:58. > :15:02.be raised locally. We have developed a new system that came
:15:02. > :15:06.out of a report that the last government commission which seeks
:15:06. > :15:11.to get contributions where possible from businesses and the planning
:15:11. > :15:16.system and occasionally from local authorities. We are seeking
:15:16. > :15:21.negotiations locally to see if we can get the scheme above-the-line.
:15:21. > :15:26.Nobody wants a repetition of what happened in the 1960s, but it
:15:26. > :15:36.remains unclear just how and when the City's flood defences will come
:15:36. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:39.through. Plymouth diving pair Tonia Couch
:15:39. > :15:42.and Sarah Barrow are on course for a medal in tonight's final of the
:15:42. > :15:45.women's synchronised event in the World Cup. At the London Aquatic
:15:45. > :15:48.Centre, they qualified for the final with the second highest score,
:15:48. > :15:51.which should set them up for another good performance at the
:15:51. > :15:58.Olympic venue. It was brilliant having the home crowd behind you.
:15:58. > :16:01.It made us want it even more. really enjoyed it. Even with the
:16:01. > :16:06.team shouting behind you, it is good, but it when it is the home
:16:06. > :16:08.crowd, it is a really good feeling. Meanwhile later tonight there is a
:16:08. > :16:11.special programme featuring Plymouth Olympic hopeful Tom Daley.
:16:11. > :16:17.Diving & Daley is on BBC Radio Five Live from 9:00. It will be
:16:17. > :16:20.available for a week on the BBC iPlayer should you miss it tonight.
:16:20. > :16:24.It's often considered a national dish and remains a popular part of
:16:24. > :16:27.the British diet. But what's the secret of a good plate of fish and
:16:27. > :16:30.chips? There is one chippie in the South West which seems to have to
:16:30. > :16:40.cracked it. Krispies in Exmouth has been named the region's best fish
:16:40. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:50.and chip shop. John Henderson has been to find out why.
:16:50. > :16:54.Preparing the humble British potato chip. Normal, white, very chippy.
:16:54. > :17:02.Then there are these, made from the same potatoes, but different,
:17:02. > :17:12.colourful, battered. Some people have them with cheese on top.
:17:12. > :17:17.
:17:17. > :17:27.you are having a bad day it will Too hot! For others, battered fish
:17:27. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:34.and battered ships are a pleasure. The couple in charge had been in
:17:35. > :17:44.the business 14 years. The husband Fry's while his wife gets stuck in
:17:45. > :17:46.
:17:46. > :17:51.front of house. They have won prizes before. But this latest
:17:51. > :17:57.honour is special. It means everything to us. It proves that
:17:57. > :18:02.what we are doing is right. It was voted for by the customers so it
:18:02. > :18:07.shows that the customers appreciate what we are doing. He will not give
:18:07. > :18:17.away the secret ingredient for the batter for the orange chips. But it
:18:17. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:22.is a recipe for continued success. You're watching BBC spotlight.
:18:22. > :18:26.Someone was trying to take those chips away from him! Why was he
:18:26. > :18:29.rushing. A former Bond girl from the South
:18:30. > :18:32.West who was in the film Octopussy is returning to India where it was
:18:33. > :18:35.made to take part in a trekking adventure to raise money for
:18:35. > :18:38.working animals in some of the world's poorest countries. Carolyn
:18:38. > :18:41.Seaward from Newton Abbot worked with Roger Moore in the film 30
:18:41. > :18:51.years ago, but is expecting a very different trip this time around.
:18:51. > :18:56.
:18:56. > :19:01.Spotlight's South Devon reporter This is not actually a Bond film.
:19:01. > :19:09.It is us back in 1983. At the height of her fame, Carolyn Seaward
:19:09. > :19:15.was showing our view is what it is like to be a Bond girl. She was a
:19:15. > :19:25.runner up to Miss World and then came Octopussy. It took six months
:19:25. > :19:29.to make the film. We were filming in India and then on location at an
:19:29. > :19:36.air force base. The crew was great and it was very relaxed. As you can
:19:36. > :19:43.see, she has never been afraid to try things out. I was so excited.
:19:43. > :19:47.Now she is about to return to India with -- where they made Octopussy,
:19:47. > :19:51.but for a very different reason. She works for a charity that raises
:19:51. > :19:56.money for working animals and some of the world's poorest countries.
:19:56. > :20:02.She is expecting things to be very different. We are going to be out
:20:02. > :20:06.in the sticks and camping rather than staying at a nice hotel. Last
:20:06. > :20:12.time we stayed near a lake, which was lovely. This time we will be
:20:12. > :20:16.roughing it a bit. That is the challenge. The charity provides
:20:16. > :20:23.better Mary treatment so that the animals are treated properly. --
:20:23. > :20:27.veterinary treatment. Sometimes the owners have got no choice but to
:20:27. > :20:32.make the animal work because they have to feed their families. I
:20:32. > :20:38.think this charity in directly helps the people. Carolyn is for
:20:38. > :20:48.setting off tomorrow for six days. -- is setting off tomorrow for six
:20:48. > :20:56.
:20:56. > :20:59.days. Farmers in Torrington are learning how to cope with a new
:20:59. > :21:02.addition to the family. When one of Richard and Tracey Martin's cows
:21:02. > :21:04.became ill while she was pregnant, they assumed she'd lose her calf,
:21:04. > :21:07.but they hadn't reckoned on Clementine! Tiny and premature, the
:21:07. > :21:10.ten day old calf is a real fighter. Spotlight's North Devon reporter
:21:10. > :21:16.Andrea Ormsby has the story. This is far Murch racy. And wait
:21:16. > :21:18.for it... This is Clementine. That comes out of the microwave and you
:21:19. > :21:25.have to make sure it is the right temperature just like you would
:21:25. > :21:33.with a baby. Clementine is a pedigree Ayrshire.
:21:33. > :21:40.She arrived 12 days early to a mum who has no milk. She has had feeds
:21:40. > :21:46.varying from 200 mm -- male leaders and as you can see she is thriving.
:21:46. > :21:55.She is a bit of a red-haired woman. She is a feisty and determined. A
:21:55. > :22:03.great character, really. But she is small, very small. She is three
:22:04. > :22:09.days old and she is a heifer calf. But meet is Emley 10 days old. This
:22:09. > :22:15.is the difference we have. Magic 98.9 has a to grow to this size
:22:15. > :22:20.before we can put her outside. -- Clementine has to grow to this size
:22:20. > :22:24.before we can put her outside. you sleep any dog basket, you have
:22:24. > :22:34.got to expect to share. Clementine really is part of this family, and
:22:34. > :22:38.she could be here a while yet. They are going to have to get a
:22:38. > :22:48.bigger basket. She will never want to go outside. I am not sure that
:22:48. > :22:50.
:22:50. > :22:55.dog is impressed, either! Let's Temperatures are on the rise.
:22:55. > :22:59.Normally at this time of year we expect daytime temperatures of
:22:59. > :23:03.between 8 and ten Celsius. We will get those for night-time
:23:03. > :23:10.temperatures tonight and tomorrow we could see temperatures of 13 or
:23:10. > :23:15.14. It could be the warmest day of the year so far it tomorrow. Let's
:23:15. > :23:20.look at the satellite picture. This big lump of cloud is weaving away
:23:20. > :23:27.from us so we turned a little bit of drier tonight. There will be
:23:27. > :23:32.some drizzle in the wind. We will keep a lot of low cloud and that
:23:32. > :23:36.will cause problems with his ability, not just for hill fog, but
:23:36. > :23:42.around the coastline. -- with invisibility. By Friday, a weather
:23:42. > :23:48.front comes in from the north. That will improve visibility before a
:23:48. > :23:56.Friday evening. Ahead of it, slightly last damp, and some breaks
:23:56. > :24:01.in the cloud. We will see a limited amount of sunshine. Here is the
:24:01. > :24:10.structure of the cloud. The rain than has moved to the eastern side
:24:10. > :24:15.of England. It was a typical Plymouth day where our
:24:15. > :24:21.correspondent went out to enjoy the views. He did not put his feet up.
:24:21. > :24:27.The conditions today have been very grey across the South West and very
:24:27. > :24:33.down as well. Some of the rain was quite heavy but it is a good day to
:24:33. > :24:38.be on the water. Blustery conditions and South West winds now
:24:38. > :24:44.veering West words. You can see a lot of cloud right across the South
:24:44. > :24:49.West. Once we lose the patchy drizzle and rain, we will get the
:24:49. > :24:55.low cloud and mist. It will be covering most of the South West
:24:55. > :25:00.tomorrow morning. Temperatures will be nine or ten degrees. We will
:25:00. > :25:04.also see tomorrow the mist reluctance to move out of the way.
:25:04. > :25:11.We will see some breaks developing in the cloud. The most likely
:25:11. > :25:14.location will be here across Torbay and up towards Exeter. It is here
:25:14. > :25:18.where it just a few holes will develop in the cloud and the
:25:18. > :25:25.sunshine will come through. That is where we will get the highest
:25:25. > :25:30.temperature. 12 or 13 is looking to be the maximum figure. We will see
:25:30. > :25:40.a little drizzle but it will be less windy than we saw today. Times
:25:40. > :25:44.
:25:45. > :25:54.of water -- high water: The surf is likely to be quite messy. The
:25:55. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:05.As for the outlook: It will get better through the weekend. It will
:26:05. > :26:09.be a little bit cloudy on Sunday, especially in the evening, but for
:26:09. > :26:13.tomorrow it is the mist and fog. On Friday we will see some patchy rain
:26:13. > :26:19.late in the day. But the weekend temperatures will come back down to
:26:19. > :26:24.normal, down to about ten degrees on Saturday and Sunday. Watch out
:26:24. > :26:28.for the mist at fog tonight and also at first tomorrow. Have a good