:00:15. > :00:19.Good evening and welcome to Spotlight.
:00:19. > :00:24.An artist from Cornwall convicted of abusing young girls in the 70s and
:00:24. > :00:29.80s has received a suspended sentence. Graham Ovenden refused to
:00:29. > :00:33.apologise for his crimes. Tonight we question whether the sentence was
:00:33. > :00:39.too lenient. And the next stage in the attack
:00:39. > :00:44.against bovine TB. The deadly disease might be one step closer to
:00:44. > :00:51.being stopped in its spread through badgers.
:00:51. > :01:01.And our renewable resources the answer to high prices?
:01:01. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.And dry weather, summer here at A well-known Cornwall artist who was
:01:04. > :01:06.convicted of a series of offences of indecency against children has
:01:06. > :01:09.walked free from court, claiming he's the victim of a vast
:01:09. > :01:12.conspiracy. Graham Ovenden abused young girls as they posed for him in
:01:12. > :01:15.the 1970s and '80s. Judge Graham Cottle called some of his crimes
:01:15. > :01:18."truly disgusting", but said he believed Ovenden was no longer a
:01:18. > :01:27.threat to children. But the sentence has caused concern. Our home affairs
:01:27. > :01:32.correspondent Simon Hall reports from Plymouth Crown Court. For a man
:01:32. > :01:38.facing up to five years in prison for his crimes, Graham Ovenden was
:01:39. > :01:46.cheerful and quiet as he arrived in court. Someone who walked free might
:01:46. > :01:48.be grateful and apologetic, not Graham Ovenden. The judge culture
:01:48. > :01:58.crimes disgusting. That is his opinion, we all have our own
:01:58. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:04.opinions. So everyone is wrong? Considering I am more intelligent
:02:04. > :02:08.than most, I would say that is a correct assumption. He took
:02:08. > :02:14.photographs and abused young girls as they modelled for him. He was
:02:14. > :02:18.accused of six counts of indecency, and one of indecent assault. This is
:02:18. > :02:25.what Judge Graham Cottle told the court, he said the images were truly
:02:25. > :02:30.disgusting, he said sentencing was an anxious exercise, but took into
:02:30. > :02:34.consideration his age, the fact he was no longer a threat to children,
:02:34. > :02:41.and his steep fall from grace. He suspended his sentence for two
:02:41. > :02:50.years, it was a matter of months. He says he wants to appeal against his
:02:50. > :02:58.conviction. Simon Hall is with us now. It has
:02:58. > :03:02.caused real concern, hasn't it? Yes, the NSPCC says it shows that he
:03:02. > :03:07.has no remorse and that he might still pose a threat to children. I
:03:07. > :03:14.say it is especially concerning Devon the leniency of today's
:03:14. > :03:18.sentencing. -- given. They are concerned that the leniency shown
:03:18. > :03:25.here might have been shown in other cases.
:03:25. > :03:29.What about the police view? It was interesting, I spoke to them
:03:29. > :03:31.before the sentencing and they thought that they would cut come --
:03:31. > :03:36.that they would come and make a statement afterwards, they thought
:03:36. > :03:42.he was going to go to jail, then it transpired that he was not going to
:03:42. > :03:49.go to jail, then they decided not to make a sentence -- a statement. Did
:03:49. > :03:52.speak to one and he said he was not happy with the sentence.
:03:52. > :03:57.What will happen now in the art world?
:03:57. > :04:04.The Tate Gallery has removed its -- his works from the online
:04:04. > :04:14.collection. His fall from grace is now with the complete. That is in
:04:14. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:27.the art world as well as society. Plans for a trial against bovine
:04:27. > :04:28.
:04:28. > :04:32.tech team -- bovine TB have started. In Killerton and in other parts of
:04:33. > :04:36.Gloucestershire they are starting to try to vaccinate some badgers. In
:04:36. > :04:42.Gloucestershire at those they are also trying a badger cull. We will
:04:42. > :04:45.hear from Andrew George is to fight he wants more vaccination. First of
:04:45. > :04:51.all Eleanor Parkinson reports from Cornwall where small-scale
:04:51. > :04:59.vaccination has now started. This one has had specialist that the
:04:59. > :05:03.nation training -- have had specialist vaccination training. He
:05:03. > :05:09.worked on farms in West Cornwall. Andrew George, the MP for the area,
:05:09. > :05:13.wants this to be extended right across West Cornwall. He says that a
:05:13. > :05:16.senior Government minister has signalled a willingness to support
:05:16. > :05:23.the idea. He has alleged that he and other volunteers would be happy to
:05:23. > :05:32.complete the work. TB affects farmers a lot, actors do carry it,
:05:32. > :05:37.but very few. -- badgers. We need to vaccinate the badgers and then we to
:05:37. > :05:41.push forward a vaccination for cattle. That is the important part,
:05:41. > :05:45.if we can pass that vaccination for cattle through the European market
:05:45. > :05:50.then we can solve the problem in both directions. The National
:05:50. > :05:54.farmers union says that cattle are slaughtered in great numbers last
:05:54. > :05:59.year because of TB, many farmers say that that comes through badgers.
:05:59. > :06:03.Culling when there is a lot of infected badgers is probably the
:06:03. > :06:09.only answer. You can use vaccination around the edges to dampen the
:06:09. > :06:14.disease but it is very expensive and highly impractical. You have to do
:06:14. > :06:21.it every year at a cost of �600 per treatment. A vaccination programme
:06:21. > :06:25.in West Cornwall could cost millions of pounds. The MP admits that even
:06:25. > :06:33.if the Government approved of the scheme they probably would not pay
:06:33. > :06:38.for the cost. We have more on this at Millbank.
:06:38. > :06:44.Both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats must a trial badger cull
:06:44. > :06:47.in the run-up to the last election. But they have not altered up to that
:06:47. > :06:51.point one MP who does not want the vaccination project as this one. We
:06:51. > :06:58.have two vaccination projects under way already, why do we need another
:06:58. > :07:05.one? We have never reached the 70% threshold because we could not do
:07:05. > :07:13.that at the time when we did the study ten years ago. The pilot cull
:07:13. > :07:15.areas could make the problem worse. The vaccination programme would be
:07:15. > :07:21.significantly cheaper according to the estimates that we have put
:07:21. > :07:31.together. Your Government would say that yes, we are supportive of
:07:31. > :07:34.vaccination, but hand-in-hand with culling. We give both a try, no?
:07:34. > :07:40.the two pilots Agius proved to be successful in the vaccination, we
:07:40. > :07:44.cannot tell for four to five years. But the balance of scientific
:07:44. > :07:47.opinion, those who are experts in this area, say there is a higher
:07:47. > :07:52.risk that the cull will make the situation worse. The thing about
:07:52. > :07:57.vaccination is that there is no risk that it will make the situation
:07:57. > :08:02.worse, and a high expectation that it could lead to the elimination of
:08:02. > :08:05.this devastating disease. It is we tiering through the team in -- a
:08:05. > :08:13.farming community. We want to get on top of that point You see that that
:08:13. > :08:19.the nation is cheaper, others are seeing it costs �600 per treatment.
:08:19. > :08:26.I do not over they get their figures from. We have gone to experts. -- I
:08:26. > :08:31.do not know where. Looking at the cost of the two areas, the cost of
:08:31. > :08:41.the vaccination is cheaper. Labour are devoting the opposition day
:08:41. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:44.devote -- the opposition day speech to supporting culling.
:08:44. > :08:53.There is more information about bovine TB on the plans to deal with
:08:53. > :08:56.it on our website. The NHS Trust that operates 999
:08:56. > :08:59.ambulances in the South West region has lost the contract for the
:08:59. > :09:01.non-emergency service in Dorset to a private company. The news comes a
:09:01. > :09:04.month after the NHS in Somerset, Cornwall and Devon also withdrew
:09:04. > :09:14.patient transport contracts from the South Western Ambulance Service. Our
:09:14. > :09:15.
:09:15. > :09:21.health correspondent Sally Mountjoy is with us now. Which services are
:09:21. > :09:26.we talking about? It is not the blue Lake ambulances, it is transport for
:09:26. > :09:34.those who are blessed mobile -- blue light ambulances, it is transport
:09:34. > :09:38.for those who need transport to appointments. It could give them
:09:38. > :09:43.twice as many hours for the money, that is what some say. Currently the
:09:43. > :09:50.ambulance trust provides on Monday to Friday service, others are doing
:09:50. > :09:55.specialist out of hours work, the new firm will give them a 365 day
:09:55. > :10:02.I'd years service. They say that will be reliable and value for
:10:02. > :10:10.money. What does it mean for the NHS? What it means for the ambulance
:10:10. > :10:15.service is that they will continue their normal work, but around a
:10:15. > :10:22.third of a million patient journeys will not be operated on. That will
:10:22. > :10:32.be in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, or Belcher. What has been the response
:10:32. > :10:36.today? -- Wilts. Daniel and service says that it gives high levels of
:10:36. > :10:41.skill with value for money, they think it has been awarded to cheaply
:10:41. > :10:45.and will mean a loss of expertise. The ambulance service traditionally
:10:45. > :10:50.provided this service and did a very good job. Our members worked very
:10:50. > :10:55.hard and have a wealth of experience and knowledge, our concern is that
:10:55. > :10:59.that experience and knowledge will be lost over a period of time.
:10:59. > :11:04.Doctors say that they are worried because they have a number of
:11:04. > :11:07.examples where a switch from NHS to private sector has made a loss in
:11:07. > :11:10.quality. Barristers and lawyers staged a
:11:10. > :11:13.one-minute protest this morning outside the region's court buildings
:11:13. > :11:16.in response to the governments cuts to legal aid. The Law Society claims
:11:16. > :11:18.the cuts will destroy the justice system and will end up costing
:11:18. > :11:21.taxpayers more. This morning's protest also highlighted plans by
:11:21. > :11:24.the Crown Prosecution Service to close its offices in Truro, Plymouth
:11:24. > :11:27.and Taunton. The Ministry of Justice told the BBC the changes were aimed
:11:27. > :11:37.getting the best value for the taxpayer, but lawyers say the plans
:11:37. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:46.are unworkable. We invest a lot of time and our clients. We work very
:11:46. > :11:51.hard. In real terms, we have had a cut for the last two years. The
:11:51. > :11:52.Government will make it untenable to continue with the current dismiss
:11:52. > :11:55.practices. It is not the way forward.
:11:55. > :11:58.There is plenty still ahead in the programme this evening.
:11:58. > :12:00.Top marks for our award winning teachers who have beaten thousands
:12:00. > :12:10.from around the country. And 200 years on, remembering the US
:12:10. > :12:21.
:12:21. > :12:25.prisoners of war who didn't make it A typical annual household
:12:25. > :12:27.electricity bill alone has gone up more than �100 over the last three
:12:27. > :12:30.years. So what's being done to tackle soaring costs? Well,
:12:30. > :12:32.long-term the Government sees a move to renewable energy as part of the
:12:32. > :12:35.answer, reducing the dependence on international markets which have
:12:36. > :12:38.been driving up prices. It hopes that will cut greenhouse gases and
:12:38. > :12:41.create thousands of jobs. One organisation trying to promote wind,
:12:42. > :12:44.wave and solar power here is Regen South West. Today it set out its
:12:44. > :12:54.goals to politicians pledging to deliver 34,000 jobs in the sector by
:12:54. > :12:58.2020. The not-for-profit company wants marine energy which is "world
:12:58. > :13:04.leading" and with "local communities at the heart" of projects. But in
:13:04. > :13:08.some cases the battle lines are already drawn. There is fierce
:13:08. > :13:18.opposition to newly announced plans for a wind turbine on the edge of
:13:18. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:28.Dartmoor National Park. There is a professor who lives in Devon who
:13:28. > :13:30.says you can cover this country with wind turbines and it will not shut
:13:30. > :13:40.down one nuclear power station because they have two remain
:13:40. > :13:42.
:13:42. > :13:46.operating to smooth out the impact from renewables. Let us talk to this
:13:46. > :13:51.man from Regen South West. Some people are suspicious about wind
:13:51. > :13:57.turbines. They think it does not produce the cheap electricity they
:13:57. > :14:06.need. There are 10,000 people employed in reducing renewable
:14:06. > :14:10.energies. Many are very enthusiastic. So world leading
:14:10. > :14:20.companies. In terms of the overall Energy Bill, we face a choice, do we
:14:20. > :14:22.
:14:22. > :14:28.in the years to come want to rely on gas from Russia and Qatar? In the
:14:28. > :14:34.South West we have fantastic natural Resorts is. -- resources that we can
:14:34. > :14:40.use for renewable energy. That is a long-term picture, in the short term
:14:40. > :14:44.would we not have two pay for the best set-up in either bells? Well,
:14:44. > :14:49.we cannot just carry on with the energy system that we have at the
:14:49. > :14:53.moment. We need to build a new structure, but ever technology we
:14:53. > :15:02.choose to go for. We all want lights to come and when we press the
:15:02. > :15:08.switch. All these things require investment. Do we rely on
:15:08. > :15:11.renewables? Or do we rely on gas? You have been speaking to MPs today,
:15:11. > :15:20.you see on your manifesto that you are missing the target. What do they
:15:20. > :15:23.need to do to to reach the targets? We need commitment from
:15:23. > :15:30.decision-makers and opinion formers, everyone needs to come together and
:15:30. > :15:33.say that this is a gruelling -- growing role. We need to build on
:15:33. > :15:38.the commitment. There is a number of things we need to do to improve the
:15:38. > :15:45.industry. We need clear Government policy framework, we also need to
:15:45. > :15:49.invest in the local electricity grid. We need to look at local
:15:49. > :15:54.authorities planning policies and make sure that they have clear
:15:54. > :16:01.statements on renewables that they want to stay -- want to see. And
:16:01. > :16:06.then we need a plan for growth. We need port facilities and other
:16:06. > :16:10.structures to enable renewable energy to develop.
:16:10. > :16:12.In just under two weeks youngsters will be trying to make their dads
:16:12. > :16:15.feel special for a day. Researchers are increasingly finding the
:16:15. > :16:18.father-child relationship to be an important one. So getting it right
:16:18. > :16:22.is crucial. All new dads in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are now
:16:22. > :16:32.being given a starter pack with essential tips on how to cope with
:16:32. > :16:37.
:16:37. > :16:45.those first few years. Jane Chandler old, he arrived without an
:16:45. > :16:53.instruction book, for his dad, David, he did not have a manual. And
:16:53. > :16:58.now he says he wished you had it. -- he wishes he had had it. There is a
:16:58. > :17:02.lot of clear information in the, it is very well summarise. Mothers get
:17:02. > :17:07.a lot for themselves, but there is not much for the fathers. It has a
:17:07. > :17:13.bit of everything in it, it goes into enough detail but not too much.
:17:13. > :17:17.There were things in there that I read that I did not know about.
:17:17. > :17:22.came from public health Cornwall, it gives tips and nappy changing, how
:17:22. > :17:28.to hold the baby, surviving without sleep and other helpful emotional
:17:28. > :17:33.advice. If you can put a few pounds in at the beginning, all these
:17:33. > :17:41.factors can have that and be there for the child and the mother. It
:17:41. > :17:46.says a lot of visits to other doctors and surgeries, often. It
:17:46. > :17:52.means that they have a good idea and are confident to be at home to
:17:52. > :18:01.support the mother. The packaging is uniquely Cornish. Fathers told us
:18:01. > :18:04.that they wanted a changing bike. Inside we have the dad pad. This
:18:04. > :18:11.contains all of the essential parenting information they need to
:18:11. > :18:21.know. It also contains a full double changing mat. Then we have babies
:18:21. > :18:27.bid made from a Cornish rugby shirt. And then finally, some safety
:18:27. > :18:34.advice. The pack will be trialled for a
:18:34. > :18:38.year. After that it could be rolled out in other areas.
:18:38. > :18:42.If you want to share your tips you can go to our Facebook page and
:18:42. > :18:44.share. Six teachers from Devon and Cornwall
:18:44. > :18:47.have been recognised in this year's Teaching Awards. The regional
:18:47. > :18:49.winners were selected from 24,000 nominees across the country. One of
:18:49. > :18:59.them was Crispin Chambers from Tavistock College who teaches
:18:59. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:18.Japanese. Spotlight's John Danks Japan, people told him they are that
:19:18. > :19:21.it would be impossible to learn the language, but he mastered it. Or the
:19:21. > :19:30.past 17 years he has been teaching it to the pupils of Tavistock
:19:30. > :19:34.College. A teacher at a level here as well now, and others have gone on
:19:34. > :19:38.to study Japanese around the country at University, and they have worked
:19:38. > :19:44.for Japanese country -- companies and are doing wonderful things. That
:19:44. > :19:51.is really my legacy. Another legacy of the annual exchange trip he set
:19:51. > :19:57.up with the school in Tokyo. There are no huge links with Tokyo. Lots
:19:57. > :20:02.of families are part of this, and some of them make those trips
:20:02. > :20:07.themselves. Some parents have gone on to work there. It runs quite
:20:07. > :20:12.deeply into the community. That is what makes this so special.
:20:12. > :20:16.Tavistock College is one of only five colleges in England that teach
:20:16. > :20:23.Japanese. People here seem to enjoy his style. He does not make learning
:20:23. > :20:28.a chore, he makes it into a game. Even at A-level. Picking up an award
:20:28. > :20:36.for teacher of the year in the South West means he will join other
:20:36. > :20:39.winners for the UK final this autumn.
:20:39. > :20:42.Some of the earliest inmates of Dartmoor Prison have been remembered
:20:42. > :20:46.in a service at Princetown. 200 years ago the prison held over 6,500
:20:46. > :20:48.American sailors from the Ango-American war. Today the
:20:48. > :20:58.National Society of United States Daughters of 1812 travelled from the
:20:58. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:09.US to pay their respects to those who didn't make it home. Johnny
:21:09. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:16.Rutherford reports. In the 2nd of April 1813, around 250
:21:16. > :21:23.American prisoners were false -- were forced to march, some are
:21:23. > :21:26.fitted, 17 miles to the new prison at Dartmoor. -- here fitted. These
:21:26. > :21:35.were prisoners from the Anglo-American trade war of 1812.
:21:35. > :21:41.Today, the ancestors of those who fought have travelled to commemorate
:21:41. > :21:45.those who did not make it home. are here to commemorate that special
:21:45. > :21:52.anniversary of the BRI -- of the arrival of the first American
:21:52. > :21:57.prisoners in Dartmoor. We are here gathered today in June to
:21:57. > :22:02.commemorate this very special event and to stand on what we consider
:22:02. > :22:09.hallowed ground. It is not the first time that the society has visited
:22:09. > :22:15.Princetown, this stained-glass window was donated by them. We chose
:22:15. > :22:19.the stained-glass window in a church, it is so that everyone who
:22:19. > :22:29.is the daughter of the National Society can have a copy of it on the
:22:29. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:37.wall, that is our membership form picture. There were 6553 prisoners
:22:37. > :22:45.who came through these gates. Most of them were privateers, there were
:22:45. > :22:55.about 250 actual regular naval semen. They were a mixed bunch. --
:22:55. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:06.sealers. They wanted to clear them away from premise -- from Plymouth.
:23:06. > :23:13.At one stage they held French and American prisoners of war, today it
:23:13. > :23:23.has other inmates. has other inmates.
:23:23. > :23:27.Time now for the weather. Hello, you know the weather is fine when you
:23:27. > :23:33.are sent to the garden. Sadly I am missing something here, something
:23:33. > :23:41.called with some ice in it. It has been a beautiful day here today. It
:23:41. > :23:47.has hardly been a cloud in the sky. 21 Celsius has been the highest.
:23:47. > :23:57.There is fine weather around tomorrow. More fine and warm
:23:57. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:02.sunshine. There will be more cloud across the Channel tomorrow. There
:24:02. > :24:12.is the big satellite picture, there is not a lot happening across the
:24:12. > :24:16.
:24:16. > :24:26.United Kingdom. Eastern parts will see a change. There is an area of
:24:26. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:33.high pressure close by. By the middle of the day on Thursday the
:24:33. > :24:41.Isa buyers are more tightly packed. There will still be some wind, but
:24:41. > :24:51.it will not be quite as warm. There is a closer look at the satellite.
:24:51. > :24:55.
:24:55. > :25:00.Hardly any clothes in the sky at all today. Very good visibility. It has
:25:00. > :25:07.been a beautiful day on the beaches as well as in mind. That was also on
:25:07. > :25:15.the coast. Around Saint Ives we have also seen some blue skies. A little
:25:15. > :25:24.he's in the ear but hardly a cloud in the sky. Workload will be liable
:25:24. > :25:34.to come our way in the South. We may not wake up to see you is tomorrow
:25:34. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:38.morning. -- two scenes visit with -- not wake up two scenes like this.
:25:39. > :25:48.Difficult because of the night and it will be round about seven or
:25:48. > :25:52.eight Celsius. Tomorrow morning, we have a reasonable start to the day
:25:52. > :25:58.for most of us. There's cloud. It will become readily into the
:25:58. > :26:05.afternoon. For most of us, another fine and warm day. A bit of a risk
:26:05. > :26:12.of seeing some more persistent wind which might make the Isles of
:26:12. > :26:20.Scilly. Temperatures getting up to 20 or 21 Celsius. Not as widely as
:26:20. > :26:23.we have seen today. The course will be cooler. There is a lot of fine
:26:23. > :26:33.weather in the Isles of Scilly. Times of high water argued on the
:26:33. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:41.screen. The coastal waters forecast, East or north-easterly
:26:42. > :26:48.forced three or four. The site of the Royal Cornwall show is on
:26:48. > :26:57.Thursday, the breeze will be key as we move into Thursday and Friday.
:26:57. > :27:02.The temperatures will get up to 2122dC. The outlook for the rest of
:27:02. > :27:09.us is fine and dry. There is a very small chance of a few showers
:27:09. > :27:15.developing. That is on Thursday evening. The mainly drive and
:27:15. > :27:18.continuing that way as far ahead as the start of the weekend.
:27:18. > :27:21.People in more than a quarter of a million homes across the South West
:27:21. > :27:24.will need to retune their Freeview televisions tomorrow. Technical
:27:24. > :27:26.changes are being made overnight at some of the major TV transmitters.