:00:17. > :00:22.after heavy rain caused flash flooding in some parts of the
:00:22. > :00:28.region. The torrential downpours left drains unable to cope. We will
:00:28. > :00:33.report from some of the worst areas. I have never come across a downpour
:00:33. > :00:38.like it in this country. We could see there was going to be an issue
:00:39. > :00:43.but we couldn't keep it out. passengers are left stranded on a
:00:43. > :00:49.train for five and a half hours. Travellers have criticised the lack
:00:49. > :00:56.of information, food and water. felt like ripping my hair out. It
:00:56. > :01:03.has been ridiculous. And relief for the sub postmistress found not
:01:03. > :01:07.flooding right across the region with parts of North Devon
:01:07. > :01:11.effectively cut off for a time and a hospital in Cornwall forced to
:01:11. > :01:14.close. Two inches of rain fell in just 24 hours in places Businesses
:01:14. > :01:17.and homes were left underwater and the minor injuries unit at Newquay
:01:17. > :01:22.Hospital had to close to patients after two of its treatment rooms
:01:22. > :01:27.were flooded. Many roads were turned into rivers with drains unable to
:01:27. > :01:37.cope with the volume of water. With a round up of some of the worst
:01:37. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:51.affected areas here's Spotlight's hour's torrential rain can cause
:01:51. > :01:55.enough rain to flood a business and close it. I have never experienced
:01:55. > :02:01.anything like it. We put a barrier up at the back door but however hard
:02:01. > :02:05.we tried, it wasn't enough to keep it out. It was pouring in through
:02:05. > :02:13.the drain that we share with our neighbours and into our stockroom.
:02:13. > :02:19.It hopes to open tomorrow. The local pub had to clear up the swamped
:02:19. > :02:29.seller. I went out and when I came back, the fire brigade were pumping
:02:29. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:40.out the water. West Cornwall was also affected. Perranporth, red roof
:02:40. > :02:44.and Helston had to be helped by the fire service. -- red roof. At
:02:44. > :02:51.lunchtime, though heavy rain hits North Devon and eight properties in
:02:51. > :02:55.Ilfracombe had to be pumped out, including a supermarket. We still
:02:55. > :03:00.have the road closed so we can clear away the debris. That day Bream may
:03:01. > :03:08.have rushed into the drains and we have flooding again. -- they brief.
:03:08. > :03:13.There was a mopping up operation for some home owners. I heard a
:03:13. > :03:17.trickling sound and wasn't sure what it was. I got out of bed and there
:03:17. > :03:25.was water pouring through the door. Originally, I was confused. I didn't
:03:25. > :03:33.know how the water was so high outside. The rain seems to have left
:03:33. > :03:37.the south-west and no further A man is in police custody tonight
:03:37. > :03:40.after an attempted armed robbery in Somerset. Witnesses say a man
:03:40. > :03:50.wielding a machete tried to rob a branch of Lloyds Bank in the centre
:03:50. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :03:58.of Taunton but he was disarmed by It happened after 12 noon. The bank
:03:58. > :04:08.was crowded with customers when a man ran in shouting, "this is a
:04:08. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:13.Raid!" The man ran in saying it was an armed robbery. He had a huge
:04:13. > :04:18.machete and a man leapt on him and got into the ground but he was
:04:18. > :04:25.getting up. Walked to help him and another big bloke than me held him
:04:25. > :04:30.down. At that point, the police were called and no money was taken. One
:04:30. > :04:35.of the customers told the BBC he didn't think about the dangers.
:04:35. > :04:45.took him to the floor and restrained him and put him in a armlock and
:04:45. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:51.restrained his legs and kept in there. He had a machete? --!We took
:04:51. > :04:54.the machete of him. The man is being questioned in connection with the
:04:54. > :04:58.incident. A damning report has criticised the
:04:58. > :05:01.way up to three hundred vulnerable children in Somerset are cared for.
:05:01. > :05:04.The inspection body Ofsted has said that child protection services are
:05:04. > :05:08.inadequate. It raises serious concerns about the service, which is
:05:08. > :05:18.run by the County Council, and has asked that every case in the last
:05:18. > :05:23.
:05:23. > :05:30.services in Somerset were described as outstanding. Yet now the rating
:05:30. > :05:35.has fallen from highest to lowest possible. Ofsted are demanding
:05:35. > :05:39.immediate action to protect the most abominable. The Lib Dem opposition
:05:39. > :05:44.spokesman on child protection in Somerset says the service is an
:05:44. > :05:50.accident waiting to happen. It is more luck that we haven't had an
:05:50. > :05:55.incident such as baby P. We have to protect the vulnerable and young
:05:55. > :06:01.children in Somerset that are being clearly let down. The Ofsted report
:06:01. > :06:06.pulls few punches. They say not enough was done to protect children
:06:06. > :06:10.and stop the risk of harm remained present for too long and criticises
:06:10. > :06:17.the way child protection cases were closed to quickly and has demanded
:06:17. > :06:21.the council review all the cases. When you are dealing with the most
:06:21. > :06:25.vulnerable children in society, reports like this is bound to raise
:06:25. > :06:31.alarm bells. The council is plainly keen to make the point that that is
:06:31. > :06:36.then and this is now that they have invested an extra �1.4 million in
:06:36. > :06:41.the service and recruited another 25 social workers. They are already on
:06:41. > :06:45.the road to improvement. Three months ago the council appointed a
:06:45. > :06:50.new director of children's services, a man with a tough pedigree. Peter
:06:50. > :06:56.Lewis was the man brought in by the government to sort out Haringey in
:06:56. > :07:01.the wake of the baby P can -- baby P scandal. Today, he apologised on
:07:01. > :07:05.behalf of his new employers. I want to take this opportunity to
:07:05. > :07:09.apologise for the fact that this is what the report says about our
:07:09. > :07:14.services. We know what we need to do to improve and we are getting on
:07:14. > :07:18.with that. Ofsted speaks of good work being done at grassroots level
:07:18. > :07:24.by social workers but points the finger of blame at management
:07:24. > :07:27.failings. All eyes will be on this man now, to change things.
:07:27. > :07:30.First Great Western has apologised and promised an independent inquiry
:07:30. > :07:34.after leaving almost 500 passengers stranded on a train for five and a
:07:34. > :07:38.half hours. The service from Penzance to Paddington developed a
:07:38. > :07:41.fault near Pewsey yesterday afternoon. Passengers criticised the
:07:41. > :07:51.lack of information and said the train was already overcrowded and
:07:51. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:04.Western briefs passengers left stranded for hours after a fractured
:08:04. > :08:10.vacuum pipe caused the brakes to lock. Elaine Murphy's two children
:08:10. > :08:14.were on-board alone. The first I knew was that they hadn't arrived
:08:14. > :08:23.and had no information. They were starving, they had had no water and
:08:23. > :08:27.it was chaos. The First Great Western train left Penzance at 11am
:08:27. > :08:32.and the pipe fractured leaving the train at Stansted -- stand still for
:08:32. > :08:38.five and half hours. It was due at London Paddington at 16:34pm but
:08:38. > :08:43.eventually arrived at 22:15pm. It talked to and half hours for an
:08:43. > :08:46.engineer to arrive. In the end, the rear power car had to be left on the
:08:46. > :08:52.line. First Great Western has defended its decision not to put
:08:52. > :08:55.people on to another train. We had a train that was in a remote part of
:08:55. > :09:01.culture. We were able to move the train in the end and I think that
:09:01. > :09:07.was a better option than taking over 500 people down a railway track
:09:07. > :09:10.which was a long way from any road access. During the long wait, some
:09:10. > :09:16.of the passengers tweeted about soil -- toilet is not working and a lack
:09:16. > :09:19.of food, water and information. railways are run tightly these days
:09:19. > :09:23.and there is no margin for looking after things when they go wrong. It
:09:23. > :09:30.is a mistake. People may not have thought ahead as to what the
:09:30. > :09:33.long-term costs to the company would be. Eventually, a cheer goes up as
:09:33. > :09:41.the train restarts the passengers finally arriving in Paddington were
:09:41. > :09:45.furious. It really was a complete cock up. Nothing seemed to work. The
:09:45. > :09:50.toilets were all bunged up practically before we left Cornwall.
:09:50. > :09:56.There were 20 or 30 people in each carriage that couldn't sit down.
:09:56. > :10:00.They included children and elderly people. First Great Western has
:10:00. > :10:04.apologised and has promised a refund, a new ticket and to pay any
:10:04. > :10:07.additional expenses. It has asked for an independent enquiry into what
:10:08. > :10:11.went wrong. A sub-post mistress from Cornwall
:10:11. > :10:14.has been found not guilty of false accounting after the prosecution
:10:14. > :10:17.offered no evidence. 58-year-old Susan Knight, who ran the Post
:10:17. > :10:21.Office in St Keverne, believes accounting errors were caused by
:10:22. > :10:31.problems associated with the Post Offices computer system. The Post
:10:32. > :10:36.
:10:36. > :10:41.Office says its system works Office for more than 32 years. She
:10:41. > :10:47.was mortified when it decided to prosecute her over losses at the
:10:47. > :10:52.Saint Kevin 's post office which she won -- ran. Today, the course was
:10:52. > :10:57.dropped. They told the court that looking on the merits of this
:10:57. > :11:02.individual case alone, prosecution was not in the public interest. No
:11:02. > :11:08.evidence was offered and the judge found her not guilty. I wish the
:11:08. > :11:17.post office had believed this more and trusted as more. We had been
:11:17. > :11:20.employed for so long. She is one of more than 100 soap -- sub postmaster
:11:20. > :11:24.is that say they have found themselves in court because their
:11:24. > :11:27.contract makes them responsible for any losses. They believe problems
:11:27. > :11:32.associated with the post Office computer system has led to the
:11:32. > :11:37.accounting errors. Susan Knight has used all her life savings and
:11:37. > :11:40.borrowed another �20,000 to pay back the alleged losses. She says she
:11:40. > :11:48.will take action to get the money back but what she really wants is
:11:48. > :11:56.her old job back. Honesty, that is all I ever wanted. You will be back
:11:56. > :12:00.at the post office in Saint Kevin? The post office has a review says
:12:00. > :12:04.the Horizon computer system works effectively but it does admit they
:12:04. > :12:09.are training and support issues. It says it is working with the Justice
:12:09. > :12:14.for some pastors -- sub Masters Alliance and MPs that have raised
:12:14. > :12:17.concerns. Coming up: Find out what the weather has in store for the
:12:17. > :12:20.next few days. Plus how did your team start the season? We'll review
:12:20. > :12:23.the weekend's football action And prepared for anything - comedian
:12:23. > :12:26.David Walliams joins a scouting jamboree in Cornwall The funeral of
:12:27. > :12:30.a young mother from Paignton and her two sons took place this afternoon.
:12:30. > :12:40.Katherine Hooper and her son Joshua died after falling from rocks on
:12:40. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:49.found a short while later at the family home. As Chloe Axford
:12:49. > :12:59.reports, the family's neighbours are in the process of creating a
:12:59. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:06.afternoon when the funeral cortege of Catherine Hooper and her two
:13:06. > :13:10.young sons, Joshua, five, and Samuel, two, arrived at the
:13:10. > :13:15.crematorium. The two brothers sharing a single coffin. The funeral
:13:15. > :13:20.which followed was a chance for the family to pay their last respects
:13:20. > :13:25.privately to Samuel, Catherine and Joshua. It was in July that
:13:25. > :13:32.Catherine and Joshua fell nearly 100 feet to their deaths on Dartmoor.
:13:32. > :13:36.Shortly afterwards, Samuel's body was found at the home in Paignton. A
:13:36. > :13:40.murder investigation into Samuel's death is underway but police say
:13:40. > :13:43.they are looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths. There
:13:43. > :13:47.will be a blossom tree in the middle of the garden surrounded by
:13:47. > :13:57.lavender. Their neighbour said she still come to terms with what
:13:57. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:04.happened. I still can't take it in. It is unbelievable. It was totally
:14:04. > :14:10.out of the blue. Jeanette has now decided to turn a patch of waste
:14:10. > :14:13.ground into a memorial garden for the family. I wanted them to be
:14:13. > :14:17.remembered. I don't think they should ever be forgotten because of
:14:17. > :14:21.the people that they were and the children that they were. Basically,
:14:21. > :14:27.just a tribute to them. That will always be there and it would be
:14:27. > :14:31.dissident -- destroyed. Jeanette says this is a close-knit community
:14:31. > :14:35.and many of the neighbours are still in shock over what happened. She
:14:35. > :14:43.said when she approached them about a memorial garden, they were all
:14:43. > :14:46.keen to help. Plants and shrubs have been donated by local residents and
:14:46. > :14:51.businesses. It is expected to include a plaque as a permanent
:14:51. > :14:54.reminder of a much loved young family.
:14:54. > :14:57.Police in Torbay are continuing to question a 37-year-old man on
:14:57. > :15:01.suspicion of murder following a collision in which a teenage
:15:01. > :15:04.motorcyclist died. The crash happened on Kings Ash Road in
:15:04. > :15:08.Paignton in the early hours of yesterday. The motorcyclist was
:15:08. > :15:11.riding with two other bikers at the time.
:15:11. > :15:15.An investigation is underway after a number of trees in Bovey Tracey's
:15:15. > :15:19.Mill Marsh park were vandalised over the weekend. The police are
:15:19. > :15:23.appealing for information after half a dozen young trees were pulled up
:15:23. > :15:27.or chopped down. It's thought to have happened between ten o'clock
:15:27. > :15:30.and midnight on Saturday. Locals say it's not the first time it's
:15:30. > :15:33.happened. Scientists are warning one of the
:15:33. > :15:37.UK's rarest mammals, the grey long-eared bat, is in danger of
:15:37. > :15:41.disappearing from the UK completely. The largest colony in the UK is in
:15:41. > :15:51.Devon. Victoria Gill visited a bat roost at a secret location in the
:15:51. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :15:57.county in the search for this changed and these bats are squeezed
:15:57. > :16:02.into a few colonies in the south of England. They are extremely
:16:02. > :16:06.particularly about where they make their homes. The big tall roof
:16:06. > :16:10.spaces of old manor houses like this one make the ideal roosting site for
:16:10. > :16:14.grey long eared bats. They are the only structure in the UK where these
:16:14. > :16:20.bats can be used. I have come here to see if I can spot some of these
:16:20. > :16:26.very rare flying mammals. The guide now that Safari has studied the
:16:26. > :16:31.species for the last five years. population is estimated at 1000
:16:31. > :16:35.individuals. The population is declining and has declined in the
:16:35. > :16:41.past 100 years. Also there are very few roosts. There are not many
:16:41. > :16:51.colonies of this bat. For a chance of spotting bats, we have to wait
:16:51. > :16:59.for darkness. One over there.There were other species here also and it
:16:59. > :17:04.is hard to tell them apart. We count 15 bats emerging. Bats and their
:17:04. > :17:08.roosts are protected under UK law but the scientists are calling on
:17:08. > :17:14.land owners, local authorities and the environmental adviser, Natural
:17:14. > :17:17.England, to protect the meadows and marshland. This, they say, is the
:17:17. > :17:21.only way to ensure these little winged mammals don't disappear from
:17:21. > :17:25.the country completely. Time for the sport and Dave has all
:17:25. > :17:29.the news from the first weekend of the new football season. What a
:17:29. > :17:31.start for Yeovil. It was a terrific start for Gary
:17:31. > :17:35.Johnson's Yeovil Town. Newly-promoted to the Championship,
:17:35. > :17:39.they carried on from where they left off last season with a late win at
:17:39. > :17:43.Millwall. Goalkeeper Marek Stech did his bit for the Glovers and was
:17:43. > :17:47.hoping his team-mates would follow his example at the other end of the
:17:47. > :17:54.pitch. They duly obliged when Ed Upson found the winner two minutes
:17:54. > :17:58.from the end to give the Somerset greens a wonderful opening day win.
:17:58. > :18:02.The three Devon teams could muster only one win between them. That came
:18:02. > :18:04.at St James' Park where Exeter City beat Bristol Rovers. Well, former
:18:04. > :18:08.Torquay United captain and now first-team coach at Bournemouth,
:18:08. > :18:18.Chris Hargreaves, joined me a little earlier to reflect on day one in
:18:18. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:27.League Two. A hat-trick of different results. Some better than others.
:18:27. > :18:33.Let us go to the best one and Exeter city against Bristol Rovers. A good
:18:33. > :18:37.corner there and that is what you want your captain to do. A great
:18:37. > :18:42.header. They showed some resilience, especially when the
:18:42. > :18:48.equaliser goes in. You worry on the first day of the season that they
:18:48. > :18:55.got going a little bit. It wasn't a fluid performance but a great cross
:18:55. > :18:59.here. Sam is a really good addition to the squad. Plymouth Argyle went
:18:59. > :19:09.down at another promotion team, South end. How disappointed will
:19:09. > :19:09.
:19:09. > :19:14.John Sheridan B with that? Very. No positives to take. It is a shame
:19:14. > :19:22.they didn't score more goals. These highlights showed the best player
:19:22. > :19:29.was the keeper, which is not a great sign on the first day of the season.
:19:29. > :19:34.In saying that, what a brilliant place to go tomorrow, Saint Andrews.
:19:34. > :19:43.Finally, Torquay United had a draw with Wimbledon and both goals coming
:19:43. > :19:50.in the last two minutes. Often the goals go in late. When this goes in
:19:50. > :19:55.at the 88th minute, you are fearful of an opening-day loss. A long
:19:55. > :20:02.throw, set piece and a brilliant delivery. Great delivery. A great
:20:02. > :20:08.header. The team salvage a point. Nice to see you and well done on
:20:08. > :20:11.your first day when. Thanks a lot. There was to be no double gold for
:20:11. > :20:13.Plymouth College student Ruta Meilutye in the World Swimming
:20:13. > :20:16.Championships in Barcelona. After clocking another world record in the
:20:16. > :20:23.semi-finals of the 50m breaststroke, the 16-year-old Lithuanian couldn't
:20:23. > :20:33.re-produce her form in the final last night. Russia's Yuliya Efimova
:20:33. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:41.pipped her to the gold by seven hundredths of a second. I wouldn't
:20:41. > :20:48.say I am not happy. I am happy with what I have. Silver is a bit
:20:48. > :20:51.disappointed. -- disappointing. I am really happy for her, it is good.
:20:51. > :20:54.In cricket, Somerset rescued a draw from their County Championship match
:20:54. > :20:58.against Nottinghamshire at Taunton. They were forced to follow on, but
:20:58. > :21:01.avoided defeat as they closed on 141 for two in their second innings.
:21:01. > :21:05.Nick Compton was 70 not out. Somerset are still perilously close
:21:05. > :21:09.to the relegation places in Division One.
:21:09. > :21:12.Finally from me, it's the first round of the League Cup tomorrow
:21:12. > :21:16.night. BBC Somerset and BBC Radio Devon will be across all the ties.
:21:16. > :21:23.The pick of them is Exeter City trying to upset Harry Redknapp's
:21:23. > :21:26.Queens Park Rangers. Should be a good one.
:21:26. > :21:31.The first international scouting jamboree to take place in Cornwall
:21:31. > :21:34.for 16 years ended with a celebrity send off.
:21:34. > :21:37.Chief scout Bear Grylls flew in by helicopter along with the children's
:21:37. > :21:47.writer and comic actor David Walliams to meet some of the 15,000
:21:47. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:57.scouts who gathered in the grounds Cornwall for years deserved a
:21:57. > :22:03.big-name sendoff. Cue the Chief Scout, Bear Grylls and celebrity
:22:03. > :22:13.author, David Walliams. I think we are going on a zip wire. They were
:22:13. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:29.knots, saw how Scouts have a head for raising money for charity and
:22:30. > :22:36.did a lot of meeting and greeting. The purpose of their 45 minutes
:22:36. > :22:42.whistle-stop tour is to inspire youngsters. It was an amazing
:22:42. > :22:48.experience and incredible to see the head of Scouts and an iconic
:22:48. > :22:51.character. It brings back great memories for me when I was a
:22:51. > :22:59.cupboard Scout. It is a great time at school when you haven't got
:22:59. > :23:08.exams. -- club and a Scout. You have really good fun together. His visit
:23:08. > :23:14.with the Chief Scout was a chance to say thanks to the 200 volunteers.
:23:14. > :23:18.After all, people rely on people like Debbie. A year ago she helped
:23:18. > :23:25.start the Boscastle buzzards, which has 18 Scouts and she wants others
:23:25. > :23:28.to help out. The kids are missing out otherwise. We have kids here who
:23:28. > :23:33.have had a fantastic week. If we hadn't been here, there would have
:23:33. > :23:39.been nobody else to run the troop. The waiting list nationally is
:23:39. > :23:49.almost 30,000. More parents getting involved, the more kids can be taken
:23:49. > :23:53.
:23:53. > :23:57.off the waiting list. Come and sign up, especially if you are free.
:23:57. > :24:07.more, the merrier. B strep -- these Scouts can go from strength to
:24:07. > :24:09.
:24:09. > :24:19.headlines today with some horrendous downpours in places. Hopefully most
:24:19. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:25.because the web has been atrocious for the past couple of days. Don't
:24:25. > :24:31.head home because the sunshine is back out and it looks as if this
:24:31. > :24:38.week, we remain largely dry. Perhaps it is a little fresher in terms of
:24:38. > :24:45.the feel of the weather but some dry weather to enjoy. It has been awful
:24:45. > :24:54.with some torrential rain. The heavy rain has moved out of the way and
:24:54. > :24:59.apart from the few showers across Cornwall, it is dry. The amount of
:24:59. > :25:05.rain we have had is pretty unusual. In the last 24 hours, we have had 50
:25:05. > :25:08.millimetres of rain, two inches of rain in the space of a day. That is
:25:08. > :25:15.the reason we have had such problems with flash flooding. The main area
:25:15. > :25:25.of low pressure as the driving force of those heavy downpours is moving
:25:25. > :25:29.away. This high-pressure moves up across as over the next 24 hours and
:25:29. > :25:33.it is quite breezy this evening. A much quieter day tomorrow with some
:25:33. > :25:38.sunny spells and light winds. More importantly, it is a dry day
:25:38. > :25:42.tomorrow for most of us. This area of low pressure looks threatening
:25:42. > :25:47.but I don't think it will come towards us. It will move into France
:25:47. > :25:53.through the day on Wednesday. A lot of dry weather to be had for the
:25:53. > :25:57.rest of this week. Unusually, it will turn quite chilly with
:25:57. > :26:04.overnight temperatures down to nine Celsius in the countryside. A breezy
:26:04. > :26:09.start to the night. Tomorrow is a quieter day. There is a small chance
:26:09. > :26:13.of one or two light showers but they will be light and fleeting. For most
:26:14. > :26:20.of us, sunny spells and quite a lot of clout at times. Temperatures
:26:20. > :26:30.getting back to 22 Celsius. For the Isles of Scilly, it should be a dry
:26:30. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:09.there is the chance of an isolated shower on Wednesday and Thursday.
:27:09. > :27:15.Friday, there is some more persistent rain arriving late in the
:27:15. > :27:20.day. Nearly six months ago, Axminster Carpets called in the
:27:20. > :27:24.administrators. Hundreds of jobs were under threat before a deal was
:27:24. > :27:27.done to save the firm but not everyone was lucky enough to be