:00:11. > :00:20.Are lessons being learnt from the Winterbourne View scandal?
:00:20. > :00:25.Good evening. Welcome to Spotlight. After a pattern of serious abuse,
:00:25. > :00:27.the government said there should be a dramatic reduction in people with
:00:27. > :00:31.learning disabilities in hospitals. A visit from the Care Minister, but
:00:31. > :00:36.charities question whether there really is a shift. We're concerned
:00:36. > :00:41.the South West isn't taking this as seriously as they should. All the
:00:41. > :00:45.people and we have spoken to said they are taking action but there is
:00:45. > :00:49.not much evidence in response. Also tonight: Keeping Cornwall
:00:49. > :00:53.connected to the capital via its only airlink. Easyjet agrees to
:00:53. > :00:58.take over the Newquay to Gatwick route from Spring of next year.
:00:58. > :01:00.Around 100 office staff at two Devon councils could be made
:01:00. > :01:04.redundant in cost cutting measures. And, cool running — the 49—year—old
:01:04. > :01:08.who carried a fridge from John O'Groats to Land's End.
:01:09. > :01:14.Why a fridge? She wouldn't let me have the cooker!
:01:14. > :01:20.Two years ago, the BBC uncovered evidence of what was deemed
:01:20. > :01:24."appalling" abuse at a private hospital caring for vulnerable
:01:24. > :01:26.adults from the South West. The scandal at Winterbourne View
:01:26. > :01:31.prompted the government to rethink the way patients are cared for,
:01:31. > :01:35.saying too many were in hospitals. But, as Matthew Hill reports, there
:01:35. > :01:41.are now questions whether change is really taking place.
:01:41. > :01:49.This report contains a scene from the Panorama programme.
:01:49. > :01:55.The minister was invited to buy the father of Sam who he believed there
:01:55. > :02:03.was —— who he believed was Abu —— abused was staying at the UKIP. He
:02:03. > :02:08.doesn't know you're coming. The family did not want him to be
:02:08. > :02:12.filmed as they don't want to bring back painful memories for him.
:02:12. > :02:16.Behind these walls festered a culture of cruelty where it
:02:16. > :02:21.inhumane treatment was inflicted on people who couldn't defend
:02:21. > :02:25.themselves and were and are believed when they spoke up. The
:02:25. > :02:29.hospital has closed and residents of similar large institutions have
:02:29. > :02:35.to find similar accommodation closer to home by next June. Since
:02:35. > :02:41.the scandal was revealed, reports of abuse of vulnerable adults has
:02:41. > :02:48.risen. In Somerset alone two years ago, there were 516 in this it did
:02:48. > :02:55.—— investigations. The next day, 577. Not enough progress is being
:02:55. > :03:00.made, according to one charity and they say Somerset County Council
:03:00. > :03:04.has not responded to a Freedom of Information request to find out how
:03:04. > :03:09.they were doing in achieving their target. We are concern a south—west
:03:09. > :03:14.isn't taking this as seriously as they should. When we have asked for
:03:14. > :03:18.evidence, there has not been much in response. What will you do about
:03:18. > :03:23.it? I am constantly putting pressure on the system to make sure
:03:23. > :03:30.it happens as it should. Everybody is committed to this. We have a
:03:30. > :03:34.Concorde act that all the systems have to deliver this. If they
:03:35. > :03:40.don't? He if it doesn't work and local commissioners do not do what
:03:40. > :03:45.they have to do then we have to look at tougher action. The council
:03:45. > :03:49.says there are now only 11 adults with learning difficulties living
:03:49. > :03:51.out of Somerset and There are plans to ensure that they, like Sam, are
:03:51. > :04:02.found a home locally by next June. Being hundreds of miles from London
:04:02. > :04:05.and connections to the rest of the world, the fact that Newquay
:04:05. > :04:09.Airport offers a link to the capital is seen as crucial by
:04:09. > :04:13.businesses. It's the South West's only one. And this programme has
:04:13. > :04:18.learnt that it WILL survive. Flybe may be dropping the service to
:04:18. > :04:21.Gatwick but EasyJet is picking it up, although it's not clear yet
:04:21. > :04:23.exactly how many slots they'll offer. Our business correspondent,
:04:23. > :04:25.Neil Gallacher, is in Newquay tonight. Neil.
:04:25. > :04:30.What we have been told is that There is a future for the air link
:04:30. > :04:34.to London. Before today it looked like we were coming perilously
:04:35. > :04:39.close to losing it all together. I have been told by more than one
:04:39. > :04:46.senior figure in the world of local politics and business that easyJet
:04:46. > :04:52.will come on board by the end of March. The air link as we know it
:04:52. > :04:59.today is run by Flybe. They fly to Gatwick and back three times a day.
:04:59. > :05:03.But its days are numbered as they have sold their landing slots at
:05:03. > :05:08.Gatwick. EasyJet will be able to use them for air services from
:05:08. > :05:12.wherever they wish. The news that easyJet will keep up some service
:05:12. > :05:18.to London is being received positively. It is absolutely
:05:18. > :05:24.significant. We are acutely aware how the link is important for Devon
:05:24. > :05:30.and Cornwall and having that vital link to London is crucial. What no
:05:30. > :05:34.one has told us is how many flights a day easyJet will run between
:05:34. > :05:39.Newquay and Gatwick. The slots are valuable, especially the peak time
:05:39. > :05:44.ones. EasyJet could well only run one or two services daily. If
:05:44. > :05:50.passengers could only fly around the middle of the day, how much of
:05:50. > :05:56.a problem would that be? One in the morning and one in the evening?
:05:56. > :06:06.Business people could then do it in a day. I think they need to keep it
:06:06. > :06:11.going whatever it is. Any it would be grateful. Maybe just one flight,
:06:11. > :06:17.but realistically you need two or three. Newquay airport, meanwhile,
:06:17. > :06:20.would only say today that it is in discussion with several airlines
:06:20. > :06:25.about the London route. EasyJet would not discuss their Laker's ——
:06:25. > :06:31.latest thinking, saying only no decision has been made.
:06:31. > :06:35.Neil, if it is only one or two flights, is it a service worth
:06:35. > :06:40.having, do you think? There is no doubt that would be a real second—
:06:40. > :06:46.best to what we have. But it would be way better than the alternative
:06:46. > :06:53.which would be tantamount to saying, "Cornwall closed to Investment".
:06:53. > :06:58.Another service might come on board as well. The government was talking
:06:58. > :07:05.about subsidies from regional air links in to London in parts of
:07:05. > :07:09.Britain that don't benefit from the high—speed to investment., all
:07:09. > :07:15.would certainly benefit from that. Thank you. Nearly a quarter of the
:07:15. > :07:19.office—based workforce at two Devon councils could be made redundant.
:07:19. > :07:22.West Devon Borough and South Hams District Council say shedding
:07:22. > :07:27.almost 100 staff could save them £3.5 million a year. Spotlight's
:07:27. > :07:32.Janine Jansen joins us now. Janine when could these job losses take
:07:32. > :07:37.place? If approved next month, the job losses will take place over the
:07:37. > :07:38.next two—and—a—half years. There are about 100 office—based staff at
:07:38. > :07:43.West Devon Council in Tavistock and around 450 at South Hams Council in
:07:43. > :07:47.Totnes. So, if approved, in total around 97 staff will go across all
:07:47. > :07:49.levels. That's about a quarter of office staff. How do the councils
:07:49. > :07:54.propose working with fewer staff? Well, they say they're looking at a
:07:54. > :07:58.new model to deliver services in future which will involve new
:07:58. > :07:59.technology. They say customers expect service 24/7 including
:07:59. > :08:03.evenings and weekends. They'll invest around £4.5 million in new
:08:03. > :08:05.technology to improve customer service. But if you don't embrace
:08:05. > :08:10.the digital age, there is help at hand.
:08:10. > :08:16.What we are careful to say is that we are not forcing people down a
:08:16. > :08:19.digital route. People will not want to work in that way so we will
:08:19. > :08:25.ensure we still have excellent services in terms of face to face
:08:25. > :08:31.and telephone services. Big savings but could we see the council tax
:08:31. > :08:36.reduced? They want to save 2.5 million year on year so council tax
:08:36. > :08:39.will not be going down. But council tax won't be going up hugely either
:08:39. > :08:45.if this is approved. Businesses have reacted angrily to
:08:45. > :08:49.plans to cut CCTV cover in three towns in South Devon. Teignbridge
:08:49. > :08:53.District Council will consider cuts which will affect cameras operating
:08:53. > :08:56.in Newton Abbot, Bovey Tracey and Dawlish. The council says it's
:08:56. > :09:00.because it is receiving less money from the government and there is a
:09:00. > :09:03.freeze on council tax. Our South Devon reporter, John Ayres, has
:09:03. > :09:07.more. They are here to keep us safe. CCTV
:09:07. > :09:09.cameras record crime and prevention is better than the cure, is the
:09:09. > :09:13.theory. Teignbridge council are cutting them to help them balance
:09:13. > :09:20.the books and it is horrifying local businesses. If this happens,
:09:20. > :09:28.the criminals will be openly aware there will be no system preventing
:09:29. > :09:33.that. Newton Abbot Business security is a group which helps
:09:33. > :09:37.prevent crime in the town. To the chairman, it is so much more about
:09:37. > :09:41.preventing crime as it helps locate lost children and vulnerable people.
:09:41. > :09:47.The council has said each incident costs £16.61. But how can you put a
:09:47. > :09:52.value on finding a four—year—old girl who has gone missing? You
:09:52. > :09:56.can't. The police cut their share of the fund as part of their own
:09:56. > :09:59.budget cuts. The council's grant from the government is falling and
:09:59. > :10:07.the administration promised a council—tax freeze. The council
:10:07. > :10:13.believes local businesses should pay if they want CCTV. The
:10:13. > :10:19.businesses and banks in the area have not come forward to replace
:10:19. > :10:21.the funding stream. We are facing running costs for the facility and
:10:21. > :10:31.we are facing outdated equipment which needs replacing at
:10:31. > :10:39.considerable cost. Councillors will be considering the benefit of CCTV
:10:39. > :10:44.when they vote next week. A one of the famous salmon
:10:44. > :10:53.fisheries in the region has had to close because of a mysterious
:10:53. > :11:00.disease. Hamish Marshall reports. A beautiful scene on the East Lyn
:11:00. > :11:04.but below there is a distinct lack of salmon and sea—trout which make
:11:04. > :11:09.it so popular with anglers. It is currently closed as a fungal
:11:09. > :11:15.disease has wiped out much of the fish stock. This angler has fished
:11:15. > :11:20.here for over 20 years. When they come from the sea they carry small
:11:20. > :11:24.lesions. What happens is they come into fresh water, pick up a
:11:24. > :11:29.secondary infection which leads to this fungus and that is very
:11:29. > :11:34.visible. You walk up through the river and you can seek fish laying
:11:34. > :11:39.on the gravel covered in white fungus around their gills. Anglers
:11:39. > :11:44.come from all over the country to fish here... And it is the only
:11:45. > :11:49.fishery owned by the Environment Agency and a permit is cheap. There
:11:49. > :11:53.have been isolated cases in other rivers but nothing like the levels
:11:53. > :11:59.here. The cause remains a mystery even after scientists tested in ——
:12:00. > :12:03.and infected fish. The results of analysis have been inconclusive
:12:03. > :12:12.really. It is a bacterial agent that causes the skin to be eroded.
:12:12. > :12:18.The exact cause is unknown. It has been a while since the river was in
:12:18. > :12:22.full flow. These rocks are often well below the surface. They was a
:12:22. > :12:29.small outbreak of the disease last year but in 2013 it has been much
:12:29. > :12:34.worse. The first —— the drier summer is one theory behind the
:12:34. > :12:39.increase in levels. Cheques will be carried out to see if stocks can be
:12:39. > :12:43.replenished to allow the fishery to open next year.
:12:43. > :12:50.Still to come: The Antiques Roadshow comes to Exeter. Thousands
:12:50. > :12:55.turn up to get their treasures valued.
:12:55. > :12:59.Out of the frying pan and into the firing line as the apprentice comes
:12:59. > :13:07.to Axminster. Work is about to begin restoring
:13:07. > :13:10.the Lyme Regis home of the All third John macro who wrote The
:13:10. > :13:16.French Lieutenant's Woman. The house needs major repairs and it is
:13:16. > :13:23.also architecturally significant. The woman who lived there invented
:13:24. > :13:26.a form of artificial stone which revolutionised the eighteenth—
:13:27. > :13:32.century building industry. An 18th century advert by the first
:13:32. > :13:41.inhabitant of this house. An example of Elena code's cast stone.
:13:41. > :13:47.It enabled the stone to be made using —— using mouldings. The
:13:47. > :13:53.embellishments are all made of this fantastic stone. It worked on big
:13:53. > :14:00.and small mouldings and was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries.
:14:00. > :14:05.But this seaside home is now in a sorry state of repair. The
:14:05. > :14:10.staircase got moved and changed over the years. It has been taken
:14:10. > :14:17.on by the The Landmark Trust which plans to repair and sympathetically
:14:17. > :14:23.let it as a holiday rental. Its last inhabitant was the 20th
:14:23. > :14:30.century author John macro. This is the loveliest room of the house. It
:14:30. > :14:35.was his writing room. It is now in a fairly dilapidated state and has
:14:35. > :14:42.serious structural problems as well. With views out over Lyme Bay, it is
:14:42. > :14:47.here that he finished his most famous novel. He described the cock
:14:47. > :14:54.a simply the most beautiful sea rampart on the south coast of
:14:54. > :14:58.England — Alison time but delicate. You can imagine him here on a
:14:59. > :15:03.wintry day as he described the French Lieutenant's woman. "the
:15:03. > :15:13.figure stood motion this staring out to see...". "a figure from myth
:15:13. > :15:21.more than a fragment of a petty provincial day." urgent repairs are
:15:21. > :15:24.due to start on this romantic Villa next month.
:15:24. > :15:30.We have bat so we need to time it very carefully note —— so as not to
:15:30. > :15:35.disturb them. The structural issues are such that we do not want to
:15:35. > :15:40.leave them another winter. Repairs come at a price. The trust has
:15:40. > :15:44.raised £1.3 million but it still needs another half a million to
:15:44. > :16:01.finish the job. When finished, there will also be a museum.
:16:01. > :16:08.For 36 years, they've been putting their prized possessions in front
:16:08. > :16:14.of the cameras. Today, Exeter was the backdrop for
:16:14. > :16:19.the Antiques Roadshow. The queues stretched around
:16:19. > :16:24.Cathedral Green with people hoping to unearth a hidden history or find
:16:24. > :16:29.a family fortune. They want to know if they keepsake is special. Has
:16:29. > :16:36.the programme's presenter ever brought something of heroin to be
:16:36. > :16:42.valued? Of course I have! You have to take advantage of working on
:16:42. > :16:48.this programme. One of the expat had a look at my engagement ring
:16:48. > :16:52.which I knew was Victorian. I had various bits and bobs that I
:16:52. > :16:58.brought along. None of any value whatsoever. Most objects have come
:16:58. > :17:04.from relatively humble home. But some are plucked from a much
:17:04. > :17:09.grander surroundings. This family has already appeared on Country
:17:10. > :17:15.House Rescue. I brought this bird along which is Tibetan with a
:17:16. > :17:23.crystal body and emeralds and sapphires and various other stones
:17:23. > :17:32.decorating it. Not hugely old, about turn of the century. It is
:17:32. > :17:38.very pretty. Eric Knowles had a close look at how artifacts and
:17:38. > :17:47.many more besides. We are natural borders. Heaven bless who invented
:17:47. > :17:52.the attic or the seller. —— hoarders. We live in an age when
:17:53. > :17:59.everything gets thrown away. I have to say thank you to everyone's
:17:59. > :18:04.ancestors to put things in lofts and keep me in a job. Were any
:18:04. > :18:09.masterpieces found today? You will have to wait to the programme is
:18:09. > :18:12.aired some time next year to find out.
:18:12. > :18:23.You'll probably all have seen the apprentice on TV. Well, a company
:18:23. > :18:26.in Axminster has taken at the idea and is using it to develop a team
:18:26. > :18:33.of management trainees. They have been split into two
:18:33. > :18:35.groups. The losers get to clean the warehouse.
:18:35. > :18:48.This is an amazing opportunity. One week, two teams and a boss to
:18:48. > :18:53.impress. I am in the market for 10 new managers and they had better
:18:53. > :19:03.watch out. You got something very Warren here. What has happened? ——
:19:03. > :19:09.very wrong. He to impress at 10 potential new managers.
:19:09. > :19:16.The stake is glory of failure but no one gets fired.
:19:16. > :19:23.Axminster tall centre is one of the biggest employers in the town ——
:19:23. > :19:28.tool centre. These managers of the future have a challenge to brand
:19:28. > :19:37.and market sausages. I was expecting them to sell lots of
:19:37. > :19:42.sausages and they have sold one metric tonne. That is a lot of
:19:42. > :19:49.sausages. I couldn't get to sleep and home at 9 o'clock at night. It
:19:49. > :19:55.has been full on and I have been thinking of sausages 24/7. For the
:19:55. > :20:03.sausage supplier, a brief to be tough. We had a meeting which was
:20:03. > :20:08.starchy and then when we did the production we were a little less
:20:08. > :20:14.hard on them, put it that way. There is a serious message behind
:20:14. > :20:19.this apprentice Style Challenge. The company takes its staff and his
:20:19. > :20:26.feature seriously. I have been there seven years. I have known it
:20:26. > :20:31.from a little shop in town to what it is now and it is exciting to be
:20:31. > :20:35.a prospect. I want to push it forward and make it bigger. The
:20:35. > :20:41.teams will be called to the boardroom at 730 tomorrow morning
:20:41. > :20:43.to find out who wins an all— expenses trip to London and to get
:20:43. > :21:10.to clean up the warehouse. Tony Phoenix—Morrison arrived in
:21:10. > :21:16.London this morning after completing a 1000 mile journey. He
:21:16. > :21:26.has raised money for charity and all of us asked, why?
:21:26. > :21:34.For some people, a 1000 mark job —— job would be quite a challenge. But
:21:34. > :21:39.Tony has done the journey with a fridge on his back. Then add the
:21:39. > :21:45.finishing line he adds a little extra weight, his seven—year—old
:21:45. > :21:50.son. He didn't run to raise money for so Bobby Robson's charity which
:21:50. > :21:56.raises money for research. Why a fridge? She wouldn't let me have
:21:56. > :22:01.the cooker. I wanted to carry something really heavy to
:22:01. > :22:07.demonstrate and signified the burden of cancer. If you have ever
:22:07. > :22:12.had a family member who has had cancer, you feel their burden. I
:22:12. > :22:17.wanted to take my burden along some impossible journey just like the
:22:17. > :22:22.impossible journey of cancer. He did much of his run with a hip
:22:22. > :22:26.injury after a fall. Despite needing treatment on route, he kept
:22:26. > :22:34.to his gruelling Schedule of 26 miles per day. Him and his rich
:22:34. > :22:41.have completed other major runs on his back —— he and his fridge. His
:22:41. > :22:47.wife says he is unstoppable. It is amazing he managed to carry it for
:22:47. > :22:53.quite so many miles. He has put some miles in. When you put any
:22:54. > :23:00.pressure on him to give up? He has talked about it and I have it on
:23:00. > :23:06.camera. But every now and then I hear him talking about other little
:23:06. > :23:14.challenges. Today, he was handed a cheque for £43,000 from the company
:23:14. > :23:16.who made the fridge. But he is now off to the Great North Run where
:23:16. > :23:25.the funding —— fund—raising continues. Which way his Newcastle?
:23:25. > :23:31.Quite a feat, isn't it? You wouldn't manic two minutes with
:23:31. > :23:37.an oven on your back. —— you wouldn't managed two minutes.
:23:37. > :23:43.And now for the weather. Did he carry anything in the
:23:43. > :23:48.fridge? A glass of wine or so milk? Some sausages.
:23:48. > :23:58.Good evening. We have some change in the weather now. Summer has a
:23:58. > :24:04.very quickly drawn to a close. As we head through the weekend, we
:24:04. > :24:10.will see a drop in the temperatures as colder air floods in. It is mild
:24:10. > :24:17.at the moment although Misty in some places. This great string of
:24:17. > :24:22.cloud in the Atlantic has a weather system at wrapped around it that
:24:22. > :24:25.will be slow moving across us. It will generate outbreaks of rain
:24:25. > :24:38.tonight. Quite wet weather tomorrow,
:24:38. > :24:44.particularly in the evening. By Saturday, it has gone through so
:24:44. > :24:51.hopefully it will a bright and dry day. Short lived though because
:24:51. > :24:57.Sunday sees a change. You can see how the clout has been fairly
:24:57. > :25:04.extensive over the south—west today. The cloud has not stopped some of
:25:04. > :25:10.our heathers flowering. But the low cloud has thickened and it started
:25:10. > :25:18.to produce fog. Our cameraman got quite wet as the rain started to
:25:18. > :25:24.set in. The wind will become light and variable overnight but we hold
:25:24. > :25:29.on to all the clout say it is misty and damp and there will be drizzle
:25:29. > :25:36.in the wind. More persistent rain, especially in the small hours of
:25:36. > :25:43.the morning. Quite a mild night. Warm and humid start to the day
:25:43. > :25:48.tomorrow but also wet. The rain may peter out for a time and we may get
:25:48. > :25:52.glimpses of sunshine in Dorset and Somerset. By the end of the
:25:52. > :26:00.afternoon and in the early evening, the brain begins. We could have a
:26:00. > :26:08.couple of hours of quite intense rainfall.
:26:08. > :26:20.The wind will be north or north— westerly. For the Isles of Scilly,
:26:20. > :26:27.quite a wet day. Write briefly in the morning but some rain becoming
:26:27. > :26:58.quite heavy later. Misty in the low cloud and the risk of coastal fog.
:26:58. > :27:14.Sunday is quite unsettled. A notably windy day for all of us
:27:14. > :27:22.with gusts of wind to gale—force along the coast of Cornwall and
:27:22. > :27:29.Devon. Certainly turning colder. Monday, a drop in the temperature
:27:29. > :27:31.as cool air arrives. We should see sunshine on Monday in between
:27:31. > :27:40.scattered showers. Thank you very much. That it. I am
:27:40. > :27:43.back at 10:25pm tonight. From all of us here, have a lovely evening.
:27:43. > :27:44.Thanks for watching. Bye—bye.