:00:12. > :00:19.The Greenpeace worker being held at gunpoint. Her family in Devon wait
:00:19. > :00:25.anxiously for news of her welfare. Good evening. Alex Harris is being
:00:25. > :00:29.held along with others after Russians boarded the Greenpeace
:00:29. > :00:35.vessel. Her mother has been describing how the drama unfolded.
:00:35. > :00:39.Her and Colin Dodge the armed guards to get to the radio station and
:00:39. > :00:46.barricaded themselves. They managed to get a cry for help to let
:00:46. > :00:51.everybody know what was going on. Also tonight. The Bank of Cornwall
:00:51. > :00:56.which could help local businesses. The scheme would be funded by
:00:56. > :01:01.European money and would lend to companies in the county. And the
:01:01. > :01:07.inquest into the death of a Somerset man who was killed when a water tank
:01:07. > :01:09.exploded. A 27—year—old Devon woman is among 30 Greenpeace activists
:01:09. > :01:13.being held at gunpoint by security officers in Russia. It follows an
:01:13. > :01:18.attempt by some protestors to board a Russian oil drilling platform in
:01:18. > :01:21.the Arctic. The family of Alex Harris, who works for Greenpeace,
:01:21. > :01:25.say they're very worried for her safety. Devon engineer, Iain Rogers,
:01:25. > :01:33.is also being held. Spotlight's Janine Jansen reports. Alex's family
:01:33. > :01:38.wait anxiously for news. The Greenpeace ship she was working on
:01:38. > :01:44.has been seized by Russian security guards. We are feeling worried and
:01:44. > :01:50.fed up, to be honest. I would like to be able to speak to her. It has
:01:50. > :01:55.been going on for quite a long time and we are seeing different reports
:01:55. > :01:59.on the Internet and Facebook. That is your sister they are talking
:01:59. > :02:04.about. It is upsetting. Lastly, two activists tried to board a Russian
:02:04. > :02:10.oil platform. They are concerned about countries drilling for oil in
:02:10. > :02:14.the Arctic and the effect on the environment. Alex and Colin, her
:02:14. > :02:18.Australian work colleague, where the last Greenpeace workers to be
:02:18. > :02:23.captured and they managed to dodge the armed guards as they came aboard
:02:23. > :02:29.and barricaded themselves into the radio room and managed to send and
:02:29. > :02:38.sOS and eventually a Russian security guards kicked down the door
:02:39. > :02:44.and capture them. The family say it must have been terrifying. The
:02:44. > :02:49.balaclava armed people with knives and guns storming their ship, I
:02:49. > :02:54.suspect it was fairly scary, yes. Her character, as I said, she is
:02:54. > :03:01.very positive and passionate, she believes in what she does. Engineer
:03:01. > :03:05.Ian Rogers from Devon is also captive. Russia says it is
:03:05. > :03:09.considering charges for piracy, something that Greenpeace denies.
:03:09. > :03:15.Alex and family pray that her daughter will be soon freed.
:03:15. > :03:21.Spotlight has learned that Cornwall could get its own regional bank. It
:03:21. > :03:30.would be set up with European money which would be lent out to local
:03:30. > :03:37.businesses. It would operate on a far bigger scale than anything tried
:03:37. > :03:38.in the county so far. With the details, here's our business
:03:38. > :03:43.correspondent, Neil Gallacher. Businesses like the Natural Fibre
:03:43. > :03:50.Company might soon find it easier to get loans. This company was helped
:03:50. > :03:54.one decade ago with money from a small—scale investment fund set up
:03:54. > :03:56.of European help but that is no longer open. Commercial bank lending
:03:56. > :04:00.has become the touristy scarce. European cash might be used to set
:04:00. > :04:07.up a far bigger local investment bank. Business needs all the help it
:04:07. > :04:10.can get and it is very hard to get credit for businesses, particularly
:04:10. > :04:15.smaller ones. It should be good for everyone. The chance to create a
:04:15. > :04:21.local bank for local businesses has come about because Cornwall is due
:04:21. > :04:27.to get another £500 million from Europe over the next six years. The
:04:27. > :04:31.powers that we proposed to put a quarter of that into the investment
:04:31. > :04:35.bank. That would be over £100 million with matched funding from
:04:35. > :04:40.other sources on top. Is a danger that commercial banks would object?
:04:40. > :04:47.The real answer is, if they want to lend money, why have they not been
:04:47. > :04:55.doing it? If we help to make that happen, if they complain, you might
:04:55. > :05:00.hear the odd laughter. The bank has yet to be approved by authorities
:05:00. > :05:04.but those pushing for the idea expect it to go through. Cornwall
:05:04. > :05:09.would be one of the very first counties to get its first —— own
:05:09. > :05:13.bank. But at one time, many banks were local. Bank heist, here in
:05:13. > :05:23.milestone, Ozzie first cooperative savings bank in England. The bank,
:05:23. > :05:28.established in 1818. Today's bank decisions are made by executives
:05:28. > :05:33.remote from their customers. The decisions are made by people who
:05:33. > :05:37.actually don't have a good idea of how businesses are run at that
:05:37. > :05:43.level, Cornish businesses need decisions in Cornwall. Nobody is
:05:44. > :05:47.talking about a bike with savings, accounts and loans for individuals,
:05:47. > :05:55.just businesses. Bosses might like the idea but they will want to know
:05:55. > :06:00.what strings are attached in the form of interest rates and fees. Not
:06:00. > :06:07.be known until next year. —— that will not be known. A court has heard
:06:07. > :06:11.how a maintenance worker died after an explosion which left four others
:06:11. > :06:13.injured. 67—year—old Peter James was part of a team carrying out work in
:06:13. > :06:19.a boiler room at the Cantello nurseries near Taunton. His
:06:19. > :06:22.colleagues said they had not had any training in how the boiler operated.
:06:22. > :06:27.Our Somerset correspondent, Clinton Rogers, reports. Peter James 's
:06:27. > :06:31.family have waited 2.5 years to get the full story of how he died. Mr
:06:31. > :06:33.James, a maintenance engineer, suffered head injuries in an
:06:33. > :06:37.explosion at his work. It happened at Cantello nurseries near Taunton.
:06:37. > :06:43.They grow peppers for leading supermarket chains. The inquest was
:06:43. > :06:48.told that back in May 2010, a of them are carrying out maintenance
:06:48. > :06:53.work on seven huge water tanks in the boiler room but something went
:06:53. > :06:57.terribly wrong. Whilst removing metal inspection hatches, one of
:06:57. > :07:03.them exploded under high pressure, Ford of the men were knocked to the
:07:04. > :07:10.ground and two of them were seriously hurt. Mr James radically.
:07:10. > :07:14.The metal plate had hit him in the head. One of the labourers working
:07:14. > :07:18.on the very water tank which exploded told the hearing that he
:07:18. > :07:24.narrowly escaped being hit. This Polish National on the left said he
:07:24. > :07:31.had never had any training in the water system and this was the first
:07:31. > :07:34.day he had ever been in the boiler room. It became clear during the
:07:34. > :07:38.inquest at Cantello nurseries were in the process of changing their
:07:38. > :07:41.water system to one pressurised by nitrogen rather than an and they
:07:41. > :07:45.called in a team of Dutch specialists to advise them. Yet none
:07:46. > :07:53.of those specialists were in the boiler room when the explosion
:07:53. > :07:56.happened and those workers who were there said they had little or no
:07:56. > :08:00.knowledge of how the system worked. The inquest is listed for three
:08:00. > :08:06.days. The family of Mr James said they hope that someone will be held
:08:06. > :08:09.accountable. Two new fire stations and a headquarters have been given
:08:09. > :08:12.the go—ahead in Cornwall. It is claimed the multi—million pound
:08:12. > :08:18.plans will improve response times, but there are concerns that some
:08:18. > :08:22.areas will be left with a poorer service. Tamsin Melville reports.
:08:22. > :08:30.Every second counts on a callout. In the Camborne and Redruth area, fire
:08:30. > :08:33.crews can reach 44% the population within ten minutes. Today,
:08:33. > :08:39.councillors approved to applications that the disclaimer will improve
:08:39. > :08:46.emergency cover. It will have a community station of year. A new
:08:46. > :08:49.headquarters and station on the outskirts of Camborne and a station
:08:50. > :08:55.inhale or replace the current 24—hour cover in Camborne and the
:08:55. > :09:00.call centre in Redruth. The fact that we can get a 14,000 more people
:09:00. > :09:03.with that critical ten minute response time shows improvements to
:09:03. > :09:08.the service. This is capital investment inefficiencies and we
:09:08. > :09:13.will deliver in excess of £500,000 of revenue efficiencies year—on—year
:09:13. > :09:19.and build these wonderful facilities that will serve the committees for
:09:19. > :09:23.the next 50 years. There has been some local opposition to the £8
:09:23. > :09:31.million plans, to carry around Redruth. I will carry on having
:09:31. > :09:36.misgivings about the cover to the east side of Redruth to the villages
:09:36. > :09:42.and surrounding area and I will carry on those misgivings. But after
:09:42. > :09:47.years of campaigning, he'll will get its own station. We have never
:09:47. > :09:53.campaigned for any other time to lose its station but the Fire
:09:53. > :09:58.Service tells us this is the best way to cover the most people. All
:09:58. > :10:02.going to plan, both centres will be up and running within one year.
:10:02. > :10:07.Coming up: We're live at Land's End as a Paralympian completes a
:10:07. > :10:09.remarkable challenge. Plus: The BBC Radio Devon presenters on a special
:10:09. > :10:15.mission using public transport. And ruffling a few feathers — find out
:10:15. > :10:22.how the Devon and Cornwall police puppies got on down on the farm. The
:10:22. > :10:28.final part of a 95 metre high chimney has been put into place
:10:28. > :10:31.today on the waste to energy incinerator being built in Plymouth.
:10:31. > :10:36.When finished, the incinerator will burn 250,000 tonnes of waste a year.
:10:36. > :10:46.People living near the site in Devonport remain largely opposed to
:10:46. > :10:51.the facility. A BBC investigation has revealed that the sticky
:10:51. > :10:56.substance which killed thousands of sea birds off the South West coast
:10:56. > :11:02.earlier this year is an unusual type of fuel that could be banned. As Sam
:11:02. > :11:08.Smith reports, BBC Inside Out South West has been following scientists
:11:08. > :11:14.as they try to trace the source of the pollution. Captain Jeremy Smart
:11:14. > :11:15.tried to catch the ship that he thinks washed out its tanks off
:11:15. > :11:20.Cornwall, leading to more than 4000 birds dying. Using satellites, he
:11:20. > :11:26.narrowed the search to 16 Tigers that had passed through in April.
:11:26. > :11:27.But none had been carrying PAB and have no eyewitnesses, the search was
:11:28. > :11:32.called off. Every pollution case we have taken, there has been with this
:11:32. > :11:37.and satellite evidence or direct correlation through samples and we
:11:37. > :11:43.have none of that. But the chemical has lingered. Alison and Ian find
:11:43. > :11:48.hundreds of dead words on this Cornish beach in April and find
:11:48. > :11:55.polyisobutene in July. That is a bit of a bird. Professor Steve Rowland
:11:55. > :12:02.was the first person to identify the sticky stuff and with more tests, he
:12:02. > :12:06.has narrowed this down to an unusual type. We have these pics. On the
:12:06. > :12:12.birds, that is three Peaks. A German scientist also analysed the chemical
:12:12. > :12:17.and he concluded that it was an unusual variant which is not
:12:17. > :12:22.commonly carried. If it is a type that has not been assessed as legal
:12:22. > :12:27.to dump, that practice could be banned by the international maritime
:12:27. > :12:32.organisation. And you can hear the full story tonight on Inside Out
:12:32. > :12:38.South West here on BBC One at 7:30pm. Paralympic gold medal runner
:12:38. > :12:41.Richard Whitehead has completed a remarkable series of runs in
:12:41. > :12:48.Cornwall today. The blade runner, who won gold in the 200 metres at
:12:48. > :12:51.London 2012, has completed 38 marathons in 42 days, running from
:12:51. > :12:59.John O'Groats to Lands End. Spotlight's David George was at the
:12:59. > :13:04.finish of today's final run. The 38th and final finish in this
:13:04. > :13:09.marathon of marathons. And a big hug for the partner, Valerie, and
:13:09. > :13:15.seven—month—old daughter, Zoe. You would think apparently gold medal at
:13:15. > :13:20.London 2012 and a record single marathon time would be enough, but
:13:20. > :13:26.Richard Whitehead says that were simply training for this. He started
:13:26. > :13:32.in the middle of August and has been running almost every day since. He
:13:32. > :13:35.has had just four days off and covered almost 1000 miles. I just
:13:35. > :13:41.want to prove to people that thought I was a one trick pony, and it's not
:13:41. > :13:47.about that. I am battling the conditions but ultimately, it is
:13:47. > :13:53.Richard against Richard. Richard 's mother says pride isn't it big
:13:53. > :13:58.enough word. She reckons that her sons the termination comes from
:13:58. > :14:04.higher the boy, one with no legs, was treated at school. He had to
:14:04. > :14:08.overcome a lot of barriers and I think he thought, if they say I
:14:08. > :14:13.cannot do that, I would show them. So everything he tried, he did his
:14:13. > :14:17.best. Along the way, Richard has been joined by other marathon
:14:17. > :14:22.runners. Today, they struggled to keep up as Richard Whitehead sped
:14:22. > :14:37.towards the finish and a hoped—for million pounds for charities. And
:14:37. > :14:45.David George is at Land's End tonight and joins us now. David. The
:14:45. > :14:49.entire team are with me and the man we want to talk to, Richard himself.
:14:49. > :14:53.Well done and congratulations. I said that you were already a
:14:53. > :15:00.Paralympic gold medallist and you have the marathon record so why did
:15:00. > :15:04.you want to do this? After last year, that set me up for this. This
:15:05. > :15:08.challenge is what sport is about. It is not about winning medals, it is
:15:08. > :15:12.about leaving that legacy and supporting great charities that
:15:12. > :15:15.interact and support the local community. That is something I am
:15:15. > :15:18.passionate about. You could have done this in an easier way! This is
:15:18. > :15:24.40 marathons in 40 days, John O'Groats to lands end and that is a
:15:24. > :15:32.massive challenge for anybody. I have two prophetic. It is important
:15:32. > :15:39.to show that parallel export is still alive. What next? Next for me
:15:40. > :15:49.is Rudy Jiro in 2016. —— real degenerative. I have to maintain my
:15:49. > :15:51.gold medal. I want to continue to support those charities and work
:15:51. > :15:58.really hard as a professional athlete. Let me shake your hand. As
:15:58. > :16:11.if we need confirmation, there it is. Richard Whitehead, he ran
:16:11. > :16:16.Britain! Brilliant stuff. That takes some doing! Two presenters from BBC
:16:16. > :16:23.Radio Devon have started their latest challenge to raise money for
:16:23. > :16:25.the station's Give a Gift Campaign. Between them, David Sheppard and
:16:25. > :16:30.of Devon's 41 towns and cities by of Devon's 41 towns and cities by
:16:30. > :16:35.public transport over the next five days. Spotlight's John Ayres has
:16:35. > :16:40.been following them. Breakfast time at the starting point in Totnes and
:16:40. > :16:47.a quick briefing and rivalry kicks in. I don't trust him. Shep is
:16:48. > :17:02.getting his busty Kingsbridge and fits is getting on the train. I will
:17:02. > :17:07.see you... Whenever! This is where I have just come from and I am then
:17:07. > :17:12.going to Plymouth and then I have just been given this. I know that I
:17:12. > :17:16.will end up in Okehampton tonight. Can board —— Camborne and
:17:16. > :17:22.Penzance... This train has two cultures. I get off in Ivybridge? He
:17:22. > :17:26.arrives in Dartmouth from Kingsbridge. Great journey and
:17:26. > :17:35.generous people. Lots of wallets emptied out. The winner of this
:17:35. > :17:39.challenge is not who does this the fastest and whoever raises the most.
:17:39. > :17:44.I have left Totnes and I am in Ivybridge and... Hang on... Should I
:17:45. > :17:50.have been on that one? Next, the ferry and a special treat, a steam
:17:50. > :18:00.train. Marvellous! Thank you very much. Good man. Thank you. Here we
:18:00. > :18:06.are. This is me being technical. The enemy has turned up to give me
:18:06. > :18:16.sandwiches and money and clean pants. Very nice! It'll be a long
:18:16. > :18:21.day. Boys and toys. All very nice but how are they raising any money?
:18:21. > :18:28.Well, we have something to make up. But we are back on dry land. Let us
:18:28. > :18:34.start with these people here. Come on! In between their journeys and
:18:34. > :18:41.radio programmes, they are trying to raise £5,000. They have until
:18:41. > :18:47.Friday. Good luck to them! He seems a little bit lost! He will never get
:18:48. > :18:53.out of Ivybridge! Time for the sport and Exeter Chiefs are picking up the
:18:53. > :18:57.pace in rugby's Premiership. They are indeed. Exeter Chiefs stormed
:18:57. > :19:04.back at London Irish to gain their second win in a row in the Aviva
:19:04. > :19:05.Premiership. 23—12 down, Gareth Steenson kicked his thousandth point
:19:05. > :19:09.for the club before Australian Test lock Dean Mumm rallied the Chiefs.
:19:09. > :19:16.In a grandstand finish, lock Ben White went over to give Exeter the
:19:16. > :19:18.perfect tonic ahead of next Sunday's big home test against second—placed
:19:19. > :19:25.Leicester Tigers. Cornwall swimmer Jaz Buxton has suffered a cruel blow
:19:25. > :19:30.in her attempt to swim the English Channel to raise money for
:19:30. > :19:34.Children's Hospice South West. The 24—year—old from Quethiock was
:19:34. > :19:42.halfway to completing the feat when a huge swell from a tanker bent her
:19:42. > :19:48.right arm back and injured her shoulder. Jaz swam on for another 30
:19:48. > :19:49.minutes but the pain increased and she was advised to stop swimming.
:19:49. > :19:56.Doctors will now be assessing her. Three of the South West's
:19:56. > :19:56.League teams drew a blank this League teams drew a blank this
:19:56. > :20:03.weekend. Only Torquay United found any sort of form with a four—goal
:20:03. > :20:04.blast in achieving their first home win of the season against Cheltenham
:20:04. > :20:09.Town and, in part, due to the club mascot. When struggling you always
:20:09. > :20:13.find luck hard to come by. Askew full—time. They find Robert Green,
:20:13. > :20:19.the goalkeeper of Queens Park Rangers, on top form. They literally
:20:19. > :20:29.paid the penalty when Charlie Austin was filed and then scored the spot
:20:29. > :20:35.kick. I put Yeovil were very good, they played well. I'm lucky to come
:20:35. > :20:40.away on the wrong end of this result. Exeter city have dropped to
:20:40. > :20:45.ninth place after Newport County beat them 2—0 at St James's Park. A
:20:45. > :20:51.golden age have condemned them to their first home loss in the league.
:20:51. > :20:54.Argyll slipped to their second defeat in eight days and without
:20:54. > :20:57.scoring. This time, Scunthorpe United did the damage. With a
:20:57. > :21:04.second—half goal. The Torquay United, Gilbert, has been briefed to
:21:04. > :21:07.do something special before the match to bring them luck. Well, it
:21:07. > :21:14.worked a treat. Two goals from Cannonball and one from Karl Hawley
:21:14. > :21:18.and Jordan Chapel brought them their first home win of the season. 4—2
:21:18. > :21:27.against Cheltenham. Stand by for more mascot capers in the coming
:21:27. > :21:33.weeks. And we are searching for our Unsung Sporting Hero for this year.
:21:33. > :21:37.Someone who gives up their time to encourage others to participate in
:21:37. > :21:42.sport. To nominate them for the BBC award, go to our website: Or you can
:21:42. > :21:48.call and ask for a nomination form to be posted to you. Get cracking,
:21:48. > :21:54.not much time left! Thank you. Here's a question for you. Why would
:21:54. > :22:00.the newest recruits to Devon and Cornwall Police be taken on a day
:22:00. > :22:05.trip to a farm? Well, if you've been watching Spotlight over the last few
:22:05. > :22:13.months, you may well have guessed the answer! Yes, for the first time
:22:13. > :22:18.the force has bred its very own canine cops and we're following them
:22:18. > :22:18.every step of the way. As Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby reports,
:22:19. > :22:25.the latest stage of training involves some introductions. They
:22:25. > :22:30.made not know it but the sheep are here for more than just their lunch.
:22:30. > :22:33.Today, they are being observed. The audience is the first puppy is to be
:22:33. > :22:37.bred by Devon and Cornwall Police. We don't want these puppies fixating
:22:37. > :22:42.on animals, showing responses of aggression and you must correct
:22:42. > :22:47.that. The puppies are just over three months old. One month into
:22:47. > :22:54.intensive training to become police dogs. They were fantastic.
:22:54. > :23:00.Initially, the first time, you will always get them being rattled around
:23:00. > :23:09.the treat bowl. And they very quickly became nice and neutral and
:23:09. > :23:15.started to ignore the sheep. The next challenge is the cars and all
:23:15. > :23:23.the dogs seemed completely relaxed. Bigger again and not even the horses
:23:23. > :23:28.held much fear. Today, they have been exceptional and they haven't
:23:28. > :23:33.met the chickens! Here goes. A little more tempting, it is true.
:23:33. > :23:38.But not for everyone. He is not interested at all. Which is quite
:23:38. > :23:44.good, I think. It would be nice if he showed that he could see them
:23:44. > :23:52.properly. Look at those chickens. This is just the first step in
:23:52. > :23:55.teaching the dogs how to do with other animals but so far, so good.
:23:55. > :24:00.The recruits have passed another test. They are doing very well.
:24:00. > :24:12.Let's get the weather forecast. The temperatures have risen because
:24:12. > :24:18.the sunshine has come back out. We have had a fair amount of cloud and
:24:18. > :24:27.mist and cloud and even some spits of drizzle. But still quite misty
:24:27. > :24:34.for the next couple of days and the week is not too bad. Dry and misty
:24:34. > :24:36.to start with and remaining relatively warm with the chance of a
:24:36. > :24:42.few showers later on. But that is a long way off. A lot of dry weather
:24:42. > :24:44.around. The engine for that warm is this area of low pressure in the
:24:44. > :24:50.mid—Atlantic, swirling around, pulling up southerly air. Bringing
:24:50. > :24:55.that warm air from France, Spain and Portugal. It has brought all of that
:24:55. > :25:01.moisture and low cloud and will still be some other around. This is
:25:01. > :25:07.a middle of tomorrow. This weather front gets close. Expect more cloud
:25:07. > :25:13.and showers developing in the far West. The main threat will be into
:25:13. > :25:18.Wednesday. We can see that low pressure getting closer. This is the
:25:18. > :25:24.satellite picture. This blanket of low cloud clearing. And some very
:25:25. > :25:29.pleasant late sunshine per most of us. The exception is the southern
:25:29. > :25:34.coast and around the Isles of Scilly. Overnight, clear skies and
:25:34. > :25:39.still relatively mild. No problems with temperatures. Towards tomorrow
:25:39. > :25:43.morning, more mist and fog developing so we might have another
:25:43. > :25:51.great start with thick fog in places. Temperatures around 13 or
:25:51. > :25:59.14. Tomorrow, another day of fine weather and a lot of cloud to start
:25:59. > :26:05.but that will break up and we shall see sunny spells developing in the
:26:05. > :26:08.afternoon. The exception will be Lyme Bay and the southern coast and
:26:08. > :26:14.around the tip of Cornwall. There could be even some showers
:26:14. > :26:16.developing across the Isles of Scilly. The wind will be lighter
:26:16. > :26:25.than today. Top temperature, 21 degrees. That is above average.
:26:25. > :26:35.Goodbye. We shall see some showers developing for the as of Scilly. The
:26:35. > :26:52.times of high water. —— Isles of Scilly. And the surfing... Because
:26:52. > :26:59.the waters forecast. —— the coastal waters forecast. The outlook is for
:26:59. > :27:04.some change, slightly cooler and more cloud developing. Some showers
:27:04. > :27:11.in the second half of Wednesday and a lot of cloud on Thursday and
:27:11. > :27:15.Friday but also a lot of dry weather to be had and the risk of some
:27:15. > :27:23.mysterious. Have a good night. —— mysterious. That is it. We shall be
:27:23. > :27:24.back at 10:25pm. Have a good night. Good night.