28/10/2013 Spotlight

The storm which could do this to a huge oak, but despite a dramatic

night the South West escapes serious injury. Good evening. Welcome to

Spotlight. We often bear the brunt of the weather. There were homes

without power and roads which needed waders, but St Jude didn't reach its

full strength here. We'll look at where we did feel the impact. We had

three trees come down your area, one at Cornwall, one at Ivybridge and

other state, but once they were cleared we were up and running as

normal. Also tonight, Devon and Cornwall

Police officers and staff were blocked from pornographic and

gambling websites more than 2,500 times in three months. The force

said pop`up adverts on legitimate sites were to blame.

And in an auction room far, far away ` the Star Wars collection going

under the hammer. The worst storm to hit the South

West for nearly two years felled hundreds of trees and left thousands

of homes without power, but it wasn't quite on the scale we were

expecting. Arriving late in Cornwall, the storm strengthened as

it crossed us last night and so it is the east of region which has been

most affected. The wind was most ferocious in Dorset, reaching speeds

of 81mph on the Isle of Portland. The highest recorded rainfall was in

Okehampton, which had 34mm or nearly an inch and a half. Two trains hit

fallen trees at Ivybridge in Devon and Gunnislake in Cornwall, though

there were no passengers on board. About 8,000 homes suffered power

cuts. Others were flooded, while roads were closed, but overall there

were no major incidents here. David will give us his assessment of what

was still an eventful night in a moment, but first Leigh Rundle picks

up the story in Exeter. The moment shortly after 3am this morning when

a mighty oak was caught on CCTV as it crashed into a city residents

garden. I was only talking about it did time, we were thinking about if

it does actually go, do we stand? And here we are, it came to the back

garden. It was a lucky escape. We were fortunate. It has only taken

defence. Until it is clear, I don't know if it is damaged the wall, but

we will have to wait. Elsewhere a busy night across Devon as workers

battled gusts of up to 70 mph to clear fallen trees and debris.

Morning rush`hour came and went with many routes including that Everton

to Exeter Road is still impassable. Meanwhile there was flooding in

North Devon, where residents of a caravan site awoke to two feet of

water. I've been there 25 years, and last year's rain has been by far the

worst, but this is the worst we have ever had. The county's emergency

control centres received hundreds of overnight calls asking for help by

late morning the storm had blown over, heading north`east. Were we

spared the worst? Perhaps, but the wind came, they said it would come

at a certain time, we did have those gusts 70 mph on some monitors. And

as Saint Jude moved on, areas further east felt its force. Trees

were torn down on road around Weymouth, leaving routes passable

but only just. Early warnings before the storm doubtless encouraged

people to batten down hatches and stay indoors. According to the

Environment Agency, there may still be a cube riverside properties and

roads at risk of flooding, along with low`lying grassland areas like

this one, but the Southwest can now probably afford to breathe a sigh of

relief, hopefully the worst is over. So from the east, back to the where

it all began, in the west. Even though Cornwall didn't suffer as

much, homes were flooded in Penzance and there were power cuts in Newquay

` just a few of the towns affected. Over the Tamar in West Devon, some

were left bailing out their houses and a number of rail services were

disrupted. After the storm, the clearer. The relevant `` these

residents in Plymouth found themselves with localised flooding

to deal with after the early hours brought severe wind and rain. There

were standing water on main roads posing a hazard for drivers. When we

had mild weather, we also had well watchers. The waves brought people

to the home and proved a business bonus for one city bar. A lot of

people come here because it was so rough last night we had people

hoping to see the waves crashing, and we had waves from the 20 feet

up. There were delays on railways caused by debris on the line. Two

passenger trains collided with fallen trees. In both cases they

were empty and no one was injured. Most hold`ups were cleared by

8:30am. First Great Western say they have plans in place. We had a

conference with control and managers were notified of all the

requirements we needed for the stations, and we were at stations

early this morning. What were the key problems? Mainly trees coming

down. We had trees coming down in Ivybridge and Gunnislake but once

they were cleared we were back up and running. While the worst weather

is now over, some disruption remains. David is with me now.

David, where does this storm sit in terms of its severity? One of the

most powerful storms we have seen in the last ten years. We had a

stronger storm in January 2012 with stronger gusts of wind, at this one

developed as it moved across us and it wasn't quite as severe for us

because it didn't develop as fast as it could, in the centre of the area

of low pressure moved across Cornwall first and then really got

going on the eastern side of England. It is now ride across

Denmark, and here it is reached its full potential. It is the same storm

across Denmark in the last couple of hours, continuous wins up to 110

mph. We didn't get quite such bad wind, at Portland 81, across the

Channel Islands blustery conditions. The forecast was for 60`80 mph, we

didn't have them as widely but in some places caught so strong gusts,

mainly in the east where we had the strongest wind. A bad night for

Denmark. Thank you, David. Are still in number of roads around the region

affected by blood water or voluntary is, even 20 ours aren't. `` 20 R is

on. You can get up`to`date information from the BBC online or

from your BBC local radio station. Officers and staff at Devon and

Cornwall Police were blocked from pornographic and gambling websites

more than 2,500 times in three months, according to figures

obtained by the BBC. The force say unrequested pop`up advertisements

are responsible, and there is no problem with inappropriate websites

being accessed. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the BBC phone staff

and officers at them on Cornwall police were blocked from

pornographic and gambling websites more than 2500 times in a

three`month period. The figures cover June to August this year.

Websites categorised as pornographic or blocked almost 700 times,

gambling sites were blocked more than 2000 times. The force says

unrequested pop`up advertisements on the legitimate websites were to

blame, which is why most pop`ups worker gambling sites, and pop`ups

for dating sites were classed as pornography. At one computer

company, they told me pop`up ads could explain the number of

inappropriate sites being blocked. They are almost making a blog for

their own backs because the police will have a tight system to block

anything that might be inappropriate, so they have a tight

security system, the more likely it is they will get blocks. Devon and

Cornwall police say the vast majority are because the blocking is

coming from local newspaper sites as they tend to feature pop`ups. They

see no disciplinary action has been taken against any employee in the

period the figures cover. No one from Devon and Cornwall police would

be interviewed. They said they had strict internet security policies

and that almost all their staff knew better than to compromise themselves

I trying to access inappropriate websites. They added they were

confident there was not a problem with the issue.

An investigation is under way following the death of a

one`month`old baby boy from Cullompton. The child was flown to

the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital yesterday morning. Devon and

Cornwall Police is working with other agencies to establish the

circumstances surrounding his death. New figures show the number of

people using food banks in Devon has doubled over the last 12 months. In

the summer of 2012, just over 1,300 people used the food banks in the

county, but by the end of this summer, the number was more than

2,600. A battle is being waged between two of Cornwall's most

famous industries. After last commercial tin mine to

Administration in soon, the search is back on for new suppliers. One

company believes they may lie beneath the seas, but that may prove

to be unpopular with tourists. Inside Out's Sam Smith reports on

some rising tensions. The north coast of Cornwall is popular with

divers from across the country, but campaigners fear these clear waters

could be muddied by a proposal to dig up the sea bed. Marine materials

limited once to recover ten from an area the size of eight football

pitches near sometimes. It says there is so much tin out there, it's

extraction could provide jobs and investment for ten years. We are

talking about ?3 million a year in wages alone to the people who will

be working on this project. They are high`value jobs. But the jobs would

come the price, according to opponents. You're going to a depth

of two metres for an area of five kilometres. That will devastate the

whole area. It is not just those who use the waters for pleasure who

object, some local fishermen believe it will reduce the chances of

catching fish. Some years ago, South West Water per the sewer pipe down

and the whole bay turned red. The scale that marine minerals are

talking about would be massive. The whole bay could turn red. There are

fears that claims that fears of cloudy water are justified. There

will not be a plume. The sound is fine, we are putting it onto the

vessel and piping it back onto the sea bed into the trench we have dug.

Before the operation can go ahead, the company must convince the

management organisation it can recover ten with minimal

environmental damage. It is spending half ?1 million on impact assessment

to prove its case. If it is accessible, Tim could start coming

ashore by 2015. You can see more on this and other stories on Inside Out

on BBC One at 7.30pm. Now, what's in a name? In this case,

about 4,000 miles. A woman from Plymouth, who's seriously ill and

wanted to see the Alhambra before she died, found herself en route to

Grenada in the Caribbean, rather than the Spanish city of Granada.

Oh, dear. Lamenda Kingdon booked the trip with Avios reward points over

the phone and didn't realise she was on the wrong flight until she was in

mid`air. Jenny Walrond has been to find out if she ever reached her

intended destination. What a difference a letter makes. Lamenda

Kingdon thought she was flying to grin `` to Granada in Spain, but

found herself instead on route to Grenada. She wanted to CBL Hambro

before she died and booked the trip after being quoted for breast cancer

and a brain Schumer. On my bucket list was Granada because my art

teacher when I was treading to be a teacher had said one of my paintings

reminded him of the Alhambra. But when the ticket arrived they were

for a longer flight to Grenada. I thought they would maybe be stopping

somewhere en route that wasn't on the ticket information, or maybe

they land and like a train, a sleeper on a train, you can sleep

until a time for waking up. When it said Grenada, I thought it was a

different way of spelling it. It was only when talking to a fellow

passenger that she realised something was wrong. I told her

about the bucket list and how I was looking forward to seeing the

Alhambra, and she said not on this flight, you won't. She had travelled

over 4000 miles to Saint Lucia before being dropped off and

travelling back to London. Next day, she flew a mere thousand miles ``

400 miles to Granada. Avios said they booked her on a flight to

Grenada... Now, how

she is using that compensation to fund a trip to New Zealand and plans

to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support en route, but this time she

is anxious about booking the trip. Very nervous. I am going to get

somebody to check my ticket and my route and my times.

Now, how is your mortgage to real city? Attack your morbid curiosity?

Very soon it'll be the Day of the Day, also known as All Souls Day.

It's when we remember the dead, and one of the ways that's done is via

tombs. At Exeter Cathedral, that's led to some intriguing and unique

discoveries. Is a place of hope, life and death. All around Exeter

Cathedral, Statute of the great and good, but what the lesser mortals

leave behind? These are images of the bit that was wrong with you, so

here we have a human foot, here are the face of a woman. Remnants of

hero worship, in this case the state like bush of. After his death,

people made pilgrimages to his tomb. They were spurred on by tales of

hurdles. It is like the opposite of black magic word you would get an

effigy of someone and hope to do them harm. Could you have a bit of

your body which is hurting you. You put that on the tomb and pray it

will be cured. They were hidden to escape the Reformation when acts of

adultery were condemned. They were only discovered during repairs to

the cathedral in 1943. Academics say the origin eat, offering an insight

into people 's lives 500 years ago. They would long to leave something

that is quite an translucent, that is something that is somehow part of

them but not part of them, and they would leave it with the Saints to

remind the same, but in a good word for me, help me with my problems and

eventually help me get to heaven. This is how many people today pay

their respects to the dead, a simple act not far removed from life in the

Middle Ages. We are doing something very similar to what people have

been doing in these buildings for the last millennium, the king about

the dead, interacting with them, getting close to them and also

thinking about how we will soon join them. All Souls Day is this to ``

this Saturday, a sacred time for the living to remember the dead.

Now to the sport, and Dave's here with the stories behind some

impressive results. Hello. The result of the weekend was

undoubtedly Yeovil Town's 3`1 win over Championship promotion

contenders Nottingham Forest. It was their first three`point haul at

Huish Park. In League Two, Plymouth Argyle's late goal at Mansfield

rewarded them with their first celebration in nine games. Here's

how the managers, BBC Radio Devon commentators and the fans reacted.

It definitely helps with couple months, because we have been telling

them the argument not to compete at this level. They few things didn't

quite go for us on this complacent that luck on this occasion and maybe

they felt sorry for themselves, but we had a great result last week and

a great campaign here, and now we have picked up another three points

against Nottingham Forest, who were on their way to the premiership. If

the goal! Albion have stolen a late goal scored by Phil Edwards. They

have been ineffective with the corners for most of the game, but

right at the death, it would appear they have stolen the points. I

thought we create it would have two problems ourselves. The most

important thing is to try and get some points from the game that is

great to score at the end and everyone that little bit of a break

of not scoring and we have scored, and got the winning goal. It comes

to chapel. He shouted into the back of the net! He shouted. The deep in

Torquay territory. To Wallace on the right. One of! `` one all ass`mac

attack ass`mac Exeter Chiefs are up to fourth in rugby's Premiership.

It's due to their six`try mauling of bottom team Worcester Warriors at

Sandy Park, and because of Leicester's loss at Wasps. The

Chiefs scored 26 unanswered points in the second half to rack up a 40`6

result. Flanker Ben White pounced for two of the scores, with locks

Dean Mumm and Damian Welch also contributing. Phil Dollman and Haydn

Thomas made sure they too were on the score sheet.

In the Championship, Plymouth Albion outscored Jersey by three tries to

two to come away 23`18 winners in the Channel Islands. But the Cornish

Pirates had a disastrous time. They conceded five tries at unbeaten

leaders London Welsh in a 41`6 trouncing. That sends the Pirates

down to fifth. Albion are lying seventh.

Finally in basketball, Plymouth Raiders made up for their Friday

defeat at London Lions by beating Durham Wildcats 85`73 at the

Pavilions last night. Weldon to Foxy and the team at the pavilions.

Hundreds of volunteers have started the huge task of planting a million

daffodil bulbs in and around Sidmouth. The plants have been

donated by a tycoon who died six years ago and wanted to see the East

Devon town blossom in future. And the blossom it will. He has left ?3

million to the town, and part of his legacy is being used to fund the

planting. One in a million. These bulbs are being planted as part of

Devon born Keith Owen's legacy to keep Sidmouth with a full. The

former investment banker spent most of its holidays in the resort before

his death in 2007. It was his wish to give the seaside town a million

flowers. I told them it will be difficult to spend all this, and he

said think big, think outside the box. I said, how do you mean? He

said, plant a million daffodils. Volunteers have started planting

them bulbs in verges, lawns and flower beds. The whole town has come

together, the rugby club, the football club, the W Y, this sailing

club, everyone has had a go, so it really has been great. Keep their

won't let all his money, more than ?3 million, to the Sidmouth

association with instructions in the spent locally. It is my hope and

which people will enjoy coming to Sidmouth in years to come, because

these bulbs will make a big splash and it will be the value of a

million bulbs, and that is what we're aiming to with this project.

It will take several years to plan all 1 million bulbs in what Keith

Owen described as the picture perfect English resort. Hopefully by

next spring there will be a riot of colourful blooms. I'm sure we've all

had collections of various things from time to time, but for sci`fi

buffs, there's something very special going under the hammer in

Dorset. A collection of Star Wars toys,

collectables and memorabilia will be auctioned in Dorchester tomorrow,

with some of the items expecting to go for hundreds of pounds. John

Ayres has had a proper around a lot with his light Sabre. Auctioneers

are best known for fine art but tomorrow it will be something a bit

affront. But a bit different. More than 50 lots will go under the

hammer and for the enthusiasts, there are all sorts of things. So

who would like a Han Solo in carbon night? People who remember seeing

this sort of thing as youngsters, and that is remembering the fun they

had with the Tories, the numbering toys perhaps they didn't get for

Christmas, and seeing them in their boxes with all the accessories is

quite exciting for collectors. And I have a young son and can't imagine

giving him any kind of toy and expecting him to keep them in the

box, but keeping them in the box makes these collections valuable.

When whoever got a Star Wars land speaker for Christmas, he should

really have taken it out of the box and run around the room, but

occasionally the boxes survived, and that is what collectors like, and in

this sort of promotion, if they are bit battered, the getting rarer and

harder to find. Princess Leia, Luke skywalker and Darth Vader are all

here. I'm not really a Star Wars fan myself, but do people who were into

it, some of the staff is quite special and could go for a few

hundred pounds. Many of these toys have in their complete state become

rare. It is now a question of just how much fans are prepared to pay

for them. What a collection. It is time for the weather and it seems

that is all anyone has been talking about. It is calming down, still

quite breezy, but nothing compared to both the rain and gusts of wind

we saw last night. There is a quick summary, highest winds were at

Portland but most of the Southwest had gusts of wind over 60 mph,

although it was shortly own. This week we have some windy conditions

with showers and this lightly colder than last week, not too much frost

on the cards and a lot of clear sky on the Atlantic heading our way for

tomorrow, but it is speckled so there are also some showers dotted

around. One weather system pushes by this evening, we placed by a few

showers tomorrow, but a weak ridge of high pressure will ease that

winds down and give us some respite from the strength of the wind. It is

short lived as another line of rain comes in to give us wet weather on

Wednesday. You can see how speckled the cloud structure is. It rain

showers, we had pleasant sunshine and where showers turned up they

were a beefy. Earlier today, we did have some sunshine of you can see

how chaotic the sea looks because of the strength of wind we saw last

night, and still some big waves in the Atlantic and the English

Channel. Here some blue sky, the little bit inland we also had some

blue sky between showers, but Alex Song the camera at the other way and

there is a lovely rainbow. We do have some clear sky this evening,

which will let temperatures fall well into single figures. We have a

risk of showers overnight so some could be heavy but the isolated, and

temperatures are down as low as six or seven degrees. Tomorrow, we start

the day with some sunny spells. There will always be showers around

to the morning, and by the afternoon, those showers are more

isolated with some lengthy sunny spells to end the day, winds all the

while gradually reducing but taking their time to ease down.

Temperatures up to about 12, 13 degrees. About right for the time of

year. For the forecast for the Isles of Scilly, breezy in the morning

with a scattering of showers but easing down to mainly dry conditions

in the afternoon. There are times of high water. Those times are now in

GMT. Big waves, most of our coastline quite dangerous, it will

take 24 hours for the seas to calm down, along the north coast, six to

eight feet and messy, winds are five to six and dropping, good

visibility, turning more showery on Thursday, and have a good evening.

We will be back at 10pm tonight. Have a good evening.

This is Malcolm, who owns Iceland. He's the one

that's going to present us with the ten grand. When we win it.

You've just got to make it as bearable

Here we are in the PR nerve centre of Iceland

at the end of 96 hours of total hell.

But we haven't tested for dog or cat either.

Is this the warmest supermarket around?

Iceland Foods - Life in the Freezer Cabinet.