:00:00. > :00:10.which is going to hit the Philippines on our website. That is
:00:11. > :00:16.Jailed for six`and`a`half years ` the retired police officer who
:00:17. > :00:20.abused teenaged boys. Good evening. Danny Bryant carried
:00:21. > :00:23.out the assaults while he was a serving officer. Devon and Cornwall
:00:24. > :00:31.police say it was an unforgivable abuse of trust. We'll hear from one
:00:32. > :00:36.of his victims. It devastate people's lives. People can't cope
:00:37. > :00:42.with it emotionally and they turn to all sorts of things like alcohol
:00:43. > :00:45.and drugs to suppress the pain. Also tonight:
:00:46. > :00:48.We've never had it so good! Lord Heseltine wades into a row over
:00:49. > :00:50.poverty on a visit to Cornwall. And remembering the fallen ` how
:00:51. > :00:56.children are getting involved to mark the centenary of the Great War.
:00:57. > :01:00.A victim of abuse by a police officer is calling for a full
:01:01. > :01:03.inquiry into why it took 25 years for the case to come to court.
:01:04. > :01:06.Danny Bryant has today been jailed for six`and`a`half years. The court
:01:07. > :01:10.heard how the officer, who's now retired, carried out the abuse for
:01:11. > :01:13.more than a decade in the 1970s and 80s. Some of the offences were
:01:14. > :01:17.committed while he was in uniform in a patrol car. Tonight, one
:01:18. > :01:19.victim has criticised the way Devon and Cornwall police handled the
:01:20. > :01:28.initial complaints and says the effects have been crippling. Carole
:01:29. > :01:36.Madge reports from Taunton Crown Court.
:01:37. > :01:41.Former police officer Danny Bryant arriving at court earlier today.
:01:42. > :01:45.Tonight he begins a six and a half year sentence for abusing boys in
:01:46. > :01:52.North Devon. One of those was a loss for Dawson. He was 14 when he
:01:53. > :01:57.joined a life`saving club where Bryant was a trainer. That is where
:01:58. > :02:03.the abuse started. It's is crippling. It devastate people's
:02:04. > :02:09.lives. People turned to alcohol or drugs to try and suppress that kind
:02:10. > :02:20.of pain. Horrendous. Absolutely horrendous watching that. By
:02:21. > :02:25.fantastic San suffering. `` fantastic son has suffered. Danny
:02:26. > :02:33.Bryant deserves that sentence and I only wish it was given to him all
:02:34. > :02:39.those years ago instead of Russell having to suffer all these years.
:02:40. > :02:46.In 1988, Russell told the police about the abuse, but they said
:02:47. > :02:54.there was insufficient evidence. I tried to get it dealt with 25 years
:02:55. > :02:58.ago and from that tyrant when the police covered it up, it has been
:02:59. > :03:05.difficult to get on with my life and have confidence. I hope now
:03:06. > :03:10.that this has happened that it is the first step in dealing with that
:03:11. > :03:15.and moving on. The judge said that Danny Bryant had brought shame on
:03:16. > :03:20.himself and on the police service. He added that the fact it had taken
:03:21. > :03:25.so long to obtain justice for the victims should be a matter of
:03:26. > :03:31.regret for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. The reason it was not
:03:32. > :03:35.prosecuted, it was not as the result of a cover`up, it was
:03:36. > :03:40.because of insufficient evidence. Having said that, we are willing to
:03:41. > :03:44.learn lessons. If they were techniques used at the time that
:03:45. > :03:51.were not up to scratch, we are willing to change. The judge said
:03:52. > :03:55.that his offences were severely aggravated because they represented
:03:56. > :04:02.a breach of trust because he was a serving police officer and he had a
:04:03. > :04:06.position of authority in the surf Life Saving Club.
:04:07. > :04:08.The former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine has told Spotlight
:04:09. > :04:11.that prosperity in Cornwall is incomparably better than a
:04:12. > :04:13.generation ago. He said you can clearly see the difference in
:04:14. > :04:16.people's cars and houses. Cornwall is officially one of the poorest
:04:17. > :04:19.regions of Europe. Lord Heseltine says that's relative poverty, not
:04:20. > :04:26.absolute. Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher has
:04:27. > :04:32.the story. Lord Heseltine was visiting this
:04:33. > :04:38.shipyard and taking the long view of the local economy. If you look
:04:39. > :04:44.at Cornwall today and compare it with 50 years ago, it is
:04:45. > :04:50.unrecognisable. So there has been a welcome shift in prosperity. Not as
:04:51. > :04:54.much as people would like, but you cannot escape the evident signs of
:04:55. > :05:00.it where ever you look. To you think wage levels are better now
:05:01. > :05:07.than they were 30 years ago? Incomparably. Look at the cars. The
:05:08. > :05:13.cars are different to those that they were 30 years ago. Look at the
:05:14. > :05:18.modern technology. Most people who want it have televisions, mobile
:05:19. > :05:24.phones and every sort of device. Also, look at the houses. You don't
:05:25. > :05:36.see many houses that aren't in good condition. Lord Heseltine was MP
:05:37. > :05:39.for Tavistock in the 1960s. Do you think the spending power of the
:05:40. > :05:45.ordinary working man or woman in Caundle today relative to that in
:05:46. > :05:51.England generally, let say, is as good as it was 30 years ago? You
:05:52. > :05:55.have asked to different questions. One is the absolute level and the
:05:56. > :06:03.other is the relative. I don't have the figures for the relative level,
:06:04. > :06:13.but the absolute level, there is a marked difference. He is a rubbing
:06:14. > :06:17.our noses in the De for complaining that we had a lot of poor people in
:06:18. > :06:22.the county. To be honest, he needs to come into Cornwall and mix with
:06:23. > :06:28.the will people and not with people who like to feed him rubbish.
:06:29. > :06:34.Probably in the last 30 years we have seen a lot of people coming
:06:35. > :06:37.into the county who have brought wealth with them and that might
:06:38. > :06:42.make a difference, but if he were to look in certain towns within the
:06:43. > :06:47.county which will probably still in decline, I think it would look a
:06:48. > :06:52.lot different. He did not actually use the phrase you've never had it
:06:53. > :06:57.so good, but that is the basic thrust of his argument, even if he
:06:58. > :07:01.is forced to admit that the rest of the country have got it
:07:02. > :07:04.considerably better. Well, joining me now is the
:07:05. > :07:08.economist Professor Peter Gripiaos. Lot Heseltine not disputing that
:07:09. > :07:14.Cornwall today is poorer than some areas, but says that is the wrong
:07:15. > :07:18.issue to focus on. Do we ever played that? We don't. People
:07:19. > :07:31.regard their welfare in relation to other people. If you are poor and
:07:32. > :07:39.someone is richer, that his evidence. There is still evidence
:07:40. > :07:49.of deprivation in central parts of Cornwall where they have been big
:07:50. > :07:56.losses in jobs that paid well. A lot of the money that has come in
:07:57. > :08:04.has come in to the coastal regions, it has come in from people outside
:08:05. > :08:07.and second home owners. You mention some of those big jobs have gone
:08:08. > :08:13.and a lot of this is how you measure poverty and the difference
:08:14. > :08:19.that makes. It's his and in some ways Cornwall is lucky because it
:08:20. > :08:23.qualifies for European funding. It is poor in those terms and will
:08:24. > :08:29.never be which in those terms. Disposable income is higher, but
:08:30. > :08:41.Cornwall is still poor compared with her lot of the UK. Dash back
:08:42. > :08:44.with a lot of the UK. Dozens of war memorials to the
:08:45. > :08:47.fallen of Devon are to be restored to mark the centenary of the Great
:08:48. > :08:50.War. School children will also research the stories of those who
:08:51. > :08:53.gave their lives in the war. Simon Hall reports from the East Devon
:08:54. > :08:55.village of Upottery. The war memorial at Upottery could benefit
:08:56. > :08:59.from a little attention. Now the county council is offering ?150,000
:09:00. > :09:09.to communities to renovate their manorial so. `` memorials. To ex
:09:10. > :09:16.military staff it means people will be taking good care of their
:09:17. > :09:20.heritage. What these chaps did in the past has allowed us to be where
:09:21. > :09:27.we are today. When you think about it, this is the only place in this
:09:28. > :09:31.village and places all across the country where England has
:09:32. > :09:35.apportioned a piece of land to remember people from the past. 100
:09:36. > :09:41.years ago they started something that is as relevant today as it was
:09:42. > :09:46.a hundred years ago. School children are being encouraged to
:09:47. > :09:51.research the lives of the glorious dead. It is important we keep them
:09:52. > :09:58.in our memory because we should remember them because they did go
:09:59. > :10:05.to the very dangerous places to save us. We need to think about
:10:06. > :10:12.them and think of how brave they were. I think it is critical that
:10:13. > :10:22.everyone recognises that the sacrifices made in the First World
:10:23. > :10:30.War has allowed us to do what we do now. At this remembrance time of
:10:31. > :10:34.year it is often said that their name lives for ever more. This
:10:35. > :10:39.project should help to ensure that they do. Anyone wanting to apply
:10:40. > :10:45.for funding to renovate their memorial should contact the
:10:46. > :10:49.Community Council of Devon. Still to come in Spotlight tonight:
:10:50. > :10:51.We take to the road on a trip down memory lane, all the way back to
:10:52. > :10:55.the 1940s. And could this be the best bus
:10:56. > :11:02.driver in the land? His passengers certainly think so.
:11:03. > :11:07.A Cornwall based law firm has been shut down because it can't pay its
:11:08. > :11:10.debts. Follett Stock had offices in Exeter, Bristol and London as well
:11:11. > :11:12.as Truro where today the Solicitors' Regulation Authority
:11:13. > :11:16.has sent officers and taken possession of the firm's documents
:11:17. > :11:19.and money. The SRA says it had to intervene to protect clients'
:11:20. > :11:25.interests. 30 people have been made redundant.
:11:26. > :11:28.Some sports news, and the former captain of Exeter Chiefs, who led
:11:29. > :11:31.the club to the Rugby Premiership, has announced his retirement from
:11:32. > :11:34.the sport. 33`year`old lock forward Tom Hayes, seen here on the right
:11:35. > :11:39.of head coach Rob Baxter, has failed to fully recover from a back
:11:40. > :11:42.operation. Hayes has played 136 games for the Chiefs, but has only
:11:43. > :11:47.managed 32 minutes of rugby this season.
:11:48. > :11:50.The Falmouth yachtsman Sam Goodchild and co`skipper Ned
:11:51. > :11:53.Collier Wakefield set off in the Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race
:11:54. > :11:59.today from the French port of Le Havre. The race start had twice
:12:00. > :12:03.been postponed by bad weather. The fleet of more than 20 Class`40
:12:04. > :12:07.yachts will now only go as far as Roscoff until the weather clears.
:12:08. > :12:12.They're expected there tomorrow. They'll eventually cover 5,500
:12:13. > :12:15.miles, finishing in Brazil. Sam and Ned were forced to abandon the race
:12:16. > :12:22.two years ago when their boat was damaged.
:12:23. > :12:24.People across the region are being encouraged to consider adoption,
:12:25. > :12:27.regardless of their age, personal circumstances or sexuality. Tonight,
:12:28. > :12:31.Cornwall Council is hosting a drop` in evening where they hope to
:12:32. > :12:43.clarify some of the myths about who can adopt.
:12:44. > :12:47.Just five years old and this young girl last playing at Happy families.
:12:48. > :12:52.She has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and finding someone
:12:53. > :12:56.to adopt and care for her permanently would make a lasting
:12:57. > :13:00.difference. For the last year she has lived with foster parents and
:13:01. > :13:07.they recognise how much she has to offer. Anyone can deal with it. If
:13:08. > :13:15.you look beyond her disability, she has got so much love to give and
:13:16. > :13:21.when you get to know her, she is such a pleasure to look after. She
:13:22. > :13:27.is so easy, and if I can do it, anybody can. The in Cornwall there
:13:28. > :13:31.are currently 14 children of differing ages and backgrounds who
:13:32. > :13:37.need a permanent family. Tonight Cornwall council is hosting a drop
:13:38. > :13:41.in evening between six and 80 clock where they hope to clarify some of
:13:42. > :13:47.the myths about who can adopt. You can be a single person, same`sex
:13:48. > :13:51.couple. You can have her children of your own. This is no age
:13:52. > :13:58.restriction at will. You don't need to own your own house. All those on
:13:59. > :14:04.myths. If for those children needing adoption, what they want is
:14:05. > :14:08.really quite simple. She has just got so much love there for
:14:09. > :14:15.everybody and anybody really. You know, she just wants a forever
:14:16. > :14:25.family, and somebody she can call Mahmood, or dad. `` can call mummy
:14:26. > :14:28.or daddy. A young designer from Falmouth has
:14:29. > :14:31.been shortlisted for a prestigous international yacht design award at
:14:32. > :14:33.the tender age of 24. Henry Ward is amongst the youngest ever to be
:14:34. > :14:36.nominated for the International Yacht and Aviation Awards. Louise
:14:37. > :14:41.Walter has been to meet the man dubbed one of the hottest young
:14:42. > :14:45.designers on the maritime scene. I enjoy it. I'll do it all day and
:14:46. > :14:51.night. And it is that passion that has seen Henry Ward been doctored
:14:52. > :14:57.one of the hottest maritime designers around. This design for a
:14:58. > :15:00.floating large house in short listed for the 2014 International
:15:01. > :15:14.Yacht and Aviation Awards. Believe it or not, it is a take on up
:15:15. > :15:20.cycling. We've made this collection of floating lodges and houseboats
:15:21. > :15:24.to recycle and we used the mould and then produce Eco friendly
:15:25. > :15:30.accommodation for people around the world. Luxury is a market that
:15:31. > :15:35.Henry is in. This design for a yacht to include a diamond
:15:36. > :15:40.encrusted on bald spot. So how does he dream up these ideas? I do get a
:15:41. > :15:45.vision of how I think it should look straight away, but after pages
:15:46. > :15:49.and pages of sketches and working alongside the client, we now read
:15:50. > :15:54.that down to something that can be completely different. Henry is a
:15:55. > :16:00.determined young man. He runs his own design company in his spare
:16:01. > :16:05.time whilst also working for a boat builders near Falmouth. His boss is
:16:06. > :16:10.certainly impressed with him. He has got such a great open mind. If
:16:11. > :16:14.you are going to design things, you have to be open`minded and come at
:16:15. > :16:21.things from a fresh and new perspective. And with innovations
:16:22. > :16:26.such as the floating island, Henry is certainly thinking outside the
:16:27. > :16:29.box. A radical plan has been drawn up to
:16:30. > :16:32.move one of Torquay's most historic buildings, the Pavilion, onto a
:16:33. > :16:35.purpose built island in the town's harbour. The idea has been dubbed
:16:36. > :16:47.bonkers by some, but those behind it say it will help regenerate the
:16:48. > :16:52.resort and improve the town's image. The idea is quite simple ` take
:16:53. > :16:56.this iconic Grade 2 listed building and put it on an island in the
:16:57. > :17:03.middle of the harbour. Why? To give Torquay a centrepiece. It is the
:17:04. > :17:10.brainchild of this man who believes Torquay need something to jaw
:17:11. > :17:22.people in. A I am an economist by trade and we need the town to be
:17:23. > :17:26.buzzing. The inner harbour is fall of moored boats and the harbour
:17:27. > :17:33.provides an iconic view of Torquay. So could islanders and the bows
:17:34. > :17:40.share this view. It is like taking a bath. You run the water and you
:17:41. > :17:54.are going to share it with a wardrobe. A bath and a wardrobe
:17:55. > :17:56.does not go together. Will the idea attract support, even though it is
:17:57. > :18:03.something that has been done elsewhere before? They would be
:18:04. > :18:15.doing it for no reason. WHITE spent ?30 million. `` why spend ?13
:18:16. > :18:19.million? It's pointless. This idea to move the pavilion is an
:18:20. > :18:24.alternative to the plan that is being put forward at the moment.
:18:25. > :18:28.Plan A would see a large hotel being built and the pavilion would
:18:29. > :18:34.provide the entrance to the hotel. There would also be car`parking. At
:18:35. > :18:39.this stage the planned to move the Pavilion is at the concept stage.
:18:40. > :18:44.The people behind it are confident it will gather support.
:18:45. > :18:47.A family`run company in Cornwall have been asked to lead the Lord
:18:48. > :18:49.Mayor's show in London with their lovingly restored 1940s lorry.
:18:50. > :18:52.Mitchell and Webber oil distributors revived the old fleet
:18:53. > :18:55.tanker to such a high spec, it's thought to be one of the best
:18:56. > :18:59.restorations of its kind. Johnny Rutherford went to see it in
:19:00. > :19:03.Scorrier before Saturday's show. The Mitchell and whether families
:19:04. > :19:08.have been delivering oil For over 100 years. This sort of bed for it
:19:09. > :19:16.would have been seen on all the lanes been called off. This one has
:19:17. > :19:23.been perfectly restored by a Alan, who has worked for the oil
:19:24. > :19:26.distributors for over 30 years. I am honoured to drive it and
:19:27. > :19:36.privilege to go to the Lord Mayor's Show with it. The oil tanker's job
:19:37. > :19:50.is to lead a cavalcade and of vehicles `` a cavalcade of vehicles.
:19:51. > :19:54.The new Lord Mayor wanted energy as one of the themes of the show and
:19:55. > :19:59.telephoned us and asked if we could be part of it. It took 12 months to
:20:00. > :20:03.restore this vehicle. Lot of detailed work, right down to be
:20:04. > :20:09.signed that was hand written using the original paint from the 1950s.
:20:10. > :20:13.This Bedford match is a beautifully with the two they used to be used
:20:14. > :20:19.by the company in the 1940s and 1950s, and it looks brand new. It
:20:20. > :20:24.is three years younger than me and in better condition. I feel very
:20:25. > :20:29.passionate about it. From what it used to be when it was broken down
:20:30. > :20:35.to what it is now, it is 101 % better. And it is a good sign of
:20:36. > :20:41.the company's success as they continued to grow with their latest
:20:42. > :20:45.branch opening in Tiverton. A man from Cornwall, who's been a
:20:46. > :20:48.bus driver for a quarter of a century, is in the running for an
:20:49. > :20:50.industry Oscar. Gino Contrino has already won several awards and
:20:51. > :20:53.received dozens of thank you letters from happy passengers. Now
:20:54. > :20:56.he's hoping to become the UK's Best Bus Driver at a special ceremony in
:20:57. > :21:05.London. Spotlight's Janine Jansen has been to meet him.
:21:06. > :21:09.His name may sound Italian, but Gino Contrino is Cornish through
:21:10. > :21:17.and through. He has been driving buses here for 26 years. From a
:21:18. > :21:21.very early age, I mean, I remember going on a bus journey and thinking
:21:22. > :21:26.this is a lovely job. I always wanted to be a bus driver. But when
:21:27. > :21:31.he first started, he made a mistake, possibly because he was too
:21:32. > :21:37.friendly. I came in late and a bus was trying to squeeze its way out.
:21:38. > :21:42.This bloke was struggling and I was trying to give him directions.
:21:43. > :21:46.Little did I know are was aiding and abetting this guy he was
:21:47. > :21:51.stealing the bus. You can't do that now because there are devices on
:21:52. > :22:04.the bus that track them. He has a pile of them due letters. `` of the
:22:05. > :22:10.thank you letters. I just love dealing with the public. He has won
:22:11. > :22:16.awards for his customer care and of course his boss is thrilled he
:22:17. > :22:21.works for the company. There is no` one else like him. He is a
:22:22. > :22:29.character in himself and he does an amazing job. Well, Gino Contrino is
:22:30. > :22:36.so popular that even one of his passengers has written a poem in
:22:37. > :22:47.about him. Never po`faced of silent and never Kurds. `` Kurt. Gino
:22:48. > :22:57.Contrino has been nominated for the best bus driver award and everyone
:22:58. > :23:03.knows about it. People have been tooting their horns and wishing me
:23:04. > :23:16.well. The award ceremony will be held later this month in London. I
:23:17. > :23:26.have a chicken named after me. I'm sure the Queen hasn't. I don't
:23:27. > :23:33.think she has. Best of luck to him. Now the weather.
:23:34. > :23:37.It has turned colder over the last few days. The temperatures have
:23:38. > :23:42.lowered and as we head in towards the weekend we will see a world
:23:43. > :23:47.first frost of the season. Saturday night looks as if it could be
:23:48. > :23:51.chilly. Tomorrow, heavy rain first thing in the morning. That will be
:23:52. > :23:56.replaced by sunshine and showers in the afternoon, but for all of us
:23:57. > :24:02.there is a chance that we will see a bit of rain. This weather front
:24:03. > :24:06.has plagued us a bit today. It will continue to produce rain across
:24:07. > :24:10.northern France before it moves out of the way. There are no real clear
:24:11. > :24:23.spells in this cloud structure which means their arm more showers
:24:24. > :24:28.to come. One line will come in tonight. Some of them could be
:24:29. > :24:34.quite intense with a risk of hail and thunder. After we lose that
:24:35. > :24:40.line of showers, or we will have another one. There is some good
:24:41. > :24:48.news because this weather system will be arriving a bit later and
:24:49. > :24:58.Remembrance Sunday could be a dry day for all of us. We do have some
:24:59. > :25:05.breaks developing in the cloud later tonight. Showers will become
:25:06. > :25:10.more frequent as the night wears on. Briefly, clear skies, but at the
:25:11. > :25:18.end of that night, generally clouding over. Low temperatures
:25:19. > :25:23.will likely be in Somerset and Dorset. Further west the
:25:24. > :25:28.temperatures are around seven and ten Celsius. Tomorrow morning that
:25:29. > :25:35.line of showers will move through the English Channel, probably
:25:36. > :25:39.giving some intense rain. What follows up a line of showers that
:25:40. > :25:45.could be heavy. But every now and again we should get a glimpse of
:25:46. > :25:48.the sunshine. There will be a brisk breeze and it will feel cold for
:25:49. > :25:56.all of us. Temperatures will struggle. 12 degrees is the highest
:25:57. > :26:00.we can expect. Looking further ahead to what is going to happen
:26:01. > :26:04.across the Isles of Scilly, there will be brain first thing in the
:26:05. > :26:17.morning, but moving through quite quickly. `` will be rain. There is
:26:18. > :26:28.the forecast for the times of high water:
:26:29. > :26:43.The north coast is going to be messy with very big waves. Here are
:26:44. > :26:52.the coastal waters? `` coastal waters:
:26:53. > :27:00.Showers on Saturday, but good news for Remembrance Sunday it will be
:27:01. > :27:04.dry, even though it will be frosty to start.
:27:05. > :27:08.We have had lots of reaction to Lord Heseltine's comments regarding
:27:09. > :27:11.property in Cornwall. Please do have a look at our website. That's
:27:12. > :27:17.it for now, goodbye.