:00:12. > :00:16.The school girl who took her own life. There's anger after an inquest
:00:17. > :00:22.found no evidence she was bullied online.
:00:23. > :00:28.Good evening. Friends of Izzy Dix are convinced she was a victim of
:00:29. > :00:33.cyber bullying. Bullying was a major factor in Izzy taking her own life.
:00:34. > :00:40.We believe the conclusions reached today are fundamentally flawed.
:00:41. > :00:44.Also tonight: Plymouth leading the way in dementia care and research. A
:00:45. > :00:49.Japanese delegation from the G8 summit comes to the city to see the
:00:50. > :00:52.projects in action. And, fit for a King ` Elvis
:00:53. > :01:00.Presley's old record player goes under the hammer in Cornwall.
:01:01. > :01:05.A police officer who investigated the death of a Devon teenager who
:01:06. > :01:08.killed herself has told an inquest there was "no evidence of cyber
:01:09. > :01:11.bullying". Friends of 14`year`old Izzy Dix believe it was a factor in
:01:12. > :01:16.her death and have been campaigning on the issue. The South Devon
:01:17. > :01:19.coroner said today it was clear she had suffered significant personal
:01:20. > :01:29.emotional turmoil. Spotlight's Clare Casson reports.
:01:30. > :01:34.Izzy Dix died at her home in Brixham in September. The 14`year`old was
:01:35. > :01:37.found by her mother who did not attend today's inquest. The inquest
:01:38. > :01:43.heard that on the day of her death, she came home from school upset and
:01:44. > :01:49.that one particular girl, she said, had made her unwell. She was and is
:01:50. > :01:53.`` upset for the rest of the evening and said no one cared about her. Her
:01:54. > :01:59.mother tried to reassure her but it was later that night she found her
:02:00. > :02:03.body. It is this campaign is considered opinion that bullying was
:02:04. > :02:08.a major factor in Italy taking her own life. We believe the processes
:02:09. > :02:12.that took place today and the conclusions reached are
:02:13. > :02:16.fundamentally flawed. Following her death, friends set up a petition
:02:17. > :02:23.against online bullying and it had the support of her mother.
:02:24. > :02:28.Giving evidence today, that DC said the police investigation looked into
:02:29. > :02:35.the Internet use of Izzy Dix but found no evidence of cyber bullying.
:02:36. > :02:41.Cyber bullying is still going on. We have evidence as recent as yesterday
:02:42. > :02:46.about the cyber bullying and all this, I will make sure, is dealt
:02:47. > :02:54.with if it is the last thing I ever do. Why do you think the police
:02:55. > :02:59.ruled it out? I have no idea. The inquest also heard that she had been
:03:00. > :03:03.affected by a relationship break`up. The coroner recorded that she had
:03:04. > :03:09.taken her own life after significant personal and emotional turmoil.
:03:10. > :03:14.The back office spending of Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime
:03:15. > :03:17.Commissioner is again under attack, along with the panel which is
:03:18. > :03:20.supposed to hold him to account. Devon County Council has been
:03:21. > :03:23.hearing concerns that Tony Hogg isn't being properly regulated in
:03:24. > :03:32.his work. Our home affairs correspondent, Simon Hall, reports
:03:33. > :03:37.from Devon County Hall in Exeter. Concerns are not dimming about the
:03:38. > :03:41.police and crime commission. In particular, spending hundreds of
:03:42. > :03:45.thousands of pounds on consultants and the effectiveness of his
:03:46. > :03:51.watchdog. Today, at Devon county council, the issues were raised by a
:03:52. > :03:55.member who ran to be commissioner. I accept the panel have got a problem
:03:56. > :04:01.because the government never really gave them proper powers but I wonder
:04:02. > :04:05.if they are being rigorous enough. Spending in this period of austerity
:04:06. > :04:13.is not on. It should go on front line policing. The jury is out on
:04:14. > :04:16.how effective is the panel and what noticed the Commissioner is taking
:04:17. > :04:23.of it. There needs to be a real review of exactly how effective they
:04:24. > :04:25.are. The police and crime panel may be little known but it has an
:04:26. > :04:31.important role, reviewing the Commissioner 's strategy and can ``
:04:32. > :04:38.decisions and can call into question. It scrutinises the budget
:04:39. > :04:41.and can veto it, but only once. The panel has no powers to force the
:04:42. > :04:49.Commissioner to change policies or to dismiss him. I do not believe we
:04:50. > :04:52.have enough powers but it is like any scrutiny committee. They
:04:53. > :04:58.scrutinise the subject and make recommendations and the Commissioner
:04:59. > :05:01.can take them up or not. If he doesn't and it is serious enough,
:05:02. > :05:08.all week and that `` ask for is public discontent. Tony Hogg said he
:05:09. > :05:13.needed to spend significant sums on consultants as he helped set up his
:05:14. > :05:19.role and carry out his responsibilities. The panel can be
:05:20. > :05:23.robust in questioning, Mr Hogg said, and he welcomes the opportunity to
:05:24. > :05:27.be open and transparent about his work. The Home Office says it is
:05:28. > :05:31.there to provide checks and balances on the Commissioner 's work and to
:05:32. > :05:34.support him. A Japanese delegation from the G8
:05:35. > :05:38.summit on dementia today visited Plymouth to find out how the city is
:05:39. > :05:42.leading the way in research and care of dementia patients. At the summit
:05:43. > :05:45.held in London yesterday, leading nations committed to developing a
:05:46. > :05:50.cure or treatment for the disease by 2025. One of the schemes they saw
:05:51. > :05:58.today was a project at Stoke Damerel Community College. Johnny Rutherford
:05:59. > :06:02.reports. A spot of croquet for the Japanese
:06:03. > :06:07.delegation as they begin their tour of Plymouth, finding out how
:06:08. > :06:11.dementia education is becoming embedded in Stoke Damerel Community
:06:12. > :06:16.College's curriculum and helping to build links between generations. It
:06:17. > :06:22.is important they understand about it and how to care for people with
:06:23. > :06:28.dementia. Today, we have students playing croquet with older guests,
:06:29. > :06:34.some of whom have dementia, and we see fabulous bonds being formed.
:06:35. > :06:39.They are breaking down horrible stereotypes a lot of people have
:06:40. > :06:42.about older and younger people. Some sixth form students have been asked
:06:43. > :06:51.to prepare a report for the Prime Minister. I have been set a task to
:06:52. > :06:56.look at three different areas, are and PE, for example, to get dementia
:06:57. > :07:01.into primary schools. I will speak about that at my next meeting in
:07:02. > :07:07.January which, hopefully, we'll be in the House of Lords. The older
:07:08. > :07:12.generation still have a trick or two, by the looks of it, and are
:07:13. > :07:16.certainly enjoying themselves. The worst thing is to sit at home in
:07:17. > :07:24.front of the screen and watch endless football and all sorts of
:07:25. > :07:28.stuff. This helps? Definitely. Along with Plymouth University 's
:07:29. > :07:33.research, the city is becoming known for its advances in dementia and the
:07:34. > :07:38.Japanese delegation are keen to find out more.
:07:39. > :07:43.I want to find about the dementia friendly community. With all the
:07:44. > :07:48.various groups trying to improve the lifestyle of someone suffering with
:07:49. > :07:50.the illness, Plymouth is set to become one of the first dementia
:07:51. > :07:53.friendly cities. Earlier, I spoke to Ian Sherriff
:07:54. > :07:56.who's leading the Academic partnership on dementia at Plymouth
:07:57. > :08:03.University. I asked him why the city was seen as such a good example when
:08:04. > :08:09.it comes to dealing with dementia. It is not only the social services
:08:10. > :08:17.and our health care, it is our shops and businesses, the basketball team,
:08:18. > :08:25.the naval base and it goes on. Also, of course, dementia friendly
:08:26. > :08:28.school, Stoke Damerel, which today has really impressed our Japanese
:08:29. > :08:32.visitors with the work they are doing. What benefits does that bring
:08:33. > :08:38.in terms of research into the disease? We will be canvassing
:08:39. > :08:41.people with dementia and their carers over the coming months,
:08:42. > :08:50.looking at about 18 different areas. They will be, do you feel
:08:51. > :08:54.less lonely? What we found out about three years ago with some research
:08:55. > :08:59.we did in the city on early diagnosis, people with dementia, on
:09:00. > :09:06.top of telling us about their early diagnosis, also said they were
:09:07. > :09:11.lonely and isolated. From your experience locally and what you have
:09:12. > :09:18.heard at the G8 summit yesterday, where do you think we will be in
:09:19. > :09:25.2025 and how far advanced will we be in terms of treatment or cure? I
:09:26. > :09:30.would love to see a cure`all, or if not, some sort of medication that
:09:31. > :09:36.really slows down the process. That is my dream. The other dream I
:09:37. > :09:41.have, and it is in line with the 12 action points set by the G8, is that
:09:42. > :09:48.across those G8 countries, we will work closely together to decide on
:09:49. > :09:52.the best provision and quality of care. We are learning from our
:09:53. > :09:56.neighbours already on how to work together and provide quality
:09:57. > :10:00.services for people with dementia. It is good to talk to you. Thank you
:10:01. > :10:03.for joining us. As a public consultation gets under
:10:04. > :10:06.way into West Cornwall's health services, some campaigners say they
:10:07. > :10:09.fear the closure of one of the county's cottage hospitals is
:10:10. > :10:13.already a done deal. One of the most high`profile issues is Poltair
:10:14. > :10:16.hospital in Penzance. The unit has been closed to inpatients since
:10:17. > :10:19.October last year because of staff shortages. NHS Kernow is expected to
:10:20. > :10:24.announce its final decision on health care in the west of the
:10:25. > :10:27.county at the end of March. Supporters of the Atlantic Array
:10:28. > :10:31.wind farm proposal seem to have failed in their attempt to get the
:10:32. > :10:35.government to reopen the door to the scheme. The Devon and Cornwall
:10:36. > :10:38.Business Council led a delegation to London to discuss the controversial
:10:39. > :10:40.proposal off North Devon with the Crown Estate. Our business
:10:41. > :10:50.correspondent, Neil Gallacher, reports.
:10:51. > :10:55.The developers of the Atlantic Array were thinking big. Until, that is,
:10:56. > :10:59.it was announced last month that the company behind it had withdrawn and
:11:00. > :11:04.that the government no longer considered it a possible site for a
:11:05. > :11:07.wind farm, much like this one. That was the cue for a last`minute
:11:08. > :11:12.delegation from some in the business community yesterday. The Crown
:11:13. > :11:16.estate would ask to keep the site earmarked for possible wind farm
:11:17. > :11:20.development. They said clearly they do not see any chance for this
:11:21. > :11:25.project to be reviewed commercially and they believe that for technical
:11:26. > :11:31.and environmental reasons, nobody should pursue it. Do you have to
:11:32. > :11:35.accept it is dead in the water? We are told the idea is dead and those
:11:36. > :11:42.who can grant the permission of saying that. For Lundy and the
:11:43. > :11:46.Bristol Channel it is finally put to bed. We have always said it is the
:11:47. > :11:49.wrong scheme in the wrong place and the news from the Crown confirms
:11:50. > :12:19.that. The Crown estate told us: the spokesman said that long`term
:12:20. > :12:23.meant beyond 2020. In a moment, it's the next of this
:12:24. > :12:25.year's Sports Awards. Tonight, we'll be unveiling who the Youngster of
:12:26. > :12:27.2013 is. And, open house ` Trelissick lets
:12:28. > :12:41.the public in after nearly 60 years. A talky woman is facing the prospect
:12:42. > :12:46.of being made homeless because she says a reduction in benefits has
:12:47. > :12:50.trapped in debt. Louise Fisher says she has been trying to swap her
:12:51. > :12:54.three`bedroom home for something more affordable and smaller for
:12:55. > :12:59.months. She is facing a court repossession hearing.
:13:00. > :13:04.Louise Fisher is stuck in a home that is too big and too expensive.
:13:05. > :13:08.She wants to move somewhere smaller and cheaper in Torquay, but her
:13:09. > :13:13.housing association is refusing to let her budge until she clears her
:13:14. > :13:21.rent arrears, currently ?950 and rising. I have never been in debt
:13:22. > :13:28.with any housing company until they brought in this spare bedroom tax.
:13:29. > :13:32.Now I am ?950 in arrears. Louise, who is bipolar, lives in a
:13:33. > :13:37.three`bedroom home but because it has two spare rooms, she has lost
:13:38. > :13:42.subsidies and his pen `` paying an extra ?26 a week. She is facing a
:13:43. > :13:46.repossession hearing in court in the New Year and her MP says it is an
:13:47. > :13:52.example of a deeper problem. The overall cost could be greater from
:13:53. > :13:56.evicting people from social housing and having to find alternative
:13:57. > :14:00.accommodation. We would be far better off tackling the root problem
:14:01. > :14:07.here which is not enough affordable housing. Spectrum Housing group said
:14:08. > :14:12.that seeking possession of a property is always the last resort.
:14:13. > :14:16.We urge people to get in touch with us if they are struggling and we
:14:17. > :14:20.will always support and help our residents if they work with us and
:14:21. > :14:23.stick to agreements that have been made.
:14:24. > :14:26.Louise says she has started selling personal possessions to stop getting
:14:27. > :14:34.further into debt. Businesses in Exeter are being urged
:14:35. > :14:37.to pay their staff a "living wage". The call comes from the city council
:14:38. > :14:40.which will start paying all its staff at least a living wage from
:14:41. > :14:44.January. But many private sector businesses say it's just impossible
:14:45. > :14:52.to find extra money in the current economic climate. Spotlight's Andrea
:14:53. > :14:57.Ormsby has the story. John Selfridge is 30. He has a wife
:14:58. > :15:01.and a two`year`old daughter and he is about to get a pay rise, one he
:15:02. > :15:09.says is desperately needed. Very tight. We live with my mum at the
:15:10. > :15:14.moment and we can't afford to rent. With this extra money, we can look
:15:15. > :15:18.into this. We still have to go on the housing list because Private is
:15:19. > :15:24.out of the question. He works for Exeter city centre `` city council
:15:25. > :15:29.and so does his wife so they will benefit from the decision to pay
:15:30. > :15:34.everyone at least a living wage. It will cost us about ?26,000 this
:15:35. > :15:43.financial year. Probably just over ?100,000 a year. The minimum wage is
:15:44. > :15:48.?6 31 an hour but a living wage is ?7 65. It is not an increased Devon
:15:49. > :15:54.county council says it can make or many others in the private sector.
:15:55. > :15:59.Absolutely not. We could not sustain that level of wage. We are being
:16:00. > :16:05.told by our customers we need to keep prices down and we need to keep
:16:06. > :16:09.all our costs down. In order to compete against international
:16:10. > :16:15.competition, we would have to struggle to do that and to maintain
:16:16. > :16:19.it. John and his wife are lucky. They say if more people could earn a
:16:20. > :16:25.living wage it would boost the south`west economy.
:16:26. > :16:33.A record player which used to belong to Elvis Presley has sold for more
:16:34. > :16:37.than ?4000 at auction in Cornwall. The singer gave the player to a
:16:38. > :16:40.friend when he was serving in the Army in Germany. She retired to
:16:41. > :16:45.Cornwall and brought the record player with her.
:16:46. > :16:51.This is the record player that has had Elvis Presley fans in a spin. In
:16:52. > :16:55.1958, Elvis Presley arrived in Germany for the first part of his
:16:56. > :17:01.national service. The rock 'n' roll king was about to
:17:02. > :17:08.embark on service in Germany. There he met this woman who befriended her
:17:09. > :17:12.father in a local post office. They were having trouble with language
:17:13. > :17:21.and the paperwork so she said, can I help you? And she did. She didn't
:17:22. > :17:29.know who he was at first. He said, I am Elvis Presley 's father. Oh, she
:17:30. > :17:36.said, would you like to come to a gathering. She did a good turn for
:17:37. > :17:40.somebody as someone in front of her was struggling with the language in
:17:41. > :17:44.the post office. She offered to help and it was Elvis Presley 's father
:17:45. > :17:49.and all these things happened because of it. She went to a party
:17:50. > :17:56.and melt Elvis and talk to him for a long time. He obviously liked her ``
:17:57. > :18:05.and met Elvis. When she got there she saw Elvis and everything was
:18:06. > :18:10.going on. Dancing... It was something special. Elvis Presley 's
:18:11. > :18:15.`` Elvis Presley and Eleanor became friends and she was invited to many
:18:16. > :18:23.more parties where he is sometimes played his guitar through the
:18:24. > :18:27.amplifier. When she told him he was getting `` she was getting married,
:18:28. > :18:30.he gave her the record player as a wedding present. The auction has
:18:31. > :18:34.started. There has been quite a lot of
:18:35. > :18:36.interest from around the country. The record player was sold to a
:18:37. > :18:51.buyer from abroad for ?4400. Elvis Presley on Spotlight!
:18:52. > :18:55.I was worried with Eleanor waving her hands around at the auction
:18:56. > :18:58.whether she had bought the record player by mistake!
:18:59. > :19:02.Onto the next in our BBC South West Sports Awards which we've been
:19:03. > :19:05.showing you all week. Today, it's the Youngster of the Year accolade
:19:06. > :19:07.which goes to world champion swimmer ` 16`year`old Ruta Meilutyte. She
:19:08. > :19:11.trains with Plymouth Leander, studies at Plymouth College and
:19:12. > :19:19.lives in the city. Dave Gibbins been to surprise her.
:19:20. > :19:23.She is riding on the crest of a wave because in the summer she broke yet
:19:24. > :19:28.another world record and won another gold medal, the world championship
:19:29. > :19:33.medal to add to her Olympic title. We are going in the room where Ruta
:19:34. > :19:41.is with her head coach. There they are. Well, Ruta Meilutyte, you
:19:42. > :19:46.haven't expected this but for the second year running you other BBC
:19:47. > :19:52.South West Youngster of the Year. Well done! You can stand up now.
:19:53. > :19:58.Congratulations! It has been another great year, hasn't it? Yes, but I
:19:59. > :20:03.didn't expect to get this, to be honest, for the second time. It is
:20:04. > :20:10.great. Thank you. But I do every good woman there is a good man.
:20:11. > :20:16.John, can she get any better at 16? You would hope so. She is still
:20:17. > :20:19.relatively young and the guys she is racing with at senior level are a
:20:20. > :20:25.good five or six years older than her. There is plenty of time for her
:20:26. > :20:28.to develop and two and a half years till the next Olympics. You're going
:20:29. > :20:33.to the European Championships now and this is your only day back at
:20:34. > :20:37.Plymouth College. You have 12 gold medals. What are the chances of
:20:38. > :20:41.adding to that in Denmark? Hopefully, if I perform well I will
:20:42. > :20:48.have a chance of winning some medals. It has been an amazing year.
:20:49. > :20:57.Is there any way you can better 2013? Yes, definitely. Many
:20:58. > :21:02.congratulations and fully deserved. Thanks to BBC South West for
:21:03. > :21:06.recognising my hard work. Thank you a lot.
:21:07. > :21:10.What a great year she has had. Tomorrow we have the sports man and
:21:11. > :21:14.sportswoman award. Very contested, that has been.
:21:15. > :21:17.A Cornish country house is open to the public nearly 60 years after it
:21:18. > :21:20.was acquired by the National Trust. Trellisick, near Truro, was given to
:21:21. > :21:24.the Trust in 1955. The house was retained for use by
:21:25. > :21:27.the original owners, so it was the garden, Trellisick Garden, which was
:21:28. > :21:30.made accessible and which has since become famous for its plants and
:21:31. > :21:33.footpaths along the River Fal. Now, 58 years later, visitors can
:21:34. > :21:42.finally see inside. David George has been to have a look.
:21:43. > :21:47.Trelissick Garden with its 30 acres of hydrangeas, rhododendrons and
:21:48. > :21:54.camellias is popular with visitors and locals alike. The big house
:21:55. > :22:01.behind its 18th`century Grecian columns has been a mystery. Until
:22:02. > :22:04.now. This is the dining room dressed for an Edwardian Christmas lunch
:22:05. > :22:08.with some of the items the National trust bought in last summer 's ?3
:22:09. > :22:14.million sale of the house contents by the Copeland family, the original
:22:15. > :22:19.owners of the Spode china company. Obviously there is a strong link to
:22:20. > :22:25.the Spode china so we bought a number of services from Spode.
:22:26. > :22:30.Amazing candelabra. It is and it has been in the family for a number of
:22:31. > :22:34.years. It would have sat on the table at Christmas for sure so it is
:22:35. > :22:39.important we have that. Along with it, we acquired one of the finer
:22:40. > :22:44.services which is delightful and sets off the table a treat. The
:22:45. > :22:52.dinner service sold for ?6,000 in the auction. Do not `` National
:22:53. > :22:56.trust appeal helped by the original contents, including sketches and
:22:57. > :23:01.paintings by the stable master at Trelissick before he came it ``
:23:02. > :23:09.became a famous horse artist. Is there much demand over the years to
:23:10. > :23:14.look inside? It is a very frequent question and now it is the magic
:23:15. > :23:21.moment to be able to offer that. The library is open as well and visitors
:23:22. > :23:27.will also see this. Now, that is what I call a conservatory! Not a
:23:28. > :23:32.single piece of UPVC insight. They call this the solarium. The house is
:23:33. > :23:36.a work in progress as restoration will be a huge project. The plan is
:23:37. > :23:40.to consult visitors on what they would like to see done but the trust
:23:41. > :23:48.is to have at least half a dozen rooms open by next spring.
:23:49. > :23:53.Stunning, wasn't it? And what a view! Time for the weather now and
:23:54. > :23:59.it is getting wetter, isn't it, David?
:24:00. > :24:07.Good evening. We have had high pressure close by for several days.
:24:08. > :24:10.That is changing. We could have a wet start to the day tomorrow but
:24:11. > :24:14.the good news is changing. We could have a wet start to the day tomorrow
:24:15. > :24:19.but that it uses the rain is moving quite fast in the afternoon. It will
:24:20. > :24:26.also be quite breezy. Over the next two or three days, another feature
:24:27. > :24:31.is the mildness of the air. High temperatures overnight tonight. Two
:24:32. > :24:37.strikes of cloud. One gave us rain earlier on from the Bay of Biscay.
:24:38. > :24:41.This second one has a bit more rain in it. The two will get closer
:24:42. > :24:46.together over the next few hours to bring as fairly heavy rain around
:24:47. > :24:52.the middle of the day tomorrow. For the first half of the day on
:24:53. > :24:57.Saturday, largely dry but another system will come in. The isobars are
:24:58. > :25:02.squeezed up so it could be quite windy on Saturday. The cloud is
:25:03. > :25:09.fairly extensive so not too many worries for overnight temperatures.
:25:10. > :25:11.Splashes of rain overnight which will ease for a time but then
:25:12. > :25:24.returned before dawn. A mild start to the day tomorrow and
:25:25. > :25:29.a breezy start. Also, you need to dig out your waterproof or umbrella
:25:30. > :25:37.because it will be a damp morning. The rain will move fast, though, and
:25:38. > :25:45.by the afternoon, it will be drier. For the fast `` first half of
:25:46. > :25:47.tomorrow night we will have clear skies but showers possible later.
:25:48. > :25:54.Unusually mild temperatures tomorrow. Perhaps not feeling quite
:25:55. > :25:58.as warm as temperatures suggest in the wind and rain. But in the
:25:59. > :26:09.afternoon, it should feel quite pleasant.
:26:10. > :26:14.The rain band will move quite swiftly across the Isles of Scilly.
:26:15. > :26:34.Good visibility should follow. We had good surfing conditions
:26:35. > :26:35.yesterday but the server is now being messed up by the strength of
:26:36. > :27:09.wind. Much more unsettled weather.
:27:10. > :27:15.Temperatures are in double figures and the wind stays strong for the
:27:16. > :27:21.next four days. A fine start on Saturday but, by dark, rain coming
:27:22. > :27:25.into callable again. Rain arriving later in the day on Sunday, mostly
:27:26. > :27:32.at night time. Apart from Monday which could be a mild day, breezy
:27:33. > :27:40.with further outbreaks of rain. Join us tomorrow when we will find
:27:41. > :27:43.out who has won our sports awards for 2013. From all of us here, good
:27:44. > :27:44.night. Good