27/03/2014 Spotlight

Good evening. It follows a lajor inspection of the hospital. Much of

its work is rated as good, but there are a number of concerns. Wd

wouldn't want people to feel they cannot take a member their family to

this hospital. We have identified issues where we need to devhse a

plan quickly to deal with those issues.

Hello. Also tonight: Failing to deal with domestic abuse. Why sole

victims are being let down by the police. They are producing lots of

people `` pieces of paper and policies.

And dealing with the dreaded potholes, as damage claims go

through the roof. A lack of beds and incomplete or

inaccurate patient records have been highlighted by the health w`tchdog

after a major inspection at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. Thd Care

Quality Commission says thex are areas for concern and that hospital

needs to improve. However, inspectors have assured pathents

saying they're safe and that many services are delivered to a good

standard. The inspectors visited the Royal

Cornwall Hospital in Januarx, making to announce the visits in one

unannounced. It's one of thd first trusts to be subjected to an

inspection regime, with doctors nurses and managers all involved.

The report has been publishdd today, and its overall conclusion hs that

the hospital requires improvement. Patient records and some wards were

incomplete. There were too lany operations being cancelled or

delayed due to a shortage of beds. But the six remaining areas,

including accident and emergency, intensive care and maternitx, were

all rated as good. This is ` safe hospital. There are issues to

improve on, but we do not w`nt people to feel they could not bring

a member of their family to this hospital. What we're saying is that

we have identified some things where will need a clear plan very quickly

to address those concerns. The hospital's Chief Executive welcomed

the report, but except that the lack of beds is still a problem. We are

working closely with our partners to it improve his pathways for

patients. What the report does is highlight that that is still a

pressure in the organisation and it is something that we need to deal

with as an urgent matter. The hospital now has to come up with an

improvement plan showing wh`t action it is going to take and sublitted to

the CQC. `` submit it. This story has already promoted

emails today. Here just a couple of comments.

Thanks for your comment so far. Keep them coming.

Police in Devon and Cornwall are failing many victims of domdstic

abuse. An inspector's report has identified significant risks in the

way the force deals with thd issue. It says it's already addressing the

criticisms. On the march, calling for more help

for victims of domestic violence. But are the police listening? As

much as they be, according to a report. It found Kevin and Cornwall

police did not yet provide ` consistent service in all c`ses of

domestic violence. 34% of all assaults where the mystic abuse

related in the last 13 months until August of last year. 51 `` the

figure for most other forces is between 45 and 90. This wom`n sees

the problems of domestic abtse that first`hand. She feels this report

backs up what she has been seeing over the last few years. I'd think

they must feel very unhappy at this report, really. I've think `` I

think that they think they `re doing a really good job, but what they are

doing is producing lots of paper and policies, and that's `` and not all

of those things are actuallx being action at the right end. Ond major

concern from the inspectors was the way Devon and Cornwall Police deal

with emergency calls. It saxs the force cannot be sure that it is

identifying all victims of domestic violence, and that it is `` and ..

We get the information recorded accurately and acted upon at the

point of the victim calling us, and we are introducing dedicated

specialists, sexual abuse investigation teams, across the

force area to ensure that wd better standardise our response to the

victims of domestic abuse. We have got a detailed plan. It is

very high on the list in terms of resourcing. I've think I've seen

that the determination to actually get on top of these issues, which

are, as I've said, at the vdry top of our priorities. Inspectors say

Devon and Cornwall Police whll continue to be monitored.

There's been a huge surge in the number of drivers in Devon claiming

for damage caused by potholds. In fact it's gone up by two`thhrds

according to the County Council s latest figures. 1100 claims have

been put in so far over the winter, up from around 670 a year ago. The

weather has been exceptional this winter, as has the damages done to

our roads. Not just the shedr size, but the number. In December, 20 0

potholes were reported. By January and February, it was 7000 a month,

and the claims have risen as well. This man suffered ?480 worth of

damage to his car when it hht a pothole here. He is trying to make a

claim against the County Cotncil that has been told he does not

qualify. I received a reply from the Council who told me they were not

liable for that time, that the incident happened, and they would

not pay out against my clail. How do you feel about that? A little bit

disheartened, really, considering the amount of potholes therd are on

this road. The reason, apparently, is because there have been so many

potholes this winter that the council has had to change its

policy, because it is impossible to cope with them all. Our polhcy is to

affect potholes on a end thd roads within a day and two fix thd rest of

the holes within seven days. We have had to bring in a temporary

relaxation of that policy, so for a, B and C roads, we fix them within

two weeks, and the rest, within a month. The county has ?7 million for

repairs, but it would cost ?767 million for Devon to bring hts roads

up to scratch, that is how bad the backlog is. The Liberal Democrats,

who are in opposition and the Council, Gilmore money should be

spent. This is frightening for the drivers and it is very frightening

for motorcyclists and cyclists to me have accidents that result hn rather

worse than damaging a tire or a subframe. The Council has tripled

the number of people out fixing the potholes and they are currently

tackling 500 a day. Dealing with the backlog is getting more difficult in

a climate where it is forced to make cuts.

We've had lots of reaction to this already. Daphne said, I Riesling

received a check from South West highways to cover the cost of a new

tire. It was easy to complete the claim online, but I wondered if it

was worth the effort. And M`rk Weston emailed to say, "I lhve in

Newton Abbot and the Pot Holes here are terrible, some more than six

inches deep, and each day they get worse. In England we used to drive

on the left hand side of thd road, now we drive on what's left of the

road." Thanks to everyone who got in touch.

An enquiry is to be carried out into a former children's home in Exeter,

Colleton Lodge. The home closed in 1986. But Devon County Council says

it's been asked to carry out the investigation as a result of

information received into the Jimmy Savile abuse case.

Charges of physical and sextal assault against the Cornish

entertainer Freddy Zapp havd been dropped. Mr Zapp was accused in

November of one count of assaulting a female and one count of sdxual

assault against a female ovdr the age of 16. However, both ch`rges

have been dropped at Truro Crown Court. 62`year`old Mr Zapp, a former

BBC Radio Cornwall presenter from Redruth, had previously denhed the

charges. There are calls for greater

compensation for fishermen who've been badly affected by the winter

storms. Many say they have suffered significant losses because they were

unable to put to sea, while others lost thousands of pounds worth of

equipment. As our Environment Correspondent Adrian Campbell

reports one South West MP is now calling on the Government to provide

more help. All around the South West, fishermen

like this have suffered this winter. I have lost 40 lobster

pots, two nets, and also a statement, I would say the `verage

cost and that of the top of my head will probably be about ?5,000. Can

you afford to lose that kind of money? No, not at all. It is not

just Nets and other fishing gear which has been lost, this m`n says

his livelihood has been wrecked by the storms. It has been absolutely

dreadful with the weather. Why little fishing boat lost to Nets

because the weather came in and I'd do not expect it to. `` my little

fishing boat. Fishermen who we have spoken to today say they have tried

to access compensation from several funds, and they say the whole SS is

bureaucratic and slow, and that is something one local MP is trying to

help them with. Ashbrook wrote the whole process is. `` one local

MP... The chance of these rules bding

changed is small. I would lhke to see DEFRA take a lead and s`y this

is absolutely crucial. I'll would suspect this is all the way around

the country, fishermen whosd lives have been destroyed by the storms.

We need to take a lead in this and get it sorted fast. These fhshermen

were learning all about see safety today, but they told us thehr main

concern is financial hardshhp will stop DEFRA told us it is dohng

everything it can to help them, including a ?10 million support

package. Coming up, why repairs to one of our

storm damaged landmarks havd been delayed.

Marking the moment. How the locations of happy events are being

recorded in Exeter. How difficult is it to forecast the

weather? Find out why these youngsters may have a bright

outlook. There's anger that one of Dorset's

best known landmarks hasn't been repaired after being damaged during

the winter storms. The Cobb in Lyme Regis was made famous after

featuring in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman and in J`ne

Austen's Persuasion. Repairs have been delayed because specialists

need to be consulted as it's a grade one listed structure. Standhng

strong, protecting Lyme Reghs during the worst storms we have sedn in

years. The The Cobb was built in the 1800s, and it is starting to show

its age after being pounded by massive waves. It is sad and it is

like this, as I've just seen, but it needs to be sorted out soon because

this is a major part of Lymd Regis. Get it sorted, get amended. West

Dorset District Council says it has already carried out some minor

repairs, but it is consulting English heritage over furthdr works

because the structure is gr`de one listed. Engineers believe it could

cost ?100,000, but a warning that the bill could rise significantly if

underlying structural damagd is found. The authority is alrdady

turning to the government for cash through its emergency funding theme.

`` funding scheme. We are insured `` assured by an MP who has had

meetings and had meetings whth various bodies, and we are

confident. With the Easter various bodies, and we are

confident. With the holidays just around the corner, the delax is

causing concerns about the impression the damages giving people

visiting the area. This is the fifth time I have been done here this

year. It is rumpled at the loment. It seems the walkways could stay

that way for some time to come, as no`one is committing to how long it

will take to repair the iconic landmark.

The Fisheries Minister George Eustice says he'll look into the

concerns of fishermen who are angry about silt from Plymouth's naval

dockyard being dumped in Whhtsand Bay. The MoD says dredging hs

essential to keep channels hn the dockyard clear for their shhps. The

area's MP Sheryll Murray told the minster that local people w`nted the

dredging company to find a site much further out to sea. The fishermen in

my constituency have been affected by the storms and are also `ffected

by the dumping at the day. Ly honourable friend inform me of the

costs of carrying out the strvey and an alternative more suitabld site

recently identified and join me in a discussion with the dredging

company? I can tell her that I've have asked for an assessment of the

cost of doing that, designating a new site, and IMs advised it would

be a round ?130,000. I'm gohng to meet with the Chief Executive of the

dredging company to see if we can identify a way forward. A sdcret

underground bunker in Cornw`ll has just been sold at auction for more

than three times its guide price. The Cold War facility is totally

storm proof and came with its own ventilation system, and concrete

doors. It sold for ?140,000. A rather unusual store has opened

for a short time in Exeter's city centre. They are not selling

anything but instead people are invited inside to record ond of

their happy memories of the city. The information collected is then

used as part of a special theatrical musical performance. Johnny

Rutherford has visited the lemory shop. Memory number 3360. On this

bridge, I've first kissed the best girl ever. Number 3336, my son began

to write his bike without stabilizers. 3306, the birth of our

first child. Each of these rods represents a recorded Emory. It is

an art budget which asks people to share one of their happy melories of

Exeter. The memory gets logged online with a marker. This hs an

exciting project. I am pleased to share my memory, I've visitdd a

friend and in his garden thdre was a pink rosebud, and died took the rows

away, `` and Ike took the rows away and we became partners eventually.

They liked up and are beauthful at night. We have 3000 memories from

all up and down the country, and at the end of the month, we take the

stories and turn them into ` performance. In the show, they mixed

memories with music, dance `nd audience the dissipation. V`rious

organisations fund the projdct, which is in Exeter until thd end of

the month. When you come in here, it is hard not to be a vet `` leave a

memory. My brother met me hdre to meet my newborn son for the first

time, just here over at the museum. Hundreds of stories have bedn logged

in the city, that there are limited tickets for the big evening

performances being staged at the Met Office.

You would perhaps assume th`t young teenagers who were allowed to wear

polo shirts and jumpers to school would reject the idea of having to

turn up in blazers. But at one academy in North Devon

the suggestion's received qtite a lot of support. The news coles from

the pupils themselves as chhldren across the South West broadcast

stories which matter to thel as part of the BBC's School Report Day.

Spotlight's Simon Clemison has been to Braunton Academy as studdnts

discover what it takes to bd a TV reporter.

Every year, the BBC gives young people the chance to develop a

guild, and they are arty helping with this report. Say hello to

Bradley on the second channdl. Hello. I will be giving thel a

helping hand, but right now, it is over to Sophie and Josh. Welcome.

Welcome to our School Report newsroom. We are going to

investigate an issue close to our hearts and our arms and our legs in

our feet. In September, a ndw headmaster is due to take over. It

is rumored he wants to repl`ce our school jumpers with something a bit

more formal. The government has said it wants to see a return to the

traditional blazer and school tie uniform. A recent survey suggests

that almost half of 11`14 `xear`olds but school uniforms are stupid.

Strangely enough, we think there will be a lot of support within the

school to overturn `` to return to the blazer. So we decided to carry

out a straw poll. I think schools that have blazers look a lot more

professional. We look the s`me as the primary school kids. How is the

survey going? So far, one third have said for two thirds have sahd they

do not want it. That is still a lot of support. When we were in school,

we wanted to break out of otr blazers and ties and wear what you

are wearing, but you do not want to read this? No, most second the

schools that reference secondary schools around here where blazers.

It influences the learning environment. We could ask the head

teacher and think see what he thinks. There is something hn the

psychology of wearing a blazer that, perhaps it makes people feel

that they will step up to the plate more. It might have an infltence on

behaviour, although there is no research supporting that, btt there

is a general consensus that the school wants a change. I thhnk

consulting the students and parents is key, and also consulting the

staff. Together, they may gdt a consensus that says, yes, ldt's go

for blazers. The new head tdacher says that he will listen to what the

peoples want. However, he lhkes the idea of a smart uniform. My most

recent school, we changed in September over the blazers. The

students are more proud of their school. They are naturally feeling

more appropriate league dressed for school. It is more businesslike The

School Report team suspects blazers might be gaining popularity among

peoples because of changing fashions on the high street. His

investigation has produced no clear answer as to whether great or

discipline will improve. `` this investigation. BBC school rdports,

North Devon. We should never have encouraged them! Never. It hs always

dangerous, isn't it? Some great work from the news reporters of the

future there, but how about presenting the weather? Davhd,

you've had a bit of help today. Yes. That evening. No news progr`mme

would be complete without some weather in it, and yesterdax,

peoples from a co`operative Academy came in to see us to have a little

go. Here is how they got on. I'm going to run through thd basic

setup of how a weather studho works. Then I'm going to get you gtys to

have a little go. But you c`n see the hind me is a green scredn. That

is a way of projecting imagds onto the screen using something called a

mixer. You can see the imagd of the graphics, plus your teacher. He is

standing in front of a green screen, but when you look at it in

here, you will see the imagd there, it has something else in it. There

is a little earpiece that fhts in your ear so people can talk to you

while you are trying to talk, which is very hard. Have you been studying

whether at school? We just learned about what happened with thd floods.

Yes we did a video. We put powder on her face to make us less shhny, not

to make us look any and `` `ny less old. This controls my car! @gain

expect you to copy everything I have done, but what I would like you to

do is have a little go, and be able to point to things. We will have a

little practice with that and have a little practice. We just want to see

how you get on. It afternoon. Today I am going to report on the weather

for tonight and tomorrow. As you can see, it will be early showers, some

sunshine for another two daxs. Low temperatures here. As we can see on

Wednesday, it is going to bd pretty rainy, so don't forget your coats,

guys! There will be OK whether implement and Exeter. On Saturday

and Sunday, it is going to be 1 in the wind is going to be bad.

Goodbye. Bye. I did not havd time to say all of it so I'd just s`id

goodbye. A lot of fun yesterday Thank you very much for comhng

along. Made my day. Let's h`ve a look at the forecast for thd next 24

hours, because it is still pretty chilly. We have had temperatures

higher `` note higher than... There are still Pandia showers around and

they are still potentially giving some sleet or snow over the highest

parts of the Moors. `` plenty of showers. The wind will conthnue

tonight, but as we move into the weekend, there will be faintly less

wind. Showers will continue tonight and tomorrow. As we move into the

weekend, most of these weather fronts will move back out into the

Atlantic. We draw in much ldss cold air. That comes up from France, from

Spain, lifting the temperattres We could see 15 or 16 on Sundax. That

is different than what we h`ve seen today. There is the shower `ctivity

we have seen in the last hotr. Showers will continue overnhght but

for a wild, a lot of us, drx and clear, which means it will turn cold

tonight. Quite a few places will see temperatures as low as two or three

degrees. More showers developing by dawn tomorrow morning, and ` bit of

white stuff again, that is the snow falling over the highest parts of

Dartmoor. Here, temperatures are reasonably close to freezing

overnight tonight. For tomorrow we are expecting to see many showers

throughout the day. There whll be some sunshine, but not really define

whether we have seen today. Generally a lot more cloud `round

him in the showers do not e`se off, they keep coming right until the end

of the day. A risk `` brisk breeze will make it feel cold, so dven

though temperatures might look higher than they have been, nine,

maybe ten to read, with the wind`chill it will be a cold feeling

day. Breezy with 20 of showdrs around, briefly some sunshine, and

some of the showers will be heavy at times. Onto the times of high

water. As for the surfing conditions, there

is not much, and it is a little bit choppy for those that have served.

`` that have served. The cldanest surf is on the north coast. The

coastal waters forecast, winds are from the south or South East. Plenty

of showers around with moderate or good visibility. That is all from

me. Have a good evening. Back to you. It is not bad, is it?

Brilliant. Fantastic. What happened to the Outlook? The Outlook, that is

being provided by Tina and she has come from the quad for the @cademy.

Have a good evening. Good evening. I will be doing you the out what ``

bringing you the Outlook. On Friday, it will be 10 degrees, a cotple of

showers with some easterly wind throughout the weekend, going into

Saturday and Sunday, 13 degrees a lot harder, but a bit cloudher.

Going into Monday, 12 degreds and a couple more showers. That is all

from me. Good evening. They did a great job, all of them. Really well.

You can see photographs of their time here at the BBC Plymouth

website or on our Facebook page That is it from us. If they have not

taken our jobs, we will be back again at 6:30am tomorrow. H`ve a

good evening. Goodbye.