:00:15. > :00:21.Accused of a five`year stalking campaign ending in a stabbing at
:00:22. > :00:25.this Exeter Cemetery. Joe Whllis denied attempted murder but admitted
:00:26. > :00:30.grievous bodily harm. We will hear from the trial.
:00:31. > :00:34.Some set charity for injured serviceman is wound down. An enquiry
:00:35. > :00:39.has been held into Afghan hdroes after concerns on how it was being
:00:40. > :00:43.run. The elderly patient who claims he had to dial nine and nind from
:00:44. > :00:47.his hospital bed to get staff to help him. And the first of three
:00:48. > :00:53.controversial incinerators hn the region gets ready to start burning.
:00:54. > :00:57.A five year campaign of stalking culminated in the attempted murder
:00:58. > :01:00.of a woman on the streets of a Devon city, a jury has heard. Joe Willis
:01:01. > :01:03.today admitted grievous bodhly harm by stabbing Helen Pearson in Exeter
:01:04. > :01:07.last year, but denied trying to murder her. Our Home Affairs
:01:08. > :01:13.Correspondent, Simon Hall rdports from Exeter Crown court.
:01:14. > :01:20.Helen Pearson was stabbed in the attack in daylight outside Dxeter
:01:21. > :01:25.city centre. The prosecution say it was the commendation of a fhve`year
:01:26. > :01:30.campaign of stalking which hncluded attacks on her flat and car, abusive
:01:31. > :01:35.letters and a dead cat being left on her doorstep. Joe Willis, the
:01:36. > :01:39.prosecution say, was obsessdd with Helen and consumed with hostility
:01:40. > :01:43.because one night she refusdd to go with him to see a band. The court
:01:44. > :01:47.heard she was walking along the street when the attacker cale from
:01:48. > :01:54.behind and stabbed her. He dragged her into the cemetery. He h`d a pair
:01:55. > :01:59.of scissors with a long blade in his hand and a murderous look in his
:02:00. > :02:04.eyes. Helen screamed and a passing motorist heard and came to her aid,
:02:05. > :02:05.pushed the attacker away and it allowed Helen to escape. Thd jury
:02:06. > :02:21.was shown letters. The court heard Mr Willis dhalled
:02:22. > :02:26.999 and told the police, I think I may have injured somebody qtite
:02:27. > :02:31.badly today. He later told `n officer they might as well charge
:02:32. > :02:34.me, I am guilty, I did it. The case was interrupted when Joe Willis
:02:35. > :02:43.appeared to break down in tdars and cry, " I am sorry.". He as `dmitted
:02:44. > :02:48.grievous bodily de harm `` bodily harm but denies attempted mtrder.
:02:49. > :02:52.The Somerset based charity @fghan Heroes is being wound down. The
:02:53. > :02:55.Charity Commission started `n inquiry last year because of
:02:56. > :02:58.concerns about how it was bding run. The Commission appointed an interim
:02:59. > :03:01.manager and he has now written to volunteers to say that the charity
:03:02. > :03:11.is no longer a viable concern. Here's Clinton Rogers. It w`s a
:03:12. > :03:17.charity launched through grhef. Denise Harris set it up aftdr losing
:03:18. > :03:20.her son in Afghanistan. Fivd years on and already under investhgation
:03:21. > :03:25.by the Charity Commission, now it is close to collapse. Its volunteer
:03:26. > :03:33.supporters have been sent a letter saying:
:03:34. > :03:44.Tony Hall is one of those to receive a letter from the charity's interim
:03:45. > :03:51.manager. He raised ?20,000 for Afghan Heroes. Fund raising is my
:03:52. > :03:56.life. I was doing things th`t I never did as a teenager that I am
:03:57. > :04:00.doing now. As well as being is told to stop raising money, you were told
:04:01. > :04:06.if you had any merchant dies, get rid of it. Why? Because it hs not
:04:07. > :04:12.worth their while coming to collect it. It is worthless. Afghan Heroes
:04:13. > :04:16.is under investigation by the Charity Commission who say they have
:04:17. > :04:23.concerns about the loss of charity funds and unauthorised trustee
:04:24. > :04:29.benefits. One of the main ftnctions was to set up a retreat for homeless
:04:30. > :04:35.soldiers. Four are living at this home near Glastonbury. Efforts are
:04:36. > :04:38.now being made to find them new accommodation. The Charity
:04:39. > :04:43.Commission wouldn't comment today beyond repeating that they had
:04:44. > :04:48.serious concerns about Afgh`n Heroes and the way the trustees were
:04:49. > :04:53.operating. They are producing a report on what went wrong hdre,
:04:54. > :04:54.where exactly was the money spent. My understanding is that report will
:04:55. > :05:01.not be published for some thme. A drunk daughter from Plymotth who
:05:02. > :05:04.suffocated her sick mother with a pillow has been convicted of her
:05:05. > :05:07.murder. 49`year`old Angela Douglas, of Redhill Close, killed 73`year`old
:05:08. > :05:14.Anne Matthews last April, s`ying she wanted to end her pain. Plylouth
:05:15. > :05:17.Crown Court heard Douglas h`d drunk two and a half bottles of whne
:05:18. > :05:23.before she went upstairs to smother her mum who had emphysema.
:05:24. > :05:26.Meanwhile in Cornwall detectives are investigating a murder in C`mborne.
:05:27. > :05:31.The body of 63`year`old Terry Oldham was found at a property in the town
:05:32. > :05:41.on Tuesday. Three men and a woman have been arrested and are being
:05:42. > :05:46.held in custody. A major search for a missing
:05:47. > :05:51.fisherman has been steps down. A small boat was washed up on the
:05:52. > :05:59.shore near Seatown. Local coastguard rescue teams have been searching
:06:00. > :06:02.parts of the Devon coastlind. One of three controversial inciner`tors
:06:03. > :06:08.being built to deliveries of rubbish for burning today. The Energy from
:06:09. > :06:11.Waste plant in Exeter will be switched on later this week ahead of
:06:12. > :06:14.full scale operations starthng in July. Similar plants at Devonport
:06:15. > :06:19.and St Dennis in Cornwall are in the pipeline. Spotlight's Hamish
:06:20. > :06:25.Marshall reports. After eight years of planning and a price tag of 45
:06:26. > :06:30.million, this incinerator or officially waste room energx plant
:06:31. > :06:36.is ready for business. The first rubbish arrived today. 40 truckloads
:06:37. > :06:41.a day will come here. Previously the waste would have gone to landfill.
:06:42. > :06:47.There is a lorry coming in dropping off its waste into the pit `nd it is
:06:48. > :06:51.taken into the kiln where it is burnt to create energy. It will
:06:52. > :06:55.produce electricity which whll go into the National Grid and hn the
:06:56. > :07:00.long run, we are hoping it would be used to create heat for district
:07:01. > :07:06.housing. It is claimed it would be enough for 500 houses. Experts have
:07:07. > :07:10.been monitoring the air quality before the plant opens to sde what
:07:11. > :07:14.difference the burning makes. The Environment Agency says it will
:07:15. > :07:19.check what is being put into the atmosphere by the plant. Opponents
:07:20. > :07:25.say microscopic particles in the air can cause cancer and heart disease.
:07:26. > :07:30.You can see it poking up and it will be blowing the smoke in our
:07:31. > :07:38.direction on the south`westdrly wind most of the time. It won't be good.
:07:39. > :07:44.Even if the toxins go out in two liquid and solid waste, that is
:07:45. > :07:50.bound to be toxins in the sloke The operators say the site will be safe
:07:51. > :07:55.but will plants like this encourage us to stop recycling? Devon county
:07:56. > :08:02.council hopes not. It must tp its recycling from 55% to 65%. @fter
:08:03. > :08:09.this testing phase, the plant starts operating at full capacity from
:08:10. > :08:14.July. Work on similar plans at Devonport and Saint`Denis in
:08:15. > :08:19.Cornwall is continuing. This plant with its high stack has changed the
:08:20. > :08:22.skyline of Exeter. It is a large facility and with that welcome
:08:23. > :08:26.scrutiny. Once it opens in July many will be keen to ensure the
:08:27. > :08:35.emissions coming out of herd are safe.
:08:36. > :08:42.Denver are mental campaigners say a coral is at risk of being
:08:43. > :08:44.overwhelmed by silt dredged from Devonport dockyard. They ard calling
:08:45. > :08:57.on the Marine Management Organisation to protect the coral.
:08:58. > :09:05.These are a nationally scarce species. Their presence was an
:09:06. > :09:13.important factor in closing off a large area of the sea from dredging
:09:14. > :09:18.and other damaging operations. They also found in Whitsand Bay hn
:09:19. > :09:21.south`east Cornwall, includhng the recently designated marine
:09:22. > :09:27.conservation zone. 1 million tonnes of salt has been deposited from
:09:28. > :09:30.Devonport dockyard in Whits`nd Bay since 1997. Campaigners havd
:09:31. > :09:38.objected to the practice. One of them has written to the milk `` has
:09:39. > :09:45.written to the Marine Managdment Organisation about his concdrns In
:09:46. > :09:52.2006, they used a precautionary principle to protect other species
:09:53. > :09:56.and this one which was the right thing to do. I am upset abott the
:09:57. > :10:03.fact that they are not using the same principle in our bay hdre.
:10:04. > :10:06.Keith Hiscock is a marine bhologist who has dived the area wherd silt
:10:07. > :10:17.has been deposited from the dockyard. He took these photographs
:10:18. > :10:23.in 2007 which so `` which show them surrounded by silt deposits. It
:10:24. > :10:29.looks like the bottom of thd Taymor now. It looks quite healthy. It has
:10:30. > :10:38.a dogfish attached to it. It is not suffering too much. I think parts of
:10:39. > :10:43.the reef will be completely submerged now. The Marine M`nagement
:10:44. > :10:48.Organisation has carried out organisations `` studies and says it
:10:49. > :10:51.has considered the effects hn the Marine conservation zone and says it
:10:52. > :10:58.will monitor what happens and take action if it sees evidence of the
:10:59. > :11:15.silt having significant effdct. For now, it is not considering further
:11:16. > :11:17.investigations. Young peopld are being allowed to spray graffiti
:11:18. > :11:21.around towns in West Dorset without fear of being arrested. The local
:11:22. > :11:24.council has helped them show what they can do on walkways and
:11:25. > :11:27.underpasses. Not everyone lhkes the final result but the scheme's had
:11:28. > :11:34.plenty of support. Simon Cldmison has been finding out about the
:11:35. > :11:39.changing face of public art. Statues are not out of place in west Dorset.
:11:40. > :11:49.In the realm of public art, there is a new kid on the block. Welcome to
:11:50. > :11:54.Sherborne and Dorchester and Bridport. Away from the birds
:11:55. > :12:02.singing, the sound of paintdrs spring. Legally and encouraged.
:12:03. > :12:09.Graffiti has been around forever. This is interesting because it is
:12:10. > :12:15.endorsed, it is legal and b`cked by council members. These aren't the
:12:16. > :12:25.first rural towns to look more urban and street artists think thdir work
:12:26. > :12:32.would want to be where you would least expect. I would like to see
:12:33. > :12:38.street art in this part of Dorset. I am an artist and a visually led
:12:39. > :12:44.world is a good thing. It mhght seem incongruous but it is nice to see it
:12:45. > :12:49.and everyone should see it. A new gallery on the street. The `ltered
:12:50. > :12:54.the `` the ultimate dream of a movement and appealing to a wider
:12:55. > :13:01.audience. It is still in alleyways and underpasses. The artists believe
:13:02. > :13:08.there is a limit. You have this Jurassic Coast and these be`utiful
:13:09. > :13:23.towns and lots of heritage `round. Putting a FET `` graffiti phece on
:13:24. > :13:29.Portland stone is wrong. Covering the concrete is not right for some.
:13:30. > :13:33.Opinions are as divided as dver I have been here for 30 years and we
:13:34. > :13:39.have never had anything likd this before and I don't think a lot of
:13:40. > :13:46.the children take any noticd of it. It is a lot of rubbish. It shows
:13:47. > :13:52.what young people can do. I think there should be more. The social
:13:53. > :13:58.good it may deliver is not `lways clear as the paint on the w`lls
:13:59. > :14:03.Having the time to complete the job without running off for fear of
:14:04. > :14:09.being caught is about more `bout producing a result. People stop by
:14:10. > :14:14.and ask them what they are doing. They are beginning to make friends.
:14:15. > :14:26.The younger guys and the artists are talking to the elderly residents. It
:14:27. > :14:34.is a bold move. Success will find out if you think this is thd good,
:14:35. > :14:43.the bad or the ugly. Coming up, why some forms of graffiti are being
:14:44. > :14:48.given the go`ahead. Plus thd storm hit community doing their bht to win
:14:49. > :14:51.back the tourists. River levels are rising agahn after
:14:52. > :14:59.a weekend of heavy rain. Find out what the weather is doing for the
:15:00. > :15:03.next few days. An elderly c`ncer patient claims he was forced to dial
:15:04. > :15:09.999 after staff ignored his calls for help. Peter Tizzard was at
:15:10. > :15:12.Dorset County Council when he made the call and said he experidnced
:15:13. > :15:20.severe pain and hand receivdd assistance in the ward. The hospital
:15:21. > :15:27.says the ward was fully staffed and his action was not necessarx. The
:15:28. > :15:31.second week of the inquest hnto the fatal crash on the M5 has bden
:15:32. > :15:35.hearing from a weather expert. Seven people died and 51 were injtred in
:15:36. > :15:38.the crash in November 2011. This afternoon the inquest heard from an
:15:39. > :15:41.expert from the Met Office who looked into weather conditions on
:15:42. > :15:45.the night of the accident. Now it's happened to many of us you
:15:46. > :15:49.come back from a holiday and discover a huge mobile phond bill
:15:50. > :15:53.because of data roaming. But spare a thought for those living along the
:15:54. > :15:56.Purbeck coast in Dorset. Sole have found their phones switching to a
:15:57. > :15:59.network in France! It's bec`use their own networks aren't strong
:16:00. > :16:05.enough. Ofcom says refunds `ren t always given.
:16:06. > :16:12.When you are at home, it is locked onto your network. When you are
:16:13. > :16:19.away, it could be grabbing the strongest signal. Your home network
:16:20. > :16:25.may be available. By locking your phone onto your home network, you
:16:26. > :16:32.will avoid roaming charges. Public swimming pools in a town are
:16:33. > :16:36.facing an uncertain future. They say they cannot subsidise the pools in
:16:37. > :16:42.Tavistock without cutting front line services `` services.
:16:43. > :16:47.Sue has been swimming here six days a week for the past eight ydars She
:16:48. > :16:55.could soon be faced with having to find an alternative. The loss would
:16:56. > :17:03.be substantial. It has been a place of refuge, a place of mental
:17:04. > :17:08.relaxation, a place where I hope I keep fit and keep up with mx regular
:17:09. > :17:12.exercise. This pool will soon be full of children but even at its
:17:13. > :17:17.busiest times, the council says it is still making a loss and can't
:17:18. > :17:23.afford to subsidise it at its current level past 2016. Thhs pool
:17:24. > :17:28.in Okehampton has a larger turnover as it has a gym but its futtre is
:17:29. > :17:34.also uncertain. West Devon Borough Council spends ?150,000 a ydar
:17:35. > :17:39.subsidising both pools. That amounts to 4% of council tax payers money.
:17:40. > :17:45.Over the next ten years, thd local authority estimates it will cost
:17:46. > :17:49.over ?1 million to maintain facilities. One option would be to
:17:50. > :17:52.close the pool. That is not something the council wants to do.
:17:53. > :17:58.It clearly wants to keep thd public facility available and that would be
:17:59. > :18:02.an absolute last resort which is why we are looking at all of thd options
:18:03. > :18:08.to provide a public swimming facility. What are the options? One
:18:09. > :18:12.is to make the Olympic legacy Paul accessible to the public if the
:18:13. > :18:16.school is successful in raising the funding to bring it here. Sdcond is
:18:17. > :18:24.a community takeover, third, to renew the current contract `nd the
:18:25. > :18:30.fourth is closure. This offdr these parents, is not an option. Ly little
:18:31. > :18:35.boy has started to swim and is getting really confident. If they
:18:36. > :18:40.take it away, we will have to go to Plymouth. I have been coming here
:18:41. > :18:44.since I was five and I am now 2 . If it was too close, I would h`ve
:18:45. > :18:50.nowhere to do swimming lessons. I walk here. A public consult`tion
:18:51. > :18:55.will begin in the next two lonths before a decision is made l`te in
:18:56. > :18:59.the year. Time for the sport now and Dave s
:19:00. > :19:05.here with heartbreak for Sotth West rugby.
:19:06. > :19:08.Both the region's Championship clubs have been eliminated from the
:19:09. > :19:11.quarterfinals of the British and Irish Cup. Plymouth Albion were well
:19:12. > :19:14.beaten 41`21 at Leeds and the Cornish Pirates have exited the
:19:15. > :19:16.competition, going down to Pontypridd in Penzance. BBC Radio
:19:17. > :19:29.Cornwall's Dick Straughan t`kes up the story on a 16`14 defeat.
:19:30. > :19:33.Driving on. A try to the Cornish Pirates. They score with 40 minutes
:19:34. > :19:48.played. Wrestling their way to two letres
:19:49. > :19:55.short of the line. It is another try.
:19:56. > :20:10.A seagull swoops low. Strikds it through the upright.
:20:11. > :20:18.A little disappointed. We ptt all our eggs in one basket. It hs
:20:19. > :20:23.disappointing. The best teal won on the day. Big boys are prettx
:20:24. > :20:28.distressed. We have three g`mes left to go. We have to show heart and
:20:29. > :20:41.commitment. That was our ch`nce for another game. It was not to be.
:20:42. > :20:47.All three Devon clubs went down without scoring. Plymouth Argyle's
:20:48. > :20:50.play`off chances are fading fast after a one goal reverse at Burton
:20:51. > :20:53.Albion. It's their third match without a win and they're now five
:20:54. > :20:57.points behind the play`off group. Argyle do have a game in hand which
:20:58. > :21:00.is tomorrow night at Newport County. Exeter City have slipped into
:21:01. > :21:04.relegation trouble again. Their second loss in a row came at Bury by
:21:05. > :21:08.two goals to nil to leave them just four points off the exit door into
:21:09. > :21:11.the Conference ` a league Torquay United are staring in the f`ce.
:21:12. > :21:14.They're ten points from survival with only five games left to play
:21:15. > :21:17.after going down to a Scunthorpe United penalty at Plainmoor. They
:21:18. > :21:20.had the opportunity to equalise from the spot themselves, but Dale Tonge
:21:21. > :21:32.squandered the chance to le`ve them almost down and out.
:21:33. > :21:35.Finally, it's the start of the Commonwealth Games swimming trials
:21:36. > :21:38.this week and tomorrow night here on Spotlight, we'll have a special
:21:39. > :21:41.report on the England head coach and Plymouth College director of
:21:42. > :21:44.swimming Jon Rudd. We'll look at how Rudd looks after his intern`tional
:21:45. > :21:48.swimmers at the crack of dawn at the Plymouth Life Centre, also cosseting
:21:49. > :21:51.his Olympic and World champhon Ruta Meilutyte.
:21:52. > :22:00.That's this time tomorrow hdre on BBC One.
:22:01. > :22:05.It's eight weeks since Porthleven harbour in Cornwall was inundated by
:22:06. > :22:08.the storm waves. Boats were damaged as the sea crashed through the huge
:22:09. > :22:10.wooden gate which normally protects the moorings.
:22:11. > :22:13.Traders in the village are keen to make sure visitors know thex are
:22:14. > :22:17.open for business, so they've made their own video to prove it.
:22:18. > :22:18.Spotlights David George has been watching it and meeting the people
:22:19. > :22:34.who took part. This will bring a smile to xour
:22:35. > :22:43.face. It has had 1200 views on the Internet. Welcome to Porthldven I
:22:44. > :22:49.have lived here for 30 years but have not seen the sea as aggressive
:22:50. > :22:58.as it was over those few daxs. We all worked together. We all cleaned
:22:59. > :23:15.up and spruced ourselves down. We bring you this message to come down.
:23:16. > :23:27.Did he fall over? No, he didn't Pasty shops are open for business.
:23:28. > :23:35.This is the community spirit. It has pulled the community togethdr.
:23:36. > :23:42.Everyone has engaged and it was a really fun day. There is thd beach.
:23:43. > :23:51.Here is the harbour. Enjoyed by adults and kids. We have had such a
:23:52. > :23:57.hard winter and it is been so hard for Porthleven. It is open for
:23:58. > :24:14.business and back trading again We are waiting for you. We are open for
:24:15. > :24:24.business. We are open for btsiness. And don't it feel good? All right
:24:25. > :24:34.now. Who is this lunatic in a lobster suit? We did share ht so
:24:35. > :24:42.there are a few lunatics. It has Porthleven written all the way
:24:43. > :24:47.through it. Who knew they were such good fun.
:24:48. > :24:56.Well done. It is time for the weather now.
:24:57. > :25:03.If you saw more than 100 yards because of that low cloud, there is
:25:04. > :25:14.some good news because it is much drier. There will be some stnshine.
:25:15. > :25:26.Perhaps feeling pressure. It is much clearer now. It is a fresher feel.
:25:27. > :25:32.It will be a cold night to night. We have an area of low pressurd which
:25:33. > :25:36.is a long way off at the molent It gets closer as we get to thd middle
:25:37. > :25:45.of the day. On Wednesday, it is across southern Britain. We may have
:25:46. > :25:50.more in the way of sunshine. Looking at the detail, you can see the line
:25:51. > :25:54.of cloud that formed earlier this afternoon. That is still yet to
:25:55. > :26:02.clear. It is moving pretty fast and over the next hour, it will be gone.
:26:03. > :26:08.We have lengthy clear spells and the odd light shower. They are fleeting
:26:09. > :26:15.and it becomes dry. It is still quite breezy but very good
:26:16. > :26:18.visibility. Overnight temperatures down to six Celsius. It is ` cold
:26:19. > :26:27.night compared to the last few nights. Expect a few showers in the
:26:28. > :26:31.morning. We have some lengthy spells of sunshine towards the end of the
:26:32. > :26:42.day, particularly across eastern parts of Devon. We get tempdratures
:26:43. > :26:48.up to 13 Celsius. It is still quite cold in the wind so you will need to
:26:49. > :26:55.wrap up warm. For the Isles of Scilly, a much better day.
:26:56. > :27:29.A dry week ahead. Late in the week, a lot more cloud around but it is
:27:30. > :27:41.still dry. Have a good evenhng. That is worth hearing. That is it
:27:42. > :27:43.from us for tonight. We will be back tomorrow. From all of us here, good