:00:00. > :00:11.Good evening. A former mayor of That is it from
:00:12. > :00:14.Good evening. A former mayor of Ashburton has been treated in
:00:15. > :00:17.hospital after he was punched and knocked to the ground during a
:00:18. > :00:20.football match he was refereeing. Donald Distin, who's the Master
:00:21. > :00:22.Bailiff of the town council, says he's been left shocked and bruised
:00:23. > :00:29.after the incident at Ashburton Football Club yesterday afternoon.
:00:30. > :00:32.Johnny Rutherford reports. He was just doing his job, but
:00:33. > :00:36.referee Donald Distin has been left battered and bruised by an attack
:00:37. > :00:39.that landed him in hospital. He didn't want to talk publicly about
:00:40. > :00:42.the incident, which happened during yesterday's match between Ashburton
:00:43. > :00:49.and Torre FC, but others saw what happened. The referee called the
:00:50. > :00:55.player over to give him a yellow card. He was just giving the referee
:00:56. > :00:58.a load of abuse. As he went to give him a second yellow, the player just
:00:59. > :01:02.turned around and punched the referee so hard it knocked him off
:01:03. > :01:08.the ground to the floor and his nose was bleeding, his cheeks swelled
:01:09. > :01:14.right up. I've never seen anything like that at all in amateur football
:01:15. > :01:17.and I think it's disgusting. The referee was taken to hospital and
:01:18. > :01:20.the game was abandoned. BBC Spotlight has been told the player
:01:21. > :01:23.concerned was involved in another incident in a match last Thursday,
:01:24. > :01:30.so yesterday he played under a false name. I feel disgusted. It's
:01:31. > :01:34.lowering the tone of the game, it's not sending out a good advertisement
:01:35. > :01:39.for football. There was children watching the game. Everybody was
:01:40. > :01:42.totally shocked. Torre FC didn't want to appear on camera but the
:01:43. > :01:46.chairman told me they strongly apologised for Saturday's incident.
:01:47. > :01:48.They said they don't condone the offending player's actions and he
:01:49. > :01:53.did not represent the players from the club. They have now withdrawn
:01:54. > :02:00.from the league and the club will fold.
:02:01. > :02:03.Firefighters have been out on strike again today. Members of the Fire
:02:04. > :02:08.Brigades Union walked out at 10am this morning until 3pm in an ongoing
:02:09. > :02:11.dispute over pensions. The government says the FBU has one of
:02:12. > :02:15.the most generous schemes in the public sector. Crews responded to a
:02:16. > :02:18.number of shouts during the three days of action.
:02:19. > :02:22.Sport now, and the Exeter Chiefs' hopes of making a play`off for the
:02:23. > :02:25.European Cup are over after they were beaten by the narrowest of
:02:26. > :02:29.margins at home to Harlequins in front of a sell`out crowd. The
:02:30. > :02:32.Chiefs led for most of the match with tries from Dave Lewis and Matt
:02:33. > :02:39.Jess, before Quins went over with just four minutes left in the game.
:02:40. > :02:44.The final score at Sandy Park ` Chiefs 29, Harlequins 30.
:02:45. > :02:48.Staying with rugby, and Jersey scored six tries on their way to a
:02:49. > :02:54.38`7 win over rivals Guernsey in the annual Siam Cup match. It's the
:02:55. > :02:57.sixth year in a row the Reds have won the cup. Nicky Griffiths, Ed
:02:58. > :03:02.Dawson, Mark Foster, Joe Buckle, Sam Lockwood and Tom Brown all crossed
:03:03. > :03:05.the line for Jersey. Long`serving prop Jon Brennan was captain, and
:03:06. > :03:10.among a number of local players in the starting line`up. There are five
:03:11. > :03:14.Jersey guys in the starting line`up and we all feel proud of the Siam
:03:15. > :03:17.Cup. Everyone else has been through their different communities and you
:03:18. > :03:20.could see they were playing for that. That was a real contest, that
:03:21. > :03:25.was as intense as anything we've had. Guernsey, you know with that
:03:26. > :03:28.difference, you don't see that when the game starts, everyone is flying
:03:29. > :03:31.out and you know you're in a contest.
:03:32. > :03:35.Falmouth have once again retained the World Pilot Gig Championship
:03:36. > :03:38.titles on the Isles of Scilly. The Cornish club has won both the men's
:03:39. > :03:43.and women's event four years in a row now. More than 2000 rowers took
:03:44. > :03:48.part, with the final races staged in blazing sunshine. Hannah Stacey was
:03:49. > :03:52.at the finish. Falmouth Men's A Crew have done it
:03:53. > :03:57.once again. Let's speak to them after they crossed the line.
:03:58. > :04:00.Falmouth Men. It's a tough race, I think it was the first time this
:04:01. > :04:04.weekend all the crews gave everything they've had, so it was
:04:05. > :04:08.the first time we had to work all the way down the track. But finally
:04:09. > :04:14.all the training has paid off and it's been worth it. How does it feel
:04:15. > :04:17.to have this welcome? As you near the quay you can hear the roar
:04:18. > :04:20.getting louder and louder, the support is fantastic, I think that's
:04:21. > :04:24.why Scilly is the best place to race gigs. Fantastic. To my right, all
:04:25. > :04:31.you can see is an army of rowers, their oars held high in salute. It
:04:32. > :04:41.brings to a close the 25th World Pilot Gig Championships.
:04:42. > :04:44.And finally, Members of the south`west's Filipino community were
:04:45. > :04:47.out in Plymouth to celebrate the festival of Flores de Mayo today.
:04:48. > :04:50.During the religious festival, which means Flowers of May, children and
:04:51. > :04:57.young women offer flowers to the Virgin Mary. The statue was blessed
:04:58. > :05:05.by the Bishop of Plymouth. The Santa Cruzan procession is traditionally
:05:06. > :05:07.the final part of the festival. Some lovely sunshine around today.
:05:08. > :05:12.Let's look at the weather. Some lovely sunshine around today.
:05:13. > :05:16.Let's look at the It's been a fine day for much of the region. We will
:05:17. > :05:20.keep the fine and dry weather overnight. A little cloud here and
:05:21. > :05:25.there but clear skies for many. Slightly more of a breeze during the
:05:26. > :05:29.night, it is looking generally frost free, perhaps parts of the
:05:30. > :05:34.countryside down to four degrees tomorrow morning. Some brightness
:05:35. > :05:37.initially tomorrow but we have increasing cloud through Monday
:05:38. > :05:43.which will bring outbreaks of rain in the afternoon, pushing west
:05:44. > :05:47.through the day, more of a breeze. It remains mild, highs of 15 degrees
:05:48. > :05:50.and the Channel Islands keep dry weather through the day, but from
:05:51. > :05:56.tomorrow onwards it turns more unsettled. Tuesday and Wednesday
:05:57. > :06:00.both days of sunshine and showers. That's all for now.
:06:01. > :06:09.I'll be back with the late news at 10:15pm.
:06:10. > :06:16.Good evening. Today we have had the sunniest skies in the South whereas
:06:17. > :06:21.in the north it has been quite cloudy. Tomorrow, we switch things
:06:22. > :06:26.around. In the east we will have warm, hazy sunshine. In the west we
:06:27. > :06:30.will have the biggest cloud. Tonight, there will be some rain
:06:31. > :06:34.across parts of Scotland. The rain easing across Northern Ireland. For
:06:35. > :06:37.many will be a dry night. For many across the south it will be cold.
:06:38. > :06:47.Maybe not quite as cold as last night. We should start with quite a
:06:48. > :06:51.bit of sunshine across central and eastern areas. The sunshine will
:06:52. > :06:55.turn quite hazy of the cloud spills in from the west. The wind is also
:06:56. > :07:02.starting to pick up and we will see rain. For Northern Ireland, the rain
:07:03. > :07:08.spreading across a good part of Western Scotland. It may start to
:07:09. > :07:10.brighten up later in the day. After a bright start across north-west