08/06/2014 Spotlight

The scar attraction ` Ken Fox shows me the cuts and bruises he suffered

Ceremonies have been taking place across the South West today to

remember the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

Hundreds of boats joined a flotilla in Torbay today and Normandx

From dry land, the veterans were thanked as well`wishers lindd the

key. And out on the water, the boats of Torbay came out to honour them.

The veterans took the salutd but the sheer numbers of Kraft and of the

tiller surprised everyone. Ht is absolutely brilliant. I nevdr

expected anything like this. To be taking place. For the veter`ns,

today was a fitting tribute to the largest seaborne force in hhstory.

Today was a reminder that wd had to get across the sea and it w`sn't

easy. Today is the sort of weather we had at the end of the dax 70

years ago. It is a real grand day. The veterans themselves say this is

a day that they will remembdr. The Devonport based warship

HMS Montrose has been sent to join The frigate will take part

in the largest multi`nation`l naval Defence secretary, Philip H`mmond,

said the Alliance countries are right to show their commitmdnt to

defend each other at a time when Russia's involvement in Ukraine

is causing international concern. A motorcycle stuntman who c`me

off his bike on the Wall of Death at the Royal Cornwall Show has been

talking about the accident. Ken Fox, crashed during a lhve

show and was knocked unconscious. He was airlifted to hospital,

but escaped serious injury. Today he's been telling Scott

Bingham how the accident happened. The scar attraction ` Ken Fox shows

me the cuts and bruises he suffered He was riding

his historic 1920 Indian Scout, when he came off and plummeted to

the floor of the attraction. I stood on the side of the lachine

with the fit weight. The fit weight snapped off then I lost control of

the machine. I kissed the floor very quickly.

Some people had questioned why he wasn't wearing a crash helmdt.

We are calling around 3Gs. Hf you had that helmet on all day, your

neck would be injured. He apologised for any upset caused

to spectators and said he'll be back on his bike at Dingle's Ste`m Fair

next weekend. I will be back on the wall

practising on Wednesday. Sport now and two young divdrs

from Plymouth have won gold at the This afternoon 14 year old

Matthew Dixon followed in Tom Daley's footsteps to take

the men's 10 metre platform title. His team`mate Victoria Vincdnt

who's just 13 ` and seen here with coach Andy Banks ` took the

women's title in the same event She scored a personal best to

take her first senior title. I really did not expect it. I was

aiming to get to the final. Coming first is the icing on the c`ke. I

would like to go to the World Series and hopefully make it to thd

Olympics. I would really like to do that.

A teenager from Devon had the honour of carrying the

Queen's baton relay torch to Number 10 Downing Street.

16`year`old Molly Pattison from Tiverton was chosen

for the role by the Prime Mhnister ` in recognition of her contrhbution

Despite serious illness, she fundraised to set up

and support a BMX team so that young people in her area would sthll be

able to enjoy the sport when it was threatened with closure.

Members of the team then johned Molly, David Cameron and others for

The Prime Minister said Molly was a "true sporting hero".

Brilliant. Absolutely amazing. The atmosphere has been brilliant.

Probably the best experiencd ever. Time to look at the weather now

I think the bulk of showers will have cleared by the morning. For

Monday it is looking and other mainly dry and bright morning. In

the afternoon we could see some showers again and they could be on

the heavy side. It is a warl day, temperatures are around 18 or 1

degrees with light winds. Into Tuesday, another day with stnshine

and showers. Maybe some of them heavier. For Wednesday, it will be

cloudier but mainly dry. Th`t is all from the weekend team. Our next

update is our breakfast tomorrow. Goodbye.

Good evening. It was quite warm today and humid. There was sunshine

and also thundery showers. Low pressure anchored to the south and

west of the UK. Winds go anticlockwise. We are dragging in

some very warm and humid air. We are dragging in some thundery showers.

They will drift north, through the southern counties into Wales and

getting into the north of England by dawn. It will be a warm night in the

south. Just a few degrees behind that the north will start on a

decent note. The thundery showers will work through northern England

and into Scotland come the afternoon, with some heavy showers

breaking out elsewhere. We could see thunder in the west of Scotland

through the afternoon. The eastern bit of Scotland is that bit quieter.

A scattering of