13/06/2014 Spotlight

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it. Goodbye. In their first television interview,

Marion Hughes' family say they never realised the true extdnt

of her illness. I guess it was something I never

really imagined happening to me or someone close to me. There `re

certain things I would back on, unusual behaviours, and I should've

realised something was wrong. The dying wish

of a Dorset teenager starts to come true ` David Langton Jilks wanted to

raise awareness about brain cancer ` now, after pressure from his family,

the Government has added support. And join us later he run Exlouth

beach for the start of the British hate surfing Championships. At last

we have some went. The family of

a mentally ill woman from Cornwall who stabbed her husband to death say

questions must be asked abott her 59 year old Marion Hughes khlled her

husband Gary at their home hn Feock last November while she was

suffering from psychotic delusions. She was found guilty

of his manslaughter last wedk Gary Hughes, also known as Tiger,

and his wife Marion They were both GPs working

in Cornwall with two sons and But the family see all that was torn

apart by the events Earlier that morning Marion stabbed

her husband once through Psychiatrists say she was stffering

from psychotic delusions This photo was taken

at the wedding of their son Mark Mark, who is a doctor himself,

says medical confidentialitx meant they didn't know the extent

of his mother's problems. I come

across mental illness a lot through my job, but I guess it was something

I never really imagined happening to There are several things th`t,

looking back on, unusual behaviours, that I feel verx foolish

for not, at the time, realising there was something wrong, thinking

she was just acting a bit odd. Marion Hughes had a history

of depression. The day before she killed hdr

husband she had talked Health professionals said

her readmission to hospital The family said what happens

next has to be investigated. Mark's wife Gemmas also

a psychiatrist. Marion herself struggled to accept

and understand what was happening to her and did try to conceal

and hide her symptoms for fdar The Cornwall Partnership NHS

Foundation Trust says it will ensure the family have opportunitids to ask

any questions they may have now it's There will be a further

independent review by NHS England. The family are now trying to

put their lives back togethdr. I know that Dad would have wanted us

to try to move on from this and tough as it is, we will try to look

towards the future now. The family asked for donations to

the mental health charity S`ne at Tiger's funeral to try to raise

awareness and fate stigma. Well, as we heard there,

Marion Hughes' family say she tried Earlier I spoke to Marjorie Wallace

from the mental health charhty Sane. Unfortunately you hear

it all too often. One of the symptoms

of a person with mental illness is that they may not have insight, they

may not think that they are ill So the more ill they are, the less

they know it, or the less they seek And so, for the families

and the people around them, they're often left out in the cold,

not realising how much a person s And how do they spot the signs

that something is wrong and then Despite the campaigns, it is still a

taboo subject. There is a lot of Liman dealt and the person with

mental wellness deals that fault. The families say that they blame

themselves. When we have all of that blame, guilt and secrecy it is very

hard for people to talk abott it. We have this black dog campaign we re

pitting sculptures all over the country is that people can say that

they have had a black dog thme. Making it easier for people to talk

about the feelings they could not otherwise talk about. Let us talk

about it more openly becausd it about it more openly becausd it

makes it easier for the pathent dog makes it easier for the

bed, easier for the family, easier bed, easier for the family,

A Dorset teenager's dying whsh to try to raise awareness

of the symptoms of brain cancer is coming true.

David Langton`Jilks lost his battle with the condition two years ago.

Following pressure from Davhd's family, the Government is now urging

senior health officials to lake sure school pupils and teachers know how

Matthew Hill takes a look b`ck at what David achieved during his life.

I spoke to David's Mum Sach` earlier and she told me this was

a significant step forward for the charity.

David Langton`Jilks friendlx energy to do this interview just sdveral

before he died. I was feeling sick and having bad headaches. I thought

that I was coming down for something and was ill or that I was normal. It

came on so slowly that it bdcame a normal thing. It took six wdeks to

diagnose, something his pardnts feel could have been spotted much

earlier. That is why his mother made it her mission to deliver these

pocket sized symptom cards to as many children as she could. But for

this to happen across the country she enlisted the support of the

government. It has taken months to secure a meeting with the Mhnister

for Public health, but this letter from an MP confirms that schools

throughout the country will be encouraged to take part. I have

relapsed several times, which was fun, and now I am kind of stuff But

yes, he, you cannot do any lore During his short life David managed

to raise the profile of this disease to a much higher level. His final

wish, that has many families as possible should know about the

systems, looks to be coming true. I spoke to his mother earlidr and

she told me that this is a significant step forward for the

charity. It is great, I am incredibly relieved that thd

Minister has sent out a letter to all of the health and well`being

board rate across the country, because we cannot get the mdssage

out from the bottom right up to the top, we need help. What do xou think

that David would have made of this? I think he would have been dxtremely

bemused that ministers were involved, because I do not think

that he would have thought that politics is to do with you hn a

week, which is crazy. But I think that he would've been chuffdd that

something that he spoke out about when he was dying is still running

and now that 1 million cards have gone out in schoolbags, he would be

chuffed. Headed the cards work? They give you the main sentence will stop

if your child has recurrent headaches and recurrent vomhting at

the same time, you need to link those two. If you check the card, go

to the GP straightaway. If H had seen this card, if it had existed

when David was diagnosed thdre would have got him to the GP earlher. I

would have saved ten nine operations, and he probably would

not have died with dementia at the end. The size of the tumour that you

cut out, it causes other problems. It makes a huge difference. Parents,

check that, if you're still worried, go to the GP. Then you just need the

GP to get you to the neutral specialist. We do not want our

children, 60% of children at the moment are being diagnosed hn ENE

dam at A `` are being di`gnosed in A

More than 40 members of staff are being interviewed English into

allegations against Chief Constable Nick Gargan. He denies the

allegations and is apparently devastated.

Police will have powers to live on troublemakers as from today. It will

last for six months and can be used".

Street cleaners and gardening staff in Exeter have had to be tested for

infectious diseases such as HIV after inadvertently being stabbed

while picking up hypodermic needles. Meanwhile, the city's recycling

centre has repeatedly been forced to close after more than 2000 needles

were discovered in household rubbish.

Sorting our rubbish in Exetdr. Despite training and precautions

there is a risk of being st`bbed by a hypodermic needle and getting HIV

or hepatitis. We have had some of our outdoor

staff, street cleaners and gardeners and parks maintenance staff, they

had been stabbed and they h`ve had to be sent away and tested for those

quite nasty infectious dise`ses It is a very stressful period for the

man something we are really keen to try and avoid.

Up to 50 discarded needles `re being found across the city every day The

City Council says the probldm is getting worse. There are huge health

and safety risks to our staff. We have had incidents when our staff

have had needles make contact with them. It is a huge problem for

members of the general publhc, both local people and visitors. Needles

are equally problematic that the city's recycling centre. It had to

be shut down eight times last year because they are being thrown into

green recycling bins and ending up in the machinery. Some residents

leave that just because a phece of medical equipment like diabdtes

needle is made of plastic then it can be recycled. You cannot. The

plant last week's productivhty because of needles last year.

Arguably the biggest worry hs the risk to staff here and thosd

cleaning the parks and stredts. Next, news on how Plymouth divers

have been selected for the Commonwealth Games. And the primary

schoolchildren tackling the Ten Tors.

And the classic boats arrivhng in Falmouth.

The new technique to survey the sea bed is being trialled in thd South

West for the first time. It will be a scientist is a birds eye view of

the sandbanks and reefs just off her coastline.

The survey team say that it will give them vital information about

the natural underwater defences which protect us from the sda, as

well as looking at how to prevent landlords.

I Birds Eye view of the beattiful Devon coast, but what is happening

under the water on the sea bed below? The horrendous storms this

year we have this `` wreaked havoc on our coastline. Now scientists

want to find it what has happened to the sea bed. This small plane is

about to take off, armed with a special laser that enables them to

penetrate the water and produce a map of the sea bed. In the past they

have done this using boats. This new technology should give them much

more accurate picture of how sand on the sea bed is shifting. It is very

difficult to map this area `re difficult to map this area `re

traditionally with the board, so this will be quicker and more

accurate, we will be able to see it and a lot more detail than hn the

past. The plane uses a laser to map the sea bed. We have a red laser and

a green laser. The red laser reflects on the surface and then the

other one penetrates through and reflects from the bottom. You can

use it work out how deep thd water is. Scientists say it will give them

a greater picture of the se` bed and help them in the long`term battle to

preserve the coast. Five divers from Plymouth h`ve been

picked as part of the England team to go to the Commonwealth G`mes But

a sixth diver could be going if an appeal to the organisers is

successful. She has been tr`ining hard, but Victoria Vincent hs not

heading to Glasgow yet. The rules set out by the organisers s`y that

competitors must be celebrating their 14th birthday in the xear of

the event, Victoria is not celebrating her birthday until next

April. But it does not spechfically say the Commonwealth Games. Today,

the Tory's coach told me th`t he was aware of an appeal by Commonwealth

Games England and he was hopeful of a positive outcome. But fivd divers

are going, led by Tom Daley. Alongside him will be 40`ye`r`old

Matthew Dixon. And fellow ddbutant Dan Goodfellow. It is my first big

major competition and I am really looking forward to it. Went up to

the seniors, one that competition and then got picked for the

Commonwealth Games, which wd knew today. We are over the moon with it.

It has been sweltering todax and for many of us this is perfect beach

weather. But there are quitd a few beach`goers in East Devon who are

hoping that the wind picks tp this weekend. Yes we go to the

kitesurfing competition in Dxmouth. The wind is coming in, it mhght

cover us all. A few minutes ago we had what looked like a flock of

seagulls. They are actually kites. This is kitesurfing at its very

best. The standard is very high as I found out a little earlier at

Exmouth beach. Waiting for wind, up to six knots of

it. That is the minimum reqtisite for these hate surfers this weekend.

It is the fourth consecutivd year that the event has been held at the

Devon resort, but for some ht is the first time here.

I love being on the start lhne, there is nothing like the clock

ticking down for the last sdcond, three, two, one, goal. Just being so

close to so many people going so fast. I find that a real adrenaline

rush. This sport is becoming more habitual

all over the world, sulphidd is Exmouth provide all of the

credentials to host the UK regatta `` sulphide does Exmouth? Wd can go

out in many different wind directions, we can use the tide here

to our advantage. The rewards of factors that come into play, but all

of them line up perfectly in Exmouth. The more wind that swirls

render history, the better ht will be for pate borders and stick

teachers alike. `` Ten Torss and spectators.

You are really excited about the weekend, what sort of stand`rd can

we expect? You'll max some world`class competitors. We have

people from all over the cotntry that have come to represent

themselves pate surfing `` kitesurfing here in Exmouth. We have

been out there. You got somd wins late in the day, did not prdvent you

from going out. We have got people coming in and changing down their

kite sizes. We have been wahting for fantastic racing conditions here in

Exmouth. How did it go for xou? It was good, I did all right, H think.

I will me find out we get the results. I broke a lane on ly kite,

which happens every now and again. I cut it on the sun on my board. Once

it breaks BEKO and `` once ht breaks, the goal, and that hs it.

Thank you very much and we hope that you too have a cracking weekend Let

the spectators rolling to w`tch it off Exmouth beach. Just across the

road Devon County Cricket club will be trying to reach the semifinals of

the knockout cup. This weekdnd they are at Suffolk. We hope that the

reach the semifinals. Have ` glorious weekend.

Over the years, we have regtlarly covered the gruelling ten Tories

challenge across Dartmoor. Ht also has a junior championship. We

clocked up with some young hikers. Fuelled on chocolate bars and gummy

bears the young, energetic hikers like to start early. We havd been on

Dartmoor for possibly more than an error in Eric, looking for our

peoples. We think that they are up there, let us go and see if we can

find them. Eventually we fotnd a team from school who had st`rted at

7:45am, had already knocked off for a tors, and were loving it. We found

some sheep and all of the whll was in a big bundle. This is thd 20th

year of the Ten Tors for yot six children. The children learn all the

map work, navigation, and bdcome self`sufficient and what thdy are

doing and have a lot of confidence in their abilities by the thme they

have finished. Tonight they will put up their tents, get stuck into some

chicken stew, and get some other well`deserved treats. We have some

treats for later this evening, they deserve and today because they will

bring the calories `` when the calories, that is for sure.

And with that, they were off. The perfect way to see Dartmoor in all

its glory. Good luck to them.

More than 90 classic boats have arrived in Cornwall today for this

weekend's Falmouth Classics Festival. Some of them date back to

the 19th century and will bd taking part in races and red all under full

sail. These boats have been descrhbed as a

classic cars of the sea. Thhs board started life as a fishing boat off

the Netherlands in the Second World War. We bought her pretty mtch as a

wreck and we have rebuilt hdr.. We started in 2006 and we finished in

she looks particularly fine when her sails cover`up. This is a truly

sail, tell me about them. Wd have several sails. I will never remember

all of their names, so how `bout a little boat that runs on stdam. The

boiler is nearly 110 years old and the engine I made up from some spare

parts. We are not allowed to use the words Heath Robinson year? No, this

is not Heath Robinson. We h`ve boats up to 70 or 80 feet, ranging in age

from 1850 up to the 2000 is. Tomorrow morning on 90 boats will be

taking part in a parade of sale in the day.

Looking stunning. It has bedn a gorgeous day. Ice cream weather I

would say. A slight interruption in an

otherwise fine, dry story. @ bit workload around and the potdntial

for that quota to bring us the chair. The weekend is mainlx dry,

they will be some sunshine but there will be a risk of seeing sole

showers dotted around. Plymouth may well just see a shower at the end of

the day. These are the condhtions for the race. Lots of cloud at the

moment across parts of Northern Ireland, coming to the Midl`nds at

the moment. It is that cloud that is heading south. It acts as a focal

point for the showers. It is across as for the middle of the dax on

Sunday. Quite a bit workload coming away on Sunday, compared to the blue

skies. It is nudging in frol the North. There are few showerx and

that cloud as well. For the rest of us, we will not notice much of a

change. A bit more of a bredze and overnight temperatures betwden 2 or

13 Celsius. Tomorrow, we will not see quite such blue skies. There is

a bit more in the way of cloud around. This is only in Plylouth, we

did have some fine weather. The blue sky and the high temperaturds, the

highest has been an Exeter today at 25 degrees. We have had the warmest

day of the year so far. There is a bit more of a breeze developing The

breeze will continue to be from the North as we head into the wdekend.

Plenty of breeze to flutter the yachts waiting for the start of that

yacht race which start at 6pm tomorrow evening. Let us take you

through tomorrow, we will sde a bit more in the way of cloud. Stnny

move into the afternoon, thd risk of move into the afternoon, thd risk of

a few showers developing. Those showers will be very isolatdd for

most of us. It is a fine dax. 2 the top temperature. That more of a

breeze along the coast. Slightly more of a breeze developing, for the

eyes of silly. He wrote the times of high water. `` here are. Surfing

conditions, the weeds could be bigger, but two or three fedt at

best. Some of the South Coast conditions will be fairly flat

however. C temperature `` this seed's temperature is gaining. The

outlook is a fine one and a dry one into next week. Just a small chance

of those showers developing tomorrow. Have a lovely weekend

A lot going on in our region this weekend. We will leave you with the

view at Exmouth this evening. Make the most of your weekend,

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