:00:15. > :00:14.Good Evening. on the B@C News C`a.nel, a.d H'dl be
:00:15. > :00:17.A rower from Cornwall whose team was dramatically airlifted to s`fety
:00:18. > :00:19.during a race across the Pacific has thanked the
:00:20. > :00:22.Sam Collins, along with three others,
:00:23. > :00:25.was taking part in the Great Pacific Race from California to Haw`ii when
:00:26. > :00:30.They were aiming to row 2400 miles from Monterey in California
:00:31. > :00:38.But on the second day of thdir race, team Pacific Rowers were in trouble.
:00:39. > :00:41.Late into the second day at sea we started realising that w`ter was
:00:42. > :00:44.permeating into the cabin, which is the main living arda,
:00:45. > :00:46.and that was basically an issue that just got worsd
:00:47. > :00:50.and worse and worse and worse with every hour and day that went by
:00:51. > :00:53.The team were assisted by a race support vessel, but rough sdas made
:00:54. > :00:59.Sam Collins from Cornwall ddscribed the moment the US Coast Guard
:01:00. > :01:05.It was like being in the middle of a movie. The side
:01:06. > :01:10.Three of us got winched into the helicopter in a corrugated
:01:11. > :01:19.We're a great team, as I sax, we were setting world records,
:01:20. > :01:23.we dealt very well with somd very challenging conditions.
:01:24. > :01:25.The team say, after months of preparation,
:01:26. > :01:27.they are hugely disappointed not to complete the Great Pacific Race
:01:28. > :01:31.They are considering having another go in two years' tile.
:01:32. > :01:38.Two people remain in Plymouth's Derriford Hospital after an accident
:01:39. > :01:42.One person is said to have suffered 'life changing' injuries,
:01:43. > :01:44.while the condition of the second person isn't known.
:01:45. > :01:47.The westbound carriageway between Fraddon
:01:48. > :01:50.and Roche was closed for more than seven hours yesterday evening while
:01:51. > :01:55.investigations were carried out into the single vehicle acchdent.
:01:56. > :01:57.Trevor Fry, one of the South West's most
:01:58. > :02:01.well`known local radio presdnters, has died at the age of 68.
:02:02. > :02:04.Trevor hosted the late show on BBC local radio across the region
:02:05. > :02:10.In 2010 he won a Radio Acaddmy Award for his tribute programme to the
:02:11. > :02:17.Fans of Jane Austen descenddd on Upton Pyne near Exeter today
:02:18. > :02:21.to mark the 200th Anniversary of the publication of Mansfield Park.
:02:22. > :02:25.Upton Pyne is thought to have been the inspiration for the setting
:02:26. > :02:29.of another Austen classic, Sense and Sensibility.
:02:30. > :02:35.Well, it's the annual Jane @usten day, and this year, they ard
:02:36. > :02:40.celebrating the 200th annivdrsary of Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park.
:02:41. > :02:42.Well, I'm joined now by a very real Jane Austen,
:02:43. > :02:46.It's not a popular choice, Mansfield Park, is it?
:02:47. > :02:50.Sadly, it's most people's ldast favourite of the six main,
:02:51. > :02:57.Having taught it, I used to teach in schools, and
:02:58. > :03:01.a lot of girls and boys who had to study Jane Austen and had to study
:03:02. > :03:05.Mansfield Park weren't too happy with the character Fanny Prhce,
:03:06. > :03:09.the main heroine, though shd is not really heroine material, who is very
:03:10. > :03:16.but actually has a steely whll in herself, which I really admhre. And
:03:17. > :03:20.the more you read Mansfield Park, the more you come to enjoy ht.
:03:21. > :03:24.How has it been for you, talking today on Jane Austen day,
:03:25. > :03:27.in this area which has obviously strong connections with Jand Austen?
:03:28. > :03:32.I wasn't dressed like this `ll day, but I've dressed to do my rdading
:03:33. > :03:35.this afternoon, and coming here to Pynes House, which looks solething
:03:36. > :03:39.like Mansfield Park was supposed to look, and particularly the grounds,
:03:40. > :03:41.which look like the grounds of Mansfield Park,
:03:42. > :03:44.also going to Woodrow Barton and seeing the side saddle riding.
:03:45. > :03:51.Lily Neal, thank you very much indeed for joining us.
:03:52. > :03:54.Well, they are hoping to rahse around ?1000 for the local church,
:03:55. > :04:00.and I'm sure Jane Austen wotld agree, it's been a perfect day.
:04:01. > :04:08.We're continuing to see some lovely, bright weather.
:04:09. > :04:12.Through this evening, some good sunny skies on offer, and that leads
:04:13. > :04:15.to a quiet night for tonight, with some clear spells around, and those
:04:16. > :04:18.temperatures typically stayhng in double figures in towns and cities,
:04:19. > :04:21.they may be a bit chillier hn the countryside. But it's a lovely
:04:22. > :04:26.Again, we see a bit of fairweather cloud doubling up at times,
:04:27. > :04:30.but we have got the risk of one or two isolated showers, but for most
:04:31. > :04:36.Monday brings more of the s`me, good sunny spells on offer.
:04:37. > :04:39.But cloud does begin picking up through Wednesday, with rain pushing
:04:40. > :04:43.in later and that spells thd way for more of an unsettled period as we
:04:44. > :04:52.I'll be back with the late news at 10.20pm.
:04:53. > :05:18.Good evening. After the weekend that has made many of us in warm
:05:19. > :05:22.sunshine, prospects are set fair for the beginning of the new week.
:05:23. > :05:26.Tomorrow we will see more sunny spells across the British Isles and
:05:27. > :05:29.another pleasant evening and day. The North of Scotland has always
:05:30. > :05:30.been the exception with cloud