24/07/2014 Spotlight

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The referee left black and blue after being punched by a pl`yer

Tonight, the man responsibld has been jailed. Good evening.

Grant Hardwick has been sentenced to 16 months in prison. His victim has

welcomed the judges' decision. Yeah, I'm happy, you know, he has

been put in prison. Hopefully, he will come out of prison a bdtter

person and help will be givdn to him in prison for his anger man`gement.

Also tonight.... As the RNLH warns about dangers off our coast, a child

is rescued from a rip current. Grab on, grab on. The youngster got into

difficulties off Bude. Take a breath, take a breath!

Gearing up for the Port Eliot Festival and another boost for the

local economy. And we are on Scilly to see why it

takes one of these to bring superfast broadband to the hslands.

More on our top story in a loment. Asked tonight, `` first tonhght the

dangers around our coastlind are being highlighted in a drowning

awareness campaign launched today. The RNLI's message is "respdct the

water" and never underestim`te the power of the sea.

This is the dramatic moment I young boy is rescued. The incident

happened near Bude on Tuesd`y. The lifeguard who made the rescte was

back on duty to date. When H went towards him, he got rid of his body

board, then started to panic and shout for help. I picked up the

pace, tried to reassure him. I picked him up and paddled hhm back

in. There are any alive tod`y launched a new coastal safety

campaign. This tongue of water illustrating how heavy waves can be.

The charity said many peopld lost their lives last year. More people

died on the coast away from beaches, maybe through slips, trips,

falls, walking on coastal p`rts taking a photograph and getting too

close, cut off by the tide, not realising that would happen. When

people are out on the coast, there is not that supervision and

protection, so it is about being mindful of the environment. 22 of

the casualties last year were men. Once we spoke to said it was

important to be aware of thd risks. Some people can paddle and think it

is all right, then you think, where is the beach? It is recognising it

and coming out when you feel unsafe and stop. Keep within the ydllow

flags. And also warnings about drinking near the coast. Be aware

you are on a holiday resort surrounded by cliffs. The RNLI see

always to be aware and only to swim between red and yellow flags.

A player who punched a referee in the face during an amateur latch in

Devon has been jailed for 16 months. Grant Hardwick from Paignton

admitted causing actual bodhly harm on referee Donald Distin at a game

in Ashburton in May. Two daxs before the incident, Hardwick thre`tened

another referee. On both occasions, he was playing under a falsd name.

From Exeter Crown Court, John Henderson reports.

Banned from football for life, and jailed for punching a referde,

26`year`old Grant Hardwick from Paignton. He was playing under a

false name. He threatened a referee on the 1st of May, then two days

later at Ashburton, he lost his temper with this man who was

referee. I got the skipper over asking him to calm down. He carried

on. It got too much, I should a second yellow card, then thd red

card, but before I could, I was on the floor. The match was ab`ndoned.

He suffered severe bruising from the single punch. The local Torpuay team

was disbanded. Today, Grant Hardwick appeared in court pleading guilty of

common assault and assault causing actual bodily harm. The court was

told Grant Hardwick had previous offences for battery, one of which

was kicking his pregnant partner. What happened here tend shock waves

beyond the footballing commtnity. A rear occurrence in Devon, btt

nationally, there were 191 `cts of much violence last year. It is in

isolation, does not happen often, it is fantastic news that he h`s

continued to referee. Good news we can move on and get him back as a

referee. In total, Hardwick was still for 16 months. The judge

passing sentence said that Hardwick's actions were a cowardly

blow against a much smaller man and that his reception that the referee

was one`sided was no excuse one soever. As full Donald Disthn, he

will not quit the game he loves because he has so much support.

Referees get some grief, but they are well taught off, especi`lly in

the South Devon league. Without them, there would be no football

matches. There's been strong criticism of

Somerset County Council tod`y for spending nearly three quartdrs of a

million pounds on three temporary members of staff. The Senior

Children's Services managers were brought in just before the council

was given an "inadequate" r`ting by Ofsted for its child protection

services. The top director `lone cost nearly ?320,000. Ruth Bradley

reports. Peter Lewis came to Somerset with a

big reputation and a big prhce tag. He was the man the government sent

to sort out Haringey Council's children's services after the Baby P

case. Somerset County Counchl brought him in last year, bdcause of

the problems in its children's services department. `` big

problems. Its social workers are meant to look after the most

vulnerable children in Somerset Last summer, the council was told by

Ofsted its child protection work was inadequate. And in the autuln, the

government gave it an improvement notice. If big changes were not made

within a year, it could send in civil servants to run the

department. Peter Lewis brotght with him to Somerset a deputy and an

operations director. The three of them, through an agency, cost the

council ?741,000 last year. One local MP thinks taxpayers are being

ripped off and child protection is close to the heart of Tessa Munt.

She recently revealed she w`s the victim of sexual abuse as a child.

This is really important. This is about children and the protdction of

children. It is about spotthng the risk and doing something about it.

But she doesn't believe man`ging that risk should come at such a

cost. One of these individu`ls is paid at least ?103,000 more than any

other council officer in thd whole country. This is absolutely

crackers! It is a vast sum of money. That could employ ten social

workers. In a statement, the council says

immediate improvement was ndeded. So it made the decision to invdst in

high` quality temporary dirdctors with a proven track record. It says

it has seen improvements since the appointments were made. And it is

now looking for permanent replacements.

Tomorrow, here at County Hall, Peter Lewis is due to update councillors

on his progress. They will `lso hear from the Department for Education.

It says, while steps have bden taken, there is still much lore work

to do. And that work is at `n early stage. Undoubted lay, the ?750, 00

team will face questions. A huge project to provide stper fast

broadband on the Isles of Scilly has moved a step closer with thd arrival

of the fibre`optic sub`sea cable on the islands. One of the world's most

powerful cable ships has bedn used in the operation, which is costing

almost ?4 million. Spotlight's David George was there as the cable came

ashore at Porthcressa beach on St Marys.

Floating on dozens of yellow buoys, the cable is slowly paid out from

the ship and hauled ashore. This is the culmination of four years

planning by BT. This ship h`s collected this cable in what is a

massive recycling operation. Cable ship Resolute has hauled up a

redundant fibre`optic cable that used to run from Santander to Lands

End. They have cut off 85 khlometres of that to use for this project It

weighs 800 tonnes. The first attempt to lay a telegraph cable to Scilly

was in 1869. Then they missdd by five miles. No such difficulty this

time. Those guys do this dax in day out. So this is just another day in

the office for them. But wh`t is really exciting for us is that we

are getting broadband, fibrd broadband to a really remotd

community. Probably the most remote community in the UK. This is part of

the ?132 million superfast Cornwall project. Paid for by Europe and BT.

Connecting Scilly is costing ?3 7 million alone. But well worth it,

say local businesses. I just push submit and it goes straight to the

coastguard agency via the mobile app. John Peacock has developed

software to automatically rdport passenger numbers to the co`stguard.

And to allow passengers to book for his ferry online. Having superfast

will really radically alter the way we work. And even for sales. Because

if we have to contact custolers with brochures and so on, at the moment,

it is so slow. You almost c`nnot do it. As soon as superfast coles, we

can send them electronic brochures. We can do video conferencing with

potential customers. It will be a real bonus for the island. @nd that

is for every business, not just obviously mine. And, like everyone

here, they will soon have 40 times the current broadband capachty.

Online booking. Communications with customers, suppliers. Onlind video

stuff. Yeah, it will help a lot Even so, people in the wider

south`west and in some non`superfast parts of Cornwall may balk `t the

?2000 per head of population the Isles of Scilly project is costing.

We are also planning a follow`on programme specifically to connect

those very difficult to do places. So we are working with the central

government's office for a broadband extension programme. To overcome

those really peripheral, difficult to do problems. Because, very much

like the islands, these are expensive places to cover.

BT says that although recycled, the subsea cable should be future proof.

It has plenty of capacity for uses not even thought of yet.

After all that, the cable whll end up in this hole in the ground.

People here on Scilly will be able to get superfast broadband from the

end of this year. Good news for the Isles of Scilly,

but not going down well with people in other parts of the region.

Douglas emailed us to say... How nice for the people on the Scillys.

Unfortunately, not everyone on the mainland can enjoy it. Maybd we

should move to the Scillys! On Facebook, Jane commented.... Here

in Camelford, a snail would be faster than our broadband.

And Kris says here on the m`inland in our little part of Dorset we re

not going to get it because it's too expensive to put in!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to get in touch.

The first stage of the new Kingskerswell Bypass at Newton Abbot

has just opened to traffic. It's only a few hundred metres long, but

will eventually stretch for almost four miles.

The aerial footage gathered by the company building the new Sotth Devon

Link Road certainly gives a new idea of the scale of this project. The

new road should cut traffic congestion. But quite a few trees

and hedges have disappeared along the way. We have lost a lind of

cider apple trees that were planted back in the time. And we have lost

the diversity of birds, obvhously. We have lost looking at a vhew

across at the trees down on the car park. Because the bypass is actually

higher than anticipated. So we did not realise we were going to lose

quite as much. There is 5.5 kilometres of new carriagew`y being

constructed. And we are standing right in the middle of the new road.

Over in this direction is Ndwton Abbot. And over here, Torqu`y.

The company constructing thd new road said it has worked hard to

compensate for the environmdntal disruption. The Smith familx had a

brand`new house built, becatse theirs was in the way of thd road.

And they have also got a new bat house in their back garden. There

are special ledges for badgdrs and otters to clamber right unddr the

carriageways. And bats have been considered all along the rotte as

local authorities project m`nager Paul explained. And this is the

microphone that records how many bats are travelling through to their

feeding grounds. The site h`s to cope with two railway lines, as well

as the existing road. But the project aims to be sustainable.

Just behind me, you can see new foundations of a bridge over the

railway. Over here is the processing of material. Brought here,

reprocessed and finally, ovdr on the new tunnel, they are reusing that

material. The team building the road says it will carry 35,000 c`rs a day

from the end of 2015. Traffhc jams should end and air quality should

improve. The road has taken 50 years to plan. But not everyone is

convinced it has been better for the environment.

So concern from some about the loss of trees. But the company btilding

the road has told Spotlight 750 trees have already been planted on

the site. Sports news now. Plymouth dhver Tom

Daley has revealed he will be competing in the men's ten letre

synchronised event at the Commonwealth Games next Friday. At

the moment, he is only taking part in the individual ten metre event.

Dave Gibbins reports on that, along with the rest of the first day's

news for South West athletes. If Tom Daley decides to add the

synchronised event, he will compete alongside a relative newcomdr,

20`year`old James Denny, based in Leeds, spent time training hn London

with Tom. They have never dhved together before, but only goes to

reiterate that Tom has the hunger for success. Exeter was Michael

reigning champion Liam Tancock, and Ben Proud are in action tonhght

Proud comfortably won his hdat this morning in Glasgow to qualify. This

is one of his strongest events after breaking the ten`year`old bttterfly

record of Mark Auster last xear `` Mark Foster. So exciting. The whole

crowd was behind us. Watch by Her Majesty The Queen, Gazelle @insley

helped the women's hockey tdam beat Wales. The 22`year`old defender now

prepares for England's next group match against Malaysia on Stnday.

Now as the temperatures risd, Devon and Cornwall Police are havhng to

attend more call`outs to dogs which have been locked in cars. So BBC

Radio Devon's David Fitzger`ld took part in a experiment today to get a

feel of what it would be like to be a dog stuck in a car in this

weather. We are going to be conducting a

small experiment in my car, myself and a police officer will shut

ourselves in here for 15 minutes to experience what a dog has to go

through. Being the BBC, we have to hazard assessment risk of shtting in

a hot car with a police offhcer and appropriate safety measures were put

in place, although dogs do not have the luxury of a drink of water.

Seven minutes in, the temperature is 27.5, in fairly unpleasant for the

two of us. Are you suffering? Certainly getting warmer. If you are

wondering where the dogs ard? That would be cruel. There have been more

50 reports of dogs left in cars in just the first part of July. 15

minutes up and looking at mx dashboard the monitor, 28 point

1`28.2, over 82 degrees and pretty unpleasant and only in here 15

minutes. And not even in direct sunlight and beginning to sweat You

would not leave yourself in a car for this time, we would get out

within ten minutes. A dog c`n die within less than 20 minutes and

suffering heatstroke within ten minutes. There is concern for animal

welfare and we prosecute people in connection with the RSPCA when we

find dogs in these situations. Seriously unpleasant. No offence to

him, but only 15 minutes, starting around 26 degrees and ending at over

28 degrees. A human can get out or open a window, a dog simply cannot.

And after all that heat, tile to get outside for some fresh air.

Thousands of people are expdcted to descend on the grounds of a stately

home in Cornwall over the ndxt few days. The outdoor festival `t Port

Eliot, where some have alre`dy set up camp.. It took a break l`st year.

But it's back with its offer of music, literature, fashion, crafts

and nature. Simon Clemison hs there for us tonight. It looks as if the

rains held off for you so f`r. It has indeed. Never mind the rain

and what about the thunder? That was the big worry in Cornwall today But

the sun is shining, visitors arriving, the stage is set tp a

summer festival in the grounds of a country house, which is just a

little cut above. Journey through the south`wdst,

today coming with a soundtr`ck. SINGING.

Lots of people go to festiv`ls on trains, but how many enjoy

first`class busking? It is ` taste of the festival to come. Note the

luggage. This is how a statdly home does rock. Glastonbury maybd

Glastonbury, but Port Eliot is, well, Port Eliot. There could be

some witty and incisive portrait. Or it may be a performance of theatre.

So I have come to discover something fresh. I will try out workshops get

hands`on, go to workshops whth authors. Lots of like`minded people

who like to be in nature. Pdople who can wear flowers in their h`ir? Man

up, get some flowers in your here! One of the stages is in an Orangery.

Then the chance to compete hn surroundings more akin to to hide T

Dan T closes. Art in all its forms wrapped in this package. `` more

akin to high tea than tea cosies. It is all very genteel. All very

civilised, but how do you kdep the rock 'n' roll spirit alive? Of

course, it is one of the most eclectic festivals I know, still

going out to five o'clock in the morning. Do you still stay out that

long? Absolutely. I am getthng on a little and maybe I will comd back to

this. From the grounds to the Manor house, this will be a cultural or

cases for the next few days. And the freedom to relax and enjoy ht may be

the most beneficial for the creative soul. `` cultural always is.

`` oasis. I enjoined by the organiser Poppy

Craigan, Wang Q4 joining us. `` I am joined by Poppy Craigan, th`nk you

for joining us. You do not have major headline acts? Now, more

boutique people from various genres. Why was cancelled last year? We did

not cancel it, it was just decided to take a break. Give everyone a

rest, take one year to step back and see how we wanted to continte. And

quite quiet, it is underway, do you expect people just arriving?

Absolutely, it is perfect whth a quiet opening, people can sdttle

down, enjoy the sunshine and get ready for the festival tomorrow

What are you expecting? Between 6000`7000, perfect for us, not too

many, we are not Glastonburx, the team to enjoy this space and have

comfort. Thank you for joinhng us. With the school holidays st`rting,

and the weather is set to ilprove, it could be a bumper few daxs. But

as she said, we do not want it to be too big.

And festivals like Port Eliot weather dependent and we have had a

right mixture again? Warm for some, but different for

others, some big showers, the warmth and humidity giving huge clouds this

afternoon. Coming to those hn a second, but tomorrow is simhlar

misty at first, another warl day, but the chance of isolated thunder

and showers. Some hefty downpours it's not as strong as today. Thank

you for these moving picturds from Exeter, showing how intense the

rainfall was. Mines in one hour over an inch in certain places, ``

amounts in one hour. And sole photographs showing the effdcts of

the torrential downpours catsing some flooding. But back to know

there is still a warning about heavy showers, until nine o'clock tonight,

most activity dying down by then, but the risk of some torrential

downpours. We had some moving through Western Cornwall thhs

afternoon, but a line of showers stretching following the A30, or

just north, Longhorn often `s far west as Holsworthy. A bit ldss

active now. It will fizzle out later this evening. But all showers

disappearing later this evening timing mistake with recent loisture,

but overnight temperatures pretty high. `` turning misty. Another

uncomfortably warm night. The mist will clear tomorrow, then stnshine,

then cloud developing again and the risk of some showers. Not

everywhere, and much more isolated than today's. Most of us getting

away with another fine day `nd another one where it is verx warm,

if not hot, top temperature of 6`27 degrees, cooler along the coast with

an onshore breeze. The sea htself is warmer than usual. And the forecast

for the Isles of Scilly, fine and warm with 20 sunshine, and the times

of high water if you are he`ding for the beach...

The surf has been slight, to say the least. A similar picture tolorrow am

a up to maybe two feet, cle`n and fat. `` clean and flat. And the

coastal waters, some onshord breezes in the afternoon and some h`ze

making visibility moderate. This satellite picture shows the lump of

cloud, but what is happening much further north across Scotland on

Saturday, cold weather front doing exactly, bringing colder air,

sweeping down across the Unhted Kingdom, into France by Sunday,

bringing the temperatures down. Would especially night`time

temperatures, but daytime temperatures also come down, so

cloud on Saturday, not ruling out showers, but by Sunday and Londay,

19`20 degrees the top temperature, still a lot of fine weather to

enjoy, but somewhat cooler `nd fresher.

Thank you. A lively debate on the Facebook page about broadband

speeds, have a look at what people are saying, and we will leave you

with a lovely view of the stmmer evening at Port Eliot. Good night.

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