:00:00. > :00:00.They were very distressed. They were in a refrigerated Wyden. But
:00:00. > :00:07.generally Anger from rail passengers
:00:08. > :00:12.as they face another The increase will happen in
:00:13. > :00:14.January ` Investigations continue at ` Cornish
:00:15. > :00:32.dairy after it withdrew contaminated What I find puzzling is it hs a
:00:33. > :00:34.voluntary agreement to take it out of circulation.
:00:35. > :00:41.And the future of Devon's bdavers ` stay or go?
:00:42. > :00:43.15 people suspected of being illegal immigrants have
:00:44. > :00:46.been found in a lorry in Solerset which was bound for Exeter.
:00:47. > :00:49.One man has been arrested and is being held by police.
:00:50. > :00:52.The lorry was stopped by officers on the A303 at the Southfield
:00:53. > :00:59.Those inside have been treated for suspected dehydration.
:01:00. > :01:01.Spotlight's Hamish Marshall is there for us tonight.
:01:02. > :01:15.This service station was thd centre of a major police operation. The
:01:16. > :01:21.lorry was parked up just ovdr there this afternoon. There were police,
:01:22. > :01:25.there were Home Office staff here as well as paramedics. One by one, the
:01:26. > :01:28.suspected illegal in the swdll brought of the lorries, thex were
:01:29. > :01:33.checked over by paramedics to see how they were. The alarm had been
:01:34. > :01:40.raised around one o'clock. There were a number of calls from drivers
:01:41. > :01:42.on the road saying they could hear people inside a wagon. It w`s pulled
:01:43. > :01:46.off here and that is when the operation swung into action.
:01:47. > :01:50.Everyone was brought out individually after we had ghven them
:01:51. > :01:54.some water. They had a comprehensive health check and then they were
:01:55. > :01:59.placed into one of our police vehicles and taken to a place of
:02:00. > :02:06.safety. What did they tell xou about where they had come from? They said
:02:07. > :02:09.they got on at the Channel port at Calais. How they got to Cal`is, I do
:02:10. > :02:16.not know but they were obviously hoping to get to the UK. Thd people
:02:17. > :02:20.were taken away at about 4:30pm this afternoon. They have been looked
:02:21. > :02:25.after and given hot food and drinks. Police have more qudstions
:02:26. > :02:30.to ask them. They say they came from Eritrea and Kashmir. They h`ve not
:02:31. > :02:34.given any more details. The lorry company is cooperating with the
:02:35. > :02:38.police, as is the lorry driver, who has told officers he was not aware
:02:39. > :02:42.they were on his vehicle. Questioning now will continte but
:02:43. > :02:48.this operation has got some more time to run to find out how those
:02:49. > :02:49.people got on the lorry and how they came to be heading towards the
:02:50. > :02:56.south`west. Rail passengers in the south west
:02:57. > :02:58.are bracing themselves for Today the Government announced there
:02:59. > :03:02.would be an average rise of 3.5 % for regulated fares,
:03:03. > :03:05.that's one percentage point above The rail operators say it whll mean
:03:06. > :03:09.more trains, better stations and faster services, but passengers are
:03:10. > :03:12.angry they'll have to pay hhgher fares which are going up faster than
:03:13. > :03:15.average wages, and the RMT tnion says people will be priced
:03:16. > :03:17.off the railways. Spotlight's John Ayres has the
:03:18. > :03:24.story. Campaigners have been at st`tions
:03:25. > :03:31.today demanding change. As fare rises are announced,
:03:32. > :03:34.groups such as Action For R`il and the unions are calling
:03:35. > :03:47.for the franchises to be brought I think the public have been ripped
:03:48. > :03:51.off on the whole privatisathon game. The time is now, we can makd a
:03:52. > :04:00.difference if we all pull together on this. There have been directly
:04:01. > :04:05.operated railways for three years. It returns a load of money to the
:04:06. > :04:08.taxpayer. You get more on`thme trends, less complaints and cheaper
:04:09. > :04:09.fares. Assuming the individual fards rise
:04:10. > :04:12.by the average 3.5%, an off`peak return from Exeter to
:04:13. > :04:14.London Paddington will go up by ?3.50 to ?104.50 and the same
:04:15. > :04:34.ticket from Penzance to Birlingham People are finding it difficult to
:04:35. > :04:39.survive anyway. On top of that, it will not make people's lives easier.
:04:40. > :04:42.It is going up but the qualhty of service is not going up with the
:04:43. > :04:48.cost. If the cost was going up and it was getting better, it mhght be
:04:49. > :04:51.just about worth it, but it is not. For longer journeys it is probably
:04:52. > :04:55.unfair but I do not make too many long journeys.
:04:56. > :04:58.Regulated fares, which incltde season tickets, have gone up by more
:04:59. > :05:00.than the rate of inflation hn most years since 2004, which increases
:05:01. > :05:05.the share of rails costs for passengers rather than taxp`yers.
:05:06. > :05:16.If the rail delivery group which represents the railway, says there
:05:17. > :05:24.is macro pay for `` fares p`id for better stations and what is your's
:05:25. > :05:27.safest network. People who `re dependent upon season tickets are
:05:28. > :05:31.trapped. They have to pay the additional because they do not have
:05:32. > :05:34.an alternative. The only thhng that is good is there is a massive
:05:35. > :05:40.increase in the amount of money being invested on the rallids.
:05:41. > :05:42.Unfortunately, not down herd in the south`west. The fare increases will
:05:43. > :05:49.come into force in January. And here at Spotlight we'd like to
:05:50. > :05:52.hear what you think about that. Please do get in touch with us,
:05:53. > :05:56.you can do that via E`mail, Twitter, The addresses you need are `ll
:05:57. > :05:58.on your screen now. And do remember
:05:59. > :06:01.if you email us please leavd us The company at the centre of a milk
:06:02. > :06:05.contamination incident said today it reacted as quickly as it cotld once
:06:06. > :06:08.it knew some of its supplies Trewithen Dairy has voluntarily
:06:09. > :06:11.withdrawn the milk and clotted cream which has been affected,
:06:12. > :06:14.but says up to 100,000 litrds The Food Standards Agency s`ys
:06:15. > :06:20.the risk of harm is low, but Spotlight has been contacted by a
:06:21. > :06:36.number of people who are concerned. Alex Munro has frozen the Trewithen
:06:37. > :06:42.Dairy milky port in case he needs to get it tested at a later date `` the
:06:43. > :06:49.milk he bought. The family noticed a strange smell and taste yesterday
:06:50. > :06:52.and they were concerned to find it is still on sale today. You are
:06:53. > :06:59.dealing with people's health. Some of the wholesalers to have the milk
:07:00. > :07:04.in circulation is madness. He said it will probably be all right and he
:07:05. > :07:08.would check. He did not comd back to me but by this time I felt perfectly
:07:09. > :07:12.OK will stop I was worried that other people who were older or
:07:13. > :07:20.perhaps for a young might h`ve been affected in some way. You knew about
:07:21. > :07:26.it on the Saturday. We knew about it because a shopkeeper phoned me up.
:07:27. > :07:30.Trewithen Dairy founder and director was fielding calls at BBC R`dio
:07:31. > :07:35.Cornwall today as the company worked to reassure consumers. He s`id
:07:36. > :07:39.100,000 litres may have been contaminated after a small `mount of
:07:40. > :07:43.cleaning fluid went into thd milk at one of its supply farms. He also
:07:44. > :07:49.said they notified the authorities as soon as they were alerted to the
:07:50. > :07:53.possible contamination by ctstomers. By hindsight there is no more we
:07:54. > :07:56.could have done to react more quickly. I think all of the people
:07:57. > :08:03.at the dairy have reacted vdry quickly. The products affected our
:08:04. > :08:09.whole, semi and skimmed milk dated the 25th 26th of. Also liquhd cream
:08:10. > :08:15.and clotted cream dated the 26th and 27th of August. The food st`ndards
:08:16. > :08:19.agency said it was unlikely that anybody would become ill from
:08:20. > :08:23.drinking the milk but urged people not to consume it. Cornwall Council
:08:24. > :08:24.said environmental health officers were investigating the causd of the
:08:25. > :08:28.incident. Three people suffered minor injuries
:08:29. > :08:30.in a fire One was treated for burns
:08:31. > :08:34.and the others for the effects The fire involved the underlay
:08:35. > :08:37.plant on the ground floor. Officers say the incident
:08:38. > :08:49.was contained very quickly. We do have a lot of information on
:08:50. > :08:53.the site. Thankfully, some of the guys on the fire engine tod`y had
:08:54. > :08:56.worked at the factory beford so they knew the area well and were able to
:08:57. > :08:59.use that local knowledge to our advantage.
:09:00. > :09:01.The M5 into Somerset was closed today for five and
:09:02. > :09:06.Six people were taken to hospital after the accident near junction 13,
:09:07. > :09:08.for Stroud. It happened just before 10 o'clock.
:09:09. > :09:11.A thief who stole a boat and then left it drifting whth its
:09:12. > :09:14.engine running ` causing a huge air and sea search ` has been criticised
:09:15. > :09:17.for wasting tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' mondy.
:09:18. > :09:19.The inflatable boat was found near Town Quay in Fowey
:09:20. > :09:23.Search teams assumed somebody had fallen overboard.
:09:24. > :09:31.It is Fowey Royal Regatta wdek, thousands of people are herd for
:09:32. > :09:37.The inflatable boat was seen by residents with its engind
:09:38. > :09:55.Two lifeboats, three harbour patrol vessels and a Royal Navy rescue
:09:56. > :10:01.helicopter were involved in the four`hour search, a total of 30
:10:02. > :10:04.It now appears no`one had f`llen overboard ` the boat had bedn
:10:05. > :10:13.It is so frustrating. Obviotsly we have to respond on the assulption
:10:14. > :10:18.that someone is in distress. When someone is in distress we whll move
:10:19. > :10:22.heaven and earth to get to their raid. But it is really irritating
:10:23. > :10:26.when you find in all probabhlity, it is down to petty theft and
:10:27. > :10:31.inconsiderate people abandoning a boat after they have stolen it, to
:10:32. > :10:35.be drifting around the harbour, tying up time, money and resources.
:10:36. > :10:42.All our lifeboat crew of volunteers. They all have real jobs in the
:10:43. > :10:43.daytime but their incomes are prejudiced by people's inconsiderate
:10:44. > :10:44.behaviour. Coastguards in Ellesmere Port were
:10:45. > :10:47.involved in tracking down the owner The early morning call scardd
:10:48. > :10:58.the the family, My wife literally ran downstairs
:10:59. > :11:02.straightaway to make sure the kids were still in bed. It is a fear
:11:03. > :11:13.which runs through you. When you get a phone call like that of a serious
:11:14. > :11:18.nature you fear the worst. The removal of the vote was filled by
:11:19. > :11:21.the CCTV cameras. I'm told the images have been handed to the
:11:22. > :11:24.police and there is a strong sense here that they know who did this.
:11:25. > :11:26.A man who was left profoundly deaf after contracting meningitis is
:11:27. > :11:30.urging people to be more aw`re of its symptoms.
:11:31. > :11:31.Peter Lovell, from Devon, developed the illness
:11:32. > :11:40.He says people need to watch out for symptoms from an early stagd and not
:11:41. > :11:57.Words once spoken and heard are now written down. How 19`year`old girl
:11:58. > :12:02.finds it easiest to talk to her profoundly deaf father. Any benefits
:12:03. > :12:08.Cochlear implants bring Petdr Lovell, are drowned out by the two
:12:09. > :12:13.litters. I have a constant sound of aircraft roaring through my head
:12:14. > :12:20.every day. It is not quiet. It is so loud that the Cochlear impl`nt
:12:21. > :12:30.hardly works because the two litters `` tonight 's is masking it. Peter
:12:31. > :12:41.can now lip read his wife btt the conversation does not flow. Earache
:12:42. > :12:45.was what started this. The dardrum burst and this gave the bacteria
:12:46. > :12:50.away into cause meningitis. Eventually, it is hoped another
:12:51. > :12:55.member of the family will also be able to help with day`to`dax
:12:56. > :13:04.living, picking up on key sounds. Pete has no memory of falling ill
:13:05. > :13:09.but people say when he had darache, symptoms of another illness were
:13:10. > :13:13.emerging. There is a lot of publicity about picking up
:13:14. > :13:20.meningitis in babies and sm`ll children but not adults. It should
:13:21. > :13:25.not be overlooked. It can h`ppen to anybody. No one is immune to it I
:13:26. > :13:31.had the rash about four days after I was in hospital. It does not
:13:32. > :13:36.necessarily come up first. Ht is complex but Peter is urging people
:13:37. > :13:43.not to be distracted by a shdeshow, whether it is earache or se`rching
:13:44. > :13:46.for rashers, when the main devastating event could alrdady be
:13:47. > :13:50.A campaigner against housing benefit changes ` which critics call
:13:51. > :13:53.the "bedroom tax" ` is callhng on Cornwall Council to reassess
:13:54. > :13:56.its properties after winning the first stage of a court challenge.
:13:57. > :13:59.Since last April working agd people have had payments cut for every
:14:00. > :14:03.The Government policy is designed to reduce the nation's benefits bill
:14:04. > :14:06.Cornwall housing tenant Michelle Kent successfully `rgued at
:14:07. > :14:09.a first tier tribunal that ` spare room in her property was too small
:14:10. > :14:24.As far as I am concerned, it is a small victory. I do not even think
:14:25. > :14:28.people are aware they could have appealed their decisions. To take it
:14:29. > :14:33.this far and then be told bx a judge that he does not feel the room is a
:14:34. > :14:39.Staff at Relate in Exeter s`y they believe extra government funding
:14:40. > :14:42.will help them improve the lives of families across Devon.
:14:43. > :14:44.The Prime Minister visited the centre yesterday after
:14:45. > :14:47.announcing a near doubling of its national funding to ?20 million
:14:48. > :14:52.Workers say it'll help them work with a wide range of people.
:14:53. > :14:59.We deal with all kinds of relationships. While people may know
:15:00. > :15:03.us for couples relationships and family relationships, we have a real
:15:04. > :15:06.passion and priority locallx for working with young people and
:15:07. > :15:11.intervening at an early stage to help children and young people
:15:12. > :15:14.understand what it is to have a healthy relationship.
:15:15. > :15:21.Police have confirmed that the former head of the Shelterbox
:15:22. > :15:26.charity has been charged with fraud. He is due to appear in court in
:15:27. > :15:32.September. The Truro and Falmouth MP h`s called
:15:33. > :15:40.on the Royal Cornwall trust to drop charges for car parking for staff.
:15:41. > :15:44.Most full`time staff pay and annual permit of ?135.
:15:45. > :15:47.That's the question being debated tonight
:15:48. > :15:51.The animals were discovered living wild on the River Otter
:15:52. > :15:53.in east Devon but opinion is divided as to whether
:15:54. > :15:57.they should be rounded up and placed in captivity or left in the wild.
:15:58. > :16:05.Our Environment Correspondent Adrian Campbell reports.
:16:06. > :16:11.Here on the River Otter, thdre has been plenty of evidence of beaver
:16:12. > :16:15.activity along the waterway. Many local people have expressed opinions
:16:16. > :16:20.about what should happen and today there is a public debate in the town
:16:21. > :16:25.posing the question. What do people want to happen next? Would xou like
:16:26. > :16:29.them to stay or go? I would like them to stay if they are not doing
:16:30. > :16:37.too much damage. Apparently there is a query about whether they `re
:16:38. > :16:41.carrying disease. I think they should stay. It is a native
:16:42. > :16:46.species... It is their habitat. I cannot understand why peopld have so
:16:47. > :16:51.many worries about it. I thhnk it will be carefully monitored. I think
:16:52. > :16:58.the Beavers were native oncd upon a time so it is a really good move to
:16:59. > :17:03.bring them back again. DEFR@ says it is concerned about a parasite which
:17:04. > :17:07.can be transmitted by Beavers and is potentially dangerous to hulans It
:17:08. > :17:14.has already said it wants to track the animals and re`homed thdm. But
:17:15. > :17:18.today, Devon wildlife trust says it sees things quite differently. We
:17:19. > :17:22.want the opportunity to study these animals over the next five xears to
:17:23. > :17:27.learn what impact they do h`ve on the landscape. They coexist happily
:17:28. > :17:33.with fishermen right across mainland Europe. One ecologist says DEFRA is
:17:34. > :17:37.just about to trap the Beavdrs on the River Otter. It is clailed cages
:17:38. > :17:42.which have already been used in Scotland are now on their w`y to
:17:43. > :17:46.Devon. It is ironic that we are in Ottery Saint Mary and talking about
:17:47. > :17:53.how people feel about Beavers but we believe today DEFRA are picking up
:17:54. > :18:01.traps and they will be used to catch the Beavers here. The angling trust
:18:02. > :18:04.says it is concerned about the reintroduction of Beavers btt
:18:05. > :18:08.Professor Bryony Coles says she has discovered archaeological evidence
:18:09. > :18:16.in Somerset dating back thotsands of years showing Beavers can coexist
:18:17. > :18:20.quite happily with humans. Ht would be very interesting to see what
:18:21. > :18:25.might happen now, in terms of changes to the environment, and
:18:26. > :18:32.perhaps the return of some of it to a more natural state. DEFRA says it
:18:33. > :18:37.is taking precautionary acthon by trapping and testing the Be`vers. It
:18:38. > :18:39.was unable to confirm exactly when it would begin its programmd of
:18:40. > :18:42.trapping the animals. Plymouth Leander swimmer Ben Proud
:18:43. > :18:45.has won a bronze medal in the final of the 50 metres butterfly `t the
:18:46. > :18:48.European Championships in Bdrlin. The 19`year`old double Commonwealth
:18:49. > :18:51.Games gold medallist tied for third place after French swimmer
:18:52. > :18:55.Florent Manaudou and Yauhen Tsurkin Proud's club`mate Ruta Meilttyte
:18:56. > :19:00.arrived late from the Youth Olympics in China and won't compete
:19:01. > :19:03.in the 100m breaststroke. It's a busy night for the rdgion's
:19:04. > :19:12.football clubs with Plymouth Argyle In League One, the In Leagud One,
:19:13. > :19:16.the Glovers are still searching for their first win
:19:17. > :19:20.of the they travel to Walsall. At Home Park, the Pilgrims will be
:19:21. > :19:25.looking At Home Park, the Phlgrims will be looking to repeat S`turday's
:19:26. > :19:28.win as they welcome Stevenage and the Grecians are on the road,
:19:29. > :19:31.hoping for their first thred points There's coverage on BBC Radho Devon
:19:32. > :19:47.and BBC Somerset. While we have been on air, lany of
:19:48. > :19:53.you have got in touch on Facebook and e`mail. We'll e`mailed `bout the
:19:54. > :19:57.rail fares and said it is scandalous that an advance ticket from
:19:58. > :20:03.Birmingham to Newton Abbot can cost ?56, but by splitting the journey in
:20:04. > :20:07.stages on the same train, it costs only ?24. On the subject of Beavers,
:20:08. > :20:12.Ian Barrow says they should be removed, they will only dam`ge our
:20:13. > :20:13.waterways. Keep your comments coming. Thank you to everyone who
:20:14. > :20:17.got in touch. The daughter
:20:18. > :20:19.of a world war one soldier who was wounded at the battle of thd Somme
:20:20. > :20:22.has put together an exhibithon John Ludgate was shot
:20:23. > :20:26.in the shoulder in 1916 and after being rescued from
:20:27. > :20:29.the front line dedicated his life to helping other severely disabled war
:20:30. > :20:31.veterans through art and cr`ft. Spotlight's Johnny
:20:32. > :21:09.Rutherford has the story. ground. Hundreds and hundreds of men
:21:10. > :21:15.from both sides were killed and wounded trying to gain that high
:21:16. > :21:20.ground. On the 5th of November 916, he had to go over the top and try
:21:21. > :21:27.and capture that ground. Th`t is when he was shot through thd
:21:28. > :21:32.shoulder. He was one of the lucky ones who got out alive. A sdnsitive
:21:33. > :21:34.young artist, in charge of len and in a horrible situation, it is
:21:35. > :23:09.incredible to think of. Thex And you can read more about the
:23:10. > :23:14.BBC's coverage of the Great War online.
:23:15. > :23:19.I don't know about you, it does not feel much like August, it is more
:23:20. > :23:25.like October! Is there any chance of it warming up, Holly?
:23:26. > :23:37.Not just yet, I am afraid. Frying pans and fires spring to mind,
:23:38. > :23:41.sorry! Today, not too bad. Ht was chilly as we saw. If we look at the
:23:42. > :23:51.scenes captured earlier tod`y, it was quite a bright picture. You can
:23:52. > :23:56.see some cloud around bubblhng up here and there. For many of us it
:23:57. > :24:01.has been a largely dry day. The sheep do not mind the blustdry wind
:24:02. > :24:06.too much. The breed has been filtering in from the north`west. It
:24:07. > :24:13.has added to the chilly field `` the breeze has been filtering them.
:24:14. > :24:16.There will be some good sunny spells to be had tomorrow. A few showers
:24:17. > :24:22.but fewer in number than today. We do keep the school feel. Thd breeze
:24:23. > :24:32.will be lighter and the temperatures may be a bit higher `` we do keep
:24:33. > :24:36.the cool feel. Much of the TK have experienced showers through today.
:24:37. > :24:40.It is all thanks to low pressure. That's it up across Scandin`via It
:24:41. > :24:45.drags this cool air across ts. There is not a lot of change as wd pushed
:24:46. > :24:53.through tomorrow. The breezd is gradually easing down. Not ` lot of
:24:54. > :24:57.change. Then we look ahead to Thursday. Low sinks southwards. We
:24:58. > :25:05.see more of a westerly wind coming in. On our radar and satellhte
:25:06. > :25:10.picture you can see we have had a few showers sliding across ts. Now
:25:11. > :25:16.for many of us, it is a dry picture. This evening should be a fahrly
:25:17. > :25:26.decent one. Some evening sunshine to be had. The cool breeze gradually
:25:27. > :25:30.easing down. It will be a cool night. These are the values in towns
:25:31. > :25:34.and cities. In the countryshde it could be four or 5 degrees. I think
:25:35. > :25:42.for some of us it could be the coolest night we have had shnce May.
:25:43. > :25:54.There will be a few showers tomorrow. It will be lighter than
:25:55. > :25:59.today and may feel a bit warmer If we take a look at the Isles of
:26:00. > :26:05.Scilly for tomorrow. A fairly decent story. And then these other of high
:26:06. > :26:48.water. And we take a look at the ndxt few
:26:49. > :26:52.days. The cloud will thicken on Thursday. That will increasd our
:26:53. > :27:02.shower risk. Friday should turn brighter once more. Saturdax looks
:27:03. > :27:05.like a decent day with some sunshine. But it will turn wet and
:27:06. > :27:13.windy for Sunday. Thank you. We will have mord news at
:27:14. > :27:15.10:25pm, including the storx about suspected illegal immigrants in
:27:16. > :27:19.Somerset. Have a good evening.