07/09/2014 Spotlight

Good evening. That's it from us,

Protestors against a new cull of badgers have begun gathering

in Somerset amid reports th`t the shooting may be imminent.

in the county in an attempt to tackle TB in cattle.

Badgers are being blamed for spreading the disease.

Clinton Rogers has this evening been to the protest camp in Somerset

The exact start date of the new badger cull, here in Somersdt and

Gloucestershire, is being kdpt a closely guarded secret. You can see

that the opponents have alrdady started setting up camp. Thdre are

strong rumours that the shooters will be starting in the next day or

two. Joining me now is one of the protest leaders. You didn't stop it

The exact start date of the new badger cull, here in Somersdt and

Gloucestershire, is being kdpt a closely guarded secret. You can see

that the opponents have alrdady started setting up camp. Thdre are

strong rumours that the shooters will be starting in the next day or

Johnson, the regional communications manager.

We've already got anecdotal evidence from farmers and vets that ht is

working, and that the level of disease has gone down.

But last year we had over 400 outbreaks,

across Somerset and Gloucestershire, and nearly 5,000 cattle slatghtered

But last year we had over 400 outbreaks,

across Somerset and Gloucestershire, and nearly 5,000 cattle slatghtered

The target when the minimum number of badgers to be killed is smaller

than last year. In Gloucestdrshire, it is 615. The shooters havd a

maximum of six weeks to complete that work from the time thex start.

The Battle of Arnhem was remembered today with

a gathering of military vehhcles and planes at Bodmin airfield.

A special service was held to mark the 70th anniversary of one of

the bloodiest battles of World War Two, as Johnny Rutherford rdports.

Airborne troops dropped in a huge operation to capttre

and hold certain bridges in the Netherlands, to pave the way

70 years on, people are remdmbering the Battle of Arnhem at an dvent

It was quite a battle and, today, we like to remember these gtys.

It's almost a campaign that, at one time, was almost forgotten.

It's important for these men, before they all completely leave us, that

Pilots arrived on the airfidld from across England to join in

Operation Market Garden was an ambitious plan.

Some say, Arnhem was a bridge too far.

Two para held the bridge and the Germans are so good

at counter`attacking, and they had tanks that we didn't know about and

Of course, today is not just about theparatroopers.

It's also about the vehicles and the equipment that was tsed

Many paratroopers had vehicles like this strapped to their chests.

As they once said, for your tomorrow, we give our today.

Sport now and The Exeter Chhefs have made a superb start to

They ran in seven tries as they won by 52 points to nil at London Welsh.

New signing Thomas Waldrom scored two of their tries as they secured

But the Cornish Pirates lost their first Championship gale

of the season ` going down 29`18 to Yorkshire Carnegie.

And finally two swimmers from south Devon today embarked on a m`rathon

charity crossing from Shaldon ` round Hope's Nose ` to Brixham.

Jim Webster and Andy Turner set off from Ness Beach

on the ten mile open water swim at half past eight this morning

Both are members of Dartmoor Rescue Group

and are raising money for the group ` and also for Cancer Research.

He's planning on about five hours, aren't you?

I reckon for me it will be about six hours, fingers crossed.

Hopefully we'll finish in d`ylight, anyway.

And they did indeed ` in fact they both completed the

Some more lovely weather thhs weekend ` but will it continue?

We had a lovely day across the south`west.

Plenty of blue skies, but with the clear skies it does

mean temperatures are going to take a tumble tonight.

A chilly night to come, chillier than the past few ones

These are the values for towns and cities.

I suspect some rural spots lay dip into single figures,

Any mist and fog will be short lived.

Plenty of sunny spells and those temperatures should start to climb.

Light winds tomorrow and little in the way of cloud.

We will keep the settled conditions as we go through the week.

The wind picks up with the dnd of the week.

A little bit more in the wax of cloud but it should stay dry

Good evening. Most of us had a lovely end to the weekend but the

exception was the north-east of Scotland. It was cold, wet and windy

but the low responsible is now moving away and we have high

pressure moving its way in from the West. The pressure is rising all the

while over the next few days which will settle things down nicely and

it will be dry pretty much all week. But the forecasting headache will be

the amount of cloud. The next few hours will still be pretty wet and

windy in the north-east of Scotland but through the small hours the ring

becomes quite liked and patchy. Elsewhere it is a dry night, a few

patches of low cloud here and there but for many it is a night of clear

spells, and major towns and cities will be a degree either side of

double figures but in rural areas temperatures could reach as low as

one degree. Northern Scotland will be cloudy and breezy, not much

Rangers peak of but they will be some. The central lowlands will see

a decent