:00:00. > :00:09.later this weekend. Th`nc 9ou. Ph!t is all
:00:10. > :00:22.A coroner said today that their deaths were an accident but
:00:23. > :00:32.Tonight one father pays tribute to his son.
:00:33. > :00:39.Everybody remembers his smile and however versant he was. It came out
:00:40. > :00:41.in the evidence today how h`ppy and jokey he was and that is a legacy
:00:42. > :00:43.that will always live on. A divided picture as a North Devon
:00:44. > :00:47.Hospital is praised and criticised. Concern from health inspectors about
:00:48. > :00:50.long delays in A but medical Tour de force, the tour of Britain
:00:51. > :00:54.thunders through Devon, bringing And twice as nice, six sets of
:00:55. > :01:07.twins join one of our schools. Firefighters have warned
:01:08. > :01:11.of the dangers of interfering with heat detectors and smoke al`rms
:01:12. > :01:14.after a three`year`old boy, his teenage sister and her boyfriend
:01:15. > :01:17.died in a house fire in Devon. They perished
:01:18. > :01:21.after the alarms were disabled. The fire, in Honiton, was started
:01:22. > :01:24.by another child in the house who Young Harvey Bennellick, his
:01:25. > :01:28.17`year`old sister Rosie and her boyfriend Andy Gunn, who was 18
:01:29. > :01:48.were all in a first floor bddroom. What was as a devastating tragedy.
:01:49. > :01:51.In a statement the family's mother said another child came into her
:01:52. > :01:56.bedroom and said he had dond something bad. She said he had been
:01:57. > :01:59.playing with a lighter and started the fire. Three times her htsband
:02:00. > :02:06.tried to go upstairs to rescue the youngsters. He said it was pitch
:02:07. > :02:11.black, I tried to go forward, he said, but it was so hot, thd was
:02:12. > :02:15.unbearable. He went downstahrs and outside and try to break into the
:02:16. > :02:19.bedroom window where the three youngsters were with a piecd of
:02:20. > :02:26.wood. I was screaming for mx babies he said, I thought they werd
:02:27. > :02:30.burning. 17`year`old Rosie Bennellick, her brother Harvey who
:02:31. > :02:34.was three and her boyfriend Andy Gunn died in the bedroom of the
:02:35. > :02:39.house. Rosie had disabled three smoke alarms as they had bedn going
:02:40. > :02:44.off and disturbing their sldep. Mr Bennellick said his wife was going
:02:45. > :02:49.to phone the council but shd never did. Fire officers say workhng
:02:50. > :02:53.alarms would probably have saved the three lives. Do not disable them.
:02:54. > :02:57.They will still activate evdn if they are beeping. I appreci`te many
:02:58. > :03:02.homeowners find them an annoyance when they do that but the kdy word
:03:03. > :03:08.to all occupants is let the landlord or house owner know what is
:03:09. > :03:12.happening so they can be chdcked out and the operation still continues.
:03:13. > :03:16.It was the disabling of smoke alarms and heat detectors that led the
:03:17. > :03:21.coroner to deliver a verdict of accidental death, contributdd to by
:03:22. > :03:26.neglect. The family of Andy Gunn described today as harrowing. It
:03:27. > :03:30.left us feeling that in futtre there should be assigned for everxbody not
:03:31. > :03:34.to disconnect heat detectors or smoke detectors. In that case three
:03:35. > :03:38.lives were lost because of that and directly because of that, as you
:03:39. > :03:53.heard in court today so we do not want that to happen again. No one
:03:54. > :03:56.from Bennellick family was hn court to hear the coroner say that she was
:03:57. > :03:58.satisfied the fire had been started accidentally. She said the
:03:59. > :03:58.consequences of removing thd smoke alarms, while unintended, wdre
:03:59. > :03:59.foreseeable. One of the South West's hospitals
:04:00. > :04:03.has been both praised and Health inspectors are concerned
:04:04. > :04:08.about long delays in A at North Devon District Hospit`l
:04:09. > :04:10.saying managers must do mord to But at the same time the Care
:04:11. > :04:14.Quality Commission has said medical care is outstanding and has rated
:04:15. > :04:31.community health services across Emma has hurt her ankle and come to
:04:32. > :04:35.this hospital to get it exalined. It is running smoothly today btt A E
:04:36. > :04:38.has consistently struggled to admit or discharge patients within target
:04:39. > :04:43.times and it has left ambul`nce patients waiting too long. The Care
:04:44. > :04:48.Quality Commission says the hospital must do better. We have alrdady
:04:49. > :04:51.appointed more staff into the A E department and they started on the
:04:52. > :04:56.1st of August and that enables us to assess people in a more prolpt way
:04:57. > :05:02.and with the reviews that wd have had in our escalation it is enabling
:05:03. > :05:04.people to see those patients and move them through the systel in a
:05:05. > :05:08.faster way. The inspectors also found f`ilings
:05:09. > :05:11.with care given to people at the end of their lives, particularlx in
:05:12. > :05:15.terms of pain management. The trust said there were procedures hn place
:05:16. > :05:19.to ensure that patients alw`ys got the pain relief they needed and
:05:20. > :05:22.those procedures were being strictly followed.
:05:23. > :05:27.The CQC found plenty to prahse. Medical care at the hospital is
:05:28. > :05:32.rated outstanding, especially for dementia patients. It is superb The
:05:33. > :05:40.staff make the place really. They look after you the whole tile.
:05:41. > :05:44.Nothing is too much work. Fdedback from patients and families `bout
:05:45. > :05:50.staff in Acute Hospital and community health care is glowing. We
:05:51. > :05:54.have had uniformly overwhellingly good feedback from patients and
:05:55. > :05:58.carers and friends. Services are highly valued and appreciatdd so to
:05:59. > :06:02.see that sort of standard of care being delivered consistentlx is
:06:03. > :06:09.really very good indeed. As well as the Acute Hospital there ard 17
:06:10. > :06:13.cottage hospitals and there is community health care across the
:06:14. > :06:17.area. Those services have today been rated as good. In a shake`up later
:06:18. > :06:22.this year 's control of comlunity services may be taken away from the
:06:23. > :06:28.trust. It hopes today's report will prove that is the wrong dechsion.
:06:29. > :06:31.Dairy farmers worried about the fall in the price they `re paid
:06:32. > :06:33.for milk are organising a protest meeting in Somerset tonight.
:06:34. > :06:35.Farmers For Action say they don't accept claims that global
:06:36. > :06:38.Spotlight's Environment Correspondent Adrian Cambpell
:06:39. > :06:52.Most of us drink it, but very few of us know the economics of wh`t goes
:06:53. > :06:57.into a pint of milk. Dairy farmers, milk processors and retailers will
:06:58. > :07:01.try to take their share of `ny profit. After recent months after a
:07:02. > :07:06.relatively short period of stability, the dairy farmer has seen
:07:07. > :07:12.prices fall again. In June the price per litre of link was `` milk was
:07:13. > :07:27.around 34p and now we are down to 30p and if people make the cuts that
:07:28. > :07:30.are promised it we will be heading down to 26 or 27p a litre. That is
:07:31. > :07:32.not sustainable. Since Novelber milk prices have been falling and many
:07:33. > :07:35.dairy farmers are concerned about further cutbacks in recent weeks.
:07:36. > :07:37.Could prices really go any lower? In recent months many farmers have
:07:38. > :07:40.given up altogether or die diversified into different `reas.
:07:41. > :07:45.The concern now is with the instability in the milk price more
:07:46. > :07:49.may take a similar route. Wd spoke to retailers and milk processors who
:07:50. > :07:53.say there is a surplus of mhlk on the world market at the momdnt and a
:07:54. > :07:58.recent ban by Russia on imports as made things even more volathle. The
:07:59. > :08:02.National Farmers' Union says we need to look after our dairy farlers We
:08:03. > :08:05.cannot sustain the sort of prices and once you go out of dairx
:08:06. > :08:13.production that is it, it is finished. You can never start again.
:08:14. > :08:16.?300,000 to set up a milking parlour and who will make that investment?
:08:17. > :08:21.We need to look after dairy farmers or the milk will not be there.
:08:22. > :08:25.Protests such as this one in Holsworthy last year attracted big
:08:26. > :08:30.support and for a while the price dairy farmers received went up. Our
:08:31. > :08:36.more protests on the way? Hopefully with time we will be able to sort it
:08:37. > :08:41.without needing a protest. We have done it before and we will do it
:08:42. > :08:44.again. The NFU says it has lanaged to secure European intervention to
:08:45. > :08:48.help to reduce the amount of dairy product in the market. It is now
:08:49. > :08:49.calling for better labelling so consumers can support British dairy
:08:50. > :08:53.farmers. Nearly ?3 million will be spent
:08:54. > :08:55.upgrading transport links around the site of a new nuclear
:08:56. > :08:58.power station in Somerset. The government funding will go
:08:59. > :09:00.towards fixing potholes and general road maintenance before the new
:09:01. > :09:03.plant is built at Hinkley Point Cycle paths and rail stations
:09:04. > :09:05.at nearby Bridgwater and Tatnton New figures show thousands lore
:09:06. > :09:12.people travelled to the Islds The Isles of
:09:13. > :09:15.Scilly Steamship Company saxs it carried an extra 6,000 people
:09:16. > :09:18.on the ferry and its planes between It's a rise of around 5%
:09:19. > :09:23.on last year. They came from around the world
:09:24. > :09:25.but blink The Tour of Britain cyclists may
:09:26. > :09:30.have raced through Devon today but the impact on the economic landscape
:09:31. > :09:33.could be much longer`lasting. It's thought the event will
:09:34. > :09:37.help bring in ?27 million. Tens of thousands
:09:38. > :09:39.of spectators lined the route. It started in Exmouth this lorning
:09:40. > :09:46.and went around the county speeding through Topsham, Bovey Tracdy,
:09:47. > :10:13.across Dartmoor up to Okehalpton Fast and furious, the turbo`charged
:10:14. > :10:17.riders of the Tour of Britahn. No holds barred, zipping through Devon.
:10:18. > :10:24.80 kilometres an hour the fheld are touching. Dartmoor was the perfect
:10:25. > :10:28.place to catch a glimpse. The crowds turn out here in their thousands to
:10:29. > :10:32.watch the Tour of Britain. Dxmouth was the start of stage five with Sir
:10:33. > :10:39.Bradley Wiggins signing before getting off to work. There were 210
:10:40. > :10:50.punishing miles ahead. Devon has featured in the tour more
:10:51. > :10:57.times than any other venue outside of London. The county loves its
:10:58. > :11:00.Lycra. Businesses like this one in Tavistock were geared up. It has
:11:01. > :11:07.been very busy this morning. There were a lot more people about. To get
:11:08. > :11:11.a good view you had to get hn front. You have a yellow jersey so you must
:11:12. > :11:16.be ahead of the pack. They could not keep up with me this morning so I
:11:17. > :11:20.gave them a chance to catch up. When the peloton pounds and it t`kes no
:11:21. > :11:27.prisoners. Students saw it but only just. I liked it and I had to watch
:11:28. > :11:34.it because my mum was going round but I did not see her. Your mum was
:11:35. > :11:40.on a bike? No! They went through Devon through more stunning scenery.
:11:41. > :11:44.There was no time to take in the view as they raced relentlessly into
:11:45. > :11:48.Exeter. More crowds were eager to see the sprint finish. He is not
:11:49. > :11:56.quite there. He will be there in a few moments time. Here he comes It
:11:57. > :12:01.is the stage victory. Up coles the zip, the professional appro`ch to
:12:02. > :12:06.the line. The crowd cheering him on. It is all over very quickly. Is it
:12:07. > :12:09.worth the wait? Definitely. It is a great spectacle, great atmosphere
:12:10. > :12:13.and it is great to see thesd guys putting all the effort in as well.
:12:14. > :12:17.It is great to see youngsters involved and it gives them
:12:18. > :12:22.inspiration for the future to see people like this here. Another Tour
:12:23. > :12:26.of Britain cycle race and another triumph for the Devon stage.
:12:27. > :12:28.You're watching Spotlight tonight with Natalie Cornah and
:12:29. > :12:36.If you're going into battle on set you need the right armour.
:12:37. > :12:40.We'll be trying to match thd armour to the film in just a moment.
:12:41. > :12:43.Then spare a thought for the teachers at a school
:12:44. > :12:51.Beach huts and chalets have long been ` part
:12:52. > :12:56.But like the seaside theatrd in Weymouth the local authoritx says
:12:57. > :13:00.That's because while their long history brhngs
:13:01. > :13:04.Upkeep the Borough Council says it now can't afford.
:13:05. > :13:06.It's hoping to attract outside investors.
:13:07. > :13:15.Briony Leyland looks at how that's going down at the water's edge.
:13:16. > :13:23.Vera has had a 20 year love affair with these chalets. The piece, the
:13:24. > :13:28.sunshine when it shines, thd wind when it howls, the rain, and just
:13:29. > :13:35.sitting and listening to thd sea. It is just so calming and I just love
:13:36. > :13:40.it. There were pays ?1000 a year to the council in rent but there is
:13:41. > :13:44.trouble in paradise. The cotncil cannot afford to upkeep and fear and
:13:45. > :13:50.other chalets holders are concerned about a possible private takeover.
:13:51. > :13:53.When you talk to people frol outside Weymouth they talk about Grdenhill
:13:54. > :13:57.Gardens and the beach and the Esplanade and how safe it is for
:13:58. > :14:04.children and it is a family place and it is a traditional place and I
:14:05. > :14:08.just feel that that would bd lost. The main block of chalets w`s built
:14:09. > :14:12.in the 1920s to create jobs and it is now listed and it needs of nearly
:14:13. > :14:18.?1 million of structural work. The council is inviting private
:14:19. > :14:24.companies and community grotps to bid for a lease. People seel to not
:14:25. > :14:28.be able to accept change. The council has accept change and a lot
:14:29. > :14:31.of councils are not keen to go this way but needs must. We must look for
:14:32. > :14:38.partners that can invest and invest and restore and run it. The council
:14:39. > :14:41.says there is some scope for development but covenants rdstrict
:14:42. > :14:46.that and the gardens will rdmain council control. The friends group
:14:47. > :14:50.is not about to step in and take over the chalets. We have indicated
:14:51. > :14:57.we are not participating as a leader of a community bid at all. We do not
:14:58. > :15:00.have the funds. One community group told us today that it is in the
:15:01. > :15:04.early stages of putting a bht together. The council says ht has
:15:05. > :15:08.significant interest and bidders have until mid`October to m`ke
:15:09. > :15:10.approaches. The chalet owners hope that the right match is found.
:15:11. > :15:13.It's been a year of looking back at the beginning of the
:15:14. > :15:16.First World War, whose outbreak had so many different consequences.
:15:17. > :15:19.The fact that a group of Belgian refugees couldn't return hole meant
:15:20. > :15:21.a school was set up which lhves on to this day.
:15:22. > :15:24.So St John's in Sidmouth is also marking its centenary and vhsitors
:15:25. > :15:27.have come from across the Atlantic to join in the celebrations.
:15:28. > :15:39.Carole Madge has been finding out why.
:15:40. > :15:45.A century of learning on thd coast in Devon. There were sports, the
:15:46. > :15:53.great outdoors and the companionship. And now 100 xears on
:15:54. > :16:02.the hallowed halls and playhng fields are still ringing with the
:16:03. > :16:05.sounds of youngsters. A beattiful stained`glass window. To celebrate
:16:06. > :16:10.the centenary the headteachdr has a special visitor. It gives md goose
:16:11. > :16:16.bumps to think my mother worshipped in this room 100 years ago. Penny
:16:17. > :16:20.has travelled thousands of liles to visit the place where her mother was
:16:21. > :16:25.at school. It all began with some pamphlets tucked away in her
:16:26. > :16:28.mother's desk. I did not know she had them but I have read thdm and I
:16:29. > :16:33.found out things about her H did not know before such as, I knew that she
:16:34. > :16:38.had gone here to school, but what I did not know was that she w`s
:16:39. > :16:44.Belgian and her father was ` career officer in the Belgian army and he
:16:45. > :16:49.knew what Ash back he knew that war was coming so he sent his whfe and
:16:50. > :16:55.family to England. He wanted them to be safe and they were and hd
:16:56. > :17:04.mother was one of four refugees in mother was one of four refugees in
:17:05. > :17:14.need of an education, the school's very first pupils. My mother had
:17:15. > :17:18.these magazines. She left them in her desk and I found that after she
:17:19. > :17:28.died. I read through them looking for her but I saw you and you are
:17:29. > :17:30.all through there. Gosh! Yot won the tennis tournament and the b`dminton
:17:31. > :17:36.tournament, and you were quhte a sports woman! I enjoyed it hn those
:17:37. > :17:41.days! At the age of 99 this is a real old girl of the school. For
:17:42. > :17:45.Penny this meeting provides another link to her mother's passed and she
:17:46. > :17:48.says it was well worth travdlling across the Atlantic for.
:17:49. > :17:51.A ?1 million auction of film industry memorabili` next
:17:52. > :17:54.month will include armour and weapons made by a man in Cornwall.
:17:55. > :17:57.Terry English has been supplying the silver screen for 50 ye`rs.
:17:58. > :18:01.Gladiator, Aliens, Harry Potter and Excalibur, just some of
:18:02. > :20:15.fit? It fitted perfectly. Yds. He has made armour and weapons for
:20:16. > :20:17.armour to the Tower of London and he readily takes part in fairy
:20:18. > :20:25.festivals. He is off now to a big one in the Netherlands!
:20:26. > :20:31.They will turn a few heads driving in that! A remarkable man indeed.
:20:32. > :20:36.Teachers at one school in Ddvon can hardly believe their eyes after the
:20:37. > :20:44.school welcomed six sets of twins. It must be some kind of record. The
:20:45. > :20:46.12 new pupils have all started at the same school in Plymouth and we
:20:47. > :20:48.have been finding out how the teaching staff will cope with all of
:20:49. > :20:56.the confusion. Look closely, there is a dr`gon in
:20:57. > :21:01.the room and a tiger in this class. There is also Zachery and Fhnlay.
:21:02. > :21:06.You have guessed it, twins. There are six pairs of twins at this
:21:07. > :21:11.primary school starting thehr reception week. I have been in
:21:12. > :21:14.teaching for over 20 years tnder headteacher for ten years and I have
:21:15. > :21:19.never known anything like this. I have had a twins before in xear
:21:20. > :21:24.groups but normally one or laybe two sets but to have six altogether is
:21:25. > :21:27.incredible. I have never known anything like it. Who would have
:21:28. > :21:34.thought that the two times table would be difficult for a table? Its
:21:35. > :21:37.policy is to suggest separating the twins into different classes. One
:21:38. > :21:40.set of parents were very kedn for them to stay together so we said
:21:41. > :21:45.that was OK but generally speaking we like to keep them apart so they
:21:46. > :21:49.can grow as individuals. As twins they tend to stick together and form
:21:50. > :21:54.quite close unit together and sometimes that is at the exclusion
:21:55. > :21:58.of making other friendships. Not too much double trouble. Parents are
:21:59. > :22:06.pleased there are a dozen twins in the same year. I think they are all
:22:07. > :22:08.starting to realise that thdre are other twins so they are starting to
:22:09. > :22:11.recognise and socialise with them a little bit more which is very good
:22:12. > :22:16.as well. You are in different classes. How does it feels? Weird.
:22:17. > :22:26.Weird. What do you like best about school? Dinosaurs. We have fun with
:22:27. > :22:30.Lego. We asked for the school to separate them because they fight
:22:31. > :22:38.each other. They always fight each other and cause trouble! So far they
:22:39. > :22:41.are probably better. Accordhng to the multiple births foundathon the
:22:42. > :22:46.number of twins has increasdd over the years, probably due to fertility
:22:47. > :22:51.treatment. Presently around one in 80 berths in the UK are nattrally
:22:52. > :22:54.multiple compared to one in five after IVF treatment. Maybe the
:22:55. > :22:55.school had an idea they would have this many twins because alrdady
:22:56. > :23:12.there is a game for them to play. He is doing well to keep thdm apart.
:23:13. > :23:17.Aren't they lovely! Imagine having to view!
:23:18. > :23:21.One is quite enough. It is time for the weather now. It seems cooler
:23:22. > :23:24.today. It is slightly, but that is the only difference.
:23:25. > :23:28.I have had a few enquiries today about when it will rain. I cannot
:23:29. > :23:32.see it happening at the mintte. There will be a change next week and
:23:33. > :23:36.it is a question of how quickly that happens. I will give you in later in
:23:37. > :23:40.the broadcast about that. We have had a lovely day. More clout
:23:41. > :23:45.but just that bit cooler because of it. Tomorrow the sunshine whll be
:23:46. > :23:49.back out. It is cloudy at thmes and Sunny spells with easterly wind
:23:50. > :24:10.continuing. They do not bring a lot in terms of wet weather so ht
:24:11. > :24:13.area of low pressure to the west of area of low pressure to
:24:14. > :24:14.Spain and Portugal and we h`ve the Spain and Portugal and we h`ve the
:24:15. > :24:16.high over southern Scandinavia. We are getting easterly winds `nd that
:24:17. > :24:19.does not change very much over the next few days. This is the forecast
:24:20. > :24:21.for tomorrow and by Saturdax we still have high pressure and by
:24:22. > :24:25.the East. We saw these clouds charge and the wind will relain from
:24:26. > :24:27.the East. We saw these clouds earlier today. There was a cover of
:24:28. > :24:30.cloud in Somerset and Dorset that was stubborn to move out of the way.
:24:31. > :24:33.We have had the best of the sunshine today. Patchy cloud across Devon and
:24:34. > :24:37.Cornwall and decent spells of sunshine as well. A windy d`y
:24:38. > :24:41.yesterday for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly but today it has not
:24:42. > :24:45.been quite as strong. Overnhght tonight missed is forming and patchy
:24:46. > :24:50.cloud returning. It is still drive and by the morning we wake tp to
:24:51. > :24:52.some sunny spells. More clott in general in the sky compared to what
:24:53. > :25:09.we have seen in the last few days. We will see a bit more cloud
:25:10. > :25:13.floating by tomorrow. The bdst of the sunshine will be on the north
:25:14. > :25:17.coast of Cornwall and the northern parts of Devon. Let us go to the
:25:18. > :25:21.north coast of Cornwall tod`y where we had some beautiful weathdr. I
:25:22. > :25:31.cameraman got a glimpse of the sand and also of the surf. There is very
:25:32. > :25:31.little at the moment. Many of our surfers have been a bit dis`ppointed
:25:32. > :25:41.in the past few days becausd their eyes hardly a wave at all.
:25:42. > :25:45.It is hard to imagine we ard actually still in September.
:25:46. > :25:49.Temperatures tomorrow will be very similar to today. After the cloudy
:25:50. > :25:53.start we will brighten up in the sunshine will work through `nd we
:25:54. > :25:56.will get back up to 19 degrdes. The wind will be from the east `nd
:25:57. > :26:00.strongest along the south coast of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
:26:01. > :26:03.This is the forecast for thd Isles of Scilly tomorrow. Some sunny
:26:04. > :26:07.spells and fine and right whth sunshine. Becky Morgan from the East
:26:08. > :26:09.South waste just making it feel cool if you are right on the coast. There
:26:10. > :26:21.are our times of high water. I do not know why I bother to show
:26:22. > :26:27.the surfing forecast becausd there is not a great deal of surf That
:26:28. > :26:36.continues over the next couple of days.
:26:37. > :26:42.I suggested I would give yot a hint of what happens next week so let us
:26:43. > :26:48.weep ashlar leap forward and go right ahead to Tuesday next week.
:26:49. > :26:50.Look. It is the same area of low pressure and effectively high
:26:51. > :26:54.pressure over Scandinavia btt it is much weaker. This area of low
:26:55. > :26:58.pressure is just extending ` little bit towards southern Britain so
:26:59. > :27:03.perhaps by the middle of next week we could start to see a few showers
:27:04. > :27:06.but until then it is fine and dry and again we will see some sunny
:27:07. > :27:10.spells but more cloud as we head into the weekend. The better of the
:27:11. > :27:13.two days of the weekend will be Saturday with sunshine here and
:27:14. > :27:17.patchy cloud floating by. Stnday morn `` Sunday and Monday are still
:27:18. > :27:26.warm with the same easterly winds but a lot of cloud around so perhaps
:27:27. > :27:30.not quite as sunny as it has been. That is all from me. Enjoy the
:27:31. > :27:33.evening. Thank you. The weather has been
:27:34. > :27:38.consistently good so we will have that. There is more in the News at
:27:39. > :27:45.ten we are back tomorrow at 6:3 pm. Have a lovely. Goodbye.