:00:07. > :00:11.Thousands of sailors at hundreds of clubs around
:00:12. > :00:14.the globe have been taking part in a world record attempt in memory
:00:15. > :00:20.The Olympic gold medallist from Sherborne died
:00:21. > :00:23.during an America's Cup trahning accident in May last year.
:00:24. > :00:28.Today his four`year`old son Freddie was among more than 13,000 people
:00:29. > :00:32.taking part in what's hoped will be the largest sailing race evdr.
:00:33. > :00:35.He joined others out on the water off Portland, frol where
:00:36. > :00:48.His father always wanted his success out on the water to inspire others.
:00:49. > :00:52.Andrew Simpson might not be here any more but he's still having ` major
:00:53. > :01:02.influence, not least on his young son. Keep it simple, stupid. Case.
:01:03. > :01:06.For his Olympic sailing partner it is his first time he has returned to
:01:07. > :01:09.Portland since the games. And the boat where he and his friends spent
:01:10. > :01:14.so many hours in the years before Bart, as he was known, was killed
:01:15. > :01:21.training. How does it feel hn the boat? Weirdly familiar but totally
:01:22. > :01:26.different, different in lots of ways, mainly not having Bart
:01:27. > :01:30.alongside me. Is this a new sailor alongside me? If he has half of his
:01:31. > :01:36.dad's jeans, he will be a great sailor. This is it, the racd is
:01:37. > :01:40.under way. There are also r`ces in Payton, Plymouth, Penzance `nd other
:01:41. > :01:46.places in the south`west, not to mention at different clubs `round
:01:47. > :01:51.the world. It's hard to think of a sailing community that isn't taking
:01:52. > :01:56.part. Loads of children are starting to find sailing more fun. I think it
:01:57. > :02:01.is because the Olympics took place here, and a load of famous sailors
:02:02. > :02:09.came here. It has reintroduced it. Like Bart. It is hoped this event
:02:10. > :02:14.will help that legacy to continue and the next generation is `lready
:02:15. > :02:19.taking to the water. At the age of just four.
:02:20. > :02:22.Some people who send their children to a specialist unit near Plymouth
:02:23. > :02:25.say they're angry it isn't fully re`opening, forcing them to continue
:02:26. > :02:28.The respite centre and children's home at Dame Hannah
:02:29. > :02:30.Rogers School in Ivybridge was closed for more than six wedks
:02:31. > :02:36.On Friday the school issued a statement saying it will reopen
:02:37. > :02:41.But the mother of 21`year`old Kieran, who has cerebral palsy
:02:42. > :02:50.and complex needs, hasn't bden told when he can return.
:02:51. > :02:57.I can't believe we still haven't been told anything. I'd havd thought
:02:58. > :03:01.they would have found us or send us a letter to say this is what is
:03:02. > :03:08.happening. You know, young `dults might goes `` might go up that at
:03:09. > :03:10.such and such a date but nothing. I am even more angry now than I was
:03:11. > :03:13.The BBC has helped to solve the mystery of a suspicious looking
:03:14. > :03:16.plant growing wild in the g`rden of an East Devon seaside town.
:03:17. > :03:19.The owners of the property, in Exmouth, had a hunch what it might
:03:20. > :03:23.Today they were paid a visit by BBC Radio Devon's gardening guru
:03:24. > :03:37.Well, I haven't seen one growing, I've seen photographs
:03:38. > :03:40.No one was more surprised than Patricia Hewitson when this mystery
:03:41. > :03:44.She got straight in touch with the BBC phond
:03:45. > :03:52.I don't think we've had anyone who's come on.
:03:53. > :03:54.Well, it may have happened in the past
:03:55. > :03:58.but no one has owned up to ht, but it is a first for the potting shed.
:03:59. > :04:01.I sent a picture of it to S`rah and Pippa by e`mail.
:04:02. > :04:04.And got a couple of interesting e`mails back,
:04:05. > :04:07.including one from the police who said they wouldn't prosecutd me
:04:08. > :04:22.Patricia's husband John was charged with its removal.
:04:23. > :04:27.I think the seed of this probably came from
:04:28. > :04:29.the bird feeder which hangs just above, outside their front door
:04:30. > :04:32.So I think the seed probaly came from there.
:04:33. > :04:34.It's quite common for bird seed to actually contain
:04:35. > :04:39.a huge variety of plant seed, and cannabis has been known to come up.
:04:40. > :04:43.Illegal to grow without a lhcence, the cannabis plant had to go.
:04:44. > :04:47.We've been told we have to cut it up and either compost it or take it to
:04:48. > :04:53.the police station, or even take it up to the local recycling cdntre.
:04:54. > :04:55.Anyone else finding a plant that looks like this on
:04:56. > :05:04.Some more lovely weather today, when will it end?
:05:05. > :05:16.Good evening. Temperatures will drop fairly quickly through this evening
:05:17. > :05:21.as our sunshine gives way to a starry night. A lot of kebab spells
:05:22. > :05:26.around, a touch of mist and fog the odd shower in the Channel Islands,
:05:27. > :05:31.but generally dry. Sunspots getting lower than this, leading to some
:05:32. > :05:35.frost out in the countrysidd. A cold start to the day tomorrow, `ny mist
:05:36. > :05:39.clearing quickly and then it should be another lovely day with lots of
:05:40. > :05:45.sunshine coming through, just a little bit more cloud bubblhng up in
:05:46. > :05:50.the afternoon, and feeling pleasant. On Tuesday and Wednesday, it looks
:05:51. > :05:54.similar with sunny spells around. We see the cloud thickening later in
:05:55. > :05:58.the week. That is all from le, have a lovely evening.
:05:59. > :06:08.That is all for now, we are back at 10:20pm.
:06:09. > :06:16.Good evening. After a fine day, a fine night in prospect. And with
:06:17. > :06:20.clearing skies, a chilly night at that. The satellite tells the story,
:06:21. > :06:25.how cloud has built during the course of the day. Particularly on
:06:26. > :06:29.into the afternoon. But we run the sequence and you can see it thinning
:06:30. > :06:33.and breaking and it is those clearing skies that will through the
:06:34. > :06:35.evening, but particularly in the small hours allow