:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening. is all from
:00:00. > :00:00.On Spotlight tonight: The verdict on the death of a junior doctor.
:00:00. > :00:07.An inquest hears Rose Polge was under pressure from long hours
:00:08. > :00:11.and struggled with self doubt before taking her own life.
:00:12. > :00:14.Her family have called for more to be done to tackle the crisis
:00:15. > :00:19.Also tonight: Unwrapping the confusion over recycling -
:00:20. > :00:22.why getting rid of your Christmas paper won't be as
:00:23. > :00:39.And I am live along with the elves in the North Pole in the heart of
:00:40. > :00:43.Devon where we are about to climb on board the Polar Express and we are
:00:44. > :00:49.launching a week-long journey of Christmas trains and tails as it
:00:50. > :00:50.travels through the region. Join me for Christmas excitement in about
:00:51. > :01:05.ten minutes time. The family of a young doctor
:01:06. > :01:08.from Devon, who took her own life, have called for action to deal
:01:09. > :01:10.with what they call 25-year-old Rose Polge walked
:01:11. > :01:15.into the sea after after talking about the pressure of her job
:01:16. > :01:18.as a junior doctor Following the inquest into her death
:01:19. > :01:22.today, her family pointed to the increasingly heavy workloads
:01:23. > :01:26.that are leading to a "crisis in morale" of our next
:01:27. > :01:41.generation of doctors. Rose Polge was 25 and a talented
:01:42. > :01:45.doctor but she was doubting her abilities, although she was said to
:01:46. > :01:49.be progressing well. Her family arrived at the coroner 's Court to
:01:50. > :01:55.hear of the events which led to her death earlier this year. A statement
:01:56. > :02:01.by Rosa's boyfriend was read out at the inquest. He said he was woken by
:02:02. > :02:05.high on February 12. She said she had been walking the beach. He
:02:06. > :02:10.described her as distressed and being concerned about a stretch of
:02:11. > :02:15.11 days of ships at Torbay Hospital. He said she was having self doubts
:02:16. > :02:21.about her profession and she asked him if he would stay with her if she
:02:22. > :02:26.laughed. He said he would. Later, rose grow to Anstey 's code to
:02:27. > :02:30.entire life. She looked at suicide sites on the Internet and left two
:02:31. > :02:37.notes. One made a reference to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Rosa's
:02:38. > :02:41.body was found six weeks later. Her family said their concerns about the
:02:42. > :03:07.workload of junior doctors. As he returned a verdict of death by
:03:08. > :03:12.immersion in water, the coroner said it was cleared that Rose was unhappy
:03:13. > :03:17.and that she had left two notes. He was satisfied she had entered the
:03:18. > :03:22.water to take her own life. He described her as being highly
:03:23. > :03:25.regarded and a caring doctor who was a tremendous loss to the profession.
:03:26. > :03:28.Eight Cornish towns are teaming up with the Fire Service and police
:03:29. > :03:36.will be recorded and monitored by staff based at the Fire Service's
:03:37. > :03:39.Critical Control Centre in Tolvaddon.
:03:40. > :03:42.It will be funded by the town councils via council tax,
:03:43. > :03:44.and as Tamsin Melville reports, it's being hailed as
:03:45. > :03:56.We can zoom in that close that we can read a menu
:03:57. > :03:59.on a restaurant, so the actual clarity is brilliant on this system.
:04:00. > :04:03.State-of-the-art CCTV cameras across eight Cornish towns,
:04:04. > :04:08.running 24 hours a day and live monitored for 44 hours a week
:04:09. > :04:14.from here at the Fire Service Critical Control Centre.
:04:15. > :04:16.There are towns in Cornwall that are working in partnership together,
:04:17. > :04:19.but as far as we are aware, nationally, there is not eight town
:04:20. > :04:24.councils that have come together to create a network such as this.
:04:25. > :04:27.This is the CCTV camera in the centre of Camborne.
:04:28. > :04:30.There's 80 of these cameras across the eight towns
:04:31. > :04:33.in West Cornwall signed up to the project and it's
:04:34. > :04:37.costing the taxpayers in those towns ?33 an hour.
:04:38. > :04:40.The town councils are sharing that cost and the community is paying
:04:41. > :04:44.via their own part of council tax bills, after cuts put a stop
:04:45. > :04:50.It gives us tremendous opportunity to contribute towards the safety
:04:51. > :04:54.of residents within Cornwall, not only to consider
:04:55. > :04:58.and identify and look at crime, but also to protect the vulnerable
:04:59. > :05:05.CCTV, seen here, is said to have played a crucial part in convicting
:05:06. > :05:08.two men for the murder of soldier Dave Curnow on a night out
:05:09. > :05:12.But where some say it is an invaluable tool,
:05:13. > :05:17.others say it violates privacy and question its effectiveness.
:05:18. > :05:20.If you are doing nothing wrong, you have absolutely nothing to worry
:05:21. > :05:23.about and I think it is definitely a deterrent there for people
:05:24. > :05:25.who are considering committing crime, or being involved
:05:26. > :05:30.Those involved say there's scope in the future for other Cornish
:05:31. > :05:38.Detectives are tonight still questioning a 35-year-old man
:05:39. > :05:43.The body of 44-year-old Gary Miller from Devonport was found
:05:44. > :05:46.at a flat on Union Street in Plymouth on Saturday.
:05:47. > :05:50.A postmortem examination found he died from a head injury.
:05:51. > :05:52.Throughout the day, forensic searches have been taking place
:05:53. > :05:57.at what police are describing as "locations of interest".
:05:58. > :06:00.The Penlee lifeboat disaster in which 16 people died,
:06:01. > :06:03.including eight volunteer lifeboatmen, has been
:06:04. > :06:09.35 years ago, the lifeboat was lost while repeatedly trying to rescue
:06:10. > :06:12.the crew of the cargo ship Union Star in hurricane-force
:06:13. > :06:22.Scientists in Plymouth believe they may have come up with a way
:06:23. > :06:25.to help make exercise easier if you're overweight.
:06:26. > :06:27.It's a device which helps with breathing and it's hoped it
:06:28. > :06:32.could encourage people who are trying to lose weight,
:06:33. > :06:35.Our health correspondent Jenny Walrond has been
:06:36. > :06:42.It's called a bod pod and it measures your body size.
:06:43. > :06:45.It's one of a number of tests for volunteers who are hoping
:06:46. > :06:50.Megan and Justine are taking part in research by the University
:06:51. > :06:55.of St Mark and St John into helping people with obesity who suffer
:06:56. > :07:01.Anything that is going to help me increase my respiratory muscles,
:07:02. > :07:05.so I can take in a lot more and achieve more before I get
:07:06. > :07:11.I struggle with my breathing quite a lot, I suffer from panic
:07:12. > :07:13.attacks quite a lot, so I thought something to help
:07:14. > :07:17.with my breathing would be something quite good to take part in.
:07:18. > :07:22.The volunteers are tested on how far they can walk in six minutes.
:07:23. > :07:26.But it's hoped that by breathing in through one of these devices,
:07:27. > :07:30.60 times a day for four weeks, our volunteers will stregthen
:07:31. > :07:33.the muscles around the lungs, enabling them to work
:07:34. > :07:39.We are looking at individuals and seeing how they can
:07:40. > :07:43.improve their respiratory performance and how that
:07:44. > :07:46.moves into their physical performance as well,
:07:47. > :07:51.because actually, a barrier to physical participation in people
:07:52. > :07:56.who are overweight can actually just be the adiposity, the fat,
:07:57. > :08:01.The device works by making it harder to breathe in.
:08:02. > :08:04.Using it repeatedly strengthens the muscles around the lungs,
:08:05. > :08:09.It has been used by athletes to improve their performance.
:08:10. > :08:13.Now scientists want to see if it can have long-term effects
:08:14. > :08:18.In four weeks, the volunteers will be tested again
:08:19. > :08:31.and they will then do another month of the trial with exercise added in.
:08:32. > :08:34.by Christmas wrapping paper and you might assume that it can go
:08:35. > :08:39.However, several councils, including Exeter, North Devon and Torridge,
:08:40. > :08:43.Instead you're being encouraged to take it to a recycling
:08:44. > :08:46.centre or just put it in with your general waste.
:08:47. > :08:50.And Cornwall council says it can only take paper that's not sparkly,
:08:51. > :08:54.Harriet Bradshaw's been investigating the different
:08:55. > :09:00.You have got your decorations, gifts and set aside time
:09:01. > :09:06.Well, those of us who are organised have.
:09:07. > :09:09.But when the big event is all over, what happens to all that
:09:10. > :09:15.For the first time in Exeter, the City Council is asking you not
:09:16. > :09:21.to put your Christmas wrapping paper in the household recycling bin.
:09:22. > :09:24.Officers say it is too time-consuming for their team
:09:25. > :09:30.to separate it from better quality paper here in Exeter.
:09:31. > :09:33.The paper mill that actually turns your old paper back into fresh
:09:34. > :09:38.newsprint can't handle this material and it can actually degrade
:09:39. > :09:42.the quality of the paper they are trying to recycle.
:09:43. > :09:47.We send out our paper for recycling in 25-tonne loads
:09:48. > :09:51.and if there is a concentration of this type of wrapping paper,
:09:52. > :09:56.that whole 25 tonnes is rendered unable to recycle.
:09:57. > :09:59.Instead they advise you personally take it to an alternative
:10:00. > :10:05.recycling centre in the city, or just chuck it in the bin.
:10:06. > :10:07.It is disappointing that the council can't take it in the household
:10:08. > :10:11.recycling, because there are so many areas they do take it,
:10:12. > :10:14.but people can drop it off at the recycling centre.
:10:15. > :10:17.Hopefully they won't make a special journey, but there are lots of other
:10:18. > :10:19.ways we can reduce our need for recycling at all
:10:20. > :10:26.For example, these are calendars but they could be magazines.
:10:27. > :10:29.This is last year's paper that I saved and last year's binding.
:10:30. > :10:42.On to sport now, and the sale of Torquay United has been delayed
:10:43. > :10:47.The Conference side had hoped to finalise the deal
:10:48. > :10:49.with Gaming International today, but now expects to complete
:10:50. > :10:54.But the wait IS over for Exeter City who recorded their first league win
:10:55. > :11:05.259 days to be precise, but on Saturday, the
:11:06. > :11:11.Ollie Watkins getting everyone's hopes up with an early goal.
:11:12. > :11:13.The manager described the game as hideous to watch,
:11:14. > :11:17.apart from the last two minutes and that's because Watkins popped up
:11:18. > :11:22.And give the home crowd a chance to really celebrate
:11:23. > :11:28.Their Devon rivals proved yet again they have a knack
:11:29. > :11:32.Despite Accrington putting Argyle under pressure,
:11:33. > :11:36.The Pilgrims' defence held firm with Luke McCormick on top form.
:11:37. > :11:39.The only goal of the game came from Craig Tanner
:11:40. > :11:43.The substitute linked well with David Goodwillie and his shot
:11:44. > :11:46.had just enough power in it to beat the home keeper.
:11:47. > :11:50.The win means Plymouth are top of the tree this Christmas.
:11:51. > :11:52.The Exeter Chiefs are out of the Champions Cup barring
:11:53. > :11:56.But with Henry Slade pulling the strings from fly half,
:11:57. > :11:58.they produced their best result in this year's competition,
:11:59. > :12:06.Tries in each half from Thomas Waldrom and from returning
:12:07. > :12:11.hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie helped them to their first-ever win French soil.
:12:12. > :12:14.Elsewhere, there were narrow defeats for the Cornish Pirates
:12:15. > :12:16.in the British and Irish Cup, and for Plymouth against
:12:17. > :12:23.unbeaten National One leaders Hartpury College.
:12:24. > :12:26.Now, Victoria has embarked on a festive adventure tonight
:12:27. > :12:29.and we can join her now from a very appropriate location.
:12:30. > :12:46.It is very chilly but then it would be in the North Pole, in the heart
:12:47. > :12:53.of Devon. Tonight we are going to give you a real Polar Express
:12:54. > :12:57.experience, I am even armed with my hot chocolate. On Friday I asked you
:12:58. > :13:03.if you have ever seen the film. Don't worry if you have not because
:13:04. > :13:07.tonight we will give you a real experience of the Polar Express and
:13:08. > :13:14.at the same time, launching our very own Spotlight express which will be
:13:15. > :13:18.a week-long series of Christmas trains and stories driving you on a
:13:19. > :13:22.journey throughout the region, hearing from different people about
:13:23. > :13:29.various Christmas traditions. I hope he will stay with us as the
:13:30. > :13:33.excitement builds because they are only six more sleeps before
:13:34. > :13:38.Christmas. I have seen with my own eyes Father Christmas and the elves
:13:39. > :13:45.who have been busy shipping Christmas presents across the world.
:13:46. > :13:49.Do stay with us for the Polar Express which is packed with very
:13:50. > :13:55.excited children and their parents and another person who managed to
:13:56. > :13:57.get a ticket was our very own Andrea who went on a journey that no one
:13:58. > :14:02.will ever forget. It's an action-packed journey,
:14:03. > :14:26.all the way to the North Pole. And it's not just the
:14:27. > :14:29.children having fun. A change of pace to drink that hot
:14:30. > :14:39.chocolate and eat their cookies and while they do it,
:14:40. > :14:41.the story of the Polar We've arrived and the elves
:14:42. > :14:59.and Santa take a break I've got some special elves
:15:00. > :15:20.that deal with that. Santa says hello and the children,
:15:21. > :15:27.well, just look at their faces. # Jingle bells, jingle bells
:15:28. > :15:31.# Jingle all the way. On the way back from the North Pole,
:15:32. > :15:34.there's loads more fun. # Jingle bells, jingle bells,
:15:35. > :15:43.jingle all the way. # Jingle bells, jingle bells,
:15:44. > :15:50.jingle all the way. # Oh what fun it is to ride
:15:51. > :15:57.on a one-horse open sleigh. Father Christmas was here to visit
:15:58. > :16:00.and he gave us a bell. I think he's the real
:16:01. > :16:04.Father Christmas. Just to see Father Christmas, to ask
:16:05. > :16:09.for what they want for Christmas, We have a nice collection
:16:10. > :16:13.of them on the tree now. Felt a bit silly in the car
:16:14. > :16:18.on the way up in our pyjamas, It was lovely to see
:16:19. > :16:25.you singing and dancing, The team are so energetic
:16:26. > :16:37.and so friendly and welcoming. It's a real party mood
:16:38. > :16:41.on the train, it's lovely. # We wish you a Merry Christmas
:16:42. > :16:47.and a happy New Year. By the time the Polar Express
:16:48. > :16:50.arrives at its final destination in Okehampton,
:16:51. > :17:15.there is no-one on board Never mind the children, I am
:17:16. > :17:20.equally as excited as we wave off the Polar Express. We have managed
:17:21. > :17:26.to keep hold of some of the characters. You are from Exeter. Is
:17:27. > :17:39.this the first year you have done it? Yes. What is it like being on
:17:40. > :17:47.board the Polar Express? Really fun. How many times have you seen the
:17:48. > :17:54.film? About a million. Two of the shafts. Is this the first year you
:17:55. > :18:01.have done it? This is the fourth year. It is a great way to see the
:18:02. > :18:09.season in. Everyone enjoying the hot chocolate? One of my favourite
:18:10. > :18:15.scenes in the film. We try to do the backflips but we just jumped on the
:18:16. > :18:24.chairs. It does seem really good fun. Is there a baddie in this film?
:18:25. > :18:31.I own this train, I am the king of the Polar Express, the king of the
:18:32. > :18:37.North Pole! I have never seen Father Christmas. Seeing is believing. The
:18:38. > :18:53.conductor here in charge of the train. We have a schedule to keep.
:18:54. > :19:02.What does that say? Are there any nonbelievers on the train? If there
:19:03. > :19:08.are, they get thrown off. It is on time. We have a schedule to keep
:19:09. > :19:13.here. Thank you so much. We don't have to be here to get into the
:19:14. > :19:19.Christmas spirit. Making your own cards and singing carols can fill
:19:20. > :19:20.you with festive fun and a group of children in Plymouth have been doing
:19:21. > :19:31.just that. Christmas can sometimes be a very
:19:32. > :19:33.lonely time for the old today. These children are on a special mission to
:19:34. > :19:54.bring joy. It was wonderful. Their little
:19:55. > :20:10.voices and the expressions on their faces. They were lovely. I think
:20:11. > :20:14.they enjoyed it as much as I did. It is good making people happy at
:20:15. > :20:18.Christmas that don't usually have Christmas together with their
:20:19. > :20:28.family. The children handed out their home-made Christmas cards to
:20:29. > :20:36.everyone. Thank you very much. I drew one with two snowman on. I
:20:37. > :20:44.could cry so easily. They are perfect. The way they have drawn,
:20:45. > :20:54.not silly things I have seen before and like I draw myself. Mission
:20:55. > :21:00.accomplished, Joy delivered. Have you done all of your Christmas
:21:01. > :21:06.shopping yet? Song feel it is getting all to commercial these
:21:07. > :21:10.days. What happened to soap on a rope and that simple pair of pants
:21:11. > :21:14.that you used to get from your grandma? John has been looking back
:21:15. > :21:20.through the archives and finding out about Christmas presents. People's
:21:21. > :21:24.aspirations used to be a little more colourful.
:21:25. > :21:36.They never had it so good in the 1950s. As the 60s swung in, people
:21:37. > :21:42.wanted more. I want a jaguar. A Mercedes-Benz. These days people
:21:43. > :21:49.expect to be bowled over at Christmas and are prepared to splash
:21:50. > :22:00.out. About a ground probably. I have three children. Back in the day,
:22:01. > :22:09.folks went wild. How much money do you reckon to spend at Christmas
:22:10. > :22:14.time? ?10. To be fair, ?10 is worth over 150 quid in today's money says
:22:15. > :22:21.it is easy to see how the Christmas budget can balloon. Things that they
:22:22. > :22:32.want, they cost hundreds of pounds and when you put in a few board
:22:33. > :22:36.games, nice things, you are there. Time to reset those Christmas
:22:37. > :22:42.values, something they hankered for 52 years ago. I suppose that in
:22:43. > :22:50.England today, it is an opportunity when the world is at its dimmest of
:22:51. > :22:57.making whoopee. The real meaning of Christmas has been forgotten about.
:22:58. > :23:02.Sometimes the story of the Nativity has been lost as well. Many would
:23:03. > :23:07.say amen to that and perhaps we should all be thankful for what we
:23:08. > :23:14.have got. What would you like? Good health? Nothing else? Christmas
:23:15. > :23:20.presents, Polar Express, we have singers here as well. And beware
:23:21. > :23:22.that this evening has been really, really chilly. It feels like the
:23:23. > :23:42.North Pole here. Well, you are at the North Pole. I
:23:43. > :23:48.am much further south. We seem to have lost David. He is a little bit
:23:49. > :23:54.further south at Okehampton station where the Polar Express set off
:23:55. > :24:00.earlier on. It comes along the rails through the light and ends up here
:24:01. > :24:05.at the North Pole and the children are treated to a Christmas
:24:06. > :24:10.extravaganza. We will hear more of the carol singers, but, Justin, you
:24:11. > :24:17.would love it here. It looks very festive. Let's see the weather is
:24:18. > :24:24.going to be like. It looks like we have a change on the way as we had
:24:25. > :24:30.through this week. It will be rather cloudy with a lot of mist and fog
:24:31. > :24:36.but we will see some rain starting to push in. The satellite picture
:24:37. > :24:41.shows we have a lot of cloud across the south-west, some might rain and
:24:42. > :24:45.that cloud. The temperature is getting to know tonight. We have
:24:46. > :24:52.various weather fronts out towards the West. By tomorrow, we have one
:24:53. > :24:58.to watch out for. It. The cry, some of the card will lift and then rain
:24:59. > :25:05.is spreading in in the afternoon. The winds will pick up as well and
:25:06. > :25:12.was the end of the week, things do start to settle down. We have a lot
:25:13. > :25:18.of cloud out there, most and we have had some rain but the bulk of it is
:25:19. > :25:25.clearing towards the east. It will be done overnight, a lot of mist and
:25:26. > :25:29.low cloud. With that cloud it does mean temperatures are not too low.
:25:30. > :25:35.It should be frost free, temperatures of three or 4 degrees.
:25:36. > :25:40.A grey, damp start tomorrow. One or two places further east will see
:25:41. > :25:45.some spells of sunshine. Many of us keeping that fairly solid layer of
:25:46. > :25:52.cloud. Not as mild as today, highs of around eight or 9 degrees. For
:25:53. > :25:58.the Isles of Scilly we will see a lot of cloud, some early drizzle and
:25:59. > :26:03.it will stay rather misty. Here are your times of high water. In terms
:26:04. > :26:09.of our certain conditions, fairly clean conditions. Here we will see
:26:10. > :26:13.five or six foot along the north coast. The winds will become
:26:14. > :26:18.suddenly through the day. Some drizzle at times and the visibility
:26:19. > :26:24.of all the good occasionally poor. It does look like we will see a
:26:25. > :26:30.change through the week. Tomorrow we will keep that low cloud but it. To
:26:31. > :26:35.shift as we had through the day. Wednesday will look unsettled with
:26:36. > :26:40.strong winds and rain at times. Thursday largely dry with some
:26:41. > :26:44.sunshine. Friday the winds picked up with some rain spreading in. Rather
:26:45. > :26:53.blustery as we head towards Christmas. Jim, a local folk singer
:26:54. > :27:01.is here this evening with the North Dartmoor quire. But from us here at
:27:02. > :27:03.the Polar Express, we all believe, the team here at Spotlight. Thank
:27:04. > :27:48.you for joining us. Enjoy the music. Ben dropping
:27:49. > :27:51.a frozen turkey on Mum's foot. Put me down!
:27:52. > :27:53.No, we talked about this. Taser him! That is a video game,
:27:54. > :27:55.isn't it? I'm going to need at least another
:27:56. > :28:00.15 years to recover from children. This is all nonsense - it's highly
:28:01. > :28:25.entertaining, nonetheless it's... I'm starting this new job, I'm
:28:26. > :28:28.taking over a really tough school. Where is it?
:28:29. > :28:31.You're not going down south...? Huddersfield? I know. That's like
:28:32. > :28:34.the dark side of the moon. You do know that this house
:28:35. > :28:39.is haunted? This is all nonsense - it's highly
:28:40. > :28:49.entertaining, nonetheless it's...