19/12/2016 Spotlight

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On Spotlight tonight: The verdict on the death of a junior doctor.

An inquest hears Rose Polge was under pressure from long hours

and struggled with self doubt before taking her own life.

Her family have called for more to be done to tackle the crisis

Also tonight: Unwrapping the confusion over recycling -

why getting rid of your Christmas paper won't be as

And I am live along with the elves in the North Pole in the heart of

Devon where we are about to climb on board the Polar Express and we are

launching a week-long journey of Christmas trains and tails as it

travels through the region. Join me for Christmas excitement in about

ten minutes time. The family of a young doctor

from Devon, who took her own life, have called for action to deal

with what they call 25-year-old Rose Polge walked

into the sea after after talking about the pressure of her job

as a junior doctor Following the inquest into her death

today, her family pointed to the increasingly heavy workloads

that are leading to a "crisis in morale" of our next

generation of doctors. Rose Polge was 25 and a talented

doctor but she was doubting her abilities, although she was said to

be progressing well. Her family arrived at the coroner 's Court to

hear of the events which led to her death earlier this year. A statement

by Rosa's boyfriend was read out at the inquest. He said he was woken by

high on February 12. She said she had been walking the beach. He

described her as distressed and being concerned about a stretch of

11 days of ships at Torbay Hospital. He said she was having self doubts

about her profession and she asked him if he would stay with her if she

laughed. He said he would. Later, rose grow to Anstey 's code to

entire life. She looked at suicide sites on the Internet and left two

notes. One made a reference to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Rosa's

body was found six weeks later. Her family said their concerns about the

workload of junior doctors. As he returned a verdict of death by

immersion in water, the coroner said it was cleared that Rose was unhappy

and that she had left two notes. He was satisfied she had entered the

water to take her own life. He described her as being highly

regarded and a caring doctor who was a tremendous loss to the profession.

Eight Cornish towns are teaming up with the Fire Service and police

will be recorded and monitored by staff based at the Fire Service's

Critical Control Centre in Tolvaddon.

It will be funded by the town councils via council tax,

and as Tamsin Melville reports, it's being hailed as

We can zoom in that close that we can read a menu

on a restaurant, so the actual clarity is brilliant on this system.

State-of-the-art CCTV cameras across eight Cornish towns,

running 24 hours a day and live monitored for 44 hours a week

from here at the Fire Service Critical Control Centre.

There are towns in Cornwall that are working in partnership together,

but as far as we are aware, nationally, there is not eight town

councils that have come together to create a network such as this.

This is the CCTV camera in the centre of Camborne.

There's 80 of these cameras across the eight towns

in West Cornwall signed up to the project and it's

costing the taxpayers in those towns ?33 an hour.

The town councils are sharing that cost and the community is paying

via their own part of council tax bills, after cuts put a stop

It gives us tremendous opportunity to contribute towards the safety

of residents within Cornwall, not only to consider

and identify and look at crime, but also to protect the vulnerable

CCTV, seen here, is said to have played a crucial part in convicting

two men for the murder of soldier Dave Curnow on a night out

But where some say it is an invaluable tool,

others say it violates privacy and question its effectiveness.

If you are doing nothing wrong, you have absolutely nothing to worry

about and I think it is definitely a deterrent there for people

who are considering committing crime, or being involved

Those involved say there's scope in the future for other Cornish

Detectives are tonight still questioning a 35-year-old man

The body of 44-year-old Gary Miller from Devonport was found

at a flat on Union Street in Plymouth on Saturday.

A postmortem examination found he died from a head injury.

Throughout the day, forensic searches have been taking place

at what police are describing as "locations of interest".

The Penlee lifeboat disaster in which 16 people died,

including eight volunteer lifeboatmen, has been

35 years ago, the lifeboat was lost while repeatedly trying to rescue

the crew of the cargo ship Union Star in hurricane-force

Scientists in Plymouth believe they may have come up with a way

to help make exercise easier if you're overweight.

It's a device which helps with breathing and it's hoped it

could encourage people who are trying to lose weight,

Our health correspondent Jenny Walrond has been

It's called a bod pod and it measures your body size.

It's one of a number of tests for volunteers who are hoping

Megan and Justine are taking part in research by the University

of St Mark and St John into helping people with obesity who suffer

Anything that is going to help me increase my respiratory muscles,

so I can take in a lot more and achieve more before I get

I struggle with my breathing quite a lot, I suffer from panic

attacks quite a lot, so I thought something to help

with my breathing would be something quite good to take part in.

The volunteers are tested on how far they can walk in six minutes.

But it's hoped that by breathing in through one of these devices,

60 times a day for four weeks, our volunteers will stregthen

the muscles around the lungs, enabling them to work

We are looking at individuals and seeing how they can

improve their respiratory performance and how that

moves into their physical performance as well,

because actually, a barrier to physical participation in people

who are overweight can actually just be the adiposity, the fat,

The device works by making it harder to breathe in.

Using it repeatedly strengthens the muscles around the lungs,

It has been used by athletes to improve their performance.

Now scientists want to see if it can have long-term effects

In four weeks, the volunteers will be tested again

and they will then do another month of the trial with exercise added in.

by Christmas wrapping paper and you might assume that it can go

However, several councils, including Exeter, North Devon and Torridge,

Instead you're being encouraged to take it to a recycling

centre or just put it in with your general waste.

And Cornwall council says it can only take paper that's not sparkly,

Harriet Bradshaw's been investigating the different

You have got your decorations, gifts and set aside time

Well, those of us who are organised have.

But when the big event is all over, what happens to all that

For the first time in Exeter, the City Council is asking you not

to put your Christmas wrapping paper in the household recycling bin.

Officers say it is too time-consuming for their team

to separate it from better quality paper here in Exeter.

The paper mill that actually turns your old paper back into fresh

newsprint can't handle this material and it can actually degrade

the quality of the paper they are trying to recycle.

We send out our paper for recycling in 25-tonne loads

and if there is a concentration of this type of wrapping paper,

that whole 25 tonnes is rendered unable to recycle.

Instead they advise you personally take it to an alternative

recycling centre in the city, or just chuck it in the bin.

It is disappointing that the council can't take it in the household

recycling, because there are so many areas they do take it,

but people can drop it off at the recycling centre.

Hopefully they won't make a special journey, but there are lots of other

ways we can reduce our need for recycling at all

For example, these are calendars but they could be magazines.

This is last year's paper that I saved and last year's binding.

On to sport now, and the sale of Torquay United has been delayed

The Conference side had hoped to finalise the deal

with Gaming International today, but now expects to complete

But the wait IS over for Exeter City who recorded their first league win

259 days to be precise, but on Saturday, the

Ollie Watkins getting everyone's hopes up with an early goal.

The manager described the game as hideous to watch,

apart from the last two minutes and that's because Watkins popped up

And give the home crowd a chance to really celebrate

Their Devon rivals proved yet again they have a knack

Despite Accrington putting Argyle under pressure,

The Pilgrims' defence held firm with Luke McCormick on top form.

The only goal of the game came from Craig Tanner

The substitute linked well with David Goodwillie and his shot

had just enough power in it to beat the home keeper.

The win means Plymouth are top of the tree this Christmas.

The Exeter Chiefs are out of the Champions Cup barring

But with Henry Slade pulling the strings from fly half,

they produced their best result in this year's competition,

Tries in each half from Thomas Waldrom and from returning

hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie helped them to their first-ever win French soil.

Elsewhere, there were narrow defeats for the Cornish Pirates

in the British and Irish Cup, and for Plymouth against

unbeaten National One leaders Hartpury College.

Now, Victoria has embarked on a festive adventure tonight

and we can join her now from a very appropriate location.

It is very chilly but then it would be in the North Pole, in the heart

of Devon. Tonight we are going to give you a real Polar Express

experience, I am even armed with my hot chocolate. On Friday I asked you

if you have ever seen the film. Don't worry if you have not because

tonight we will give you a real experience of the Polar Express and

at the same time, launching our very own Spotlight express which will be

a week-long series of Christmas trains and stories driving you on a

journey throughout the region, hearing from different people about

various Christmas traditions. I hope he will stay with us as the

excitement builds because they are only six more sleeps before

Christmas. I have seen with my own eyes Father Christmas and the elves

who have been busy shipping Christmas presents across the world.

Do stay with us for the Polar Express which is packed with very

excited children and their parents and another person who managed to

get a ticket was our very own Andrea who went on a journey that no one

will ever forget. It's an action-packed journey,

all the way to the North Pole. And it's not just the

children having fun. A change of pace to drink that hot

chocolate and eat their cookies and while they do it,

the story of the Polar We've arrived and the elves

and Santa take a break I've got some special elves

that deal with that. Santa says hello and the children,

well, just look at their faces. # Jingle bells, jingle bells

# Jingle all the way. On the way back from the North Pole,

there's loads more fun. # Jingle bells, jingle bells,

jingle all the way. # Jingle bells, jingle bells,

jingle all the way. # Oh what fun it is to ride

on a one-horse open sleigh. Father Christmas was here to visit

and he gave us a bell. I think he's the real

Father Christmas. Just to see Father Christmas, to ask

for what they want for Christmas, We have a nice collection

of them on the tree now. Felt a bit silly in the car

on the way up in our pyjamas, It was lovely to see

you singing and dancing, The team are so energetic

and so friendly and welcoming. It's a real party mood

on the train, it's lovely. # We wish you a Merry Christmas

and a happy New Year. By the time the Polar Express

arrives at its final destination in Okehampton,

there is no-one on board Never mind the children, I am

equally as excited as we wave off the Polar Express. We have managed

to keep hold of some of the characters. You are from Exeter. Is

this the first year you have done it? Yes. What is it like being on

board the Polar Express? Really fun. How many times have you seen the

film? About a million. Two of the shafts. Is this the first year you

have done it? This is the fourth year. It is a great way to see the

season in. Everyone enjoying the hot chocolate? One of my favourite

scenes in the film. We try to do the backflips but we just jumped on the

chairs. It does seem really good fun. Is there a baddie in this film?

I own this train, I am the king of the Polar Express, the king of the

North Pole! I have never seen Father Christmas. Seeing is believing. The

conductor here in charge of the train. We have a schedule to keep.

What does that say? Are there any nonbelievers on the train? If there

are, they get thrown off. It is on time. We have a schedule to keep

here. Thank you so much. We don't have to be here to get into the

Christmas spirit. Making your own cards and singing carols can fill

you with festive fun and a group of children in Plymouth have been doing

just that. Christmas can sometimes be a very

lonely time for the old today. These children are on a special mission to

bring joy. It was wonderful. Their little

voices and the expressions on their faces. They were lovely. I think

they enjoyed it as much as I did. It is good making people happy at

Christmas that don't usually have Christmas together with their

family. The children handed out their home-made Christmas cards to

everyone. Thank you very much. I drew one with two snowman on. I

could cry so easily. They are perfect. The way they have drawn,

not silly things I have seen before and like I draw myself. Mission

accomplished, Joy delivered. Have you done all of your Christmas

shopping yet? Song feel it is getting all to commercial these

days. What happened to soap on a rope and that simple pair of pants

that you used to get from your grandma? John has been looking back

through the archives and finding out about Christmas presents. People's

aspirations used to be a little more colourful.

They never had it so good in the 1950s. As the 60s swung in, people

wanted more. I want a jaguar. A Mercedes-Benz. These days people

expect to be bowled over at Christmas and are prepared to splash

out. About a ground probably. I have three children. Back in the day,

folks went wild. How much money do you reckon to spend at Christmas

time? ?10. To be fair, ?10 is worth over 150 quid in today's money says

it is easy to see how the Christmas budget can balloon. Things that they

want, they cost hundreds of pounds and when you put in a few board

games, nice things, you are there. Time to reset those Christmas

values, something they hankered for 52 years ago. I suppose that in

England today, it is an opportunity when the world is at its dimmest of

making whoopee. The real meaning of Christmas has been forgotten about.

Sometimes the story of the Nativity has been lost as well. Many would

say amen to that and perhaps we should all be thankful for what we

have got. What would you like? Good health? Nothing else? Christmas

presents, Polar Express, we have singers here as well. And beware

that this evening has been really, really chilly. It feels like the

North Pole here. Well, you are at the North Pole. I

am much further south. We seem to have lost David. He is a little bit

further south at Okehampton station where the Polar Express set off

earlier on. It comes along the rails through the light and ends up here

at the North Pole and the children are treated to a Christmas

extravaganza. We will hear more of the carol singers, but, Justin, you

would love it here. It looks very festive. Let's see the weather is

going to be like. It looks like we have a change on the way as we had

through this week. It will be rather cloudy with a lot of mist and fog

but we will see some rain starting to push in. The satellite picture

shows we have a lot of cloud across the south-west, some might rain and

that cloud. The temperature is getting to know tonight. We have

various weather fronts out towards the West. By tomorrow, we have one

to watch out for. It. The cry, some of the card will lift and then rain

is spreading in in the afternoon. The winds will pick up as well and

was the end of the week, things do start to settle down. We have a lot

of cloud out there, most and we have had some rain but the bulk of it is

clearing towards the east. It will be done overnight, a lot of mist and

low cloud. With that cloud it does mean temperatures are not too low.

It should be frost free, temperatures of three or 4 degrees.

A grey, damp start tomorrow. One or two places further east will see

some spells of sunshine. Many of us keeping that fairly solid layer of

cloud. Not as mild as today, highs of around eight or 9 degrees. For

the Isles of Scilly we will see a lot of cloud, some early drizzle and

it will stay rather misty. Here are your times of high water. In terms

of our certain conditions, fairly clean conditions. Here we will see

five or six foot along the north coast. The winds will become

suddenly through the day. Some drizzle at times and the visibility

of all the good occasionally poor. It does look like we will see a

change through the week. Tomorrow we will keep that low cloud but it. To

shift as we had through the day. Wednesday will look unsettled with

strong winds and rain at times. Thursday largely dry with some

sunshine. Friday the winds picked up with some rain spreading in. Rather

blustery as we head towards Christmas. Jim, a local folk singer

is here this evening with the North Dartmoor quire. But from us here at

the Polar Express, we all believe, the team here at Spotlight. Thank

you for joining us. Enjoy the music. Ben dropping

a frozen turkey on Mum's foot. Put me down!

No, we talked about this. Taser him! That is a video game,

isn't it? I'm going to need at least another

15 years to recover from children. This is all nonsense - it's highly

entertaining, nonetheless it's... I'm starting this new job, I'm

taking over a really tough school. Where is it?

You're not going down south...? Huddersfield? I know. That's like

the dark side of the moon. You do know that this house

is haunted? This is all nonsense - it's highly

entertaining, nonetheless it's...