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Good evening. the news where you are. Goodbye. | :00:10. | :00:10. | |
A man from Torquay is in a critical condition in Antigua | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
37 year old Christopher Tester was injured during an attempted | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
robbery at his parent's restaurant last night. | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
Friends have launched an urgent 90 thousand pound appeal to fly him | :00:22. | :00:28. | |
We are all very shocked as you can probably imagine. | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
His parents are very well loved members of our expat community here, | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
they have had a couple of restaurants throughout the years | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
and it is extremely shocking and saddening what has happened | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
Chris flew out a few days ago to come and help with Christmas | :00:45. | :00:52. | |
and was due to fly back home on the 29th of December. | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
It is something you do not expect to hear when you wake | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
The former Wham bandmate of George Michael has paid tribute | :00:58. | :01:09. | |
to the friend he says was the finest singer/songwriter of his generation. | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
Andrew Ridgely, who lives near Wadebridge in Cornwall, | :01:13. | :01:14. | |
was reacting on social media following news of the global | :01:15. | :01:16. | |
superstar's passing yesterday at the age of 53. | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
Writing on Twitter, Ridgely said he was "heartbroken" at the loss | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
of his beloved friend ...who would be "forever loved" | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
and missed "by his family, his friends, the world of music | :01:24. | :01:25. | |
In Guernsey, police say they believe the body of a man who disappeared | :01:26. | :01:39. | |
six months ago has been found by children out for | :01:40. | :01:41. | |
a walk on Christmas Eve. Steven Corbet was last seen getting | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
off a bus at Portelet Bay and reported missing on the 27th | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
Police say formal identification will take in a few weeks | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
but evidence at the scene suggested it was Mr Corbet. | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
There are calls for the government to do more to combat homelessness | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
Official figures show that around 500 people are sleeping rough | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
in the region.Charities, though, say this is just | :02:02. | :02:03. | |
Harriet Bradshaw's been hearing the story of one former | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
The simple pleasures of many young people. | :02:08. | :02:21. | |
But for Dan, life hasn't always been this straightforward. | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
Recently following a relationship breakdown, he ended up | :02:26. | :02:27. | |
I felt like I was a piece of dirt that someone | :02:28. | :02:35. | |
It is terrifying for someone who has never done it before, | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
who had a home and a fantastic life before that and then you have | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
to come out and do something like live on the streets. | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
The latest government figures suggest more than 500 people sleep | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
Unless we see some structural change in terms of government policy around | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
benefits and housing supply, this problem is only | :02:56. | :02:57. | |
Life is looking better for Dan since getting help | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
From this to this, you can see what I have got now, | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
The government says it is protecting homelessness prevention funding | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
with an extra ?5.7 million specifically for the Southwest. | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
Harriet Bradshaw, BBC Spotlight, Exeter. | :03:18. | :03:28. | |
On to sport and hundreds of football fans have been queuing today | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
to get their hands on tickets for Plymouth Argyle's FA Cup away | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
match against Liverpool on January the 8th. | :03:35. | :03:35. | |
Tickets went on sale at nine o'clock. | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
Many fans had been waiting since the early hours. | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
Today's sale was for club members, non members will be able to buy | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
The club has around eight and a half thousand tickets for the game. | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
Just got your tickets, how do you feel? | :03:50. | :03:51. | |
We have been here since 8 o'clock this morning | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
I am so relieved that we have got our lovable tickets. | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
Special, we don't play Liverpool every week, do we? | :04:04. | :04:05. | |
It seems a long time, but never mind. | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
But Argyle were knocked off the top of League two this afternoon | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
after drawing 3 all with Wycombe at Home Park. | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
The Pilgrims led 3-1 but the visitors fought back | :04:17. | :04:18. | |
Meanwhile there was a point a piece for Exeter and Yeovil with the local | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
And in the National League, Torquay United beat Forest Green | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
Hundreds of swimmers braved the chilly waters around our coast | :04:27. | :04:34. | |
today to take a traditional Boxing Day dip. | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
This was Charlestown in Cornwall where the rowing club organised | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
While in St Ives, bathers from as far afield as Australia took | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
part in the sunny swim at Porthminster beach - | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
they were raising money for a homeless charity | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
and for the Wave project which aims to help youngsters build | :04:51. | :04:52. | |
On to the weather and Ian Ferguson has the forecast... | :04:53. | :05:02. | |
A marked change of weather type with high pressure | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
dominating the pattern, meaning the return | :05:07. | :05:07. | |
of some cold nights, but for tomorrow, a fine day. | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
We will find further east in the region, temperatures | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
particularly in the countryside dropping below freezing, | :05:14. | :05:14. | |
Not so towards the South West peninsula and the Channel Islands. | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
The odd patch of fog as we start tomorrow, | :05:22. | :05:23. | |
but effectively it is looking a fine day, for the most part, | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
a lot of sunshine, a bit more cloud across parts of Cornwall | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
and here brisk winds feeding in from the south-east, | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
but light and variable winds as we head further | :05:32. | :05:33. | |
Similar story in the Channel Islands, temperatures tomorrow | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
broadly in the range of between seven and 9 degrees. | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
That is all for us for now. We will have another update at 12 o'clock | :05:39. | :05:58. | |
tomorrow. Goodbye for now. and longer spells of rain over | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
northern | :06:02. | :06:02. |