13/01/2017 Spotlight

Welcome to Spotlight. and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

The changing face of the NHS. Tonight we're live at a public

meeting in North Devon as locals fight to keep their acute services.

As Devon faces the largest budget deficit in the country

campaigners say lives will be lost if cuts are made to their hospitals.

Also tonight, the Devon man who was shot during a robbery

in Antigua - Chris Tester's family have told Spotlight he has

lost his eyesight and will spend several more weeks in hospital.

The joke that's become a reality - the 13-year-old who's going to

I would like to get other children around the world to realise that

there is more to life than just their gadgets and their phones.

And find out how this photographer's pictures of the Jam,

taken nearly 40 years ago have ended up on the cover of a new album.

Hundreds of people are expected at the latest public meeting

in North Devon tonight about the future of the NHS.

There are real fears that services - and lives - could be lost, if cuts

are made at North Devon District Hospital.

The NHS in Devon is facing a combined budget deficit

If nothing changes, that's the biggest in England -

so a major review of services is underway.

In North Devon that includes acute services, stroke,

maternity and children's care and emergency services.

Former Labour health minister and Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw

has accused the government of being "in complete denial"

about what he calls the "crisis" in health and social care,

and is calling for an immediate injection of cash.

Our health and social care system is in meltdown. And once again this

week we had the spectacle of the Prime Minister and the government in

total denial about the skill of the problem and an open war with the

head of the NHS, Simon Stevens, who challenged the government to put

more money in. Kirk England is in Braunton tonight

at the latest in series of meetings discussing the planned changes to

health services. North Devon District Hospital is

only a few minutes down the road. That's the focus of concern for

people here in North Devon. This is the latest in a series of public

meetings that have been packed out. We are expecting the same here in

Braunton this evening. The main concern is our what could

potentially happen to services at North Devon District Hospital. It

was built in the 60s. Two campaigners who will be taking part

in a meeting tonight are with me now, Liz Wood, what are you

concerned about? Were concerned about cuts in this hospital to the

stroke unit, paediatrics and maternity. In which case we would

have to travel all the way to Exeter which is at least an hour away, if

the traffic isn't too bad. If the weather is good. Outside the tourist

season. If you live in Linton or even further, either way, if you

need treatment quickly, they will not recover when they could have

done. Serious concerns. Netty Pearson, fears are high in North

Devon. Yes, North Devon hospital is the second most remote hospital in

England. It takes most people more than 60 minutes to get the next

hospital, is Exeter. What about the arguments that the NHS is under

budgetary pressure and needs to change and adapt? But the plans that

are being looked at will make it safe and affordable. It is not

surprising that they are under budgetary pressure. Since 2010 there

have been budget cuts every year. They are underfunded, not overspent.

The government would argue that they are adequately funding the NHS. Liz

Wood, can you understand why people feel so strongly about this? Yes,

all my life I felt safe because I knew that the hospital would be

there if I needed it and now we no longer feel safe. Thank you. We must

stop you there. Just to look at the other arguments and what the NHS is

saying, the organisations behind this review that is taking place say

we need to meet the increasing health and care needs of the

population while ensuring services are sustainable and affordable and,

as I say, the government has insisted that the NHS is adequately

funded. All next week on Spotlight

and BBC local radio we're going inside our NHS

in the South West with a series

of exclusive reports. We'll also be debating the future

of the health service with some

of the region's key decision makers. Three men have appeared in court

charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in a park in St

Austell. All three men were living in

a nearby shelter for the homeless. The man who died was also

a resident at the hostel. The body of 31-year-old Stephen Ball

was found in this part in Saint Austell in by a member of the

public. Stephen Bull was a resident apostle a few hundred yards away

from where he died. It is run by a charity that provides accommodation

for homeless people. Today, three other residents from the same

possible chance before magister -- appeared before magistrates in

men made no plea during this men made no plea during this

hearing. The court was packed with friends and relatives and some

shouted out to the men, as they left the courtroom. The local MP says the

charity which runs the hospital now has issues which are affecting the

town. It is a facility here in the town which has 62 people with

dependency or other significant needs. It is too many people and

people are being brought here from all over Cornwall and further

appeal, and the impact that this residential unit is having on St

Austell has reached the point where it is no longer acceptable and the

people of St Austell have had enough. The charity has declined to

comment about these concerns. This man is a resident at the hostel. He

did not want to be identified but said that the report he has received

from the charity has probably saved his life. The three men charged with

the murder of Stephen Bull were remanded in custody and will appear

in court in Plymouth on Monday. Now a look at some of the other

stories making the news The police have officially named

a couple found dead in a house in Dunkeswell last week

as Michael Beck, who was 62, The deaths are being treated

as murder and suicide. Police investigating the death

of a man found in a van in Cornwall The 35-year-old was discovered

in a Volkswagen Transporter Officers want to hear from anybody

who's seen the vehicle. The family of Josh Clayton

are writing to the Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police

to request that another force carries out a fresh

investigation into his death. The 23-year-old from Taunton

was found dead on Tresco in 2015. The inquest into his death

collapsed earlier this week. Motorists are being warned

about the dangers Freezing conditions are again

forecast, especially in Devon, where the county council says road

temperatures David will have all

the details later. A Devon man who was shot

in the head during an armed robbery Chris Tester intervened when his

parents were being threatened with a gun at their restaurant

in Antigua on Christmas Day. He's currently being treated

at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital. Spotlight's John Ayres

has the latest. It should have been a Christmas

holiday in Paradise but when an armed robber threatened the parents

of Chris Tester have done, Chris try to stop him and was shot in the

head. It's incredible that he was not killed. His family have been at

his bedside at Derriford Hospital. Where it entered behind his right

so he was extremely lucky it did so he was extremely lucky it did

miss his brain, but obviously, unfortunately, it has affected his

eyesight. They are hoping that any brain damage suffered from this is

minimal. He has been on his feet, but it is going to be some time

before he is well enough to leave hospital. He's still on quite a lot

of painkillers all the time. He has had an injury to the head so he is

still recovering from that. He is OK. He's eating a little bit and he

is talking so, yes, he is doing all right. He will be treated for a few

more weeks. He might be moved from Plymouth into a rehabilitation unit

and then he can adjust and hopefully he will be back home but we haven't

been told exactly when that might be. After he had been shot he was

taken for treatment and when he was stable he was flown home to the UK

by Air Ambulance. His family are hugely grateful to friends and

family who rallied round with a crowdfunding campaign that has now

passed more than ?100,000 but is still ?20,000 short of the final

cost. The family have not given any information about the police

investigation into the shooting. Work's started on the country's only

Marine Enterprise Zone in a disused part of Devonport Naval

Base which could create 120 jobs. ?7 million is being invested

to create Oceansgate on the southern

area of the dockyard. With access to three Victorian docks

and reduced tax rates, it's hoped the area will attract

hi-tech marine businesses. I launched this project last July

and we have had 70 inquiries already from nationwide, I hasten to add,

not just local but nationwide. Over 70 inquiries. We are following up

each and every one of them to see how we can best meet the needs of

the people that have asked to get involved and, at the same time,

promote Plymouth. That's my job. The pressures on our health

and social care system are very much in the headlines at the moment,

and now it's hoped a pioneering approach to providing home care

on Dartmoor could be extended to other parts of Devon

and even nationwide. The carer introduction service

was set up after elderly people struggled to get care

from commercial agencies Tamsin Melville has been

to see how the idea works. I would probably have to go into a

home, if not today then very soon. Very quickly. Because I just could

not cope. It is possible for me this because of Simone, a self-employed

carer who lives in the same Dartmoor village. North-east Dartmoor care

was started because elderly people like Mavis in a very rural varieties

were struggling to get carers from commercial villages. There is a

response that is required to the crisis and social care. And

communities make a difference by organising themselves to help

address the issues. Julia has been playing matchmaker within the

community introducing people like Mavis and Simone leading to more

than 1000 care hours a week and 45 self-employed local carers on a

register. It is just giving people a bit of independence at home. And it

is a lovely place to work. I think it is absolutely essential. Because

I am not the only person at all. I hear of a lot of people who are just

needing that to stay at home, and people are getting stuck in

hospitals. I had one person who was in hospital, my friend, who was in

hospital for a fortnight entirely because they could not get any care

for her. Thanks to local fundraising Nedcare is set to become a

not-for-profit registered social care agency in its own right and

Juliet is bidding for government cash in the hope that the community

model could be copied in other parts of Devon. You can see much more that

scheme on the Sunday Politics this coming Sunday at 11 o'clock on BBC

One. A Devon firm which makes yurts

is expanding thanks to an EU grant. The firm, in Staverton near Totnes,

is taking on three more staff A further ?1 million of European

money is is up for grabs by rural businesses in South Devon

before the scheme ends. Yurts have become very trendy thanks

to pop festivals like Glastonbury. This company which makes yurts has

recently received ?15,000 EU grant to help it expand. It has enabled me

to grow the business. As a result of getting the grant I'd been able to

employ two more people and extend the product line which means that

our offering is much better than it was. It is great news. The yurts are

handmade in this workshop in the Devon countryside. The cash came

from the South Devon coastal local action group which hands out

European funds to create jobs. This is a prime example of a small rural

business with four people employed at the moment and we're going to

employ another three. The future is uncertain. We are looking at other

schemes, UK-based schemes. If we can get the same people involved and

carry it forward, that is what we aim to do. Brexit means the scheme

will end. The good news is there is ?1 million left in the pot which

could be handed out to rural businesses in South Devon over the

next few years. To the untrained eye it might seem like just some canvas

over some polls, but it takes skilled craftspeople whose futures

have been secured by the grant. I am born and bred in topless. I help --

Totnes. It is very close to fine furniture making, using the skills

that I have. At the best of times I'm not an enthusiastic camper but

even I think that I could get into this glamping lark!

It's time for the sport now and Plymouth's big game with Liverpool

is getting ever closer. Natalie's here to tell us more.

We're not going to talk about it tonight because with replay tickets

rapidly selling out, Plymouth Argyle will have to put the thrill

of the FA Cup behind them and get back to business this weekend

when they host Stevenage in League 2.

The Pilgrims are still second in the division.

Doncaster have opened up a four-point gap at the top

Derek Adams reckons that rather than being distracted

by the Liverpool games, his players have learned from being

We have shown that again, go back into the game against Stevenage, we

take the experience of being able to close teams down, not allowing them

any space but then on the opposite side, we have to go and get on the

ball and pass and move it and create chances again, this weekend.

Elsewhere our other league 2 sides are on their travels.

Exeter are at Grimsby, and Yeovil at Wycombe.

In the National League, Torquay are at home to Woking.

The Exeter Chiefs will try to keep their faint hopes of staying

in Europe alive when they take on Ulster this weekend.

They're playing on Sunday, so let's start there and work backwards.

In the British and Irish Cup the Pirates are away to Ospreys

and it's the Blues versus the Reds with Jersey visiting Cardiff.

Meanwhile in League One, Albion are at home to Esher.

Well, it started as a joke but now a teenager from Cornwall

is preparing to take on an incredible endurance challenge.

Next month, 13-year-old Siam Juntakeraket from Bodmin

is going to cycle 3,000 miles across Australia.

He's in good hands - going with him is his coach Bob Brown,

who's the first man to have both run and cycled the route.

Nothing unusual about cycling to school and back, but Siam

Juntakeraket has much bigger plans. A throwaway comment is triathlon

coach who was planning on setting up a race across Australia set the

wheels in motion for a gruelling record attempt. I rang up and asked

them if I could have a go, as sort of a joke to start with, but then

they said why not, let's give it a go. And here we are. They will

concentrate purely on his record attempt. 44 days, the time to beat.

We are aiming to do it in 30 but I have only hired a motorhome for 36

days because of the finances and things like that. It is an average

of over 90 miles each day. No pressure, then. They will start for

hours north of Sydney and head west with Siam's Perez following behind.

It seems like quite a lot to do in a day, but I am prepared. He has the

attributes necessary to complete this amazing challenge and I am

really proud of him. Bob would know what it takes having run across

Europe, the US, as well as crossing Australia on foot and on two wheels.

If he had asked to run across Australia with me I would have said

no because of his age. Some days I would get days when my feet swelled

up and size six at the start of the race up to size 11. What will be the

biggest problem next month? It will be the heat, quite bad, I think. But

I reckon it will be fine. Me trying to keep up with him, which might be

more difficult than it sounds. As well as raising money for two local

charities, Siam wants to inspire others on a global scale. I would

like to get other children around the world to realise that there is

more to life than just their gadgets and their phones, and to get out and

feel what it is like to be doing activities, rather than just sitting

on a sofa and not really doing much. Good advice for us all! That's

right, it is not just children. Good advice coming from a 13-year-old.

Amazing, isn't it? Incredible trip. Now how about this for

a trip down memory lane? Two sisters have just watched a film

of themselves for the first time, more than 60 years

after it was made. Back in the 1950s they took

part in a production All these years later

they have finally seen it and as Clare Woodling reports,

it was an emotional moment. Lines from the greatest of our

plays, and you out of the rock is one of the most lovely theatres in

Europe, the Minack Theatre. 1955 and preparations are underway for

Macbeth. Among the cast, 24-year-old Philip Kendall Carpenter. There is

me. And there is Macbeth. I can't remember his name. That is Duncan.

Duncan, I could be wrong. Her younger sister Vivian also has a

role. 60 years on, and memories have come alive as they watch themselves

in a newly discovered film for the first time. I think that Don McLeod,

who was so good looking. He was putting blood on his sword, bless

him. I went out with him a couple of times! Is that the boy? Yes. He was

so sweet! They had Macbeth's head wrapped up in a cloth and they

dropped it on the stage with a dreadful thud, and it was the

biggest turn up that they could find! This huge turnout, every

night, kerthump! Did you know that I went swimming? No, no. I bet mother

didn't as well. Midnight? Yes, somebody followed me, evidently. I

can't remember who. No. Shall I tell you? I was swimming and paddling

away and suddenly I was aware that I was not alone? Do you know who

followed me? Mac Beth! No, really! They just love cheering them

memories. She went swimming with Macbeth. Scandal! -- they loved

sharing their memories. Now for a budding young rock

photographer the late 1970s was an exciting time

to try to launch a career. Mike Searle was just seventeen

when he took a cheap camera The snaps he took didn't make it

into the music press But decades later his dream has come

true and they've ended The Jam Orntoft the Pops in 1979.

Mike Searle went to see them that month and took along his

Russian-made camera. They were an amazing band, so part of what I

wanted to do was capture him jumping with his guitar, Paul Weller,

because that was his kind of signature move. I managed to get

that. Lacking confidence, Mike didn't do anything with them. The

pictures never saw the light of day again until a few years ago. Wanting

to set up as a freelance photographer Mike dug them out and

put them online and then he got a call. Someone from Universal Music

called me and said we have got your photos and we would like to use them

in a live album were releasing in the same year, are you interested?

Yes, I am! Six months later the finished album was posted to him. I

got the package and they opened it up and it was just this shiny,

heavy, beautiful piece of art. I would have done it for love, to be

honest! So, teenage dreams that finally came true, 38 years later. I

think the message is for other people that age, if you do get the

chance, follow your passion and really follow it through and good

things can happen. Photos that stood the test of time.

After the cold and I saw last night, there

Our late bulletin is at 10:25pm. Have a good evening.

Parents are facing an explosion in the number of children saying