:00:00. > :00:12.Tonight, the growing problem of dealing with
:00:13. > :00:17.Strap me in, pushing me through the door, down one step
:00:18. > :00:19.and next thing I knew, flat on me back.
:00:20. > :00:22.As a private ambulance service denies mishandling a patient,
:00:23. > :00:25.we look at how services are having to adapt and retrain staff to deal
:00:26. > :00:33.Also tonight - taking to the streets in protest.
:00:34. > :00:44.Angry scenes in Somerset over planned cuts in services and a big
:00:45. > :00:48.Rivers run deep, as investment is plunged into Cornish waters
:00:49. > :00:51.to help improve quality for wildlife and people.
:00:52. > :01:08.And making a splash - the rare otter pups learning to swim.
:01:09. > :01:11.A private ambulance transport company has denied allowing an obese
:01:12. > :01:12.patient to fall as it transported him to
:01:13. > :01:18.Bob Wiley, from Saltash, who weighs 23 stone,
:01:19. > :01:21.claims he was dropped from the wheelchair as staff
:01:22. > :01:23.struggled to carry him out of his house.
:01:24. > :01:25.E-Zec Medical Transport says it was a "controlled manoeuvre"
:01:26. > :01:33.Over the years many of our services have had to adapt
:01:34. > :01:40.to cope with a population growing increasingly obese.
:01:41. > :01:46.The NHS now provide supersized beds and nurses have to undergo training
:01:47. > :01:48.to deal with the growing number of patients weighing
:01:49. > :01:54.In the three years leading up to 2016 the rescue of obese people
:01:55. > :01:57.by the fire service went up by more than a third,
:01:58. > :01:59.and specialist ambulances were commissioned costing
:02:00. > :02:06.Paul Brennan has been to meet Mr Wiley, who says
:02:07. > :02:08.when dealing with obese people communication is key.
:02:09. > :02:13.62-year-old Rob Wiley has been housebound for more than six years
:02:14. > :02:17.and these days spends much of his time in bed.
:02:18. > :02:20.With a number of health conditions, including diabetes and bladder
:02:21. > :02:27.cancer, he has frequent trips to hospital.
:02:28. > :02:29.Last Thursday Bob was collected for a regular hospital appointment
:02:30. > :02:36.As they tried to negotiate this step and bring him down
:02:37. > :02:44.Now, the third-party contractors who were covering for E-Zec say
:02:45. > :02:46.it was a controlled manoeuvre to the ground.
:02:47. > :02:48.However, Bob says he fell back sharply and landed
:02:49. > :02:55.injuring his neck and back, leaving him in a great deal of pain.
:02:56. > :02:57.Terrible, muscular pain aching all over still now.
:02:58. > :03:00.There's no bruising, well, bits of bruising,
:03:01. > :03:06.but it's just the muscular pain has gone in.
:03:07. > :03:08.But I just got some painkillers from my doctor,
:03:09. > :03:17.Last week, due to demand, E-Zec had subcontracted the job
:03:18. > :03:24.In a statement today E-Zec stood by Life Star and denied that
:03:25. > :03:55.Thankfully, Mr Wiley was able to make his hospital appointment
:03:56. > :04:04.that day but says the incident has left him sore and shaken.
:04:05. > :04:08.The chant from protestors in Somerset as the council
:04:09. > :04:13.met to set its budget for the year ahead.
:04:14. > :04:16.Unions say the measures agreed today will lead to millions of pounds
:04:17. > :04:19.of cuts to services and job losses as well as an increase in
:04:20. > :04:33.Across the West macro it is a time are difficult decisions. This
:04:34. > :04:38.morning in Somerset that our had arrived. The reality is anybody in
:04:39. > :04:44.this position would have to have made the same tough decisions. The
:04:45. > :04:49.devil in is in the detail. I do not like the lack of detail to any of
:04:50. > :04:57.the cuts. Controversy in the chamber over ?18 million of cuts to
:04:58. > :05:01.spending. And outside, from unions and service users worried about what
:05:02. > :05:05.is happening. We have seen a staff getting cut upon cart, staff are
:05:06. > :05:15.making impossible choices about how to do their job to keep communities
:05:16. > :05:18.safe. The situation is quite poor and the problem we have with the
:05:19. > :05:22.budget for next year is that there is no indication of the detail of
:05:23. > :05:29.where the cuts will fall. Even as spending falls council tax is
:05:30. > :05:38.rising. Somerset's will go up by 4%. It is the same in Gloucestershire
:05:39. > :05:47.but slightly less in Baynes and in the North Somerset it is more. Band
:05:48. > :05:53.D tax bills will rise between ?50 and ?80 overall. The children and
:05:54. > :05:57.adults need our care so it is balance, something that everybody.
:05:58. > :06:01.It is not perfect of course, we had six years when we were able to
:06:02. > :06:07.freeze council tax, we are proud of that, but it is getting more
:06:08. > :06:10.difficult going forward. He is to meet government ministers to discuss
:06:11. > :06:17.their fall in funding but no bailout is expected, so cuts, including the
:06:18. > :06:21.loss of 120 jobs, will go ahead. Strong feelings as councils voted
:06:22. > :06:25.through tax rises and spending reductions. Efforts have been made
:06:26. > :06:30.to protect services, not least because here and across the West
:06:31. > :06:32.local elections are coming up. After that councils will have to start
:06:33. > :06:35.planning further rounds of cuts. Now a round up of some
:06:36. > :06:38.of the other news tonight. Devon has been praised for its work
:06:39. > :06:41.in helping young offenders. It comes as the the former
:06:42. > :06:43.Chief Inspector of Prisons calls for more local authorities
:06:44. > :06:45.to provide speech and Lord Ramsbotham says six out of ten
:06:46. > :06:49.young offenders have communication problems and the right support cuts
:06:50. > :06:53.re-offending rates. There will be no Air Day
:06:54. > :06:56.at RNAS Culdrose this year. The Commanding Officer at the base
:06:57. > :06:59.in Cornwall has told us that the decision has been made
:07:00. > :07:02.to allow them to focus on delivering their primary roles -
:07:03. > :07:07.protecting the strategic nuclear deterrent and to support
:07:08. > :07:14.counter-terrorism. Work on 36 new intercity trains
:07:15. > :07:17.to connect Devon and Cornwall When the trains are finished GWR
:07:18. > :07:22.says they will have more seats and more room and better
:07:23. > :07:28.on-board technology. A Devon and Cornwall Police sergeant
:07:29. > :07:31.today broke down in tears as he told a jury that the death of a man
:07:32. > :07:34.in custody was "our Sergeant Jan Kingshott described
:07:35. > :07:38.32-year-old Thomas Orchard as an "angry man" who repeatedly
:07:39. > :07:40.threatened to bite officers. The church caretaker suffered
:07:41. > :07:43.a cardiac arrest at Heavitree Road Sergent Kingshott and two other
:07:44. > :07:48.police staff deny manslaughter. Hamish Marshall reports
:07:49. > :08:03.from Bristol Crown Court. Sergent Kingshott spent three hours
:08:04. > :08:11.in the witness box today. He fought back the tears as he broke down,
:08:12. > :08:15.telling the jury of the moment he realised the seriousness of what had
:08:16. > :08:27.happened. He said, a death is our worst nightmare in custody. My head
:08:28. > :08:30.was spinning. As Thomas Orchard arrived Sergent Kingshott described
:08:31. > :08:36.him as an angry man who need it to calm down. He said that he shouted
:08:37. > :08:45.words to the effect of, I am going to bite your F in face-off, on
:08:46. > :08:48.multiple occasions. Mr Orchard had mental health issues but they were
:08:49. > :08:52.not flagged up on the police computer. An emergency response belt
:08:53. > :08:57.was held around his face have five minutes to prevent him biting.
:08:58. > :09:02.Sergent Kingshott told the jury he had seen the belts used in this way
:09:03. > :09:08.on around 50 previous occasions and he was trained in this method of
:09:09. > :09:18.restraint. He also denied knowing that Mr Orchard was in trouble. He
:09:19. > :09:32.said he thought he was asleep. The three officers each deny
:09:33. > :09:37.manslaughter. Decisions over what happens next will be made in the
:09:38. > :09:48.near future. The trial resumes in the morning.
:09:49. > :09:51.Two rivers in Cornwall are to benefit from a huge
:09:52. > :10:01.investment to help improve water quality for wildlife and people.
:10:02. > :10:07.?1.6 million of that is coming via the European Union.
:10:08. > :10:10.It should improve habitats over 150 kilometres of river for declining
:10:11. > :10:13.salmon and trout populations, making it easier for them
:10:14. > :10:19.The water quality on the upper reaches of the rivers Fowey
:10:20. > :10:22.and Camel is already good, but over the past century there has
:10:23. > :10:24.been a steep decline in the numbers of fish,
:10:25. > :10:27.such as salmon and, that manage to make it this far upstream
:10:28. > :10:31.This new money will be used to help them find
:10:32. > :10:36.In October time the fish will try to migrate
:10:37. > :10:39.through the system and if they can get here they will find these
:10:40. > :10:42.gravels which they can nest in and lay their eggs and the male
:10:43. > :10:46.The difficulty is, if they can't get up the river to get here,
:10:47. > :10:49.no matter how good this habitat is, they just can't get here.
:10:50. > :10:53.These invertebrates were found on the River Camel today.
:10:54. > :10:56.They seem to suggest that this is a healthy river and improving
:10:57. > :11:01.that will be good for wildlife but also the local economy.
:11:02. > :11:04.To actually make those fisheries more accessible to people and more
:11:05. > :11:08.commonly used will actually benefit things like tackle shops,
:11:09. > :11:11.B and so on, so actually really it's not just about the environment
:11:12. > :11:14.being a good thing in itself but the environment being something
:11:15. > :11:21.This is one of 28 weirs on the River Camel alone.
:11:22. > :11:24.They're an obstacle for the fish and the West Country Rivers Trust
:11:25. > :11:27.is looking for ways for the fish to try and overcome these obstacles.
:11:28. > :11:29.Other bodies, including the Environment Agency,
:11:30. > :11:40.In other places, where we have barriers that may act in a way that
:11:41. > :11:43.stop fish moving up the river to spawn, we're going to take
:11:44. > :11:51.In other places we might remove some other structures so it makes it
:11:52. > :11:54.a little bit more natural for the fish to breed.
:11:55. > :11:57.Much of the money for this work is coming through the European Union
:11:58. > :12:00.but even after Brexit the local MP believes the UK Government
:12:01. > :12:02.will want to continue this type of investment.
:12:03. > :12:07.We are still paying in at the moment so it's important we get access
:12:08. > :12:10.to the money that we should be utilising in this country,
:12:11. > :12:13.but when we've got back control of some of that money we'll then
:12:14. > :12:16.have an aim and a priority about which elements
:12:17. > :12:19.The Fowey and Camel are crucial for wildlife but also provide
:12:20. > :12:22.an important source of drinking water in Cornwall.
:12:23. > :12:25.By removing obstacles to help salmon and trout there will also be
:12:26. > :12:33.We're in Dartmouth in a moment with a fascinating insight
:12:34. > :12:35.into the training of Royal Navy officers over the years.
:12:36. > :12:43.Live here in the studio, we'll be speaking to former
:12:44. > :12:46.Royal Marine Mark Ormrod as the roller coaster of life events
:12:47. > :12:51.of the last ten years is made into a documentary.
:12:52. > :12:54.And, learning to swim - we'll see how these rare otter cubs
:12:55. > :13:05.Now for a collection of memories from former naval officer cadets
:13:06. > :13:08.Interviews have been recorded with officers
:13:09. > :13:11.from across the decades giving personal accounts of what it was
:13:12. > :13:20.like training for life in the Navy at different periods in time.
:13:21. > :13:24.As Spotlight's John Ayres reports, the look back at life in the Naval
:13:25. > :13:30.College will go on show this summer.
:13:31. > :13:33.Life in the Navy now is very different to 80 years ago, and proof
:13:34. > :13:35.of this will be available for future posterity.
:13:36. > :13:37.Former officer cadets have opened up about their
:13:38. > :13:42.experiences in a series of interviews.
:13:43. > :13:44.Adrian Holloway, trained in the 30s, recalls his selection interview.
:13:45. > :13:52.There are four brothers in a family, each has a sister.
:13:53. > :14:02.The old buffer thought I would say eight.
:14:03. > :14:04.Then there was the thought of going to Dartmouth,
:14:05. > :14:10.Perhaps they thought it would put you off!
:14:11. > :14:17.It is the little things that many of them remember.
:14:18. > :14:19.It was considered socially important for officers to be
:14:20. > :14:21.able to ballroom dance, but 1973, there weren't any
:14:22. > :14:25.Halfway through the dancers, we had to change our grip and become the
:14:26. > :14:29.And you would dance with your friend, and the whole thing was sort
:14:30. > :14:34.What I found really interesting was the change,
:14:35. > :14:40.attitudes and in society that these recordings prove.
:14:41. > :14:42.So somebody who was here in the 1930s, you ask them
:14:43. > :14:44.a question like, what did it feel like?
:14:45. > :14:54.Whereas you ask someone in the 1970s and
:14:55. > :15:04.'80s, and they can actually analyse their feelings.
:15:05. > :15:07.62 interviews have been collected, which will go on show
:15:08. > :15:10.Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod is marking ten years
:15:11. > :15:14.since he was traumatically injured in Afghanistan.
:15:15. > :15:15.He's making a fly-on-the-wall documentary detailing
:15:16. > :15:23.It follows the highs and the lows, and how life CAN go
:15:24. > :15:30.In a moment, we'll be talking to Mark and film-maker Matt Elliot,
:15:31. > :15:33.but first Spotlight's Janine Jansen looks back at how Mark's life
:15:34. > :15:41.Mark Ormrod was the first British triple amputee
:15:42. > :15:47.Doctors said he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
:15:48. > :15:49.Five months later he proved them all wrong as he walked
:15:50. > :15:55.I was always going to walk to receive the medal,
:15:56. > :15:58.that was one of the main targets I set myself for my rehab,
:15:59. > :16:01.it's what I used as a motivation to push myself to get good
:16:02. > :16:10.If I'm being honest it was quite emotional.
:16:11. > :16:14.He said he had to beg, borrow and steal to get the care he needed.
:16:15. > :16:16.His fundraising efforts were immense.
:16:17. > :16:21.In the Gumpathon Challenge he ran across America.
:16:22. > :16:26.He hand-cycled around the UK, never mind the pain.
:16:27. > :16:29.The arm is coming loose inside the socket so I'm basically
:16:30. > :16:32.just powering on one arm, and it's not easy.
:16:33. > :16:35.His life has been defined by setting and achieving goals.
:16:36. > :16:54.Incredible stuff. Thank you so much for coming in tonight. This sounds
:16:55. > :17:02.like, just looking at that film, you have done so much, this sounds like
:17:03. > :17:05.roller-coaster of a documentary. We will start at the end of the month
:17:06. > :17:12.where we have all of our kit together and we set to go. What has
:17:13. > :17:16.the last ten years been like? I mentioned how Christmas Eve 2007
:17:17. > :17:20.Everything changed when the explosion happened but what has it
:17:21. > :17:24.been like in the last decade. This is something a lot of people
:17:25. > :17:28.struggle to understand when I say this, but it has been brilliant.
:17:29. > :17:32.Initially it was very difficult and I'm not ashamed to admit that but
:17:33. > :17:37.once I crossed that line from it being hard to it being normal life
:17:38. > :17:43.has gone insane and it has been brilliant. You know each other very
:17:44. > :17:48.well indeed. I am guessing this will be quite an emotional thing to work
:17:49. > :17:56.on fee you. It will be the difficult part for me because I know Mark so
:17:57. > :18:01.well and I know how it is taken for granted now, so we have to look back
:18:02. > :18:06.at the incident, what has led to where he is now, and focus on the
:18:07. > :18:09.highs and the lows as well. You are involving other people as well,
:18:10. > :18:15.asking them to come forward, people you have met and worked with, to
:18:16. > :18:19.give there accounts. There are lots of key people involved, from
:18:20. > :18:28.Christmas Eve 2070 where I am now, and I would like to get their say on
:18:29. > :18:32.things. -- 2007. I think it would be very interesting for people
:18:33. > :18:38.watching. What do you hope it will achieve? Once we see how you have
:18:39. > :18:43.adapted to your different lifestyle and what life is like now, what do
:18:44. > :18:49.you hope the film will achieve? The biggest thing we are both aiming for
:18:50. > :18:53.really is to use it to help other people, that is our motivation. Or
:18:54. > :19:00.amber just over nine years ago now lying in the hospital bed. -- I
:19:01. > :19:03.remember. The information was not so accessible and I had so many
:19:04. > :19:08.questions and I had no motivation, I didn't want to know anything or
:19:09. > :19:13.speak to anybody. I am hoping that other people who watch the film can
:19:14. > :19:20.get a bit of motivation from it. What was the key moment that turned
:19:21. > :19:26.for you from being this desperate situation to wanting to grab life
:19:27. > :19:30.and move forward with life? I found somebody over in America who was a
:19:31. > :19:34.triple amputee who was living the kind of life that in my head I
:19:35. > :19:39.imagined I could be living, so I knew it was possible, despite some
:19:40. > :19:43.of the things I was being told, I knew it was possible to be
:19:44. > :19:48.independent and free, and that changed it for me. And you hope this
:19:49. > :19:54.will be released in December, all going well. Yes, a lot of work. You
:19:55. > :19:55.had better get started! We wish you all the best of luck
:19:56. > :19:59.with it. Plymouth Argyle has reported
:20:00. > :20:02.Leyton Orient captain Liam Kelly to the FA for allegedly pushing over
:20:03. > :20:05.one of the ball boys during last Five of the visitors
:20:06. > :20:09.were booked in an ill-tempered contest which Argyle lost
:20:10. > :20:11.in stoppage time. Exeter City also paid the price
:20:12. > :20:13.for conceding late goals, After a defeat, forget
:20:14. > :20:17.pretty football. And when the chance came it
:20:18. > :20:24.fell to the right man. David Wheeler was back
:20:25. > :20:26.on the scoresheet, making it nine It looked like his goal would be
:20:27. > :20:32.enough until a second bookable offence with minutes left saw
:20:33. > :20:36.Jake Taylor sent off. The response from the
:20:37. > :20:38.hosts was immediate. The City defence and
:20:39. > :20:42.the crossbar were rattled. In a frenetic end to the game,
:20:43. > :20:45.despite being a man down, the Grecians struck on the break
:20:46. > :20:49.and Ryan Harley had a simple tap-in. County managed to get the ball
:20:50. > :20:55.in the net in stoppage time Two deflections and two valuable
:20:56. > :21:09.points dropped for City. After their derby win, Argyle
:21:10. > :21:12.carried on where they left off, January signing Antoni Sarcevic made
:21:13. > :21:16.it two goals from three starts. He was eventually forced off
:21:17. > :21:19.with an injury, leading to the first Orient were not here to win friends
:21:20. > :21:26.but Gavin Massey may have won some admirers with this
:21:27. > :21:29.fine individual goal. Into the second half
:21:30. > :21:32.and in between bookings Matty Kennedy produced a carbon copy
:21:33. > :21:35.of Massey's goal to put And so it stayed, until two minutes
:21:36. > :21:45.from time and that man again. Massey doubled his
:21:46. > :21:47.tally to level things. Sadly it was Orient who got it,
:21:48. > :21:55.deep into stoppage time. Hopefully this result won't come
:21:56. > :21:57.back to haunt Argyle Four baby otters living
:21:58. > :22:20.at Newquay Zoo are learning to swim. Just a few days ago
:22:21. > :22:23.we showed their very first foray into the water,
:22:24. > :22:25.and now we can see Clare Woodling has been
:22:26. > :22:28.to watch a swimming lesson. Aww.
:22:29. > :22:30.And not an armband insight. You've got mum and dad
:22:31. > :22:37.and there are several uncles in there and we have one female
:22:38. > :22:40.who has lived with us for years, who is lovely,
:22:41. > :22:42.and we are very fond of her, so she teaches
:22:43. > :22:44.all of the babies, so they are always
:22:45. > :22:47.keeping an eye on them, the babies are in the water, trying to find
:22:48. > :22:50.food, and there is always one adult next to them keeping an eye on them,
:22:51. > :22:54.so it is a big family group and a They are just coming out now
:22:55. > :23:01.and starting to get wet and realise The otters are well on their way
:23:02. > :23:07.to a five-metre badge. Certainly no-one is afraid
:23:08. > :23:09.of taking the plunge. So what is the Otto's favourite
:23:10. > :23:11.stroke, butterfly or They have almost like a doggy paddle
:23:12. > :23:19.but more of an otter style, and also with that tail,
:23:20. > :23:22.which is like a rudder and a driving force at the same time,
:23:23. > :23:30.so they have their own style. They naturally know when they get in
:23:31. > :23:34.the water, they need a bit of teaching but they can swim far
:23:35. > :23:38.better than we do. The lesson has been a triumph, all of the otters
:23:39. > :23:46.are accounted for. And now it is tea-time. The river exploits have
:23:47. > :23:50.gone swimmingly. It is a big step forward for these otters, let's see
:23:51. > :23:54.how they feel about it. How do you find this achievement?
:23:55. > :23:59.I am going to have to stop you there.
:24:00. > :24:09.It is a bit scary for them, that massive thing coming towards them.
:24:10. > :24:15.I have never seen otters interviewed on the news before, a first.
:24:16. > :24:20.I want to see more of the otters and less of the weather. For many of us
:24:21. > :24:26.it has been a glorious day. We had some early rain but that has cleared
:24:27. > :24:32.for many of us about late morning and we have seen some sunshine
:24:33. > :24:36.emerging. Our cameraman Jeff went to Topsham today to find signs of
:24:37. > :24:41.spring but here was one of the more unlucky spots. We had lines of cloud
:24:42. > :24:47.developing from Dartmoor towards the XS jury. Because the sunshine has
:24:48. > :24:53.got a bit more heat now we are starting to see these showers more
:24:54. > :24:58.inclined to develop inland and less likely out at sea. Once the early
:24:59. > :25:02.rain cleared many of us had skies like this, beautiful blue skies, you
:25:03. > :25:07.can see St Michael's Mount in the distance. Into tomorrow, with the
:25:08. > :25:13.clear skies overnight it will be chilly, the risk of ground frost
:25:14. > :25:17.perhaps, and mist and fog forming. That could be a bit stubborn
:25:18. > :25:20.tomorrow. It will be dry and write tomorrow. We have high pressure
:25:21. > :25:26.trying to dominate through the coming days. -- it will be dry and
:25:27. > :25:33.right. We have weather fronts trying to encroach, which leads to some
:25:34. > :25:36.tricky cloud forecasting conditions in the next few days. In generally I
:25:37. > :25:40.think there will be a lot of dry weather to be had. This is the
:25:41. > :25:45.weather front that pushed through earlier on today. Behind it most of
:25:46. > :25:50.us have sunshine will stop we had that island of showers but for most
:25:51. > :26:00.of us a very nice afternoon. In general this evening it will be a
:26:01. > :26:03.clear evening. Quite chilly, three or 4 degrees in places and a touch
:26:04. > :26:09.of frost a possibility for promo spots. The mist and fog tomorrow
:26:10. > :26:18.could be quite stubborn. -- for prone spots. We are only two weeks
:26:19. > :26:21.away from the start of spring according to the meteorologists.
:26:22. > :26:27.These are the top temperatures, mild, some spots will have 1314
:26:28. > :26:32.degrees perhaps. A nice day for the Isles of Scilly, bright skies
:26:33. > :26:39.overhead and a gentle breeze. -- 13 or 14 degrees. These are the times
:26:40. > :26:46.of high water. The biggest waves tomorrow along the north coast, for
:26:47. > :27:00.to six feet bats. -- four to six feet perhaps. The wind is mostly
:27:01. > :27:03.south-westerly, conditions mainly fair and visibility good. This is
:27:04. > :27:07.the next few days, with these weather fronts pushing and we could
:27:08. > :27:12.see a bit more cloud at times and a little bit of rain here and there.
:27:13. > :27:17.More likely for the coast and hills I suspect but quite mild picture
:27:18. > :27:20.over the coming few days, problems with mist and fog perhaps, and when
:27:21. > :27:27.you get some sunshine it should feel pleasant. If you fancy seeing your
:27:28. > :27:34.photos popping up on the TV you can become a Weather Watcher.
:27:35. > :27:39.We get some fantastic photos sent in. Thanks, Holly. There will be
:27:40. > :27:56.another round-up from the spotlight team at 10:30pm. We will
:27:57. > :27:59.when farmers leave their daily routines behind...
:28:00. > :28:03.Right, here we come, Dorset! ..for a show day.