:00:00. > :00:13.The NHS has tonight told us, that money was sorely needed.
:00:14. > :00:16.We'll hear from our reporter who was in court.
:00:17. > :00:18.Also tonight; the family hoping some good will come
:00:19. > :00:32.Just devastated. I've got two other children but he was my baby.
:00:33. > :00:35.After her 19-year-old son died from an undiagnosed heart problem
:00:36. > :00:43.how this mother is hoping to save others
:00:44. > :00:47.That's my dad, I'm so proud of him. I can't believe he's back already.
:00:48. > :00:50.A heartfelt homecoming after nine months at sea -
:00:51. > :00:52.we're dockside for the return of HMS Portland.
:00:53. > :00:55.The youngsters from Cornwall whose well aimed kicks have earned them
:00:56. > :01:08.And we have been up at 16 degrees in places today. More to come for the
:01:09. > :01:35.weekend but a big change on Sunday. The former boss of Torbay Hospital
:01:36. > :01:39.has avoided jail after admitting defrauding the NHS of
:01:40. > :01:44.thousands of pounds. Paula Vasco Knight paid her husband
:01:45. > :01:48.for work he didn't carry out. Today they both received suspended
:01:49. > :01:50.prison sentences and were ordered The NHS said the money
:01:51. > :02:00.defrauded was sorely needed John Ayres reports from
:02:01. > :02:11.Exeter Crown Court. Paula Vasco Knight is seen here with
:02:12. > :02:18.her Stephen on -- with her husband on the left. This is one of the most
:02:19. > :02:25.powerful jobs for a woman in the NHS. This was the video in which she
:02:26. > :02:29.won an award in 2012. I keep my registrations which means
:02:30. > :02:36.I have to work a full clinical shift at least once a month and I think it
:02:37. > :02:41.really helps me understand that drive.
:02:42. > :02:47.Paula Vasco Knight started as a nurse but worked her way up. She
:02:48. > :02:51.became chief executive of the trust in 2008. One set of ratings had
:02:52. > :03:03.toured the hospital as the tenth best in the country in 2012.
:03:04. > :03:09.Her world came tumbling down after she authorised payment to her
:03:10. > :03:18.husband for a graphic design work that he had not done. Her career in
:03:19. > :03:21.tatters over an amount of money she could have turned herself in just
:03:22. > :03:26.three weeks. She has lost out professionally and
:03:27. > :03:30.personally. She will never hold that position again and it was a dramatic
:03:31. > :03:35.fall from grace. We are pleased with it and it will send a message and
:03:36. > :03:40.deter others thinking of doing something similar.
:03:41. > :03:43.She left the trust in 2014 after an employment tribunal over a separate
:03:44. > :03:47.incident that was unrelated, but still worked in the NHS. She was
:03:48. > :04:00.suspended from her new job last May cover these allegations.
:04:01. > :04:03.It is terribly surprising when you think how much these people are paid
:04:04. > :04:05.why anyone would take that risk with their career and their reputation
:04:06. > :04:11.for such a relatively small sum of money.
:04:12. > :04:21.The judge described it as a monumental fall from grace. He said
:04:22. > :04:26.as CEO, one could hardly imagine a more CDs mistrust of responsibility.
:04:27. > :04:31.He asked why? Why would you get involved in this?
:04:32. > :04:35.They will also have to do 400 hours of community work between them.
:04:36. > :04:37.On to other news across the south west tonight.
:04:38. > :04:40.A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in Cornwall.
:04:41. > :04:46.The 27-year-old from Launceston is being held following the discovery
:04:47. > :04:48.of a body at a home in Town Mills Close.
:04:49. > :04:50.House to house inquiries are taking place.
:04:51. > :04:52.Five fire crews tackled a large blaze at a recycling
:04:53. > :04:56.It was on the Crown Industrial Estate in Taunton.
:04:57. > :04:59.No-one was hurt but the building has been closed.
:05:00. > :05:07.It's been confirmed that the carcass of a whale washed up
:05:08. > :05:10.on a North Devon beach is that of a fin whale which was over
:05:11. > :05:13.Torridge District Council says it's monitoring the situation to see
:05:14. > :05:17.if the carcass is washed back to sea but may have to intervene
:05:18. > :05:20.A family from Devon who lost their son to an undiagnosed heart
:05:21. > :05:24.problem are hoping to help other families avoid a similar tragedy.
:05:25. > :05:26.Brenda Luckett and her daughter Charlotte have helped to raise tens
:05:27. > :05:30.of thousands of pounds to pay for special cardiac
:05:31. > :05:32.screening sessions for young people in the South West.
:05:33. > :05:41.Brenda has been speaking to our reporter Kirk England.
:05:42. > :05:49.This is where Brenda comes to remember her son, Martin. He died
:05:50. > :05:52.unexpectedly and was just 19 years old. He had an undiagnosed heart
:05:53. > :05:57.condition. My life changed in two seconds. This
:05:58. > :06:06.phone call to say he had passed away. I've got two other children
:06:07. > :06:12.but he was my baby. At 19 he was still a baby. Why was it us? Why did
:06:13. > :06:20.it happen to us? I wouldn't want it to happen to anybody else anyway.
:06:21. > :06:25.A keen biker, Martin spent hours riding in these fields. Since his
:06:26. > :06:30.death in 2005, the family have held events here and have raised tens of
:06:31. > :06:34.thousands of pounds to help pay for special screenings like this which
:06:35. > :06:39.can help spot heart problems in the young. Some see this potentially
:06:40. > :06:43.life-saving screening should be more widely available. Public Health
:06:44. > :06:48.England says it regularly reviews who gets screened and has found no
:06:49. > :06:52.clear evidence on whether screening children would reduce illness or
:06:53. > :06:56.death. 12 years on, what would he have
:06:57. > :06:59.done? I don't know what he would be like now. Would he have family? I
:07:00. > :07:02.only know him as 19. Brenda Luckett speaking
:07:03. > :07:04.to Kirk England about her son. Doctor Steven Cox is from
:07:05. > :07:06.the charity 'Cardiac Risk in the Young', or CRY
:07:07. > :07:09.which campaigns for screening to be He told me one in 12 fit and healthy
:07:10. > :07:13.young people die suddenly from undiagnosed cardiac conditions,
:07:14. > :07:16.which is why he thinks 80% of young sudden cardiac
:07:17. > :07:27.deaths occur with no So the only way to access that
:07:28. > :07:31.service is through a charity In your opinion, should it be
:07:32. > :07:35.more readily available, Cry want every young person
:07:36. > :07:38.to have the opportunity We think it's very important
:07:39. > :07:42.they are given that choice and in the future we would expect
:07:43. > :07:46.the NHS to provide that service. Where the research has been done,
:07:47. > :07:51.longitudinal research in Italy where it is law that every person
:07:52. > :07:54.in organised sport has an ECG, they've seen a reduction in young
:07:55. > :07:58.sudden deaths of 89%, so it's a huge reduction
:07:59. > :08:00.when there is screening carried out. And there clearly is a real
:08:01. > :08:03.appetite for that screening Is there anything that one
:08:04. > :08:08.can do if you find out you do have a problem
:08:09. > :08:11.to prevent it happening? One in 300 people will have
:08:12. > :08:15.an undiagnosed and potentially Those conditions are sometimes
:08:16. > :08:22.genetic, sometimes congenital, sometimes acquired,
:08:23. > :08:29.and there are many things that can be done to massively reduce the risk
:08:30. > :08:32.of having a cardiac arrest The most common condition affecting
:08:33. > :08:36.around one in 500-700 people, you can have an operation
:08:37. > :08:39.which cures the condition Some of the other conditions
:08:40. > :08:43.require lifestyle changes. Potentially the avoidance
:08:44. > :08:46.of professional sport as a career. Or the avoidance of certain drugs
:08:47. > :08:49.which can have an effect on the heart if you have
:08:50. > :08:54.that underlying condition. Finally, just so people aren't
:08:55. > :08:57.unnecessarily worried, you were saying it is 12 people
:08:58. > :09:01.every week but that is nationally, It is something we want young
:09:02. > :09:05.people to be reassured when they are engaging in sport,
:09:06. > :09:08.to get screened, of course Thankfully, all sudden deaths
:09:09. > :09:15.in young people are rare. That is a fact but we think
:09:16. > :09:18.all young people, we feel strongly that all young people should
:09:19. > :09:20.have the option to have Natalie will be joining us
:09:21. > :09:30.in a moment with all the weekend sport, and some Cornish World
:09:31. > :09:34.Champions. We stay in Cornwall to see this
:09:35. > :09:37.special garden where love and local talent has made it possible
:09:38. > :09:40.for a Truro boy to enjoy And racing to the finish line
:09:41. > :09:44.but which school built Nine months after leaving our
:09:45. > :09:56.shores, the Royal Navy frigate HMS The ship has been involved
:09:57. > :10:03.in operations in the North and South Atlantic as well as
:10:04. > :10:05.the Mediterranean and the Indian Today hundreds of family and friends
:10:06. > :10:11.turned out to welcome back the ship. Our reporter Harriet Bradsahw was
:10:12. > :10:18.there for the emotional reunions. Striking the right tone
:10:19. > :10:22.for a heroes' welcome. Hundreds of friends and family
:10:23. > :10:26.members wait in anticipation. It's not long before
:10:27. > :10:34.the first sighting and, for one smaller member
:10:35. > :10:36.of the waiting crowd, I found out I was pregnant two weeks
:10:37. > :10:42.before they left for the deployment. He came home for the birth and he
:10:43. > :10:48.left when she was 13 days old. So this is going to be the first
:10:49. > :10:52.time that she has seen Daddy and she will be two months
:10:53. > :10:56.old next week. And after nine months at sea,
:10:57. > :10:58.thankfully, This ship has travelled
:10:59. > :11:05.more than 40,000 miles But being away from loved ones
:11:06. > :11:10.hasn't been the only Coping with the extreme variation
:11:11. > :11:16.in the climate which we experienced It is ranged from 50 Celsius
:11:17. > :11:25.in the Gulf and height of summer We had to evacuate a very
:11:26. > :11:31.seriously ill person in the South Atlantic
:11:32. > :11:34.and transport him to South America So it has been a really
:11:35. > :11:38.positive experience overall. Yeah, for nine months,
:11:39. > :11:45.it's really hard. And many young families
:11:46. > :12:00.are being reunited. Thomas was born on
:12:01. > :12:03.the 14th of December. HMS Portland will now
:12:04. > :12:18.have a major refit and, once back from leave,
:12:19. > :12:21.most of the ship's company will be redeployed to other
:12:22. > :12:32.Devonport-based frigates. Now, do you remember the BBC
:12:33. > :12:36.television series Groundforce with Alan Titchmarsh and
:12:37. > :12:37.Charlie Dimmock? It may have been a long time
:12:38. > :12:40.off our screens but their legacy The children's charity WellChild
:12:41. > :12:44.and local tradesmen have worked their magic to help a little
:12:45. > :12:48.boy with a very rare Emma Thomasson has been to meet
:12:49. > :13:08.Curtis and his family. SS Curtis' favourite place. He has a
:13:09. > :13:12.rear condition which means he has to spend a lot of time in hospital
:13:13. > :13:16.being treated for a life limiting heart condition. It has become
:13:17. > :13:23.increasingly difficult for his mother to take him out, until now.
:13:24. > :13:28.It may only be small in size but this new safe place to play will
:13:29. > :13:32.mean the world to Curtis and his family.
:13:33. > :13:39.It will give them a better quality of life. We are very housebound so
:13:40. > :13:46.we can get outside more. He has got a perfect space made for him. His
:13:47. > :13:52.life will be short and we have got to make the most of it and having
:13:53. > :14:00.this will allow us to do that. The garden looked like this before.
:14:01. > :14:05.The garden was unfit for purpose. There was roughcast render on the
:14:06. > :14:13.walls. We had to put artificial grass in and decking with sensory
:14:14. > :14:21.things to play with. Local workmen volunteered with the
:14:22. > :14:26.charity WellChild. To actually have a space there
:14:27. > :14:32.they're fun and development and to spend time as a family makes a
:14:33. > :14:36.massive difference to their lives. Curtis' communication may be limited
:14:37. > :14:43.but in him I been here I know this smile says 1000 words.
:14:44. > :14:46.It's time for the sport now, and Natalie is here for a look
:14:47. > :14:52.The Exeter Chiefs are ready for battle in the Anglo Welsh Cup.
:14:53. > :14:54.They're in the semi final against a strong Harlequins side,
:14:55. > :14:56.which will be played at Sandy Park on Sunday.
:14:57. > :14:59.In the Chiefs team are brothers Sam and Joe Simmonds from Teignmouth.
:15:00. > :15:02.They're hopeful they can make the final and are always chuffed
:15:03. > :15:10.It's nice to just line up together before we run out and give each
:15:11. > :15:13.other a look and see look what we're doing, it's pride.
:15:14. > :15:18.Not a rivalry but proud of what we both did.
:15:19. > :15:22.When we get the team sheet out it's always great and we say well done
:15:23. > :15:29.but in the game I never really think of it too much.
:15:30. > :15:32.We just focus on ourselves and focus on what we have to do.
:15:33. > :15:34.But after the game, especially with our family,
:15:35. > :15:37.is a great achievement for us both and we will look back on a couple
:15:38. > :15:40.of years on what an achievement we've done but at the moment
:15:41. > :15:43.it is good but just focusing on our game and making sure
:15:44. > :15:45.we're playing good week in, week out.
:15:46. > :15:48.Tonight's big game sees Jersey host the Cornish Pirates in the quarter
:15:49. > :15:58.We'll have the result in our late news.
:15:59. > :16:01.In National One it's second plays fourth tomorrow when Plymouth Albion
:16:02. > :16:04.Plymouth Argyle face crucial back to back away matches at promotion
:16:05. > :16:06.rivals Mansfield tomorrow and Wycombe on Tuesday.
:16:07. > :16:10.After three defeats in their last four at home it must be a relief
:16:11. > :16:13.They'll be trying to maintain their second place
:16:14. > :16:17.Exeter City remain in the play off pack and will be hoping
:16:18. > :16:20.to consolidate that position when they host lowly Accrington.
:16:21. > :16:23.Yeovil are at Morecambe trying to stop the rot while Torquay face
:16:24. > :16:27.another relegation six pointer at bottom side Southport.
:16:28. > :16:30.It's a sport that can be played at any age and that's the image one
:16:31. > :16:33.group of young people think bowls should have.
:16:34. > :16:36.At the moment they're in the middle of a world record attempt in Dorset
:16:37. > :16:42.Our sports reporter Tony Husband is in Weymouth this evening to see
:16:43. > :16:49.how things are going for the team whose average age is 29.
:16:50. > :16:58.We are watching just one of what will probably be 500 odd ends this
:16:59. > :17:03.weekend as these guys try and get a place in the Guinness book of
:17:04. > :17:09.records. The countdown clock is on. 72 hours they want to play for to
:17:10. > :17:14.get into the record books. There is only six players. Big challenge, how
:17:15. > :17:20.will you do it? We are for and half hours into its
:17:21. > :17:26.own not feeling the strain yet. The first day will be the hardest -- the
:17:27. > :17:33.hardest part will be halfway through. Some banter and jokes will
:17:34. > :17:39.keep us going. Once we're on the home straight we will see finish.
:17:40. > :17:45.It is raising money for charity and changing the image of the sport.
:17:46. > :17:50.A lot of people see this as an older person's sport which is not true.
:17:51. > :17:59.Anybody can play it, from four years old up to 90s. You can play it
:18:00. > :18:02.socially or competitively. Where will it all end? 1pm on
:18:03. > :18:04.Monday, hopefully. And if you want to follow
:18:05. > :18:08.their progress live you can log onto our Facebook page and see how
:18:09. > :18:11.they're getting on. Cornwall has a brand
:18:12. > :18:13.new team of world champions! Four youngsters from across
:18:14. > :18:15.the county have won the under-12 World Association of kick boxing
:18:16. > :18:17.Organisations World Cup. They beat 32 other teams
:18:18. > :18:19.in the competition David George has been
:18:20. > :18:28.to meet the team. Leah, Oscar, Aaron,
:18:29. > :18:32.James, number one in It's taken months of
:18:33. > :18:42.training, sometimes four times a week, to bring them
:18:43. > :18:54.to their world-beating standard. Yet they've all only been
:18:55. > :18:56.taking part in the sport 12-year-old James is doing
:18:57. > :19:00.some pad work with their coach. So I can move that
:19:01. > :19:03.around a little bit. And here they are at the big
:19:04. > :19:11.competition in Dublin. They faced 32 other
:19:12. > :19:13.teams over three days Oscar's dad was so chuffed
:19:14. > :19:18.he couldn't hold the camera still. I'm really proud, really
:19:19. > :19:23.happy for the whole team. They've spent a lot of time
:19:24. > :19:26.getting there and all the organisers of it, yeah,
:19:27. > :19:28.it's really good. There was quite a lot of shouting
:19:29. > :19:31.and jumping around and we were all They get points for kicks
:19:32. > :19:39.and punches which make contact. They do wear helmets
:19:40. > :19:44.in competitions. Myself and Bradley, the other coach,
:19:45. > :19:48.had a real strong feeling beforehand of how well they would do
:19:49. > :19:52.and they proved us right. So how does it feel
:19:53. > :19:57.to be world champion? We had all our parents shouting,
:19:58. > :19:59.we were shouting on the mat. I was running around the mat
:20:00. > :20:07.screaming my head off. I just like knowing that
:20:08. > :20:10.I'm good at something and that I have a hobby,
:20:11. > :20:13.not just sitting at home doing And I told them that
:20:14. > :20:23.I won the teams' and And this is the magnificent
:20:24. > :20:31.World Cup they won. I think they should
:20:32. > :20:34.hold it, don't you? And a quick update
:20:35. > :20:43.on the 13-year-old Cornish cyclist who's making his way
:20:44. > :20:44.across Australia Siam Juntakeret from Bodmin
:20:45. > :20:52.started his challenge a week ago He's got nearly two and a half
:20:53. > :20:56.thousand miles to go and hopes to finish in 32 days and break
:20:57. > :21:13.the world record. Apparently he is missing home of
:21:14. > :21:14.thought. But he is doing so well. Some inspiring young people in sport
:21:15. > :21:16.tonight. From a speed record on two wheels
:21:17. > :21:18.to one involving four. The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car
:21:19. > :21:21.is hoping to break the World The challenge has inspired
:21:22. > :21:24.school children to make And today their building skills
:21:25. > :21:30.were put to the test. At a playground in Plymouth pupils
:21:31. > :21:33.lined up their vehicles for a race Spotlight's John Danks
:21:34. > :21:55.was there for us. Three, two, one, go.
:21:56. > :22:01.Forget Bunsen burner, this is rocket science.
:22:02. > :22:08.They have been given basic materials to put together a designer over
:22:09. > :22:11.several weeks and come and compete with rockets and see who can get the
:22:12. > :22:19.fastest speed as they launch across the playground.
:22:20. > :22:24.The car is our all fitted with a BBC Micro bed computer to measure speed.
:22:25. > :22:32.The army were on hand to set them off.
:22:33. > :22:40.The cars are propelled by rockets, many fireworks, so we fire them off
:22:41. > :22:44.and record the car is' times. There were really good times today.
:22:45. > :23:04.The fastest was six miles per hour. It might go wrong.
:23:05. > :23:11.I enjoyed making it. It was fun watching it.
:23:12. > :23:17.We tried shipping it so that he would flow over it so it wouldn't
:23:18. > :23:21.hold it back. -- shaping it. How did you feel when setting it
:23:22. > :23:30.off? Is it going to work?
:23:31. > :23:35.Did it? Yes. If they get through that, they will be moving onto the
:23:36. > :23:39.national finals and then they can go to South Africa if they win that
:23:40. > :23:45.we're the Bloodhound cars be racing to beat 1000 mph.
:23:46. > :23:54.That will require some proper ear protection.
:23:55. > :23:58.That looked great fun. That remains me of you leaving the car park.
:23:59. > :24:00.And it's not just these children in Plymouth getting
:24:01. > :24:04.People all over the country have been throwing themselves
:24:05. > :24:07.And if you'd like a little help with getting started,
:24:08. > :24:09.the BBC's Terrific Scientific web pages have all you need
:24:10. > :24:23.Let's race across to the weather and see what is happening this weekend.
:24:24. > :24:30.Try not to thump him well I'm doing the weather. We have had that mist
:24:31. > :24:36.and fog over the last couple of days. The good news is there is a
:24:37. > :24:42.more promising story to be had but be patient because it is probably
:24:43. > :24:54.not till later on Sunday that we see increased visibility. The fog has
:24:55. > :24:56.been pretty much all the way along the south coast but there has been
:24:57. > :25:13.some holes. There is some mist around tomorrow
:25:14. > :25:19.morning but not as thick fog as it has been. Turning colder but
:25:20. > :25:23.brighter with some showers on Sunday morning and then on Sunday
:25:24. > :25:28.afternoon. We can see that weather on one satellite picture. The
:25:29. > :25:33.weather front that brings the showery outbreaks of rain and this
:25:34. > :25:38.is the clear sky heading our way for Sunday afternoon. Quite a lot
:25:39. > :25:43.happening. The little area of low pressure that has developed is
:25:44. > :25:57.making it slow-moving. Ahead of it, more -- moist and mail bear. A lot
:25:58. > :26:02.of sunshine to be had. High pressure starts to come back next week so
:26:03. > :26:06.something to look forward to. But we still have the mist and fog to
:26:07. > :26:10.contend with and that would be a problem overnight. Thickening by the
:26:11. > :26:22.morning particularly in western parts of Cornwall. You can see the
:26:23. > :26:25.layer of cloud is pretty low. Relatively calm conditions but those
:26:26. > :26:32.on their way out will notice how poor the visibility is. Even the
:26:33. > :26:40.seagulls have given up and come inshore. It will be a mild night.
:26:41. > :26:53.Slightly cooler than it was last night and tomorrow some brightness,
:26:54. > :26:59.some greyness. The best of its in parts of North Devon and Somerset.
:27:00. > :27:09.Light winds tomorrow mainly from the West. There could be problems with
:27:10. > :27:24.flights in and out of the Isles of Scilly. Most beaches clean. Not much
:27:25. > :27:29.of a breeze. After some showery rain on Sunday, the sunshine comes back.
:27:30. > :27:37.Have a nice weekend. And we are all back on Monday but there will be
:27:38. > :27:39.bulletins across the weekend. I'm going to duff up just and for that
:27:40. > :27:54.comment. Good night. So, like, you get sponsored to swap
:27:55. > :27:57.clothes with somebody for a day. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
:27:58. > :27:59.OK, I don't get that. So, maybe... I don't get that.
:28:00. > :28:01...you wear your mother's clothes? I don't get it. What does she wear?
:28:02. > :28:06.No, no, she wears someone else's. OK, I don't get that, it's
:28:07. > :28:10.too complicated. Do another one. So, like, you get sponsored
:28:11. > :28:12.to let people lick stuff No, but, like, you get
:28:13. > :28:16.these flavoured... Cool, yeah. Not going to happen.
:28:17. > :28:19.Peanut butter. Do another one. For better ideas,
:28:20. > :28:24.get your free fundraising kit now. Let's Sing And Dance exploded onto
:28:25. > :28:26.our screens, setting the stage
:28:27. > :28:30.alight...literally.