:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight on Spotlight: Security stepped up across the South-West.
:00:11. > :00:16.Devon and Cornwall Police than shoulder to shoulder with both
:00:17. > :00:21.counties and the Alex of Skye please send only by standing together or we
:00:22. > :00:25.ultimately defeat the threat that is posed from the groups and
:00:26. > :00:26.individuals responsible for this kind of behaviour.
:00:27. > :00:27.Railway stations, airports, military bases and ports -
:00:28. > :00:30.extra patrols are deployed in the wake of yesterday's
:00:31. > :00:33.We'll also be speaking to MP Kevin Foster, back
:00:34. > :00:35.on home turf tonight about being in lockdown
:00:36. > :00:38.Also tonight: The children from Somerset who found themselves
:00:39. > :00:43.They were on school trip to Parliament and were rushed
:00:44. > :00:46.to a safe area where they sang songs to pass the time.
:00:47. > :00:49.The support being offered to foster carers and the appeal
:00:50. > :01:33.It doesn't quite go to plan when teams from BBC South West get
:01:34. > :01:35.Railway stations, airports, military bases and ports -
:01:36. > :01:37.extra patrols are deployed in the wake of yesterday's
:01:38. > :01:48.They stress it's just a precaution, designed to reassure the community.
:01:49. > :01:51.The police have also thanked members of the public for their messages
:01:52. > :01:54.of support and say they will do all they can to keep people safe.
:01:55. > :01:56.More from our Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Hall.
:01:57. > :01:59.British Transport Police are working increased hours to provide security
:02:00. > :02:00.and public reassurance at the South-West's
:02:01. > :02:03.I think it's important for a number of reasons.
:02:04. > :02:06.For ourselves, obviously, our job is to be out
:02:07. > :02:08.there to reassure the public, make everybody feel safe.
:02:09. > :02:10.I think, more importantly as a member of the public,
:02:11. > :02:13.someone who lives in this country and has resided in it
:02:14. > :02:16.all their life, I think it is important that we are able
:02:17. > :02:18.to carry on, be as resilient as possible and show these
:02:19. > :02:20.people that, you know, we can live our lives
:02:21. > :02:23.And we will live our lives quite normally.
:02:24. > :02:25.Managers told us that stations were as busy
:02:26. > :02:28.Those travelling to London were defiant.
:02:29. > :02:31.I'm going to visit my daughter and she is in Suffolk and I'm not
:02:32. > :02:38.If everyone sort of gave in and didn't do anything it
:02:39. > :02:45.We planned to go and we're not having any terrorist affecting us.
:02:46. > :02:48.Our lives will not be affected by it.
:02:49. > :02:52.I think you've got to carry on as you are.
:02:53. > :02:56.You can't let things like this slow you down and stop what you're doing.
:02:57. > :02:58.The key message here is that we stand together.
:02:59. > :03:00.Devon and Cornwall Police stands shoulder to shoulder
:03:01. > :03:01.with the communities of both our counties
:03:02. > :03:05.Only by standing together will we ultimately defeat the threat
:03:06. > :03:07.that is posed from the groups and individuals responsible
:03:08. > :03:14.As investigations continued into yesterday's attack,
:03:15. > :03:17.one South-West terrorism expert told us it was important that people
:03:18. > :03:27.They should, of course, always be alert in public places,
:03:28. > :03:35.But, basically, don't get worried, don't get panicky.
:03:36. > :03:38.The threat for this part of the world is very low.
:03:39. > :03:41.In an open letter, Avon and Somerset police said: We are very grateful
:03:42. > :03:45.to everyone who has sent in messages of support.
:03:46. > :03:47.We stand shoulder to shoulder with the Metropolitan Police
:03:48. > :03:55.We will do everything we can to keep people safe.
:03:56. > :03:58.As well as stations, there will be extra police patrols
:03:59. > :04:01.at the South-West airports and military bases and large public
:04:02. > :04:08.All this is not in response to any specific threat to the region,
:04:09. > :04:09.senior officers say, but a precaution.
:04:10. > :04:12.It's designed to reassure the public and to ensure that life can go
:04:13. > :04:25.on as normal in defiance of attacks which are intended to spread fear.
:04:26. > :04:27.Well, around 50 children from a Somerset school
:04:28. > :04:29.were on a trip to Parliament yesterday and found themselves
:04:30. > :04:32.trapped inside Westminster for two hours as the terror attack
:04:33. > :04:37.They kept their spirits up by singing.
:04:38. > :04:40.As Scott Ellis reports, the parents of the pupils are now
:04:41. > :04:45.calling for the teachers to be recognised for their bravery.
:04:46. > :04:47.For some of these ten and 11-year-olds, a very
:04:48. > :04:54.But shortly after these photos were taken, thy were trapped
:04:55. > :04:56.But shortly after these photos were taken, they were trapped
:04:57. > :04:58.inside the Palace of Westminster as carnage unfolded.
:04:59. > :05:01.Today, a parent of one of those children still visibly upset.
:05:02. > :05:08.It's the first time I have ever let my son go anywhere
:05:09. > :05:14.He was very cuddly when he saw me first last night.
:05:15. > :05:19.Yesterday, the 53 children and seven staff were ushered
:05:20. > :05:24.to the Central Lobby at Westminster - a safe place, but still within 50
:05:25. > :05:28.metres of where the police officer was stabbed.
:05:29. > :05:33.The deputy head kept spirits up by singing hymns.
:05:34. > :05:36.Yeah, we had a lovely ripple of applause at the end and,
:05:37. > :05:39.beautifully, lots of people, lots of MPs on the way out
:05:40. > :05:41.congratulated our children on how well they sang and how
:05:42. > :05:47.they lightened the mood, so that was lovely to hear.
:05:48. > :05:49.Meanwhile, back at the School at Bridgwater, text messages
:05:50. > :05:54.And then we said to parents that they could come
:05:55. > :05:57.We had teas and coffees and the Salvation Army
:05:58. > :06:00.were here and our local vicar helping parents to process
:06:01. > :06:06.At the school today, we are told that everyone is well,
:06:07. > :06:09.the hymns having helped to drown out the gunshots.
:06:10. > :06:12.Parents want staff rewarded and, back in the Commons,
:06:13. > :06:17.the Prime Minister was also impressed by everyone's bravery.
:06:18. > :06:19.It must have particularly difficult for those children
:06:20. > :06:23.who were here and being caught up in this.
:06:24. > :06:25.We should commend the work of their teachers in offering them
:06:26. > :06:33.He thinks it was a team effort - safety in numbers
:06:34. > :06:39.There may have been some horrific things happening outside,
:06:40. > :06:43.We were completely unaffected by it and it certainly won't stop
:06:44. > :06:47.us from doing things that we want to do.
:06:48. > :06:49.A valuable lesson learnt then, but in the very
:06:50. > :06:57.Traditionally, Thursday is the day MP's return
:06:58. > :07:00.to their constituencies and, despite yesterday's events,
:07:01. > :07:05.But it's been decades since MPs have returned home following a terrorist
:07:06. > :07:10.Well, the MP for Torbay is Kevin Foster and he joins us this
:07:11. > :07:24.Welcome home. We spoke yesterday on BBC Radio Kent and as events were
:07:25. > :07:28.unfolding and you described the mood. What was it like in
:07:29. > :07:35.Westminster this morning? It was very much a mood of unity. On a day
:07:36. > :07:38.like today there isn't a Conservative, Labour or SNP
:07:39. > :07:44.politician, only those who believe in democracy standing of defiance
:07:45. > :07:47.against those who don't. Inevitably, questions are being raised about the
:07:48. > :07:53.security surrounding Westminster, but it is a vast area. How can you
:07:54. > :08:00.ever really secure that area when a lot of it is public? Parliament
:08:01. > :08:05.cannot be a fortress. It can't be a place were only a handful of people
:08:06. > :08:09.can go into. It must remain appears people can come in, their MPs,
:08:10. > :08:15.listen to debate and see the history. There is tight security.
:08:16. > :08:20.Yesterday we saw that only a few metres in beyond the gates that the
:08:21. > :08:24.attacker was shot dead. There is extensive security and there will be
:08:25. > :08:28.reviewed but we need to keep in mind this is a democratic parliament that
:08:29. > :08:33.must be open for the people it represents.
:08:34. > :08:38.You were amongst 400 MPs are not dying. You had two of your
:08:39. > :08:43.constituents would you yesterday. How were they? One of my team was
:08:44. > :08:47.with them throughout. They were in the Central lobby with my researcher
:08:48. > :08:52.when the lockdown started. We made sure they were OK. My first concern
:08:53. > :08:58.was to check the May staff and visitors were safe. They were. At
:08:59. > :09:01.the end of the day, we are grateful to the security services and the
:09:02. > :09:07.police who were doing so much to make sure we were safe when we were.
:09:08. > :09:15.Will anything be done differently do you think from now on? Obviously,
:09:16. > :09:17.there will need to be a review by the police and Parliamentary
:09:18. > :09:21.authorities, but the key thing that I hope stays the same as that we
:09:22. > :09:28.stay in open Parliament. In the past we have had a ragtag of terrorists,
:09:29. > :09:33.fastest and Nazis trying to use violence to destroy Westminster and
:09:34. > :09:36.the democratic process it represents. Modern-day terrorist
:09:37. > :09:43.must not be able to succeed for Adolf Hitler and his cronies field.
:09:44. > :09:48.Onto some other news now and offers of help have poured in to keep
:09:49. > :09:49.the Isles of Scilly's only care home open.
:09:50. > :09:52.The council, which runs Park House, says it's had a number
:09:53. > :09:55.of inquiries about carers jobs, as well as offers of
:09:56. > :09:59.Earlier this week it was announced the home would have to close in June
:10:00. > :10:02.The council says it will continue to review the situation.
:10:03. > :10:06.They just need someone to care" - the words of a foster parent who has
:10:07. > :10:08.been providing a home for children for more than a decade.
:10:09. > :10:11.She was speaking as renewed efforts are being made to encourage more
:10:12. > :10:15.Plymouth City Council is increasing the financial and professional
:10:16. > :10:17.support it offers in a bid to attract more carers.
:10:18. > :10:25.Johnny Rutherford has been speaking to one foster mum and her daughter.
:10:26. > :10:31.Do you remember when you very first came? You were only meant to be
:10:32. > :10:38.coming for a few days and you just liked it so much, you said, can they
:10:39. > :10:43.stay here? Sky has been with foster mum, Madge, for four years. You
:10:44. > :10:48.never know what will come through your front door. When the sky first
:10:49. > :10:56.arrived she had black hair, thick black make-up and didn't have a lot
:10:57. > :11:04.to say. Slowly, over the weeks and months that have now turned into
:11:05. > :11:08.years, she has grown up, mature. It is a delight to have her. It is a
:11:09. > :11:13.delight to look after a lot of these children. They just need to be
:11:14. > :11:18.loved, they need support, they need someone just the care. That is the
:11:19. > :11:22.sort of care of that Plymouth City Council are looking for, a foster
:11:23. > :11:26.parent who is looking to help change a vulnerable child or young person's
:11:27. > :11:31.life. We want carers from Plymouth to come forward so we don't have to
:11:32. > :11:35.place children died of the city. We know that children are best placed
:11:36. > :11:38.around their family and their connections so we really want carers
:11:39. > :11:43.to come forward. There are people out there who would potentially give
:11:44. > :11:54.up their job to foster. We have increased our financial offer to
:11:55. > :11:56.encourage people who would want to do that. Also within the new support
:11:57. > :11:59.packages specialised training, 20 47 professional help and mentors. It is
:12:00. > :12:02.about the commitment, taking someone into your home who is broken, maybe
:12:03. > :12:05.feeling very unloved, and it is about giving them a family
:12:06. > :12:09.environment there are not used to have the chance to feel better about
:12:10. > :12:15.themselves and excel in life and go somewhere. There may be trouble at
:12:16. > :12:20.first, they could be cheeky or very quiet but there will come out of
:12:21. > :12:24.their shell in the wrong time. Yeah, go for it. Night 18, sky is the
:12:25. > :12:26.longer fostered by Madge, but she is still family.
:12:27. > :12:30.A Torquay explorer whose adventures are at the heart of a new Hollywood
:12:31. > :12:32.blockbuster film is being celebrated at a South-West museum
:12:33. > :12:35.Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett disappeared in the Amazon in 1925
:12:36. > :12:42.They were searching for an ancient lost city, which is the story behind
:12:43. > :12:47.Ahead of the film being released this weekend, our South Devon
:12:48. > :12:52.reporter John Ayres has been taking a look.
:12:53. > :13:05.What you seek is far greater than you ever imagined.
:13:06. > :13:07.The film may be typically Hollywood, but the main character
:13:08. > :13:10.It's the story of Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett,
:13:11. > :13:14.who was born in Torquay and schooled in Newton Abbot.
:13:15. > :13:16.He was a former soldier, cartographer, spy and explorer -
:13:17. > :13:18.some might argue the inspiration for that well-known film
:13:19. > :13:25.The photos we have of Fawcett, they almost evoke that
:13:26. > :13:35.Indiana Jones-type image, but also, he has been linked
:13:36. > :13:38.to other famous characters and he was a definite inspiration
:13:39. > :13:45.for a character in Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World novel,
:13:46. > :13:49.because Fawcett and Conan Doyle became close friends
:13:50. > :13:51.and Conan Doyle effectively wrote the Professor Challenger character
:13:52. > :14:01.This film is based on a true story where Percy Fawcett,
:14:02. > :14:04.played by Charley Hunnman, went off in search of the lost
:14:05. > :14:07.city of Z with his son and son's best friend,
:14:08. > :14:16.Torquay Museum has various artefacts relating to Fawcett,
:14:17. > :14:19.including his school cap, false teeth and his diary
:14:20. > :14:23.from the film, based on the diaries they have.
:14:24. > :14:26.The production company came to the museum and,
:14:27. > :14:29.during that research process, they decided that they needed
:14:30. > :14:36.to reconstruct their own diary that Charley Hunnam could use.
:14:37. > :14:39.They made it a little bit bigger, as well, because on the screen
:14:40. > :14:41.they wanted to make it nice and visible.
:14:42. > :14:44.He even, during the film, used a diary to block an arrow
:14:45. > :14:50.Percy Fawcett has featured in Torquay Museum's ongoing
:14:51. > :14:52.Explorers' collection, but they are hoping
:14:53. > :14:56.to have an exhibit dedicated to him later in the year.
:14:57. > :15:05.The film The Lost City Of Z comes out on Friday.
:15:06. > :15:07.Now it won't have escaped your notice that tomorrow
:15:08. > :15:10.is Red Nose Day, when people will be taking part in all sorts
:15:11. > :15:13.of events to raise a smile and money for Comic Relief.
:15:14. > :15:16.Here at BBC South-West there is much talk of the Great British Bake-Off
:15:17. > :15:20.style Cake-Off challenge when presenters from radio
:15:21. > :15:23.and television went head to head in the kitchens of City College
:15:24. > :15:32.Their challenge was to bake a Victoria sponge,
:15:33. > :15:35.decorate it and sell it, with the winner being the one
:15:36. > :15:39.Simple, you'd have thought, but there were a few surprises.
:15:40. > :15:41.Radio Devon's David Fitzgerald was there to compere the event.
:15:42. > :16:02.Big mistake having a husband-and-wife team here.
:16:03. > :16:11.There's no way you need that much butter.
:16:12. > :16:22.My wife wife packed me off with a little box of stuff,
:16:23. > :16:26.a recipe to follow and even the teddy, for extra comfort.
:16:27. > :16:30.I quite like cooking, but I've never baked a cake.
:16:31. > :16:32.I've got no sort of technical hinterland or anything to draw on,
:16:33. > :16:35.so I'm literally just going to follow these instructions
:16:36. > :16:42.I'm doing mini Victoria sandwiches today.
:16:43. > :16:45.My thinking was that what would you prefer to have?
:16:46. > :16:51.I'm actually mixing it up and I'm going for a chocolate
:16:52. > :17:03.You've been on one, two, three, four rows now.
:17:04. > :17:09.I can move around as I wish, I've been told.
:17:10. > :17:16.If you put them all in at once, they go all squiffy.
:17:17. > :17:18.Well, I'm not sure that's right, now.
:17:19. > :17:24.Is the shell supposed to be in there like that?
:17:25. > :17:28.I tell you, I'm making double the amount here.
:17:29. > :17:40.I'm not sure what, but it's got something.
:17:41. > :17:44.Victoria sponge or Victoria cocktail?
:17:45. > :17:48.Well, I concede that my offering is looser than any of my rivals.
:17:49. > :17:52.I've had a quick peek around the room.
:17:53. > :17:58.A pint and a half of cake isn't going to work!
:17:59. > :18:06.Larry, I'm sorry, where it says tablespoons of milk, can you show me
:18:07. > :18:19.She has split milk in their to weigh up to two tablespoons.
:18:20. > :18:24.I think you and I should start again at this point in time.
:18:25. > :18:40.Tomorrow, on Red Nose Day itself, we will find out whether any of them
:18:41. > :18:43.actually managed to bake a cake and sell it, and if
:18:44. > :19:01.Did you really have eggshells in viewers, David? And how you cheat,
:19:02. > :19:04.as well. It looks like good fun. A big important weather day-to-day.
:19:05. > :19:07.Today, we celebrate World Met Day and this year s theme is clouds .
:19:08. > :20:12.We asked you for your photos and here they are.
:20:13. > :20:24.Thank you to everyone who has been sending in your photographs.
:20:25. > :20:30.Tomorrow it will still be a great day. It is been pretty miserable
:20:31. > :20:34.today with the brain, wind and cold. Tomorrow will be cloudy, patchy rain
:20:35. > :20:37.beginning to clear but also quite breezy. The promised the moral of
:20:38. > :20:42.brighter skies and even some sunshine yet in the day. We have an
:20:43. > :20:48.area of low pressure at the moment but it is on the move and it is
:20:49. > :20:53.moving away from us. That is high pressure and it is coming at the end
:20:54. > :20:58.of the weekend. For the weekend, that is the good news. The bad news
:20:59. > :21:02.is that we are on the edge of it so there will be a keen wind to look
:21:03. > :21:05.forward to on Saturday and Sunday, particularly on the south coast. At
:21:06. > :21:12.the time you get the Sunday that wind will begin to drop. Cold at
:21:13. > :21:15.night for the weekend, with some pretty good daytime temperatures.
:21:16. > :21:20.That was the rain we saw earlier today. It is moving away but still
:21:21. > :21:24.the risk of showers left behind. That will continue for this evening
:21:25. > :21:29.and overnight tonight. It is rather misty grey, spots of light rain and
:21:30. > :21:34.drizzle on the south coast. Any breaks in the cloud will be in the
:21:35. > :21:38.North Devon and the northern part of Somerset. Some of that rain will
:21:39. > :21:44.come back before dawn tomorrow morning. There will be a keen wind
:21:45. > :21:49.tonight, temperatures will not be as low as last night. A mild night, 5
:21:50. > :21:53.degrees the minimum. Tomorrow will be warmer but still quite damp
:21:54. > :21:57.through the morning. Gradually, a lot of that patchy rain will fizzle
:21:58. > :22:00.out by the time you get to the afternoon there will be breaks
:22:01. > :22:05.developing in the cloud, sunshine and North Devon, fine weather
:22:06. > :22:09.drifting into parts of Somerset and Dorset. Hopefully we will see more
:22:10. > :22:15.in the way of sunshine. It will feel warmer despite the fact that is
:22:16. > :22:21.quite windy. Many others inland, not a bad second half to the day. At top
:22:22. > :22:26.temperature of 11 degrees. The forecast as we head into the weekend
:22:27. > :22:32.has a strong wind developing. For the Isles of Scilly, it is a
:22:33. > :22:35.blustery day tomorrow, a few showers around but also sunny spells. For
:22:36. > :22:46.all of us the wind will be a feature on Saturday. Times of high water.
:22:47. > :22:55.Small waves on the coastline tomorrow for our surfers. Usable,
:22:56. > :22:59.but only two or three feet. The coastal water forecast has the winds
:23:00. > :23:04.from the ether north-east, occasionally seven. Patchy rain,
:23:05. > :23:07.becoming merely fair with good visibility. Those winds will be
:23:08. > :23:11.strong on Saturday, possibly reaching gale force through the
:23:12. > :23:19.English Channel. Saturday is a blustery day, but a fine day. Not a
:23:20. > :23:24.cloud in the sky on Saturday, a maximum of 14 degrees. Sunday, more
:23:25. > :23:29.in the way of cloud, windy conditions. Similar conditions on
:23:30. > :23:34.Monday. So, at last, some fine weather, and awarded the weekend as
:23:35. > :23:38.well. My mum got several that taught us
:23:39. > :23:43.out today. He is 70. He likes the warm weather. Thanks for joining us.
:23:44. > :23:47.Join us again tomorrow, good night.