:00:00. > :00:00.Hello. Six, so it's goodbye from me -
:00:00. > :00:00.On Spotlight tonight: The moment a passer-by smashed a car window
:00:00. > :00:17.I was bashing the window like that, finally it caved in.
:00:18. > :00:21.of distress, but the RSPCA has cautioned against taking
:00:22. > :00:26.Also tonight: The huge scale of fire damage to our wildlife.
:00:27. > :00:28.Why experts are warning it'll take ten years for this
:00:29. > :00:33.The first pictures showing the full extent of the devastation
:00:34. > :00:40.after a fire a stately home in Dorset.
:00:41. > :00:49.And there has been plenty of talk about this cold blast of air from
:00:50. > :00:50.the north. It will last a couple of days and the risk of some overnight
:00:51. > :01:06.frost. A man in St Ives says he'd do
:01:07. > :01:09.the same again after smashing the window of a parked car
:01:10. > :01:11.where he believed It happened during recent warm
:01:12. > :01:16.weather, when he says the animal The RSPCA says it can't condone
:01:17. > :01:22.people taking similar steps and they could face prosecution
:01:23. > :01:25.for criminal damage. The man who smashed the window says
:01:26. > :01:28.he's happy to pay compensation. He's been speaking to our
:01:29. > :01:44.reporter John Henderson. This was in my car, this bar and the
:01:45. > :01:51.car was there and I was bashing the window about five, six, seven, eight
:01:52. > :01:55.times. Finally it caved in. Clive thinks the spaniel was inside the
:01:56. > :02:04.vehicle for well over an hour. You could feel the heat coming out of
:02:05. > :02:10.the car. The car was red-hot. Clive thinks the spaniel was inside the
:02:11. > :02:19.vehicle for well over one hour. He was lying on his back with his legs
:02:20. > :02:23.in the air. The RSPCA says it cannot condone people effectively
:02:24. > :02:29.committing criminal damage, but... People have been known to take it
:02:30. > :02:33.into their own hands, sometimes it has work well and sometimes it
:02:34. > :02:43.hasn't, but please think of the implications that could arise from
:02:44. > :02:46.your actions. The charity says if people feel they need to act in
:02:47. > :02:48.similar circumstances, they should ensure they have witnesses or even
:02:49. > :02:55.filmed the incident. If I get a bill for it, I will pay for the window.
:02:56. > :03:05.Just what had to be done had to be done. We have had lots of reaction.
:03:06. > :03:17.Nigel says, well done, a car quickly fills like a greenhouse on a sunny
:03:18. > :03:19.day. Police might have been far too late. Darren says, leaving dogs in
:03:20. > :03:21.cars should be illegal. What would you have done? Contact us and join
:03:22. > :03:32.the debate. A common in East Devon badly damaged
:03:33. > :03:34.by fire will take ten years to recover. 100 acres of Woodbury
:03:35. > :03:41.Common were destroyed yesterday. Hamish Marshall is there for us
:03:42. > :03:44.tonight. Today we have had a chance to see the damage. There is still
:03:45. > :03:50.best month of smoke in the air and very much black in this part of the
:03:51. > :03:55.common. 100 acres affected. This is what it looks like at this time of
:03:56. > :04:01.the year. The fire could have been worse. During the fire in the
:04:02. > :04:05.afternoon, this area was being cleared by firefighters making a
:04:06. > :04:13.fire break to try to stop the flames going further, but they still manage
:04:14. > :04:16.to affect 100 acres. From the air you can see the full extent of the
:04:17. > :04:25.damage caused to Woodbury Common. More than 100 acres charred and
:04:26. > :04:27.burned. An area of outstanding natural beauty scarred for some time
:04:28. > :04:33.to come. Whilst some animals like birds got away, others did not.
:04:34. > :04:40.Those that are less mobile would have been slower, so reptiles would
:04:41. > :04:42.have had a difficult time. Some would have survived, they would have
:04:43. > :04:51.gone underground, but many would have died, I'm afraid. Amanda Taylor
:04:52. > :04:54.Bashford was on the comment yesterday and took these pictures as
:04:55. > :05:01.she watched the fire advance at speed. You could hear the trees
:05:02. > :05:07.crackling and banging. I saw one tree being engulfed in flames and
:05:08. > :05:12.then stop burning in ten seconds. As the fire was coming towards us you
:05:13. > :05:17.could hear this for of the flames as well as a real crackling of the dry
:05:18. > :05:24.branches setting alight. The smoke and flames could be seen from miles
:05:25. > :05:30.away. Where the smoke was centred, we could see the flames as well.
:05:31. > :05:34.Fire crews were still here today ensuring hot spots did not reignite.
:05:35. > :05:44.The man in charge of fighting the fire says the five injured men are
:05:45. > :05:46.OK, but fires like this need to be fought out" is. We think we had
:05:47. > :05:51.firewalls of about four metres high, you can feel the wind on me at the
:05:52. > :05:59.moment. It is moving rapidly so that is why we have to be careful. We do
:06:00. > :06:02.have fire plans in place for this area and we do a lot of training
:06:03. > :06:06.about how to deal with fires of this nature. The area will recover but it
:06:07. > :06:11.will take up to ten years. The cause and where the fire started are
:06:12. > :06:18.likely to remain a mystery. Some people have been saying today, is
:06:19. > :06:29.this a major problem? There are some differences. This was 100 acres.
:06:30. > :06:31.Burning land is in a much smaller in area. It takes place before the end
:06:32. > :06:34.of March before nesting birds have made their nests. There was one
:06:35. > :06:39.firefighter in the sky feeding information down to the firefighters
:06:40. > :06:44.on the ground. That made a big difference because this fire moved
:06:45. > :06:47.quickly and they were able to get that aerial view to tell them where
:06:48. > :06:50.it was going and how they fought it best they could.
:06:51. > :06:51.In Dorset, the BBC has taken dramatic aerial
:06:52. > :06:56.For the first time, it shows the scale of the damage
:06:57. > :06:59.Conservationists from Historic England hope to be
:07:00. > :07:03.Police say a 68-year-old local man arrested following
:07:04. > :07:07.the blaze has been released and investigations continue.
:07:08. > :07:10.Our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison has been speaking to Jenny Chesher
:07:11. > :07:12.from Historic England, who worked on refurbishing
:07:13. > :07:18.You don't have to look for the destruction
:07:19. > :07:23.Stories of the English Civil War, of hundreds of years of history now
:07:24. > :07:31.And it is not clear Parnham House is out of woods yet.
:07:32. > :07:33.After the fire spreads through a building, often
:07:34. > :07:37.the interior structure will have been completely consumed and this
:07:38. > :07:40.leaves the external walls and features like chimneys
:07:41. > :07:44.and gables and pinnacles very vulnerable.
:07:45. > :07:47.The other thing to be aware of is the level of water penetration
:07:48. > :07:50.that will have occurred in the building and that will also
:07:51. > :07:52.weaken the structure considerably, so there are serious risks
:07:53. > :07:58.The scene just over a week ago could hardly have been more dramatic.
:07:59. > :08:01.Conservationists say only when they gain access
:08:02. > :08:04.will they be able to tell if there is any further danger.
:08:05. > :08:07.They fear much has already been lost.
:08:08. > :08:09.From the photographs that have been available,
:08:10. > :08:15.it looks like the damage is very extensive.
:08:16. > :08:18.That has a tremendous depth of history and it has some
:08:19. > :08:20.very important features, some of them very fragile
:08:21. > :08:23.like the early glass, ancient staircases, beautiful
:08:24. > :08:28.panelling - 500 years of fine craftsmanship
:08:29. > :08:38.A lot of it is very fragile unfortunately and these sort of fine
:08:39. > :08:43.finishes are the things that are most vulnerable under fire.
:08:44. > :08:45.To be one of the finest manor houses is something
:08:46. > :08:50.A grade one listing making this a rare gem.
:08:51. > :08:53.With Elizabethan origins, most of the current design is down
:08:54. > :08:56.to the regency architect John Nash, who also worked on parts
:08:57. > :09:03.These houses were built to last, but the restoration will take
:09:04. > :09:09.Once the property has been made safe and people can get into it safely,
:09:10. > :09:13.then there is a painstaking salvage operation and we can generally
:09:14. > :09:16.agree a salvage strategy, because there may be precious items
:09:17. > :09:19.there that possibly can be reused or repaired,
:09:20. > :09:27.There were tonnes of stone tiles on the roof of that building,
:09:28. > :09:30.so it will be a complete mess inside, everything will be jumbled
:09:31. > :09:35.up together, it will be charred, so it is a very painstaking process.
:09:36. > :09:38.For now, this is still very much the centre of a police
:09:39. > :09:41.investigation, but the salvage efforts should soon begin,
:09:42. > :09:44.Historic England aiming to be on site this week.
:09:45. > :09:47.There have been big fires at other big houses in Dorset and they have
:09:48. > :09:57.The hope is that Parnham House will do the same.
:09:58. > :10:00.Scientists say they've made a major discovery in understanding
:10:01. > :10:06.The illness affects around 7,000 people in the South West.
:10:07. > :10:10.Now scientists from Exeter have been working with a team in Canada
:10:11. > :10:12.and say they hope their findings will pave the way
:10:13. > :10:16.Our health correspondent Jenny Walrond has been talking
:10:17. > :10:21.to one woman who developed MS in her twenties.
:10:22. > :10:26.I was in the swimming pool and my hands started to feel really
:10:27. > :10:31.numb with pins and needles and the actual feeling of my hands
:10:32. > :10:38.Trish first noted symptoms of multiple sclerosis when she was 28.
:10:39. > :10:50.Eight years later, the disease forced her to give up work.
:10:51. > :10:56.MS is an autoimmune disease and it is a disease of neuro inflammation.
:10:57. > :11:01.Sales of the immune system can leave the capillaries in the brain and
:11:02. > :11:06.then they target the nerve cells within the brain and they can chew
:11:07. > :11:13.away at some of the protective layers of the nerve cells. One of
:11:14. > :11:17.the problems with MS 's scientists do not fully understand the disease
:11:18. > :11:27.and so treatments focus on the symptoms. Scientists here at the
:11:28. > :11:29.University of Exeter said they have made a new discovery which could
:11:30. > :11:32.help change that. They believe an underlying defect in brain cells
:11:33. > :11:40.could be responsible. People with MS have a high level of a protein which
:11:41. > :11:47.causes cells to become poisoned. This protein we believe is involved
:11:48. > :11:50.in causing damage to the nerve cells and we need to know a lot more about
:11:51. > :11:55.how the nerve cells are damaged, because if we can stop the damage we
:11:56. > :12:01.can stop a lot of the symptoms. The hope is this discovery could be used
:12:02. > :12:06.to develop new treatments for multiple sclerosis and other similar
:12:07. > :12:14.diseases. That is welcome news to Trish. Once they find out what
:12:15. > :12:15.causes MS, that is the only way we can go about curing it. It will put
:12:16. > :12:18.a lot of people's minds at ease. Now a roundup of other stories
:12:19. > :12:21.making the news in the South West. There are concerns for the welfare
:12:22. > :12:24.for a missing 13-year-old girl Anastasia Groom has links to Taunton
:12:25. > :12:28.and Exeter and officers believe it's likely she's in one of these two
:12:29. > :12:30.places, or somewhere She's described as white,
:12:31. > :12:33.around 5ft 1in tall, of stocky build with dark hair
:12:34. > :12:36.with red colouring, worn The jury in the trial
:12:37. > :12:40.of a Bulgarian man accused of murdering his former partner
:12:41. > :12:42.in Exeter, has today heard from three of the victim's
:12:43. > :12:46.former work colleagues. The court heard that
:12:47. > :12:49.Gergana Prodanova told other workers at the Great Western Hotel that
:12:50. > :12:52.Kostadin Kostov beat her Mr Kostov denies murder
:12:53. > :12:59.and the trial continues. Police have launched
:13:00. > :13:01.an investigation into a suspicious fire at a Torquay hotel,
:13:02. > :13:04.early yesterday morning. More than 100 young farmers
:13:05. > :13:07.were staying at the Bancourt Hotel while in the resort for their annual
:13:08. > :13:11.convention and had to spend the rest of the night sleeping on the floor
:13:12. > :13:13.at the Riviera Centre. Police are treating it as arson
:13:14. > :13:17.with intent to endanger life. Three people suffered
:13:18. > :13:21.minor injuries. Plymouth's Labour group says
:13:22. > :13:24.renewing the Trident nuclear programme is key for the city
:13:25. > :13:28.and the party is committed to it. It follows comments
:13:29. > :13:30.from the Conservative Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon that
:13:31. > :13:34.Labour would pose a security risk if elected because of
:13:35. > :13:36.Jeremy Corbyn's opposition It's being called one of the most
:13:37. > :13:44.challenging jobs in society today, and figures reveal hundreds
:13:45. > :13:48.of vacancies for children's social Amid warnings of the impact
:13:49. > :13:53.on vulnerable children and families, councils across the region
:13:54. > :13:56.are stepping up efforts to encourage more people to consider
:13:57. > :14:15.a career as a social worker. Like any journey, to a job but for
:14:16. > :14:20.children, social workers, it goes -- what goes on behind doors is what
:14:21. > :14:28.matters. It is a tricky situation. It is damp if you do and damp if you
:14:29. > :14:30.don't. Dealing with families is delicate and you have to be
:14:31. > :14:44.sensitive and it is tricky to get it right all of the time. Their
:14:45. > :14:46.professions battled a negative image after a series of high-profile cases
:14:47. > :14:48.like that of baby P. Nationally there is a problem of bringing
:14:49. > :14:52.people into children's social work. It is probably one of the most
:14:53. > :14:58.challenging jobs in our society today. According to figures, across
:14:59. > :14:59.the south-west there are nearly 300 vacancies for children social
:15:00. > :15:16.workers. Alex is one of 33 new recruits taken
:15:17. > :15:18.on in the last five years in Cornwall where they run their own
:15:19. > :15:22.training programme and now Cornwall is getting involved in a government
:15:23. > :15:31.bursary scheme with 11 other Southwest authorities that offers a
:15:32. > :15:35.14 month FastTrack scheme. You have the added value of the different
:15:36. > :15:40.resources and perspectives. We have to be honest as well, we have to
:15:41. > :15:46.make the most of what we have got and by pooling all resources and
:15:47. > :15:49.expertise, it is an opportunity to give people in Cornwall and
:15:50. > :15:55.opportunity to train and work with children and families. This year's
:15:56. > :15:57.round of the scheme is open in till early May with authorities
:15:58. > :15:59.encouraging applicants to come forward.
:16:00. > :16:01.The football season is building to a nail-biting finish,
:16:02. > :16:05.The lasers illuminating the seafront in Weymouth and why some
:16:06. > :16:14.want to return to the light bulbs of the past.
:16:15. > :16:17.Onto sport now and there's good news and bad news from the weekend.
:16:18. > :16:26.Torquay United have nearly pulled off the great escape for a second
:16:27. > :16:28.year running and after Saturday's win, their destiny is now
:16:29. > :16:33.Exeter City left it very late to keep their play-off hopes
:16:34. > :16:36.on track, while Plymouth Argyle gained ground in the
:16:37. > :16:44.Just a few miles from the white cliffs of Dover
:16:45. > :16:49.Well, higher than they have been for the last couple of weeks.
:16:50. > :16:53.His header just before half-time putting them ahead
:16:54. > :16:57.against a team chasing promotion, but the battle for league survival
:16:58. > :17:00.proved to be the stronger motivator and Torquay doubled their lead
:17:01. > :17:04.and it was that man Williams again finding the net.
:17:05. > :17:07.Minutes later and Dover pulled a goal back.
:17:08. > :17:10.The two-goal cushion gone led to a nervy finish
:17:11. > :17:13.and despite a late chance, Torquay held on and are now out of
:17:14. > :17:19.The battle for survival is almost won.
:17:20. > :17:22.Exeter City have been living off late chances,
:17:23. > :17:26.but when David Wheeler's scuff somehow evaded the visiting keeper,
:17:27. > :17:30.no-one at St James Park was expecting a comeback from Morecambe.
:17:31. > :17:32.And it took something special from Kevin Anderson
:17:33. > :17:42.That is how it stayed until stoppage time and it would not
:17:43. > :17:45.be an Exeter City game without a late goal.
:17:46. > :17:50.Reuben Reid won the penalty and drilled it home.
:17:51. > :17:54.Liam McAlinden's amazing run ended with a third,
:17:55. > :18:00.Exeter could do Plymouth Argyle a favour next week when they play
:18:01. > :18:04.The Pilgrims are now just two points behind,
:18:05. > :18:10.Six goals last week, but a very different story
:18:11. > :18:16.This effort from Graham Carey was as close as any for Argyle.
:18:17. > :18:19.Luke McCormick was certainly the busier of the two keepers.
:18:20. > :18:22.Not that he could have done much about this if it had
:18:23. > :18:25.An uneventful match but another point gained
:18:26. > :18:33.Could the fans even be cheering Exeter City next week?
:18:34. > :18:36.It was a top weekend for Plymouth Leander's Ben Proud,
:18:37. > :18:39.who took two British titles and two British records in 24
:18:40. > :18:42.hours at the British Championships in Sheffield.
:18:43. > :18:45.He beat his own record to retain his 50m freestyle
:18:46. > :18:49.title in a time of 21.32, with his clubmate Tom
:18:50. > :18:52.Fannon finishing well in second to take silver.
:18:53. > :18:56.Then Proud won the 50m butterfly in a time of 22.8 seconds.
:18:57. > :19:02.Devon boxer Tommy Langford's dream of becoming a world
:19:03. > :19:05.champion suffered a major setback this weekend.
:19:06. > :19:09.The 27-year-old from Bideford put his unbeaten record on the line
:19:10. > :19:13.in Leicester against the much-feared Georgian Av-tandil Kurts- idza.
:19:14. > :19:16.In the fifth round he was knocked down by a left hook and the referee
:19:17. > :19:21.Before this Langford had seemed to be ahead on most
:19:22. > :19:25.The fight was for the WBO middleweight interim title,
:19:26. > :19:30.with the winner taking on world champ Billy Joe Saunders.
:19:31. > :19:32.There was disappointment in the London Marathon
:19:33. > :19:35.for Devon's Jo Pavey, who was trying to qualify for this
:19:36. > :19:39.The 43-year-old was forced to retire at the 16 mile mark.
:19:40. > :19:43.She said she wanted to carry on, but from about 13 miles her
:19:44. > :19:52.And finally, the Plymouth Raiders season is over after they failed
:19:53. > :19:55.to make the playoffs for the fourth year in a row.
:19:56. > :19:57.They lost their last six games which saw them
:19:58. > :20:15.Good news and bad news. It is a roller-coaster that sports bulletin.
:20:16. > :20:16.Thank you. Now, many seaside holidays are not
:20:17. > :20:19.complete without an evening time Most resorts decorate them
:20:20. > :20:22.with lights all year This is how Torquay still looks
:20:23. > :20:25.during a night-time stroll. Weymouth used to have a very similar
:20:26. > :20:28.appearance, but when the borough welcomed the Olympics,
:20:29. > :20:31.it decided to replace the fairy lights around the bay
:20:32. > :20:34.with bright green lasers. But should they have been so quick
:20:35. > :20:53.to dispense with tradition? Dated, dilapidated. In Weymouth at
:20:54. > :20:56.the beginning of the decade, the winds of change were blowing and it
:20:57. > :21:01.was decided a traditional seaside look had had its day. But only a few
:21:02. > :21:09.years after they disappeared, the borough council is now looking at
:21:10. > :21:11.whether the fairy lights should be brought back. It would look really
:21:12. > :21:14.pretty and be nice for everybody to see. It is a traditional seafront so
:21:15. > :21:21.it would look nice with the very lights. They are part of the history
:21:22. > :21:25.of Weymouth. It makes the whole promenade look festive. There has
:21:26. > :21:32.been a lot of pressure to return to the past in part due to delight
:21:33. > :21:39.replace them. No matter how they might look like a steel frame, these
:21:40. > :21:42.are lights. Green lasers beamed through fog and rain with mixed
:21:43. > :21:51.response. They were quite nice and bright. I think they were really
:21:52. > :21:54.cool. Either serve the fairy lights because they are more traditional as
:21:55. > :22:02.far as the breach resort is concerned. Both are nice. Why can't
:22:03. > :22:05.we have both? The local authority is still looking at how to eliminate
:22:06. > :22:11.the seafront, but dispensing with the future may prove just as tricky
:22:12. > :22:12.as dispensing with the past. Something a little more
:22:13. > :22:14.light-hearted. A seagull may have bitten off more
:22:15. > :22:17.than he could chew when he stole some false teeth from a seaside
:22:18. > :22:19.bench in Devon. The feathered-felon,
:22:20. > :22:21.more commonly known for stealing chips, snapped up the abandoned
:22:22. > :22:24.gnashers in Torquay. A picture of the garrulous gull
:22:25. > :22:28.was shared widely on social media. A post on the Spotted Newton
:22:29. > :22:32.Abbot Facebook page said, "Unfortunately anyone missing them
:22:33. > :22:51.will need to contact the seagull Oh, dear! What a disappointed
:22:52. > :22:59.seagull hoping for chips! Let's move on. Time for the weather. Good
:23:00. > :23:06.evening. We have been talking about this cold spell of weather. It will
:23:07. > :23:09.probably last one, two days. Ahead of the front bringing that change,
:23:10. > :23:19.some quite is testing cloud formations. -- interesting cloud
:23:20. > :23:24.formations. The cloud is not thick enough to produce a fuchsia hours.
:23:25. > :23:35.It will clear tonight and opening the door to Arctic air. We will not
:23:36. > :23:37.see the huge swing in temperatures that other parts will see, but it
:23:38. > :23:40.will feel colder tomorrow. There will be some sunshine and quite
:23:41. > :23:45.sharp showers, but quite a high risk of frost forming tonight. That cold
:23:46. > :23:51.air is heading quite a long way south. It will help to northern
:23:52. > :23:56.Spain by the middle of the week. Quite a big change for many. A lot
:23:57. > :24:01.of cloud capable of producing a fuchsia hours. That introduces the
:24:02. > :24:06.colder air as it sinks southwards and the Arctic air will be with us
:24:07. > :24:11.tomorrow and Wednesday. Around the top of this area of high pressure,
:24:12. > :24:17.more cloud coming from a slightly less cold direction, so temperatures
:24:18. > :24:20.back up Thursday and Friday and high-pressure looking pretty close
:24:21. > :24:25.and possibly for their weekend ahead. Let's look at the detail for
:24:26. > :24:31.what will happen right through this evening will stop let's have a look
:24:32. > :24:41.at some of the pictures where there was some flowers out at this time of
:24:42. > :24:45.year. Everything is getting into leaf. Pretty good at this time of
:24:46. > :24:50.year and most of the trees are now out so it looks like we will see
:24:51. > :24:55.some fine weather to look forward to, but some of these spring flowers
:24:56. > :25:00.will be in for a shock as we see that frost turn up both tonight and
:25:01. > :25:05.also tomorrow night. The detailed then for overnight tonight, we have
:25:06. > :25:13.got high-pressure coming in at the end of the week, but this cloud is
:25:14. > :25:16.producing spots of rain this evening. It sinks southwards. No
:25:17. > :25:23.real rain on it for those that need it and once it clears the south
:25:24. > :25:30.coast, that cold air will arrive. We are looking at a frost overnight
:25:31. > :25:34.tonight with temperatures between -1 and two or three degrees. Lots of
:25:35. > :25:39.sunshine tomorrow. A fuchsia hours. By the afternoon, some of the
:25:40. > :25:47.showers turned out to be quite heavy. Ten, 11 degrees, it will feel
:25:48. > :25:56.more like six or seven. The forecast for the Isles of Scilly. Sunny
:25:57. > :26:02.spells. Times of high water. And for our surfers, more waves but they
:26:03. > :26:08.will be rather choppy along the north coast because the winds are
:26:09. > :26:12.northerly, four or five. But we start to warm up towards the end of
:26:13. > :26:19.the week and towards the holiday weekend. Have a good evening. That
:26:20. > :26:24.is all from us for now. There will be an update at 10:30pm tonight and
:26:25. > :26:52.we are back tomorrow evening. From everyone, good night.
:26:53. > :26:54.There are times in the life of a nation
:26:55. > :26:59.when the choices we make define the character of our country,
:27:00. > :27:09.times when people stand up and demand real, significant change.
:27:10. > :27:14.we have the chance to shape a brighter future for Britain