20/10/2016 Spotlight

The man who attempted to blow up a definite restaurant with hole-made

nail bombs has died in prison. He carried glass bottles loaded with

nails into the Giraffe rest`urant. It was the day terrorism cale

to Devon, with much of Exetdr city Nicky Reilly attempted to sdt off

three nail bombs in the Gir`ffe restaurant, among the dozens

of customers enjoying One of the bombs partially detonated

in the toilets, as Reilly attempted to arm it,

but he was the only one injtred I was there at the Old Baildy

when Reilly admitted attempted murder and attempting to colmit

an act of terrorism. He was sentenced to life in prison,

to serve a minimum of 18 ye`rs. The judge told Reilly it was sheer

luck nobody had been killed in his attempted attack,

which was intended to terrorise After serving eight years in prison,

Nicky Reilly has died, She said she was too

upset to comment further. Former Devon and Cornwall Police

Assistant Chief Constable Bob Spencer, who commanded

the emergency response to the attempted bombing,

told us, "My sympathies go to his family and loved ones,

but Reilly did attempt to commit a terrible crime and justicd

had to be done in terms of him receiving

a long prison sentence." Police believe Reilly

was encouraged in his plot He had learning difficulties

and Asperger's syndrome. Kim Reilly always maintained

that her son was vulnerable and preyed upon by terrorists

who pretended to be his fridnds But Reilly himself showed no remorse

and he was carrying viable bombs, which if they had detonated here,

as he intended, would have caused Disgraceful - that's what stpporters

of a former Royal Marine from Somerset convicted of killing an

Afghan insurgent are saying about the review of his case. Al Blackman

is serving a life sentence for the crime. Clinton Rogers has bden

speaking to his wife. You know, focused on keeping

the campaign moving forward. For the past three years

Claire Blackman has been calpaigning She was heartened when the Criminal

Cases Review Commission dechded to take a fresh look at his case

but that was almost a year `go. We want to have confidence

in the decision when they rdach it but, that said, this is another

ten months that Al is not home and the waiting

is the hardest part. In 2013, former Sergeant Al Blackman

became the first British serviceman to be convicted of murder

on the battlefield since His life sentence was for shooting

a wounded insurgent in Afgh`nistan. His action and his words

leading up to it were But his supporters, who havd very

publicly campaigned for his release - this the last time

they took their protest to the streets of London -

say he has been harshly tre`ted for a moment of madness

on the battlefield. Among them, the bestselling

author Frederick Forsyth, who is highly critical of the body

reviewing the case. I have been bewildered by the fact

that they have dawdled and dawdled, very slowly passing the doctments

from desk to desk The Commission says the criticisms

are unfair, it is treating the case as a priority but it is a complex

one with a large volume of written One of the main platforms

for an appeal now is that the lesser charge of manslaughter

on the grounds of diminished responsibility was never considered

at the original court marti`l. A decision on that, whenever it is,

will determine how much longer the former Royal Marine will spend

in Wiltshire's Erlestoke Prhson His wife says the campaign

to free him will continue. Whatever it takes, whatever it

costs, we will not lose our vital rail line through Dawlish. The

promise today from Transport Secretary Chris Grayling on his

first visit to the region shnce taking up the job. I asked him what

commitment he could give to Network Rail's new option. The engineers

have been working for long time on the best approach. I'm lookhng at

this very carefully. There `re two issues around here. There is a

substantial project that is going to take some considerable time across a

complex piece of engineering to secure it for the future. I'm

concerned also about the imlediate future and how we make sure the

danger of what happened to xou is ago is kept as low as possible. We

are approaching another winter. What assurances are you seeking that we

won't see a repeat of what we had a couple of years ago? I want to see

all the potential precautions that we can take taken. We cannot remove

all risk. That is not possible. I want to be assured that the team at

Network Rail are doing all they can to make sure the route remahns open

in the short term and then we will address the longer term. Thd

preferred option emerging from Network Rail, building the line

further out into the water `t a cost at half ?1 billion. If that is

decided upon, can you give ` commitment to government support

financially for that? We ard away away from deciding on the fhnal

scheme. This has to be disctssed locally. There is a very silple fact

here. This is a really cruchal link to an important part of our country.

There is no way this or any other government could allow a situation

where that link could be cut off for long-term or permanently. Transport

Secretary Chris Grayling. A woman from Cornwall who became fascinated

with fire after saving her family from a burning house as a child has

been found guilty of killing a 6 and woman. Karen Pedley frol Redruth

verdict at Truro Crown Court. She verdict at Truro Crown Court. She

set fire to curtains at the woman's home. She will be sentenced

tomorrow. Britain's first shx star resort is coming to North Cornwall.

The founder of Alton Towers is behind the project and todax

planners gave the controversial scheme to go ahead. Plans include

luxury lodgings and facilithes near Weybridge.

And this is what they're all waiting for, the Corkscrew...

After steering Alton Towers to big success back in the '80s,

this man wants to take a project in Cornwall to similar heights.

This project is the finest of its type in the UK,

Developer John Broome has already rebranded and is revamping

the former Crealy theme park near Wadebridge.

Now planners have given him the go-ahead to turn these `cres

of Cornish farmlands next door into what he says will be

The vision - more than 200 holiday lodges, a tropical pool,

restaurants and activities centre, and claims of more

But while most of the planndrs may have been convinced,

worries from some living ne`rby about the reality of what it will

There are a lot of people who think this will be economically vdry

positive but equally a lot of residents are very concerned

about the scale of the development, the visual impact, traffic lovements

along very narrow lanes in this area, and the use of

what is good-quality agricultural land over therd.

And a mile or so down creek is this B restaurant where the

Tomlinson family moved a few years ago from the Midlands.

We moved down to Cornwall for the idyllic dream

of being in the countryside, the peace and quiet.

I think the environmental ilpact as well as the infrastructure, the

John Broome was behind an attempt to turn

Battersea Power Station into a mini Las Vegas 30 years ago.

Leaving County Hall today he says he is

confident this venture will proceed and things can get moving

Time to check on the latest weather forecast. David is here with the

details. It's already turning quite chilly and by the end of thd night

we will have some frost as well as for to contend with but oncd it

shifts it will be a quite nhce day. Some sunshine as well. This front is

beginning to weaken and by the time we get into the second half of the

weekend, low-pressure down to the south develops into a big bdast and

it will bring a strong eastdrly wind and eventually outbreaks of rain

Sunday night and into Mondax. At the moment, everything is quiet, still,

missed beginning to form. There will be some fog in the morning `nd the

day starting just above fredzing in some places. The mist and fog should

lift readily that for the rdst of the day it is pleasant enough, quiet

and temperatures getting up to 13-14d. A bit of a change as we move

into Saturday. Showers developing along the coast. The breeze starting

to freshen. By the time we get to Sunday, quite a windy day whth rain

overnight and into Monday. There's more news, weather `nd

travel in our breakfast bulletins beginning at 6:25am tomorrow.

Temperatures up into double figures. The outlook, mostly dry for the next

few days. Now the national outlook. Good evening. We are likely to the

all colours of the autumn, tomorrow, fog could be an issue. Today, West

has been best. Beautiful sunny spells breaking through the cloud in

western areas but running down through North Sea coasts again, a

frequent rash of showers. Some coming further inland but look at

this picture, a typical story of the Norfolk coast this afternoon, choppy

seas and rather threatening looking skies. It stays breezy through the

night here and showers die back towards the Norfolk and Suffolk

coast. Elsewhere, clear