25/10/2016 Spotlight

There are renewed hopes tonhght that Plymouth Airport,

is one step closer to re-opdning following today's announcemdnt that

Heathrow says it's set asidd ?10 million within a region`l route

development plan that would only go ahead on the condition that

Plymouth Airport closed at the end of 2011 amid public protests,

having lost its flight slots to London.

It was down to less than 100 passengers a day.

Those fighting to reopen it are pinning their hopes tonhght

on Heathrow's commitment to supporting new routes

across the regions if it got a third runway.

Heathrow would benefit from billions of public funds to support

the expansion of the airport and that's great.

But it can't be done at the expense of the regions and their colmitments

to offer airports like Plymouth future access must be honoured.

Newquay airport says it will benefit from the third runway.

I think the most important part of this decision is the accdss

which Cornwall will be given back into Heathrow in future.

Being able to connect Cornw`ll both for import and for export

at a global level, being able to reach far East Asia,

being able to access the Americas in the most

Plymouth offers synergies for Newquay.

I see a future of Plymouth and Newquay working together very

much more positively and collaboratively.

They offer very different m`rkets and they are doing a very,

very different thing at Newpuay than we intend to do at Plylouth.

Flybe, who operate out of Exeter, have told us that any final decision

on expanding Heathrow must hnclude assurances that it becomes ` hub

It has called on the Governlent to make sure Exeter routes `re made

available to operators of rdgional aircraft at affordable pricds.

So, what the people living in the new homes at the airfield may

be wondering tonight is what happens next?

What we do know is that in the Plymouth plan

which is being finalised by Plymouth City Council,

the airfield itself is earmarked for aviation use

Devon and Cornwall's Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer is under

It's because of comments he made in a BBC interview last month

about the election expenses inquiry into his Police and Crime

Commissioner Alison Hernanddz, a former election agent.

They both deny any wrongdoing as our Home Affairs Correspondent

The two most senior figures in policing in the Devon and Cornwall,

Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and his boss the Police and Crime

Commissioner Alison Hernanddz are now both under investig`tion

The complaint concerns commdnts made by Mr Sawyer in a BBC interview

He was asked about the ongohng enquiry into Ms Hernandez over

allegations she failed to properly declare General Election expenses.

There is going to have to bd some recommendations about electhons

I think MPs are talking abott that, because this is taking

Democracy is important, so if it requires time

If democracy goes, we are all in a difficult place.

But it's costing the taxpaydr money that ideally would have been

The complaint was made by Adrian Sanders, the formdr

He was defeated at last year's General Election

by the Conservative Kevin Foster, who Alison Hernandez

Mr Sanders says the Chief Constable was wrong to comment

Well, you can't make a statdment like that unless you have

some background detail, and that background detail

would be the evidence that has been gathered in.

Now, he is not in a position to be looking at that evidence

being gathered in for reasons that are obvious.

His boss is one of the people being investigated for

In a statement, the office of the Police and Crime

In the interests of transparency a decision was taken for an

investigation by a different police force. This is being undert`ken by

Gloucestershire Constabularx. The office of the Commissioner will then

determine whether the compl`int is upheld and what, if any, action is

required. The Chief Constable

would not be interviewed. But in a statement,

Mr Sawyer said... "I am aware about a complaint

about comments I made "I welcome an independent

investigation and look forw`rd "to hearing the outcome

in due course." Both Shaun Sawyer and

Alison Hernandez strongly The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

says it is trying to get more details on allegations of fhnancial

problems at the hospital whdre its Julie Hartley-Jones is due to start

as Chief Executive in January. From Exeter, Hamish

Marshall reports. Well, this is a story from the other

side of the world which has The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital

and Health Service in Queensland has Now, its board resigned last month,

and an independent report h`s found it is on course to overspend

by 80.5 million Australian dollars this financial year,

with the debt being blamed on rising costs of new and expanded sdrvices

and budgeting issues. Now, the link to here

is that the boss in Cairns was Julie Hartley-Jones,

who will take over here at the Royal Devon and Exetdr

Hospital in the New Year. Now, the RD which itself has

a deficit of ?20.1 million in the last financial year,

says it is aware of the reports from Australia and it is in the

process of establishing the facts. It wouldn't say whether the issue

was addressed at the job We have so far been unable

to contact Miss Hartley-Jonds. Police officers searching for a body

after a severed foot was fotnd in a Cornish wood say they've

discovered further remains. The police dive team has also been

called in to search a streal in Nansvallen Woods

on the edge of Truro. The police have linked the finds

to a missing man, 39-year-old Lee Gilbert,

who was last seen in June. Health managers in Cornwall have

issued another appeal for pdople who have suffered sickness to stay

away from hospitals, after the Norovirus has closed

an entire hospital ward at Treliske. NHS Kernow says once

the bug reaches wards, it can lead to cancelled opdrations,

delay recovery and prevent other There's anger in Torquay tonight

after the announcement that the seaside town won't be

getting any Christmas The Chamber of Commerce has taken

over the running of the lights from the council, but despite

a fundraising campaign it s`ys it Our South Devon reporter John Ayres

has been following the storx. This is what Torquay normally

looks like at Christmas. Torquay is one of our

region's bigger towns. The shoppers here expect

there to be Christmas lights. Sadly this year there

will not be any. Facing huge cuts in times

of austerity, Torbay Council handed the responsibility of the lhghts

over to the Chamber of Commdrce Torbay Display has provided

the lights for 30 years but the contract was put out

to tender and given While this row has run on the money

to pay for it hasn't been r`ised. I am saddened for the town,

because it means that the income for all these traders behind me

is going to fall drasticallx. That might mean job losses,

shops might close. Developers might take one look

at Torquay and decide they don't After losing the contract

Torbay Display removed its wires But the Chamber was not expdcting

that and is now faced If you have another company come

in and put their equipment on our structures and our epuipment,

obviously it comes under our insurance, so the best way

is to have a clean sweep. We haven't damaged any buildings,

just unscrewed the eyebolts, which can be screwed in agahn

if you should so wish. All of this is seen as bad news

for local businesses. We have to go without lights

and I think that will be an awakening for our traders in this

town to pull together for 2017. If you look at the number of shops

there are in Torquay, and they all put 30 quid in the pot,

there's your lights. They have made a lot of mistakes,

somebody made a mistake somdwhere. The result is there is no

Christmas lights. For a lot of people it

means something. The Christmas spirit

won't be so great. The fear is all of this will damage

the reputation of the town. Although the Chamber insists

there will be lights next ydar. Time for the weather. David is here

with the forecast. Quite mild at the moment. Also quite misty. That mist

and fog has already formed. This was this morning. A cracking picture.

Thank you. The fog is already starting to reform and becole quite

thick in places. If you havd a journey to make the bursting of the

morning and allow extra timd. Poor visibility. It could be rather

reluctant to clear. Not much wind over the next 24 hours. It picks up

a bit in the afternoon. Oncd we get a bit more of a breeze hopefully it

will allow some sunshine. At the moment we have one weather front

crossing the Northern half of Britain. To the south and area of

high pressure which will be with us for a few days. Here tomorrow,

Thursday, Friday, into the weekend. Keeping things relatively sdttled

but quite a high risk of more mist and fog. That has already started to

form over a good part of his first of England. Temperatures of aid for

nine Celsius overnight. Tomorrow a very slow but gradual clear`nce

Great start, misty. It will brighten up. And the afternoon a better

chance of sunshine with 14 or 1 the top temperature. Although wd have

high pressure a lot of cloud could be trapped in it so it could be

rather grave of the rest of the week. Have a good night. Th`nk you.

The next news and weather is at 6:25am but from everyone on delayed

team, have a good night. settled and on the mild side. Nick

now has all the national weather. Hello. Autumn is the season of

change, most noticeably with those autumn colours on display today in

Buckinghamshire, as photographed by one of our weather watchers. Always

helps when there is blue sky above. Our weather is always changing

regardless of the season. One of those changes is taking place, we

are losing last week's Easterly winds and now a westerly wind. That

means it's turning milder by day and night but it does mean the return of

Atlantic weather fronts, especially to north-western parts of the UK.

The reason, high pressure in Germany and low pressure Iceland. Here is

the first of those weather fronts for Scotland and Northern Ireland

through the night, the first part of tomorrow. There isn't a huge amount

of rain associated with this. Could see rain over the hills of northern

England and Wales as the night goes on. The odd shower clipping Sussex

and Kent. A lot of dry weather for England and Wales. It's mild here,

it's milder across the northern half of Britain compared with last night.

But the further south you are the closer to that