:00:13. > :00:15.The Georgian facade of Exeter's Royal Clarence Hotel
:00:16. > :00:18.was demolished today after the building was destroyed by fire.
:00:19. > :00:21.Crowds gathered to watch thd moment the remaining structure camd down.
:00:22. > :00:23.As Simon Hall reports, many of them had a personal
:00:24. > :00:38.As the insults follow the injury, so the demolition follows the fire.
:00:39. > :00:41.A facade which stood for hundreds of years gone with just a ntdge
:00:42. > :00:49.Crowds turned out to watch, many with powerful memories
:00:50. > :00:57.The Clarence is somewhere where I spent my wedding night,
:00:58. > :01:01.where I did Christmas lunchds every year for a decade with my f`mily.
:01:02. > :01:14.We had our wedding reception there so...
:01:15. > :01:17.In one of the rooms that has been gutted actually.
:01:18. > :01:28.Exeter City Council wanted the facade brought down to reduce
:01:29. > :01:32.the cordon on Cathedral Gredn to allow more businesses to open
:01:33. > :01:38.All of it is very sad, but it will be built again.
:01:39. > :01:42.Our policy is to build it to what it was, at least thd front
:01:43. > :01:49.The cathedral, spiritual sotl of this city, has now reopened.
:01:50. > :01:52.Today was the highest profile part of the demolition operation.
:01:53. > :02:10.The rest of the work is expdcted to take several weeks at le`st.
:02:11. > :02:14.The ground and first floors are historically very important
:02:15. > :02:24.They date from the 13th century so the plan is now for
:02:25. > :02:32.the demolition crews to work slowly and carefully around them
:02:33. > :02:35.in an attempt to try and prdserve that precious heritage.
:02:36. > :02:37.A rising number of police officers in Devon and Cornwall are bding
:02:38. > :02:41.This year, nearly 250 officdrs in the force have been assatlted,
:02:42. > :02:44.in four cases it was so sevdre it was classed as
:02:45. > :02:48.The number of assaults on officers is rising year on year.
:02:49. > :02:50.Well, today the issue was debated in Parliament.
:02:51. > :02:53.Spotlight has been speaking to PC Dan Care who was assaulted one night
:02:54. > :03:01.One of the males became aggressive and punched my
:03:02. > :03:08.It ended up back around this area here.
:03:09. > :03:11.The male started throwing punches at me and
:03:12. > :03:16.other people in the group started to get involved.
:03:17. > :03:19.I didn't know I'd be able to go back to front line policing.
:03:20. > :03:21.It is something I really loved doing.
:03:22. > :03:23.It's had a big effect and it's been a
:03:24. > :03:29.It's only recently going on holiday that I realised how much of an
:03:30. > :03:32.effect it had on me, and my wife noticed the change.
:03:33. > :03:38.It took that to realise how bad it had been.
:03:39. > :03:44.PC Dan Care on his experience of assault.
:03:45. > :03:46.There's been scathing criticism of the Environment Agency
:03:47. > :03:50.for the way it dealt with flooding on the Somerset Levels
:03:51. > :03:54.Today, the Commons Environmdnt Committee called for
:03:55. > :03:56.the agency to be stripped of some of its powers,
:03:57. > :04:00.and a new National Floods Commissioner to be appointed.
:04:01. > :04:03.Temperatures may have been in the high teens earlier this week,
:04:04. > :04:06.but tonight gritters are out on some of Devon's major roads
:04:07. > :04:11.Road surface temperatures are forecast to drop close
:04:12. > :04:14.to freezing in a number of areas overnight.
:04:15. > :04:18.Torquay will have Christmas lights this year after all.
:04:19. > :04:21.The town's Chamber of Commerce had been struggling to fund
:04:22. > :04:29.But now a local radio station has stepped in to help.
:04:30. > :04:34.Work's under way in Devon to reunite child refugees and asylum sdekers
:04:35. > :04:36.with their families in other areas of the UK.
:04:37. > :04:39.20 boys under the age of 18 arrived in Devon from Calais last wdek.
:04:40. > :04:42.The Mayor of Great Torrington says the outpouring of generositx
:04:43. > :04:46.But as our north Devon reporter Andrea Ormsby reports,
:04:47. > :04:54.Week two and the donations just keep coming.
:04:55. > :04:57.Hello, I've brought some items for the refugees.
:04:58. > :04:59.The Plough art centre in Great Torrington is the
:05:00. > :05:11.Until last week, this is where they were based in Calais,
:05:12. > :05:14.now dismantled and cleared of thousands of people
:05:15. > :05:17.who fled their own war-torn countries.
:05:18. > :05:19.The community outpouring of kindness, love and generosity has
:05:20. > :05:25.quite emotional to see all the positive stuff happdning.
:05:26. > :05:32.Of course, it is not all positive as some groups have been set up
:05:33. > :05:34.specifically to protest about the refugees
:05:35. > :05:36.being here and one on
:05:37. > :05:40.Facebook is trying to organhse a protest rally to show the strength
:05:41. > :05:48.This is another protest grotp, but it's against the idea of a
:05:49. > :05:51.demonstration saying it would be wrong to burden the police.
:05:52. > :05:54.Its Facebook page has gone back online
:05:55. > :05:58.after winning an appeal after complaints of racism.
:05:59. > :06:02.The group said it formed because several Devon counchls
:06:03. > :06:07.friendly without consulting constituents first.
:06:08. > :06:14.Other Facebook pages are springing up in responsd.
:06:15. > :06:16.This one has more than 4,000 likes after a week.
:06:17. > :06:20.And heartening to know so many other people
:06:21. > :06:23.Another vanload is off to the refugees.
:06:24. > :06:25.The process of reuniting thdm with family members
:06:26. > :06:33.already in the UK is said to be ongoing.
:06:34. > :06:37.If you're a woman in the sotth-west convicted of a crime and given
:06:38. > :06:40.a prison sentence the chancds are you'll serve your time
:06:41. > :06:42.at Eastwood Park women's prison in Gloucestershire.
:06:43. > :06:45.To mark its 20th anniversarx, reporter Lee Madan has been given
:06:46. > :06:50.exclusive access to find out what life inside is like.
:06:51. > :06:56.The thought of coming here is just mind blowing.
:06:57. > :06:59.There are bullies within thd prison, but I don't think you'll evdr be
:07:00. > :07:02.Diane is serving two-and-a-half years for committing fraud.
:07:03. > :07:05.Anne, 12 years for conspiracy to supply drugs.
:07:06. > :07:10.For both, their first time behind bars was daunting.
:07:11. > :07:13.I think I cried constantly all night.
:07:14. > :07:19.I do beat myself up for it, I do feel totally responsible
:07:20. > :07:25.Prison may be about punishmdnt but it's also about rehabilhtation.
:07:26. > :07:28.It offers courses run by Western College and finds some
:07:29. > :07:31.inmates jobs they can do from inside jail.
:07:32. > :07:36.Diane works for the national career service.
:07:37. > :07:39.As tough as it was I thought there's no way I'm going
:07:40. > :07:43.Although Eastwood Park has seen many changes over 20 years,
:07:44. > :07:46.one thing has stayed the sale, the fact that staff agree
:07:47. > :07:51.with estimates that 50% of hnmates here and in every other wom`n's
:07:52. > :07:56.prison in the country are themselves the victims of abuse.
:07:57. > :07:59.Since it opened Eastwood Park has tried different ways to try
:08:00. > :08:06.It's incredibly difficult for women to turn around and walk awax
:08:07. > :08:09.from people who may be abushng them, with young children -
:08:10. > :08:11.potentially very young children - when the alternative
:08:12. > :08:17.If you give them that opportunity where they can earn a living
:08:18. > :08:20.and they can sustain life independent of that it gives
:08:21. > :08:24.Most women prisoners are on short sentences.
:08:25. > :08:26.The Governor wants judges to consider giving longer sdntences
:08:27. > :08:37.It is impossible to undo decades of abuse.
:08:38. > :08:40.The governor wants more timd with inmates to stop jail
:08:41. > :08:44.being a short-term refuge they keeep coming back to make it somewhere
:08:45. > :08:53.they can properly plan their escape from a lifetime of abuse.
:08:54. > :08:56.The Lizard juniper is thought to be one of the rarest plants in England
:08:57. > :08:58.and only grows on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula.
:08:59. > :09:00.At one stage, experts estimated there were only 13
:09:01. > :09:05.But it's hoped that it's now no longer under the threat
:09:06. > :09:08.of extinction as cuttings t`ken have successfully grown
:09:09. > :09:18.It's expected after a littld nurturing they will begin to thrive
:09:19. > :09:22.Time now for a look at the weather and with temperatures set
:09:23. > :09:40.good evening. We've had somd interesting weather over thd last
:09:41. > :09:47.few weeks. It's been quite dry. It has been one of the driest hn
:09:48. > :09:52.October is on record. We had the warmth yesterday and now we have a
:09:53. > :09:56.cooling trend that continues into the weekend. Roth or north-dasterly
:09:57. > :10:02.winds dragged in colder air so we have seen the last of the hhgh
:10:03. > :10:06.temperatures. A frost overnhght tonight and clouding over qtickly
:10:07. > :10:12.tomorrow with the risk of p`tchy rain in the afternoon. The clear sky
:10:13. > :10:18.continues overnight and it will drop temperatures with a widesprdad
:10:19. > :10:21.overnight frost. Particularly in parts of Somerset. Some sunny spells
:10:22. > :10:28.briefly tomorrow but it will cloud over and won't feel very warm.
:10:29. > :10:34.Patchy rain will then begin to show and continue until the evenhng. The
:10:35. > :10:39.northerly wind then sets in as we head towards the weekend and it will
:10:40. > :10:45.substantially drop the tempdratures. We will continue to see overnight
:10:46. > :10:46.frost. By Sunday it will fedl pretty cold.
:10:47. > :10:48.That's all the news and weather from us tonight.
:10:49. > :10:50.Plenty more online, of course, and Heidi's back in breakfast
:10:51. > :10:52.bulletins tomorrow bright and early from 6.25.
:10:53. > :11:02.From all of us here on the late team though, goodnight.
:11:03. > :11:04.not stop the temperature is coming up to around 12. Mick Miller has the
:11:05. > :11:15.national picture. The weather may have turned colder
:11:16. > :11:18.but for many of us today there was abundant sunshine. This is from the
:11:19. > :11:24.end of the day from Oxfordshire Cold and clear by day and clear and
:11:25. > :11:29.even colder overnight. That is the recipe at this time of year.
:11:30. > :11:31.Widespread ground frost setting in. Parts of East Anglia already below
:11:32. > :11:36.freezing.