:00:10. > :00:11.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:14.The Royal Marine who was jailed for the murder of a Taliban fighter
:00:15. > :00:16.has been refused bail today pending a new challenge to his conviction.
:00:17. > :00:20.Sergeant Alexander Blackman who's Taunton-based, and has served
:00:21. > :00:24.with the Plymouth-based 42 Commando, shot the insurgent in 2011
:00:25. > :00:30.He'd hoped to be out for Christmas but as Clinton Rogers reports
:00:31. > :00:32.the Court Martial Appeal Court in London decided he
:00:33. > :00:42.Surrounded by vocal support, Alexander Blackman's wife walked
:00:43. > :00:46.in to the Court of Appeal with high hopes her husband might
:00:47. > :00:49.Two hours later she emerged disappointed but still hopeful
:00:50. > :00:56.We must remember that earlier this month the Criminal
:00:57. > :01:02.to the Appeal Courts and this is the most important step
:01:03. > :01:09.to getting the conviction and sentence overturned.
:01:10. > :01:12.Blackman's legal team had applied for bail pending that hearing,
:01:13. > :01:15.which could be as soon as late January.
:01:16. > :01:18.But we now know that until it's heard the former
:01:19. > :01:22.will stay in Erlestoke Prison in Wiltshire.
:01:23. > :01:25.An MP who has been part of the campaign of support
:01:26. > :01:28.for Marine A and has visited him several times
:01:29. > :01:36.He will go to bed tonight not an entirely happy man,
:01:37. > :01:41.but at least he knows a few weeks' time this could be all over
:01:42. > :01:44.We have to take the emotion out I think.
:01:45. > :01:47.A former Royal Marine colonel told me this afternoon that
:01:48. > :01:49.unquestionably Blackman had made a mistake in shooting dead
:01:50. > :01:51.the wounded Taliban insurgent, but others may need to take some
:01:52. > :01:57.Yes, he has failed, but I think to an extent the system has failed.
:01:58. > :02:02.Did he know exactly what you could and couldn't do
:02:03. > :02:07.there's a failure in the system because we should have
:02:08. > :02:11.made sure that he did, and if he was under stress,
:02:12. > :02:15.as some of the reports suggest, then the system I think should have
:02:16. > :02:18.picked him up and supported him before.
:02:19. > :02:20.So Claire Blackman will spend another Christmas
:02:21. > :02:24.without her husband but there are hopes that 2017 could produce
:02:25. > :02:35.Former Royal Marine, Lord Bennett, who's based in Devon has been
:02:36. > :02:37.following Sergeant Blackman's case and has been talking
:02:38. > :02:43.I spoke to him earlier and he says they remain optimistic,
:02:44. > :02:54.He's been an exemplary prisoner, but apparently that's not the score.
:02:55. > :02:57.The important point apparently is that there hasn't been precedent
:02:58. > :03:00.in a case like this for bail and the judges have
:03:01. > :03:04.I mean Alexander Blackman and his wife, his loyal
:03:05. > :03:08.and courageous wife, must be bitterly disappointed
:03:09. > :03:12.but every cloud has a silver lining and the Lord Chief Justice who gave
:03:13. > :03:16.the judgment on the bail hearing has said that he will hear the case,
:03:17. > :03:20.expedite the case, and hear it in just over a month's time.
:03:21. > :03:22.So are you confident on bail his murder conviction
:03:23. > :03:28.Yes, I am absolutely confident of that.
:03:29. > :03:33.They have three independent psychiatric reports,
:03:34. > :03:36.three different psychiatrists have said that Alexander Blackman must
:03:37. > :03:43.have been under the most immense and intense pressure.
:03:44. > :03:45.No one who hasn't actually been on a battlefield
:03:46. > :03:50.knows what this entails, what fighting like that entails.
:03:51. > :03:54.Six 6-month tours that man had in eight years.
:03:55. > :03:57.No one is complaining, that is what the Royal Marines
:03:58. > :03:59.are for, they are fighting troops, our elite fighting troops,
:04:00. > :04:01.probably the elite fighting troops of the world.
:04:02. > :04:05.I've visited him in prison and I know him.
:04:06. > :04:10.At worst it's manslaughter and if it had been manslaughter he would have
:04:11. > :04:13.got three years reduced to 18 months.
:04:14. > :04:15.Why do you think all this didn't come out at the time
:04:16. > :04:19.That is a very good question and obviously there are going
:04:20. > :04:23.to have to be questions made and asked of his initial legal team.
:04:24. > :04:27.I'll say no more about that but I suspect that is the case.
:04:28. > :04:36.Two men have been jailed for the murder of a pensioner in Cornwall.
:04:37. > :04:42.72-year-old David Alderson was found dead in a pond at a disused mine
:04:43. > :04:49.Kevin Cooper from Carharrack was given a 28 year jail sentence
:04:50. > :04:54.while Trewen Kevern from Falmouth was sentenced to 20 years.
:04:55. > :04:56.Devon and Cornwall Police are investigating allegations
:04:57. > :05:04.of historic abuse within football clubs in the South West.
:05:05. > :05:06.They relate to non-league and junior sides.
:05:07. > :05:09.Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United and Yeovil Town say
:05:10. > :05:11.they're not aware of any allegations involving them.
:05:12. > :05:13.That's also understood to be the case at Exeter City.
:05:14. > :05:16.An IKEA store is to be built on the outskirts of Exeter
:05:17. > :05:18.after councillors gave it the go ahead.
:05:19. > :05:21.The city council has approved plans for the Swedish furniture store
:05:22. > :05:33.to be built south of the A379, near Newcourt Way.
:05:34. > :05:39.Plymouth Argyle has set up a lucrative FA Cup third tie with the
:05:40. > :05:44.Premier League giants Liverpool after winning in extra time. They
:05:45. > :05:47.needed a penalty to add more than three hours of stalemate, as Andy
:05:48. > :05:47.Burkett reports. Plymouth
:05:48. > :07:23.And as John Ayres reports it's not clear who's responsible.
:07:24. > :07:27.When drivers, with their sat-navs or the maps they are following,
:07:28. > :07:32.come down this road, they suddenly find
:07:33. > :07:53.And getting to the other side of this fence is quite some detour.
:07:54. > :07:57.Well, that was the shortest way around and it was
:07:58. > :08:13.Don't know where to go for this part of Carhaix Way.
:08:14. > :08:16.People on this side who have small children, there is a little hole
:08:17. > :08:19.in a hedge which is actually very tricky to get through.
:08:20. > :08:26.That is what they have to come through to be able to walk.
:08:27. > :08:29.Otherwise, if they have transport, they have to get in their vehicles
:08:30. > :08:34.A number of different developers have built on this estate
:08:35. > :08:37.with their own individual planning permissions, but even though these
:08:38. > :08:41.neighbouring developments are meant to join the two ends of Carhaix Way
:08:42. > :08:43.up, there's approximately a one foot difference
:08:44. > :08:46.Buses, bikes and pedestrians are supposed to be able
:08:47. > :08:49.Both developers insist they carried out their developments exactly
:08:50. > :08:55.as stipulated in their planning permissions, to the letter.
:08:56. > :08:58.So I asked Teignbridge planners, how could this happen?
:08:59. > :09:05.They did not really answer that question but they did tell me
:09:06. > :09:07.that they are meeting with Devon County Council,
:09:08. > :09:10.the highways authority, in the new year to discuss how
:09:11. > :09:18.For now, and certainly this Christmas, delivery drivers
:09:19. > :09:21.are going to have to cope with what is in front of them
:09:22. > :09:39.Good evening. I think we are now Good evening. I think we are now
:09:40. > :09:39.pretty confident we will not get a white
:09:40. > :09:40.mild with high temperatures for the mild with
:09:41. > :09:45.time of year. We are waking up to a time of year. We are waking up to a
:09:46. > :09:46.frost tomorrow in places with some sunshine and also showers dotted
:09:47. > :09:54.around. We have lost a weather front around. We have lost a weather front
:09:55. > :10:00.but we get a ridge of high pressure but it is only for one day. In
:10:01. > :10:05.Atlantic there is a fast moving area Atlantic there is a fast moving area
:10:06. > :10:06.to the north of Britain but for us to the north of Britain but for us
:10:07. > :10:18.it will be quite windy and there will be some rain as well. Dry
:10:19. > :10:18.frost is the bigger of the deals. frost is the bigger of the
:10:19. > :10:20.parts of Somerset and East Devon and parts of Somerset and East Devon and
:10:21. > :10:26.it could even get down to zero. Cold start and the day is bright, mainly
:10:27. > :10:34.dry. Of few showers passing by. Temperatures lower than they have
:10:35. > :10:39.been. The winds are mainly Westerly. Friday starts off Brighton dried up
:10:40. > :10:42.quite quickly a line of rain will come in and accompanying it will be
:10:43. > :10:47.some gale force winds. It stays mild as we head through Christmas Eve and
:10:48. > :10:51.Christmas Day. Have a good evening. Thank you very
:10:52. > :10:55.much. That is it from us and the next update is from the spotlight
:10:56. > :11:00.team at 6:25am tomorrow morning. Good night.
:11:01. > :11:04.good for us. Mild by the time we reach Christmas Day.
:11:05. > :11:09.Hello there, there is wet and very windy weather on the way in the
:11:10. > :11:14.run-up to Christmas. The worst of the weather to the northern half of
:11:15. > :11:18.the UK. We have a strengthening jet out of North America that is
:11:19. > :11:22.propgating across the Atlantic. Rushing our way. Picking up low
:11:23. > :11:27.pressure, deepening them, tracking them to the north-west of Scotland,
:11:28. > :11:31.hence the wind and rain. Tonight, we have gale force winds in the
:11:32. > :11:33.north-west of Scotland. Wintry showers here. There is still come
:11:34. > :11:35.rain to clear from the