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The family of a Devon man shot in the head during an armed robbery | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
in the Caribbean are tonight at his bedside in Plymouth. | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
Chris Tester was visiting his parents at their cafe | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
An online appeal raised enough money for him to fly to the UK | :00:24. | :00:28. | |
He's now being treated at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital. | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
Our reporter Anna Varle is there for us tonight. | :00:36. | :00:37. | |
Yeah, Chris Tester was in Antigua at his parents' cafe. They had closed | :00:38. | :00:51. | |
for the night on Christmas when an armed robber threatened his mother | :00:52. | :00:52. | |
at gunpoint. He was initially flown | :00:53. | :00:53. | |
from Antigua to Guadeloupe for specialist treatment - | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
and his flight home has taken 19 hrs because of the short hops they have | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
had to make due to the nature It was also thrown at low altitude | :01:03. | :01:12. | |
because of the pressure in his head. -- slogan. | :01:13. | :01:20. | |
Chris's sister, Vicki Tester has been speaking today | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
He doesn't really obviously, you know, it took nearly a day | :01:24. | :01:32. | |
We don't really know the full extent, long-term, | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
I mean, have they given you any idea as to what might happen or how long | :01:39. | :01:53. | |
Because of the extent of his injuries, it is his brain | :01:54. | :02:05. | |
potentially, his eyes, also reconstruction to his face, | :02:06. | :02:06. | |
I think the main point is that he is stable | :02:07. | :02:19. | |
and there is nothing that they urgently need | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
to operate on when he arrived, which was a good sign. | :02:23. | :02:29. | |
How have your parents cope with all of this? | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
My mum is the strongest woman I think I have ever seen. | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
And my dad, he has been with him the whole way and sat with him | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
in that air ambulance the whole time. | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
As any parent would, they are doing everything they can. | :02:49. | :02:59. | |
There has been an incredible rallying around, hasn't there, | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
What would you want to say to the people that have helped? | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
All of us, we are so, so, so grateful. | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
And the people from, you know, Chris's life | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
that have known him, back at school, people that | :03:16. | :03:17. | |
know him now from his work, socialising when he goes out, | :03:18. | :03:19. | |
Brenton Henry is a journalist with the Antigua Observer newspaper. | :03:20. | :03:42. | |
He told us what reaction there'd been to the shooting. | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
Well, there has been a tremendous expression of goodwill | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
and sympathy towards the family, but also a level of shock | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
and disappointment, especially that this happened to a visitor | :03:56. | :03:57. | |
What sort of investigation is going on at the moment into the shooting? | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
Lawmen have appealed to members of the public who may know something | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
However no one has been charged in connection | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
with that crime as yet, and no one is in custody | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
at present assisting lawmen with the investigation, | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
And it appears that they have very few leads to follow so far, at least | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
I don't know if you know the cafe itself, but what about | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
Give us an idea of what that neighbourhood is like. | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
Antigua is a relatively small community, but even | :04:37. | :04:38. | |
by Antigua's standards, Old Road, the community of Old Road | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
would be considered far and rural part of Antigua and popular. | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
I mean, in terms of the level of this crime, the shooting, | :04:44. | :05:00. | |
how often does this sort of incident happen in Antigua? | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
I mean, Antigua has had a past where visitors have run into trouble | :05:03. | :05:13. | |
with local criminals, yes, but that sort of thing does not | :05:14. | :05:15. | |
happen often at all, and so that is why this particular | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
incident came as a shock to many residents and visitors. | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
It is largely unheard of here in Antigua that something | :05:24. | :05:25. | |
OK, Brenton Henry in Antigua, thank you very much indeed. | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
It's just a case of waiting at this point. | :05:34. | :05:43. | |
Chris is in a stable condition in intensive care. | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
A round up now of some of the other stories | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
Police are becoming extremely concerned | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
Clive Colling was last seen on New Year's day and is thought | :06:00. | :06:06. | |
to be wearing dark clothes and a dark woollen hat. | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
The family of a 46-year-old man who died after being in a collision | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
with a van in Plymouth last Thursday have paid tribute to him. | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
Kenny Elphick from Devonport died following the accident | :06:16. | :06:17. | |
Several sites in Plymouth have been chosen as part of a government | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
scheme aimed at building thousands of new starter homes. | :06:26. | :06:27. | |
A Government subsidy will allow the properties | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
to be sold at a discount, but only people aged between 23 | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
Whitleigh and Bath Street are two of the sites. | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
Campaigners calling for improved rail services and cheaper fares say | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
the South West is being treated as "the end of the line". | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
Members of the trade union led campaign group "Action for Rail" | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
were at stations today calling on passengers to join their fight. | :06:48. | :06:54. | |
Hamish Marshall has been gauging reaction from passengers. | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
A train coming down the line from London today | :07:01. | :07:03. | |
but, for the passengers on it, the prices have gone up. | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
The average rise of more than 2% came into force yesterday. | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
Some fares here, though, are going up by 4%. | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
I think they've always been too expensive in England. | :07:16. | :07:17. | |
I come back every now and then, and it always strikes me how | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
expensive the train fares are in England. | :07:25. | :07:25. | |
I've come up from Cornwall, so it's costing me 20 quid, | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
so it would probably cost me more in car fares and petrol. | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
I think they are a bit much really for day-to-day travel, | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
For anyone coming to college it is a drain on their money. | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
These two sisters were flexible and booked online, and were happy | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
with their fare today, but even would like the fare | :07:52. | :07:53. | |
increase income spent on bringing the line from Okehampton | :07:54. | :07:55. | |
That would save a 50 mile round trip to Exeter to start her journey. | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
We desperately need that link of the rail to come up here. | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
Passengers arriving in Exeter St David's this morning | :08:06. | :08:15. | |
were met by these campaigners who are pushing for a better deal. | :08:16. | :08:17. | |
We need a second route to the south-west via Okehampton. | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
We need more work done on the Dawlish Sea Walk. | :08:22. | :08:24. | |
We need more investment into Cornwall. | :08:25. | :08:26. | |
We need better infrastructure in the south-west. | :08:27. | :08:27. | |
Well, this train is on its way to Glasgow. | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
I checked a few moments ago to see how much it would cost if I wanted | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
And if you say, well, what about booking in advance? | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
I checked the same train for a month's time. | :08:45. | :08:46. | |
For a comparison, you can find flights to Glasgow | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
The Government says the fare rises are funding investment. | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
Around the rail network, there is a lot happening. | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
I guess of course nobody wants to see a fare increase, | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
And right now fares are rising less faster than wages, | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
so at least that is a step in the right direction. | :09:08. | :09:15. | |
Campaigners are challenging the minister now to show that | :09:16. | :09:17. | |
Again, time for the weather. David's hair. How is it looking? | :09:18. | :09:35. | |
Still killed but perhaps not as cold as last night. Hello. We got down to | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
around -6 last night, now it's around freezing. We have these cold | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
fronts travelling down through the southern part of Britain now. They'd | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
drizzle as well. For the day tomorrow, it is cloudy but, as that | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
from clear to the west on Thursday, we'll have another frost overnight | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
to moral light into Thursday. Thursday is a return to the winter | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
sunshine. The crowd will be quite expensive. Later denied, most the | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
vehicles will fill in. The crowd is capable of producing some drizzle as | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
well. It will be close to freezing, we can't rule out grave frost but | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
nothing compares to what we saw this morning. A bit dumb little described | :10:23. | :10:29. | |
as well, on the alternate much cloudy days. Images between 7-8 C. A | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
brisk, north-westerly for the morning. A frosty start to lay on | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
Thursday morning. A good deal of sunshine. The only exception is the | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
far west of Cornwall which will have the same weather system. As we head | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
into the weekend, it is milder. But it's also rather cloudy. Have a good | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
night. Thank you very much. That it from us. From a of other New Age | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
team, have a peaceful night. Goodbye. | :10:59. | :11:01. | |
milder later in the week. That is it from me but coming up next is the | :11:02. | :11:10. | |
national picture. Good evening. But frost or not of frost, that is the | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
weather question for tomorrow and the answer is no, probably not | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
because of this weather front that is slipping south from Scotland, | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
maybe towards the south-west where we might have one | :11:24. | :11:24. |