:00:11. > :00:13.A machine which will transform how quickly prostate cancer is diagnosed
:00:14. > :00:16.is about to go into operation at Derriford Hospital.
:00:17. > :00:19.The scanner, which costs more than ?100,000,
:00:20. > :00:27.I want to say thank you all very much indeed.
:00:28. > :00:28.Being unveiled at Derriford Hospital, the most
:00:29. > :00:32.up-to-date diagnostic technology for prostate cancer in the country.
:00:33. > :00:36.It's one of only two machines available on the NHS.
:00:37. > :00:39.What this machine very cleverly does is merge two images,
:00:40. > :00:43.an ultrasound image here and an MRI image here and that enables
:00:44. > :00:47.surgeons to see more accurately the type of cancer that
:00:48. > :00:52.In men, prostate cancer is the most common cancer.
:00:53. > :00:56.Every year around 47,000 cases are diagnosed in the UK and
:00:57. > :01:03.Without this new machine, patients face numerous biopsies,
:01:04. > :01:08.They take eight to ten samples there, needle samples,
:01:09. > :01:15.So what this wonderful machine will do,
:01:16. > :01:21.and this is me as a layman saying this,
:01:22. > :01:24.they will look up there and this will go in 3-D colour
:01:25. > :01:27.and it will see and it will match up if there's
:01:28. > :01:31.The money to buy what's called the ultrasound MRI fusion machine
:01:32. > :01:33.has been raised by people around Devon.
:01:34. > :01:36.Five years ago, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer
:01:37. > :01:43.and after that, with the bike nights and the Mega Ride
:01:44. > :01:46.and all that, we do collect lots of money, you know?
:01:47. > :01:48.The plan now is to get more fusion machines
:01:49. > :01:54.This is certainly the first one of this type of machine in the country.
:01:55. > :01:57.There are another couple being imported and we're looking
:01:58. > :02:00.to move the south-west into the forefront of this
:02:01. > :02:04.by installing more machines in the upcoming months,
:02:05. > :02:07.one at Tiverton and then we're hopefully going to
:02:08. > :02:10.put one in Torbay and then another one in Treliske.
:02:11. > :02:14.Jane Chandler, BBC Spotlight, Plymouth.
:02:15. > :02:16.A rocket launcher has been found at a waste recycling
:02:17. > :02:20.The three foot green launcher was discovered in a skip by staff
:02:21. > :02:25.Devon County Council said it had been stripped of its launch
:02:26. > :02:27.mechanism so it could not have been used.
:02:28. > :02:29.The centre was closed as a safety precaution until police
:02:30. > :02:35.A former NHS chief in Devon and Cornwall has pleaded guilty
:02:36. > :02:38.to lying about his qualifications to obtain the chairmanships of two
:02:39. > :02:43.63-year-old Jon Andrewes from Totnes misled NHS appointments boards
:02:44. > :02:47.before being chosen to chair trusts in South Devon in 2007 and the Royal
:02:48. > :02:59.Labour's Ben Bradshaw has been explaining why he'll vote
:03:00. > :03:02.against the Article 50 Brexit Bill when it comes before
:03:03. > :03:04.the Commons next Wednesday, despite orders from the party
:03:05. > :03:11.The Exeter MP has urged other Labour MPs to do the same.
:03:12. > :03:13.A number of the party's front bench have already
:03:14. > :03:19.I can't vote to destroy jobs and prosperity in Exeter
:03:20. > :03:24.Theresa May said she wants a hard Brexit, outside the customs
:03:25. > :03:27.union, outside the single market and if we don't get that, we fall
:03:28. > :03:33.Either way, absolutely disastrous for our economy
:03:34. > :03:37.and there's no way I could support it.
:03:38. > :03:39.Now, if you see smoke coming from the Civic Centre in Plymouth
:03:40. > :03:41.and a huge emergency response this Sunday,
:03:42. > :03:45.It's one of the largest exercises ever held in Devon,
:03:46. > :03:50.and will see 150 firefighters involved in tackling a simulated
:03:51. > :03:55.It's to help test the procedures for dealing with fires
:03:56. > :03:58.in the region's increasing number of high rise buildings.
:03:59. > :04:04.It was the biggest fire to hit post-war Plymouth -
:04:05. > :04:11.Since then, the city's skyline has only gone one
:04:12. > :04:15.As the buildings get taller, the challenges for the
:04:16. > :04:22.If you have a look round now in major cities
:04:23. > :04:24.around the country, especially in the south-west,
:04:25. > :04:26.we're having more and more high rise buildings being built.
:04:27. > :04:29.Normally for student accommodation, high rise flats,
:04:30. > :04:32.so we need to be prepared and aware of the internal structures
:04:33. > :04:40.Plymouth today looks skywards as well as seawards
:04:41. > :04:43.for the new council house and municipal offices are as
:04:44. > :04:46.up-to-the-minute as any skyscraper elsewhere.
:04:47. > :04:50.At 14 floors, the Civic Centre used to be the city's tallest building.
:04:51. > :04:53.It stood empty for a couple of years but this weekend,
:04:54. > :04:59.it'll be the centre of the largest fire drill staged in Devon.
:05:00. > :05:01.If you can imagine coming into here,
:05:02. > :05:03.the breathing apparatus crew's first come into it, it's very dark,
:05:04. > :05:07.They're going to be looking around...
:05:08. > :05:09.Fireman Steve Anderson has been working on
:05:10. > :05:14.turning the building into every firefighter's worst nightmare.
:05:15. > :05:18.We have a few surprises in store but I'm sure they'll be very able
:05:19. > :05:21.to cope with anything that is thrown at them on the day.
:05:22. > :05:23.So, on Sunday morning, smoke will billow down
:05:24. > :05:27.these empty corridors, sirens were sad, actors will scream
:05:28. > :05:29.and fire crews from as far as Yeovil and Bridgewater
:05:30. > :05:40.So, there you go, if you're passing down here at 10:30 Sunday morning
:05:41. > :05:43.and you see smoke billowing from the Civic Centre,
:05:44. > :05:46.Kevin Hay, BBC Spotlight, in Plymouth.
:05:47. > :05:51.Time for a look at the weather with David.
:05:52. > :05:56.Finally, we're going to see a change to milder air,
:05:57. > :05:59.less frost around but it does also mean there's
:06:00. > :06:01.some of this in the air, there's some rain
:06:02. > :06:02.in the forecast for this weekend.
:06:03. > :06:06.There'll be showers tomorrow, some sunshine in between
:06:07. > :06:09.but some more persistent rain turning up on Sunday.
:06:10. > :06:11.Now, we have some rain across us at the moment.
:06:12. > :06:14.It's slow progress on that band of rain, it will eventually
:06:15. > :06:17.clear but there is another area of low pressure that'll bring more
:06:18. > :06:20.But certainly overnight tonight, the rain is off and on.
:06:21. > :06:25.Probably not clearing much of Dorset and Somerset
:06:26. > :06:27.until after it gets light but certainly for Cornwall,
:06:28. > :06:30.a clearance and in between a few showers, there may well be
:06:31. > :06:32.enough clearance to allow the temperatures
:06:33. > :06:35.to dip down to perhaps three or four Celsius.
:06:36. > :06:38.But for most of us, five or six, we should get
:06:39. > :06:42.Tomorrow, some sunshine but also the risk of a few showers.
:06:43. > :06:45.Finally getting westerly winds so those
:06:46. > :06:49.temperatures will continue to rise and hopefully by the end of the day,
:06:50. > :06:51.we'll be back up to around seven or eight Celsius.
:06:52. > :06:54.Although it does cool down quite quickly on Saturday night
:06:55. > :06:56.as we see a good deal of clear sky developing.
:06:57. > :06:59.That all changes on Sunday though as we see mild and wet weather
:07:00. > :07:01.arrive from the south and the south-west and
:07:02. > :07:04.temperatures back up to 11, possibly even 12 Celsius.
:07:05. > :07:08.It stays unsettled but also mild into next week.
:07:09. > :07:24.Were back with the Saturday News and sport at 20 past five tomorrow. Have
:07:25. > :07:30.a good evening, we will see you soon.