:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:13.The former Royal Marine from Somerset, who shot dead
:00:14. > :00:16.a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, will have to wait
:00:17. > :00:19.a bit longer to hear if he'll be freed from prison.
:00:20. > :00:22.Alexander Blackman's murder conviction has already been
:00:23. > :00:28.But today a decision on his new sentence was deferred.
:00:29. > :00:32.Here's our Somerset correspondent Clinton Rogers.
:00:33. > :00:36.To cheers from waiting supporters, Alexander Blackman's wife arrived
:00:37. > :00:39.at the High Court full of hope that her husband might be
:00:40. > :00:50.Two hours later, she left disappointed but philosophical.
:00:51. > :00:53.We are obviously disappointed not to have a decision today
:00:54. > :00:56.but we understand that the judges wish to consider this important
:00:57. > :01:00.We will patiently await their ruling.
:01:01. > :01:08.The same five judges that ten days ago reduced Blackman's conviction
:01:09. > :01:10.from murder to manslaughter say they need until next Tuesday
:01:11. > :01:19.He's already served three and half years of an eight-year
:01:20. > :01:23.sentence for murder imposed by the original court martial.
:01:24. > :01:26.But this case has now provoked calls for the whole court-martial
:01:27. > :01:33.Members of the Armed Forces should not be disadvantaged...
:01:34. > :01:36.In the House of Lords, Liberal Democrat peer Lord Burnett,
:01:37. > :01:40.himself a former Royal Marine, said the system was flawed and more
:01:41. > :01:48.A simple majority at a court-martial can convict a person.
:01:49. > :01:52.In Sergeant Blackman's case, five of the panel found him guilty
:01:53. > :01:59.That ratio would be insufficient to convict
:02:00. > :02:13.And a former naval commander and one-time head of the UK
:02:14. > :02:16.Royal Marines reserves has said important lessons need to be learned
:02:17. > :02:18.from the Blackman case, not least to consider the mental
:02:19. > :02:20.health of military men involved in such cases
:02:21. > :02:24.Where there are serious charges of this nature,
:02:25. > :02:26.where the accused have been involved in operational combat situations,
:02:27. > :02:33.it should be mandatory that the mental health factors
:02:34. > :02:35.are taken into account at the first opportunity.
:02:36. > :02:38.Today at the Appeal Court Blackman's QC said the former Royal Marine
:02:39. > :02:41.was the last casualties of a failed war and he should be
:02:42. > :02:48.A look at some of the other stories making the news tonight...
:02:49. > :02:52.A special tax should be ring fenced and used solely to pay for the NHS,
:02:53. > :02:55.according to the Devon MP and Commons Health Committee
:02:56. > :02:59.She says National Insurance should be used specifically to fund
:03:00. > :03:05.Police are appealing for witnesses after a number of objects
:03:06. > :03:08.were placed on the railway line in Devon causing damage to trains.
:03:09. > :03:11.The latest incident this week involved a train hitting a traffic
:03:12. > :03:14.sign at 65mph that was placed on the line at Lapford
:03:15. > :03:22.The RNLI has released dramatic footage of this week's rescue
:03:23. > :03:25.operation to free a whale caught in fishing nets and lines.
:03:26. > :03:28.Crowds had gathered to watch the whale at Start Bay
:03:29. > :03:31.in South Devon which has been putting in a regular appearance
:03:32. > :03:38.The Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Ocean has returned home
:03:39. > :03:42.after a six month deployment in the Mediterranean and Gulf.
:03:43. > :03:45.Hundreds of family members were at Devonport Naval Base
:03:46. > :03:53.to welcome the ship and their loved ones home.
:03:54. > :03:55.The helicopter carrier and assault ship's crew of 500 now
:03:56. > :03:58.have a period of leave before Ocean makes one final deployment
:03:59. > :04:00.prior to being taken out of service next year.
:04:01. > :04:09.Picking up where they left off, families reunited after more
:04:10. > :04:17.It has been a long six and a half months away.
:04:18. > :04:19.Especially without seeing the little ones and stuff.
:04:20. > :04:26.Two weeks and I ended up having to move house
:04:27. > :04:28.and had another baby, so now I will carry
:04:29. > :04:39.This had been Ocean's longest deployment, and one of her last.
:04:40. > :04:43.The helicopter carrier and amphibious assault ship is due to be
:04:44. > :04:48.It is the penultimate deployment for HMS Ocean based
:04:49. > :04:52.However, we have a follow-on deployment after this and we will be
:04:53. > :04:54.sailing later in the year, so actually we're busy preparing
:04:55. > :04:58.for that, believe it or not, even though we've come home today.
:04:59. > :05:01.The Prime Minister, Theresa May, visited HMS Ocean during a trip
:05:02. > :05:10.It's likely that many of the 500 strong crew will be required to work
:05:11. > :05:12.For the crew, after a tour which has taken them thousands
:05:13. > :05:14.of miles around the Med and the Gulf, there
:05:15. > :05:18.Missed your birthday, missed Christmas.
:05:19. > :05:28.We will be having Christmas when we go back as well now.
:05:29. > :05:52.Great to see them back but are they coming back to decent weather? It's
:05:53. > :05:55.David. We have had a few good sunsets this
:05:56. > :05:59.evening and I think overnight tonight and into the weekend
:06:00. > :06:02.we are going to see a lot of fine It's going to be quite windy,
:06:03. > :06:06.that's a feature of the weather, It will be fine and dry,
:06:07. > :06:10.a bit chilly at night but there will also be some sunshine
:06:11. > :06:12.during the daytime. So, the high pressure
:06:13. > :06:14.is pretty much with us. It's close to these two
:06:15. > :06:16.areas of low pressure, so the isobars are really squeezed
:06:17. > :06:19.up, that's the reason for the strength of wind,
:06:20. > :06:21.which stays strong white through the weekend ahead
:06:22. > :06:23.although even a little bit The few showers that we had
:06:24. > :06:28.across the far west of Cornwall have now moved out of the way
:06:29. > :06:31.and the skies are now clear and they will stay that way
:06:32. > :06:33.overnight the night. Brisk winds from the North East
:06:34. > :06:36.will develop late in the night and apart from a bit of patchy low
:06:37. > :06:39.cloud floating past, it's clear, Temperatures could be as low
:06:40. > :06:43.as three or four Celsius in towns and villages but I wouldn't be
:06:44. > :06:46.surprised if it was one or two degrees below that in some
:06:47. > :06:49.of the more countryside locations. Tomorrow it's a struggle
:06:50. > :06:51.with the temperatures if you're right on the coast because of that
:06:52. > :06:54.keen wind but inland out of the breeze we could easily see
:06:55. > :06:57.14, maybe 15 Celsius and as you can A bit more cloud floating past
:06:58. > :07:06.but other than that it is a fine, Don't forget on Saturday night
:07:07. > :07:23.the clocks go forward and hour. And enjoy a decent day on Sunday.
:07:24. > :07:25.Don't forget, Saturday, are next bulletin will be at 6pm. Good
:07:26. > :07:35.evening. weather outlook for the whole of the
:07:36. > :07:45.Good evening. It is good news on the weather front for most of the UK. We
:07:46. > :07:48.have been forecasting fine weather for a few days. It has certainly
:07:49. > :07:49.arrived. Beautiful picture