:00:00. > :00:15.Supporters of Alexander Blackman in Somerset are hoping to be able
:00:16. > :00:19.to celebrate his release within the next two weeks.
:00:20. > :00:21.The former Royal Marine, from Taunton, has already
:00:22. > :00:25.had his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter on appeal.
:00:26. > :00:29.Today, his previous life sentence was cut to seven years.
:00:30. > :00:31.But because of the time he's already spent in prison,
:00:32. > :00:37.his legal team expect him to soon be back home with his family.
:00:38. > :00:41.We are overjoyed at the judge's decision to significantly
:00:42. > :00:44.reduce Al's sentence, such that he can be
:00:45. > :00:50.This is the moment we have all been fighting hard for.
:00:51. > :00:54.It is hard to believe that this day is finally here.
:00:55. > :00:56.Many people, including ex-service personnel,
:00:57. > :00:59.say Alexander Blackman had to be prosecuted once footage
:01:00. > :01:03.of what he'd done on the battlefield came to light.
:01:04. > :01:06.Lord Ashdown is a former Royal Marine himself.
:01:07. > :01:15.A soldier goes into someone else's country armed with lethal force
:01:16. > :01:18.in order to protect the law, the domestic law that operates
:01:19. > :01:24.And when that is broken, and whether it is broken is a matter
:01:25. > :01:26.solely for the court, not anybody else, and the court has
:01:27. > :01:30.judged on this and regarded that there were mitigating
:01:31. > :01:34.circumstances, it is not for anybody else to intervene in that process.
:01:35. > :01:37.The Blackman case has divided opinion from the beginning.
:01:38. > :01:40.Some have said it's impossible to judge decisions made
:01:41. > :01:44.One former colleague, who served alongside him in Afghanistan,
:01:45. > :01:57.Rob Driscoll was a Sergeant with the Royal Marines on the same
:01:58. > :02:03.He has undergone years of counselling since.
:02:04. > :02:09.And he says the horrors of Afghanistan will
:02:10. > :02:16.I have seen some pretty horrific things but I hadn't seen them use
:02:17. > :02:22.body parts as bait or heard or seen them crucify people.
:02:23. > :02:28.A real hatred built up inside me for the insurgency and people
:02:29. > :02:32.who were prepared to use these techniques against us.
:02:33. > :02:36.Do you think that is the background against which Alexander
:02:37. > :02:46.There is no way we can argue it wouldn't have affected some
:02:47. > :02:52.When you are surrounded by lunacy, a little bit of lunacy
:02:53. > :03:00.Six years on and trying to settle into normal life,
:03:01. > :03:04.Rob Driscoll says he still supports Alexander Blackman.
:03:05. > :03:14.He acknowledges that what Blackman did on the battlefield,
:03:15. > :03:25.captured on helmet colours, may have been illegal,
:03:26. > :03:37.militarily he made the right decision
:03:38. > :03:39.in not summoning help for the wounded Taliban fighter.
:03:40. > :03:43.My answer is absolutely, because there is a very real chance
:03:44. > :03:47.that if he hadn't done what he did I would be walking at the main gate
:03:48. > :03:51.with eight or nine guys to go down to secure a route which we knew
:03:52. > :03:53.was under threat and seeded with explosive devices.
:03:54. > :03:55.That would have meant me rolling those dice and potentially not
:03:56. > :03:58.coming back with all the guys I walked out the gate with.
:03:59. > :04:00.Rob Driscoll there, talking to Clinton Rogers.
:04:01. > :04:02.Well, Alexander Blackman had hoped that once his murder conviction
:04:03. > :04:07.was reduced to manslaughter, he might be allowed
:04:08. > :04:17.Today the High Court judges decided that his dismissal must stand.
:04:18. > :04:19.Other news now and the diagnosis of bowel cancer
:04:20. > :04:22.in people under the age of 50 could be improved, thanks
:04:23. > :04:24.to research by the University of Exeter Medical School.
:04:25. > :04:26.A doctor's developed a diagnostic tool to help other GPs
:04:27. > :04:34.Our Health Correspondent Jenny Walrond reports.
:04:35. > :04:38.It's an idyllic spot to build a dream home but Emma Matthews's
:04:39. > :04:42.dreams of the future were shattered when her husband Martin
:04:43. > :04:46.was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer.
:04:47. > :04:49.It had taken a year to get diagnosed.
:04:50. > :04:52.He went to the GP about 15 times, phone calls as well,
:04:53. > :05:03.Martyn always kept asking if it could be cancer or not and they kept
:05:04. > :05:05.saying they were 99.9% sure it wasn't.
:05:06. > :05:07.Because young people don't get bowel cancer, but they do.
:05:08. > :05:10.Emma's father was also diagnosed with bowel cancer but it was caught
:05:11. > :05:15.Martyn managed to build their dream home but died
:05:16. > :05:29.GPs find it difficult to diagnose bowel cancer in the under-50s
:05:30. > :05:33.because it is less common in young people and the symptoms are similar
:05:34. > :05:40.They don't get a good service and actually suffer as a result.
:05:41. > :05:45.Your chance of surviving colorectal cancer as a young person should be
:05:46. > :05:48.better than an older patient because by and large,
:05:49. > :05:52.you are healthier, but that is not the case in this country.
:05:53. > :05:58.Younger patients with colon cancer do worse.
:05:59. > :06:03.Around 1 in 20 cases of bowel cancer are in people aged under 50.
:06:04. > :06:07.There are 2,500 new cases each year in the UK and the symptoms
:06:08. > :06:13.are so common they account for 1 in 12 GP appointments.
:06:14. > :06:18.So, suppose you have diarrhoea and rectal bleeding...
:06:19. > :06:22.This new diagnostic tool helps GPs identify who needs further tests,
:06:23. > :06:25.by evaluating the risks from different
:06:26. > :06:31.Professor Hamilton hopes it will be incorporated into GP's computer
:06:32. > :06:36.programmes and automatically flag up at-risk patients and if it can speed
:06:37. > :06:41.up diagnosis, it can improve chances of survival.
:06:42. > :06:46.When caught in early stages, 98% of bowel cancer patients survive
:06:47. > :06:55.An organic farmer from Devon is angry with Tesco for using
:06:56. > :07:00.He says he's never supplied the supermarket, and using
:07:01. > :07:03.the picture is creating an image that isn't true.
:07:04. > :07:06.Tesco has removed it, and apologised.
:07:07. > :07:10.Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby has the story.
:07:11. > :07:14.Martin Godfrey is passionate about his farming methods.
:07:15. > :07:21.I can produce a lot of food from a small area of a very high
:07:22. > :07:26.standard, very nutritious, direct to the customer.
:07:27. > :07:31.So when a picture of him pulling carrots was used
:07:32. > :07:40.The image couldn't be so far removed from the reality,
:07:41. > :07:45.me pulling carrots by hand in a field which doesn't
:07:46. > :07:56.To grow carrots for the supermarkets, highly mechanised,
:07:57. > :07:59.big tractors, lots of soil cultivation and those are OK
:08:00. > :08:02.pictures for them to use but it needs to represent the real way
:08:03. > :08:11.He says he has never worked for Tesco and was surprised to find
:08:12. > :08:13.the picture of him being used on their website.
:08:14. > :08:16.The supermarket chain got the image through an agency.
:08:17. > :08:20.A spokesperson for Tesco says the supermarket works tirelessly
:08:21. > :08:24.to support farmers and suppliers and is sorry for any upset caused.
:08:25. > :08:28.It said it won't use the image in future campaigns.
:08:29. > :08:34.Martin says Tesco has also offered to donate ?1,000 to a local charity.
:08:35. > :08:37.He says he is happy with their response but wants
:08:38. > :08:42.all supermarkets to change how they represent themselves in future.
:08:43. > :08:48.Don't use pretty pictures to gain customers.
:08:49. > :08:51.It is not fair on the farmers who are working hard doing
:08:52. > :08:54.what they feel is right, looking after our soil
:08:55. > :09:01.Martin has invited Tesco representatives to come and see
:09:02. > :09:09.the work he does on his six acres in Devon.
:09:10. > :09:12.On to football now and Torquay have been in action this evening
:09:13. > :09:17.They've won 1-0 away to Solihull Moors, which means
:09:18. > :09:29.Let's take a look at the weather now - David's here with the forecast.
:09:30. > :09:39.after the fine weather, the rain has been a shock. It is here to stay
:09:40. > :09:43.that there is some good news. It stays relatively mild. There will be
:09:44. > :09:47.more patchy rain around tomorrow but also sunny spells. The same setup
:09:48. > :09:52.for a couple of days. One weather system which gave us the rain has
:09:53. > :09:57.moved northwards and this weather system moves back and forth, both
:09:58. > :10:03.tomorrow and Thursday. If it moves far enough back into the Atlantic,
:10:04. > :10:08.we will get sunshine. At the moment, still light rain and drizzle moving
:10:09. > :10:17.away from us tonight. A lot of clout that follows and a mild night.
:10:18. > :10:21.Tomorrow is a great start. Some drizzle in the wind. This weather
:10:22. > :10:25.front gets closer during the day and there will be holes in the cloud
:10:26. > :10:34.particularly across parts of Dorset and Somerset. By the time we get to
:10:35. > :10:38.Thursday, the same weather system, pretty much the same place as well,
:10:39. > :10:46.it will move away and allow more sunshine. Also higher temperatures.
:10:47. > :10:47.A change towards the end of the week as it starts to cool down again.
:10:48. > :10:50.Good night. We're back again with updates
:10:51. > :11:04.in Breakfast from 6.25. times, but fairly mild for the time
:11:05. > :11:09.of year. This stay tuned for the national weather forecasts with John
:11:10. > :11:13.Hammond. Good evening. Your parents might
:11:14. > :11:16.have told you once that life 's not fair and they were right. He is the
:11:17. > :11:20.proof. Over the next few days some of us will enjoy some lovely
:11:21. > :11:24.sunshine, temperatures in the low 20s. It will feel like early summer.
:11:25. > :11:30.For others, quite a lot of rain around and it will feel like late
:11:31. > :11:33.March. This is showers earlier on today and dampness this evening in
:11:34. > :11:37.the West Country and Wales. That is heading north eastwards. A different
:11:38. > :11:41.sort of night. A lot of cloud around, quite damp and misty in
:11:42. > :11:46.places. Cloud cover will prevent temperatures falling much at all. A
:11:47. > :11:47.much milder my than we have seen recently. Except for the North