:00:10. > :00:12.A ?10 million luxury hotel and spa is to be built
:00:13. > :00:18.Plans for the six-acre site have been at the centre of a planning
:00:19. > :00:23.Spotlight's Scott Bingham has been talking to those
:00:24. > :00:29.To Plymouthians it's a landmark every bit
:00:30. > :00:32.as iconic as Smeaton's Tower, for centuries dominating
:00:33. > :00:40.Today came a decision described as truly historic for the city.
:00:41. > :00:42.After 14 years, the City Council finally approved plans to transform
:00:43. > :00:51.Drake's Island into a ?10 million luxury hotel and resort.
:00:52. > :00:54.Fantastic news that the committee have agreed
:00:55. > :00:59.It has been months and months of hard work behind the scenes
:01:00. > :01:01.in negotiation with the applicant, with various statutory
:01:02. > :01:04.organisations, so we are all delighted we can give a thumbs-up
:01:05. > :01:11.A colony of roosting birds which have held up the project
:01:12. > :01:14.for the last few years will be given a new home at nearby
:01:15. > :01:21.Visitors to the island will arrive to find luxury hotel rooms
:01:22. > :01:25.and suites with a bar and restaurant area, spa, gym and swimming pool.
:01:26. > :01:27.Drake's Island is iconic, it is in a very important
:01:28. > :01:31.part of Plymouth Sound and it is long overdue.
:01:32. > :01:35.The regeneration of the island is going to be a jewel
:01:36. > :01:44.On a day like this sitting over there, nice, cold beer,
:01:45. > :01:48.That'll be nice as long as they restored properly,
:01:49. > :01:51.and pay testament to the south-west as it is, it'll be good.
:01:52. > :02:00.Yeah, a good thing the Plymouth and the locals and visitors.
:02:01. > :02:03.It's about time Plymouth started using their waterfront capabilities.
:02:04. > :02:06.Have you ever been to Drake's Island?
:02:07. > :02:12.But these plans will allow public access to the island for the first
:02:13. > :02:24.And of course the only way to get there is by boat.
:02:25. > :02:27.People are starting to pay the price for dishonesty on Dartmoor.
:02:28. > :02:30.Parking meters are going to replace the old-fashioned honesty boxes.
:02:31. > :02:34.The national park says, following a trial in Princetown,
:02:35. > :02:36.it now wants to install pay and display machines
:02:37. > :02:39.after discovering the average donation was just 15p per car.
:02:40. > :02:52.Honesty boxes have been a feature here on Dartmoor for years.
:02:53. > :02:56.But soon, instead of being asked to make a donation, you might have
:02:57. > :03:05.How does it make you feel, looking at this?
:03:06. > :03:15.We are on a park of natural beauty and we've got this.
:03:16. > :03:18.The honesty boxes at Meldon, Postbridge, Newbridge and here
:03:19. > :03:25.I don't like the idea of having a parking machine there.
:03:26. > :03:28.That is probably going to have to have parking meter attendants
:03:29. > :03:32.coming round and checking regularly to make sure people have paid.
:03:33. > :03:39.It's a lot less impersonal than the pay-and-display machine.
:03:40. > :03:42.The honesty box, I don't think a lot of people bother with.
:03:43. > :03:45.So they have got to do something if we want to preserve this
:03:46. > :03:56.The honesty box in Princetown generated ?5,000 a year,
:03:57. > :04:01.but that went up by 360% to ?23,000 a year when the parking
:04:02. > :04:06.What we have found from our research is that the average amount of money
:04:07. > :04:09.people put in as a voluntary donation is about 15p per car,
:04:10. > :04:13.which is next to nothing and it just isn't sustainable in this day
:04:14. > :04:16.and age of keeping car parks and visitor centres and so forth
:04:17. > :04:23.The proposed charges would be ?1 for up to three hours
:04:24. > :04:32.The national park is hoping that is not too steep.
:04:33. > :04:34.Now a brief round-up of other stories making
:04:35. > :04:39.A soldier serving in Plymouth with 29 Commando Regiment has been
:04:40. > :04:41.sentenced to life in prison for murdering his girlfriend.
:04:42. > :04:43.Jay Nava stabbed Natasha Wake to death last October
:04:44. > :04:51.while her children slept upstairs in their home in Bournemouth.
:04:52. > :04:53.Three men have been jailed for attempting to smuggle
:04:54. > :04:56.Their fishing boat, the Bianca, was intercepted off
:04:57. > :05:02.Michael McDermott from Ireland was jailed for 16 years,
:05:03. > :05:08.David Pleasants from Grimsby for 14 years, and Gerald Van de Koy
:05:09. > :05:12.from the Netherlands for 12 years, at Bristol Crown Court today.
:05:13. > :05:15.A man who broke into a house in Weymouth and got
:05:16. > :05:18.into a six-year-old girl's bed has been found not guilty of sexually
:05:19. > :05:24.Bournemouth Crown Court heard 26-year-old Jervaise Kevin Jones had
:05:25. > :05:30.He said he had no recollection of how he got there.
:05:31. > :05:33.North Devon jockey Lizzy Kelly is celebrating a huge win at Aintree
:05:34. > :05:38.The 23-year-old beat the favourite, Cue Card, trained by Dorset
:05:39. > :05:41.trainer Colin Tizzard, in the Betway Bowl.
:05:42. > :05:44.It comes after her disappointing fall at the second fence in
:05:45. > :05:55.The South West tourism industry is calling for a change in the law
:05:56. > :05:57.following a ruling on fines for term-time holidays.
:05:58. > :05:59.The Supreme Court ruled today against a father
:06:00. > :06:04.who took his daughter out of school on an unauthorised holiday.
:06:05. > :06:08.But in a region dependent on tourism all year round,
:06:09. > :06:10.there's a call for the Government to take a different
:06:11. > :06:19.Holiday season in Fowey getting into full swing.
:06:20. > :06:22.Families taking their breaks here have been reacting to today's
:06:23. > :06:28.ruling on fines for taking children out of school without permission.
:06:29. > :06:30.If they really didn't want you to, they'd make them massive
:06:31. > :06:36.It's almost like a little back door tax, for me.
:06:37. > :06:41.I think that's the wrong way to go, I don't think it encourages
:06:42. > :06:45.Before he started school, we came down twice to Cornwall in a year,
:06:46. > :06:48.and once he started school we can only afford to come once.
:06:49. > :06:53.And it's the impact on tourism, particularly in the so-called
:06:54. > :06:55.shoulder months, that's been an issue across the south-west.
:06:56. > :06:58.Visit Cornwall claims the policy's cost the Cornish tourism
:06:59. > :07:06.There's a call to replace fines with staggered school holidays.
:07:07. > :07:08.This would be the triple win and I think that's
:07:09. > :07:10.where the Government, we would urge, yet again,
:07:11. > :07:13.to look at other countries and see how they actually get a buoyant
:07:14. > :07:15.tourism sector, more affordable holidays for hard-pressed families,
:07:16. > :07:20.and having no negative impact on education.
:07:21. > :07:23.I think that could be part of the answer, and schools
:07:24. > :07:27.already have the freedom to set their own terms.
:07:28. > :07:30.I don't think it will ever be the full answer.
:07:31. > :07:32.I just think, fundamentally, it's not the job of the Government
:07:33. > :07:35.to dictate to parents in this way and therefore we need
:07:36. > :07:38.Staying in these cottages this week compared to last
:07:39. > :07:41.could cost you up to double, and some say it's these price hikes
:07:42. > :07:48.And then click to this week and the next three
:07:49. > :07:53.But those at the sharp end say it is simply a case
:07:54. > :07:58.We could definitely not survive as a business on the ten weeks
:07:59. > :08:00.of the school holiday trade, no way.
:08:01. > :08:05.I would be happy as a lark to charge the same price every week.
:08:06. > :08:10.Happy, and if everyone was available to come every week, brilliant.
:08:11. > :08:12.Obviously you would have winter and summer, but I don't
:08:13. > :08:18.I just know that I have to get my income for the year
:08:19. > :08:25.The Government says the ruling removes uncertainty for schools
:08:26. > :08:31.But while Cornwall Council says it won't affect its policy of head
:08:32. > :08:33.teachers taking overall attendance into account, other south-west
:08:34. > :08:35.councils say they are waiting for further guidance
:08:36. > :08:43.Now you might remember last month we brought
:08:44. > :08:46.you the story of 13-year-old Joel Sayer's from Newquay.
:08:47. > :08:49.He has autism and says his support dog Caddie changed his life.
:08:50. > :08:52.Well, Joel's tale went viral on social media and now he's raised
:08:53. > :09:04.more than ?30,000 for Dogs for Good, the charity that trained Caddie.
:09:05. > :09:07.He is more than a friend, he is a guardian angel for me.
:09:08. > :09:11.Caddie has brought calmness to Joel, and Joel still finds the world hard
:09:12. > :09:13.but with Caddie by his side, it's a constant companion,
:09:14. > :09:20.it's a constant friend, constant something that is there
:09:21. > :09:24.and always there, that doesn't judge, doesn't ask questions,
:09:25. > :09:38.Time for the weather. Beautiful day today.
:09:39. > :09:44.It has been beautiful sunshine this afternoon. More to come as well.
:09:45. > :09:49.Another fine day tomorrow. Chilly to start with, fine and dry and more
:09:50. > :09:54.sunshine. The sun has some strength because it is starting to reach its
:09:55. > :09:58.peak strength. That doesn't happen until the middle of June but we are
:09:59. > :10:05.halfway up the slope. Plenty of strength in the sunshine, the UV
:10:06. > :10:09.index tomorrow will be four or five. This high pressure does move towards
:10:10. > :10:13.the end of the week a little bit but until then we continue with the same
:10:14. > :10:20.weather. Chilly tonight, clear skies, temperatures down to 3-4 in a
:10:21. > :10:30.few places. Tomorrow, fine weather continues, some patchy cloud now and
:10:31. > :10:35.then. Even warmer on Saturday. Southeast winds will draw some
:10:36. > :10:44.warmth out of France so we may get 17, possibly 18, as top temperature.
:10:45. > :10:46.For the horse racing, Aintree on Saturday looks dry. And on Sunday,
:10:47. > :10:53.even warmer. That is it for us. Join us for
:10:54. > :11:00.breakfast tomorrow morning. Good night.
:11:01. > :11:12.Hello. There was some warm sunshine around today, but it's set to get
:11:13. > :11:16.even warmer this weekend. 18 Celsius in London this afternoon. This was
:11:17. > :11:21.the scene in Chiswick, much quieter than it was on Sunday for the boat
:11:22. > :11:24.race. Under the cloud for example here in Cumbria, temperatures
:11:25. > :11:28.struggled to make double figures. Through the night we're going to
:11:29. > :11:30.hang onto a lot of cloud across north-west England, North Wales,
:11:31. > :11:31.Northern Ireland and western Scotland, where