:00:00. > 3:59:59Jakonson on his novel about Donald Trump. Here on BBC One, it's time
:00:00. > :00:10.for the news The partner of a hit and run victim
:00:11. > :00:15.who is fighting for his life has made an emotional appeal
:00:16. > :00:18.for the driver responsible 25-year-old fisherman Jason Bunce
:00:19. > :00:24.became a father just ten weeks ago. He was hit by an unknown
:00:25. > :00:27.vehicle during a night out Noah's father Jason is fighting
:00:28. > :00:38.for his life in Derriford Hospital. We don't want him to think
:00:39. > :00:44.that he didn't have a father who wasn't around
:00:45. > :00:50.to watch him grow up. In the early hours of Saturday
:00:51. > :00:54.morning, Jason Bunce was enjoying when he was the victim
:00:55. > :00:59.of a hit and run. Jason, a fisherman
:01:00. > :01:01.whose only dream is to a have a family,
:01:02. > :01:05.loves the Exeter Chiefs. Remember, you promised him
:01:06. > :01:07.you were going to take him to a rugby match, his very first
:01:08. > :01:14.rugby match, to watch Exeter Chiefs. And you were going to play
:01:15. > :01:19.in a field with him just throwing a ball, throwing a rugby ball around
:01:20. > :01:23.in a field. The 25-year-old
:01:24. > :01:28.suffered head injuries. His family are desperate
:01:29. > :01:33.for the driver of what police say is a small silver car,
:01:34. > :01:36.possibly darker in colour, It isn't as hard for you to do
:01:37. > :01:42.to give yourself in as it is for me to
:01:43. > :01:45.look at my son laying Totally out of this
:01:46. > :01:53.world, basically. Cowards are callous
:01:54. > :01:59.and we do not need callousness Please, please, I urge
:02:00. > :02:03.you to give yourself in. 19-year-old Ashleigh
:02:04. > :02:10.is urging Jason to battle on. The kindness of companies
:02:11. > :02:33.across the country is helping to make life better for a little
:02:34. > :02:36.girl from Plymouth Dozens of building firms are joining
:02:37. > :02:40.forces to renovate a house Daisy has been diagnosed
:02:41. > :02:44.with an inherited chronic illness To actually see the turnout
:02:45. > :02:55.and the actual teamwork that's going on, you know,
:02:56. > :02:59.is overwhelming. It's going to make such a difference
:03:00. > :03:03.to Daisy's life and it's going to change
:03:04. > :03:06.her quality of life for the time A guard of honour was staged
:03:07. > :03:13.at Devon and Cornwall police headquarters this afternoon
:03:14. > :03:15.to honour PC Keith Palmer, who died Several hundred officers and police
:03:16. > :03:21.staff observed The force's flag was lowered to half
:03:22. > :03:31.mast as a mark of respect. The good that comes from today
:03:32. > :03:34.is that we remember Keith. We remember the members
:03:35. > :03:37.of the public who lost their lives but remember the people
:03:38. > :03:40.who ran towards danger, not just officers but our colleagues
:03:41. > :03:43.in the Ambulance Service, It's so important that
:03:44. > :03:48.the public have shown universally that they are on the
:03:49. > :03:51.side of policing and law and order and that means a lot
:03:52. > :03:54.to us on days like these. A protected coral which thrives
:03:55. > :03:58.in the waters off Devon and Cornwall is being damaged by rubbish
:03:59. > :04:02.and litter entering the sea. The evidence presented by scientists
:04:03. > :04:06.from Plymouth University shows hundreds of rare pink sea fans
:04:07. > :04:10.being ripped from the sea bed after becoming tangled in discarded
:04:11. > :04:14.waste including clothes Here's our environment
:04:15. > :04:21.correspondent Adrian Campbell. Dappled light on a Cornish beach
:04:22. > :04:24.and something catches the eye, but more widely found on the sea
:04:25. > :04:33.bed of the south-west. They are common on rocks
:04:34. > :04:35.like these rocky reefs. If you imagine those underwater,
:04:36. > :04:38.they can be covered in these sea Jason Hall-Spencer is a professor
:04:39. > :04:43.of Marine biology A massive pile of debris has come up
:04:44. > :04:50.out of the bay after storms over the last couple of years
:04:51. > :04:53.and inside almost every single lump like this you get these
:04:54. > :04:56.things called sea fans. Once it gets wrapped up
:04:57. > :04:59.in debris like this, the sinking debris then tears
:05:00. > :05:02.it off in bad weather. I mean, this is everybody's
:05:03. > :05:05.problem, isn't it? Everybody, different
:05:06. > :05:07.stratas of society, It is not just fishermen,
:05:08. > :05:13.not just anglers. It's anybody who drops
:05:14. > :05:20.litter into the sea. So what effect could rubbish be
:05:21. > :05:25.having on our marine environment? Today's bright sunshine showcases
:05:26. > :05:31.the beauty of the south-west's coast, but beneath the sparkling
:05:32. > :05:36.sea, the pink sea fan corals are vulnerable to debris and rubbish
:05:37. > :05:40.drifting in the water and getting I've come to the National Marine
:05:41. > :05:48.Aquarium to find out more. The special Great Barrier Reef
:05:49. > :05:50.tank here mimics life in the sea off the
:05:51. > :05:53.north-east of Australia. Corals are so very slow growing that
:05:54. > :05:56.fish here are swimming around artificial
:05:57. > :05:59.fibreglass examples. James Wright is the curator
:06:00. > :06:03.at the aquarium and joins us now. First of all, in south-west England,
:06:04. > :06:06.how important is it that work is done to protect our own
:06:07. > :06:09.native coral, the pink sea fan? Well, we're very fortunate
:06:10. > :06:12.to have the pink sea fan here around It's the highest abundance
:06:13. > :06:16.in the UK of the species. People would be very surprised
:06:17. > :06:19.actually to hear that we have a coral here in the UK,
:06:20. > :06:22.so having it shows a healthy If it's a species that we were to
:06:23. > :06:28.lose, that's sort of giving an indicator that
:06:29. > :06:30.the health of the seas This seas and all the
:06:31. > :06:35.ecosystems are interlinked so if we start losing species
:06:36. > :06:39.from the diversity that's there, it can have a knock on effect,
:06:40. > :06:41.you know, going right up to affect the fishing
:06:42. > :06:44.community as well and the sort of habitat that's there could get
:06:45. > :06:47.degraded and we start to lose our Now, we've heard today
:06:48. > :06:51.in international news that unprecedented coral bleaching
:06:52. > :06:53.has been taking place Yes, it can, if the conditions
:06:54. > :07:01.return to normal. The big problem this time has
:07:02. > :07:04.been a mere 12-month gap between these two bleaching
:07:05. > :07:06.events, so the areas that have been affected twice in 12 months may be,
:07:07. > :07:10.you know, critical now, but other Well, different challenges
:07:11. > :07:16.face the pink sea fan and the corals of the
:07:17. > :07:18.Great Barrier Reef. Time and action may help them both
:07:19. > :07:22.recover but to what extent they do A family from Devon is offering
:07:23. > :07:30.a ?500 reward for a rescue pony who's been missing
:07:31. > :07:33.for more than two weeks. He's called Jeremy and he's brought
:07:34. > :07:37.joy and comfort to the Rayer family as the father's
:07:38. > :07:39.been battling cancer. the 14-year-old Exmoor cross
:07:40. > :07:50.has been seen. To not have any information or any
:07:51. > :07:55.sightings for two weeks is a really long period of time and we're
:07:56. > :08:00.worried that he has been taken and he may have been moved
:08:01. > :08:02.quite a considerable way and he may have been sold on as
:08:03. > :08:07.well, so we're asking for people all over the south-west
:08:08. > :08:09.to keep an eye out and let us know if they think
:08:10. > :08:13.they've seen Jeremy. He's been with the people4ponies
:08:14. > :08:16.charity since he was a foal. They lend him out to
:08:17. > :08:18.families and he's been He's such a big part
:08:19. > :08:24.of the family and to have no idea where he is, what's happened to him,
:08:25. > :08:28.we don't know if he's hurt We just don't know where
:08:29. > :08:32.he is and we're all just gutted. Over a year ago, my husband
:08:33. > :08:35.was diagnosed with cancer myeloma, which is a bone marrow cancer
:08:36. > :08:39.and a tumour snapped a bone in his spine so he now
:08:40. > :08:42.uses crutches. And having Jeremy has just given me
:08:43. > :08:46.real comfort that I can go out and spend time with him
:08:47. > :08:50.and have a little bit of normality in what's been a really,
:08:51. > :08:54.really stressful time. The Rayers describe Jeremy
:08:55. > :08:57.as a real character, cheeky and lovable, but the charity says
:08:58. > :09:01.he'll be very anxious. Jeremy disappeared from
:09:02. > :09:04.the Morwenstow welcome area on the Cornwall-Devon border
:09:05. > :09:07.near Bude. He's 12 hands, brown
:09:08. > :09:11.with a black mane and tail. A ?500 reward has been offered
:09:12. > :09:18.to help bring Jeremy home. We had some very warm weather
:09:19. > :09:26.for the time of year through the weekend, or at least some
:09:27. > :09:29.of us did at any rate. For today, we've seen
:09:30. > :09:31.quite a tumble in the temperatures and that's the theme that
:09:32. > :09:33.continues through this week, so feeling cooler, still some sunny
:09:34. > :09:36.spells and nice enough, I think, in the sunshine, but also a small
:09:37. > :09:39.amount of rain Tomorrow, though, brings some
:09:40. > :09:42.of the best of the sunshine. High pressure sitting just
:09:43. > :09:45.out to be west of us. Through the second part of this week
:09:46. > :09:48.though, we have got some weak weather fronts heading our way,
:09:49. > :09:50.so for example into Wednesday afternoon, we could see a bit
:09:51. > :09:53.of rain falling and it will be We've got clear skies overhead
:09:54. > :10:00.and we could well see some mist and fog forming
:10:01. > :10:02.and also it will be quite We could locally see a touch
:10:03. > :10:06.of grass frost in some prone cold spots as we head
:10:07. > :10:08.into tomorrow morning. Any mist and fog though should lift
:10:09. > :10:11.fairly readily and it Lots of sunshine
:10:12. > :10:13.around for tomorrow. A lighter breeze than
:10:14. > :10:15.today, staying dry A bit cloudy at times
:10:16. > :10:19.over the coming days, but still some
:10:20. > :10:21.sunny spells on occasion. we could see a bit of
:10:22. > :10:25.patchy rain for a time. A few showers maybe
:10:26. > :10:26.into Thursday and for Good Friday as well,
:10:27. > :10:29.we could see a bit of rain falling into
:10:30. > :10:30.the afternoon, but I think in general,
:10:31. > :10:33.a decent amount of dry, usable weather through
:10:34. > :10:34.much of this week. And then into the rest
:10:35. > :10:37.of the Easter weekend, Some sunshine on occasion,
:10:38. > :10:40.a few showers, but hopefully not too
:10:41. > :10:42.many and all in all, I think a reasonable weekend
:10:43. > :10:52.for getting out and about. That's it from us for now. Join us
:10:53. > :10:57.for our breakfast bulletins with Heidi tomorrow morning, they start
:10:58. > :10:58.at 6:25am here on BBC One. But from all of the late team, have a
:10:59. > :11:15.peaceful night. Goodbye. Good evening. Let's cut to the chase
:11:16. > :11:19.the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you
:11:20. > :11:24.consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not
:11:25. > :11:27.looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and
:11:28. > :11:30.closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the
:11:31. > :11:36.north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream,
:11:37. > :11:41.coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west
:11:42. > :11:46.breeze. It separates the high pressure and low price and it allows
:11:47. > :11:50.the northerly airflow to develop. It means there will be some showers
:11:51. > :11:53.going into Easter weekend but they will only be a small portion of the
:11:54. > :11:57.weekend wherever you are and there will be some dry weather and when
:11:58. > :12:02.the sun is out, it is getting stronger so it will negate some of
:12:03. > :12:06.the chill. Without the sunshine it will be chilly at night and that is
:12:07. > :12:08.the case tonight, especially in southern parts with temperatures in
:12:09. > :12:09.the countryside