10/04/2017 Spotlight

Jakonson on his novel about Donald Trump. Here on BBC One, it's time

for the news The partner of a hit and run victim

who is fighting for his life has made an emotional appeal

for the driver responsible 25-year-old fisherman Jason Bunce

became a father just ten weeks ago. He was hit by an unknown

vehicle during a night out Noah's father Jason is fighting

for his life in Derriford Hospital. We don't want him to think

that he didn't have a father who wasn't around

to watch him grow up. In the early hours of Saturday

morning, Jason Bunce was enjoying when he was the victim

of a hit and run. Jason, a fisherman

whose only dream is to a have a family,

loves the Exeter Chiefs. Remember, you promised him

you were going to take him to a rugby match, his very first

rugby match, to watch Exeter Chiefs. And you were going to play

in a field with him just throwing a ball, throwing a rugby ball around

in a field. The 25-year-old

suffered head injuries. His family are desperate

for the driver of what police say is a small silver car,

possibly darker in colour, It isn't as hard for you to do

to give yourself in as it is for me to

look at my son laying Totally out of this

world, basically. Cowards are callous

and we do not need callousness Please, please, I urge

you to give yourself in. 19-year-old Ashleigh

is urging Jason to battle on. The kindness of companies

across the country is helping to make life better for a little

girl from Plymouth Dozens of building firms are joining

forces to renovate a house Daisy has been diagnosed

with an inherited chronic illness To actually see the turnout

and the actual teamwork that's going on, you know,

is overwhelming. It's going to make such a difference

to Daisy's life and it's going to change

her quality of life for the time A guard of honour was staged

at Devon and Cornwall police headquarters this afternoon

to honour PC Keith Palmer, who died Several hundred officers and police

staff observed The force's flag was lowered to half

mast as a mark of respect. The good that comes from today

is that we remember Keith. We remember the members

of the public who lost their lives but remember the people

who ran towards danger, not just officers but our colleagues

in the Ambulance Service, It's so important that

the public have shown universally that they are on the

side of policing and law and order and that means a lot

to us on days like these. A protected coral which thrives

in the waters off Devon and Cornwall is being damaged by rubbish

and litter entering the sea. The evidence presented by scientists

from Plymouth University shows hundreds of rare pink sea fans

being ripped from the sea bed after becoming tangled in discarded

waste including clothes Here's our environment

correspondent Adrian Campbell. Dappled light on a Cornish beach

and something catches the eye, but more widely found on the sea

bed of the south-west. They are common on rocks

like these rocky reefs. If you imagine those underwater,

they can be covered in these sea Jason Hall-Spencer is a professor

of Marine biology A massive pile of debris has come up

out of the bay after storms over the last couple of years

and inside almost every single lump like this you get these

things called sea fans. Once it gets wrapped up

in debris like this, the sinking debris then tears

it off in bad weather. I mean, this is everybody's

problem, isn't it? Everybody, different

stratas of society, It is not just fishermen,

not just anglers. It's anybody who drops

litter into the sea. So what effect could rubbish be

having on our marine environment? Today's bright sunshine showcases

the beauty of the south-west's coast, but beneath the sparkling

sea, the pink sea fan corals are vulnerable to debris and rubbish

drifting in the water and getting I've come to the National Marine

Aquarium to find out more. The special Great Barrier Reef

tank here mimics life in the sea off the

north-east of Australia. Corals are so very slow growing that

fish here are swimming around artificial

fibreglass examples. James Wright is the curator

at the aquarium and joins us now. First of all, in south-west England,

how important is it that work is done to protect our own

native coral, the pink sea fan? Well, we're very fortunate

to have the pink sea fan here around It's the highest abundance

in the UK of the species. People would be very surprised

actually to hear that we have a coral here in the UK,

so having it shows a healthy If it's a species that we were to

lose, that's sort of giving an indicator that

the health of the seas This seas and all the

ecosystems are interlinked so if we start losing species

from the diversity that's there, it can have a knock on effect,

you know, going right up to affect the fishing

community as well and the sort of habitat that's there could get

degraded and we start to lose our Now, we've heard today

in international news that unprecedented coral bleaching

has been taking place Yes, it can, if the conditions

return to normal. The big problem this time has

been a mere 12-month gap between these two bleaching

events, so the areas that have been affected twice in 12 months may be,

you know, critical now, but other Well, different challenges

face the pink sea fan and the corals of the

Great Barrier Reef. Time and action may help them both

recover but to what extent they do A family from Devon is offering

a ?500 reward for a rescue pony who's been missing

for more than two weeks. He's called Jeremy and he's brought

joy and comfort to the Rayer family as the father's

been battling cancer. the 14-year-old Exmoor cross

has been seen. To not have any information or any

sightings for two weeks is a really long period of time and we're

worried that he has been taken and he may have been moved

quite a considerable way and he may have been sold on as

well, so we're asking for people all over the south-west

to keep an eye out and let us know if they think

they've seen Jeremy. He's been with the people4ponies

charity since he was a foal. They lend him out to

families and he's been He's such a big part

of the family and to have no idea where he is, what's happened to him,

we don't know if he's hurt We just don't know where

he is and we're all just gutted. Over a year ago, my husband

was diagnosed with cancer myeloma, which is a bone marrow cancer

and a tumour snapped a bone in his spine so he now

uses crutches. And having Jeremy has just given me

real comfort that I can go out and spend time with him

and have a little bit of normality in what's been a really,

really stressful time. The Rayers describe Jeremy

as a real character, cheeky and lovable, but the charity says

he'll be very anxious. Jeremy disappeared from

the Morwenstow welcome area on the Cornwall-Devon border

near Bude. He's 12 hands, brown

with a black mane and tail. A ?500 reward has been offered

to help bring Jeremy home. We had some very warm weather

for the time of year through the weekend, or at least some

of us did at any rate. For today, we've seen

quite a tumble in the temperatures and that's the theme that

continues through this week, so feeling cooler, still some sunny

spells and nice enough, I think, in the sunshine, but also a small

amount of rain Tomorrow, though, brings some

of the best of the sunshine. High pressure sitting just

out to be west of us. Through the second part of this week

though, we have got some weak weather fronts heading our way,

so for example into Wednesday afternoon, we could see a bit

of rain falling and it will be We've got clear skies overhead

and we could well see some mist and fog forming

and also it will be quite We could locally see a touch

of grass frost in some prone cold spots as we head

into tomorrow morning. Any mist and fog though should lift

fairly readily and it Lots of sunshine

around for tomorrow. A lighter breeze than

today, staying dry A bit cloudy at times

over the coming days, but still some

sunny spells on occasion. we could see a bit of

patchy rain for a time. A few showers maybe

into Thursday and for Good Friday as well,

we could see a bit of rain falling into

the afternoon, but I think in general,

a decent amount of dry, usable weather through

much of this week. And then into the rest

of the Easter weekend, Some sunshine on occasion,

a few showers, but hopefully not too

many and all in all, I think a reasonable weekend

for getting out and about. That's it from us for now. Join us

for our breakfast bulletins with Heidi tomorrow morning, they start

at 6:25am here on BBC One. But from all of the late team, have a

peaceful night. Goodbye. Good evening. Let's cut to the chase

the first big holiday weekend of the year is on the horizon and if you

consider last weekend as a taster for the summer, this weekend is not

looking too bad. It will be a bit cooler, temperatures this week and

closer to where they should be at this time of the year thanks to the

north-west breed and the reason for that, if we look at the jet stream,

coming across the Atlantic pushing from north to south -- north-west

breeze. It separates the high pressure and low price and it allows

the northerly airflow to develop. It means there will be some showers

going into Easter weekend but they will only be a small portion of the

weekend wherever you are and there will be some dry weather and when

the sun is out, it is getting stronger so it will negate some of

the chill. Without the sunshine it will be chilly at night and that is

the case tonight, especially in southern parts with temperatures in

the countryside