:00:14. > :00:17.Devon and Cornwall Police is to more than double the number of officers
:00:18. > :00:21.Within the next two years more than 80% of front line officers
:00:22. > :00:26.An upgraded twin-cartridge Taser which allows the device
:00:27. > :00:29.to be deployed twice is also being introduced.
:00:30. > :00:32.But as Janine Jansen reports, the human rights group
:00:33. > :00:40.Amnesty International has raised concerns.
:00:41. > :00:42.Taser is designed for dealing with violent suspects
:00:43. > :00:51.Taser uses 50,000 volts to incapacitate a suspect.
:00:52. > :00:54.As a deterrent, the threat of its use is usually sufficient
:00:55. > :01:01.Between 2011 and 2016, Devon and Cornwall Police attended
:01:02. > :01:05.1.6 million incidents across both counties.
:01:06. > :01:09.In that period of time, we drew the Taser on 1600 occasions,
:01:10. > :01:12.and of those, we only used it in a quarter.
:01:13. > :01:16.Currently, 550 police officers carry a Taser.
:01:17. > :01:18.That number is set to more than double,
:01:19. > :01:27.That means 85% of frontline officers will be trained to carry a Taser,
:01:28. > :01:32.in order to help keep the public safe.
:01:33. > :01:35.A new upgraded device is being introduced.
:01:36. > :01:37.It has a twin cartridge so it can deploy again
:01:38. > :01:47.In 2013, Andrew Pimlott from Plymouth doused himself
:01:48. > :01:51.with petrol, which ignited after he was shot with a Taser.
:01:52. > :01:55.His parents heard an inquest jury concluded the device was
:01:56. > :01:58.the most likely cause of the fire which killed him.
:01:59. > :02:02.The constable who fired it was cleared of gross misconduct.
:02:03. > :02:06.Andrew's parents want to see Tasers used less.
:02:07. > :02:09.An ordinary gun would have been better than using a Taser
:02:10. > :02:15.If they used a gun and shot his leg, my boy would still have been here.
:02:16. > :02:23.And I think if anybody else is in that situation,
:02:24. > :02:25.God help them, I hope it never happens to anyone else.
:02:26. > :02:33.A spokesperson for the human rights group Amnesty International says...
:02:34. > :02:35.This is not the arming of the police.
:02:36. > :02:38.This is a less lethal option, and it is just giving our officers
:02:39. > :02:40.the best equipment there is to protect themselves
:02:41. > :02:44.The police sought feedback from the public.
:02:45. > :02:55.It said 88% of those who responded supported plans to increase Tasers.
:02:56. > :02:58.Just over six months on from the fire at
:02:59. > :03:00.Exeter's Royal Clarence Hotel, part of the structure is having
:03:01. > :03:05.Charred wooden beams from the hotel have been salvaged and turned
:03:06. > :03:08.into a sculpture called Hope and Renewal which goes
:03:09. > :03:19.It feels slightly wrong to be burning this wood a second time
:03:20. > :03:22.when it's survived the first major fire.
:03:23. > :03:25.Martin Staniforth, known as Morph, is working with wood salvaged
:03:26. > :03:32.Some of this wood comes from trees planted in the 16th century.
:03:33. > :03:35.It's such a tragic story, such a disaster that we have lost
:03:36. > :03:38.this amazing, wonderful building from the heart of our city.
:03:39. > :03:41.And I think people saw that therefore this was some kind
:03:42. > :03:44.of small good news story offsetting that huge, huge disaster.
:03:45. > :03:48.This is a first foray into burnt wood.
:03:49. > :03:54.In the car on the way up here, it actually felt over like that.
:03:55. > :03:59.And that, I thought, was a more pleasing shape.
:04:00. > :04:02.The sculpture is going on display within sight of the hotel
:04:03. > :04:09.For me, a piece of art has to kind of beg a conversation,
:04:10. > :04:13.it has to provoke, it has to get people thinking and doing something
:04:14. > :04:25.Judge for yourself, as new life is breathed into old timber.
:04:26. > :04:29.The work of nurses across the south west was celebrated today as part
:04:30. > :04:35.And at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton they did it in style,
:04:36. > :04:46.In just a matter of seconds, the helipad at Musgrove Park
:04:47. > :04:52.Hospital became a dance floor, doctor-turned-choreographer
:04:53. > :04:55.Marla Pradeep leading a team of nurses, health care assistants,
:04:56. > :05:00.nurses and doctors in a routine to rival strictly, though some found
:05:01. > :05:06.This is very much all of us joining in to have a
:05:07. > :05:14.For the organisers of this flash mob it was all about celebrating nursing
:05:15. > :05:19.but also to show a togetherness in difficult times within the NHS.
:05:20. > :05:31.We had groups of people doing it separately.
:05:32. > :05:35.Which, presumably for embarrassment purposes only, was also filmed,
:05:36. > :05:39.and then it was back to the day job, just another day in A
:05:40. > :05:51.And they are looking after me very well.
:05:52. > :05:55.Brilliant. Let's get the weekend weather from David.
:05:56. > :06:01.We got some rain this weekend but if the timing is right,
:06:02. > :06:04.and I think it is, most of the rain will fall during the night.
:06:05. > :06:09.Late in the day on Saturday some rain but it's an overnight feature
:06:10. > :06:11.for most of us and Sunday doesn't look bad with a weak
:06:12. > :06:15.This first weather system will produce some rain by the end
:06:16. > :06:19.That sweeps through quite quickly, and then before the next system
:06:20. > :06:22.arrives, which is probably on Sunday night, there is a lot of dry
:06:23. > :06:25.weather and we should get some sunshine on Sunday,
:06:26. > :06:28.a slightly fresher feel to the air on Sunday but we had
:06:29. > :06:33.This was earlier this evening across the South West of England.
:06:34. > :06:38.It is now moving away northwards, what's left behind is a few light
:06:39. > :06:41.showers and later tonight I think the skies will begin to clear
:06:42. > :06:45.and a lot of the low cloud should lift, so a slightly colder night
:06:46. > :06:48.than last night with temperatures down to 8 or 9 degrees and tomorrow
:06:49. > :06:53.Bright and dry, a chance of a light shower at some point
:06:54. > :06:57.Later in the day coming in from the West is a line of rain
:06:58. > :07:00.but it's taking its time, across parts of Dorset
:07:01. > :07:12.Dry and bright on Sunday again until the end of the day and then
:07:13. > :07:14.we see thicker cloud approach from the far West and also
:07:15. > :07:18.freshening the wind, so in summary, not looking too bad for the weekend,
:07:19. > :07:28.That's it for now. We're back tomorrow evening at 6:15pm. Good
:07:29. > :07:41.night. A bit of a mixed bag earlier on
:07:42. > :07:47.today, some of us were cloudy with rain. This is the view from one of
:07:48. > :07:51.our weather watchers in Cornwall. But in the Highlands of Scotland, it
:07:52. > :07:56.was completely different, find, sunny and warm. The satellite and
:07:57. > :08:02.radar picture shows the variety of weather we have had. It brightened
:08:03. > :08:03.up into the afternoon, early