0:00:14 > 0:00:15Good evening.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18A 12-year-old Devon girl has spoken out over the dangers of online
0:00:18 > 0:00:20grooming, after she was blackmailed into sending intimate
0:00:20 > 0:00:21pictures over the internet.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Her parents say the experience has been devastating
0:00:23 > 0:00:27and they want to speak out to help protect other young people.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32In this report from Clare Casson, we've disguised their identities.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Just a few stolen moments on the daily walk to school.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38No parents, no teachers, but do you know who your child
0:00:38 > 0:00:42is contacting on their phone?
0:00:42 > 0:00:45For this 12-year-old, a few minutes on her own each day
0:00:45 > 0:00:50opened up a murky world of sexual exploitation.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54He began talking to me so I befriended him, not knowing
0:00:54 > 0:00:56what was about to happen.
0:00:56 > 0:01:03I felt scared and like I couldn't talk to anyone.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06This person then showed her some explicit images of other young girls
0:01:06 > 0:01:09and told her if she didn't do what they asked, they would spread
0:01:09 > 0:01:12it amongst friends and family, tell the world that these
0:01:12 > 0:01:13images were her.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15After I sent one picture, I knew that I was trapped.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I felt scared and isolated.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24He put me under pressure and he got angry and aggressive.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27It breaks my heart that there was about three or four months that
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I didn't know about, she had been held prisoner.
0:01:30 > 0:01:38It must've been soul destroying for her to feel so trapped.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39And this girl is not alone.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Across Devon and Cornwall sexting, as it is known, is now the most
0:01:42 > 0:01:45common form of child sexual exploitation the police deal with.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Officers go into schools to try to help educate young people
0:01:48 > 0:01:51about the dangers but they've told me it's a struggle to keep up
0:01:51 > 0:01:53with what's happening and the average age of victims
0:01:53 > 0:01:58is getting younger.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00We are certainly seeing either a greater disclosure of incidents
0:02:00 > 0:02:03with younger children or a greater number of younger children doing it.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07About ten years ago it would be pretty unheard-of
0:02:07 > 0:02:09that we would visit a primary school and they would be talking
0:02:09 > 0:02:14about dealing with this sort of an event, now we do deal
0:02:14 > 0:02:19with them increasingly.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22And many children don't realise that it's illegal to possess,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24take or distribute sexual images of someone under 18,
0:02:24 > 0:02:32including themselves.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Police in Somerset are hunting for a burglar who attacked
0:02:34 > 0:02:37a 96-year-old man in his own home with what's thought
0:02:37 > 0:02:40to be a claw hammer.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42The pensioner from Taunton is in hospital with serious injuries.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Lee Madden reports.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Sweeping the Duchess of Cornwall off her feet just two years ago
0:02:46 > 0:02:49at a British Legion event, but tonight World War II hero
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Jim Booth is in hospital, fighting for survival
0:02:51 > 0:02:58after being hit with a hammer by a distraction burglar.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Jim said, I've been attacked, and that was how it
0:03:00 > 0:03:03started, wasn't it, Tom?
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07He was bleeding all down over his face and everything.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09We brought him in and sat him in the chair.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14He had been knocked on the head with a hammer.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Police say a man knocked at Jim Booth's door yesterday
0:03:16 > 0:03:19afternoon and asked if he wanted any work doing in the house.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22When Mr Booth refused, the man attacked him.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25He managed to make it across the road to his neighbour's house.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29He has a fractured skull and he was with the doctor
0:03:29 > 0:03:33for a fair while and something about his hand, he had a problem
0:03:33 > 0:03:40with his hand because he had a big bash on his hand.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42As a lieutenant commander in the Navy, Jim Booth was part
0:03:42 > 0:03:45of the crew that took a submarine across the English Channel and gave
0:03:45 > 0:03:47the signal for D-Day to begin.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Tonight forensic teams are still working at his home, looking
0:03:49 > 0:03:52for clues about his attacker.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56A white male around 30 or 35 years of age.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02Clean-shaven, darkish hair, described as athletic, stocky build.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Officers want anyone who saw anything suspicious yesterday,
0:04:04 > 0:04:10or who, over the last few days, may have been approached by someone
0:04:10 > 0:04:12knocking at their front door, asking for work to get
0:04:12 > 0:04:13in touch with them.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Tonight Mr Booth is conscious in hospital, with his
0:04:16 > 0:04:18children at his side.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Police say, given his age, they are extremely worried
0:04:22 > 0:04:25about the war hero who was said to have been delighted
0:04:25 > 0:04:28to dance with the Duchess, but who now has been subjected
0:04:28 > 0:04:34to a brutal attack in his own home.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36There's anger over plans by the French company EDF to change
0:04:36 > 0:04:39the way it handles high level radioactive waste at
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Hinkley Point in Somerset.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44The company wants to double the size of a proposed waste store
0:04:44 > 0:04:46on the Hinkley C site.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It also wants to introduce a system of encasing the waste in concrete.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Clinton Rogers reports.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55It's the idea that it's our grandchildren's grandchildren that
0:04:55 > 0:05:01will be picking up the pieces.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04This area is going to be lumped with X amount of nuclear waste
0:05:04 > 0:05:06that will never go away.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10And it's the high-grade waste.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Among those who live in the shadow of Hinkley Point
0:05:13 > 0:05:14there is a mixture of fear and fury.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18My concerns are the long-term effect of having a great lump of concrete
0:05:18 > 0:05:22on the edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty,
0:05:22 > 0:05:23that's going to be there essentially forever,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25because then they're talking about what they're
0:05:25 > 0:05:27going to do with the very nasty substance inside it.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31EDF has always said that all high-level radioactive waste
0:05:31 > 0:05:33produced by Hinkley C, and that includes the spent
0:05:33 > 0:05:35fuel rods, will need to be stored locally.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40Right now there's nowhere else for it to go.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Now EDF have applied for permission to double the size
0:05:42 > 0:05:45of their radioactive waste store on this site, but they also
0:05:45 > 0:05:47want to change the method for handling radioactive waste,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49choosing now a system that will involve encasing
0:05:49 > 0:05:52it in concrete blocks.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56In a statement the company has told us it's a safe and robust system
0:05:56 > 0:06:00used across Europe and the USA, but opponents say that switching
0:06:00 > 0:06:04from a method where high-level waste is held in water to what's known
0:06:04 > 0:06:07as a dry system has dangers.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11The problem with dry storage is it relies on the integrity
0:06:11 > 0:06:13of a concrete block, that a concrete block containing waste
0:06:13 > 0:06:16material will last forever.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18The leader of West Somerset council says he's more concerned
0:06:18 > 0:06:22by the plans to increase the size of the storage building.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26It is going to be the last building there on site.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30When decommissioning takes place, which will be a long time from now,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33the reactors will go but that building will be left
0:06:33 > 0:06:38there when the rest of the site has been flattened.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41EDF has told us there is no plan to increase the amount
0:06:41 > 0:06:44of waste stored here, merely to change the system,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46but it's the Environment Department which will make the final decision
0:06:46 > 0:06:53and that won't be for some while yet.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56A Devon woman who uses a wheelchair has described the lack
0:06:56 > 0:06:58of a public toilet for disabled people in Torquay town
0:06:58 > 0:07:01centre as disgusting.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Both the women's toilet block and the one for disabled people have
0:07:04 > 0:07:07been closed for the last 11 weeks.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11John Ayres has the story.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13It's not very often that you see this.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16The gents are open but the ladies and the disabled toilets are closed,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18and it's been like this for 11 weeks.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22For wheelchair user Shirley, enough is enough.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25It's diabolical to think that you can come into town
0:07:25 > 0:07:28to spend your money, but while you're here you can't
0:07:28 > 0:07:31use the public toilet.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's not a luxury, it's a necessity.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37You come into town to shop, you're bound to need to use
0:07:37 > 0:07:40the toilet and I'm sorry but it will put a lot of people coming
0:07:41 > 0:07:43to the town centre shopping.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It's a feeling shared by others with mobility assistance.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Joan is a tourist from Wales.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54I will go to the gents, but I think the toilets
0:07:54 > 0:07:55here should be open.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Ladies need them more than men.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Men can stand there and go in the corner and I think it's
0:08:00 > 0:08:01absolutely disgusting.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03And she did too, along with some other woman.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08The trouble is the nearest alternative is some way away
0:08:08 > 0:08:10and the closest are on private premises, not public.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13The nearest public loos are at least twice the distance.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I have to go in the lift, providing it is working,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18up through the shop, past all the other shops along
0:08:18 > 0:08:21the walkway, to the bottom, turn right, turn left,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24turn right, and you'll find another door that has the toilets there.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30They should get up and do something, come out onto the highway,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33like a politician, and see what's going on for themselves and do
0:08:33 > 0:08:39something instead of doing nothing.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41The toilets have been closed because of a water leak
0:08:41 > 0:08:43above and an electrical fault.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46The delay has because the council doesn't own the building.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I understand the concerns of all the residents and traders.
0:08:49 > 0:08:59These toilets have been out of action for so long and the reason
0:08:59 > 0:09:02is because we haven't got permission from the landowners above
0:09:02 > 0:09:03the property, above the toilets.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06We now have that permission and it's being dealt with as a priority.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09The council hopes this will be sorted in the next nine weeks
0:09:09 > 0:09:11although for many women and people with disabilities, that's
0:09:11 > 0:09:15still a very long time.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Now let's find out what we can expect
0:09:17 > 0:09:18from tomorrow's weather.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19David has the details.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23David has the details.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Thank you. Good evening. You will need an extra layer in the next few
0:09:28 > 0:09:33days. The colder air is starting to sleep in and some of it will arrive
0:09:33 > 0:09:36tonight. The weather system will trickle along the French coast and
0:09:36 > 0:09:39along the English Channel in the next few hours and keep a lot of
0:09:39 > 0:09:43cloud over us and it gives rain overnight and some of it is heavy
0:09:43 > 0:09:47and places. It would turn showery towards dawn and with a blanket of
0:09:47 > 0:09:51cloud the temperatures should hold up quite nicely but already there
0:09:51 > 0:10:03was colder air seeping in.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Temperatures of just four or 5 degrees by dawn tomorrow morning.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Tomorrow in places there is a wet start but the rain is largely
0:10:10 > 0:10:12confined by the afternoon to Cornwall and Devon. For the rest of
0:10:12 > 0:10:14us it brightens up nicely. Quite quickly temperatures tumble away.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Overnight and into the early hours of Saturday widespread frost.
0:10:18 > 0:10:25Temperatures first thing on Saturday are as low as -1 or even minus two.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Saturday is bright and dry with scattered showers. Some are wintry
0:10:29 > 0:10:35over the high ground and a pretty low temperature as well. Throw in
0:10:35 > 0:10:37the wind and have all the airfields and it will feel even colder than
0:10:37 > 0:10:42that. Sunday is quite with a frost in the morning. Morning sunshine
0:10:42 > 0:10:45before it clouds over and then temperatures start to come back up
0:10:45 > 0:10:47again in the early part of next week. Have a good night.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50That's it from the late team here at BBC Spotlight.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Andy Breare will be back with more news from 6.25am tomorrow morning.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59For now, from us, goodnight.