18/12/2016

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:00:12. > :00:13.Good evening. for the news where you are.

:00:14. > :00:15.A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

:00:16. > :00:18.after the discovery of a man's body in Plymouth.

:00:19. > :00:21.The dead man, who was in his mid-40s, was discovered yesterday

:00:22. > :00:26.Police say he has not yet been formally identified.

:00:27. > :00:31.They are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

:00:32. > :00:35.The mother of a teenager whose body was recovered from the sea off

:00:36. > :00:37.Dorset earlier this year is now working with other young people

:00:38. > :00:40.to encourage them to stay safe on nights out near the coast.

:00:41. > :00:43.Louis Harris was 18 when he went missing in Weymouth in the early

:00:44. > :00:50.Here's our Dorset reporter, Simon Clemison.

:00:51. > :00:53.Louis Harris was a teenager out for a night in a seaside resort.

:00:54. > :00:58.The search for him went on for weeks.

:00:59. > :01:01.He was last seen here in the early hours.

:01:02. > :01:04.He had been at university and had come back to celebrate

:01:05. > :01:08.Eventually, his body was pulled from the sea nearby.

:01:09. > :01:11.Events leading up to his death are still not clear.

:01:12. > :01:16.But his mother has started working with pupils at his old school,

:01:17. > :01:20.She is hoping to talk to many more young people so that

:01:21. > :01:23.when they are old enough to go out drinking, or even before, they take

:01:24. > :01:26.steps to protect themselves - like charging up their mobile phones

:01:27. > :01:28.and not getting separated from each other.

:01:29. > :01:34.We need to be realistic and practical and not tell people

:01:35. > :01:38.not to drink and accept that they will do, but give them

:01:39. > :01:46.So that they can make choices and understand what the risks are.

:01:47. > :01:48.Do you think everyone leaves together?

:01:49. > :01:50.No. I think it kind of gets very...

:01:51. > :01:53.Everybody gets dispersed and they go off doing their own

:01:54. > :01:55.thing and hanging out with different friends.

:01:56. > :01:58.Most drink things for teenagers it's...

:01:59. > :02:00.It seems quite patronising, it's like, don't drink,

:02:01. > :02:05.Whereas this one treated you more like you're an adult, which I like.

:02:06. > :02:07.This could have been the most important lesson

:02:08. > :02:14.The Bishop of Exeter has offered hope to rural churches

:02:15. > :02:19.Some have been forced to close, whilst others are looking

:02:20. > :02:22.to secure their futures as community assets.

:02:23. > :02:25.Janine Jansen has been looking at what the future holds for some

:02:26. > :02:32.St Pinnock's Church in Cornwall closed just last month.

:02:33. > :02:36.Local parishioners had fought for 25 years to try to keep it open.

:02:37. > :02:41.Starting next year, we are launching a whole project called

:02:42. > :02:46.And we're putting money and people to actually help in some of our

:02:47. > :02:52.Some villages have seen their schools and pubs close.

:02:53. > :02:59.So, for many, the only community place left is the church.

:03:00. > :03:02.The Methodist Church here in Ashburton closed last year.

:03:03. > :03:07.But it has just been designated a community asset and this man wants

:03:08. > :03:10.it to be an arts centre for the town.

:03:11. > :03:13.People come into buildings and you get an instant feel

:03:14. > :03:17.for whether it's a friendly and pleasant place to be.

:03:18. > :03:23.It has obviously been loved for many, many decades and it

:03:24. > :03:34.There was quite a sight to be seen on Weymouth beach today as hundreds

:03:35. > :03:36.of runners donned Santa suits to chase a "Christmas pudding",

:03:37. > :03:40.an "elf" and a pantomime dame along the sands.

:03:41. > :03:42.The festive fundraiser - which is growing in

:03:43. > :03:44.popularity every year - was supporting the Will Mackaness

:03:45. > :03:49.Trust, a charity which helps local children take up watersports.

:03:50. > :03:52.The Santas ran three miles or so along the beach

:03:53. > :03:57.from the Pavilion end to the groyne at Greenhill and back.

:03:58. > :04:08.We have a Met Office warning of fog in force for East Devon,

:04:09. > :04:11.Dorset and Somerset but that fog could form elsewhere as well.

:04:12. > :04:14.It could be quite dense in places tonight, so take care.

:04:15. > :04:18.A couple of drizzly showers, but the bulk of the night is dry

:04:19. > :04:21.and most of us stay frost free, although there could be patchy

:04:22. > :04:24.Some poor visibility around for tomorrow,

:04:25. > :04:27.gradually that will tend to lift a bit but it tends

:04:28. > :04:31.Mostly dry for the South West, an isolated drizzly shower or two,

:04:32. > :04:34.but for the Channel Islands, some outbreaks of rain

:04:35. > :04:38.Risk of poor visibility here as well.

:04:39. > :04:40.And highs for tomorrow between 8C and 11C.

:04:41. > :04:55.Patchy rain and drizzle and it will turn more

:04:56. > :05:01.That all from the team this weekend. Have a very good night.