18/12/2016 Spotlight

Good evening. for the news where you are.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

after the discovery of a man's body in Plymouth.

The dead man, who was in his mid-40s, was discovered yesterday

Police say he has not yet been formally identified.

They are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

The mother of a teenager whose body was recovered from the sea off

Dorset earlier this year is now working with other young people

to encourage them to stay safe on nights out near the coast.

Louis Harris was 18 when he went missing in Weymouth in the early

Here's our Dorset reporter, Simon Clemison.

Louis Harris was a teenager out for a night in a seaside resort.

The search for him went on for weeks.

He was last seen here in the early hours.

He had been at university and had come back to celebrate

Eventually, his body was pulled from the sea nearby.

Events leading up to his death are still not clear.

But his mother has started working with pupils at his old school,

She is hoping to talk to many more young people so that

when they are old enough to go out drinking, or even before, they take

steps to protect themselves - like charging up their mobile phones

and not getting separated from each other.

We need to be realistic and practical and not tell people

not to drink and accept that they will do, but give them

So that they can make choices and understand what the risks are.

Do you think everyone leaves together?

No. I think it kind of gets very...

Everybody gets dispersed and they go off doing their own

thing and hanging out with different friends.

Most drink things for teenagers it's...

It seems quite patronising, it's like, don't drink,

Whereas this one treated you more like you're an adult, which I like.

This could have been the most important lesson

The Bishop of Exeter has offered hope to rural churches

Some have been forced to close, whilst others are looking

to secure their futures as community assets.

Janine Jansen has been looking at what the future holds for some

St Pinnock's Church in Cornwall closed just last month.

Local parishioners had fought for 25 years to try to keep it open.

Starting next year, we are launching a whole project called

And we're putting money and people to actually help in some of our

Some villages have seen their schools and pubs close.

So, for many, the only community place left is the church.

The Methodist Church here in Ashburton closed last year.

But it has just been designated a community asset and this man wants

it to be an arts centre for the town.

People come into buildings and you get an instant feel

for whether it's a friendly and pleasant place to be.

It has obviously been loved for many, many decades and it

There was quite a sight to be seen on Weymouth beach today as hundreds

of runners donned Santa suits to chase a "Christmas pudding",

an "elf" and a pantomime dame along the sands.

The festive fundraiser - which is growing in

popularity every year - was supporting the Will Mackaness

Trust, a charity which helps local children take up watersports.

The Santas ran three miles or so along the beach

from the Pavilion end to the groyne at Greenhill and back.

We have a Met Office warning of fog in force for East Devon,

Dorset and Somerset but that fog could form elsewhere as well.

It could be quite dense in places tonight, so take care.

A couple of drizzly showers, but the bulk of the night is dry

and most of us stay frost free, although there could be patchy

Some poor visibility around for tomorrow,

gradually that will tend to lift a bit but it tends

Mostly dry for the South West, an isolated drizzly shower or two,

but for the Channel Islands, some outbreaks of rain

Risk of poor visibility here as well.

And highs for tomorrow between 8C and 11C.

Patchy rain and drizzle and it will turn more

That all from the team this weekend. Have a very good night.