24/12/2016 Spotlight

Hello, good evening. for the news where you are.

A woman's suffered potentially life-changing injuries

after being involved in a crash outside Drake Circus

The emergency services were called to Charles Street

Firefighters say the 18-year-old had been thrown onto nearby

She was taken to Derriford Hospital for emergency surgery.

A man's been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

The Bishop of Exeter is calling for more work to be done to build

bridges between different communities in an effort

The Right Reverend Robert Atwell has told the BBC his

concerns were increased by the Berlin Christmas Market

He said he believes there's a build-up of hate in many

I think it's really important for all of us in our communities,

our nations, our world, to address the causes of injustice,

because if we don't do that, there are resevoirs of hate that

burst out in violence, and I think that's what's been happening.

A new service to help people struggling in Torquay has helped

more people than expected in its first three months.

The Community Larder, backed by ten local churches,

and housed at the Salvation Army hall is a foodbank

Hamish Marshall has been to the centre which also gives

advice to help people to try to find a way out of their problems.

Michael is grateful to Torquay's community food larder.

He is struggling on ?86 a fortnight, but he's being helped here.

I'm feeling it really hard, you know.

I have four kids coming to see me for Christmas

and the people here have helped me with presents and food.

I couldn't have done it without them.

It's really difficult opening the cupboard and seeing just one

But with the help of these people, they're full up.

I appreciate so much that they have been really helpful.

Upstairs, volunteers work to turn donations into help

I'll put a tea in and if they prefer coffee,

The work is to make sure that food which goes off soonest

is distributed first and that there is a good mix

We've been so lucky with donations from individuals,

churches and supermarkets, so between labelling and putting

them on the shelves and giving the stuff to our guests,

Service started in September and has already helped more than 100 people.

The idea was based on a model in Exmouth -

to provide not just food, but also solving problems.

There are so many different areas of need we are seeing coming through.

We've got a wonderful volunteer base, approximately 70 volunteers

and lots of experience within that, lots of retired teachers, nurses,

so they have a wealth of experience that they can help us with.

The motto here is giving a hand up, not just a hand-out.

Onto today's rugby and the Exeter Chiefs have beaten

The Chiefs took maximum points from the win as they scored four

tries, including two from Thomas Waldrom,

In the Championship, the Cornish Pirates secured

an excellent 22-16 victory at third placed Ealing Trailfinders.

Well, time now to take a look at the weather and Holly's

It's looking like a mild Christmas Day, but also a windy one.

Those winds are picking up through the night tonight.

They're drawing in low cloud and fog shrouding the hills,

perhaps patchy rain and drizzle around as well, but also

the mild air flooding in, so temperatures not falling

We start our Christmas morning on this mild, murky note.

There will be spells of rain on and off through the day

We have a lot of cloud and strong, blustery wind,

but despite that it is mild, one of the mildest Christmas Days

on record, with some spots getting as much as 14,

possibly 15 Celsius as a top temperature.

Change in store after that - brighter skies on Boxing Day,

Julia Peet will be back at 12:40 on Boxing Day with all the latest

But from everyone here at Spotlight, we hope you have a lovely Christmas.

Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow

across the Scottish hills, it's so mild outside, whether you like it or

not. It's all thanks to this storm, big windstorm in the North Atlantic.

It is drawing up warm air from the southern climes. You can see the

Azores, warm air moving in our direction. It's here to stay. Just

in time for Christmas. Cloudy with bits of rain in the centre pushing

through across parts of Scotland, western part of the UK. It could be

quite heavy, that rain, for a time. The real story is how my old tonight

and into tomorrow is going to be. First thing in the morning, 10-11d

across the