31/12/2016 Spotlight

The family of a Devon man who was shot in the head in Antigua

on Christmas Day are desperately hoping he'll be on his way home

The appeal to fly Chris Tester back the UK has now

He was shot in the head in his parents restaurant in Antigua during

an attempted armed what brewery. -- armed robbery. His sister has been

waiting for him to be flown home to the UK for urgent treatment. I

can't, and what my parents must be going through. It has been extremely

doubled for them. They are doing... They are tough and I am really proud

of them. Chris remains in a critical condition in hospital. A successful

crowdfunding campaign has raised enough money to charter a specialist

ambulance from Europe. They have been delays in sending medics are

full report of the commission Chris is in. Very briefly, they brought

him out of an induced coma. He said a few words to my mum and dad. I

really hope within the next 24 to 48 hours he is on that plane back. The

extent of Chris's rain injury won't be known until he is back home. For

now, all the family can do is hope. Post-mortem examinations

on the bodies of two men found at a house in St Austell

have proved inconclusive. In-depth toxicology tests

will now be carried out. Police say they're not looking

for anyone else in connection The presenter Angela Rippon

and a gold Olympic medal-winner are among the south west names

in the New Year's Honours List. Hamish Marshall has been looking

at their high profile awards, and others, honoured

for community work. From here at Spotlight, the National

stage, and the button has clocked up half a century on our screens. Today

she became a CBE for increasing awareness of dementia. It reflects

the people I have been working with them their terrific work and the

work we will continue to do. This hockey gold and imposed became an

MBE. For 40 years, this man has been a life-saver in Cornwall, teaching

youngsters are the local life serving club. I am very proud to be

honoured by members of the clubs who -- nominated by murmurs of the club

who did it without my knowledge. Peter Prichard has coordinated

volunteer coastguard teams from West Dorset to South East Cornwall for 20

years and has also been awarded the British Empire Medal. You never

think it will happen to you and then one day, that it is. I was

absolutely stunned. This farmer got an MBE and will get his honours like

the others in the New Year. And you can see more details

on the New Year Honours Onto sport now and in football,

not a bad day for us - Plymouth Argyle remain top

of League Two following a 2-0 win against Crawley,

and for Exeter City, Ollie Watkins grabbed his first

ever hat-trick in a 4-1 In rugby, two late tries helped

Exeter Chiefs to victory at the Rec in the Premiership -

the final score there11-17. In the Championship,

the Cornish Pirates won Time for a look at

the weather - with Bee. Good evening. We had fairly grey

conditions across the South West today but that bad. Temperatures

from getting too load tonight. It will always be thick enough to give

a little bit of light rain and drizzle but a band of more

persistent rain will push on and dawn. Temperatures comfortably above

freezing. New Year's Day will be rather wet. The rain will be heavy

at times, it made turned wintry over high ground. I doubt we'll see much

sunshine, the rain will be on and off through the day, temperatures

not too badly. Then we get colder air feeding behind the front. For

bank was a Monday, we will see a lot more sunshine and it will start to

feel noticeably colder. -- Bank Holiday Monday.

Goodbye. wonderful New Year. You can keep up

with all the best. Happy New Year. Good evening. As we head through the

final few hours of 2016 the weather is on the change. We've got called

her swooping in and there is a weather front bringing a soggy New

Year's Eve. It is raining across southern Scotland and Northern

Ireland and that will push south as we head towards parts of northern

England. Showers moving in from the North Southwark could be icy

stretches across there. Adding further south, mostly dry with a

drizzly spell, that rain