01/01/2017 Spotlight

The Devon man shot in the head in Antigua on Christmas Day

will tonight begin his journey back to Britain by Air Ambulance

37-year-old Chris Tester from Torquay was put in a coma

after the attempted robbery at his parents' restaurant.

But doctors in Guadeloupe, where he's currently being treated,

They're expected to arrive back in Devon late tomorrow.

It's absolutely critical that he gets back to the UK.

I mean, he's stable and he's extremely lucky that he's alive

Police in Cornwall are appealing for witnesses after a hit-and-run

incident in the Mount Wise area of Newquay at about

They say a 24-year-old man was reportedly thrown over a car

and needed treatment for hip and knee injuries and a suspected

They're trying to trace the driver and occupants of a dark grey

saloon car with a partial registration of GL66.

The South Western Ambulance Service is reminding people only to call 999

for life-threatening emergencies after a busy start to the New Year.

The service has handled more than 2,600 calls since midnight -

that's an average of around four calls a minute.

Fire crews have rescued two deer stuck in a well

The animals were trapped about seven feet down in two feet of water.

Firefighters helped by RSPCA officers used specialist equipment

Twin sisters from Devon are seeing in the New Year with babies born

Kelly Ackrill and Ashleigh Davidson, from Ivybridge in Devon,

had due dates two weeks apart but both babies arrived

Meet River, born three weeks early, on Christmas Eve.

But mum Kelly was in for an even bigger shock.

Her twin sister Ashleigh was also pregnant but she

However, on Christmas Day, she got a surprise call on her mobile.

There was little Louella on the screen, so we've got photos

taken where I'm holding him and she's holding her, literally,

like, through the camera, and she said she'd had him.

I didn't even know that she was in labour.

The two babies were born in exactly the same suite

Ashleigh and Kelly say the births coming so close

Yeah, it was weird, it was really strange.

It was nice to see your face as well because no-one knew I was in labour,

so it was just a case of saying to everyone, "Oh, by the way,

I've just popped out a baby on Christmas Day!"

Both women have six children between them

And finally, hundreds braved the rain and cold this afternoon

to take a New Year's Day dip in the sea at Lyme Regis.

The fancy dress "Lyme Lunge", as it's known, was organised

by the Rotary Club to raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support.

My very first one in 2009 was for CLIC Sargent and we got

I think barely 50 people in the water, so, yes, every year

we've increased our numbers up and people come from a long,

I haven't done it before and they talked me into it!

We've had a fairly grey and damp day across the South West.

We've still got bits and pieces of rain out there.

Nothing too heavy, and I think further north and east we've got

largely dry conditions and some clear spells.

So rurally, some of us could get a touch of frost overnight.

Most towns and cities, though, hovering that little bit

above freezing at two or three degrees.

Tomorrow, once any rain starts to clear, it

You will notice the difference temperature-wise.

They will be struggling a bit with highs of just five or six.

But Tuesday itself looks like being dry and bright with sunshine.

More cloud as we head towards the end of the week

as temperatures start to climb up a bit.

We'll be back tomorrow, but in the meantime,

We will be back tomorrow. Happy New Year.

For many, New Year's Day was a shocker with all of that rain

around. Tomorrow will be sunny, but it is getting colder. This is rain

clearing from the south-east. These specks of white as snow mixed in

with showers across parts of northern England, particularly

across Scotland, low levels here. I say that they hazard in northern and

eastern areas. I would not rule out slippery areas almost anywhere by

the morning, by which time temperatures will be close to or

below freezing in many places. A bright and sunny start, but still

wintry showers, sliding down the North Sea coast. Some snow down at

quite low levels to the north of Scotland. Here, the snow will turn

to rain. Something milder creeping in off the Atlantic as