07/01/2017 Spotlight

Good evening. for the late news at 10:10pm.

People in North Devon have been out searching for a 76-year-old man

About 120 people in 30 cars have driven around an extensive

area of North Devon, looking for Clive Colling.

It follows police searches involving helicopters,

dogs and specialist mountain teams from Exmoor and Dartmoor.

John Henderson was at Northam Burrows near Westward Ho!,

There's no rule about how long you go searching for.

You can be 20 minutes, half an hour, the full day, whatever you like.

But when you finish, can you please text this phone?

Instructions for a community search party.

They want to find this man, 76-year-old Clive Colling,

who has been missing from Bideford since New Year's Day.

He may have just got up in the night and went for a walk and got lost.

Local community spirit is amazing in this area and I think

they all want to try and help one of the local men

So far, police, Coast Guard, Exmoor and Dartmoor search

and rescue teams, amongst others, have been looking for Clive.

Today it was the turn of people power, covering 16 areas.

It is just that someone is in need and we want to sort of help.

If it was one of our parents, we would like to think

It's just come in on the Facebook that somebody's with him,

what they think is him, in the area, the Happy

So I'm going to go straight there and just confirm

That turned out to be a false report.

It is understood that while Mr Colling, who used

to work in Abbotsham, has dementia, he is

And if he is watching, perhaps, a message for him?

We just want you back safe and sound.

The police say they haven't given up looking for Clive Colling.

Neither have the people who came out today to search for him.

The Royal Cornwall Hospital remains on the highest state of alert today,

as the British Red Cross said NHS hospitals across England are facing

The hospital at Treliske has been on level four of the "escalation

system" since Thursday, and is likely to remain

so for the rest of the weekend, although pressure has eased

Farmers across the region are being targeted by fraudsters,

trying to raid their bank accounts just after they receive

Police are warning farmers to be wary of suspicious phone calls,

texts and e-mails as the basic farm payments arrive in their accounts.

At least one south-west farmer has been duped out of his life savings.

The Plymouth Argyle squad is on its way to Anfield for tomorrow's

More than 8,000 pilgrim supporters have bought tickets

for the third-round FA Cup tie, where they're hoping

The last time Argyle made round three was three years ago,

You know, a moneyspinner for the club.

Nice to bring the grandkids up so they can see their players go away.

You know, so, yeah, great, isn't it, Jack?

On to rugby and Exeter Chiefs could only manage a draw

in their away Premiership match against Saracens.

Meanwhile Rosslyn Park got the better of Plymouth Albion.

17-10 the score in the National League One tie.

It has been a rather grey day today and unfortunately for this evening

and tonight all of that cloud tends to sink its way back down again.

So, mist, hill fog and poor visibility around tonight,

a bit of rain and drizzle in the mix as well.

But all of that cloud acts as a blanket and keeps us mild

for tonight with temperatures not really falling below

A mild start to Sunday, also for many of us quite

Some splashes of rain and drizzle at times through the day,

hopefully not in any great amount and actually tomorrow

a slightly better chance of, fingers crossed, seeing some bright

It is mild as well, with highs of 10-11.

We have got changes in store for next week.

We see a murky start to Monday, a spell of rain come the afternoon,

and we will tend to find our winds picking up into the new

There'll be more news from the Spotlight team

at 6.20pm tomorrow evening, including reaction from

Plymouth Argyle's FA Cup clash with Liverpool.

And there's full match commentary on BBC Radio Devon.

Good evening. Our weather can be exciting, just not today. A

predominantly grey day and a murky night to come. If you're on the moon

on the roads, through tonight into the morning, it could be misty and

foggy again in places, especially over the hills, but really just

about anywhere. The cloud is the enough to produce patchy rain or

drizzle, quite a damp night. Clear skies to the Easterling and

anti-stall Scotland and it's here the