25/02/2017 Spotlight

Hello from Spotlight. at a quarter past ten -

Hundreds of people have been marching through Paignton today

in protest at plans to close four cottage hospitals.

Health bosses argue the hospitals don't meet the needs

The message is clear. These people don't want to lose their hospitals

in Paignton, and the other areas. There is only one road into Wrexham

and it is so difficult to get down that way and so hard to park when we

get there. There don't seem to be any good enough reasons to shut

Paignton hospital. I feel very disappointed that it has got this

far and I just trust that the evidence of all the people who are

marching today will make a difference. Today's march was

organised by Torbay's trade union Council. Privatising patients by

putting them in care homes is not a way forward. It is privatising the

elderly and the patients. It is not the way forward. In a statement, the

clinical commissioning group insists patient care is central, describes

the current system as a historic model which doesn't meet the needs

of today's population. Police are warning people not to get

too close to a humpback whale It's believed to have a calf with it

and was last seen in Start Bay. It's rare for humpbacks to be seen

up close unless they're in trouble. The area's being patrolled

by a fisheries vessel - anyone caught harassing the whale

could be prosecuted. Evidence of marine pollution

from across Devon and Cornwall is being gathered this weekend to be

sent to the government. Hundreds of volunteers are searching

for dead or injured sea birds to help the RSPB build an accurate

picture of the health By recording what we see and stating

the help of the beach and whether it is clean, all that data going back

and being collated nationally because it is happening right around

the country, then we have got a snapshot of in February that is

exactly how Britain's birds were faring and this is what we were

finding. Onto the sport and Plymouth Argyle

drew at Luton with league leaders Doncaster also drawing. A goal a

minute into extra time and Exeter gained a valuable point as the

Grecians drew 2-2 at home to Blackpool. Yeovil drew 2-0 -- 12-0.

And in rugby, the Exeter Chiefs 136-14 against Newcastle at Sandy

Park. The Pirates play tomorrow. Plymouth Raiders are today after

Trophy final for the first time in five years.

In a tense second leg of the semi final they lost 90-83

to Worcester Wolves last night, but won on aggregate, with an 18

A fascinating piece of Cornish history went

The King of Norway presented this silver cup to a smuggler called

It was in honour of his bravery in rescuing several crew

from the wreckage of a Norwegian cargo ship off Gunwalloe.

It was part of a collection bought for eight thousand pounds,

apparently by a member of the Cuttance family.

quite a character. He was a smuggler. He was a Cornish wrestling

champion. He was a local publican. And he became a hero when he rescued

the people from the ship Elizabeth of Bergen.

Let's take a look at the weather now - with Dan.

Mild but breezy. A band of rain crossing the region at the moment.

Behind it, some cloud and hail fog. Not a cold night by any means.

7-8 C. It stays breezy as well. Tomorrow morning, maybe one or two

holes in the cloud. Most of us, it will stay cloudy. Some showers and a

band of heavy rain pushing through into the afternoon. And the wind

will pick up as. Gusts of 40 mph or so in exposure. Still mild.

Of 12 Celsius. Into the start of next week, it will get colder again.

Some overnight frosts a possibility and on Monday it is looking

unsettled with some sunny spells and heavy showers. Have a good evening.

Good evening. Starting with a quick look at the satellite sequence from

earlier. We started under a big blanket of cloud but Scotland and

Northern Ireland brightened up as the day went off. Underneath the

cloud in England and Wales, quite a bit of rain at the moment, drifting

southwards and East. It will continue to do so. In the small

hours the rain will become patchy, and most will give way to the

continent. There will be some breaks, particularly to the East of

Scotland, where there could be a touch of frost. Next batch of rain

into the western side of Scotland first thing, moving east with a

little snow over higher ground. Another pulse of rain coming towards

the Irish Sea area and with that comes really strong winds, blowing a

gale, and