:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. Nations again with
:00:13. > :00:14.500 bikers rode through Barnstaple today calling for tougher sentences
:00:15. > :00:19.for drivers who kill people when they've been taking drugs.
:00:20. > :00:22.It follows the death of 20-year-old Aiden Platt who was knocked
:00:23. > :00:26.The drug driver who admitted killing him walked free from court
:00:27. > :00:37.Emma Thomasson was at today's protest.
:00:38. > :00:46.By Chris call this the raw or funder. -- bikers. Their way of
:00:47. > :00:50.making sure people hear how angry they are for the suspended sentence
:00:51. > :00:53.for the woman who killed 20-year-old Aidan Platt. Laura Ward admitted
:00:54. > :00:58.causing his death by dangerous driving while under the influence of
:00:59. > :01:03.drugs, but he skips gel. The judge said the courts are reluctant to
:01:04. > :01:07.send mothers of young children to prison.
:01:08. > :01:10.It is too lenient. She should have got a prison sentence. 18 months
:01:11. > :01:16.suspended, that is no sentence. Whereas Aidan's parents have got a
:01:17. > :01:20.full life sentence now without Aidan.
:01:21. > :01:26.One of our own. A local lad, a biker. And also a school friend of
:01:27. > :01:30.my stepson. His life was taken and not justice was served.
:01:31. > :01:33.Devon and Cornwall police appealed against the sentence but the
:01:34. > :01:36.Attorney General turned it down, saying he did not believe there was
:01:37. > :01:41.a realistic chance the court would find it unduly lenient.
:01:42. > :01:44.Three illegal drugs found in her system. It does not send out the
:01:45. > :01:49.right message to people out there that may be considering taking drugs
:01:50. > :01:54.and driving. Drug driving is extremely dangerous, as dangerous as
:01:55. > :02:00.drink-driving and a number of people in North Devon have been killed as a
:02:01. > :02:03.result of drug driving. The Ministry of Justice told
:02:04. > :02:07.Spotlight it is consulting on increasing gel times for drug
:02:08. > :02:10.driving but it is up to independent judges to past and is based on the
:02:11. > :02:15.facts of the case. These bikers say that is not good enough. They have
:02:16. > :02:17.set up an online petition and say they will stage more protests like
:02:18. > :02:23.they will stage more protests like this until the law is changed.
:02:24. > :02:25.A dog, described as a 'Guardian Angel' has reached the finals
:02:26. > :02:29.of Crufts for helping to transform the life of a boy with autism.
:02:30. > :02:31.Caddie the Labrador is a specially trained autism assistance dog
:02:32. > :02:35.And 13-year-old Joel Sayer from Newquay says he's changed his life.
:02:36. > :02:37.Joel says Caddie keeps him focussed on what he's doing,
:02:38. > :02:46.and makes him feel safe, calm and happy.
:02:47. > :03:00.Caddy keeps the calm and safe and well. Patient and more focused.
:03:01. > :03:07.Before I had to make it not even go outside.
:03:08. > :03:12.I wanted to stay inside. His actual presence makes him relax because it
:03:13. > :03:17.is a constant companion for him. In a world in his eyes that he does not
:03:18. > :03:24.know and he is scared of everyday, every day Joel finds the world hard.
:03:25. > :03:26.And the winner of the Life hero dog competition will be
:03:27. > :03:35.Plymouth Argyle stay in second spot in the two after a two nil victory
:03:36. > :03:41.away at Mansfield. Elsewhere it finished Exeter city nil, Accrington
:03:42. > :03:53.Stanley two. In the National League Torquay one two goals- one. Tomorrow
:03:54. > :03:57.Exeter Chiefs take on harlequins at home in the Anglo Welsh cup.
:03:58. > :04:02.Time for the weather now - here's Holly with the forecast.
:04:03. > :04:07.We have got outbreaks of rain heading our way but sunshine to come
:04:08. > :04:12.as well. Cloud is low tonight, sinking down, giving us mist, Hill
:04:13. > :04:15.and coastal fog. A picture rain working into the Channel Islands.
:04:16. > :04:16.Patchy rain initially and then something a bit more persistent
:04:17. > :04:22.moves in from the west later in the moves in from the west later in the
:04:23. > :04:25.night. Eight or 9 degrees. Tomorrow morning some outbreaks of rain pushy
:04:26. > :04:29.strips and fizzle out as they do so. Come the afternoon it should be
:04:30. > :04:32.fairly bright, we should see some sunshine coming through.
:04:33. > :04:36.Temperatures would not get as high as today. There will be quite breezy
:04:37. > :04:40.north-westerly, especially across the north coast and out the west. We
:04:41. > :04:44.should see is good spells of sunshine as we should on Monday but
:04:45. > :04:45.it is cloudy after that. Have a good evening.
:04:46. > :04:58.The next update will be at 5:50pm tomorrow evening. From everyone here
:04:59. > :05:07.have a good night and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Goodbye.
:05:08. > :05:20.Good evening. Some of us managed to get some decent weather today, not
:05:21. > :05:24.everybody but some of us. Lovely picture from a weather watcher in
:05:25. > :05:28.Northern Ireland, Enniskillen, and in Northern Ireland we have the
:05:29. > :05:33.warmest day of the year for Northern Ireland, 16 Celsius. The Southeast a
:05:34. > :05:38.little warmer weather cloud broke up, 18 Celsius, but we have also had
:05:39. > :05:40.some light rain, and if anything this coming even in the clouds will
:05:41. > :05:42.thicken