19/03/2017 Spotlight

France's highest honour has been awarded to the family of a Plymouth

world war two veteran who died just three weeks ago.

Bill Bannister was the last survivor of the attack on the docks

He lived to 98 after being a stoker on one of the motor boats.

David George reports from today's ceremony in Falmouth.

The band of HMS Seahawk led the parade to the St Nazaire memorial

It is 75 years since HMS Campbeltown and 18 smaller boats,

along with over 600 crew and commandos, left here

Today, armed services personnel and representatives of service

charities and organisations watched as Bill Bannister's daughter

In fact, the Sunday before he died, he came to my house and he said,

"Look, I think I will be able to stand without a stick."

And sadly he died, but he was really looking forward to this,

But I was equally pleased the family accepted to be presented

Operation Chariot was a huge success.

It stopped German warships using the dock at St Nazaire

which was out of use for the rest of the war.

Today on the 75th anniversary of what has become known

as the Greatest Raid, their sacrifice was remembered.

A road in East Devon remains closed this evening after a collision

No casualties, but there has been one person receiving severe arm

injuries. Onto a busy day of sport

and Exeter Chiefs have failed in their bid to wind the first

trophy of the domestic rugby season. They lost 16-12 to Leicester Tigers

in the final of the Anglo Welsh Cup. There was disappointment too

for the Plymouth Raiders who were in the BBL Trophy final

in Glasgow against The Raiders were always

the underdogs and Leicester showed why they were favourites

with a strong start. Of their 19 attempts in the first

quarter Plymouth only managed to score three times,

meaning the writing Plymouth only managed to score three

times in the first quarter, meaning the writing on the wall early on.

second quarter, clearly tried to second quarter, clearly

stay with the opposition, it became stay with the opposition, it became

obvious that they were too good, and they ran away with it. Plymouth did

first in ten years, but today just first in ten years, but today just

wasn't there a day. It finished 91-58. The long trip back from

Glasgow will be an empty-handed when for Plymouth.

A Plymouth woman who felt she lost her femininity after years

of intensive treatment for breast cancer has had her

29-year-old Kat Roberts' hair never fully grew back after chemotherapy

but her friends raised funds so she could have a pioneering type

of hair extensions for people with extreme hair loss.

And you can find out more about her inspiring story on Inside Out

tomorrow night at 7:30pm. Time for the weather now,

and here's Dan Downs. Good evening. We have been moving

into the region, with low cloud, mist and fog, keeping the

south-westerly winds. And other Western night, with temperatures not

going below nine or ten. Grey and murky start, with outbreaks of

green. Heavy bursts, but we keep those winds. Staying mild through

most of the day, with high temperatures of 11 or 12. The rain

clears, and behind it, clearing skies. It turns colder, with a cold

perhaps cold enough for frost. perhaps cold enough for frost.

Tuesday turns brighter with sunny spells, but feeling that much

colder, with the risk of showers. Some of them could be heavy. Leg we

are back at 6:30am tomorrow. Thanks for watching. -- we're back at

Good evening. There is some rain coming into the southern half of the

UK as we speak. I think by the end of the night it will have got into

the Midlands and much of East Anglia as well. A bit of a breeze here as

well. Some gusty winds and snow on the hills of Scotland. With all of

that going on, it is not particularly cold overnight.

Southern areas will hang on to double figures in many towns and

cities. A bit of a messy picture for the start of the new week. The rain

moves quickly eastwards across Scotland. For Northern England,

Wales, the Midlands and South West it is a miserable start to the day.

Brighter skies do follow along behind but with some showers. Wintry

showers across the hills of Scotland. The cold Iraq continues to

filter its way in. Through the evening, once the sun goes down, the

wintry showers will get down to lower