:00:00. > :00:20.near Exeter tonight. gorse fire on Woodbury Common
:00:21. > :00:22.A number of firefighters have been hurt.
:00:23. > :00:24.It's understood one has been taken to hospital with burns and another
:00:25. > :00:26.four firefighters are being treated for smoke inhalation.
:00:27. > :00:30.More than 20 fire engines are at the scene as well as a number
:00:31. > :00:33.A large area of dry heathland is alight with high winds
:00:34. > :00:37.Roads around the Common are closed and members of the public
:00:38. > :00:47.Spotlight's John Danks is at the scene now.
:00:48. > :00:54.Well, this was far that some people could see as far away as the M5 in
:00:55. > :01:01.Exeter. The late as I have been told is fire crews are now on top of this
:01:02. > :01:05.fire and are damping down. Still 100 fire officers here. This fire is
:01:06. > :01:11.covering a very large area. We heard about those five fire officers who
:01:12. > :01:18.are injured. A short time ago, I was updated on the condition.
:01:19. > :01:26.Unfortunately five of our firefighters suffered smoke
:01:27. > :01:32.inhalation. One of those firefighters suffered minor burns
:01:33. > :01:35.and has been taken to hospital for precautionary checks. Logistically,
:01:36. > :01:41.it is a difficult and challenging place to put out a fire, given its
:01:42. > :01:45.remote location. They have had to bring several water carriers to try
:01:46. > :01:50.to fight this fire. We will continue to dampen the area overnight and
:01:51. > :01:58.well into the morning. Watch out for those lords hopefully reopening in
:01:59. > :02:15.the morning. We will have the latest on that in our news.
:02:16. > :02:18.Meanwhile, three people were taken to hospital after a fire at a hotel
:02:19. > :02:21.in Torquay last night which police believe was started deliberately.
:02:22. > :02:23.It broke out in the basement bar of the Bancourt Hotel
:02:24. > :02:27.More than 100 young farmers from Wales staying
:02:28. > :02:29.there while in the resort for their annual convention.
:02:30. > :02:31.Many were initially unaccounted for causing concerns
:02:32. > :02:34.Two people were treated at Torbay Hospital for smoke
:02:35. > :02:36.inhalation and another suffered a cut arm.
:02:37. > :02:38.Guests were given accommodation at the Riviera Centre overnight.
:02:39. > :02:41.Police are treating it as arson with intent to endanger life
:02:42. > :02:44.We have potentially 114 people to find.
:02:45. > :02:46.That is why we have ten appliances here.
:02:47. > :02:48.And it was literally a physical act of walking down the corridors
:02:49. > :02:52.In sport, Plymouth Leander's Ben Proud beat his own British record
:02:53. > :02:55.to retain his 50 metre freestyle title at the British Championships
:02:56. > :02:57.in Sheffield - his club-mate Tom Fannon took silver.
:02:58. > :02:59.Proud stormed to victory in last night's final
:03:00. > :03:03.The win secured him a place at this summer's
:03:04. > :03:05.In the London Marathon, there was disappointment
:03:06. > :03:10.The 43-year-old mother of two was forced to retire
:03:11. > :03:24.2,500 school children from Plymouth have completed a mile long run
:03:25. > :03:27.as part of the Ocean City half marathon which started
:03:28. > :03:30.The first youngsters across the line were brother and sister.
:03:31. > :03:32.Meanwhile three and half thousand adult runners took
:03:33. > :03:46.As the runners set off on the gruelling 13.1 miles
:03:47. > :03:48.around Plymouth, this city's primary school children,
:03:49. > :03:50.from 51 schools no less, are able to complete the last mile
:03:51. > :03:54.The other 12 have been run around school playing fields.
:03:55. > :03:59.It seems minutes later and the first child to cross the line
:04:00. > :04:05.is Joe Foster from year six at Trowbridge primary school.
:04:06. > :04:08.Amazingly, his sister Mia from year four is the first
:04:09. > :04:12.They were full of praise for each other.
:04:13. > :04:17.There was another boy in front of him, but Joe was determined
:04:18. > :04:19.to get in front of him and win the race.
:04:20. > :04:26.I am really proud of her because last year she didn't
:04:27. > :04:28.like running far, so she struggled a little bit.
:04:29. > :04:31.But this year, she became the first girl.
:04:32. > :04:33.Taking part for the first time, children from
:04:34. > :04:53.It's good for us all to get together and for us to be able to participate
:04:54. > :05:00.Winner of the adult half marathon was Jim Cole from Tavistock.
:05:01. > :05:03.And the first woman across the line was Emma Stettin from
:05:04. > :05:08.Great weather for running today - here's Bee with the forecast.
:05:09. > :05:10.Well, we have a beautiful afternoon across the south-west.
:05:11. > :05:14.Some of the cloud has broken up over the last few hours.
:05:15. > :05:16.Tonight, generally more cloud will feed in further east.
:05:17. > :05:20.Still the potential for temperatures to get quite low.
:05:21. > :05:23.For most of us, just that little bit milder than last night.
:05:24. > :05:29.Tomorrow I think will be largely dry for most of the day.
:05:30. > :05:33.A lot of cloud starting to push in as we had through the day.
:05:34. > :05:36.Into the afternoon, the risk of one or two isolated showers.
:05:37. > :05:38.I think the bulk of the showers though will come
:05:39. > :05:41.Still relatively mild when you get the brightness.
:05:42. > :05:44.One or two spots could hit 15 degrees.
:05:45. > :05:46.Much colder air starts to dig down on Tuesday.
:05:47. > :05:50.The risk of one or two northerly showers and frost by night.
:05:51. > :06:01.Have a good evening. Goodbye.
:06:02. > :06:17.We had a beautiful day across most of UK today, but there's a taste of
:06:18. > :06:21.winter on the way. Even a little bit of snow. Its forecast for one or two
:06:22. > :06:25.places. This is the forecast tonight. We're watching this cold
:06:26. > :06:29.front, this will line, this weather front. Everything to the north of
:06:30. > :06:32.that line is cold as dreaming straight from the Arctic. --
:06:33. > :06:33.streaming