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the windscreen first thing in the morning. That is all from

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If you have just joined this `` joined us, still to come, why have

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one animal story when you can have two? From Exmoor we have the

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preservation of foals. We'll report on one woman's hopes for their

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future. And from Clovelly, the preservation of donkeys, this time

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on film. One of the south west's most

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prominent NHS executives has denied "nepotism and favouritism" in

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getting her daughter's boyfriend a senior job. An employment tribunal

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has heard two women claim to have turned whistle blowers about the way

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Dr Paula Vasco`Knight, the head of Torbay hospital, ran an important

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recruitment process. Parents and teachers say Torbay Council's

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decision to scrap a CCTV enforcement car could put children's safety at

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risk. Doctor Vasco`Knight is the chair of the Torbay Hospital. She is

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alleged to have helped her daughter's boyfriend get a job at

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the NHS foundation trust which he heads. A recruitment manager told

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the tribunal she believed the appointment involved nepotism and

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favouritism. They say they were hung out to dry after raising concerns

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about the appointment. How important was it you brought the case?

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Incredibly important. We did not think about it lightly in terms of

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going through it, but we have made it and it's been a battle for both

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of us. We see each other through the ups and downs, and we are pleased to

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be here. The process has been quite traumatic process, I think. There

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have been ups and downs, and there's been a lot of anxiety. As we all

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know, there has been distressed at certain points, but I'm glad it's

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over now. We're just waiting for the result, and then I feel I can move

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on, as I'm sure Penny does as well. Both women say they were prevented

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from returning to their jobs after they raised their concerns. They

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were instead to be redeployed, they said. But both women refused to

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accept that, believing they had done nothing wrong. They subsequently

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resigned from the trust. Doctor Vasco`Knight strongly denied the

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allegations of nepotism and favouritism. The man was not going

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out with her daughter when he was appointed and she did not even know

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him. She had not, she said, stopped the women from returning to their

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jobs as revenge for raising their concerns. The tribunal was told this

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was an important case as the treatment of whistle`blowers had

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become a significant issue in the NHS. The tribunal reserved judgement

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and it is expected within a fortnight.

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Parents and teachers say Torbay Council's decision to scrap a CCTV

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enforcement car could put children's safety at risk. It patrolled outside

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schools following concerns about parking and driving, but the service

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is losing money. The council now plans to use traffic wardens

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instead. A number of bus drivers in Weymouth

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have been on strike today in a row over pay. The union Unite says wages

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at First Group are falling behind those in other towns and cities.

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A Somerset pony club has launched a campaign to save endangered Exmoor

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foals from slaughter. It wants to prove there is a market for them in

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the wider equestrian world. It comes in light of a new report

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commissioned by Exmoor National Park, which raised the idea that the

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breed could be farmed for meat, like cattle and sheep, for sale to local

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hotels and restaurants. Spotlight's Janine Jansen reports.

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Dawn Westcott wants to give Exmoor foals a lifeline. When they come off

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the more, they are wild and frightened of humans. She takes

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months to socialise them. The problem has been is that it's very

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difficult for the more land farmers to find the buyers and actually

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present the foals in a form where people can handle them, because

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sometimes people are daunted about taking them off the Moors, but

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sometimes people don't know how to buy the fold, a mad farmer doesn't

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know how to find a potential buyer. `` and the local farmer doesn't

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know. More than 100 of these horses get culled each year, and so far she

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has saved 18. But she says they have had big problems buying them due to

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red tape. It is something they are dressed in a new report commissioned

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by the Exmoor National Park `` addressed. The report also mentions

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the possibility of marketing pony meat to local restaurants. A point

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that will invoke reaction of horror and disgust in those opposed to

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eating. Rex Milton welcomes the socialisation programme but says

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ponies do have to be managed. What you have to look at is there is a

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natural degree of wastage with any good management and breeding, and we

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are interested in producing good stock, but we need somewhere for the

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substandard stuff to go, so I think we are looking at a very limited

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amount, but it was suggested on as a speciality market, it could possibly

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be a dish that was rather speciality. The farmers have set up

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their own group to protect their herds for the future. The Exmoor

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pony Society has refused to comment until after the consultation period

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closes at the end of the month. An update on the top story. We have

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just heard in the last few minutes that the Swedish furniture giant

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IKEA has been given planning permission for a store on the

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outskirts of Exeter. The move follows the arrival of John Lewis in

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the city last year and it is predicted to create hundreds of

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jobs. Time for the sport now, and Exeter Chiefs have already started

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planning for next season haven't they, Dave? They have indeed.

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They're signing Leicester Tigers back row Thomas Waldrom. He's agreed

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a three`year deal. The 30`year`old, who's won five England caps, will

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join the Chiefs in the summer. Current incumbent Dave Ewers hasn't

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yet signed a new contract at Sandy Park. Meanwhile, Don Armand's try

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put Exeter 13`0 ahead at Cardiff Blues and supplemented by four

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Gareth Steenson penalties, they went on to win 19`13.

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But their slender chance of making the European Challenge Cup

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disappeared. They needed a bonus point victory at least to progress.

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The Chiefs now concentrate on the Anglo`Welsh Cup over the next two

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weeks. The Cornish Pirates are guaranteed a

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home tie in the quarter finals of the British and Irish Cup, although

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they suffered their first defeat in the pool stages at Ulster Ravens.

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They won't know until next Monday who they'll face in Penzance, but it

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could possibly be Plymouth Albion. Despite topping their group, Albion

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are away in the last eight against the Pirates, Leinster, Leeds or

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Bristol. Heavy rain reduced the weekend's

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League football by half. Plainmoor and St James Park were both victims

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of waterlogged pitches, leaving Yeovil Town and Plymouth Argyle to

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make the headlines. The Glovers won at Birmingham, whilst Argyle had

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Andres Gurrieri sent off in their defeat at Rochdale.

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A super win, and a must win game. We build it is that throughout the

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week. We were not expecting all the other teams around us to win as

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well, but we are hanging on in. I just thought we were very, very good

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in both penalty areas. We got to a couple of balls in their penalty

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area first which gave is the lead, and then we got everything first in

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our penalty area. That was the nature of the day. They are a good

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side. We think that's a very good result for us.

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A shooting chance for Alan. There it is, the opening goal for Rochdale.

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A clash of heads there. I don't think it was malicious, but the

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Rochdale player is down on the ground, and a straight red card.

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Chipping it into the box. Henderson is the target. What a lovely goal by

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Ian Henderson. He scored a great one against Leeds. A chance for Rochdale

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to attack. And that is Michael Rose with a lovely flighted chip. Argyle

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will not be contesting Gurrieri's dismissal.

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He'll now be suspended for the next three games. The Plymouth Raiders

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have reached the quarter finals of basketball's BBL Trophy. They beat

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Durham Wildcats at the Pavilions to set up a home tie against Sheffield

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Sharks. And a provisional date of Sunday, February ninth has been

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pencilled in for the Raiders BBL Trophy quarterfinal.

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Now we often bring you pictures of the South West as it once was here

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on Spotlight as we spool through the archive to find film from the past

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which is important in the present. But what about the future? Who's

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filming images for the next generation of programme makers?

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Well, one woman in North Devon has set up a project to capture life as

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it is now. The stars of the first film are the donkeys of Clovelly.

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Spotlight's North Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby has been looking at

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the footage. Clovelly is famous for three reasons, the steep slopes, the

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cobbled streets and the donkeys. Now they are the focus of this short

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film which launches the North Devon moving image project.

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The aim is to make and share short films which show everyday life in

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North Devon today, so future generations can get an idea of what

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we were like back then. Lots of people are recording video, on their

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phones, on their tablets, with video cameras, but for those moments to be

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preserved and shared, something really needs to be done to edit them

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into short films and make them live a long life by putting them in a

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place, one place, where we can keep them, look after them and share them

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with everybody. And Clovelly proved the perfect place to start the

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project. It was a real insight in how people live everyday lives in a

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lovely village where there are no cars, with cobbled streets, and it's

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really just preserving a moment in time. We never could have imagined

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it would be such a delightful film. Really, that is down to the people,

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and that is what the films are about, people and their stories. The

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people telling this story are Bart and Sue Kelly, who look after the

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donkeys. There has always been a place for donkeys in Clovelly,

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they're part of their heritage, and they have been here for hundreds if

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not thousands of years. It's one of the things that people come to

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Clovelly to see. Just working with the donkeys was very difficult, they

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were so lovely we were busy cuddling them. Amanda describes this not as

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just a long`term project, but a project forever. Who knows how many

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films there will be in the end? But the donkeys were the first.

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Lovely stuff. Wright, from donkeys to David. I couldn't think of a

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better link. Let's give you some sunshine in the forecast. We had

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heavy rain through the weekend, but thankfully it has dried out tonight.

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It is quite a cold night to come, and we will see some fairly low

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overnight temperatures, possibly below freezing. It is staying

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unsettled, quite showery and it remains quite breezy as well.

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Typical temperatures this week will be between eight and 10 degrees. We

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are between weather systems on the lump of cloud is approaching

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tomorrow. This line of cloud is the reluctant one that has produced rain

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just over the weekend, so we are between the systems. So hopefully

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some dry weather for a short while but it's only short lived. This

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weather system coming in from the Atlantic is fairly steadily moving

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towards us. It might take its time first thing in the morning but

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eventually will move across through the afternoon. Then we are between

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weather systems, and plenty of showers around by the middle of the

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week. Let's look at night. There are a few showers dotted around at the

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moment, crossed the far west of Cornwall. Those will fade away and a

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good deal of clear sky means we will seek, very quickly, the temperatures

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rapidly dropping away. `` we will see. We will also get some mist and

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fog across East Devon and into Somerset and Dorset, and here the

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fog could be patchy, but where it is staying it could be quite thick, so

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dangerous driving conditions first thing tomorrow. Some of that fog

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could be freezing fog, and we have a warning to that and the most likely

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location will be across parts of Somerset. A warning from the Met

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office about the risk of fog that could be slow to clear first thing

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in the morning. That will gradually lifted out of the way, and through

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the day it should brighten up. I think we will get some sunshine

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before the band of rain sets in. Once it sets in, it becomes

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extensive. Only really clearing towards the end of the afternoon in

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the far west Cornwall around the Isles of Scilly. It will be quite

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breezy with the wind is fresh in from the south. They become strong

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along the south coast of Devon. Even though we get temperatures of nine

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or 10 degrees, it might not feel that warm with the wind chill

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factor, and once the rain sets in it is a cold feeling day. Morning rain

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in the Isles of Scilly, then briefly a glimpse of sunshine as it goes

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towards the end of the day but then showers behind that. Here are the

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times of high water. Some usable surf on the north coast.

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The coastal waters forecast, the winds are changing direction. They

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are southerly, then pick to force five or six and swing

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south`westerly. `` and pick`up to force five. The outlook is pretty

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unsettled, more persistent rain back on Friday. Have a good evening.

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The latest on the decision about IKEA at 8pm, and a sneak preview of

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our Inside Out show on the one

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