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Good evening. Higher contributions, lower payments, changes to public

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sector payments. It affects many people. It can no longer be all

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right in the modern climate to have a scheme based on somebody's final

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salary. Why almost half of A patients could be cheap `` treated

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by their GP. And carers in Guernsey are still waiting for money for

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respite care. A major shake`up of Jersey's public

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sector pension scheme could see people paying in higher payments but

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getting lower pay`outs. The Chief Minister wants to change the current

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plan which is based on a employees final salary instead of now being on

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their average salary. It will affect 6000 workers here. Paying for our

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retirement years could get more expensive for people working in

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Jersey's public sector. With life expectancy growing, there won't be

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enough money in the pension pot so changes have to be made to the

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pension scheme. The biggest move could be a move from a final pension

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scheme to a career average scheme. Under the proposed plan, it will be

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calculated over the average of the entire working life of a scheme

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member and that is not the only difference. Contributions each month

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will increase from 5% to 8% for employees. For uniformed services,

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it will increase to 10.1% as they can retire earlier. The States have

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increased their contributions from 13.5% to 16 and 20.2%. The Chief

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Minister says the changes are necessary as the current scheme is

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outdated. If we kept with the current scheme, we can't afford it.

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The way people work is changing, there is unfairness in the current

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scheme. People on lower wages are subsidising people on higher wages.

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It is no longer writes to have this kind of option. Experts say most

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people have already made this change. It has probably been

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unsustainable because of the amount of funds going in versus what you

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are getting back. If we don't make this change, the people in it will

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reach retirement age and there will be a deficit. The change has to

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happen. It has got to be embraced. The Unions agree and they have

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worked on the plans for the past two years and will ask their members to

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vote on what they believe is a good offer. I am hopeful people will see

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the need for change. There will be some who are not keen and we still

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have issues that we have to sort out within the final offer. I am hopeful

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people realise that this is quite a good deal and the best that we can

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achieve through negotiation and I am hopeful they will vote to accept. If

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they accept this, this changes will come in next year.

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Next, more than half of patients who enter A in Jersey last year had

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not had an accident and were not an emergency case. The figures released

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show it is finding better ways of managing health care. In 2013, the

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emergency department at Jersey's General Hospital treated over 37,000

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cases. Almost 50% of them in one week came with non`medical

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emergencies and something that could have been dealt with by the GP.

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Busy around the clock and a busy everyday but not everyone who turns

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up here is seriously ill. Health bosses believe it is because the

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doctors here at the emergency department are free to see whereas

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GP services have to be paid for by the patient. A third to a half can

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be dealt with a general practitioner. There is an incentive

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for them to come here but we are trying to resolve this issue. The

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Health Minister says she is aware of the problem and is working with GPs

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to find a solution. It does impact but we have to be geared up to take

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whatever comes through those doors. We can't turn anybody away. Isn't

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the simple as to cut the cost of going to the GP? It is one of the

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things that we are looking at. The body that I represent is in

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discussion with the Jersey consumer Council and we are concerned about

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access. We need to make sure that if we don't see people at the right

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time and with the cost of the island as a whole will escalate and that

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would be a calamitous affair. It is not just here. In England, a fifth

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of people there admit heading to the A department is seeing `` instead

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of seeing their own GP. In London, the NHS have launched this campaign.

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Each one of these yellow men is part of a message. Minor health problems

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can meet dealt with at the GP or at a pharmacy. Some of the problems

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that staff here say they have seen range from islanders turning up

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after suffering from a rake for a day, having Farouq is, having a

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hangover to simply wanting a sick note. Health bosses say even though

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people know it is for accident and emergency, there is still a number

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of people turning up with emergency problems `` nonemergency problems.

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There will be more on that story tomorrow morning just after 8am.

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It has been three years since Guernsey States promised more money

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for respite care. Many of the 250 people with learning difficulties in

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Ireland are cared for more or less full`time by their parents.

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Christine are not only has the pressure of her job but also looks

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after her 34`year`old daughter who has Down's syndrome. Respite care

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for me is being able to recharge my batteries. Just to be a person

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instead of a carer and maybe the States of Guernsey should be

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thinking about us out here. What will happen when we are too old to

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care? Residential care will cost more money. Please give me the

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money. You have held onto it for three years. Isn't it time that was

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going to the service it was past four. Mencap says it is in the

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interest to give the money over soon. People who are caring and now

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elderly, we have people in the 80s and 90s caring for their children

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who are in their 50s and 60s. They are getting to a point where if they

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don't receive that respite, they will have to hand responsibility for

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the care of their child over to the States and that will cost a heck of

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a lot more. The Health and Social Services Department says it regrets

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releasing the funds but says the money will be available soon. The

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bid was given in 2011 and we will see about getting that money

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released. It is unfortunate that it has taken this time. We are now

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really focused on ensuring the money is released and that the service is

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developed appropriately. A revised business case is being revised for

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more money so maybe people like Christina will have a bit more help

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to look after their loved ones. Some news that our domestic abuse

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charity Safer will take over of the Guernsey Women's Refuge as parched

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with `` as part of a plan to improve the service. They get a state grant

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and have struggled to get new projects.

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All of us in the charity world are aware that time has moved on and we

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now have to have the data, the statistics, the appraisal is. It is

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essential for good governance. The actual operation of the refuge is

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superb. There are operational policy matters which need a bit of

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tweaking. Guernsey's Energy Policy Group are looking into the way

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people pay for power. The report outlines the strategy for

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electricity supply in Guernsey including looking at establishing

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new cable links to Jersey and friends and securing other energy

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supplies. Cookies in Jersey have been paying

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their respects to Keith Dennis who died this morning in Malaysia. He

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was in Kuala Lumpur following Jersey's cricketers on their World

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Division Tournament and saw the team gain promotion yesterday. He set up

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the Keith Dennis Young Cricketers Foundation to help young islanders

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into the sport. Still to come, success for the BBC

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appeal to trace the family of the First World War soldier whose

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diaries have just been found. Before that, what a difference a gimmicks.

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Cast your mind back to this time nastier when islands were blanketed

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in snow. That was the ceiling Guernsey and Alderney Airport got a

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covering. Jersey Airport published a picture which shows an pocked with

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nowhere to go and snow piled up on the runway. Quite a different

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picture to this week. David, any sunshine on the horizon?

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Sunshine has been a bit limited today. We could do with a bit more

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of that. Already we have seen some low cloud coming in and overnight

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tonight it will turn misty. There is some sunny spells tomorrow but I

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can't rule out that cloud spoiling the day. At this time of year, the

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temperatures make all the difference. Nine Celsius is probably

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the best we are going to expect. We could have temperatures around 14

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Celsius if the sunshine comes out for any length of time. We still

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have high pressure. That stays with us all the way through for the rest

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of this week. We have high pressure for Thursday and Friday. Overnight

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tonight, the low cloud will sink lower and create some fog patches by

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the morning. Overnight temperatures no lower than seven Celsius.

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Tomorrow, it is a bit of a dull start. By afternoon, sunny spells

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are developing, particularly for Jersey. If we get some sunshine, we

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could get temperatures around 14 Celsius.

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The outlook is for us to remain dry but we will chase the amounts of

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cloud. On Thursday the sunshine will be back out and the temperatures

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will be on the rise. The cloud comes back in and note the change in wind

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directions. The wind is freshening as we move into Saturday.

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No more snow. The school children enjoyed the days. Guernsey will

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elect its new Chief Minister tomorrow. BBC Radio Devon is it will

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have live coverage as it happened and we will be speaking to the new

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Chief Minister here BBC One tomorrow evening. Now come here is a snippet

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of the man hailed as one of the greatest pianists of our time. He is

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Yevgeny Sudbin and he is playing at Jersey's Art Centre tonight. For

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those unlucky enough not to be going along. Here is a sneak preview of

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his performance. centres. Pearl islet lose in a ``

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pearl is Let loose in the cliffs. Now this week we are looking at how

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the railway maps of past should shape a future rail line. Planners

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are looking at a new route to help the Dawlish line. There are plans to

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reconnect from Bere Alston to Tavistock and then there will need

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to be more track from there to Okehampton. Our business

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correspondent reports in Tavistock. Let's assume that Tavistock will

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within a decade or so have a railway line coming up from Bere Alston.

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What next? Let's start near the probable site of new station. The

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line used to go beyond here up to Okehampton and the estate here

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wasn't built over the line. You can see the railway embankment there.

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Much of the old double tracked bed has been preserved for walkers. Many

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locals I met seemed to like the idea of at least one track being relaid

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here. I want it to happen. For the economy of the area it is going to

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be good. Well it is a wide, clearly double tracked viaduct. It looks

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strong. But there is at least one obvious problem. As well as the 18

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properties that would need to do, there is a serious impact on homes

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that wouldn't need to be knocked down. The homes close enough to be

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blighted by even the talk of rail. Worried about how they will be

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compensated. Will they get any compensation? And they don't know if

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if there is a train at 7 in the morning, one at 9 at night. All

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these thing will cause anxiety with people. The route takes us

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north`east past Brentor. Another community undisturbed by trains

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since 1968. This foot and from the 60s shows a steam train on the way

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to Okehampton. This viaduct might need rebuilding to take modern

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trains. This line used to take travellers all the the way to

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Waterloo. West Devon council want to see it open. If you look at the map,

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there is a blank area with fwho railway line. It would bring a new

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client group to use the railways easier than they can now. Today's

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line at Okehampton can take just freight traffic and weekend

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excursions. Trains join the line and head to Exeter. Even Inverness has

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two lines. So why shouldn't we have two to Plymouth. In the long`term I

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would like to two further and see it go on to Bodmin. But commentators in

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Plymouth fear this route may one day become the only route. There is

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little agreement. A rail journalist says with the region losing ?20 mall

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year, reinstating the line would pay for itself within five working days.

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But Tudor Evans say we are not saying an alternative route is not a

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lovely thing to have, but that would add half app hour to journey `` an

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hour to journey times. We need something fit for purpose. It is

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straight forward to re`open. Because very few structures have been built

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on the line. It is largely still open to rain. And while you need

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some works, it is probably of all the re`opening options, it is the

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quickest to be achieved. So there is a powerful Plymouth and South Devon

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lobby that is wary about this particular idea. But some senior

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railway figures seem to really rate it. On this could one day be the

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Tavistock Okehampton line. I bet some of the pictures in that report

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back memories and tomorrow Neil looks at the route from Newton Abbot

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to Exeter. And now sport. There's a hectic evening of football ahead for

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South West teams. Yeovil Town look to extend their unbeaten run in the

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Championship to six games by beating Ipswich at Huish Park. If they do,

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they could move out of the relegation places. Plymouth Argyle

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can force their way into the League Two play`offs if they win at Wycombe

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Wanderers and Southend lose at Scunthorpe. But it's grim reading

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for Torquay United at the bottom of League Two. They're ten points

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adrift of survival and they face a difficult time at Plainmoor tonight

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against third`placed Rochdale. Just three rungs above Torquay are Exeter

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City. They haven't won at St James Park since last October and try to

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beat the side who are six points behind them ` Northampton Town. We

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have to be realistic, that's where we are, that is what it says. The

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work that goes on behind the scenes has been doubled and redoubled.

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There is not much else you can do. If you're confident you have done

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everything, then hopefully that will get you to the place where you

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deserve to be. A reminder that all tonight's action can be heard on BBC

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Radio Devon and BBC Somerset from 7.45. Last week we featured two

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First World War diaries written by a Plymouth soldier between 1915 and

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1918. Herbert Algar described in detail his time on the frontline at

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Gallipoli, Palestine and France. The diaries were found by Valerie Harper

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after she moved house in Plymouth and she was keen they were returned

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to Herbert's family. We've had scores of e`mails from viewers

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who've been attempting to trace his family tree. We had responses from

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as far away as Australia. A lot of the research by viewers revealed

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Herbert had a son called Edwin and we have managed to track him down. I

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went to see him this morning. Well, it's taken a few days to to track

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you down. But I have some diaries written by your father 100 years ago

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almost and I'm delighted to pass them on to you. This is the first

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time you have ever seen them isn't it? Yes, never seen them before.

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Good Lord! Takes some reading, won't it? He talks about his time on the

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front line. How much did he tell you about his time in the war? Nothing

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really. Never. He must have I suppose, but... Tell me a bit more

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about him. He was a very personal man. I think he was just a family

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man and took his wife out and... Me out. We didn't have a car or

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nothing. What did he do after the war? Well, he just became a farmer.

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Had plots. And we lived there happily. Until we had that accident.

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So he after the war he had an accident on the farm. Yes. Which,

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what did that do to him? Paralysed his left hand. So then you had to

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leave the farm? Yes. Then came into Plymouth. Became a postman. I

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continued my education at Warren's private school. My dear aunties, put

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up the money for my education. What does it mean to you to have these

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diaries written by him? Bemusing, especially mentioning Australia.

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Blimey! Don't know, makes you wish you had some more photographs. So

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you have only got the one photograph. I've only got that one,

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yeah. I'm just bemused by it all. I can't believe this all happened.

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Well we will let you read them and find out, I have put together a

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missing piece of the jigsaw of your father's life and it's a real

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pleasure to meet you, thank you. Well, thank you. Thank you very

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much. Edwin Algar, or Eddie as he asked me to call him. It was

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wonderful to be able to reunite those diaries with the family. It

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was amazing for him to discover this. And lovely we have been able

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to wrap up the mystery. We have been captivated by it. Yes and thank you

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to etch who wrote in `` everyone who wrote in. I have had scores of

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e`mail and it has been brilliant to have your reaction. Thank you. Time

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now for the weather. David is here and we saw something unusual ` more

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sunshine! But not every where. Where we have seen the sunshine we have

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had another lovely day and with some good temperatures. But for many of

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us the cloud has been stubborn to shift and it has held the

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temperatures down. We will have the same problem tomorrow. It is a misty

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start. A lot of cloud around. Hopefully some sunshine. And perhaps

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a bit more widespread the sunshine than we have seen today. But equally

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some areas again keeping that cloud and it could be stubborn to move out

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of the way. That doesn't change the story of the dry weather. Still with

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an area of high pressure in charge of our weather. The weather across

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northern France and as far down as Spain. That area of high pressure

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just shifts around a bit. Eventually beginning to weaken as we head to

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the weekend. Allowing a weak weather system. But there will be nothing on

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that. It just increases the amounts of cloud. This was a sat lie from

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earlier. `` satellite from earlier and it shows only a few places

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actually saw the sunshine. In Plymouth, eastern parts of Cornwall

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and West Devon have had the sunshine and as a result another fine day.

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But where the cloud has been stush born ` stubborn to move, just six or

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seven degrees. What holes we have tonight will fill in and it will

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turn misty and we will wake up to a misty grey start tomorrow, with

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light winds, nothing to stir the air and overnight temperatures down to

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three degrees. Tomorrow morning is a very cloudy, grey start. But I think

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through the day the sunshine will work through the cloud. Not

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necessarily in the same places as we have seen today will the sunshine.

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But there will be more holes in the cloud for those who have had a grey

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day today. Temperatures up to 15 degrees if we get do two or three

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hours of sunshine. And very light wind. So nothing to stir the air.

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Generally a quiet day. There is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly.

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Mainly dry and bright, but cloudy and a gentle easterly breeze and for

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all of us very light winds on the the coastline. If you look to see

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you `` out to see you will be surprised how calm the water is.

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For surfers don't expect too much. But the waves will be clean. But the

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sea is not very warm at the moment. Just nine or ten degrees. There is

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the coastal waters forecast. The winds from the east. Force 4,

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decreasing 3, becoming variable by the rch. Very little wind. Fair with

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moderate to good visibility, because of the haze. Thursday a foggy start

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and then some sunshine. But I think the cloud will be stubborn as we

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move into Friday and Saturday and note the change in wind direction.

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More of a north Westly breeze bringing cooler air in off the sea.

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Thank you. What a contrast in temperatures. That is it from us.

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There will be an update at 8 and our late news at 10. 25.

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