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Good evening. continues. The dream shall never

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91 jobs at risk as Channel Islands Co`op moves

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We could secure daily deliveries, and better shelf life for product

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is, also a broader range and secure some cost efficiencies.

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From little acorns grow great jobs ` how disabled islanders are being

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And the Canadian connection ` the brothers separated

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by thousands of miles and 60 years are finally reunited.

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The Channel Island Co`op is closing its warehouses in Guernsey

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In future, all of its food will be stored in Andover

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The Co`op were the only large retailer still to

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81 jobs will go, and ten more if plans to close Total

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Alison Moss has been speaking to the chief executive, Colin MacClead.

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And difficult day for Co`op workers in the Channel Islands with news

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that their jobs are at risk. With me is the Chief Executive of the Co`op

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Channel Islands. More than 80 jobs are at risk. Will the end

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redundancy? We sincerely hope not. Today is

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about supporting our colleagues through this process, advising them

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of all the redeployment and retraining opportunities that we

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have a and hopefully moving them into other positions.

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Why is this needed? Looking at the opportunities

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presented by an ultramodern warehouse opening in the south coast

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last year, it became apparent that we could secure daily fresh food

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deliveries instead of the two or three times a week they are coming

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now. A better shelf life products, and a broader range, and also some

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efficiencies. Things customers have been asking us to do.

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From a customer perspective it seems good, but they will say, what

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happens when the boat does not come in?

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We are acutely conscious of that by a community we tailor owned and run

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by Channel Islander 's. We are pleased to say that we have

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negotiated an air freight to kick in during period of extended ferry

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disruption. Colin MacLeod, thank you for joining

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us. It is hoped that all changes will be in place by next summer.

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Flybe?s sudden decision to stop its weekday flights from Guernsey

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to Southampton in just two weeks? time has been

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Flybe ten to be quite expensive anyway.

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A bit shocked, because for those people who have booked in advance it

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will be dis` organising to make new arrangements.

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They cancel flights from Southampton quite often as well, that could

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create problems. The airline flies four times

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a day to Southampton. Blue Islands will continue to fly

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the route, but travel agents say not being able to connect into the Flybe

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network will hit Look at how business travel is

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normally booked, we really do need to be linked in with online

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partners. So that we have other airlines linking in with our

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carriers. Police in Thailand have brought

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in more officers to try to find who murdered Jersey man David Miller

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and Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk. There are now around 150

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officers hunting their killers. But the investigation seems to be

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going nowhere at the moment, with Thai Police admitting they

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don't have a suspect. Almost five days since 24`year`old

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Jerseyman David Miller and 23`year`old Hannah Witheridge were

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brutally beaten and killed in Koh Forensic tests on

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Hannah Witheridge's body suggest at least two attackers, but police

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haven't found a match yet despite extensive DNA testing of people

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across the island of Koh Tao. Meanwhile, it's been reported that

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local people are devastated by what happened and have raised money

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for a reward to find the killers. 50,000 Baht ` which is

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about ?1,000 ` is being offered for any information which leads to

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the murderers being caught. The bodies of David Miller

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and Hannah Witheridge have now been moved from a forensic hospital

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in Bangkok and plans are being made by the Thai

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foreign ministry to get them home. There's a strong indication

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family allowance in Guernsey It's currently paid to all parents,

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but the Social Security Minister It comes after

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the department announced it wants to increase benefits such as pensions

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by 2.1% from next year, but keep We have chosen to freeze that this

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year cos there are clear indications that in the longer term some of the

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what we call universal benefits, benefits and apply regardless of who

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you are, will be certainly reduced, and may even in the long term be

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phased out. 90 people with disabilities will

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staff a new recycling scheme which it's hoped will cut Jersey's

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wood wastage by 100 tonnes a year. The Acorn Woodshack takes wood

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destined for the incinerator and turns it into building timber,

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kindling and even furniture. Trevor and his colleagues are

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cutting wood into kindling. Their job is to make sure every part of

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the wood that arrives here is used to. Trevor is one of around 90

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people with disabilities or long`term health conditions working

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here. Without them it would not run.

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Edison to look forward to, and something to work on. You are

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recycling, not just dumping would for the sake of dumping it.

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That is the idea. Over six months this nursery has been transformed

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into The Acorn Woodshack. The wood is Dean Nield, cleaned and put into

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use. We have to come up with an

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efficiency idea, and we came up with this. Huang Zhenyu the amount of

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waste that was going into the incinerator, so we had into that,

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did the research, and the idea snowballed from there.

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A big part of the scheme is not just to recycle, but also to up cycle.

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This dresser is worth a lot more than its sale price.

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You'd be surprised at the things people throw, really valuable items

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of furniture they just need maybe a new handle on some TLC and they are

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good to go again. Loads of skills, and loads of areas where our clients

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can be involved. At the moment around 230 tonnes of

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wood is burned in Jersey's incinerator. It is hoped that after

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company Mike opens to islanders tomorrow, that figure will be

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reduced to. `` after The Acorn Woodshack opens.

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Delving into your family history can uncover some remarkable stories,

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and that really was the case for Guernsey man Duncan Cumming.

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Having found out he had a brother, he then discovered they had been

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And just back from a trip to Canada, where he grew up,

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there were more surprises along the way, as Penny Elderfield reports.

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Adopted at birth, after two decades of researching his biological

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family, last year Duncan had a real breakthrough.

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This is the e`mail I received of an organisation in Ottawa, and she

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wrote that I have some interesting and happy news, "I have managed to

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locate your brother, and his name, Ronald David Cole. " I said my wife,

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I knew a man of that name I went to school. Weaver brothers, but we did

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not know we were brothers. They hadn't seen each other in 60

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years. We decided that we got to get

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together soon as we could, and the most convenient time was just last

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month. It was a visit which caught the

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attention of the media they are. Cameras looked on as they were

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reunited for the first time. I haven't seen you in 60 years, and

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I am still the best looking one. No, you are not!

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The media interest also added to this story.

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We ask the editor if we could put in a blurb about our Diane, sister who

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were still looking for. She was never married but had some. A former

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neighbour saw this article and e`mailed us, and that's how we got

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to meet as well. She never knew that she had any siblings at all.

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It's the best day of my life. I wouldn't want anything else but

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these two. Already planning a trip to guarantee

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next year, Duncan and Ron van on staying in touch and rekindling the

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friendship that started decades ago.

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A final summery BBQ weekend perhaps, and dragon boating for some.

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Just a small chance of a few showers but generally we are all right. As

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it moves into Sunday it will feel fresher with less humidity so

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perhaps feeling cooler, to. A small risk of a few showers and if they do

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occur will be overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. Not many

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of them, and it will be like. It looks like the weather is OK for the

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race tomorrow. North`east winds which will be light. Perhaps misty

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at times, some haze around, but it should be dry and pleasantly warm.

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The satellite picture shows the cloud that is covering most of this

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corner of Europe, stretching from Scotland all the way down to Spain

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and Portugal. This is an area of low pressure. It has extended itself

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across southern parts of Britain at the moment. This is the middle of

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the day tomorrow when things retreat, this cold weather front by

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the time and gets to us will be a very weak they are. It then slips so

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and will lie over mid`France by the middle of the day on Sunday. Behind

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it you will see fresher and cooler air, so perhaps my time temperatures

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coming down. Tonight is denied. `` tonight is muggy. Overnight it is

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dry, there may be a few showers around Guernsey, but not many. For

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the most part dry, and misty night. Tomorrow is largely dry, a small

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chance of a few showers. Quite a lot of cloud, but the sunshine make

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breakthrough in the afternoon, temperatures between 20 and 22

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Celsius. Here is the coastal waters forecast. And the times of high

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water. Here's how things look into next week. And misty start on

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Sunday, but brightening up and feeling fresher. Fine and dry but

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cooler on Monday and Tuesday. We can cling to some are a little

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longer. That is the news and weather from the Channel Islands. Coming up,

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Spotlight. One of the things we have been

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campaigning for for a long time is a Cornish assembly with real powers.

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That is one of the things that this can give an opportunity to. There is

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a risk that we would be seen as just another English region, one of the

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things we need to be sure that Cornwall's voice is heard so that

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that is not... With those powers comes responsibility. If you're

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modelling yourself on Scotland and Wales, that would mean control of

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the NHS, fisheries policy, is Cornwall big enough to do that?

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Cornwall is big enough and is the right place to do that. I was down

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in Mebyon Kernow earlier today, and fishermen of Cornwall know best how

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to control the fisheries of Cornwall. And in conjunction with

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our fellow fishermen in Brittany and northern Spain, we can probably

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manage better than ministers from London, Paris and Madrid. Does your

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party have the support to do this? Not gaining that support at general

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elections, just a few councillors. It is about what people want. People

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will vote for something. Not at the moment when you are offering it? The

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democratic system means that they are going to vote for the least

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worst, rather than the best, getting in. Thoughts on the way forward have

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been taken up by a lot of people, and we keep hearing about people on

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the ground who are saying, yes, we need a real Cornish assembly with

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real powers. Thank you very much. We are also joined by Sarah Wollaston,

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the MP for tartness. `` the MP for Totnes. You do not want to see lots

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of powers brought to Devon? I do not go around the constituency hearing

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people called for more politicians. The problem with regional

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governments and wider devolution is that you spend a lot of money

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setting up structures and be a rock receipt, and that money is best

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spent on people who need support `` and bureaucracy. Would this not be

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more powers, would this not be a vote winner for you? I don't think

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so. I don't think more bureaucracy is a vote winner. We need to have

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more powers devolved down to local government, but to set up new

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structures is the wrong approach. We need to answer the West Lothian

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question, English MPs voting on English laws. I do think there is a

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case for getting the level right. We want to have more decision`making

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devolved to local level, but we have to be careful if we're looking at

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setting up new structures and assemblies. That is not the best use

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of the money. It has not worked so far. It was first proposed in the

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1998 Conservative Party Conference. An English assembly has not got off

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the ground? I think the time is right. It is fun to stick that

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Scotland has decided to stay part of the union, `` it is fantastic. We

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need to make sure that we look at things like the Barnett formula, it

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is because of the Barnett formula that every person on average has

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?203 more to spend on health am a far more to spend on other services

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through local councils. It is time to review how that formula works so

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we can factor on things like sparsity in x areas and that we have

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an older population. `` in rural population. MPs can be lobbying for

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change and making the case for fairness. We want an older person

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with care and health needs in rural Devon to have the same treatment in

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funding as someone in the same situation who lives in Scotland. We

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need to vary formula depending on things like deprivation and poverty

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to make sure we address health and equalities, but also factor in age

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and sparsity in rural areas, costing a lot more to deliver services.

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These are the kind of things my constituents are asking me to lobby

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about. That is absolutely what I shall be doing. Thank you, and my

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thanks also to Loveday Jenkin. There will be plenty more on the impact of

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today's result. Students say it's insulting that

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Plymouth University is spending The ceremonial seats will be used

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for graduations The university says

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they'll be paid for by It is all go on Plymouth Hoe,

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marquees going up ahead of the University's graduation week. 25,000

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visitors are attracted, injecting ?700,000 into the city's economy. As

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part of the in a trial to try and prevent

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children becoming overweight. It involves bringing actors

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into schools, who aim to promote This is much more fun than simply

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being told not to eat junk food. Here, the children play a machine

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manufacturing fizzy drinks. While this approach? In order for

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behaviour change to occur you need to and J `` you need to engage

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children and their appearance. That is why we need innovative delivery

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methods to empower the children to come up with the answers, and they

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engage with the actors. What kind of things you think she could change?

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Stop drinking fizzy drinks. Has the trial had any effect on these

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children? It involved reducing your screen time, which I have done. When

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you look at vegetables, you think, how much sugar is in there. I have

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started eating much more healthy and choosing healthier options. Grace's

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mum has noticed a big difference. She is eating for green stuff. If we

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have a bowl of salad on the table, she wants to take some, it on her

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plate, in the past that was forced. 32 schools are taking part in the

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trial, the children being weighed at the beginning and end of the

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programme. There is a control group so they will be able to tell of the

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experiment has worked. Other trials have not, if this one is successful,

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it could be rolled out nationally. Other programmes nationally have not

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made the difference, so if we do see a difference, it really will be big

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news. Onto the sport now and

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Exeter Chiefs' Sandy Park stadium is almost ready to host its

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allocation of three Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reports

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from Sandy Park with that Building work is virtually complete

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at Sandy Park for next year's Rugby World Cup. The capacity has

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increased to 12,500, and ?1 million has been invested on the pitch. 20%

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is made up of synthetic fibres which will bind together the authentic

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grass, preventing flooding and winter wear. The aim was to get most

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of the work done by some are ready for the World Cup. We have had a few

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minor alterations which we will do next summer, but there will be no

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more structural work are heavy work. Although the World Cup will be

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underway by this time next year, Sandy Park will not host their first

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game until September 29. Exeter Chiefs are expecting sell`outs for

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all three games, the economy set to benefit thousands of visitors for

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Exeter. It will bring 6 million to the economy and Exeter. It is for

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the people of Exeter, the fans who will be able to watch this. The fan

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zones in the city centre will be able to watch the England matches

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live. The clock is also ticking for tickets. They will be able to

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subscribe. If you want to do it you've got to the end of this month

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get yourself registered. Moving to the football, Yeovil Town attempts

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to break their duck. Without a win in four games, they have a lot to

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prove. Plymouth Argyle look to make amends for Tuesday's defeat. Exeter

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City manager renews acquaintances with his former assistant, now in

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charge at Tranmere Rovers. Torquay United could go to the top of the

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conference if they beat Dover athletic, and Barnett lose their

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game. Finally, BBC Radio Devon will be in Gloucester tonight for Exeter

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Chiefs's bid to win. And we will be across all of the football

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tomorrow, and BBC Radio Cornwall will be following the Pirates. Good

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luck to all of our teams. We need good weather for them this weekend.

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luck to all of our teams. We need good weather for them this weekend.

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We are doing OK, next week looks good as well. Thank you for this

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photograph, the main part is behind my head, I am going to move. The

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shot of lightning over Dartmoor. Pretty lively showers, not

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everywhere, most of us got away with dry weather through the night. We

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are likely to see a few more showers tomorrow, but in a different place,

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perhaps along the south coast. This weekend turns cooler. We will start

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to see fine weather returned, but still muggy and misty and humid. The

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problems we have had with low cloud and mist, mainly around Cornwall and

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the Isles of Scilly. That has not changed. Low pressure still around

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us, effectively an extension of this law on Spain and Portugal. Keeping

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things cloudy and showery tomorrow. This will eventually move down

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across us, this high pressure, and we will return to fine weather on

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Sunday afternoon. Plenty of sunshine to enjoy, continuing until the early

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part of next week. That is the crowd structure `` cloud structure from

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earlier today, some of the low cloud has been around for the early part

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of the afternoon. This was earlier in the day. A little bit of hazy

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sunshine, but notice how hazy the areas, a lot of moisture in the air

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at the moment. There is a bit more of that mist and fog to come

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overnight as well as mist and fog forming inland. Where are the

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sunshine came through, it has felt very pleasant today. Temperatures of

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21, 20 two Celsius. More of that mist to come overnight, low cloud

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returning as well. We will not see too many in the way of showers, we

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will get away with a largely dry night. Tomorrow morning, slightly

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cooler than it has been, still unusually mild for a night`time

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temperature, 14`16. Misty and murky, low cloud and Mr Slaughter cleared

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through the day. It will eventually clear `` low cloud and mist slow to

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clear. A line of showers will for on the south coast, sharp showers

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developing over the course of the afternoon tomorrow. Temperatures

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similar to what we have been used to. 22, possibly 23. For the rowing,

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it should be OK, mainly dry but misty. Feeling fresher and more

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comfortable for the rowing on Sunday. That is the forecast for the

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Isles of Scilly, misty then brief sunshine. Times of high water:

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For coastal waters, not a grey deal of wind tomorrow, from the north and

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north`east, eventually forced three, picking up to a force for Mac. ``

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force for Mac. Fresher and Coolidge in the night`time as we move into

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next week. Have a lovely weekend. `` fresher and cooler.

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Thank you so much freer company. `` for your company. Have a good

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weekend. Goodbye. devoting their time

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to National Lottery-funded projects and, tonight, we're celebrating

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the difference they make. as we see how important these people

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and projects really are.

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