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The alleged plot to rob and harm a local celebrity. Two men appear in

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court. Good evening. We'll hear more about

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the case surrounding singer Joss Stone in a moment.

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Also tonight: seven months on and still living with the damage. The

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Cornish communities battling to reclaim their homes after the

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floods. You're left with nothing and

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insurance probably are not as empathetic as they should be. It is

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a big deal losing everything in a heartbeat.

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And a picture from the past to help build the future. Plans to recreate

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one of the oldest places of worship in Britain move a step closer.

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Two men have been remanded in custody, charged with an alleged

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plot to attack and rob the Devon celebrity soul singer, Joss Stone.

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Police seized weapons and maps indicating the location of her home

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from a car after a tip off from the public. Simon Hall was at today's

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hearing at Exeter Magistrates Court. The uncovering of the alleged plot

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to attack and rob Joss Stone at her rural home in east Devon led to the

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launching of a major police operation. A car was found,

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containing maps of the area around her house, swords, knives and

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balaclavas. Today, two men - Junior Bradshaw, who's 30, and Kevin

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Liverpool, who's 33 - appeared in court charged with conspiracy to

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commit grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to rob. Both are from

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Manchester. Court number of one here at Exeter magistrates was busy

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with journalists. In a hearing which lasted for 45 minutes the

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case against the two men was applied. Both spoke only to confirm

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their names, addresses and dates of birth. Joss Stone has become an

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international star and one of Britain's highest earning young

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performers, said be rowed are worth �9 million. She's told her fans

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she's fine and is carrying on with life. That includes preparations

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for a European tour, due to begin next month. The men were told the

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charges against him was so serious that they could only be dealt with

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by a Crown Court. They are due to appear before Exeter Crown Court

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for a preliminary hearing on Friday July 1st or stop Some residents

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whose homes were severely damaged by flooding seven months ago say

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they feel let down. The flash floods in mid Cornwall last

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November affected more than 200 homes and 400 businesses. Although

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many people have now returned to their properties, others say

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they've had to battle with insurance companies. Louise Walter

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has been to see them. 17th November 2010. The start of a

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nightmare for many communities in Mid Cornwall. Seven months on, some

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people are still in it. This is Debbie Evan's living room, today.

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Well, everything, the whole place has had to be gutted. We have had

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no power, no heating, no floors, no ceilings, those stairs. So, quite a

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lot. This is a JCB in my front room. Debbie is a single mother and

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throughout all this work she and her autistic children have been

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living here. She says the work's taken longer because she's had to

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battle with her insurance company, and ended up emplying her own loss

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adjustor. It has been worth every East set can because it has taken

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the pressure off me because they Halifax have not been the most

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helpful insurance company in the world. The Halifax have agreed to

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pay for the work, and say they are working closely with the

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independent assessor. But in general Debbie says there's not

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been the help there she's expected. People are interested when it first

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happened but once the water has gone, nobody is really interested.

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Looking anxiously at the rain is Carl Farlowe. He was lucky enough

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to be back in his house after three months. In his cul-de-sac they've

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taken the initiative in flood prevention. We have replaced the

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train across Verona but to train in the corner. You have paid for the

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share cells. Yes, we have. Like Debbie, he feels promises made at

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the time have not been followed through. They come and get all

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publicity and off they go. There is still help available for those

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affected by the floods. The divinity fund says it still has

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�7,000. Next week they will peak an event to help Trinity's be prepared

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sure of the worst ever happen again. -- communities. A police officer

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from Devon has been cleared of trying to falsely claim

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compensation after being injured while arresting a suspect. A jury

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at Exeter Crown Court found 41- year-old PC Anthony Cross not

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guilty of fraud following the incident in Barnstaple last year.

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The jury is still considering a second charge of perverting the

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course of justice following the same incident.

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People are being told not to swim off parts of Dawlish Town Beach

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after the water there failed bathing quality tests. The

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Environment Agency has been carrying out further tests today.

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Adrian Campbell is at the beach for us now.

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It has been quiet on the beach at Dawlish today. People had been

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concerned to see red flags and notices on the beach warning about

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possible problems with bathing water quality standards. A lovely

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day on Dawlish Town Beach. But unfortunately, the recent spell of

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heavy showers has caused the problem and Teignbridge District

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Council says this small section of beach has failed a routine

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Environment Agency test to ensure the water meets all the necessary

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quality standards for swimming. did a sample test on Sunday, we do

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care so pretend to 14 days as a regular occurrence with Environment

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Agency. The test on Sunday, we think with heavy rainfall, has

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caused a slight record of a pollutant. What we have done is

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bathers temporarily not to bathe in the water. Today there were hopes

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that the affected area close to the railway station could soon be

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declared -- declared completely clear. The Environment Agency has

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taken follow-up samples and the results should be known tomorrow.

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Visitors were surprised to know about the news. I love this place,

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and come back for another visit. have come down from the Midlands

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and I always thought down here was clean and spot was. It is quite

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surprising. If I had children with me, after reading this site, I

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would be a bit wary. South West Water told us that they have come

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to clear a blockage close to the beach today but they are stressing

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this has nothing whatsoever to do with the sample taken on Sunday.

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Teignbridge District Council says the sign it will remain in place

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until the next water sample result passes the necessary standards. No

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one from South West Water has been available for interview but they

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did say that the problems can relate to recent storms. They said

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next week they are going to begin an online trial. They will be put

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information on their website giving people the latest information about

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possible overflows on the system. The Government is facing calls from

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its own backbenches to take more radical action to bring fuel prices

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down. Our political editor, Martyn Oates, joins us now. What is the

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Government now being asked to do? This emerge from the debate tabled

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by the Conservative MP for Harlow in Essex. He said they should not

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be any more fuel duty increases for the rest of Parliament. He says

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when the price of oil comes down, the fuel company should be given a

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clear choice to bring down the price for motorists for the

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government would threaten them on the windfall tax for their profits.

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This is one of the real bugbears for people, that when the basic

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price of oil comes down, the price of the punt does not seem to follow

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suit. He says the government should create a commission to look into

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why this happens and also to look at possible alternatives.

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government is already working on a scheme to bring down fuel prices in

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rural areas. This is the so-called rural fuel rebate, which monitors

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have been talking there since the election. This could cut 5p a litre

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from fuel bills in rural areas. The government wants to trial it in

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remote island off the coast of Scotland and down here in the Isles

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of Scilly. But it is a slow-burning project because to go ahead with

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the pilot itself, the government needs permission from the EU, which

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it is waiting for. 26 towns have entered a competition

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to be granted city status - two of them in the South West. St Austell

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in Cornwall and Dorchester in Dorset have both entered. The Queen

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will grant city status to one of them as part of celebrations for

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her Diamond Jubilee. The result will be announced next year.

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People are being asked not to visit patients in Torbay and South Devon,

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to help prevent the spread of norovirus. Torbay Care Trust says

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three wards in Torbay Hospital have been affected by the bug. Paignton

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Community Hosiptal, and one ward at Newton Abbot Community Hospital

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have been closed to new admissions. Hundreds of patients in Devon and

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Cornwall will benefit from a new 3D heart scanner which is now being

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used at Plymouth's Derriford hospital. The �100,000 scanner

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gives surgeons a window into the heart to see what's wrong and where

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they need to make repairs. John Henderson was in theatre this

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morning to see the scanner at work. This is a 3D colour image of a

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heart. But it's a heart that's not working properly. This is the area

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of the Gulf which simply should not becoming a bath that area. This

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really is, for the first time, an ability to watch the valve in

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action, right now, and show us what the problem really is. The 3D image

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show's David Allen's heart. The 55- year-old Devonport dockyard worker

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hasn't been well for some time. Uncomfortable Sundays and Sunday is

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not to put. I get and there will be short of breath, depends what kind

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of manual work I am to in. And I also want to improve my life if I

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can. So today's he having surgery, but first he needs a scan. And this

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is where the new 3D echo machine comes in. Bought by the British

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Heart Foundation and HeartSwell South West charities for �100,000,

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it offers surgeons at Derriford instant and much improved diagnoses.

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These are amazing pictures which are giving me an idea that I would

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never have previously been able to see before. This will be at big

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advantage to our practice and hoppers to develop further our

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techniques for repair and help patients in the longer term. They

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have done the scan and it has gone very well and now they are about to

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start surgery. David, then, the first of many in the South West to

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benefit from the latest technology at Derriford.

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Coming up; the plans to excavate one of the oldest Christian

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buildings in mainland Britain. Plus, find out how this 150-year-old

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Brunel tunnel is getting a new lease of life.

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And a live performance from the Plymouth student who's Acoustic

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A plan to excavate an ancient chapel in Cornwall is a step closer

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thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. St appearance of a

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tree at Perranporth is believed to be the oldest Christian building on

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mainland Britain. It marks the site where Cornwall's saint built his

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first place of worship around 1400 years ago.

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St Piran's Oratory is a place of pilgrimage and celebration. Every

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year on March 5th, St Piran so -- St Piran's day, enthusiastss make

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their way across the sand dune, or towans, but when they arrive, there

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is not much to see. To the side is the priest's house. In front of us

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is the Oratory and that is it. These photographs from around 1900

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show the small chapel surrounded by iron railings. Later, one of the

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first reinforced concrete structures in the south-west was

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built to protect what remained of fog was known as the lost church.

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Years later, the concrete casing was described as a monstrosity and

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fears that it could collapse or a reported on Spotlight in 1971.

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There are fears that it would collapse. The thinking of the day

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was that the best way to preserve their oratory was to remove it the

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collapsing roof and fill the whole thing with sand. I am standing on

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top of it now. Modern thinking is that that was a bad idea and the

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weight of the sand could be collapsing the walls of the ancient

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building. The St Piran distrust -- St Piran's Trust had been working

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for years to get the building uncovered and preserved. The moment

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is coming. We hope next year that everyone will join in and volunteer.

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You can come with a feel barrel, a towel, -- a travel, there is

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something for everyone to help with. These days, the St Piran flag flies

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all over the county. His story is one of myth, legend, a fact and

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Christian belief. The St Piran Trust hope his chapel will soon be

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uncovered for all to see. This whole area is an area of special

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scientific interest, so there are studies to be damned -- studies to

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be work can begin. A rare black rhino who was born at Paignton Zoo

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is moving on. The birth of Zuri was filled four years ago for BBC South

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West's Inside Out programme and she became an internet star when the

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pictures were beamed around the world. Zuri is going to Chester Zoo

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where of a similar age. The draw for the first round of the Football

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League Cup has produced a local derby. Exeter City and Yeovil will

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meet at St James's Park. Work is underway on a new cycle path

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between Plymouth and Tavistock. It will follow the old Great Western

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railway line through Brunel's 150- year-old Grenofen tunnel and

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viaduct. And the train leaves the valley... The old railway to

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Tavistock. If you listen closely enough, you can still imagine the

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ghosts of old locomotives. Most of the stonework is in pretty good

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condition, but we will nearly 100 and -- nearly 50 years ago, the

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last steam train thundered through this tunnel. Now it is finding

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Andrew RT Davies lease of life. ice is a crucial part of their -- a

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new lease of life. It is a crucial part of the whole line. The sooner

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it to be have realised a dream is to extend the Drakes trail. A brand

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new �2 million bridge will cross the Walkham. Built in 1859, as part

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of his Great Western Empire, the tunnel will take cyclists and

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walkers away from congested and often dangerous roads. This was

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last used in the 1960s. It is a phenomenal project. We have made

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great strides in Devon and we are committed to cycling. 26, to us all

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off road. It will attract thousands of cyclists. -- 26 kilometres.

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have managed to get the cream in... Brunel had a terrific Viaduct here.

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One of the biggest in Devon. That was demolished in the early 1960s.

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We are having to put up a new one. This bridge is the last part of the

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chain. They are now pretty close to Tavistock. They are hoping to

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complete in spring 2012. A real musical treat coming up. A student

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at the University of Plymouth has landed a coveted National Music his

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guitar skills. When hear mack beat hundreds of hopefuls to become

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Guitarist Magazines's Acoustic Guitarist of the Year after

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impressing a panel of music industry experts and he joined us

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now life. Thank you for coming in. There must have been some pretty

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important people there when you won? Absolutely. I was blown away

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by the talent in the room. I had a great day just hearing everybody

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else play. I think it should open some doors for me. There were some

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great people who I have been inspired by. What is it about an

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acoustic guitar or a particular that appeals to you? I just like

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that you can do the baselines, the harmony lines all at once. Her has

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been your inspiration? You had been playing for about 15 years? How old

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are you? 21. So many in spirit -- so many inspirational people. One

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from Italy really inspired me. are studying product design at

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Plymouth University, how will this fit in with your future plans?

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thoroughly enjoyed Plymouth design, but I want to push my music a

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little bit further now. -- I thoroughly enjoyed project to

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design. I have you all day. Yes, we had been hearing you practise on

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line and here in the studio. I think it is time to let the viewers

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds

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here the piece you were judged on, Absolutely beautiful. What sort of

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support are you getting from Plymouth University? They have been

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fantastic. Just recently, I played the Vice Chancellor's address. That

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was lovely. They have helped me to launch a CD of mind and put me up

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to play University orchestral experiences. Where can people who

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are watching tonight see you next? I am heading home to Bournemouth,

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but I will be back and forward. I have made some great friends here.

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I will be back. Go on the internet at have a look? Absolutely. And two

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for coming in. Let's find out what Good evening to you. It is a fairly

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wet and windy forecast. Good news for some of our gardeners. Wet and

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windy weather over the weekend. It is already coming into parts of

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west Cornwall. This is the main area of low pressure. That great

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lump of cloud is heading straight towards us by the end of the night.

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It is fairly fast moving initially, then it slows as it moves into

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southern Britain. Not just wet weather, but strong winds as well.

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By the time we get to Saturday, it has moved away. It will be brighter

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on Saturday. A scattering of showers through the day. Sharp

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showers on and off through the day today. They will continue for the

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next few hours. We did have some sunshine on the south coast of

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Devon. Not too bad in the sunshine. Not too far away, there were some

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quite sharp showers. We had some hefty downpours of rain here. But

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the nature of showers is a one village is a downpour, the next

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remains dry. Those showers are beginning to wither away now. That

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a shower activity will die down completely. But in the Far West, we

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have got all this cloud and rain sweeping in. Those winds will begin

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to increase as well. Overnight temperatures, no lower than about

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10. Tomorrow, we have got this band of rain pushing through. It is

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likely to be quite heavy for a couple of hours. The clearance

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coming into the far west of Cornwall in the afternoon. Gusty

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winds. Temperatures at 14 or 15 degrees. Not really what we expect

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to see for the month of June. A fairly cold and miserable day. For

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the Isles of Scilly, the rain will be here early in the day. Then

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later on, it will start to clear. Quite a gusty winds. For a time,

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they could be gale-force. Then they will swing to the west and drop a

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If you are heading for the surfing Here is the forecast all the way

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through and including the start of next week. Saturday, blustery

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showers. A better chance of seeing the sunshine. Sunday looks the best

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day of the days. Just a reminder of the top stories. Remanded in

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