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A flying visit from the Chancellor: George Osborne says Newquay's | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
Enterprise Zone will help Cornwall's economy take off. | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
think it will ripple through the whole of Cornwall and bring yet | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
more business to this part of the country. Welcome to BBC Spotlight. | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
We will hear more from the Chancellor in a moment. | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Also tonight, a sombre journey home: The body of Lieutenant Daniel | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Clack who studied at Exeter University is repatriated from | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
Afghanistan. They lifeboat volunteer who didn't | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
realise she was helping to rescue a well-known television chef. I got | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
on the boat and checked they were OK, but I was oblivious. I even | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
asked their names and it read in one ear and out the other. | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been in Cornwall | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
today giving his official endorsement to plans to turn part | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
of the county into an Enterprise Zone. His upbeat message came | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
despite the latest retail sales figures showing the economy is | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
still fragile. It is hoped a new aerospace have | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
around Newquay Airport will draw in more business and create more than | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
1000 new jobs between now and 2015. Eleanor Parkinson reports. The | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
government says their offer of tax breaks, fewer planning regulations | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
and super-fast broadband should all play a role in encouraging new | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
industry into this part of north Cornwall. A Enterprise Zones have | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
worked all around the world and also in Britain. The most | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
spectacular example is the London Docklands, Canary Wharf. An | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
Enterprise Zone works with what is already working, in other words in | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
Newquay, we have good businesses, and with the help of the government | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
and the local council and swift planning consent to get buildings | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
up and running, we can create new jobs here, which is great for | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
Cornwall. One company has already made the move. They make | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
helicopters in Somerset, but carry out their after-sales pilot | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
training here. The Chancellor was given a VIP tour. The Anglo-Italian | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
company says moving to Newquay has paid dividends. The is is an ideal | :02:21. | :02:25. | |
location for aviation. We have had tremendous help from the airport | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
and the council, and they have made it easy for us to get in here | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
operating quickly. It is not clear how many jobs could be brought to | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
this area, but Cornwall council says it could be more than 1000, | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
and they say they have already had interest. We are already active be | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
speaking to people. One of the strengths of this bid was that we | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
are up and running and ready to go so within six months we could have | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
many people are right thing. Chancellor ended his visit with a | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
bird's-eye view of the new Enterprise Zone. The only way to do | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
that, of course, was in a They have had their A-level results, | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
but many students in the south-west still don't know tonight if they | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
have a university place. Across the UK, a record number of applicants | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
had been chasing places, and it is thought some 200,000 could miss out. | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
In our region, applications for degree courses at Plymouth | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
University are up by 10 per cent, but at the University of Exeter, | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
one of the most popular in the country, applications are down 10 | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
per cent. This is because this year, students have been careful to make | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
safe choices. Tonight, there are many who haven't quite got the | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
grades they need. They still hope to get in before the increase in | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
tuition fees in 2012. Jane Johnson reports. | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
The race is on. Here at Plymouth University, the phones don't stop. | :03:48. | :03:55. | |
They opened lines earlier this year to cope with demand. Students to | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
have Dr -- who have dropped a grade asking for advice. People asking | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
how likely it is that they will get into university, not just here but | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
elsewhere. Really, you can complete the tell how tuition fees are going | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
up. It was good news and relief for many students across the south-west. | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
These young women at St Austell College celebrate their results. | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
am really happy. I am happy for my friend because now she is coming to | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
university with me, I am really happy! In Bridport, this young | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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woman gets the grades she needs. got one A, one A*, and the B. I am | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
pleased I managed to get out of secondary school before the tuition | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
fees kicked in. I can't imagine leaving university with so much | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
debt because mine is a four your cause. At City College in Plymouth, | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
tuition fees are not an issue for some. I am going to do a gap year | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
and then study astrophysics. gap year hasn't put you off? Not at | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
all. It is called. Students have had to think carefully this year. | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
If they have chosen universities that were tough to get into they | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
may end up in clearing, possibly with no place at all. Many have | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
played it safe, meaning top universities like Exeter have | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
actually seen a drop in applications for 2011. They will | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
have been sensibly advised that in order to ensure a place through the | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
application cycle rather than relying on clearing, they will get | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
a place in 2011 rather than 2012. They have have to be better | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
prepared and Council widely to spread their options. If by any | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
chance they missed the top grades, they would have another university | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
to go to as a second choice. But the pressure has been on, because | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
they really feel this decision really counts, perhaps more than it | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
ever has done in the past. For many, the hard work really has paid off | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
Bill Rammell is the deputy vice chancellor of Plymouth University | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
and a former Labour minister for higher education. He joins me now. | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
We have heard their that students are rushing for places to avoid the | :06:17. | :06:27. | |
�9,000 fees. How has that affected applications at Plymouth? | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
Applications are up strongly, over 10 per cent as your pace said. In | :06:31. | :06:37. | |
part, that is the progress at Plymouth University. We are | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
significantly moving forward. 46 places up in the employability | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
league-table, which is to be to the university, but there is also | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
element of students wanting to come before the new fees regime. The | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
deferral rate, which is normally a gap year total, that is normally | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
running at six per cent but this year it is only 2.5 per cent. | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
Undoubtedly that has been a factor, but what I think is crucial is by | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
the students come this year or next year, they will have a fantastic | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
opportunity at Plymouth University. It is the best Investment they will | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
ever make. One of the things all of us, universities, government and | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the media, must get to young people, is that under the new system you | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
will pay more, but because of the graduate repayment threshold being | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
raised, you will be repaying on a monthly basis less than under the | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
current system. That factor has not got across sufficiently. Be even so, | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
there is this fear from students that they will go into working life | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
saddled with debt. If you take into account yesterday, the unemployment | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
figures are particularly amongst the young and dreadful retail | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
figures today, the stock market plunging and the economy in a | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
difficult state, we could be on the verge of recession. Why would | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
eschewed and want to go into their working life saddled with debt, | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
facing all that competition? understand the concerns. I'm the | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
first in my family to go to university, but the facts | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
demonstrate that going to university is the best thing you | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
can do. In the coming decade, 50 per cent of the jobs that will be | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
created our graduate level jobs which require people with a | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
university degree. The graduate earns a premium. The average | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
graduate over the course of their working life net of tax earns | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
�100,000 more than someone with two A-levels. That is quite a financial | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
benefit quite apart from the other associated benefits of going to | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
university. Yes, there are challenges. I understand the | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
concerns about the new system. We need to get across the benefits to | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
young people, and certainly, at Plymouth we are very pleased, | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
applications are up 10 per cent, and that is a real achievement. | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
part of that is because of this rush to try to beat the increase in | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
tuition fees, as you say. How are you managing the 10 per cent | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
increase? You have more people wanting to come. How are you | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
managing the limited number of places you have? Numbers are capped | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
by the government. We want to fill all our places and are confident we | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
will do that. Therefore, becomes it is more competitive, we have had | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
less places available through clearing. We still have some places | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
available, for example and optometry caused recently validated, | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
healthcare sciences recently validated. -- optometry course. We | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
have had staff on the telephones today taking calls from prospective | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
students, trying to reassure them, explaining what is available and | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
helping them through the process. It is crucially important on what | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
can be the most challenging day of your life so far, that universities | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
like Plymouth are there to help people through the process. A busy | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
day for you and your team. Thank you. | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
The body of the former Exeter University student killed serving | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
in Afghanistan has been repatriated to RAF Lyneham this afternoon. 24 | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
year old Lieutenant Daniel Clack was serving with the First | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
Battalion the Rifles. His death was the fourth to be suffered by his | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
battalion on their current tour of duty. Steve Knibbs reports. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
Wootton Bassett fell silent again. People from all walks of life | :10:13. | :10:23. | |
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shoulder to shoulder in mutual Lieutenant Daniel Clack was a | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
promising young officer, leading his patrol into an Afghan village, | :10:32. | :10:40. | |
he was killed by an IED. Five of his comrades were also injured. Jo | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
really tells me he remembers his enthusiasm during his training. | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
remember seeing his face, he was so intense, taking it all in. When I | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
heard the news of his death, immediately, my mind saw his face | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
sitting in that room. The day after he was killed, he was going to one | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
of those conferences. Barring any more casualties, this will be the | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
last repatriation in Wootton Bassett. Tony and Lorraine Nash | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
have been to most of them. I feel so sad, really, for the families | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
that were left. This man has a mission to collect the messages | :11:19. | :11:23. | |
left on the war memorial after every repatriation, messages that | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
would otherwise be lost. It breaks my heart to think that we have lost | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
these young people, and they are only children. To me, I know they | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
are grown-up men, but to me they are children. They are somebody's | :11:40. | :11:47. | |
child. It is reflected here. Wootton Bassett is unwavering in | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
its support of the fallen, but they pray that today will really be the | :11:50. | :12:00. | |
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A lifeboat volunteer has been speaking for the first time today | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
of the moment she rescued TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his | :12:07. | :12:17. | |
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son in rough seas off Devon. Naomi Firth swan to their vote near Beer. | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
Naomi Firth is so reluctantly getting used the limelight after | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
rescuing Hugh Fearnley- Whittingstall and his son. She was | :12:26. | :12:30. | |
part of a four man team at Sidmouth Lifeboat Station but received a | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
shout to help a small fishing vote stuck on rocks near Beer Head. | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
we got there, it was between quite a lot of rocks. The decision was | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
made to send somebody out and that was me. His decision was that? Was | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
she happy about it? It was her turn so it was fair enough. We are | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
always willing to volunteer for anything, so it is just about whose | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
turn it is next. The it was a technically different rescue | :13:01. | :13:06. | |
because of where it was, wasn't it? Yes, very difficult with the wind | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
and sea conditions and the rocks around. Small rocks and big | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
underlying rocks breaking the surface, so lots of obstacles. She | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
did well. You get dragged from the line as you swim further away from | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
the vote and you get tired. I was going across the tide, so it was | :13:26. | :13:32. | |
not easy. Sidmouth lifeboat is an independently run station, not part | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
of the RNLI. But this live bait is always on hand to protect the | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
coastline - for famous vote users or not. I thought he looked | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
familiar, so I thought he was a local. I was completely clueless | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
until I got on a lifeboat after the shout and the guys said that I had | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
rescued Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. It was typical of me! The celebrity | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
chef has thanked the gloom -- the crew, but they are still hopeful he | :14:00. | :14:08. | |
will offer to cook them dinner. Last year across the UK, RNLI crews | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
saved over 300 lives. As part of our series, we look at the work of | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
the region's lifeboat crews. Newquay is famous for being one of | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
Cornwall's liveliest resort so and is one of the county's busiest | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
lifeboat stations. All the crew of volunteers, many from families who | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
have crude lifeboats for generations. Day jobs range from | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
paramedics to fishmongers. Generally getting a lot busier. We | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
have been extremely busy this year, and we started off with a busy | :14:44. | :14:50. | |
winter and spring period, which rolled on into the summer. It each | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
lifeboat station deals with many different incidents. In Newquay, | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
the most, and it is tourists trapped by rising tides. Another is | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
looking for people in the water, which requires regular training - | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
easy in the daylight, but nearly half of the crew's rescues happen | :15:07. | :15:14. | |
at night. Last year, across the UK, lifeboats saved over 300 lives. If | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
you think you see someone in trouble in the water, dial 999 and | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
ask for the coastguards. They will co-ordinate the rescue services. | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
The coastguards can do so -- can deploy life votes and helicopters | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
as well as a lifeboat rescue teams. In Falmouth, they not only monitor | :15:33. | :15:38. | |
the Cornish coastline but also respond to shipping emergencies | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
1,200 miles out in the Atlantic. During the Cornish holiday season, | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
extra staff deal with the demand. We go from 350,000 up to 2 million | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
people visiting the South West, so that enormous population growth | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
means there is a huge spike in the numbers of incidents that we deal | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
with. The coastguards are a government organisation and are | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
facing budget cuts. While Falmouth will remain staff to 24 hours a day, | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
it is proposed that eight stations across the country will close. | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
Unions argue that despite government reassurances, lives | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
could be put in danger. A second person has been charged in | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
connection with the death of a 13- year-old Taunton schoolgirl who was | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
knocked off her bike. She died after being hit by a car in June. | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
Leonard trains from Taunton has pleaded guilty to causing the death | :16:32. | :16:39. | |
by dangerous driving. -- Leonard Jones of. | :16:39. | :16:43. | |
The future living arrangements of around 25 adults with learning | :16:43. | :16:46. | |
disabilities in Torbay have been thrown into doubt after a care | :16:46. | :16:51. | |
company went into administration. Rotel has two care homes in Torbay | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
with 31 staff and also provides care for people living in their own | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
homes. You noise, speed and drama were on | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
display in Dawlish today as thousands of people turned out for | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
the annual air show. A rescue helicopter due to take part ended | :17:06. | :17:14. | |
up in a real-life incident. The weather played its part, too. | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
The noise and the speed courtesy of the Royal Air Force Tornado. Grace | :17:20. | :17:28. | |
and elegance from this pair of Twisters, flown by a A-team of | :17:28. | :17:35. | |
pilots. This helicopter is meant to be taking part in the air show. | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
Instead, it landed on the beach to rescue two teenage girls who had | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
fallen off the wall. The teenagers were taken to hospital in Exeter | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
and their condition is not known. Another first for the air showed - | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
the Blades. They are all former Red Arrow pilots. They go a long way | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
the between manoeuvres. We try to keep everything a lot tighter so | :17:59. | :18:05. | |
there is lots to see all the time. We can do things they can't do. We | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
can fall backwards in the aeroplane, tumble, spin and to all sorts of | :18:09. | :18:15. | |
wacky things that you really shouldn't do. I live in Torquay but | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
my daughter invited me along. came last year and really enjoyed | :18:21. | :18:29. | |
it. I really enjoyed the helicopter landing on the beach. A bit of real | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
life drama! The weather played its part in the drama, too. It did not | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
rain but around the coast in Bournemouth it did - heavily - | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
forcing an air show their to be cancelled and keeping the big | :18:42. | :18:51. | |
finale act from getting here. So no Red Arrows Ford Dawlish this year. | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
But we have got some Red Arrows later in the programme, we hope. | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
In the run-up to the Dartmouth Regatta next week, we continue with | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
our series travelling from the source of the River Dart on | :19:03. | :19:08. | |
Dartmoor to the sea. Emma Ruminski has been to Dartington, Totnes and | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
sharp am visiting some of the educational institutes on the | :19:12. | :19:22. | |
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estates which trying the riverbanks. Serene and calm, this part of the | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
River Dart is a place to relax and reflect. Perhaps that is why the | :19:36. | :19:40. | |
Elmhurst family set up their pioneering charity on its banks | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
around 80 years ago. The Dartington Hall Trust describes itself as a | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
place of experimentation and education. For five weeks this | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
summer, it becomes home to the Dartington International Summer | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
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School. It is uninspiring location. There is something about it that | :20:15. | :20:24. | |
feels like you are coming away from your everyday life. It has that | :20:24. | :20:34. | |
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feeling of a retreat. We are still on the estate down by the River | :20:35. | :20:42. | |
Dart, which encircle the estate. How has it changed? You can see one | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
new addition here - this new piece of artwork. We have worked with | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
students from Keswick who have created this new work with wood | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
taken from the estate. The River Dart arrives at Totnes and legend | :20:58. | :21:04. | |
has it that the mythical character Brutus of Troy founded Britain here. | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
He is said to have sailed up the River Dart, landed at Totnes and | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
stepped ashore on this stone. what did he say? Here I Stand and | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
here I rest and this could Town will be called a Totnes. It is a | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
bit of a stretch to suggest gritters gave his name in Britain, | :21:23. | :21:33. | |
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or that he could rhyme in English, but it is a nice story. -- Brutus. | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
The river continues snaking its way past the Sharpham estate. Like | :21:38. | :21:41. | |
their neighbours at Dartington Hall, they wanted to strengthen the | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
relationship between farmer and the local communities. In the 80s, they | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
start experimenting with making cheese and wine. Now we would call | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
at diversification. The business is still family run. | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
Tell me how the river Dart affects your vineyards - why did you set it | :21:59. | :22:04. | |
up here? One of the main things is the lovely south-facing slopes | :22:04. | :22:10. | |
going down to the river. And the steep Devon hills allow a bit of | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
frost drainage, so the cold air in the spring, we want it to go away | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
from the vines and it can roll into the river and down to Dartmouth. | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
10,000 visitors come here a year to taste the produce and it also to | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
get the opportunity to trek around the stunning Dart Valley. Next door | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
to the vineyards, B Sharpe and Trust runs an education programme | :22:36. | :22:41. | |
promoting sustainable living and a respect of the natural world. -- | :22:41. | :22:51. | |
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If you were inspired by the music in that report, the summer school | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
concerts continue for another week and we resume our journey down the | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
river Dart next Thursday. A Paris Technics firm from the | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
Midlands has won this year's British Firework Championships in | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
Plymouth. Thousands of spectators gathered up on the Hoe to see the | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
displays. The winners, MLE Pyrotechnics from Daventry, return | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
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next year for a champion of We have had some white weather. | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
Some heavy rain affecting parts of Dorset today, especially. Over 1.5 | :23:29. | :23:35. | |
inches falling. We have not seen at the last of the unsettled | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
conditions because there is a risk of further outbreaks of rain in the | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
weekend. A lot of fine weather to look forward to tomorrow. That is | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
struggling nicely on the satellite. This cloud is an area of high | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
pressure that is moving in and pushing the cloud and grey out of | :23:56. | :24:04. | |
the way. Overnight, we find that a ridge of high pressure moving in. | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
More medium and high level cloud later in the day and this weather | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
front coming in from the West will struggle much of England by | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
lunchtime on Saturday. To the south, warm but moist air but to the north, | :24:19. | :24:27. | |
some clear skies. This rain caused all sorts of problems today, not | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
least for our events happening. It stopped the Red Arrows getting to | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
Dawlish because they were grounded in Bournemouth in heavy rain. | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
Further west, the skies have been clear and we start with the Fowey | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
regatta. It is traditionally a sailing regatta and some of that | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
has been happening but we have also seen some lively events on the | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
quayside. Plenty of music to entertain us but also some fine, | :24:54. | :25:01. | |
dry weather. Those brighter skies did allow the Red Arrows to arrive | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
about 30 minutes ago. Look at this! They gave us a wonderful display | :25:07. | :25:14. | |
and the cloud was just right to bear. -- was just right there. I am | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
not sure where they will reappear over the next two days, but they | :25:19. | :25:24. | |
looked brilliant! Some of the finest flying you will ever see. | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
The forecast for lots of events happening tomorrow - all this clear | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
skies coming in from the West will be with us overnight tonight. | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
Unusually for August, a cold night to come. The winds a drop overnight | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
allowing Mr To form but some fairly low temperatures. -- allowing mist | :25:47. | :25:54. | |
to form. The forecast for tomorrow is for a nice day. We should see | :25:55. | :26:00. | |
some sunshine. It starts off a little on the misty side and more | :26:00. | :26:06. | |
cloud will creep in through the day. It will feel warmer tomorrow with | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
the sunshine. We should see temperatures back up to 19. The | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
forecast for the Isles of Scilly - fine to start with but perhaps more | :26:16. | :26:25. | |
cloud later in the day. Becoming quite breezy in the evening. Here | :26:25. | :26:35. | |
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rather high water times. -- here are the. That is what the winds | :26:39. | :26:45. | |
will do - they will start off as a south-westerly breeze. They will | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
pick up to a force five for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly | :26:50. | :26:55. | |
into the evening. The detail for the weekend - a Saturday looks like | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
a cloudy start with some outbreaks of rain. Although this is | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
illustrating cloud and rain all day, I think it will move away | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
northwards with warm air coming in from the south and some breaks in | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
the cloud allowing some sunshine. Sunday will have by a bright, | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
mainly dry, day. Monday looks rather cloudy with a brisk | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
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