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Fears for rural snow-hit communities as Devon's road

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gritting operation is scaled back. Absolutely diabolical. We live in a

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rural community and there are lots of elderly people in the area. How

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can the carers look after them in the winter?

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Good evening and welcome to Spotlight. We'll be live at a

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gritting depot with more on that in just a moment. Also tonight: Save

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our High Streets. Cornish campaigners head to Westminster to

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lobby the government and Mary Queen of shops.

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A lifeline for Argyle as Plymouth City Council agree to buy Home Park.

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Absolutely delighted. The council have done the right thing. The

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words were very sobering and summed everything up. Today is a historic

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moment for the city of Plymouth. And the former Torquay taxi driver

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who's been mummified in the name of science.

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Rural communities in Devon have said they are being abandoned to

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the winter weather after the county council announced cuts to its

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gritting service. 80 miles of roads will now no longer be treated when

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severe weather is forecast. People living in isolated villages have

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reacted with anger and concern. Our Home Affairs correspondent Simon

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Hall joins us now from a gritting depot in Kingsteignton near Newton

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The weather is undoubtedly getting colder. This is the first outing

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this year for my trusty outside broadcast jacket. Not quite time

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for the gritters yet, but that moment will surely come. They are

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already on standby. What we have is an argument about which roads in

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Devon should be gritted and more importantly, when. The South West

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has suffered three severe winters in a row, with widespread transport

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disruption. Now in Devon because the County Council has to save

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money as part of the Government austerity measures, there are fears

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that many communities could suffer even more this winter. 80 miles of

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road are being removed from the primary gritting network. That

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means they will no longer be treated when Severe weather is

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forecast. Instead they are likely to be gritted only when the bad

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weather has already struck. Preferred on Dartmoor is one

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village to be removed from the primary gritting network. The

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village is relatively high up on the more. This is the road in and I

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can vouch for its steepness. I can see why local people are concerned

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they may be cut off. Amanda has a young daughter and relies on the

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road to get her to school and herself to work. We are doing our

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bit for a community, however it does not seem the council want to

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do their bit to support us and keep the village moving during the

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winter. It is absolutely disgraceful. I children will not be

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able to go to school. There are lots of elderly people in the

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village that will not be able to get their medication and their

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carers to come out. There is just no end and the list goes on and on.

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Devon County Council so that all A roads and B roads will be in a

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primary gritting network when bad weather is forecast, as will all

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major villages. They have included routes to major schools and train

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stations. This service was previously provided so it is

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regrettable, but we are still covering them as part of the

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secondary route network so we do not expect them to be cut off.

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There are concerns that the communities will not be treated the

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way they used to be. Sadly we have to make resources stretch as far as

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we can. We want to offer the best service possible but we have to be

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fair across the county. All of this depends on that great British

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imponderable, the weather. But long-range forecasts are already

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predicting a harsh winter. Villages are not prepared to wait for the

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bad weather and all that could mean for them. They are already getting

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together and beginning a campaign to fight any cutbacks to their

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gritting services. They want them preserved exactly the way they are.

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Simon, thank you. We'd like your views on that story. You can email

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us on the usual address or contact us on Twitter. And tomorrow on

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Spotlight we'll be looking at the problem of potholes on our roads.

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So let us know about your problem roads.

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A second family has highlighted serious concerns about a Plymouth

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care agency and the way social services dealt with the matter. An

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investigation found 88 year old George Waterfield had been

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subjected to institutional abuse by carers at 1st Call Homecare five

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years ago. His family contacted Spotlight after we reported claims

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last week of inadequate care by the agency. Our health correspondent

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Sally Mountjoy reports. George Waterfield was a retired

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bank worker. In his late eighties, he had dementia and other heart

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conditions. He lived on the top floor of his daughter's house but

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had visits from agency carers supplied by 1st Call Homecare four

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times per day. But the family grew increasingly worried about the

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behaviour of some of the carers. Using a hoist dangerously, cutting

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short the care visits, and worse. One of the main complaints was that

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they took photographs of my father on the commode, undressed. They

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also used abusive language in front of him. In general, the standard of

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care that they gave him was very poor and we were absolutely

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appalled. We felt very guilty because my father was cared for

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with in our home. An investigation concluded that most of the issues

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raised by the family constitution did institutional abuse. Two

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Kerridge resigned and two were dismissed as a result and the

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family pursued a negligence claim which settled out of court.

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George's care was transferred to a new agency, after which his family

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and GP said that his condition improved. Brenda called Spotlight

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following our report last week on Patricia Finn. She was left with

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infected sores after inadequate care by 1st Call Homecare. They

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were concerned. The social services investigation was not conducted

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immediately. I was very upset to think that after all we had been

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through in the hope of changing things so that nobody else would

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suffer, that somebody else was in exactly the same situation, albeit

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five years down the line. She had also complained about social

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services. An independent review found their monitoring of the

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agency was not effective and they have failed in their duty of care.

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1st Call Homecare has declined to comment on either complaint.

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Plymouth city council says they worked with the family in 2006 to

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bring the case to a satisfactory conclusion and a rigorous

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investigate any -- they rigorously investigate any cases of this

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nature. A delegation of business leaders

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from Cornwall have been in London today calling for the Government to

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do more to save the High Street. The traders from Falmouth say many

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small shopkeepers are struggling and they should be helped with cuts

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in VAT and business rates. And today they were given some advice

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from the retail guru Mary Portas. Spotlight's Eleanor Parkinson

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reports. This is the scene in many towns across the South West. Empty

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shops, boarded up, waiting for tenants. Many of the existing

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traders say this will not happen without more help from the

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Government. This coffee shop in Falmouth has been here for 27 years.

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It is popular with local people and visitors but its owner says that

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local business rates are just too high. Business rates are grossly

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unfair. I don't care what the arguments of. For small businesses

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it is grossly unfair and they ought to be cut. If there is one tangible

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way the Government could do anything, local rates, if they were

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dropped by 30%, that would be directly back into the pockets of

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businesses to invest in their business and help them survive.

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Many traders would like cuts in VAT and business rates along with

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cheaper car parking. Today denigration from Falmouth travelled

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to London to lobby the Government. -- a delegation. And there to meet

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them was the shop guru Mary Portas, with a brief to reverse the

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fortunes of the ailing high streets. It is really tapping into the

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social needs of those consumers. It will not just be about retail and

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the future of our high streets. It is about creating community-driven

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places. People want to get together and meet, what will enable them to

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do that? So if the ball is in the consumer's Court, what do shoppers

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want from their High Street? More independent shops, but I do not

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then that is realistic. Probably good chains. There has to be a good

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mixture of local shops and things that are interesting specifically

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to that town. The bigger companies play their role as well, and also

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events like the Oyster Festival, that is also important. Many agree

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that the High Street will have to change but can only do so if they

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get support from the Government. A short time ago I put some of the

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points raised in the film to Our Political Editor Martyn Oates. I

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asked if the Government was likely to consider any of these demands.

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As the delegation acknowledges, not all of these are in the gift of

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central Government. For instance, cheaper and free parking. That is

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very much a local authority area. In the South West, some parking

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charges have been frozen, reduced and even scrapped. I don't need to

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tell you that generally the drift as being in the opposite direction,

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which was happening even before councils were strapped for cash as

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they are now. What about cutting VAT by 50% for retell and

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hospitality businesses? Labour is calling for temporary reductions in

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VAT but they are not going as far as the Falmouth delegation would

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like them too and they are not in Government. The coalition which is

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in Government is adamant that they are not prepared to deviate from

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the deficit reduction programme. In order to be able to do that, they

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say they cannot afford tax cuts, including cuts in VAT. What is

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interesting is the suggestion from the Falmouth group that local

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businesses should have more say in a way that business rates are spent.

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At the moment is as rates are collected locally which are then

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sent to local Government which is then redistributed back to local

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authorities, which has happened since the 1980s. This Government

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has said they will change that system to allow local authorities

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to keep the business rate revenue collected in their areas. I think

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when that happens, Cornish businesses will be knocking on the

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door of County Hall rather than Parliament if they want more of the

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Save in the way that money is spent locally. -- more of a say.

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A taxi driver from South Devon has agreed to help scientists try to

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find out how the ancient Egyptians preserved some of their greatest

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Pharoahs. Alan Billis, who had terminal lung cancer, agreed that

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following his death he would be mummified. The results are being

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made public in a TV documentary. Hamish Marshall has more and joins

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me now. How did this come about? the was diagnosed with lung cancer,

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Alan Billis saw an advert to take part in a documentary programme. He

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was accepted, and the deal was that you had to leave your body to

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science, allowing it to be mummified. Unfortunately he passed

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away earlier this year, but before he died, he and his wife told

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documentary-makers about the plans. People have been leaving their

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bodies to science for years. It will not go away, so you have to

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get on with it. He just said that he had phoned up about being

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mummified. I said, you what? Yes, I phoned up about being mummified. I

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thought, here he goes again! It is just the sort of thing you would

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expect him to do! He then passed away. What happened next.

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family backed the move and they said looking back, this took his

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mind of his condition. His body was they've been boils, a solution of

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night from found in Egypt river beds. -- his body was dissolved in

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a solution. It was then wrapped in fabric and could last for several

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millennia. Thank you. Around 60 jobs could be created in

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St Columb in Cornwall with the planned expansion of Pall Newquay.

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The project has just secured more than �1.4 million of European

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Development funding. A spokesman for the company said the expansion

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will position the site as a world leader in producing medical

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products. A dentist from North Devon who was

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jailed after faking his own death for the insurance money has had his

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sentence cut. He called himself Emmanouil Parisis when he was based

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in Barnstaple. His wife claimed he'd been killed in a car accident.

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But he'd changed his name and moved to Scotland. The Appeal Court cut

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his sentence from five to three years.

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Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned about the

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problem of human trafficking in the South West. Officers have told

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Spotlight that there are undoubtedly people who have been

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trafficked in the region. But because many people aren't keen to

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talk about their experiences they say they still don't know the exact

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scale of the problem. Spotlight's Simon Clemison reports. The idea

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that a person might be forced to work in the agriculture, sex or

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service industries, having been bought or sold and transported

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around the globe, sounds as I k it as it is alarming. But cases in the

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South West are not unheard of. -- sounds archaic. Modern slavery is

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by its very nature hidden from view. Victims can be too frightened to

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come forward and some do not realise they are even victims. The

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police are looking at a new investigation but they do not know

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the scale yet. If we look at human trafficking for sexual exploitation,

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we have investigated two cases. Undoubtedly it is happening for

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work exploitation. It is known that there are numerous farm and

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international workers in Cornwall and across Devon. And there will be

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unscrupulous persons seeking to exploit them. You enter THIS thin

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grey and misty areas of the economy. -- human trafficking exists in grey

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and misty areas. The police are trying to make sure they are well

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cared for. We are trying to get people from different nationalities

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on there. Farmers are putting the advice into practice and officers

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carry out checks. Farmers take their employment responsibilities

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very seriously. In a region like the South West where horticulture

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and agriculture are massive sectors, all of our members will be using

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licenced providers. The Home Office renewed its efforts in the summer,

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targeting source countries and raising awareness among victims.

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Often it is a problem which cannot be seen and about which so much is

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unknown. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a

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major step closer to securing its future tonight after the City

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Council voted unanimously to buy back Home Park. The deal was

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greeted with cheers from dozens of fans who'd packed out the council

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chamber for the crucial vote. This was one of the last major hurdles

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in the way of Devon businessman James Brent taking over the club.

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Scott Bingham has been at the meeting and joins me now. What

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happened this afternoon? I don't think this decision came as a

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surprise to anybody. I think everybody was confident going into

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this extraordinary meeting that the outcome would go their way. Them

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and objections and the vote was carried unanimously. -- there were

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no objections. This was a bonus, but it was really just a rubber-

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stamping exercise. But the fans packed out the public gallery and

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they were delighted all the same. It is a huge piece of the jigsaw.

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But there are still hurdles to overcome. We have to agree with the

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football creditors and James Brent has to negotiate the fees before

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the deal is closed. There is still some way to go. What of the actual

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details of the deal? All too often with these issues there is a

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conflict between the heart and the head. Some do not want to see the

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club saved but for once the figures make financial sense. The council

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will buy back Home Park for �1.6 million, which is �1.1 million less

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than the �2.7 million they received when they sold it to the club five

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years ago. The club will pay the council are guaranteed rent of

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�135,000 per year to lease the ground. The deal preserves the

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Football Club and also brings �10 million to the local economy every

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year. I'm delighted that it is being voted for by every member of

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the council. I know people get emotional when it comes to football

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and I do as well. I bigoted the right decision for the city, the

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club, the economy and everything that goes with it. -- I think it is

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the right decision. How much more has to be done to finalise James

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Brent's take-over? There are still hurdles to be overcome. They

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include approval from the Football League and agreement still to be

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finalised with the creditors. James Brent said he was grateful to the

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Council for the decision. He is urging everybody to get behind the

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clock and complete the deal within 48 hours so they can look forward

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to the game at the weekend. As a nation we get through the

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equivalent of 125 pieces each a year and 3 million packets a day

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are produced in Devon. We're talking about chewing gum. Exactly

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100 years ago the American firm Wrigley's made London its first

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port of call but as Johnny Rutherford found out, when the

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company expanded the workers voted to move to the South West. Remember

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this? The marketing may have changed with the Times, but the gum

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and its ingredients are basically the same. In 100 years it has made

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some mark on history, including being the first item to be bought

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with a barcode and being given to soldiers on the front line. They

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even chewed gum in the First World War. It was an important part of

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the ration pack in the trenches. It continued into the Second World War,

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when the demand on to income increased so that it was not

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produced for the general public and was only sent to the troops to

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support them during the Second World War. The UK branch of the

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American company started production in 1911 in London. In 1970 been

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moved out of the city, giving their employees the chance to vote for

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their new location. They voted for the South West and this Plymouth

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side. Thousands chew gum but some do not know what to do with it when

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they have finished. Put it in the bin or down the drain? Rabbit up in

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paper in my bag. Or put it in my pocket usually, in the bottom of my

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jacket. Horrible, really! It is no hardship. There are rubbish bins

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everywhere. I don't understand why people put it on the floor. Those

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people would say they put it in a rubbish bin, but I can walk some

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distance just by stepping on chewing-gum him in Plymouth.

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here in Plymouth. That is quite something to clear up. It also

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takes a bite out of the �2.8 million annual street cleaning

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budget. Our number one focus Clovelly is resolving the issue of

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chewing gum on the pavement and working hard with scientists to

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make it easier to remove from the pavement. The Queen visited the

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factory last year. I wonder if she chews gum.

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I bet she does not! I remember some of those adverts. At last one was

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before my time. Earlier we heard about Plymouth

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City Council planning to buy Home Park to help save Argyle. Well, how

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would you like to buy Smeaton's Tower or Devonport Dockyard? The

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good news is you won't have to touch any of your savings! Yes,

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they're some of the landmarks up for sale in the latest version of a

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well-known board game. Emma Ruminski's been finding out which

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streets fair best in the city's version of the property buying game

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Monopoly. If you live or work in a city of

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perm if you will be familiar with its familiar landmarks, like

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Smeaton's Tower behind me. Now the tourist attractions and familiar

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places will be part of a new board game. The expensive places are the

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blue squares. In London it would be Mayfair and Park Lane, but in the

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Plymouth version it is Devonport dockyard. Do you think that would

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be one of the most expensive places? Not in Plymouth, no.

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really. The present over their where the law is used to be.

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hoedown is the most expensive square, but the second is Devonport

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dockyard. Really! At the cheapest end we have the Merchant House and

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the Elizabethan house. Which should be the cheapest squares? Exeter.

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are talking about Plymouth. Where would you put the cheapest space on

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the board for Plymouth? Primark. It is the cheapest place and we are

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lucky to have it! Where do you think the cheapest street would be?

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This one. The council might pay �1.6 million for Home Park, but in

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Monopoly it is worth just 160. is cheap. Why will buy it! The rent

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for Home Park would only be �12. They can't afford it, can they?

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Those are the land Barnes were voted for by the public but some

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were paid for by advertisers. -- most of the landmarks were voted

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for. That that is why not everybody agrees. I don't know why this is

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not featured on the Monopoly board. Union Street would have been a

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brown square. I would pay not to go! Some places have been made more

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conspicuous by their absence. There is no Plymouth airport and Union

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Street does not feature. The people of Plymouth were on form.

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Let's hope David is on form with It is cold and that will stay for

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the next couple of nights. Well into single figures. Tomorrow night

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we have the risk of frost. Tomorrow night before it gets dark, sunshine

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and showers. In the afternoon the showers will die away and we should

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see some pleasant, late sunshine to end the day. Lots of cloud on the

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satellite picture. It gave us some wet weather which has now moved

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into France and behind we have a mixture of sunshine and showers.

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This evening and overnight with the North West winds we will get some

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showers going until dawn. In the afternoon they become very isolated.

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By Thursday, high pressure moves across southern Britain, meaning

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that it should be fine. Clear skies on Thursday night. Slightly warmer

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hair will head away by the weekend. We have had quite a few showers

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dotted around today. There are some this evening, which will continue

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into the night. This was earlier today in Devon where we had some

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glorious sunshine. Quite autumnal today. But temperatures have been

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well down. Brisk north-westerly winds have made it feel quite cold.

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The autumn leaves are changing colour and everything is looking

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rosy in terms of fine weather and sunshine. After dark, with clear

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skies, we will see quite a lot of cold weather. That will happen

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tonight as the skies continued to clear, it's particularly across

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sheltered parts of East Devon, Dorset and Devon. The showers will

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keep ongoing, not so many but a few to come overnight. Temperatures

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will be down to possibly three degrees in Somerset but no lower

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than six for most of us. There are quite frequent showers on offer in

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the morning and in the middle of the day they are quite widespread.

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In the afternoon they fade away and to end the day there should be

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sunshine. Temperatures struggling tomorrow, 11 possibly 12, with

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north-westerly winds and the possibility of frost tomorrow night.

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Scattered showers in the morning and then sunny spells for the

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Full rest of the week there is a lot of dry weather. Later in the

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day we will see some patchy rain on Saturday, coming down from the

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North West. But Thursday and Friday will be mainly dry with suddenly

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winds, and temperatures recovering a bit. -- southerly winds.

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