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Breaking up redundant nuclear submarines in Plymouth - a public

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consultation on the plans is about to get underway.

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Good evening. We'll have reaction to the MoD proposals. Also tonight:

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Struck by lightning - this man's terrifying ordeal and how he was

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saved by his wellies. My body was flying up in the air, not falling

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forward, I was seeing the sky and my feet in front of me, not the

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ground below me. And why the police believe drivers

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over 65 should consider a refresher course. We think it is important

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that we carry out these courses to give them some hints and tips and

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advice to keep them safe as they The Ministry of Defence has

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announced a new public consultation on plans that could see up to 27

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redundant nuclear submarines cut up at Devonport. The work could be

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worth millions of pounds to the local economy. But opponents are

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worried about the health risks to thousands of people living nearby.

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Devonport and Rosyth in Scotland are the two preferred sites, and a

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ministerial statement put before the Commons today says the

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consultation exercise will start tomorrow. In a moment we will get

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the political reaction. First, this from Spotlight's defence reporter

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Scott Bingham. Plymouth has a long association

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with nuclear submarines, dating back even before 1993 when it won

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the battle of the dockyards against Rosyth in Scotland. The prize, the

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multi-billion pounds contact to refit the Trident fleet, work it is

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still carrying out to this day. But the latest controversy surrounds

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proposals in the submarine dismantling project to cut up and

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store dismantled submarines once their service days are over. 10

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decommissioned submarines are stored at seven -- Devonport, seven

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at Rosyth, 10 remain in service, 27 in all. Either Devonport or Rosyth,

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or both, have been identified as preferred site by the MoD to

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dismantle the submarines, but as well as where the work is carried

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out, at the study will also consider how the submarines are cut

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up to remove the reactors and where and how they are stored. All of

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this is potential work which could be worth millions of pounds and

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hundreds of jobs to the chosen site, but opponents in Plymouth question

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the wisdom of carrying out such work in the heart of a city of

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250,000 people. The public will be asked for their views during the

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six-day week consultation, which will be launched tomorrow.

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Exhibitions and workshops will be out of England and Scotland. The

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decision is expected some time in 2013.

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I am joined by our political editor. Will local MPs be lobbying for this

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to come to Devon? Normally it would be, more work for Davenport, yes,

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please. This is a more difficult case and this is what the MP had to

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say it earlier today. We have the skills base, 25,000 people

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dependent on the defence interested -- industry, and it is important we

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do as much as we can to protect those jobs, but at the same time

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what is also important, the Government have to explain how they

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will make sure it will be environmentally friendly and health

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and safety will be taken into account, too. He is being measured

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in his language because of the tricky business of balancing the

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economic benefits against concerns about health and the environment.

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Frankly, this is not something people like. -- people like Oliver

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Cole will want to put too much emphasis on, because they do not

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want the area seen as a submarine graveyard. Does the Labour MP

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Alison Seabeck have the same view? This is one of the areas she

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specialises in as her new job as shadow defence minister. She says

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on the safety issue that the proposed new work would be less of

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a risk than the D fuelling work which goes on at Devonport at the

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moment. She agrees that Oliver Colvile that low-skilled work is

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not the main event for Davenport, but says it should grab all the

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work it can get. Thank you very much indeed.

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Devon and Cornwall Police are to review their investigation into the

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disappearance of the Devon schoolgirl Genette Tate after a

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suspect for her abduction was convicted of murdering another

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young girl. Genette disappeared in the east Devon village of

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Aylesbeare in 1978. Today, Robert Black was found guilty of

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kidnapping and murdering nine-year- old Jennifer Cardy in Northern

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Ireland in 1981. Black was jailed for life in 1994 after killing

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three other girls in the 1980s when he was working as a delivery driver.

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He was linked to the Amargh killing after detectives trawled more than

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half a million fuel receipts and found one that proved crucial. Our

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home affairs correspondent Simon Hall has been in Aylesbeare today.

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Earlier, I asked him what the prospects were of Black now being

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charged with Genette's murder. That is the key question, of course.

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There was no obvious new evidence which came out against black in

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this trial, and prosecutors decided a few years ago they had

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insufficient evidence to charge him with abducting Genette Tate, so

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what has changed? The key issue is the Northern Ireland case, the

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Jennifer Cardy case, where the judge allowed bad character

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evidence against Black, and in his case that is as bad as it gets,

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sexually assaulting and murdering children. You can imagine the

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impact on the jury. If the prosecutors could now put Back in

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this area at the time that Genette Tate disappeared, introduce

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evidence against him and have the prospect of bad character evidence,

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you could see that might raise the prospect of a conviction.

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What is the reaction to all of this?

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Genette Tate's father has said to Black, if you know what happened,

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if you were responsible for my daughter's disappearance, please

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come out and tell us. He said the family had been through real help

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and he wants to see an end to that. It is the view of those involved in

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the case by and large that the truth about what happened to

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Genette Tate will only become known if it was Black, it forever it may

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have been, comes forward and confesses.

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And the chances of him confessing? Well, he has not until now, and we

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are talking many years, of course, so you have to say dubious. There

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is powerful psychology behind this. In this man's mind, and he's

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devious and manipulative, he only now has a feeling of power because

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of the secrets he possesses, he will never be released and he knows

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that, so these give him some feeling of influence in the world.

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Would he give those it? That is something you would have to ask.

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What are Devon & Cornwall Police saying?

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No one was available for interview, they released a brief statement

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saying the Genette Tate case remains open, they will review the

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evidence presented in the quarter Northern Ireland, and see if it

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A man from Cornwall has been speaking for the first time today

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about the moment he was struck by lightning. Ian Thomas, the mayor of

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Redruth, was out with his dog when it happened, and he was so badly

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injured he has been in hospital for a week. As Spotlight's Cornwall

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reporter Eleanor Parkinson explains, Ian's doctor says if he had not

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have been wearing rubber boots, he would have been killed.

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Ian Thomas got up early to feed his chickens. He was walking through

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his garden with his dog when he says he dug a huge blow to the head.

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I was conscious of the fact that my body was flying upwards as opposed

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to falling downwards. Then everything went blank, or black, or

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whatever. And when you came round? I don't know how long I had been as

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I was, but I came to my senses, if I can say that, on my hands and

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knees with my fists clenched shut my chest, head buried in the ground.

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With the help of his dog, he managed to get back to his house.

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His wife, thinking he had had a heart attack, drove him to hospital.

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Doctors there found he had been hit by lightning. They even found

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entrance and exit marks on his body. They believe the lining was

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attracted by the metal food ball he was carrying. I was clutching at in

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front of my chest as I would usually, and there is a suggestion

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that the lightning targeted the bowl. But unfortunately, it hit my

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head on the way to it. The doctors told him his life had been saved by

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his Wellington boots, which had stopped the electricity earthing.

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The consultants said, it is lucky he is here, his words were, if he

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was not wearing these boots it would be a totally different story.

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So it is not worth thinking about, you can't help thinking about that,

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but I am so glad he is here. those boots will stay in the

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family? He is wearing them to bed, out to dinner, everywhere now!

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Thomas spent four days in hospital and is still being treated for pain

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in his left side. He says he and his family know he is very lucky to

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be alive. New figures obtained by Spotlight

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show that older drivers now account for almost a fifth of all road

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accidents in Devon and Cornwall. In 2008, accidents involving drivers

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aged 65 and over accounted for just under 12%. In 2010, that jumped to

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18%. In fact, police are so concerned that they now want all

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drivers over 65 to consider taking refresher driving courses.

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Spotlight's John Danks has the story.

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Stanley passed his driving test in 1965. Yesterday, 56 years later,

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the standard of his driving was again under scrutiny. His driving

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was assessed by a qualified instructor. You do get into habits.

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I think everybody does, everybody gets a way of doing things. But he

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obviously thought I was pretty safe on the road, so it was a good

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experience. Devon and Cornwall police believe refresher driving

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courses are a good way to improve safety on the road. They are

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concerned about the number of accidents involving older motorists.

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Senior motorists, because of their vulnerability due to age and

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conditions that go with old age, are an area where we need to look.

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The fatality rate is not increasing, but the minor damage coalition's is

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certainly something that is increasing. -- commissions.

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south-west has the highest number of pensioners than any other UK

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region. That may go some way to explain these latest accident

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figures. Earlier this month, Torbay council's road safety team

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organised a driver awareness Day in Paignton, supported by snooker

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legend Ray Reardon, who lives in the bay. You have to drive ahead of

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yourself, not where you are now, 50, 100 yards ahead. Anticipation, to

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see whether people will walk in front of you, whether they have

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children or animals with them. According to the police young

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drivers are still biggest at-risk group, but they say anyone worried

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about their driving skills can as an instructor to take a refresher

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course. E-mails coming in on that story

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already. And we'd like your views on that

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story. Do get in touch. You can contact us by email or Twitter. The

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addresses are on your screen now. An activity centre designed by

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teenagers for teenagers has been opened in Paignton. We will be

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taking a look around in a moment. Also still to come: It is that meat

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there. It is a pie, but there is a tale

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behind it. We will be discovering its secret ingredient.

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And sitting on the fence - the rare An emergency team from the

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Cornwall-based disaster relief charity Shelterbox has arrived in

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the Thai capital Bangkok, where 100,000 people have been left

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homeless following floods. They are distributing 400 boxes of vital aid.

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More than 370 people have been killed.

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A union challenge to save the jobs of 80 civilian staff at Devon and

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Cornwall Police has failed. The force announced it is cutting

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dozens of crime investigators as part of a four-year programme of

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budget cuts. An appeal panel ruled the redundancies were justified.

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22-year-old British bobsleigher Serita Shone, from Weymouth, has

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fractured her back in a training crash in Winterberg in Germany. She

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has had four hours of spinal surgery. She has just joined the

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squad after switching from athletics.

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All this week we have been looking at the health of three of the

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region's cities, Exeter, Plymouth and Truro. So far we have looked at

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them as important centres of business, media and health. Tonight,

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in the fourth and final film, there is a sporting theme. Spotlight's

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Dave Gibbins looks at how Exeter leads the way in the planning and

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commercial use of sports stadiums. Exeter Chiefs Sandy Park is the

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role model to how a sporting venue can be used to maximum potential.

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They could not have dreamed -- achieved their dream of reaching

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Rugby's Premiership had they stayed at their old ground. It was looking

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tired and black and -- and dilapidated so they sold it for a

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housing development and moved into a new site, costing �80 million.

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Their fore sight has paid off. Nasty in the championship we had a

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turnover -- last year in the championship we had a turnover of

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�4 million. This year, turnover at the end of May was 8.3 million.

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Going to the Premiership has doubled. The Cornish Pirates would

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love to achieve what Exeter Chiefs have done here. The only problem is

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they do not have a stadium to do it. This is where the City of Truro

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comes in. This is what the proposed stadium for Cornwall would look

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like on the periphery of Truro. It will be the new abode for the

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Cornish Pirates rugby team, eager to follow the path taken by Exeter

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Chiefs. It needs the backing of Cornwall Council for the project to

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get off the ground. Plymouth City Council pocketed a �1.1 million

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profit from buying back Plymouth Argyle's Home Park last week. They

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may have lost their one asset but they have money in the bank from

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the sale of the site, Paramount for the new owners. We can and should

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target surpluses rather than profits, and then reinvest into the

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club. There is no ambition on my part to take money out of the club

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to make money from the club. These days it is not just about fans

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coming through the turnstiles for a club to earn money. Utilisation is

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the key to healthy finances. Exeter Chiefs had a vision and boldly went

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where no other south-west club dared to go.

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And staying with sport and leisure now, because a new �5 million

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activity centre for young people has opened in Paignton. As Emma

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Ruminski has been finding out, the Parkfield centre was designed by

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teenagers for teenagers. Young people can no longer meant

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that there is nothing for them to do in Torbay. Teenagers helped

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design the new multi-million-pound Parkfield Centre and chose all of

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the facilities for. I was saying to my friends and the people I know,

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you guys are going to love this. We have been involved from the start.

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As soon as I went through those doors the other week, I literally

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nearly lost my breath. I absolutely could not believe it. Even coming

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up in a taxi to go to a regular meeting, the taxi driver went, wow!

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The price of membership has been kept low to make it affordable. It

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costs �12 to use the centre from now until March and membership

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means teenagers get discounted bus travel to the site. Coaching

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sessions and workshops hope to get young people involved in positive

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activities. Youth workers are on hand to give advice and support.

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The young people in Torbay do not have many places to go to get

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positive activities, professional support and guidance. This place

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can offer all of that as well as some physical for and. We need to

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focus on how to highlight young people's' positive views, and how

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we are not all foodies -- not all hoodies. We have got D-Day

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facilities for those who like music, but a BMX track for those who like

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sport -- DJ facilities. Others will look on in envy at the new cycle

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tracks. Indoors, there is a recording studio and cafes. It cost

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almost �5 million and was funded by the government. It is one of only

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63 youth projects in the country to get funding. I would imagine this

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is quite lucky, because it would have been difficult to achieve in

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this economic climate? Today would have been very difficult. The

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timing was good three years ago when the bid was put in. The park

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filled centre will run events over half-term to introduce people to

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the centre and activities, but it is aimed at teenagers so some will

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have to wait a little bit longer before they can join.

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Chicken, turkey, pheasant - they are all popular meats these days.

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But one food shop in Cornwall is hoping to further broaden people's

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tastes. The owners say they are doing a

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roaring trade in grey squirrel meat. We sent Spotlight's Amy Cole to

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find out what people there really think of it.

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Three this food boxes made up of fresh cornice -- Cornish produce.

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The usual suspects, carrots, broccoli and... Squirrel meat? You

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have got to be joking?! There is a project about to start to cold grey

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squirrels from this area to reintroduce the red squirrel, and

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it seems as saying -- it seems a shame not to make use of that made,

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so we are hoping to develop a market for other types of meat like

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rabbit or grey squirrel. I have my squirrel meat, what do I do with it

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now? Joanne Schofield is no stranger to grey squirrel. She is

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Canadian and apparently it is popular over there so she is making

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me a pie. You can use raw squirrel. It is better if you slow cricket.

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Like Venice and, for example -- slow-cooked it. Like Venice and.

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That that in the pie, put the pastry on top. Here is one she made

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area. It looks like any other pike to me, but this is Cornwall, not

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Canada, so what do people make of I have got squirrel pie, would you

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like to try some? No, thank you. have squirrel pie, would you like

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to try some? I am a vegetarian! That is what they all say!

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sorry! Let's see if these firemen like it. It is that meat there.

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like it. You like it? Would you like to try some? What... Squirrel.

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What do you think. Like rabbit. I thought I would save the best

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until last, I know you are waiting for me to try it so here goes. It

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is pretty cheery. The camera men will eat anything, so, Pete, why

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don't you have a go? Let's try a bit. Do you like it? It is very

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nice. You are not lying? No, no! There you go, you have it.

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It will not have taken Peter Long to finish that off! That has caused

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much amusement among the technical staff here!

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An unusual feathered visitor to North Devon is causing something of

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a flutter. There have been a number of sightings of a European eagle

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owl in the Westward Ho! Area over the last few weeks. One teenager

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captured the bird on camera when it spent the whole day in her garden.

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Hamish Marshall reports. It comes close to being the world's

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largest owl, with a wingspan of between five and six feet. This is

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10-year-old Daphne, in captivity. But this is another European eagle

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owl on the loose in north Devon. It is thought she has escaped from a

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private collection. These pictures were taken by Sarah Short when it

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spent a day in her garden. At first I thought it was just a large bird.

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I called mum, and she said, no, it is an owl. We researched it on the

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laptop to find out what it was. He would sit there and 10 his head and

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now and again have a wash. For this expert, it is no surprise the al

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spent all day not moving much. They prefer the night. David has been

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monitoring sightings, almost unheard of in this part of the

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world. European eagle owl was are difficult to train and maintain.

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Every now and again we will go and presented with some food, which he

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takes readily, but it is in a population, a very high pheasant

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population. European eagle owl stayed very well to taking

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pheasants. We have had phone calls and reports of it eating road to

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already, and it is looking healthy and flying well in the strong wind,

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so we have no concerns for its howl. What attracted the owl to this

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garden? Perhaps this is the answer, the sound of Chalky and Fudge. The

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good news is they were safely tucked up in their cage all day.

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There were no reports of pacts being attacked. The Owl should

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survive the winter, but if it does get into trouble, David said he

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would try to catch it. We will look at your e-mails on all

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the drivers in a moment, but first an e-mail from will, whose young

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son has made a rain gauge for his half-term holiday and has collected

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60 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Is that accurate?

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It depends when he started recording, but the highest today

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has been 30 mm. He is doing very well though, keep it up.

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We have had wet weather today, 20 to 30 mm. The good news is tomorrow

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it should be fine and dry, a chance to try things out. Enough moisture

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for some mist and fog patches later tonight, but a dry story tomorrow

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and we should see some sunshine, perhaps becoming hazy as the Count

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gets closer. But we are between weather systems tonight. The low-

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pressure Ms out of the way, and a ridge of high pressure, a weak one,

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but then nonetheless, will change it into the weekend. Some light and

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patchy rain across us in the afternoon on Saturday. But the main

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threat of rain is on Saturday night in two Sunday. Still some rain

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around now, some still quite heavy as it moves across the eastern

:24:25.:24:30.

parts of the region. But a nice clearance further west. This was

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earlier today in Truro, where we had a glimpse of the sunshine. With

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a bit of brightness in the sky it has felt quite pleasant. Although

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cooler air has followed in behind and with the clear skies we are

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expecting some fairly low temperatures overnight tonight as

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temperatures plummet into single figures. Some mistiness and fog

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forming particularly in the river valleys. A lot of clear sky

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beginning to come in which will continue overnight. The rain last

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to peer over parts of Dorset and the Channel Islands, and some of

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the mist and fog forming by tomorrow morning as well. Overnight

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temperatures could be as low as three or four, not must -- not much

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frost, but fog in areas. Further west, we should have a fine day

:25:28.:25:32.

with sunshine. High cloud in the Far western Cornwall but a pleasant

:25:32.:25:38.

enough day, and temperatures up to 14, possibly 15 degrees, with Mike

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winds through the day. On to the Isles of Scilly, we can expect a

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reasonably sunny day tomorrow, with some cloud making the sunshine hazy

:25:47.:25:57.
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and a gentle breeze from the south- Let's look at the forecast through

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this weekend. Expect on Saturday to have a bright, cold start, some

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sunshine then generally clouding over with a risk of a few showers,

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more persistent rain into the evening. Sunday is similar,

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brighter weather around possibly in the morning, but a lot of cloud,

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brisk winds developing through the weekend. Slightly warmer air, 16

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degrees the top temperature. And if you are wondering what the picture

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is behind, it is a salmon coming up the river, taken by Tim Smit. We

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would love to see more of them, e- Your e-mails on older drivers, this

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one from Jane in Bideford. If 20% of accidents are caused by elderly

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drivers, then 80% are not. Which is higher?

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A lot of people made that point. One says, I have come up against

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accidents caused by impatient drivers in their mid-thirties. He

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says, as you get older you slow down and do not take chances.

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Tony says he was assessed when he retired 12 years ago and he

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recommended. A student in Plymouth says driving

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