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Anti-capitalist protestors have been told to leave as Exeter

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Cathedral and business leaders issue an ultimatum. This is now

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becoming a problem. We want to work with the "Occupy" movement but time

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for negotiation is beginning to run out.

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Good evening. We'll be live in Exeter where protestors have been

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told to respond by noon tomorrow. Also tonight: A double murder trial

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- the two men whose bodies were found buried in a burnt-out van.

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Teachers asked to leave as drastic steps are taken to improve

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standards at this school. You have to take robust action because it is

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children's education on the line. The impact of social networking on

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teenagers' attitudes to sex - the shocking findings of a local study.

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And, the children whose song about the frustrations of the using the

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Torpoint Ferry has become an Tonight, it seems patience is

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finally running out with the protestors who've been occupying

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land around Exeter Cathedral. The anti-capitalist demonstrators set

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up camp several weeks ago, but this evening they've been told to leave.

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Exeter Cathedral says the "Occupy" protest is causing noise and mess,

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"upsetting and distressing" local people and damaging the much-loved

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green which forms the heart of the city. Spotlight's Home Affairs

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correspondent, Simon Hall, joins us The camp has been here for two

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months. It has attracted some praise and some criticism. The

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question is how long it will remain here given today's developments.

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The neighbours have fallen out. Tolerate it at first by the

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cathedral authorities, the camp has now it been asked to leave. Things

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have changed because the conditions on the camp have become quite

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difficult. It is a very messy camp, it is attracting a lot of people

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who have alcohol addictions and other anti-social behaviour has

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been happening regularly. The police have been called soap

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regularly it is becoming difficult for passers-by and those who live

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locally. Residents at the heart of Exeter are suffering now and we are

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seeing a rapid degeneration. Businesses are saying that there

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are regular fights and a focus for antisocial behaviour and it is now

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becoming a problem. The cathedral is saying they can be a presence on

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the green. There is a lot to be said for Day protests or longer

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protests but as soon as the protesters leave, it is swept under

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the right and there is no media attention any more. I think that

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part of what embodies As is that why we are staying he ate

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indefinitely is that we believe we need to look at how we run our

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society in a long-term fashion. protesters have been given until

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noon tomorrow to respond to the request to leave. They say they

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haven't yet decided what to do. Now it is all about waiting. Then

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how the cathedral authorities respond. They will decide that at a

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Two men have appeared in court charged with a double murder on a

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remote farm in Cornwall. Ross Stone and Thomas Haigh are alleged to

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have gunned down two men when a drugs deal went badly wrong. Both

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deny committing the murders. From Truro Crown Court, Spotlight's Matt

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Pengelly reports. The court heard that the two men

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were both prone to guns and violence. But last month their

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bodies were loaded into a van which was burned and buried here at

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Trenance Downs. Today, Ross stone and Thomas Haigh appeared charged

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The QC for the prosecution was told that both men owed money to the

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murdered men. Ross Stone had built an underground bunker to grow

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cannabis to pay off his debt. Later he told police he owed up to

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�40,000. Thomas Haigh had been sent to Brazil on drug runs but was

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reluctant to go again and it was that background which inspired them

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to commit the two murders. One of these defendants pulled the trigger

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but the two were in it together, he said. Four weeks later it was a

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Ross Stone who told where to dig at his property. They found the burnt-

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out van and the charred remains of David Griffiths and Brett Flournoy.

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Both defendants denied two charges of murder.

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The University of Exeter has announced a major investment that

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will put it at the forefront of research into diseases including

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cancer. It's investing �20 million in a research centre which will be

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home to up to 200 scientists. The announcement is a further boost

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for the region. The university already employs 3,000 staff and

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contributes �400 million to the wider UK economy. Spotlight's

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Business Reporter, Scott Bingham, has the story.

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These scientists may be focusing on microscopic cell research but the

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University of Exeter is thinking big for the future. It has unveiled

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plans for a new 20 million pound research centre which one day could

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look for a cure for cancer. It will bring together under one roof some

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of the world's top brains in the field of engineering, biology,

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physics, medicine and maths to study diseases. Per se minds that I

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used to designing jet airliners and circuit boards are applying that

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same methodology to understanding how a living cell works and how a

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micro organism works. Exeter is already a top 10 University but it

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is literally building on that reputation to become a hugely

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successful business. It is investing �200 million. Turnover

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has trebled since 2003 to �250 million a year. These are big

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numbers in the current economic climate and a massive boost for the

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City and beyond. It is not just about education but also

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development and research taking place that will bring active

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employment. A lot of people from around the UK, potentially from

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around the world, could look to relocated because of those jobs.

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is hardly surprising, given the huge levels of growth and

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investment, that new structures seem to spring up all over the

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campers. But this will be the first news -- new size building since

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1968 and contraction is due to start later this year --

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construction. Teachers asked to leave and some

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pupils expelled - that's the tough action that's been taken to haul

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one of the largest secondary schools in the south west out of

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special measures. Tavistock College in Devon was

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deemed as failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of

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education by Ofsted, so a new head teacher was brought in to tackle

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Bringing a French lesson to life by letting the pupils use puppets. Now,

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Tavistock College can concentrate on creative teaching after spending

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two years trying to get out of special measures. The head teacher

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brought into says she was not afraid to take decisive action.

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Eight members of staff were asked to leave and some pupils were

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expelled. You have to take robust action when necessary because it is

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children's education on the line. If you do not, you are letting down

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the children. The vast majority of staff embraced the change so I'm

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only talking about a minority but you have to deal with that minority

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to get things back on track. school has been inspected six times

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by Ofsted, which has now classed it as satisfactory and that is a

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relief for some of the students. They set as a standard and we were

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a bit put down by it. Now we feel build up. It was worrying because

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you wondered whether you would get the drain -- raise for university

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courses and where the you could do what you why it in life. Now it has

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boosted as completely. It has put past... Motivated us. What

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Tavistock College has now got well on the way to recovery, the latest

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Ofsted statistics shows that one nursery and six Prime the schools

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across the whole of Devon are currently in special measures. --

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six primary schools. Earlier, I spoke to Fiona Westwood

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from the teaching union the NASUWT. I asked her what we should make of

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the departure of eight teachers followed by an improvement in the

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school's performance. Quality of teaching is a special

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part of -- an important part of special measures provisions but

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There are lots of other factors. What would they be? Issues around

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the culture of the school, budgetary pressures, organisational

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issues, management processes and leadership styles. All of those

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have a bearing on the teachers -- teaching and learning and the

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general level of morale. But there has to be a direct correlation

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between the teachers going and the school suddenly improving? I don't

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think any school suddenly improves. Usually, a lot of hard and sustain

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work is done and the improvement flows from that. I don't think you

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can say that eight people left and therefore the school suddenly

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massively improved. That would negate all of the other processes

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that go on in special measures. you think other issues that may

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have brought the school down may also have been addressed? They must

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have deep -- been because you would not have a report saying

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substantial improvements have been made if that was not the case. If

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it was as simple as getting rid of people not capable, I'm not saying

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that was necessarily the case, you would not need special measures.

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They head carried out capability measures and they did not measure

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up? That may be their views. I do not know the details so I don't

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think anybody should make assumptions about that. OK. Thank

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you. A Devon MP has urged the government

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to invest more in Devon's train services before extending high-

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speed services to Scotland. The Conservative MP for Devon, Gary

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Streeter, urged ministers to think again. Can I encourage the

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Secretary of State to consider not extending this to Scotland but

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extending it to Plymouth and the far west. We are now without an

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airport and the motorway stops at Exeter.

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Police searching for a missing holidaymakers say they have traced

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his mobile phone signal to the new key area. Oliver was on a serving

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great but has not been seen since leaving a new key nightclub early

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on Saturday and detectives are keen to speak to anyone who may be using

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his sums and mobile. New research suggests that social

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networking has alarming effects on young people's attitudes to sex.

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Clare Carson reports. What if they asked you out?

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Learning to keep safe. This sort of workshop is now offered to all

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students at City College in Plymouth, encouraging them to think

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about how they use technology and the impact it can have on their

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sexual health and personal safety. There are a younger girls that

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meets who have not had much experience of going on the internet

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and would not know what to do if something bad happened. Before we

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did this workshop we all thought it would be fine and didn't matter

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what we put on face but but now we are aware. They need to know what

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the worst case scenarios are. It is not making people scared but making

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them think before they act. With everything being very fast these

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days, it is something people don't necessarily do. If we can help them

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think before they act we are doing the job we need to do. In fact, new

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research from Plymouth University looking at the impact of technology

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on relationships has found some alarming results. A survey of 16 to

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24 year-olds reported one in 10 making contact with people online

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and then going on to have casual sex and eight in 10 said they had

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used a smartphone or the Web for sexual purposes. There are concerns

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when people go off and meet people online and off-line. Also the

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issues around with you engage with these sorts of technologies and

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send people images of yourself, they might end up elsewhere.

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case highlights the potential dangers. The 15 year-old killed

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herself by jumping off a bridge near Redruth and last week an

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inquest heard she had been meeting older men for sex after contacting

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them on line. In Penryn, a postmen carried out a string of sex

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offences using the internet to groom victims. Research auto --

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also found the vast majority of young people believe that social

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47,000 homes in Cornwall are being offered free radon tests. The

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Health Protection Agency says its already tested around 100,000

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Cornish homes for the radioactive gas. Our Environment Correspondent,

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Adrian Campbell, reports. The south-west's geology means many

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of us are exposed to high levels of radon gas in our homes. The action

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level, it in Cornwall, has readings of over 20,000. More than 23,000

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homes in Cornwall are above the action level compared with just

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under 8000 in Devon. In Somerset it was just over 1000 while Dorset had

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just 18. Another significant fact his people in Cornwall on average

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receive four times as much radiation as everyone else in the

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country. The annual average in the UK is 2.7 whereas in Cornwall it is

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10. Gerry Ford is an expert in radon gas and wanted to make sure

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his family was safe from the cancer causing gas. He installed a metre

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in Scouse to measure The Levels of the gas and took advantage of the

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free testing service. Now he has installed better ventilation.

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I used these high-performance air bricks. I wanted to get it below

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the action level and so I fitted these ventilation fans. All that

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reduces the health risks. One me breed in the gas it undergoes

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radioactive decay and it irradiates our lungs which can cause lung

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cancer. It is the second biggest cause of lung cancer after smoking.

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The Health Protection Agency says people should not worry unduly

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about levels of the gas. That says in the year the average person in

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Cornwall is exposed to twice as much radiation as a pilot flying

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600 hours per year. Work has begun off the Cornish

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coast to remove a fishing net which is harming wildlife and could put

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divers lives at risk. The 75 metre net has been caught around the

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wreck of the warship HMS Scylla for two months. Recreational divers

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have been warned to stay away. As Spotlight's Hamish Marshall reports,

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new pictures filmed this week show the harm it is doing.

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This is a killer for marine life and a danger to divers. For two

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months now than that has been smacked on one of the most popular

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diving Rex in the region. Those who have gone down sages calls

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significant damage to marine life. We have pulled fish out of it,

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there has been a bird stuck in it. You can see it rubbing on the wreck

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of the ship. It was a spectacular sight when the frigate was scuttled

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into the Usman four. It is estimated the artificial reefs

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attracted more than 30,000 divers bring in around �5 million to the

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local economy each year. Down on water business stretches out for

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about 75 metres. The key thing about this kind of net is that when

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underwater it is virtually invisible. That is the problem for

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divers and the 250 species of marine life which have made it

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their home. More and more fish are becoming caught so we need to get

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it removed as an urgency. The diving season is due to pick up and

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so we need to reiterate the warning not to dive there until the Net is

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removed. So how long can it take to remove? The experts are not even

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certain. As soon as we cut one piece freak it will automatically

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then tried to snag on another piece of that REC. Nature drag the Met to

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the ship. But her removal is in in the interests of everyone.

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A Cornish sailor has been talking about the battle against the

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elements in an ocean Challenge. Sam Goodchild was glad to finish the

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second leg of the race. But he managed to kill himself during the

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ordeal. Day 16 of the race. If this is a

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race as much about winning as surviving. The water pours in and

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the group wraps up, they have to keep themselves and their boat in

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one piece. And at speed. It is extremely wet and we are going very

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quickly. We are still in first place. Cape Town could not have

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been come up. The start of the second leg just a few weeks earlier.

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They know what lies ahead on this stretch of the journey, or at least,

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they think they do. We saw some pretty strong wind. We sought some

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of the worst weather we had ever experienced. Poor conditions and

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miles from anywhere, this is a remote drama. Sam good child from

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farmer and his skipper battle on and 31 days after setting out, they

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arrived in Wellington. It day and a half ahead of their closest

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competitors. Finishing was a massive relief. He started to sink

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in but we have one. But that was irrelevant, it was just finishing

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after what we had been through. They say the southern ocean

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commands respect. And for the youngest crew in the race, they

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have just learned why. Now a song performed by children

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from school in Cornwall is turning into an internet hit. The Ferry

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Song was written for the Torpoint Nursery and Infants School's

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Christmas show. Since then it's been played thousands of times

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online by people all over the world. Spotlight's John Danks was there

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for a special performance. We're queueing at the lights.

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For the longest seven minutes of our lives.

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We're being put in lane. For the longest seven minutes of

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our lives. The solid is all but travelling on

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the ferry and this. -- this lot do not like to be kept waiting. It is

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terribly boring. We miss it and then we have to wait for ages.

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The composer the composer cannot believe how popular it has become.

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We have done and the song for every Christmas show in the past four

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years. We never thought we would be famous. And what response from the

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ferry operator? I got sent the CTF Christmas and I told them that it

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was a fond not to them. Hopefully they understand it is done with

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love and affection! For the longest seven minutes of

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our lives. our lives.

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Good evening. A bit of a change coming tomorrow and into the

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weekend. Tonight we have the risk of some fast. And also the risk of

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some fog patches forming, some of that stubborn to appear first thing

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tomorrow morning. The current weather front is beginning to peter

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out. It is giving us a cloud, much of that being a high level.

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Tomorrow it has pretty much weekend and moved out of the way. We have

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some settled weather at least for the start of the weekend. Any

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breeze will be coming from the east, were the South East, the direction

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we have not seen so far at this winter. That brings in the colder

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air. Parts of the South West caught some sunshine earlier today. This

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was Church Cove earlier. Tomorrow we have the risk of some mist and

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fog around but we should also see the sunshine again tomorrow. Also

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some pockets of frost here and there. Quite the cold light to come.

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And then tomorrow morning and misty start for many of us, the fog

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stubborn to move out of the way. But by the afternoon we have some

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sunny spells to enjoy. Quite a pleasant day but temperatures are

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going to struggle, up to around seven or eight degrees at a maximum

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figure. For the Isles of Scilly, here we are closer to the weather

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front so it will start of cloudy and then brighten up later in the

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And for the serve, not too much of a wave. The coastal waters forecast,

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the winter from the East for North East tomorrow. No more than force

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three but picking up towards the end of the day.

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Now looking at the forecast all the way through into the weekend, on

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Saturday we have some mist and some frost which is quite widespread in

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the morning. More of a breeze developing on Saturday and similar

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conditions on Sunday. A fine day on conditions on Sunday. A fine day on

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