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The Prime Minister's blunder on a trip to Plymouth when he made this | :00:10. | :00:18. | |
comment to our Political Editor. We are doing everything we can to | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
help bring about a private sector recovery, that is what the | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
Enterprise Zone in Plymouth is about. | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
Good evening. The trouble is Plymouth has not been made an | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
Enterprise Zone, a decision which angered many in the city at the | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
time. Also tonight... | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
Freezing weather and snow on the way - how one community is taking | :00:34. | :00:36. | |
its own measures to cope with the icy conditions. | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
A special fund has been set up to help those left homeless after a | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
devastating fire in Crediton. And one of the best displays ever - | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
snowdrop valley at its most David Cameron's visit to the South | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
West today was marred by an embarrassing gaffe. | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
The Prime Minister's carefully- managed trip to Plymouth went | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
slightly awry when he claimed the city's businesses were receiving | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
government support they had actually been refused. Our | :01:04. | :01:13. | |
Political Editor, Martyn Oates, The Prime Minister's visit today to | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
can the Royal Marine barracks and Babcock Marine at Devonport | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
dockyard. Port of those are mainstays in the city's public | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
sector reliant economy. By asked him what he was doing to help the | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
struggling private sector. We're doing everything we can to | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
bring about a private sector recovery, that is what the | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
Enterprise Zone in Plymouth is about, '' -- low corporation tax, | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
apprenticeships. Good things are bad things? Fund | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
for surely, in the place of the Enterprise Zone, non-existent. | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
Plymouth does not have one. To add insult to injury, the City applied | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
for one but was turned down by the Government. | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
Imagine not knowing that when you have gone to all the trouble of | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
coming down one of the best bids for Enterprise Zones. The easiest | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
way to put a great is if he gives us an Enterprise Zone. I would | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
forgive him, but not in a hurry. At the end of the day, when you are | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
Prime Minister it is difficult to keep every little piece of detail | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
in your head with all that is going on on the world stage, as well. | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
But wasn't he breaking a bit of good news for Plymouth? Alas, no, | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
Downing Street has confirmed it was merely a slip of the Prime | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
Minister's Tong. And Martyn Oates is with us in the | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
studio. Nor do for the first time David Cameron saying something he | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
later regrets. Yes, this was particularly | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
embarrassing because Plymouth so badly needs support to revive its | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
private sector. And because of the background, the huge annoyance | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
across the political spectrum, Conservative and Labour councillors, | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
when the bid was rejected. Today, the council was measured in its | :03:01. | :03:06. | |
response, or slightly caustic, difficult to stay. -- difficult to | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
save. This is recognition that we're | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
doing some great things here, despite not having that status. | :03:13. | :03:19. | |
Plummer did receive money from the Government's growth fund last year. | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
One other thing that may annoy those from Plymouth, Cornwall got | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
an Enterprise Zone. What do these Enterprise Zones do? | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
There are a major part of Government strategy to rid -- | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
revive the economy through the private sector. They provide a | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
business rate discounts, promise more investment back into the | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
Enterprise Zone, a simplified planning rules, super-fast | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
broadband, so they are a big deal, and it makes it all the more | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
galling if you're one of the people who have lost out. | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
And the Prime Minister's comments will be discussed on Sunday | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
politics this weekend. Yes. | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
Thank you very much. The freezing weather is posing a | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
real challenge to the charities and groups who help vulnerable people | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
in our society. The cold makes life difficult for all of us, but it is | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
much worse for people who have to chose between heating or eating, or | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
those with nowhere to live. Spotlight's Matt Pengelly reports. | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
Keeping out the winter chill with the warm glow of Cornish generosity. | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
Staff at this new Connections Centre lodged an appeal for warm | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
clothing after the number of people asking for help a rose by one-third | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
since the cold snap started. They're coming for clothing, food, | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
they are also coming in to find access tonight shelter if they are | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
homeless. Anything that we can help them with. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
These people have been helped into temporary accommodation, though | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
they both know what it is like to sleep rough in winter. | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
You have to find ways to survive. If you have a sleeping bag or a | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
thick coat, find a shelter or anywhere out of the wind and | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
basically wrap up, just deal with A few miles away, Don Gardner from | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
the Camborne third bike is organising pasty parties this | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
weekend to make sure vulnerable people have something want to eat. | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
Pensioners on fixed income, they are using far more heat at the | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
moment than they would do normally, and I would say some of them are | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
too proud to come to a food bank. N South Devon, community snow | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
patrols have been formed to make sure grit is spread on residential | :05:36. | :05:43. | |
speeds and pavements. Both sides of our exit area are | :05:43. | :05:52. | |
tremendously steep, and the little device is a godsend. In the winter, | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
when we have slippy, icy conditions, we need something like that to | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
enable us to get out. With a very chilly forecast for the | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
weekend, these groups could be extremely busy over the coming days. | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
A special fund has been set up to help those families whose homes | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
were severely damaged by a massive fire in Crediton. At the height of | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
the blaze more than 100 firefighters battled to save the | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
300-year-old properties. But the fire ripped through five of the | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
thatched cottages, and severely damaged a sixth. Spotlight's Heidi | :06:22. | :06:32. | |
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In the light of day, the damage in Crediton can clearly be seen. | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
Throughout the day, families have returned to see what is left of | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
their homes. Too distressed to speak to us, they watched as fire | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
investigators surveyed the scene. This family lived in one of the | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
properties that does not have insurance. She simply said she is | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
worried she is lost everything. The town is a close-knit community, | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
and the local council have set up the Crediton Support Fund this | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
afternoon to help families like this get back on their feet. | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
We are launching a collection tomorrow morning on the farmers' | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
market in the middle of Crediton where people can donate money. I | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
have spoken to three families. One seemed to be coping very well, they | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
are already looking to rent a property in the area. Two others, I | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
have to say, were traumatised. I felt very sorry for the trillion | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
come -- children, because it is a big thing to lose your home, and | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
all the things you hold dear. Fire crews have been on hand all | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
day, continuing to dampen down and monitor the stability of the | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
remaining buildings. The fire has smouldered away late into the | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
afternoon. In this editions are under way. I | :07:45. | :07:51. | |
can confirm the fire spread through the Thatcher, which is through a | :07:51. | :07:55. | |
common void, which is why it looked from one building to the next. | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
Further than that, I cannot say anything towards the cause. | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
One pump will stay onside overnight, particularly to keep an eye on the | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
chimney stacks, as there is a fear they could collapse as night falls. | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
A Devon town hit hard by the economic downturn is starting to | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
see a change of fortune. A year ago this week, Polestar in Okehampton | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
closed with the loss of around 230 jobs. Wiseman's Dairy and Brown's | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
Factory in the town also shut putting a further 80 people out of | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
work. Before the factories closed the | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
number of people claiming jobseekers allowance in the town | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
was 127. By March 2011 it had gone up to 243, but the latest figure | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
puts that number back down to 162. Emma Thomasson has been finding out | :08:38. | :08:48. | |
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how people in the West Devon town At 12 months ago, neck and they | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
could only dream of booking a holiday when they both lost their | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
jobs at the same factory. Four months unemployed, and you | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
wonder how long you can go on like that. You don't know how you're | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
going to manage to make ends meet. He has now found work at a timber | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
company. A fact is, money is coming in again | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
and we are able to get back to some sort of normal life again. It has | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
made things a lot better, really. The strain and stress of being out | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
of work is gone. 12 months ago, I did not know the | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
way forward, but now I have my employment back, I can plan for | :09:35. | :09:42. | |
things, maybe a holiday, visiting, more settled, as well. | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
That renewed optimism is because Mary's bike working here six months | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
after being laid off. It is now it up and running again after being | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
bought by Devonshire deserts, albeit with fewer staff. It is a | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
similar story at Brown's. The old Wiseman's Dairy has been | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
transformed, the owners investing �1 million with the hopes of | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
expanding. Are things looking up? Kate Bickleigh runs a B&B in the | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
town. At the time it was devastating. | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
Three major businesses going under caused a high level of unemployment | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
for Okehampton, but the community pulled together and we have new | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
business now in the town. Unemployment figures are pretty | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
much back to where they were before the closures. Everyone here is | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
hoping that time can continue on the road to recovery. -- hoping | :10:35. | :10:40. | |
Parents are trying to set up a new type of Steiner school in Exeter | :10:41. | :10:44. | |
which will be the first of its kind in the south west. Steiner schools | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
are an alternative to mainstream education, and teach children | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
through play and creative activities. The existing one in the | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
city is funded privately, but this group is applying to the government | :10:52. | :10:54. | |
for cash through its free schools programme. Janine Jansen has the | :10:55. | :11:04. | |
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Children start the morning with a tight chi class. Steiner school | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
education is described by some as an alternative. Staff here do not | :11:10. | :11:13. | |
like to think of it that way. They say it is different. | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
It is a curriculum that follows the principles of child development of | :11:18. | :11:25. | |
Steiner, an Austrian philosopher in the late Victorian period. | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
Obviously, we're in the 21st century, now, so that -- curriculum | :11:31. | :11:35. | |
is suited to children who live now, but it is significantly different | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
to the national curriculum. It costs �4,500 per year to send | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
your child to this Steiner School in Exeter. No parents want to open | :11:46. | :11:53. | |
a free -- freedom Steiner school available to anyone. | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
Do these pedants believe there should be more choice about how | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
your child is educated. So far, choice seems to be about | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
geographically where a school is and where they are in a league | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
table. It is not about how difficult -- differently children | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
can be educated, and what Steiner education provides is a different | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
approach to children, how they learn, how they are treated. | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
Our I feel it is a great education system. My daughter is in this | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
school and has had a really good education. She is eight, brilliant | :12:25. | :12:29. | |
at reading and writing and maths, and I want to share this education. | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
There are a lot of people in Exeter I think would benefit from it. | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
The National Union of Teachers says state-funded free schools will take | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
money from mainstream schools, but Exeter's Steiner says free schools | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
are funded directly by central Government, not at the local | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
authority. We'll find out how our sporting | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
fixtures have been affected by the cold weather later in the programme, | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
and we'll meet the Plymouth based swimmers who are Olympic bound - | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
but not for Great Britain. And take a slow boat to Brazil - | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
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rediscovering old trade routes in A project in Devon which helps | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
people with mental health issues back into work has picked up a | :13:18. | :13:24. | |
national award. New Leaf based in Exeter offers for therapy and | :13:25. | :13:33. | |
training in horticulture, printing and carpentry. | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
This is a forest in the making. Every tree planted here represents | :13:38. | :13:45. | |
one person's recovery. Attached to each sapling is a set of | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
aspirations and goals for the future. We are hoping that in 10 | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
years' time, there will be a beautiful forest here and each tree | :13:52. | :13:58. | |
will be personal to each person's recovery. In a bid to get more | :13:58. | :14:04. | |
people using the green spaces here, the NHS plans to plant one tree for | :14:04. | :14:09. | |
every member of staff. That is 1.3 million. There are too many to | :14:09. | :14:13. | |
plant on our side, but we thought we would get involved by planting | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
something for the staff who work for Devon partnership trust. That | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
is 2000 people. As well as this forest, they have planted an | :14:22. | :14:29. | |
orchard and Christmas trees. They were named the most innovative NHS | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
department as a result. One of the commercial arm Sufis this plant | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
nursery. Kerry James has been unable to hold down work for years. | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
She suffers from anxiety and depression, but has found new homes | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
since coming here. I really look forward to coming. It has given me | :14:47. | :14:52. | |
hope that they can actually work. If I can find something like this, | :14:52. | :14:56. | |
I might actually be able to come off my benefits and be able to | :14:56. | :15:01. | |
support myself, which would be amazing. Pharmacist Joy Davey has | :15:01. | :15:05. | |
proved that you can pull through. She is back in work after more than | :15:05. | :15:12. | |
one year off from stress. I had a lot of support. It was definitely | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
one of the main factors in getting back to work successfully. They | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
have planted the roots of their recovery. It is a step towards a | :15:23. | :15:30. | |
happier future. The icy weather has had a big | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
effect on South West sport this weekend. Here are all the details. | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
The frost has been for the first time! Exeter City and Torquay | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
United have had their league fixtures called off. Exeter City | :15:43. | :15:49. | |
were due to visit Bournemouth next Tuesday. United's were supposed be | :15:49. | :15:55. | |
playing Rotherham. Yeovil Town play Sheffield Wednesday, that matches | :15:55. | :16:00. | |
going ahead. There is a pitch inspection at Home Park tomorrow | :16:00. | :16:10. | |
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morning to decide whether the Southend games at the survive. | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
The Cornish Pirates and Plymouth Albion have had their league games | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
postponed. The Pirates were seeking a Championship double over | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
Rotherham in South Yorkshire. That has been re- scheduled for next | :16:24. | :16:32. | |
weekend. Albion go to bed for next Saturday. They were defeated by the | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
police last November. As we move closer to the Olympics, a South | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
West club is maintaining his reputation as one of the best in | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
the country for producing swimmers. Plymouth Leander has unearthed some | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
top talent, not only for Great Britain, but also for other nations. | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
That is due to some expert coaching. John road is the direction of | :16:55. | :17:00. | |
slumming at Plymouth College, where the Leander Club is based. He | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
masterminds the progress of teenage swimmers. He is currently improving | :17:04. | :17:10. | |
the skills of a 15-year-old Ugandan, at Jamila Lunkuse, who is heading | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
for the London aquatic centre. 14- year-old Ruta Meilutyte has | :17:16. | :17:20. | |
qualified for the Olympic Games this summer and she will be | :17:20. | :17:26. | |
representing either way near. Jamila Lunkuse brought home birth | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
two gold medals in the African Senior Championships last year. | :17:30. | :17:39. | |
Ruta Meilutyte has twice smashed the Olympic qualifying time. This | :17:39. | :17:49. | |
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is really new. There is more equipment in the gym. Other | :17:51. | :17:58. | |
competitors are older lot -- than me and of a higher standard. John | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
road is pleased to see the couple doing well. There is more to come | :18:02. | :18:07. | |
for the Olympics in July. We have discovered in the last 24 hours | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
that one of our students will be representing Zambia, so that his | :18:13. | :18:21. | |
three on the train to London. We have had to wait for a Libyan | :18:21. | :18:29. | |
competitor. We have other guys who have a chance of getting on the | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
British team. We are able to marry the education and the swimming side | :18:35. | :18:38. | |
of things so that one does not compromise the other. A happy | :18:38. | :18:48. | |
athlete is a fast asleep. Plymouth Raiders' final leg is being played | :18:48. | :18:56. | |
indoors tonight. It will set them up nicely for Sunday's return match | :18:56. | :19:00. | |
at the Pavilions. Their try to make up for their BBL Cup disappointment | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
when they lost to Newcastle three weeks ago in the final. | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
A historic South West sailing boat is preparing for a new voyage and a | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
new chapter in her illustrious career. The Irene was built in | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
Bridgwater 100 years ago and carried bricks and coal. | :19:17. | :19:22. | |
She is getting ready to deliver Exeter ale to France. It is about | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
offering a sustainable transport. Irene was built over 100 years ago | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
to carry goods by sailed and now she is about to do it again. | :19:35. | :19:40. | |
expect this to be the beginning of a glorious future for Irene, but | :19:40. | :19:49. | |
for a lot of other sailing ship as well. Ahead is a voyage of | :19:49. | :19:56. | |
rediscovery. The Irene will travel to France with a cargo of beer. It | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
will then travel to Spain where it will pick up a cargo of one of oil. | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
From there it will sail to the Canary Islands, past Cape Verde and | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
to Rio de Janeiro where they will overload the olive-oil. They will | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
then head of North to the Caribbean, collecting coffee, chocolate and | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
run to bring back to the UK, hopefully returning to Bristol for | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
the first week in June. It is the sort of journey Irene made in the | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
first 53 years of her life, sailing Kohl and us all manner of goods | :20:30. | :20:36. | |
straight on to beaches for unloading. She sank not long ago, | :20:36. | :20:41. | |
but was rebuilt. She has proved an inspiration for many of the crew. | :20:41. | :20:45. | |
This woman quit her job as a scientist to join the five month | :20:45. | :20:51. | |
adventure. I really believe in it. I believe the future a sail powered | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
and renewable. I also believe it needs bold people going out there | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
and trying it even if it is not perfect. I read has a top speed of | :21:00. | :21:09. | |
80 knots. Conditions could be testing when laden with cargo. | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
we are full of olive oil and we are in the middle of the Atlantic, I am | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
sure we are going to be sick of each other. Hardly plain sailing, | :21:20. | :21:30. | |
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but it should deliver the goods in a sustainable way. | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
We may be in the grip of a cold spell, but one of the highlights of | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
this time of the year has reached its peak. This is Snowdrop Valley | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
on Exmoor, and the display this year has been described as one of | :21:42. | :21:47. | |
the best ever. Thousands are expected to come from far and wide | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
to see this spectacular scene. Once this was a secret known only | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
to locals. Every February, the banks of this river on Exmoor Cruz | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
form. This is Snowdrop Valley. From tomorrow, it is open to the public | :22:04. | :22:14. | |
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for one month, and 7,000 people are expected. Visitors to England at | :22:14. | :22:21. | |
this time of year would long to see one of these famous populations. | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
This is the most common kind of snowdrop, but some varieties are | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
highly sought after by collectors. Terrifying. If you think of the | :22:31. | :22:41. | |
size of a snowdrop pulled, about the says -- same of my thumb nail, | :22:41. | :22:49. | |
last year on the internet they sold for over �300. That is terrifying. | :22:49. | :22:55. | |
If you lift the skirts and black underneath, the inner petals have a | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
little green mark, and that is the secret that everybody wants to know | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
about. If there is more than one green mark, if it is a different | :23:05. | :23:11. | |
shape, if it is larger or smaller, that is what makes the collectors | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
mad with desire. So how did Snowdrop Valley come about? | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
believe that further up the valley there, there was an Abbey or a | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
monastery or some kind of settlement, and they would have had | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
snowdrop bulbs are there. When the river flooded, it washed the bolts | :23:28. | :23:35. | |
down here. For galanthophiles, surely there is no better place to | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
be of February than here in Snowdrop Valley. | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
Snowdrops may be poking out from the snow this weekend. Let us find | :23:45. | :23:55. | |
Last night it fell to minus ten Celsius. This was the scene today. | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
You can make out the track of the boat across the river through the | :24:00. | :24:07. | |
ice. Very unusual. This weekend's forecast is to see rising | :24:07. | :24:11. | |
temperatures. It will not become milder, because temperatures will | :24:11. | :24:19. | |
struggle. As the rain comes in tomorrow, we have the risk of snow. | :24:19. | :24:25. | |
We have a yellow warning for that. It may reach low levels, parts of | :24:25. | :24:32. | |
Somerset and Dorset, as the band of rain continues to move eastwards. | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
This cloud is moving steadily towards us. It is another cold | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
night again tonight before the cloud and Rana rise throughout the | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
day on Saturday. Once it moves through, we have less cold air and | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
a bright start to Sunday, but with the risk of ice after the recent | :24:49. | :24:54. | |
rain. We have a lot of clear sky initially tonight. What we see | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
coming into the far West is high- level cloud. This was early as | :24:59. | :25:09. | |
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today. Some splendid views of the coastline of West Cornwall. Also, | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
we had a camera down in Falmouth. If it went for the temperatures, | :25:17. | :25:23. | |
you would think this was a summer's day. It is a beautiful blue sky. | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
But it has been bitterly cold. Even right on the coast, temperatures | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
have struggled. Tonight, we will have another frost. Similar | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
temperatures to what we saw last night. Temperatures will fall to | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
minus eight Celsius in some places. He is the rain poised to move him | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
tomorrow. Temperatures tomorrow morning will start between-six and | :25:50. | :25:59. | |
minus eight Celsius. As the rain travels East, it will fall as sleet | :25:59. | :26:09. | |
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and snow temporarily. By the end of the day, we will have less cold air. | :26:12. | :26:21. | |
For the Isles of Scilly, it will be raining. Temperatures will reach a | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
degrees Celsius by the end of the day. These are the Heinz of high | :26:25. | :26:34. | |
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For surfers, the serve picks up once winds get going tomorrow. The | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
winds are south-easterly four or five, veering south-westerly later. | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
Possibly picking up to a force six at times. Fair, then rain, with | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
moderate visibility. The risk of snow tomorrow. By Sunday morning, | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
we'll have enough clear sky for the temperatures to reach freezing | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
again. That means the risk of ice. Monday is slightly less cold with | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
some drizzle. It is mainly dry, staying chilly for Tuesday. | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
As some of you will remember, 60 years ago on Monday 6th February, | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne. We are hoping to mark the | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
day with some of your memories, say to get in touch with the normal e- | :27:26. | :27:31. |