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Staff suspended and a ward closed amid concerns over the care of a

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patient. Good evening. We will be live at

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the Royal Cornwall Hospital. Also tonight... 80 people out of

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work - shock at this milk processing plant as it goes into

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administration. The anonymous victims of domestic

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violence and why more needs to be done to protect men.

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And fighting to be able to have children - the cancer patient told

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she cannot have a ovary bike. makes me angry, because it is my

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tissue, and I don't see why I have to fight so hard to have it back.

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First tonight, the Royal Cornwall Hospital has confirmed a ward has

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been closed and staff have been suspended from duty while they

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investigate allegations concerning a patient's clear at -- care.

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A spokesperson said the Wheal Agar ward award has been closed while

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they explore the matter fully. What have a hospital said to be? The

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hospital has refused to be quite -- declined to accept our invitation

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to take part tonight, but they have eschewed this statement - we are

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currently investigating an allegation about a specific

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patient's care on one of our awards. As a matter of routine we take

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every concern raised seriously and are exploring the matter fully, and

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we can confirm staff have been suspended. This, they say, is a

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mutual -- neutral act. The spokesman confirmed it will be an

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internal investigation and police were not involved. Tonight the

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Department of Health have told the BBC the police have been informed.

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The spokesman went on to say this was a single complaint involving a

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single patient. He would not confirm how many staff had been

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suspended but said the award had been closed since the weekend, and

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this was because of the suspension of the staff. -- the ward had been

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closed. There will be concern in Cornwall among patients and patient

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groups, what has been the reaction so far? The we spoke to health

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campaigners in Cornwall and they said they do not rule anything

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about it and are extremely concerned. We also heard from the

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union that represents many of the staff, Unison.

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We have been advised that a safeguarding issue has been raised,

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and as a result of that the trust has initiated an investigation, as

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you would expect, and in order to facilitate the investigation they

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have decided to close Wheal Agar ward for a short period. We're

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never happy when wards are closed because that causes a great deal of

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stress and anxiety for staff and inconveniences patient. All of the

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staff are there to provide high- quality care for patients in the

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hospital. We wanted to be concluded -- we want it to be concluded

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quickly, so hopefully we will see an end to this very soon.

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Tonight, the hospital is insisting this ward closure is temporary and

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they will issue a further and fuller statement once they have

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established the fact. -- facts.

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More than 80 staff at a dairy -- milk processing plant or the edge

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of Plymouth have lost their jobs. The FarmRight, including Quadra

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Foods and the language puts it -- language Business Park, went into

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administration today. The staff were not coming into work,

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but coming into less -- learn they had lost their jobs. But Ms

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gritters were appointed yesterday for four organisations that make up

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the FarmRight group, including Quadra Foods. The company packs

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pasteurised milk approaches. For these workers today, hearing they

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had had to collect their cards was a shock.

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I am gutted. Literally. I can't say anything. What can you say? There

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is nothing to say, really. Everyone in this company has bills to pay, a

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mortgage, families. If you miss a payment with the bank, they don't

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say, you can pay next year. I have been working here over two years,

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and I came in one day and don't have a job. I am shocked. I could

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not believe it. Administrators say the company needed cash come and

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that is tough to find in the current climate. This is a big

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facility, a lot of very expensive equipment, and that needs profit

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and turnover to be able to service those depths, and the business has

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not reached the level of turnover and profitability it needed to pay

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its way. The business here in Plympton is still trading, and

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administrators say they are keeping a Stilton staff while they look for

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possible buyers. Coming as this does the day before new jobs

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figures are released, this is yet another blow for a struggling South

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West economy. A man found guilty of killing two

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drug dealers has been jailed for life and told he will self despite

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serve at least 35 years. Thomas Haigh shot dead Brett Flournoy and

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David Griffiths in Cornwall. The jury acquitted his fellow defendant,

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Ross Stone -- Ross Stone, of both murders, but he was given a

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sentence for burying the bodies on his land.

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The murder took place at this remote farmhouse. Thomas Haigh

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worked as a driver and debt enforcer for the two men, Brett

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Flournoy, a boxer for -- from Merseyside, and his colleague,

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David Griffiths. Thomas Haigh feared the mission to Brazil on a

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drugs run would be too dangerous that he was being sent on. The

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judge was told Thomas Haigh was an arrogant man who got out of his

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debt -- depth in the underworld. The judge said the two were bad men,

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but did not deserve to be killed. Trading in drugs, he said, does not

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carry the death penalty. Yesterday, Ross Stone was cleared of murder

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but today was sentenced to five years in jail for obstructing a

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coroner. He had burned and buried the bodies of the men on his land.

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Today the families of the dead men spoke about the impact of the

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murder. We had to accept the horrific way David was taken from

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us but also had to endure six weeks of worrying and looking for David.

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To find he was murdered, burnt and buried was too much to comprehend.

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The loss has and will continue to have a continuing impact on the

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Brett's three sons, Reece, Callum and Brett, only six months. He will

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This is a statistic which may surprise you - one-in-three might

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victims of domestic violence is male. A Cornish organisation which

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supports men affected by violence has been awarded Lottery funding to

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continue working. Our correspondent has been to meet

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one of the victims. His name has been changed to protect his

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identity. David suffered years of abuse at

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the hands of his female partner, until one night when she was

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pregnant with their first child she attacked him with a claw hammer.

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I would not allow her to drink alcohol. She wanted to get herself

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a bottle, I would not allow it. It pushed her into attacking me with a

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hammer, resulting in a 5.5 inch groove down my head. I bled

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profusely, ended up in hospital, 13 Staples to hold the injuries

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together. After the attacks, David's par there was arrested and

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sent to prison. He said he was helped through his

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trauma through Cornwall's This doomed project.

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Esteem was great, without them I would have run myself ragged. --

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Cornwall's esteemed project. Out of three victims, one victim

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will be a man. Meals are accounting for 35-40% of domestic abuse. --

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men are counting. We group has just been awarded

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money from the Big Lottery Fund to continue its work, including

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launching a much-needed meal only refuge in the South West. -- men-

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only. The Lottery Fund will allow the

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group to continue its work for a further two years. With one in six

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men are expected to endure some form of domestic violence during

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their lifetime, it work is clearly vital.

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And if you have been affected by domestic violence, you can find out

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what to get help by going to the Cornwall Page of the BBC website.

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At Devon woman who has been battling to get her frozen ovary

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after it was removed after she underwent chemotherapy. She has now

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recovered and wanted to start a family. Changes to legislation

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means she cannot currently have her ovary returned.

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28-year-old Kate all of it is fighting to have a child. At 16 she

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was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. -- 28-year-old Kate all

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over. She had a tumour the size of a melon and her right shoulder

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blade was removed. Doctors told her that therapy would make a infertile

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so she had a ovary removed and frozen.

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By our I was told when I had the procedure done that if I wanted it

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back they would contact -- I would contact them and they would get the

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ball rolling. But the loss of their changed and

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they have stopped the procedure. Nobody -- the laws have changed and

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they have stopped the procedure. No one in this country is having it

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done. A in a statement, the Leeds

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It makes me angry, because it is my tissue, and I don't see why I have

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to fight so hard to have it back. It is thought around 12 women

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outside the UK have given birth through this pioneering method.

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Leeds hospital says as Senate at -- as soon as it is in a position to

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proceed with treatment it will be in touch. If she gets her all that

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-- or ovary bike, she could be the first in this country to have a

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baby using this experimental to think.

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The bourse -- the boss of the Eden Project has an exclusive interview

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coming up later in the programme. The also, of the view from Bampton

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- we will find out what shoppers think about the drop in inflation.

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And it is that time of here when the flower counting happens across

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all of the National Trust's properties.

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The founder and chief executive of the Eden Project in Cornwall has

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revealed radical plans to tackle fuel poverty in the county. Tim

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Smit wants to see a corporate have set up to the people struggling

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with energy bills. In the first of a new series of interviews with

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prominent figures in the region, he told me about his anger over the

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cuts in subsidies for geothermal power and plans for a new kind of

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bank at the Eden Project. He explained his ideas to deal with

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We are talking about Cornwall together. Our supply chain has

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agreed to be a buying co-operative. Most people in fuel poverty have

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the problem they are charged a lot for their energy. We're talking

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about trying to use that buying power to create a membership

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organisation so everyone in fuel poverty can take the cost out. It

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will be hugely important. A lot of people who end up in hospital are

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people who live in damp houses. Let me break this down. You say

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someone in fuel poverty can buy into the buying power of Eden, the

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health service and get cheaper electricity. This is what you want

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to do. The councillors behind it. The officers have been working hard.

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When will it happen? That is a question you should be asking. The

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trial is going on now. We're trying to make a presentation to the

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council. It is not to get approval. It is to find out whether we have

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missed something, some legislation to deal with. We might be able to

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get it launched for next autumn. You have made a bed to have the

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green investment bank here. What will that mean for it be done?

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be clear, the green investment bank is charged with investing �3

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billion and the Aryan rates of return across social enterprises

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and high end speculative. The story began when the chief executive

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spoke to us about the green investment bank. We had the most

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environmentally friendly building in Europe. We thought it would be

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great if we could come together. We were acting as Cornish champions. I

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thought it would be fantastically important. You have ready-made

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partners to the green investment bank. If it is rolled out across

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the country, because I am passionate about geothermal. There

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is a granite ridge and if we can plumb its heat, you can generate 10

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% of energy needs in Britain. That is a big and powerful business.

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support or geothermal seems to have drained away. You have permission

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here from the council and suddenly, the financial support from

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government has vanished. It is a disgrace, it is a betrayal of

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British technological power. It had to leave to go to France and

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Germany where it is profitable now. Profitable. This is not Heck

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technology. We can produce 10 % of Britain's energy needs. That will

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drive us into the dung heap of mediocrity.

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In response, the government has told us we want to see deep

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geothermal energy reach its potential. You can see that they

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all 40 minute interview with the Tim Smit when he talks about

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Cornish independence on BBC spotlight Facebook page.

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Some good news for householders. The annual rate of inflation has

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fallen to its lowest level for Libya. It is well above the rate of

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average earnings are increasing by. Lovers in here and money is in the

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towel. Valentine's Day is a boost for business at this cafe. Today's

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inflation figures are heartening. The rate is down in and Hopley

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people have more money to spend. That will help us. The underlying

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costs are so expensive that we are absorbing the 20 % VAT increase

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from last year. Across the road, at the pictures, the inflation rate is

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seen as that an increase in recovery. They will be able to come

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in and afford local produce. inflation figures may be good but

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here, other factors may take the shine off. Inflation is going down

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but the cost of fuel is going up. For a businesses, this is not

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helpful. Bampton has kept its head above choppy waters. It has a loyal

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rural following. Shoppers here notice they have more money in

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their wallets. I would never buy at the supermarket. You have less in

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your trolley. I have not noticed it. Petrol is expensive but we got --

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do not use our car. It must be good news but I have not noticed any

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difference. I do not have more money in my pocket. I am on a

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pension. With inflation due to continue falling, East me start

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noticing the difference. Plymouth Albion have suffered a

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blow ahead of the Championship relegation play-offs. Their Tongan

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centre Keni Fisilau has been banned for the rest of the season. He was

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handed an 18-week suspension by the RFU after he made a dangerous

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tackle in the match at London Scottish last month.

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Exeter City hope to follow up their win against Sheffield Wednesday,

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this time at Notts County. Yeovil Town can't afford to lose at

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relegation rivals Wycombe Wanderers. Torquay United could go joint-top

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of League 2 if they win at Cheltenham Town. Plymouth Argyle

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aim to move out of the bottom two by defeating Barnet at Home Park.

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There's coverage on BBC Radio Devon and BBC Somerset. It is that time

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of year when the National Trust properties are counting flowers.

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It appears the cold snap has not caused damage.

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Has spring sprung? Perhaps this could be a year of two Springs.

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This is their head Gardner. The estate sprawls out for miles. The

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house here is in 1000 acres of land. 30 are devoted to the gardens. This

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morning, on the three members of staff were counting the flowers.

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Sense 2006, staff here and other properties have carried out a

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flower audit. We have just stopped counting. There are 240 plants in

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flower. That is compared to 142 last year. Is that because of the

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weather? Yes. We had a mild January. We had a mini spring in January.

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Temperatures then went down. With temperatures rising, we have more

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enceinte plants. With the results and, the National Trust says 1745

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plants have been recorded in bloom. In Devon, Salton came top.

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The relatively mild spell may bring We have had some good temperatures

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today. It will turn colder in the second half of the week. We should

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be frost-free by the end of the week. The cloud will be stubborn to

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shift. Temperatures should not fall because of that cloud cover. The

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cloud will float around for the next few days. This weather front

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will signify the change. There will be some rain on Friday night and

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into Saturday. The cloud is almost heavy enough for some drizzle. The

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winds temperatures no more than four or five. A lot of that cloud

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will be stubborn to shift. There will be some brightness later in

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the day. There maybe the odd light shower. For most of us, the breeze

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will make it feel on the cooler side. Some dry weather although

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cloudy. The south coast fears about better tomorrow. Here is the

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forecast for the week ahead. The cloud is starting to be thicker. On

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Saturday, we could have a lot of wet weather. On Sunday, we see

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colder weather coming in. On Saturday Night and Sunday, Frost is

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possible. An investigation is underway into

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