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Food hygiene concerns ` a BBC investigation raises questions about

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standards at one of our main tourist resorts. It is feared that fewer

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inspections in Torbay could lead to potential health issues. In food

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businesses, you stand a good chance of missing standards as they develop

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and that can lead to potential cases of food poisoning. Also tonight:

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trouble in Troon as a 20 foot hole opens up in the street. It is

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thought that long`standing problems with mining channels have caused the

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collapse. The lollipop mild threatened with suspension for

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high`fiving children has left his job. There is a warning tonight that

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people's health could be put at risk by a failure to meet hygiene

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inspection targets in one of the region's main tourist resorts.

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Torbay Council says it doesn't have the resources to regularly inspect

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every food premises but tests carried out by the BBC's Inside Out

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South West programme have revealed potential food safety issues at more

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than a third of the businesses sampled in the bay.

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This builder 's shopping list is a short one. I am not allowed to drink

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red wine or eat white bread. He has an interval bowel condition caused

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by Salmonella. He came down with the bug after a hog roast two years ago.

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I just basically wanted to die at the end of the day because I felt so

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ill. It is the job of the local authorities to police food hygiene

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but in July, Torbay abandoned the National targets for inspecting all

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its food premises. This mild is a specialist and he says that is a

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risky policy. By not inspecting food businesses, you stand a good chance

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of missing for standards as they develop and that can lead on to

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potential cases of food poisoning. We wanted to get a snapshot of

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hygienic standards in Torbay so Richard collected food samples from

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14 different outlets and have them tested for a group of organisms,

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some of which can be harmful. The tests do not reveal whether the

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dangerous bugs are present but high`level foreign indicator of

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possible for hygiene practices. The results of five samples came back as

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unsatisfactory. How concerning our results? Of the five that are

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unsatisfactory, that is concerning because the local authority have a

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job to do and keeping an eye on all of its food businesses across the

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area. Torbay says it will target inspections on the highest risk

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businesses because it simply cannot afford to visit every premises. We

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need more resources and we can only do so much with what we have at the

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moment. The council told us it would be following up the tests with its

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own checks and pointed out that 80% of food businesses here have

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achieved the best of hygiene ratings.

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You can see more on the story on tonight's Inside Out programme here

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on BBC One at 7:30. As we heard, Torbay Council says it

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doesn't have the resources to carry out all the inspections. Like all

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councils, it is having to make cuts and that has reopened the debate

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about its unitary status and whether it is too small to meet all its

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obligations. There are even suggestions that there should be

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just one super council serving the whole of Devon, including Torbay.

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Binns, beaches and books, three jobs done by unitary councils like

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Cornwall and Torbay, but is it all too much for a small authority like

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Torbay? Does it need help from a bigger cancelled? We could

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amalgamate and get some good ideas and bring everything together. A

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bigger body coming in and taking charge I'd be the making of Torbay.

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A few days ago, the leader of Devon County Council, faced with ?100

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million of cuts, said this about his neighbouring authority. Torbay has

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asked to be taken back over. I have reservations on that. Later, he

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issued a statement saying that was not the best choice of phrase and

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arguing councils in Devon need to work together to save money. In

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Torbay 's case, that is ?10 million this year. But the mild in charge,

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it is difficult but not desperate. We work with our neighbours, we work

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with Devon, we do not want to be taken over and nor do other local

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authorities because people want to see local authorities provide the

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services. Others feel Torbay Council is simply doing too much. Part of

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the problem now is the fact that we are trying to do everything

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ourselves when they could be doing things much better in partnership

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with others. What partnership means is open to debate but given the

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financial situation facing councils in the south`west, it is a

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discussion that could start some. Part of a street near Camborne in

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Cornwall has collapsed into an underground shaft. The huge hole

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which is around five metres deep opened up at New Street in Troon at

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the end of last week. A long`term Cornwall Council project is underway

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in the area to clear out an old mine adit and underpin a number of

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houses. Spotlight's David George has been given access to the shafts and

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tunnels which are thought to be more than 300 years old.

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This is New Street in the village of Troon. Some of the Victorian

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terraced houses here have unusual and unwanted features. Here, Bill

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Ingram of number 22. We were taking out loose material from under the

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property and found a big void underneath which is down here. That

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goes down onto the ad. How deep is that? About four metres. The new

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floor level, a drainage tunnel. The blocked tunnel flooded and has

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caused subsidence and enormous damage to some of the houses. A

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long`term project, paid for by the government and Cornwall Council is

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underway to clear the added and make the houses safe. At the end of last

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week, part of the road collapsed. All that was holding that road up

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was about 400 millilitres of dirt and then the tarmac holding it

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together. It is a good thing we found that and are sorting it out

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before something fell in. Neighbours had campaigned for years for

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something to be done. A bit alarmed but at the same time, you just

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think, the house has not moved while I have lived here. One never knows.

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Engineers took us and Cornish mining historian Alan Buckley into the

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added to see what had caused the collapse. The area has hundreds of

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miles of tunnels and adults like this. It is the shafts that the old

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miners drove up through the rest of this which are causing problems up

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in New Street above here. It is broadly early 18th`century. It would

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give them ventilation while they were driving it but it also means

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they could hoist a broken material out quite easily. It was originally

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blocked to provide a freshwater supply for residents of the then

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newly built houses in 1880. Google people used this access path to

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bring barrels of freshwater out of the tunnel. The council says the

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project to make the area safe is due to be completed by the end of next

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month. A Devon firm is in line for a business boost when it takes on work

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that in recent years has been done in China.

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The change in fortunes for Devonia Sheepskins and Tannery at

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Buckfastleigh reflects a rise in Chinese manufacturing gusts.

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This tannery on the edge of Dartmoor is going to be used by its parent

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company to produce a range of sheepskins that up to now where

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being turned out in China. China used to be cheaper for this work but

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rising gusts there have eroded that advantage. On top of which, there

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are obvious practical advantages to sourcing products in Britain. We are

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able to get our customers from London to come down and look at the

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scheme and say, this is what we are looking for. In a can take what they

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need. They do not have to go into a container to go back overseas but

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they can go straight through in a matter of days. Nice to see

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production coming back to Britain? Very excited about it. A change is

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now underway with our relationship to China. It is something that

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always happens sooner or later with developing economies. As their wages

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get closer to ours, the difference starts to reverse and transport

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gusts become more important, so we can compete with those companies

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now. Sheepskin production coming back to the UK from China, an

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interesting reversal and by no means the only one of its kind, but it is

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not the overall tide of production going to China has turned. Here in

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Plymouth, a workplace that is as different from the tannery as you

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could possibly imagine. They have a technological fix through which has

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global potential. They knew that they need to be doing at least some

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of the manufacturing in China. These researchers have come up with a new

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way of making LEDs for lighting at no cost. The clever bit of the

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manufacturing is done here in Plymouth and then they ship it out

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to factories in China for other components to be added. In a new

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twist, they have been having talks with Chinese industrialists about

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setting up joint tenure `` joint`venture productions. They want

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to sell their lighting into Chinese cities but experience suggests China

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is a very difficult market to import goods into from the West. They will

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take the product initially but eventually they will form their own

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technology. They all copy it. The strategy is to go there with

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joint`venture partner and build the factory for the Chinese market. As

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China develops further, manufacturers of everything will

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increasingly see it not so much as one vast factory but one vast

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market. Coming up: why high`fives landed a

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lollipop mild in trouble. A setback for Olympic legacy at the Weymouth

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and Portland National Sailing Academy. Coming up, stay with us to

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see what the view is like from the top of this chimney stack.

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A lollipop mild in Plymouth has left his job after being threatened with

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suspension for high`fiving children as they crossed the road. Pensioner

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Bob Slade had carried out the role for four years. The City Council

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says patrols can be friendly but their full attention must be on the

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road. This is the route near the primary

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school where lollipop mild Bob Slade would high`5 some pupils as they

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crossed the road. But a caution from the council saw him walk away from

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the job last month. You would imagine high`5 being some person

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putting up their hand and the other person hitting it. In this case, it

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was God he was holding up his lollipop stick, his other hand would

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be out and the children would hit his hand. I think it is just madness

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that we now have a safety issue because somebody was being friendly

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as part of their job. It is a very sad state that we have two appeal

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for a mild who we definitely need back. Nobody from the school wanted

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to comment but the council released a statement.

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The lollipop mild did not want to be interviewed. Parents and pupils are

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making their own way across this road without the help of a lollipop

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mild. The council says they are recruiting for somebody to replace

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him. We would like to hear what you think

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about that. We already have comments coming in through our this page. ``

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our Facebook page. More motorists aged over 50 are

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drink`driving in Devon and Cornwall than most other parts of the

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country. A Freedom of information request to all police forces shows

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Devon and Cornwall in the top worst five. The south`west is also a

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hotspot for over 75's drink driving. The figures are for 2010 to 2012.

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The Energy Minister Ed Davey has told the BBC that a deal to build

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new nuclear power station in Somerset is extremely close.

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Ministers have been negotiating with EDF, the firm wanting to build

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Hinkley C, over the price it will receive for the electricity it

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generates. Managers at Launceston hospital are

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to reopen ten beds at the unit. The beds had been closed because of

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staff shortages. New staff are being taken on and all 20 beds should be

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back in use by November. The Olympic sailing legacy left by

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the 2012 games at Weymouth and Portland has suffered a setback. The

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Sale Laser Centre on Portland at the South of the Olympic venue will

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close from the start of December. It is hoped another company can be

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found to take its place. The Olympics will be remembered as

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one of the greatest events ever to happen in Dorset. There was great

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celebration as it was selected as the sailing venue and then when

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London was selected itself. One Word that kept occurring was legacy. The

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legacy the Olympics will lead is really phenomenal. It is absolutely

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amazing, fantastic news. We are still excited and we cannot contain

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ourselves. Part of that legacy has been the laser sailing centre here

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at the National sailing Academy. It has been providing easy access for

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the sport, encouraging people to try it. But the company is restructuring

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its business to provide franchises and will leave here in December.

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They say they will honour all of its commitments and obligations until

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it's closing date in December. It says it is working closely with the

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Academy to ensure the trip transition runs smoothly. 5,000

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sailors have been through here this year alone. Work is underway to dry

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and fine a new operator to take it over.

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The High Court has decided not to look into plans for 1,500 homes on

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the edge of Truro. The council had wanted judges to examine Cornwall

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Council was my decision to approve the homes and school and hotel. The

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project will link to a new stadium for Cornwall. The Exeter Chiefs made

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light of the big names that came there this weekend. Not such good

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news in football though. If we can start with the rugby. The result of

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the weekend? A fantastic result. This Cardiff Blues had lots of great

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players but the chief just blew them away. This is another guy who has

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been catching the eye of some selectors at the moment. A mild of

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the match performance from him. `` mild of the match performance. They

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will not be happy with this one. He makes them look like schoolboys. It

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was all over for Cardiff. The award for the easiest try. What a

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celebration! It is almost like he is running from 50 yards! Here, the

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referee takes a tumble. In fairness to the referee, he got up quicker

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than some footballers do! That brings us to the football. Exeter

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City, not such a great result. Hartlepool made monkeys out of them!

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Yes, a bad day at the office for Exeter. The mild of the match was

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Jack Compton. It was just one traffic really. Look James fits in

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with a bit of help. It went too long, too often. Plymouth Argyle,

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the only side not to lose. A fair result for them? A fair result.

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Plymouth probably should have edged it on chances but because they had

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been sober, a drop was not bad. `` they had been so sure. The momentum

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was killed and they could not quite get it. Away now to Torquay. They

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will feel hard done by? Especially being in the lead. They should have

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been 3`0 up at half`time. The defending was poor on the day. How

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the referee or a linesman did not see this, it was ridiculous. Very

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scruffy goal. A very good header. But they could not hold on. This is

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a manager 's nightmare. There are struggling at the moment. Come on

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Torquay! We can say that rugby reigns supreme in the south`west

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this weekend. A clean sweep for the clubs. The Pirates won on Friday

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night. Three out of three. We need bigger goals. Your old Cardiff!

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If you have not got a head for heights, you may want to look away

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for this next item. The chimney which is part of Coldharbour Mill in

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Uffculme is being restored by steeplejacks so that the working

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museum can continue to fire up its two steam engines.

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It might look up at applying `` it might look like a climb up an

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average that but this mild is 70 feet up a chimney. This is 126 feet

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high and it is being given a face`lift. We are renewing the

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mortar of the top 30 feet of this chimp me because it has eroded to

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such a bad state. It was built in 1799 and ran as a commercial

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spinning mill until 1981. A year later it became a working museum.

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The mail is a listed building so we have a duty to look after it and

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preserve it. We have events throughout the year and when it is

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in steam, we need the chimney to be working. The stonework is coming

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away so we will have to repair that. The mill started with the spinning

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Jenny. Then in Georgian times, the apparatus got bigger. In Victorian

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times, the machines were more powerful and they could have many

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more of them, thanks to the power of steam. The mill often steps back in

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time. School trips is the resource as projects about Victorian times. I

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had experienced what it is like to be a Victorian child in the mills

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and doing all the hard work that you had to do. Some children had to come

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to work because their family had nothing to eat or because their

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family was sick. Girls were doing the same jobs as boys and they got

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less payment. Was that fair? No, I don't think that was fair. I wonder

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if in Victorian times, they had children climbing this chimney to

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clean it! I would rather look at it that way.

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Very brave! The weather is next. We have some milder air heading our

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way. But it is turning more and settled this week. We will see some

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rain. Higher temperatures by the end of the week but it also becomes a

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breezy. At the moment, we have an area of low pressure around Central

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prison. It has produced the rain that we saw this morning. It will

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move away from us in the next 24 hours. The big change as we move

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into Wednesday. No pressure and a low band of cloud and rain. It is

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moving quite fast so it will be ringing in the morning on Wednesday

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but it will be brighter for the afternoon. This is the centre of the

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area of low pressure. Our skies had cleared quite nicely. Earlier

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today, our cameraman was on rich toward Dorset and he caught a

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glimpse of some of the low cloud first thing this morning but also

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some of the blue sky later in the day. Some fantastic views of our

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coastline. The winds had not been overly strong and sees relatively

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quiet. It was clear skies are still around this evening which means it

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will turn quite chilly. The showers will fade away tonight and all the

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clear sky were moving across all of us tonight. Overnight temperatures

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getting down as low as three degrees. Most of us around six or

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seven degrees. As for tomorrow, a bit misty with some fog patches

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first thing. Through the morning and into the afternoon, once they lose

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the mist and fog, the sunshine will return and it will feel warmer than

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today. The winds are generally liked and we could see temperatures of 15

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degrees. Not a bad day at all. Looking at the forecast for the

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Isles of Scilly, here, a lot more cloud around and it could produce

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rain in the morning. Wednesday morning, we see some rain

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coming in. It will be replaced by brighter conditions as it moves

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through. Breezy, milder but with sunny spells on Thursday. For which

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weather again on Friday but even that should move through to allow

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sunny spells into the afternoon. The temperatures are on their way up. 19

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degrees by the end of the week. You are not holding back when it

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comes to the story of the lollipop mild. Take a look at our Facebook

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page and you will see the comments there. Good night.

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