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A man who suffocated his terminally so it's goodbye from me and,

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A man who suffocated his terminally ill mother is spared prison ` the

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judge says the actions were motivated by mercy.

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Good evening. Iain Harrison has been given a suspended sentence, but it

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has re`ignited the debate about euthanasia.

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There isn't any agency that support a change in the law.

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Also tonight ` missing the start of the tourist season as they're still

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waiting for an insurance pax`out. The historic Teignmouth pier says it

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won't be open for Easter as it hasn't been able to repair storm

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damage. The owner of Plymouth Argyld says

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ambitious plans are still on track. And a welcome sign of Spring but

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farmers say this year there'll be far fewer lambs.

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A Dorset man who suffocated his terminally ill mother has bden given

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a suspended jail sentence. 50`year`old Iain Harrison l`ter

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confessed he had smothered Hope Harrison in hospital to put her out

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of her pain. Today a judge said he had no doubt that his motivd was one

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of mercy. But, as Scott Bingham reports, it has reopened thd

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controversial debate about Euthanasia.

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Iain Harrison come in sungl`sses, arriving for her at Winchester Crown

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Court heard today was a sad and unusual case. Mr Harrison's

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74`year`old mother, Hope, h`d been admitted to hospital in Dorchester

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with terminal lung cancer. She died four days later. The court held the

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hospital believed Mrs Harrison had died from her illness but in

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February 2013, to use on whhlst being treated for depression, Iain

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Harrison confessed to a psychiatrist he suffocated his mother to end her

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pain. The Crown Prosecution Service said today, as distressing `s it is

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to see a loved one suffering and dying from cancer or a termhnal

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illness, it is not for a person to decide when someone should die.

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Euthanasia is effectively mtrder and murder is a crime.

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The case has reignited the debate on whether the law should be changed.

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How much better would it have been if there was a law in this country

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where the lady herself could have requested upfront and assisted death

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and that would have been looked at by health care professionals, by

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members of the public here without basically her son having to take the

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law into his own hands. Every major Doctor's organisation

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and disability rights organhsation, and indeed both Houses of P`rliament

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and the Scottish Parliament, have rejected attempts to change the law

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again and again and again. 50`year`old Mr Harrison frol

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Weymouth was giving a `` given a two`year suspended sentence for 18

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months after pleading guiltx to attempted murder. Prosecutors did

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not prove he killed his mother, however it was possible to prove he

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had attempted to do so based on his own admission.

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The owners of one of the region s historic tourist attractions have

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had to admit defeat in their battle to be open for the start of the

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season. Teignmouth Pier, whhch is 149 years old, suffered hundreds of

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thousands of pounds worth of damage during last month's storms. But

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repairs can't even start as it's insurance settlement hasn't yet been

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agreed. Hamish Marshall reports The damage to Teignmouth Pidr is

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obvious, both inside and outside. The resort was right in the eye of

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February's storms. Flooring, machines, some electrics and part of

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the structure itself were b`dly affected.

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Knee deep in water here at some points when the waves were coming

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through. Nick's family have run the pier for

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half a century. Nothing has matched this.

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There is a major ride down there that weighs well over a tonne and it

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was lifting that off the flow, up and down. `` lifting it off the

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floor. The power of the wavds was unbelievable. I've never sedn

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anything like it, it was terrifying, to be honest. She may be 100 years

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old, but then she is a perm`nent relic ` at least let's hope

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permanent ` to an altogether more graceful age.

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Then the season opened at E`ster. That is only a dream today. Repairs

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will take six to eight weeks but cannot start until insurers give the

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go`ahead. They are doing thdir best, I know, to speed things up hn what

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can be a very long, long process. But it is never quick enough when

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you are on our side of the fence. You know, when we are sitting down

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for days on end doing nothing. It has been six weeks now and we would

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like to have thought somethhng would have been done by now. The pier is

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one of only two in Devon and attracts 200,000 visitors e`ch year.

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It is part of a traditional seaside holiday. Some locals that don't use

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it still want us to be here because it brings people to the town and

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therefore their businesses `lso do well. It is just a fun placd to be

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on. Work is continuing to gdt the resort ready for the season.

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Letting people know that we are in business. Obviously, with the train

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line reopening on the 4th of April, that is going to be a huge pull back

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into our town. We have had over a million people use Teignmouth and

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Dawlish stations annually so it s been a big loss not having those

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stations open. The Association of British Hnsurers

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says its members have helped claimants speedily and effectively

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and are dealing with flood related and non`flood related claims in a

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timely and efficient way. Mhd to late May is the target for the pier

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to reopen now. The jury in the inquest into the

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death of Cornish teenager Bdn Cowburn have been hearing about a

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Metropolitan police investigation into his time in London. Thd inquest

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has also heard from his consultant psychiatrist. David George hs at the

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inquest in Truro. The inquest has heard 18`ye`r`old

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Ben Cowburn was found dead `t the Long Reach house mental health unit

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in Cornwall just before Chrhstmas 2010. His problems appeared to begin

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after meeting a TV personalhty in London. Detective Constable David

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Gadsby from the Metropolitan police service said interviews with staff

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suggested Ben had a sexual relationship with an older lan who

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was in the media. Investigation of Ben's computers and a mobild phone

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showed many messages from the celebrity but there were no

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communications that incriminated the man with acts of a sexual n`ture.

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The detectives said a review of the Metropolitan Police investigation

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had decided not to interview the celebrity.

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No one in the inquest asked him why that decision was made. The coroner

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has already warned that the man called Mr X in court cannot be

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named. Area the inquest heard from Dr Richard Haass, ten three's

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consultant psychiatrist. The doctor said Ben `` he bdlieved

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Ben had not meant to kill hhmself but he had not realised how quick

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and lethal the method used was. He also described suicide wdbsites

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as evil and appealed to everyone in the courtroom not to reveal how Ben

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had killed himself. Doctor Bowers then went on to admit he was not an

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expert in child or adolescent psychiatry and had tried to get in a

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place in an adolescent ment`l health unit implement but they werd unable

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to take anyone who was 18 ydars old. After his evidence, Doctor

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Bowers praised the work of the charity Ben's parents have set up to

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help young people with ment`l health issues.

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The inquest is set to continue for another five days.

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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the Devonport`basdd ship

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HMS Echo is being sent to join the search to try to find the mhssing

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Malaysian airliner. Flight LH37 had 239 passengers and crew members on

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board when it disappeared 13 days ago on a night flight from Kuala

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Lumpur to Beijing. A satellhte has spotted two objects floating between

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Western Australia and Antarctica, but nothing has so far been found.

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The Plymouth Argyle owner J`mes Brent, is insisting he's sthll on

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course to regenerate a string of prime sites in Plymouth and Torbay.

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Mr Brent has taken on Plymotth Pavilions and Torbay's Oldw`y

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Mansion, and wants to redevdlop the Plymouth Civic Centre. But there

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have been problems in his core hotel business. We'll hear from J`mes

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Brent in a moment. First thhs report from our business correspondent

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Neil Gallacher. Here's a man who has taken on four

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huge and high profile projects. James Brent is seen here on the

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right at Plymouth Argyle's home park, one of the well`known public

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spaces he has promised to rddevelop. But has he promised more th`n he can

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deliver? We are starting work in autumn of this year, which will

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enable us to complete the grandstand and the new 1500 seater ice arena by

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the end of 2049 for the whole complexity be finished by the middle

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of 2015. `` by the end of 2014.

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He is also due to transform Torbay Council's former HQ, Oldway Mansion

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come into the luxury hotel, but he has not yet taken over the lansion

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itself. Abruptly similar scheme for permit `` Plymouth Civic Centre is

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still awaited. Meanwhile, some of James Brent's Hotel companids have

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been forced into administration after the bankers took over debts in

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the business, although no hotels closed.

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As we saw in that report Jales Brent told Spotlight in August th`t work

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at Plymouth Argyle was going to start last Autumn. Earlier H asked

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why that hasn't happened. It was a very, very tight thmetable.

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I think if you speak to anyone in the building industry it was very

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ambitious. It did require a number of things to happen simultaneously,

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and the truth is we probablx tried to go to quickly and ended tp going

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slower. What is the timescale now for the Plymouth Argyle devdlopment?

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I am very reluctant to commht to another date, given I failed on the

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first one! My position is that we will go in the summer, that is what

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we are planning for that thd club. The very fact you are reluctant this

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time to be pinned down on a date underlines perhaps how much you have

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taken on. Perhaps you promised to match. You

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had a raft of big public projects, the pavilions, the Civic Centre

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Plymouth Argyle, announced within a short space of time and all now

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delayed, held up, nothing h`ppening. Have you taken too much on?

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I don't think that is fairer and terms of them being delayed. The

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Civic Centre was not meant to start work until 2016. As I understand

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that you are still only the preferred bidder there.

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What is concrete about your involvement at this stage whth the

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Civic Centre? That is a fair comment, we are still working

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towards getting that start. Nothing has been delayed in terms of

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that project started, it was not intended to start until 2016,

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completed in 2018. It was suggested early in the

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process with regards to the Civic Centre there was a high`end

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international hotel chain interested. We've heard nothing more

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about that, what has progressed on that front?

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They remain interested, and indeed we have had interest expressed by

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other high`end hotel groups. Who are they?

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I'm not going to disclose that, because, you know, we agreed not to.

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But they are as committed as they were at the start of this?

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Yes. We have concentrated on Plylouth so

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far, but you have business hnterests elsewhere and the South West. I

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spoke to about 18 months ago at Oldway Mansion and your big and

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ambitious plans that. Where does Oldway Mansion's plans fit hnto the

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scheme of things at the momdnt, how far along are you with thosd? We are

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in discussions with the loc`l authority there about the ldases.

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We have a development agreelent in place. We are pretty close to

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drawing down the next phase. With so many public, high`profile

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projects relying on you and the success of your business, how

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healthy, financially, is thd business?

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It is financially healthy. But you realise that the idda that

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businesses are going into administration will sound alarm

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bells for people unfamiliar with the business world. That sounds like

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things are not going well. Well, you know, was there a

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challenge for the regional hotel business? Yes, there was. H`ve we

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addressed it? Yes, we have. Is there any risk to any of the other

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businesses? Absolutely not, because they are independently financed

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James Brent, thank you very much indeed.

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Coming up on Spotlight, a money row between neighbouring councils.

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Jumping for joy ` how Sport Relief has provided a boost for thdse

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youngsters. And more signs of spring, btt the

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weather's about to turn colder. David will be here with the details.

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Torbay's Mayor has been acctsed of imposing economic sanctions. People

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in Brixham say they are being denied ?37,000 that is rightfully theirs.

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Spotlight's Chris Lyddon reports. Millions of pounds in cuts to front

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line services have made Torbay's Mayor, Gordon Oliver, unpoptlar

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You're in Brixham some people are comparing him to a character in

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Robin Hood. I think the Sheriff of Nottingham is a good comparhson

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really. He owes us that money, he h`s been

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told to give us that money, but he is refusing to do so. Brixh`m has

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been hit hard in other ways by Gordon Oliver, and people are now

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getting fed up with it. The Mayor is refusing to hand over to Brhxham a

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central government grant of ?37,000.

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That means council tax here has had to go up by 25%.

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I don't want my council tax bill to go up.

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No. The rising cost is a hot topic over coffee among customers and the

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cafe owners here. I wish the Mayor would resign, put

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someone in there who can run it properly. We have some great

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councillors there who could do a much better job.

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To add insult to injury, a Freedom of Information request has revealed

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that Mayor's car park gener`tes ?370,000 per year, for Torb`y's

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golfers, making it the biggdst moneyspinner of old Torbay's

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cancels. As a result of the cuts, children's nursery run from this

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Brixham school has had its funding withdrawn, as had a children's

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nursery run from this buildhng. We tried to interview the M`yor

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today but he has been unavahlable, though he has released a st`tement

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in which he says they have been faced with making difficult

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financial decisions. The cotncil, he says, has to save ?26 million in the

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next two years and he says Torbay has decided to retain Mayor's Grant

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as a contribution by Brixhal towards the overall Bay budget.

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?120,000 in government fundhng is to go towards promoting and developing

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the Cornish language. The Ddputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, said the

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money will help the Cornish Language Partnership to use the langtage to

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encourage more visitors to the area by promoting its unique identity.

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A project to restore a historical graveyard in central Exeter has been

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awarded ?8,000 worth of lottery funding. For years the site has been

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left overgrown and littered with rubbish. The Exeter Dissentdrs

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Graveyard dates back to the 18th century and at least 1,300 people

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are buried there. Ultrasound scans have revealed there

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won't be as many lambs this Spring in upland areas like Dartmoor `

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hitting farmers profits by `s much as 15%. The freezing temper`tures

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early last year have reduced fertility in flocks. Anna V`rle is

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live for us tonight at a farm on Dartmoor.

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It looks like you have some hungry little friends there, Anna. As you

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can see, Laming here is in full swing.

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This one was three weeks old and is the first to be born on this farm.

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Because `` the cold spring last year has had a major impact on fdrtility

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rates across the region and this farm is one of the worst affected.

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lost income. year, equating to around ?10,00 in

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lost income. Minutes old, and a welcome sight for

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Phil. So far, 200 lambs have been born on

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this Dartmoor farm, but scans show the numbers will be 14% down on last

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year. That means I'll lose my profit and a

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lot more besides, as well. H won't be able to spend any money `t all on

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accessories because of the profit will be gone. This year is going to

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be a total wash`out, waste of time, really.

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Phil's farm is an average shze for Dartmoor. This year he is expecting

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to have around 170 fewer lalbs than last, losing him an estimatdd

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?10,000. And he's not alone. Leyland

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Branfield has been scanning sheep across the region for almost 30

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years. He says this is one of the worst he's ever seen.

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Some of the worst affected farmers I've done could be 150 lambs less

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than last year. Which is... Quite a severe financial loss. In some cases

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10% or 15% could be the profit on the entire flock for that ydar.

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The cold weather last spring is thought to be largely to bl`me,

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reducing the fertility in the ewes. But for farmers like Phil the focus

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will be now on keeping thosd born in the coming weeks alive.

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It is important to stress that those farming on lowland areas ard doing

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pretty well, actually. For farmers like Phil on about Miller the next

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few weeks will be critical. `` on their one. Losing just a few of

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those lambs could be critic`l. Around 12,000 large trees h`ve been

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cut down as part of the preparations for what will become one of the

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world's largest tungsten mines. Hemerdon Mine is just a few miles

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away from Plymouth and it's already having a big impact on the

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landscape. Our Environment Correspondent, Adrian Campbdll,

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reports. The remnants of an old Morrhs Minor

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Traveller can still be seen whether it was parked. But most of the trees

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around it have gone for ever. All this work is needed to make way for

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one of the largest tungsten minds on the planet.

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We are a big mining operation and we will have an impact on the

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environment in the early st`ges But ultimately I want to see more mining

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in the UK, and if we can colplete this project to a high standard then

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there is an opportunity for us to do another one, and another ond, and

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another one. Barnaby Hudson has the challenging

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task of managing the environmental consequences of developing ` very

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large mine. Greater horseshoe bats have already been found herd and

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efforts are now being made to protect them with a purpose`built

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bat roost, costing thousands of pounds. The greater horseshoe bats

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need to fly directly into the bat roost.

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The entrance has been constructive 12 to 15 centimetres in width.

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This wall has been constructed as a black well to ensure the roost

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itself is essentially in pitch black. You will also notice the

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humidity of the building has been reduced. We have modified the

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downpipes to keep a constant level of humidity.

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The site of the new mine will eventually cover a large arda. Wolf

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Minerals has given guaranteds it will prtect the environment and

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backed that up with a bond of ? 0 million. Thousands of new trees will

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be planted and all of these works will be monitored by independent

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inspectors. Clearing has just begun, but Wolf Minerals is promishng to

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make good all the works. You may be aware already if you ve

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been fundraising for the ch`rity that this weekend is the clhmax for

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this year's Sport Relief. People will be running the lile

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challenge, cycling or taking part in the swimathon amongst other events

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to get active, have fun and raise some money. Johnny Rutherford's been

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to see one of the projects to benefit from Sport Relief money in

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Cornwall. That is one way to shake off the

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everyday blues ` flip session. The name of this translates to change in

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Cornish, and many young people are using this for a needed change of

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scenery, or to help bring change to their lives. Despite the be`utiful

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countryside we have, we also have some of the same levels of

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deprivation as in some inner`city areas.

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Trelya is here to be long`tdrm support for young people, somewhere

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to come when they need help, somewhere to come when they are in

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crisis. David uses Trelya to get away from the problems and

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difficulties he suffers with. As I have grown up my life has been

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rocky, I have been moved around the country, to Wales, to Penzance, and

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I didn't have many friends. I came to hear to boost my confidence and

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my social skills, and I met some friends here and Trelya has been

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helping a sense. They don't just play sport here.

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They also have art lessons, cookery sessions, film and animation courses

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and music lessons. The money raised by Sport Rdlief has

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helped keep the centre alivd. It means we can continue working

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with young people and we can do even more to help them to have positive

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outcomes in their lives, to go on and be productive positive lembers

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of their community. The centre relies on grants and

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donations. Without them, thd much`needed service would f`ll. ``

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fold. We would love to see what you're getting up to four Sport

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Relief, share your pictures on our Facebook page.

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It has been going on about the vernal equinox, that signifhcant?

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Kind of, because some peopld think about this as the first day of

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spring. Meteorological and we think it is a

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bit early in the year but m`ny people say this is the first day of

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spring. The vernal equinox ` that means in simple terms the ntmber of

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minutes of daylight is exactly the same as the number of minutds of

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darkness. It happens twice a year, in March

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and September. Now you are hnformed, Justin. You learn something

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everyday! It certainly has not been springlike

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weather today, the rain and wind has made a big impact, feeling cold

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too. Tomorrow, once the rain clears tonight it will be more cold. There

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will be some sunshine and some showers, probably in that order

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Sunshine in the morning, showers in the afternoon, particularly the

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early evening. The line of cloud is producing rain now, cleaning behind

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it, that has already happendd in parts of Ireland and through the

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Celtic Sea, West Cornwall. For the rest of us the line of cloud will

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give more rain for the next few hours before moving out of the way.

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Then we are between weather fronts for the middle of the day tomorrow.

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The next line of showers will arrive towards the early evening and there

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will be plenty of showers around on Saturday, too. Again, it is cold

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enough for showers to give some winter nests on the highest parts.

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Not really spring like weather. `` and Venus on the highest parts. ``

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wintry conditions. The Swan array is now open this weekend and in theory

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any eggs laid today, when they hatch it will be the first day of summer.

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This is expertly, where we briefly had some brightness in the sky, but

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it is looking pretty dark and gloomy and the rain was not far aw`y. The

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band of rain is moving out of the way overnight tonight, taking its

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time before clearing, but it will do, and for much of the night it

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will be clear, cold, a good view of the stars, some showers possible but

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it will be cold enough for some frost. It is unusual to see frost

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this late in March, and for gardeners and there are othdrs that

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will happen for the next few nights. Particularly across eastern parts of

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Devon into Somerset. Widespread tonight. Tomorrow is breezy, fine,

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with some sunshine. Showers get going by late morning and towards

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the end of the afternoon showers become widespread and frequdnt. A

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line of frequent showers approaching West Cornwall means for manx others

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into the early evening it could be wet. Temperatures are held down

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because of the cold air, nine or 10 Celsius is the maximum. For the

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other silly, breezy, showers sums it up. The times of high water... ``

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for the Isles of Scilly. If you are surfing, big wavds, but

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not very clean, messy on thd north coast. The sea temperature `t the

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moment is between nine and 00 Celsius.

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The coastal waters forecast but `` forecast...

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Stealing called and show on Saturday. Sunday is the better of

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the two weekend days but both Saturday and Sunday night wd can

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expect widespread frost, possibly as low on Sunday night as minus to

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Celsius or minus three Celshus. Typical, with the vernal eqtinox, we

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get weather like that. What was it again?

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Something about equal day and night. That is all from us, have a lovely

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evening. Good night.

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