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That is all from the BBC News at That is all from the BBC News at

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No extension of the badger cull but the trials will continue in Somerset

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and Gloucestershire. Good evening. There's anger on both

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sides tonight ` farmers wanted a wider cull, badger groups w`nted it

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abandoned completely. We're slaughtering diseased animals

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in the cattle population and not the wildlife population. We need to see

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the trials continue as we whll learn from them. The trial was nehther

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effective or humane so it would be madness to continue.

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Hello. Also tonight: A row over what lies beneath. The ghost nets branded

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a deadly hazard and a threat to fishermen's livelihoods.

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It is getting worse and worse. Why catch the fish when they ard

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breeding in that quantity. Ht doesn't make sense.

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And, meet the latest generation of film makers ` with a little help

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from their friends. There's bitter disappointment

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tonight for many south west farmers after the Government announced

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there'll be NO expansion of the pilot badger culls beyond Somerset

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and Gloucestershire for now. Farmers wanted the cold rolled out to other

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areas but animal welfare groups say the culls should be abandondd.

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This is the most pressing animal health problem in the UK. M`rk

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Weekes is a beef cattle farler who has seen his herd go in and out of

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bovine TB in recent years. Today he and his son heard Owen

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Paterson address the hazards of Commons but he did not like what he

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heard. Massive disappointment that they are not rolling at the cull is

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that is the only way to get out of this disease. According to death

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row, 2000 badgers were killdd in the cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire

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but animal welfare groups s`y it is misguided and that worse spreads the

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disease. `` at worse. Owen Paterson told the Commons that he believed

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trial badger culls had got off to a slow start and he said that he

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believes by 2038 if the right measures are followed England could

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be free of bovine TB. But the wildlife trusts believe the

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government 's policy is wrong and there are other ways to improve

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things more quickly. This trial cull was neither effective nor htmane so

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it would be madness to conthnue There are a lot of other techniques

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the government could look at. They could look at improving the tests

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for TB which is out of date. There needs to be a coherent over`ll

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strategy which looks at how to contain the disease in the hot

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spots, like the south`west, and keep disease`free areas free. Thdy are a

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four`year programme and we have to learn from that. We will work with

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them in partnership. That is with all due respect to other

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organisations which have not been involved in the cull as thex do not

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have the industry `` in `` information to hand. We all want to

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address the disease. Farmers say they have already

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accepted tougher controls and many are disappointed by today's news.

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An inquest has heard how thd worst `` wife of the Cornish charhty

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ShelterBox died from an overdose of morphine the day after her husband

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was sacked from his job. Her son said she had been left inconsolable

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when she received an e`mail which informed her husband in his career

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with the charity was over. The inquest heard how Mrs Henderson was

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found by her husband in bed and not breathing.

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Her eldest son tried to revhve her but she was declared dead at the

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scene. The ambulance crew s`id her son was emotional and angry and was

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accusing one of the charitids board members of causing her death. He was

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shouting, he has killed my lother. John Henderson said the evening

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before, his father had been sacked by ShelterBox by e`mail and was told

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to return his car, laptop and keys. He said when his mother saw that

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e`mail she collapsed and cotld not be consoled. She worked as ` PA at

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the charity and was filmed by the BBC during a royal visit in 201 .

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Tom Henderson said as his role with the board deteriorated she became

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stressed about the situation. She suffered a neck injury years ago and

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had taken morphine in the p`st to control the pain but recently

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switched to other painkillers. The coroner said she died from `n

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overdose of morphine and recorded an open verdict. Tom Henderson founded

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Tim `` ShelterBox in 2000. Last year he was arrested in connection with

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fraud and money`laundering but so far no one has been charged.

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A couple from Torquay say they can't understand why their daughtdr was

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told to get the train home from hospital in Bristol following brain

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surgery. The family had arrhved by ambulance from Exeter but s`y the

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teenager wasn't well enough to travel home on public transport

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Sophie Pierce reports. Katie Zaple`Davies is recovdring

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after her operation. She has had a brain tumour and has had nulerous

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operations at Frenchay Hosphtal which has always arranged transport

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home in the past. So the falily were surprised to be told they would have

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to take the train home. I wouldn't have been very comfortable because

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there would have been a lot of waiting and walking. The falily

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decided to get a taxi costing over ?100 although they say the loney

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isn't the issue. It is total lack of compassion for Katie, the p`tient,

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and it is not acceptable whdn someone has had surgery likd that.

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It is all the waiting and standing she would have to do. Waiting for

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the bus or the train. I just think it is bad. In a statement, the

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hospital told us: The family says they have no problem

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with the treatment but they just don't want other families to go

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through similar problems. Coming up: After the rail d`mage at

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Dawlish, who were the winners and losers? Plus, preparing for the

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Plymouth leg of a prestigiots yacht race. And the writing hut whth an

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impressive history. Rail workers at First Great Western

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are to be balloted for strike action over a number of issues including

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employment contracts. It comes a day before the lhne at

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Dawlish is due to be reopendd. We can go live to Dawlish now `nd our

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record `` our reporter who hs seeing the final preparations take place.

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Scott. Yes, it has been a great dax today,

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but there is a real sense of anticipation and excitement in the

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town. A volunteer group havd been adding a splash of colour whth the

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plants and bunting all ahead of tomorrow's reopening to makd it look

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spit and span. But it is re`lly about the engineering feat taking

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place here to get the line be open and rail services in and out of the

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south`west back on track. Ndtwork Rail says that some days thdre have

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been up to 400 staff working here and that at times it was totch and

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go as to whether they would make the deadline. But it is all complete bar

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if you cosmetic touches. Yot always have doubts but the team get their

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head around it. It is the unknown is that by Duke, but we fought them all

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off and we are ready to go. Of course, it is great news the

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track will reopen tomorrow, but just down the line there are a h`ndful of

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homes where people are still cut off. They have had to move out into

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temporary accommodation and have not had `` been able to get back because

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the road hasn't been repairdd. They say they have been effectivdly left

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living on an island. The first few times I came down, it was qtite a

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relief when thinking of the image I had in my head. But the dev`station

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is not as bad as it was and you have to get through every stage that

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comes next. Network Rail hands that track and

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the station back to First Great Western just after midnight and the

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first passenger train should be through here just before 6al

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tomorrow. In the last few months, the inconvenience and disrupted ``

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disruption has been widely reported. But there have also been benefits.

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Even these ill winds brought benefits as the money for rdpairs

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flowed. The Orange army has thronged Dawlish and Teignmouth for dight

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weeks. This local photographer was pressed into its numbers to do

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time`lapse on the cliff erosion Three to four weeks of solid work

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every day on the site and mtltiple cameras on site running 24 hours a

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day. In addition, the documdnting what is going on generally `s well.

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Accommodation had to be found for repaired teams.

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They have been good as gold. Coming up to Easter, we have to ask them to

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leave but it has benefited ts through the winter. There are a

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number of different contractors as the logos on the vehicles

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demonstrate. Some names famhliar to us but not through railways at all.

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Don't assume that everyone hs benefiting. The popular walkway on

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the seaward side of the railway has been closed, putting off sole day

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trippers and leading to a f`ll in trade. Probably about 20%. This time

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of year it isn't a particul`rly busy time for us but it is even lore

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important for us to have as much trade as we can. But some h`ve been

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drawn out of curiosity. I would call it disaster truism. They cole along

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and ask where they can go to take a picture. The economic impact of the

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repairs has been felt widelx. Plymouth 's composite speci`lists

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were amongst the specialists cordon to make components and others have

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derived benefits that were less tangible. This remote`controlled

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aircraft expert was called hn to give the engineers a birds dye view.

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For a self`confessed hobby lan, this has been the challenge of a

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lifetime. At our local flying fields, we fly around the fhelds and

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they start to look a same `` the same after a bit so this is

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fantastic really. I am like a kid in a toy shop! No one can say with

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certainty how the costs and benefits balance out but if the reputation of

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the region is at stake, we lay not know for years.

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A big day tomorrow and we whll have full coverage on TV radio and online

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tomorrow. BBC Radio Devon whll be live in Dawlish from 6.30 tomorrow

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morning as the first trains pass through the station. Spotlight will

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also be live there in the evening with a round up of the day's events,

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including a report from onboard one of the first passenger trains along

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the route. And there'll be tpdates throughout the day at

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bbc.co.uk/devon. A group of fishermen in Torbay are

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asking for greater control for certain fishing methods. Thhs

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morning, the men met the fisheries minister.

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A submerged vessel draped in fishing net. Lost or snagged on the sea bed,

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no one will haul in this catch. It is a problem associated with wreck

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fishing with nets. The men who use rod and line is say something needs

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to be done. Too many nets are lost on the wrecks. They fish ghost fish

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for up to two years afterwards. We catch Pollock that are caught in the

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nets damaged or injured and are a lot of issues `` we catch Pollock

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and cod. One minister was in bricks and among the concerns was the

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amount of nets on wreck sitds. They catch tonnes and tonnes of fish and

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when they are full of spawn in the breeding season, which crashes the

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price for arts, it makes it unviable for us. Sometimes line and rod

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fishing is the most sustain`ble way. Places like the Channel Isl`nds have

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banned the use of wreck netting but it has been used for many ydars

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and, done the right way, can have a reduced impact on the environment.

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There are two sides of the `rgument but I shall discuss it with

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officials. The men who fished commerci`lly by

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rod and line say they would like to work with the fishermen who use nets

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and the Minister. In just two months' time, Plymouth

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will once again host some of the World's top class sailors. La

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Solitaire du Figaro, which hs regarded as one of the most

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competitive races on the circuit, will be stopping in the citx. And

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today, both British and French competitors have crossed thd Channel

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to train in our waters. Our reporter Anna Varle went to join thel.

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At just 23, this Plymouth s`ilor is training to complete `` compete in

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the La Solitaire du Figaro for the first time and is just one of nine

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Brits competing. These waters I recognise. It is a great honour and

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to have it coming to Plymouth, it is a big event `` event. Competitors

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say this is more like a mar`thon than a sprint as you have to spend

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two or three nights at sea. Each of these legs involves sailing hundreds

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of miles single`handedly. The first stop will be Plymouth and today

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French and British competitors were getting to grips with local waters.

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I am hearing that they are very happy to have done this exercise,

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even though it has been long, they have learnt a lot. They are a long

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way from home. It is the first time a large number of Brits havd

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competed in the La Solitaird du Figaro. A large number of identical

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boats competing in Plymouth Sound is likely to attract a large ntmber of

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spectators. We look forward to encouraging this and other dvents.

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For those like Sam, hopes rdmain high. The training in Francd is

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really good and I have been sailing quite well against them. Thd race

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fleet will arrive, weather permitting, on the 11th of June

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A writing hut used by one of the south west's most prolific `uthors

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is being sold at auction next month. The building near Braunton belonged

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to Henry Williamson, who wrote Tarka The Otter. Its sale is expected to

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attract interest from around the world. Chris Lyddon has been to see

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it. Henry Williamson's love aff`ir with

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North Devon was the catalyst for some of his greatest works `nd many

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reflected the area's stunning beauty and wildlife.

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Tarka was a name given to otters. Hidden in a wooded glade, it was his

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refuge and the solitude and peace it gave him was the inspiration for his

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work. When I was writing these five

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novels, I was in the hat. Vdry often for 36 hours. It is a real time

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capsule. Everything from his gramophone to his easy chair and his

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surfboard. Above us is an area where he would sleep. And then his writing

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chair and desk where he penned Tarka the Otter. This is where he wrote.

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Here is his writing book and here are his glasses. Incredible Most

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people sense an atmosphere immediately when they come here for

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the first time. They say it is almost as if Henry Williamson had

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just walked out of the room. The author's private studio a fdw yards

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away is also being sold. Williamson built it himself and it was here he

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spent much of his time. `` built for Williamson. It is filled with his

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possessions and kept just as he left it. My instruction to sell comes

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from the family, but they lhve in far`flung places and are getting to

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a certain age, like all of ts, and the ability to get on top of it and

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maintain it has got a bit mtch. Sadly, from their point of view the

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time has come. The hut and studio go under the hammer towards thd end of

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next month and it is hoped the buyer will keep things just the w`y they

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are. It is only when you see the archive

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film that you realise very little has changed. A celebration of the

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creativity of the Celtic nations is taking place in Cornwall. Fhlm,

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television and radio producdrs are there. The event is a showc`se for

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some top talent and his report starts with excerpts from some film

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categories. How privilege we are to be there at

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the same time and place. Thdy have come from, Wales, Scotland, Ireland

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and Cornwall and Brittany to meet like`minded folk `` folk and show

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off their work. This is incredible. The winning film in the anilation

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section was called Cap Max spectators `` Spectators. To win

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alongside so many other medha outlets is great. They renaled this

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event because it is not just film and television any more. Thdre is a

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radio category and there is even a category for iPhone apps. This is

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one of the entry. Walkabout Saint Ives tells you where you ard. It is

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a great way of sharing. Why is having it here in Cornwall so

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exciting? Well, we are one of the smaller Celtic countries but we have

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such a range of things going on with fantastic film`makers etc. Ht is

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great to showcase that to the rest of the countries. The festival in St

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Ives continues tomorrow. Now onto the next generation of

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film`makers. A group of young film`makers from Cornwall h`ve won a

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major national award. They `re all under 11 and the judges with their

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film of the effect of Marind litter. They now get the opportunitx to

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travel to Germany with their winning work.

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Hello. We have come from Turtle Studios. This class made thd film.

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Rather than me tell you, I think the film`makers should make the film.

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Hi. We made this film to get the message across that marine pollution

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is getting on our beaches and we want to stop it. It is also hurting

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the animals and it is not nhce to see. Why did you enter as? Ht was

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about raising awareness and creating solutions. We felt it was an issue

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important to all of us and ht gave you the opportunity to develop your

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filming, directing and edithng skills. We need you... To bd a

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Marine hero! I enjoyed it bdcause I was saving marine life and H really

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like reptiles. How hard was it to make the film? It was quite hard

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because it was cold and windy and it took time. It comes from all over

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the world. The competition was for students aged seven to 18 and they

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now have the opportunity to travel to Germany to see all the other

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champions. We also one this. And we beat the secondaries!

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Congratulations to them. Some top talent. Talking of which,

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here's David! Good evening. Tomorrow is a much

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better day. Some brief sunshine Quite a lot of cloud which lay

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generate a lot of cloud but on the whole it is a dry day. Lots of cloud

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on the satellite picture at the moment though. It is across France.

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Clear sky further west is hdading for us and that is already happening

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across parts of Cornwall. This weather system has our name on it

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for overnight tomorrow night and Saturday so expect a change on

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Saturday. Cloudy with some outbreaks of rain at the weekend, which looks

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quite unsettled. Make the most of the bright weather tomorrow. The

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clearance across Cornwall whll spill across the rest of us tonight. Some

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misty patch is here and there and some cloud generating rain over the

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moors. A colder night than we have seen recently. Tomorrow morning we

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wake up to some mist and low cloud but the sunshine will work through

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that and dry for much of thd day. Some showers possible but they will

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be fleeting and not heavy. Thicker cloud approaching the far wdst of

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Cornwall in the evening and winds are South or south`westerly. A

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fresher feel to the air tomorrow. For the Isles of Scilly, here are

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some of the best weather across the whole of the country, in fact. Some

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rain in the evening but for much of the morning, it is fine with

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pleasant sunshine and light winds from the South or Southwest.

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The surf will pick up this weekend. Not particularly big tomorrow but it

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will get bigger at the weekdnd as the wind increases.

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Not a promising outlook. Saturday is cloudy with some showers. On Sunday,

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we are likely to see more pdrsistent rain and it will becoming creasing

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Lee windy. Back to our unsettled theme with a maritime air, so no air

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pollution but outbreaks of rain will continue on Monday. Tuesday and

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Wednesday, though, high pressure comes back to settle things down and

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research `` should see sunshine again.

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That's it from us. I will bd in Dawlish tomorrow night. BBC coverage

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of the day 's Dawlish events against tomorrow morning on BBC Radho

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Devon. From all of us here, have a good night.

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Bye`bye.

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