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Accused of a five`year stalking campaign ending in a stabbing at

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this Exeter Cemetery. Joe Whllis denied attempted murder but admitted

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grievous bodily harm. We will hear from the trial.

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Some set charity for injured serviceman is wound down. An enquiry

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has been held into Afghan hdroes after concerns on how it was being

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run. The elderly patient who claims he had to dial nine and nind from

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his hospital bed to get staff to help him. And the first of three

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controversial incinerators hn the region gets ready to start burning.

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A five year campaign of stalking culminated in the attempted murder

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of a woman on the streets of a Devon city, a jury has heard. Joe Willis

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today admitted grievous bodhly harm by stabbing Helen Pearson in Exeter

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last year, but denied trying to murder her. Our Home Affairs

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Correspondent, Simon Hall rdports from Exeter Crown court.

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Helen Pearson was stabbed in the attack in daylight outside Dxeter

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city centre. The prosecution say it was the commendation of a fhve`year

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campaign of stalking which hncluded attacks on her flat and car, abusive

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letters and a dead cat being left on her doorstep. Joe Willis, the

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prosecution say, was obsessdd with Helen and consumed with hostility

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because one night she refusdd to go with him to see a band. The court

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heard she was walking along the street when the attacker cale from

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behind and stabbed her. He dragged her into the cemetery. He h`d a pair

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of scissors with a long blade in his hand and a murderous look in his

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eyes. Helen screamed and a passing motorist heard and came to her aid,

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pushed the attacker away and it allowed Helen to escape. Thd jury

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was shown letters. The court heard Mr Willis dhalled

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999 and told the police, I think I may have injured somebody qtite

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badly today. He later told `n officer they might as well charge

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me, I am guilty, I did it. The case was interrupted when Joe Willis

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appeared to break down in tdars and cry, " I am sorry.". He as `dmitted

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grievous bodily de harm `` bodily harm but denies attempted mtrder.

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The Somerset based charity @fghan Heroes is being wound down. The

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Charity Commission started `n inquiry last year because of

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concerns about how it was bding run. The Commission appointed an interim

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manager and he has now written to volunteers to say that the charity

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is no longer a viable concern. Here's Clinton Rogers. It w`s a

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charity launched through grhef. Denise Harris set it up aftdr losing

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her son in Afghanistan. Fivd years on and already under investhgation

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by the Charity Commission, now it is close to collapse. Its volunteer

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supporters have been sent a letter saying:

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Tony Hall is one of those to receive a letter from the charity's interim

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manager. He raised ?20,000 for Afghan Heroes. Fund raising is my

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life. I was doing things th`t I never did as a teenager that I am

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doing now. As well as being is told to stop raising money, you were told

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if you had any merchant dies, get rid of it. Why? Because it hs not

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worth their while coming to collect it. It is worthless. Afghan Heroes

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is under investigation by the Charity Commission who say they have

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concerns about the loss of charity funds and unauthorised trustee

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benefits. One of the main ftnctions was to set up a retreat for homeless

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soldiers. Four are living at this home near Glastonbury. Efforts are

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now being made to find them new accommodation. The Charity

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Commission wouldn't comment today beyond repeating that they had

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serious concerns about Afgh`n Heroes and the way the trustees were

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operating. They are producing a report on what went wrong hdre,

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where exactly was the money spent. My understanding is that report will

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not be published for some thme. A drunk daughter from Plymotth who

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suffocated her sick mother with a pillow has been convicted of her

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murder. 49`year`old Angela Douglas, of Redhill Close, killed 73`year`old

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Anne Matthews last April, s`ying she wanted to end her pain. Plylouth

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Crown Court heard Douglas h`d drunk two and a half bottles of whne

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before she went upstairs to smother her mum who had emphysema.

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Meanwhile in Cornwall detectives are investigating a murder in C`mborne.

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The body of 63`year`old Terry Oldham was found at a property in the town

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on Tuesday. Three men and a woman have been arrested and are being

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held in custody. A major search for a missing

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fisherman has been steps down. A small boat was washed up on the

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shore near Seatown. Local coastguard rescue teams have been searching

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parts of the Devon coastlind. One of three controversial inciner`tors

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being built to deliveries of rubbish for burning today. The Energy from

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Waste plant in Exeter will be switched on later this week ahead of

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full scale operations starthng in July. Similar plants at Devonport

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and St Dennis in Cornwall are in the pipeline. Spotlight's Hamish

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Marshall reports. After eight years of planning and a price tag of 45

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million, this incinerator or officially waste room energx plant

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is ready for business. The first rubbish arrived today. 40 truckloads

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a day will come here. Previously the waste would have gone to landfill.

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There is a lorry coming in dropping off its waste into the pit `nd it is

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taken into the kiln where it is burnt to create energy. It will

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produce electricity which whll go into the National Grid and hn the

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long run, we are hoping it would be used to create heat for district

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housing. It is claimed it would be enough for 500 houses. Experts have

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been monitoring the air quality before the plant opens to sde what

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difference the burning makes. The Environment Agency says it will

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check what is being put into the atmosphere by the plant. Opponents

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say microscopic particles in the air can cause cancer and heart disease.

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You can see it poking up and it will be blowing the smoke in our

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direction on the south`westdrly wind most of the time. It won't be good.

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Even if the toxins go out in two liquid and solid waste, that is

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bound to be toxins in the sloke The operators say the site will be safe

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but will plants like this encourage us to stop recycling? Devon county

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council hopes not. It must tp its recycling from 55% to 65%. @fter

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this testing phase, the plant starts operating at full capacity from

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July. Work on similar plans at Devonport and Saint`Denis in

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Cornwall is continuing. This plant with its high stack has changed the

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skyline of Exeter. It is a large facility and with that welcome

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scrutiny. Once it opens in July many will be keen to ensure the

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emissions coming out of herd are safe.

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Denver are mental campaigners say a coral is at risk of being

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overwhelmed by silt dredged from Devonport dockyard. They ard calling

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on the Marine Management Organisation to protect the coral.

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These are a nationally scarce species. Their presence was an

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important factor in closing off a large area of the sea from dredging

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and other damaging operations. They also found in Whitsand Bay hn

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south`east Cornwall, includhng the recently designated marine

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conservation zone. 1 million tonnes of salt has been deposited from

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Devonport dockyard in Whits`nd Bay since 1997. Campaigners havd

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objected to the practice. One of them has written to the milk `` has

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written to the Marine Managdment Organisation about his concdrns In

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2006, they used a precautionary principle to protect other species

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and this one which was the right thing to do. I am upset abott the

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fact that they are not using the same principle in our bay hdre.

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Keith Hiscock is a marine bhologist who has dived the area wherd silt

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has been deposited from the dockyard. He took these photographs

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in 2007 which so `` which show them surrounded by silt deposits. It

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looks like the bottom of thd Taymor now. It looks quite healthy. It has

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a dogfish attached to it. It is not suffering too much. I think parts of

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the reef will be completely submerged now. The Marine M`nagement

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Organisation has carried out organisations `` studies and says it

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has considered the effects hn the Marine conservation zone and says it

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will monitor what happens and take action if it sees evidence of the

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silt having significant effdct. For now, it is not considering further

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investigations. Young peopld are being allowed to spray graffiti

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around towns in West Dorset without fear of being arrested. The local

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council has helped them show what they can do on walkways and

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underpasses. Not everyone lhkes the final result but the scheme's had

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plenty of support. Simon Cldmison has been finding out about the

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changing face of public art. Statues are not out of place in west Dorset.

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In the realm of public art, there is a new kid on the block. Welcome to

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Sherborne and Dorchester and Bridport. Away from the birds

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singing, the sound of paintdrs spring. Legally and encouraged.

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Graffiti has been around forever. This is interesting because it is

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endorsed, it is legal and b`cked by council members. These aren't the

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first rural towns to look more urban and street artists think thdir work

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would want to be where you would least expect. I would like to see

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street art in this part of Dorset. I am an artist and a visually led

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world is a good thing. It mhght seem incongruous but it is nice to see it

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and everyone should see it. A new gallery on the street. The `ltered

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the `` the ultimate dream of a movement and appealing to a wider

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audience. It is still in alleyways and underpasses. The artists believe

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there is a limit. You have this Jurassic Coast and these be`utiful

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towns and lots of heritage `round. Putting a FET `` graffiti phece on

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Portland stone is wrong. Covering the concrete is not right for some.

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Opinions are as divided as dver I have been here for 30 years and we

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have never had anything likd this before and I don't think a lot of

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the children take any noticd of it. It is a lot of rubbish. It shows

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what young people can do. I think there should be more. The social

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good it may deliver is not `lways clear as the paint on the w`lls

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Having the time to complete the job without running off for fear of

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being caught is about more `bout producing a result. People stop by

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and ask them what they are doing. They are beginning to make friends.

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The younger guys and the artists are talking to the elderly residents. It

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is a bold move. Success will find out if you think this is thd good,

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the bad or the ugly. Coming up, why some forms of graffiti are being

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given the go`ahead. Plus thd storm hit community doing their bht to win

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back the tourists. River levels are rising agahn after

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a weekend of heavy rain. Find out what the weather is doing for the

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next few days. An elderly c`ncer patient claims he was forced to dial

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999 after staff ignored his calls for help. Peter Tizzard was at

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Dorset County Council when he made the call and said he experidnced

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severe pain and hand receivdd assistance in the ward. The hospital

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says the ward was fully staffed and his action was not necessarx. The

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second week of the inquest hnto the fatal crash on the M5 has bden

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hearing from a weather expert. Seven people died and 51 were injtred in

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the crash in November 2011. This afternoon the inquest heard from an

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expert from the Met Office who looked into weather conditions on

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the night of the accident. Now it's happened to many of us you

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come back from a holiday and discover a huge mobile phond bill

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because of data roaming. But spare a thought for those living along the

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Purbeck coast in Dorset. Sole have found their phones switching to a

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network in France! It's bec`use their own networks aren't strong

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enough. Ofcom says refunds `ren t always given.

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When you are at home, it is locked onto your network. When you are

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away, it could be grabbing the strongest signal. Your home network

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may be available. By locking your phone onto your home network, you

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will avoid roaming charges. Public swimming pools in a town are

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facing an uncertain future. They say they cannot subsidise the pools in

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Tavistock without cutting front line services `` services.

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Sue has been swimming here six days a week for the past eight ydars She

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could soon be faced with having to find an alternative. The loss would

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be substantial. It has been a place of refuge, a place of mental

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relaxation, a place where I hope I keep fit and keep up with mx regular

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exercise. This pool will soon be full of children but even at its

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busiest times, the council says it is still making a loss and can't

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afford to subsidise it at its current level past 2016. Thhs pool

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in Okehampton has a larger turnover as it has a gym but its futtre is

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also uncertain. West Devon Borough Council spends ?150,000 a ydar

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subsidising both pools. That amounts to 4% of council tax payers money.

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Over the next ten years, thd local authority estimates it will cost

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over ?1 million to maintain facilities. One option would be to

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close the pool. That is not something the council wants to do.

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It clearly wants to keep thd public facility available and that would be

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an absolute last resort which is why we are looking at all of thd options

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to provide a public swimming facility. What are the options? One

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is to make the Olympic legacy Paul accessible to the public if the

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school is successful in raising the funding to bring it here. Sdcond is

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a community takeover, third, to renew the current contract `nd the

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fourth is closure. This offdr these parents, is not an option. Ly little

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boy has started to swim and is getting really confident. If they

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take it away, we will have to go to Plymouth. I have been coming here

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since I was five and I am now 2 . If it was too close, I would h`ve

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nowhere to do swimming lessons. I walk here. A public consult`tion

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will begin in the next two lonths before a decision is made l`te in

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the year. Time for the sport now and Dave s

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here with heartbreak for Sotth West rugby.

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Both the region's Championship clubs have been eliminated from the

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quarterfinals of the British and Irish Cup. Plymouth Albion were well

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beaten 41`21 at Leeds and the Cornish Pirates have exited the

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competition, going down to Pontypridd in Penzance. BBC Radio

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Cornwall's Dick Straughan t`kes up the story on a 16`14 defeat.

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Driving on. A try to the Cornish Pirates. They score with 40 minutes

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played. Wrestling their way to two letres

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short of the line. It is another try.

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A seagull swoops low. Strikds it through the upright.

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A little disappointed. We ptt all our eggs in one basket. It hs

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disappointing. The best teal won on the day. Big boys are prettx

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distressed. We have three g`mes left to go. We have to show heart and

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commitment. That was our ch`nce for another game. It was not to be.

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All three Devon clubs went down without scoring. Plymouth Argyle's

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play`off chances are fading fast after a one goal reverse at Burton

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Albion. It's their third match without a win and they're now five

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points behind the play`off group. Argyle do have a game in hand which

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is tomorrow night at Newport County. Exeter City have slipped into

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relegation trouble again. Their second loss in a row came at Bury by

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two goals to nil to leave them just four points off the exit door into

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the Conference ` a league Torquay United are staring in the f`ce.

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They're ten points from survival with only five games left to play

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after going down to a Scunthorpe United penalty at Plainmoor. They

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had the opportunity to equalise from the spot themselves, but Dale Tonge

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squandered the chance to le`ve them almost down and out.

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Finally, it's the start of the Commonwealth Games swimming trials

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this week and tomorrow night here on Spotlight, we'll have a special

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report on the England head coach and Plymouth College director of

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swimming Jon Rudd. We'll look at how Rudd looks after his intern`tional

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swimmers at the crack of dawn at the Plymouth Life Centre, also cosseting

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his Olympic and World champhon Ruta Meilutyte.

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That's this time tomorrow hdre on BBC One.

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It's eight weeks since Porthleven harbour in Cornwall was inundated by

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the storm waves. Boats were damaged as the sea crashed through the huge

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wooden gate which normally protects the moorings.

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Traders in the village are keen to make sure visitors know thex are

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open for business, so they've made their own video to prove it.

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Spotlights David George has been watching it and meeting the people

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who took part. This will bring a smile to xour

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face. It has had 1200 views on the Internet. Welcome to Porthldven I

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have lived here for 30 years but have not seen the sea as aggressive

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as it was over those few daxs. We all worked together. We all cleaned

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up and spruced ourselves down. We bring you this message to come down.

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Did he fall over? No, he didn't Pasty shops are open for business.

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This is the community spirit. It has pulled the community togethdr.

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Everyone has engaged and it was a really fun day. There is thd beach.

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Here is the harbour. Enjoyed by adults and kids. We have had such a

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hard winter and it is been so hard for Porthleven. It is open for

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business and back trading again We are waiting for you. We are open for

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business. We are open for btsiness. And don't it feel good? All right

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now. Who is this lunatic in a lobster suit? We did share ht so

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there are a few lunatics. It has Porthleven written all the way

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through it. Who knew they were such good fun.

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Well done. It is time for the weather now.

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If you saw more than 100 yards because of that low cloud, there is

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some good news because it is much drier. There will be some stnshine.

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Perhaps feeling pressure. It is much clearer now. It is a fresher feel.

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It will be a cold night to night. We have an area of low pressurd which

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is a long way off at the molent It gets closer as we get to thd middle

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of the day. On Wednesday, it is across southern Britain. We may have

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more in the way of sunshine. Looking at the detail, you can see the line

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of cloud that formed earlier this afternoon. That is still yet to

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clear. It is moving pretty fast and over the next hour, it will be gone.

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We have lengthy clear spells and the odd light shower. They are fleeting

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and it becomes dry. It is still quite breezy but very good

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visibility. Overnight temperatures down to six Celsius. It is ` cold

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night compared to the last few nights. Expect a few showers in the

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morning. We have some lengthy spells of sunshine towards the end of the

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day, particularly across eastern parts of Devon. We get tempdratures

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up to 13 Celsius. It is still quite cold in the wind so you will need to

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wrap up warm. For the Isles of Scilly, a much better day.

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A dry week ahead. Late in the week, a lot more cloud around but it is

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still dry. Have a good evenhng. That is worth hearing. That is it

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from us for tonight. We will be back tomorrow. From all of us here, good

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