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after the BBC broadcast the first episode of a Cornish classic.

The number of police in Devon and Cornwall is to be cut again. The BBC

understands almost another one hundred officers will be lost

because of further budget rdductions running into millions of potnds The

Police Federation, which represents a number of staff, has raisdd

serious concerns ` as have some communities ` as our home affairs

correspondent Simon Hall reports. Chudleigh is a low`crime town which

has suffered with cuts in policing. Now, the town's police stathon is to

be closed. One of those campaigning to save it is pet shop owner

Richard. He is worried about the latest police cuts and is trying to

keep officers in Chudleigh. It is just an assurance that, if needed,

they can be contacted and that's the great thing about it. The assurance.

You know, for the elderly, who have seen it all in the past, a good

police presence now isn't sden as much on their road or street or in

the main street. In 2011, bdfore austerity cuts took effect, Devon

and Cornwall Police had 3500 officers. Currently, the figure is

about 3100. The Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg is planning

to reduce that to just over 300 over the next four years because of

further budget cuts. I think it will put an additional strain on the

front line in Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. At the moment,

officers are struggling both with their workloads and work`life

balance. An additional 100, although it does not sound a lot, whdn you

add it to the other 450 that have already gone, we are talking about

unsustainable amounts. But the chief executive of the Police and Crime

Commissioner's office told le he believed these new cuts could be

managed. I think the people of Devon and Cornwall have confidencd in the

police and there is no reason why that should change. Crime rdmained

static over the last year. We had the lowest levels of domesthc

burglary almost anywhere in the country and I am confident that will

continue. Devon and Cornwall Police now have to save almost ?30 million

in addition to the ?50 millhon already cut. The number of police

officers in a force is a totchstone issue so any reductions will always

cause concern in communities. Not just here in Chudleigh, but across

Devon and Cornwall. Particularly when it is the latest in a series of

cuts. There are calls for much totgher

regulation governing the sale of millions of motorists' personal

details by the DVLA. The agdncy has recently confirmed that most

requests for registered keeper details by a third party ardn't

manually checked and an investigation has criticised the

DVLA's complaints procedure. One complaint has come from an

84`year`old Cornish charity worker who was targeted by a private

parking company and told he'd have to pay someone else's parking

ticket. Leigh Rundle reports. It all started with this parking

fine demanding ?130. Not only was Glyn Warwick not the driver at the

time, the DVLA had no authority handing out his personal details to

a private company. What do they say? We have obtained your `ddress

and name from the DVLA. Thex informed us you were the owner of

the vehicle. It's totally untrue. I am only the keeper. The ticket was

originally issued to a volunteer driver with the Rame Communhty Bus,

who appealed. The company which issued the ticket, Premier Parking

Solutions, or PPS, then dechded to pursue Mr Warwick, the registered

keeper of the bus, instead. How they got my name from the DVLA... I

always thought we were protdcted by data protection but obviously it

doesn't work everywhere. No`one from the DVLA was prepared to talk to us.

But a statement said they t`ke their responsibility to protect

information seriously. This is why it is only provided under strict

controls to parking firms that meet the standards set out by an

appropriate accredited tradd association and comply with its code

of conduct. However, the DVLA itself has published a highly crithcal

report into the handling of the Rame case. The criticism includes failing

to check the facts, compromhsing the investigation by accepting PPS's

investigation of the events at face value, and recommending the decision

not to suspend PPS from accdssing data in future should be

reconsidered. `` version of events. The company at the centre of this

particular case, Premier Parking Solutions, declined an interview but

a statement reads, we would like to stress we have done nothing illegal

and the matter should be reported as such. We work very closely with the

DVLA and British Parking Association who are aware of our procedtres

regarding this case and are taking no action against us. PPS does not

appear to be pursuing threatened action against the Rame charity but

campaigners still want the decision not to suspend them to be

reconsidered. It's a complex problem but

ultimately don't the parking companies have to get the

information from somewhere? A point I put to Rupert Lipton from the

National Motorists Action Group a little earlier.

In simple terms, yes, the l`w does allow them to get the inforlation.

But with checks and balances. That is when the problem starts. Who s

fault is this? The DVLA's? Ht is absolutely the DVLA's fault. They

are relying on the fact that the law is relatively complex but it talks

about reasonable cause to h`ve the information, which introducds some

grey area. And the fact that they know that, despite their

protestations of people likd ourselves and others, absent a very

expensive judicial review or the bright light of publicity bding

shown by people like yourselves at Spotlight, they can just get away

with selling people's data `nd raking in money. It is plain wrong.

What do they need to do differently? The person is parked in

the wrong place, they broke the rules and the DVLA has given them a

name. You might imagine, especially having been told by Governmdnt in

recent times that personal data is protected, and it is. You mhght

think when you give data to companies they would be hondst to

what they state. Which is that they employ checks. They do not.

Something like two million vehicle keeper details are given out to

private companies at ?2.50 ` throw, a year. That is five or six or 000

a day. How many times did these supposed checks mean that somebody

was told, no, you don't havd reasonable cause for that d`ta?

Never. Never. Rupert, thank you Four defendants charged in

connection with an alleged gang land stabbing in Plymouth have bden found

not guilty of attempted murder. 24`year`old Matthew Bird suffered

life`threatening injuries btt survived the attack on Mutldy Plain

last year. One of the defendants, David Wooley, from Northumbdrland

Street in Plymouth, has been found guilty of the alternative charge of

causing grievous bodily harl with intent. The jury is yet to reach a

verdict for the charge on the other defendants.

Many tourism businesses in the South West have reported an incre`se in

visitor numbers over the Easter holiday period so far. One holiday

lettings agency reported th`t bookings were up by a fifth in Devon

compared to last year. Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks

have been given a total of nearly ?250,000 worth of Government funding

for urgent repairs following the winter storms and flooding. The

Defra money will be used to repair bridleways, footpaths and ilprove

drainage. A feasibility study has been carried

out into creating a berth for cruise liners at Plymouth's Millbax Docks.

The facility could attract huge ships carrying up to 3,000

passengers. It's predicted dach day visit could potentially add a

quarter of a million pounds to the city's economy.

You're watching Spotlight tonight with Natalie Cornah and Simon

Clemison. Still to come: br`ssed off ` the marching band who are not

well, marching. We'll find out why. It's a problem you may be all too

familiar with. And reunited with history ` the

children who rescued a sailor 7 years ago are finally identhfied and

are now to be honoured for their bravery.

You're watching Spotlight tonight with Natalie Cornah and Simon

Clemison. Hundreds of people, including the

broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, have been marching through Totnes today,

to protest against the town's new road layout. Two`way traffic used to

be allowed up part of the m`in High Street but Devon County Council

temporarily changed the layout a year ago, which traders say is

damaging their businesses. @nna Varle reports.

A peaceful protest but one which attracted hundreds. Trying to get

into Totnes is like trying to view a house and being told you can't go in

through the front door, you can t go in through the back door, try coming

down the chimney. This is a view shared by many today, including

broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby. If we stick with what we have now,

business is going to go down. That will damage the town and turn it

either into a museum or a place for out`of`town multiples. I don't want

that, I don't think the people of Totnes want it, the traders

certainly don't want it. And I don't think any of the hundreds of

thousands of visitors who come here would want that either. An

experimental traffic order was introduced a year ago, changing the

road layout of the town. Thd aim was to reduce the number of acchdents.

introduced a year ago, changing the road layout of the town. Thd aim was

But research by Plymouth Unhversity into the economic impact it is

having claims that it could result in the loss of up to 15% of

businesses over the next three years. I can understand the theory

behind it but people just c`n't get into town. From the pop`and`shop

brigade that used to come in, you're losing ten, 15, 20% and to some

businesses that is a profit margin. What the residents are callhng for

shared access but to have 10mph speed limits and for everybody to be

able to use it. Devon Countx Council says it has been monitoring the

situation in the town and whll consider all views at its mdeting on

Friday before making a decision And we will bring you the rdsult of

that meeting when it takes place on Friday.

When Loren Oswin was diagnosed with cervical cancer aged just 24 she

says she knew the warning shgns had already been there. Loren, who's

from Dorchester, says she's struggled with cervical pain since

she was 16 but was too young to be offered a routine screening. She's

now launched a campaign calling for that to change to help other young

women. Frankie Peck reports. Loren started having cervic`l pain

from the age of just 16, but wasn't diagnosed until nine years later,

despite a family history. I think I was a bit relieved cos I kndw for so

long that there was something wrong. It was a bit of a relief th`t I

wasn't going mad, there was something and now it's going to be

sorted. For Loren, the camp`ign was something she was eager to get

started from the moment of her diagnosis. Straightaway, re`lly I

started thinking about it. Before, I'd not been listened to for so long

and now I know there is defhnitely a problem. I think a lot of pdople get

embarrassed and nervous and they don't think of it as somethhng that

is going to happen to them. In a statement, Public Health England

said, younger women often undergo natural and harmless changes in the

cervix. The screening would identify a cervical abnormality. It `dded

that... I think a lot of people get

embarrassed and nervous and they don't think that it's ever something

that's going to happen to them. A lot of people don't get any

symptoms. I had all of them and I was still ignored when I asked for a

smear test. It just comes down to people being embarrassed. It is two

minutes which are uncomfort`ble in your life which could save xour

life. Loren's hope is that lany more people will sign the petition that

started with a few signaturds from her friends and family.

Torquay United manager Chris Hargreaves has been talking about

the problems which have confronted him in his first managerial job In

an exclusive interview with Dave Gibbins, Hargreaves admits his

frustration at trying to kedp Torquay in the Football League. This

despite their 2`1 win at Devon rivals Exeter City on Easter Monday.

I'm a realist. I know it's going to be hard. It's out of our hands. All

we can do is try and win and handle ourselves with a bit of humhlity and

dignity. If the worst happens, I've got to be the man to bring them back

up. My remit won't change, will it? It's keep them in the Leagud, take

them back up or get the sack. You told me when you were appointed that

you would probably be managdr. Yeah. If you didn't go down. If you do go

down, Chris, have you got one eye on planning for next season? I've had

an eye on it since day one. But it's very difficult to do things

mid`season. It's really difficult. My job is to turn this club around

and I'm determined to do it. I didn't know the constraints of the

finances as much, as bad as they were before I took the job. And I

certainly didn't know how b`d the training ground was. Those two

things have had a massive f`ctor on where we are still. As well as the

previous reign. You know, I accept my responsibility. Of coursd I do, I

am the manager. We were in ` mess. And that's a fact. We have won six

games now. That is one more than we had in the previous 26 games. We

just haven't managed to put the ball on the back of the net in a lot of

the games we were on top. Btt that's life. Can't take it back now. Just

got to move on. Try and win two games and see where we are.

Exeter Chiefs' lock forward James Hanks has announced his rethrement

from rugby. The 29`year`old suffered a serious neck injury in thd Chiefs'

Anglo`Welsh Cup semifinal whn at Bath. Hanks was the club's longest

serving player after making his debut nine years ago. He went on to

make nearly 200 appearances. He follows team`mates Tom Hayes and

Chris Whitehead who've also had to hang up their boots this se`son

Winter was more wet than frosty this year ` very wet. So why the

potholes? Well, it's actually the water which causes the damage,

whether it freezes or not. And to add to the list of those

suffering now add the Hartl`nd Town Band. Here's Spotlight's North Devon

reporter, Andrea Ormsby. Rehearsal time for some of the

Hartland Town Band. But thehr music might not be heard at this xear s

special centenary Hartland Carnival. It would be the fhrst time

in more than 50 years the b`nd wouldn't have led the procession.

Here is why. Too dangerous when you are reading music and cannot look

where you're going. Here is a nice little bit. Let's look at this. We

will measure this one. Here we go. 18 inches long. Nine inches wide.

Two and a quarter inches dedp. That's a bad one to put your foot in

and fall over. As I filmed, more of the holes were being filled in but

Devon County Council says it can't afford to fix them all and hs

working on a priority list. The health and safety risk to us players

is too great for us to think about marching because, obviously, we

can't see where we are putthng our feet. And if we were to trip we

would end up losing teeth, breaking bones perhaps. Certainly thd older

generation of the band wouldn't fare too well because of the surface of

the roads. With one of thesd things, walking along the road, or larching,

it's highly dangerous with potholes. You can't see the ground whdn you

are playing almost any instrument. You can't see the ground. You rely

on your feet. The Hartland Town Band, which was

formed before the First World War, is hoping enough is done so they can

entertain the crowds on Augtst the ninth.

Two former wartime evacuees who rescued a sailor off the Cornish

Coast are finally being honoured for their bravery, seventy years after

the event. Betty Broughton `nd Denis Driver helped pull the sailor from

the sea, after his ship was sunk. Eight years ago, we reported how

local people were trying to track them down. They have now done just

that and we have been to talk to them about their memories of that

day. Eleanor Parkinson has this exclusive report.

During the Second World War, British cargo ships were constantly under

threat from German submarinds. The SS Gairsoppa was sunk in 1931. ``

1941. The critic to a lifeboat which drifted towards Cornwall but most

died en route. The lifeboat was spotted by children on thesd cliffs

who raised the alarm and rescued the last remaining crew member. He was

carried up the hillside str`pped to a fence post. One of those children

was Betty Broughton, a warthme evacuees. Her 12`year`old brother

was also involved. They havd been tracked down to Norfolk. I saw this

boat being pushed up against the rock 's `` rocks. At first there

were several men in the boat but after a while to or three of them

drowned. We ran down and shouted to the man. I suppose that gavd him

confidence to, you know... What to you remember about the condhtions?

He was in a bad way. Someond suggested that hot milk would help

him. Myself and another young man ran to this house. It was exhausting

to get their and then it was exhausting to convince the lan in

the house that we were serious and that we wanted this milk. The sailor

survived and asks `` asked to meet his rescuers. The ship was carrying

silver coins which were salvaged. The pair will be given a calling. ``

a coin. Tonight at nine o'clock, thd second

episode of the new BBC adaption of Jamaica Inn will be here on BBC One.

Daphne Du Maurier's book is a dark and brooding novel about smtggling

and murder, based on the mysterious inn on Bodmin Moor. We've rdceived

hundreds of comments about last night's first episode, with many

viewers saying it was far too dark and too brooding, and they couldn't

hear the dialogue. To the ends of the earth. This woman

travels across Cornwall to stay with her aunt's parents at Jamaica Inn.

Many of the comments were about the dialogue in the programme. Carol

Weaver couldn't hear it. Shd said it ruined what could have been a good

programme. Pepper Smith agrded the sound quality was very poor. David

Brooks says he thought he'd gone deaf. He said he'd hunt down every

man in the free trade. Many people had to switch on their subthtles.

Last night, over 100 people were at Jamaica Inn to watch Jamaic` Inn. I

think everybody enjoyed it. It is only a third of the way through the

series and they're just building the plot and characters and I think they

have done it brilliantly. On Twitter, Al Murray says mumble,

mumble, mumble, they don't write them like that any more. Sole people

loved it and thought it had brilliant camerawork. Many people

thought it was excellent. One person said it was brilliant, just like the

book. I am guessing one viewer was joking when he said he was

disappointed because he thotght it would be about the Caribbean.

The BBC says there were isstes with the sound levels last night and for

technical reasons they could not be altered during transmission. "We are

adjusting the dialogue levels in episode two and three to address

audience concerns so they c`n enjoy the rest of the drama and would like

to apologise to those viewers who were affected." Part two is tonight

at nine o'clock. I hope you heard every word of that. It is thme for

the weather. This week is unsettled. There will

be spells of rain or showers. Hopefully some sunshine in between.

The best today will be Thursday Tomorrow starts off with rahn which

will gradually clear, turning to showers in the afternoon with some

brief sunshine between them. This cloud will bring us rain tonight. It

is moving steadily towards ts. But it is moving slowly. So oncd it

arrives it will stay for a while. It is creeping in tonight and ht will

grind to a halt once it gets to the Midlands. By the time we get to

Thursday, we are between we`ther systems. Light winds and sole

sunshine but the risk of thd odd shower. You will notice we have had

a clearance of the showery rain across parts of the North of Devon

and the Bristol Channel. Thhs was earlier today across my back and

peer Mountbatten `` Mountbatten Pier. The wind will increasd

overnight tonight so perhaps it won't look as pleasant tomorrow

morning. It is already beginning to show to the west of the Islds of

Scilly. The rain will turn ` bit more persistent and heavy as the

night goes on, particularly across West Cornwall and the Western Devon.

The winds are fresh. Southerly breeze. It is a mild nights to come

tonight. For tomorrow, we h`ve a damp start with outbreaks of rain.

Here comes the clearance to the west of Cornwall so we will see the best

of the brightness they are. We see the weather system is very slow

moving. We are in for perhaps somewhat brighter conditions.

Temperatures are not that dramatic. In the Isles of Scilly, somd of the

best of the weather. The risk of showers but hopefully some sunshine.

If you are heading for the beach, the sort of `` surf is pretty

choppy. A bright day on Thursday. Make the most of it. More cloud on

Friday, becoming breezy and wet as we move into the weekend.

That is it. I am back with the news at ten tonight.

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