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Good evening. Firefighters in the on bids the BBC News

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Good evening. Firefighters in the South West are back out on strike

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this evening. Members of thd South West are back out on strike

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this evening. Members of the Fire this evening. Members of thd Fire

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Brigades' Union walked out at this evening. Members of the Fire

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Brigades' Union walked out `t 2pm Brigades' Union walked out `t 2pm

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this afternoon for 12 hours in an ongoing dispute over pensions. The

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government says the FBU has one of the most generous schemes in the

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public sector. It's the second of three strikes this weekend. The next

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is tomorrow between 10am and 3pm. Some of the region's MPs are calling

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for a halt to cuts in funding for bus services, following big

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reductions in council budgets, reduced fuel rebates and less

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support for concessionary f`res And support for concessionary f`res And

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there are warnings that things are already at crisis point in some

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parts of the region. Tamsin Melville reports.

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All right, Cath? Yes, thank you. All right, Cath? Yes, thank you

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It's home time as a community bus makes its daily visit to a Penzance

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day centre. People come frol all sorts of places out in the rural

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community and without the bus sorts of places out in the rural

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community and without the bts they community and without the bts they

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wouldn't be able to get on any community and without the bus they

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wouldn't be able to get on `ny sort wouldn't be able to get on `ny sort

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of transport to get into the centre at all. This company have bden

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running two council`subsidised routes recently pulled by a

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commercial operator, alongside routes recently pulled by a

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commercial operator, alongshde other commercial operator, alongside other

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services for rural communities. You do it for the love of it. There s

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nothing in it personally, other than the satisfaction that this service

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is provided and the gap is filled. I know what a void it would leave if

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know what a void it would ldave if we stopped tomorrow. Following a

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council tender process, Spencer has just lost the two main routes to

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just lost the two main routds to another operator, but gained a new

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one. There's more than 20 commnity bus schemes like this one across

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Cornwall and there's real concerns about where the money is coling

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Cornwall and there's real concerns about where the money is coming from

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about where the money is coling from in the future to keep them on the

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road. The council says this year, despite government cuts to budgets,

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it's keeping the current level of services running. Spencer thinks

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there needs to be creative thinking in the future. To subsidise the main

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bus routes is not cheap, thdy're bus routes is not cheap, thdy're

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talking about millions of pounds a year, where a small amount of money

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to an organisation like ourselves can go an awful long way.

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And you can see more on that story on the Sunday Politics at 10am

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on the Sunday Politics at 11am tomorrow morning here on BBC One.

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The 25th world pilot gig championships are under way on the

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Isles of Scilly. Mounts Bay won the ladies veterans' race last night.

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Caradon took the men's title. The Caradon took the men's titld. The

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seeding races for the Sunday finals have been taking place todax.

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seeding races for the Sundax finals have been taking place today. Hannah

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Stacey reports. This is the world's longest rowing

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starting line, 140 pilot gigs racing from here, off the island of St

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Agnes, into St Mary's. These first races sort the groups

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for the rest of the heats to decide the men's and ladies' world titles.

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Crossing the line first are Falmouth in Black Rock. They've just done one

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and a half nautical miles but that's just the start of it. Now the heats.

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It's difficult when it's such a long line to know where you are. But

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yeah, we rode really well. Ht's line to know where you are. But

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yeah, we rode really well. Ht's nice to be in our race gig. And the

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water, what's it like? Lovely. Yeah, nicest it's been for a few xears, I

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nicest it's been for a few years, I think. In the men's first r`ce, the

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same gig, Black Rock, crewed by the current title`holders, Falmouth

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men's, cross the lines too. Today's weather a sharp contrast to

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yesterday's fog, which caused travel problems for many. Buoyant crowds

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gathered along the coasts of St Mary's to watch the gigs race

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through the markets. `` the markers. The finals are due to be st`ged

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The finals are due to be staged tomorrow afternoon.

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Onto football, and the final day of the season provided lots of goals.

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In the Championship, Yeovil Town went down 4`1 to Middlesbrotgh. In

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went down 4`1 to Middlesbrough. In League Two, Exeter City beat

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Hartlepool 2`0, The Dockyard Derby was a thriller as Plymouth drew 3`3

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at Portsmouth, and Torquay Tnited went down 3`0 to Wycombe Wanderers.

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League Two, Exeter City beat Hartlepool 2`0, The Dockyard Onto

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the weather now for the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend. Here's Emily.

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We will continue with the settled We will continue with the sdttled

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weather for the rest of the bank a lovely weekend although not all of

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us have seen huge amount of sunshine. We will see cloud return

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to much of the region overnhght to much of the region overnhght

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Perhaps clearer skies furthdr east across the Channel Islands slightly

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cooler temperatures, but elsewhere minimum temperatures between seven

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and eight. Tomorrow morning, a cloudy start for many. Sunshine

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further east in Dorset and Somerset, in the afternoon we should get some

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brighter skies from the site. in the afternoon we should get some

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brighter skies from the sitd. Fairly brighter skies from the sitd. Fairly

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mild tomorrow with highs of 15 Celsius. From Monday, cloudy but

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Celsius. From Monday, cloudx but some brighter skies and feeling

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milder, but turning more and settled from Tuesday.

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That's it for now. Our next news is at 6:50pm tomorrow. Goodbye for now.

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Good evening. It was a cold, even frosty start to the Bank Holiday

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weekend but for most of us day one of three has been dry. We are going

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to see changes, the first of those changes spilling across Scotland and

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Northern Ireland as outbreaks of rain drifting through the night

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Getting into parts of northern England as well. With the cloud and

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rain it will not be as cold as last night, temperatures staying in

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double figures in many cities. In the south, clear skies once more.

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Like last night, it is going to be cold. Parts of the countryside will

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be down to zero, maybe -1, as we start Sunday. A chilly start.

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Generally a fine day was quite a bit of sunshine. Elsewhere, sunshine in

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short supply to start with. Dull, damp morning. It will turn brighter

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in some areas as the day goes on.

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