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Thank you. That is all from us for this evening. It as

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Good evening. this evening. It is good night

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The UK Independence Party is celebrating

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after topping the poll in the South West European Elections.

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But it wasn't enough to get an extra MEP.

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There was success, though, for the Greens, who made history by taking

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UKIP gained 32% of the vote, polling 140,000 votes more than in 2009

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That pushed the Conservatives into second place.

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They also get two MEPs. That's down one.

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Labour regained the seat it lost last time after

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The final seat was taken by the Green Party, thanks to the system

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of Proportional Representathon. It polled 11%.

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That gain came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who were fifth

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Here's our political editor Martyn Oates.

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They got the backing of the billboards

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during the campaign, and when it came to polling day, UKIP got

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As the counting took place the party polled most votes in places from

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Cornwall to Weymouth and Portland and Plymouth to Devon via Torbay.

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140,000 more votes than in 2009, although the party only enddd up

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Five years ago we got about four first places.

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This time we got at least 24 to 30 first places and that gives us a

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The Conservatives came top in a few areas but this was a night

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More than 30,000 fewer votes than last time saw their MEPs drop

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People felt they had a free go and they had a bit of a go but as

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it happens in the South West, they haven't returned any more UKIP MEPs

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than they had before, so I don't see that this is going to be repeated

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next year in the general eldction, but I'm not complacent about that.

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UKIP and the Greens fought out the final seat to be announced.

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History was then made as thd region gained its first Green MEP.

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I've been in the Green Party for 25 years now and I've lost very

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many elections so it's a wonderful feeling to have won one.

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It's a huge responsibility but I'm looking forward to what I can

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It's a great opportunity for the Greens in the South West.

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Labour managed to regain the seat it lost last time thanks to pl`ces like

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We need to make sure the European Union works

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for the people of the South West and that is what I regard as my primary

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task as an MEP for the region, to bring jobs and investment into the

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The big losers were the Liberal Democrats.

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They came fifth across the region and lost an MEP

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of 20 years' standing ` a particular blow in a region

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they've traditionally regarded as one of their strongholds.

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Well, to look at the Lib Del situation in more depth, Hamish

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To Yes, the local MP here shnce 1997, Adrian Sanders, has not done

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interviews today but he has gone online and said the party mtst have

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a debate about the future. Writing on the Lib Dem voice website, he

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said the question... Sir Graham Watson, who lost his seat

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last night, said part of thd Sir Graham Watson, who lost his seat

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last night, said part of the problem last night, said part of thd problem

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has been associated with the has been associated with thd

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coalition. This is quite common

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for junior partners in coalhtion across the European continent, the

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junior partner always suffers more. The important thing is that we are

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there in government making the contribution

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and keeping the government fairer than it would be if

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the Conservatives were therd alone. So how the Liberal Democrats address

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this? The North Devon MP saxs So how the Liberal Democrats address

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this? The North Devon MP saxs the party must separate itself from the

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Conservatives next year. Nick Clegg says he will not resign, and he is

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being backed by Lord Ashdown, but defeat does bring division and it

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defeat does bring division `nd it seems a long time ago since the

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south`west seem to be coverdd seems a long time ago since the

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south`west seem to be covered in south`west seem to be covered in

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Liberal Democrat yellow. And Martyn Oates joins me now. A dramatic

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night. This was expected to be a contest between UKIP and the

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Conservatives as to which could carry the largest number of seats.

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As we have seen, the Green Party denied the UKIP and the Tories that

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crucial third seat, which stggest that people are fed up with the main

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Westminster parties they might not simply be looking to UKIP instead.

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How might that affect next year's general election? People have tended

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to vote very differently in European and domestic elections but hf we

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and domestic elections but if we look at the results of the local

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elections last week, where significant numbers voted for UKIP,

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if that trend develops the bigger parties in Westminster will be very

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worried. The crucial question is, is this the crest, the peak of a

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protest about or an indicathon we will now do politics in a different

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will now do politics in a dhfferent way?

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A male holidaymaker suffered broken bones after being pushed

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from a restaurant balcony into the estuary at Salcombd, Devon

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The incident happened at thd Island Street Bar and Grill

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Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

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The organisers of the Devon County Show say they're

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offering a full refund to everyone who bought tickets for last Saturday

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The third day of the show w`s cancelled for the first time in

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the event's history following heavy rain which the organisers said made

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Now, the pride of Penzance was at stake this afternoon

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as an attempt was made to win back the world record for the most number

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The Cornish port lost the title to Hastings two years ago.

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Spotlight's David George has been watching today's attempt to put

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Ready! Aim! Fire! The battld with the Sussex town is underway. After

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all, the Pirates of Hastings doesn't have the right ring to it, does it?

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The Pirates of Penzance were everywhere. Surely there has never

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been so much timber shivered, so many swashes buckled and Rogers

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jollied. In order to break this record, they have to beat H`stings,

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but Hastings are here. You scurvy crew are armed to the teeth, aren't

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you? Yes, you are dangerous people in Penzance. We have swords, we have

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daggers, we have guns and wd have other secret things that I am not

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daggers, we have guns and we have other secret things that I `m not

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allowed to tell you or else I will have to kill you. Does that hurt

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through your nose? Only when I put it in. What draws you to thhs event?

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It's piracy for goodness sake, isn't it, girls? Women, wenching,

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plundering, cider. What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Sh`ve his

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plundering, cider. What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Shave his

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Belly with a blunt razor. They want to wake a world record. We did it

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last time and we can do it `gain last time and we can do it `gain

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this year. What happened to you I? Cutlass. In the end there wdre

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14,154 parts of Penzance, 77 short of a new world record. And bad luck

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to Penzance. Here is the we`ther to Penzance. Here is the weather

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forecast now. Some of you h`ve seen forecast now. Some of you have seen

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a fair number of showers today, Port of Cornwall for example, others not

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a shower insight and mixed fortunes will dominate the weather this week.

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We could see a ration of dry and We could see a ration of drx and

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bright weather compared to other parts of the British Isles. Tonight

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many parts done towards the south`west, showers die awax but as

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south`west, showers die away but as we come further north, parts of

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Dorset and Somerset will catch the tail end of showery rain th`t has

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tail end of showery rain that has affected parts of central and

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southern England, and by tomorrow morning some of that will still be

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lingering but many districts will start tomorrow dry, temperatures

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will drop overnight to betwden eight will drop overnight to between eight

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and 11 Celsius. Tomorrow a fair amount of dry and bright we`ther

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starts to show itself, especially in parts of Cornwall and Devon. The

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Channel Islands should stay dry all day. A few showers could break out

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and as we come further north and east more cloud around, generally a

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east more cloud around, gendrally a higher chance here of travellers. A

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moderately breezy day and temperatures could be quite uneasy,

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somewhere between 13 and 16 Celsius, but parts of Exeter could get up to

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17. For the rest of the week, a broadly similar pattern. Dry and

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bright weather about but always the chance of further showers. H'll be

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chance of further showers. I'll be back with the late up and ehght at

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back with the late up and eight at 10:30pm tonight. Enjoy the late bank

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Good evening. If I were to conduct a straw poll about the weather events

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today, I suspect we would get a split decision. There were

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significant differences around, we have sunshine and some warmth, but

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also this cloud and rain coming up through the Channel into the north

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of England. On top of that, some showers in the north-west, some of

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them thundery from Northern Ireland and Scotland, so a real eclectic

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mix. This will drift away over the and Scotland, so a real eclectic

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next few hours, we will keep the cloud overnight, and we will see

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more significant rain pushing in off the north sea. There is a level of

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uncertainty just where this rain will be sitting in the morning, but

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current thoughts, across north Norfolk, into the Midlands and maybe

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east Yorkshire as well. It will be accompanied by a cool breeze. In the

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south-west we should see a better day for Cornwall and Devon, and into

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south Wales as

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