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From the crumbling coast path to a battered swimming pool,

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the region is awarded ?3 million to repair storm damage.

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Part of the path in Devon and the Jubilee Pool in Penzance

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The pool is so well used in the summer and without it we ard missing

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a key tourist attraction so it is incredibly important socially and

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economically for Penzance. Anger in Torbay over cuts

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to tourism funding. Industry leaders say

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the area will now lose out to other Brighton, Blackpool and Bournemouth

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because they are the winners of the lack of confidence from the mayor.

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A day of Duchy delights for the Duke of Edinburgh.

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Join me later for all the ndws from the bowling club in Torquay where

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they are celebrating more mddal success.

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The South West is to get allost ?3 million in Government money to help

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repair some of the damage c`used by this year's winter storms.

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Around ?2 million will be spent on rebuilding the famous outdoor

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The rest of the money will go towards repairing sections

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Here near Kingsbridge the ldgacy of these storms is clear to save. ``

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C. The cliff and the coastal footpath and the road were taken

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away by the storms. Now mondy is coming from the community is fun to

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repair this path and others around the south`west. The money whll go

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towards 32 capital improvemdnt projects where we have experienced

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storm damage like this we whll be able to repair the damage and move

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the path away from the issuds. The bulk of the money is going to the

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Jubilee Pool in Penzance, btilt in 1935 it was already in serious need

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of repair before the storms hit The waves left huge cracks in its

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concrete outer casing. Therd has been a local fundraising calpaign to

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save it and the fundraisers say the money has come just in time. It has

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always been a Penzance and so many people I have

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met the pool throughout their lhves so

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it is really a treasure for Penzance and one of only five art deco

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doughs left in the country `nd it was voted one of the world's top

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of damage from the storms and we are waiting

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government. Any of the roads behind the seafront we will have to pay

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reprioritise our budgets to pay for them. Work on

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those running it say it could be open for swimmers for

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Tourism leaders in Torbay are angry at the news that

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the main organisation which promotes the area as a holiday destination is

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The Mayor of Torbay is proposing to end the

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English Riviera Tourism Company s contract two years early and make

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Tourists have been flocking to the English Riviera for decades. The

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industry is set to pull in ?450 million every year to the local

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economy. Torbay is facing stiff competition from overseas and other

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British resorts. Hoteliers like Adam Millward who has been running this

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business for ten years say that to cut the budget of the organhsation

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which promotes the area now is lunacy. We desperately need the

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tourism can play to be in fhghting shape for 2015. As it is thd

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proposed cuts mean it will be completely emasculated and barely

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able to function. The result of that is that you will be able to hear the

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Bournemouth because they ard the great winners of the Mayor's lack

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confidence. The English Rivhera Tourism Company's English

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Tourism Company currently rdceives payment of ?405,000 from Torbay

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Council and the proposal is to withdraw it two years early in April

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2015. It will receive a transition fund of ?300,000 for one ye`r from

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that receive no counselling fundhng ``

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the council is under pressure to save ?45 million

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kind of companies are no longer an option for us

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and children's services and roads maintenance. Tourism and other

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discretionary services are not statutory ones. The council

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launched a two`month consultation on the proposed cuts but this lan who

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members are suspicious of the timing. We can only hope and make

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ourselves heard and try and get the stock. The fact

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this consultation when we are really busy

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council says all consultation will be taken

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The first fire crews to attdnd the M5 crash near Taunton in 2001 have

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They were awarded the Devon and Somerset medal which recognises

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exceptional actions in the face of extreme circumstances.

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Firefighters who dealt with flooding on the Somerset levels

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and the storms at Dawlish were also commended.

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honoured for the tragic events on the evening

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As we approached the motorw`y the weather was awful and

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running around and vehicles still moving and a

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The pilot from RNAS Yeovilton walked `way

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He knows his aircraft incredibly well. Reassuring commentary as smoke

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starts to billow from the engine of this see fewer if. Moments later the

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wheels come down and then... `` Sea Fury. Well, ladies and gentlemen,

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luckily everything is there was a serious issue whth the

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aircraft... and the pilot makes his esc`pe and

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calmly walks was very sprightly and that was a

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great relief to everybody. applause. It was their way of saying

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thank goodness you are safe. Kosovo. Just last week you spoke to

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us Fury, part of Yeovil Town's historic

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flight and a classic fighter from delight to fly and the ultilate in

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big piston area engines. where it. For the British. Ht

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combines everything that should power in the front and it w`s a big

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aircraft that carried a lot weapons which allowed it to do what

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it was to do, which is to bd fighter. When everything gods wrong

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she is only as good as the lan says all the relevant organhsations

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have been informed and an investigation is now under way.

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The Governor of Channings Wood Prison,

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Gavin O'Malley, has been moved to another role at a different jail.

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The Prison Service insists ht's not connected with a vote

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of no confidence taken against the Governor and his Deputy by

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The POA had raised concerns about staffing levels at thd jail,

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but the Ministry of Justice says it was described as safe

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and calm with low levels of violence at its most recent inspection.

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Figures obtained by the BBC show the south wdst's

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major roads suffer lengthy closures at least once a week.

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Business leaders say the closures cost the economy millions

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of pounds and they've renewdd their call for improved road links.

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Our home affairs corresponddnt Simon Hall reports.

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Businesses have long complahned about the cost of closures of the

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main roads into and through the South West. Figures obtained by the

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BBC give the first indication of just how often it happens. The

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Highways Agency treat Devon and Cornwall as one area. In thd last

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five years the 838 and a 30 have been closed about once a wedk

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because of crashes or bad wdather. At the area that includes the M ,

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the region's main closures happen about anothdr twice

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a week. Roads to us are I vhtal lifeline and business arterx.

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Without that am without any disruption on it it is very

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difficult to conduct efficidnt and effective business and to m`ke sure

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we are driving our economy forward. Business groups estimate thd closure

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of one of the main roads like this cost the economy of the reghon

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around half ?1 million closure of the M5 costs mord like an

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hour. This company is the bhggest haulage company in the south`west

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and it is concerned at the number of closures of main roads. Our job is

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to deliver staff at very spdcific times throughout the UK and back

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into the if we get caught in a traffic jam and

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time we fail and our customdrs do not

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businesses that rely on the roads are also worried about the closures.

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customers obviously when thdy arrive they have had

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when they have been stuck in a car for four of five hours

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pitch a tent, it is very hard for them, it is in the

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The Highways Agency told us they closed roads under the direction of

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the police. We understand the concerns that the business

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have regarding road closures. When fatal

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investigate them and investhgate them safely and in order

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number of closures of the m`in roads has renewed calls for

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subject of a government feasibility study.

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All the sport still ahead this dvening.

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We'll be live at the bowls club that produced four

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of our Commonwealth medallists And Devon prepares to welcole back

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It's been a day of Cornish delights for The Duke of

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Yes, His Royal Highness started his day by meeting gig rowers in Newquay

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and went on to find out mord about some unique Cornish delicaches.

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The Duke started his visit `t Newquay rowing club which is home to

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three historic gig floral m`cro They asked if we had anyone to grow

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blind to win again so we won every race. He liked it.

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Blige and saw that I had thd gold Duke of

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it came to unveiling things. The visit came about after a letter from

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the chairman of the club. I did not expect him to say

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said yes to years ago and of course he was unwell but

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and he has come to see us. The next stop was Padstow

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hatchery. He had good questhons to ask, he was very

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that we do here at the work that we do here at that brew in

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standing in the UK's only tda Plantation

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make it and where it ends up and who drinks it. It

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not dimmed the enthusiasm and interests of this royal.

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in the men's fours, while hhs fiance Natalie Melmore added anothdr silver

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to her tally after a titanic battle in the pairs final this morning

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Yesterday her fellow Kings Club bowler Sophie Tolchard took gold

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Plymouth Leander swimmer Ben Proud is still

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our most successful competitor with two golds and a bronze.

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Divers Sarah Barrow and Tonha Couch took silver

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in the women's synchronised 10m platform but missed out in

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Another Torquay bowler Sam Tolchard took a bronze in the men's pairs.

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Back in the pool Exeter's Lham Tancock took two bronzes

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Lots of bowlers mentioned there let's cross live to

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The rain has stopped so agahn is going on in the background. This is

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the place to be forlorn bowls and on day eight of the

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it has stopped so again is going on in

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to be forlorn bowls and on day eight of the Commonwealth Games that have

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in the men's fours. Here ard all the details of the action. Trailing by

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six shots is not how you want to start a final but if anyone can turn

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it around it is Natalie Mellore She did her best to keep England on top

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against South Africa. Every time her opponents thought she had a chance

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she would step up and knock back down. The South Africans would

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not take no for an answer. They were in a position to take the thtle in

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the very final end. Mel Moore had to knock out two of their thred bowls

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and she delivered. She has saved the match. They went on to sudddn death

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and the South Africans took the lead for the first time since thd halfway

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mark. Could Natalie Melmore weave her magic again? Sadly not. Just

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inches away from a gold med`l. A second single `` Silva for Natalie

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and silver as well for her fiance as he could not help the England fours

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team turn around a nine shot deficit as they lost to Scotland. They

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played well but we were dis`ppointed in our own performance. We did not

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play as well as we could. Whth all of the bowlers returning with the

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medal it has been a successful Games for the Torquay club.

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Sophie Tolchard won gold last and Natalie Melmore made it double

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success by adding a silver ledal to the silver that she won earlier

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the week. We were talking to both of them in Glasgow today.

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The two club members with md now and they will have extra luggagd to

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bring to Devon. A gold for Sophie Tolchard. Gold in the triplds last

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night and you thumped Austr`lia Yes, we did, going by the scoreline.

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It was a fine start and we played well. It was fantastic. A great way

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to round off the Games. Have you enjoyed it? I have

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loved it. experience being in the village and

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doing the opening ceremony. Winning the gold has topped off an `mazing

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experience. Natalie, you have two silver medals and you can close in

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great game and I hope the spectators enjoyed it and we were very

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medals whatever colour is a dream come true.

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put us on the map and done wonders for bowls in the

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up now and come out and plax bowls. What

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effort from Stacey Mickelson, to send England into the final

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Daley is the defending Commonwealth champion in both.

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Finally Devon long`distance runner Jo Pavey goes for gold

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in the 5,000 metres final at Hampden Park tomorrow night and

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changing sports, tonight's speedway in Plymouth has been postponed due

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to a waterlogged track. Bowles is a very addictive game. I enjoxed it a

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lot when I had a The Tour Of Britain cycling race is

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preparing to return to the South West

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for it's eighth consecutive year. Last year hundreds of thous`nds

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of spectators came out to w`tch the sport's biggest names b`ttle it

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out on Devon's roads. Not only is it a hugely poptlar

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event it also brings with it a welcome boost to the local

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economy, as Andy Birkett reports. Bournemouth to Exeter, how hard can

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that be? It depends round. They will start in Exmouth

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loop around before they finhsh in Exeter. Last year around a puarter

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of a million spectators turned out. With cycling booming the nulbers are

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inspected to be bigger. Cycling is a relatively easy sport to take part

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in people like to be part of a fantastic community and atmosphere.

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Colin Lewis will not be `` competing this year but the

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passion is still sports can you see cycling

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millionaires passing by? It for the local economy. The data for

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your It is now time for the weather

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forecast. It has been wet today. For some the

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rain will be welcome. It has been heavily in places and they'll wet

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office have issued a warning about heavy rain in Cornwall and West

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Devon. For the weekend it at first. It will feel cool. It will

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be drier on Sunday. North. It is slap bang over the

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centre half of the British Hsles. It Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

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could be on Widespread rain across the

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south`west of England Somerset will keep the rain all

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night and there and producing heavy btrsts.

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For the rest of the few showers by the end of the

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afternoon but they could a bit down from last week.

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Considerably cooler air and in the showers we could see a drop in

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temperature even more than that have the best of the weather in the

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Isles of Scilly. It but dry and pleasant in the

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sunshine. The winds are frol the north`west and they

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to five. Showers and generally good visibility.

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showers coming again on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

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We will be back on Monday whth a special programme from Plymouth Hoe.

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Goodbye. And it's about time

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that I did something about that

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