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09/08/2014

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There's been a vote of no confidence in the evaluation process

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which is seeking to close in`patient beds at a Devon cottage hospital.

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STITCH, the group campaigning to keep the ten beds at

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Torrington Hospital told he`lth chiefs earlier this afternoon that

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Support from the floor was unanimous. Local people clahm there

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has been no assessment of the impact of closing inpatient beds and today

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a vote of no`confidence in the handling of the matter by the health

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trust. Sonia Oliver's mother was refused a bed at the Torrington last

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July and since then things have gone from bad to worse. Care in the

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community is failing. I havd waited weeks for pressure mattressds or

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special blood tests that were urgent. I have been told th`t she

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cannot have her warfarin blood test done because there are no ntrses

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available to take it. I go hnto hospitals and icy trays of food

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being taken away because thd patient could not reach out for it. This

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catalogue of complaints will now be included in the overall evaluation.

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Listening to them was a doctor from the health trust. We have extended

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the consultation and the engagement period for evidence to be rdturned

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to us until the 18th. I wish and I hope that everybody with colments to

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make about the service that we are providing will use the opportunity

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to feedback to us. As usual it all boils down to money or more

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precisely the lack of it. Ctts are inevitable but these residents are

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determined that it will not be at their defence `` expense.

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A special plaque has been unveiled in Bodmin to honour

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the war hero James Henry Finn who won the Victoria Cross

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James was awarded the milit`ry's highest honour for bravery whilst

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under Turkish machine gun fhre in the country now known as Iraq.

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After a night attack he bandaged several wounded men,

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and then returned twice to carry two soldiers on his back to safdty.

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His niece said the whole family was immensely proud.

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I think he was a very unasstming man and what he actually did, I really

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cannot put it into words. Words you get that courage from? I thhnk it is

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really important that the community remember this important war hero, a

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is the War hero of Bodmin and I have lived here all of my life, 442 years

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and he in our history and it is grdat that

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we have Four puppies have been dumpdd

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on the doorstep of a police officer The RSPCA says to dump small

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defenceless animals One of the puppies was alre`dy dead,

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and the white one died The two surviving puppies whll

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be adopted by the policeman. Around 200 people turned out today

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to support the annual Pride The event celebrates the city's

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diversity as well as uniting people within the gay, lesbian

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and transgender communities. For the first time there was

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a parade through the streets, diversity as well as uniting people

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Plymouth has a reputation for being unspoken in terms of lesbian and gay

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and transgender. It is a nice way to involve all of Plymouth and let them

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know we are here. Yeovil Town had a nasty shock. Exeter City held on for

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a point. In the conference Torquay went down in Gateshead. Now for the

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weather. We have an the next bulletin is at 6:50pm.

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Enjoy your weekend. Goodbye. Good evening. Conditions in the next

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24 hours may not match those of the big storms of autumn and winter but

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they will make for an unpleasant summer staples of already some

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unpleasant conditions here, wet and very windy, but it is this low tide

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on to what once was hurricane Bertha, which has now set its track

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for the UK as we go through Sunday. Arriving to some southern and

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western areas as we start the day, but let's concentrate on the

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southern half of the country for tomorrow, this is where the wettest

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and windiest conditions will be to begin with. Rain spreading across

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some parts, some of which will be heavy. Strong winds across the South

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coast and then another surge which could cause some damage pushing in

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from the west later. The most persistent rain will be in Wales and

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the Midlands, many will turn dry and brighter through the afternoon. For

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the middle half of the country, just one or two showers to start off but

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signs we could see some persistent heavy rain to the east

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