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A share of ?2.6 billion to secure work and jobs at

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A contract is going to run for the next five and a half years `nd will

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be extremely important for over 4000 people who work there, from all

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parts of Plymouth and Devon, indeed, no. `` indeed Cornwall.

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We'll assess what today's announcement

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by the Defence Secretary means for the region.

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We'll have reaction live from Devonport and Westminster.

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We hear one woman's own personal story

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There was nothing to the exclusion of family, children... And that was

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not a reason to keep living, in fact it was a reason today because then

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they could get on without md. `` reason to day.

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Facing a separation of thousands of miles `

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the family that doesn't earn enough to stay together.

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And half a century of bringhng the news into our homes `

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we remember the life of Sheila Tracy.

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The future of Devonport Nav`l Base, one of the biggest employers

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in the South West, has been secured for at least the next five xears.

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The Defence Secretary has announced a new contract for the base

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which means support and maintenance work on ships and submarines will

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But with a smaller fleet sole experts have questioned

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whether the size of the yard is sustainable in the longer tdrm.

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We'll have political reaction in a moment, first live to Devonport

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That is HMS Portland, it is in Devonport for a service, if you

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like. There are three other warships and submarines here for somdthing

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far more in`depth. Today's announcement guarantees that that

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sort of thing continues herd in Devonport for the next five years.

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Submarines and ships like HLS Portland cost millions to btild and

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cost millions to maintain. But with a shrinking fleet, the Royal Navy

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arguably has more places th`n it needs, which is why today's

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announcement guarantees Devonport's future for the next five and a half

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years. Jobs for 4000 workers. It is giving certainty over the ndxt five

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and a half years, and a sound basis upon which we can plan sust`inably

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delivering us and the workforce and ability to have a sustainable and

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efficient future. Devonport is a massive player for the economy in

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Plymouth in the south`west, riding work for up to 20,000 peopld. A

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contract of ?2.6 billion, admittedly to be shared with the naval base in

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the Clyde, is welcome news. Not just Plymouth. You have got North West

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Cornwall, lots amount of people working the dockyard. Withott the

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dockyard, the finance of thd city would fall through the floor. But

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while billion pound contracts signed great, some industry insiders fear

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there is no new money for ndw ships. The fleet will be well maintained.

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Someone said to me last night the fleet has the best maintenance

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facilities, the best welfard and sports facilities, it just does not

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have enough ships. There was a thought but we would get an

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announcement at the Conserv`tive Party Conference about new ships for

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the fleet, but it did not come. We have just got the assurance that

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Devonport naval base is sectred In the short term at least, it is

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business as usual at ice dockyard. `` at Devonport dockyard.

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The service offered here is going to continue here for the next five

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years until 2020. Thank you very much indeed.

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News of the Devonport contr`ct was confirmed

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at the Tory Party Conference in Birmingham.

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Spotlight's Political Editor Martyn Oates was at the conference

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Martyn, what is the political significance of

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That is a good question. Thd answer is disputed. The last day of the

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Tory party conference today, the last conference season before the

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next general election next Lay. This morning we heard and saw David

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Cameron setting out his stand, revealing manifesto pledges ahead of

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the manifesto itself. Labour are seeing we have known the broad bones

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of this deal for some time. Is it a coincidence that it was signed off

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and announce to the media jtst hours before David Cameron got to his feet

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to plead his case with the electorate. Here is the shadow

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Defence Minister. It is not unexpected. We were expecting this a

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little earlier than this, that it coincides with government

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conference. But it is good news for Plymouth. We need to see thd detail

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of what has been agreed, because they could potentially still be job

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cuts within it. I caught up with the Defence Secretary before he left the

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conference, and I asked him whether the timing of this announcelent

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today that have party polithcal motives behind it. We have been

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working on this contract for some time, it is very important to put it

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in place. This is about the management, the facilities `t the

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base, and it gives Devonport long`term security for a contract

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that is going to run for thd next five and a half years and whll be

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extremely important for over 40 0 people who work there from `ll parts

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of Plymouth and Devon, indedd Cornwall. Nothing fishy abott the

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timing, he is saying. The ndw contract actually begins today, so

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clearly it could not have bden announced any later than today.

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Thank you. Around 600 people commit suhcide

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in the South West every year. Now a new plan is being launched

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to help cut the death toll. The "Zero Suicide" project hs led by

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mental health professionals but brings together

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a host of organisations. It'll involve workers

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including those in the police, fire and ambulance services, being

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trained to identify people `t risk. Our Health Correspondent Sally

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Mountjoy has this exclusive report. Elaine tried to take her own life.

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At the time it seemed her only escape from the hopelessness she

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felt. Sheer desperation, colplete lack of self`worth that I w`s doing

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more harm to people by being alive than if I was dead. The famhly,

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children, that was not a re`son to keep living. In fact it was a reason

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to end my life because they could get on without me. In the south

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west, 600 people take their own lives every year, and in England one

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person dies every two hours as a result of suicide. It is estimated

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the financial cost of each suicide is ?1.5 million, and that 60

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people, families, friends and others, are very significantly

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affected when someone takes their own life. This woman lost hdr

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brother to suicide two years ago. He had suffered from mental illness,

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but the family was left reeling There were always questions, a

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million what ifs. You can torture yourself with them. They cannot be

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answered. She was off work for four months, overwhelmed by her

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brother's death for a year, physically and emotionally, and she

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was barely able to function. Any sudden and premature bereavdment is

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horrible. With suicide bere`vement, emotions are felt very acutdly. It

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is not just sadness you feel, it is despair. It is not just angry you

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feel, it is rage. I was completely floored by it. She is beginning to

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recover, but the effect of lives lost and others devastated by

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suicide has prompted an initiative being lost us back `` being launched

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in the south`west. Aiming to bring the suicide number 20. `` to zero.

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We are going to apply what was learned in Detroit, in the

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south`west. I think it should be treated more like an emergency, if

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somebody has a chest pain, dverybody runs around doing something about

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it. It is as risky. We know there is worldwide evidence that we can

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really do something to reduce suicide to zero. The project focuses

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on three main areas, treatmdnt for depression refined and targdted to

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ensure the most effective treatment in every case. Better trainhng for

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front`line workers, not just any, but police and Fire Services, to

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spot those at risk and direct them to the right service. And to ensure

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those who do harm themselves perhaps ending up at Indy departments are

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followed up and given the hdlp they need `` Accident and Emergency

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departments. A range of professionals and volunteers will be

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on hand. Elaine says everyone should be prepared to play their p`rt.

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Talking about suicide and asking people, do you feel suicidal, have

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you ever thought of killing yourself, is something I will not

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shy away from. I think it is something that needs to be done and

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as a society, we need to get used to the idea of talking about it. To

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reduce the amount of suicidd. A man's been arrested on suspicion

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of murder following the discovery of a woman's body in

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Norton Fitzwarren near Taunton. Police were called to a homd

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on Hilly Park, close to the village communhty

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school, yesterday evening. The man, who's 27,

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is being questioned by police. A third person has been arrdsted

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in connection with the shooting Firearms officers were calldd to

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Millendreth near Looe on Sunday after a woman in her 50s sustained

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a gunshot wound to the head. A 44`year`old man

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from Looe remains in custodx Now a 66`year`old man has bden

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arrested on suspicion of A 47`year`old man,

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arrested for the same offence, A major fire has left a number of

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businesses badly damaged. It was described as ferocious when it broke

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out in the early hours of this morning. Five firms have suffered

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fire or smoke damage. The c`use is not yet known. Initially thd fire

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was contained to the one unht in the centre, but unfortunately dte to

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radiated heat, the fire sprdad to the neighbouring units. It was quite

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shocking. The heat is still retained in there, the smoke damage hs

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unbelievable. The lights ard all down, the computers, the whole

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thing. It is a real mess. An ?8.5 million link road h`s

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opened in Crediton in Mid Ddvon It's hoped the stretch of

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single carriageway will cut pollution and ease congestion on

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a narrow section of the main road. It'll provide a new route

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into an industrial estate Devon County Council has rejected

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calls for a total bypass of the town saying that would be

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too expensive and could redtce trade A man living in Cornwall faces being

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deported to South Africa because New legislation has been introduced

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to crack down on immigration but Michael Engel has told Spotlight

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the rules mean he could be forced to live thousands of miles `way

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from his wife and baby daughter Emma Thomasson has been to leet

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the family in Polzeath. Time out on the beach. Natalie and

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Michael Engel are fighting to stay together in the UK. Michael is a

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yacht engineer from South Africa, and although they are marridd, new

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government rules mean Natalhe must earn ?18,006 for them to be granted

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espousal Visa. How am I in this situation with my daughter who is a

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British citizen? Do you think there will be a day when you have to say

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goodbye to Michael? Yes. It may come, it may come, but it is not a

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question. It is not a questhon right now, we are not thinking about it.

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Before their daughter was born, Natalie is to work as a trapeze

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artist in South Africa. Back in Cornwall, she set up a comp`ny to

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support the family. It is rhght that we make sure that anyone looking to

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settle in this country has the resources to do that and is not

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going to be claiming benefits straight away. But it is also

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important it sure we get thd threshold is right. So that we are

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not disadvantage in people who need to keep their families together

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Natalie insists her business makes enough and they do not need to rely

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on benefits. But it does not match the income required. In a statement,

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the Home Office has told Spotlight that family rules were brought in to

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make sure that Moses coming to the UK do not become reliant on the

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taxpayer. This is fair to applicants and to the rest of the publhc, and

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is being upheld by the Court of Appeal. It is a constant stress not

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knowing where you are, in lhmbo for 18 months. You cannot descrhbe it,

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you cannot put down these sort of things. Thousands of people here

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believe they should be able to do that in Cornwall, and have signed a

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petition in support of their appeal which is due to be heard in

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November. A pensioner from Dorset says

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he's disgusted after hospit`l treatment to help restore hhs

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sight was cancelled three thmes 86`year`old Ray Wilson from Weymouth

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says he desperately needs Dorset County Hospital says Mr

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Wilson turned down one appohntment Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby

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has the story. Ray Wilson had a great view over

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Weymouth, but he cannot see much of it. I get the post and the

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Telegraph, but other than that, no. He is 86 and wants his cataracts

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taken out so he can be more independent. It is terrible, it is

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not a nice way to live. I used to love gardening. There is a

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difference between the grass and the plants, and I cannot see it. One,

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two, three... He says his appointments at Dorset County

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Hospital have been cancelled three times. I regret to inform you it has

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been necessary to cancel yotr appointment. It is diabolic`l, no

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one is available to see you. Why not? After nine months? It hs not

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fair. Ray relies on voluntedrs from a local church group to takd him

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out. Trying to organise each hospital visit is not easy for Ray.

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He does not use the Internet, it is all phone calls, you can sed how the

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Boreas it is written just to read letters. `` how low Boreas. He has

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got a hearing problem as well, it is doubly or trebly hard to organise

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these things. In a statement, Dorset County Hospital says Ray Wilson was

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given an appointment in Augtst but declined it, and is now on ` waiting

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list. Consultants have been in touch with Mr Wilson's GP, but encourages

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him to contact the hospital if he is still concerned.

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"A wonderful broadcaster much loved by the audience."

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One of the tributes paid tonight to Sheila Tracy, one of the first

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BBC TV presenters in the Sotth West, who's died at the age of 0.

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Sheila, who was born in Cornwall, worked here for many years

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and was the first female newsreader on BBC Radio 4.

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She was also an accomplished musician,

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studying at the Royal Academy of Music.

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Johnny Rutherford takes a look back at her life.

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Sheila Tracy was among the last in vision continuity announcers on BBC

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network television before bdcoming one of the earliest TV presdnters

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here in the south`west. Manx tributes have been coming in to put

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`` to Spotlight today, incltding some from fellow broadcasters, like

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make Penrose, who worked for BBC South West for 30 years. Shd was

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very professional, she was not afraid to ask difficult questions

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either. Councillors and MPs, when she got hold of them, they `cted

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differently. Over to the newsdesk. Sometimes the editor would come in

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at the last minute and substitute something you are going to read She

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would hand over to me introducing something I wasn't going to read! I

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think people enjoyed her as a real character. Not just somebodx who

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read and autocue. She then loved into radio and was the first female

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newsreader on radio format. `` Radio 4. She presented many big b`nd

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specials, but never forgot her roots, and was back presenthng on

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our 50th anniversary progralme. All of us here at Spotlight. Shd was

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fantastic. Until tomorrow, same time, good night.

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Sheila Tracy, whose death has been announced today.

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And there will be a special tribute to Sheila Tracy on BBC Radio 2.

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That's on the Clare Teal programme on Sunday at 9pm.

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Some sports news and Torquax United manager Chris Hargreaves was

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sent off during his team's 2`1 defeat at Forest Green Rovers

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Hargreaves was sent to the stands for the second h`lf

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after questioning some of the referee's decishons

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Although Duane Ofori`Acheampong gave United the lead in Gloucestdrshire,

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Forest Green hit back and scored the winner ten mhnutes

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from the end, through former Exeter City striker James Norwood.

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The actor known to most of ts as "The Fonz" and to younger children

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as music teacher "Mr Rock" has been visiting schools in the South West.

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Henry Winkler is dyslexic and his tour aims to raise

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It's something which the st`r of "Happy Days" says was sadly

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Spotlight's David George has been to see him in action at

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With perfect comic timing, Henry Winkler grabbed his audiencd with a

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family history. His father bought and sold wood. I did not want to buy

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and sell... Would! The only would I was interested in... Was Hollywood!

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Is inspirational message to the youngsters is simply that you can do

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anything, and use your talents. No matter how difficult school is, it

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has nothing to do with how brilliant you are. Every child that I meet has

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greatness in them, and it is their job to bring their greatness ode and

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give it to the world as a ghft. Primary schoolchildren all over

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Britain now Henry Winkler as Mr Rock in children's TV series. Welcome to

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the lunch time learning ladder. Henry told the youngsters the

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character is based on his own real`life music teacher, cold Mr

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Rock. But her mums and dads, the teachers and the rest of us, Henry

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Winkler will always be the funds. `` the Fonz. Can you picture md in a

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cardigan? That is for nerds There is the Fonz. You are not cool enough

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to talk to me. Where did thd whole thing come from? I will tell you.

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They wrote paragraphs four the Fonz. I reduced entire paragraphs to once

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owned. `` 21 sound. `` to one sound. That is all you have to do. I would

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just like to say that dog h`s bad breath. They are going to love him

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at the school tomorrow, he hs busy, but he has time for a quick selfie.

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One very cool man. David loved being with the Fonz. Time for a look at

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the weather forecast. Good evening. It is not looking too

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bad. Just a few e`mails abott the amount of rain we signs of temper.

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Just six .8 millimetres. 10.6 millimetres, and just 3.4

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millilitres. The average for the month is between 80 and 100

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millilitres. Just shows you how dry it has been. There is rain hn the

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forecast, some of it turning quite heavy on Friday, until then showers

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are dotted around, but mainly dry weather tomorrow, just the risk of a

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few showers. This line of code across us at the moment is capable

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of producing a few spits of rain `` line of client. `` line of cloud.

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The main area of rain is accurate, a long way away from us at thd moment.

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By lunch time tomorrow, it hs approaching western Ireland. By the

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middle of the day on Friday it is through Ireland, overnight Friday

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into Saturday, it gradually moves on. The isobars all squeeze up. The

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whole lot will give us rain, something we have not seen for quite

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a while. Some of the rain qtite heavy early on Saturday morning

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Today we had a little bit of brightness but not much. A fair

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amount of cloud in the sky. These pictures were from mid Devon. A

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little glimpse of brightness in the sky, but it is and has been

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generally cloudy today. The clouds they can often give a few spits of

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rain here in fair. Not a grdy deal of dampness but a few showers

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nonetheless. Fruit is still there, but we will see a really big change

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in substantially cooler conditions. As we head into the weekend. Tonight

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first, that line of cloud whll drift away, a little bit misty in places

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as well. Somewhat of a clearance of the cloud in the early hours of the

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morning. Temperatures dipping a little lower. In the countrxside,

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9`10, in the towns and citids 1 `13. Sunshine breaking through the cloud,

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a few showers developing through the afternoon. One of those showers

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appearing at the end of the day but still relatively mild, tempdratures

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17`19 degrees. For the Isles of Scilly, a rather cloudy day,

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sunshine breaking through, largely dry conditions here. Times of high

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water. And for the surfers, substantially bigger waves on the

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weekend. 34 `` 3`4 feet, and clean. A bit more of a swell coming our

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way. The wind direction is lainly from the West, forced three,

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occasionally for Mac. `` occasionally for. Changing hnto the

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weekend, a bright and dry d`y on Saturday. Temperatures 14`14 for

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most of us. Saturday morning, the rain will have moved through, some

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sunshine but frequent and qtite heavy showers as we move into

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Sunday. The best way to describe it is back to normal. Have a nhce

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evening. Had to happen eventually, thank you,

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David. The full interview whth Henry Winkler will be on our Facebook

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page, and I will be back with you at 6:30pm tomorrow. From all of us in

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the Spotlight team, have a very good evening.

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Families left without a pay packet at the end of the month.

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Government borrowing on a scale not seen since the war.

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Accepting defeat was never an option.

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