01/03/2017 Spotlight

A reminder of our main stories this evening.

The government is expected to suffer its first setback over Brexit with

defeats in the House of Lords tonight. Their arch -- there are

plans for children as young as four to be taught about healthy

relationships Training the next generation

of workers to replace labour from Europe is seen

as a top priority. The sooner they get information the

better, but they are certainly not waiting on politicians to tell us

what happens, we have got to stop thinking now.

Also tonight: The supermarket which could have paid for policing,

but development plans have now been shelved, leaving the Devon and

It seemed like a good idea at the time that I am not totally convinced

it is such a good idea now. Giving up home comforts

for Lent, the Vicar sleeping And on a winning streak,

the North Devon football team The sheer number of jobs needing

to be filled in some of the South West's key industries

is now a number one concern as Britain approaches

negotiations to exit the EU. Business leaders in Cornwall

have issued the warning with the Prime Minister widely

expected to begin the formal process of leaving

the European Union this month. Migrant workers make

up a significant part of the workforce in tourism,

agriculture and healthcare and there are fears about what will happen

if the labour market is squeezed. Simon Clemison has been

finding out how some businesses are pressing ahead

with their own post-Brexit plans. It is March, the daffodils are out

and that means one thing, no, not spring, Brexit. Not quite yet but

this much Theresa May is expected to start trying to find the ingredients

to make up our exit for the EU. Welcome to training kitchen in

Cornwall. Tourism leaders here say the industry is not waiting to see

what politicians come up. Businesses are keen to make sure local people

have the skills needed to plug gaps that there are fewer workers from

abroad. Has Brexit contra your mind? Yes, yes, with the news coverage it

was very prominent. Trying to decide what this could do to the industry

and me. Did you see a gap in the market? Yes, I kind of jumped at it

when I could. This college is expected to take on more students to

train in hospitality, not as a result of Brexit but to meet already

huge needs from the local economy, meaning Britain's biggest decision

in a generation may only add to the demand. Businesses are looking at

their skills demand for the future and thinking what the implications

will be. They are not hanging around and they are looking at their skill

requirements and how they need to respond and have further skills

development. We need to be competitive in Cornwall and increase

our productivity of skills will be a key part of that. Similar questions

about the impact of leaving the European Union Hang on the air here.

There is nothing more important than having people to do the job is to

keep the economy going. The biggest question is labour supply, if you

look at the people who work in the sector and the number of unemployed

there is the sheer number of people involved are available. Eastern

European scum to pick the daffodils of Cornwall but no one knows what

Brexit will look like, but in a world of gnomes and unknowns

businesses are going for what certainty they can.

Now, who would have thought that the humble pasty would be

a barometer for the effect Brexit is already having on the region?

But one local producer has already had to raise its prices by 10p

a pasty because it says some ingredients which can't be sourced

Our business correspondent Carys Edwards has more.

A Cornish pasty for ?2.90, a good value meal, but it cost 10p

more than a year ago because of the vote on Brexit.

The reason for the price hike is the rising cost of ingredients

to make the pasties as the value of the pound has fallen.

The cost of butter has almost doubled since the Brexit vote,

the price of flour is also up, so factories which need to import

Unfortunately we do have to pass those prices on because they are

If we don't pass them on then we obviously aren't making the money

that we need to make and pay our staff, for example,

which is really key in a small town like Bodmin where we employ over 200

people than it is like their livelihoods.

With any change there are bound to be winners and losers

and while the price of imports is going up, the price

of exports is going down, and that has got to be good news

for those selling abroad, like this factory here in Cornwall.

Teagle has been manufacturing agricultural machinery

here in Cornwall for more than 70 years, selling its products

The fall in the pound has meant prices are now highly competitive

Our order book for exports has increased by about 100 or 150

machines, which for us a considerable amount.

It is mainly to countries such as the United States and Canada

where the exchange rate with the dollar has

Eastern Europe we have seen a significant increase as well,

and China, would you believe, we are exporting quite a lot

With more orders come more jobs and Teagle is now taking on 15 more

operators but some businesses are losing skilled staff

as EU workers pull out of jobs over Brexit fears.

South West Business Survey shows that overall there is optimism

but also uncertainty which could hold back growth.

Every time I have seen uncertainty I've also seen lots of opportunities

so actually as businesses we've got to really try and identify

what those opportunities are, and seize on those and carry

on and positive despite the fact that overall it is obviously a very

The key to business success is, of course, having a good product

which people want to buy, whatever the exchange

rate or the outcome of Brexit negotiations.

Well, this is the month the Government said it will begin

the formal process of leaving the EU, but how much

will the South West be considered in the negotiations?

With more on that, we can join our Political Editor,

Well, a key argument for the Brexit group art that leaving the Europe

will allow Britain to go global and strike independent trade deals with

countries across the world. The man tasked with trying to make that a

reality as a Somerset MP, Doctor Liam Fox. We have a lot of countries

wanting to talk to us about new trade agreements and we are taking

advantage of that and there will be new opportunities for the UK. Most

of global growth and trade is outside the European Union and we

need to take advantage of that and get our companies match fit for

that. At the moment we export far less as an proportion of our trade

in countries like Germany need to get into the Premier League of

trading with them. Critics like the Devon -based Lib Dem peer Lord

Burnett said the UK is doing very nicely at developing all of this

growing non-EU trade at the moment from within the EU, he says that the

government will face a formidable challenge if it gets to the stage

where it has to compensate for the lack of our tariff free export trade

the rest of the EU. Mr Fox will have to do a lot of very hard work indeed

and it is a double-edged sword in all of this, as far as the

south-west is concerned, and agriculture. Farmers are waking up

to the fact that Mr Fox is going to New Zealand, Australia, United

States and South America and that means they will demand in any trade

agreement unfettered access to the United Kingdom markets, so we will

be flooded, I think is the word, with cheaper beef, cheaper sheep

meat, cereals, and often not grown or reared in accordance with the

high standards that our farmers enjoy. The focus of the Brexit

debate today is very much in the Lords. It is the peer 's chance to

scrutinise the legislation to trigger Britain's departure from the

EU and, as anticipated, the government plans a meeting with

fierce criticism and stiffer opposition there than when it was

debated in the Commons. Thank you. Let's take a look at some

of the other stories A man has been injured with a hammer

in an unprovoked attack Officers said a group of four young

men were assaulted on Saturday A 19-year-old man suffered

a cut to his arm. A Devon Primary School has been

closed following an outbreak 67 pupils and six members of staff,

including the head at the school in Bovey Tracey, have

contracted the illness. The building is now

being deep-cleaned. Police have been called to reports

of a house partially collapsed The house is thought to have been

undergoing building work. Rubble in the road has been

causing difficulties Devon and Cornwall's spending plans

have suffered a major setback. They had plans to spend ?20 million

pounds from a development deal The retailer had signed a contract

to build a major new store on land at police headquarters in Exeter

but work never began and the police have now lost

a lengthy legal battle. From there, our home affairs

correspondent Simon Hall reports. ?20 million can buy

a lot of policing. It would pay for 1,000

new constables for a year, more than 1,300 average police cars,

or it could keep a police helicopter Devon and Cornwall Police signed

a deal with Morrisons for them to build a store on land at Force

headquarters in Exeter, but Morrison's failed to start

building and the police After four years of arguments

they have now lost the case and that leaves them without the ?20 million

they had budgeted for. We've wasted four years now

where we could've had somebody else on this site,

paying money for policing in Devon and Cornwall and developing it,

and we could have been getting on with what we want to do,

which is achieve the best policing for Devon and Cornwall so we have

wasted time, and that's The money was earmarked

for demolishing Exeter's ageing Heavitree Road police station,

with a new one being The force say that will still go

ahead as they have contingency plans They will now try to find another

buyer for the land at headquarters When you look around the site

here you realise just why it's worth It's not just the size,

it's because it's on the eastern edge of Exeter, the motorway

and the city's prime Commanders plan to have a new police

station at headquarters to replace A senior source told me

they believed Morrisons had won their case on a legal

technicalities. In a moment: The end of an era

for a Cornish Post office, and later, find out why these

children set off on a special walk Find out why we are going to be

sleeping outside on the streets for the next six weeks, me and my dog

tags. I want to be, tax? It's been run by the same family

for nearly 90 years, but today a Cornish post office

sold its last stamp It's been a stalwart

of the community, but Paynters Lane End Post Office in Illogan

closed at lunchtime. It'll be replaced by a new counter

service in a local shop, part of a major modernisation

programme by the Post Office. Selling stamps for the last time

before shutting up shop after nearly But, of course, like every

other day, could post But, of course, like every

other day, the post Three generations of the same family

had served the Illogan It was started by Grandpa,

William and Annie, in 1928, In is a pasty shop now

but it was a butcher and a post office, and they ran it for 22

years, I think. And then my father-in-law, Douglas,

took it over in 1953, but he moved here in 1955,

and this building was personally Some loyal customers have been using

the Paynters Lane End Post Office I've been coming over here 58

years and I will miss it. They are very upset, naturally,

and I will miss them And emotional end to the data in

Cornwall. Now, no doubt you enjoyed a few

pancakes last night before any Lent ambitions to lay off the chocolate

or resist a glass of wine. But what about giving up the comfort

of your own bed and sleeping rough Well, that's exactly what former

prison governor turned vicar He wants to raise awareness about

the growing problem of homelessness. Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby's been

to meet him, and his dog. Ash Wednesday, a day of symbolism

in the Christian church. From dust you came,

to dust you shall return. The sign of the cross in ash

on the foreheads of the faithful. It marks the start of Lent,

when many fast from food or drink. But for the vicar of St George's

in Goodrington, it's the comfort I've got a lot of

concerns actually, yes. Last night I thought

I would have the best night sleep ever in my own bed and it all went

wrong and I was up at 5:30am. I guess I am quite worried

about it actually. It seemed like a good idea

at the time but I'm not totally Father Gary and his dog Tess

will spend the full 40 nights of Lent sleeping rough to raise

awareness of the growing Some people might say to this

is a nice thing to do but wouldn't it be better to open the doors

of your church and let They might say that, yes,

but I don't think it is a nice We have opened the door

of the church and we open them The difficulty with that as it is OK

to provide somebody with a roof over their head for a short term

but actually what you need to do is engage with people

so that they don't have to sleep on the streets, so they have

the skills that they need to be able to get a job,

to be had to get into work, to be able to get a job,

to be able to get into work, to get proper housing,

not just some temporary accommodation in a church

or somewhere else. He's bringing a sort

of new dimension to it. People are obviously very keen

to get involved and to hear It is such a huge sacrifice

that he is making to bring that That's a long time to go out and do

something like that. He's reaching to the people

who are not of the community. I think it is absolutely wonderful

and I think it's a great sacrifice that he is making for this time

and at the same time it shows his concern

for what is around us, which is homeless people and people

with mental problems Before being ordained he'd been

the governor of Pentonville Prison and Exeter Prison and says

many of those released Now Father Gary hopes his six weeks

sleeping rough will help raise money And do wish and his lovely dog all

the best. We will check on the weather forecast for them in just a

moment. And we're hoping to keep in touch

with Reverend Deighton during Lent From that thought-provoking mission

to a young chap. Pupils at a school in Devon have

taken part in a walk to raise awareness of a debilitating

condition which affects one Seven-year-old Lucas Trice has hip

dysplasia which occurs when the hip Spotlight's John Danks joined

the kids on their walk. They called it the Warrior Walk,

appropriate enough considering the conditions

they had to brave. Throughout the day all

of the pupils at Stover School near Newton Abbot put down their

pens to plod a mile. And it was all for

seven-year-old Lucas. Myself and Lucas was diagnosed with

hip dysplasia when he was four months old and we set up a small

charity which over the last 12 months has simply snowballed and the

school have very kindly got on board and organised an entire day and we

hope that this is just the beginning of putting hip displacing on the map

for patients -- parents. Joining them on the walk

was a former Paralympic swimmer who competed

in the London 2012 Games. I was diagnosed at four years old

and underwent all the treatments that Lucas went through and I have

developed a swimming career and I joined the charity because like

Natalie, my parents didn't have the support they wanted, so I am doing a

party for them and partly for myself to encourage parents to seek support

and help when they need it. Despite the rain and the mud,

Lucas made it to the finish line. Look at the smiles on everyone's

face, including mine. My focus was just standing on my feet but

everyone has enjoyed it. It has been a thoroughly successful day. It was

fun because we all got to Walker's work so we could all have a bit of

chitchat. Really good and kind of inspiring. OK, it was quite muddy in

the forest. While for some it was a day at

the races, others preferred a more The National League has

confirmed that control of Torquay United Football Club has

been transferred to The takeover ends months

of speculation about the future of the Gulls,

who were facing The deal was agreed before Christmas

but the club only received official confirmation this week.

A Devon football team is celebrating after winning an amazing

On top of that, SAS girls under-12's from Barnstaple have only been

But their amazing winning streak has led to an invitation

to play their equivalent side at Premiership club Chelsea.

Kirk England has been to see them in action.

Tournaments, friendlies, competitions. Whenever they play,

they win. Great football! SAS girls under 12 is from Barnstable on a

massive winning streak. We are working together. We shoot and we

score. 48 games unbeaten, it is great to see SAS going on a winning

another one. We just go for winter wind, we won the first game and we

progressed from there and we were getting games like 1- 012- zero and

we have had gone onto to really excel and have things like 6-0. We

have had some close games but we always find a way to win. This time

it was 8- nail. She plays five or six times a week and she doesn't

stop. She lives and breathes in its football. It is all she wants to do.

Tanabe 49 games unbeaten is just something that will go with you for

ever. But it? Yes. The girls are seemingly unstoppable at success has

been spotted and they will soon be heading to London to play the girls

number 12 premiership leaders Chelsea. Honourable lady icons

actually believe the fight but we are going. Thank you to everyone who

has made it happen. It is going to just be such a opportunity for us.

It will be an amazing challenge. The girls have gone out and done this

themselves. Every game they just get better and better and better. The

attitude in training is just phenomenal. I can't believe it, it

is brilliant. Who are we? SAS! We try our best! They have great team

spirit there. Some really inspiring youngsters on the programme tonight.

When the girls get back for the Chelsea match we should get them

here on the sofa and have a chat with them. Good luck with that

anyway. We were talking about Reverend dated earlier on in the

programme out he is sleeping outside for the whole of Lent. It hasn't

been a great start today, as it? I hope you have a little bit of

shelter if he can find it because it doesn't look too clever. At least it

is slightly less cold. That will happen tomorrow. Today has been

miserable and cold and this is a Weather Watch photograph where you

can make someone out in the sea there, that is pretty brave! It

looks like we will continue to see unsettled conditions in the next few

days. Tomorrow is less windy. There will be some sunshine and it is

mostly dry with good conditions nine or ten the top temperature.

Have a good evening. Thank you very much. That is all

from us for now. We have not -- we have an update at 10:30pm tonight

and we will be back with you at 6:30am tomorrow. Have a good

evening. Good night. I think my political beliefs are

really quite straightforward. I believe that our country needs to

work for everyone. Not just for the rich,

not just for the privileged, not just for those who know

the right people or who've got the loudest voices, but a country

that really works for everyone, has the opportunity to be

who they want to be. In order to make sure that the

country works for everyone,