:00:00. > :00:14.It is festival time in Cornwall a celebration of cultural harlony but
:00:15. > :00:20.does the vote in Scotland mdan that the South West should dance to a
:00:21. > :00:24.different political tune? Unless you live here you have no concept of the
:00:25. > :00:35.way people live their lives. We need people here to have a voice. The
:00:36. > :00:42.only way up is `` the only way is up for 72`year`old Norman Croucher It
:00:43. > :00:49.is amazing considering a ye`r ago he could only walk to the end of the
:00:50. > :00:57.street. And digging up the tale of Devon shiny ore. When it got really
:00:58. > :01:27.wet the thing just disintegrated like cardboard. No, 194,638. And
:01:28. > :01:28.this concludes the counting of votes for the city of Edinburgh Council
:01:29. > :01:32.area. Celebrations ? and relief ?
:01:33. > :01:36.for the no camp in Scotland. And they?ve been having a bht
:01:37. > :01:45.of a knees`up in Cornwall as well, and not just because it's fdstival
:01:46. > :01:48.time here in the town of Looe. Many here sense the Scottish
:01:49. > :02:02.referendum has been a game changer In a modern democracy power needs to
:02:03. > :02:08.be devolved. People in Cornwall need to make decisions about housing
:02:09. > :02:10.wind turbines, not people in Westminster. We know our culture, it
:02:11. > :03:21.should be asked who do side. If you live in London and m`ke
:03:22. > :03:22.decisions for people here, xou can try and understand, but you
:03:23. > :04:31.biggest effect. If we had the ability to raise funds, we could
:04:32. > :04:32.spend them where we need thdm, and affordable homes is a reallx good
:04:33. > :04:41.example. from Europe ` a billion pounds to
:04:42. > :04:44.date, to fund help modernisd But Cornwall has had to put up
:04:45. > :04:48.a fight against central govdrnment The Scottish case has strengthened
:04:49. > :05:05.resolve not to give way. We won that argument so we can build
:05:06. > :05:06.on the momentum and the medha interest for Cornwall to prdss
:05:07. > :05:09.forward with our demands. Down on the quay, this business
:05:10. > :05:11.leader agrees Cornwall's re`dy to take more responsibility
:05:12. > :05:27.for its economic destiny. You can trust Cornwall to spend
:05:28. > :05:31.money wisely, we have proved that with the Isles of Scilly programme
:05:32. > :05:35.and the convergence programle. Unlike the rest of the country we
:05:36. > :05:40.never send any money back to Europe, which shows we are really
:05:41. > :05:43.good at spending money to a positive effect for Cornwall.
:05:44. > :05:48.Politicians of all colours `re of one voice over the need
:05:49. > :05:54.for change but there's dischord over the detail.
:05:55. > :05:57.If the region is to dance to a different political tune,
:05:58. > :06:03.Elected regional assemblies are one idea, but back in 2004
:06:04. > :06:06.the first attempt to set ond up in the North East was overwhellingly
:06:07. > :06:14.And unelected regional chambers set up across England to deal whth big
:06:15. > :06:18.issues like housing and planning, lasted little more than a ddcade.
:06:19. > :06:26.Richard Bayley was closely hnvolved with the one in the South Wdst.
:06:27. > :06:37.In Scotland people are very clear, they are Scottish. Being Sotth West
:06:38. > :06:42.is a much more fuzzy concept, people know whether they are from Devon or
:06:43. > :06:47.Cornwall, but something larger than that, big enough to get a rdal grip
:06:48. > :06:50.on economic interests, that rather escapes identity.
:06:51. > :06:53.There's no doubt that the Scottish vote has galvanised hopes for some
:06:54. > :07:03.In 1997 the Cornish marched on London to commemorate
:07:04. > :07:12.the Rebellion of 1497, itself a protest against unfair taxation.
:07:13. > :07:14.Now finally the concerns of the UK's impoverished outposts are top
:07:15. > :07:29.One of the things that is particularly interesting is that the
:07:30. > :07:34.Scots have got engaged with changing the constitutional status of the UK,
:07:35. > :07:38.whether independence or mord powers. In Cornwall we have been
:07:39. > :07:42.saying for a long time that Cornwall needs to be part of any discussion
:07:43. > :07:49.on changing the constitutional status of the UK.
:07:50. > :07:51.Even now MK are not calling for Cornish
:07:52. > :07:57.independence but on the strdeets of Looe some still live in hope
:07:58. > :08:06.It is a cheat, we have a principality, 1 shouldn't Cornwall
:08:07. > :08:14.be recognised as its own cotntry? `` Y. We have a language and pdople
:08:15. > :08:23.should learn the language in its own heritage.
:08:24. > :08:25.Those who've seen devolution efforts close up sense new opportunhty
:08:26. > :08:36.I believe it could have a profoundly beneficial effect if it is lanaged
:08:37. > :08:40.well but I think there is a risk that it could break down into a lot
:08:41. > :08:43.of bickering and it is really important to address that. `` to
:08:44. > :08:46.avoid that. For now, South West devoluthonists
:08:47. > :08:48.are in party mood, and hoping the morning`after reality
:08:49. > :09:07.will still deliver their drdams When you have been seriouslx ill
:09:08. > :09:15.with cancer, the road to recovery can be long and hard. Andrew Johnson
:09:16. > :09:17.follows one man's journey to get back on his feet, and he dodsn't
:09:18. > :09:22.take the easy route. At the age of 19 mountaineer
:09:23. > :09:25.Norman Croucher lost his legs He went on to become one of the
:09:26. > :09:37.country's best mountaineers. But two years ago fate tried
:09:38. > :09:40.to trip him up again. On the 10th of the 1th 2012 ` 1 ,
:09:41. > :09:44.11, 12, it?s easy to remembdr ` And I've since being diagnosed with
:09:45. > :09:50.bowel cancer had one quite long well, five`hour operation, ` shorter
:09:51. > :09:52.corrective operation, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and as far as I know
:09:53. > :09:56.I am free of the cancer now. When we went to the hospital
:09:57. > :09:59.and heard what it was, Well,
:10:00. > :10:08.I was thinking "it isn't gohng to be anything serious", so when they said
:10:09. > :10:12.it was colon cancer I'm afr`id I was The day he was diagnosed Norman
:10:13. > :10:16.started planning a charity Having an objective, a targdt,
:10:17. > :10:26.I think it has helped me psychologically a lot, becatse I
:10:27. > :10:31.have had stages to aim for. I've got to go through this stage
:10:32. > :10:36.to get to that one and to eventually to get on top
:10:37. > :10:38.of...probably a quite small mountain,
:10:39. > :10:49.but it will be a proper mountain. The peaks that Norman has sdt
:10:50. > :10:52.his sights on are in Chamonhx, And they're not
:10:53. > :10:57.for the faint`hearted. But two artificial legs
:10:58. > :11:00.and now a colostomy bag aren't going It's 21 months
:11:01. > :11:09.since I was diagnosed with cancer and it's two years since I climbed
:11:10. > :11:13.anything, so I am looking forward. Today is a minor peak,
:11:14. > :11:16.it's only a bit under 7000 feet Norman's travelled to Francd with
:11:17. > :11:24.his wife Jude and friend Wes Down. It's hard and it's hard for me as
:11:25. > :12:12.first climb Norman's in trotble It's hard and it's hard for me as
:12:13. > :12:18.well. He can't get his foot on. An hour in and the team grounds to a
:12:19. > :12:23.halt. We reached a point whdre it's getting a lot wetter and stdeper, so
:12:24. > :12:27.he's start ing to carry on with the walkie`talkies to see how steep it
:12:28. > :12:47.gets before we carry on up the climb. Norman and Jude wait for news
:12:48. > :12:52.from Wes. We might have to go back down slowly. Whatever happens we've
:12:53. > :12:57.had a good bit of exercise `t reasonable altitude anyway. Hello.
:12:58. > :13:02.Just to let you know what's happening. I've just climbed another
:13:03. > :13:08.50 metres above you over sole fairly steep stone and wet mud. Underfoot
:13:09. > :13:12.it's very slippery, quite a steep gradient from what we have climbed
:13:13. > :13:17.up already. I'm probably about 50 metres below the peak, which I'm
:13:18. > :13:21.looking at now. And I think it's probably too tricky for us `ll to
:13:22. > :13:31.get up here. Yes, I think wd can call it a day and come back when
:13:32. > :13:37.it's dry. I think it would be wise. Norman's 74 and besides being a
:13:38. > :13:39.double leg am tee, he's still recovering from major cancer
:13:40. > :13:46.surgery, so he's doing really well just to be here. I'm quite pleased,
:13:47. > :13:51.because I've done an hour`and`a`half's quite difficult
:13:52. > :13:57.movement up and down and I had to be very careful coming down and it s
:13:58. > :14:03.shown that I can still do qtite strenuous exercise over a rdasonably
:14:04. > :14:05.long period. Norman may not have got very far today, but there's a bigger
:14:06. > :14:20.test for him tomorrow. We are going up Le Brevent, which is
:14:21. > :14:28.in the French Alps and it's not huge. After my diagnosis I've been
:14:29. > :14:40.aiming for this physically `nd psychologically and today's the day.
:14:41. > :14:46.Today's a better day for hil underfoot. It's good. We have been
:14:47. > :14:49.scrambling up over flattish and steep sections and probably a
:14:50. > :14:54.quarter of the way up Le Brdvent, which is good. He seems to be doing
:14:55. > :14:57.well. His fitness is holding out and all going well at the moment, so
:14:58. > :15:12.it's great news. I'm amazed how well he's dohng,
:15:13. > :15:18.considering a year ago he could hardly walk to the bottom of our
:15:19. > :15:28.street. And look at him now. Now he's really doing extremely well.
:15:29. > :15:36.Not that I doubted it! I'm Slocombe paired with what I was pre`cancer,
:15:37. > :15:39.but that's to be expected after chemotherapy and radiotherapy and
:15:40. > :15:48.one serious operation and another one that wasn't too good, so I've
:15:49. > :15:53.got to get used to pacing mxself. As the team climbs on, Norman's add
:15:54. > :15:57.eventure is `` adventure is catching the eye of others on the motntain,
:15:58. > :16:06.including another climber on crutches. We've pumped into a
:16:07. > :16:13.gentleman whose knees were damaged in an avalanche Getting olddr is not
:16:14. > :16:17.getting better. A few years ago I think he wouldn't have seen or
:16:18. > :16:26.certainly not two of us on crutches in a place like this. Furthdr up the
:16:27. > :16:38.mountain, Norman is greeted by yet more wellwishers. Exeter hospice
:16:39. > :16:45.care. Thank you very much. Lost of it is care in the homes, so you are
:16:46. > :16:50.where? We are in Australia. I've looked after so many people who have
:16:51. > :16:56.had all of Norm's issues and cancer and all of that and it's trtly
:16:57. > :17:01.humbling. I felt goosebumps. We were talking about that, just medting him
:17:02. > :17:06.and seeing what he's doing. It's amazing. It is. We are gratdful to
:17:07. > :17:10.have bumped into him. Truly inspiring for other people who have
:17:11. > :17:19.to endure what he's been through. It's truly inspiring. We spoke to a
:17:20. > :17:23.palliative care nurse at 7,000 feet and I've just been overtaken by a
:17:24. > :17:51.bloke on crutches, so it's been an interesting day.
:17:52. > :17:59.This is the highlight of quhte a long adventure really, starting 21
:18:00. > :18:14.months ago. This is the highlight. This is what we are aiming for.
:18:15. > :18:18.Let's go. There was a seriots doubt when we started climbing th`t
:18:19. > :18:22.Norman's fitness, although he would say he's doing fine and well, but
:18:23. > :18:26.there was a doubt on the first climb about his fitness. Today, it was a
:18:27. > :18:29.really big day for him and we are pretty much near the top now. We
:18:30. > :18:33.have been climbing for thred hours and probably got another 30 minutes
:18:34. > :18:35.to go, 20 minutes or so, to the top and he's going to make it and he's
:18:36. > :18:55.doing really well. It feels as any other ascent that
:18:56. > :19:00.I've done really. Really, rdally happy and content for myself, but
:19:01. > :19:05.mainly for Norm, because obviously this is something he thought of
:19:06. > :19:12.practically since the day hd learnt he had cancer. We're there.
:19:13. > :19:31.Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful Next year, Britain's first new metal
:19:32. > :19:39.mine in 40 years here at hel den `` Hemerdon in Devon will be producing
:19:40. > :19:44.metal. Hemerdon, on the south`western slopes of Dartmoor.
:19:45. > :19:51.Underneath here is one of the largest deposits in the world of
:19:52. > :19:54.tungsten. Wolf Minerals are developing a state`of`the`art mine
:19:55. > :20:01.with the promise of more th`n 2 0 jobs. It will be a far cry from the
:20:02. > :20:06.last time metal was mined hdre. It was a much more primitive mhning
:20:07. > :20:11.that was done in my daT moor, on the east, right up until 1969. Nearly
:20:12. > :20:19.all traces of that industry are long gone. Except near Lustleigh. The
:20:20. > :20:23.surface workings of one old mine have been restored by a dedhcated
:20:24. > :20:27.group of volunteers. They found the derelict remains of Kelly Mhne 0
:20:28. > :20:32.years ago. And they've been restoring it ever since. Kelly was
:20:33. > :20:45.one of eight little mines in the area, all looking for the s`me
:20:46. > :20:53.stuff. It's called micatious orand it's called shiny oraround here
:20:54. > :20:58.Kelly Mine first appeared in local records in 1795, but shiny ore was
:20:59. > :21:03.produced around here before then. We know, because of ancient cotrt
:21:04. > :21:07.records kept here at Ashburton Town Hall. It's something other than the
:21:08. > :21:12.words on the page that provd its existence. And what it was tsed for.
:21:13. > :21:19.They're very, very difficult to see, but if you look closely at this
:21:20. > :21:23.page, dated 1776, you can sde the shiny sparkle of shiny or eshing,
:21:24. > :21:31.which might have come from Kelly Mine. Suzanne Haines is a
:21:32. > :21:37.calligrapher and she is going to explain how shiny ore ended up on
:21:38. > :21:46.the court records. When you finish the writing, while it was still wet,
:21:47. > :21:51.they would sprinkle the shiny ore on to the ink and leave it there until
:21:52. > :21:56.the ink dried and that could really take any amount of time, depending
:21:57. > :22:00.on the weather conditions. What would they do with it then? Because
:22:01. > :22:06.it was so valuable they would want to re`use it, so when it was dried
:22:07. > :22:19.they would pick up the paper and tip the excess into a tray. Right. May
:22:20. > :22:25.I? Do. So, shiny ore was usdd to dry ink, much like blotting papdr. Let's
:22:26. > :22:34.hope I don't make a mess of Suzanne's lovely handwriting. Look
:22:35. > :22:41.at that. Isn't that lovely? In the early days, the powder was `lso used
:22:42. > :22:46.in black lead, to smarten up fire places and to outsparkle `` add to
:22:47. > :22:50.sparkle to bricks and pottery. The mines had a tremendous boost in the
:22:51. > :22:55.19th century, when it was dhscovered that when added to paint it became
:22:56. > :23:01.rust proof. It was used extdnsively by Great Western on the railway
:23:02. > :23:09.bridges, like the eye onic Brunell Bridge here and it became v`luable
:23:10. > :23:14.stuff. Two tins like this would set you back 100 quid. Sadly, p`int
:23:15. > :23:18.manufacturers go elsewhere for their shiny ore these days. It became
:23:19. > :23:20.uneconomic to mine in Devon, but it's still down there and today we
:23:21. > :23:34.are hoping to find some. Me and my brother, Derek, worked in
:23:35. > :23:38.the last of the shiny ore mhnes here at Great Rock. We are joined by two
:23:39. > :23:43.other ex`miners, one of whol worked here as a student. I've been
:23:44. > :23:49.involved in mining for over 50 years and I've never seen anything like
:23:50. > :23:54.it. My total mining experience at this point was limited. I h`d a
:23:55. > :23:57.point working down in the f`r west in a tin mine, which was by
:23:58. > :24:02.comparison sort of modern and membering sized, if you likd. Here,
:24:03. > :24:08.it was more like stepping b`ck into what I would suspect would be the
:24:09. > :24:11.late 19th century. Great Rock obviously made a big impression on
:24:12. > :24:19.Tony, even though he was here for only two weeks. My brother was here
:24:20. > :24:24.for two years. It was dangerous and I think today health and safety
:24:25. > :24:30.would have had a heyday herd. Absolutely. There were ladddr routes
:24:31. > :24:35.and there were no doors and nothing. You had a cardboard hat. It was
:24:36. > :24:41.compressed cardboard and whdn they get really wet the thing wotld
:24:42. > :24:53.disintergrate. We had showers when we were here? No, you took off your
:24:54. > :24:57.overalways or your leggips `nd you went `` overalls and your ldggins
:24:58. > :25:01.and you went home shiny likd a shilling. We are trying to find some
:25:02. > :25:05.of the shiny stuff left on the walls when Great Rock closed. It's not
:25:06. > :25:10.long before Derek spots what we re long before Derek spots what we re
:25:11. > :25:18.looking for. Just here. Just here, is a very fine example. If xou pass
:25:19. > :25:23.me a shovel you'll find this stuff is very frail. It's soft. Oh, look
:25:24. > :25:38.at that! Three soggy hours later, we got our
:25:39. > :25:43.shiny ore. What I really like to do is turn it into powder, likd the
:25:44. > :25:48.stuff Suzanne was using. We can t do that at Great Rock, because all the
:25:49. > :25:56.surface workings are long gone. I'm going back to Kelly Mine, three
:25:57. > :25:59.miles across the hills. I'vd got a bucket of ore for you. Can we do
:26:00. > :26:18.something with it. We'll have a go. Kelly hasn't produced commercially
:26:19. > :26:21.for more than 60 years, but volunteer John Turner's confident
:26:22. > :26:26.they can turn the contents of my bucket into the finished product.
:26:27. > :26:31.This is exactly how they wotld have done it here back in the dax. Nick,
:26:32. > :26:42.he's Great Rock, except our mine was a
:26:43. > :26:45.bit more heavily mechanised. It s mostly manual work, where the boys
:26:46. > :26:50.would constantly moving the material around to make sure it's in
:26:51. > :26:54.suspension. It's quite an alazing product, that it's so much heavier
:26:55. > :27:02.than sand, yet it will stay afloat as long as you keep it agit`ted
:27:03. > :27:09.Yeah. It's a simple process. After a few minutes' washing some of the ore
:27:10. > :27:13.is nearly pure and will go straight into the settling tanks in the
:27:14. > :27:15.processing shed. The more solid lumps need to be broken up. First by
:27:16. > :29:17.hand. And It has overestimated its profits
:29:18. > :29:21.by a quarter of a billion pounds. A new focus
:29:22. > :29:27.for Thai police lookinc into They plan to test the @NA of every
:29:28. > :29:33.man on the island whera David Miller It is thought they wera attacked
:29:34. > :29:36.by two Asian men. Arranging a sham gay wadding po
:29:37. > :29:39.get someone UK citizenship. A BBC investigapion has found gangs
:29:40. > :29:44.will organise ip for ?10,000. It is thought up to 30!
:29:45. > :29:48.of same-sex marriages are fake. The Royal Mint is encouraging peo0le
:29:49. > :29:53.to invest in gold or silver by launching
:29:54. > :29:56.a website to trade them onlina.