:00:00. > :12:16.goodbye from me. On BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where
:12:17. > :12:27.trees have been arriving in this weekend they want volunteers with
:12:28. > :12:30.spades to come to bury them. Work is being carried out to try to
:12:31. > :12:34.clear a heritage train line which has been blocked since Christmas due
:12:35. > :12:37.to a landslip. The South Devon Railway lost out on lucrative trade
:12:38. > :12:41.over the holiday, and is now facing large bills, after mud and trees
:12:42. > :12:44.came crashing down on the line near Staverton. Our South Devon reporter
:12:45. > :12:46.John Ayers has more. This is what is left of the line for the landslip
:12:47. > :12:54.happened before Christmas. Water soaked through the growing above the
:12:55. > :13:00.line and pressure built up, sending trees and mud crashing onto the
:13:01. > :13:07.line. Work is taking place to try to clear it. Two more trees will have
:13:08. > :13:14.to come down because they are now unsafe and they will fall down if we
:13:15. > :13:20.don't chop them down. Once we have got rid of all the timber we can
:13:21. > :13:25.then start digging away at them at which has swamped the railway line.
:13:26. > :13:32.The railway is insured against landslides and lost business but
:13:33. > :13:36.there are still heavy excesses. There is always the cost of putting
:13:37. > :13:40.everything right and one thing and another, time taken dealing with
:13:41. > :13:45.this when we could be dealing with something else. Of all the places we
:13:46. > :13:54.have where we keep a careful eye on what is happening, this is the last
:13:55. > :13:58.place we expected this to occur. The trees and not have to be removed,
:13:59. > :14:04.and the ground underneath need shoring up. There is a huge amount
:14:05. > :14:08.of work to be carried out here between Buckfastleigh and Stirton at
:14:09. > :14:16.the railway is adamant it will be open in time on February 15.
:14:17. > :14:19.A scheme has been launched to reach isolated older people and help them
:14:20. > :14:21.access local facilities. Age UK Plymouth's valuing lives project
:14:22. > :14:24.uses a befriending service to encourage lonely people to meet
:14:25. > :14:34.others. It was launched by celebrities Lee Mead and Nigel
:14:35. > :14:38.Havers. Jenny Walrond was there. A rather oversized knife from the
:14:39. > :14:48.stage, along with two panto starts launching today's project. Valuing
:14:49. > :14:55.life enables people to access their committee, `` community. People that
:14:56. > :14:59.are isolated and lonely at home who may not have seen people for a long
:15:00. > :15:03.time will be befriended on a weekly basis. Someone will come around and
:15:04. > :15:07.chat and take them out and help them to a bus or to access different
:15:08. > :15:10.services, or perhaps they can come into our local centres. It has
:15:11. > :15:15.already moved people `` helps people like Perl, who was planning to move
:15:16. > :15:20.home. A volunteer helped her to a club. It is the satisfaction of
:15:21. > :15:25.knowing I am helping someone change their life and a lot of them have a
:15:26. > :15:30.lot of life experience, so for me it is inspirational to hear their
:15:31. > :15:33.stories. I think it is important they realise having a mum of a
:15:34. > :15:38.certain age you need to get out and about and not be stuck at home,
:15:39. > :15:48.otherwise I think you start to budget and it's a bad thing, so this
:15:49. > :15:52.is an important service. My two nouns, who aren't here any more,
:15:53. > :15:59.they came here in the last years of their lives, so it is a great place
:16:00. > :16:04.to come and be together. Age UK Plymouth already has 22 volunteers
:16:05. > :16:13.and it is hoped it will attract others.
:16:14. > :16:16.The Cornwall sailor Sir Ben Ainslie is to compete in the 20`14 Extreme
:16:17. > :16:19.Sailing Series. It's a global event, taking place in eight different
:16:20. > :16:22.venues around the world. Ainslie will sail in a 40`foot multi`hull,
:16:23. > :16:26.as Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reports. Sir Benes Lee has proved he is the
:16:27. > :16:34.most formidable sailor in the world. His exploits helping team USA win
:16:35. > :16:38.the America's Cup last year. It showed he can handle the biggest and
:16:39. > :16:44.the fastest yacht on the planet. While at the London boat show, a 36
:16:45. > :16:51.rolled, who learned his trade in Cornwall and was brought up in
:16:52. > :16:55.Truro, announced another challenge. This one with the extreme series for
:16:56. > :17:03.a 40 foot multihulls, as opposed to the 73rd votes he claimed in San
:17:04. > :17:07.Francisco Bay last September. It is a different type of racing, short
:17:08. > :17:15.courses and close to the shore so it is good for the spectators, and we
:17:16. > :17:21.do a lot of races, so I guess it is a high impact type of racing. We
:17:22. > :17:26.also have some Olympic team`mates with me, so a good team and we are
:17:27. > :17:32.very much looking forward to getting back out and racing again. After
:17:33. > :17:37.sailing around by yourself it is quite refreshing to go sailing with
:17:38. > :17:41.a bigger team, so all of last year sailing in different boats with
:17:42. > :17:46.different croak, so I am looking forward to being part of this one.
:17:47. > :17:50.Singapore will host the first of the eight stages in their break, with
:17:51. > :17:52.Cardiff hosting the UK leg in August.
:17:53. > :17:56.Cornwall's historic Jamaica Inn has gone on sale because the couple
:17:57. > :17:59.who've run it for the past 40 years are planning to retire. The pub at
:18:00. > :18:04.Bolventor, was immortalised in a novel by Daphne du Maurier and is on
:18:05. > :18:07.the market for ?2 million. It was built in 1750 and it's thought
:18:08. > :18:12.smugglers used it to hide their contraband.
:18:13. > :18:16.It's taken two years, and a lot of conversations. Devon folk musician
:18:17. > :18:19.Seth Lakeman's latest project has involved him talking to some of the
:18:20. > :18:24.South West's colourful characters and turning their personal stories
:18:25. > :18:27.into songs. From tales of Bal`Maidens, young women who worked
:18:28. > :18:30.in the tin mines of Cornwall, to accounts of the Tolpuddle Martyrs
:18:31. > :18:33.from Dorset, and memories of the last surviving witness of the
:18:34. > :18:36.ill`fated Operation Tiger at Slapton in Devon, the result is a new
:18:37. > :18:43.collection of songs entitled Word Of Mouth. BBC Radio Devon's John Govier
:18:44. > :18:53.met up with Seth on a cold, wet and windy Dartmoor to find out more.
:18:54. > :19:04.Seth, you have been taking inspiration from the moors since you
:19:05. > :19:12.started? I have, yes. Past a sinking bridge, the surging
:19:13. > :19:17.river... I was born and bred here on Dartmoor and I have always taken it
:19:18. > :19:24.as an inspiration for the work I do. This is the start of one of the
:19:25. > :19:33.first way markers, the crosses that marked a medieval track all the way
:19:34. > :19:39.across the murder. `` the murder. That definitely inspired the chorus
:19:40. > :19:51.markings down. There is a cross he must find...
:19:52. > :20:01.So this new album is not all about Dartmoor. You have found the net a
:20:02. > :20:05.bit wider. Yes, I been reaching out, talking to people all over the South
:20:06. > :20:09.West. I have been two pubs, on the street and into churches, and it is
:20:10. > :20:16.a way of preserving people's stories and their voices. They are modern
:20:17. > :20:26.day stories but they take us back in history. Yes, like Reg Hannaford,
:20:27. > :20:32.the last surviving witness of exercise Tiger, who kindly gave me
:20:33. > :20:44.an interview that was very powerful, and a very powerful story. Let's go
:20:45. > :20:51.and see him. Hi, Reg. This is John. Please to meet you, John. Reg, what
:20:52. > :20:58.is it like to know your story is now captured in one of Seth's songs? I
:20:59. > :21:08.was quite shocked, I suppose. `` quite chuffed. You can hear that
:21:09. > :21:16.Tiger when he moves... The first we knew about it was when fishermen
:21:17. > :21:19.were here and Mellor `` American military police were asking them if
:21:20. > :21:27.they had seen bodies in the sea. I was only a lad and it is embedded in
:21:28. > :21:36.me forever. Now it will evolve in a song as well. Yes, very nice.
:21:37. > :21:39.Now, last year Devon and Cornwall police decided to start breeding
:21:40. > :21:44.their very own canine recruits and in June, the first litter was born.
:21:45. > :21:48.Since then, the seven puppies who make up the A litter have been put
:21:49. > :21:53.through a gruelling selection process. Yes, we're following their
:21:54. > :22:01.training right through to the passing out parade. Well, now, hot
:22:02. > :22:04.on their heels is the B litter, and Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby couldn't
:22:05. > :22:10.resist an invitation to meet the latest police dog recruits. We're
:22:11. > :22:21.all starving. Lunch is served and there are eight hungry mouths to
:22:22. > :22:30.feed. Hungry and noisy. Here we go. Nice and orderly. This is the litter
:22:31. > :22:37.born in November, this second wave of canine recruits bred by and for
:22:38. > :22:41.Devon and Cornwall police. We insist each pup has its own bold to eat
:22:42. > :22:48.from, so we don't get a situation where the bigger pups are pushing
:22:49. > :22:54.the smaller pups away, and we introduce mincemeat, which they
:22:55. > :22:57.love, into the food bill why the eating to let them get used to a
:22:58. > :23:02.human hand being around their food bill, and they don't think humans
:23:03. > :23:08.are trying to take their food away from them. After lunch, time for
:23:09. > :23:15.exercise with their mum Molly. She is the second serving police dog to
:23:16. > :23:20.build is `` to breed a letter. I don't remember much about the last
:23:21. > :23:27.few weeks, it is time consuming, but I still feel that is the best way to
:23:28. > :23:35.get the most out of your dogs. Of course not all forces can breed them
:23:36. > :23:40.at home. This police handler's dog retires next year so there is here
:23:41. > :23:47.to find his replacement. He is excited and so is his family. They
:23:48. > :23:53.are looking forward to it. Quite daunted but really looking forward
:23:54. > :23:57.to it. The puppies will soon be handed over to their walkers who
:23:58. > :24:02.will put them through as many different experiences as possible.
:24:03. > :24:09.Some will be taken on a boat. The litter is ready to take land and sea
:24:10. > :24:13.by storm. They are so cute. Hard to believe
:24:14. > :24:20.they will soon be huge. They grow very quickly. Spring is on its way
:24:21. > :24:23.because Rita has e`mailed us to say the daffodils are up in her garden.
:24:24. > :24:27.But there is more rain to come. the daffodils are up in her garden.
:24:28. > :24:32.But there is Some mild temperatures but a long wait to go of winter yet.
:24:33. > :24:38.Tomorrow we have some slightly calmer conditions. We will have
:24:39. > :24:42.showers through the day but some sunshine, starting to feel a little
:24:43. > :24:46.cooler through the day but for tonight, we still have a weather
:24:47. > :24:51.warning from the Met Office for further downpours of heavy rain
:24:52. > :24:56.across the south`west. This is the radar from earlier. That main area
:24:57. > :25:00.of rain moved through quickly but it was followed by heavy rain which is
:25:01. > :25:05.making its way across the region at the moment so heavy downpours still
:25:06. > :25:09.to come tonight. You can see this cloud moving up from the south`west
:25:10. > :25:16.with some clearer skies behind it but another area of cloud set to
:25:17. > :25:20.head our way by Friday. For now we have this low pressure moving away
:25:21. > :25:24.as we do through tonight, so for tomorrow a few showers but I think
:25:25. > :25:29.some sunshine as well, clearer skies through the afternoon. Just a
:25:30. > :25:33.temporary ridge of high pressure so by the time we get to Friday this
:25:34. > :25:39.weather front has swept in from the west, not earning too much heavy
:25:40. > :25:43.rain but more wet weather to end the week, winds increasing by Friday
:25:44. > :25:48.evening. For the moment we still have this area of heavy downpours to
:25:49. > :25:53.clear, the risk of thunder at times. Later tonight, still cloudy, just a
:25:54. > :25:58.few light showers in the early hours of tomorrow and also the winds
:25:59. > :26:03.increase especially along the south coast, gusty winds here by first
:26:04. > :26:07.thing tomorrow, but minimum temperature is still quite mild for
:26:08. > :26:12.the time of year, down to around five or six degrees at their lowest
:26:13. > :26:17.inland. Tomorrow morning some cloud and showery rain to clear away to
:26:18. > :26:20.the East, followed by decent spells of sunshine tomorrow afternoon.
:26:21. > :26:24.Still a few showers on that breeze but some brighter weather tomorrow
:26:25. > :26:28.as well, with the wind is perhaps easing off as we head to the end of
:26:29. > :26:33.the day tomorrow, but temperatures again during the day up to nine or
:26:34. > :26:37.10 degrees, perhaps feeling a little cooler in that breeze. For the Isles
:26:38. > :26:42.of Scilly team might catch some showers tomorrow but also some sunny
:26:43. > :27:01.spells and moderate to fresh winds. For the surfers are, about four to
:27:02. > :27:05.six foot waves around the coast but generally choppy and messy
:27:06. > :27:09.conditions, and the coastal waters forecast how the wind from the west
:27:10. > :27:14.or north West, backing south`westerly with some showers out
:27:15. > :27:21.at sea, so moderate or good visibility through today. We
:27:22. > :27:25.continue `` throughout the day. Sunshine and showers on Friday, a
:27:26. > :27:30.dry start that we see some rain arriving from the West. On Saturday
:27:31. > :27:36.we will have sunshine but it will feel cooler, and on Sunday more wet
:27:37. > :27:42.and windy weather arrives. Not quite spring, then. That is all the news
:27:43. > :27:44.and weather this evening. I will be back at 10:25pm.