:00:13. > :00:21.Hanging on a thread - the woman rescued from a cliff after being
:00:21. > :00:24.spotted by an early morning jogger. I climbed down to the Catt -- I
:00:24. > :00:28.climbed down expecting the car to be empty, and there was a lady in
:00:29. > :00:31.the passenger seat. Good evening. We will hear more
:00:31. > :00:33.about events at St Agnes in Cornwall in a moment. Also
:00:33. > :00:36.tonight... Spending on the essentials, cutting
:00:37. > :00:40.back on luxuries - some experts say the worst is still to come. We will
:00:40. > :00:43.be live in Tiverton with more on the state of our local economy.
:00:43. > :00:50.And two helicopters and four rescue teams - the moorland search for an
:00:50. > :00:54.82 year-old man who then turned up in a taxi.
:00:54. > :01:04.To find he had gone ten miles and a circuit is unbelievable, but a very
:01:04. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:07.It was an unbelievable sight. A car perched on a cliff-edge. Today, a
:01:07. > :01:10.woman was rescued after spending 18 hours trapped in the vehicle which
:01:10. > :01:13.had fallen 200 ft down a hillside on the north Cornwall coast. It is
:01:13. > :01:15.understood the woman drove off the road at St Agnes Head after
:01:15. > :01:24.becoming lost in heavy fog. Spotlight's Eleanor Parkinson
:01:24. > :01:29.watched the rescue operation unfold. This car has rolled 200 ft down a
:01:29. > :01:34.cliff and hangs precariously 300 ft above the sea. What is even more
:01:34. > :01:39.incredible is that the woman inside this car has had to wait 18 hours
:01:39. > :01:43.to be rescued. The car has been here since four o'clock yesterday
:01:43. > :01:47.afternoon. It was only spotted by this man when he decided to go for
:01:47. > :01:52.an early morning run. I climbed down to the car fully expecting it
:01:52. > :01:56.to be empty and there was a lady in the passenger seat, to my shock.
:01:56. > :02:00.Did you speak to her? Yes, there was blood in the car,
:02:00. > :02:04.the glass was caved in undergrowth was all caved in. I told her to
:02:04. > :02:10.keep calm, but help would be on its way. She said she was here
:02:10. > :02:13.yesterday afternoon about 4pm, it was very misty, and she must do the
:02:13. > :02:16.road and started down the cliff, and she got thrown to the passenger
:02:16. > :02:22.seat whilst it was tumbling down. By the grace of God she's stopped
:02:22. > :02:27.just before the cliff edge, really. The rescue operation is difficult.
:02:27. > :02:31.The car has to be secured to make sure it does not slide any further
:02:31. > :02:37.and fall into the sea. I a our staff are engaged in the recovery
:02:37. > :02:41.phase using lines to go down to the vehicle, having made it stave --
:02:41. > :02:45.having made it safe. The woman is given medical
:02:45. > :02:48.treatment and then very slowly a coastguard team and the fire
:02:48. > :02:52.brigade bring her up to the clifftop on a stretcher. The woman,
:02:52. > :02:57.who has not been named, is thought to have leg injuries, but was
:02:57. > :03:03.conscious throughout the rescue. She was airlifted to hospital in
:03:03. > :03:10.Truro by helicopter. Meanwhile, this month has been praised for his
:03:10. > :03:15.quick thinking and gets a special well done Hogg from his wife. --
:03:15. > :03:19.Business leaders in the south-west save the economy here is growing
:03:19. > :03:22.slightly more than in the country as a whole. Figures released today
:03:22. > :03:26.put the growth rate across the UK at 0.2 % in the three months to
:03:26. > :03:29.June. That is a slight slowdown from the first quarter of the year,
:03:29. > :03:34.when the figure was 0.5 %. The figures come from the Office
:03:34. > :03:37.for National Statistics. Although there is no regional breakdown for
:03:37. > :03:40.them today, we have been trying to assess how our region compares with
:03:40. > :03:44.the big picture. Well, our reporter, Andrea Ormsby, has been talking to
:03:44. > :03:47.businesses across the region today, and we can join her now.
:03:47. > :03:51.I am at Tiverton Business Park, a fairly big manufacturing base here
:03:51. > :03:54.in mid-Devon. That is relevant - manufacturing is probably the
:03:54. > :04:00.reason that some analysts think the south-west's economy is doing
:04:00. > :04:02.slightly better in terms of growth than the national picture. But
:04:02. > :04:05.where manufacturing is strong, other sectors are suffering -
:04:05. > :04:15.retail in particular, although not all areas of retail, as my
:04:15. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :04:28.Growth, what growth? -- poor growth, what pro-growth?
:04:28. > :04:32.The us shopping centres specialises in discount shops, and in times of
:04:32. > :04:42.uncertainty that is where shoppers turn. In the last three months,
:04:42. > :04:45.football has risen from 22 % to 26 Shoppers have to make their pound
:04:45. > :04:49.note score a little further, and this is the way to do it. We think
:04:49. > :04:52.the loyalty we have engendered within our customers will ensure
:04:52. > :04:57.that when the economy does turnaround we will retain that
:04:57. > :05:02.customer base. Times are tough for the hospitality
:05:02. > :05:08.industry, primarily because eating out is a luxury for many. This man
:05:08. > :05:16.has five restaurants. In the last two years he has after -- had
:05:16. > :05:22.prodigious his staff. He has had to reduce prices of meals despite a
:05:22. > :05:26.rise in VAT. People have no confidence day today,
:05:26. > :05:30.particularly in this area where a large chunk of the population is on
:05:30. > :05:36.benefits or dependent on pay-day, so people are cutting down on
:05:36. > :05:45.luxuries, things like he didn't, maybe clothing, and that that is
:05:45. > :05:49.affecting us. -- things like eating at. People do not get a taxi to
:05:49. > :05:53.come to us, the taxi driver suffers command they are not spending
:05:53. > :05:58.locally, that is how the economy collapses.
:05:58. > :06:03.The South West Thames to lag behind the rest of the economy. Experts
:06:03. > :06:08.fear the worst is to come. The big fear is that industry
:06:08. > :06:12.specialising in the public sector will change again, and in that case
:06:12. > :06:16.we will see unemployment rising significantly and spending going
:06:16. > :06:21.down as a consequence. It is hard to predict what is around the
:06:21. > :06:28.corner, but those best placed to know suggest we fasten our seat
:06:28. > :06:34.belts for a bumpy ride. We have a definite figures from the
:06:34. > :06:39.Office for National Statistics on that 0.2 % growth. We have a
:06:39. > :06:42.representative from the Devon and Cornwall business council. You say
:06:42. > :06:46.you are slightly ahead of that growth figure, can you put a number
:06:46. > :06:50.on it? Yes, in manufacturing we are at
:06:50. > :06:54.least 0.8 % up and in service sectors around about 5%, bucking
:06:54. > :06:58.the national trend. We heard that there are worse times
:06:58. > :07:03.ahead, especially in relation to the public sector cuts, do you
:07:03. > :07:06.agree with that? I would not agree entirely. The
:07:06. > :07:10.public sector big cuts will start to hit in around four years' time,
:07:10. > :07:14.they are happening now but happen very slowly. That gives time to the
:07:14. > :07:18.private sector have to fill that gap. We have mentioned
:07:18. > :07:21.manufacturing doing well and retail not so well, are there any other
:07:21. > :07:29.section of -- sectors worth pointing out?
:07:29. > :07:36.Yes, our colleagues in the business of food, both from farmers, gate to
:07:36. > :07:43.Plate, as be not only the role the stuff, we exported. Finally,
:07:43. > :07:47.tourism looks as if it will do well. Do you think that in the South West
:07:47. > :07:50.we can hang on to that slight growth and continue that?
:07:50. > :07:58.I think we will see an increase in that growth, if nothing else,
:07:58. > :08:03.because of tourism. We see optimism, other people
:08:03. > :08:13.saying fasten your seatbelt. We have very much -- three months to
:08:13. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:18.wait before we have a hint of Police say they are treating a fire
:08:18. > :08:21.at a former guest house in Carbis Bay this morning as suspicious.
:08:21. > :08:26.A fire at a former guest house in Carbis Bay this morning as
:08:26. > :08:29.suspicious. Nearly 100 firefighters battled the blaze, which broke out
:08:29. > :08:32.shortly before 1am. 70 residents were forced to leave their homes as
:08:32. > :08:33.the flames spread to the property next door. There are was a fierce
:08:33. > :08:37.fire. It was well developed when the
:08:37. > :08:45.first crews got here. Fortunately, the wind was not in our favour. It
:08:45. > :08:47.spread to the neighbouring property, but our crews got to work and
:08:47. > :08:50.managed to stop it spreading to other properties.
:08:50. > :08:53.Meanwhile, a 600 metre exclusion zone was set up this afternoon
:08:53. > :08:57.around a barn fire at Lympstone. The building on fire at Nutwell
:08:57. > :09:00.Court contained gas cylinders and fertiliser. Dozens of firefighters
:09:00. > :09:04.were involved in bringing the blaze under control. Local residents were
:09:05. > :09:08.warned to keep their windows shut. Dorset police made more than �1
:09:08. > :09:11.million in profit last year from its Driver Awareness Course. It is
:09:11. > :09:14.offered to some motorists as an alternative to points on their
:09:14. > :09:19.licence. Around 20,000 drivers pay �100 to take the course in Dorset
:09:19. > :09:21.every year. The force says the income offsets its costs.
:09:21. > :09:25.Exeter-based airline Flybe will begin operating flights between
:09:25. > :09:28.Newquay and Manchester later this year. Air Southwest has announced
:09:28. > :09:34.it is pulling out of Plymouth and will cease flying the route in
:09:34. > :09:37.September. The new Flybe service will commence in October.
:09:37. > :09:42.An 82-year-old walker survived a night on Dartmoor and hiked 10
:09:43. > :09:45.miles to get help after getting lost near Ivybridge.
:09:45. > :09:48.The police feared the worst after two helicopters and rescue teams
:09:48. > :09:58.scoured the moors for looking for Eddie Golding without success -
:09:58. > :10:03.
:10:03. > :10:08.until he pulled up beside them in a Dartmoor rescue Group resumed their
:10:08. > :10:13.search for the elderly walkers at first light, but with no sightings
:10:13. > :10:20.they were getting increasingly concerned for Eddie Golding. An
:10:20. > :10:25.extensive search by RMS called rose by air turned up nothing.
:10:25. > :10:30.We can see a lot of country, as far as the gate...
:10:30. > :10:38.Eddie Love's letterbox income and orienteering style challenge Blair
:10:38. > :10:44.hikers goal from 0.2. On the moors stamping a visitors' book. -- where
:10:44. > :10:47.hikers go from point to point. Rescuers were surprised when he
:10:47. > :10:50.turned up safe and sound 16 hours later.
:10:50. > :10:56.A bit of a surprise for you? It we could not believe it,
:10:56. > :11:00.especially when he told us where he had come from. We were sure that at
:11:00. > :11:04.that age it was unlikely he had crossed the river. We are limited
:11:04. > :11:07.our surged to the side of the river. To find out he had gone ten miles
:11:07. > :11:12.in a circuit is unbelievable, but a very happy outcome.
:11:12. > :11:17.After getting lost without realising it, Eddie had almost
:11:17. > :11:22.walked the ten miles home. The came off the murk at this could
:11:22. > :11:27.have, but he was walking into the village before he saw a taxi that
:11:27. > :11:29.he flapped down and asked him to take him back so he could
:11:29. > :11:34.rendezvous with me. So he was only five minutes from
:11:34. > :11:40.home to my cat exactly, but typically he knew I could not get
:11:40. > :11:44.away because he had their key to the car, and he thought I was
:11:44. > :11:48.spending the night perched against Picasso had to get back for me.
:11:48. > :11:52.Carol is now it resuming her holiday in Devon while her father
:11:52. > :11:57.takes a nap after his fight. The emergency services said the good
:11:57. > :12:06.weather, his fitness and experience helped him survive and made on the
:12:06. > :12:09.If you have just joined us, welcome to Spotlight. Still to come...
:12:09. > :12:12.The metal thieves risking lives by stealing wiring from train tracks,
:12:13. > :12:22.clay pits and even church roofs. And two men, three legs - but can
:12:23. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:26.this pair of army commandos can A charity which offers support to
:12:26. > :12:30.families of prisoners in the south- west is facing an uncertain future
:12:30. > :12:34.due to budget cuts. String Of Pearls has already lost most of its
:12:34. > :12:37.funding and the rest is due to run out in autumn. The charity is just
:12:37. > :12:39.one of many in the region facing financial difficulties amidst a
:12:39. > :12:42.backdrop of spending cuts. Our community affairs Correspondent,
:12:42. > :12:48.Carys Edwards, joins us now and with more on the charity and the
:12:48. > :12:52.Yes, it appears the majority of charities are facing difficult
:12:52. > :12:55.times. The South West Forum, which represents around 70,000 voluntary
:12:55. > :13:01.organisations in the wider South West, says charities generate more
:13:01. > :13:11.than �2 billion of income a year. And a report due out this week
:13:11. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:15.paints a picture of how they are coping. It says...
:13:15. > :13:18.Most of the organisations were facing tough decisions,
:13:18. > :13:21.redundancies and even total closure. Figures provided by the group
:13:21. > :13:27.suggest 75% of charities and voluntary organisations are facing
:13:27. > :13:33.budget cuts. The area worst hit appears to be support for children
:13:34. > :13:36.and young people. Charitable donations are also falling. It is
:13:36. > :13:39.all against a background of Government spending cuts, which the
:13:39. > :13:42.coalition says are essential to stave off the debt crisis. I have
:13:43. > :13:47.been to meet the charity String Of Pearls to find out what the cuts
:13:47. > :13:52.mean for just one organisation. Law that says her family has never
:13:52. > :14:02.before been in trouble with the law, but recently her son was jailed.
:14:02. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:14.She and her family are devastated. Anger, sadness, loneliness. The
:14:14. > :14:21.sometimes I want to hug him, I cannot. Sometimes I sit outside the
:14:22. > :14:24.prison thinking, my son is inside through these big walls.
:14:24. > :14:28.After the sentence, she was desperate for emotional and
:14:28. > :14:35.practical support command came here to a group set up by the charity
:14:35. > :14:42.grit. It helps families left behind when those they love are locked up.
:14:42. > :14:46.-- helped by the charity String Of Pearls.
:14:46. > :14:50.Wives, fathers, children, many struggled to cope. They say it
:14:50. > :14:57.helps to be around others to understand. I like to be with the
:14:57. > :15:03.group, because we know our pain is the same. We help each other, we
:15:03. > :15:08.hugged each other, and we don't criticise each other.
:15:08. > :15:13.The charity believes offering support to families of offenders is
:15:13. > :15:16.important in helping to reduce levels of crime. It says 45 % of
:15:16. > :15:23.prisoners was contact with their families, yet prisoners are six
:15:23. > :15:27.times less likely to be a friend if they stay in touch. 65 % of sons of
:15:27. > :15:32.offenders will go to prison themselves. Offers of support, it
:15:32. > :15:35.could argue, can break the cycle of inter-generational crime.
:15:35. > :15:41.Prisoners are normal people caught in this situation and they need
:15:41. > :15:44.help as much as anyone else. The charity lost its core funding
:15:44. > :15:49.from charitable foundations earlier this year, and the rest is due to
:15:49. > :15:56.run out in September. It is looking for new funding, but meanwhile
:15:56. > :16:04.I'm joined now by Stephen Woollett from South West Forum, who, as we
:16:04. > :16:10.have been hearing from Carys, has a report out this week. Don't
:16:10. > :16:13.charities have to share the burden? We are not at seeing charities
:16:14. > :16:17.shouldn't it fair share, but they are providing key services and we
:16:17. > :16:22.are seeing conventional public services being cut, and also seeing
:16:22. > :16:26.demand for some of these public services, with the impact on -- of
:16:26. > :16:31.the recession... So a year are not saying there
:16:31. > :16:35.should be no cuts? So are they know all -- now too big?
:16:35. > :16:39.The charities or the cuts? At the cuts.
:16:39. > :16:43.They are. If you added support to charities providing essential
:16:43. > :16:47.services there may be a long-term impact that will actually increase
:16:47. > :16:49.costs to the state. The Government might argue it has
:16:49. > :16:54.no alternative, because of the debt crisis.
:16:54. > :16:58.I think the Government is concerned about efficiency and the overall
:16:58. > :17:04.impact of cost, and are but -- we are asking the Government to be
:17:04. > :17:08.aware that quick cuts to charity groups make in the long-term
:17:08. > :17:11.increase pressure on public spending, so actually it is
:17:11. > :17:16.important that they think about the process.
:17:16. > :17:26.They could be counter-productive? Absolutely.
:17:26. > :17:32.
:17:32. > :17:35.Thank you for a good time. -- thank Reckless thieves are being warned
:17:35. > :17:37.they're risking lives by stealing wiring from rail networks and
:17:37. > :17:39.overhead electricity cables at sites across the South West. The
:17:39. > :17:43.mining giant Imerys has been particularly badly hit, and
:17:43. > :17:46.elsewhere in the region at least one person is believed to have died
:17:46. > :17:48.during a bungled attempt to steal cables. The spate of thefts is
:17:48. > :17:50.being fuelled by the spiralling value of scrap metal. Leigh Rundle
:17:50. > :17:52.reports. These pictures are released by our
:17:52. > :17:54.regional train company. They show a man pulling copper cable from a
:17:54. > :17:57.railway line. He was subsequently arrested and prosecuted. They will
:17:57. > :18:00.stop at nothing, and frankly some of them are lucky to be alive. The
:18:00. > :18:05.incident so you refer to where cabling has been ripped out exposes
:18:05. > :18:08.the thieves to future risk of electric shock and there have been
:18:08. > :18:12.deaths up and down the country and serious injuries were people
:18:12. > :18:18.committing these -- with people committing these offences.
:18:18. > :18:21.another event in Cornwall, our wire was severed. For engineers it was a
:18:21. > :18:25.red alert. These wires have been cut in order
:18:25. > :18:29.to remove the copper. Can you describe what you find when you
:18:29. > :18:35.went to these over headlines after the incident? We were very lucky
:18:35. > :18:41.our production people managed to be aware of the overhead lines, which
:18:41. > :18:44.were at head height. What kind of damage could that have caused you
:18:44. > :18:53.might be contact with those lines could be fatal.
:18:53. > :18:58.By as damage could that have Across am like Cornwall operations,
:18:58. > :19:02.this year to date we have had approaching 40 incidents of theft
:19:02. > :19:07.of copper cable -- copper cable. This is totally unacceptable and we
:19:07. > :19:11.are working closely with police to try and address these issues.
:19:11. > :19:17.What a dealer may pale form -- pay for all of copper cable may they be,
:19:17. > :19:20.but somewhere in the region of �5,000. For someone attempting to
:19:20. > :19:27.steal it or an individual subsequently working on it, the
:19:27. > :19:30.cost could be a life. A fire which was started quite
:19:30. > :19:35.deliberately has destroyed an area of heathland near Dorchester, and
:19:35. > :19:38.more such buyers are expected this week. They are happening with the
:19:38. > :19:43.full approval of authorities near Dorset and they have attracted
:19:43. > :19:47.attention far beyond the south of England.
:19:47. > :19:53.Heath fires can decimate an environment in a matter of arrears.
:19:53. > :19:59.Just last month, 140 acres was destroyed at Upton heath and a fire
:19:59. > :20:06.which was started deliberately and got out of control. -- decimate an
:20:06. > :20:13.environment in a matter of hours. A if we can understand the
:20:13. > :20:16.conditions in which Upton heath burnt, we will learn a lot more, we
:20:16. > :20:22.will understand the fire all it better this way than other brands
:20:22. > :20:26.at other times of year. It is a novel lot of preparation
:20:26. > :20:31.for a burnt that will only last a matter of minutes. -- it is an
:20:31. > :20:34.awful lot of preparation. There is only one chance to collect the data.
:20:34. > :20:41.Hi-tech monitoring equipment provides vital information on
:20:41. > :20:46.everything from soil temperature of to the effect of wind. Every effort
:20:46. > :20:51.is to -- is made to ensure wildlife does not get caught in the fire.
:20:51. > :20:54.We have done all we can, with catchers and just prior to the barn
:20:54. > :20:58.there is a lot of activity all of the sites so they will describe
:20:58. > :21:05.well wildlife, but we have a final walk across the site to flush any
:21:05. > :21:09.wildlife a way and do as much as we possibly can to remove it.
:21:09. > :21:14.Experienced teams will be onside to manage the burn throughout the week.
:21:14. > :21:18.It is hoped sacrificing small areas to research of this type will lead
:21:18. > :21:28.to greater understanding of how to tackle large-scale fires in the
:21:28. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:36.Sport now and Devon swimmer Liam Tancock has finished a
:21:36. > :21:38.disappointing sixth in the final of the men's 100 metre backstroke at
:21:38. > :21:42.the World Swimming Championships in Shanghai. The 26-year-old from
:21:42. > :21:44.Exeter put in a strong performance over the first 50 metres and was
:21:44. > :21:47.comfortably amongst the top three. But he couldn't quite match the
:21:48. > :21:50.speed of the French pair, who both won gold in a dead heat.
:21:50. > :21:52.It is a pretty fantastic achievement for the French guys,
:21:52. > :21:54.top of the Apple -- top of the podium for both of them.
:21:54. > :21:57.When you take them on? definitely.
:21:57. > :22:00.I love to race against the best guys, so I have a few days' rest
:22:00. > :22:04.and then the 50 metres race at the end.
:22:04. > :22:06.A world record-attempt has been taking place in Plymouth today. Two
:22:06. > :22:12.Corporals from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery have been
:22:12. > :22:15.attempting to enter the record books. Their challenge - to attempt
:22:15. > :22:20.to travel the longest distance in a three-legged race. Spotlight's
:22:20. > :22:23.Heidi Davey has been along to see them in action.
:22:23. > :22:28.Gary Hooson and Simon Ashton started their challenge at 7am
:22:28. > :22:34.today. They aim to cover 50 miles in 12 hours. The current record for
:22:35. > :22:40.the same period of times stands at 40, but how are they standing up?
:22:40. > :22:44.As you can imagine, we are feeling bid that he'd now. About lunchtime
:22:44. > :22:49.it was really hurting, and we were just pushing through for the last
:22:49. > :22:54.couple. We are really in the locker now,
:22:55. > :22:59.the pain is now it -- the pain is there. It is a beautiful day, but
:22:59. > :23:05.that does not help, does it? We are asking for rain, we feel so
:23:05. > :23:11.hot. It is a great cause, but why did
:23:11. > :23:16.you specifically choose this task? It was at random, really. We had a
:23:16. > :23:21.chance to raise as much money as possible. Four world records, you
:23:21. > :23:26.don't get much bigger. The two are raising money for Help
:23:26. > :23:36.for Heroes. Also returned from Afghanistan last year and it is the
:23:36. > :23:38.
:23:38. > :23:43.least they can be to raise fund -- Two laps to go, that is all we have
:23:43. > :23:45.got, we will try to find out before the end of the programme. They
:23:45. > :23:51.the end of the programme. They chose a hot day to do it.
:23:51. > :23:55.One of the warmest days of the dear, so far. We have had 26 Celsius in a
:23:55. > :23:58.few places today in the sunshine. It may not be quite as warm
:23:58. > :24:06.tomorrow, but well into the twenties over the next couple of
:24:06. > :24:13.days. There is some cobble some cloud around. -- some troublesome
:24:13. > :24:21.cloud. We have a weather front coming in off the Atlantic, but
:24:21. > :24:24.that is a weak affair, not much in the way of rain. An area of high
:24:24. > :24:29.pressures dredges up to the top of Scotland and links up with this
:24:29. > :24:32.high pressure of the western coast of Spain. Either side of it, this
:24:32. > :24:38.weather front from the Atlantic will make slow progress towards us,
:24:38. > :24:42.a lot more cloud bike in the east. Some of that will come our way
:24:42. > :24:46.during tomorrow, but we hold on to the fine weather, until we get to
:24:46. > :24:56.Thursday, when the weather front will start to creep in and give us
:24:56. > :24:57.
:24:57. > :25:01.more cloud. We can see the cloud today. What a lovely end to the day,
:25:02. > :25:08.glorious sunshine for the whole of the South West, but more cloud from
:25:08. > :25:11.the east later tonight. For all of us tonight, fine and dry overnight.
:25:11. > :25:16.Temperatures a little lower than recently with slightly less
:25:16. > :25:22.timidity in the air, temperatures down to nine Celsius. Tomorrow
:25:22. > :25:27.morning, sunny spells everywhere, more cloud from the east later in
:25:27. > :25:35.the day for Somerset and Dorset and the eastern fringes of Devon.
:25:36. > :25:43.Further west we hold on to the sunshine, especially for Cornwall.
:25:43. > :25:48.Probably the warmest around Torquay, 24 Celsius, a little cooler on the
:25:48. > :25:57.north coast with an onshore breeze developing. For the Isles of Scilly,
:25:57. > :26:07.after it two grey days, a fine and one day -- warm day. The times of
:26:07. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:18.high water - and for our sufferers, Coastal waters forecast, the winds
:26:18. > :26:26.are north-westerly 4 -- for tomorrow, forced three, backing
:26:26. > :26:30.Westerleigh later in the day, fair with good visibility. The forecast
:26:30. > :26:36.as we move towards the end of the week and the weekend, expect
:26:36. > :26:42.thirsty to be a contrast as that front comes in from the Atlantic,
:26:42. > :26:50.quoting things over for Cornwall giving showers further east, bright
:26:50. > :26:55.and dry. Friday, more generally more cloud with a risk of showers,
:26:55. > :26:59.and into the start of the weekend it is bright, dry and still
:26:59. > :27:04.it is bright, dry and still relatively warm at 21 Celsius.
:27:04. > :27:11.Tomorrow it will be exactly one year until what they are calling
:27:11. > :27:18.the Greatest Show on Earth begins in Britain. The 2012 sailing event
:27:18. > :27:22.will be held off Weymouth and Dorset, and from a new host country
:27:22. > :27:27.to the first, I will be reporting from Athens on what the 2004
:27:27. > :27:32.Olympics did for Greece and what lessons Dorset can learn. That the