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Sleeping in hedges, begging on the street and scavenging for food -

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one man's account of sleeping rough in a countryside town. A local

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church says the numbers are rising. We are seeing younger men and

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middle-aged men who have fallen on hard times.

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Good evening and welcome to Spotlight. We'll be assessing how

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much of a problem rural homelessness really is.

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Also tonight: We are a region defined by our coastline - now

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plans are being put forward for dozens of new marine conservation

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zones. Every metal detector's dreams - the

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amazing treasure buried beneath the surface, but it's not quite a case

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A homeless charity says the number of people sleeping rough in Dorset

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is on the rise and rural areas are affected as well as big towns. One

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local church has told Spotlight it has seen a growing number turning

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up on the doorstep asking for food, but the district council says help

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is available if it is needed. I've been in Dorset investigating. To I

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ended up being homeless, slid in with other guys.

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I have even slept in a wheelie bin. He took me to some of the places

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that he says him and others have been staying. This is just a two-

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man tent. I have been intense in this know and things. You just have

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to cuddle up to each other. It is this - - is this rural homelessness

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hit and four - - hidden from view? I have never been homeless before.

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I take my hat off to homelessness. The discipline - - opened my eyes

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up. This is not something you ever told you would be doing? And 81 to

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be doing it. John lost his parents and turn to alcohol, is staying

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with friends before ending up on the streets. He says he is on top

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of his drinking, but understood to go back to his family in Essex. He

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says some have been slipping in this hedge outside this church.

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can see the card boards. So, people will be coming up to church and a

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Sunday morning not knowing that three of your hidden behind here.

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Basically, yeah. The local rectory has become a port of call for food

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and clothing. We would expect to get five people at the front door.

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They will turn up, ring the bell and would ask for food or for some

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help and we do what we can. Out the numbers increasing? Very definitely.

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And the age profile is changing. Fragrance tend to be older men, but

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not what we're seeing now are younger men and middle-aged men who

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have fallen on hard times. There is an increasing number of people

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coming to us for advice, and increasing the number of people

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homeless and to the number of people threatened with homelessness.

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West Dorset District Council says it carries a regular checks in this

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town and this week found no rough sleepers. It lets that there are

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services available if people find themselves homeless.

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Our Political Editor, Martyn Oates, joins me now. A number of people in

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the film there saying this is a problem and yet the local council

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saying it isn't. Is rural homelessness just hidden in every

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sense? You were filming in Dorset. In Cornwall the council has

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produced its latest survey into homelessness and the findings

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showed that the number of rough sleepers in Cornwall has increased.

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At the same time, the council says that might not be an entirely

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accurate depiction because it in cities by got a better method of

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identifying rough sleepers. It also says that last year's information

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did not contain any information for Cornwall east of St Austell.

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Cornwall is taking the problem very seriously indeed. It still thinks

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that this year's total of 88 is a conservative estimate and this is

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getting those people off the streets into proper housing is a

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priority. Housing is the responsibility of local government,

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but also Westminster. What are they doing? The government insists that

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homelessness nationally is at an all-time low, but it says it is

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giving local authorities �400 million to deal with the problems.

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It is also committing itself to building 170,000 affordable homes

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in that period. New affordable homes in theory in the south-west

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are something to be welcomed, but the way the government is going

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about to them where those homes will be built, particularly if

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they're on green field sites, is proving increasingly controversial.

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The body of Plymouth Royal Marine Sergeant Barry Weston has been

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repatriated this afternoon. Sergeant Weston, a father of three,

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was serving with 42 Commando when he was killed by a roadside bomb in

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Afghanistan. His body was flown into RAF Brize Norton this

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afternoon and his cortege travelled through the village before stopping

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at a memorial garden. It is the first repatriation at the base

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since they ended at RAF Lyneham And there'll be more on the

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repatriation of Sergeant Barry Weston in our late news tonight.

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Proposals which could see 20% of the sea around the South West coast

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protected by marine conservation zones have been put forward to the

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Government. These are areas which limit the amount of fishing and

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other activities that can take place as a way of protecting

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species. The plans have been welcomed by conservationists, but

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some fishermen are critical saying their industry is already under

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prolonged attack. Spotlight's Environment Correspondent, Adrian

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Campbell, reports. This south-west has some of this

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country's most impressive marine habitat, but the need for increased

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conservation netted across Europe has prompted a three-year debate

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with interested groups here about how to conserve the marine

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environment. Finding sanctuary has topped with everyone and now

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delivered its final verdict. It suggests a new network of marine

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conservation zones covering 20 % of the sea. There is a lot of detail

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about which sectors have supported the site and how it has originated.

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The detail that has gone into finding areas which are most

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acceptable to all the sectors around the table, so we look at a

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huge variety of different stakeholders and interests, people

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come with different values, and what this represents is the

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compromises that all sides were prepared to make. Finding Sentry

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recommends that to be 13 Marine Conservation dunes beyond 12

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nautical miles. It is proposing 32 inshore conservation zones and

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there would be 13 reference areas, many of which would be underside

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coast. The was had - - these would have the strongest protection. It

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is suggested that the Isles of Scilly Conservation some would have

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many different components, and Lundy would get extra protection.

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So why the conservationists have been? Historically, Management of

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fisheries has been from a position of reluctance and we have now

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reduced this. Our oceans around the edge of collapse and we have to put

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in a robust system of protected areas if we have any chance - - if

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we are to have any chance of moving it forward. Fishermen see it

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differently. To blanket areas is not the way to do it. How would you

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do it? What are your ideas? would have to get everyone together

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and find what is reasonable ways of doing it. The government aims to

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establish the new Marine Conservation since the the end of

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2012, but first there will be a further period of public

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consultation. We will be going to the minister with our case during

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that consultation and we hope that the minister will go to the sides

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of the needs of the fishing industry and the food needs of this

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nation. A but it will be at least another year before we know for

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certain how many conservation zones are approved by government.

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This sale of Plymouth Argyll Football Club has been opened up to

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fresh bitters. The administrator is making new offers. The deal with

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Bishop International has still not completed. Hamish Marshall is with

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me. Does this bring us nearer to a solution? It dos, but it is a

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double edged sword. The administrator has run out of

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patience with the bid from Kevin Heaney. A quick because this have

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to be done? The timescale is very tight. The players and staff have

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signed a deal which says they will work on reduced wages until next

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Thursday but some sort of tangible deal needs to be introduced them.

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Who is going to be in the frame? Kevin Heaney still says that his

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bid could happen. James Brent is definitely somebody he is engaged

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with the administrator already. Another businessman from the south-

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east launched a bid in March. Those three are still expected to be

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involved. More bidders could come forward, but the club has big debts

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so I don't think the doors will be knocked down with the bidders.

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Peter Ridsdale? Peter Ridsdale would have taken over the club

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under the deal with Kevin Heaney. He says he will stay as acting

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chairman until the deal is done. He said that if the new owner wants

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him to remain, but if the new owner would be happy to walk away, he

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would be happy to do that as well. Coming up: We will be looking

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around an eclectic mix of heritage sites later in the programme. From

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castles to cottages, tin mines to treatment works, they are all open

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free as part of Heritage open day And from source to supply, we

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explore the history behind the A piece of silver found near

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Newquay has been declared treasure trove at a special inquest in Truro.

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The 13th century solid silver seal was found by a metal detector

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enthusiast on farmland near the resort. Experts say it is an

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extremely rare find. Our Cornwall reporter, David George, has the

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details. John Faraday has been using his

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metal detector for almost 35 years. And during that time he has found

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dozens of coins but none of them anything like what he found on 6th

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February this year. A I thought it was just a branch. What he had

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actually found what a solid silver seal, a little bit bigger than a 10

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pence coin. It shows an eagle with its wings outstretched and an

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inscription that says it is the seal of Tristan. It is from the

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13th century. I was a bag of nerves! It is a lovely feeling to

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pick up something from the soil that has been there 700 years. But

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is quite exciting. I was shaking like a leaf. To date the Cornwall

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coroner declared this field to be treasure trove, meaning that it

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belongs to the States. Once it has been valued the finder and

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landowner will share the proceeds. The Cornwall Museum wants to add

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this to its collection. It would have been used to seal to represent

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the Earl to say that I'm official. You can imagine Tristan out here on

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the north cliffs, perhaps on his horse riding along, but he has lost

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his seal. Little did he know it would be 800 years before it was

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found again. Sites across the South West rarely

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seen by the public are being opened up this weekend as part of Heritage

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Open Days. Old factories, cottages and castles will be on show, along

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with some sites you would expect people to turn their noses up at.

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Priston House in Plymouth. It is in the city centre, but is very rarely

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seen. This is the main room of the House. It is a thought to be the

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oldest house in Plymouth. As well as being used by the Church it has

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been a wine store and a bacon factory. He is the only example of

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a medieval house in Plymouth. This was built in the 14 the 80s.

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Heritage Open Days is a national event giving people the chance to

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see important sites. There is such a huge variety of places. There

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should be something to tickle your curiosity and suit your taste.

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Don't be fooled into thinking this is just about old homes. This

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sewage works in Torbay is opening its doors and there are plenty of

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people clambering for the chance to see how local waste water is

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processed. This is ultraviolet disinfectant. It is the final part

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of the process and kills the remaining bacteria by altering its

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DNA. I know what you're thinking, does it smell? Well, yes, a little

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bit, but I am told what Ms Snelling is the chemicals. For it deals with

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10 million gallons of raw sewage a day. At the end of that process we

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have six Blue Flag beaches in Torbay. Some of the sides taking

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part are at asking people to pre- book. All the events are free.

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The Government has agreed to plans to increase the age limit for girls

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to play alongside boys in mixed football teams. It follows a

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successful campaign led by Emily Lewis-Clarke from Newton Abbot, who

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took a 6,000 name petition to the Football Association in London

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earlier this year. The FA voted to raise the age limit from 11 to 13,

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meaning Emily could carry on playing for her local side next

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season. Today's dreary weather might make

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you think that summer is over, but the cricket season in the South

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West has just reached a scorching finale. Devon's County cricketers

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have returned home as the Champions of all the Minor League Counties.

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To find out how they did it, we can go live to Spotlight's reporter

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Simon Walton, who is joining the celebrations at Sidmouth Cricket

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Well, rumours of the early end to this summer may be premature

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because it is a lovely evening here. What an amazing cricket ground.

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That is to deceive just across that boundary, and it is the clubhouse,

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which is thatched. A few weeks ago, Devon was in the semi-finals

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against Berkshire, which they beat. Today they returned victorious from

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the final. I will hand this over to the man of the match. How did you

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come to be man of the match? managed to get a few runs and a few

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wickets in the second innings. It was more of a team performance.

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half century you got, and some crucial wickets. Yes, it would do

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quite nicely in the end. A great time for English cricket. Have you

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got ambitions to go on to first- class cricket? Of course I would

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absolutely love to. I had just got to keep taking more runs and

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getting more wickets. A what does this mean for debt and cricket?

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means a great deal. We have had good success in the past with three

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victories in the last eight years in the championship. We won at the

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very mature side in 2006 but this time we have had a development

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squad of youngsters. Debt and has a reputation for nurturing talent and

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sending them on to the bigger clubs. Yes, there are several other

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players with Somerset and another with Warwickshire. So, what is next

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for you? Keep working over the winter, keep doing my physical work

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and keep trying to improve if my cricket. Lackeys said, scored a few

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more runs, took a few more wickets. Now you are back to your day job as

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a physiotherapist. Good luck with that, good luck with your cricket

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enjoy rugby over the winter. From, Sidmouth, the home of the man of

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the match but it - - man of the Now, the weather. We have had to an

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unusually dry spring, saw our water levels are running low. But how do

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we get a water? Tonight we start the first and a series about water

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and look at the history of our water supply in the south-west.

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Only about 3% of the water on planet Earth is freshwater and off

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that's 1% is drinking water. The water in a race at worst, streams

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and rivers is the same water that the dinosaurs were drinking. It

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starts out at sea as condensation, then falls as rain. And the water

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reaches the ground it flows towards the sea and the process repeats

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itself. On the way the water is absorbed by plants and animals and

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sustains life. In the south-west springs and rivers would have been

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her first water supply, but as the population increased we needed to

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Channel waters to towns and villages. Water pipes were first

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made from wood and then clay, with metal or cast-iron becoming the

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mainstay of water distribution, still used today. Pumping water

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into pipes proved to be a challenge without power, but in Dorset the

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engineers had the solution, the water is the power. The race to

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acquire stores to water out of the springs and it provides a pressure

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head because the reservoir is 50 ft higher than we are at the present

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time. That provides the pressure to drive that - - drive the turbine

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unit. The Red rotor is what spins round with the water coming up

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through the centre column, in to the rotor and that's what drives

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around. By the rotation of it rotating round this year and into

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the crank shaft, that drives the pistons which pubs the water up to

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the rest of wire and from the reservoir it can gravitate into

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Weymouth. As demand increased, reservoirs are were built.

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first was this one on the edge of Dartmoor in 1861. Then this one and

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1898. This was the main water supply for Plymouth and the

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building of the dam took five years and back then cost �178,000. That

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would be �10 million in today's money. It is built out of 60,000

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tons of granite blocks. In the late 70s and 80s the largest West at

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work for belts. New Maze - - new ways to move and store water came

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on line. This reservoir quadrupled the amount of water stored in the

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south-west. But even that couldn't keep up with demand. In the early

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1990s it became apparent that we needed to provide more water. We

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looked at different alternatives that will be decided the best one

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was was a pump storage scheme. Miners were brought into tunnel 800

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Seven kilometres of pipeline were late. This system is a key part of

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South West Water's distribution system. Next week we will be

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looking at her current water supply and following the water from wet of

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work to tap. - - From re Izaguirre We have more wet-weather to come.

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It will be a wet weekend. It will be drier tomorrow, but Saturday and

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Sunday looked unsettled. This is the first area of low pressure. It

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throws ahead of it a lot of moist air, hence the low cloud and fog we

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are likely to see this evening. These weather systems will push

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their way northwards and we are between weather fronts by midday

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tomorrow. It will be drier and brighter. By the time we get into

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the weekend, it really does start to get quite active. This area of

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low pressure will sweep across Britain with strong winds and rain

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in Saturday morning, replaced by showers in the afternoon. There is

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the cloud structure from earlier today. The cloud will become law

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and claw through this evening and overnight tonight. There will be

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extensive fog overnight tonight. It will be very miles, so the it

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overnight temperatures will be no law than 14 degrees for most of us.

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Tomorrow morning we had the mist and low cloud to start the day.

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There will be some bright nuts. It will feel warmer in this some, with

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temperatures getting up to possibly 20 degrees. Along the south coast

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it will... for the Isles of Scilly, if you're very misty and the

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possibility of some fog throughout the day with a southerly winds and

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18 the top temperature. Times of So, let slip that the outlook. We

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are a little concerned about the strength of the wins on Sunday, but

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also on Monday with the winds will be very gusty and there is the

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likelihood of seeing some sharp showers. Saturday will not be to

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bat, but blustery showers after the Mian Mian abuse through, and still

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windy conditions, so for the America's Cup, it will be exciting

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to watch! Before we go, a reminder that the

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America's Cup World series begins in Plymouth at the weekend, where

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some of the world's best sailors will be racing against each other

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in some of the world's fastest boats. Nine teams from seven

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countries will be battling it out in Plymouth Sound over the next

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week. Thousands of spectators will be able to watch the action close

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up from Plymouth Hoe, for free! Tomorrow, Spotlight will be

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