:00:14. > :00:17.Millions of pounds of further cuts - councils get ready for another
:00:17. > :00:21.round of savings and they want know where you think the axe should fall.
:00:21. > :00:25.Good evening. We'll be live in Sidmouth where a public meeting is
:00:25. > :00:28.being held tonight and finding out if the private sector in the region
:00:28. > :00:31.is offsetting job losses in the public sector. Also tonight - the
:00:31. > :00:37.increasing effects of extreme weather. Researchers say our region
:00:37. > :00:40.is more susceptible because of the older population. And, giving up
:00:40. > :00:48.more of its secrets - the latest amazing discovery about this
:00:48. > :00:53.ancient coffin. Councils across the region are preparing for another
:00:53. > :00:55.round of cuts totalling millions of pounds. As the savings made last
:00:55. > :00:58.year begin to take effect, local authorities are embarking on a
:00:58. > :01:04.series of public consultations on where the axe should fall in the
:01:04. > :01:07.coming year. The challenge will be even greater for councils this year
:01:07. > :01:10.after the cuts already made. Plymouth City Council reduced
:01:10. > :01:15.spending by more than �10 million this year and needs to save an
:01:15. > :01:18.additional �20 million over the next two years. Torbay made cuts
:01:18. > :01:23.totalling �9 million this year and is about to start consulting on
:01:23. > :01:26.further savings of between �8 million and �11million next year.
:01:26. > :01:29.Cornwall Council is saving more than �88 million this year, but
:01:29. > :01:34.hasn't decided on the level of cuts next year. However, it's committed
:01:34. > :01:38.to finding savings of �170 million over four years. In Somerset, cuts
:01:38. > :01:42.of �34 million have been made this year. They say next year's cuts
:01:42. > :01:46.won't be as significant, but haven't yet agreed a figure. In
:01:46. > :01:49.Dorset, �31 million has been cut this year. Next year the savings
:01:49. > :01:51.will amount to around �16 million. And tonight, Devon County Council
:01:51. > :01:54.begins consultations on cuts totally �40 million next year on
:01:54. > :02:04.top of this year's savings of �54 million. The first public meeting
:02:04. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:15.is in Sidmouth and Simon Hall is there tonight. The meetings have
:02:15. > :02:20.been titled, tough choices and it's not hard to see why. Tens of
:02:20. > :02:30.millions of cuts made and still more to come. That can only mean
:02:30. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:35.one thing - service suffering. Along -- alongside the natural
:02:35. > :02:45.commodities it's a natural place, but cuts have had a significant
:02:45. > :02:49.impact. Holly Webb is seeking work and isn't being helped by cuts to
:02:49. > :02:53.bus subsidies. It's so hard to survive with the way the wages are.
:02:53. > :02:58.I don't really understand how people can survive on what we are
:02:58. > :03:04.getting at the moment. Life is pretty hard for us. Robert is
:03:04. > :03:09.unhappy the library is now open fewer hours. It seems to be a focal
:03:09. > :03:14.point for the community and just to have it reduced in hours is
:03:14. > :03:19.affecting the community, I suppose. Rupert has seen the school bus
:03:19. > :03:25.service for two of his sons withdrawn. To me it seems
:03:25. > :03:30.inevitable with the news of banks closing and collapsing and so on,
:03:30. > :03:36.and I just guess that is the time we living through. It's not war,
:03:36. > :03:39.but it's economic war, I guess, you might say. In a previous
:03:39. > :03:42.consultation, people said their priorities were, protecting
:03:42. > :03:48.children, caring for older people and supporting those who care for
:03:48. > :03:54.others. Street lighting, tourism promotion and subsidies for public
:03:54. > :03:58.transport were areas identified for cuts. We know where the cuts should
:03:58. > :04:02.be taken from the people, in the eyes of the people of Devon. We had
:04:02. > :04:05.to take a very large cut last year and if you see the responses that
:04:05. > :04:09.the people gave us in relation to the way we set the budget, we were
:04:09. > :04:13.pretty close to what people asked us to do. That is what
:04:13. > :04:20.consultations are about and that's what the people of Devon expect us
:04:20. > :04:23.to do. Concern for Sidmouth and other communities are cuts are
:04:23. > :04:29.being imposed on cuts. 54 million this year and 40 million more next
:04:29. > :04:32.year. A series of the meeting are being held across Devon in the
:04:32. > :04:37.coming weeks and the council say they're committed to listening to
:04:37. > :04:43.people's views and acting upon them, so they asked for anyone who thinks
:04:43. > :04:52.they may have a couldn't buction to make to come along -- contribution
:04:52. > :04:54.to make to come along. The private sector is struggling also.
:04:54. > :04:59.Statistics showed the British economy didn't grow as quickly as
:04:59. > :05:03.expected between April and June, going up by 0.1%. The Federation of
:05:03. > :05:07.Small Businesses is blaming the slow economic recovery on continued
:05:07. > :05:15.tight lending by the banks. That's despite the Government's promise to
:05:15. > :05:23.make things easier for small businesses. A case of hard cheese,
:05:23. > :05:28.perhaps, but Francis is unimpressed. He's owned the Delhi here for --
:05:28. > :05:31.deli here for 23 years. He got back from holiday and found out his bank
:05:32. > :05:36.is increasing the service charge and he's livid. I have no overdraft
:05:36. > :05:41.with the bank. I don't need it because I use my own money, but my
:05:41. > :05:45.service charges went from �480 to nearly �1,000 a year overnight.
:05:45. > :05:48.There was absolutely no comeback whatsoever. We help the banks
:05:48. > :05:52.remember. Remember, we bailed them out with our money. Lloyds still
:05:53. > :05:59.have a lot of our money and they are not allowed to give us anything
:05:59. > :06:02.back to help us. It is just immoral. Lloyds TSB has told us that Francis
:06:02. > :06:06.has been receiving a discount on his service charge and now it's
:06:06. > :06:09.ended. The bank says it apologises for not giving him satisfactorily
:06:09. > :06:17.notice of the changes and is offering an inconvenience payment
:06:17. > :06:23.of �250. The Federation of Small Businesses in Devon says borrowing
:06:23. > :06:29.is tougher now than its ever been. -- it's ever been. We measure the
:06:29. > :06:34.criteria by the amount of new money, not old loans being torn up and
:06:34. > :06:38.replaced. That is just circulating existing lending. Banks, when they
:06:38. > :06:43.cancel an agreement and set up another one, as far as their
:06:43. > :06:47.concerned, that is new money. To us, it's not. Keeping the banks at bay
:06:47. > :06:51.is this restaurant owner in Plymouth. He opened six months ago
:06:51. > :06:56.and says his menu is packed with good-quality food which he's able
:06:56. > :07:00.to sell at a reasonable price. didn't have a bank loan. I didn't
:07:00. > :07:06.want to bring an impression on myself and I wanted the guests to
:07:06. > :07:10.feel the benefit. It was a small cafe and we have progressed and now
:07:10. > :07:14.we do fresh food and a full menu in the evening. I understand we are in
:07:14. > :07:18.a recession and the restaurant is Taylor made to allow people to eat
:07:18. > :07:27.here regularly. Gary has a clear strategy, but he likes others is
:07:27. > :07:29.having to work hard at making ends meet. Earlier, I spoke to our
:07:29. > :07:32.political editor at the Conservative Party Conference in
:07:32. > :07:39.Manchester and put it to him that there has been more grim news for
:07:39. > :07:40.both the private and public sectors today. Yes, indeed. Today, the
:07:40. > :07:44.Office for National Statistics announced that the economy
:07:44. > :07:50.nationally is growing pour slowly than predicted. The crisis in the
:07:50. > :07:55.eurozone also and we have had gloomy news closer to home recently.
:07:55. > :07:59.The last report from the south-west observatory suggested that in
:07:59. > :08:04.August private sector output in the south-west contracted for the first
:08:04. > :08:10.time since 2009. All that is putting the Government in an even
:08:10. > :08:13.more difficult position? It is, because Labour have been very
:08:13. > :08:17.critical of the Government's deficit reduction programme, saying
:08:17. > :08:20.it's too fast and aggressive since the outset. It is now saying that
:08:20. > :08:27.the latest downturn is proving them right and the Government needs to
:08:27. > :08:30.put the brake on the cuts and provide some kind of package of tax
:08:30. > :08:33.breaks to stimulate growth. The Conservatives say that Labour was
:08:33. > :08:37.addicted to debt. The Prime Minister in his speech today said
:08:37. > :08:39.that the deficit reduction programme is essentially one big
:08:39. > :08:43.bail out for the Labour Government and specifically the Government are
:08:43. > :08:47.saying that the tax breaks that Labour is suggesting would push the
:08:47. > :08:55.country �20 billion further into debt. The Government has announced
:08:55. > :08:58.new measures to boost growth? has. Some measures this week. The
:08:58. > :09:02.Chancellor's promising 800 million of central Government money to
:09:02. > :09:06.local authorities to provide a council tax freeze next year. He
:09:06. > :09:09.sketched out some kind of Government-support plan to get more
:09:09. > :09:12.credit flowing into small businesses and more Government
:09:12. > :09:18.money to support scientific research The Government says these
:09:18. > :09:25.are all things things which can be achieved without deviating from
:09:25. > :09:28.their austerity programme, but the question is whether they're enough.
:09:28. > :09:32.Dorset County Council has today decided it will be cutting the
:09:32. > :09:37.number of school lollipop patrols that it pays for. Ten will be cut
:09:37. > :09:41.next year, in a move to save �35,000. The council will continue
:09:41. > :09:46.to help pay for 51 patrols. Parent launched a protest campaign when it
:09:46. > :09:50.was originally feared all crossings would be affected. Students in
:09:50. > :09:53.Cornwall could get bursaries to help them go to university under
:09:54. > :09:59.plans being considered by the council. 4.5 million could be set
:09:59. > :10:04.aside to help the brightest pupils and those who have lost out since
:10:04. > :10:08.the Education Maintenance Allowance was scrapped. Here at the
:10:08. > :10:12.university of Plymouth this year's freshers have just missed out on
:10:12. > :10:18.the tuition fee rise, but from next September, students face fees of up
:10:18. > :10:22.to �9,000. Some of these sixth formers in Cornwall are now
:10:22. > :10:26.weighing up whether to go to university at all. If there wasn't
:10:26. > :10:30.going to be the rise I would have been more proactive about going and
:10:30. > :10:35.looking at what I want to do, because I'm thinking of teaching,
:10:35. > :10:38.but I haven't been so because of the rise. I want to do music tech
:10:38. > :10:43.at uniy, but when they announced the rise it definitely made they
:10:43. > :10:47.think again about how I was going to - whether I was going or not.
:10:47. > :10:51.Considering of doing a year in industry scheme and getting money
:10:51. > :10:57.together, because of the rise in tuition fees. It just will help me
:10:57. > :11:00.a little bit when I get there. Cornwall council wants to use money
:11:00. > :11:05.generated by renewables as well as European funding to help bright
:11:05. > :11:08.pupils stay in education. It's a way of getting extra cash into the
:11:09. > :11:14.system to support Cornish youth to. What schools and students have been
:11:14. > :11:17.very good at doing in the last few years is raising the standards of
:11:17. > :11:21.GCSEs, so they are above the national average. We are not seeing
:11:21. > :11:25.the take-up carried on into higher education, so we want to address
:11:25. > :11:30.that gap and make sure corning coming from the area isn't a
:11:30. > :11:34.barrier. The council hopes the plan could be up and running by 2013,
:11:34. > :11:42.might help at least some of the sixth formers of this year
:11:42. > :11:48.Philadelphia their dreams. -- fulfil their dreams. Still plenty
:11:48. > :11:53.to come on the programme tonight. Including, the egg extremely
:11:53. > :12:03.important subject of how long to -- the eggstremely important subject
:12:03. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:09.of how long to boil an egg. Are you a Roundhead or cavalier? Scientists
:12:09. > :12:15.have discovered that areas with a large elderly population could be
:12:15. > :12:21.at most risk from extreme weather. Researchers believes we could be
:12:21. > :12:27.more susceptible to heat waves. Last week, people glocked to the
:12:27. > :12:32.beaches, as we enjoyed -- flocked to the beaches, as we enjoyed the
:12:32. > :12:36.heatwave. Researchs are -- researchers are now saying we could
:12:36. > :12:41.get more of them in the south-west and it's a particular concern for
:12:41. > :12:46.the elderly. This is led by Durham University versity and a university
:12:46. > :12:49.in Edinburgh. They say by 2030 the south-west will be made up by 30 to
:12:49. > :12:55.40% of older people and those are the ones most at risk from
:12:55. > :13:00.heatwaves. In the south-west it is one of the areas where the
:13:00. > :13:04.temperature tends to be milder and warmer and that is one of the areas
:13:04. > :13:07.that might see the most frequent events in the future which are
:13:07. > :13:11.important for older people's care, because it may impact on other
:13:11. > :13:16.people's health and they may need to use more services. We are
:13:16. > :13:20.thinking about how it may be possible to maintain health and
:13:20. > :13:25.social care delivery to sometimes remote and rural communities.
:13:25. > :13:35.work is useful to local authorities and the NHS. In a statement, NHS
:13:35. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:52.Here at Age Kerb they issue a leaflet giving advice about how to
:13:52. > :13:57.cope in a heatwave. I guess the advice we would give is to listen
:13:57. > :14:02.to the local forecast and make sure they have the basics in the house,
:14:02. > :14:08.medication, food, and help to keep themselves cool. If it's a hot day
:14:08. > :14:14.and the livingroom is particularly warm, pull the curtains and maybe
:14:14. > :14:19.take cool washes. Drink plenty of fluids. It's very important that
:14:19. > :14:28.people don't Dee hydrate. Don't forget the rain. Researchers say
:14:28. > :14:32.coastal areas will be at a higher risk of flooding by the 2050s. A
:14:32. > :14:36.south-west mews seem has made a discovery about one of the own
:14:36. > :14:39.exhibits. Until now, a mummified boy has been the star attraction at
:14:39. > :14:44.tower key Museum, but it's been discovered that the coffin he's
:14:44. > :14:52.lying in is in fact 1,000 years older, from the same period as king
:14:52. > :14:56.Tutankhamun. It is hard to believe that not so long ago something so
:14:56. > :15:00.incredible was hidden in a cupboard gathering dust. At one time the
:15:00. > :15:03.mummified boy was thought to be a fake. Not only is the boy a real
:15:03. > :15:06.human mummy, something very rarely displayed, but the museum has now
:15:06. > :15:11.discovered that the coffin he's been lying in outdates him by
:15:12. > :15:16.another 1,000 years. It's quite common in ancient Egypt to re-use
:15:16. > :15:20.coffins, so the previous occupant might have been turfed out and re-
:15:20. > :15:25.useed in a later period by someone else. This coffin has plenty of
:15:25. > :15:29.signs of re-use. The fact that the coffin's made from a single piece
:15:29. > :15:33.of wood and has a great level of detail suggests this was originally
:15:33. > :15:37.made for someone from a rerich family, probably Royalty. The Mummy
:15:37. > :15:42.was donated by lady Leeds of the Singer family, better known for
:15:42. > :15:46.their suing machines. She travelled to Egypt many times and collected
:15:46. > :15:51.it probably in the 1920's and gave it to us in 1956. The inscriptions
:15:51. > :15:54.have been rewarked over tile and are badly damaged -- reworked over
:15:55. > :15:58.time and have been badly damaged, so they don't know who the boy was.
:15:58. > :16:04.This is what he was thought to look like. The children have been
:16:04. > :16:12.getting a chance to get up close. thought it was kind of creepy as a
:16:12. > :16:21.bit funny. He had a Beetle on his chest when he was wrapped up.
:16:21. > :16:28.saw him in a tomb thing. He was between the age of two and six.
:16:28. > :16:33.have learnt lots of Egyptian stuff. The discovery came about after The
:16:33. > :16:40.Mummy and coffin were examined by an expert from Bristol University.
:16:40. > :16:45.He is cataloguing every artefact held by British provincial museums.
:16:45. > :16:49.You can never learn too much Egyptian stuff! On to sport now and
:16:49. > :16:53.the south-west is left without any representative in this season's
:16:53. > :17:00.Football League Trophy. It's as a result of Exeter City and Yeovil
:17:00. > :17:04.Town exiting the competition last night. I think it's fair to say,
:17:04. > :17:09.most of the region's teams have had a non-descript start to the season.
:17:09. > :17:12.It was exemified last night when Exeter City, who reached the semi-
:17:12. > :17:19.finals last season of the tournament, went out to Swindon
:17:19. > :17:23.Town, who were in a division below them. They were 2-0 down by half
:17:23. > :17:33.time and only this delicate finish brought any solace from a
:17:33. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:43.disappointing evening. But at least we saw the touch-line antics of
:17:43. > :17:47.
:17:47. > :17:56.Paolo diDanio. -- Di Canio. This match included an own-goal here.
:17:56. > :18:00.The response came in the form of Steve Maclean and Max Amer goals.
:18:00. > :18:05.With Torquay unite the and Plymouth Argyle also going out in the first
:18:05. > :18:11.round, there will be no talk of Wembley in this trophy. Let's hope
:18:11. > :18:17.the situation improves. The biggest question of the night - how long
:18:17. > :18:21.does it take to boil the perfect egg? It might seem like a simple
:18:21. > :18:25.task, but it appears there is an exact science. Whether you like
:18:26. > :18:29.soldiers or dipping your chips, schoolchildren in Dorset think
:18:29. > :18:34.they've cracked it with a little help from the Royal College of
:18:34. > :18:40.Chemistry as we now report. When boiling an egg, timing is
:18:40. > :18:45.everything. Oh, no! It's the difference between triumph and
:18:45. > :18:51.disaster. For this group of students, they have taken to the
:18:51. > :18:55.lab to find the perfect formula. And, they think they've cracked it.
:18:55. > :18:58.The big question is, how long does this have to boil for? We found out
:18:58. > :19:02.that the optimum boiling time was six minutes throughout the whole
:19:02. > :19:07.experiment. How many goes did it take you to find out that? We had a
:19:07. > :19:11.lot of trial and error, so I think 14 trials was what we went for.
:19:11. > :19:19.Perfect. You have been looking at soldiers and the perfect soldier.
:19:19. > :19:24.What did you find? We found that applying margarine made them
:19:24. > :19:26.stronger than when you applied butter. The research has been
:19:26. > :19:32.commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The members have been
:19:32. > :19:36.impressed by the students' findings. Here's the science bit. For six
:19:37. > :19:42.minutes you need enough time to have a chemical reaction happening
:19:42. > :19:47.in the white and not the oak. -- yolk. The protein will go hard and
:19:47. > :19:50.the yolk will remain soft. optimum boiling time and toasting
:19:50. > :20:00.time two-and-a-half minutes. The big question is what does it taste
:20:00. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:10.like? Yum, perfect! I'm hungry now. Eggs for tea tonight, I this. If
:20:10. > :20:16.you are in Falmouth you will have been asked just one question, are
:20:16. > :20:20.you a Roundhead or Cavalier. The people of the town had to decide
:20:20. > :20:25.whether their loyalties lay. The event was organised to mark 350
:20:25. > :20:29.years since the town was given its official charter. Eleanor joined
:20:29. > :20:35.the Army and she nailed her colours to the mast and marched with the
:20:35. > :20:41.king. These Royalists may be young, but they're committed and they are
:20:42. > :20:46.marching to do battle against the Parliamentarians. There's plenty of
:20:46. > :20:52.encouragement along the way. Are you prepared to battle for the
:20:52. > :20:57.king? Yeah. Battle to the death? Yeah. But I must do my duty by the
:20:57. > :21:03.king. I must! Before the Calf leers get to the battleground, there are
:21:03. > :21:11.plenty of reminders of what might lie ahead if they fail. Falmouth
:21:11. > :21:17.was the last stronghold for Charles I and people were rewarded by
:21:17. > :21:20.receiving a Royal Charter. We have to save the king. Calf the king.
:21:20. > :21:23.am going into battle here and we are going to battle with the other
:21:23. > :21:31.team, who are going to come soon. They are not here at the moment,
:21:31. > :21:39.but we are going to win. The civil war lasted for eleven years, with
:21:39. > :21:44.the final showdown at the Pendennis castle. People know about that,
:21:44. > :21:51.with the likes of one of the leaders, gren village and his
:21:51. > :21:55.trusty side -- sidekick and the fact they've got the children
:21:55. > :22:03.together and have a sense of their history and what it's all about is
:22:03. > :22:07.brilliant. The schoolchildren of fat mouth managed to get the war
:22:07. > :22:13.done and dusted in about half an hour, but it still ends the same
:22:13. > :22:18.way. The king is defeated, tried and executed. But the story doesn't
:22:18. > :22:25.end there. Charles II rewards the people gi giving them a town
:22:25. > :22:35.charter and 350 -- by giving them a town charter and 350 years on they
:22:35. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:38.are still celebrating. It's time for the weather. A few people have
:22:38. > :22:44.emailed saying because of the number of berries on the trees they
:22:44. > :22:49.reckon we are in for a harsh winter. Any truth? It's an old wives' tale,
:22:49. > :22:54.but history has shown that if we do have a lot of berries we tend to go
:22:54. > :22:57.into severe winters. Did you bring your bringproof? Yes. There is wet
:22:57. > :23:01.your bringproof? Yes. There is wet weather outside. I haven't needed
:23:01. > :23:04.to use mine for a few days, but the rain's back in and it's swept in
:23:04. > :23:09.and coming into western Devon and once the cold front goes through
:23:09. > :23:13.for the rest of the week, it is breezy, but also quite a bit colder
:23:14. > :23:17.and remaining unsettled, although by Friday it is generally a dry day,
:23:17. > :23:20.but chilly north-west breeze. When you look at the picture, racing in
:23:21. > :23:24.across us is this thin stripe of cloud. There is quite heavy rain in
:23:24. > :23:27.that. That is moving through steadily for the next few hours. It
:23:27. > :23:30.will march across southern Britain and move into northern France by
:23:30. > :23:35.the time we get to tomorrow and once that happens it will brighten
:23:35. > :23:38.up. Tomorrow morning, we could have some sunshine, but one or two
:23:38. > :23:42.scattered showers. Those will become quite heavy in the middle of
:23:42. > :23:46.the day. Friday, a weak ridge of high pressure, so as I mentioned,
:23:47. > :23:50.it's a mainly dry by, but with the winds it won't feel very warm.
:23:50. > :23:54.There is the cloud structure from earlier today. It's a bit of a mess.
:23:54. > :23:58.A lot of cloud around. Brighter colours in there. They are now
:23:58. > :24:03.coming into the Devon and Cornwall border and moving over much of
:24:03. > :24:07.Devon over the next couple of hours. This was earlier today, not far
:24:07. > :24:11.from Okehampton, where we got shots of the berries that we mentioned.
:24:11. > :24:16.Also, the sky looking a lot more threatening than it has recently.
:24:16. > :24:19.There is a lot more cloud around. That cloud is now, as I mentioned,
:24:19. > :24:29.producing outbreaks of rain. That rain band and the drop in the
:24:29. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:35.temperatures will bring a much more autumn al feel -- autumnal feel. By
:24:35. > :24:39.the end of the day we could have gale-force winds on the north coast.
:24:39. > :24:43.You can see the rain here. It covers most of us by the middle of
:24:43. > :24:47.the night. Into the early hours it peters out and moves east. There
:24:47. > :24:52.will be clear skies to the end of the night. Brisk west and north-
:24:52. > :24:55.west winds and overnight temperatures down to ten. A few
:24:55. > :25:01.places, particularly well-sheltered parts, might get as low as eight or
:25:01. > :25:05.nine. After a reasonable start, it clouds over with showers. The
:25:05. > :25:08.showers quite widely spaced by the afternoon and by the end of the day
:25:09. > :25:12.just one or two of those showers left behind on what could be a dry
:25:13. > :25:15.end to the day, even with late sunshine. Brisk winds. If anything,
:25:15. > :25:18.they increase through the day, becoming strongest as we move into
:25:18. > :25:28.the early evening. They are from the north-west, so we'll need to
:25:28. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:49.Messy conditions, although the surof becomes clean when the wind
:25:49. > :25:59.changes direction, but the north coast will be on the choppy side.
:25:59. > :26:04.
:26:04. > :26:08.Blustery conditions on Friday. Friday is mainly dry. All change
:26:08. > :26:14.again on Saturday, with more cloud and outbreaks of rain, but a little
:26:14. > :26:18.warmer into the weekend. Tomorrow, it's the first in our series of