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Pensions and protests - as public sector workers take to the streets,

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one local teacher tells us enough is enough... Who's going to agree

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with that? Put in more money, get less out at the end, and work

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longer afford. It is the worst deal in the world.

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Good evening. David Colwill says he'll have hardly any spare money

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left once the pension increases come into force. We'll be live in

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Westminster with reaction to today's protests.

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Also on Spotlight tonight... Flying into the arms of loved ones

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- a jubilant welcome for 4-2 Commando Royal Marines back from

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over six months in Afghanistan. can't put it into words, I just

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can't. And somewhere to worship - the

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South West's first purpose built mosque opens its doors.

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Teachers from across the South West are in London protesting about

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planned increases to their pension contributions. Some face paying �60

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extra per month into the scheme from next April More than 2 million

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public sector workers have been told they'll have to pay more

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towards their retirement from April next year. As well as teachers, NHS

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staff and civil servants will be affected. The Government says the

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current system is unaffordable and wants to save more than a billion

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pounds from its pension bill. Those earning under �15,000 wont be

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affected but the highest paid will face the biggest rises in

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contributions - from April some doctors will pay almost 11% of

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their salary into their pension instead of the current 8.5%. Our

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political editor Martyn Oates is in Westminster for us this evening.

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We have seen a little bit of history at Westminster today

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because it is the first time the teaching unions have taken action

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together on a single issue. It could be a prelude to widespread

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strikes across the public sector in a month. Even the National

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Association of Head Teachers is balloting on a fright. Head

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teachers on strike would be an historic first. It shows the anger

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in the public sector. 29 year old David teaches science

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at Plymouth High School for girls. As well as doing the Mark King --

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as well as dinner marking he is considering changes to pensions.

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pay �164 a month already. Were they to increase that it will go up to

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something like �224 a month, about an extra �60. If I have got �100

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spare at the end of the month, that is essentially going to be halved.

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David says the reforms at the end of 2007 were deemed to be good and

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he is sceptical about further reform. They are taking it directly

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and it will not secure the future of our pensions scheme. Where is it

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going? I can only assume to fill a hole in the deficit, which is the

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wrong's concern. There seems to be a very narrowly focused means of

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getting the cash back. The plant height is coupled with plans to

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raise the retirement age to 68. David says teachers have had enough.

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He will have -- he will agree with that? Put in more money, get less

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at the end of work long before it. It is the worst the delay in the

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world. The unions are saying for years ago a pension scheme was

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judged to be in good shape and now it looks like they are paying for

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the five Cerys mess. It is the mess our economy is in. We have all got

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to pay for it. We are all living longer and there is no magic pot of

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money to pay for that. Because of the state of public finances we

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have to make these tough decisions. No one is saying this is easy but

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for all of us working in the public sector there will have to be

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changes. Teachers' pensions are not gold-plated public sector pensions,

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are they? The their relatively modest but there will have to be

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changes for everyone. The government have made no final

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decisions. We will see what came -- comes out at the end of the day. It

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is the armed forces, police, nurses, teachers and MPs. All of us will

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have to work longer and take less at the end. The unions said a

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government is not prepared to negotiate on matters like this and

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so strike action will be inevitable. Star Write action will not change

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the raw fact. There is no money. There is nothing to pay for future

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pensions. Any government would have to do this and all over Europe this

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is happening. We are going to add a tough times including in the United

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Kingdom and it will affect all of us. The unions are warning the

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government should raise itself for strike action if it does not listen

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today. The South West Royal Marines who've

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just returned home from the front line in Afghanistan have invited

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the people of the region to a homecoming parade in Plymouth as a

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thank you for the support they've received. A hundred men from 4-2

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Commando arrived back in Devon late last night, to a joyous reception.

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Our correspondent Simon Hall reports from Exeter Airport

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In the latest part of our series -- they travelled to the arms of

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families and friends. APPLAUSE.

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There are no words to describe it. It has been a long time coming. I

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am very happy, very happy. No words. I am just ecstatic he is home and

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save. I am not doing any more at Napoli's! I am going to do the DIY.

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Waiting with a particular eagerness, Mercian Linton. Her grandson is the

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youngest marine and what a welcome! SCREAMS. It is good to be home and

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back. For once in her life she is speechless. I just can't put this

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into words, I just can't. Are you all right? 100 Marines returned,

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each to a hero's welcome. APPLAUSE.

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It was in no way intended, just the way this timing worked out. How

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appropriate these men should return just as remembrance day draws near.

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The marines may work in Afghanistan -- the Marines work with training

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the Afghan police force. Seven men fell in the tour of duty, the

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memory of the happiness of a homecoming. It is a risky job that

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we do. The humbling part is the resolve and resilience of the men

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showed to one another and it makes us want to progress with the task

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we have been given even more in the honour of the memory of those who

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have paid the ultimate prize. Marines are invited the public to a

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home coming parade in Plymouth next month as a sign of their thinking -

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- as a sign of their gratitude. Teams in Exeter, Plymouth and Truro

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have won international acclaim for studies of diabetes, neurology and

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the way the environment affects our well-being. Here's our Health

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Correspondent Sally Mountjoy. Since the peninsula medical school

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was set up in 2000 to its represent -- reputation has gone from

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strength to strength. Clinicians are making valuable contributions

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to medical knowledge and more importantly, patient care and

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treatment. I want you to cycle for about a minute. This man is doing

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this for the good of other people. A fit and healthy police officer,

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he is a research volunteer in Exeter. He is undergoing a battery

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of tests to help scientists studying diabetes, a disease that

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affects one in 20 of us. A number of my friends, in time, will end up

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with diabetes based on the research which is around at the moment, in

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people with type 2 diabetes. Therefore I am more than happy to

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try and help. It could end up being me. Building on clinical research

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work done by Exeter Hospital, the medical school has made ground-

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breaking progress in its discovery of the causes of diabetes. Type 2

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diabetes is important because it is increasing. The clinicians dealing

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with the problem do not know that much about what goes wrong in the

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body that causes type 2 diabetes. It means one person will get it and

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another will not. That is what we are studying. Hopefully we are

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making progress. White man Exeter's research credentials will get a

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further post -- based when a research centre brings further

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researchers and clinicians together in 2013. In Plymouth research in

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you're logical disease has made a big impact. Samples from brain

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tumour patients are analysed to help develop drug treatments. This

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man is working of therapies for those with multiple brain tumours.

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These patients are difficult to treat because you feel sometimes

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helpless because you treat one humour and the patient comes again

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a month later with another one. There is great medical need for a

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newts systemic meaning drug treatment. That is what we are

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doing in these clinical trials. ocean and how it affects us is a

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major feature of the new research venture in Cornwall. The European

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centre for the environment and human health studies of threats to

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our health form -- from the natural world such as climate change,

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marine pollution, radon gas and the sun. It works with businesses to

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tackle the challenges but also investigates the value of spending

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time in the National Environment -- natural environment. We are

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interested in helping people have a better relationship with their

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natural environment and improve their health and well-being in that

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way. If we can keep them fitter and keep their mental health better we

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hope that will reduce the number of visits to GPs. His reputation

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riding high, Peninsula is set to build on that success. We will move

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up in our reputation. Our research is already performing

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internationally. It is changing patient health care across the

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world. Attracting substantial external funding, the teams in all

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three cities promise to benefit the wealth as well as health of the

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south-west and beyond. And tomorrow in the last of our

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series looking at the South West's three cities, we'll explore the

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development of sport grounds across the region.

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Still to come tonight... The opening of the region's first

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purpose built Mosque. Plus - another bad night for

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Plymouth Argyle, but Torquay were on target four times. We'll have

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all the local goal action. And fashions, hairstyles and music

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- find out why one Cornish town's gone back to the 1940s.

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A man's being held on suspicion of murder after a body was found at a

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house in Brixham. Police were called to Fore Street around 4

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o'clock this morning. They say the dead man, who was in his 50s, may

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have been involved in an argument yesterday.

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South West MPs are urging the BBC to halt planned cuts to Local Radio.

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The proposals, which will see a reduction in local programming

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because of a freeze in the licence fee, have been debated in

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Parliament today. The Conservative MP for Truro and Falmouth, Sarah

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Newton, says there's room for cutting expensive celebrities from

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national BBC channels instead. Does the Right Honourable Gentleman

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think it is appropriate that hard- working families in my constituency

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should be having to enable the BBC to employ Kylie Minogue, at over �1

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million, to front a BBC show? A scheme which helps youngsters in

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Devon move from foster care to adult life is receiving national

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recognition. The project, which costs almost half a million pounds

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to run, aims to give cared for children the same chances as others

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by allowing them to stay in care after their 18th birthday. In a

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moment we'll hear from the NSPCC after this report.

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For most children in care, reaching year 18th birthday means you have

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not just the campaign -- an adult but also lost a family, because you

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have to move out of your foster home and fend for yourself. There

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was a drive at getting the first person who live with me he was

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eating into accommodation straight away. A lot of them going to bed

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and breakfast or a two-night stops. Mandy provides a transitional care

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through a pioneering project. So free lives in an annex of her home.

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She has someone to turn to with everyday problems such as managing

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a budget or cooking. She is studying at college and says

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without Mandy she would struggle. If I am upset or something she will

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try and help me out and sold it. She will try and help me. Mandy and

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Sophie have been invited to talk to MPs and members of the house of

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Lords about providing post 18 care. Earlier I spoke to Helena Jones

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from the NSPCC and I started by asking her why this scheme is so

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important. This scheme is a vitally important to care leavers. Most

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young people at his team have the ongoing support of their families

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both practically and financially as they needed. He sued for your child

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as long as they need their help. For care leavers, they do not have

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that ongoing support and it is really, really needed for them.

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I understand that it is not a statutory requirement for local

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parties to do this? What are they doing in other areas? Devon is

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doing a fantastic job. Unfortunately that is not the case

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across the country although we have a responsibility to look to the

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needs of our care leavers and support them in any way the can.

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terms of looking further down the line, what more would you like to

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see done to support care leavers? From the calls by young people make

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to Childline, we know that care leavers often feel isolated when

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they leave care. It is vitally important that as much support is

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given to them as possible so that they can make safe and sound

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transitions to adulthood. The care leavers that we work with have had

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to face enormous obstacles in their lives and therefore any support

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they can be given on that transition to adulthood can only be

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a big thing. Thank you for joining Muslims from across the South West

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have been celebrating the official opening of their new mosque in

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Exeter. It's the first purpose- built mosque in the region and is

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expected to attract thousands of worshipers and help increase the

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understanding of Islam among the wider community. Spotlight's Aysha

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Iqbal has been at today's opening ceremony.

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The distinctive minaret of the new mosque in Exeter, reflecting a

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milestone for the Muslim community here. Although there are mosques in

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Plymouth and Torbay, this is the first purpose-built mosque in

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Islamic style architectures ever to be built in their region. Today it

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was the official opening ceremony, attended by locals and dignitaries.

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It is a moment they have eagerly awaited for a number of years.

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main thing is it is purpose-built. There are rooms for the school that

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meets on Saturdays and Sundays. There are rooms for the youth club

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and we still have the old prayer hall which can be used for sports

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activities and craft. It is a lot easier now that we are all together

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in the wonderful new mosque. cost over �1.5 million, made

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possible from donations and a former graduate of the University

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of Exeter. There are a lot of Muslims in this town. Many people

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are affected by the misrepresentation out there. It is

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one of the challenges this mosque and other mosques have, to raise

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awareness. As Muslims in the city look forward to the New Marske it

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will no doubt have been worth the wait. -- to the new mosque.

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Onto football now, and Exeter City are out of the bottom four of

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League One after their second win in four days. Torquay also won last

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night, for the first time in nearly two months. But the problems go on

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for Plymouth Argyle. Hamish Marshall reports.

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Walsall was Exeter's 7th away game of the season and they had yet to

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score on their travels. Danny Nardiello finished with a goal. The

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Grecians were paid back. Their keeper kept the scores level as

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Balsall also hit the woodwork twice. Narnia low's shot was powerful

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enough to pull his side out of relegation. -- Danny Nardiello's

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shot. There was a golden chance to sail the win when Yeovil won a

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penalty for handball but they went wide and the Glovers were made to

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pay as David rainy gave a brave Kesh gave away a penalty three

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Eunan O'Kane doubled the lead over a of the women. The way it goes on

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for confirmation of the takeover of Plymouth Argyle and the agony on

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the pitch goes on as well. They fell behind at Oxford. Simon was

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then converted a penalty to bring Plymouth Argyle level but that was

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as good as it got. Oxford scored four more goals meaning of pilgrims

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conceded five for the first time in six years.

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A town in Cornwall has turned the clock back more than sixty years

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today. The people of Lostwithiel have been celebrating the 1940s.

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They got out the ration books, hair rollers and dancing shoes.

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Spotlight's Eleanor Parkinson was there. It has been a day of 1940s

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nostalgia in Lostwithiel. It has been a great excuse to dress up!

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am a land girl today. I believe you are a better? I am the Red Cross to

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date. But if you have an accident don't come to me! Today, everything

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has been cooked according to the Russian better. There is a pipe was

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created by Lord Walton. He wanted recipes for the housewife that were

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going to be nutritious. This has produced a pastry on the top. It is

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also substantial and filling and will keep the full so the next meal.

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Others are perfecting their victory rolls and with your hair product

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this was the difficult. They were Jewsbury gelatine or sugar water,

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anything that would hold their hair in place. But my hair is done in at

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no time. Il all dressed up with nowhere to go. I have heard there

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is a tea dance. How the ever been to a tea dance before? Using there

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will be any boys here? Mostly girls. I can while away the whole

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afternoon waltzing and taking tea but this is not really the 40s. It

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is 2011 and I have to go back to work.

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She has kept their hairstyle, by Let's take a look at the weather

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and the awful rain to come. Not as bad as Monday, but another

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wet start to tomorrow morning. The rain not too far away it right now.

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It is just beginning to cross the English Channel. To vans of wet

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weather coming, the first fairly light and patchy. -- two bans.

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Tomorrow, heavy rain, then becoming mean the dried into Friday. --

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mainly dry. This weather front is moving through northern France,

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heading towards us. Some of the rain will be quite intense by

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tomorrow morning, particularly over high ground. This area of low

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pressure moves off. It is not as intense as the one that gave was

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that those strong winds last mandate but it is still going to

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give us a stiff south-easterly breeze for a time. The rain is the

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main feature of this system. By lunchtime on Friday there is some

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bright and dry weather. A cold and misty start with the rest of four -

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- fog patches. Tonight, lots of cloud and patchy light rain

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spilling in. The threat of heavier rain will be after midnight and in

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the early hours of the morning. These are the heavy bursts coming

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up from the south. In southern parts of Cornwall and the south of

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Devon, intense rainfall. Temperatures dipping briefly into

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single figures over night but coming back up by dawn. Tomorrow

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afternoon, the rain begins to move away and the west of Cornwall. For

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the rest of us, a lot of cloud and the rain keeps coming until the end

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of the day. The upset Sinn is the as of silly... -- the exception is

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By Friday, it has all gone on Friday should hopefully be bright

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and dry. Into the weekend, breezy with a lot of cloud but mainly dry.

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The clocks go back an hour this Sunday, which means we get a bit of

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a lie in. But BBC Local Radio is hoping you'll put that extra hour

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to good use and help someone use a computer for the first time. More

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than a third of over 55s still If you have an interest, whether

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