:00:11. > :00:15.A cloud over solar power - cuts in tariffs which will cost one housing
:00:15. > :00:22.development dearly. The impact will be �1.3 million loss over five
:00:22. > :00:25.years with the tariff changing. Good evening. We'll report from the
:00:25. > :00:28.housing scheme which had been banking on solar power. Also
:00:28. > :00:30.tonight, a potential headache for Prince Charles - how the humble
:00:30. > :00:33.oyster could have far reaching consequences for the Duchy of
:00:33. > :00:39.Cornwall. And demonstrating the height of a planned incinerator,
:00:39. > :00:42.but this crane has done nothing to allay residents' fears. Now seeing
:00:42. > :00:52.the crane, it's actually taller than even I imagined, and I am
:00:52. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :00:59.The full impact of a sudden change in Government thinking over solar
:00:59. > :01:02.power is now beginning to be felt in the region. One Cornish Housing
:01:02. > :01:04.Association, which is part way through some major solar panel
:01:04. > :01:08.installations, says the change will wipe more than a million pounds
:01:08. > :01:11.from its profits. The Government wants to halve the income people
:01:11. > :01:18.get for generating electricity and sending it back to the grid. Our
:01:18. > :01:24.Business Correspondent, Neil Gallacher, reports.
:01:24. > :01:28.One on top of a brand new building, solar panels not yet finished.
:01:28. > :01:34.Walsh and housing have been shocked to learn they must finish the
:01:34. > :01:42.installation in six weeks. -- Ocean housing. If they cannot, they would
:01:42. > :01:48.lose money. Far worse is the impact on similar schemes. The loss there
:01:48. > :01:58.would be higher. The impact on us will be �1.3 million loss of a 25
:01:58. > :01:58.
:01:58. > :02:05.years. It stops any future project stone dead. That impact on jobs.
:02:05. > :02:11.And the Co 2 emissions takes step backwards. They will not be cutting
:02:11. > :02:13.jobs. But they would not be getting the deal that was offered. Now the
:02:13. > :02:18.fledgling solar electricity industry has been thrown into
:02:18. > :02:23.frantic activity, as installer has rushed to comply with the new
:02:23. > :02:29.deadline. This industry has created a large number of jobs and the
:02:29. > :02:33.South West. Many in this new industry accept that even at these
:02:33. > :02:38.new subsidy levels, investors should be able to make a profit.
:02:38. > :02:43.Will people feel confident about investing tens of thousands of
:02:43. > :02:46.pounds, when the goal posts can be moved at such short notice?
:02:46. > :02:49.The Government's policy over feed in tariffs will be examined in more
:02:49. > :02:56.details on The Politics Show on Sunday. Our Political Editor,
:02:56. > :03:04.Martyn Oates, is here now. How does the Government defended proposal to
:03:04. > :03:09.bring the deadline forward? points to the fact that the budget
:03:09. > :03:16.for this scheme is being doubled up at an enormous speed, much more
:03:16. > :03:21.quickly than envisaged. It says in the consultation paper, it was
:03:21. > :03:26.Warwick the consultation may make this worse. -- worried. If the
:03:26. > :03:30.deadline had been further away, people might be rushing to get new
:03:30. > :03:35.schemes in. It does accept some people may have difficulty meeting
:03:35. > :03:41.the earlier deadline. But the MP for central Devon today said this
:03:41. > :03:51.might be less of the problem. organisations and individuals will
:03:51. > :03:52.
:03:52. > :03:59.be able to meet that deadline of 12th December. Provided before that
:03:59. > :04:05.date... Even after 12th December, they will get the existing deal.
:04:05. > :04:09.Some will struggle. That is why this is a consultation. People are
:04:09. > :04:12.being encouraged to respond and contribute to the consultation.
:04:13. > :04:18.There is something unusual about the consultation, which is making
:04:18. > :04:23.people more unhappy. This proposed earlier deadline for applications
:04:23. > :04:30.falls 11 days before the consultation finishes. That is 23rd
:04:30. > :04:34.December. A lot more on Sunday. Meanwhile, one place that got its
:04:34. > :04:38.solar panels in place in time for the higher tariff is the old Wheal
:04:38. > :04:40.Jane tin mine near Truro. Next on its list is power from wind, water,
:04:40. > :04:50.the earth and plant waste. Our Environment Correspondent, Adrian
:04:50. > :04:50.
:04:51. > :05:00.Campbell, reports. Tin mining at Wheal Jane ended
:05:00. > :05:05.years ago. But the disused mine workings provide an opportunity for
:05:05. > :05:09.alternative engine at -- energy. This is where the dirty water is
:05:09. > :05:15.processed to produce clean water which can be pumped back into the
:05:15. > :05:21.river. The pressures are around 370 litres per second. That energy can
:05:21. > :05:27.be harnessed for Hydro-Electric power. The Energy Park rushed to
:05:27. > :05:37.get the maximum benefit from the tariff. It hopes its portfolio of
:05:37. > :05:37.
:05:37. > :05:47.energy sources will provide power for more than 4,000 homes. The mine
:05:47. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:51.was about 1,500 ft deep. It is now flooded. It is full of water that
:05:52. > :05:58.is of a moderately warm temperature. The technology is now available to
:05:58. > :06:02.recover that heat. Also, the water discharging has the potential to
:06:02. > :06:09.generate power for the Hydro- Electric scheme. Then there is wind
:06:09. > :06:15.energy. There are ambitious plans for a wind turbines to go here. It
:06:15. > :06:22.would be 22 metres in height. believe it is an ideal site. It has
:06:22. > :06:32.got a long industrial history. There are other renewable
:06:32. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:39.technologies planned for the site. If not here, where? Is an unlikely
:06:40. > :06:47.looking site for a sustainable energy park. But even the field
:06:47. > :06:51.surrounding the park could be growing crops for fuel.
:06:51. > :06:56.A river bank in Bridgwater has collapsed and homes have flooded as
:06:56. > :07:03.heavy rain hit Somerset. It is Carnival Night in the town. More
:07:03. > :07:08.than 100,000 people are there. Houses have been evacuated.
:07:08. > :07:11.Emergency services are concerned about high tide tomorrow morning.
:07:11. > :07:14.Seven hundred years of history have been torn up after a tribunal
:07:14. > :07:17.ruling, which means that Prince Charles and the Duchy of Cornwall
:07:17. > :07:20.will now, for the first time, have to disclose some details of their
:07:20. > :07:23.business dealings. The landmark ruling has been made after local
:07:23. > :07:26.people in a Cornish village went to the courts to get more information
:07:26. > :07:36.about a controversial oyster farm on land owned by the Duchy. Eleanor
:07:36. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:41.Parkinson reports. This is the oyster farm at the
:07:41. > :07:45.centre of a legal battle. The tenant who runs the farm rents the
:07:45. > :07:49.land and the river bed from the Duchy of Cornwall. Locals have
:07:49. > :07:52.concerns about the environmental impact of the farm. They say they
:07:52. > :08:02.have struggled to get the information they need from the
:08:02. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:09.Duchy. How difficult was it to get information? We have had no co-
:08:09. > :08:14.operation from the Duchy whatsoever. A complete blank. A complete
:08:14. > :08:19.refusal to answer questions about the environment or any questions
:08:19. > :08:24.put. The Duchy of Cornwall argued that as a private enterprise they
:08:24. > :08:30.were not obliged to answer questions. One local took it
:08:30. > :08:34.further. Michael Britten took the case to tribunal. The tribunal
:08:34. > :08:40.ruled they should be given the information. I am very surprised.
:08:40. > :08:45.When I set off on this three years ago, I hoped I would win. When
:08:45. > :08:50.you're telling truth to power, he do not often win. That was
:08:50. > :08:55.gobsmacked but delighted. The Duchy Harrad reviewing the tribunal's
:08:55. > :09:02.conclusion, with the Duke took whether or not it will appeal the
:09:02. > :09:09.decision. The duchy was established by King Edward and as one of the
:09:09. > :09:12.largest and wealthiest in Britain. This tribunal ruling changes 700
:09:13. > :09:17.years of history. It could have a huge impact on the the way Prince
:09:17. > :09:21.Charles and his state run their business.
:09:21. > :09:24.-- estate. Earlier I spoke to the BBC's Freedom of Information
:09:24. > :09:31.specialist Martin Rosenbaum. I asked him what this would all mean
:09:31. > :09:35.for the Duchy. What this means is that in future
:09:35. > :09:40.the Duchy will have to respond to requests for environmental
:09:40. > :09:45.information, not have freedom of information requests in general,
:09:45. > :09:49.which is separate legislation. It will have to respond to
:09:49. > :09:55.environmental requests. It may be information about the environmental
:09:55. > :09:59.impacts of an oyster farm, but could be much wider than that. It
:09:59. > :10:07.could go in two aspects of pollution, biological diversity etc.
:10:07. > :10:10.This is quite a breakthrough? Certainly I am sure there are a lot
:10:10. > :10:14.of people because of the extent of the Duchy's Land Holdings, and the
:10:14. > :10:21.extent of the buildings and property, there will be quite a lot
:10:21. > :10:24.of people who have concerns they want to raise, and a lot of
:10:24. > :10:28.environmental factors could be involved. This is potentially quite
:10:28. > :10:34.far reaching and a number of areas. What sort of questions will people
:10:34. > :10:41.be asking? I think in terms of the biological diversity of activities
:10:41. > :10:45.going on on Duchy property, as in this particular case it could be in
:10:45. > :10:50.all the water ways, forests, the impact of buildings built on Duchy
:10:50. > :10:55.land. All these are matters people may be concerned about. They may
:10:55. > :11:00.simply want more information about. Until now they have not had a legal
:11:00. > :11:05.right to get that information. Now they do. How has the Duchy been
:11:05. > :11:10.able to get away with being so secretive Forssell long? What the
:11:10. > :11:16.Duchy argued is that it is not a public authority in the Gulf terms.
:11:16. > :11:22.It argued it was outside the environmental information terms.
:11:22. > :11:27.Now we have had the ruling which says it does count has a public
:11:27. > :11:31.body. It has a very unusual legal status going back hundreds of years.
:11:31. > :11:37.That is why it was not initially clear whether it was a public
:11:37. > :11:41.authority. The tribunal has now decided it is. On the other hand, I
:11:41. > :11:45.expect the Duchy will probably appeal this decision, in which case
:11:45. > :11:51.it will go to a higher court. It could be several months before we
:11:51. > :11:54.actually have the definite resolution of this case. Residents
:11:54. > :11:58.opposed to a plans for an incinerator say it'll have an even
:11:58. > :12:01.greater impact than they originally feared. A 95 metre crane was placed
:12:01. > :12:04.on the proposed site today to give planners and locals a chance to see
:12:04. > :12:12.how high the development would be. As Scott Bingham reports, the move
:12:12. > :12:21.did nothing to allay some people's concerns.
:12:21. > :12:27.All eyes were turned Sky word today. The Plymouth housing estate borders
:12:27. > :12:32.the site on the yard earmarked for the incinerator. It will be a
:12:32. > :12:40.complete eyesore. All these people here, would not be able to see
:12:40. > :12:47.anything. Nobody has been told. People around here Mac cannot see
:12:47. > :12:54.it. I think the height is tremendous. The height of the crane,
:12:54. > :12:58.and 95 metres, took many people by surprise. It represents the height
:12:58. > :13:04.of the chimney stack. One of the major criticisms of today's
:13:04. > :13:11.exercise is that it failed to show the scale of the structure. It is a
:13:11. > :13:19.big building. It is 45 metres to the roof. It is 95 metres to the
:13:19. > :13:23.top of the chimney. Some people's you will be altered considerably.
:13:23. > :13:31.People like Stuart Wilson. His flat is less than 50 metres from the
:13:31. > :13:37.site. He produced an image to show how his you would be affected. --
:13:37. > :13:42.with you. This is not good to have in an amongst people. You're in
:13:42. > :13:46.among the weakest and poorest people. They are being dumped on.
:13:46. > :13:50.Plymouth City planners were not allowed to talk to us today. They
:13:50. > :13:53.will consider the application at a meeting on December 22nd.
:13:53. > :13:56.And our Inside Out programme will have more on the incinerator plans
:13:56. > :13:59.on Monday evening at 7.30pm. We'll have details in Monday's Spotlight.
:13:59. > :14:09.Time for the sport, and Dave's here with news of a South West teenager
:14:09. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:15.who's raising a few eyebrows on the Exeter Chiefs' Sandy Park rugby
:14:15. > :14:18.stadium has again been selected to host an international match.
:14:18. > :14:23.England's second team - the Saxons - will meet Ireland on 28 January
:14:23. > :14:27.next year. It's the second time Sandy Park has staged a Saxons'
:14:28. > :14:31.game - the first was four years ago when they beat Italy 'A'. Meanwhile,
:14:31. > :14:41.the Chiefs try to end a three match losing streak in the Premiership
:14:41. > :14:41.
:14:41. > :14:48.when Gloucester visit East Devon tomorrow. One of the players that
:14:48. > :14:52.came to the club and did not have a clue about kicking... He is good,
:14:52. > :14:55.but you also need the other side. The top game in the Championship is
:14:55. > :15:01.at Penzance on Sunday, when third- placed Cornish Pirates plan to beat
:15:01. > :15:04.the team immediately above them, Rotherham Titans. Rotherham last
:15:04. > :15:07.week caned leaders Bristol 44-6. With four home wins out of five,
:15:07. > :15:10.Plymouth Albion hope to claim another victim in the form of
:15:10. > :15:13.Bedford at Brickfields tomorrow. There's a rising star at Exeter -
:15:13. > :15:16.City striker Daniel Nardiello can't stop scoring. He's found the target
:15:16. > :15:22.five times in City's last three games to lift them out of League
:15:22. > :15:28.One's danger area. Brent Pilnick has more.
:15:28. > :15:32.He has been terrorising defences for the past couple of months.
:15:32. > :15:37.Danielle Nardiello has helped Exeter City move off the bottom of
:15:37. > :15:43.the table. It has been a good month. Scored plenty of goals, we are
:15:43. > :15:48.winning games, I am delighted. It is nice the lad's are creating a
:15:48. > :15:53.lot of chances. The other lads are pitching in. We are scoring plenty
:15:53. > :15:59.of goals away from home. It is brilliant. All members of the squad
:15:59. > :16:05.have contributed. Daniel has scored goals, but so have others. Others
:16:05. > :16:11.have made saves and blocks and tackles. He is doing his job to the
:16:11. > :16:17.best of his ability. Exeter host Carlisle on Saturday, Y Yeovil
:16:17. > :16:23.travel to Chesterfield. Former Plymouth Argyle loamy Conor
:16:23. > :16:33.Clifford makes his debut after joining from Chelsea. -- loan a
:16:33. > :16:38.
:16:39. > :16:44.player. Plymouth Argyle face high- A Devon teenager is in line for a
:16:44. > :16:46.�40,000 windfall to help her reach the 2016 Olympic Games. 14-year-old
:16:46. > :16:56.Beth Worthington from Elburton has been nominated for the lucrative
:16:56. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:08.prize after winning the British Taekwondo title three times.
:17:08. > :17:13.The Korean martial art of Taekwondo means away all the fault. Beth
:17:14. > :17:18.Worthington is a terrier on the map. She has an array of skills. Younger
:17:18. > :17:23.brother Jack is the perfect sparring partner. He is the British
:17:23. > :17:29.cadet champion. Beth has been selected as one of the final five
:17:29. > :17:35.applicants in the ambition axe are words, a scheme which backs
:17:35. > :17:40.talented youngsters in sport and other fields. It will help me to go
:17:40. > :17:45.to Manchester and trained with the national team, and also go to more
:17:45. > :17:49.competitions, which increases my chances of getting chosen for the
:17:49. > :17:54.World Championships and maybe the Olympics one day. Beth impressed
:17:54. > :17:59.the judges with her consistent success. She has been British
:18:00. > :18:04.champion in three consecutive years. She is a world-class performer. We
:18:04. > :18:10.have been taking students all round Europe this year and she has proved
:18:10. > :18:18.she is world class. Potentially world champion or world medallist,
:18:18. > :18:22.without a doubt. If she secures the funding, Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf
:18:22. > :18:24.mountain and the 2016 Olympics could taste even sweeter. BBC local
:18:24. > :18:27.radio will be across the weekend's sport, with commentary from Dick
:18:27. > :18:37.Straughan on the Pirates against Rotherham this Sunday on BBC Radio
:18:37. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:48.If you're a regular viewer of Spotlight, you'll probably know all
:18:48. > :18:51.about 10-year-old Lydia Cross from North Devon. Lydia lost both her
:18:51. > :18:54.legs to meningitis when she was just two years old, but she hasn't
:18:54. > :18:57.let that stop her. No, in fact she's one of the most active and
:18:57. > :19:00.high profile fund raisers for injured servicemen. Tomorrow, she
:19:00. > :19:02.sets off on her latest mission, as our North Devon reporter Andrea
:19:02. > :19:07.Ormsby has been finding out. A final training session for a
:19:07. > :19:11.Lydia's latest fund-raising adventure. Tomorrow she joins two
:19:11. > :19:19.police officers, one from Devon and Cornwall, one from Avon and
:19:19. > :19:24.Somerset. They are cooling -- doing... Lydia and her dad will
:19:24. > :19:29.keep them company for the first 30 miles. I am quite nervous but I am
:19:29. > :19:36.looking forward to it. I think it will be good training. I am doing
:19:36. > :19:46.30 miles tomorrow. Hopefully I will be doing the London Mini Marathon,
:19:46. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :19:56.which is only three. It is to raise money for charity. Commander 999
:19:56. > :20:04.are trying to raise money for the lads injured in Afghanistan and
:20:04. > :20:12.Iraq. Having Lydia with us is a complete and opera inspiration.
:20:12. > :20:16.Amazing. The charity is close to Lydia's heart. Her dad used to be a
:20:16. > :20:20.commando with the Royal Logistics Corps and is now a policeman.
:20:20. > :20:28.incredibly proud. She is just giving back to the guys who have
:20:28. > :20:33.given so much to her in the past. They have always supported her and
:20:33. > :20:40.been fantastic. She just looks at it as time to give something back.
:20:40. > :20:43.It is hoped beyond will end in London in time for Remembrance Day.
:20:43. > :20:46.Good luck. A group of young bell ringers from Plymouth have been
:20:46. > :20:49.invited to ring in the start of next year's Olympic Games. The
:20:49. > :20:53.event, All The Bells, will see bells being rung throughout the UK
:20:53. > :21:03.on the first day of London 2012. John Danks has been to see the
:21:03. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:17.This is Emmanuel Church in Plymouth. Things are about to get noisy. The
:21:17. > :21:23.ages range from six years old to 28. Some of them stand on blocks to
:21:23. > :21:29.keep their feet on the ground. Good practice for the Olympic Games next
:21:29. > :21:34.year. The there is an event going on which involves All The Bells in
:21:34. > :21:40.the country being wrong on 27th July for three minutes, as loudly
:21:40. > :21:48.and as fast as they can. That is all bells. Church bells, doorbells,
:21:48. > :21:53.handbells, dinner bells. Basically it is a rousing call to action for
:21:53. > :21:56.everybody in the UK to welcome the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is
:21:56. > :22:01.a chance for everybody to get involved and be part of musical
:22:01. > :22:06.history. One fellow bell ringer's relative took part in the Olympic
:22:06. > :22:12.torch relay before the last London Olympics. It came from my father
:22:12. > :22:17.and low, one of the relay runners for the Olympics. -- father and
:22:17. > :22:22.Lyle. He was selected to take part in the rear. This group should be
:22:22. > :22:25.in top form and ready to ring for Britain by the time the Olympics
:22:25. > :22:29.come round. The Cornwall Film Festival started today, and amongst
:22:29. > :22:31.the films on show are two new full length features made entirely in
:22:31. > :22:34.the county. The family drama, Happy Christmas, and the black comedy,
:22:34. > :22:37.Weekend Retreat, were written, filmed, and edited in Cornwall.
:22:37. > :22:47.David George has been watching them and meeting some of the people
:22:47. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :23:01.involved. It is impressive. Your place? We
:23:01. > :23:08.know the owner. Weekend Retreat, which stars some well-known
:23:09. > :23:12.television actors, was filmed in Bodmin and edited in Truro. The
:23:12. > :23:22.other new film from Cornwall is about a dysfunctional family trying
:23:22. > :23:24.
:23:24. > :23:32.to get back together for Christmas. Happy Christmas. When we did my
:23:32. > :23:37.previous film, we did have to go to London to do the post production.
:23:37. > :23:44.This time, four years later, we have not had to go any further than
:23:44. > :23:49.here. Film-making could be a viable industry here given more resources
:23:49. > :23:55.and funding. We certainly have the artistry and the will. Cornwall's
:23:55. > :24:05.new feature films will be previewed at the Film Festival at the New
:24:05. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:11.You can do anything in Cornwall now. Absolutely. Now the weather.
:24:11. > :24:17.A good weather for fireworks and bonfire display is this weekend. It
:24:17. > :24:22.has finally come good, the weather. We have had some torrential
:24:22. > :24:27.downpours in recent hours. Let's look at the general feel for the
:24:27. > :24:34.weekend. Mainly dry, but also colder. Moving towards what we
:24:34. > :24:40.should expect to see in November. Temperatures down on quite -- quite
:24:40. > :24:44.a bit. You can see a large hole in the cloud to the West. That is a
:24:45. > :24:51.week ridge of high pressure. It will move over us in the next 24
:24:51. > :24:57.hours. Low pressure will move towards the Channel Islands
:24:57. > :25:02.overnight. We are between weather systems. A lot of dry weather this
:25:02. > :25:07.weekend. A keen breeze from the north-east. It will not feel very
:25:08. > :25:15.warm. We will see quite a bit of clout from East. Of days we should
:25:15. > :25:19.see dry weather with sunny spells. -- on both days. The really intense
:25:19. > :25:26.downpours today have been almost following the M5 and the last four
:25:26. > :25:30.hours. The brighter colours is where the wet weather was.
:25:30. > :25:35.Thankfully that has moved towards the south of Wales. Beneath that,
:25:35. > :25:44.there is dry weather. For the carnival itself, there should be
:25:44. > :25:49.some dry weather. It may turn a little misty with fog patches later.
:25:49. > :25:55.With temperatures tumbling away, we could see figures as low as five
:25:55. > :26:00.degrees. Quite a nice end to the day here in Plymouth. We had some
:26:00. > :26:04.pink sky as the sun set. Although there was quite a lot of cloud, it
:26:04. > :26:12.does not look quite as threatening as that which we saw earlier in the
:26:12. > :26:20.day. We should start to see some fairly low temperatures overnight.
:26:20. > :26:24.The possibility of some of mist and fog. Tomorrow we will probably have
:26:24. > :26:29.similar scenes in the morning. The mist and fog will clear.
:26:29. > :26:34.Temperatures starting at five to six degrees. Gradually rising. Not
:26:34. > :26:41.very warm. But Rhys well developed. It will be fresh by the end of the
:26:41. > :26:49.afternoon. -- the breeze will develop. Fine for tomorrow
:26:49. > :26:59.evening's bonfire displays. Rhys the on the Isles of Scilly. --
:26:59. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:12.breezy. Five to six feet and choppy surfing conditions. The times of
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:27:22. > :27:26.Until the coastal waters forecast... If you're enjoying the Bonn