:00:14. > :00:21.A �50 reduction for every household. The long awaited announcement
:00:21. > :00:27.concerning our water bills. It is fair, it needed doing, it was an
:00:27. > :00:30.injustice, but all praise to those in London you got round and done it.
:00:30. > :00:32.Good evening. The chancellor should confirm the move tomorrow. Tonight
:00:32. > :00:40.we'll be hearing from South West Water, campaigners and we'll be
:00:40. > :00:47.live in Westminster for reaction to the news. There should also be
:00:47. > :00:50.confirmation of funding for the Kingskerswell Bypass. Business
:00:50. > :00:54.leaders say it will bring an end to traffic chaos and create thousands
:00:54. > :00:56.of jobs. And living the high life - the Devon man who lost both his
:00:56. > :00:59.legs seeking new adventures. struck me that stepping off a
:00:59. > :01:06.mountain with a paraglider, having climbed up, would be the easy way
:01:06. > :01:08.down. A 20 year campaign to have the region's water bills cut has
:01:08. > :01:11.finally succeeded. Spotlight has been told the government will
:01:11. > :01:14.tomorrow announce a reduction of �50 in the charge for every
:01:14. > :01:17.household in the South West Water area. The news follows a
:01:17. > :01:19.consultation announced by the Chancellor in his budget in March,
:01:19. > :01:21.and has been welcomed by consumers, campaigners and MPs. Our
:01:21. > :01:30.correspondent Simon Hall reports from South West Water's
:01:30. > :01:34.headquarters in Exeter. Judy and her husband a retired, lived on a
:01:34. > :01:41.fixed income, and are pleased by the cut in water bills.
:01:41. > :01:45.reduction has got to be good, with the economic Times being as it is.
:01:45. > :01:50.All the bills seem to be going up rather than down these days, and it
:01:50. > :01:55.would be nice to feel, just before Christmas, that they were on your
:01:55. > :01:58.side. A consultation on cutting bills for South West Water
:01:58. > :02:03.customers was announced in the Budget. Now the details have been
:02:04. > :02:09.agreed. Bills will be cut by �50 per year. That will not be means-
:02:09. > :02:15.tested. Every household in the South West Water area will benefit,
:02:15. > :02:19.about 700,000 in total. The cuts will be introduced in 2013, because
:02:19. > :02:24.legislation must first be passed. It will run for seven years.
:02:24. > :02:29.will make a significant difference. It recognises the additional cost
:02:30. > :02:34.to the region for cleaning up bathing beaches. That cost has been
:02:34. > :02:39.in customers' charges for the past few years, so that will be
:02:39. > :02:43.recognised. For central government to do it for one batch of customers
:02:43. > :02:48.for a company that has been privatised is a struggle. It is
:02:48. > :02:53.fair, it needed doing, it was an injustice, but all praise to those
:02:53. > :02:58.in London who have got round and done it, because it was typical.
:02:58. > :03:02.South West water bills are the highest in Britain, averaging �520.
:03:02. > :03:06.Even after the reduction they will remain the highest. Details of the
:03:06. > :03:11.cut will be confirmed by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement
:03:11. > :03:16.tomorrow. This represents a significant victory for consumers,
:03:16. > :03:21.MPs and South West Water. All have been part of a lobbying campaign to
:03:21. > :03:29.have bills reduced, which dates back more than 20 years, to 1989,
:03:29. > :03:34.when the company was privatised. The Chancellor will also give the
:03:34. > :03:38.go ahead for the long awaited Kingskerswell bypass. Work is
:03:38. > :03:41.expected to start early in the new year on the three mile route which
:03:41. > :03:44.links the end of the dual carriageway at Newton Abbot to the
:03:44. > :03:47.edge of Torbay. Its backers say the new South Devon link road will end
:03:47. > :03:52.traffic misery and help create nearly 8,000 jobs. Hamish Marshall
:03:52. > :03:59.reports. For more than half a century, plans for a bypass here
:03:59. > :04:02.have got nowhere, but from tomorrow, he should be full steam ahead. The
:04:02. > :04:07.bypass and the queues of traffic have cost the South Devon economy
:04:08. > :04:11.dear. Steve has lost count of the number of hours his drivers and
:04:11. > :04:15.customers have lost waiting to go through Kingskerswell. He thinks
:04:15. > :04:20.the new road will end that and bring in new people. It is a big
:04:20. > :04:25.deal for many customers. It is the perception that they are open to be
:04:25. > :04:30.sat in traffic for half-an-hour, and the same coin back again. So
:04:30. > :04:35.why it will have a big impact. estimates say that the bypass will
:04:35. > :04:41.bring in 8,000 jobs, a mixture of new industry and reigniting the big
:04:41. > :04:45.one already year, tourism. These are major economic links that the
:04:45. > :04:50.rest of country has, the breast Devon and Somerset has, but we
:04:51. > :04:59.don't, and people see that as an opportunity to invest and create
:04:59. > :05:02.prosperity and jobs. Devon County Council is putting in �40 million.
:05:02. > :05:07.All plenty has been assured by the Treasury minister that the scheme
:05:07. > :05:11.will be given the green light. is essential to boost growth and
:05:11. > :05:15.tourism in the region and it has such strong support and a good team
:05:15. > :05:18.round it. This is one reason why work can start soon to stop
:05:18. > :05:23.properties on the route have been bought up, and planning permission
:05:23. > :05:27.has already been granted. But not everyone is in favour. Opponents
:05:27. > :05:32.say is not the best use of government money into a Financial
:05:32. > :05:41.Times. They say that whilst it mile solve the problem here in
:05:41. > :05:45.Kingskerswell, it will move the congestion into Torbay. If you have
:05:45. > :05:55.a road-building traffic into a street infrastructure that cannot
:05:55. > :05:56.
:05:56. > :05:59.absorb the, you just end up with the traffic jam in the wrong place.
:05:59. > :06:03.Our Political Editor Martyn Oates is at Westminster for the
:06:03. > :06:09.Chancellor's update on the economic situation and spending plans. This
:06:09. > :06:12.help with the water bills has been a long time coming. Yes, people in
:06:12. > :06:17.the South West have been paying those high bills since
:06:17. > :06:20.privatisation. Since election time David Cameron has been hinting that
:06:20. > :06:25.the Conservatives would do something specific to help the
:06:25. > :06:31.South West, if elected. DeFra is going to propose major reforms the
:06:31. > :06:36.water industry, in just a few days' time. In the Budget the Chancellor
:06:36. > :06:40.has decided to step in and pre-empt that. And the Kingskerswell bypass,
:06:40. > :06:46.is that another case of special treatment? That is something that
:06:46. > :06:50.has been even longer coming. This scheme got the go-ahead at the end
:06:50. > :06:54.of Labour's government and the coalition found it bidding against
:06:54. > :06:59.rival schemes for a finite pot of money. The Chancellor has taken it
:06:59. > :07:03.out of that bidding process and said, we will fund that. These
:07:03. > :07:09.infrastructure projects, the other roads announced across the country
:07:09. > :07:13.tomorrow are intended to boost growth in areas that needed. I
:07:13. > :07:19.don't think there is anywhere in the South West that is more in need
:07:19. > :07:24.of it and Torbay. Any more surprise announcements? In future, search-
:07:24. > :07:30.and-rescue helicopters will be won by civilians under a private
:07:30. > :07:34.contract. Not the military. That will mean the end of search-and-
:07:34. > :07:42.rescue helicopters in Portland. Pull in he says he is determined to
:07:42. > :07:50.oppose that. I'll flabbergasted. -- the local MP says. It is a bad
:07:50. > :07:54.decision, the second one that we have had. The helicopter will be
:07:54. > :08:03.leaving in 2016. The reason that is bad is because the cover will be
:08:03. > :08:08.coming from Solent, and from even further, to the West. I can tell
:08:09. > :08:18.you that the, at called Rose and Bacher Arona in north Devon will
:08:19. > :08:22.
:08:22. > :08:26.remain on 24 hours a day. -- and at Chivenor. It is expected that the
:08:26. > :08:29.civilians taking on this role will add here at the same high standards
:08:29. > :08:38.as the RAF and then the day. We will find out exactly what the
:08:38. > :08:41.Chancellor has in store tomorrow, in his Autumn Statement. The South
:08:41. > :08:44.West has the second lowest hospital mortality rates in the country,
:08:44. > :08:47.according to the latest survey by Doctor Foster's Hospital Guide. The
:08:47. > :08:49.guide names the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital as one of four
:08:49. > :08:52."Trusts of the Year" nationwide, for its outstanding achievement on
:08:52. > :08:55.low death rates and high quality patient care. None of the region's
:08:55. > :08:59.hospitals has high death rates, although there were more in-
:08:59. > :09:02.patients' deaths than expected at Yeovil Hospital last year. The
:09:02. > :09:04.Torpoint Ferry between Devon and Cornwall will be affected by the
:09:04. > :09:12.strike involving public sector workers on Wednesday. Crossings
:09:12. > :09:16.will be suspended for all users except the emergency services. The
:09:16. > :09:18.Tamar Bridge won't be affected by industrial action. Meanwhile, the
:09:18. > :09:25.South Western Ambulance Service expects some staff to strike and
:09:25. > :09:30.has appealed for people to think carefully before dialling 999.
:09:30. > :09:33.the dial 999 with an emergency that feels less threatening they will
:09:33. > :09:37.receive the same type of response as now. A great deal of planning
:09:37. > :09:42.has gone into the day, so that we can prioritise staff, so that
:09:42. > :09:49.patients who really need us will still continue to receive the care
:09:49. > :09:51.they need. And we'll have the latest on the possible disruption
:09:51. > :09:54.due to strike action on tomorrow's Spotlight. The government has
:09:55. > :09:58.promised to give people more power to shape the places where they live,
:09:58. > :10:01.and tonight Cerne Abbas in Dorset will begin to test out the new laws.
:10:01. > :10:03.Villagers are being invited to give their views on how their community
:10:03. > :10:07.should develop in the future. Neighbourhoods across the South
:10:07. > :10:11.West may eventually be given a vote on the plans they come up with.
:10:11. > :10:16.Here's our Dorset reporter Simon Clemison. Cerne Abbas might not be
:10:16. > :10:19.able to sustain the �14 that it once did when it was a poaching
:10:19. > :10:25.make, but it is still a thriving village. In the past, they had
:10:25. > :10:28.their say on how they would like the Community to develop. Now the
:10:28. > :10:34.villagers themselves are in the driving seat. We thought we would
:10:34. > :10:39.do a survey to find out what local people you want in the future. --
:10:39. > :10:46.local people here. It would be nice to have an updated school for the
:10:46. > :10:52.village. These will shops, if you look at them, just past the post
:10:52. > :10:55.box, they are a mess, and they want sorted. Some of the legislation
:10:55. > :11:02.will give the locals the right to build, although some people have
:11:02. > :11:09.little faith in the new system, let along the last. We need to be able
:11:09. > :11:19.to say what we think. We write letters. Many of us write letters.
:11:19. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:24.What happens? Bloody nothing! new schemes are being piloted first.
:11:24. > :11:28.Space to create local jobs and affordable housing is important.
:11:28. > :11:34.That is not just something about Cerne Abbas, it is about this part
:11:34. > :11:40.of West Dorset. So you will get involved in this localism Bill?
:11:40. > :11:50.Absolutely. I live here, and they want the best for the village. And
:11:50. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :11:53.it may help other people to think differently. Labour says the system
:11:53. > :11:58.devolves plane, and central government guest new power. There
:11:58. > :12:08.is still time to shoot the regulation, and, tonight, this
:12:08. > :12:10.
:12:10. > :12:13.village may do just that. Coming up next, the latest adventure for a
:12:13. > :12:16.man who's overcome many challenges in life. Plus: Find out which
:12:16. > :12:19.former England player is now wearing the Plymouth Albion shirt.
:12:19. > :12:25.And the youngsters on a journey back in time to experience life as
:12:25. > :12:30.a wartime evacuee. For most of us, climbing just one mountain would be
:12:30. > :12:33.a daunting challenge. But for a 71- year-old double amputee from Devon,
:12:33. > :12:43.a life of conquering the peaks has proved not tough enough. Sam Smith
:12:43. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:52.has his remarkable story. Norman Croucher has still some of the
:12:52. > :12:57.World's highest peaks. Now, he wants to come down in style.
:12:57. > :13:01.don't have the same arms bent but I had. So mountaineering is becoming
:13:01. > :13:06.more difficult. That does not mean I am not still looking for other
:13:06. > :13:11.adventures. And stepping off a mountain with a paraglider after
:13:11. > :13:15.climbing up would be a quicker way than! Norman pursued his lot of
:13:15. > :13:21.outdoor sports even after losing his legs in a train accident as a
:13:21. > :13:26.young man. He has come to Cumbria, to learn how to Paraguay. A special
:13:26. > :13:36.body means he can safely get a taste of the high life. -- a
:13:36. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:44.special by the -- buggy. Sly Glee apprehensive, but excited, for
:13:44. > :13:50.Norman. -- slightly apprehensive. It is like a slightly slippery
:13:50. > :13:55.fairground ride that you feel you could slip out of it. This is just
:13:55. > :14:05.an instant rule. It is one of the most brilliant things I have ever
:14:05. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:12.done. His next challenge, to fly You can find they have weather here
:14:12. > :14:15.she is that ambition on Inside Out South West tonight at 7:30pm on BBC
:14:15. > :14:20.One. A newly-opened Devon cafe is
:14:20. > :14:23.helping to tackle rising unemployment and raise money to
:14:24. > :14:32.work with disadvantaged young people. Cafe Zu in Newton Abbott
:14:32. > :14:37.was opened over the weekend. It is time to wake up and smell the
:14:37. > :14:41.coffee. Cafe Zu offers people valuable work experience and skills,
:14:41. > :14:46.and taking a job here has helped Caroline Cane become much more
:14:46. > :14:52.confident. You need quite a lot of different people -- meets quite a
:14:52. > :15:00.lot of different people. It helps me to build my confidence around
:15:00. > :15:05.other people. I am open to anything, really. I am hoping this will set
:15:05. > :15:09.be on my patch. Every penny in profits -- profit will help improve
:15:09. > :15:15.the lives of disadvantaged young people in Devon. The concept is
:15:15. > :15:20.going down well with customers. it can help young people, gives
:15:20. > :15:24.them some confidence and they can put something on their CV as well.
:15:24. > :15:28.It is fantastic. We did not hire anything like this one with the
:15:28. > :15:37.growing up here. My daughter comes here, and they have done marvellous
:15:37. > :15:42.things for her. A Mad Hatter's tea party heralded the opening. It was
:15:42. > :15:46.the culmination of months of hard work. They have been tears and
:15:46. > :15:54.tantrums and banning of heads, but we have cracked the bull by the
:15:54. > :15:58.horns and got young people involved and a energised his cafe. It is
:15:58. > :16:07.open for business and hopefully this is the first of many
:16:08. > :16:15.successful days in the Newton Abbott area. Cafe Zu is also
:16:15. > :16:22.showcasing local musicians and artists. For me, it is a place to
:16:22. > :16:28.go and entertain people with my music. It also pushed me and got me
:16:28. > :16:38.out there. In a time of cuts and rising unemployment, Cafe Zu is a
:16:38. > :16:38.
:16:38. > :16:43.vibrant alternative. It is time for the sport. Some
:16:43. > :16:48.excellent weekend results. Really excellent results. All the
:16:48. > :16:52.football news in a moment, but first, Plymouth Albion have hired
:16:52. > :16:56.Phil Greening as a coaching consultant. In an exclusive
:16:56. > :17:02.interview, Greening says he wants to improve the detail in the way
:17:02. > :17:07.the side as coach. Our correspondent caught at Ripon today.
:17:08. > :17:14.Pete Drewett's first shot at a coach did not have the desired
:17:14. > :17:18.effect. His side fell 24-9 to London Welsh at Brickfields and
:17:18. > :17:23.run-out hands at the Championship. He unveils this man today, former
:17:23. > :17:26.England international and London Welsh coach Phil Greening. Greening
:17:26. > :17:32.joins Albion as a coaching consultant until the end of the
:17:32. > :17:36.season. We have put a great group, but they have never had that
:17:36. > :17:42.attention to detail that the need to challenge themselves and go as a
:17:42. > :17:48.team. They want to develop everyone and get the city right behind the
:17:48. > :17:52.rugby again. I am absolutely certain that in no time at all, the
:17:52. > :17:57.players will build up a strong relationship and enjoy working with
:17:57. > :18:07.Phil Greening. They hope to emulate the Exeter Chiefs, but the march to
:18:07. > :18:10.
:18:10. > :18:17.the Premiership went awry against Sale. But they had a good comeback
:18:17. > :18:22.with a penalty try and a couple of kicks by Ignacio Mieres. They
:18:22. > :18:25.sealed an unlikely victory in the final seconds. It is almost
:18:25. > :18:29.impossible for 18 to come back after that, but I think in the end
:18:29. > :18:34.of the first half, we started to make amends. We started to get
:18:34. > :18:39.things right. Luckily, we finished in the best way in the second half.
:18:39. > :18:44.Meanwhile, the Cornish Pirates have slipped to 5th in the championships
:18:44. > :18:49.after they went down 36-21 against Doncaster.
:18:49. > :18:54.You can see a full interview with Phil Greening on the BBC Devon
:18:54. > :18:57.sports website. It is not often I get to say is, but none of the fund
:18:57. > :19:05.all sides lost at the weekend. Exeter, Yeovil and Plymouth all
:19:05. > :19:11.recorded cracking victories, and Torquay true.
:19:11. > :19:18.Brilliance, it is a rarity for the South West. The three great results.
:19:18. > :19:27.No losses. Let us go to Exeter first. 3-0
:19:27. > :19:31.against Tranmere. They have turned a corner. First goal, Scot Bennett,
:19:31. > :19:38.a good finish. Settled the nerves a little bit. A few people had doubts,
:19:38. > :19:44.but I did not. Paul Tisdale is a good manager. This is a good way to
:19:44. > :19:50.tackle a corner. Good goals, could tackle a corner. Good goals, could
:19:50. > :20:00.finish. Good cross from Chris Hackett. This is basic. But it is
:20:00. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:08.one way of scoring. Logan holes of the show -- shoulder. Let us go to
:20:08. > :20:18.League Two and Plymouth Argyle, 4-1. They needed that. Yes, it was a
:20:18. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:31.magnificent performance. Simon Walton command the captain,
:20:31. > :20:36.dispatched a good goal. Nick Chadwick, a great run, a good
:20:36. > :20:44.header. They blew Northampton away in the first 10 minutes. Is it the
:20:44. > :20:52.new signings? I think it helped. But here, or great play, a good
:20:52. > :21:02.finish. Bit of a deflection, did deserved it. It was not just luck.
:21:02. > :21:02.
:21:03. > :21:09.For though. Ashley Hemmings had a great game on loan from Wolves.
:21:09. > :21:13.Good day. Torquay played on Friday night. They did not win, but did
:21:13. > :21:18.not lose either. No, you cannot have everything. But a good result
:21:18. > :21:23.on the back of a few good performances. They had a few
:21:23. > :21:29.chances. Great save from the cheaper there. It was solid stuff,
:21:29. > :21:37.but not very exciting. Kevin Nicholson does his back flip there
:21:37. > :21:43.with his foot. Very nice. And G. In League One, the first away win of
:21:43. > :21:47.the season for Yeovil Town came on one of their longest away journeys.
:21:47. > :21:52.Former Argyle favourite Bondz N'Gala struck the only goal at
:21:52. > :21:54.Hartlepool to give Tiverton is huge tonic. They remain in League One's
:21:54. > :22:02.tonic. They remain in League One's bottom four. That is all the sport
:22:02. > :22:07.for now. I enjoyed seeing all those goals!
:22:07. > :22:10.A group of children in Cornwall travelled back in time today to the
:22:10. > :22:13.outbreak of the second world war. Millions of people were moved away
:22:13. > :22:18.from cities to live in the countryside away from the flat of
:22:18. > :22:21.German bonds. It was called Operation Pied Piper, and today the
:22:21. > :22:27.pupils from Devoran Primary School found out what it would have been
:22:27. > :22:32.like. There were a few anxious faces at
:22:32. > :22:37.Perranwell Station this morning. 60 Cornish children prepared to be
:22:37. > :22:42.evacuated. Just like their counterparts, they are labelled
:22:42. > :22:47.like luggage and have to carry their own suitcases, gas masks and
:22:47. > :22:53.teddy bears. All in all, it feels like a big adventure. It is going
:22:53. > :22:57.to be very exciting. We are going to learn more about evacuating and
:22:57. > :23:01.see how much pain it would give you if you're getting evacuated from
:23:01. > :23:08.your parents. A I think it is good because then we can learn a bit
:23:08. > :23:15.more about what is happening. of their parents and great-
:23:15. > :23:19.grandparents were in World War II. People were bombs, swam to shore,
:23:19. > :23:24.and were rescued. The is a real- life stories. We're showing the
:23:24. > :23:29.children what I history is about. There may well be fun and games and
:23:29. > :23:33.dressing up in costumes today, but Operation Pied Piper was a serious
:23:33. > :23:37.piece of history. It is reckoned it is the biggest and most
:23:37. > :23:41.concentrated movement of people in British history. 3 million people
:23:41. > :23:45.came down railway lines like this one to the relative safety of the
:23:45. > :23:49.countryside. For some of the older people here, it reminds them of
:23:49. > :23:57.when evacuees came to their schools he all those years ago. It is part
:23:57. > :24:02.of history. They seem to be taking it on board. I wonder if they are a
:24:02. > :24:06.little young to understand it. They are very happy. As the train goes
:24:06. > :24:10.into the station, there is time for one final wave to parents. These
:24:10. > :24:17.youngsters know they are only going to Falmouth for the day and they
:24:17. > :24:27.will be back in time for tea. It is time for the weather. It has
:24:27. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:37.The problem overnight is the wind. Runcie's will be familiar to us by
:24:37. > :24:45.the end of the day tomorrow. Some quite strong winds. Possibly up to
:24:45. > :24:49.70 mph. An unsettled and windy week. Turning slightly colder, but the
:24:49. > :24:59.main problem is the wind. We have an early warning from the Met
:24:59. > :25:02.
:25:02. > :25:07.Office in of situ -- Exeter for Cornwall. There is already a lot of
:25:07. > :25:15.cloud, so with will not have any temperature problems overnight.
:25:15. > :25:19.Temperatures no less than 11 or 12 degrees. It is not necessarily dry
:25:19. > :25:23.overnight tonight. The heavier rain is this line of clout here and it
:25:23. > :25:30.will bring us wet-weather and also the strength of wind. You can see
:25:30. > :25:37.how the isobars are tightly packed their. Southall south-westerly
:25:37. > :25:42.winds will be gale force. They will also become westerly. There is
:25:42. > :25:47.potential for really strong wind and rain. More straightforward on
:25:47. > :25:52.Wednesday, but not necessarily drier. There is still a breeze from
:25:52. > :25:57.the South West. That is concentrate on tonight and tomorrow. This is
:25:57. > :26:04.the more persistent rain now in western Ireland. Already some drugs
:26:04. > :26:13.and traps of light drizzle and some hill fog overnight. By the end of
:26:13. > :26:17.the night, we will already have had South -- gale force winds. Tomorrow
:26:17. > :26:21.morning is when we see the strength of wind. It will continue to
:26:21. > :26:27.increase as the rain comes in. Brighter colours are a heavier
:26:27. > :26:31.bursts of rain. In the afternoon, the rain clears out of the way and
:26:31. > :26:36.the winds changed direction, coming from the West. Initially, the
:26:36. > :26:39.strong winds will be from the south. Then they will be around and by the
:26:39. > :26:45.end of the afternoon, will be coming westerly and then north-
:26:45. > :26:48.westerly. They will drop into the evening. Temperatures tomorrow will
:26:48. > :26:52.be 13 or 14 Celsius in the wet weather. Once the front goes
:26:52. > :27:01.through, it will be cooler and fresher. The temperatures will drop
:27:01. > :27:11.to 11 or 12 degrees. Isles of Scilly, rain and gales and then
:27:11. > :27:16.
:27:16. > :27:22.brighter. Times of high water are The south coast will be very stormy.
:27:22. > :27:27.Looking at the coastal waters forecast. Severe gale force eight,
:27:27. > :27:32.veering north-westerly six or seven. Good evening.