:00:17. > :00:21.Chronically ill and isolated, a woman unable to move closer to
:00:21. > :00:28.health services because of a lack of council housing. I have come
:00:28. > :00:34.very close to wishing that if I didn't wake up, it wouldn't be such
:00:34. > :00:38.a bad thing. Linda Miller says she feels stranded in her rural home.
:00:38. > :00:44.There are calls for more to be done to help people in her situation.
:00:44. > :00:47.Served with a notice to quit, the Occupy protesters at Exeter but --
:00:47. > :00:51.Cathedral have been told to go immediately.
:00:51. > :00:55.Her son was killed in a Nimrod accident, the mother who has
:00:55. > :00:59.written about his death but is still looking for answers.
:00:59. > :01:06.100 years on, remembering captain Robert Scott and the men who never
:01:06. > :01:09.made it back from the South Pole. Many chronically ill people in the
:01:09. > :01:13.south-west are unable to move out of their isolated rural homes
:01:13. > :01:17.because there are not enough council properties available. They
:01:17. > :01:21.Cornish community groups is housing, health and Social Services should
:01:21. > :01:28.work more closely together to ensure sick and disabled people
:01:28. > :01:32.have the highest priority. Nestling in the north Cornwall
:01:32. > :01:36.countryside, this village is academic, but that is not how Linda
:01:36. > :01:40.Miller sees it. She doesn't drive and there are only three buses a
:01:40. > :01:44.week. Linda has chronic lung disease, arthritis and depression,
:01:44. > :01:50.but says it is too difficult to get to hospital and living here is
:01:50. > :01:58.making her condition worse. I don't see anybody. I'm completely
:01:58. > :02:08.isolated. I don't see a soul from one day to the next. I have come
:02:08. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:17.very close a couple of times, this winter, to wishing that if I didn't
:02:17. > :02:21.wake up it would be such a bad thing. In remote villages, bus
:02:21. > :02:26.services are in frequent and access can be difficult in bad weather.
:02:26. > :02:30.There is no shop, no pub and those services and the nearest doctor's
:02:30. > :02:33.surgery is nearly seven miles away. Linda has been waiting for a year
:02:34. > :02:41.for the council to move her to a bigger tan closer to people she
:02:41. > :02:45.knows. A local support group has taken BUT they said there are many
:02:45. > :02:48.disabled and sick people in isolated areas waiting to move, he
:02:48. > :02:53.need have not been properly assessed. They said different
:02:53. > :02:59.agencies must work more closely together. The situation is critical.
:02:59. > :03:02.There are many people suffering at the moment and the importance is
:03:02. > :03:08.getting health, Social Services and housing together to assess them so
:03:08. > :03:12.they get their housing. Cornwall Council says there are not enough
:03:12. > :03:17.properties to satisfy demand, even for those with a house priority,
:03:17. > :03:27.but it says the system aims to be fair and transparent in assessing
:03:27. > :03:28.
:03:28. > :03:33.housing need and when someone highlight health and social care --
:03:33. > :03:40.highlights a health issue, it is no doubt by a panel including health
:03:40. > :03:50.and social care professionals. Health care professionals say those
:03:50. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :03:57.who are sick should not languish in isolated homes. We have heard from
:03:57. > :04:07.lender, who is very depressed about her situation. -- Linda Evans. --
:04:07. > :04:13.Linda Miller. How common is this? It is quite common and we do a Mac
:04:13. > :04:19.with quite different groups were this occurs. -- deal. We know the
:04:19. > :04:24.population is ageing and also, it is a dream for some people to
:04:24. > :04:28.retire down here. They come down on holiday as a couple and then they
:04:28. > :04:32.are here for their retirement and as they get older and their health
:04:32. > :04:37.deteriorates it becomes a serious issue. How do we get over this
:04:37. > :04:45.problem? Councils said they do not have the properties available. How
:04:45. > :04:52.do we get past that problem? work which Cornwall Council and we
:04:52. > :04:56.work through DEFRA. We had the Advocate for rural communities down
:04:56. > :05:02.before Christmas and we were taking him to visit people like the lady
:05:02. > :05:06.in your report. Some of the responsibility must rest with the
:05:06. > :05:11.community to support individuals that are there. We are working
:05:11. > :05:14.collectively with charities. The solution does not just that with
:05:14. > :05:20.the strategy because we cannot afford that any more as a country
:05:20. > :05:24.and a Cardhu. It is a combination of things, it is doing things and
:05:24. > :05:27.making sure that the services that are there join up and if there is
:05:27. > :05:33.housing available to make sure that the most appropriate people have
:05:33. > :05:41.access to it in the right place. That is probably going to stave --
:05:41. > :05:47.saved on statutory funding as well. Putting people in a care home would
:05:47. > :05:51.be even more costly. Anti-capitalist protesters camped
:05:51. > :05:54.outside Exeter Cathedral have been served with notices telling them to
:05:54. > :06:02.leave immediately. The Charge Authority survey will take action
:06:02. > :06:08.to evict the dozens of demonstrators if they do not comply.
:06:08. > :06:13.-- the church authorities say. What did these notices they? It is in
:06:14. > :06:19.the form of eight Letter. It is very terse, just a few lines. It
:06:19. > :06:23.reflects a loss of patience with the protesters. Nicky point of the
:06:23. > :06:26.letter is -- the key point of the letter is that the protesters are
:06:26. > :06:30.required to leave immediately and if they do not court action will
:06:30. > :06:35.follow. It adds that no further notice will be given. There has
:06:35. > :06:39.been a stand-off for a while. What is likely to happen next? It is
:06:39. > :06:46.difficult to call. There is a tape -- game of cat and mouse going on
:06:46. > :06:49.here. There are suggestions that the protesters will be given a week
:06:49. > :06:55.or so to move voluntarily. That is what the cathedral hope will happen.
:06:55. > :06:59.If they do not do so, court action will follow. What are the two sides
:06:59. > :07:03.saying tonight? The cathedral say they regret having to do it but
:07:03. > :07:05.they believe we can has become a focus for antisocial behaviour,
:07:06. > :07:12.noise, mess and causing distress to local do this -- businesses and
:07:12. > :07:16.people. The protesters said they have not decided what to do yet.
:07:16. > :07:19.They previously said they would not leave until there were changes in
:07:19. > :07:26.the global capitalist system. So far, there are no signs of that
:07:26. > :07:29.happening. A secondary school in Plymouth is
:07:29. > :07:34.planning to expand by creating a Free School for primary-school
:07:34. > :07:39.pupils. Marine academy Plymouth says it wants to improve standards
:07:39. > :07:45.of maths and literacy. Currently results are per in around one in
:07:45. > :07:52.four primary schools in the city. Among the first primary Free
:07:52. > :07:57.Schools in the region. -- it could become.
:07:57. > :08:04.These schools are changing with the times. This is the Marine Academy,
:08:04. > :08:09.linked to the University Plymouth - - of Plymouth. Then has a small
:08:09. > :08:12.nursery and now it wants to open a primary. It wants to open a
:08:12. > :08:18.seamless education and wants to improve standards for children in
:08:18. > :08:23.the city. It gives us an impetus to ensure standards are raised. There
:08:23. > :08:27.will be a clear emphasis on literacy and numeracy and also on
:08:27. > :08:34.science and maths. We have to drive up our art comes in this area of
:08:34. > :08:40.the city. -- outcomes. Plymouth are primary schools are amongst the
:08:40. > :08:48.lowest 10 performing authorities in the country. A recent report from
:08:48. > :08:51.the council said... In a statement today it said Ofsted graded the
:08:51. > :08:57.majority of primary schools as good or better based on their last
:08:57. > :09:01.inspection grade. It added, having a new Free School is a positive
:09:01. > :09:04.factor. Free Schools are independent of look authority
:09:04. > :09:10.control and the academy believes the freedom to create its own
:09:10. > :09:15.curriculum will help drive up standards. We would aim to be open
:09:15. > :09:19.to all and to Sir the local community. -- serve the local
:09:19. > :09:22.community. Teaching unions and others are opposed to academies and
:09:22. > :09:32.Free Schools and controversially, this school is hoping to become
:09:32. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:39.both. The unions argue such schools The National Union of Teachers said
:09:39. > :09:44.free schools are untested and that evidence from other countries
:09:44. > :09:49.showed that standards have fallen with this type of school in place.
:09:49. > :09:53.The academy is consulting and hopes to bed next month. They are
:09:53. > :09:58.successful the new school will open in September next year. -- if they
:09:58. > :10:02.are successful. Another college in Plymouth has
:10:02. > :10:08.announced it also hopes to open one in the city. Plymouth College of
:10:08. > :10:13.Art would call it Plymouth School of creative arts, with around 900
:10:13. > :10:19.pupils. It says it aims to put creative thinking and innovation at
:10:19. > :10:25.the heart of its curriculum. There has to be balancing between the
:10:25. > :10:30.target driven activities, but result in the table positions, and
:10:30. > :10:35.the interests of individuals for whom a conventional academic path
:10:35. > :10:40.might not be the best thing. Campaigners went into battle today
:10:40. > :10:44.against controversial plans for 150 new homes in the Devon countryside.
:10:44. > :10:51.A public inquiry opened in the development, planned for 25 acres
:10:51. > :10:54.of land between Exmouth and Lympstone. It attracted more than
:10:54. > :10:58.600 objections. Those involved severe government is sending out
:10:58. > :11:02.mixed messages about whether it approves of such developments.
:11:02. > :11:06.It may not like much but this is the so-called green wedge between
:11:06. > :11:11.the edge of the town of Exmouth and the village of Lympstone. It is
:11:11. > :11:14.popular with dog owners and local workers. The East Devon way it runs
:11:14. > :11:24.through the fields which are earmarked for develop --
:11:24. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:44.It is our descale with the local community. It overturns most of the
:11:44. > :11:52.planet -- planning policies laid down to have a properly managed and
:11:52. > :11:55.orderly development. It is precious green land that none tains the
:11:55. > :11:58.boundary of the historic village of Lympstone. East Devon District
:11:58. > :12:03.Council has thrown out the plans twice but the decision could be
:12:03. > :12:07.taken out of their hands. A public inquiry could give them a go-ahead.
:12:07. > :12:13.The developer said there are hopeful of winning their appeal. --
:12:13. > :12:19.they are. This case highlights apparent contradictions in
:12:19. > :12:23.government policy. An Act passed loo -- an Act passed last year it
:12:23. > :12:28.says local people should have more plate -- say, but guidelines also
:12:28. > :12:33.issued last year said that there should also be a presumption in
:12:33. > :12:36.favour of development as long as it is sustainable. We should do the
:12:36. > :12:41.out come within two months. Developers say they will start work
:12:41. > :12:46.almost immediately if the planning inspector backs them.
:12:46. > :12:50.Campaigners against plans for a new nuclear power station in Somerset
:12:50. > :12:56.have put their objections to the body reviewing the application. The
:12:56. > :12:59.Stop Hinkley group have delivered a petition signed by more than 13,000
:12:59. > :13:03.people to be Infrastructure Planning Commission. The energy
:13:03. > :13:06.company EDF is applying to build the power station.
:13:06. > :13:12.Power restrictions have been removed from wind turbines at
:13:12. > :13:17.England's windfarm at Fullabrook Down near African. Noise testing
:13:17. > :13:21.will be carried out after complaints from local residents.
:13:21. > :13:25.In the service has been set up in Torbay to help pregnant women
:13:25. > :13:34.experiencing mental health problems. It comes after a case review into
:13:34. > :13:41.the death of a 10 day-old baby in Anxiety and depression are the most
:13:41. > :13:46.common problems for recent mothers. It felt like terror, panic, I
:13:47. > :13:56.didn't want to be left alone with my baby. Mental torture. Unless
:13:56. > :13:59.you've experience what that like, it's very difficult to describe.
:13:59. > :14:05.women will be screened for mental health concerns, if something is
:14:05. > :14:11.picked up, they will be offered an assistant by the mental health team.
:14:11. > :14:19.If they need a package of care, we will work closely with the midwife,
:14:19. > :14:28.her GP, and partner, to create a plan, which she is at the centre of,
:14:28. > :14:34.but covers every eventuality, to what happens if she becomes ill.
:14:34. > :14:44.expect to see about 250 women within a year, in the last four
:14:44. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:53.months, we have had 200 referrals made to last. -- made to last.
:14:53. > :15:01.that I and treated, I don't think I'm a terrible mum, I think I have
:15:01. > :15:05.done a good job today. The mother of a young RAF sergeant
:15:05. > :15:10.from Somerset who died when his plane exploded over Afghanistan has
:15:10. > :15:20.written a book about his death. Ben Knight was one of 14 men killed
:15:20. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:25.when the RAF Nimrod exploded. The family had been campaigning to find
:15:25. > :15:31.out what happened. The explosion which devastated this
:15:31. > :15:39.plane killed off 14 people on board. The biggest loss of life is a
:15:39. > :15:48.single incident since the Falklands -- in a single incident. This
:15:48. > :15:54.mother has written a book about her son, and her search for the truth.
:15:54. > :16:03.I won the people held rook -- and what the people responsible held to
:16:03. > :16:09.account. That has not happened. rout the inquiries, she submitted
:16:09. > :16:14.her thoughts to paper, for a self-, and for the future, his nephews and
:16:14. > :16:24.it nieces. The proceeds of the book will go to charity, so some book
:16:24. > :16:30.will come from the last. -- loss. An inquiry found about the Nimrods
:16:30. > :16:35.were poorly maintained, and shouldn't have been flying. She
:16:35. > :16:43.expresses anger, although people were blamed, nobody was held to
:16:43. > :16:52.account. Do you hate ironing, or digging the
:16:52. > :16:57.garden? A volunteer scheme which allows people to use their skills
:16:57. > :17:01.to help each other out is being expanded across Cornwall. The St
:17:01. > :17:06.Austell Time Bank has been running for two years, now the organisers
:17:06. > :17:13.have got money from the Big Lottery Fund to expand it to towns. I hope
:17:13. > :17:16.they are coming to mind. This woman is doing the ironing,
:17:16. > :17:21.somebody else's dining. When this is done she will have banked an
:17:21. > :17:29.hour in a time the bank, she can use it for anything. She says the
:17:29. > :17:35.scheme has been helpful. This set of drawers collapsed, and stark.
:17:35. > :17:40.Within less than 24 hours a member came, very capable, he put some
:17:40. > :17:45.bigger screws in, now it's absolutely fine, it's a job I
:17:45. > :17:55.couldn't have done. These new shelves were built, and painted, by
:17:55. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:05.other members. It can provide an A- Z of services. There are many
:18:05. > :18:13.different services, including gardening. I have put up doors,
:18:13. > :18:17.shelves, pictures, cleared rubbish, made shelves, repaired things.
:18:17. > :18:24.Everyone is equal, so one hour's work is one hour's work, whether it
:18:24. > :18:32.is ironing or a music lesson. She is 12 hours in credit, but if
:18:32. > :18:37.needed, an overdraft is possible. We do get people into debt, but
:18:38. > :18:44.only in time. Once they have been known to last, then they can go
:18:44. > :18:51.into debt. They repay the time when they are able to. The �50,000
:18:51. > :18:57.annual grant means the scheme has expanded to other towns in Cornwall.
:18:57. > :19:06.If you are in Bodmin, Newquay or Truro, you too can also open your
:19:06. > :19:14.own account. Justin said if you come and do his
:19:15. > :19:19.signing, he will come and cudgel grass! -- cut your grass.
:19:19. > :19:24.The Steven Spielberg film War Horse has been a nominated for six Oscars,
:19:24. > :19:31.including for best picture. It is based on the book by the Devon
:19:31. > :19:41.author Michael Morpurgo, telling the story Of A boy whose horse is
:19:41. > :19:45.sold and Serbs in World War I. -- and Serbs.
:19:45. > :19:54.International women's cricket will come up to try this summer, the
:19:54. > :20:01.England women's team will play India. It is a massive here for us.
:20:01. > :20:07.We have the World Cup of 2020, and the 50 over World Cup next month.
:20:07. > :20:17.It is a really big year for us all. Those games will be very important
:20:17. > :20:18.
:20:18. > :20:22.for us. Torquay and knighted can stretch their unbeaten -- Torquay
:20:22. > :20:27.United can stretch their unbeaten run to six games.
:20:27. > :20:30.They play Dagenham and Redbridge tonight. They can also do Plymouth
:20:30. > :20:40.Argyle a favour as the Daggers are only one place above them in the
:20:40. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:43.table. Now in the second part of our
:20:43. > :20:46.series about Plymouth born Captain Robert Falcon Scott we look at the
:20:46. > :20:49.famous expedition which claimed his life almost a century ago. Scott's
:20:49. > :20:53.bid for the pole relied on using ponies, dogs and men to haul
:20:53. > :20:56.sledges part of the way. But by the beginning of January 1912, and
:20:56. > :20:59.within 150 miles of the pole he chose just four men to accompany
:20:59. > :21:06.him. The names Bowers, Evans, Oates and Wilson would be immortalised
:21:06. > :21:13.alongside Scott's on that fateful journey.
:21:13. > :21:23.Scott and his men have way in a race to the poll. They knew the
:21:23. > :21:32.
:21:32. > :21:37.Norwegians led by a role -- role are Amundsen were ahead of them.
:21:37. > :21:45.Now we finally know the whole story. The Norwegians had beaten them to
:21:45. > :21:55.the poll, reaching eight weeks earlier. They reached it in 56 days.
:21:55. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:09.Scott's reliance on man meant it to pin 78 days to to reach it. On the
:22:09. > :22:13.return journey one man died. He fell into a crevasse, his condition
:22:13. > :22:18.worsened and he eventually died. His death shocked the men, they
:22:18. > :22:25.pressed on a, they're very survival depended on reaching supply depots.
:22:25. > :22:29.The temperatures plunged, and keeping warm was crucial. Keeping
:22:29. > :22:37.in mind, any time you exerted yourself, and sweated, that's why
:22:37. > :22:42.it would freeze, and then when it melted again you would be dead.
:22:42. > :22:50.food rations were inadequate for the work they were doing. They were
:22:50. > :23:00.literally starving to death. There was another problem. They had
:23:00. > :23:01.
:23:01. > :23:06.frostbitten feet, progress slowed. One member went out into a blizzard
:23:06. > :23:10.saying, I'm just going outside for a moment, I may be some time. He
:23:10. > :23:18.sacrificed himself for the rest of the team. Scott described him as an
:23:18. > :23:24.Englishman and a gentleman. The storm of would not relent, Scott
:23:25. > :23:29.knew their time was up. On 29th March, 1912, he wrote, if it seems
:23:30. > :23:36.a pity, but I cannot write any more. They died just 11 miles from their
:23:36. > :23:46.next supply depot. Their bodies were discovered some eight months
:23:46. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:11.later. They were buried beneath It is 100 years on, but still an
:24:11. > :24:15.incredible story. You can see the third and final part of our series
:24:15. > :24:22.next week, when the talk to a modern-day polar explorer about the
:24:22. > :24:28.modern-day polar explorer about the legacy. -- when we talk.
:24:28. > :24:37.Time for the weather. Colder, but not as cold as the
:24:37. > :24:44.Antarctic. Some drizzle tonight. Some fog on the hills, may be
:24:44. > :24:52.becoming more widespread. You can see the cloud out here to the West.
:24:52. > :24:56.That is a change, a colder weather front, it is heading towards us.
:24:56. > :25:02.There is some cold air behind it. A risk of some wintery showers by
:25:03. > :25:12.Thursday. At the moment, mild air, cloudy conditions. Some quite
:25:13. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:21.strong winds tomorrow. Lunchtime on Thursday, that front is to be --
:25:21. > :25:30.that front is to the east of us. A scattering of busty -- a blustery
:25:30. > :25:38.showers. The cloud is giving us some light drizzle, continuing
:25:38. > :25:45.eastwards. With all that cloud, we should not see too much of a fall
:25:45. > :25:50.in temperatures, probably 8-9 degrees. I cloudy and misty day
:25:50. > :25:56.tomorrow, very similar to today. Just a chance of some breaks
:25:56. > :26:03.developing in the cloud, but here comes the persistent rain. That
:26:03. > :26:08.moves into West Cornwall by the end of the afternoon. Some quite a wet
:26:08. > :26:18.weather moving in, some strong winds as well. Temperatures
:26:18. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:28.tomorrow, 10 -11 degrees, above average. Wednesday, some drizzle,
:26:28. > :26:46.
:26:46. > :26:55.and the persistent rain later. The For the rest of us, rather choppy.
:26:55. > :27:03.That is the coastal water forecast. The wind is from the south-west.
:27:03. > :27:07.There is moderate, too poor, visibility. Quite a drop in the
:27:07. > :27:15.temperatures on Thursday, windy with some scattered, blustery
:27:15. > :27:19.showers. One or two showers over Dartmoor. Friday, a cold start,
:27:19. > :27:25.just seven degrees the top temperature. Similar conditions on
:27:25. > :27:29.Saturday. There is a risk of some widespread overnight frost on the