:00:09. > :00:19.The care home closing down; families are given less than a week
:00:19. > :00:20.
:00:20. > :00:25.to find new accommodation for loved ones. I have been waking up at 4am,
:00:25. > :00:28.or worrying what will happen. It has been quite devastating. I
:00:28. > :00:31.thought she would be there for the rest of her life. Good evening. The
:00:31. > :00:33.home on Dartmoor has gone into administration causing distress for
:00:33. > :00:36.residents and their relatives. Also tonight: earning while they're
:00:36. > :00:38.learning, the region has seen a huge rise in the number of
:00:38. > :00:48.apprentices. And the very lucky little boy who
:00:48. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:54.survived a fall from an upstairs window. I ran round to the garden,
:00:54. > :00:58.where I knew he would be if he had fallen. He was on the patio slabs,
:00:58. > :01:01.crying but moving. A South West care home is closing
:01:01. > :01:03.leaving families of the elderly and vulnerable residents with just days
:01:03. > :01:05.to find new places for their relatives. Holcombe House, in
:01:05. > :01:08.Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor, specialises in care for people with
:01:08. > :01:13.dementia. Families were given only a week's notice of its closure. The
:01:13. > :01:22.region has seen a spate of care homes shut in the economic downturn.
:01:22. > :01:27.Our correspondent Simon Hall reports from Moretonhampstead.
:01:27. > :01:32.Sheila is 86, suffering from dementia and one of the people
:01:32. > :01:37.needing to find a new care home. Her daughter is spending much of
:01:37. > :01:44.her time trying to find a place, so far without success and it is
:01:44. > :01:49.taking toll. His is a very exciting. I have been waking up at 4am. -- it
:01:49. > :01:54.is very upsetting. It has been quite devastating. I thought she
:01:54. > :01:59.would be there for the rest of her life. She was happy, I did not
:01:59. > :02:05.foresee that anything like this would happen. So, it is terribly
:02:05. > :02:09.upsetting. The a would not allow us into film but I did speak briefly
:02:09. > :02:17.to a member of staff who told me that everybody here was very sad
:02:17. > :02:21.but had no further comment to make. There are 11 residents here, a
:02:21. > :02:25.specialist care centre, where most have demands year. Only last week
:02:25. > :02:31.were families told it was closing, leaving them just seven days to
:02:31. > :02:38.find new homes for relatives. Really short notice, unavoidable
:02:38. > :02:45.really. Revenue and Customs were owed money, we could not let it
:02:45. > :02:50.happen. It is not their fault but we could not let it happen. School
:02:50. > :02:55.was of care homes have closed since the economic downturn began, --
:02:55. > :03:05.scores of care homes. The umbrella caird Group which suppliers for it
:03:05. > :03:10.
:03:10. > :03:15.-- care group which suppliers for it. Devon County Council said they
:03:15. > :03:19.were working with the owners here, residents, the families and the NHS
:03:19. > :03:26.to find alternative accommodation for the residents which would meet
:03:26. > :03:30.their individual needs. The House is due to close on Friday.
:03:30. > :03:36.Well, Martyn Rogers is the director of the charity Age UK in Exeter. I
:03:36. > :03:43.asked him why more and more care homes are struggling to stay open.
:03:43. > :03:47.We know the public purse is under a lot of pressure. The local
:03:47. > :03:52.authorities are really stretched. They are placing fewer people in
:03:52. > :03:57.care homes, costs are going up for care home owners and four smaller
:03:57. > :04:03.care homes where they don't have the larger volumes and the
:04:03. > :04:06.economies are scaling back it is very tough. The be families from
:04:06. > :04:10.this particular home are very worried about the timescale, and
:04:10. > :04:15.less than a week to find alternative arrangements. What do
:04:15. > :04:20.you make of that? It is astonishing, to give just a week for them to
:04:20. > :04:26.find accommodation is horrendous. It is such a big issue to get this
:04:26. > :04:30.right for people. To find the right place for them for them to be
:04:30. > :04:36.comfortable, in proximity to their residents who want to visit. It is
:04:36. > :04:42.a very big issue and to do it in a week is very tough. The residents,
:04:42. > :04:47.one in particular, talking about her mother. Talking about older,
:04:47. > :04:52.vulnerable people. What effect will this have on them? Very often we
:04:52. > :04:58.don't know, but people will be disorientated. It takes time for
:04:58. > :05:08.them to settle in and feel safe and secure. The are people of moving to
:05:08. > :05:10.
:05:11. > :05:16.a new home can -- the upheaval of moving. There is no alternative if
:05:16. > :05:21.the money runs out, but it is difficult for people to readjust,
:05:21. > :05:24.if they have memory difficulties and some disorientation. Thank you.
:05:24. > :05:27.There's been a 40 percent increase in the number of people becoming
:05:27. > :05:30.apprentices across the South West. Earning whilst learning has
:05:30. > :05:34.attracted thousands in the hope there'll be a job at the end of it.
:05:34. > :05:44.But business leaders say more needs to be done to help small firms take
:05:44. > :06:03.
:06:03. > :06:07.on apprentices. Sarah Ransome reports. The deep end. Concerns for
:06:07. > :06:12.some over low pay are not putting others off, apprenticeships going
:06:12. > :06:17.up around 40 per cent in the region. Helping students stand out from the
:06:17. > :06:25.crowd, Lee McQueen is no stranger to the boardroom or learning on the
:06:25. > :06:30.job. He knows just how to get hired. It if you can showcase your skills,
:06:30. > :06:34.an apprenticeship does that, if you can do that for an employer, there
:06:34. > :06:40.is every chance of getting a job and a better chance at the end than
:06:41. > :06:46.if you had not done an apprenticeship. Not all of those
:06:46. > :06:50.two start stick to it, but with millions being pumped in, it is
:06:50. > :06:54.clear the government is committed and one small companies involved.
:06:54. > :07:00.More at the sharp end approve of the scheme but say it must be
:07:00. > :07:06.simplified. There are some teething problems, partly red tape, partly
:07:06. > :07:12.the cost and partly skills levels. We need to make sure that it is the
:07:12. > :07:16.only game in town, the governor need to support it. For George, he
:07:17. > :07:21.is one of the lucky ones. He already knows he is not getting the
:07:21. > :07:24.chop. South West colleges for students
:07:24. > :07:26.with disabilities say young people are missing out on the chance of a
:07:26. > :07:29.more independent life because some councils won't approve placements
:07:29. > :07:31.out of their home county. Foxes Academy in Somerset says many
:07:31. > :07:33.youngsters who'd benefit from specialist residential training are
:07:33. > :07:43.sent to local colleges instead. Here's our Health Correspondent
:07:43. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:53.Sally Mountjoy. This hotel on Minehead seafront with a
:07:53. > :07:57.traditional Victorian facade for an unconventional establishment. It is
:07:57. > :08:07.staffed by students with learning disabilities at this training
:08:07. > :08:08.
:08:08. > :08:13.college. In his everything OK? Lovely. Daniel from north Devon is
:08:13. > :08:18.19 and autistic, he began a three- year course in September and is
:08:18. > :08:23.gaining qualifications for work and learning to live independently.
:08:23. > :08:29.like doing everything, the cleaning and cooking. There's nothing I
:08:29. > :08:35.don't like here. Have you made lots of friends? Yes, I have made some
:08:35. > :08:40.friends in my house. Without this he would not have reached his full
:08:40. > :08:46.potential, the changes in the last few months have been incredible. He
:08:46. > :08:53.has got a chance to live semi- independently, to semi- support
:08:53. > :08:58.himself and work much better in society. Daniel was first told he
:08:58. > :09:02.should go to his local education college, his family lost an appeal
:09:02. > :09:12.against that decision but Devon County Council later changed its
:09:12. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:18.mind. He is now one of seven students at the Academy. Other up
:09:18. > :09:23.academies are being crated but councils need to increase the
:09:23. > :09:29.enrolment. There is concern that many are missing out on the
:09:29. > :09:33.opportunities offered by specialist colleges. His it is where they
:09:33. > :09:38.learn to get up and into the workplace, in the evening to sort
:09:38. > :09:42.themselves out, what they will do. Cooking for themselves. All of
:09:42. > :09:52.these things can happen in a residential environment, but not
:09:52. > :09:58.when you go to a local college for a few days a week. I can take the
:09:58. > :10:08.empty ones. Ali, who has Down's syndrome lives in her own flat. She
:10:08. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:13.credits her time for the -- time here for her independence. Fox's
:10:13. > :10:20.gave her a really high expectation of being able to live independently,
:10:20. > :10:30.to make her own decisions and going out to work like everybody else.
:10:30. > :10:34.Devon, Cornwall and Sussex say they are looking for local provisions,
:10:34. > :10:38.but several specialist colleges in the south-west have told us that
:10:38. > :10:42.parents often have to fight to get their disabled youngsters in and
:10:42. > :10:45.some are never even told this option exists.
:10:45. > :10:48.It's been another record breaking year for the region's lifeboats.
:10:48. > :10:52.New figures out today show the service received more call outs
:10:52. > :10:54.than ever before. Crews in the South West launched more than one
:10:54. > :10:57.thousand five hundred times, rescuing hundreds of people. As Amy
:10:57. > :11:07.Cole reports some crews believe the growing number of tourists are
:11:07. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:13.failing to take basic sea safety precautions. 16 people had to be
:11:13. > :11:18.rescued off the Dorset coast when sailing boat was dismasted in rough
:11:18. > :11:23.seas last September. Figures out today showed the crew of the
:11:23. > :11:29.lifeboats aided the most people nationally, bringing 176 safely to
:11:29. > :11:36.shore. It has been hard work. of the crew are volunteers, I think
:11:36. > :11:42.we have done over 2000 hours at sea. That is a long time away from
:11:42. > :11:48.families and work. David is the coxswain of Plymouth lifeboat, he
:11:48. > :11:55.has been involved for 26 years. A relationship which emerged after he
:11:55. > :12:00.needed rescuing in 1969. I was away in an angling party, we lost our
:12:00. > :12:07.anchor and that was that, that is what persuaded me to do it. This is
:12:07. > :12:14.where the crew sit, with our charts and our radar. 2011 was their
:12:14. > :12:18.busiest year on record, Dave has a simple theory for it. Because of
:12:18. > :12:23.the economy more people are on holiday in the UK. If they come
:12:23. > :12:29.down from in and they don't know anything about tides, that is the
:12:29. > :12:35.only thing I can put it down to. The last year Plymouth's lifeboats
:12:35. > :12:41.were the busiest in Devon with 118 launches, in Cornwall they notched
:12:41. > :12:46.up 102 launchers, beaches with the highest number of incidents were
:12:46. > :12:53.all in Cornwall with 827 people needing assistance. Day or night
:12:53. > :12:56.they are always ready to respond to Now, it is the kind of story that
:12:56. > :12:59.would make every parent's heart stop. Three-year-old Freddie
:12:59. > :13:04.Downing was playing on Christmas morning when he fell 20 feet out of
:13:04. > :13:06.a bedroom window straight onto a paving slab. But incredibly, he
:13:07. > :13:09.survived. His mother told Spotlight's Johnny
:13:10. > :13:19.Rutherford his lucky escape was down to a quick response by the
:13:19. > :13:23.Devon Air Ambulance. Vicar December was a memorable
:13:23. > :13:29.month for Freddie Downing. Not just because of his third birthday or
:13:29. > :13:34.his presence from Santa. On Christmas Day, he nearly died.
:13:34. > :13:38.were having a meal with all our family. We were just about to go
:13:38. > :13:43.out and visit some friends in the village. Our daughter came down
:13:43. > :13:47.saying that he had fallen out of his bedroom window. I was very
:13:47. > :13:51.shocked and ran round to the garden where I knew he would be if he had
:13:51. > :13:55.fallen. He was there on the patio slabs just crying but actually
:13:55. > :14:00.moving. This is the bedroom where Freddie Downing was playing with
:14:00. > :14:04.his sisters. He managed to climb up on to the window ledge, opened the
:14:04. > :14:10.window and fell quite a distance on to his head. He was not really
:14:10. > :14:14.opening his eyes but he was crying very loudly. He was still moving
:14:15. > :14:19.and it did not feel like he was rigid. We went inside and waited
:14:19. > :14:24.for the air ambulance to come. Devon Air Ambulance arrived quickly
:14:24. > :14:28.from the air base and took Freddie Downing and his mum to hospital.
:14:28. > :14:31.After finding that fractures in his skull, the other Devon Air
:14:31. > :14:37.Ambulance was called to fly him to Bristol for special neurological
:14:37. > :14:40.care. It was crucial to stabilise him and he needed the specialist
:14:40. > :14:45.treatment. This was the fastest way to get him there and it was very
:14:45. > :14:49.critical. He was a very lucky little boy. Freddie Downing had two
:14:49. > :14:54.blood clots on the brain. His life hung in the balance for almost a
:14:54. > :14:59.week. Even after developing a lung infection, this lucky boy pulled
:14:59. > :15:03.through. Finally, on New year's Eve, they successfully removed the tube
:15:03. > :15:08.and he was breathing on his own. He came round and recognised us. He
:15:08. > :15:15.was not moving a great deal to start with, but he seemed to have
:15:15. > :15:19.everything back to relative normality. I fell out the window.
:15:19. > :15:24.You fell out the window? And then what happened. He lived to tell the
:15:24. > :15:27.tale. It has been confirmed fishermen are
:15:27. > :15:30.to get European funding to fit life-saving emergency stop buttons
:15:30. > :15:34.to their vessels after a campaign by the South East Cornwall MP
:15:34. > :15:38.Sheryll Murray. Her husband Neil died while fishing alone in his
:15:38. > :15:42.boat off the Cornish coast last year. A toggle on his hood got
:15:42. > :15:50.caught in netting equipment. It is thought if he had had an emergency
:15:50. > :15:55.stop button, it would probably have saved him. No one knows more than I
:15:55. > :16:00.do that our fishermen are due a heroic and very dangerous job. I
:16:00. > :16:03.hope they will now all fit emergency stop valves to their
:16:03. > :16:07.vessels as soon as possible. Torbay has become the first borough
:16:07. > :16:10.in the country to put a monetary value on its trees. A Tree-conomics
:16:10. > :16:13.Survey, as it is called, has looked at what trees are worth, and what
:16:13. > :16:17.it should cost to replace them. Trees in Torbay have been rated and
:16:17. > :16:27.totalled at �280 million. Environmentalists hope valuing
:16:27. > :16:29.
:16:29. > :16:32.trees in this way will help to protect them.
:16:32. > :16:37.There is more to trees than just making the place look nice. The
:16:37. > :16:40.survey looked at how many there are and fair value in terms of the work
:16:40. > :16:44.they do removing pollutants from the air and the social damage if
:16:44. > :16:48.they were cut down. You might be wondering, what difference would it
:16:48. > :16:53.make giving trees a monetary value. In this case, every time they build
:16:53. > :16:58.a road or a new building, if they chop down trees, then that they we
:16:58. > :17:03.invest in planting new ones. In the past, that would have been a
:17:03. > :17:10.discussion, not a contract. Now, they have a natural value. They are
:17:10. > :17:14.an asset, which makes them valuable. �280 million seems like a large
:17:14. > :17:21.figure, and it is not encouraging. Some councils have Valleys their
:17:21. > :17:24.parks at only one pint notation will buy new. To have trees
:17:24. > :17:29.quantified in this way is really great for securing budgets.
:17:29. > :17:34.survey found there were more than 800,000 in Torbay - that is 12% of
:17:34. > :17:39.the baroque. It shows the importance of those trees. It
:17:39. > :17:42.allows us to understand that. That does not have to be a barrier to
:17:42. > :17:48.development. We just have to be careful that we replace what we
:17:48. > :17:53.lose. The survey cost �30,000. 10,000 fund a local taxpayer, and
:17:53. > :17:58.the rest from the Forestry Commission. Torbay is famous for
:17:58. > :18:03.its palm trees. The survey found the result that many of them - just
:18:03. > :18:06.3% - and put in tourism aside, they are not that valuable ecologically.
:18:06. > :18:10.As we mentioned yesterday, Sport Relief is just over a month away
:18:10. > :18:13.now and many of you will be getting ready to go the extra mile for the
:18:13. > :18:16.charity. The South West's flagship event will be held in Plymouth.
:18:16. > :18:25.Natalie has been to check out the venue with someone who knows a
:18:25. > :18:30.little bit about fitness. It is a glorious day up here where
:18:30. > :18:34.are the biggest Sport Relief mile event in the region will be held. I
:18:34. > :18:40.am with Chris Hargreaves, former professional the dollar. Here we
:18:40. > :18:44.are again. It is fantastic. It raises money for a good cause.
:18:44. > :18:49.were a professional sportsman for a very long time. How easy is it to
:18:49. > :18:52.run one mile? Not too bad, considering you can walk it as well.
:18:52. > :18:58.I would not recommend running six miles, but most people could cope
:18:58. > :19:02.with a mile. You can either choose to do one mile, three miles, or six.
:19:02. > :19:07.His six for the more serious? Buy yourself some new trainers and
:19:07. > :19:12.take your time for the six miles! But everyone can do one. What you
:19:12. > :19:15.think of the setting? It could not be better. It is beautiful today.
:19:15. > :19:22.You have to want to run today. couple of years ago, the weather
:19:22. > :19:27.was like this on the day. Fingers crossed! While we're on the subject
:19:27. > :19:31.of charity, Plymouth Argyle, who used to play for, announce some
:19:31. > :19:35.details about a big event to raise money for the star fund that is
:19:35. > :19:40.going to be taken place in May. If you are Manchester United supporter,
:19:40. > :19:46.then listen up! It involves some of the clubs are legends.
:19:46. > :19:50.They have played more than 800 games and in May, at Alex Stepney
:19:50. > :19:53.and spark there are Britain will bring some of their vintage team
:19:53. > :19:56.mates to Home Park for a very special match. They will face an
:19:56. > :20:01.Argyll legends team to help raise money for staff members who lost
:20:01. > :20:04.out when the club went into administration last year. When we
:20:04. > :20:09.got an opportunity to bring Manchester United legend stunned to
:20:09. > :20:12.Plymouth, we thought it was a great opportunity for Plymouth as a whole
:20:12. > :20:16.and to celebrate the staff payments quicker than the five-year plan
:20:16. > :20:21.that is currently in place. He is regarded as one of Argyll's
:20:21. > :20:25.greatest-ever players, but in more than 300 games for Plymouth, Tommy
:20:25. > :20:31.Tynan never once lined up against the Red Devils. I have played at
:20:31. > :20:36.youth level, but there are so many big names coming down to Plymouth
:20:36. > :20:43.Argyle and it'll be great to play against and. The older guys and the
:20:43. > :20:50.team - I am one of them! - then there are a few younger guys at
:20:50. > :20:54.Peter Davenport and Lee Marton and Clayton Blackmore. That is the sort
:20:54. > :20:58.of bulk of the team that will be coming. So with the big names ready
:20:58. > :21:02.to help out, all they need now is for fans to lend their support in
:21:02. > :21:07.May. Before we go, thanks ever so much
:21:07. > :21:11.for everybody who got in touch to let us know what you will be doing
:21:11. > :21:14.on March 25th. David E mailed to say there will be a parrot family
:21:14. > :21:17.fun run here in Plymouth and they're hoping that hundreds of
:21:17. > :21:21.pirates will take part. You can run with the All Blacks at the rugby
:21:21. > :21:27.club. Their Sport Relief and farmers will be having gorgeous
:21:27. > :21:33.coastal views. And there will be miles in King-Smith, I three bridge
:21:33. > :21:43.and a monkey mile in the loo. No idea what that is! Let us know what
:21:43. > :21:45.
:21:45. > :21:51.If you want any more information, Ben Sport Relief .com is the
:21:51. > :22:01.website you need to log on to. Can you run a mile? I am not sure.
:22:01. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:07.Let's go! Good luck! Thank you expire morning!
:22:07. > :22:10.Why didn't Natalie run after him? She needs to get into training!
:22:10. > :22:12.It's a common problem for many small businesses in the south west.
:22:12. > :22:15.When the summer season brings thousands of tourists, business is
:22:15. > :22:18.good. But in the winter months, it is a struggle to survive.
:22:18. > :22:21.That is the case for a family-owned bakery in Cornwall. The Chough
:22:21. > :22:24.Bakery in Padstow needs help to survive. Alex Polizzi, otherwise
:22:24. > :22:27.known as The Fixer in a new BBC programme, is tasked with trying to
:22:28. > :22:35.show family businesses the way forward. David George has been
:22:35. > :22:39.watching the programme and meeting the bakers.
:22:39. > :22:43.Their Chough Bakery is in a prime position on Padstow harbour. The
:22:43. > :22:49.family business, which has been here for 30 years, could do better.
:22:49. > :22:54.More than 80% of their turnover is in the few short summer months. The
:22:54. > :22:57.boss wants to be less hands on. That is what she says. The famously
:22:57. > :23:03.Fredy Padstow, as the programme calls it, as more and more
:23:03. > :23:11.competition. Around the corner, their hour three past the shops in
:23:11. > :23:21.a row. Step forward television presenter, a hotelier, and bakery
:23:21. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:26.owner Alex. She is going to tell them what is wrong. My immediate
:23:26. > :23:33.impression they is that it does not make you want to charge in and buy
:23:33. > :23:37.you a Cornish pasty, despite the location been immaculate. You don't
:23:37. > :23:44.stand back. That is what this programme has made us do. It has
:23:44. > :23:47.made us have a look at what we're doing. It turns out the family have
:23:47. > :23:56.not seen the programme and they do not know how they're going to be
:23:56. > :24:01.presented. The reason why... You are trying to plan! I don't know if
:24:01. > :24:06.I would recommend it to anyone. get to see it with everyone else!
:24:06. > :24:09.Are you going to watch at tonight? I will sit at home with a very
:24:09. > :24:14.large drink and sustain myself! I will keep my fingers crossed that
:24:14. > :24:20.it will come out all right. should use both hands. You can see
:24:20. > :24:22.the shop did end up with a facelift. The family say it is too soon to
:24:22. > :24:32.tell if the makeover has put people in the queue.
:24:32. > :24:33.
:24:33. > :24:40.And you can watch with the family And now the weather.
:24:40. > :24:45.It will be called tonight. Probably not quite as cold as last week, but
:24:45. > :24:49.not far off. A widespread severe frost is coming in from the East
:24:49. > :24:53.through the night. We wake up to quite a frosty start and some very
:24:53. > :24:57.low temperatures. On the face of it, there seems to be a lot of cloud to
:24:58. > :25:01.the west of Britain. Don't worry too much about that. That is not
:25:01. > :25:05.where our air is coming from. It is coming from the East and that is
:25:05. > :25:10.the easterly winds wrinkle their from the Low countries like
:25:10. > :25:14.southern Scandinavia. It will travel right the way across us. By
:25:14. > :25:18.the time we get to lunchtime tomorrow, a big drop in the
:25:18. > :25:21.temperatures. That does not change very much by Thursday. Those
:25:21. > :25:26.weather fronts to the west of us will come in through the day on
:25:26. > :25:30.Friday. There is that satellite picture. There has been quite a lot
:25:30. > :25:35.of high level cloud and the far west. Here are the weather
:25:35. > :25:44.conditions on St Mary's from earlier today. Our cameraman was
:25:44. > :25:47.out enjoying what is a splendid view of the blooms in the flour.
:25:47. > :25:53.The Isles of Scilly always look brilliant when the weather is nice.
:25:53. > :25:57.It will be colder here tomorrow as the easterly winds bring that to
:25:57. > :26:01.call their across the island. There is patchy cloud around at the
:26:01. > :26:05.moment. It will break up through the night and as that happens, we
:26:05. > :26:10.start to bring in that colder air. It will come in from the East. Some
:26:10. > :26:15.of the lowest temperatures will be across the East, possibly as low as
:26:15. > :26:18.seven below freezing tonight. Widespread frost to greet us in the
:26:18. > :26:21.morning and a cold day throughout the day tomorrow, with the best of
:26:21. > :26:27.the sunshine across Cornwall. Further East, there is more in the
:26:27. > :26:32.way of cloud. That overruns the low temperatures. They better equal day
:26:32. > :26:37.for Somerset and Dorset. The mildest there will be in West
:26:37. > :26:42.Cornwall, with the Six degrees. For the Isles of Scilly, we should see
:26:42. > :26:48.some more sunshine. Fine and dry. He recalled feel with a south-
:26:48. > :26:58.easterly winds. Just six degrees, the top temperature. Times of high
:26:58. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:09.water. For our surfer's, there is some usable, decent surf. Some good
:27:09. > :27:11.