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An extraordinary meeting, the North Devon meeting about prayer in a

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castle all over the country. Tonight we will be life in Bideford.

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And making �20 million worth of savings, Devon said its budget, but

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some of rural communities to fear it could make them vulnerable. And

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the South Devon man battered and bruised after messing -- fighting

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with a monster fish. Councillors in Bideford will

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tonight decide whether or not to appeal against a decision that

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means they will be breaking the law if they say prayers as part of

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their formal meetings. Clive Bone, who is an atheist, challenged it

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and said that it was unlawful to have a prayers in the meetings. Our

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correspondent joins us alive from Bideford tonight.

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-- joins us life. This extraordinary meeting got under way

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about 20 minutes ago and tonight councillors are seeking legal

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advice on whether to appeal against that ruling. This case has really

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set the cat among the pigeons. You might remember that last week the

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Archbishop of Canterbury criticised it. The Secretary of State for

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local communities and government said that he was planning to bring

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a bill for a word so that local councils could continue with their

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tradition. -- forward. However, a West Devon MP said that bringing

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the case was a waste of money. Today my colleague has been finding

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out what affects the ruling has had on other councils in the South West.

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The debate and rolling over prayers before meetings in the council --

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and rolling over prayers before meetings is affecting other

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councillors in the meeting. -- in the region.

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Normally the first tenants of a council meeting is dedicated to

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prayers, but it has been decided that Spurs will not be on the

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agenda. -- that prayers will not be on the agenda. The chairman of the

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council has decided that if anyone wants to take part in Christian

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prayers, they can do so 10 minutes before the meeting. That is part of

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democracy. Not everybody agrees with it. Some people do. The

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council will have an opportunity to discuss where they want to go. At

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the moment I believe that if we had prayers at 10:30am despite in not

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being put on the agenda, I believe we would be breaking the law, and I

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am not prepared to put the council through that. Today, Devon County

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Council were holding the budget meeting. They decided to hold their

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prayers before the meeting officially started so they would

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not break the law. Torbay Council say they are looking

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into the ruling and Annie implications it might have for them.

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-- and Annie implications it might have for them.

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A spokesman for Plymouth City Council says that prayers are said

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but are not part of the meeting. They say that councillors need not

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be present and some choose not to the.

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-- not to be. That meeting is due to finish around 7:00pm and I am

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told that if councillors decide to appeal against the ruling they will

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be held out by the Christian Institute. It would not come at the

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taxpayers' expense because the Christian Institute would foot the

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bill. What will be interesting as whether councillors did say prayers

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unofficially. It did not appear on the agenda but they were talking

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about doing that last week. We will have a report about this with an

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update on tonight's 10:25pm Programme.

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Bus routes and libraries will suffer and thousands more street

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night will be switched off every night as �20 million worth of cuts

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are made across Devon. The council set its budget today. Politicians

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are worried that some rural communities will be isolated.

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Broil bus routes are being put under review and there will be cut

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to transport fees for young people. It will affect the young people and

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vulnerable people. What bus routes, it usually affects a small number

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of people, but these are very important to them and they need to

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be able to get from A to B. Libraries were also suffer. None

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will close, but the budget for buying books will be cut. Thousands

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more street lights will be cut off. This year it has been described as

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a steady as you go budget. But next year there will be a turbulent time

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ahead and I think that for services in Devon. Today's meeting was told

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that the savings required in Devon would be found from cuts to

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management and a reorganisation of the council. I think we have

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protected services. We have protected them to the best of our

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ability. We are looking after the young and the vulnerable. We are

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still reducing staff, which is why the corporate side will actually

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have less to spend this year. But we are at now shaped in a way to

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face the 21st century. -- but we are now shaped. Roads have been

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damaged by severe weather. Devon's share of council-tax bills will be

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frozen. This is nothing like the Budget last year, when there was a

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high profile row over cuts to support for domestic violence

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victims. Another review will be held in May of next year.

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Major disruption is imminent for ferry passengers out of Weymouth.

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Condor Ferries are trying to search -- which services because of

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serious safety concerns about their ports in a Poole. Our business

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correspondent is with me now. What is wrong with the port?

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De are concerned about -- there are concerns that the masonry could

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fall apart at the port. This comes after an examination. A diver went

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down and cracks were seen below the water line. There are problems

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above that line as well. There are cracks visible. It is an obvious

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risk to the travelling public. One senior counsellor has told us that

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this is being treated at the moment as a trip hazard rather than

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anything more serious. It is uneven. People can trip. If it were to get

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much worse, which we don't think it will, it could be a real danger. We

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want to deal with it now. What will this mean for a ferry schedules?

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The air is one more departure from Weymouth -- there is one more

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departure from Weymouth at and 30 am. Sunday and Monday will have

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ferries are going from Poole. -- at 10:30am. Condor Ferries is an

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important employer. How long will this last's it is the biggest

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private employer in the area. It is important for Weymouth that this be

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sorted out as soon as possible. We simply do not know. The statement

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from Condor Ferries just says that the ceilings for the rest of the

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month will be reviewed this coming week after they have done more on

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site investigation. More than 100 guests had to be

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moved out of the Crown Hotel on Torquay seafront while firefighters

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tackled a chimney fire. -- Grand Hotel. Staff say that there was

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minimal damage to the four-star Hotel and officers say it was a

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difficult fire to put out because of the position of the chimney.

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was assured that the chimney was swept quite regularly. It was last

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swept in November. It is used on a daily basis and it could be a build

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up of build up which has decided to catch fire today. New houses built

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in the Olympic village have been handed over to Games organisers. A

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handshake marked the moment that the homes, which form the will of

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the village, will eventually be sold on the open market. The new

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development would have taken longer to complete had it not been for the

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Games. I came down here in 2003 when we started the bid. Those days

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we were working on a cruise ship. To see the village you complete and

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taking it over, for me, personally, it is a big milestone. Not on the

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will be amazing during the Games but it will be a great legacy for

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the community after words. There is a warning to write that the number

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of applications for single wind turbines in Cornwall will

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industrialise the countryside. A new organisation called Core mob

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attack says that there has been a number of fashionable Cornwall

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Protect says that there needs to be -- and Organisation accord Cornwall

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Protect says that more needs to be done to protect the area.

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Cornwall Protect his concern about the rising number of applications

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for more single wind turbines. These maps are produced by Cornwall

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council. You can see all of the lines across here show a massive

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increase in wind turbine applications. Cornwall has

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pioneered wind energy but some people are asking how many wind

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turbines there should be. These days, wind turbines tend to look

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quite large on the landscape. But the question is whether or not we

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are killing off the goose that lays the golden egg. Our wind turbines

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blighting the English -- are wind turbines blighting the English

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countryside? I am thinking out geothermal and wave hubs and things.

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All of these are vital alternatives. This man worked for the energy

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industry. Now he has joined Cornwall Protect. He gave as the

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figures to show how the terra pak works for wind turbine owners. --

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at the tariff works. They have electricity expenses transported to

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a power company and they can save 13 -- 13p per kilowatt hour. That

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would net and operator �450,000 per year. But this company says that

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wind turbines are good for the countryside. They offer cost

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effective forms of energy generation which is secured and we

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can rely on rather than the vagaries of a fossil fuels.

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commercial wind farms agreed, despite their critics. They say

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that wind energy is efficient. Artists in Bridport are concerned

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about plans which might paint a very different picture of the town.

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That to come in a moment. And back in its home county, the painting

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bought and sold as a scene of London.

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And the city of Exeter might up to excite and inspire. -- lights up to

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excite and inspire. Police say they believe that the

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bones found by contractors in a house... They are being analysed at

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the moment. It is not clear how significant they are, but there is

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evidence that they could be from the Iron Age. It is not every day

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to be called by the police on a case such as this. People have been

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living around Dorset for many thousands of years and so it is not

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unexpected to find remains of individuals who have been buried

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The number of people sleeping rough in and around Truro has more than

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doubled. The charity St Petrocs says it's helped 91 people at its

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shelter this winter as opposed to 36 during the same time last year.

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The organisation is blaming the economic downturn.

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It has been revealed that Dartmouth will play host to an international

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sailing competition later this year. The J80 World Sailing Championships

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will be a joint venture hosted by the Britain -- Britannia Yacht Club

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and the Royal Dart Yacht club. Around 80 teams from all over the

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world will be competing in the event at the beginning of June.

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Described as Notting Hill-on-Sea, Bridport has been build -- building

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a bit of a national reputation in recent years. And for a coastal

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town in Dorset, there is a colourful cultural scene. But some

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argue that part of it is now under threat because of redevelopment

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plans for an area close to the artists and their studios. It may

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be a run-down industrial estate, but hidden away here are plenty of

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businesses. It is no coincidence that these sorts of traders have

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set up in Bridport. They appealed to art lovers who come from far and

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wide to spend their money. Bridport is building a cultural name for

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itself, and the galleries, studios have a closely linked marketplace.

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Some believe they will be a real loss to the economy if the plans go

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ahead. Not only are about 100 jobs at this, but the move could eat

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away at what has become a well- known art scene. I personally would

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move on. I couldn't stand the thought of an ugly housing

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development in the middle of a conservation area. The Heritage we

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are losing his incredible. Plans for the site include demolishing

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buildings and putting up about 100 homes. The owners say there will

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also be spaces for legitimate tenants already here to set up shop,

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and that -- but other traders always knew it would be a short-

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term deal. We let them in to help them out, and they have all agreed

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-- and they all agreed to leave when the time was past. Economic

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growth is the holy grail in Britain at the moment, and one gallery

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owner says art is the key to success here. People come down to

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Bridport just to see the galleries. Most of what by self goes to places

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like Surrey, home counties. We need people to come into Bridport. They

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have to come reasons to come to Bridport. The art scene here really

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has taken off over the last 10 years, and businesses clustered

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together. Someone coming to buy at the painted -- to buy a painting

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here, may also buy something else. What happens next is up to the

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district council. They need to take all views into account. A painting

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brought -- bought and sold as a view of old London has been brought

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back to Cornwall after it was revealed to actually portray Truro.

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The picture is a view of the Cornish city long before the

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cathedral was built. The picture is thought to have been painted more

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than 200 years ago, perhaps as early as 1790. It shows the high

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cost area of Truro and the odds and there is church. It is full of

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fascinating detail. There is a woman washing clothes. Their cars

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in the street, and the building on the left is an Ironmongers -- There

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are COWEs in the street. The painting was originally bought

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unsold as a fear of Kensington in London, but recognised it as Truro

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in the late 19th century. Today, the scene for the artist's

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viewpoint is very different. The cathedral has been built on this

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site of the old church. But the Assembly of rooms are still here,

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and this is where the woman was washing the clothes. You wouldn't

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want to do that today. And out here, there is not an animal in sight.

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was from before photography, so nobody else knows exactly what the

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place looked like. It is prices, a view of the lost, vanished world.

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Other same time, you can see what is there today. -- it is priceless.

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The artist remains a mystery, and the price tag is �7,500.

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Fascinating to see how things have changed. I'm coming from Truro, few

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people have asked if I remember it looking like that but the lad. I

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don't, quite! It has changed a bit. Thousands of people are expected to

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attend Animated Exeter this year. The annual festival showcases high-

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quality animation and allows the general public to give in - give it

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a go. More than 100 animated films will be shown in the city over the

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eight day event. We went to see some of the workshops helping young

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animators learn their craft from the professionals. The report

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contains some flashing images. You need to look at this from all

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the way round. Learning from the best. This woman is a model maker.

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She has worked on characters for the order -- for an award winning

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company, which makes models for films like chicken run and Wallace

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and Gromit. She is now passing on her skills to the next generation

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of animators. It is always good to get professionals to teach you. You

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can get the low-down on how to get into the industry itself. I love

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animation, I love filming. I love taking on new skills. It is

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wonderful to do -- to do that here. This model making classes just one

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of the many workshops happening to help people learn their own skills.

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This year's festival is very much focused on people skills. There are

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a lot of workshops for young people and also a lot like this one behind

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us for all the people. They are quite specialised workshops. These

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young animators are helping to project pictures on to inanimate

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objects. His polystyrene box comes to life and becomes a teak -- TV

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screen when the projection is rolling. We are painting objects of

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light. The professionals have a much bigger canvas to play with.

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Over the next three nights, animated films will be projected

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onto the walls of the city's Cathedral. It took 30 minutes to

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land but little did Devon angler Chris Proctor suspect that he had

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landed what could be the biggest cod ever caught by rod in the

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English Channel. And that's not all. It happened on his first ever sea

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fishing trip. The drama unfolded off Pevensey Bay and Chris tells us

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he's since had pan fried cod, cod in batter, a fish stew and a fish

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Celebrating their record-breaking catch. Chris and his friends can

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hardly believe their eyes. Not bad for their first trip catching cod.

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That is the magic moment, when you see this huge creature surfacing.

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Until it is in the boat, you haven't caught it. That is the

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exciting part of it. The sense of the unknown is all part of the fund.

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I was lucky enough to catch a �21 card, but Chris had this bigger

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fish. -- �21 cod. By the time Chris reached the shore for the official

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landing way in, rumours were already causing a stir in Pevensey

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Bay. People were filming yet. It went to 43.9. It is the biggest cod

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that fishermen here have ever seen. It is a spate of several catches

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larger than average, so much so that the angler's down -- I was 10

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now has a wall of fame of colossal cods. -- anglers' den. How is the

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weather? Tonight, it is mild, generally cloudy and generally

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quiet for all of us. There may be a few showers. The cloud will become

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a bit more active on Saturday. A cold front will push through on

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Saturday, so it could be quite wet and windy. We then get a big change.

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Saturday night into Sunday, the cold front introduce is much colder

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air, with the risk of some wintery showers -- introduces. There are

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already a few trips and drabs of showery rain. Low temperatures of

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four or five degrees. Quite misty developing over the moors. Tomorrow,

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we have got a lot of cloud for much of the day. There's little chance

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of seeing much of the way of breaks in that cloud. Every now and then,

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the odd shower will drift by. A change in wind direction. We may

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get slightly higher temperatures because of that. Maximum control of

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10 or 11 degrees. Those winds will be Westerleigh, and then back

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south-westerly later in the day. They will pick up into the early

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For those who have not had much surf for the last few days' cover

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it does Pickup. -- pick up. Coastal As for the outlet, there is a big

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change. Saturday becomes quite a wet. Still relatively mild, but ten

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degrees the top temperature. Some very blustery winds. Down to seven

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degrees on Sunday. The further east you are, the lower the temperatures

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will be, because we will have a frosty start on Sunday morning and

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the risk of ice after that rain. Monday, a frosty start and it

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clouds over again and become stamp. Wet, windy and mild by Tuesday.

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David Cameron makes the new offer for the devolution debate. And here,

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North Devon councillors discuss appealing against a ban on players

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in council meetings. -- prayers. We would give the the outcome of that

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