:00:15. > :00:20.Stuck in bedsit land. New figures reveal the scale of Cornwall's
:00:20. > :00:24.homelessness problem. Welcome to Spotlight. More on that later. Also
:00:25. > :00:34.tonight as the Prime Minister reveals he is partial to a
:00:35. > :00:35.
:00:36. > :00:40.pastyings we investigate the plan to put VAT on the snack. -- pasties.
:00:40. > :00:47.And high opera for a little audience. How a top touring company
:00:47. > :00:53.is inspiring the musicians of tomorrow. It has been revealed that
:00:53. > :00:56.Cornwall has the highest number of homeless people living in B&B
:00:56. > :01:02.accommodationout side London. The figures have almost doubled in the
:01:02. > :01:07.last 12 month. In 2010 already 63 people living in emergency B&Bs in
:01:07. > :01:15.2011 this rose to 125. The figures show a large increase in the number
:01:15. > :01:20.of people being officially registered as homeless. This is
:01:20. > :01:26.Dave's world. His room is ten feet by nine and he has been living here
:01:26. > :01:30.for 14 months. Food, there is a microwave provided. Washing
:01:30. > :01:34.facilities in this particular place. Not when I first came here, they
:01:34. > :01:37.have only been added along the way because I have told them these
:01:37. > :01:42.things are necessary if that is what you need to be doing.
:01:42. > :01:48.can't possibly live in this room all day, so what do you do? I do
:01:48. > :01:54.live in this room all day, I go to gym up the road. I work out or come
:01:54. > :02:00.back here after, generally quite a good citizen, keep myself about
:02:00. > :02:05.myself. Try not to bother anybody else. But you must realise that the
:02:06. > :02:10.situation of being homeless, and everybody else being homeless can
:02:10. > :02:13.become tetchy at times and people have a go at each other. Social
:02:13. > :02:19.expert says that staying in emergency temporary B&B
:02:19. > :02:22.accommodation can have a huge detrimental effect on health,
:02:22. > :02:28.education, and job opportunities. Cornwall Council say temporary B&B
:02:28. > :02:32.accommodation is a last resort. Those who have got families we try
:02:32. > :02:35.to move them out as quickly as possible, but the single people
:02:35. > :02:40.accommodation, the one bedrooms apartments which used to be bedsits
:02:40. > :02:45.are hard to get by now, and we have a growing number of people who,
:02:45. > :02:50.with the university campus, we have students taking what would have
:02:50. > :02:55.been the, those aments. Every week Dave goes to his council offices in
:02:55. > :02:58.his quest for a home. But with 23,000 other people also on the
:02:58. > :03:08.housing register, he says he knows his chances of getting a property
:03:08. > :03:12.are slim. Tributes have been paid to a Royal Marine from Dorset who
:03:12. > :03:15.was killed in Afghanistan. Sergeant Luke Taylor was shot dead by a
:03:15. > :03:19.rogue Afghan soldier at the entrance to the UK headquarters in
:03:19. > :03:23.Helmand province on Monday. A 33- year-old was married with a young
:03:23. > :03:29.son. His commanding officer led the tributes, saying he was a natural
:03:29. > :03:33.leader with inspirational flair and was devoted to his family. A man
:03:33. > :03:37.who lost his mother and brother in the Penhallow Hotel fire in Newquay
:03:37. > :03:41.is calling for changes to the way fire risk assessments are carried
:03:41. > :03:45.ourt. John Hughes was speaking as a conference in Cornwall attended by
:03:45. > :03:52.firefighters from across the country. He said there needs to be
:03:52. > :03:56.more regulation in the way safety checks are done. The fire at the
:03:56. > :04:02.Penhallow Hotel in August 2007 was described as Britain's worst hotel
:04:02. > :04:08.fire for more than 40 years. Three people lost their live, including
:04:08. > :04:13.86-year-old Monica Hughes and her son Peter. Today, Peter's brother
:04:13. > :04:17.John attended this seminar at the Eden Project and called for further
:04:17. > :04:22.improvements to hotel safety. you need is the hoteliers to be to
:04:22. > :04:28.be able go to a body to say where is there a person who can do my
:04:28. > :04:32.risk assessment. As the law stands the hotelier with do it himself. I
:04:32. > :04:38.could do a fire risk assessment. I am not qualified but I could do one.
:04:38. > :04:43.That is where it falls down. Cornwall's Fire and Rescue Service
:04:43. > :04:50.hosted the Conference. They were here to learn lessons from the fire,
:04:50. > :04:54.but could such a fire happen again? We have done fire safety audits in
:04:54. > :04:59.hotels and hostels throughout the County, so I'm as satisfied as I
:04:59. > :05:03.could be that this won't happen again. Last year, the company which
:05:03. > :05:07.owned the Penhallow pleaded guilty to charges of failing to have the
:05:07. > :05:14.correct fire detection and alarm equipment, and of failing to make a
:05:14. > :05:19.suitable risk assessment. I would like people like the RA C&A A, as
:05:19. > :05:22.prerequisite to getting any star at all to make sure these hotels have
:05:22. > :05:27.full fire risk assessment in place. Lessons learned from this pyre will
:05:27. > :05:34.be put into practise by fire teams in other parts of the country. --
:05:34. > :05:40.fire. The Prime Minister has revealed he is a Cornish pasty love.
:05:40. > :05:44.The admission follows plans to impose VAT on hot take away food. A
:05:44. > :05:52.row is now brewing as campaigner says it would mean the cost of the
:05:52. > :05:56.dish would rise by a fifth or add 50 phones a �2.50 pasty. To heat or
:05:56. > :06:03.not to heat. If you buy a hot one of these now, you don't pay tax on
:06:03. > :06:07.it. But with Government plans to tighten up on the 20% it adds to
:06:07. > :06:11.other hot takeaway food, that could change in October. When I heard
:06:11. > :06:15.about the budget it was oh my God. It is going to be a hard winter. Do
:06:15. > :06:21.we shut the door in October and open up for the summer? We can't do
:06:21. > :06:26.that. I have staff that are reliant on their jobs. We will have to try
:06:26. > :06:31.and weather it somehow. It is about trying to have a sensible...
:06:31. > :06:36.Prime Minister has admitted he is a big fan. I am a pasty eater myself.
:06:36. > :06:40.I go to Cornwall. But when questioned by a Labour backbencher,
:06:40. > :06:45.the Chancellor wasn't so sure. can't remember the last time I
:06:45. > :06:49.bought a pasty in Greggs to answer your question. That sums it up.
:06:49. > :06:56.Would a hike if price put people off buying them? It is a lot of
:06:56. > :07:00.money to pay for just a heating up of a pasty. It is outrageous, I
:07:00. > :07:04.suppose, yes. Think people would be prepared to pay for it. Because
:07:04. > :07:10.they dom Cornwall for a pasty, 50 pence on top isn't going to make
:07:10. > :07:17.that much difference ch. We bought one today, and I bought one for my
:07:17. > :07:20.husband yesterday. I am not going to buy a family of five one.
:07:20. > :07:25.pasty is worth plls to the local economy. The Government swhais it
:07:25. > :07:32.is trying to do is close a hot tax takeaway loophole what those in the
:07:32. > :07:36.industry say is what they will end up taking away is their business.
:07:36. > :07:40.So the row over the so-called pasty tax has gone to the top of
:07:40. > :07:44.Government. Our political editor joins us now live from Westminster.
:07:44. > :07:47.Politicians from both sides have been rushing to establish their
:07:47. > :07:51.pasty credentials today, after the Chancellor was forced to admit he
:07:51. > :07:54.couldn't really remember the last time he bought one, at least from
:07:54. > :07:59.Greggs, the national bakery chain. This morning we heard the Prime
:07:59. > :08:04.Minister declaring himself a lover of hot patties -- pasties. The two
:08:04. > :08:09.Ed, Miliband and Balls maibg made sure they were caught on camera
:08:09. > :08:13.tucking into a bag of sausage rolls. All of this tends to boil down to a
:08:13. > :08:17.debate about whether or not the taxman should have a bigger or
:08:17. > :08:22.smaller slice of the pie or the cake though, and in that event,
:08:22. > :08:27.although united in their passion for pastries they are very much
:08:27. > :08:31.divided on the issue of how much he should get. The Chancellor has said
:08:31. > :08:36.it is down to the amient temperature and whether or not the
:08:36. > :08:42.pasty is hotter than weather. So that means some days you might pay
:08:43. > :08:45.VAT, an extra 20% and some days you won't. It is nonsense. I won't work.
:08:45. > :08:50.A lot of Liberal Democrat and Conservative MPs in the south-west
:08:50. > :08:54.have told me they would fight this tooth and nail. One Tory MP from
:08:54. > :09:00.Plymouth, launched a stout defence of the plans. What they are seeking
:09:00. > :09:05.to try and do is to clear up an anomaly, where you can buy fish and
:09:05. > :09:10.chips and pay VAT on that, but when you buy your sausage roll or pasty,
:09:10. > :09:15.you will have to pay VAT on that as well. It just seeps to my mind this
:09:15. > :09:22.is a matter of clearing up what has been a mess for the last 20 or 30
:09:22. > :09:27.years. Theman opponents of changes have until consultation ends on May
:09:27. > :09:33.4th to make their case to George Osborne and the Treasury. And if
:09:33. > :09:38.you have an opinion on the plan s for a so-called pasty tax get in
:09:38. > :09:42.touch with us. A firm that owns 27 business parks across the region
:09:42. > :09:47.has gone into administration. London & Westcountry Estates based
:09:47. > :09:51.at Faraday Mill in Plymouth is still trading, the administrators
:09:51. > :09:54.plan the find buyer for the property empire which hit problems
:09:54. > :09:58.when interest rates fell during the recession. The information
:09:58. > :10:02.commission has ruled in favour of Cornwall Council over its refusal
:10:02. > :10:05.to identify four councillors who are taking to court before they
:10:05. > :10:09.paid their council tax. In January their names were found in court
:10:09. > :10:15.records, the Commission said it was for the courts and not the council
:10:15. > :10:19.to decide on disclosure. Following a knee replacement patient as she
:10:19. > :10:24.undergoing surgery today. That coming up in a moment.
:10:24. > :10:29.Reconstructing history. Why this mummy has been to hospital for a CT
:10:29. > :10:38.scan, and... Join me later from Taunton racecourse. It is the
:10:38. > :10:43.popular annual and very colourful Ladies' Day. Now a new way to help
:10:43. > :10:47.people prepare for and recover from joint surgery is being pioneered at
:10:47. > :10:51.a south-west hospital. Derriford's joint school gives patients more
:10:51. > :10:55.involvement in their treatment and surgeons say they get better faster.
:10:55. > :11:00.In second of her reports on this new approach other health
:11:00. > :11:03.correspondent catches up with one patient on the day of her operation.
:11:03. > :11:09.The operation can't come soon enough for Elizabeth. She has had
:11:09. > :11:15.her right knee replaced but she is in constant pain and needs the left
:11:15. > :11:24.one done too. I had my leg marked, what knee they're going to do. Now
:11:24. > :11:33.I am waiting to go down to theatre to have it done. Within the hour,
:11:33. > :11:39.conscious Elizabeth is on the operating table. A few days earlier
:11:39. > :11:43.she was at joint school. We will help you. Nurses physios and
:11:43. > :11:48.therapists talk hip and knee patients through all aspects of
:11:48. > :11:52.treatment, care and recovery. The school is part of the hospital's
:11:52. > :11:56.enhanced recovery programme. A national idea that der fod has made
:11:56. > :11:59.its own.In' involving the patients early on and asking them to
:11:59. > :12:04.participate in their rehabilitation and in their recovery care is vital.
:12:04. > :12:10.They are much more inform and I am sure they are getting better
:12:11. > :12:15.quicker. Just a few days after the op and Elizabeth sup and about: At
:12:15. > :12:19.joint school she learned she would be given daily goals to help get
:12:19. > :12:23.her moving with her new knee.. was more prepared, although I had
:12:23. > :12:28.the right one doe before, I was more prepared because I went to the
:12:28. > :12:35.joint school, and learned a little bit more, what was going to happen.
:12:35. > :12:39.So mot going into the unknown. -- not. The orthopaedic team says
:12:39. > :12:42.patients have responded so well to being more involved in their care
:12:42. > :12:52.other specialities and hospitals are likely to follow in their
:12:52. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:58.footsteps. Work has begun in north devoon a �3 million project to
:12:58. > :13:01.improve internationally important habitats. The North Devon biosphere
:13:01. > :13:07.reserve and Devon Wildlife Trust have won funding as part of a
:13:07. > :13:11.scheme that works with farmers and land owners. Adrian, tell us why
:13:11. > :13:16.this area is so special? It is a very remote part of North Devon,
:13:16. > :13:20.that has been part of the saving grace. It is what kept everyone so
:13:20. > :13:25.special. The UN designated a biosphere there some while ago. It
:13:25. > :13:29.is a important area because of the grassland all kinds o habitat for
:13:29. > :13:34.wild flower, insects. A special area. The Wildlife Trust are saying
:13:34. > :13:38.this area will benefit from what they are doing but everyone else
:13:38. > :13:42.will benefit as well. Management of the catchment is critical in terms
:13:42. > :13:48.of water quality, but it is really important from flood management
:13:48. > :13:52.perspective as well. If we are able to rewet and allow our soils in our
:13:52. > :13:55.catchments to absorb water all the of communities downstream will be
:13:55. > :14:00.influenced in terms of less flood events. So this funding is
:14:00. > :14:03.wonderful news. �3 million. How will it be spent? There is all
:14:03. > :14:07.kinds of different ways farmers can benefit. They were looking at fence
:14:07. > :14:12.posts for example. There are other things such as long horn cattle.
:14:12. > :14:17.They have been very useful in North Devon before, and they are set to
:14:17. > :14:21.be again there is a herd being planned which can roam round and be
:14:21. > :14:27.lent to farmers. Farmers seem to think it's a good idea. What it
:14:27. > :14:32.means is the animals can be moved round on a regular basis. They are
:14:32. > :14:36.not going to be overgrazing. It means that you don't overgraze the
:14:36. > :14:40.site, you don't undergraze a site and it gives you the flexibility to
:14:41. > :14:45.move the animals to where they are needed. This is a very significant
:14:45. > :14:51.coup for North Devon. There aren't many of these areas in Britain. We
:14:51. > :14:55.have one, it is something very special to be celebrated. One of
:14:55. > :15:00.Devon's leading engineering firms is hopes a joint venture with the
:15:00. > :15:04.RNL. It will help secure jobs. Supacat is well-known for its
:15:04. > :15:12.military all terrain vehicles but now it has designed a lifeboat
:15:12. > :15:18.launchers. -- launcher. This is kind of lifeboat that will be
:15:18. > :15:21.stationed in St Ives next year. New all weather lifeboat needs a new
:15:21. > :15:30.lifeboat launcher, and this one is built in the south-west, and it is
:15:30. > :15:34.a bit special. It is a mobile slipway. The system could be used
:15:34. > :15:39.on a variety of beach, some of which have demanding circumstances,
:15:39. > :15:43.very steep gradient for example, very thick mud, a very long run out
:15:43. > :15:48.to the sea to launch the boat. launch has taken the best part of
:15:48. > :15:52.ten years to develop. The key factor is the RNLI aims to launch
:15:52. > :15:57.lifeboats within ten minutes of a shout. This piece of equipment
:15:57. > :16:03.enables the boat to be taken from his boat house to the launch site,
:16:04. > :16:08.in probably 30% quicker time than the old rig. Supacat employs 110
:16:08. > :16:12.people, it made its name building military vehicles. This new machine
:16:12. > :16:16.with half its component suppliers based in the south-west sees the
:16:16. > :16:20.company moving with the times. the current squeeze on defence
:16:20. > :16:26.budgets, it is important for us to continue to grow our business, and
:16:26. > :16:33.in is an area where we can use our engineering expertise and skills to
:16:33. > :16:36.fill that hole. 20 launchers are due to be built for the RNLI,
:16:36. > :16:43.helping a national life-saving charity and flying the flag for
:16:43. > :16:49.south-west engineering innovation. Now it is not every day an Egyptian
:16:49. > :16:52.mummy is taken to hospital for a CT scan, but that is what stap at
:16:52. > :17:02.Truro's Royal Cornwall museum have done. The information will be used
:17:02. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:06.to create a model of how he would have looked when he was alive. This
:17:06. > :17:11.was an Egyptian priest who lived more than 2,000 years ago. Today
:17:11. > :17:16.this is his resting place. The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.
:17:16. > :17:21.know he was aged about 65, from the style of his coffins and also his
:17:21. > :17:27.teeth and the fact he had arthritis. He is about five foot tall but I
:17:27. > :17:31.think the process of mummification and display, and wrapping may have
:17:31. > :17:34.shrunk him. But historians are hoping with the help of modern
:17:34. > :17:39.technology they can find out more about him. They want to recreate
:17:39. > :17:43.his face and show how he looked and to do that they need some help from
:17:43. > :17:49.experts at the nearby Duchy hospital. Today, he has been x-
:17:49. > :17:52.rayed in this CT scanner. Within minutes, the immediate results
:17:52. > :17:57.surprise everyone. It is the first time I have been asked to scan a
:17:57. > :18:02.mummy of any kind, believe me. But the principle is the same. The way
:18:02. > :18:07.we scan a normal head to scanning this is the same principle. It
:18:07. > :18:11.amazes me how life like it looks. I didn't expect it to look so intact.
:18:11. > :18:15.This will be sent to London where a replica skull will be made. When it
:18:15. > :18:20.is completed an expert in Manchester will add the muscles and
:18:20. > :18:23.a face. Eventually the head will form part of a major new exhibition.
:18:23. > :18:27.All the artefacts from the museums ancient civilisation collection
:18:27. > :18:37.will be moved into this new gallery and the priest mummy will be used
:18:37. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:42.to tell the story. Amazing. Well, it has been another gorgeous day,
:18:42. > :18:45.perfect for racegoers at Taunton. Dave has been there to sample their
:18:45. > :18:51.popular and colourful Ladies' Day. There are prizes for the best
:18:51. > :18:54.dressed lady, gentleman, and of course, for the best hat. On this
:18:54. > :18:59.wonderful day here at Taunton, we are here to soak up not only the
:18:59. > :19:05.sun but the atmosphere. At this annual and highly popular event
:19:05. > :19:12.called Ladies' Day. A summer's day in March? Taunton racecourse lapped
:19:12. > :19:17.it up. As temperatures hofrd round 20C. Occasions like daidr laid days
:19:17. > :19:22.-- Ladies' Day brings tout people who like to see what the sport is
:19:22. > :19:26.all about. I was quite excited. It should be good. Do you know a lot
:19:26. > :19:31.about horse racing. I know nothing but Becky does. Turn to Becky then,
:19:31. > :19:35.how much do you know about the sport? Quite a lot. My parents have
:19:35. > :19:41.a racehorse. Running today? No, it is only a point to point racehorse.
:19:41. > :19:50.So are you doing well on the betting stakes? Not to start with.
:19:50. > :19:54.A bit of a spontaneous bet. First time. How is it going? Loving it.
:19:54. > :20:00.You look very nice. Everyone is relaxed, friendly, it is a
:20:00. > :20:04.wonderful day out. In is the local course of top trainer David Pipe
:20:04. > :20:10.and his father Martin they got off to a good start with Arab League
:20:10. > :20:16.winning the second race on a day splashed by colourful attire.
:20:16. > :20:22.win. Loves the drier ground and Francis gave him a great ride.
:20:22. > :20:24.Despite the lack of rain we have had. Pipe's stable jockey Tom
:20:25. > :20:28.Scudamore isn't too concerned about the firm going which reduced the
:20:28. > :20:33.number of horses running in the seven races. There is lots of
:20:33. > :20:39.horses out there that like the ground and appreciate the better
:20:39. > :20:43.going, that the summer and better weather bring. So for the best hat
:20:44. > :20:50.award. Very nice too. The best dressed gentleman. Good effort Sir.
:20:50. > :20:55.And the best dressed lady. Top of class Madame and well deserved. And
:20:55. > :21:05.a good day was had by nearly all, including some of the successful
:21:05. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:09.horses, and winning jockeys owners and trainers. Now, what was your
:21:09. > :21:12.favourite lesson at school? Today there was much excitement in one
:21:13. > :21:18.particular classroom when reading and writing we are exchanged for a
:21:18. > :21:22.musical show and tell. Sing esers and musicians from the English
:21:22. > :21:29.Touring Opera came to inspire the children and encourage future
:21:29. > :21:34.musical talent. -- singers. This is Verdi's opera as you may never have
:21:34. > :21:38.seen it before. Although hopefully none of this audience are drinking.
:21:38. > :21:43.The singers and musicians from English Touring Opera are used to
:21:43. > :21:48.playing before full theatre, today it's the hall at this school near
:21:48. > :21:52.Helstone. You get a sense of being close to your audience members, you
:21:52. > :21:57.can really interact with them and have more fun, and then the pay
:21:57. > :22:01.back is very immediate, because you really get to see a close up, you
:22:01. > :22:04.know, the expressions on the children's fai, how it is going and
:22:04. > :22:09.they will let you know if they don't like it they will tell you.
:22:09. > :22:12.If they do, they will let you know, so it is great actually. I quite
:22:12. > :22:16.often get some of the children to put their hand on the bottom of
:22:16. > :22:21.cello because they can feel the vibrations and feel where the sound
:22:21. > :22:26.is coming from. It gets them up close, and you know, hopefully
:22:26. > :22:30.there isn't that distance that you sometimes get in a normal
:22:31. > :22:36.performance. It is very interactive. The show takes the children through
:22:36. > :22:43.a world where sunflowers are followed by winter snows. The hope
:22:43. > :22:46.is it will inspire future musicians, singers and perhaps conductors.
:22:47. > :22:50.school is about experiences, it is about building memories that the
:22:50. > :22:55.children will take away with them forever. If we can use this
:22:55. > :22:59.opportunity to enthuse them, about music and performing arts. Then we
:22:59. > :23:05.will have achieved our goal. might imagine these youngsters
:23:05. > :23:09.would be more into the can can kl - - Wiggles, but there is no ou doubt
:23:09. > :23:19.that the show put on by the English Touring Opera has captured their
:23:19. > :23:19.
:23:19. > :23:22.imagination. It looks like good fun. The weather has been glorious,
:23:22. > :23:26.wall-to-wall sunshine for many, but wall-to-wall sunshine for many, but
:23:26. > :23:30.extremely dry day. No rain in the forecast. We thought we might see
:23:30. > :23:33.some in the weekend, but that is not likely. Some are concerned
:23:33. > :23:38.about the lack of rain and I think for the rest of the week we will
:23:38. > :23:44.continue in the same vain with plenty of sunshine. We reached a
:23:44. > :23:50.top temperature today of 21 degree, that equals the record high setback
:23:50. > :23:54.in 1965 in the 30th March. It was Exeter today that got 21 degrees.
:23:54. > :23:59.If you think back to the summer of 2011, we were lucky to see
:23:59. > :24:03.temperatures anywhere near those figures so it is surprisingly warm.
:24:03. > :24:06.The big satellite picture doesn't look that much different, however
:24:06. > :24:11.it is because there is a lot more cloud coming in across Scotland and
:24:11. > :24:14.Northern Ireland. It is from that trekion, we will see the change, as
:24:14. > :24:18.schooler -- cooler cloudier conditions flood down. It will take
:24:18. > :24:21.its time for that to happen. Another fine day tomorrow, another
:24:21. > :24:28.fine day with high pressure on Friday. But the high pressure is
:24:28. > :24:31.beginning to weaken on Saturday, which brings the change. That cloud
:24:31. > :24:37.appears here. It is going to be clear and fine. Slightly colder
:24:37. > :24:40.than it has been tonight, with quickly temperatures into single
:24:40. > :24:45.figures, and across parts of East Devon, we could see temperatures
:24:45. > :24:51.fairly low tonight. Two or three degree, which will be just about
:24:51. > :24:55.cold enough for a touch of frost. Now, with all this sunshine, we
:24:55. > :24:58.have had blossom comingous everywhere. This was earlier today,
:24:59. > :25:03.in Plymouth. Where we had the blossom in some of our avenues
:25:03. > :25:08.coming out on the cherry trees, as well as the flora and fauna
:25:08. > :25:11.beginning to come alive. All the spring sunshine we have seen has
:25:12. > :25:15.got things moving along nicely. Although as I mentioned it is
:25:15. > :25:19.chilly during the night time. The blue skies continue tomorrow and
:25:19. > :25:23.the clear skies tonight mean it will be a relatively cold one. The
:25:23. > :25:26.sort of temperatures we are talking about are fairly low, but a fine
:25:26. > :25:32.start to the day tomorrow, some lovely sunshine, all day really
:25:32. > :25:36.from dawn till dusk, there is little change in that. The high
:25:36. > :25:41.level cloud won't come in until Friday. We will see temperatures
:25:41. > :25:45.getting up to 20, possibly 21 degree, so we may equal the record
:25:45. > :25:47.tomorrow. A bit cooler in North Devon as the northerly breeze
:25:47. > :25:51.starts to develop. It is that breeze that will bring the
:25:51. > :25:56.temperatures down through Friday and into Saturday and Sunday. The
:25:56. > :26:00.sunshine has brought out the tree pollen, so if you are a sufferer,
:26:00. > :26:04.unfortunately the pollen index or count is high for the next couple
:26:04. > :26:09.of days and likely to remain that way as we move to the weekend. For
:26:09. > :26:14.the Isles of Scilly we have 15 degrees today. Another fine dry and
:26:14. > :26:23.sunny day. Northerly wind so a bit cool on the north facing beaches.
:26:23. > :26:29.Times of high water. Plymouth, 1012 and as for our surfer, the surf
:26:29. > :26:33.hasn't been big, it is useful. We have had three feet. Less surf on
:26:33. > :26:38.the south coast but the sea is chilly, and for the coastal waters
:26:38. > :26:42.forecast, the winds are northerly tomorrow, force two or three, fair
:26:42. > :26:46.but moderate visibility because of that haze. The outlook, well, dry,
:26:46. > :26:50.that is for sure, but also more cloud and cooler conditions, by
:26:50. > :26:54.Saturday we are down to 16 degrees and a lot of cloud on Sunday brings
:26:54. > :26:59.the temperatures back down to 13. That is still above Avram for the
:26:59. > :27:05.time of year. Have a good evening. Back to you. Before we go, some of
:27:05. > :27:14.your comments about that story about plans to put VAT on pasties,
:27:14. > :27:17.Charles say what planet do these people live on? Beer and tobacco
:27:17. > :27:23.are overtaxed, now pasty. Peter says the solution to the situation
:27:23. > :27:30.is simply. -- simple you buy and pay for it and hand it back to heat