:00:09. > :00:19.Fears that sewage discharges will leave this beach too contaminated
:00:19. > :00:22.
:00:22. > :00:26.for swimmers. Businesses here will close, because they're dependent on
:00:26. > :00:29.tourism. Good evening. We'll hear more from people in Combe Martin in
:00:29. > :00:35.just a moment. Also tonight: stepping up the fight - a summit is
:00:35. > :00:39.held in Cornwall amid growing anger over the pasty tax. The three
:00:39. > :00:44.musketeers, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Osborne don't live on
:00:44. > :00:48.this planet and didn't realise how passionate we are about a basic
:00:48. > :00:51.food. "It's rubbish!" The verdict from some on changes to refuse and
:00:51. > :01:01.recycling collections in Cornwall. And a musical memorial to the
:01:01. > :01:04.Titanic in a dramatic coastal setting. Villagers in a North Devon
:01:04. > :01:07.tourist resort are fighting to save their beach before it becomes a no-
:01:07. > :01:10.go zone for swimmers. Figures show that South West Water pumped waste
:01:10. > :01:13.water - including partially treated sewage - into the sea at Combe
:01:13. > :01:23.Martin 42 times last year after periods of heavy rain. Spotlight's
:01:23. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:29.North Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby, has the story. Combe Martin is one
:01:29. > :01:35.in North Devon's most beautiful valleys and is a popular tourist
:01:35. > :01:40.resort. But there is a problem. Last year South West wearer the
:01:41. > :01:46.pumped waste water, including partially treated sewage into the
:01:46. > :01:50.sea 42 times. If this continues for four years and we ends up with
:01:50. > :01:56.permanent signs on the beach, saying water not fit for bathing,
:01:56. > :02:00.businesses here will close. Because they're dependent on tourism.
:02:00. > :02:04.Trevor is now campaigning to stop the problem. He is taking these
:02:04. > :02:08.posters to shops and businesses to highlight the issue. He is
:02:08. > :02:12.convinced if they lose their water quality, they will lose their
:02:12. > :02:17.visitors. It would make us think about coming back, if we thought
:02:17. > :02:23.there was pollution. We have an organic lifestyle. So we wouldn't
:02:23. > :02:27.be happy. It is sad, we're on holiday and with my daughter and
:02:27. > :02:30.the grandchildren and we have come here and it is the freedom of the
:02:30. > :02:34.kids being able to play in the water and to be so natural, not to
:02:34. > :02:39.have to worry about anything unforeseen floating around.
:02:39. > :02:44.problem happens in heavy rain when household waste is flushed away and
:02:44. > :02:50.mixs with water from storm drains and this becomes too much for the
:02:50. > :02:58.treatment works to deal with and the excess overflows into the sea.
:02:58. > :03:02.The situation is a complicated situation, with regard to bathing
:03:02. > :03:06.water quality. The sewer overflows are doing what they're designed to
:03:06. > :03:10.do. The frequency of spills isn't what we would want. We're improving
:03:10. > :03:17.that, so that working with the Environment Agency, because we want
:03:17. > :03:22.the make sure that water quality is ready for the new bathing water
:03:23. > :03:29.regulation. The new standards mean the beach could end up being closed
:03:29. > :03:31.to swimmers. It is a situation Combe Martin is desperate to avoid.
:03:31. > :03:41.Joining me now is the Operations Director of Cornwall-based Surfers
:03:41. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:47.against Sewage, Andy Cummins. First, 42 pollution incidents there alone.
:03:47. > :03:56.But this isn't an ice late case, it happens elsewhere, doesn't it?
:03:56. > :04:00.Throughout the South West there are over 1,500 of these combined sewer
:04:00. > :04:06.overflows. They needed, but they should not be discharging 42 times
:04:06. > :04:10.a year. We should be looking at a handful of isolated spills across
:04:10. > :04:15.the whole year, during extreme weather. Swers Water, like all of
:04:15. > :04:20.the other water companies, are abusing the combined sewer
:04:21. > :04:27.overflows to discharge untreated sewage after normal down pours, not
:04:27. > :04:31.heavy down pours. Looking at the scene there, it is beautiful,
:04:31. > :04:35.you're concerns, as well as the people of the area, if this keeping
:04:35. > :04:41.happening, warnings will go up and you will be prevented from going in
:04:41. > :04:46.the sea at all? Yes. The beaches are the South West's most, they're
:04:46. > :04:51.best asset. People want to come here and enjoy these sea and hope
:04:51. > :04:55.they will have a fraet and -- great and safe time. So people need
:04:55. > :05:01.information at the right time. Part of that, surfers against sewage
:05:01. > :05:04.have been working with South West Water so when these overflows do
:05:04. > :05:07.discharge, we're texting people immediately to tell them there will
:05:07. > :05:11.be a pollution incident and people can make an informed decision about
:05:11. > :05:18.if they want to go in the sea or not. Knowing that there is sewage
:05:18. > :05:23.in the water. You have worked on that warning system, South West
:05:23. > :05:30.Water are not doing anything ill legal, what else co-you -- do you
:05:30. > :05:33.think could they be doing? If swers Water are not breaking their
:05:33. > :05:39.licence, you're right, but they're not operating their asests like
:05:39. > :05:45.they should be. What we need to do the short-term solution is to make
:05:45. > :05:49.sure people have information and we sent out 80,000 text messages about
:05:49. > :05:55.the pollution incidence - o' incidents. We're lobbying the
:05:55. > :06:00.Environment Agency to make sure that water companies' licences are
:06:00. > :06:05.tightened up. 42 times a year, and that is not worst in the area, but
:06:05. > :06:09.42 time is far too many. And in the long-term we want assets to only
:06:10. > :06:17.operate on those rare occasions when there is a down pour. Thank
:06:17. > :06:26.you. I'm going to have to stop you there. Let us know your views on
:06:27. > :06:28.As doctors' groups in the South West prepare to take charge of NHS
:06:29. > :06:31.budgets, some are already developing services for their
:06:31. > :06:33.patients. The changes are part of the Government's controversial
:06:34. > :06:36.reforms, which many clinicians in the region warn will damage the
:06:36. > :06:46.health service. Others, however, think it's good news for patients.
:06:46. > :06:46.
:06:46. > :06:50.Our Health Correspondent, Sally Mountjoy, has this special report.
:06:50. > :06:54.The Government said more patients and higher treatment costs meant
:06:54. > :06:59.the NHS had to change. In the biggest shake-up since the health
:06:59. > :07:03.service began, it would cut bureaucracy, put GPs in charge and
:07:03. > :07:06.increase competition. But the health and social care bill
:07:06. > :07:10.provoked protests, and even after hundreds of amendments, most
:07:10. > :07:20.doctors, nurses and patients groups were still against it. However,
:07:20. > :07:24.last month the bill became law. Now doctors' groups led by GPs are
:07:24. > :07:30.poised to take over the vast majority of NHS budgets a year from
:07:30. > :07:34.now. Leaders say they are best placed to plan and buy treatment.
:07:34. > :07:38.They know what patients' hopes and fears, all those things are. They
:07:38. > :07:42.know the problems that patients have and they can therefore use
:07:42. > :07:47.that experience and that knowledge to develop things which are more
:07:47. > :07:50.relevant to patients and which are perhaps more patient-centred,
:07:50. > :07:57.rather than a decision being made by someone who has little contacts
:07:57. > :08:03.or experience with those patients. Some GP groups have set up services
:08:03. > :08:07.like the NHS weight loss programme in Torbay, run by a private company.
:08:07. > :08:13.Overweight patients are invited to join. The result has been I have
:08:13. > :08:20.lost two and a half stone. But that is combined with not a diet, but
:08:20. > :08:26.sensible eating. So the exercise and the eating, iefr lost weight.
:08:26. > :08:29.They're placed on the programme to help with weight loss, motivational
:08:29. > :08:33.talks and talks about diet and we're trying to change their
:08:33. > :08:36.lifestyle. The doctors who set up the scheme say it shows how
:08:36. > :08:42.patients benefit when their GPs commission their health care and it
:08:42. > :08:50.is a foretaste of the way private firms will be providing NHS
:08:50. > :08:54.services. But critics say the reforms are damaging and expensive.
:08:55. > :08:59.Just when we are trying to become more efficient, save money, we're
:08:59. > :09:04.wasting our attention on thinking about reorganisationing structures.
:09:04. > :09:08.The second thing is as soon as you bring in loads of private sector
:09:08. > :09:14.companies, who will land up taking small chunks of service that they
:09:14. > :09:18.think are profitable, you will get fragmentation and then things will
:09:19. > :09:24.go wrong. But primary care Trusts will be abol ired and doctors and
:09:24. > :09:31.nurses are ready to take over NHS budgets. -- abolished. Clinical
:09:31. > :09:36.groups are set up in Cornwall, South Devon and Torbay, Knorr east
:09:36. > :09:41.and west Devon. Dorset and Somerset. And in Somerset they have taken
:09:41. > :09:49.charge of contracts for some major services such as medicines,
:09:49. > :09:54.hospital care and meantal health. A baeb Politics Shows most GPs think
:09:54. > :09:59.the reform will lead too poorer care. Other believe putting
:09:59. > :10:09.decisions in their hands will create better services for their
:10:09. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:19.patients.. Hundreds of householders in Cornwall say their bins haven't
:10:19. > :10:22.been emptied since a new waste collection system was brought in
:10:22. > :10:24.last month. Some say their rubbish has been lyin$$WHITE Swede, steak
:10:25. > :10:28.and spuds - the traditional ingredients for a hot Cornish pasty,
:10:28. > :10:30.but now the Government intends to add a new one - VAT. These people
:10:30. > :10:33.have been waiting for their rubbish to be correct collected for two
:10:33. > :10:36.weeks. It is nearly three weeks now and it's getting desperate. We have
:10:37. > :10:45.foxes around. I have been out twice, cleaned up. Covered it up again.
:10:45. > :10:51.Down the road is a donkey and pony sanctuary -- sapbgtri. We have
:10:51. > :10:56.crows, faxs and it will encourage rats, with the environmental we're
:10:56. > :11:00.in here. Two weeks ago Cornwall council introduced a new rubbish
:11:00. > :11:05.collection system and the entire service has been contracted out to
:11:05. > :11:09.Cory environmental and the days and times of many collections have
:11:09. > :11:14.changed. Cory Environmental admit there have been problems. There is
:11:14. > :11:20.a combination of factors, some genuine misses and the refuse has
:11:20. > :11:26.been put out at the correct time, some people have put it out at
:11:26. > :11:30.their usual time and some put it out what they think is the correct
:11:30. > :11:34.day. But we're some, because they're getting familiar with the
:11:34. > :11:38.new routes. The council have set up a hotline too deal with problems,
:11:38. > :11:43.but many say they can't get through. We have increased the capacity in
:11:43. > :11:48.the call centre. There is still frustrations with that. If you can,
:11:48. > :11:53.please use the web-site. And there will a response from the web-site.
:11:53. > :12:00.Yes well collections have been miss and we will endeavour to respond
:12:00. > :12:03.and get a cle, out there within 48 hours. Back in May some good news
:12:03. > :12:13.for Clive, one of the extra collection vans did arrive and
:12:13. > :12:18.
:12:18. > :12:21.although it was a squeeze, it took away his unwanted rubbish.
:12:21. > :12:24.Okehampton has moved a step closer to getting a new railway station.
:12:24. > :12:27.Devon County Council is backing the submission of a planning
:12:27. > :12:30.application for a �360,000 scheme to the east of the town. The long
:12:30. > :12:32.term aim is to provide weekday rail services to Exeter and boost
:12:32. > :12:35.employment and business growth locally. Police in Plymouth are
:12:35. > :12:37.appealing for witnesses after two masked men robbed a city
:12:37. > :12:40.convenience store. The robbers, both armed with knives, walked into
:12:40. > :12:45.the Premier Store in Melrose Avenue in Pennycross at around 7 o'clock
:12:45. > :12:48.last night. They escaped with cash - believed to be around �1,000.
:12:48. > :12:50.Devon County Councillors have voted in favour of a �1.7 million scheme
:12:50. > :12:53.to switch off streetlights in Exeter. The remote monitoring
:12:53. > :12:56.system would enable lights to be turned off as traffic and
:12:56. > :13:05.pedestrian levels fall. The long- term aim is to roll out the system
:13:05. > :13:08.across the whole county. We'll be reading out some of your thoughts
:13:08. > :13:12.on the sewage discharges in North Devon in a moment - keep your e-
:13:12. > :13:14.mails and tweets coming in. Also still to come tonight: The wave of
:13:14. > :13:24.crime affecting boatyards and moorings and what's being done to
:13:24. > :13:27.
:13:27. > :13:37.stop it. And we have almost perfect growing weather, but we haven't
:13:37. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:43.seen the last of the frosts. later. Swede, steak and spuds - the
:13:43. > :13:46.traditional ingredients for a hot Cornish pasty, but now the
:13:46. > :13:49.Government intends to add a new one - VAT. The so-called pasty tax has
:13:49. > :13:52.caused uproar and today bakers, politicians and accountants have
:13:52. > :13:55.been meeting to decide what to do about it. Spotlight's David George
:13:55. > :13:58.reports on the pasty summit and the story behind it. The issue is
:13:58. > :14:05.complicated, but hot takeaway food like fish and chips has attracted
:14:05. > :14:12.VAT since the 80s. Hot baked food has not. The Chancellor, not
:14:12. > :14:22.regular pasty eat eer, but here seen eating one, has decided to end
:14:22. > :14:22.
:14:22. > :14:28.this loop put 20% on hot -- loophole and puts 20% on hot baked
:14:28. > :14:33.food. We pay VAT, perhaps they should pay VAT. It is a traditional
:14:33. > :14:39.Cornish food, so you are going to be upsetting people by putting VAT
:14:39. > :14:44.on it. He said in the 80s, clip shop owners passed the charge on to
:14:44. > :14:53.customers. If bakers did the same, it would add up to 50 pence to the
:14:53. > :14:58.price of a pasty. This bakery makes more than 70 thousand pasties a day.
:14:58. > :15:03.Some estimates suggest the business as a whole is worth �150 million a
:15:03. > :15:08.year to the Cornish economy. We're employing local people from the
:15:08. > :15:18.community. We have local suppliers. Local retailers. And all of that
:15:18. > :15:23.could possibly be affected. These are the delegates at the pasty
:15:23. > :15:28.summit. Bakers, retailers, politicians, tax experts and others
:15:28. > :15:32.are discussing how to fight the coalition's plans. David Cameron,
:15:32. > :15:37.Nick Clegg and George Osborne don't live on this planet and didn't
:15:37. > :15:43.realise how passionate we're about an ordinary food No kafr Yar, no
:15:43. > :15:50.champagne, this is a sausage roll, its a corn is pasty. Snee could see
:15:50. > :15:54.a reDix in sales and we could like to see shop loss and bakery closure,
:15:54. > :15:59.that would have a bad impact on the local economy and wider economy. So
:15:59. > :16:05.we're anxious to make sure that point is understood. The summit has
:16:05. > :16:09.reached a consensus and issued a commune Kay in which they say they
:16:09. > :16:17.will ga her more evidence of the impact and plan to meet with
:16:17. > :16:19.officials and keep up the pressure on George Osborne. Almost �500,000
:16:19. > :16:23.worth of outboard motors were stolen from boats in Devon and
:16:23. > :16:25.Cornwall last year. The police think gangs of thieves from Eastern
:16:25. > :16:28.Europe have been targeting boatyards and moorings. Marine
:16:28. > :16:30.crime's a problem across the south west. Thefts from boats have been
:16:30. > :16:33.reported in the past year from Looe, Falmouth, Rock, Dartmouth and
:16:33. > :16:35.Stithians Lake. Boatwatch schemes with volunteer patrols, CCTV and
:16:35. > :16:39.security markings have helped reduce crime. On the River Fal for
:16:39. > :16:41.example there was a 40% drop in just one year. Now a new scheme's
:16:41. > :16:51.just got underway in north Cornwall, from where Spotlight's Emma
:16:51. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:07.Ruminski reports. Regular patrols to deter thieves. The police say
:17:08. > :17:15.gangs are known to free boats from their moorings in one place and
:17:15. > :17:23.steal them elsewhere. Boat engines are worth a lot and these are worth
:17:23. > :17:30.between �15 and �20,000 and here a couple of years ago �100,000 worth
:17:30. > :17:35.of engines were stolen. The police believe organised gangs are
:17:35. > :17:40.committing the crimes and they want local boat owners to keep their
:17:40. > :17:46.engines secure. It is hoped the new inflatable will allow the police to
:17:46. > :17:51.patrol the sea more effectively. It is owned by the Padstow harbour
:17:51. > :17:57.commissioners. By pooling their resources, officers say they can
:17:57. > :18:02.cut down on crime and enforce local buy laws. Last year there was a
:18:02. > :18:07.significant drop in how much was taken. So we're here to try to
:18:07. > :18:10.encourage people to sign up to our boat watch scheme and that does,
:18:10. > :18:13.people become affiliated with us and we can work and pull in the
:18:13. > :18:19.same direction and hopefully minimise the problem further.
:18:19. > :18:25.Special events like this in Rock are designed to promote safety and
:18:25. > :18:31.security on the water. The police have entered into a partnership
:18:31. > :18:37.with the harbour master, and teach teams to support each other.
:18:37. > :18:47.have called in, but it is not a huge concern, the incidents we have
:18:47. > :18:51.dealt with, it has been reassuring, knowing they're there to back us up.
:18:51. > :18:55.The organisations aim to make the other more secure by sharing their
:18:55. > :18:58.knowledge. A Somerset village has been awarded almost �30,000 of
:18:58. > :19:01.Lottery money to keep its post office open. The successful bid by
:19:01. > :19:08.residents in Oake to the Village SOS scheme means their local branch
:19:08. > :19:11.is able to remain open for the time being. It is based on local people
:19:11. > :19:21.running the shop for their own benefit and ploughing the income
:19:21. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:29.back into the shop and to make it financially sustainable. Now 100
:19:29. > :19:32.years ago this weekend the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the
:19:32. > :19:34.North Atlantic with the loss of 1,500 lives. This week a Cornish
:19:34. > :19:37.Theatre Company is performing Titanic the Musical and on Saturday
:19:37. > :19:40.all the key moments in the performance will happen on stage at
:19:40. > :19:45.exactly the same time as they did at sea a century ago. Spotlight's
:19:45. > :19:51.John Ayres has more. It has taken seven months to get the performance
:19:51. > :19:58.together and in a theatre location, looking out at the ocean where it
:19:58. > :20:04.happened. There is a 50-strong cast and an orchestra. You don't always,
:20:04. > :20:10.or hardly ever get a full cast to a rehearsal. We have only had one or
:20:10. > :20:20.two relersals when we have had everyone here. So when you get
:20:20. > :20:25.
:20:25. > :20:29.everyone it's, it suddenly starts The company obtained the rights to
:20:29. > :20:35.put on the performance and it has been doing well. Selling more than
:20:35. > :20:41.5 thousand tickets and covering its costs. In term of people turning up,
:20:41. > :20:45.it is the second best show they have had. There is nothing better
:20:45. > :20:50.than hearing people here, due to the acoustics of the place and the
:20:50. > :21:00.echo you get and you realise the expanse in which you're performing.
:21:00. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:05.It is a magical experience. It has been ambitious to do it here, but
:21:05. > :21:11.where better could you do it. It is the best theatre I have been able
:21:11. > :21:16.to do its and when the flares go off at night and everyone is trying
:21:16. > :21:22.to get in the lifeboat, it is amazing. We know how this ends, and
:21:22. > :21:30.it is a sensitive subject that you need the get rights. This Saturday,
:21:30. > :21:35.the anniversary, the show will be timed so the key momentss happen at
:21:35. > :21:45.the time they did. There will be a minute's silence to remember those
:21:45. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:57.who died that night. And your e- mails. James said 42 sewage
:21:57. > :22:02.releases is too much. They should deal with all but the most extreme
:22:03. > :22:11.weather. And Alan says, "Considering the amount we pay,
:22:12. > :22:20.there should be no raw sewage." rosemary said, the ocean should not
:22:21. > :22:26.be used as a dumping ground. And we have had comments about rubbish
:22:26. > :22:32.collections. Jon said a shambles here. And another viewer said our
:22:32. > :22:36.recycling has not been collected. And on Twitter, Tim says, no
:22:36. > :22:42.recycling collected last Thursday, unable to get through on the phones
:22:42. > :22:48.and web-site would not recognise our post code. A lash up, he says.
:22:48. > :22:53.You can continue the debate on Twitter and on Facebook. It looked
:22:53. > :22:56.lovely down on the beach tonight lovely down on the beach tonight
:22:56. > :23:01.and some lovely sunshine around. Yes, not every where, there have
:23:01. > :23:07.been some showers and some have been heavy. Tonight the have now
:23:07. > :23:12.gone. There is a few out to sea, but inland a lot of clear sky and
:23:12. > :23:17.it will turn cold tonight. Even a touch of frost here and there. When
:23:17. > :23:21.you look at the satellite, you can see the cloud cover across the U
:23:22. > :23:26.kfpt. Most of the south-west Wales and the south-west of England clear
:23:26. > :23:31.of cloud. There is one line of showers to the north of us and that
:23:31. > :23:36.line of showers will come in tonight and by the morning move
:23:36. > :23:40.into the north Devon and north Cornwall coasts. And more showers
:23:40. > :23:44.tomorrow. By the time we get to Friday and into the weekend, a
:23:44. > :23:50.change in wind direction, but a change nonetheless, the winds
:23:50. > :23:55.become northerly and that brings colder air across us. With a bigger
:23:55. > :24:00.risk on Saturday night and Sunday night of some widespread frost.
:24:00. > :24:05.There is Saturday's forecast a keen north-east breeze developing. That
:24:06. > :24:12.was the picture from earlier, you can see thousand showers have faded
:24:12. > :24:18.away. -- how the showers have faded away. We have had some great views.
:24:19. > :24:24.Here there was a view of the patchy cloud, but out to sea, you can see
:24:24. > :24:34.the blue sky along the south Devon coast. We have had a lot of think
:24:34. > :24:41.fine weather. - of this fine weather. This is Dawlish where we
:24:41. > :24:45.have had some people braving some fairly low sea temperatures. The
:24:45. > :24:50.showers across east Dorset and Somerset will tend to fade away
:24:50. > :24:54.tonight. For most of us, we will have a lot of clear sky A good view
:24:54. > :25:00.of the stars, but some low temperatures. Towards dawn, a few
:25:00. > :25:04.more showers on the north coast of Devonor Cornwall. The blue shows
:25:04. > :25:10.where the temperature will get at or just about freezing. So the
:25:10. > :25:15.possibility of some ice on the car winds screen first thing. For most
:25:15. > :25:21.things around three or four degrees. Winds remain light from the north-
:25:21. > :25:26.west. For Cornwall fine weather for the rest of the day. The showerss
:25:26. > :25:32.largely in east Devon and Somerset and Dorset. So for many of us, a
:25:32. > :25:38.lot of sunshine. In the sunshine a top temperature of 13. For the
:25:38. > :25:48.Isles of Scilly a dry day, with good visibility and a north-west
:25:48. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:56.breeze. Times of high water are on screen. The cleanest surf will be
:25:56. > :26:01.on the south coast. And winds north-westerly tomorrow, force four,
:26:01. > :26:06.occasionally five in the showers. But generally very good visibility.
:26:06. > :26:11.Not much change at the weekend. The temperatures drop A keen breeze
:26:11. > :26:16.developing and a risk of some frost. Have a good evening. Thank you. If