:00:20. > :00:30.A peaceful pasty protest. Bakers A peaceful pasty protest. Bakers
:00:30. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:53.rally in London against a planned tax on their trade.
:00:53. > :00:55.Good evening. We will hear from local protestors who have been in
:00:55. > :00:57.Westminster today. $NEWLINE Also on Spotlight tonight:
:00:57. > :01:03.No criminal conviction, but thousands of youngsters have had
:01:03. > :01:05.their DNA taken. And hoping for a buyer. One of the
:01:05. > :01:06.region's best known home improvement companies goes into
:01:06. > :01:10.administration. Pasty makers from Cornwall have
:01:10. > :01:12.been in London today to fight Government plans to put 20 % VAT on
:01:12. > :01:16.the popular takeaway food. They've joined hundreds of other bakers
:01:16. > :01:18.from all over the country, who say the so called pasty tax is unfair
:01:18. > :01:28.and could affect their business. Our Cornwall reporter reports from
:01:28. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:06.This can really affect your family business? Certainly. I can put my -
:02:06. > :02:10.- I cannot put my price up by 20 %. The some bakers had hoped to take
:02:10. > :02:17.to Downing Street, but after the police advised them that their
:02:17. > :02:24.event might attack -- attract interest from entire government --
:02:24. > :02:28.and the Government protesters, they decided not to. We have come here
:02:28. > :02:33.with peaceful intentions but we are determined to fight to the bitter
:02:33. > :02:38.end against this proposed tax that will have a devastating effect on
:02:38. > :02:42.ordinary people who simply cannot afford to pay 20 % are more for
:02:42. > :02:48.everyday food. After the protest, they delivered a petition to 10
:02:48. > :02:52.Downing Street, with no less than half a million signatures. Then, a
:02:52. > :02:57.special delivery. These were driven from Cornwall. Catch an MP when he
:02:57. > :03:05.is hungry and you might get his support. She, nourishing and
:03:05. > :03:10.filling lunchtime snack. -- cheap, nourishing and filling. If you are
:03:10. > :03:15.going to give a tax cut to millionaires and put 20 % more on
:03:15. > :03:19.the price of a pasty, it is not fair. I hope that the Government
:03:19. > :03:24.will think again. The Chancellor says he is just trying to simplify
:03:24. > :03:28.the tax system, but these figures sake the taxable make their lives
:03:28. > :03:34.are more difficult. Joining me now is a Conservative MP, who unlike
:03:34. > :03:42.the Cornish MPs, supported this ACAS attacks. Why are you for the
:03:42. > :03:48.tax? -- VAT tax. Why are you for this tax? If you have a fish and
:03:48. > :03:53.chip shop then you have to pay your 20 % VAT. If you want to pay a pie
:03:53. > :03:59.to one other clients, you have to pay the 20 % VAT on that as well. I
:03:59. > :04:05.think this is a matter of us trying to clear up an anomaly -- anomaly
:04:05. > :04:09.that has been going on for 20 years. If you are a small company you will
:04:09. > :04:14.not be doing it but if you are a large company you will end up
:04:14. > :04:19.putting a 20 % tax on it. A lot of the companies are quite small and
:04:19. > :04:25.they say that the VAT will make this product no longer affordable
:04:25. > :04:30.for many people. I do not think we are talking about that. I suspect
:04:30. > :04:36.that you actually pay VAT on your fish and chips as well. I do not
:04:36. > :04:40.think that is going to be the issue. People who enjoy a pasty or a
:04:40. > :04:46.sausage roll will continue to have it because that is what they enjoy
:04:47. > :04:52.having. We are not talking about a large money. We are talking about a
:04:52. > :04:55.small amount. Nevertheless, we have heard about one baker who has
:04:55. > :05:00.actually put their staff on a three-day week because they are
:05:01. > :05:05.finding things so tough. This tax seems to be making things more
:05:05. > :05:09.difficult. There might be another reason why he had to do that. There
:05:09. > :05:15.might be a problem with shoppers coming in and buying the things. I
:05:15. > :05:19.suspect that as more likely to be the case. The government is in the
:05:19. > :05:24.process on doing -- of doing a review of all of this. If people
:05:24. > :05:31.feel so strongly about said they should write in. They should also
:05:31. > :05:34.indicate whether -- where there should be a tax if it is not on the
:05:35. > :05:41.price of a pasty. You cannot say that you are not going to have the
:05:41. > :05:50.tax because it will just add to the bill. Shed a pasty be eaten hot or
:05:50. > :05:53.cold? And should there be a tax on Devon and Cornwall Police are
:05:53. > :05:56.taking and storing DNA samples from thousands of children who arrested
:05:56. > :05:59.but never charged with any criminal offence. BBC Radio Devon has found
:05:59. > :06:02.out that over a three year period more than 14,000 arrests were made
:06:02. > :06:05.where the defendant was under s17. The Police currently have the right
:06:05. > :06:08.to keep their DNA until they are 100 years old. But children's
:06:08. > :06:18.rights groups say this "stigmatises youngsters for the rest of their
:06:18. > :06:20.
:06:20. > :06:25.lives". This young man has a head for a
:06:25. > :06:30.technology. At the age of 13 he was designing programmes for smart
:06:30. > :06:36.phones. But he hacked into the school's computer system. He was
:06:36. > :06:41.reprimanded by police but he was never charged. It was so scary, how
:06:41. > :06:46.we wrote rushed to the back of the police station. I was sat up
:06:46. > :06:50.against a white wall and have my photos taken. For any child that
:06:50. > :06:55.has been arrested and have to go to a police station is processed in
:06:55. > :07:00.the same way as an adult. The police can keep their DNA for a 100
:07:00. > :07:09.years. The prospect of a me being on the system for my lifetime is
:07:09. > :07:11.pretty scary. The Home Office says that juveniles charged with a minor
:07:12. > :07:16.offence will not have their DNA taken unless they have been
:07:16. > :07:21.convicted, and then it will be kept for five years. If they are charged
:07:21. > :07:27.with a serious offence, the DNA will be kept for three years. If
:07:27. > :07:32.they are convicted, it is kept indefinitely. When children's
:07:32. > :07:35.charity says that the Government's plans do not go far enough. When
:07:35. > :07:40.children come into contact with the police because of something they
:07:40. > :07:43.have done because they are not fully matured, it should not affect
:07:43. > :07:48.them for the rest of their lives. They should not be stigmatised for
:07:48. > :07:51.the rest of their lives. Devon and Cornwall police do not want to get
:07:51. > :07:56.an interview, but gave a statement saying that police did not
:07:56. > :08:02.unlawfully collect DNA from anybody under the age of responsibility. In
:08:02. > :08:05.the UK, that is anyone over the age of 10 that has been arrested for a
:08:05. > :08:15.recordable offence. Right now a bill is going to permit that should
:08:15. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:21.give new details about what information can be kept or removed.
:08:21. > :08:25.I think it is completely wrong. Being expelled from school was the
:08:26. > :08:31.hardest part. The young man says he has learned his lesson but he does
:08:31. > :08:36.not want a teenage prank to affect his future, or have his DNA remain
:08:36. > :08:39.on file. We are joined now in our London
:08:39. > :08:42.studio by Frances Crook, who is the Chief Executive of the Howard
:08:42. > :08:45.League For Penal Reform. What do you think of children who
:08:45. > :08:49.have not been convicted, or indeed charged in many cases, having their
:08:49. > :08:55.DNA kept on a police database? It is extraordinary that children
:08:55. > :08:58.are being a stigmatised like this. All of the research shows that once
:08:58. > :09:02.children come into contact with the criminal justice system, they are
:09:02. > :09:07.more likely to spiralled down hill and their behaviour, so we should
:09:07. > :09:12.keep children out of conflict with the police -- contact with the
:09:12. > :09:22.police. I would be horrified if my daughter or any of your reviewer's
:09:22. > :09:23.
:09:23. > :09:28.children had their DNA taken when they had not done anything wrong.
:09:28. > :09:32.But DNA can also prove that someone is innocent. But we are talking
:09:32. > :09:37.about young children here and misbehaviour. The police are tying
:09:37. > :09:42.up resources at a time when they are having to cut staffing levels
:09:42. > :09:46.and having to cut their resources and they are using this to deal
:09:46. > :09:51.with small children who are a nuisance and who are not criminals.
:09:51. > :09:54.Many of them are innocent, of course. But the police say this is
:09:54. > :09:57.a lawful. In many cases, criminality starts
:09:57. > :10:00.in the teenage years, so why shouldn't the police use a tool
:10:00. > :10:09.like this to try to deter a young person from turning to a life of
:10:10. > :10:14.crime? Wasting public money -- they are wasting public money. These are
:10:14. > :10:17.children and they have not done anything wrong. I would appeal to
:10:17. > :10:21.your viewers to ask that if their children have been in touch with
:10:21. > :10:26.the police in any way to get in touch with the police and have them
:10:26. > :10:31.removed their DNA. It is not right that the police are keeping the DNA
:10:31. > :10:36.of innocent children for up to 100 years. But if you have not done
:10:36. > :10:40.anything wrong, surely there is nothing to fear. Why should you
:10:41. > :10:49.have your DNA capped by the police? There are legal rights and
:10:49. > :10:52.protections for children. -- kept by the police. Perhaps the police
:10:53. > :10:59.should be concentrating on real crime instead. Thank you for
:10:59. > :11:01.joining us. One of the region's best-known home
:11:01. > :11:04.improvement companies has gone into administration. Launa Windows,
:11:04. > :11:08.based at Newton Abbot, has made 60 staff redundant. The family firm is
:11:08. > :11:11.still trading for now and it's hoped it will be sold as a going
:11:11. > :11:16.concern. Our Business Correspondent joins us now from their base in
:11:16. > :11:22.Newton Abbot. It was en 1974 that Launa Windows started trading,
:11:22. > :11:27.pretty much at the dawn of the double glazing Era. They did build
:11:27. > :11:34.a huge region wide reputation, partly through incessant
:11:34. > :11:40.advertising. The 60 employees who have lost their jobs today leave 11
:11:40. > :11:44.employees still in the business and a team of external sub-contractors
:11:44. > :11:47.-- sub-contractors who will have fully carry on working on
:11:47. > :11:54.installations for existing contracts. Extremely worrying for
:11:54. > :11:58.the staff, but presumably, a lot of fearful customers as well.
:11:58. > :12:03.current order book is valued at half a million pounds, but the
:12:03. > :12:08.anxiety out there should be limited by the fact that Launa Windows did
:12:08. > :12:12.not generally require customers to pay up front. It is the size of the
:12:12. > :12:16.order book that raises the hope that Launa Windows will be sold on.
:12:16. > :12:20.The administrator was telling me there is every hope of that as long
:12:20. > :12:27.as he can find a buyer for them before those customers simply
:12:27. > :12:31.decide to turn elsewhere. The one thing that Launa Windows had in its
:12:31. > :12:36.favour was a very large of its turnover came from personal
:12:36. > :12:42.recommendation from very satisfied customers in the past. I am hopeful
:12:42. > :12:46.that we can get some benefit from that. And we have to hope that the
:12:46. > :12:51.business can be sold on and perhaps people re-employed, because South
:12:51. > :12:55.Devon is not a great place to find yourself unemployed. Torbay have
:12:55. > :12:59.the highest unemployment in the region. We have just gone back into
:12:59. > :13:03.double dip recession and we have ourselves with a high-profile
:13:03. > :13:06.victim already here. Managers at North Devon District
:13:06. > :13:09.Hospital have apologised after a swab was left inside a woman after
:13:09. > :13:11.surgery. It's the second time it's happened in the last year. The
:13:11. > :13:14.woman had undergone a routine procedure but found the swab eight
:13:14. > :13:17.days later. The hospital says it was removed without the need for
:13:17. > :13:26.surgery and the patient suffered no ill effects. Managers insist
:13:26. > :13:29.People concerned about sewage being discharged into the sea at Combe
:13:29. > :13:32.Martin are expected to pack out a public meeting tonight. Campaigners
:13:32. > :13:34.claim it could leave their beach too contaminated if the practice
:13:34. > :13:37.continues during times of heavy rain. South West Water, the
:13:37. > :13:47.Environment Agency and local councils are expected to attend to
:13:47. > :13:50.
:13:50. > :13:53.discuss improving the quality of Coming up:
:13:53. > :13:59.As one charity says we have a lot to learn from the older generation,
:13:59. > :14:03.we put it to the test. Keep working, keep paying your taxes, and keep
:14:03. > :14:06.paying your pensions. That is what we want!
:14:06. > :14:09.And as the countdown to the Olympics continues; people of all
:14:09. > :14:12.abilities get a chance to try something new.
:14:12. > :14:16.The movie War Horse is one of many films which have used the South
:14:16. > :14:19.West as a backdrop. The region has a long tradition of movie making.
:14:19. > :14:22.It's worth �40 million a year to the local economy and there are
:14:22. > :14:32.hopes that a recent budget proposal could provide the media industry
:14:32. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:43.Making feature films is big business. Dark were made a perfect
:14:43. > :14:46.setting for Steven Spielberg's epic War Horse, and the crew spent
:14:46. > :14:53.millions of pounds here, that is before you calculate the benefits
:14:53. > :14:57.that tourism could be worth. At the other end of the scale, there is a
:14:57. > :15:03.weekend retreat, a film edited in Cornwall, but the Treasury could
:15:03. > :15:08.soon be lending a hand to such creative efforts. The Chancellor
:15:08. > :15:14.announced plans for a film tax credit, where companies can write
:15:14. > :15:18.off of the expenses of a film, into the wider media world, such as
:15:18. > :15:22.video games and TV production. The director of this film has just won
:15:22. > :15:26.an award at the London Film Festival. I think it is a great
:15:26. > :15:30.thing if this happens in Cornwall. Sometimes you feel that you are
:15:30. > :15:34.quite isolated from things like that happening. If it does happen
:15:34. > :15:38.and it raises interest in Cornwall, I think that is great. Any help you
:15:38. > :15:43.can have to make a film is much appreciated, I can tell you that
:15:43. > :15:47.from experience. These could be the animators and television makers
:15:47. > :15:52.from tomorrow -- of tomorrow. These students are working on a film
:15:52. > :15:55.about a man who thinks he is a bird. The staff here say that a little
:15:55. > :16:00.bit of investment could pay dividends. There is a huge amount
:16:00. > :16:06.of talent, and in the past, you would have finished your course and
:16:06. > :16:11.then gone on to the workplace. More often than not they left Cornwall.
:16:11. > :16:15.We have nurtured his talent and then it is gone. Traditionally,
:16:15. > :16:19.films have always been centred around a small area of London. Now
:16:19. > :16:23.we can offer everything that is offered in London, with the space
:16:23. > :16:28.and facilities and the expertise and talent. There is no reason why
:16:28. > :16:33.they should not be a studio in Cornwall. A recent survey valued
:16:33. > :16:40.television production in the South West at �153 million per year.
:16:40. > :16:43.These students will be happy with a tiny share of that success.
:16:43. > :16:46.Understanding finances and the value of money has become more
:16:46. > :16:50.crucial than ever in recent years as the UK economy struggles in and
:16:50. > :16:52.out of recession. So it seems it's never too early to get to grips
:16:52. > :16:54.with pounds and pence. As Spotlight's Johnny Rutherford
:16:54. > :17:04.reports, pupils at one school in Plymouth are getting a valuable
:17:04. > :17:13.lesson in managing budgets. I am putting in 55p. What are you
:17:13. > :17:16.saving up for? Eight Nintendo games system. This is a school banks. At
:17:16. > :17:21.the school, they believe in encouraging children to save their
:17:21. > :17:24.pennies. Last year they won at a national award for personal finance
:17:24. > :17:34.education, and this year they have teamed up with another school to
:17:34. > :17:36.
:17:36. > :17:40.run a special money class. Today is about children really learning and
:17:40. > :17:44.applying some of the skills they have learnt in numeracy and other
:17:44. > :17:54.subjects to find out more about how to save and spend money wisely.
:17:54. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.That includes learning about When you are buying a mobile phone
:18:03. > :18:09.you have to save -- choose which one will save you the most money.
:18:09. > :18:14.And how much does it cost to make a packed lunch? I was so surprised
:18:14. > :18:18.that our parents spend so much on this. It is so wicked. Children in
:18:18. > :18:21.schools today are very aware of the current economic climate and they
:18:21. > :18:25.know what it means to their parents and their families and how it
:18:25. > :18:31.affects them. They can talk to their teachers about that, and that
:18:31. > :18:36.is why we are here. The question was asked, if you found �10 lying
:18:36. > :18:40.in the street, what would you do with it? I would spend it on my
:18:40. > :18:47.sister's birthday present. I would save it for a laptop. I would give
:18:47. > :18:51.it to my mum. I would spend it on sweets! Well, I would have as a
:18:51. > :18:59.kid! Most of the children understood the lesson and the risks
:18:59. > :19:02.involved with a knowing just what With only 125 days to go until the
:19:02. > :19:05.start of the Paralympic Games in London, students in Plymouth have
:19:06. > :19:09.been getting to grips with some of the sports that will be on show.
:19:09. > :19:12.The aim of the day, to raise awareness and give people of all
:19:12. > :19:22.abilities the chance to try something new. We went along to see
:19:22. > :19:28.Some of these sports might look easy enough, but try having a go at
:19:28. > :19:34.playing basketball in a wheelchair and it is a different story. That
:19:34. > :19:38.is exactly what these students did. They made up teams with children
:19:38. > :19:44.and -- students who are wheelchair users and others who are more able
:19:44. > :19:49.by eight. The aim was to raise awareness about Paralympic sports.
:19:49. > :19:54.I find it liberating. It is my first experience doing this in a
:19:54. > :19:59.wheelchair and I found it amazing, actually. It is difficult. More
:19:59. > :20:06.difficult than I anticipated. But it is pretty good. Tennis,
:20:06. > :20:12.badminton, basketball and Bob Crow were on hand today, and it was a
:20:12. > :20:21.safe - a rare chance for all of the -- end it was a chance for
:20:21. > :20:28.everybody to give it a go. It gives a glimpse into the challenges that
:20:28. > :20:32.the assembled students face. -- that disabled students face. There
:20:32. > :20:37.are so many people out there who want to achieve and have a go at
:20:37. > :20:42.things. It is just fine to get people to realise what is out there.
:20:42. > :20:46.We are just 125 days away from the Paralympics, and there is still
:20:46. > :20:49.plenty of time for the students to have a go at more of the sports on
:20:49. > :20:52.offer. We all know that times are tough,
:20:52. > :20:56.money's tight and the weather's foul. But there is a group of
:20:56. > :20:58.people who have seen it all before and beaten the odds. And now a
:20:58. > :21:08.charity says that the younger generation should be tapping in to
:21:08. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:16.the experience and wisdom of older Older people know what it's about
:21:16. > :21:25.life. They have been there, done it and bought the cardigan. -- know
:21:25. > :21:34.lots about life. I used to put the tin in front of the fire. My family
:21:34. > :21:38.would have to wait until there was enough money to have a spin dryer.
:21:38. > :21:46.Then you had to really do your shopping and washing once a week.
:21:46. > :21:51.It did not stop them. Our elders succeeded and that life, paying the
:21:51. > :22:00.gas bill and not getting into debt. Petra broke succeeded in life.
:22:00. > :22:07.what you spend every day -- succeeded and led life, paying the
:22:07. > :22:12.gas bill and not getting into debt. Now, they think they can answer
:22:12. > :22:17.people that young people struggle with. It is time it to share a bed
:22:17. > :22:21.of wisdom, because maybe, things are not so bad. Every generation
:22:21. > :22:25.thinks that they invented the world. Everybody thinks they are doing
:22:25. > :22:31.something for the first time. In fact, pretty much all of it has
:22:31. > :22:36.been done before. Do you ever ask older people for advice? Quite
:22:36. > :22:41.often, yes. I see what they think and look at what their outlook on
:22:41. > :22:46.things are. Have you ever acted on it? Sometimes, yes. Do you think it
:22:46. > :22:52.is harder now than it was then? think people have got it pretty
:22:52. > :22:59.easy now. We moan about things like the internet, not things like bombs.
:22:59. > :23:03.And perhaps some advice is taking with a pinch of salt. Keep working,
:23:03. > :23:09.keep paying your taxes, and keep paying our pensions. That is what
:23:09. > :23:12.we want! We must tap into the wisdom and knowledge of older
:23:12. > :23:20.wisdom and knowledge of older people. With that in mind, here is
:23:20. > :23:24.the weather! It was a get, I am sorry!
:23:24. > :23:28.Good evening. We have some more showers to come over the next few
:23:28. > :23:34.days and then a batch of wet weather. The nature of these
:23:34. > :23:38.showers we have seen this week are pretty potentially very heavy, and
:23:38. > :23:43.we are likely to see them every night tonight as well as tomorrow.
:23:43. > :23:48.This stripe of cloud shows you where the area of showers will be
:23:48. > :23:54.over the next 24 hours. There is the low pressure. It does not move
:23:54. > :24:00.very far. By midday tomorrow we will have at this line up showers
:24:00. > :24:04.right through South West England. They will go through parts of
:24:04. > :24:09.Dorset and Somerset. As we move into Saturday, it is still
:24:09. > :24:14.producing a few light showers. Perhaps Saturday is the better off
:24:14. > :24:17.the two days of the weekend, because there is an area of low
:24:17. > :24:22.pressure that could potentially bring us more wet weather as well
:24:22. > :24:26.as windy conditions for a good part of southern Britain. You can see
:24:26. > :24:31.there are some showers still dotted around and some heavy downpours
:24:31. > :24:35.left behind. Although they become more isolated in the night, the
:24:35. > :24:40.showers just keep on coming. They might not have the same potency of
:24:40. > :24:45.the showers we have seen today, but by dawn tomorrow morning, we will
:24:45. > :24:50.wake up to a mixture. Briefly some sunshine, but it will be milder
:24:50. > :24:55.than it has Ben. Here come the showers tomorrow. They will be
:24:55. > :24:59.gathering and developing through the day. The focus will be on
:24:59. > :25:04.central and southern Davin up in two parts of Somerset. It is here
:25:04. > :25:08.that we could have some heavy downpours of rain. Parts of
:25:08. > :25:15.Somerset and Cornwall may get away with a largely dry day, but quite a
:25:15. > :25:25.lot of cloud around. Temperatures are ranging from a leg in 214
:25:25. > :25:32.degrees Celsius. -- From E Levin -- from 11 up to 40 Celsius. When
:25:32. > :25:41.players are changing direction. -- 14 Celsius. Winds or changing
:25:41. > :25:47.If you're heading for the beach to do a spot of surfing, the surf will
:25:47. > :25:54.clean up quite nicely on the south coast. Much lighter winds, and they
:25:54. > :25:58.will be coming in from the east and increasing tomorrow night. Tomorrow
:25:58. > :26:03.night will bring showers with mainly good visibility. That brings
:26:03. > :26:10.us to Sunday. We have a new area of low pressure and this one is
:26:10. > :26:16.developing in the Bay of Biscay. It means not only will we see heavy
:26:16. > :26:23.rain on Sunday, but we will also see a lot of wind, with South or
:26:23. > :26:29.south-easterly winds that could reach gale winds. Sunday looks like
:26:29. > :26:35.it could be quite a wet day. Friday, tomorrow, a few showers dotted
:26:35. > :26:40.around, and most of us having a dry day. It will be wet and windy on
:26:40. > :26:44.Sunday, and then, you guessed it, showers for the early part of next
:26:44. > :26:47.showers for the early part of next week. Have a good evening.
:26:47. > :26:49.The top stories tonight: Campaigners have taken their fight
:26:49. > :26:52.against the pasty tax to Westminster and anger over police
:26:52. > :26:59.keeping DNA from thousands of children in the region even though