:00:17. > :00:23.The burnt-out remains of a Falmouth hotel. The investigation into the
:00:23. > :00:30.cause continues. We suspect that a tar heating there'll on the did
:00:31. > :00:37.Flora could be the -- on the third floor could be the problem.
:00:37. > :00:43.record rainfall. A river in full flow in Somerset. It is officially
:00:43. > :00:48.the brightest spot and the country. The Queen arrives in Dorset on a
:00:48. > :00:58.Jubilee visit to the region. And A Close shave a for pupils who are
:00:58. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:03.supporting a classmate who is being treated for cancer.
:01:03. > :01:06.The fire brigade think a blaze which has destroyed one of
:01:06. > :01:09.Falmouth's biggest beach hotels may have been caused by a tar barrel
:01:09. > :01:12.being used to asphalt a balcony floor. The police now say that all
:01:12. > :01:15.staff and guests at the Falmouth Beach Resort have been accounted
:01:15. > :01:18.for. However the hotel was open to non-residents and they cannot be
:01:18. > :01:21.certain no-one else was in the building. The fire brigade have
:01:21. > :01:26.been at the scene now for more than 24 hours.
:01:26. > :01:30.Witnesses say that the fire took hold in in his -- in a minute. It
:01:30. > :01:35.was too windy for the firefighters to put up their ladders, and within
:01:35. > :01:39.two hours, much of this hotel was a burnt-out shell. This man works as
:01:39. > :01:45.a maintenance man and was decorating a room. He believes the
:01:45. > :01:50.fire started directly above him. You could smell the smoke. Nobody
:01:50. > :01:57.had burned the toast in the kitchen. Everyone was out in a few minutes.
:01:57. > :02:02.It was very well done. We have regular drills. Everybody did what
:02:02. > :02:07.they were supposed to do. Staff help 30 guests to safety, and a
:02:07. > :02:13.number of people who were using the hotel's stemming full -- swimming
:02:13. > :02:17.pool. The hotel was also open to people who were not guests. We were
:02:17. > :02:22.wondering if anybody had wandered in for a cup of coffee or a beer or
:02:22. > :02:27.something like that. Until we are 100 % satisfied that no one has
:02:27. > :02:31.gone into that building, and indeed, to any aspects that have been
:02:31. > :02:35.destroyed and the fire, we want to double check that we have accounted
:02:35. > :02:39.for every single person. More than 100 people staying in a
:02:39. > :02:43.neighbouring hotel were also made it to safety. They were given beds
:02:43. > :02:48.at nearby hotels and today they were allowed back to pick up their
:02:49. > :02:54.automobiles and pick up their possessions. Four or five of us are
:02:54. > :02:59.aren't quite serious medication and we had a bet -- are on a quite
:02:59. > :03:03.serious medication and we had an emergency trip to the pharmacy.
:03:03. > :03:07.Firefighters have said that it is still structurally too dangerous to
:03:07. > :03:14.go inside. All four flowers have collapsed and parts of the building
:03:14. > :03:21.are still smouldering. -- all four floors. You can see from this
:03:21. > :03:27.footage that a fire is burning in a room next to a top floor balcony.
:03:27. > :03:33.The fire brigade say that a tar drum was from that floor. There was
:03:33. > :03:37.a device that was used to heat up tar for a flat roofing. The
:03:37. > :03:42.investigation is very much on going. This could be the case, but the
:03:42. > :03:47.photographic evidence that we have at the case also suggest that this
:03:47. > :03:51.is the cause. The fire brigade are expected to be here for at least
:03:51. > :03:55.another 24 hours. They fear there could be smaller fires burning
:03:55. > :04:03.underneath the rubble. Meanwhile the chain that owns the hotel has
:04:03. > :04:11.spent the firefighters for their swift action, as well as the staff.
:04:11. > :04:14.-- thanked the firefighters. Nurses and health advisers with NHS
:04:14. > :04:17.Direct in the South West have been taking action today over plans to
:04:17. > :04:22.replace the service. Off-duty staff at the Exeter contact centre are
:04:22. > :04:25.working unpaid. They say the new NHS 111 helpline will employ fewer
:04:25. > :04:30.qualified nurses, so patients will get a poorer service and more will
:04:30. > :04:34.be sent to A&E departments. Today is a day of action at the NHS
:04:34. > :04:39.Direct centre, but it was not a strike. Off duty nurses worked
:04:39. > :04:43.unpaid on days off. They had been highlighting plans to replace the
:04:43. > :04:48.service with a new phone line, where people with urgent, not
:04:48. > :04:52.emergency help Queries, called the number. Staff here say that call
:04:52. > :04:57.handlers will replace many of the nurses who currently field calls.
:04:57. > :05:03.We are protecting the quality of patient care. We are trained nurses
:05:03. > :05:07.and we believe that patients should have trained nurses assessing their
:05:07. > :05:14.symptoms when they are presented with medical problems. A one union
:05:14. > :05:21.says that half of the collars will be able to manage their condition
:05:21. > :05:25.at home. -- half of the people who call. It will add to the number of
:05:25. > :05:30.people going to Accident and Emergency. It will add to the
:05:30. > :05:35.number of people sent to out-of- hours services. It is going to
:05:35. > :05:40.clearly increase the costs and the pressures. In the South West, NHS
:05:40. > :05:45.Direct has some 270 frontline workers dealing with 425,000 calls
:05:45. > :05:49.a year. Staff here and the extra regional office here in Bristol,
:05:49. > :05:55.branch offices in Cornwall and Dorset, and homeworkers in Somerset
:05:55. > :05:59.and permit will all be affected by the switch. The Department of
:05:59. > :06:05.Health says -- the Department of Health said that the new phone
:06:05. > :06:13.number will ensure patients get the best service. If they need to see a
:06:13. > :06:19.GP urgently, it will be arranged. There are four pilots Andy North
:06:19. > :06:25.and East Of -- in the east and west of England. But contracts to South
:06:25. > :06:33.West services will be awarded in weeks. Unions and nurses want a
:06:33. > :06:37.slower changeover to allow a proper evaluation of its likely impact.
:06:37. > :06:40.Last month was the wettest April in more than a century and many places
:06:40. > :06:44.in the South West saw record rainfall. Rivers burst their banks
:06:44. > :06:48.and three flood warnings are still in place. One village, Liscombe, in
:06:48. > :06:52.Somerset, saw nearly a foot of rain in a month and was officially the
:06:52. > :06:57.wettest place in the whole country. We sent our reporter there.
:06:57. > :07:03.The first day of May, and the sun was shining on Exmoor today. But
:07:03. > :07:06.last month it was a different story. These people have been coming on
:07:06. > :07:12.holiday to the West Midlands for the last 10 years and they say they
:07:12. > :07:17.have never seen so much rain. Absolutely terrible. We came down
:07:17. > :07:23.on the 17th. We had one good day on the 24th and it has rained every
:07:23. > :07:27.day since. And it is hardly surprising. Across the South West
:07:27. > :07:33.and across the country, last month was the wettest April for more than
:07:33. > :07:38.100 years, and now where was whiter than this isolated spot on Exmoor.
:07:38. > :07:44.-- was wetter. This is the area that provides data to the Met
:07:44. > :07:51.Office. It showed that during April, at more than 217 mm fell. That is
:07:51. > :07:57.around 11 inches, more than three times the normal route. -- normal
:07:57. > :08:03.amount. This river is usually only a few inches deep at this board.
:08:03. > :08:07.Today it is in flood, but there is still a steady flow of visitors.
:08:07. > :08:13.is not ideal to come and have a lovely cream tea when it is the
:08:13. > :08:16.sweat. Fortunately, many people come and sit inside. As far as
:08:16. > :08:20.residents are concerned, they want to come because it is such a
:08:20. > :08:24.glorious location. By would you have come if you had done what the
:08:24. > :08:30.weather was going -- but we do have come if you knew what the weather
:08:30. > :08:35.was going to be like? Now, we would not! The rain was absolutely
:08:35. > :08:43.lashing down. We and we drove around the more yesterday, it was
:08:43. > :08:47.ours and ours alone. There was hardly anybody else around. Up to
:08:47. > :08:51.20 mm of rain fell last night around Somerset. The Environment
:08:51. > :08:59.Agency says that while most river levels have started to fall, there
:08:59. > :09:03.are a number of flood warnings still in place.
:09:03. > :09:07.Exactly how much rain have we had at the last month? Essentially we
:09:07. > :09:13.have had three times the normal amount we would expect to see. It
:09:13. > :09:21.is difficult to describe that. This a rainfall, this water in the grass,
:09:21. > :09:25.illustrates the sort of a revolt we would see for April. It is the --
:09:25. > :09:30.the sort of level we would see for April. But we have actually seen is
:09:30. > :09:36.that much and more. Three times as much rain fault. I think that shows
:09:36. > :09:42.just how wet it has been. -- rainfall. Eight route was declared
:09:42. > :09:46.in April. Will all of this range make any difference? The rain is
:09:46. > :09:52.still percolating through. -- will all of that rain make any
:09:52. > :09:56.difference? The rain is still percolating through. It does not
:09:56. > :10:01.necessarily reach deep underground, but it runs into the streams and
:10:01. > :10:10.rivers, and disappears out to sea. We have a programme at seven
:10:10. > :10:15.there'd pm tomorrow night on BBC One, it is an inside out special. -
:10:15. > :10:18.- 7:30pm. Medical managers in Cornwall say
:10:18. > :10:21.they are winning the war over long waiting times for orthopaedic
:10:21. > :10:24.surgery. In the past, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been
:10:24. > :10:27.criticised for failing to hit the 18 week deadline for treatment. Now
:10:27. > :10:30.a new system means some patients can be operated on much more
:10:30. > :10:35.quickly. This woman had a hip replacement at
:10:35. > :10:40.St Michael's Hospital eight weeks ago and she is recovering well. But
:10:40. > :10:45.she only had to wait seven weeks between her GP referring her and
:10:45. > :10:50.the operation itself. That is compared to the standard target
:10:50. > :10:54.weight of 18 weeks. That is because she was fast track to surgery, in a
:10:54. > :11:00.single appointment where she saw all have the necessary staff in one
:11:00. > :11:04.go. That is how it should be. The waiting for letters and phone calls,
:11:04. > :11:08.weeks go on and do get more debilitated. An operation like this,
:11:08. > :11:13.you want to come in healthy so that you can cope with it and make a
:11:13. > :11:19.good recovery. I think that my wife would have been worrying and
:11:19. > :11:23.worrying if she had had to wait the 18 weeks. The fast track system
:11:23. > :11:27.will not be for everyone, as GPs have to be convinced that there are
:11:27. > :11:33.no underlying health conditions that might make some very risky.
:11:33. > :11:38.But the surgical staff here are delighted to be offering a good
:11:38. > :11:42.service. When you see them in the clinic and you give them a date and
:11:42. > :11:47.asked them if they would like the surgery in a week or two they are
:11:47. > :11:51.absolutely delighted and happy with that. Not only that, they get all
:11:51. > :11:55.of their investigations and preparations done on the day, said
:11:55. > :12:05.they do not have to go away and come back to the hospital another
:12:05. > :12:07.
:12:07. > :12:11.day for their operation. -- so they do not. There are so 1,100 people
:12:11. > :12:21.waiting for surgery. But the hope is that it certainly could be part
:12:21. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:27.of the solution. Still ahead and the programme: --
:12:27. > :12:30.in the programme: The villagers working out a novel
:12:30. > :12:35.solution to save their local gym. And thousands are in Padstow to see
:12:35. > :12:38.the Obby Oss welcome the start of summer.
:12:38. > :12:44.The Devonport assault ship HMS Bulwark is in position off Weymouth
:12:44. > :12:48.The Devonport assault ship HMS Bulwark is in position of Weymouth
:12:48. > :12:52.in the start of security training. The Olympic sailing site is the
:12:52. > :12:57.largest venue outside London, 50 square miles. Dorset police have
:12:57. > :13:00.joined forces with the Royal Navy in the security operation. They
:13:00. > :13:05.will be using HMS Bulwark as a command base.
:13:05. > :13:09.Somerset Conservatives have chosen who will be the next leader of the
:13:09. > :13:16.County Council. John Osmond will take charge in two weeks, when Ken
:13:16. > :13:21.Maddock stand down. -- Ken Osman. The decision was taken at a private
:13:21. > :13:24.meeting of Tory members last night. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are
:13:24. > :13:29.visiting the region as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The
:13:29. > :13:39.first stop for the royal couple was a visit to Sherborne in Dorset, to
:13:39. > :13:41.
:13:41. > :13:47.meet schoolchildren who had been Not even an extreme weather warning
:13:47. > :13:54.could deter these ardent royal- watchers. Some had queued for hours
:13:54. > :14:04.just to bag the best spot. Since 6:30am. As it worth it in the
:14:04. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:13.rain? Mind you, if you parked too early
:14:13. > :14:18.in a spot earmarked for royalty, this is what happens. As if to
:14:18. > :14:23.order, the rain stopped as soon as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh
:14:23. > :14:33.stepped off the royal train into Sherborne. Only the Royal foetus or
:14:33. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:36.any rain today. -- the royal feet sought any rain today. The time was
:14:36. > :14:41.determined to put on a show, including a Mad Hatter's tea-party
:14:41. > :14:43.in the grounds of the abbey for local schoolchildren.
:14:43. > :14:48.You're Alice In Wonderland? Yes.
:14:49. > :14:52.Ward did they Quincey do you? She said hello, thank you and, is
:14:52. > :15:00.that for me? When she saw the present in my hand.
:15:00. > :15:08.What did you give her? As seedy, flowers, and that is it.
:15:08. > :15:11.-- A CD. There are oil the visitors got a few samples to kick back to
:15:11. > :15:14.the palace. I don't think she realised she did
:15:14. > :15:19.take the hamper a way, but it will go to the Royal Car and hopefully
:15:19. > :15:24.she will have our sausages and bacon for tomorrow's breakfast.
:15:24. > :15:28.From then it was on to a 1952 themed coffee morning. As she left,
:15:28. > :15:33.a chance encounter with some familiar-looking canine fans.
:15:33. > :15:37.She says she has her own three in the palace and she was pleased to
:15:37. > :15:42.see them out in attendance. For young and old this was a day
:15:42. > :15:45.that will live long in the memory, and those who have spent decades
:15:45. > :15:49.following royal visits say this Jubilee tour is one of the Queen is
:15:49. > :15:55.really enjoying. She is amazingly fit, she get
:15:55. > :15:58.around and does all this. There is no sign of a king or creaking, it
:15:59. > :16:08.is as though nothing has changed. The smiles as she left spoke
:16:08. > :16:12.volumes. This was our monarch at her relaxed burst. -- relaxed best.
:16:12. > :16:16.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh continue their visit to the South
:16:16. > :16:19.West tomorrow morning. Their first stop is at Nine Springs Country
:16:19. > :16:24.Park in your will. From there they will travel to Nine Springs Country
:16:24. > :16:30.Park -- Crewkerne and then on to Exeter. They will meet residents in
:16:30. > :16:34.Princesshay before going onto the university to open their new Forum
:16:34. > :16:37.development. We will have full coverage tomorrow on BBC Spotlight
:16:37. > :16:41.and on BBC Radio Devon from breakfast time. There is also a
:16:41. > :16:48.special edition on Sunday about the Queen's visits to the South West
:16:48. > :16:51.over the past 50 years. In a small rural to make -- when a
:16:51. > :16:56.small rural community in Somerset was told the local gym would be
:16:56. > :17:06.clothing -- closing there was outrage. But the community sprang
:17:06. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:16.into action and found an you that - Nine o'clock on name of -- on a May
:17:16. > :17:26.morning and this 13th-century church is about to see something of
:17:26. > :17:30.Yesterday, the local gym closed its doors to. Today this pop-up gym has
:17:30. > :17:34.come to life. We want to put ourselves at the
:17:34. > :17:37.heart of the community in this church. We made changes so it was
:17:37. > :17:41.more adaptable for community use, and here was a need.
:17:41. > :17:50.Last year, Penny Winter was diagnosed with breast cancer. Far
:17:50. > :17:54.higher, the gym was crucial. It is different. Obviously I know
:17:54. > :17:59.there is a lot of support in Dulverston for there to be a gym.
:17:59. > :18:02.They company which ran at the Exmoor gym stresses the closure is
:18:02. > :18:06.temporary. There are some communities where
:18:06. > :18:11.people sit around and whinge. People here have got their act
:18:11. > :18:16.together, organised something. This may not be a perfect Tunisian, but
:18:16. > :18:20.it is a fantastic venue, and the community is going on, the spirit
:18:20. > :18:24.of virginity and lives on with whatever that company does to us.
:18:25. > :18:29.In a statement, the company says it understands the emotion and passion
:18:29. > :18:33.the temporary closure has evoked, and says it is now working with the
:18:33. > :18:39.community so that any team can re- open into a temper. For now, it is
:18:39. > :18:43.per shops on the pews. -- push up so.
:18:43. > :18:49.Teachers often take a dim view of pupils sharing their it -- shaving
:18:49. > :18:54.of their hair off. In one school in Torbay it was all the rage today.
:18:54. > :19:00.18 boys went completely bald, and it all came off for a friend who
:19:00. > :19:05.has been diagnosed with cancer. At close shave? You bet. And for
:19:05. > :19:09.over a dozen teenage schoolboys it was all coming off.
:19:09. > :19:12.This is where I find out I have the mark of the devil on the back of my
:19:12. > :19:18.head! I'll worried, he has a estranged
:19:18. > :19:22.that she put head. -- a strange shaped head.
:19:23. > :19:27.The collective effort was all for this boy. The 15-year-old was
:19:28. > :19:31.recently diagnosed with cancer. He started losing his here because of
:19:31. > :19:35.chemotherapy and she did all of it. Still, he was not the only boldly
:19:35. > :19:40.in school, his friends decided to the same.
:19:40. > :19:44.I am not sure I would have done it. It is very brave. It is dead nice,
:19:44. > :19:48.yes. That is one way of putting it.
:19:48. > :19:56.This is an new-look, you know. Next it up a bit, be a bit fresh, picked
:19:56. > :20:00.up some ladies like this, you know. And the dinner hall at the grammar
:20:00. > :20:03.school was full of the supporters to help raise money for various
:20:03. > :20:06.cancer charities. It is so thoughtful of them, they
:20:06. > :20:11.are willing to do it so there Friend does not stand out and I
:20:11. > :20:15.think it is a nice thing to do. And after the cut, a refreshing wet
:20:15. > :20:20.shave to complete that real skinhead look.
:20:20. > :20:29.I feel like a new man. And boys will be boys.
:20:29. > :20:39.All these Unite! All the biscuits debt -- bowl the
:20:39. > :20:43.
:20:43. > :20:46.biscuits! What a lovely gesture, isn't it?
:20:46. > :20:50.I Greg show of solidarity. Well done, everyone.
:20:50. > :20:58.It is one of the oldest knee-deep celebrations in the country, if not
:20:58. > :21:05.Europe. Obby Oss Day. Anyone who has ended -- anything to do at
:21:05. > :21:13.turns out for a dance with at least one of the Osses.
:21:13. > :21:19.The hypnotic mystic beat of the Padstow needy. Every vantage point
:21:19. > :21:25.was taken to get the first glimpse of the blue Riband Obby Oss. An
:21:25. > :21:30.hour later, and out comes the Red Obby Oss, who dances through the
:21:30. > :21:36.streets gathering followers as it goes. It is a mid-day tradition
:21:36. > :21:40.that goes back further than anyone can remember. It is a pagan thing.
:21:40. > :21:46.The blokes usually like to get the girls under the gown, and within 12
:21:46. > :21:51.months they had a baby. It is basically a fertility rate.
:21:51. > :21:55.Thousands of people, many from outside the region, cram into
:21:55. > :22:00.Padstow for the festival, but it is the locals who would not dare risk
:22:00. > :22:05.of Obby Oss Day. Chris Nissen birthdays rolled into
:22:05. > :22:10.one. One important than anything else. Can you remember coming to
:22:10. > :22:17.this as a young girl? Not really. I don't know, I expect
:22:17. > :22:21.so. It is too far to remember. is a special year as it is the
:22:21. > :22:27.Queen's Jubilee Obby Oss Day. They have been really lucky with the
:22:28. > :22:37.weather. With all the rain we hadn't April, it feels the summer
:22:38. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:48.has began. -- we had been inside Lucky Padstow. It is time for the
:22:48. > :22:53.We have some dry weather to look forward to, good news for most of
:22:53. > :22:58.us. There is a possibility of residual showers this evening, but
:22:58. > :23:05.later tonight it is a dry one and a fine one, too. Some mist patches
:23:05. > :23:09.forming, no surprise because of the image of moisture in the ground. We
:23:09. > :23:13.see cloud in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland, that was the wet
:23:13. > :23:17.weather last night and early today. Beneath that is the fine weather we
:23:17. > :23:22.have this evening and for much of the night. There is a finger of
:23:22. > :23:26.high pressure across southern Britain now. That is that they have
:23:26. > :23:34.tomorrow before it is pushed out of the way on Thursday. That might
:23:34. > :23:38.that his there tomorrow. It will produce some light, patchy
:23:38. > :23:44.outbreaks of rain. You can see where the main line of rain has
:23:44. > :23:50.gone and we are in the clear skies beneath that. There is a lot of
:23:50. > :23:58.fine weather to be had, temperatures falling swiftly down
:23:58. > :24:02.to as low as a four or five Celsius in some places. Perhaps some mist
:24:02. > :24:08.developing in the Bristol Channel through the night. Temperatures
:24:08. > :24:14.between 7 and nine Celsius, a few places as low as four. Once the
:24:14. > :24:19.mist is gone tomorrow the sunshine will be out, with some punchy cloud.
:24:19. > :24:22.By late afternoon there is a risk of some more cloud creeping into
:24:22. > :24:26.the north and east of Somerset as well as the east of Dorset. For the
:24:26. > :24:34.rest of us, sunny spells and through the Bristol Channel there
:24:34. > :24:40.could be some mist late in the day. Look at these temperatures. This is
:24:40. > :24:44.a bit of the dividends. We could get up to 17 Celsius, possibly 18
:24:44. > :24:49.Celsius on the south coast. Light winds, generally east or north-
:24:49. > :24:56.easterly, and for the Isles of Scilly a fine day with sunny spells,
:24:56. > :25:06.dry and slightly more of a breeze. 14 Celsius the maximum temperature.
:25:06. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:20.The waves will not be huge but at least we will have some clean surf
:25:20. > :25:27.tomorrow. The sea temperature at the moment is ten Celsius. The
:25:27. > :25:30.coastal waters forecast, easterly winds, three or four, becoming
:25:30. > :25:34.variable with the possibility of an onshore at sea breeze developing
:25:34. > :25:39.into the afternoon. Their conditions with moderate or good
:25:39. > :25:43.visibility. Make the most of tomorrow, a lot more cloud on
:25:44. > :25:49.Thursday producing patchy rain, as I mentioned. Friday is bright and
:25:49. > :25:54.dry, a lot of cloud for most of the day. It may be that the cloud will
:25:54. > :25:59.break every now and then. Saturday it starts to get colder, back down
:25:59. > :26:05.to 11 Celsius by the start of the weekend. A brisk easterly wind
:26:05. > :26:09.settling in, and the possibility of patchy rain. No torrential --
:26:09. > :26:10.torrential rain austral winds over the next four or five days. I
:26:10. > :26:13.the next four or five days. I suppose for most of but that is
:26:13. > :26:19.good news. That is all for tonight, I will be