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The burnt-out remains of a Falmouth hotel. The investigation into the

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cause continues. We suspect that a tar heating there'll on the did

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Flora could be the -- on the third floor could be the problem.

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record rainfall. A river in full flow in Somerset. It is officially

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the brightest spot and the country. The Queen arrives in Dorset on a

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Jubilee visit to the region. And A Close shave a for pupils who are

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supporting a classmate who is being treated for cancer.

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The fire brigade think a blaze which has destroyed one of

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Falmouth's biggest beach hotels may have been caused by a tar barrel

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being used to asphalt a balcony floor. The police now say that all

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staff and guests at the Falmouth Beach Resort have been accounted

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for. However the hotel was open to non-residents and they cannot be

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certain no-one else was in the building. The fire brigade have

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been at the scene now for more than 24 hours.

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Witnesses say that the fire took hold in in his -- in a minute. It

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was too windy for the firefighters to put up their ladders, and within

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two hours, much of this hotel was a burnt-out shell. This man works as

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a maintenance man and was decorating a room. He believes the

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fire started directly above him. You could smell the smoke. Nobody

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had burned the toast in the kitchen. Everyone was out in a few minutes.

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It was very well done. We have regular drills. Everybody did what

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they were supposed to do. Staff help 30 guests to safety, and a

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number of people who were using the hotel's stemming full -- swimming

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pool. The hotel was also open to people who were not guests. We were

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wondering if anybody had wandered in for a cup of coffee or a beer or

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something like that. Until we are 100 % satisfied that no one has

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gone into that building, and indeed, to any aspects that have been

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destroyed and the fire, we want to double check that we have accounted

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for every single person. More than 100 people staying in a

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neighbouring hotel were also made it to safety. They were given beds

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at nearby hotels and today they were allowed back to pick up their

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automobiles and pick up their possessions. Four or five of us are

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aren't quite serious medication and we had a bet -- are on a quite

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serious medication and we had an emergency trip to the pharmacy.

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Firefighters have said that it is still structurally too dangerous to

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go inside. All four flowers have collapsed and parts of the building

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are still smouldering. -- all four floors. You can see from this

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footage that a fire is burning in a room next to a top floor balcony.

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The fire brigade say that a tar drum was from that floor. There was

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a device that was used to heat up tar for a flat roofing. The

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investigation is very much on going. This could be the case, but the

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photographic evidence that we have at the case also suggest that this

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is the cause. The fire brigade are expected to be here for at least

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another 24 hours. They fear there could be smaller fires burning

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underneath the rubble. Meanwhile the chain that owns the hotel has

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spent the firefighters for their swift action, as well as the staff.

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-- thanked the firefighters. Nurses and health advisers with NHS

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Direct in the South West have been taking action today over plans to

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replace the service. Off-duty staff at the Exeter contact centre are

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working unpaid. They say the new NHS 111 helpline will employ fewer

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qualified nurses, so patients will get a poorer service and more will

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be sent to A&E departments. Today is a day of action at the NHS

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Direct centre, but it was not a strike. Off duty nurses worked

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unpaid on days off. They had been highlighting plans to replace the

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service with a new phone line, where people with urgent, not

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emergency help Queries, called the number. Staff here say that call

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handlers will replace many of the nurses who currently field calls.

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We are protecting the quality of patient care. We are trained nurses

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and we believe that patients should have trained nurses assessing their

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symptoms when they are presented with medical problems. A one union

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says that half of the collars will be able to manage their condition

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at home. -- half of the people who call. It will add to the number of

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people going to Accident and Emergency. It will add to the

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number of people sent to out-of- hours services. It is going to

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clearly increase the costs and the pressures. In the South West, NHS

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Direct has some 270 frontline workers dealing with 425,000 calls

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a year. Staff here and the extra regional office here in Bristol,

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branch offices in Cornwall and Dorset, and homeworkers in Somerset

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and permit will all be affected by the switch. The Department of

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Health says -- the Department of Health said that the new phone

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number will ensure patients get the best service. If they need to see a

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GP urgently, it will be arranged. There are four pilots Andy North

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and East Of -- in the east and west of England. But contracts to South

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West services will be awarded in weeks. Unions and nurses want a

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slower changeover to allow a proper evaluation of its likely impact.

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Last month was the wettest April in more than a century and many places

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in the South West saw record rainfall. Rivers burst their banks

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and three flood warnings are still in place. One village, Liscombe, in

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Somerset, saw nearly a foot of rain in a month and was officially the

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wettest place in the whole country. We sent our reporter there.

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The first day of May, and the sun was shining on Exmoor today. But

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last month it was a different story. These people have been coming on

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holiday to the West Midlands for the last 10 years and they say they

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have never seen so much rain. Absolutely terrible. We came down

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on the 17th. We had one good day on the 24th and it has rained every

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day since. And it is hardly surprising. Across the South West

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and across the country, last month was the wettest April for more than

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100 years, and now where was whiter than this isolated spot on Exmoor.

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-- was wetter. This is the area that provides data to the Met

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Office. It showed that during April, at more than 217 mm fell. That is

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around 11 inches, more than three times the normal route. -- normal

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amount. This river is usually only a few inches deep at this board.

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Today it is in flood, but there is still a steady flow of visitors.

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is not ideal to come and have a lovely cream tea when it is the

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sweat. Fortunately, many people come and sit inside. As far as

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residents are concerned, they want to come because it is such a

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glorious location. By would you have come if you had done what the

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weather was going -- but we do have come if you knew what the weather

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was going to be like? Now, we would not! The rain was absolutely

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lashing down. We and we drove around the more yesterday, it was

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ours and ours alone. There was hardly anybody else around. Up to

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20 mm of rain fell last night around Somerset. The Environment

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Agency says that while most river levels have started to fall, there

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are a number of flood warnings still in place.

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Exactly how much rain have we had at the last month? Essentially we

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have had three times the normal amount we would expect to see. It

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is difficult to describe that. This a rainfall, this water in the grass,

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illustrates the sort of a revolt we would see for April. It is the --

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the sort of level we would see for April. But we have actually seen is

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that much and more. Three times as much rain fault. I think that shows

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just how wet it has been. -- rainfall. Eight route was declared

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in April. Will all of this range make any difference? The rain is

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still percolating through. -- will all of that rain make any

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difference? The rain is still percolating through. It does not

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necessarily reach deep underground, but it runs into the streams and

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rivers, and disappears out to sea. We have a programme at seven

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there'd pm tomorrow night on BBC One, it is an inside out special. -

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- 7:30pm. Medical managers in Cornwall say

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they are winning the war over long waiting times for orthopaedic

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surgery. In the past, the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been

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criticised for failing to hit the 18 week deadline for treatment. Now

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a new system means some patients can be operated on much more

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quickly. This woman had a hip replacement at

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St Michael's Hospital eight weeks ago and she is recovering well. But

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she only had to wait seven weeks between her GP referring her and

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the operation itself. That is compared to the standard target

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weight of 18 weeks. That is because she was fast track to surgery, in a

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single appointment where she saw all have the necessary staff in one

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go. That is how it should be. The waiting for letters and phone calls,

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weeks go on and do get more debilitated. An operation like this,

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you want to come in healthy so that you can cope with it and make a

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good recovery. I think that my wife would have been worrying and

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worrying if she had had to wait the 18 weeks. The fast track system

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will not be for everyone, as GPs have to be convinced that there are

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no underlying health conditions that might make some very risky.

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But the surgical staff here are delighted to be offering a good

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service. When you see them in the clinic and you give them a date and

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asked them if they would like the surgery in a week or two they are

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absolutely delighted and happy with that. Not only that, they get all

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of their investigations and preparations done on the day, said

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they do not have to go away and come back to the hospital another

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day for their operation. -- so they do not. There are so 1,100 people

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waiting for surgery. But the hope is that it certainly could be part

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of the solution. Still ahead and the programme: --

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in the programme: The villagers working out a novel

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solution to save their local gym. And thousands are in Padstow to see

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the Obby Oss welcome the start of summer.

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The Devonport assault ship HMS Bulwark is in position off Weymouth

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The Devonport assault ship HMS Bulwark is in position of Weymouth

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in the start of security training. The Olympic sailing site is the

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largest venue outside London, 50 square miles. Dorset police have

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joined forces with the Royal Navy in the security operation. They

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will be using HMS Bulwark as a command base.

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Somerset Conservatives have chosen who will be the next leader of the

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County Council. John Osmond will take charge in two weeks, when Ken

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Maddock stand down. -- Ken Osman. The decision was taken at a private

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meeting of Tory members last night. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are

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visiting the region as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The

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first stop for the royal couple was a visit to Sherborne in Dorset, to

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meet schoolchildren who had been Not even an extreme weather warning

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could deter these ardent royal- watchers. Some had queued for hours

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just to bag the best spot. Since 6:30am. As it worth it in the

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rain? Mind you, if you parked too early

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in a spot earmarked for royalty, this is what happens. As if to

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order, the rain stopped as soon as the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh

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stepped off the royal train into Sherborne. Only the Royal foetus or

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any rain today. -- the royal feet sought any rain today. The time was

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determined to put on a show, including a Mad Hatter's tea-party

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in the grounds of the abbey for local schoolchildren.

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You're Alice In Wonderland? Yes.

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Ward did they Quincey do you? She said hello, thank you and, is

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that for me? When she saw the present in my hand.

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What did you give her? As seedy, flowers, and that is it.

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-- A CD. There are oil the visitors got a few samples to kick back to

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the palace. I don't think she realised she did

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take the hamper a way, but it will go to the Royal Car and hopefully

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she will have our sausages and bacon for tomorrow's breakfast.

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From then it was on to a 1952 themed coffee morning. As she left,

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a chance encounter with some familiar-looking canine fans.

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She says she has her own three in the palace and she was pleased to

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see them out in attendance. For young and old this was a day

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that will live long in the memory, and those who have spent decades

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following royal visits say this Jubilee tour is one of the Queen is

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really enjoying. She is amazingly fit, she get

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around and does all this. There is no sign of a king or creaking, it

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is as though nothing has changed. The smiles as she left spoke

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volumes. This was our monarch at her relaxed burst. -- relaxed best.

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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh continue their visit to the South

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West tomorrow morning. Their first stop is at Nine Springs Country

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Park in your will. From there they will travel to Nine Springs Country

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Park -- Crewkerne and then on to Exeter. They will meet residents in

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Princesshay before going onto the university to open their new Forum

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development. We will have full coverage tomorrow on BBC Spotlight

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and on BBC Radio Devon from breakfast time. There is also a

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special edition on Sunday about the Queen's visits to the South West

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over the past 50 years. In a small rural to make -- when a

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small rural community in Somerset was told the local gym would be

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clothing -- closing there was outrage. But the community sprang

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into action and found an you that - Nine o'clock on name of -- on a May

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morning and this 13th-century church is about to see something of

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Yesterday, the local gym closed its doors to. Today this pop-up gym has

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come to life. We want to put ourselves at the

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heart of the community in this church. We made changes so it was

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more adaptable for community use, and here was a need.

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Last year, Penny Winter was diagnosed with breast cancer. Far

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higher, the gym was crucial. It is different. Obviously I know

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there is a lot of support in Dulverston for there to be a gym.

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They company which ran at the Exmoor gym stresses the closure is

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temporary. There are some communities where

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people sit around and whinge. People here have got their act

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together, organised something. This may not be a perfect Tunisian, but

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it is a fantastic venue, and the community is going on, the spirit

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of virginity and lives on with whatever that company does to us.

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In a statement, the company says it understands the emotion and passion

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the temporary closure has evoked, and says it is now working with the

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community so that any team can re- open into a temper. For now, it is

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per shops on the pews. -- push up so.

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Teachers often take a dim view of pupils sharing their it -- shaving

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of their hair off. In one school in Torbay it was all the rage today.

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18 boys went completely bald, and it all came off for a friend who

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has been diagnosed with cancer. At close shave? You bet. And for

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over a dozen teenage schoolboys it was all coming off.

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This is where I find out I have the mark of the devil on the back of my

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head! I'll worried, he has a estranged

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that she put head. -- a strange shaped head.

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The collective effort was all for this boy. The 15-year-old was

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recently diagnosed with cancer. He started losing his here because of

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chemotherapy and she did all of it. Still, he was not the only boldly

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in school, his friends decided to the same.

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I am not sure I would have done it. It is very brave. It is dead nice,

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yes. That is one way of putting it.

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This is an new-look, you know. Next it up a bit, be a bit fresh, picked

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up some ladies like this, you know. And the dinner hall at the grammar

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school was full of the supporters to help raise money for various

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cancer charities. It is so thoughtful of them, they

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are willing to do it so there Friend does not stand out and I

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think it is a nice thing to do. And after the cut, a refreshing wet

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shave to complete that real skinhead look.

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I feel like a new man. And boys will be boys.

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All these Unite! All the biscuits debt -- bowl the

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biscuits! What a lovely gesture, isn't it?

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I Greg show of solidarity. Well done, everyone.

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It is one of the oldest knee-deep celebrations in the country, if not

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Europe. Obby Oss Day. Anyone who has ended -- anything to do at

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turns out for a dance with at least one of the Osses.

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The hypnotic mystic beat of the Padstow needy. Every vantage point

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was taken to get the first glimpse of the blue Riband Obby Oss. An

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hour later, and out comes the Red Obby Oss, who dances through the

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streets gathering followers as it goes. It is a mid-day tradition

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that goes back further than anyone can remember. It is a pagan thing.

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The blokes usually like to get the girls under the gown, and within 12

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months they had a baby. It is basically a fertility rate.

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Thousands of people, many from outside the region, cram into

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Padstow for the festival, but it is the locals who would not dare risk

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of Obby Oss Day. Chris Nissen birthdays rolled into

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one. One important than anything else. Can you remember coming to

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this as a young girl? Not really. I don't know, I expect

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so. It is too far to remember. is a special year as it is the

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Queen's Jubilee Obby Oss Day. They have been really lucky with the

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weather. With all the rain we hadn't April, it feels the summer

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has began. -- we had been inside Lucky Padstow. It is time for the

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We have some dry weather to look forward to, good news for most of

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us. There is a possibility of residual showers this evening, but

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later tonight it is a dry one and a fine one, too. Some mist patches

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forming, no surprise because of the image of moisture in the ground. We

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see cloud in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland, that was the wet

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weather last night and early today. Beneath that is the fine weather we

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have this evening and for much of the night. There is a finger of

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high pressure across southern Britain now. That is that they have

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tomorrow before it is pushed out of the way on Thursday. That might

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that his there tomorrow. It will produce some light, patchy

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outbreaks of rain. You can see where the main line of rain has

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gone and we are in the clear skies beneath that. There is a lot of

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fine weather to be had, temperatures falling swiftly down

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to as low as a four or five Celsius in some places. Perhaps some mist

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developing in the Bristol Channel through the night. Temperatures

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between 7 and nine Celsius, a few places as low as four. Once the

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mist is gone tomorrow the sunshine will be out, with some punchy cloud.

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By late afternoon there is a risk of some more cloud creeping into

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the north and east of Somerset as well as the east of Dorset. For the

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rest of us, sunny spells and through the Bristol Channel there

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could be some mist late in the day. Look at these temperatures. This is

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a bit of the dividends. We could get up to 17 Celsius, possibly 18

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Celsius on the south coast. Light winds, generally east or north-

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easterly, and for the Isles of Scilly a fine day with sunny spells,

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dry and slightly more of a breeze. 14 Celsius the maximum temperature.

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The waves will not be huge but at least we will have some clean surf

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tomorrow. The sea temperature at the moment is ten Celsius. The

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coastal waters forecast, easterly winds, three or four, becoming

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variable with the possibility of an onshore at sea breeze developing

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into the afternoon. Their conditions with moderate or good

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visibility. Make the most of tomorrow, a lot more cloud on

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Thursday producing patchy rain, as I mentioned. Friday is bright and

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dry, a lot of cloud for most of the day. It may be that the cloud will

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break every now and then. Saturday it starts to get colder, back down

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to 11 Celsius by the start of the weekend. A brisk easterly wind

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settling in, and the possibility of patchy rain. No torrential --

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torrential rain austral winds over the next four or five days. I

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the next four or five days. I suppose for most of but that is

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good news. That is all for tonight, I will be

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