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It's now a race against time for families and the local council. It's

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left residents distressed about their future. Tonight we'll hear

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what Cornwall Council is doing to try to reassure the residents and

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Staff from Cornwall Council and the NHS are trying to find new homes for

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residents of a care home in Cornwall which is to close in just a few

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days. Elderly residents at the Millpond View care home in Hayle

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were told only last week that they were losing their home. The owner

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says they are in financial difficulties. David George has this

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report. All day, relatives of the residents

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have been arriving at the Millpond View Care Home in Hayle to try to

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reassure loved ones and to find them a new place to live. Many have

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received letters telling them the business was in financial

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difficulties and would close. Around 17 residents remain at the

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32-bedroom home. The closure is due to take place on the 7th of August,

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giving families nine days to make arrangements. It's all a shock for

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residents. I love it here. It's very nice. It's a shame it has come to

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this. We are all upset. I've got no parents, no family to go to, so I'm

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out on a limb until they find me somewhere to go. Cornwall Council

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and NHS Kernow staff have been at the home today assessing the

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residents' needs. It's extremely distressing not only the people who

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live there but for their family members. We need to provide support

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to individuals and help them through this time. It can be very difficult

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to look around and find out what the alternatives are so providing that

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practical support can alleviate a lot of the tension and stress in the

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situation. Can you find homes for 17 people? We are extremely confident

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we will find places for people to live. We would never leave anybody

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without the care and support they require. It's been a frustrating

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time for relatives. I cannot believe that a company going under only

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found out about a week ago. We were down last Monday and not a word was

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mentioned. The owner of the care home didn't want to take part in an

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interview but told me she hoped to sell the place and she is in

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negotiation with a potential buyer but it's taking so long that in the

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meantime, residents have to go. Cattle farmers in the South West are

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being warned they could see a cut in the compensation they would receive

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if their herd is infected with TB. A Government consultation's taking

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place which also proposes further cuts if it's deemed that farmers

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haven't done enough to prevent badgers getting onto their land.

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Spotlight's John Ayres has more. TB in cattle is a hugely

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controversial subject. Farmers blame badgers for the spread of the

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disease, and a pilot cull of badgers is specially chosen sites is

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expected to start shortly. But whilst farmers might welcome a cull,

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they're also facing the possibility of a cut in the compensation they're

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paid if their herd is infected. Anthony Rew knows what that feels

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like. He lost 19 cows last year. effective TB is devastating to a

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business because many government restrictions are placed on us and

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the business almost goes on hold for a while while we try and control the

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disease. DEFRA is consulting with farmers over its policy for

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achieving official Bovine TB-free status for England. That includes

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the cull, something animal welfare groups are firmly against. It also

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looks at the compensation paid for TB-infected herds. The amount could

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be linked to the measures farmers have taken to keep badgers off their

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land. To say we will keep badges off our land, the practicalities are not

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happening. Also up for discussion is whether insurance should cover the

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cost of herd affected by TB rather than compensation pay-outs. Getting

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that in Shawlands is like asking for flood insurance in a flood area.

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Insurance companies won't touch it. It's not affordable for farmers.

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Government fears compensation payments will cost the taxpayer more

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than �1 billion over ten years and has to do something. Farmers blame

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it on a lack of action over dealing with the disease. I'm joined live

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now by Farming Minister David Heath. Farmers are blaming inaction by

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successive governments for the situation. Why are you penalising

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them by proposing cutting their compensation? It has been far too

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long in which governments have done very little to stop the spread of TB

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and as a result, it has spread from the south-west into covering Wales

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and England. But the fact is you now have a government who are doing

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something about it. We have published our comprehensive strategy

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for getting rid of this awful disease and that means we have got

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to use everything available to us. That is why we are taking forward

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unpopular moves like the cold because it is necessary,

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vaccination, by security, additional controls on cattle movement. That is

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why we put up this strategy for consultation. But if you agree with

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the farmers, why is that the farmers having foot the bill? It's actually

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�1 billion of taxpayer money over ten years that is paying that

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compensation. We do need to look at the best way of using the funds

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available to make sure we bear down effectively on disease. That's the

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question we are asking. We are looking at the experience of

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countries that have dealt with TB like New Zealand and one of the key

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lessons we learned is it is better to have a strategy that get industry

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and government working together on the issue than simply government

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deciding what will be done, putting its hands in its pockets to pursue

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ineffective policy. Much better that we work together to eliminate TB.

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You heard one farmer there saying it is impossible to ensure farmers keep

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their farms free of TB and keep the badges out. How do you propose that

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working? It is virtually impossible to keep badges out. That's why we

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are working to see what we can do to eliminate the disease in badges,

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that's why we have the pilot Coles and the vaccination programme. But

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there are things people can do to reduce risk and what we mount to

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make sure is that every farm is doing as well as they possibly can

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in ensuring buyers security and keeping the disease of the farm, and

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that is one of the things that is proven to work. But again, that is

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something we need to discuss with the industry because we want to work

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together with them to get the best results. Simply saying we want to

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start from here is not an option. We need to get on top of a devastating

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and very expensive disease. A new strategy is being introduced

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to tackle high rates of suicide in Cornwall. Around 50-60 people take

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their own lives each year in the county, which is consistently higher

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than the national average. The majority of them are men.

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Reverend Christopher has struggled with mental health issues since

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childhood and has attempted to take his own life on several occasions.

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He draws on his own experiences in his job. It's like unemployment and

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family breakdown. As well as issues around benefit cuts. There may be

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good financial reasons for them but they frighten a lot of people for

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whom benefits have been their financial lifeline. Cornwall has

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high rates of suicide, particularly among men, and public health

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officials are updating their strategy. There is a real issue

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around the stigma of suicide in a rural community like Cornwall and

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the isolation people feel. If we can address and challenge those issues,

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it would be important. The greater risk for men isn't new but experts

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say there are concerns. We have had falling suicide rate for 15 years or

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so, but in the last two or three years, those rates have started to

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level or upturn a bit. We know that suicide is linked to financial

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recession, particularly thumbnails. There will be a focus on promoting

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emotional well-being. 14-year-old Courtney took her own life last

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year. Her mum has set up a charity to raise awareness of teenage

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suicide. I know they are focusing a lot on males, but that every male,

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there is another female somewhere thinking about are all trying it. It

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has to be the whole group because you can't just pick on one sort.

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Campaigners say the key message is whatever your age or sex, there is

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always help out there. Samaritans are here 24 hours a day,

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and if something is bothering you, if you need to talk about it, do

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ring us. We are here all the time. The revamped strategy doesn't

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involve extras funding. There are plans for various events for the

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public and professionals to take it Some sad news to announce. When Matt

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Gilbert appeared on Spotlight we received so many message of support

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for him. The 19-year-old had compiled a bucket list when he was

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diagnosed with terminal cancer. Matt was diagnosed with testicular cancer

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last October. Sadly he has lost his battle with the disease. He

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fulfilled some of his ambitions, including having his poetry

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published. The Gilbert Collection raised more than �3,000 for the

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Everyman Charity for research into prostate and testicular cancer. His

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father said it was a fitting legacy for his courageous son.

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It was a miserable scene which had a horrific story to tell, it's just

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no-one knew the full script for days. Built 180 years ago, few

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people will have heard of the Beaminster Tunnel before July last

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year. Heavy rain had hit parts of Dorset and Rosemary Snell and

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Michael Rolfe made their way from Beaminster north to Somerset. It's

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thought about ten minutes after they left the town their car was

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flattened by hundreds of tonnes of mud and rubble. But they lay

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undiscovered for more than a week, their car eventually removed from

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the landslip. Today, after �2 million worth of repairs, the tunnel

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was re-opened. I was escorted through, the first commercial car

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back on the road since the tragedy last summer. Soon others were

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heading into the tunnel, showing their support on what is a day of

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mixed feelings. We are ecstatic that the tunnel is open. But of course,

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there was a tragic accident last year and we do need to reflect on

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that. The town has been suffering over the last 12 months. Relief,

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then, today but respect, too, for those who perished. We won't forget

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those two people. We were not celebrating it at all because of

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that. It's it been a year that this time has been closed. Thoroughly

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inconvenient for traders and everybody. It's been all for trying

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to drive around and it's the mileage on the cars and everything. Plus

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it's much better for the town, for the shops and everything.

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council says it took its time to ensure the tunnel is as safe as

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possible. The tragedy never to be forgotten but never to be repeated

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either. A family, who've been plagued for

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years by pollution in the steam next to their home, have found out

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recently it's coming from the toilets of a nearby school. The

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Gilleys, from Colebrook near Plymouth, have been complaining for

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several years to the Environment Agency about the stench. Johnny

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Rutherford reports. This stream has been like a plague

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to the Gilley family. Raw sewage often floats right past their house.

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Sometimes when the river is low the stench is unbearable. It's not very

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good at all. You can't open the windows. There's no fresh air at

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all. You can't describe it. Eight years of raw sewage coming into the

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stream, and it seems to me no one has got to the bottom of it. The

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whole family are angry because of the fact you can't sit in the

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garden, can't sit on the patio, can't have a barbecue. The Gilleys

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have numerous logs of when they contacted the Environment Agency to

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report the stench but the Agency's investagtions where drawing blanks

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until two weeks ago. We had the hot period of whether. I think that's

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what finished us off because there is only so much we can take. It got

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to a point where something had to be done. The environment agency sent a

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camera up the pipe. The agency were not available for interview but say

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they believe the problem is down to in this connection of pipes at a

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toilet block of this primary school. The school is closed for the summer

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but Plymouth City Council said in a statement that they had been made

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aware of the potential issues of the plumbing with the school toilets and

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are working with the environment agency to identify the source of the

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problem. The family hoped that the source has been found and that they

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can open their windows again sometime soon.

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A woman will have to repaint her bright pink Devon cottage after

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losing her battle with planners. One councillor today branded the colour

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of Anne Kennedy's 17th century cob cottage in Kennford near Exeter as

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"garish". Teignbridge Council today ordered her to tone it down but gave

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her three years to do so. As Hamish Marshall reports, that's longer than

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usual. Is this cause to draw a line in the

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sand or simply a storm in teacup? The differing views of councillors

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today as they debated when is pink too pink? It all stemmed from a

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single complaint after Ann Kennedy had Lantern Cottage repainted to

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what she says is its original colour. Today she took on planners

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as she tried to keep it as it is but doesn't she really think it's a bit,

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shall we say, vibrant? That in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? Some

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people might think its, others acceptable. This cottage is getting

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well known around the world. Mrs Kennedy believes she has local

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backing. The council has had five letter supporting her case. But the

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council today held out what it says is an olive branch. Yes, it has to

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be repainted, but not for three years, which is a longer timescale

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than normally given. We admit there have been problems in the area with

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flooding and this property has been hit badly so we have had to deal

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with the flooding issues. We felt that it has been painted this cull

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nearly two years, another three years, you would be looking to

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repaint anyway. But Mrs Kennedy believes she has grounds to fight on

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but can't afford it. She says she's been left angry and unwell. I was

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quite upset with the council although they are saying they had a

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bad press about this but they have left themselves wide open to this by

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sending an enforcement officer in the first place rather than a

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planning officer. When the time comes Ann Kennedy will do the

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repainting herself but she will use every day of the three years before

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she gets the ladders out. Plymouth's Olympic gold medal

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winning swimmer Ruta Meilutyte has got her World Championship campaign

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off to a flying start. The 16-year-old has smashed the world

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record in this evening's semi-finals of the 100 metres breaststroke in

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Barcelona. Well, Dave Gibbins is with us to discuss her chances of

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winning more gold. I should think they are pretty goal -- pretty good.

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This is one phenomenal young lady! This morning, she set the scene. In

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the heats, she said a new European and world championship record. She

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finished 700s of a second outside that world record. Tonight, this is

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how she did it. She was in the lead for practically all of her

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semifinal, but the thing is, on the turn, she shows her stamina, speed

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and her determination. She just pulls away, disregards her rivals.

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She didn't actually realise, at this point, that she broke the world

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record, but look at this! She loves it! That's how much it means to

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her. And that's the liberal wing in flag, the country she represents.

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Her coach says she will be the fastest of all time. I will not

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disagree. He has messaged his favourite to letters, W R, put on

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Facebook. I wouldn't be surprised if she went on to break another two or

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three records in this championship. The final is this time tomorrow

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evening, just one of four events. She must be celebrating already with

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that! She is ice cold. She regards her opponents with contempt. She

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just puts headphones in and just pretends they are not there! Save

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your story for another time. The remote village of Herodsfoot in

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Cornwall is one of only 14 in the whole of the UK where soldiers who

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left to fight in both world wars were all lucky enough to return

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home. And today it was the turn of villagers there to host a touring

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celebration which is making its way around Britain. Leigh Rundle caught

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up with them. Impeccable timing, and for some, a

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sign that the story of the thankful villages had reached a higher

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audience. The tour will take in all 51 villages where soldiers returned

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unscathed from the Great War. think we are very fortunate because

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when you see the travesty of the great War and the use of the

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countryside went and died into ditches in Europe, yes, for the

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people of this parish, we are so lucky. Living memories of the

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armistice day celebrations of 1918 become fewer every year. The idea of

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returning heroes is, though, particularly poignant among those

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whose fathers and grandfathers were among them and to the soldiers who

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are being commemorated. My father went into the wall and he came back,

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otherwise I wouldn't be here! Wonderful. He would be very pleased.

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Looking down on us now. Much earlier in the morning the thankful villages

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run was at Holywell Lake on the Devon Somerset border. Unlike

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Herodsfoot, many thankful villages have no traditional war memorials.

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The tour is giving each one a commemorative plaque. It'll provide

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a focal point for remembrance and commemoration. We should be proud

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and humbled but when we commemorate Remembrance Sunday, some villagers

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can't do it because they have nothing to commemorate for because

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they all came home. Everyone gulped down a few fundraising pasties and

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little over an hour later they were on the road again. 600 miles down,

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It gets warmer again. It felt cooler over the last few days in

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temperatures today have been much lower than they have been recently.

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But we will see rain. That turns up overnight. But warmer air is heading

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our way, particularly from Wednesday. We do, however, have

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sharp showers. We still have a warning in force across the

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south-west of England. They are few and far between now. But still a

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risk of them causing problems. Out here, though, is a big lump of

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cloud. This is the next band of wet weather. It is linked to low

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pressure which will trickle towards us. This one in particular will race

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in to give us wet weather tomorrow. After that moves away, we have

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another area of low pressure and the warm weather front brings the higher

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temperatures and lives the temperatures as high as 25 degrees.

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At the moment, though, a fresh feel. Showers around but also very

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pleasant late sunshine to enjoy as well. They are the exception rather

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than the rule. The most of us, a fine end to the day and a fine

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evening to come. Later tonight, though, there comes the rain.

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Becoming agrees -- becoming breezy with the winds from the south. Some

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low cloud and hill fog over the moors. It is quite a damp start the

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day tomorrow. The rain will Peter out as we move into the afternoon.

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In a few places, sunshine, but a fair amount of low cloud around

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which will dwell over the Channel. Even the risks of mist or sea fog

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patches developing. Temperatures get up to 20 or 21 degrees. It is cooler

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around the coast with that breeze coming in of the Atlantic. Video

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Isles of Scilly, expect brighter conditions for a short while but we

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keep that cloud. There are times of high water. Full surfing conditions,

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challenging today because of the stiff breeze but tomorrow, the winds

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are lighter. The winds are south-westerly, veering westerly.

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Rain at times with moderate visibility. And there's the outlook.

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Wednesday is a cloudy, damp start, brighter conditions in the

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