:00:16. > :00:20.number of seagulls and other animals were shot dead in South Devon.
:00:20. > :00:23.Hello welcome to Spotlight. Police say whoever's carrying out
:00:23. > :00:26.the shootings is putting the public at risk. Meanwhile elsewhere in the
:00:26. > :00:36.region seagulls are attacking the rubbish. There now are calls for
:00:36. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:47.every house in Cornwall to be given a wheelie bin.
:00:47. > :00:51.It comes after 25 pit bull-types seized in a series of police raids
:00:51. > :00:54.were returned to their owners. And unearthed after more than 70 years -
:00:54. > :01:03.the huge world war two bomb discovered at a disused airfield in
:01:03. > :01:06.Cornwall. The police are tonight warning that
:01:06. > :01:10.whoever has been shooting animals in towns in South Devon is putting the
:01:10. > :01:13.public at risk. In the last month ten seagulls have been found shot in
:01:13. > :01:17.Starcross and Dawlish Warren along with a fox. This report from John
:01:17. > :01:22.Ayres does contain some pictures of the dead birds.
:01:23. > :01:26.Love them or loathe them, seagulls divide opinion. But whatever you may
:01:26. > :01:32.think of the birds, you are not allowed to kill them without a
:01:32. > :01:37.licence. In recent weeks police have had reports of ten bone -- ten birds
:01:37. > :01:42.being found dead, which they believe have been shot. They have also found
:01:42. > :01:47.a fox which they believe was killed in the same way. One of the
:01:47. > :01:55.neighbours reported to me that she did hear shots. From what type of
:01:55. > :01:58.guy and I do not know. Many people love to feed the
:01:58. > :02:05.seagulls, they hang around our times for that very reason, looking for
:02:05. > :02:12.what scraps the can get. The latest development is concerning animal
:02:12. > :02:17.wolf -- animal welfare campaigners. A lot of people do find a nuisance
:02:17. > :02:22.and all like them. It is a large step to shoot them and take the law
:02:22. > :02:27.into your own hands. The police do not know who has been killing the
:02:27. > :02:30.birds are wide. It could be someone who has a serious dislike for
:02:30. > :02:35.seagulls or a teenager who has received an air rifle as a gift and
:02:35. > :02:40.is trying it out. But whatever the case, it does pose a risk to public
:02:40. > :02:47.safety. You have got the corpses of the birds floating around the
:02:47. > :02:51.villages. It is a highly populated area at this time of year and very
:02:51. > :03:00.popular. These birds carry diseases and you have to be careful of that.
:03:00. > :03:03.Police are looking at evidence of others birds being shot.
:03:03. > :03:06.Well elsewhere in the region seagulls are proving to be a problem
:03:07. > :03:09.for different reasons. Residents in the seaside resort of Newquay are so
:03:10. > :03:12.fed up with gulls rifling through their rubbish bags that they're
:03:13. > :03:16.calling on Cornwall Council to provide them with wheelie bins. But
:03:16. > :03:19.the council says that would cost millions of pounds, money it simply
:03:19. > :03:27.doesn't have. Spotlight's Andy Breare reports.
:03:27. > :03:31.When it has is bin day in Newquay, this is a familiar sight. Seagulls
:03:31. > :03:35.scavenging your bin bags. To stop them, some residents have taken to
:03:35. > :03:40.wrapping their black bags in blankets to stop the seagulls
:03:40. > :03:43.getting to them. But residents in this street have had enough and have
:03:43. > :03:50.launched a campaign to get the council to supply them with wheelie
:03:50. > :03:55.bins. Bin bags to accessible to seagulls and cats, foxes and
:03:55. > :03:58.badgers. Even they are covered up for a length of time, by the time
:03:58. > :04:04.the bin lorries come round in the afternoon, they are ripped open,
:04:04. > :04:10.even if they are covered in blankets. This is the current
:04:10. > :04:15.council solution. Seagull proof rubbish sacks. The council says they
:04:15. > :04:22.are aware of the problem in UK but to supply everyone with a wheelie
:04:22. > :04:26.bin would be just too expensive. Even it cost price to supply the
:04:26. > :04:31.whole county, it is going to be somewhere in the region of six
:04:31. > :04:36.million pounds to �7 million. That would equate to about the third of
:04:36. > :04:41.the fire brigade budget for the year. We're talking about a lot of
:04:41. > :04:44.money and in cash-strapped times, that not viable. Residents say they
:04:44. > :04:50.will continue to campaign for a wheelie bins as a solution to the
:04:50. > :04:55.birds going through their beanbags. The council where my dad lives,
:04:55. > :05:00.provide three wheelie bins per household. So I do not see why our
:05:00. > :05:02.council cannot provide at least one our household. The residents group
:05:02. > :05:12.is holding a meeting with councillors this evening with a hope
:05:12. > :05:13.
:05:13. > :05:16.to find a solution to an unsightly ongoing problem.
:05:16. > :05:19.The legislation to control dangerous dogs is being questioned tonight,
:05:19. > :05:22.after 25 pit bull types, seized in a series of police raids, were
:05:22. > :05:25.returned to their owners. Campaigners say the law needs to be
:05:25. > :05:29.toughened and the government has begun a review. The animals were
:05:29. > :05:31.seized across much of Cornwall and Devon, following the conviction of a
:05:31. > :05:37.couple in Barnstaple for breeding dangerous dogs. Our home affairs
:05:37. > :05:43.correspondent Simon Hall reports from north Devon.
:05:43. > :05:48.Dangerous dogs kill an average three dogs a year in Britain. But the way
:05:48. > :05:51.the legislation to control such dogs work is being questioned by
:05:51. > :05:58.campaigners. An operation against pit bull types resulted in the
:05:58. > :06:04.seizure of 26. These are some. One has been put down by 25 return their
:06:04. > :06:12.owners. It has been a success. Some of these dogs were known to be pit
:06:12. > :06:17.bull types. Those owners are now aware, they are now subject to
:06:17. > :06:24.orders which subject owners to strict orders. Under the
:06:24. > :06:28.legislation, the police must sees a dog if it is a pit bull type. It is
:06:28. > :06:32.then up to the port to decide whether the dog is put down. If an
:06:32. > :06:41.order is imposed, the dog must be muzzled and kept on a lead in
:06:41. > :06:46.public. This woman was attacked by a pit bull type dog which was subject
:06:46. > :06:54.of a control order. Her solicitor believes legislation needs to be
:06:54. > :06:59.looked at. I think all dogs are the responsibility of their owners. Dogs
:06:59. > :07:06.should be kept on a lead in that instance. Any dog that has any type
:07:06. > :07:10.of temperament as we kept on a muscle. Perhaps the owners must
:07:10. > :07:15.undergo some kind of training courses. -- muscle. The government
:07:15. > :07:19.announced it is beginning a review of the dangerous dogs legislation.
:07:19. > :07:24.Ministers are asking the public on their views on whether an owner
:07:24. > :07:29.whose dog attacks and kill someone should be subject to a potential
:07:29. > :07:36.prison sentence of life. The consultation period runs until the
:07:36. > :07:39.end of the month. Cattle breeders in Devon say they're
:07:39. > :07:42.worried that the South West could end up being officially labelled a
:07:42. > :07:46.TB hotspot. They say that could effectively cut off valuable trade
:07:46. > :07:49.with the rest of the country, and indeed the world. Many farmers are
:07:49. > :07:51.impatient for the pilot badger culls to start, although animal welfare
:07:51. > :07:54.groups insist they're misguided. Today the Prime Minister and the
:07:54. > :07:57.Secretary of State for the Environment were with farmers at the
:07:57. > :08:03.North Devon Show, from where our Environment Correspondent Adrian
:08:03. > :08:08.Campbell reports. Today the Prime Minister went on a
:08:08. > :08:15.walkabout, meeting the farmers and livestock of North Devon. When you
:08:15. > :08:21.are judging this, you are looking at... ? But it was bovine TB and the
:08:21. > :08:24.proposed badger cull is which many farmers wanted to talk about. The
:08:24. > :08:29.secretary of state for the environment to accompany the Prime
:08:29. > :08:35.Minister insisted those calls will happen soon. They will go ahead and
:08:35. > :08:41.we are looking to do a further ten next year. Unless we do address this
:08:41. > :08:45.disease -- this disease as they have done in Australia and America, we
:08:45. > :08:52.will end up with direct cattle industry and Bill to the taxpayer of
:08:52. > :08:59.�1 billion. The Southwest's pedigree cattle are in demand around the
:08:59. > :09:09.world. There are some concerns that the continued instance of bovine TV
:09:09. > :09:09.
:09:10. > :09:13.-- TB could affect trade. Zoning the country into areas of high risk
:09:13. > :09:19.which would include the whole of the South West of England and lower risk
:09:19. > :09:28.areas. What they want to do is discourage trade between the two.
:09:28. > :09:35.That meet -- may make sense on one hand but... Unions a calling must
:09:35. > :09:39.happen soon. The Devon wildlife trust says Coles cannot work.
:09:39. > :09:47.believe about cull is the wrong policy to attack bovine to Virgil as
:09:48. > :09:52.is. The sign shows that it could make it worse. -- tuberculosis.
:09:52. > :09:58.Prime Minister is likely to hear much more about bovine TB before he
:09:58. > :10:03.reaches Westminster. The moment a world war to bomb was
:10:03. > :10:09.blown up. We will find out how the Axminster is recovering from a
:10:09. > :10:17.difficult six months. And the view from here. BBC Radio Devon's Matt
:10:17. > :10:21.Woodley explores part of the region he has never visited before.
:10:21. > :10:25.A bomb believed to have been dropped on Cornwall in 1941 was finally
:10:25. > :10:29.blown up today. It was discovered on the edge of a disused airfield at St
:10:29. > :10:33.Eval near Newquay. Roads in the area were closed as a two mile exclusion
:10:33. > :10:35.zone was set up and a warning was sent out to aircraft using the
:10:35. > :10:41.nearby Newquay Cornwall airport. Spotlight's David George reports on
:10:41. > :10:47.how the day ended with a bang. The 50 K Ballmer is under all those
:10:47. > :10:52.sandbags. It was phoned by contractors laying a new water main.
:10:52. > :11:01.-- 50 K Ballmer. They took the camera into the hold to show us what
:11:01. > :11:08.it looks like. It is a technical bomb shape. -- typical. Dangerous?
:11:09. > :11:16.Very dangerous. I can see the date stamp on it, it is stamped 1940. It
:11:16. > :11:21.is in perfect condition. airfield was targeted in 1941. This
:11:21. > :11:24.picture taken in June of that year shows the very spot where the
:11:24. > :11:30.unexploded bomb was found. You can see bomb craters in the surrounding
:11:30. > :11:36.fields. The Royal Navy team used two kilos of plastic explosive to as
:11:37. > :11:41.they quaintly put it make the German bomb function. The bomb is about a
:11:41. > :11:51.mile away. This is as close as we are about to get. They are about to
:11:51. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:09.you? It was good. A good job and it worked perfectly. It is tempting
:12:09. > :12:15.here to say there is a big hole in the ground and workmen are looking
:12:15. > :12:21.into it, although I won't. This is what the new 180 millimetres means
:12:21. > :12:31.water pipe should like. Just take it look at what the bomb has done.
:12:31. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:46.- that's the verdict of the town's Mayor.
:12:46. > :12:49.It's nearly six months since 300 jobs were lost at Axminster Carpets,
:12:49. > :12:53.which is now back on its feet and taking on new staff.
:12:53. > :12:55.Yes, and other traders in the town say land sold off when the company
:12:55. > :13:00.went into administration is helping to regenerate Axminster. Spotlight's
:13:00. > :13:10.Andrea Ormsby has the story. It started in one shop in Axminster
:13:10. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:21.in 1972. Today, axed Minister tool centre turns over four... We have
:13:21. > :13:31.five stores, soon-to-be six across the country. We have 70,000 active
:13:31. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:37.product lines. We export probably 15%, to 20% of our sales overseas.
:13:37. > :13:46.Big on Britain this family prisoners brought high-tech manufacturing from
:13:46. > :13:51.China to hear. The warehouse is high-tech, too. Forklifts with iPad
:13:51. > :14:01.switch now where every item is. These drivers need to learn how to
:14:01. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:09.abseil just in case. Axminster Carpets was always going through a
:14:09. > :14:16.difficult time when losing that number of jobs. The benefits have
:14:16. > :14:24.been that it has released an area which was undeveloped. Land that
:14:24. > :14:33.will bring 50 new jobs to the town and new employment of virginity is.
:14:33. > :14:38.And you �2 million project for pumps for the petrochemical industry.
:14:38. > :14:43.is a hopeful sign and welcomed after months focusing on the negatives.
:14:43. > :14:51.are more than a one trick pony. There are lots of businesses in
:14:51. > :14:55.towns. I think the town is looking forward with hope and expectation.
:14:55. > :15:04.But we mustn't let go, we mustn't lose concentration and neither must
:15:04. > :15:08.we be complacent. No complacency here. The tool centre has taken on
:15:08. > :15:12.four new apprentices and set up a management training programme.
:15:12. > :15:19.part of the aspire programme which is new this year. It is the first
:15:19. > :15:24.time they have put it together. We are being put through a management
:15:24. > :15:30.programme, the business coaching has been invaluable. It has taught me a
:15:30. > :15:34.lot about my job and how to do well. I think that is help me progress
:15:34. > :15:39.onto special sales which I will be starting next month. I think that is
:15:40. > :15:43.helped me progress. Kelly was born and brought up here in Axminster and
:15:43. > :15:48.when she got her degree she never thought she would get a good job
:15:48. > :15:57.back home. She thinks that owners on the up and is glad to be part it. --
:15:57. > :16:00.that the town. Well Axminster Tool Centre isn't the
:16:00. > :16:03.only company feeling positive - Axminster Carpets itself says things
:16:03. > :16:06.are going from strength to strength and we're planning to visit the
:16:06. > :16:10.company to see how it's fairing in the next few weeks.
:16:10. > :16:14.Yeovil Town were the only South West team to make it to the second round
:16:14. > :16:17.of the Football League Cup last night. They won at Southend - but
:16:17. > :16:18.Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United all lost to higher
:16:18. > :16:21.league opposition. Here's Spotlight's Dave Gibbins.
:16:21. > :16:28.It was one nil at the weekend and the same for your full-time last
:16:28. > :16:34.night. This time the winner came courtesy of Kevin Dawson who helped
:16:34. > :16:40.push the championship side to round two. The goalkeeper had to be it is
:16:40. > :16:50.best again to prevent extra time. Plymouth Argyle gave Birmingham city
:16:50. > :16:55.are mighty scare at St Andrews. The twice wiped out leads. When
:16:55. > :16:58.Birmingham scored a third, Arguelles could not respond and went out. A
:16:58. > :17:07.goal after two minutes deflated Exeter city against Queens Park
:17:07. > :17:13.Rangers. It came via their �4 million signing. Another came early
:17:13. > :17:23.in the second half through another new recruit. It was a good effort by
:17:23. > :17:23.
:17:24. > :17:28.city. We can enter into the next round which we have not done. After
:17:28. > :17:35.tonight's nice game of football we cannot take much more. Does that get
:17:35. > :17:45.in the way? No. It is a good challenge for any players. A late
:17:45. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :17:57.Now how well do you know the South West - and if you were given the
:17:57. > :18:00.chance to visit somewhere you've never been, where would it be? -
:18:00. > :18:03.that's the question we posed to some of our presenters from BBC Radio
:18:03. > :18:06.Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall and our very own colleagues here on
:18:06. > :18:10.Spotlight. Where did you end up? I was lucky, I always visit the
:18:10. > :18:15.Isles of Scilly if I can. I have not been to the uninhabited island of
:18:15. > :18:19.Sampson. I get to explore Sampson, hopefully next week you will get to
:18:19. > :18:29.see that on the programme will stop tonight we start with Matt Woodley
:18:29. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:40.visiting another island, the island hundreds of holiday-makers who are
:18:41. > :18:50.coming out for a day trip. -- on board. It is a vital lifeline for
:18:51. > :18:57.
:18:58. > :19:07.the 20 people who permanently live on Lundy Island. It is absolutely
:19:08. > :19:24.
:19:24. > :19:33.beautiful, lots of supplies being This is a daily routine for you.
:19:33. > :19:43.Yes. What first attracted you to Lundy Island? It came originally on
:19:43. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:53.a day trip in 1954. It is the sort of place that grabs you. There is
:19:53. > :20:03.something addictive about it. are people waiting for your post.
:20:03. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:18.place. Absolutely fantastic. The sheer size of the church compared to
:20:18. > :20:26.the population, the collection cannot be very great at the end. You
:20:26. > :20:30.have quite a lot in the bottle after holy Communion. The collection is
:20:30. > :20:36.again, it is the congregation, the people who come to visit Lundy who
:20:36. > :20:46.put money in the box. We actually do better than if we just had a Sunday
:20:46. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:50.service. I love it, it is brilliant. You are welcome. Of course, Lundy
:20:50. > :21:00.Island is synonymous with its natural surroundings and its
:21:00. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:05.spectacular wildlife. Tell us a bit about how this is so special?
:21:05. > :21:10.isolated from the mainland over there. Everything is here. Things
:21:10. > :21:19.can come and go, particularly the birds. But what stays -- is here
:21:19. > :21:27.stays here. Listen to that silence. Just the noise of the wind. No
:21:27. > :21:36.traffic noise. Just sounds of nature. Voices of the birds and the
:21:36. > :21:43.wind. And just the fact that we are able to look out to the horizon.
:21:43. > :21:53.Have I brought some mainstream life to you today? Definitely. Today lots
:21:53. > :22:02.
:22:02. > :22:07.of people wandering about an island. I feel we are on top of the world.
:22:07. > :22:13.What is it like looking across the island that you manage? From here,
:22:13. > :22:18.you have got a spectacular view. You can see to the south and to the
:22:18. > :22:26.south-east corner, we can see the village, the church. We have a
:22:26. > :22:33.magnificent view across all of the island's 420 hectares. Is this what
:22:33. > :22:37.we try and escape to? It is a place you can get away from everything. We
:22:37. > :22:42.call it a world apart and it is very much that. Our job is to conserve
:22:42. > :22:52.that way of life and to make sure people come here and totally relax.
:22:52. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:58.It is like stepping back in time. how has made a bean like on Lundy
:22:58. > :23:05.Island? It is difficult to put into words, hopefully the pictures speak
:23:05. > :23:08.for themselves. I think it is time, one of the day-trippers, leave the
:23:08. > :23:18.island to those who love at most. The next time I come back, I want to
:23:18. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:35.are off to Allsop 's of places. -- where the colours not beautiful. --
:23:35. > :23:39.we are often all sorts of places. And tomorrow Natalie goes to the
:23:39. > :23:49.North Cornwall fishing village of Port Isaac for the very first time.
:23:49. > :23:55.
:23:55. > :24:01.weather but some pleasant sunshine today across the south-west England
:24:01. > :24:11.and very good visibility. There have been one or two showers around,
:24:11. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:18.perhaps showers later on. This lump of cloud out here is a developing
:24:18. > :24:22.area of low pressure. That is edging towards us over the next couple of
:24:22. > :24:32.days, it will bring patchy rain overnight tomorrow night. Before
:24:32. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:43.that happens it is dry. Light and patchy rain, freshening winds and
:24:44. > :24:48.waking it cooler by the time we get into Friday. There is a closer look
:24:48. > :24:51.at the picture we have seen today. Everywhere has been dry with one
:24:51. > :25:00.exception. We have seen showers develop over the Channel Islands. We
:25:00. > :25:06.have seen downpours in the region close to St Austell. The rest of us
:25:06. > :25:11.have had lovely, clear skies. The cloud associated with that has also
:25:11. > :25:16.affected Plymouth. Some Sunnis bells but quite a bit of quiet developing
:25:16. > :25:21.in the skies. Some great shots of the wheel and some great shots of
:25:21. > :25:27.the famous tower. That looming cloud in the background has threatened a
:25:27. > :25:32.few showers this afternoon. Most of that will feed a day -- fade away
:25:32. > :25:39.overnight tonight. The detail in that forecast, a few showers left
:25:39. > :25:44.behind will fade away then drive. Missed by the morning, particularly
:25:44. > :25:50.our river valleys. Tomorrow is a lovely start to the day,
:25:50. > :25:54.temperatures starting at 10 degrees inland. Tomorrow we have a lovely
:25:54. > :26:01.morning to enjoy, with plenty of warm sunshine. As we move into the
:26:01. > :26:11.afternoon, particularly towards the end of the day, rain will produce --
:26:11. > :26:11.
:26:11. > :26:15.coming from the West. Temperatures are good, up to 20. A few places
:26:15. > :26:21.getting 23, even 24 degrees. More of a breeze developing in the second
:26:21. > :26:25.half of the day. Here is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly.
:26:25. > :26:35.Showers developing into the early evening. And on to the times of high
:26:35. > :26:41.
:26:41. > :26:51.further surfing, the surfing Championships taking place in UK,
:26:51. > :27:01.slightly more choppy surf through the afternoon. The winds are merely
:27:01. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:08.from the West. -- mainly. Here is the outlook, not looking too bad as
:27:08. > :27:13.we head into the weekend. Cooler through Saturday and Sunday.
:27:13. > :27:19.North-west winds will bring the temperatures down a few degrees.
:27:19. > :27:23.Saturday night into Sunday, some rain. The rain quite widespread and
:27:24. > :27:29.in places quite heavy. That will be replaced with showers on Sunday.
:27:29. > :27:32.replaced with showers on Sunday. Have a good evening. A few comments