:00:20. > :00:23.Tim Smit, is no longer running the attraction on a day-to-day basis.
:00:23. > :00:28.It is also emerged that another senior executive is leaving. We will
:00:28. > :00:31.look at why the changes are being made and what it means to one of the
:00:32. > :00:35.region's best-known tourist attractions.
:00:35. > :00:38.Police launch an investigation after it is claimed officers turned up in
:00:38. > :00:45.the wrong town. They were called to a burglary in Combe Martin but ended
:00:45. > :00:51.up in ill -- in Ilfracombe. Another beauty Queen row after
:00:51. > :00:55.Torquay joins the line-up to host Miss World.
:00:55. > :01:00.BBC Spotlight has learnt that Sir Tim Smit's role as chief executive
:01:00. > :01:05.of the Eden Project has come to an end. The attraction, which has seen
:01:05. > :01:09.a drop in visitor numbers, has admitted his day to day rule will be
:01:09. > :01:12.diminished but insists he is still head of the organisation. David
:01:12. > :01:17.George looks at the growth of the Eden Project and the unorthodox
:01:17. > :01:23.figure behind it. The Eden Project opened in March
:01:23. > :01:28.2001. It was an immediate success with a claimed million visitors
:01:28. > :01:33.passing through the doors by June that year. The famous domes were
:01:33. > :01:38.based on bubbles which are able to settle on any surface, even the
:01:38. > :01:45.rough floor of a clay pit. Even's aim was to be a showcase for the
:01:45. > :01:49.world 's's most important clients -- plans. Education is a high priority
:01:49. > :01:54.and entertainment has played a part. The Eden Sessions are hugely popular
:01:54. > :01:59.and in July 2005, the venue hosted part of the live eight series of
:01:59. > :02:03.concerts. Tim Smit has been the driving force behind the Eden
:02:03. > :02:09.Project and he is forthright when defending even against those who
:02:09. > :02:17.questioned the amount of public Monday used to fund it. We've got
:02:17. > :02:23.467 staff here, up to 700 in summer, and in the South West, we're
:02:23. > :02:31.in the top 20 employers, so Cornwall and Europe made a really good bet on
:02:31. > :02:37.us. Gaynor Coley started at the Eden Project in 1997 is rector, becoming
:02:37. > :02:41.managing director three years later. Until this year, Tim Smit and Gaynor
:02:41. > :02:47.Coley rejoined Chief Executive 's. Last year, visitor numbers fell
:02:47. > :02:52.substantially. The project and blames the six -- the success of the
:02:52. > :02:56.Olympics and expects numbers to rise again this year. Eden has produced a
:02:56. > :03:03.continual flow of eye-catching ideas at finding the funding for those has
:03:03. > :03:09.proved ever harder as time goes by. Our business correspondent Neil
:03:09. > :03:14.Gallacher is with me now. Gaynor Coley is going, Tim Smit's role is
:03:14. > :03:19.changing. What is happening? It is difficult to be sure because Tim
:03:19. > :03:23.Smit has not yet spoken, so we are in the realms of conjecture, but
:03:23. > :03:28.looking at the house record, he is moving sideways in the organisation
:03:28. > :03:32.and it looks as though he has moved down. He was chief executive, then
:03:32. > :03:38.George Chief Executive, and now he is chief executive of a subsidiary.
:03:38. > :03:44.Eden stresses he will still lead the organisation, but it looks as though
:03:44. > :03:47.his day-to-day role has reduced. What is your feeling? It is
:03:47. > :03:52.difficult to answer with certainty until we know whether he chose this
:03:52. > :03:57.for himself, he is 58, or whether others chose, but it is the kind of
:03:57. > :04:00.change we have seen in other capital attractions which opened
:04:00. > :04:06.successfully to tourists and then find they struggled to maintain ace
:04:06. > :04:10.steady-state, an iceberg to one recovery specialist who point out
:04:10. > :04:15.that there are different phases in the life of some organisations, and
:04:15. > :04:19.at different times you need different people in charge. You have
:04:19. > :04:23.creative people coming with great ideas, the excitement of setting it
:04:23. > :04:27.up, and then do have the daily running of it to make sure the costs
:04:27. > :04:33.are not exceeding the income, to make sure the cash flow is always
:04:33. > :04:39.there, and that is exciting for some people but it is not usually
:04:39. > :04:43.exciting for the creative types. Don't write Eden off yet. It is
:04:43. > :04:46.still attracting way more visitors than any other attraction and I will
:04:46. > :04:54.be surprised if there is not more fight in Tim Smit yet.
:04:54. > :04:59.With more news, here is Natalie. Staff at one of Somerset's biggest
:04:59. > :05:03.hospitals are worried by an increase in the number of young people eating
:05:03. > :05:06.treatment for legal high drugs. Staff at Musgrove Park Hospital say
:05:06. > :05:12.the wide variety of substances makes it difficult to treat patients
:05:12. > :05:15.effectively. This report starts with the story of one woman whose health
:05:16. > :05:23.has been damaged by drugs. To protect your identity, we changed
:05:23. > :05:28.her name and her words are spoken by an actress. My mum carers, and it
:05:28. > :05:33.destroyed her to watch her daughter ruling herself. Jane knows what
:05:33. > :05:37.drugs, legal and illegal, can do to you. The regular heartbeat, chest
:05:37. > :05:43.pains, impaired vision, so her message to others is simple. It's
:05:43. > :05:48.not worth it. You might think it is at the time, but it isn't. You never
:05:48. > :05:51.know what's in them. You could be told something -- sold something
:05:51. > :05:57.classed as AMT but it could be cooked with something different, and
:05:57. > :06:02.you could be dead. Parents often ask how to tell their children legal
:06:02. > :06:09.highs can harm them when they are sold legally on the streets and on
:06:09. > :06:13.the internet. The answer may lie in places like this, Musgrove Park
:06:13. > :06:21.Hospital in Taunton, which has seen a surge in emissions of people who
:06:21. > :06:25.reacted badly to legal highs. know what he's taken? For this
:06:25. > :06:30.accident and emergency doctor is seeing at least two cases a week
:06:30. > :06:33.now, and her biggest problem is not knowing what she is dealing with.
:06:34. > :06:41.don't know what chemical compound the taken, and they aren't entirely
:06:41. > :06:45.sure, so as such, we can't treat easily. We have to treat the
:06:45. > :06:51.symptoms as they present and we don't know what line the going to go
:06:51. > :06:57.with their symptoms. That must make it impossible as a medic? I have
:06:57. > :07:01.seen cases where we actually lost a patient from a legal high. At the
:07:01. > :07:06.Taunton Association for the homeless, legal highs have become a
:07:06. > :07:12.problem in the last six months. Here, they say battling a menace
:07:12. > :07:16.that has the word legal in its title is almost impossible. By definition
:07:16. > :07:20.as a parent, it is harder to have that conversation with your children
:07:20. > :07:27.when you say, don't use that, because they will turn around and
:07:27. > :07:35.say, the -- but it is legal. No one has an easy solution to the problem,
:07:35. > :07:38.but everyone we spoke to agree is doing nothing isn't the answer.
:07:38. > :07:41.Devon and Cornwall police are investigating claims that officers
:07:41. > :07:47.missed an opportunity to catch burglars in the act because they
:07:47. > :07:49.went to the wrong town. Officers were called to a break-in at a shop
:07:49. > :07:53.in Combe Martin but despite three phone calls, they went to
:07:53. > :07:58.Ilfracombe. Andy Breare reports from Combe Martin.
:07:58. > :08:03.This is the shop where the perjury happened in the early hours of last
:08:03. > :08:08.Friday morning. The owner says had police got to the right address when
:08:08. > :08:14.told, the thieves would have been caught red-handed. Sue Sussex has
:08:14. > :08:19.owned her shop for the last 42 years. This is the first time it has
:08:19. > :08:24.been broken into. While the burglary was in progress, a passer-by dialled
:08:24. > :08:30.999 to reported, but police were dispatched to Ilfracombe, around
:08:30. > :08:34.five miles away. Not only do they not send police cars out, if they
:08:34. > :08:41.had come when that guy rang, they were still in my shop for over an
:08:41. > :08:46.hour after that, and they would have been caught red-handed. According to
:08:46. > :08:50.the CCTV footage, these were in in the shop for an hour and a half, and
:08:50. > :08:59.stripped this entire rack of cigarettes and tobacco, and made off
:08:59. > :09:02.with some spirits. About �5,500 worth of stock. Since the break-in,
:09:02. > :09:09.Sue has upgraded security and says it has left her feeling shaken.
:09:09. > :09:17.feel vulnerable. The robbery itself would have been bad enough to cope
:09:17. > :09:21.with, but to realise it need never have happened... The police are
:09:21. > :09:26.currently studying CCTV footage of the incident, and Sue is offering a
:09:26. > :09:30.reward to help catch the thieves. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall
:09:30. > :09:34.police said a complaint about the call has been received and is being
:09:34. > :09:40.investigated. Anyone with information about the burglary at
:09:40. > :09:44.the shop should contact police. Torquay could host the Mr and Miss
:09:44. > :09:48.World competitions, bringing with them a boost to the local economy
:09:48. > :09:52.worth thousands of pounds. Organisers have visited the town to
:09:52. > :09:58.see if it is suitable, but opponents say it will take for Bay back to the
:09:58. > :10:03.dark ages. Two months ago, Mr England was
:10:03. > :10:07.crowned here in Torquay. The organisers considered -- considered
:10:07. > :10:13.the event such a success we are considering Torquay for Mr and Miss
:10:13. > :10:18.World. They have been working with local charisma groups to see if the
:10:18. > :10:24.town will be a civil venue. This world event puts Torbay on the world
:10:24. > :10:30.stage with 74 countries in the world coming over here with all their
:10:30. > :10:34.press, seeing this beautiful place, encouraging business here. Torbay
:10:34. > :10:39.Council supported the Mr and Miss England even to the cheering of
:10:39. > :10:43.�7,000 because of the publicity. The council estimated it was worth
:10:43. > :10:49.�500,000 in positive exposure, at taxpayer support has been questioned
:10:49. > :10:54.and opponents described these contests as denigrate array. They
:10:54. > :10:58.accept it is not the same as it was in the 70s, but on a personal level.
:10:58. > :11:05.I feel it denigrates the human form. Do we want to send that message to
:11:05. > :11:08.young people that they have to be sylphlike, to be able to slink
:11:08. > :11:14.around looking bronzed and beautiful. I am not saying they
:11:14. > :11:18.don't look fantastic but is that the right message for our young people?
:11:18. > :11:24.Mr and Miss World competitions have taken place in Africa, South Korea,
:11:24. > :11:28.and China. Delegates are looking around Torquay to see if it is
:11:28. > :11:32.suitable for the comp edition. Editors and is expected at the end
:11:32. > :11:36.of the year. A blood cancer charity has warned
:11:36. > :11:41.that a shortage of young male bone marrow donors in the South West is
:11:41. > :11:46.putting lives at risk. The Anthony Nolan Trust says there are just over
:11:46. > :11:51.4000 people on its register. The family of 19 your old boy whose life
:11:51. > :11:57.was saved by a transplant is urging donors to come forward. Jumping for
:11:57. > :12:03.joy. Just two years ago, nine-year-old Dominic Doyle began a
:12:03. > :12:10.fight for his life. It seemed he had already eaten leukaemia once when
:12:10. > :12:18.his parents received the news they dreaded. The consultant rang, and I
:12:18. > :12:21.knew it wasn't good news. She said, I am sorry but it is back. Dominic
:12:21. > :12:26.had to undergo a gruelling second course of chemotherapy, but they
:12:26. > :12:33.knew there was only one thing that could save his life, a bone marrow
:12:33. > :12:38.transplant. They then faced the agonising wait for a donor. As we
:12:38. > :12:42.got past the second month, we were getting nervous. They said we can
:12:42. > :12:49.carry on with this for about six months, if we don't get a donor then
:12:49. > :12:54.we will have to think about the worst things. We had to discuss
:12:54. > :12:59.where, if it came to it, where we wanted him to die. After three
:12:59. > :13:04.months, a match was found and now, after three birthdays in Chris
:13:04. > :13:11.Buttle Assembly in hospital, he is cancer free. The family don't know
:13:11. > :13:16.who the donor is that the eternally grateful. We got someone who managed
:13:16. > :13:22.to save Dominic's life. He is a superhero are a life-saver. We know
:13:22. > :13:28.he is out there and saved our little boy 's life, so all I would ask is
:13:29. > :13:35.that more come forward. It could save somebody's life like yours.
:13:35. > :13:39.Yeah. A man from North Devon says a council planning dispute over his
:13:39. > :13:43.wolf reserve could mean the death of his beloved pack and end years of
:13:43. > :13:47.international research. Shaun Ellis now has to find a new home for his
:13:47. > :13:57.wolves and fears that many are too old to move and may have to be
:13:57. > :14:07.destroyed. The council says further work is not acceptable in an area of
:14:07. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:17.outstanding natural beauty. Johnny Shaun Ellis moved to Devon with his
:14:17. > :14:22.balls to set up a reserve and carry out research on these misunderstood
:14:22. > :14:26.animals. He fears all that could come to a sad end because the
:14:26. > :14:33.council says banning controls have been breached. The inevitable is the
:14:33. > :14:38.Wolves will be distracted. That is why we appeal to people with this
:14:38. > :14:41.decision that you are not just dealing with something put up, a
:14:41. > :14:49.logistic building, you are dealing with peoples livelihood and animals
:14:49. > :14:52.lives. North Devon district Council said missed analysts carried out
:14:52. > :14:58.further works and after careful consideration the application was
:14:58. > :15:05.refused. They said it is in an area of outstanding natural boutique and
:15:05. > :15:11.cited traffic issues. We have had condolences so far that we are going
:15:11. > :15:14.and we call this home. I have been here 13 years. Now the search is on
:15:14. > :15:20.to find somewhere that will not have the same council planning
:15:20. > :15:23.restrictions. I like to think they would see common-sense, we are going
:15:23. > :15:31.maybe enough for them and we hope they give us courtesy and the time
:15:31. > :15:34.we need to safeguard the walls. says he will do what we can to save
:15:34. > :15:38.the pack. A singer songwriter from West
:15:38. > :15:41.Cornwall is about to embark on an ambitious tour of the UK and the
:15:41. > :15:44.United States. Sarah McQuaid who lives near Penzance will be away
:15:45. > :15:49.from home for almost three months. She's just been performing at the
:15:49. > :15:55.Sidmouth Folk Festival and popped in to have a chat with us on her way
:15:55. > :16:00.back to Cornwall. She started by telling us about her tour.
:16:00. > :16:06.Well, we start off in the UK, I am playing a festival in Wellington
:16:06. > :16:10.Road on the 31st of August and then I am all around the UK including
:16:10. > :16:16.Scotland and the South of England and also of places for three weeks
:16:16. > :16:20.and then an eight week tour of the USA. We start off and finish in
:16:20. > :16:27.Texas, fly to the UK, and then a couple of gigs in Cornwall and a few
:16:27. > :16:33.more further north and then I finish on the first December. That will be
:16:33. > :16:40.64 shows in all. It is extraordinary and how does the reaction from the
:16:40. > :16:46.audience differ, you are going from Cornwall to taxes and Denver, what
:16:46. > :16:52.reaction is there? There are more vocal in the USA they holler and
:16:52. > :16:59.make noise, they do not do that in England. And then you think did they
:16:59. > :17:03.like me? And then they say they loved it and buy the CDs. You are
:17:03. > :17:09.playing at special venues in the states. Yes, a cafe which is
:17:09. > :17:15.legendary on the folk scene and the first time I have played there.
:17:15. > :17:24.were born in Spain, you lived in America and Ireland are now living
:17:25. > :17:30.Cornwall. Where does the most musical influence come from? With
:17:30. > :17:36.the exception of Spain because I only lived in Spain for two years,
:17:36. > :17:39.but everywhere I have lived has had a strong influence. I first album
:17:39. > :17:45.was traditional Irish staff and the second one was the American music I
:17:45. > :17:51.grew up with and third album last year was mostly my own songs and
:17:51. > :17:56.they are influenced by places I have seen on my travels in England.
:17:56. > :18:00.have a busy few months ahead. Good luck and come back safely to
:18:00. > :18:03.Cornwall. Thank you so much. And Sarah will be singing for us at the
:18:03. > :18:07.end of the programme. Now for the second in our summer series visiting
:18:07. > :18:11.parts of the region which presenters from Spotlight and BBC local radio
:18:11. > :18:14.have never been to before. Tonight it's your turn, isn't it? Yes, I
:18:14. > :18:20.went to a fishing village in North Cornwall that's become extremely
:18:20. > :18:25.well known recently for two main reasons.
:18:25. > :18:29.Just up the coast from where I was born and bred is this now famous
:18:29. > :18:34.fishing village and I cannot believe I have never been here for but I
:18:34. > :18:40.have always wanted to come here because I like Martin Clunes. He
:18:40. > :18:48.isn't here today so I will make do with John instead. Charming! Hello,
:18:48. > :18:58.my lovely. Will you give me a tour? Yes, a look around. Lead on, kind
:18:58. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:16.here. That is the old school. Stunning. I think the first port of
:19:16. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:21.call must be Doc Martin's house. is nice but I think he is out on
:19:21. > :19:31.call. Martin Clunes? They have finished the series now. Where is
:19:31. > :19:32.
:19:32. > :19:40.it? Down here. Lead the way.This is it. Yes, his cottage. Who lives
:19:40. > :19:47.there? No one, it is a second home. But it is used for filming. Yes, it
:19:47. > :19:51.is a pretty cottage. It is gorgeous. It must be the most photographed
:19:51. > :19:58.house in the area. Yes, probably in the county. Hordes of tourists come
:19:58. > :20:08.up and down. How many more people has the house brought to the
:20:08. > :20:17.
:20:17. > :20:23.village? A colossal amount of you. What is it? Oh, my word. A
:20:23. > :20:33.barometer. Although we watch Spotlight, we don't take much notice
:20:33. > :20:47.
:20:47. > :20:57.of David. We rely on this. It is not goes curly. Me too.Awful for the
:20:57. > :21:08.
:21:08. > :21:18.moustache. How do you control it? are you? Fine. Nice to meet you.
:21:18. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:24.This is nice. The sun is coming out. Very nice indeed. I was getting fed
:21:24. > :21:29.up with the rain ruining my hairdo. It has been a lovely summer. A bit
:21:29. > :21:34.of a shock because I expected a bad summer but I sold my fishing boat in
:21:34. > :21:39.March expecting another bad year but this has been the best summer for 25
:21:39. > :21:45.years. What is this about a film being made. That is what they are
:21:45. > :21:53.saying, the guy who directed Doc Martin is coming. A personal friend
:21:53. > :22:00.of ours! He is determined to make the next movie here which they say
:22:00. > :22:10.will be about us. Who will play you? George Clooney has been mentioned.
:22:10. > :22:11.
:22:11. > :22:21.And what about you? It would have been you will bring but he is dead.
:22:21. > :22:24.
:22:24. > :22:29.Computer graphics! This is the alleyway. And this was the narrowest
:22:29. > :22:35.street in the world according to the Guinness book of records 30 years
:22:35. > :22:45.ago. Crikey. We would not get here two abreast. I know quite a few
:22:45. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:02.had a fantastic day in Port Isaac with John Cleve as my guide. You may
:23:02. > :23:06.wonder where he is but I feel lost without him. He is inside because it
:23:06. > :23:16.is not just the Fishermans friend and Doc Martin with talent here, the
:23:16. > :23:27.
:23:27. > :23:35.whole village has. Tonight is open we hope will mine again. # Thank you
:23:35. > :23:41.very much. A lovely place. I can't believe you have not been before. I
:23:41. > :23:47.will go back. They do not need David's weather, they have their own
:23:47. > :23:52.arrangements. I will have a word with him. Fishermen always know best
:23:52. > :23:59.but let's look at the next couple of days. Rain is likely but it is
:23:59. > :24:07.mostly overnight. Tomorrow, feeling fresher, breezy on the coast but it
:24:07. > :24:11.is mainly dry story. A lot of cloud coming in at the moment and that
:24:11. > :24:16.cloud is rain bearing clouds, patchy light rain overnight, low cloud and
:24:16. > :24:20.hill fog developing. As the weather front sweeps across us, it is an
:24:20. > :24:23.overnight feature because by tomorrow it is in the east and we
:24:23. > :24:29.have a ridge of high pressure although we will see more wet
:24:29. > :24:35.weather later on Saturday night and into Sunday and this runs through
:24:35. > :24:40.channel but most of the rain in the night-time. The picture from earlier
:24:41. > :24:45.today, that cloud invaded from the West, it is producing light rain
:24:45. > :24:49.across West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This was earlier today
:24:50. > :24:55.where there was plenty of sunshine. Most of us have had a lot of
:24:55. > :25:00.sunshine. Plenty of water coming down the rivers so no concerns about
:25:00. > :25:06.the water supply, plenty of people out enjoying a breezy day in places
:25:07. > :25:11.but a fine day. I hope you have a spare change of clothes! Not quite
:25:11. > :25:19.the blue skies that we have seen today and ride but fine weather to
:25:19. > :25:23.enjoy. The cloud will produce some rain, it start of light but on the
:25:23. > :25:29.moors it will be more persistent and a bit heavier but by morning pretty
:25:29. > :25:35.much gone. Just a few showers dotted around. Overnight temperatures, 15
:25:36. > :25:41.or 16. Tomorrow, a cloudy start, the risk of showers, brightening up, the
:25:41. > :25:50.South of Devon and sunshine comes out and it will feel pleasant. 20 or
:25:50. > :26:00.21 degrees. A brisk north-westerly breeze. The Isles of Scilly, a cool
:26:00. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:08.breeze, mostly dry, cloud in the day, the times of high water: The
:26:09. > :26:14.surf is choppy. Two to three feet and clean. The outlook, the rain
:26:14. > :26:19.will come in during the course of Saturday night and into Sunday so a
:26:19. > :26:24.change then for damp conditions that apart from a few showers on Sunday
:26:25. > :26:28.and Monday it is mostly a dry story. Have a good evening. That's all from
:26:28. > :26:38.us for now - we'll leave you now with Sarah McQuaid singing "The Sun
:26:38. > :26:53.
:26:53. > :27:03.Goes On Rising" Have a good evening. # And the time will come when I
:27:03. > :27:04.