:00:12. > :00:19.Concerns over fire cover. The stations out of action for more than
:00:19. > :00:23.2,000 hours in just one month. It has emerged that retained crews were
:00:23. > :00:33.unavailable at the stations. Back in Unions have warned that it could
:00:33. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:39.affect response times. For every minute that a fire engine is
:00:39. > :00:42.delayed, fire will grow to fold. Devon and Somerset Fire Service has
:00:42. > :00:51.revealed a shortage of retained firefighters meant some towns and
:00:51. > :00:57.villages have been left without cover for a time.
:00:57. > :01:06.Two warships from Devon head towards the Mediterranean on a long planned
:01:06. > :01:09.exercise. Devon and Somerset Fire Service has revealed a shortage of
:01:09. > :01:13.retained firefighters meant some towns and villages have been left
:01:13. > :01:15.without cover for a time. Part time crews were unavailable for more than
:01:15. > :01:18.2,000 hours last month. Communities with fire stations unavailable on
:01:18. > :01:21.around 30 occasions in July include Combe Martin, Budleigh Salterton,
:01:21. > :01:31.Ottery St Mary, Modbury, Porlock and Chagford, from where our home
:01:31. > :01:36.affairs correspondent reports. This fire in the centre of Chagford
:01:36. > :01:41.might have happened ten years ago, but memories are fresh. Local people
:01:41. > :01:49.say if it was not for the rapid reaction of the firefighters, the
:01:49. > :01:53.damage could've been much worse. Then use the station can be for
:01:53. > :01:59.callouts due to crew shortages is a worry. It is a big concern. It is
:01:59. > :02:05.because of our isolated situation. For emergency services, it is
:02:05. > :02:11.difficult to get to us in other ways. Especially in the summer
:02:11. > :02:15.months when there is so much traffic around. It is very difficult.
:02:15. > :02:22.shop with many combustible valuables, it is also a concern.
:02:22. > :02:27.This is a wooden building. One of the oldest in the town. If the lanes
:02:27. > :02:37.are too narrow for other Fire Services to get up the roads, you
:02:37. > :02:37.
:02:37. > :02:47.are in trouble. Analysis shows the shortage of retained Fire Services
:02:47. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:05.writing to councillors and MPs to tell them of their concerns. Fire
:03:05. > :03:10.stations are being left unattended during the day and sometimes at
:03:10. > :03:18.night. Devon and Somerset Fire Service say they have begun a
:03:18. > :03:24.recruitment drive. The shortage tends to affect smaller and more
:03:24. > :03:30.rural communities. In a statement, the Fire Service said on average
:03:30. > :03:34.stations were available to respond 95% of the time. On the rear
:03:34. > :03:37.occasions they were not available, which could amount to just a few
:03:37. > :03:41.minutes, the next station would always provide cover.
:03:41. > :03:44.There has been an increase in the number of people arrested for drink
:03:44. > :03:48.driving in Devon and Cornwall. The 4% rise in June this year compared
:03:48. > :03:51.to the same month last year bucks the national trend which has seen
:03:51. > :03:54.numbers falling. Our reporter has been speaking to a mother who lost
:03:54. > :04:04.her daughter in an accident involving a drink driver five years
:04:04. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:10.ago. The last time I saw my daughter
:04:10. > :04:18.alive was five or six years ago at my youngest son's birthday party.
:04:18. > :04:26.From there, she said goodbye. You say goodbye and you never realise
:04:26. > :04:30.that is the last time you could see your daughter's face ever again.
:04:30. > :04:33.21-year-old Anna had accepted a lift home from a party. The driver had
:04:33. > :04:39.been drinking. Their car ploughed into a stationary highways lorry on
:04:39. > :04:46.a slip road off the M5. Nationally drink driving accounts for a
:04:46. > :04:56.staggering 15% of all road fatalities. In Devon and Cornwall,
:04:56. > :05:09.
:05:09. > :05:12.there appears to be a worrying forces run their campaigns may
:05:12. > :05:20.account for the increase locally. But there is always room for
:05:20. > :05:24.improvement. It is very unfortunate that we do detect a number of
:05:24. > :05:29.people. We want to make sure we reinforce the message to make sure
:05:29. > :05:35.people understand the devastating consequences that can come from
:05:35. > :05:40.getting behind the wheel of your car when under the influence of drink or
:05:40. > :05:43.drugs. Aliis now hoping that the increase in drink drive numbers may
:05:43. > :05:45.give additional weight to calls for a review of current drink drive
:05:45. > :05:47.laws. Two Royal Navy ships left Devonport
:05:47. > :05:50.this morning bound for the Mediterranean amid increased
:05:50. > :05:53.tensions with Spain over Gibraltar. HMS Bulwark and HMS Montrose will
:05:54. > :05:57.visit the region as part of an annual deployment known as Cougar
:05:57. > :06:07.13. The Ministry of Defence said the visit was long-planned and routine.
:06:07. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:18.Our defence reporter joins me. This is an annual exercise its third
:06:18. > :06:25.year. It is a chance for what is known as the response force task
:06:25. > :06:32.group of the UK, largely based here in the South West, to hone their
:06:32. > :06:42.skills and training together. HMS Bulwark and HMS Montrose, along with
:06:42. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:50.two other ship is, will take part in this deployment.
:06:50. > :06:54.I think there were 200 friends and family at the port today. Most
:06:54. > :07:03.seemed aware of the situation in Spain and Gibraltar. Few were
:07:03. > :07:09.concerned. I am not concerned. It will be sad to see him go for seven
:07:09. > :07:14.months. Looking forward to when he returns. They will do what they need
:07:14. > :07:19.to do. Hopefully they will all come back safe. I just go from
:07:19. > :07:25.day-to-day. See what you hear from them. That is what you have to do,
:07:25. > :07:28.wait until they come home and see what use you get.
:07:28. > :07:37.The Ministry of Defence has stressed Cougar 13 is long-planned and a
:07:37. > :07:40.routine deployment. Nobody is really disputing that. And while both the
:07:40. > :07:43.Spanish and UK Governments have played down the timing of the visit,
:07:43. > :07:46.there is no question it comes during a sensitive period for relations
:07:46. > :07:50.between the two countries. Some elderly people in Cornwall say
:07:50. > :07:53.they feel they have had to pay for a new alarm system or leave their
:07:53. > :07:57.sheltered housing. Coastline Housing Association says budget cuts mean it
:07:57. > :08:04.now has to charge for the service, but no-one will be forced to move
:08:04. > :08:11.out. This sheltered housing close used to
:08:11. > :08:15.have warden, but the ball was replaced -- This sheltered housing
:08:15. > :08:18.close in Redruth used to have a warden, but the role was replaced by
:08:18. > :08:20.an emergency personal alarm system. Up until now, the cost of the
:08:20. > :08:23.service was covered the landlords, the Coastline Housing Association.
:08:23. > :08:27.But now residents, like 65-year-old Anthony Jacobs, have been told they
:08:28. > :08:31.will have to pay almost �3 a week for the alarm. Mr Jacobs says he
:08:31. > :08:36.feels he was given no choice but to agree. This is a not inconsiderable
:08:36. > :08:43.sum from a pension. I said, what if I don't want to pay this? They then
:08:43. > :08:49.informed me that I would be moved from my property. I said I did not
:08:49. > :08:53.want to move at my age. Coastline says funding cuts over the
:08:53. > :08:57.past two years means it has no choice but to pass on the cost of
:08:57. > :09:05.the service to its tenants. However, it is categorical. No-one will be
:09:05. > :09:09.made to leave their homes. We are not looking to force anybody to
:09:09. > :09:14.move. We will work with individuals to try to achieve that outcome that
:09:14. > :09:17.meets their needs were talking about people who have applied for
:09:17. > :09:21.supported accommodation. Therefore they should have a support need to.
:09:21. > :09:24.Cornwall Council says some help may be available to tenants, but it
:09:24. > :09:32.stresses that many people in the private housing sector already have
:09:32. > :09:37.to pay for similar alarms. council might be able to help people
:09:37. > :09:42.if they have a care package. It is worth contacting us to see if we can
:09:42. > :09:45.help with the costs. Right across Cornwall, if people live in their
:09:45. > :09:50.own accommodation, they have had to pay for their own lifeline support
:09:51. > :09:53.for years. Coastline isn't the only housing association in Cornwall
:09:53. > :09:57.looking to introduce such charges. Ocean Housing Association told us
:09:57. > :10:02.they have 700 clients with alarms, half of which have signed up to pay
:10:02. > :10:05.�3.80 per week. A pioneering scheme in Newquay in
:10:05. > :10:09.Cornwall to help reduce the number of elderly people admitted to
:10:09. > :10:11.hospital could be extended to other areas. The NHS and voluntary
:10:11. > :10:15.organisations are working together to help vulnerable people get out
:10:15. > :10:18.and about or have regular visitors to their home. An application has
:10:18. > :10:28.now been made to the Department of Health to help develop the scheme
:10:28. > :10:28.
:10:28. > :10:34.further. Our reporter has been finding out how it works.
:10:34. > :10:39.Time for tea and biscuits at this home. It is something to look
:10:39. > :10:45.forward to. That is a big thing when you are on your own and there is not
:10:45. > :10:53.a lot going on. It is the second time the 82-year-old has hosted such
:10:53. > :10:59.a get together. The charity focuses on older people at high risk of
:10:59. > :11:08.going into hospital. I did not go out apart from to the local shop. No
:11:08. > :11:13.social outings or social occasions like this. This is lovely.
:11:13. > :11:18.Volunteers are key to the success of the scheme, which has helped 100
:11:18. > :11:26.people over the last year, giving them individual goals like getting
:11:26. > :11:36.to the shops or socialising. talk, we laughed, we mourn and have
:11:36. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:41.fun together. The project has support from the NHS and Age UK.
:11:41. > :11:47.am not clinically trained, but the skills we have in the voluntary
:11:47. > :11:54.sector complements the health sector as well. It is all about achieving
:11:54. > :12:01.or improving the quality of life for the individuals concerned. It is
:12:01. > :12:06.hoped that this project can be extended. I believe we need to work
:12:06. > :12:11.together. We have very little money now within the NHS services. I think
:12:11. > :12:19.we need to creatively look at what we have got, use our services
:12:19. > :12:26.different way -- differently to provide a better service. Those
:12:26. > :12:28.involved see the emotional benefits for the individuals is
:12:28. > :12:31.immeasurable. Coming up:
:12:31. > :12:35.A multi-million pound boost for cycling on Dartmoor.
:12:35. > :12:39.A serious decline in barn owls. Now farmers are being asked to help save
:12:39. > :12:42.them from extinction. And up close to the Mary Rose for
:12:42. > :12:52.the first time. The man from Cornwall who helped locate the wreck
:12:52. > :12:53.
:12:53. > :12:56.more than 50 years ago. More than �7 million is to be spent
:12:56. > :12:59.to make Dartmoor more accessible to cyclists. The cash from both central
:12:59. > :13:09.and local government, will mean major improvements on around 125
:13:09. > :13:14.miles of cycleways. These will include creating cycling hubs at
:13:14. > :13:18.Postbridge, Princetown and Mortonhampstead. It is hoped a cycle
:13:18. > :13:24.path running parallel to the A38 will make it easier to access the
:13:24. > :13:27.moor from Exeter. In the west, Drakes Trail will be upgraded
:13:27. > :13:33.between Bere Alston and Tavistock and also through Plymbridge Woods.
:13:33. > :13:36.The signs will also be improved on another 85 miles of the moor.
:13:36. > :13:39.Following the success of our Olympians last year and the Tour of
:13:39. > :13:42.Britain in the region, cycling couldn't be more popular. This new
:13:42. > :13:45.investment will improve access for cyclists to Dartmoor. For Ashburton
:13:45. > :13:49.cycle shop owner Paul Tomlin, this news couldn't be more welcome. He
:13:49. > :13:52.believes it help him create new jobs. This is brilliant. A big boost
:13:52. > :13:57.to the local economy. We will benefit, local businesses will
:13:57. > :14:02.benefit, tourism and leisure industry will benefit. We have
:14:02. > :14:10.needed this for some time. Bits and pieces have been done in the past,
:14:10. > :14:13.this will give us the money to do it properly. The money will be spent on
:14:13. > :14:20.improving existing cycle routes, like the Granite Way, which uses
:14:20. > :14:24.parts of an old railway line. It will also provide better signage. It
:14:24. > :14:29.is expected to increase cycling on the more by up to 43% over the next
:14:29. > :14:34.five years creating up to 100 jobs. There are 2.4 million visitors to
:14:34. > :14:39.Dartmoor, 600,000 on bicycles. That will increase when this work goes
:14:39. > :14:42.ahead. This is really good news. Dartmoor is a protected area, so the
:14:42. > :14:45.money will be used to provide and improve designated trails. Cyclists
:14:45. > :14:48.will be encouraged to stick to the routes and not ride across the
:14:48. > :14:55.countryside. Today's announcement was welcome news to people using
:14:55. > :15:00.Granite Way. It is vital. Very, very important. Both in terms of getting
:15:00. > :15:06.around without needing a car and also providing access to the
:15:06. > :15:10.countryside. It is good exercise. Cyclists have always been
:15:10. > :15:14.second-class citizens. It is about time money was spent on as.
:15:14. > :15:16.money will also be used to link these routes with public transport
:15:16. > :15:22.including providing cycle friendly taxi-service between the Moor and
:15:22. > :15:26.the railway. The number of barn owls in the south
:15:26. > :15:28.west is in serious decline, and last year's terrible weather is partly to
:15:28. > :15:32.blame. A conservation project in Somerset has revealed that numbers
:15:32. > :15:35.there have dropped by 60% in the past year. Now farmers are being
:15:35. > :15:44.asked to support efforts to save the barn owl from extinction. Here is
:15:44. > :15:48.our Somerset Correspondent. It may seem a distant memory now,
:15:48. > :15:58.but last year of vast areas of Somerset were underwater. And the
:15:58. > :16:00.
:16:00. > :16:03.bar now all paid the price. -- the barn owl paid the price. Hundreds of
:16:03. > :16:11.nesting boxes have been put up across Somerset to attempt to boost
:16:11. > :16:17.the barn owl population. Camera checks have revealed an alarming
:16:17. > :16:23.drop in numbers of a bird already struggling to survive. This is
:16:23. > :16:29.empty. From the early results we have so far, I would estimate we
:16:29. > :16:39.have lost 60% of the entire population. In number terms, we are
:16:39. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:54.possibly looking at 70 or 80 pairs of barn owls. Floods meant that
:16:54. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :17:01.there were fewer animals for the barn owls to eat. Now farmers are
:17:01. > :17:06.being asked to play their part to boost the barn owl population. By
:17:06. > :17:16.leaving borders of long grass around their fields. They will attract the
:17:16. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:28.falls. -- voles. Farmers are leaving margins like this forward Haraway
:17:28. > :17:32.and it is having a great impact. barn owl is not heading for
:17:32. > :17:35.extinction, but the decline is serious and must be reversed.
:17:35. > :17:42.Time for the sport now. Dave is here, reflecting on a disappointing
:17:42. > :17:48.weekend for South West football. It was a blank weekend for South
:17:48. > :17:51.West football teams. Yeovil Town's first home game as a Championship
:17:51. > :17:54.club ended in dismay, caused by one of their former players. Plymouth
:17:54. > :18:02.Argyle can't find the winning touch, while Exeter City and Torquay United
:18:03. > :18:11.at least got a point each. Yeovil Town more than doubled last
:18:11. > :18:14.season's average attendance at Hewish Park. A crowd approaching
:18:14. > :18:17.9,000 saw Gary Johnson's team have their fingers burned by the man who
:18:17. > :18:21.scored one of their goals at Wembley 9,000 saw Gary Johnson's team have
:18:21. > :18:23.their Dan Burn spent a season on loan in Somerset from Fulham. But
:18:23. > :18:27.after joining Birmingham City on the same arrangement, the centre-back
:18:27. > :18:29.headed the only goal to spoil Yeovil's fine start to life in the
:18:29. > :18:32.Championship. In League Two, Exeter City held last
:18:32. > :18:41.season's Conference champions Mansfield Town to a goalless draw in
:18:41. > :18:44.Nottinghamshire. City could have won it if Liam Sercombe and John O'Flynn
:18:44. > :18:48.had enjoyed better luck, but they will be happy with a point gained at
:18:48. > :18:50.a tough place to visit. Plymouth Argyle have got off to a
:18:50. > :19:00.terrible start. Their third successive defeat in League and Cup
:19:00. > :19:03.came at Home Park against Fleetwood Town. The Lancashire team struck
:19:03. > :19:07.twice in the first 12 minutes to leave the 7,000-plus crowd bemused
:19:07. > :19:10.and wondering where Argyle's first win will come from.
:19:10. > :19:17.Karl Hawley scored his first goal for Torquay United as he earned the
:19:17. > :19:21.Gulls a 1-1 draw at Morecambe. After Dale Tonge's sending off, United
:19:21. > :19:27.nearly paid the price when the hosts came within a whisker of snatching
:19:27. > :19:31.victory, the aluminium saving them A group of injured military
:19:31. > :19:34.personnel taking part in the Fastnet yacht race have had to quit after a
:19:34. > :19:38.winch was ripped off the deck of their boat. The first yachts
:19:38. > :19:44.continuing in the legendary race are due to finish off Plymouth in the
:19:44. > :19:47.early hours. Spindrift Two is the first of the multi-hull yachts which
:19:47. > :19:50.should emerge in Plymouth Sound at around 4am. Nearly 350 crews from 20
:19:50. > :19:53.countries started out in the 608 nautical mile race. They started
:19:53. > :19:58.yesterday from Cowes, navigating to the Fastnet rock off South West
:19:58. > :20:02.Ireland and then back to Plymouth. We will have a full report on that
:20:02. > :20:05.tomorrow evening. Exe Sailing Club's Joe Glanfield
:20:05. > :20:09.finished fifth in his comeback race in the World Championships in La
:20:09. > :20:12.Rochelle over the weekend. Joe, who won a silver medal at the Athens and
:20:12. > :20:15.Beijing Olympic Games, retired from competitive racing but has proved he
:20:15. > :20:18.can still compete with the best in the 470 class. Glanfield and his
:20:18. > :20:27.sailing partner Luke Patience have had a good start to this season,
:20:27. > :20:30.taking silver in the Europeans in June.
:20:30. > :20:36.Finally in cricket and the latest from Somerset's floodlit Pro 40 game
:20:36. > :20:46.against Glamorgan at Cardiff. Somerset are batting. Marcus
:20:46. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:52.Trescothick's poor form continued as he went without scoring.
:20:52. > :20:55.Now the remarkable story of the man who found the Mary Rose. 92-year-old
:20:55. > :20:59.George Cooke from Launceston in Cornwall located Henry the VIII's
:20:59. > :21:02.flagship on the sea bed almost half a century ago. Yet in all the years
:21:02. > :21:05.that have passed since she was raised, George had never seen her
:21:05. > :21:08.for himself. We decided to put that right. Our reporter took him to
:21:08. > :21:18.Portsmouth's historic dockyard to visit the Tudor warship for the very
:21:18. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:31.first time. Good afternoon and welcome to you,
:21:31. > :21:38.Sir. 92-year-old George Cooke is welcomed by the head of the Mary
:21:38. > :21:42.Rose Trust Rear Admiral John Lippiett. Getting George here at his
:21:42. > :21:51.age is fantastic. This is living history coming alive. Coming to see
:21:51. > :21:57.a brand-new museum. Now he has actually visiting the ship. It has
:21:57. > :22:04.been a long journey to get here. Fantastic. I am impressed by the
:22:04. > :22:08.size of it. Almost half a century ago, on the first of September 1966,
:22:08. > :22:14.George was part of a team led by diver and historian Alexander McKee.
:22:14. > :22:24.I remember it was a horrible day. Force six winds. We were so tired.
:22:24. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:35.We were out for a five and a half hours. We made a lot of the bearings
:22:35. > :22:39.and that is where the Mary Rose turned out to be. The Mary Rose is
:22:40. > :22:44.one of the most famous ships in English history. She was Henry the
:22:44. > :22:48.VIII's flagship, sunk during a battle with the French in 1545.
:22:48. > :22:55.state of preservation is quite astonishing. When you consider it
:22:56. > :23:05.had been under the mode first century is. -- it had been
:23:06. > :23:06.
:23:06. > :23:09.underwater for centuries. And they found more than just the ship.
:23:09. > :23:12.19,000 artefacts have been recovered from the wreck site, providing a
:23:12. > :23:17.significant insight into Tudor life in Britain. The remains of many
:23:17. > :23:26.members of ship's crew have been found too. Why was there are dog on
:23:27. > :23:30.the ship? To keep away the rats? George's guide today is Maurice
:23:30. > :23:37.Young, now a volunteer at the museum, he was a diver on the same
:23:37. > :23:42.team in the 1960s. We were very pleased to take part. With
:23:42. > :23:51.hindsight, we realised that we were privileged. George has become a bit
:23:51. > :23:59.of a celebrity here, but he's taking it all in his stride. To think that
:23:59. > :24:02.this museum is all because of using a compass at rough sea, it is
:24:02. > :24:09.amazing. This is one of the highlights of my life, seeing this
:24:09. > :24:13.today. What a wonderful man. We hope he
:24:14. > :24:17.What a wonderful man. We hope he enjoyed his reunion.
:24:17. > :24:22.Tonight, there should be a meatier shower. And you will have to wait
:24:22. > :24:27.while for that. We rely on clear skies to see annual events of some
:24:27. > :24:37.meatier showers. You will probably see a couple overnight. Midnight
:24:37. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:45.will probably be the best time. For the week ahead, we have a real
:24:45. > :24:51.mixture. It will feel a little warmer. Viewing humid. There will be
:24:51. > :24:56.some sunshine, but also some rain. We had some patchy rain earlier
:24:56. > :25:00.today. That has cleared out. Quite a lot going on in the middle of the
:25:00. > :25:05.Atlantic. As you can see, you can make out the outline of most of
:25:05. > :25:11.southern Britain on the satellite picture. That means some clear
:25:11. > :25:18.skies. We do have these weather systems drifting in towards us
:25:18. > :25:26.through the day tomorrow. One will be quite weak. Producing more cloud
:25:26. > :25:32.and perhaps a few showers. As we get into Wednesday, are more active
:25:32. > :25:39.system arrives, bringing some workload and some possible drizzle.
:25:39. > :25:43.The hill fog will return on Wednesday. We have a fair amount of
:25:43. > :25:49.clear skies over most of the South West, so it is a good night for
:25:49. > :25:53.viewing the stars, but also quite cold. Temperatures just getting into
:25:53. > :26:00.single figures. The brisk breeze will slowly fade away overnight and
:26:00. > :26:07.we could see temperatures as low as eight or nine degrees. More mild
:26:07. > :26:11.around the coast. A reasonable start to the day tomorrow, but it will
:26:11. > :26:16.gradually cloud over. Part of Dorset and Somerset hold onto some sunny
:26:16. > :26:26.spells. More cloud covering Cornwall and some of that cloud thick enough
:26:26. > :26:29.
:26:29. > :26:33.for the old spit of drizzle in the wind. The wind will start to pick up
:26:33. > :26:38.as we move into the evening. For the Isles of Scilly, more cloud around
:26:38. > :26:48.and less windy than today. Mainly dry but rather cloudy, especially in
:26:48. > :26:49.
:26:50. > :26:59.the second half of the day. Here are the times of high water. Here is the
:27:00. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:11.surfing forecast. And he was the coastal waters forecast. -- here is.
:27:11. > :27:15.We have a real mixture, as I mention. Wednesday will be cloudy
:27:15. > :27:23.with spots of drizzle in the wind. More cloud. Thursday, we still have