:00:12. > :00:22.Gassing badgers is being considered as part of efforts to combat the
:00:22. > :00:25.spread of Bovine TB. Good evening. The controversial measures were
:00:25. > :00:30.outlined by the Environment Secretary during a debate in the
:00:30. > :00:35.Commons about the cull. Yes, we are looking at gassing but we will not
:00:35. > :00:40.use it unless it is safe, humane and effective. Also tonight: On the up —
:00:40. > :00:43.a big increase in South West exports. Sales abroad by the
:00:43. > :00:51.region's manufacturers are growing far more strongly than they are in
:00:51. > :01:01.Britain as a whole. And the three year old boy from Devon appearing on
:01:01. > :01:03.a national stage. The Government has confirmed it's
:01:03. > :01:06.looking into the possibility of gassing badgers, to help tackle
:01:06. > :01:09.bovine tuberculosis. Pilot schemes to shoot the animals have been
:01:09. > :01:12.taking place in Somerset and Gloucestershire. But the idea of
:01:12. > :01:14.gassing is likely to prove as controversial as shooting. As Clare
:01:14. > :01:17.Casson reports the Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson outlined
:01:17. > :01:23.the the details during a debate in the House of Commons.
:01:23. > :01:28.The controversy over the badger cull burst into the House of Commons
:01:28. > :01:35.today when the Secretary of state faced questions and even a call to
:01:35. > :01:41.resign. I am afraid this policy is a shambles. The fact is that it has
:01:41. > :01:46.failed to meet its own target of eradicating 70% of badgers in
:01:46. > :01:51.Somerset and it is clearly set to fail in Gloucestershire as well.
:01:51. > :01:56.Extending these trials risks spreading TB over a wider area.
:01:56. > :02:00.There was ridiculed for the Environment Secretary over comments
:02:00. > :02:05.he made yesterday about badgers moving the goalposts. Is it not the
:02:05. > :02:11.Environment Secretary that has moved the goalposts? Has he not scored a
:02:11. > :02:26.massive own goal in pursuing this misguided cull? No. I don't know if
:02:26. > :02:30.the honourable lady saw my comments. I was stating something that was
:02:30. > :02:38.very obvious. These are wild animals who live in an environment where
:02:38. > :02:44.their numbers will be impacted by weather and by disease.
:02:44. > :02:49.When Labour was in government it carried out trials by shooting
:02:49. > :02:54.badgers. The scientists ultimately concluded that it wasn't worth it.
:02:54. > :02:59.The present cull uses a different version. With marksmen struggling,
:02:59. > :03:03.the Minister said that they could look at gassing. We made it clear in
:03:03. > :03:07.our strategy that we would look at other methods of removing wildlife,
:03:07. > :03:13.and yes, we are looking at gassing but we will not use it unless it is
:03:13. > :03:19.safe, humane and effective. In the 1970s, dousing with cyanide was
:03:19. > :03:26.tried out in Gloucestershire and Dorset. It cleared nearly all the
:03:26. > :03:34.badgers but was halted in 1981 on welfare grounds. The government has
:03:34. > :03:37.shot itself in the foot. Shooting free running badgers has proved to
:03:37. > :03:42.be a dismal failure. They have got the figures wrong and now we are
:03:42. > :03:51.going to return to something that we had 30 years ago but it is inhumane
:03:51. > :03:54.and crawl. Alternative methods of killing badgers could be
:03:54. > :03:57.controversial and expensive. Exports from the south west are bucking the
:03:57. > :04:01.national trend and growing strongly. Nationally, exports were up around
:04:01. > :04:04.1% in the first half of the year, but here they were up by about 10%.
:04:04. > :04:07.As our business correspondent Neil Gallacher reports, the south west
:04:08. > :04:17.still only exports on a small scale — but the numbers are moving in the
:04:17. > :04:20.right direction. This is the sort of manufactured
:04:20. > :04:26.products that Britain is often supposed to be incapable of
:04:26. > :04:32.exporting. The ceramic industry used to lead the world but other
:04:32. > :04:39.countries have overtaken us. In South Devon, this company have shown
:04:39. > :04:43.otherwise. Helped by a skilled workforce and some high—tech robots,
:04:43. > :04:53.they are selling increasing numbers overseas by designing specifically
:04:53. > :04:56.for emerging markets. The key strategic markets are Russia and the
:04:56. > :05:05.Middle East so we have this sort of look here. We provide good quality
:05:05. > :05:10.and service. A little bit of gold. Ceramic tiles and dairy products are
:05:10. > :05:14.chalk and cheese but this Devon business is also trading on a sense
:05:15. > :05:21.of British quality and tradition. Its export business is likewise
:05:21. > :05:25.going up. Exporting is crucial to the future of the business. It is
:05:25. > :05:35.growing and we see it as the place where we can develop sales. We have
:05:35. > :05:39.lots of Leeds coming forward and an awful lot of those are export
:05:39. > :05:44.possibilities. We may see more of this even though exports from the
:05:44. > :05:49.region may not be able to maintain strong growth. I think the success
:05:49. > :05:57.in the first half of the year maybe a blip. As the global economy
:05:57. > :06:03.recovers then maybe we will see further improvement and I think the
:06:03. > :06:10.south—west will play a part. They do not accept that their days are over
:06:11. > :06:18.at the tile factory. If they concentrate and there is long—term
:06:18. > :06:28.investments, as well as a clear strategy of creating bespoke design
:06:28. > :06:31.to markets, then we will get it. Two very different businesses but they
:06:31. > :06:34.are selling something distinctively British.
:06:34. > :06:37.On the day another power company announced price rises, South West
:06:37. > :06:41.Water has unveiled a plan to make more energy from waste. The company
:06:41. > :06:44.says it'll double the amount of methane it burns at some of its
:06:44. > :06:51.sewage treatment plants, turning it into energy. Here's our Environment
:06:51. > :06:55.Correspondent, Adrian Campbell. Turning waste into energy can take
:06:55. > :07:00.many forms and South West Water already does that at many of its
:07:00. > :07:06.plants, but it now has plans to make much more of what has been an
:07:06. > :07:11.underutilised resource. Here at this plant they are producing enough
:07:11. > :07:15.electricity for 650 homes, and across the region as a whole they
:07:15. > :07:24.are producing electricity to fuel 1100 homes. Soon, if all goes to
:07:24. > :07:28.plan, that will double. Methane gas is often associated with cows and
:07:28. > :07:33.other animals, but we all produce it and it is one of the worst gases
:07:33. > :07:38.which contributes to climate change. South West Water has a plan to burn
:07:38. > :07:46.more of the gas and produce renewable electricity to help power
:07:46. > :07:55.the National Grid. We can generate 1.6 gigawatts of electricity and we
:07:55. > :08:00.can power 1000 homes. We are looking to double that in the Plymouth area.
:08:00. > :08:04.That is our proposal. It is good for our customers because it will help
:08:04. > :08:11.in terms of helping the National Grid. Many sewage plants also
:08:11. > :08:14.produce fertilisers as a by—product but South West Water says it is keen
:08:14. > :08:19.to make much more of this untapped potential. MPs from the region have
:08:19. > :08:22.asked ministers for a fairer share of government funding for some of
:08:23. > :08:25.our local councils. They say rural authorities get 50% less funding
:08:26. > :08:29.than urban councils which pushes up council tax and damages services.
:08:29. > :08:35.With me now is our Political Editor Martyn Oates. This has been a
:08:35. > :08:40.longstanding campaign — what's been happening?
:08:40. > :08:45.This was a debate secured by Neil Parish, the Conservative MP, though
:08:45. > :08:53.many of our MPs feel very strongly about this. The Liberal Democrats
:08:53. > :09:01.MPs spoke passionately about this. They accept there is a problem and
:09:01. > :09:05.is it has gone into reverse. We are in a worse situation than ever. My
:09:05. > :09:13.local authorities like East Devon have lost 5% when Greenwich has lost
:09:13. > :09:18.2%. Some of the authorities in Surrey have done extremely well.
:09:18. > :09:23.This is absolutely wrong and we are paying more council tax and we are
:09:23. > :09:28.getting fewer services. The Prime Minister said to you that he has no
:09:28. > :09:32.sympathy with that argument. That was a surprise that put a spanner in
:09:32. > :09:36.the works. I put that to the local government minister. I think what
:09:36. > :09:41.the Prime Minister is reflecting is that after the statement this year
:09:42. > :09:49.when we did make alterations, it was made clear by a report that the
:09:49. > :09:54.issue was there to rural and urban areas and reflects the needs of
:09:54. > :10:03.urban deprived areas. We were happy with that but we are now working on
:10:03. > :10:08.the settlement for next year. He had warm words from the Royal MPs but
:10:08. > :10:25.Neil Parish told them that he wanted a cheque—book and not pity. It is
:10:25. > :10:28.thought I would burst water main —— it is thought a burst water main was
:10:28. > :10:32.responsible for sending water about a hundred feet into the air in the
:10:32. > :10:35.centre of Dawlish this afternoon. These pictures show the extent of
:10:35. > :10:39.the leak in Queen Street. Engineers have been at the scene assessing the
:10:39. > :10:42.damage. The water has now been turned off. It's emerged that Devon
:10:42. > :10:45.County Council's built up a large backlog of claims from motorists for
:10:45. > :10:48.damage allegedly caused by potholes. Earlier this week we reported that
:10:48. > :10:52.616 claims were made and dealt with last year but now a freedom of
:10:52. > :10:55.information request has revealed a further 200 claims in the last six
:10:55. > :10:58.months. Free on—street parking in large parts of Plymouth could be
:10:58. > :11:02.scrapped as part of a massive overhaul of charges. At the moment
:11:02. > :11:05.it's free from six in the evening but under the new plans, drivers
:11:05. > :11:08.would have to pay until ten at night. The council started a
:11:08. > :11:11.consultation this week. A group of prisoners in Devon are taking part
:11:11. > :11:15.in a ground breaking project to create a garden from a disused
:11:15. > :11:18.quarry. The aim of Landworks is to teach the men from Channings Wood
:11:18. > :11:20.Prison employment skills and increase their self—confidence.
:11:20. > :11:25.Chloe Axford has more. If it looks like a wasteland, that
:11:25. > :11:28.is because at the moment it is. These prisoners from Channings Wood
:11:28. > :11:38.prison are working hard to transform this quarry into a beautiful garden.
:11:38. > :11:42.The brief is for a bad garden to become a good garden. It will
:11:43. > :11:50.reflect people's backgrounds, difficult lifestyles, and there will
:11:50. > :11:56.be water which will be a tranquil area. Three inmates and an
:11:56. > :12:01.ex—offender on probation are spending four days a week working on
:12:01. > :12:06.the garden. The aim is to teach them employment skills and increase their
:12:06. > :12:10.self—confidence in the last three months the transformation with the
:12:10. > :12:13.guys has been fantastic. I put a huge amount of work and effort into
:12:13. > :12:18.this and I'm proud what they have done. The Landworks project which
:12:18. > :12:23.will include sculptures is part of the Trust's mission to break new
:12:24. > :12:29.ground in sustainability and the arts. It is about giving
:12:29. > :12:35.ex—offenders the chance to re—skills so they try and break the cycle of
:12:35. > :12:38.offending and so they can reintegrate back into society. It
:12:38. > :12:42.will make a difference and it is the sort of thing that people are
:12:42. > :12:47.nervous about. When we set it up people were nervous. Once it is
:12:47. > :12:51.finished, the Landworks garden will be open to the public with prisoners
:12:51. > :12:59.still working on it and gaining vital skills in the process. Coming
:12:59. > :13:02.up later in the programme: how three year old Harry got on at the Horse
:13:02. > :13:07.Of The Year Show. Plus: Slipping down a treat — celebrating the start
:13:07. > :13:10.of the oyster season in Cornwall. And they're under starters orders,
:13:10. > :13:17.the crowds turn out for the start of the National Hunt Season.
:13:17. > :13:21.Sailing has received a huge boost in the last 12 months thanks in part to
:13:21. > :13:24.the success of Sir Ben Ainslie in the Olympics and more recently the
:13:24. > :13:26.America's Cup. Now efforts are underway to capitalise on that
:13:27. > :13:30.popularity by encouraging the next generation of sailors. Johnny
:13:30. > :13:39.Rutherford has taken to the water to find out more about "A Future in
:13:39. > :13:47.Sailing". Pulling together, that is what
:13:47. > :13:52.organisers of A Future in Sailing are doing. Among them is the
:13:52. > :13:58.children's sailing charity, Horizons, who have been helping
:13:58. > :14:04.children to get out on the water. The idea is to raise the profile of
:14:04. > :14:09.Plymouth. It is a leading city in sailing. This event is about getting
:14:09. > :14:14.people together in Plymouth who are interested in sailing, but with a
:14:14. > :14:23.particular focus on how we can get young people to sail. Sam, who is a
:14:23. > :14:26.rising star in offshore racing, spent the morning skippering. He
:14:26. > :14:31.showed the children how to get the most out of the sales. He wants the
:14:31. > :14:38.city's marine industry to develop the future for young sailors. The
:14:38. > :14:43.project is to bring what we have in Plymouth together, from the
:14:43. > :14:53.knowledge of all of the people we have got. We are making the best of
:14:54. > :15:02.what we have. We are trying to make the best of what is already there.
:15:02. > :15:09.So did today's children enjoy the experience question mark it was
:15:09. > :15:14.cold! It was kind of fun! Would you like to learn to be sailors and sail
:15:14. > :15:20.your own boat? Yes, but a very big one. I would not like to sail in
:15:20. > :15:24.this little one. Thinking big maybe what comes out of the new project as
:15:24. > :15:29.Plymouth progresses as a new city for sailing.
:15:29. > :15:32.A gorgeous day there. The National Hunt season got underway at Exeter
:15:32. > :15:35.Racecourse earlier today. Some sports may be struggling to maintain
:15:35. > :15:41.crowds in tough economic times, but horse racing appears to be bucking
:15:41. > :15:47.the trend. Andy Birkett reports. As you might expect for the first
:15:47. > :15:50.picture of a new season, the crowds turned out in force, but it seems
:15:50. > :15:57.that this has become the norm and the going has been good here for
:15:57. > :16:02.some time. This was built in 2009. Support is a top business and the
:16:02. > :16:07.balancing act between the commercial and on field side of things that
:16:07. > :16:11.make it work. Four years ago the racecourse invested a lot of money
:16:11. > :16:16.in their facilities. Racing is the main business but 35% of the
:16:16. > :16:21.business comes from the non—racing side of things. That is a key
:16:21. > :16:29.component. All of the profits we make go back into the prize—money. A
:16:29. > :16:37.day at the races is all about the horses and having a little flutter.
:16:37. > :16:42.It is a lovely course. It is very good racing here. No luck at all! My
:16:42. > :16:48.runner did not even finished the last race. It is friendly and we
:16:48. > :16:54.know a lot of people. It is a big galloping course. This panic has
:16:54. > :16:58.seen some of the biggest racing names in history. Tony McCoury wrote
:16:58. > :17:04.his first winner here 20 years ago. We did not have to look far to find
:17:04. > :17:10.another big—name. We have some big local meetings and Exeter is a fair
:17:10. > :17:13.track where the best horse winds on the day. There are no bad luck
:17:13. > :17:20.stories and you have plenty of time if you are a jockey riding around
:17:20. > :17:34.here. Not everyone thinks it is a fair course. No! Why! The bookies
:17:34. > :17:40.are saying the same thing. They do not take £1 notes any more! Sorry! I
:17:40. > :17:46.will have to do think of another way of getting rid of them, will I not?
:17:46. > :18:01.Have you still got some £1 notes in your wallet? I might have! How do
:18:01. > :18:06.you like your oysters? Straight from the sea, cooked up in a gourmet dish
:18:06. > :18:09.or with a glass of champagne? Well, there's plenty of opportunity to
:18:09. > :18:12.taste and try at Falmouth's annual Oyster Festival. Our reporter
:18:12. > :18:15.Eleanor Parkinson has been to take a look. It is the start of the oyster
:18:15. > :18:19.fishing season and Falmouth celebrates with this Oyster
:18:19. > :18:24.Festival. These oysters have become big business for Cornwall. A lot of
:18:24. > :18:27.new restaurants have opened up in Cornwall in the last 20 years and
:18:27. > :18:32.oysters are on the menu most of the time. The fishing industry starts at
:18:32. > :18:39.the end of September and beginning of October, and goes through to
:18:39. > :18:43.March. It is a very good industry for Falmouth and Cornwall in
:18:43. > :18:55.general. There is plenty of food and drink on sale as well as cookery
:18:55. > :19:01.demonstrations. Qubit Cornish! —— keep it Cornish! I cooked them today
:19:01. > :19:09.and oiled them down. I got some wild chimps. —— shrimps. I was trying to
:19:09. > :19:19.get the flavour out of the oyster. I was trying to take the flavour out
:19:19. > :19:23.and get that into the nettles. There are plenty of ways eating an
:19:23. > :19:31.oyster. Some like it with Tabasco and some like it unadorned.
:19:31. > :19:35.A small Chapel in West Cornwall has become one of the latest buildings
:19:35. > :19:39.in the region to be described as "at risk". Little Trethewey is in such a
:19:39. > :19:42.poor state of repair it's been added to an annual list of important
:19:42. > :19:46.buildings which are in danger. It's one of six in the region which have
:19:46. > :19:50.been placed on the latest "at risk" register. But there's good news for
:19:50. > :19:56.seven other buildings which have been saved. Spotlight's David George
:19:56. > :20:00.reports. This grade two listed chapel is in a
:20:00. > :20:04.poor state of repair. There are holes in the roof and masonry is
:20:04. > :20:08.falling from the walls. The congregation have moved into another
:20:09. > :20:13.building. Inside it is the symbol wooden pews in the gallery which
:20:13. > :20:17.make it rare, but they are the very features which make any plan to
:20:17. > :20:20.adapt and reuse the building difficult to stop any change to a
:20:20. > :20:28.building like this is highly sensitive. There are members who
:20:28. > :20:33.were christened here. Their parents were married here, their wives were
:20:33. > :20:38.very clear. This is not just a building, this is the centre of
:20:38. > :20:44.their entire religious and family lives. It is a very sensitive
:20:44. > :20:48.sites, and is there are many people who would rather see the building
:20:48. > :20:57.demolished and converted to a House. Little Trethewey joins the "At Risk"
:20:57. > :21:03.list. The building here dates back to at least the 15th century and
:21:03. > :21:07.properly all the way back to the medieval period. A few years ago it
:21:07. > :21:12.was overgrown and in danger of collapse. Because of its inclusion
:21:12. > :21:19.on the register it was recognised as a building in need of urgent repair,
:21:19. > :21:24.and we have done it. It acted as an impetus for all of the partners to
:21:24. > :21:28.come together and decide that this was worth saving and worth showing
:21:28. > :21:38.off. Other places that have been successively restored and reuse
:21:38. > :21:44.includes this Duchy Palace, and the artist's Studios at Porth Meer in St
:21:44. > :21:49.Ives. Although this building is one of the latest to be added to the "At
:21:49. > :22:01.Risk" register, all is not lost. The Methodist Church is speaking to
:22:01. > :22:04.voluntary groups and Trusts. A three—year—old boy from Devon has
:22:04. > :22:07.become the youngest ever to compete at the Horse Of The Year Show. Harry
:22:07. > :22:10.Edwards—Brady, from Hatherleigh, took part in the event in Birmingham
:22:10. > :22:17.yesterday. Anna Varle has this report on how he did.
:22:17. > :22:25.The ponies he rides are older than he is but Harry already has a string
:22:25. > :22:27.of titles to his name. He has made history as the youngest ever
:22:28. > :22:36.competitor at the Horse Of The Year Show. I started riding at shows when
:22:36. > :22:41.I was brief. I am free! If he enjoys it then that is fine. I do not think
:22:41. > :22:48.that if he didn't enjoy it I would be able to get on a pony. If he was
:22:48. > :22:53.nervous, it did not show. With mum beside him, Harry wowed the judges
:22:53. > :22:58.and took seventh place. It is amazing, I am over the moon. How we
:22:58. > :23:04.rode fantastically and the pony was amazing. I am so pleased. I am going
:23:04. > :23:12.to get a combine harvester and a cement mixer. Harry was only a baby
:23:12. > :23:16.when he became interested in horses. This home movie shows he was in the
:23:16. > :23:23.saddle before he could work. —— walk. Then came his competitive
:23:23. > :23:30.edge. That one is mine, that one is mine. That is mine! He likes
:23:30. > :23:34.winning. He did not take the top spot but he is back on Sunday to
:23:34. > :23:41.have another go. Good luck on Sunday. A name to look out for in
:23:41. > :23:49.the future. He is a star already. Some beautiful blue skies today but
:23:50. > :23:55.it is noticeably colder. Now for the weather. Hello, good evening. It
:23:55. > :23:59.will be the coldest night this autumn so far. Some low
:23:59. > :24:03.temperatures. Tomorrow will not be as fine as the day. We will have
:24:03. > :24:08.morning sunshine but it will cloud over during the day and we will see
:24:08. > :24:16.some showers developing through the evening. A cold wind from the north
:24:16. > :24:21.and north—east will be cold. Wrap up warm. We have high pressure to the
:24:21. > :24:25.west or north West of Ireland and low pressure over here. That moves
:24:25. > :24:30.around over the next 24 hours so the wind direction changes. Today we had
:24:30. > :24:36.northerly winds but by tomorrow they have curved around and become
:24:36. > :24:41.north—easterly. One weather system in particular will be close to
:24:41. > :24:44.Dorset and Somerset which means these two counties could see patchy
:24:44. > :24:49.rain on Saturday. Not much in the rain overnight. If there are any
:24:49. > :24:54.showers then it will be near the Scilly Isles. Some showers will come
:24:54. > :24:58.in towards Bristol and Hampshire but no further west than that. For us,
:24:58. > :25:03.we will have clear skies tonight and that means a big drop in
:25:03. > :25:11.temperature, and a few places could see temperatures as low as three or
:25:11. > :25:17.four Celsius. A bit more cloud coming in towards Plymouth. A risk
:25:17. > :25:25.of overnight frost as well. Tomorrow morning we have breaks in that cloud
:25:25. > :25:29.with some sunshine. By the end of the day we may have some light
:25:29. > :25:35.showers, so a slightly different story than the one we saw today.
:25:35. > :25:40.Earlier today we had glorious sunshine and if you could get out of
:25:40. > :25:45.the wind then it felt quite warm. As you can see, sparkling visibility,
:25:45. > :25:49.you could see for miles. Lovely, clean air coming in from the Arctic.
:25:49. > :25:56.Not just here, but also across parts of Devon. This is Plymouth and the
:25:56. > :26:01.blue sky being enjoyed by those out on the boats. Look at that on the
:26:01. > :26:05.marina, a lovely scene. You can imagine it is summer apart from the
:26:05. > :26:13.temperatures. Back to tomorrow and we have all of this cloud coming in
:26:13. > :26:18.from the east. The further west, the better the weather and we certainly
:26:18. > :26:22.hold onto plenty of sunshine across Cornwall and West Devon.
:26:22. > :26:28.Temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees. Feeling colder than that
:26:28. > :26:32.because of the wind. Fine and dry is the forecast, with some decent
:26:32. > :27:08.spells of sunshine. Times of high water here. The best brightness over
:27:08. > :27:11.the weekend will be in Cornwall. We may see patchy rain coming to Dorset
:27:11. > :27:17.and Somerset, and then more widely there will be cloud on Sunday.
:27:17. > :27:21.Wright and dry on Monday, have a good evening. Thank you. A reminder
:27:21. > :27:25.of our top stories tonight. Badgers could be gassed if it's proved to be
:27:25. > :27:28.safe, humane and effective to tackle TB. And a big growth in exports, the
:27:28. > :27:39.region's manufacturers are selling more goods abroad. Wendy said on
:27:39. > :27:44.Facebook that you should stop taking it out of me for being tight with my
:27:44. > :27:47.money! Thank you, both of you! Have a good evening.