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BBC weather website. That is it all from the BBC's News at Six.

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Training police drivers. We're on patrol after a widow

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criticised the Devon and Cornwall force at an inquest.

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Good evening. It followed a crash in which a suicidal driver was being

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followed by the police. Tonight we'll find out about the training

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officers receive. Police drivers are trained to a high standard and if we

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bring into many restrictions on how they carry out their duties, they

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will be actually fettered in their job. Also tonight, the parents who

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claim there is some's suicide was linked to an acne treatment. They

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take the campaign to Westminster. Doctors defend the use of the drug.

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But an MP wants further investigation. And after vandalism?

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The volunteers helping to remove graffiti from their neighbourhood.

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`` and art or vandalism? Devon and Cornwall Police have been

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demonstrating the intensive training their drivers are given, after

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criticism of the way they dealt with a suicidal man who killed a family

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by driving into them. An inquest yesterday concluded Marek

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Wojciechowski was responsible for the deaths of two members of the

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Twomey family in Torquay last summer. The sole survivor of the

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crash, Elber Twomey, has called for changes in the way the police deal

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with suicidal drivers. Our home affairs correspondent Simon Hall

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reports. Police driving is highly regulated.

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To become a senior traffic officer like this sergeant typically

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requires ten years of experience. I've got a crossroad up ahead, I've

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got a series of bends. Even though I'm travelling in excess of 30 miles

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an hour, I've still got the interest of the third party, the innocent

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member of the public to consider. Guidelines on police driving are

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continually reviewed and have been since the Torquay crash. Devon and

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Cornwall Police's policies that anyone joining the force, even

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civilian staff, must go through driving safety checks. The response

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officer who may have to go beyond the speed limit has to do a

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three`week course. Police drivers receive a lot of training. They must

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take account of the instant they are going to, the road conditions, the

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amount of vehicles on the road, to make sure they drive safely and also

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quickly to get to the incident so we can deal with whatever it is and

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protect the public. In the Torquay crash, the coroner said the police

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driver was exemplary in carrying out his duty. The police watchdog found

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he followed guidelines but the coroner also said those guidelines

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should be reviewed. The sole survivor, Elber Twomey, said she

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didn't blame the police driver but the police service needs to review

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Howard steals with a missing person who is known to have left a suicide

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note. I think the guidelines already quite

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robust. At the end of the day, if we bring into much featuring of police

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officers, there won't be able to do their job. They are there to protect

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the public from harm at the end of the day. The College of policing

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told us they had reviewed police driving guidelines since the crash.

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It was highly likely to have influenced the new policy, a

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spokesman said. Statistics indicate that fatalities to monks people who

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have had contact with the police are mostly in traffic pressures. These

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new guidelines attempt to ensure that police driving is as safe as it

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can be. A family from Devon say they want to

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see a powerful drug used to treat acne banned because they claim it

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played a part in their son taking his own life. The Medland family

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from Barnstaple were lobbying MPs in Westminster earlier to try and stop

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Roaccutane being used. The Manufacturer, Roche, says no causal

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link has been established between the medication and either depression

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or suicide. Kirk England reports. A star student. Ten years ago, Jon

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Medland killed himself. He had been taking Roaccutane. The inquest into

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the 22`year`old's death did not find the drug was responsible but a

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decade on, his parents still claim it played a part in what happened

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and are fighting again to get it banned. I am not going to shut up

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this time until the drug is taken off the market, however long it

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takes. And I don't care how much I have to do, I've got to work, I've

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got to earn a living, but I've got to continue this campaign until

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something major happens. In a statement, the manufacturer said.

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One south`west dermatologist has told BBC Spotlight that he and other

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doctors are happy to prescribe Roaccutane. We have to look at

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everything on a case`by`case basis particularly when it comes to

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history of depression and potential suicide risk. There is no great

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evidence out there that tells us that this drug is definitely

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associated with these things. But it's something that we are aware of.

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North Devon MP Nick Harvey hosted a Westminster debate on Roaccutane

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today. I want to get the British government to have another look at

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the drug, have another look at the evidence available from those that

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have had psychotic disorders and, in some cases to suicides, and have

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taken the drug, and to participate in a study perhaps across more than

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just the UK to see what can be determined about the link between

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the two. The government body responsible for regulating

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Roaccutane said they have kept the safety of the drug under close

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review. For this family, their fight continues.

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A senior teacher at Colyton Grammar School has been found with more than

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6,000 images of child abuse on his home computer. Peter Webber, who

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lives in Exmouth, was caught by police in an undercover operation.

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At Exeter Crown Court today, Webber admitted 15 charges of making and

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two of distributing indecent images. He was given a suspended jail

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sentence and ordered to attend a sex offenders' treatment programme.

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Webber no longer teaches. Colyton Grammar says the allegations don't

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relate in any way to the school or anyone it its community. `` anyone

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in its community. An influential committee of MPs

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today warned the government to scrap its plans to cut subsidies to

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farmers. The Environment Select Committee says farm incomes are

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falling and the proposals would make it more difficult for farmers to

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compete in the marketplace. Our political editor Martyn Oates joins

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us now from Westminster. This is part of a big Europe`wide

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reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, isn't it? Yes, the European

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Union has cut the budget for agriculture but it is giving

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individual member states the option to move some of the remaining money

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around, more specifically our government wants to take 15% from

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the budget which provides direct payments to farmers to help it with

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environmental schemes. The RSPB and others strongly support that but

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farming organisations and the select committee are opposed to it. I am

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joined by a farmer, the MP for Tiverton in Homerton, and a member

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of the select committee. These environmental groups are saying that

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because of the overall cuts, environmental schemes are under

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threat if this money isn't moved. If you move 9% of the money and not 15%

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of the money, you will have enough to cover environmental schemes.

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Later if you need that money lets take it then. Don't take it up

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front. In the end, getting money up to farmers, making sure we move

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money across towards the hills as well to make sure they are properly

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looked after those much for the environment, not just about

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environmental schemes. The government makes the point as to the

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environmental groups that this is public money and, actually,

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investing it in environmental schemes, pure and simple, is the

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best way to get value for money for the taxpayer. Provided those schemes

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are good, but if you've got a higher level entry scheme for many

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farmers, which worked well, but as long as you've got enough money to

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cover those, the best thing is to get the money, particularly to the

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livestock producers, the cow and sheep producers, to make sure those

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hillsides and grasslands are well looked after. That is very

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important. Government sometimes loses sight of that. Also

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simplifying the system is not going to happen `` has to happen. And we

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cannot get our maths wrong second time around. So I am looking forward

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to a simpler system. Thank you. The consultation on this ended last week

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and the government will very quickly chew over the results of this

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consultation and they will reach a decision before Christmas.

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There's been a sharp rise in the number of motorcyclists killed on

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the roads in the Avon and Somerset Police Force area this year. The

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fatalities have more than doubled, despite falling in other parts of

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the country. Scott Ellis has been finding out who is most at risk, and

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why. The worst part of his job is telling

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families of the death of a loved one. Behind each tragedy, the raw

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data. The at risk group are people over 25, people riding motorcycles

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in excess of 500 cc, people who are riding on all roads, and people who

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are returning to biking after some years away. Today in

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Weston`super`Mare, police were pulling override is to get the

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safety message across. When did you pass your test? 77, something like

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that. This rider says he was knocked off last December when a car pulled

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out. He is also a professional lorry driver. I treat everybody who drives

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a car like an idiot. And I'll try to anticipate what they do before I get

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to them but you can't always do that. So you take your life. It is a

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harsh but often heard few of those on two wheels. The third of this

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year's motorcycle deaths were caused by other vehicles crossing into the

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path of a bike. The majority, two thirds, or down to write a bike. The

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majority, two thirds, or down to ride happened that suggests it is

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inexperienced riders making mistakes. And that is backed by

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evidence from the shop floor. The average mileage now for bikes is

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3,000 miles a year. Even if someone is using one, the average is only

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3,000 miles a year. Not a lot of time building up that intimate

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knowledge of your motorcycle, so when you go out, you can get into

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trouble very quickly. The chief Constable of Avon and Somerset

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Police says he is alarmed by the motorcycle deaths and has called for

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fixed speed cameras to be switched back on to improve road safety.

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Coming up, the community taking direct action to deal with graffiti.

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Plus the unsung hero who's dedicated more than 50 years to helping

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youngsters learn judo. And something to ruffle a few

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feathers, the champion chicken washer.

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There are calls tonight for the government to demonstrate more

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commitment to wave energy. Millions of pounds have already been invested

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in the region to trial various wave energy technologies. More money has

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been announced today but the industry has been struggling to

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attract capital investment. Our environment correspondent Adrian

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Campbell reports. This is the life`saver device which

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has been undergoing tests in Falmouth. It is a Norwegian

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prototype which turns wave energy into electricity. The design has

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relied heavily on research, development and manufacture in the

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south`west. Today's announcement of around ?800,000 to help with further

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development has been welcomed by those involved. It has come from

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small beginnings. We are delighted to see it has managed to get the

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growth funding to take the next step and grow to where we have full`time

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staff actually operating now and facilitating developers coming out

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to the site in a more active way. Developers may soon have some good

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news to celebrate. The European Union's regional development fund is

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closed awarding another ?2 million to fledglings schemes in the

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south`west. These are the devices which it is expected will soon tie

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up to wave hub of Hale for further testing in tougher waters. But some

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within the industry say there is uncertainty about this government's

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commitment to renewables which is unsettling private investors. Any

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issue, rolling back of green taxes, for example, dense confidence, it is

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one of those factors that can affect confidence. Has the government made

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a mistake going down that road recently? I think it didn't have a

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choice. This test site has proved that there is plenty of potential

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for energy generation. The problem for the industry is that there isn't

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enough investment. Now to the subject of graffiti. Some people say

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it's art, or a form of expression that has been used since the Roman

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Empire. But many more say it's an eyesore, or, in fact, vandalism.

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Well, this week in Exeter, community groups are helping clean up their

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neighbourhood with graffiti removal kits provided by the City Council.

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Scribbled, scratched or sprayed, graffiti is a big problem too many

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city councils. In Exeter, they've been handing out special graffiti

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removal kits to volunteers from community groups like this one in St

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David's to help clean up the city. Everybody is stretched, so it is an

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opportunity for the community to step up. I'm actually an admirer of

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good graffiti, I have to say. I really do recognise it as a nod.

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What we are looking at mainly is tagging. This is really just an

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egotistical trip for people to put their tag on. Residents already pay

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for a cleaning service within their council tax but Exeter City Council

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say they want to empower communities to be able to deal with the graffiti

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problem. The council has the graffiti team that go around the

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city. There's probably more graffiti than what they can deal with.

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Sometimes, too, if there are people within the community who are willing

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to come out and help, I think it creates a certain bond within that

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community and people showing that they take pride in the area where

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they live. It is a criminal offence to leave graffiti and Exeter are

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offenders are often made to remove theirs. Graffiti has been a problem

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over the last few months. We have had some good successes with five

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people being put through the criminal justice system in relation

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to the graffiti they've caused in Exeter. What this is about now is

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getting a blank canvas to assess how bad that problem is and make Exeter

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a great place to live. The police say they will be watching for any

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return of graffiti to the cleaned areas.

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Now, how well prepared are you to deal with whatever weather this

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winter throws at us while you're out driving? December is officially the

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beginning of winter so now is the time to consider how you'd cope in

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snow and ice. The Highways Agency estimates that a quarter of

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motorists don't do cold weather checks on their vehicles, and don't

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carry the right equipment. Clare Burton reports.

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January 2010. Hundreds of drivers are caught out by a snowstorm in

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Devon. Some were stuck for hours. With nothing to eat or drink and

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nothing warm to wear. And they are not alone. According to the Highways

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Agency, a court of us make no winter checks on our cars and they want

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that to change. We've been planning for a long time for this winter. But

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what we need people to consider is what they do. So we are ready to

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power the roads and grit and deal with it, but they need to be

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considering what they are doing, so planning ahead, making sure the

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equipment they've gotten their vehicles is appropriate, make sure

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they've got water, food, warm clothes. And sense, really. As well

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as checking the forecast and planning your journey, items to

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carry include... So, are the motorists prepared? No.

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I'd be stuck. I normally have a warm coat but that is it. With enough

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warning, the Highways Agency can treat the roads before temperatures

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fall. And if the white stuff is coming, they want drivers to do the

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right things. Good advice, and David's here with

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the weather in a few minutes to see if we'll be needing our flasks and

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fleeces this week. We probably won't have any snow or ice all winter! But

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we will be prepared. All this week we're finding out

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about the people you have nominated as the unsung sporting hero of the

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south`west. It's a celebration of the people who give up huge amounts

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of their own time to help others enjoy sport in the region. Tonight

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we meet Alan Kimber, who has been serving the region's biggest Judo

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club for more than half a century. John Ayres reports.

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Judo's not for the faint`hearted. Alan Kimber is the chairman of this

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club. He joined 56 years ago and at the age of 19 he was already

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treasurer. In his younger days, he missed out on Olympic selection, but

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he has spent his time coaching and mentoring thousands of children over

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the years, so what drives him? Judo is one of those sports that gets in

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the blood. Once you've done it, you can't really leave it be. I don't

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think there is a week on by all my life that I haven't been involved

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with judo. These day, he referees and coaches. He is also chairman of

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judo in the county. His dedication has served his club in good times

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and bad. Most sports clubs will have had trouble, lack of numbers etc,

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two different sports coming in. He's always been there, he's made lots of

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effort keep the club going. He is the club, really.

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He has coached competitors. Alan was awarded his belt a couple of years

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ago. You have to be awarded this belt is due to services you provide

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for the British judo Association. I've been teaching is so long,

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parents bring their kids and they say you taught me when I was a

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little boy. It's very nice to hear that, but it makes me look in the

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mirror and think, how long have you been doing it? People believe that

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without Alan, this club would not have kept going for so long. This is

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his legacy. It is hard to believe he has been involved more than 50

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years. More from our unsung heroes series

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tomorrow and you can find out who the winner is in Spotlight on

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Friday. Some sports news and Yeovil Town

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take on promotion`chasing Blackpool tonight at Huish Park. The Glovers

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recorded one of the best results in the club's history at the weekend

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beating Watford 3`0 away. But they're still in the Championship

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relegation zone with just three wins from seventeen matches. `` from 17

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matches. And you can hear full commentary on

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Yeovil Town versus Blackpool on BBC Somerset on 95.5 FM from seven

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o'clock tonight. Over the next few weeks, many people

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will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen preparing for Christmas.

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But in one kitchen in Cornwall, they're busy in a very different

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way. We've been to meet Clive Stephens who has just won one of the

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country's top trophies for his work. Spotlight's Eleanor Parkinson

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explains. Clive Stevens has been breeding and

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showing poultry for more than 40 years and has won many trophies.

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He's just returned from the National portrait exhibition where he scooped

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a top award, the supreme champion. So, what is his secret? At this time

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of year, you'll find him in the kitchen a `` in the kitchen with the

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washing up liquid, washing his birds. You can get into trouble with

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mites and that type of thing. This makes sure they are completely

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clean, right through. You think they are not dirty, but when you see the

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water one I tip it away, although I keep them pretty clean all the time,

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it just gives them that little bit of extra. People think I'm washing

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the dishes and all of that. Then they looked down and they think I'm

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crazy! She is clucking away, is she happy? Yes, she is quite contented.

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What does his wife think of him taking over the kitchen? I was a bit

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flabbergasted the first time when I realised what was happening in the

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kitchen. But I have got used to it over 30 years. After a rinse, the

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band to Ms placed on the board to dry off. So your technique is just

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use the towel? Yes. Have you used her drivers? Yes but it drives them

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a bit too quick and they tend to be a bit frizzled. So I don't bother

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with that. I just go like this. I give them a mass of. Actually it

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will take 24 hours for this tend to dry out completely, so she will be

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placed in a box next or warm radiator. Clive has another showing

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this week so he will be busy in the kitchen.

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That's great, isn't it? That chicken was enjoying it! I think I've seen

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it all. We will now look back before we look

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forward. Good evening, we will look back at

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the weather for the month of November. Not particularly dramatic

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in terms of statistics. Let's start by having a look at the rainfall

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amounts. The average is 100 millimetres and we are not far off

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at 91.3. Sunshine, we are down. Generally a lot of cloud around. We

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should see and hundred hours, but we are down to 77 hours. It was a

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cloudy month. And temperatures, nothing too outstanding in the

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daytime temperatures. The night`time average is 6.1 degrees but we are

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below that. So it has been colder during the night. And the last two

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weeks we've noticed that a lot. South`west water reservoir levels,

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this time last year they will almost fall, and at the moment we are shy

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of 80% full. Not too much to worry about this we have a very dry

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winter. But look at the details for the forecast. We have a change

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tomorrow. After two grey and dull days, it brightens up and we should

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see some sunshine. We have sunshine in the afternoon and by the end of

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the day, feeling just a little bit colder. The colder air floods in.

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That is the great stripe of cloud. There is a nice clearance the other

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side of that well have some well broken cloud. We do have front

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bringing in cold air syncing across the country. Not quite getting to

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the Channel Islands but for most of south`west England, the afternoon is

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much brighter and that will see the sunshine. The time we get to

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Thursday, it is a breezy day, the winds from the north`west becoming

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strong through the afternoon and we might see a few showers towards the

:25:29.:25:31.

end of the day but nothing compared to other parts of the country, which

:25:32.:25:36.

could be very windy indeed. There is that cloud structure from early on,

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not much brightness. Our cameraman Jeff tried to find some sunshine in

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the sky but he wasn't fortunate enough to find any at all. A grey

:25:46.:25:50.

day. Very calm seas, though, so for our date voters, good fishing

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weather. `` for our day boaters. There is a breeze developing

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tomorrow into Thursday, so perhaps these calm scenes won't be mirrored

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moving towards the end of the week. Overnight tonight, the cloud is

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stubborn, it doesn't shift, and thick enough for some rain now and

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then. Nothing to worry about, though. Tomorrow morning, grey and

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misty with a fair amount of cloud. Overnight temptress, a few degrees

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above freezing in Somerset, for most of us well above freezing. Tomorrow

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is a cloudy morning with outbreaks of rain at quickly into the

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afternoon it will brighten up nicely with the sunshine popping out and

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temperatures probably up at nine or ten. They are falling through the

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day as that breeze continues to freshen coming in from the north and

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drawing in cold air all the time. Slow to clear, that were the front,

:26:49.:26:54.

for the Isles of Scilly. Patchy rain into the afternoon. The times of

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high water. Surfing has been very disappointing.

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There is slightly more of a wave tomorrow. Up to three feet and

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choppy on the north coast. The winds will be mainly from the north, three

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to four, picking up to force five moving into the evening. Thursday, a

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breezy day, no doubt. Some sunny spells with the risk of some

:27:23.:27:27.

showers. Then high pressure comes back into the weekend and it all

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quiet and is down again. Have a good evening.

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Don't forget, commentary of the Yeovil match on the radio in a few

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minutes time. And we will be back at 6:30pm tomorrow evening. From all of

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us, goodbye.

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