:00:00. > :00:00.News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the
:00:00. > :00:16.BBC's Thousands of days a year lost
:00:17. > :00:19.through stress. The police and a local council have some of the
:00:20. > :00:23.highest figures. Good evening The number of days lost
:00:24. > :00:32.is on the increase. Unions blame public sector cuts. We are obviously
:00:33. > :00:36.extremely concerned although not surprised about the number of
:00:37. > :00:41.funding reductions and the reductions in staff put huge
:00:42. > :00:48.pressure on people to provide these front`line services. Also tonight, a
:00:49. > :00:50.safe alternative to culling. That's what Dorset Wildlife Trust
:00:51. > :00:53.claims its planned vaccination programme will deliver.
:00:54. > :00:56.And Bah Humbug! A row erupts over this bit of Christmas cheer in a
:00:57. > :00:59.Dartmoor village. Police officers and council staff in
:01:00. > :01:03.the south west are missing thousands of working days each year because of
:01:04. > :01:06.stress, the BBC has discovered. The figure has been rising, according to
:01:07. > :01:09.information we obtained using the Freedom of Information Act. Unions
:01:10. > :01:14.say cutbacks in the public sector may be to blame. But private sector
:01:15. > :01:23.workers have voiced criticism, as our home affairs correspondent,
:01:24. > :01:27.Simon Hall, reports. At Exeter prison across most market, there is
:01:28. > :01:33.short shrift for public service sick to `` sickness levels amongst the
:01:34. > :01:40.traders. We cannot afford to get sick. If we get sick, we don't get
:01:41. > :01:43.paid. I can feel a little bit of a cold coming on but I am not going to
:01:44. > :01:47.have it. I will work on until the New Year and then I will rest. Devon
:01:48. > :01:52.and Cornwall police say they have taken extensive measures against
:01:53. > :02:01.stress`related health issues but they still have a problem.
:02:02. > :02:06.We do feel through speaking to our members that some of it relates to
:02:07. > :02:12.the reduction in the number of officers. They have to deal with
:02:13. > :02:16.more with less resources. The majority of our staff are off work
:02:17. > :02:21.for very short periods of time and returned to work very quickly. Are
:02:22. > :02:26.we of post we concerned? Of course we are. We are all conscious that
:02:27. > :02:33.policing is a demanding service to be in. We have a passion for making
:02:34. > :02:39.sure that our colleagues are healthy and well. Of the organisations that
:02:40. > :02:49.we surveyed, Cornwall Council lost the most days to sickness. That
:02:50. > :02:54.averages four days per year for each member of staff. We know that people
:02:55. > :02:59.are being asked to absorb much more workload, to travel more, to take on
:03:00. > :03:04.responsibilities they did not have before. We also see members face to
:03:05. > :03:08.face who are ill and cannot return to work and that is extremely
:03:09. > :03:16.worrying for us. No one from Cornwall Council was available for
:03:17. > :03:24.interview but a statement said: They were working hard to relief ``
:03:25. > :03:29.reduce sickness levels. This has caused concern in recent years that
:03:30. > :03:35.people need to do something about the sickness in public sector areas.
:03:36. > :03:38.It seems to indicate there is still some way to go.
:03:39. > :03:41.Dorset Wildlife Trust is planning to vaccinate badgers at locations
:03:42. > :03:44.across the county to help reduce the problems of Bovine TB. The Trust has
:03:45. > :03:47.already raised more than ?25,000 towards the cost of vaccination, but
:03:48. > :03:50.the National Farmers Union says a cull of badgers remains the only
:03:51. > :04:01.practical solution. Our Environment Correspondent, Adrian Campbell,
:04:02. > :04:08.reports. You can see the vaccinating now.
:04:09. > :04:11.They have done it. The Dorset wildlife trust has already
:04:12. > :04:16.vaccinated badges around the county. Their Chief Executive has plans for
:04:17. > :04:19.much more vaccination using specially trained staff over the
:04:20. > :04:24.next five years. It is part of taking a positive approach. We have
:04:25. > :04:29.been very outspoken against the coal. We do not think it will work
:04:30. > :04:33.and the science says it will not. This is us trying to be supportive
:04:34. > :04:37.of the farming industry, understanding that there is a real
:04:38. > :04:42.issue. We have a herd of cattle ourselves. We know what this is
:04:43. > :04:46.like, to some extent, so we are trying to be positive and to do
:04:47. > :04:51.something. On this farm in West Dorset, the cattle have been free of
:04:52. > :04:56.bovine TB in recent years but Andy foot says he is concerned about the
:04:57. > :05:00.risks to his herd. He says he welcomes the efforts being made but
:05:01. > :05:06.thinks it is not enough on its own. We need the culling. It needs to be
:05:07. > :05:10.done on a fairly widespread area but localised vaccination is quite
:05:11. > :05:16.possible for people who do not want to have their badges cold. I applaud
:05:17. > :05:20.what the wildlife trust are doing, that they are taking this terrible
:05:21. > :05:28.disease which is rampant in wildlife and affects bovines seriously, and
:05:29. > :05:32.we need as many options as possible available to us to combat this
:05:33. > :05:39.disease. This continues to be a highly polarised debate. Perhaps not
:05:40. > :05:43.surprisingly, the results of the trial badger cols have been
:05:44. > :05:47.interpreted it by different `` in different ways by those in favour
:05:48. > :05:51.and those against. One thing looks certain. Next year it seems they
:05:52. > :06:00.will be more culling in the south`west.
:06:01. > :06:05.MPs have again been debating the subject this afternoon. Martin, this
:06:06. > :06:12.wasn't a government debate, was it? Now, this was tabled by a Labour MP
:06:13. > :06:18.who is also a trustee of the league against cruel sports. These smaller
:06:19. > :06:22.debates are often low`key events but two days was packed. A lot of
:06:23. > :06:28.south`west MPs there. Passionate and Lewsey, much like those in a big
:06:29. > :06:32.chamber. Proof, many said, that this should have taken place in the
:06:33. > :06:37.chamber rather than in a small room. A former Labour death row
:06:38. > :06:41.minister said a further `` any further culling should only take
:06:42. > :06:52.place after a full debate. As things stand, what is the next stage in the
:06:53. > :06:57.debate? Ministers to be quite satisfied with the culling so far
:06:58. > :07:02.but they will now submit their findings to an independent panel.
:07:03. > :07:06.Decent eyes MP said that that panel `` de Saint eyes MP said that the
:07:07. > :07:13.panel needs more time to look at it properly. I hope that they will be
:07:14. > :07:17.given an extension on these six weeks that they have so far been
:07:18. > :07:21.given to actually review the effectiveness, safety and humaneness
:07:22. > :07:28.of this Carl but I cannot see that there is any sense in allowing this
:07:29. > :07:31.culling to continue. The debate actually ran out of time before the
:07:32. > :07:34.farming Minister could address that issue but at the moment the
:07:35. > :07:37.government is saying it will make a decision on rolling out the culling
:07:38. > :07:46.to other areas as early as next February. Thank you very much.
:07:47. > :07:49.Campaigners opposed to a huge wind farm off the North Devon coast say
:07:50. > :07:52.attempts to revive the plans will fail. Business and renewable energy
:07:53. > :07:55.leaders are pressing for another company to restart the Atlantic
:07:56. > :07:57.Array project. Two weeks ago, the developer pulled out of the
:07:58. > :08:04.controversial scheme. Spotlight's North Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby,
:08:05. > :08:09.has the latest developments. This is what it would have looked
:08:10. > :08:14.like, the Atlantic Array, 240 giant turbines which would have been
:08:15. > :08:20.clearly visible of the coast of Devon. It was a huge project, double
:08:21. > :08:23.the size of any wind farm currently operating in England. Business
:08:24. > :08:30.leaders say it would have brought jobs and investment. Two weeks ago
:08:31. > :08:33.though, the developer pulled out. It caused delightful campaigners
:08:34. > :08:36.against the plan but concern for renewable energy experts and
:08:37. > :08:42.business leaders. Today, they have been trying to revive the project.
:08:43. > :08:46.We think the scheme is still strong and the government have announced in
:08:47. > :08:50.the Chancellor's statement that they are supporting, with further
:08:51. > :08:56.subsidy, the concept of offshore wind energy. We have to give it
:08:57. > :09:01.another go. For those who fought the Atlantic Array, it is a pointless
:09:02. > :09:08.mission. I think the people in North Devon have an enormous sense of
:09:09. > :09:15.relief. The Crown Estates have removed the site from their map and
:09:16. > :09:18.I think that is significant. Round for what is essentially about
:09:19. > :09:23.trialling floating turbines for which this is not a suitable site. I
:09:24. > :09:27.think people are pretty much convinced, and from the reaction of
:09:28. > :09:30.people across the country, we have had an enormous amount of messages
:09:31. > :09:35.from people saying, oh, thank heaven for that. We were really worried
:09:36. > :09:38.about the North Devon coast. Business leaders say jobs and
:09:39. > :09:44.development would have come off the back of Atlantic array but locals
:09:45. > :09:50.say that terrorism, the biggest business in the area, would have
:09:51. > :09:55.been hit hard and that is the biggest issue here. Some say tidal
:09:56. > :09:57.power it should be the way forward but we're not sure whether that will
:09:58. > :10:00.happen. One of the world's biggest airliners
:10:01. > :10:03.is helping Newquay Airport bring in much`needed income during a lean
:10:04. > :10:06.spell for passenger flights. The Boeing Dreamliner is using the huge
:10:07. > :10:10.runway and empty airspace for pilot training. Commercial and industrial
:10:11. > :10:11.work like this is now crucial for Newquay, as our business
:10:12. > :10:17.correspondent, Neil Gallacher, reports.
:10:18. > :10:22.?150 million worth of jet aircraft flies into new key. The holiday
:10:23. > :10:26.firm, Thompson, our training pilots. This Boeing Dreamliner was spent
:10:27. > :10:35.most of the day touching down and taking off again without stopping.
:10:36. > :10:39.It will `` for that, it needs free airspace and the airport have a lot
:10:40. > :10:43.of that. The airport was not as busy as we would like so we have enough
:10:44. > :10:49.capacity for testing aircraft went to locate a maintenance repair
:10:50. > :10:53.company for aircraft. It does not get much better. You have free
:10:54. > :10:59.access to the skies for testing and that is unique in Europe. The flip
:11:00. > :11:04.side of this is that the key should be far busier with passenger
:11:05. > :11:08.flights. This illustrates the challenge. It is late morning on a
:11:09. > :11:14.weekday and the next departure is not for another three and a half
:11:15. > :11:20.hours. And the next arrival is not for a good five hours. This is not
:11:21. > :11:23.what was envisaged when ?50 million was invested into the airport in the
:11:24. > :11:30.run`up to the recession but then, Newquay Airport's problem is it
:11:31. > :11:33.industrywide. A number of regional airports are struggling. If you look
:11:34. > :11:40.at one such as Blackpool, which has had a decline in passenger numbers,
:11:41. > :11:42.and even some of the bigger ones. Cardiff airport has seen its
:11:43. > :11:49.passengers reduced by over half in the last four to five years. But
:11:50. > :11:56.seemingly being owned by non`passenger work is being
:11:57. > :11:59.increased fast. They do everything from testing to special industrial
:12:00. > :12:08.tenants. This income has grown by more than 25% in the last few years.
:12:09. > :12:12.The recovery is being shown here, despite it not showing in ordinary
:12:13. > :12:14.passenger numbers yet. The schools inspector, Ofsted, has
:12:15. > :12:17.published its first ever report reviewing education standards in the
:12:18. > :12:21.South West. It says the proportion of good or outstanding primary and
:12:22. > :12:23.secondary schools in the region has increased, but too many children
:12:24. > :12:26.from poorer backgrounds aren't doing well enough. Coming up, we'll reveal
:12:27. > :12:36.who's we know that across this region,
:12:37. > :12:41.across the south`west, there are children in schools that are not
:12:42. > :12:46.getting what they need. They are languishing behind others. The
:12:47. > :12:50.challenge for every local authority, for every school, is to ensure that
:12:51. > :12:53.those children get what they need to do their best. Plus, the big
:12:54. > :13:01.Christmas switch off. Coming up, we will reveal who has won our sporting
:13:02. > :13:07.lifetime achievement award. Find out why these lights have fallen foul of
:13:08. > :13:09.the rules. And And the TARDIS takes off in North Devon but is quickly
:13:10. > :13:18.back down to Earth with a bump. It's feared the Government's
:13:19. > :13:23.decision to change the way lambs are tagged could force farmers out of
:13:24. > :13:26.business in the South West. All lambs under 12 months old will have
:13:27. > :13:30.to be electronically tagged from 2015. It aims to make the meat more
:13:31. > :13:34.traceable but the farming industry says it comes at a time when
:13:35. > :13:45.businesses have seen incomes drop by nearly 50% in the last year. Anna
:13:46. > :13:49.Varle reports. Edmund sold and electronically
:13:50. > :13:54.identified. Peter is one of the few farmers already using these tags on
:13:55. > :13:59.his lands. It delivers something to me because I am doing the recording
:14:00. > :14:05.to improve the genetics of my flock. But he struggles to recommend it to
:14:06. > :14:08.others. I spent more than ?1000 a year on ID tags and as of next year
:14:09. > :14:12.every farmer will have to spend that sort of money on buying tax and
:14:13. > :14:19.unless they can get a benefit from that, I do not think it is fair and
:14:20. > :14:22.equitable. What is going to change? Currently plastic tags are used on
:14:23. > :14:29.lands under 12 months old going to slaughter. `` on lambs under
:14:30. > :14:32.12`month`old going to slaughter. They will have to buy electronic
:14:33. > :14:42.tags which could cost thousands pounds more.
:14:43. > :14:51.That is 55p more than a plastic tag. The cost of the industry is
:14:52. > :14:55.estimated at ?1.8 million. This is another thing coming from Europe
:14:56. > :15:02.which is put upon us, putting costs and our industry, which we do not
:15:03. > :15:06.need. It has been a difficult year for farmers like Adrian. The prices
:15:07. > :15:13.are down and margins are tight. I cannot see any reason for us to do
:15:14. > :15:19.this. The information on where the land comes from is already in their
:15:20. > :15:22.ear on the plastic tag. There is no need to have them Alec Tunnicliffe
:15:23. > :15:30.identified. The government says it will increase traceability and will
:15:31. > :15:33.help to decrease illness. Well, the MP for Camborne and
:15:34. > :15:36.Redruth, George Eustice, is also a farming minister. I asked him why
:15:37. > :15:39.the electronic tagging scheme was being introduced when the NFU and
:15:40. > :15:45.the National Sheep Association had so many concerns about it. It will
:15:46. > :15:50.give farmers much more reliable information on individual lambs and
:15:51. > :15:53.carcasses that they can help to manage their business. It will help
:15:54. > :15:57.us to argue with the commission that they should have greater tolerance
:15:58. > :16:01.when it comes to problems with accuracy and movement of sheep.
:16:02. > :16:06.There are benefits to this. It only cost is 50p extra per lamb and I
:16:07. > :16:12.think we just have to get on with it. You say it is only 50 pets ``
:16:13. > :16:17.50p extra per animal but this is the cost farmers could do without. Will
:16:18. > :16:21.they get help with this? This is the way it has to go. Scotland and
:16:22. > :16:25.Northern Ireland have already had a electronic tags only since 2009 and
:16:26. > :16:30.I don't see any point in dithering or holding back. There is no point
:16:31. > :16:33.in having to systems that complicate things when we all know that
:16:34. > :16:39.ultimately we have to go to digital only tax. The National sheep
:16:40. > :16:43.Association is asking why it needs to be typed if the lamb is only
:16:44. > :16:51.going from the farm of birth to slaughter. There is no risk, they
:16:52. > :16:54.say. It gives the farmer individual information on that animal. This can
:16:55. > :16:59.help refine the management of their farm. There are times when you get a
:17:00. > :17:03.disease outbreak where you do want to know actually where individual
:17:04. > :17:08.animals have come from, from what holding, so I do not accept that it
:17:09. > :17:12.is of no value to record individual lambs as they go through the
:17:13. > :17:16.slaughter process. This is one of those decisions that when you
:17:17. > :17:19.introduce it or announce that there is concern and disappointment
:17:20. > :17:23.expressed by farmers, but once we get on and do this, I think in a
:17:24. > :17:27.couple of years time people will let back and wonder what the fuss was
:17:28. > :17:31.about. They will realise this was the right thing to do. It gives them
:17:32. > :17:35.better management information and it enables us to manage movement of
:17:36. > :17:37.sheep much better than we currently are able to. Thank you very much
:17:38. > :17:41.indeed. A Dartmoor village has been told to
:17:42. > :17:59.turn off the lights on its Christmas tree. A group of residents put the
:18:00. > :18:02.tree up on Meavy village green at the weekend. But the local council
:18:03. > :18:06.has ordered them to turn the lights off. John Danks has the story. This
:18:07. > :18:08.is the first time there has been a Christmas tree on the green here,
:18:09. > :18:15.the lights adding a touch of festive cheer. But now the lights have gone
:18:16. > :18:18.out. It seems one local resident has taken exception to the cable running
:18:19. > :18:27.over this raid and now Devon county council have pulled the plug.
:18:28. > :18:30.Apparently someone came and informed the person supplying the power for
:18:31. > :18:36.the lights that if they did not take the cable down, they would be fined
:18:37. > :18:40.for doing so. The council said it had concern over the use of a
:18:41. > :18:45.domestic power supply and that the cabling, in their words, had been a
:18:46. > :18:49.bit a goodie piggery. This resident has lived in the village for 50
:18:50. > :18:54.years. She is unhappy that somebody complained. It is not very Christmas
:18:55. > :19:02.like and it is very disappointing. It looked lovely when the light is
:19:03. > :19:05.lit up there at 4pm and I made a support at midnight. `` they
:19:06. > :19:13.disappointed at midnight. They were not harming anybody. The council
:19:14. > :19:17.told us it was related to regulations about cabling of a
:19:18. > :19:20.highways and was to keep people safe. Meanwhile, residents are
:19:21. > :19:27.hoping to apply for a permit to happy cable put back and to have the
:19:28. > :19:31.lights switched on again. Time for our next BBC South West
:19:32. > :19:32.sports award for this year. Today, it's the Lifetime Achievement
:19:33. > :19:35.trophy. The recipient took the Cornwall
:19:36. > :19:40.rugby team to Twickenham in May, 22 years after he led them to glory at
:19:41. > :19:47.the same venue. Dave Gibbins had the honour of presenting his award.
:19:48. > :19:55.After unrivalled success with the Cornwall county rugby team and with
:19:56. > :20:03.success coaching, it gives me enormous pleasure, Dave Thomas, to
:20:04. > :20:08.give you this. It was at unanimous decision from the panel and they
:20:09. > :20:14.decided to award you, Dave, the BBC South West lifetime achievement
:20:15. > :20:20.award for this year. That is unbelievable. I wondered why you
:20:21. > :20:23.were bringing me here today. This is a tremendous honour. A really
:20:24. > :20:30.tremendous honour. I am overwhelmed by it. You deserve it. Not only
:20:31. > :20:35.coaching the county and club teams, you have done an awful lot of
:20:36. > :20:42.coaching with youngsters as well. You have been involved in rugby for
:20:43. > :20:50.50 years or more. Why so long? You are 75 now. You shouldn't have said
:20:51. > :20:56.that! I am very lucky. My wife is very, very supportive of all the
:20:57. > :21:00.rugby that I do. Although she says, you are not off again, I have been
:21:01. > :21:05.very lucky because I have had a lot of coaching at senior level and
:21:06. > :21:09.working for the rugby union. When you do get some success on the way,
:21:10. > :21:16.it motivates you even more to keep going. Dave Benji Thomas, many
:21:17. > :21:22.congratulations. Thank you very much indeed. Now I know why a cane! A
:21:23. > :21:26.legend in Cornish rugby. Tomorrow, Dave will be revealing the
:21:27. > :21:28.BBC South West Youngster of the Year.
:21:29. > :21:31.Now, this year Dr Who fans are celebrating 50 years of the Time
:21:32. > :21:34.Lord and his famous means of transport, the TARDIS, which has
:21:35. > :21:37.spent half a century flying through space and time.
:21:38. > :21:40.Well now, thanks to a group of enthusiasts, a replica has also
:21:41. > :21:43.flown in Hatherleigh. And we really do mean it's flown in Hatherleigh.
:21:44. > :21:53.Spotlight's Kirk England was there for the maiden flight. Every detail
:21:54. > :21:58.considered and a lifelong ambition finally coming to fruition. It has
:21:59. > :22:05.always been my goal to get these dyes to help you build a flying
:22:06. > :22:12.TARDIS. But will it fly? It is just not made to fly, basically. It is
:22:13. > :22:24.not an aerodynamic shape and it goes against the laws of physics. These
:22:25. > :22:28.friends enjoy making unusual objects take to these guys like washing
:22:29. > :22:33.machines and lawn mowers. The replica Time Machine is their most
:22:34. > :22:37.ambitious to date. I am quite up for just taking it off now and seeing
:22:38. > :22:41.what happens but we will do a bit much evening, get it to fly properly
:22:42. > :22:50.and come back another day. Daily two. `` day to and after a few
:22:51. > :23:09.adjustments, the team are ready for take`off.
:23:10. > :23:12.That was awesome. Just amazing watching it fly around. That is
:23:13. > :23:32.crazy. It did not go as well as expected
:23:33. > :23:37.but we got it off the ground, which was the main thing. But then back to
:23:38. > :23:40.the drawing board, really, with that. Not quite a journey through
:23:41. > :23:49.time and space but I am sure the doctor would approve.
:23:50. > :23:59.It was going so well. Fantastic thing. A bit of a heavy landing
:24:00. > :24:04.there. Of course, you arrived here once in a TARDIS...
:24:05. > :24:12.You will not see that again. Good evening. Much more unsettled weather
:24:13. > :24:18.over the next few days. A misty start tomorrow, a grey 12, dry and,
:24:19. > :24:23.if we are lucky, possibly a glimpse of sunshine. A lot more clout than
:24:24. > :24:27.two day there and some rain turning up in the afternoon as well. This
:24:28. > :24:32.lump of cloud has been waiting in the wings for the last four or five
:24:33. > :24:35.days and it is finally making its way towards us. It is still
:24:36. > :24:39.relatively mild and we will see temperatures well into double
:24:40. > :24:44.figures, possibly as high as 13 tomorrow. Through the night and day
:24:45. > :24:48.tomorrow, whilst these weather fronts move around a little bit, the
:24:49. > :24:56.final movement of that is gradually over us. We will see a change
:24:57. > :25:00.Thursday into Friday as to whether systems straddle us. Setting us up
:25:01. > :25:04.for an unsettled weekend with the best of the weather on Saturday.
:25:05. > :25:08.That is the satellite picture from earlier today. We had quite a bit of
:25:09. > :25:15.sunshine with some high`level clout. There was also some list and
:25:16. > :25:20.fog earlier on. There is a very picturesque scene from earlier
:25:21. > :25:27.today. A bit of sunshine above the frog. That looks quite artistic,
:25:28. > :25:37.doesn't it? The mist and fog has caused those ability issues for
:25:38. > :25:40.people driving to day. Let's look at what will happen overnight. Some of
:25:41. > :25:43.the mist and frog will happen overnight. Some of the mist" we form
:25:44. > :25:50.for a time. The cloud though will genuinely increased the cloud amount
:25:51. > :25:55.from the West overnight. Beefy, mist and fog will increase, the cloud
:25:56. > :26:02.will turn up and what we're left with is cloud shrouding the tops of
:26:03. > :26:08.the hills and morals. Those are the temperatures for tomorrow morning. A
:26:09. > :26:12.bright start and then the cloud will be thicker and brief sunshine will
:26:13. > :26:18.be limited. As you can see through the afternoon, we will see some at
:26:19. > :26:22.breaks of rain. Finally, more persistent rain spreading to all of
:26:23. > :26:26.us by the early evening. Also, the breeze increasing. It will not be
:26:27. > :26:28.cold though. Temperatures well above the average for the time of year. 13
:26:29. > :26:53.Celsius. Before I give you the surfing
:26:54. > :26:57.conditions, look at this from earlier today. Fantastic surfing
:26:58. > :27:02.conditions. The most of the north coast of Cornwall, it has been great
:27:03. > :27:04.to day. They take `` the sea temperature is down to 12 Celsius
:27:05. > :27:30.though. Friday is a damp day with outbreaks
:27:31. > :27:38.of rain, fine on Saturday, windy and cold `` windy and wet on Sunday.
:27:39. > :27:43.That is all from us. I will be back with the late news at 10:25pm. Enjoy
:27:44. > :27:45.what's left of your Wednesday. Goodbye.