:00:00. > :00:12.arrives on Friday. Can't wait! That's all from
:00:13. > :00:19.Urgent inspections are carried out after serious concerns about
:00:20. > :00:23.standards of care at this home. Good evening. One member of staff who
:00:24. > :00:30.wants to remain anonymous says the vulnerable residents deserve better.
:00:31. > :00:37.I would not send my mother to go and spend her last days there. That says
:00:38. > :00:40.it all. The desperate need for housing in the South West. One
:00:41. > :00:47.charity says the number of people asking for help has doubled in one
:00:48. > :00:56.year. We visit the street that has become a living advent calendar.
:00:57. > :00:59.Urgent inspections have been carried out a care home amid claims that
:01:00. > :01:03.inadequate staffing has affected the way vulnerable residents are looked
:01:04. > :01:06.after. One member of staff has told Spotlight she wouldn't let her own
:01:07. > :01:09.mother be cared for at the home. A letter to the Care Quality
:01:10. > :01:13.Commission, which was also sent to our Health Correspondent, says many
:01:14. > :01:16.residents don't get baths or showers and some are left for hours in
:01:17. > :01:25.soiled pads because there aren't enough carers. Sally Mountjoy has
:01:26. > :01:29.this exclusive report. This centre looks after around 40 older
:01:30. > :01:34.residents, most of whom need help with basic care. According to an
:01:35. > :01:39.anonymous letter, there are not enough carers to do the job properly
:01:40. > :01:44.or safely. Among the concerns listed are that many residents do not
:01:45. > :01:48.receive a bath or shower, repositioning to help reduce the
:01:49. > :01:55.risk of pressure sores is not done regularly, Bales go unanswered and
:01:56. > :02:02.toileting rarely happens. This member of staff as not to be
:02:03. > :02:06.identified. It makes you feel bad. You're not able to provide what they
:02:07. > :02:10.need and it is what they should have, because they are in a place
:02:11. > :02:14.where they should be cared for. I would not send my mother to go and
:02:15. > :02:19.spend her last days there. The letter went to the care quality
:02:20. > :02:23.commission who sent inspectors to assess the home and speak to the
:02:24. > :02:29.owners. There are full report will not be published until the New Year.
:02:30. > :02:33.Cornwall Council have made urgent inspections. The councillor who was
:02:34. > :02:37.sent a copy of the anonymous letter says it is vital to ensure that
:02:38. > :02:43.vulnerable people are getting safe care. I have asked for a report from
:02:44. > :02:47.them so that we can identify the complaint and if they are valid, we
:02:48. > :02:52.will deal with them so that we can assure the public of the quality of
:02:53. > :02:56.our care homes. Two years ago, they reported a catalogue of failings at
:02:57. > :03:01.the home but said the necessary changes were made. The latest claims
:03:02. > :03:06.concern problems which have developed in recent weeks. New
:03:07. > :03:10.owners took over the care centre in October. A spokesperson told us that
:03:11. > :03:21.if there were any compliance issues arising at any of their homes they
:03:22. > :03:23.would work in partnership with the CQC and the council to solve them.
:03:24. > :03:26.In October, add missions were suspended at another home owned by
:03:27. > :03:34.the same group. Relatives had complained. The watchdog said that
:03:35. > :03:39.people's dignity was not always respected and is not always enough
:03:40. > :03:44.experienced staff to meet needs. The home drew up an action plan. On the
:03:45. > :03:51.latest allegations about the other home, Cornwall Council said they
:03:52. > :03:55.would closely monitor the situation to ensure that expected standards of
:03:56. > :03:58.care were maintained and that any concerns `` Michael any concerned
:03:59. > :04:07.relatives should contact the council. A charity in Cornwall says
:04:08. > :04:11.the number of people asking it for help with housing has doubled in a
:04:12. > :04:15.year. Chy Lowen is a project run by Chapter one, which helps people who
:04:16. > :04:17.say they can't get help from traditional sources such as the
:04:18. > :04:21.local authority. Cornwall Council says it's doing all it can to help
:04:22. > :04:27.ease the problem, but that there are no easy solutions. Tamsin Melville
:04:28. > :04:34.reports. This woman knows she is one of the lucky ones, a few years ago
:04:35. > :04:39.she was stuck in a cramped flat. Now she is living in a new place and is
:04:40. > :04:45.studying law. The property I am in now is more than sufficient for my
:04:46. > :04:52.family. It is not damp, it is lovely. I am really happy. I feel
:04:53. > :05:02.safe and secure. It is a long lease. I did not have to try and find a
:05:03. > :05:07.deposit. I am so much happier now. She was helped by Chy Lowen, a
:05:08. > :05:10.project which takes on the responsibility for letting private
:05:11. > :05:17.properties to tenants struggling with deposits or credit checks. It
:05:18. > :05:22.is people who cannot go down the private sector route, are not
:05:23. > :05:28.vulnerable enough for the Council, and those are the people who are
:05:29. > :05:32.caught in that gap, but do make very good tenants. Debbie says they have
:05:33. > :05:37.seen a sharp rise in people asking for help, with up to 30 new
:05:38. > :05:41.approaches a week. The need for more affordable housing is a widely
:05:42. > :05:48.acknowledged problem. We are aiming to deliver 4000 homes in the next
:05:49. > :05:51.four years and that will only scratch the surface. We are looking
:05:52. > :05:55.at all sorts of ways to bring properties back into use. We are
:05:56. > :06:01.working with landlords and trying to raise standards in the private
:06:02. > :06:08.rental sector. At least then the homes will be quality homes. Chy
:06:09. > :06:22.Lowen managers 170 properties across the county. A man's appeared in
:06:23. > :06:25.court charged with the murder of a 36`year`old woman in Plymouth. Kerry
:06:26. > :06:28.Power was found dead at a property on Tailyour Road in the Crownhill
:06:29. > :06:31.area of the city on Saturday morning. Today, 41`year`old David
:06:32. > :06:36.Wilder appeared before Plymouth magistrates accused of killing her.
:06:37. > :06:39.He was remanded in custody. A former Royal Marines base in Plymouth has
:06:40. > :06:43.been put up for sale. RM Turnchapel in Plymstock is the former home of
:06:44. > :06:46.539 Assault Squadron, which is now based at Devonport. Operations ended
:06:47. > :06:54.at Turnchapel earlier this year after the site was declared surplus
:06:55. > :06:57.to military requirements. The plan to mine one of the world's biggest
:06:58. > :07:00.tungsten deposits near Plymouth has cleared its last two major hurdles.
:07:01. > :07:04.Environment Agency consent has been given for the mine's waste dump and
:07:05. > :07:08.deals have been agreed on all of the local homes that have to be bought
:07:09. > :07:15.up before mining can start. Our business correspondent Neil
:07:16. > :07:21.Gallacher reports from Hemerdon. In recent weeks around a dozen homes in
:07:22. > :07:25.this hamlet on the edge of Dartmoor have been evacuated. This area will
:07:26. > :07:32.shortly start to see the first mine reopening since the early 1970s.
:07:33. > :07:36.There have been major mineral works in this area for decades, soon the
:07:37. > :07:43.local clay industry will be joined by a tungsten mine. A company has
:07:44. > :07:47.been given consent for the waste dump the mine needs. They are over
:07:48. > :07:56.the last major hurdle. We are all very excited. All we have seen for
:07:57. > :08:02.the last 30 years is the decline of the mining industry and it is nice
:08:03. > :08:06.to see a new mine start up. Some of the locals are not happy. Several
:08:07. > :08:10.have talked about the stress of having to brute, even though they
:08:11. > :08:14.have agreed purchase prices for their homes. None of them were
:08:15. > :08:18.prepared to be interviewed. Are viable of tungsten mining here had
:08:19. > :08:23.long been a possibility because basic planning permission was given
:08:24. > :08:28.decades ago. There has been some support, the big hope is it will
:08:29. > :08:31.employ local people. It is an Australian mining company, but the
:08:32. > :08:37.senior management team have local connections. Virtually all of us are
:08:38. > :08:43.people who have lived and worked for many years in the area. Our
:08:44. > :08:48.expectation is the vast majority of the workforce will be from the area.
:08:49. > :08:51.It is six years since the company revealed their intention to mine,
:08:52. > :08:59.the downturn threatened to direct them but only slowed them. Hemerdon
:09:00. > :09:04.has the fourth largest tungsten deposit in the world. The new mine
:09:05. > :09:08.will be built in the New Year. A second dog has died after eating a
:09:09. > :09:12.white substance which was first seen washed up in West Penwith two months
:09:13. > :09:15.ago. It was identified as rancid palm oil. Council officials say its
:09:16. > :09:18.now been washed up along the North coast of Cornwall. It's the 14th
:09:19. > :09:22.time the substance has been reported on local beaches. The second dog
:09:23. > :09:32.died after eating the material at Polzeath. There is a lot of evidence
:09:33. > :09:36.which has demonstrated that this is an international problem. We have
:09:37. > :09:42.had ports from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and France and we are really
:09:43. > :09:45.concerned `` reports. We consider our beaches to be pristine so
:09:46. > :09:54.anything that impacts on the beach we do not want. South West farmers
:09:55. > :09:58.are being encouraged to invest in renewable energy schemes to cut fuel
:09:59. > :10:01.costs on their farms as well as selling power to the National Grid.
:10:02. > :10:04.Green energy supporters say wind and solar power should be thought of as
:10:05. > :10:08.cash crops alongside other forms of agriculture. The move comes at a
:10:09. > :10:12.time when subsidies for this scheme are being criticised. Ali Chitty
:10:13. > :10:16.reports. Large`scale wind and solar farms attract fierce debate, for
:10:17. > :10:21.many they are the energy of the future, but not many people want
:10:22. > :10:25.them on their doorstep. Good small`scale production be the
:10:26. > :10:31.answer? On his farm, this man has one turbine and a small solar array
:10:32. > :10:36.providing power for his farm. He sells the excess back to the
:10:37. > :10:41.National Grid. I use the electricity from my solar panels and my wind
:10:42. > :10:44.turbine before it goes into the National Grid. What I produce is the
:10:45. > :10:51.equivalent of something between 30 and 40 houses average consumption. I
:10:52. > :10:56.turn it in, use it myself and have a free electric car. It is not bad.
:10:57. > :10:59.The other advantage is they do not take any of the land out of
:11:00. > :11:06.production. Normally this field is full of sheep, but they are up at
:11:07. > :11:12.the other end today. When the weather is bad, they shelter
:11:13. > :11:17.underneath it. Rob and remortgaged his house and received subsidies for
:11:18. > :11:26.this game, but subsidies have been criticised. Cornwall Council says it
:11:27. > :11:32.is important that agriculture can become as sustainable as possible.
:11:33. > :11:36.It is important that farmers are sustainable, agriculture is an
:11:37. > :11:40.important industry, one of our biggest industries and we need to
:11:41. > :11:44.make sure that they are competitive. If they have got
:11:45. > :11:52.renewable energy, that keeps costs down. At this restaurant, a lunch
:11:53. > :11:57.was hosted were all lunch had been provided by former is investing in
:11:58. > :12:03.renewables. We are talking about small`scale investments. There is a
:12:04. > :12:07.specific view about covering the energy needs of the farm itself.
:12:08. > :12:16.There may be some excess Power to export to the grid, that is a bonus.
:12:17. > :12:21.In terms of keeping businesses sustainable, farmers need all the
:12:22. > :12:24.help they can get. With big projects like the Atlantic Array of the
:12:25. > :12:33.table, small`scale projects could be the future. Now you'll remember
:12:34. > :12:37.during the Olympics there was a lot of talk about the legacy the games
:12:38. > :12:41.would leave. Well, one thing to have come out of London 2012 is the sport
:12:42. > :12:45.of handball. Yes, it's one of the most popular sports in Europe and it
:12:46. > :12:48.could be taking off in Devon. Now, the hunt's on to find enough
:12:49. > :12:51.under`16s to form the county's very first handball team. Our North Devon
:12:52. > :13:01.reporter Andrea Ormsby has the story. He grew up playing handball
:13:02. > :13:05.in France. His coaching skills are much needed because here, handball
:13:06. > :13:13.is something you get a penalty for in football. It is inclusive, it is
:13:14. > :13:22.a team sport, it is everything I like in a sport. It is great. At the
:13:23. > :13:27.moment we are attacking this way. The blues have the ball. Very
:13:28. > :13:33.quickly, they are moving back down the pitch. We want to get handball
:13:34. > :13:37.to be a commonly played sport. At the moment, we are trying to get
:13:38. > :13:42.people to find out about it and try it and then we will hopefully set up
:13:43. > :13:46.competitions. It might be little known, but handball is massive in
:13:47. > :13:52.Europe, with 19 million players and more than 150,000 teams. It is the
:13:53. > :13:57.second most played team sport for men and the second for women and
:13:58. > :14:02.these children love it. It is fun. You can pass it around, you can
:14:03. > :14:10.shoot, it makes you feel nice. You can get to score. I enjoy doing
:14:11. > :14:16.sport, but this is really good, you get to be a team player and you get
:14:17. > :14:23.to have fun passing and trying to score goals. So far there is only
:14:24. > :14:28.one handball club in the South West and an organisation set up last year
:14:29. > :14:33.is trying to change that. The goal is to have Devon's very first under
:14:34. > :14:42.16 's team ready to compete in the national schools Championships next
:14:43. > :14:46.year. Onto the rest of the sport and Ruta Meilutyte has continued her
:14:47. > :14:53.golden form in the pool, hasn't she, Dave? Exeter Chiefs are virtually
:14:54. > :14:57.out of rugby's European Cup after going down 32`20 at holders Toulon.
:14:58. > :15:00.They were outscored by four tries to two, although they led 7`5 with Don
:15:01. > :15:03.Armand's excellent score in the first half, the South African's
:15:04. > :15:07.first for the Chiefs. But the French side went on to strengthen their
:15:08. > :15:15.grip at the top of Pool Two with Jonny Wilkinson dashing in to
:15:16. > :15:18.complete Toulon's scoring. Only Plymouth Argyle suffered defeat out
:15:19. > :15:20.of the South West Football League teams this weekend. John Sheridan's
:15:21. > :15:24.return to his former club Chesterfield ended in a 2`0 loss.
:15:25. > :15:31.But the rest came out unbeaten. Here's how the managers and fans
:15:32. > :15:36.reacted. It was a tired affair, both teams tried to the game. They knew a
:15:37. > :15:42.win would have been the better results. We are disappointed. We
:15:43. > :15:47.felt we had some good situations. Our goalkeeper made a couple of good
:15:48. > :16:01.saves. Keeper did not have make saves. `` their keeper. What a
:16:02. > :16:11.terrific goal! He is going forward again. A chance here. It is our
:16:12. > :16:21.second goal for Exeter city! Then a sharps! At a horrific goal! `` a
:16:22. > :16:26.brilliant goal. The goals we give away were a joke. It give us a
:16:27. > :16:32.mountain to climb. I thought we dominated the first half. It is
:16:33. > :16:39.about scoring goals. We had a penalty, if he had scored, the game
:16:40. > :16:45.would have been different. Everyone says how good the team is. We have
:16:46. > :16:55.not put points on the table. That was the aim. Today, I thought we
:16:56. > :17:03.were excellent against one of the best teams in the league. Plymouth
:17:04. > :17:06.College swimmer Ruta Meilutyte has added two more gold medals to take
:17:07. > :17:09.her haul this year to 14. The 16`year`old Olympic and World
:17:10. > :17:11.champion set a new European short`course Championship record,
:17:12. > :17:14.pipping her great rival Yuliya Efimova of Russia. Ruta won a total
:17:15. > :17:18.of three medals in Denmark, including two golds and a silver, to
:17:19. > :17:25.end a phenomenal year for the Lithuanian who lives, trains and
:17:26. > :17:28.studies in Plymouth. Finally, kite racing's European Champion, Olly
:17:29. > :17:30.Bridge from Exmouth, came second at the inaugural Oceanic Championships
:17:31. > :17:33.at Fremantle in Australia. He was runner`up to the World champion,
:17:34. > :17:35.Florian Gruber of Germany. 16`year`old Bridge pressurised
:17:36. > :17:50.Gruber all week, winning two races in the regatta and more than ?2,000
:17:51. > :18:02.in prize money. That looks tremendous! A group of volunteers is
:18:03. > :18:04.planning to restart a centuries old industry along the Somerset
:18:05. > :18:07.coastline ` oyster farming. The group in the village of Porlock,
:18:08. > :18:10.near Minehead have already received grants of ?17,000 for a pilot
:18:11. > :18:20.project using oysters from Falmouth. Our Somerset Correspondent Clinton
:18:21. > :18:26.Rogers has the story. In this area is where the old fish traps and
:18:27. > :18:31.tidal ponds used to be. Out there somewhere beneath the sea there are
:18:32. > :18:39.apparently still the remnants of the oyster farms of Porlock Wear. In the
:18:40. > :18:44.day, they produced a delicacy renowned across the country. The
:18:45. > :18:50.best tasting oysters anywhere, or so they claimed. The oyster industry
:18:51. > :18:58.here disappeared about 80 years ago. In a few years time we will have an
:18:59. > :19:00.industry here. Now a voluntary organisation dedicated to
:19:01. > :19:06.encouraging economic growth, wants to restart the industry. To create
:19:07. > :19:11.new jobs in an area where such things are almost as rare as
:19:12. > :19:16.oysters. We are one of the oldest communities in the country ``
:19:17. > :19:19.country. It is difficult for young people with families to find good
:19:20. > :19:34.employment so that they can stay here. Is this the answer? We think
:19:35. > :19:39.it is. ?17,000 has been given to fund a pilot project. Initially,
:19:40. > :19:44.young oysters will be brought in from other fisheries, like here in
:19:45. > :19:48.Falmouth, and then they will be cultivated in Porlock. It will be an
:19:49. > :19:54.important test to see if the waters here can still sustain oysters.
:19:55. > :20:03.Eventually, if everything works out fine, we will have hundreds of
:20:04. > :20:08.oysters. It will be quite good in the local pubs. The trial will last
:20:09. > :20:12.one year at if it is successful, then this bay will once again see
:20:13. > :20:17.commercial oyster production, but what makes this project unique is
:20:18. > :20:25.that if and when it makes money, that money will be reinvested into
:20:26. > :20:32.another community project. Always with the aim of growing new jobs.
:20:33. > :20:35.Now do you have an advent calendar? Well, what if your whole street
:20:36. > :20:38.became an advent calendar? That's what they've done in Ashburton in
:20:39. > :20:42.South Devon. Neighbours in St Lawrence Lane have dressed up their
:20:43. > :20:50.windows to help with the countdown to Christmas. Johnny Rutherford has
:20:51. > :20:56.been to have a look. Just off one of the main streets and Ashburton is St
:20:57. > :21:00.Lawrence Lane. In May look like an average street, but something the
:21:01. > :21:10.residents are doing is causing excitement `` it may look like. The
:21:11. > :21:16.whole street has been transformed into what local residents are
:21:17. > :21:20.calling a living calendar. I sent about 35 letters and about 28 people
:21:21. > :21:28.replied wanting to be apart of it. I had to turn a few people down. It
:21:29. > :21:36.has been amazing, really lovely. Each day is a surprise. I am number
:21:37. > :21:40.18 and the box has come down from the attic and I think flashing
:21:41. > :21:49.lights are essential. We are nervous. It has become competitive.
:21:50. > :21:53.It is lovely. We had a little boy coming home from school and he was
:21:54. > :21:57.very excited because he had found 11 and you could hear him jumping up
:21:58. > :22:11.and down with excitement. It made it all worthwhile for us. I want to see
:22:12. > :22:15.the next one. I want to see the man leading the elephants. I like how
:22:16. > :22:23.they used everything they can think of. I like the nativity scenes.
:22:24. > :22:26.Which house will display tomorrow's window? That secret stays with the
:22:27. > :22:48.cat. More of a wet Christmas rather than
:22:49. > :22:53.a white Christmas. Some rain with us for tonight, the week ahead is
:22:54. > :22:58.looking rather unsettled. Some strong winds at times, especially
:22:59. > :23:04.for the middle part of the week. For today, we had cloud coming up from
:23:05. > :23:11.the south, it has kept things mild, but we have some weather fronts
:23:12. > :23:17.bringing rain for tonight. Some heavy downpours for a time. Tomorrow
:23:18. > :23:22.could be the best day of the week in terms of a dry and bright day. By
:23:23. > :23:30.the time we get to wear them stay, and other system moves in, some
:23:31. > :23:41.gales are possible. Today we had some rain, some heavy downpours, and
:23:42. > :23:46.some fairly cloudy conditions. If you're on the roads tonight, there
:23:47. > :23:51.is a lot of water. Tomorrow, that rain will start to clear away and
:23:52. > :23:58.with light winds and clearer skies, some mist and fog is likely, and
:23:59. > :24:00.temperatures will drop down to three or four degrees. Parts of the
:24:01. > :24:10.countryside could be lower than that. You might find some mist and
:24:11. > :24:14.fog tomorrow, the sun should clear that away, a few showers close to
:24:15. > :24:20.the south coast, but otherwise you are looking at a dry day with some
:24:21. > :24:28.lighter winds temperatures reaching up to around eight or nine degrees.
:24:29. > :24:42.For the Isles of Scilly, a fairly dry and bright day, moderate winds.
:24:43. > :24:51.Times of high water... For the surfers, some decent waves for the
:24:52. > :25:05.North Coast. Generally clean waves. Choppy on the south coast. The
:25:06. > :25:09.coastal waters forecast... The week ahead continues and settles, so make
:25:10. > :25:12.the most of the dry and bright weather tomorrow. On weapon state
:25:13. > :25:20.there will be heavy rain arriving from the West `` Wednesday. Thursday
:25:21. > :25:25.and Friday is still quite breezy, but a bit cooler. A few showers
:25:26. > :25:28.could turn wintry, but on Friday it looks like we will return to more
:25:29. > :25:36.wet and windy weather. Now, before we go this evening, as
:25:37. > :25:39.is our tradition in the run up to Christmas, we have the first of our
:25:40. > :25:42.Christmas Carols. This year we recorded singers and choirs from our
:25:43. > :25:46.four counties in the Mary Harris Chapel at the University of Exeter.
:25:47. > :25:58.Tonight we leave you with the Sterts Singers from Cornwall. Goodnight.