:00:00. > 3:59:59Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the
:00:00. > :00:47.crisis continue. Details emerge of a plan gohng to
:00:48. > :00:51.the government which could cost more than ?100 million. And how to banish
:00:52. > :00:55.bad spirits into the sea ` with the help of noisy children and some old
:00:56. > :00:59.tin cans. Growing numbers of people in the
:01:00. > :01:01.South West are seeking help for a mental health problem. Referrals to
:01:02. > :01:05.therapy for anxiety and depression have gone up across the reghon, in
:01:06. > :01:08.some areas by almost 30% in a year. Increased demand means some people,
:01:09. > :01:18.with more severe needs, are waiting up to two years for treatment.
:01:19. > :01:26.The cell and can be shining but I was walking around with a black
:01:27. > :01:31.cloud around my head. Linden has suffered mental health issuds for
:01:32. > :01:37.many years. She has bipolar disorder and it has often been overwhelmed by
:01:38. > :01:43.each oppression. I felt invhsible and felt I had no purpose in life
:01:44. > :01:48.and had no real value. The consequences of that are not good.
:01:49. > :01:56.Increasing numbers are seekhng health for `` seeking help for
:01:57. > :02:00.mental health problems. Across the region, referrals are rising and
:02:01. > :02:06.within a year and that they have gone up 9% in Cornwall, 15% in
:02:07. > :02:12.Devon, 10% in Dorset and 29$ in Somerset. The GPs who lead the NHS
:02:13. > :02:18.in Somerset want a public dhscussion about how to tackle the esc`lating
:02:19. > :02:23.problem. A third of the people I see every day are people who ard
:02:24. > :02:27.suffering with mental health issues such as depression and anxidty
:02:28. > :02:35.because of the increasing ddmands on people in terms of the financial
:02:36. > :02:41.issues, housing problems, bdnefits. Whilst Mac `` those with more
:02:42. > :02:48.complex disorders don't alw`ys get the help they need. They ard
:02:49. > :02:53.becoming acute and they need to be hospitalised and are being picked up
:02:54. > :03:00.by the police and then go into hospital. It is putting a lot of
:03:01. > :03:08.demand on our acute services for adults, that we can't meet. In
:03:09. > :03:12.Devon, some may wait up to two years for treatment. The NHS in Ddvon says
:03:13. > :03:17.increased demand has contributed to long waiting times for some with the
:03:18. > :03:23.most severe and complex needs. It says improvements are being made.
:03:24. > :03:28.Cornwall's Mental Health Trtst says people are usually seen within 8
:03:29. > :03:33.days and those very unwell `re assessed within seven days `nd soon
:03:34. > :03:37.in an emergency. Campaigners say mental health should be givdn a
:03:38. > :03:43.higher priority. The governlent on these to look at it in the same way
:03:44. > :03:48.as physical health. People need to be able to access mental he`lth
:03:49. > :03:53.services much earlier and look at prevention rather than waithng until
:03:54. > :03:59.someone is in the equivalent of a diabetic coma before they gdt
:04:00. > :04:08.support. Linden is running courses to help others and she agreds there
:04:09. > :04:16.is an imbalance. There is a statistics that people may die 0
:04:17. > :04:24.years sooner with a mental hllness than those that are well. The
:04:25. > :04:28.government has promised equ`l access to mental health care, shorter
:04:29. > :04:40.waiting times and more choice. Many want a wider debate.
:04:41. > :04:48.Joining me is Doctor Adrian James. Why do you think more peopld are
:04:49. > :04:52.seeking help? We expect that at times when the economy is tough
:04:53. > :04:56.people are finding it financially tight and there is a higher
:04:57. > :05:01.prevalence of anxiety and depression. There is an encouraging
:05:02. > :05:06.sign that in the past, becatse of stigma, people are reluctant to talk
:05:07. > :05:10.about their mental health problems. The fact that people are coling
:05:11. > :05:13.forward means people are talking about it and they have the belief
:05:14. > :05:19.that there was something positive that can be done. We have hdard that
:05:20. > :05:23.the increase in demand has leant people with extreme cases or having
:05:24. > :05:29.to wait longer. There is a call for more action at the beginning to have
:05:30. > :05:38.a preventative action. Prevdntion is really important. One of thd things
:05:39. > :05:45.that you heard there was th`t people died 15 to 20 years earlier if they
:05:46. > :05:52.have a mental health problel. I met with a group of chest physicians on
:05:53. > :05:56.looking at how we can do more to help smoking levels amongst people
:05:57. > :06:03.with mental health problems. They are much higher. We have to meet the
:06:04. > :06:12.needs of users. At the other end, we hold a big conference, Norm`n Lamb
:06:13. > :06:18.came down. We had a group of people in the room, people who work in
:06:19. > :06:26.services and really importantly engage with people who use services.
:06:27. > :06:30.They all signed up to a plan to focus on the crisis services. There
:06:31. > :06:36.is this call for it to be on a par with physical illness. Are xou
:06:37. > :06:43.seeing steps towards that t`king place? There are some reallx good
:06:44. > :06:47.services out there. There is a crisis house in Torbay that helps
:06:48. > :07:00.people before they get into the most serious crisis. There are some real
:07:01. > :07:05.objective evidence. They should have some focused things. When I meet the
:07:06. > :07:08.GPs, they are willing to look at this and they will be doing those
:07:09. > :07:12.plans in the next couple of weeks. Thank you very much indeed.
:07:13. > :07:15.A 20 year plan to prevent sdrious flooding in Somerset is due to be
:07:16. > :07:19.presented to the Government tomorrow. It's been eagerly awaited
:07:20. > :07:22.and the BBC has seen a draft of the document. We understand that it
:07:23. > :07:24.could cost up to one hundred million pounds to implement ` the qtestion
:07:25. > :07:40.is, where will that money come from? It is the first time Betty has been
:07:41. > :07:48.back to her flooded home for three weeks. Almost everything here is
:07:49. > :07:53.ruined. She has no faith th`t the government will keep to any promises
:07:54. > :07:58.it makes to stop this happening again. Do you think they will find
:07:59. > :08:07.the money for you? No way. Of course they won't `` of course thex won't.
:08:08. > :08:13.It is easy to see why flood victims want action and they want it
:08:14. > :08:21.quickly. The draft Somerset flood plan is an enormous wish list. 3
:08:22. > :08:25.pages long. It has one big price tag attached to it. To do everything in
:08:26. > :08:31.that put report will cost more than ?100 million. Exactly what hs in it?
:08:32. > :08:36.Top of the list is dredging and to start with eight kilometres of
:08:37. > :08:43.rivers. They want artificial channels leading to the sea
:08:44. > :08:48.widened. There is also talk of raising road levels including the
:08:49. > :08:56.A361 and roads leading to communities like Muchelney. More
:08:57. > :09:00.expensive examples are building a tidal gate here on the edge of
:09:01. > :09:05.Bridgwater. That could control the flow of flood water into thd rivers
:09:06. > :09:16.and vice versa to produce `` reduce flooding. So many houses, thousands
:09:17. > :09:22.of houses are under threat. I think we have got to the stage whdre it is
:09:23. > :09:27.a no`brainer. James has become the face of flooding on the levdls. His
:09:28. > :09:30.business has been crippled by the worst floods in a century. He says
:09:31. > :09:37.the government cannot ignord this report. If they don't do solething
:09:38. > :09:46.now and it happens again and it costs millions, if not billhons you
:09:47. > :09:51.can't afford to let it happdn. We are told tomorrow the Prime Minister
:09:52. > :09:55.will receive the report. People will be hoping his pockets are ddep and
:09:56. > :09:58.his heart is pathetic. The Prime Minister today said Parliamdnt would
:09:59. > :10:02.get to vote on amending the law which bans hunting with dogs. Some
:10:03. > :10:05.upland farmers want to end the current ban on more than two dogs
:10:06. > :10:08.being used to flush out foxds because they say attacks on lambs
:10:09. > :10:12.have increased. But anti`hunt groups fear that it could lead to the
:10:13. > :10:15.repealing of the hunting act by the back door. Responding to Labour MP
:10:16. > :10:24.Chris Williamson at Prime Mhnisters' Questions David Cameron said that
:10:25. > :10:28.wouldn't be the case. This will properly be a matter for thd House
:10:29. > :10:31.of Commons as he will know what has happened is a group of Welsh and
:10:32. > :10:36.other members of Parliament have looked at a particular problem of
:10:37. > :10:40.pest control in Upland areas of Wales and other parts of thd
:10:41. > :10:43.country. They are making a proposal and it will be properly exalined by
:10:44. > :10:47.the Department. In the end, the House of Commons will be able to
:10:48. > :10:50.decide. A Devon man who was told he was going blind because of ` rare
:10:51. > :10:53.genetic condition can now sde again, thanks to a revolutionary ndw
:10:54. > :10:57.treatment. Stanford Thompson from Exeter is one of a handful of people
:10:58. > :11:00.to undergo gene therapy to help restore his sight. Chris Robinson
:11:01. > :11:12.reports. Stanford Thompson was told he would
:11:13. > :11:17.lose his eyesight and eventtally go blind. Now he is looking to the
:11:18. > :11:22.future. A year ago he underwent a revolutionary treatment which means
:11:23. > :11:25.he can see again. It is nothing to the levels it was but it has halted
:11:26. > :11:32.the condition and there are improvements. I haven't been able to
:11:33. > :11:40.see stars at night for ten xears. Certainly, if I concentrate, I can
:11:41. > :11:44.make out stars in the night sky He has a rare genetic condition and has
:11:45. > :11:50.undergone a form of gene thdrapy as part of successful trials. Because
:11:51. > :11:56.of a faulty gene, sells at the back of his I were dying leaving those
:11:57. > :12:01.only in the middle. Doctors injected into his eye and they believe some
:12:02. > :12:05.of the cells that they thought were dead have been revitalised `nd have
:12:06. > :12:10.improved his vision. One of the men leading the study says it is still
:12:11. > :12:20.early days but it can cure darly conditions. It is a very encouraging
:12:21. > :12:28.first step. I think this gives us an important new tool to tackld that
:12:29. > :12:32.problem. It is hoped more whll be put forward to receive the
:12:33. > :12:35.treatment. Still to come in Spotlight tonight: What lies beneath
:12:36. > :12:39.the Cornish sand. Work to uncover what may be the oldest Christian
:12:40. > :12:42.building in the UK. And how to banish bad spirits into the sea `
:12:43. > :12:48.the Lenten tradition in one fishing village.
:12:49. > :12:53.People in Topsham are warning their only road in could be entirdly cut
:12:54. > :12:57.off unless work is carried out to repair coastal defences. Thd western
:12:58. > :13:01.bank of the River Clyst was breached during recent storms, and continues
:13:02. > :13:10.to leak at high tide. Emma Ruminski reports.
:13:11. > :13:14.This river bank is the only thing holding back the River Clyst but it
:13:15. > :13:19.is struggling. It was breached in several places during recent storms
:13:20. > :13:23.live in this area vulnerabld during high tides. Saltwater is blowing ``
:13:24. > :13:27.flowing into the nature resdrve but it is the nearby road that residents
:13:28. > :13:34.are worried about. It has flooded many times. If these are left to
:13:35. > :13:37.float, we will be removed rtined down here only able to access our
:13:38. > :13:46.properties on a low tide. The existing road will in fact become a
:13:47. > :13:58.public causeway. Exeter Citx Council owned the Marsh and they le`se it as
:13:59. > :14:03.they nature reserve. They s`y it is uneconomical to repair this area.
:14:04. > :14:13.The embankment has been bre`ched in that corner. Rob lives closdst and
:14:14. > :14:17.he has already suffered problems. He says the Environment Agency have
:14:18. > :14:22.told them they will not be fixing the river bank. We feel there is no
:14:23. > :14:25.long`term plan for the site and we feel some work should have been done
:14:26. > :14:34.to shore up the wall and we will have some comfort at least. The RSPB
:14:35. > :14:40.say many make a visit to thhs area and it is an important habitat. We
:14:41. > :14:46.getting salt water into a freshwater system. The birds come over at high
:14:47. > :14:52.tide to feed on the system. We don't know what effect it is having and
:14:53. > :14:59.we're not yet finding out what will happen. People are also worried
:15:00. > :15:06.about their property. Will the Environment Agency fixed thd holes?
:15:07. > :15:11.We have a very long list of repairs that need to be carried out. We have
:15:12. > :15:17.to prioritise those. We havd to do the work where it is of most benefit
:15:18. > :15:25.to people and their houses first. Unfortunately, it looks as hf the
:15:26. > :15:28.Marsh may not be high up th`t list. An engineer will report back this
:15:29. > :15:33.week to tell and how much the repairs will cost and if thd scheme
:15:34. > :15:35.is viable. There is still a possibility that the involvdd
:15:36. > :15:41.parties will get together to contribute.
:15:42. > :15:50.In the last couple of hours, Exeter City Council has announced ht will
:15:51. > :15:53.carry out the repairs. The city council owns the w`ll in
:15:54. > :15:58.question and we will go ahe`d and make the necessary repairs `nd get
:15:59. > :16:04.the money back from central government. There will be hdavy
:16:05. > :16:10.machinery needed and we need to get a workforce in place. We have to get
:16:11. > :16:13.on with it as soon as we can to reassure the residence and the
:16:14. > :16:21.longer we leave it, the longer it will be to make the repairs.
:16:22. > :16:24.A month on from the violent storm which destroyed the line at Dawlish,
:16:25. > :16:28.Network Rail has released a time lapse video of the work that's been
:16:29. > :16:31.done to re`build the sea wall. These pictures show how shipping
:16:32. > :16:34.containers were put in as a temporary breakwater to protect the
:16:35. > :16:37.site but even they were swalped during further storms, delaxing the
:16:38. > :16:40.repair works. Since then ne`rly 5,000 tonnes of concrete and 15
:16:41. > :16:44.tonnes of steel have been used. A team of more than 300 enginders have
:16:45. > :16:47.been working around the clock to get the line open again on the fourth of
:16:48. > :16:51.April before the Easter holhdays. Meanwhile, as that work continues
:16:52. > :16:54.many families still don't know if or when they'll be allowed homd. 1
:16:55. > :16:56.households are still living in temporary accommodation. Sophie
:16:57. > :17:04.Pierce has been to meet somd of them. All the work is progrdssing
:17:05. > :17:09.well, things don't look so good for Shane. He does know when he will be
:17:10. > :17:20.able to return home and can only get to his house fire this spechal
:17:21. > :17:24.walkway. I can't say anything up. It is not knowing what is going to
:17:25. > :17:32.happen, to know how long yot will be out of the house, to no information
:17:33. > :17:39.coming in. You are left in limbo. At a local caravan park, Bev Green is
:17:40. > :17:44.in a similar position. It is an awkward predicament. Until they get
:17:45. > :17:50.the track and all the workings down the front at the way, they can't get
:17:51. > :17:55.the immunity is back on properly. Peter is one of the lucky ones. He
:17:56. > :18:00.is worried about the future and says the sea wall is weaker here because
:18:01. > :18:05.back when the line was built, Brunel had to make concession to a local
:18:06. > :18:07.landowner. The wall had to be made considerably lower as the owner of
:18:08. > :18:14.the house didn't want to be overlooked. Whatever else you do is
:18:15. > :18:20.not going to be sustainable unless you deal with what is cruci`lly the
:18:21. > :18:28.weak point. If this engineering work is done to the right specifhcation,
:18:29. > :18:34.I am not worried. I am happx to live the rest of my life here. Ndtwork
:18:35. > :18:39.Rail says it is aware of thd weakness but its priority is to get
:18:40. > :18:42.the line open and look at its resilience as a whole. Meanwhile,
:18:43. > :18:46.for the people still living in temporary accommodation, life is in
:18:47. > :18:49.limbo. Work to uncover St Piran's Oratory
:18:50. > :18:53.is well underway in Cornwall. The ancient church, which may bd the
:18:54. > :18:58.oldest Christian building in the UK, was buried in sand to protect it in
:18:59. > :19:02.1980. Legend says it was buhlt at the place where St Piran first came
:19:03. > :19:06.ashore in Cornwall. Spotlight's David George has made a St Piran's
:19:07. > :19:14.Day visit to see the work t`king place.
:19:15. > :19:19.Many people still call this the lost church. In amongst the sand dunes,
:19:20. > :19:25.the four stone walls and arched doorway on more than 1000 ydars old
:19:26. > :19:30.and it is likely the remains of an evil old building a library.
:19:31. > :19:36.Volunteers have been helping the archaeologists clear hundreds of
:19:37. > :19:41.tonnes of sand by hand. We think there is a piece of stone work that
:19:42. > :19:52.is probably earlier than thd retreat in origin that might hint at
:19:53. > :19:58.something that is even older than me Oratory. We need to find it and
:19:59. > :20:02.see what it says. This is the first time eater 1`macro has been
:20:03. > :20:12.excavated. It was covered in a massive concrete shell in 1810. This
:20:13. > :20:16.is the lost church. A Spotlhght report and most of the concrete was
:20:17. > :20:21.removed in 1980 and the delhcate site to be buried in sand for its
:20:22. > :20:26.own protection, they said at the time. The new excavation coles after
:20:27. > :20:34.a lengthy campaign to uncovdr the spot where St Piran is said to have
:20:35. > :20:42.come ashore. It is known th`t he came over from Ireland. He floated
:20:43. > :20:47.and landed on Perranporth bdach Here, he built a little place of
:20:48. > :20:57.worship because he wanted to calm the wild peasants of Cornwall. Did
:20:58. > :21:01.he succeed? No. When they fhnish, the building will be tempor`rily
:21:02. > :21:04.covered until experts decidd on its long`term conservation. The hope is
:21:05. > :21:14.it will be open to visitors in the future, perhaps on St Piran's Day.
:21:15. > :21:21.We have been talking about pancakes. Now many families will have enjoyed
:21:22. > :21:26.a pancake or two last night. We had chicken, bacon and spinach.
:21:27. > :21:28.Lemon and sugar for May. We all know that particular tradition on Shrove
:21:29. > :21:31.Tuesday, but there's another, you might not know about.
:21:32. > :21:34.Yes, it's been going on for generations in Clovelly, it's called
:21:35. > :21:38.Lanshard and is said to rid the fishing village of all the bad
:21:39. > :21:41.things from the year before. Well this curious custom got unddrway at
:21:42. > :21:48.five o'clock last night and our North Devon reporter, Andre` Ormsby,
:21:49. > :21:53.was there to see it in action. It is noisy and it is meant to be. This is
:21:54. > :21:58.a riot of sound to banish the bad spirits into the sea for Lent
:21:59. > :22:02.today. Children tie tin cans to pieces of string or anything metal,
:22:03. > :22:08.anything that makes a suitable racket. They have to make as much
:22:09. > :22:12.noise as possible. It is sahd that noise scares away the evil spirits
:22:13. > :22:18.and the bad things from the previous year. For generations, the children
:22:19. > :22:26.of Clovelly have taken part in this curious custom. It was really loud
:22:27. > :22:36.and something that goes crazy in your ears. It was scary bec`use if
:22:37. > :22:45.someone came in, the cans go over your head if you go too fast. It was
:22:46. > :22:52.very fun. Once the cans go hnto the harbour, they are thrown into the
:22:53. > :22:56.sea. Don't worry, they are `ll collected again and recycled. This
:22:57. > :23:01.tradition has been running hn my family all the years I have lived
:23:02. > :23:05.here. My daughter came out from the age of two. Now I am out with my
:23:06. > :23:11.granddaughter. I have been doing this for a very long time. Ht is
:23:12. > :23:25.something we want to keep going Made the blessing of God Allighty be
:23:26. > :23:28.with you all. Well done. Whdn it is all over, that other little
:23:29. > :23:39.tradition, a pancake for all the children who took part.
:23:40. > :23:44.That is a way to have a pancake A bit of pancake with your crdam!
:23:45. > :23:51.David, pancakes in your house? We love pancakes.
:23:52. > :23:59.Today, I managed to get somd washing on the line. It didn't end tp in
:24:00. > :24:06.south Wales and it was dry by the end of the morning. The fordcast for
:24:07. > :24:14.tomorrow is milder. There is some drizzle in the wind. This great
:24:15. > :24:18.stripe of cloud is where thd wet weather is. The areas of low
:24:19. > :24:26.pressure which we have been getting so used to travelling across
:24:27. > :24:32.Greenland and weigh up to the north of Scotland. For us, we havd a ridge
:24:33. > :24:35.of high pressure. It is strdtching from Scandinavia down through
:24:36. > :24:43.friends and it is that area of high pressure that will be around for the
:24:44. > :24:48.next few days. As we move into the weekend, high pressure comes back.
:24:49. > :24:51.This was the satellite picttre from earlier today. We have a fahr amount
:24:52. > :24:58.of cloud coming in and we dhd have plenty of sunshine. This was
:24:59. > :25:03.Cornwall where we had blue sky. We have light winds to start the day.
:25:04. > :25:10.It is a different feel comp`red to what we have been used to. Here we
:25:11. > :25:19.have seen a little bit of cloud moving in. There is more cloud the
:25:20. > :25:27.further inland we have been. In Dartmoor, it has been dry. That
:25:28. > :25:32.cloud is thickening and it will produce some outbreaks of r`in. It
:25:33. > :25:37.will move through and by dawn we are expecting to see some patchx rain
:25:38. > :25:45.and drizzle. Overnight tempdratures not too low. Initially down to four
:25:46. > :25:55.Celsius. They will climb back up to around nine Celsius. Tomorrow
:25:56. > :25:59.morning, there is a lot of hill fog. This rain is light and patchy and it
:26:00. > :26:03.is mostly drizzle coming out of the sky. It does remain with us through
:26:04. > :26:10.much of the day. Temperaturds around 11 Celsius. For the Isles of Scilly,
:26:11. > :26:45.it is misty and mild. Friday is another cloudy dax but it
:26:46. > :26:48.brightens up in the afternoon. Saturday is the better of the two
:26:49. > :26:52.days of the week in the high pressure is coming back so there is
:26:53. > :27:00.no real rain in the forecast from Thursday onwards. We see sole more
:27:01. > :27:06.cloud for Sunday. Next week, it might be even warmer than that.
:27:07. > :27:14.I have this image of you hanging the washing out now. That is at `` that
:27:15. > :27:18.is it for tonight. We leave you with some of the celebrations taking
:27:19. > :27:23.place across Cornwall today. Good night.