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Ukrainians in crime era, as the high-level talks to resume the

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crisis continue. Details emerge of a plan gohng to

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the government which could cost more than ?100 million. And how to banish

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bad spirits into the sea ` with the help of noisy children and some old

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tin cans. Growing numbers of people in the

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South West are seeking help for a mental health problem. Referrals to

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therapy for anxiety and depression have gone up across the reghon, in

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some areas by almost 30% in a year. Increased demand means some people,

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with more severe needs, are waiting up to two years for treatment.

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The cell and can be shining but I was walking around with a black

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cloud around my head. Linden has suffered mental health issuds for

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many years. She has bipolar disorder and it has often been overwhelmed by

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each oppression. I felt invhsible and felt I had no purpose in life

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and had no real value. The consequences of that are not good.

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Increasing numbers are seekhng health for `` seeking help for

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mental health problems. Across the region, referrals are rising and

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within a year and that they have gone up 9% in Cornwall, 15% in

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Devon, 10% in Dorset and 29$ in Somerset. The GPs who lead the NHS

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in Somerset want a public dhscussion about how to tackle the esc`lating

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problem. A third of the people I see every day are people who ard

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suffering with mental health issues such as depression and anxidty

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because of the increasing ddmands on people in terms of the financial

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issues, housing problems, bdnefits. Whilst Mac `` those with more

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complex disorders don't alw`ys get the help they need. They ard

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becoming acute and they need to be hospitalised and are being picked up

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by the police and then go into hospital. It is putting a lot of

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demand on our acute services for adults, that we can't meet. In

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Devon, some may wait up to two years for treatment. The NHS in Ddvon says

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increased demand has contributed to long waiting times for some with the

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most severe and complex needs. It says improvements are being made.

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Cornwall's Mental Health Trtst says people are usually seen within 8

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days and those very unwell `re assessed within seven days `nd soon

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in an emergency. Campaigners say mental health should be givdn a

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higher priority. The governlent on these to look at it in the same way

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as physical health. People need to be able to access mental he`lth

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services much earlier and look at prevention rather than waithng until

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someone is in the equivalent of a diabetic coma before they gdt

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support. Linden is running courses to help others and she agreds there

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is an imbalance. There is a statistics that people may die 0

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years sooner with a mental hllness than those that are well. The

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government has promised equ`l access to mental health care, shorter

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waiting times and more choice. Many want a wider debate.

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Joining me is Doctor Adrian James. Why do you think more peopld are

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seeking help? We expect that at times when the economy is tough

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people are finding it financially tight and there is a higher

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prevalence of anxiety and depression. There is an encouraging

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sign that in the past, becatse of stigma, people are reluctant to talk

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about their mental health problems. The fact that people are coling

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forward means people are talking about it and they have the belief

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that there was something positive that can be done. We have hdard that

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the increase in demand has leant people with extreme cases or having

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to wait longer. There is a call for more action at the beginning to have

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a preventative action. Prevdntion is really important. One of thd things

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that you heard there was th`t people died 15 to 20 years earlier if they

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have a mental health problel. I met with a group of chest physicians on

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looking at how we can do more to help smoking levels amongst people

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with mental health problems. They are much higher. We have to meet the

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needs of users. At the other end, we hold a big conference, Norm`n Lamb

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came down. We had a group of people in the room, people who work in

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services and really importantly engage with people who use services.

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They all signed up to a plan to focus on the crisis services. There

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is this call for it to be on a par with physical illness. Are xou

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seeing steps towards that t`king place? There are some reallx good

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services out there. There is a crisis house in Torbay that helps

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people before they get into the most serious crisis. There are some real

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objective evidence. They should have some focused things. When I meet the

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GPs, they are willing to look at this and they will be doing those

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plans in the next couple of weeks. Thank you very much indeed.

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A 20 year plan to prevent sdrious flooding in Somerset is due to be

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presented to the Government tomorrow. It's been eagerly awaited

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and the BBC has seen a draft of the document. We understand that it

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could cost up to one hundred million pounds to implement ` the qtestion

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is, where will that money come from? It is the first time Betty has been

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back to her flooded home for three weeks. Almost everything here is

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ruined. She has no faith th`t the government will keep to any promises

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it makes to stop this happening again. Do you think they will find

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the money for you? No way. Of course they won't `` of course thex won't.

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It is easy to see why flood victims want action and they want it

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quickly. The draft Somerset flood plan is an enormous wish list. 3

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pages long. It has one big price tag attached to it. To do everything in

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that put report will cost more than ?100 million. Exactly what hs in it?

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Top of the list is dredging and to start with eight kilometres of

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rivers. They want artificial channels leading to the sea

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widened. There is also talk of raising road levels including the

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A361 and roads leading to communities like Muchelney. More

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expensive examples are building a tidal gate here on the edge of

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Bridgwater. That could control the flow of flood water into thd rivers

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and vice versa to produce `` reduce flooding. So many houses, thousands

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of houses are under threat. I think we have got to the stage whdre it is

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a no`brainer. James has become the face of flooding on the levdls. His

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business has been crippled by the worst floods in a century. He says

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the government cannot ignord this report. If they don't do solething

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now and it happens again and it costs millions, if not billhons you

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can't afford to let it happdn. We are told tomorrow the Prime Minister

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will receive the report. People will be hoping his pockets are ddep and

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his heart is pathetic. The Prime Minister today said Parliamdnt would

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get to vote on amending the law which bans hunting with dogs. Some

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upland farmers want to end the current ban on more than two dogs

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being used to flush out foxds because they say attacks on lambs

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have increased. But anti`hunt groups fear that it could lead to the

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repealing of the hunting act by the back door. Responding to Labour MP

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Chris Williamson at Prime Mhnisters' Questions David Cameron said that

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wouldn't be the case. This will properly be a matter for thd House

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of Commons as he will know what has happened is a group of Welsh and

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other members of Parliament have looked at a particular problem of

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pest control in Upland areas of Wales and other parts of thd

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country. They are making a proposal and it will be properly exalined by

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the Department. In the end, the House of Commons will be able to

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decide. A Devon man who was told he was going blind because of ` rare

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genetic condition can now sde again, thanks to a revolutionary ndw

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treatment. Stanford Thompson from Exeter is one of a handful of people

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to undergo gene therapy to help restore his sight. Chris Robinson

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reports. Stanford Thompson was told he would

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lose his eyesight and eventtally go blind. Now he is looking to the

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future. A year ago he underwent a revolutionary treatment which means

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he can see again. It is nothing to the levels it was but it has halted

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the condition and there are improvements. I haven't been able to

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see stars at night for ten xears. Certainly, if I concentrate, I can

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make out stars in the night sky He has a rare genetic condition and has

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undergone a form of gene thdrapy as part of successful trials. Because

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of a faulty gene, sells at the back of his I were dying leaving those

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only in the middle. Doctors injected into his eye and they believe some

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of the cells that they thought were dead have been revitalised `nd have

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improved his vision. One of the men leading the study says it is still

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early days but it can cure darly conditions. It is a very encouraging

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first step. I think this gives us an important new tool to tackld that

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problem. It is hoped more whll be put forward to receive the

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treatment. Still to come in Spotlight tonight: What lies beneath

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the Cornish sand. Work to uncover what may be the oldest Christian

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building in the UK. And how to banish bad spirits into the sea `

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the Lenten tradition in one fishing village.

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People in Topsham are warning their only road in could be entirdly cut

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off unless work is carried out to repair coastal defences. Thd western

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bank of the River Clyst was breached during recent storms, and continues

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to leak at high tide. Emma Ruminski reports.

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This river bank is the only thing holding back the River Clyst but it

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is struggling. It was breached in several places during recent storms

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live in this area vulnerabld during high tides. Saltwater is blowing ``

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flowing into the nature resdrve but it is the nearby road that residents

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are worried about. It has flooded many times. If these are left to

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float, we will be removed rtined down here only able to access our

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properties on a low tide. The existing road will in fact become a

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public causeway. Exeter Citx Council owned the Marsh and they le`se it as

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they nature reserve. They s`y it is uneconomical to repair this area.

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The embankment has been bre`ched in that corner. Rob lives closdst and

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he has already suffered problems. He says the Environment Agency have

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told them they will not be fixing the river bank. We feel there is no

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long`term plan for the site and we feel some work should have been done

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to shore up the wall and we will have some comfort at least. The RSPB

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say many make a visit to thhs area and it is an important habitat. We

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getting salt water into a freshwater system. The birds come over at high

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tide to feed on the system. We don't know what effect it is having and

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we're not yet finding out what will happen. People are also worried

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about their property. Will the Environment Agency fixed thd holes?

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We have a very long list of repairs that need to be carried out. We have

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to prioritise those. We havd to do the work where it is of most benefit

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to people and their houses first. Unfortunately, it looks as hf the

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Marsh may not be high up th`t list. An engineer will report back this

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week to tell and how much the repairs will cost and if thd scheme

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is viable. There is still a possibility that the involvdd

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parties will get together to contribute.

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In the last couple of hours, Exeter City Council has announced ht will

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carry out the repairs. The city council owns the w`ll in

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question and we will go ahe`d and make the necessary repairs `nd get

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the money back from central government. There will be hdavy

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machinery needed and we need to get a workforce in place. We have to get

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on with it as soon as we can to reassure the residence and the

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longer we leave it, the longer it will be to make the repairs.

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A month on from the violent storm which destroyed the line at Dawlish,

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Network Rail has released a time lapse video of the work that's been

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done to re`build the sea wall. These pictures show how shipping

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containers were put in as a temporary breakwater to protect the

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site but even they were swalped during further storms, delaxing the

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repair works. Since then ne`rly 5,000 tonnes of concrete and 15

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tonnes of steel have been used. A team of more than 300 enginders have

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been working around the clock to get the line open again on the fourth of

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April before the Easter holhdays. Meanwhile, as that work continues

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many families still don't know if or when they'll be allowed homd. 1

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households are still living in temporary accommodation. Sophie

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Pierce has been to meet somd of them. All the work is progrdssing

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well, things don't look so good for Shane. He does know when he will be

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able to return home and can only get to his house fire this spechal

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walkway. I can't say anything up. It is not knowing what is going to

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happen, to know how long yot will be out of the house, to no information

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coming in. You are left in limbo. At a local caravan park, Bev Green is

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in a similar position. It is an awkward predicament. Until they get

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the track and all the workings down the front at the way, they can't get

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the immunity is back on properly. Peter is one of the lucky ones. He

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is worried about the future and says the sea wall is weaker here because

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back when the line was built, Brunel had to make concession to a local

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landowner. The wall had to be made considerably lower as the owner of

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the house didn't want to be overlooked. Whatever else you do is

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not going to be sustainable unless you deal with what is cruci`lly the

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weak point. If this engineering work is done to the right specifhcation,

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I am not worried. I am happx to live the rest of my life here. Ndtwork

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Rail says it is aware of thd weakness but its priority is to get

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the line open and look at its resilience as a whole. Meanwhile,

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for the people still living in temporary accommodation, life is in

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limbo. Work to uncover St Piran's Oratory

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is well underway in Cornwall. The ancient church, which may bd the

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oldest Christian building in the UK, was buried in sand to protect it in

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1980. Legend says it was buhlt at the place where St Piran first came

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ashore in Cornwall. Spotlight's David George has made a St Piran's

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Day visit to see the work t`king place.

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Many people still call this the lost church. In amongst the sand dunes,

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the four stone walls and arched doorway on more than 1000 ydars old

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and it is likely the remains of an evil old building a library.

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Volunteers have been helping the archaeologists clear hundreds of

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tonnes of sand by hand. We think there is a piece of stone work that

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is probably earlier than thd retreat in origin that might hint at

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something that is even older than me Oratory. We need to find it and

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see what it says. This is the first time eater 1`macro has been

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excavated. It was covered in a massive concrete shell in 1810. This

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is the lost church. A Spotlhght report and most of the concrete was

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removed in 1980 and the delhcate site to be buried in sand for its

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own protection, they said at the time. The new excavation coles after

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a lengthy campaign to uncovdr the spot where St Piran is said to have

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come ashore. It is known th`t he came over from Ireland. He floated

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and landed on Perranporth bdach Here, he built a little place of

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worship because he wanted to calm the wild peasants of Cornwall. Did

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he succeed? No. When they fhnish, the building will be tempor`rily

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covered until experts decidd on its long`term conservation. The hope is

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it will be open to visitors in the future, perhaps on St Piran's Day.

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We have been talking about pancakes. Now many families will have enjoyed

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a pancake or two last night. We had chicken, bacon and spinach.

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Lemon and sugar for May. We all know that particular tradition on Shrove

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Tuesday, but there's another, you might not know about.

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Yes, it's been going on for generations in Clovelly, it's called

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Lanshard and is said to rid the fishing village of all the bad

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things from the year before. Well this curious custom got unddrway at

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five o'clock last night and our North Devon reporter, Andre` Ormsby,

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was there to see it in action. It is noisy and it is meant to be. This is

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a riot of sound to banish the bad spirits into the sea for Lent

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today. Children tie tin cans to pieces of string or anything metal,

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anything that makes a suitable racket. They have to make as much

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noise as possible. It is sahd that noise scares away the evil spirits

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and the bad things from the previous year. For generations, the children

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of Clovelly have taken part in this curious custom. It was really loud

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and something that goes crazy in your ears. It was scary bec`use if

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someone came in, the cans go over your head if you go too fast. It was

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very fun. Once the cans go hnto the harbour, they are thrown into the

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sea. Don't worry, they are `ll collected again and recycled. This

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tradition has been running hn my family all the years I have lived

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here. My daughter came out from the age of two. Now I am out with my

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granddaughter. I have been doing this for a very long time. Ht is

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something we want to keep going Made the blessing of God Allighty be

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with you all. Well done. Whdn it is all over, that other little

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tradition, a pancake for all the children who took part.

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That is a way to have a pancake A bit of pancake with your crdam!

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David, pancakes in your house? We love pancakes.

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Today, I managed to get somd washing on the line. It didn't end tp in

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south Wales and it was dry by the end of the morning. The fordcast for

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tomorrow is milder. There is some drizzle in the wind. This great

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stripe of cloud is where thd wet weather is. The areas of low

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pressure which we have been getting so used to travelling across

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Greenland and weigh up to the north of Scotland. For us, we havd a ridge

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of high pressure. It is strdtching from Scandinavia down through

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friends and it is that area of high pressure that will be around for the

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next few days. As we move into the weekend, high pressure comes back.

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This was the satellite picttre from earlier today. We have a fahr amount

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of cloud coming in and we dhd have plenty of sunshine. This was

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Cornwall where we had blue sky. We have light winds to start the day.

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It is a different feel comp`red to what we have been used to. Here we

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have seen a little bit of cloud moving in. There is more cloud the

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further inland we have been. In Dartmoor, it has been dry. That

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cloud is thickening and it will produce some outbreaks of r`in. It

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will move through and by dawn we are expecting to see some patchx rain

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and drizzle. Overnight tempdratures not too low. Initially down to four

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Celsius. They will climb back up to around nine Celsius. Tomorrow

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morning, there is a lot of hill fog. This rain is light and patchy and it

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is mostly drizzle coming out of the sky. It does remain with us through

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much of the day. Temperaturds around 11 Celsius. For the Isles of Scilly,

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it is misty and mild. Friday is another cloudy dax but it

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brightens up in the afternoon. Saturday is the better of the two

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days of the week in the high pressure is coming back so there is

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no real rain in the forecast from Thursday onwards. We see sole more

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cloud for Sunday. Next week, it might be even warmer than that.

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I have this image of you hanging the washing out now. That is at `` that

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is it for tonight. We leave you with some of the celebrations taking

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place across Cornwall today. Good night.

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