:00:00. > :00:11.A major shake`up in school funding. On BBC
:00:12. > :00:16.A major shake`up in school funding. The South West could be in line for
:00:17. > :00:20.an extra ?24.5 million. Good evening. It comes after a b`ttle for
:00:21. > :00:24.fairer funding for rural ardas. We'll be looking at how much of a
:00:25. > :00:26.difference it could make to schools here.
:00:27. > :00:29.Also tonight: A safety warnhng for surfers and beach users aftdr the
:00:30. > :00:33.recent storms. Coastguards `re warning that the sand has shifted
:00:34. > :00:39.right around the coast caushng rip currents and dangerous condhtions.
:00:40. > :00:47.And trying to protect the hhstoric steps on Exmoor and stop thdm being
:00:48. > :00:50.washed away. Schools across the region are in
:00:51. > :00:53.line for an extra ?24.7 million next year after the government announced
:00:54. > :00:58.the first stage of a major shake`up in school funding. It follows a long
:00:59. > :01:02.campaign from rural education authorities to get the fundhng
:01:03. > :01:05.formula changed. Today the Government outlined plans for what
:01:06. > :01:08.it said was a fairer funding settlement. The details werd
:01:09. > :01:19.announced by the Schools Minister and Yeovil MP, David Laws.
:01:20. > :01:25.No local authority or school or lose. Around four in ten ardas were
:01:26. > :01:31.again. We are able to delivdr at least using money from our protected
:01:32. > :01:35.school's budget and because of money from the Treasury, so while this is
:01:36. > :01:41.the start of the transition to fairer funding, it is the bhggest
:01:42. > :01:46.step towards fairer school's funding in a decade. I'm joined by our
:01:47. > :01:51.political editor. As I mentioned, there's been
:01:52. > :01:58.campaigning on this for years. Devon has been at the forefront. Hf you
:01:59. > :02:04.look at the league tables, Devon is very near the bottom. Following
:02:05. > :02:12.today's announcement about next year's money, it will gain `nother
:02:13. > :02:21.4.5% in its education budget, and according to the North Devon MP
:02:22. > :02:29.that amounts to almost ?200 per pupil. And will the rest of the
:02:30. > :02:35.South West benefit? Yes. Only a minority will get more monex. Almost
:02:36. > :02:40.everyone else, with the excdption of Torbay, will do. Cornwall and
:02:41. > :02:47.Somerset are all getting more or less 1% more, and Plymouth getting
:02:48. > :02:52.0.4% more, so clearly it is not rural areas. But this is just a one
:02:53. > :02:57.year adjustment before the system is fundamentally changed? Yes. The
:02:58. > :03:02.government announced a constltation on moving towards a new funding
:03:03. > :03:06.beyond next year, and you c`n be sure companies will keep up the
:03:07. > :03:11.pressure on the government to achieve that. The local authority
:03:12. > :03:17.group say today they welcomd this, but they see it as a down p`yment or
:03:18. > :03:21.first step towards a new and bearer system. They do acknowledge that
:03:22. > :03:26.today amounts to a huge step forward.
:03:27. > :03:30.A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fire at
:03:31. > :03:33.a care home in Cornwall. Thd arrest comes six years after the fhre at
:03:34. > :03:36.Rosewyn House Residential Home in Truro. One of the residents.
:03:37. > :03:39.96`year` old Gladys Rowe, dhed several days later in hospital from
:03:40. > :03:44.the effects of breathing in smoke. Eleanor Parkinson reports from
:03:45. > :03:48.outside the home. The fire at this home broke out in
:03:49. > :03:53.one of the resident's rooms in the middle of the night back in November
:03:54. > :03:56.2008. Two of the residents, 96`year`old Gladys Rowe and another
:03:57. > :04:01.woman she shared a room with, had to be rescued from their beds by
:04:02. > :04:05.firemen. Gladys Rowe was taken to hospital but died a week later from
:04:06. > :04:11.the effects of smoke inhalation An inquest into her death wasn't able
:04:12. > :04:15.to conclude how this fire started. Six years on and the police have
:04:16. > :04:19.revealed that they have arrdsted a woman on suspicion of murder in
:04:20. > :04:23.connection with this fire. She hasn't been named but is understood
:04:24. > :04:28.to be 40 and from the Redruth area. She has been released on bahl.
:04:29. > :04:32.Rosewyn House is a privatelx owned care home and caters for up to 0
:04:33. > :04:35.residents. A recent Care Qu`lity Commission inspection rated it as
:04:36. > :04:41.good but said it had some concerns about staff shortages at certain
:04:42. > :04:44.times of the day. We contacted those running this care home for `
:04:45. > :04:51.statement today, but we werd told there would be no comment.
:04:52. > :04:54.For the first time in years the Royal Devon and Exeter Hosphtal has
:04:55. > :04:57.admitted it's having diffictlties with its finances, but has promised
:04:58. > :05:02.there'll be no impact on patient care or any job cuts. The RD is
:05:03. > :05:07.preparing to announce losses of more than ?2.5 million. John Henderson
:05:08. > :05:12.reports. A very busy A department. The most
:05:13. > :05:17.recent figures show that 100,00 people were treated in A `t the
:05:18. > :05:20.Royal Devon and Exeter Hosphtal And it's growing every year But this
:05:21. > :05:33.year the RD is about to m`ke a loss of almost ?3 million.
:05:34. > :05:37.Extra demands from an aging population have combined with a
:05:38. > :05:47.squeeze on income for treathng patients. We have looked at the
:05:48. > :05:53.figures. For our patients, on average we get a less than ht would
:05:54. > :06:00.cost us to treat every patidnt who comes into hospital. So despite
:06:01. > :06:03.saving ?50 million pounds in the last four years, the RD, known
:06:04. > :06:06.nationally and internationally for excellence in specialist ardas, is
:06:07. > :06:14.now being forced to dip into its reserves. The fact they are
:06:15. > :06:20.recognised around the world but treatment is being forced to dip
:06:21. > :06:27.into its reserves as alarms some. It is rolling when eight high`profile
:06:28. > :06:31.hospital has two run this shze deficit to ensure it has to provide
:06:32. > :06:36.its patients with safe care. That says there is something wrong in the
:06:37. > :06:41.system as a whole. The Department of didn't respond but a spokeslan said
:06:42. > :06:45.they are working to make sure it provides good quality care for
:06:46. > :06:49.patients at the same time as balancing its books and over the
:06:50. > :07:06.next five years they will fhnd savings totalling ?80 million. Some
:07:07. > :07:11.219 MPs voted in support of the budget call. It follows the lead of
:07:12. > :07:16.a review into two pilot schdmes helping Gloucestershire which is
:07:17. > :07:20.understood to have found thd numbers of badgers killed fell well short of
:07:21. > :07:24.the target, but the vote won't affect government policy.
:07:25. > :07:27.An inquest has heard how a lan who drank water from a contamin`ted
:07:28. > :07:30.supply in Cornwall was later found to have four times the norm`l level
:07:31. > :07:33.of aluminium in his brain. 60`year`old Richard Gibbons died
:07:34. > :07:36.four years ago. He'd been "fit and healthy" before consuming the
:07:37. > :07:41.poisoned Water, which was mhstakenly supplied to 20,000 homes in
:07:42. > :07:52.Camelford in 1988. A link bdtween his epilepsy and the water could not
:07:53. > :07:55.be proven. Coastguards and the RNLI ard warning
:07:56. > :07:58.that changes to Southwest bdaches caused by the storms have created
:07:59. > :08:01.new dangers. Last week therd were a number of rescues off the North
:08:02. > :08:04.coast of Cornwall as surfers were dragged out to sea by strong rip
:08:05. > :08:06.currents. Spotlights David George reports from Chapel Porth ndar St
:08:07. > :08:11.Agnes. The foggy conditions means we can't
:08:12. > :08:14.see really see much out there today. The storms of the last month have
:08:15. > :08:18.completely changed the profhle of the beach, washing away all of the
:08:19. > :08:27.sand and changing the currents, which have led to at least two
:08:28. > :08:31.rescues in the last few days. The incidents we are getting, pdople are
:08:32. > :08:36.going surfing on their own puite a bit. That is not a great thhng. The
:08:37. > :08:40.rip then caught them out and then dragged them straight out to sea, so
:08:41. > :08:43.they get pulled out through the surf and they're in quite heavy. Once
:08:44. > :08:47.they get pulled deeper down into heavier waves, they are getting more
:08:48. > :08:51.tired, and once they are tired they really are in trouble. We h`ve
:08:52. > :08:54.shallow water here. Chapel Porth photographed yesterday with its new
:08:55. > :09:00.big rip current right in thd centre of the beach. We are seeing some
:09:01. > :09:03.quite deep channels, which causes rip currents. We are seeing sand
:09:04. > :09:06.heaped upon sandbanks, which feed these currents. We are lookhng at
:09:07. > :09:13.some slightly more dramatic environmental issues than wd have
:09:14. > :09:17.had before. It is not just hn the water where the storms have created
:09:18. > :09:20.new dangers. All along the north coasts of Devon and Cornwall the
:09:21. > :09:25.storms have washed away the sand dunes, creating what are effectively
:09:26. > :09:33.sand cliffs. This one here `t Perranporth must be five metres 16
:09:34. > :09:37.feet tall. They are going to be attractive to people to jump off
:09:38. > :09:40.them and dig into. As the s`nd dries up, especially where you have a dune
:09:41. > :09:44.system above it, that sand hs going to pour down, and we have h`d
:09:45. > :09:48.tragic, tragic episodes in the past with people being buried, and we
:09:49. > :09:51.don't want to see a repeat of that. There is concern these new dangers
:09:52. > :09:55.won't be understood by the visitors who will head to the South West
:09:56. > :10:02.coasts for the Easter break in just a few weeks time.
:10:03. > :10:05.Her plight made headlines around the country, as floodwater engulfed her
:10:06. > :10:09.home, and the waters crept higher up her white front door. Carol John's
:10:10. > :10:13.house in East Lyng in Somerset has been under water since Christmas.
:10:14. > :10:17.The rising water forced her, and her family, to move to a hotel hn
:10:18. > :10:24.Taunton. Today she's been b`ck for the first time. Fiona Lamdin was
:10:25. > :10:28.with her. Much of this house has been sitting
:10:29. > :10:33.underwater since Christmas. I was with the family back debris as they
:10:34. > :10:37.were forced to leave. Five weeks on and the last of the water h`s
:10:38. > :10:44.finally drained away. In its place though losing mode, dead rats and a
:10:45. > :10:49.filthy stench. This is the first time I've seen your door not
:10:50. > :10:59.underwater. It is the first time Carol has been back home. This is
:11:00. > :11:10.just awful. You can't believe your whole house has been underw`ter and
:11:11. > :11:18.it has gone like this. Nothhng is salvageable. Water has ended
:11:19. > :11:23.cupboards. It is mouldy and wet I don't know where to look because it
:11:24. > :11:28.is horrendous wherever you go. The water was not then just below the
:11:29. > :11:35.work service at its peak. Shlly things like the kids' hot w`ter
:11:36. > :11:41.bottles. They can't use thel again. It is stupid things like th`t. The
:11:42. > :11:46.fridge has floated six but `cross the kitchen and every look hnside
:11:47. > :11:51.this would be shoved Carol did a month ago, the day before they had
:11:52. > :12:03.to leave, will have to go. Ht has gone off. This is the loungd.
:12:04. > :12:15.Everything has got covered hn water. And now covered in ftngus.
:12:16. > :12:22.The same room a week ago. You can see tide marks going round the
:12:23. > :12:28.walls. For many, this tour was the image of the floods, but behind it
:12:29. > :12:32.lives a family who are starting from scratch again. They are finding that
:12:33. > :12:35.incredibly hard. Coming up next: We'll investigate an
:12:36. > :12:38.inland route for the main r`il line first considered in the 1930s. Plus.
:12:39. > :12:42.Protecting this ancient crossing. Find out what steps are being taken
:12:43. > :12:44.to ensure it isn't washed away And the twins taking on an Arcthc
:12:45. > :12:56.challenge with one foot in the past. This week we're looking at how the
:12:57. > :12:59.railway maps of the past cotld shape a future inland rail line into the
:13:00. > :13:02.region. Rail planners are considering a new route to
:13:03. > :13:08.supplement the Dawlish line. One much`discussed line is an idea from
:13:09. > :13:11.the 30s that was never built. Trains to London would leave Newton Abbot
:13:12. > :13:16.and veer inland, passing north of Teignmouth and Dawlish. Thrde
:13:17. > :13:18.variations were considered. One rejoining today's line at D`wlish
:13:19. > :13:24.Warren, rejoining near Starcross, or rejoining at Exminster. Our business
:13:25. > :13:29.correspondent Neil Gallacher has been finding out more.
:13:30. > :13:34.Travellers can soon enjoy the thrill of the Dawlish mainline oncd again.
:13:35. > :13:39.From the train, it's not necessarily obvious why Brunel chose thhs
:13:40. > :13:44.extraordinary route. Well, landscape forced his hand. He saved a huge
:13:45. > :13:49.amount of tunnelling by darhng to go right along the sea wall. Btt by the
:13:50. > :13:53.30s the Great Western Railw`y had already repaired the line enough to
:13:54. > :13:57.know how problematic this route was. They began drawing new lines on the
:13:58. > :14:00.map Now, unlike the North D`rtmoor route or the Teign Valley, there's
:14:01. > :14:10.no old track bed here, convdniently awaiting re`use. These scheles would
:14:11. > :14:24.take a new railway track in land here somewhere to go behind
:14:25. > :14:30.Dawlish, to rejoin up by thd vestry. `` estuary. And of course ndar the
:14:31. > :14:33.coast there've now been dec`des of development that must be gr`ppled
:14:34. > :14:36.with. If they chose the particular route that heads off towards
:14:37. > :14:39.Exminster, this salvage yard could be in line for compulsory ptrchase.
:14:40. > :14:45.And the owner is currently trying to sell the adjoining house. Wd just
:14:46. > :14:49.refurbished it and it will go on the market soon, so does concern me
:14:50. > :14:54.there may be sent uncertainty over the rail line. It also concdrns me
:14:55. > :14:58.they may have to knock it down to put in the Junction, which would be
:14:59. > :15:01.a shame. But then if the line went a few hundred yards farther to the
:15:02. > :15:05.north this place might stay almost peaceful as it is right now. The
:15:06. > :15:09.1930s scheme is a serious contener to be the inland route that everyone
:15:10. > :15:21.from the Prime Minister down has said we may need. That wonddrful
:15:22. > :15:25.scheme was designed down to the finest culverts, and if any member
:15:26. > :15:29.of Cobra or the Prime Minister can spend time, they need only look at
:15:30. > :15:34.the Tower at the place in Westminster where the other
:15:35. > :15:37.posited. Network Rail have clearly done just that behind the scenes.
:15:38. > :15:41.Their published long list of future options includes all three variants
:15:42. > :15:44.of the scheme from the 30s. Many in South Devon support the so`called
:15:45. > :15:47.Dawlish Avoiding Line, not least as they fear that a new line north of
:15:48. > :15:53.Dartmoor might one day becole the only line. But an inland rotte
:15:54. > :16:03.around here needs more tunndls and wouldn't be cheap. A big ask,
:16:04. > :16:08.because it'll take ten to 14 years to achieve, but potentially is what
:16:09. > :16:16.gave significant time savings with other parts of improving thd South
:16:17. > :16:26.Devon Railway. It wound up hn another part of Devon and possibly
:16:27. > :16:29.call more as well `` won't open But it would guarantee South Devon's
:16:30. > :16:39.rail link, even if the sea wall one day collapsed forever. This could be
:16:40. > :16:44.down the powder room, or cotld be near Dawlish, either way thhs would
:16:45. > :16:48.be the railway to somewhere that doesn't have it, but for a lot of
:16:49. > :16:52.people that is part of the attraction.
:16:53. > :16:55.Tonight's film and the prevhous two, about the Okehampton route `nd the
:16:56. > :17:00.old Teign Valley line, can now all be seen on our Facebook pagd.
:17:01. > :17:05.A treasure trove of work by Cornish artists has been discovered in one
:17:06. > :17:07.of the oldest galleries in St Ives. The paintings and sculptures were
:17:08. > :17:12.unearthed during refurbishmdnt work at the Penwith Gallery. Spotlight's
:17:13. > :17:28.John Danks has been for a special viewing. This was a space which was
:17:29. > :17:35.a store room. We came here to clear it out. There were still pahntings
:17:36. > :17:40.all the way of to the Windows. It just looked like there were lots of
:17:41. > :17:46.paintings. It needed collecting by people who have left things behind.
:17:47. > :17:51.Nobody realise what could bd there. In taking each individual work out,
:17:52. > :17:54.we found some incredible artworks from potentially back into the
:17:55. > :17:58.1960s. Among the dozen or so works of art
:17:59. > :18:07.was this painting by Penzance born Alethea Garstin. I don't know if she
:18:08. > :18:15.was a member here, but I thhnk she was in a society. Her father Norman
:18:16. > :18:20.belonged to a society as well. Some artist can be precious and they can
:18:21. > :18:24.have work exhibited. They c`n forget about it. We found other works from
:18:25. > :18:30.artists who are still around and I been ringing around, saying we have
:18:31. > :18:35.found your work. They were saying, oh, that is where it is. Whhle the
:18:36. > :18:38.art work has been taken awax for safekeeping and to be valued, the
:18:39. > :18:41.new findings have piqued thd interest of local artists. Because
:18:42. > :18:52.it wasn't just paintings th`t were discovered. This goes back 40
:18:53. > :18:58.years. Their between differdnt paintings, old programme notes and
:18:59. > :19:01.various posters. I find that fascinating. This photograph of
:19:02. > :19:04.sculptor Barbara Hepworth, ` founder member of the Penwith Society of
:19:05. > :19:08.Artists, was also discovered. The gallery is due to reopen in the
:19:09. > :19:16.spring and that's when some of the store room treasures will fhnally be
:19:17. > :19:19.revealed. A pair of identical twins from the
:19:20. > :19:22.South West are preparing thdmselves to explore the arctic, one dressed
:19:23. > :19:25.in modern protective clothing, the other in the sort of gear worn by
:19:26. > :19:31.polar explorer Sir Ernest Shakleton 100 years ago. Hugo and Ross Turner,
:19:32. > :19:37.from Christow in Devon, are hiking 340 miles across the polar hce caps
:19:38. > :19:44.to raise money for spinal rdsearch. Our South Devon reporter John Ayres
:19:45. > :19:48.has been to meet them. If I was brave enough to do this, I
:19:49. > :19:53.know which gear I would choose. Being trends makes it easy to
:19:54. > :20:00.compared new were bald. He will wear the old clothing? I don't know. I
:20:01. > :20:04.would like to have a go. It would be an honour to be one of only a
:20:05. > :20:11.handful of people to wear this. I put myself forward. It is ehther
:20:12. > :20:16.this or that. Hugo putting on the modern gear, fractured his neck when
:20:17. > :20:22.he was 17. He had surgery and was millimetres away the coming
:20:23. > :20:30.disabled. They put a Cajun `nd put bone grafts in as well. I h`d
:20:31. > :20:36.infusion as well `` cage in. I'm quite stiff in the neck. Thdy are
:20:37. > :20:41.raising money for spinal research. Their father Nick, and Engl`nd under
:20:42. > :20:45.23 's rugby player, had his career cut short by the same injurx. Being
:20:46. > :20:53.twins mean they are setting new records and this trip allows an
:20:54. > :21:00.accurate comparison between then and now. We are comparing old and new
:21:01. > :21:07.and seeing what the difference is. How hard was it one Explorer 10
:21:08. > :21:13.years ago? This has caught the attention of Kenneth Branagh. Good
:21:14. > :21:18.luck you, good luck Ross. Wd will be following you and willing you on. It
:21:19. > :21:25.is not the first time they `re taken on an adventure like this. Two years
:21:26. > :21:29.ago they were in the Atlanthc. I could be moving and it was ` massive
:21:30. > :21:38.encouragement. I could have been watching at home in a wheelchair. It
:21:39. > :21:50.was really tough but it was the best thing I have done. Training awaits
:21:51. > :21:54.them in Norway. Efforts are being stepped up to
:21:55. > :21:57.protect one of the region's most historic sites. Tarr Steps on
:21:58. > :22:00.Exmoor, which are said to d`te back around 3000 years, were washed away
:22:01. > :22:08.by a swollen river following torrential rain 15 months ago. Now,
:22:09. > :22:11.trees along the river bank, which could be washed downstream `nd
:22:12. > :22:26.damage the clapper bridge, `re being removed. Hamish Marshall reports.
:22:27. > :22:32.They have helped people across the hundreds of years. User project down
:22:33. > :22:36.missiles and some weighed up to turn on more, and when they came
:22:37. > :22:39.downstream where of force, xou can see the size of some of these
:22:40. > :22:47.stones. If you can imagine, the whole thing was wrecked. Thd wire on
:22:48. > :22:52.this device is strong enough to pull ships, but it was broken in 201 , is
:22:53. > :22:57.another plan is to stop somd of the trees getting into the river in the
:22:58. > :23:04.first place. The area has bden marked and dozens of trees, which
:23:05. > :23:08.could be a danger, are being felled. Others are being retained. We have
:23:09. > :23:12.to be careful not to remove those features which are doing good. We
:23:13. > :23:17.have to keep an eye on this thing and make sure it is not
:23:18. > :23:22.deteriorating and becoming ` risk in the future. On the other side there
:23:23. > :23:26.are things? You can see this tree which has come down in the storms.
:23:27. > :23:33.You can imagine a situation where water levels rise, that could move
:23:34. > :23:39.and cause damage to the steps downstream. The power of th`t water
:23:40. > :23:50.is crazy. This is a listed building, so the Exmouth totrism
:23:51. > :23:53.industry is intrigued. They recognise what needs to be done and
:23:54. > :24:00.at the same time the looking after the woodlands. It is not as simple
:24:01. > :24:05.as saying we can cut down every tree. These trees have been here for
:24:06. > :24:10.more than five years. They have survived a torrent of 2012. Not only
:24:11. > :24:14.do they stay in place, but they ensure that the ecological balance
:24:15. > :24:27.of the river is there. The `rea will remain open as the work goes on
:24:28. > :24:35.What a stunning part. Fine weather again. Will it continue? Thdre is
:24:36. > :24:38.dry weather now. There is a difference in temperature bdtween
:24:39. > :24:52.those of had the sunshine and those who've had and fog. This is a
:24:53. > :24:57.picture sent by Graham. Lands End was just shy of 16 degrees. That
:24:58. > :25:04.shows you the contrast. That is the warmest day of the year along the
:25:05. > :25:07.south coast. The forecast for tomorrow will be a similar problem.
:25:08. > :25:11.We have some areas in the mhst and fog stick around all day, ghven a
:25:12. > :25:18.cold day, others seeing the sunshine. Where that happens it will
:25:19. > :25:22.feel warm. Not a great deal of change in the weather pattern. We
:25:23. > :25:27.still have a high pressure pattern involved. We still have the risk of
:25:28. > :25:31.fog as well. More fog than we saw last night. This warning covers the
:25:32. > :25:36.whole of the south`west of Dngland. Most of the action and weather
:25:37. > :25:40.fronts are a long way from ts. We still have a high pressure hn
:25:41. > :25:43.charge. It moves slowly back into the Atlantic as we head into the
:25:44. > :25:49.weekend. That gives a changd of wind direction. There is less of a
:25:50. > :25:53.problem of mist and fog, and we won't see that temperatures we have
:25:54. > :25:57.been used to in the sunshind. That was a satellite picture frol earlier
:25:58. > :26:01.today. There are still strands of fog through the English Channel
:26:02. > :26:07.still some creeping into Lands End and West Cornwall. All of us, after
:26:08. > :26:13.some clear sky, will see th`t mist and fog become more extensive and
:26:14. > :26:17.very thick in places too. Some awful driving conditions tomorrow morning.
:26:18. > :26:21.There is also the possibility of some frost, so some of the fog will
:26:22. > :26:34.be freezing fog tomorrow. Some very and misty, and that cloud whll be
:26:35. > :26:40.stubborn to remove. Part of South Cornwall, the southern half of Devon
:26:41. > :26:51.Macy Sunny spells, with top temperatures of 10 degrees `` may
:26:52. > :27:07.see Sunny spells. It is a north`west winds setting in tomorrow. These are
:27:08. > :27:13.the times of high water. Thdre is a coastal waters. There is a change in
:27:14. > :27:28.the wind direction. It will become west or north westerly, forced
:27:29. > :27:37.three. Sunday will be cloudx and cooler. That is it from us. You can
:27:38. > :27:43.watch our special report on the future of the rail line in the
:27:44. > :27:47.south`west on our Facebook page and we will be back at 6:30am tomorrow.