:00:00. > :00:11.Good afternoon. Fire crews are overtake them with a large
:00:12. > :00:13.Good afternoon. Fire crews are working with rail contractors at
:00:14. > :00:16.Dawlish to force a controlled landslide of around 350,000 tonnes
:00:17. > :00:21.of soil and rock above the mainline railway. Devon and Somerset Fire and
:00:22. > :00:24.Rescue were contacted by Network Rail yesterday afternoon after fears
:00:25. > :00:30.a section of line was too dangerous to work on because of the risk of
:00:31. > :00:34.collapse. It could take up to seven days to complete to task.
:00:35. > :00:37.Hundreds of people lined the streets of Exeter this morning, as the crew
:00:38. > :00:40.of HMS Defender were granted the Freedom of the City. The
:00:41. > :00:44.state`of`the`art Type 45 destroyer was given the honour, following the
:00:45. > :00:53.decommissioning of HMS Exeter. Emma Ruminski reports.
:00:54. > :00:55.In 2009, HMS Exeter was decommissioned and now the city is
:00:56. > :01:05.embarking on affiliation with a new ship. The commander from that ship
:01:06. > :01:08.joins me now. How do you feel about being given the Freedom of the City?
:01:09. > :01:12.We are really honoured, we are proud of our links with the city and today
:01:13. > :01:15.is a huge honour for us. How does HMS Defender differ from HMS Exeter?
:01:16. > :01:18.HMS Defender is a brand`new warship capable of meeting today's needs
:01:19. > :01:21.anywhere around the world. She is manned by 200 highly`trained men and
:01:22. > :01:26.women, she's about twice as big as HMS Exeter and she will be in
:01:27. > :01:29.service for about the next 30 years. The crew of HMS Defender have
:01:30. > :01:32.already started helping out in the city, they have been raising money
:01:33. > :01:40.for local charities and that money will be given to the Lord Mayor
:01:41. > :01:44.later today at a civil function. There are calls for a cut in VAT to
:01:45. > :01:46.help the tourism industry in the south west ahead of next week's
:01:47. > :01:49.Budget. Figures show hundreds of millions of pounds goes to the
:01:50. > :01:53.Treasury from taxes on tourism`related activity in the
:01:54. > :01:56.region. It comes as the idea of a ?1 a night tourist tax has been
:01:57. > :02:03.suggested as one way for councils to get some extra cash. But one Cornish
:02:04. > :02:06.hotelier isn't convinced. We are in a time of public cuts and more tax
:02:07. > :02:11.and demand so I think it doesn't sound like a lot of pound, does it,
:02:12. > :02:14.but I think it is the straw that would break the camel's back at a
:02:15. > :02:19.time when we are all trying to recover from a difficult recession.
:02:20. > :02:22.And you can hear the full story on Sunday Politics tomorrow from 11am
:02:23. > :02:25.here on BBC One. The last commercial flight between
:02:26. > :02:29.Guernsey and Jersey on a Trislander aircraft takes off today. The
:02:30. > :02:34.aeroplane, first used by the company Aurigny in 1971, has connected the
:02:35. > :02:37.Channel Islands for over 40 years. The Trislanders are gradually being
:02:38. > :02:40.phased out after Aurigny and rival carrier Blue Islands announced they
:02:41. > :02:51.were to merge on the route to save costs. Let's take a look at what the
:02:52. > :02:59.weather has in store for the weekend. Some of us started the day
:03:00. > :03:04.on a grey note but now the skies have brightened beautifully and for
:03:05. > :03:07.many of us might it will be the story of lengthy sunny spells for
:03:08. > :03:13.the rest of the day. We may see some cloud plaguing parts of Cornwall and
:03:14. > :03:20.the Isles of Scilly at times. We could see up to 17 degrees in parts
:03:21. > :03:24.of Dorset or Devon. We had into the evening and there will be variable
:03:25. > :03:29.amounts of cloud, but the breeze should stop things from getting too
:03:30. > :03:33.cold. It will be a frost free night. Tomorrow we may see some
:03:34. > :03:37.early brightness but cloud will thicken through the day, and we
:03:38. > :03:41.could even see some patchy rain. Have a lovely afternoon.
:03:42. > :03:46.You can keep up`to`date with all of the sporting action this afternoon
:03:47. > :03:59.over on your BBC local radio station. We will be back a bit later
:04:00. > :04:10.than planned at 7:10pm tonight, that's because of the rugby, and
:04:11. > :04:14.Following on from what has been largely dry and settled week with
:04:15. > :04:17.high pressure in charge, the weekend weather continues on that theme,
:04:18. > :04:22.too. Things are looking largely dry, not everywhere, but there will
:04:23. > :04:25.be some warm sunshine on offer, particularly through the afternoons.
:04:26. > :04:31.It will be feeling fairly breezy as well. The satellite image shows the
:04:32. > :04:35.cloud has been thinning and breaking this morning, across Northern
:04:36. > :04:38.Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In terms of the Six Nations
:04:39. > :04:45.rugby matches today, it should stay dry for all the matches. Cloudy
:04:46. > :04:49.skies in Paris, but it should tend to brighten up as we head through
:04:50. > :04:53.the remainder of the afternoon. This afternoon, quite a breeze blowing in
:04:54. > :04:57.from the West. That bree is helping to break up the clouds. Sunshine
:04:58. > :05:00.developing for Northern Ireland, much of England and Wales, apart
:05:01. > :05:03.from the far north of England, where we are holding onto a bit more
:05:04. > :05:05.cloud. A weather