:00:00. > 3:59:59for the first time spotter planes find debris. That's all from the BBC
:00:00. > :00:24.News at Six so find debris. That's all from the BBC
:00:25. > :00:40.Tonight on Spotlight: Behind with their rent and facing
:00:41. > :00:44.eviction. I was desperate to get out of my home. I knew others ndeded an.
:00:45. > :00:47.We will look at the effect of the changes to housing benefit. One year
:00:48. > :00:51.on, many people are strugglhng to pay for spare rooms or downsize to a
:00:52. > :00:54.smaller home. We'll also have reaction from the Government which
:00:55. > :00:56.says the policy is helping to match the right people with the rhght
:00:57. > :01:00.homes. How one area is scrapping ydllow
:01:01. > :01:03.lines to make way for free parking. We need to lower the cost of parking
:01:04. > :01:05.to make it better for peopld who want to shop here.
:01:06. > :01:09.One man's lifelong obsession with cars ` now turned into this.
:01:10. > :01:28.And join us on a step back hn time for a special broadcasting birthday.
:01:29. > :01:32.We will also New figures obtained by the BBC show
:01:33. > :01:35.the true impact on the south west of housing benefit changes introduced a
:01:36. > :01:38.year ago. Thousands of tenants have been affected. Between 5% and 1 % of
:01:39. > :01:41.those have moved to smaller properties. But many have stayed in
:01:42. > :01:45.their homes and gone into rdnt arrears. In one part of the region,
:01:46. > :01:48.as many as 20% of households affected by the changes fell behind
:01:49. > :01:55.with their rent. Of those, lore than 50% were served with eviction
:01:56. > :01:59.notices. It might be a small place, but this
:02:00. > :02:03.one`bedroom flat in Padstow is affordable for the woman who lives
:02:04. > :02:06.here with her daughter and her dog. When changes to housing bendfit
:02:07. > :02:10.began a year ago, she found herself unable to meet the extra ?17 a week
:02:11. > :02:13.on a three`bedroom house. She started to get into arrears. She
:02:14. > :02:22.wanted to move. It took nind months altogether for me to find this
:02:23. > :02:27.place. It was a struggle to find somewhere, to be honest. Like I
:02:28. > :02:30.said, I was desperate to get out of the three`bedroom house bec`use I
:02:31. > :02:34.knew our families out there that needed it more than I did. The
:02:35. > :02:37.bedroom tax was partly designed to free up larger houses. BBC research
:02:38. > :02:40.reveals this was one of the lucky ones. Just five percent of 0200
:02:41. > :02:43.Cornwall tenants affected bx the change have moved. Across the
:02:44. > :02:54.region, five percent of affdcted tenants have moved in East Devon. In
:02:55. > :02:59.Taunton and Segmore, 10%. Often the properties are just not avahlable.
:03:00. > :03:04.We have a lot of pressure so we need to make best use of the stock. This
:03:05. > :03:07.is putting a lot of pressurd on people to move into properthes that
:03:08. > :03:11.are just not available. If we had availability, it would be a lot
:03:12. > :03:15.easier. But it obviously makes sense to pick best use of what we have
:03:16. > :03:23.got., Posing as well for advisers helping tenants affected by the
:03:24. > :03:26.reform. 400 are in arrears that were not when the changes were brought in
:03:27. > :03:33.a year ago. There have been ten evictions. It makes you feel really
:03:34. > :03:36.down at the end of the day. I must admit, I hit rock bottom. The
:03:37. > :03:39.government says the changes will save the taxpayer ?1 million a day.
:03:40. > :03:43.It also says around 300,000 people are living in overcrowded homes in
:03:44. > :03:48.the social sector and insists the reform is on track to changd this.
:03:49. > :03:51.Our Political Editor has bedn following the story and joins me
:03:52. > :03:59.now. What is the government saying about these figures?
:04:00. > :04:03.This continues to be controversial. There are actually two hugely
:04:04. > :04:13.sensitive issues bound up together in this. Trying to cut the welfare
:04:14. > :04:17.budget, but how you decide who is undeserving of welfare paymdnts is
:04:18. > :04:19.contentious. Also, the other issue of this policy being used to
:04:20. > :04:29.alleviate the affordable hotsing crisis. Huge problem in this region.
:04:30. > :04:33.The political opposition to this is extremely wide`ranging. Labour see
:04:34. > :04:40.if they get him they will abolish what they call the bedroom tax. The
:04:41. > :04:46.Liberal Democrats don't likd it Most recently, criticism cale from
:04:47. > :04:51.Lord Tebbit who said it has not well fought through and will cost the
:04:52. > :04:58.party votes. He is not somebody who is known for being soft on
:04:59. > :05:01.undeserving benefits claimants. Love them or loathe them, they are
:05:02. > :05:07.there for a reason. But shotld they go altogether? I am talking about
:05:08. > :05:10.double yellow lines. The Maxor of Torbay certainly thinks so. He is
:05:11. > :05:13.creating around 300 free parking spaces by getting rid of yellow
:05:14. > :05:17.lines and other restrictions. But will it work and should it be
:05:18. > :05:19.followed by towns and cities across the region?
:05:20. > :05:27.Magdalen Road near the centre of Torquay. One of the roads where
:05:28. > :05:33.yellow lines could be scrapped, creating more free parking spaces.
:05:34. > :05:36.With this street, it's a ond`way street and there is unrestrhcted
:05:37. > :05:39.parking on the left, yet tiled parking on the right`hand shde. We
:05:40. > :05:46.are removing the restrictions who will be effectively unrestrhcted
:05:47. > :05:49.parking. 24 streets across the bay having parking restrictions lifted.
:05:50. > :05:52.Here in Paignton, summertimd restrictions will be axed, leaning
:05:53. > :05:55.residents will be able to p`rk outside their homes all year round.
:05:56. > :05:59.There's no reason why we can't have the free parking down here `ll year
:06:00. > :06:04.round. Doesn't make a difference to anyone. And the thing is, if you
:06:05. > :06:14.want people to keep using the town centre, they've got to have
:06:15. > :06:18.somewhere nearby. If they kdep permiting it and moving us further
:06:19. > :06:22.and further away, no one is going to use the town centre and it hs dying
:06:23. > :06:26.already. Traders in the town centre agree. They say getting rid of a few
:06:27. > :06:29.yellow lines is all very well, but much more radical action is needed
:06:30. > :06:34.to encourage people back. You see people come in, they will not pay. I
:06:35. > :06:39.have seen them walk off. Th`t is sad. We need more free parkhng
:06:40. > :06:46.spaces to allow people to come in and park. We really need to lower
:06:47. > :06:49.the cost of the parking to lake it better for people to shop who want
:06:50. > :06:53.to come and shop here. We are looking at the pricing structures of
:06:54. > :06:56.parking. It is not my portfolio but we have been through the figures
:06:57. > :06:59.were looking to reduce the parking for the shorter periods. So
:07:00. > :07:02.hopefully it should benefit these town centres. Getting rid of yellow
:07:03. > :07:06.lines is bound to be popular. But some are criticising the pl`n which
:07:07. > :07:12.will cost ?11,000. The Greens say the money would be better spent on
:07:13. > :07:15.public transport. And here at Spotlight, we would love
:07:16. > :07:19.to hear what you think about that. You can get in touch with us by
:07:20. > :07:29.email, Twitter, or Facebook. Please leave a contact phone number or
:07:30. > :07:33.e`mail address. A hail storm and poor visibhlity may
:07:34. > :07:48.have been possible factors hn a 24 car crash in this morning's rush
:07:49. > :07:51.hour in South Devon. Police say at least three people were takdn to
:07:52. > :07:54.hospital after the accident on the A380 at Ideford Dip heading towards
:07:55. > :07:58.Newton Abbot. A number of other people were treated at the scene. In
:07:59. > :08:01.a separate accident, a car hit the central reservation of the @38
:08:02. > :08:03.westbound between Harcombe Bends and Chudleigh. There were long tailbacks
:08:04. > :08:06.on both routes. A 260 foot cargo ship has bden
:08:07. > :08:10.refloated after running aground at Shaldon. The vessel was tryhng to
:08:11. > :08:14.get into the harbour but ended up on the beach instead. It had to be
:08:15. > :08:17.pulled off by a tug last night. The ship is now docked at Teignlouth.
:08:18. > :08:20.A 39`year`old man has appeared before magistrates accused of
:08:21. > :08:23.carrying out a bank raid in Exeter. Justin Bracken`Lee from Arc`de Road
:08:24. > :08:26.in Ilfracombe will appear again before Exeter Crown Court ndxt week.
:08:27. > :08:30.He is alleged to have stolen ?3 000 from the Nat West in Exeter High
:08:31. > :08:33.Street on Monday. The long`awaited dredging of rivers
:08:34. > :08:37.on the Somerset Levels is fhnally due to start on Monday. The
:08:38. > :08:41.equipment is already in place, ready to drag tonnes of silt out of the
:08:42. > :08:44.rivers so they can take a greater amount of rainwater in the future.
:08:45. > :08:48.It is a remarkable victory for local people who have been told in the
:08:49. > :08:54.past that dredging is undeshrable and unaffordable. And there will be
:08:55. > :08:57.a special report in our latd news at 10:25pm.
:08:58. > :08:59.A new lifeline has been set up to help armed service personnel,
:09:00. > :09:03.veterans and their families across the south west. The specialhst
:09:04. > :09:06.centre in Plymouth is one of the first of a nationwide network that
:09:07. > :09:09.will help ex servicemen and women to get vital support after lifd on the
:09:10. > :09:14.front line. Spotlight's Defdnce Reporter has the details.
:09:15. > :09:28.Mike Jarvis spent four and ` half years serving his country in the
:09:29. > :09:32.Royal Navy. He saw action in the Gulf in Bosnia, but his biggest
:09:33. > :09:35.battle came in Civvy Street after the breakdown of relationshhp left
:09:36. > :09:38.him homeless on the streets of Plymouth. I was depressed. H had no
:09:39. > :09:42.self`esteem, no self`worth, no value. The only thing that gave me a
:09:43. > :09:51.sense of self`worth was my xears of service. That enabled him to get
:09:52. > :09:55.some hel. The Royal British Legion paid the deposit the first lonth 's
:09:56. > :10:01.rent on this flat, a home of his own. The help from the Royal British
:10:02. > :10:05.Legion has taken me from my lowest point to back where I should be I
:10:06. > :10:20.am working to pay my own bills. It is sustainable. Mike wanted to give
:10:21. > :10:24.something back. He is now one of the volunteers who will be helphng out
:10:25. > :10:27.at this new pop`in Centre in Plymouth. It is the first in the
:10:28. > :10:32.South West and will cover Ddvon and Cornwall. We have a lot of people
:10:33. > :10:36.who have had bad effects from recent conflicts and need help when they
:10:37. > :10:40.leave the Armed Forces. This is one of the places where they can get
:10:41. > :10:42.that help. The campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, alongside redundancies
:10:43. > :10:48.after various spending revidws, mean demands on these services are
:10:49. > :10:51.greater than ever. This shotld help more service personnel, vetdrans and
:10:52. > :11:04.their families to get the hdlp they need. Now we have a focal point on
:11:05. > :11:07.the High Street where peopld can find us and we are providing a range
:11:08. > :11:10.of outreach supports. We're getting best value from the money r`ised
:11:11. > :11:21.from the Poppy Appeal. This centre opens on Monday. It will be one of
:11:22. > :11:25.16 across the UK. Still to come in Spotlight tonight:
:11:26. > :11:35.a big weekend ahead for South West sport. Dave has all the latdst on
:11:36. > :11:41.tomorrow's big local rugby derby. This weekend, we finally get some
:11:42. > :11:45.dry weather. Temperatures are on the rise. Full forecasts coming later.
:11:46. > :11:48.The long and fascinating history of Penzance is being celebrated as the
:11:49. > :11:52.Cornish town marks its 400th anniversary. It was in 1614 that the
:11:53. > :11:59.town gained its Royal Chartdr from James the First. A special
:12:00. > :12:09.exhibition is now looking at the town's earliest origins to
:12:10. > :12:11.significant events in living memory. Penzance started life as an
:12:12. > :12:22.important trading post and fishing port. The Romans exported tdn From
:12:23. > :12:27.St Michael's Mount. They had ambitions for this to becomd a
:12:28. > :12:31.borough. But they were invaded by higher its. Many buildings were
:12:32. > :12:46.bound to the ground. We tended to get burnt down! We were verx
:12:47. > :12:54.hospitable to pirates. After that, they had powers to levy taxds and so
:12:55. > :12:58.on. It to limited the town. In the 17th century, it became a coinage
:12:59. > :13:07.town. There was a large Jewhsh community. The market Street has not
:13:08. > :13:11.changed that much. In the 18th century, the Railway opened up
:13:12. > :13:15.Cornwall to artists and vishtors. Railway companies were in
:13:16. > :13:23.competition with each other to design the best poster. Thex were
:13:24. > :13:26.telling people that was a place that was cool in the summer and warm in
:13:27. > :13:37.the winter. They could come here for golf, for fishing... Of course there
:13:38. > :13:42.is not all these fine weathdr. This was earlier this year. This famous
:13:43. > :13:45.painting was hidden away for many years because the council dhdn't
:13:46. > :13:53.want Penzance associated with bad weather. This exhibition runs until
:13:54. > :13:58.June. There are also plans for many other events to mark the town's
:13:59. > :14:05.important anniversary. It is a big weekend for South West
:14:06. > :14:08.sport. Today, Dave has been to Brickfields, the venue for tomorrows
:14:09. > :14:13.rugby clash between cross T`mar rivals Plymouth Albion and the
:14:14. > :14:17.Cornish Pirates. Here at the Brickfields, we will
:14:18. > :14:20.find out tomorrow who will be find the flag for Southwest rugbx in the
:14:21. > :14:24.championship. Plymouth Albion or the Cornish Pirates? The Pirates have
:14:25. > :14:33.struck first blood already by beating them on Boxing Day.
:14:34. > :14:36.Yeovil Town face the biggest match of the football season against
:14:37. > :14:42.Barnsley whom they must beat if they have any chance of escaping the
:14:43. > :14:46.drop. Both teams are on 32 points in the bottom three. The winners will
:14:47. > :14:51.be looking upwards while thd losers will be in it up to their ndcks If
:14:52. > :14:55.we can get an enthusiastic `nd supportive crowd behind us, than
:14:56. > :14:58.that will give us a massive bonus on match day. It has to be likd the
:14:59. > :15:01.Sheffield United play`off g`me. If our supporters can recreate that, we
:15:02. > :15:05.have every chance. Time is running out for Torpuay
:15:06. > :15:12.United at the bottom of league two. Non`league football is loomhng with
:15:13. > :15:20.only seven games remaining. Tomorrow, they face a tough fixture
:15:21. > :15:25.at Southend. Exeter City are seven points away
:15:26. > :15:36.from danger. They could improve their standing by beating Accrington
:15:37. > :15:44.Stanley at St James Park. Moving to rugby and Exeter look to
:15:45. > :15:47.complete a double over Gloucester. With five games left, they still
:15:48. > :15:49.harbour hopes of finishing hn the top six.
:15:50. > :15:53.Here, Plymouth Albion look to beat their local rivals for the first
:15:54. > :16:08.time since 2009. They played on Boxing Day. Jack Andrew got the try.
:16:09. > :16:20.There will be coverage on local radio throughout the day.
:16:21. > :16:23.An Exmouth teenager could rtle the world in badminton next week. Ben
:16:24. > :16:26.Lane has just returned from the European under 17 championships with
:16:27. > :16:30.two gold medals. He is now targeting the world under 19 title.
:16:31. > :16:35.He is just 16 years old. But he is ready to take on the world. Ben Lane
:16:36. > :16:40.is now European Badminton 's top doubles player for his age. Now he
:16:41. > :16:43.is aiming to make it on a global stage. He has worked hard on his
:16:44. > :16:47.fitness. That has shown bec`use in the last couple of weeks ovdr the
:16:48. > :17:00.Europeans, he played a lot of team and individual matches. I don't
:17:01. > :17:04.think he would have been able to have done that if he hadn't improved
:17:05. > :17:08.his fitness to such a high level. Not only does that mean mord time on
:17:09. > :17:12.court, but also more time hdre in the gym. He is putting in hours
:17:13. > :17:15.ahead of this weekend 's national championships, before jetting off to
:17:16. > :17:19.Malaysia early next week. Mx main goal is to see where I am against
:17:20. > :17:22.all the Asian players. The @sian and European players are at a totally
:17:23. > :17:33.different level over there. I just have to see where I am. With
:17:34. > :17:41.ambition like that, who's to say that Ben Lane can't be a big star of
:17:42. > :17:45.badminton for years to come? Finally from me, Exeter College are
:17:46. > :17:47.playing in the final of the under 18s competition tomorrow. Exeter
:17:48. > :17:50.must overcome Trent College from Nottingham to lift the trophy. Best
:17:51. > :17:52.of luck to them. All your football and rugby
:17:53. > :17:56.throughout Saturday afternoon will be on your local radio.
:17:57. > :18:00.It all began nearly 30 years ago as one man's obsession with cars. Today
:18:01. > :18:04.the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset hosts one of the UK's biggest
:18:05. > :18:08.collection of classic cars ` 40 in total. Now it is about to open its
:18:09. > :18:11.doors after a multi million pound make over. Our Somerset
:18:12. > :18:16.Correspondent has been to t`ke a look and get behind the whedl of one
:18:17. > :18:21.of the rare exhibits. The ultimate boy's toy. A p`rty of
:18:22. > :18:28.schoolchildren getting their hands on a little bit of motoring history
:18:29. > :18:33.today. Any more space in thd back?! Now, history has a new 21st`century
:18:34. > :18:45.home. Which has been two ye`rs in the making and cost more th`n ?
:18:46. > :18:49.million. How times have changed When it all started in 1985, there
:18:50. > :18:52.were just 33 cars. The priv`te collection of John Haynes, that s
:18:53. > :18:56.the man behind the famous motoring manuals. He would readily admit an
:18:57. > :19:04.indulgent obsession. Music.
:19:05. > :19:08.That obsession has certainlx grown. 400 cars now from classic pheces of
:19:09. > :19:15.history to supercars. And how about this? If you were super`rich and
:19:16. > :19:28.American back in the 1930s, this is what you had. A Duesenberg. Today,
:19:29. > :19:32.the boss of this collection is John's son, Mark Haynes. If you had
:19:33. > :19:36.to pick your favourite, what would it be? This Duesenberg is a
:19:37. > :19:42.magnificent American motor car. It is worth a few bob? Our most
:19:43. > :19:52.valuable car. If I offered xou one million, would you take it? No. Two
:19:53. > :19:55.million? Probably not. I give up! This afternoon, they were preparing
:19:56. > :20:02.a new hall. Moving some exhhbits ahead of the grand opening next
:20:03. > :20:05.month. Welcome to our new and unopened mini hall. And putting the
:20:06. > :20:11.finishing touches to an exhhbition dedicated to the Great Brithsh
:20:12. > :20:15.favourite. One of the uniqud things about this museum is that some of
:20:16. > :20:18.the cars are actually taxed and insured, which means... You can
:20:19. > :20:29.actually drive them on the road See you in a couple of weeks. Goodbye!
:20:30. > :20:33.Drive carefully! It is a big birthday today for radio
:20:34. > :20:41.broadcasting in the south wdst. Justin has been doing some time
:20:42. > :20:48.travel and joins us from 1924. It was for this studio that the
:20:49. > :20:58.British broadcasting Companx first trip to the air from the Sotth West.
:20:59. > :21:02.In 1924, all years were on this run. Listeners that evening heard a
:21:03. > :21:08.concert from the Guildhall hn Plymouth and speeches from the Lord
:21:09. > :21:11.Mayor and John Rees, the managing director of the BBC. Our reporter
:21:12. > :21:18.has been taking a look at how it all started for the BBC in South West.
:21:19. > :21:26.These were the forefathers of BBC South West. 90 years ago thhs
:21:27. > :21:35.evening, BBC Radio station began its first broadcast from Plymouth. The
:21:36. > :21:42.Royal Marine band played live across the airwaves. Over the years, radio
:21:43. > :21:49.programmes featured work from celebrities such as George Bernard
:21:50. > :21:59.Shaw. He gave his first radho interview in 19 34. This chhldren's
:22:00. > :22:07.programme was very popular. There would be an opening chorus. The
:22:08. > :22:14.station director who and his assistant would sing a duet. Then
:22:15. > :22:21.there would be my reading. H remember reading Black beauty and
:22:22. > :22:27.crying over it. The children also cried. BBC staff moved out of the
:22:28. > :22:38.city to the suburbs with thd outbreak of war. And now mid`day
:22:39. > :22:46.parade. Eventually local live television news took to the
:22:47. > :22:55.airwaves. This man worked for the BBC for 26 years. Many people had
:22:56. > :23:04.very posh accents. It was the Kings English. It opened us up to the rest
:23:05. > :23:13.of the world. We fed into the network on occasion. In the early
:23:14. > :23:23.1970s, a new radio service started. Then in 1983, radio Devon and radio
:23:24. > :23:34.Cornwall started broadcasting. It is amazing to think that we ard now in
:23:35. > :23:42.this newsroom broadcasting to hundreds of thousands because of
:23:43. > :23:49.online, radio and television. And it all started implemented in 0924 So,
:23:50. > :23:57.happy birthday, BBC South Wdst! Fascinating. Now we will go bang
:23:58. > :24:06.up`to`date with modern technology. Thanks for getting in touch.
:24:07. > :24:09.One viewer has e`mailed a skin if there has been any thought to
:24:10. > :24:15.disabled drivers who rely on yellow lines.
:24:16. > :24:19.Free parking would draw me hnto town to shop. It is one that supdrstores
:24:20. > :24:24.can provide it and smaller independent stores cannot.
:24:25. > :24:28.And on Twitter, another person has said free parking makes sense when
:24:29. > :24:35.town centres are struggling. Thank you to all of you.
:24:36. > :24:38.There was promise are all of warmer weekend. Not sounding too b`d?
:24:39. > :24:43.weekend. Not sounding We had a fair number of e`m`ils
:24:44. > :24:49.saying the girl is yesterdax were so good that they should get rhd of
:24:50. > :24:54.me! Please give me a few more years!
:24:55. > :25:02.It is fine and dry. At last, some spring weather. For most of the
:25:03. > :25:07.South West, the sunshine will be back out. The exception will be
:25:08. > :25:14.western parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Will be a keen
:25:15. > :25:20.wind. For the rest of us, it will improve. Lots of cloud not just for
:25:21. > :25:25.us but stretching right across France, Spain and Portugal. A whole
:25:26. > :25:29.weather systems gradually drifting westwards, moving back out hnto the
:25:30. > :25:33.Atlantic. We start to see drier air coming from France during the course
:25:34. > :25:42.of tomorrow. It will stick with into Sunday as well. It has been another
:25:43. > :25:47.cold day today. Some showers are still dotted around and thex will
:25:48. > :25:50.plague us again tonight. Gr`dually moving away. Still the risk of
:25:51. > :26:01.showers right through until tomorrow morning at sunrise. For most of us,
:26:02. > :26:05.it is a dry start to the dax tomorrow. Temperatures down to five
:26:06. > :26:10.degrees. Not quite as cold `s it has been overnight. Then the line of
:26:11. > :26:15.showers creep at Lee Westwood and then stops just to the west of the
:26:16. > :26:20.Isles of Scilly. For all of us, are fine and dry day with the exception
:26:21. > :26:29.in the far west of Cornwall. In the sunshine, feeling quite warl. There
:26:30. > :26:37.is a noticeable breeze along the Cornwall coast. For the Islds of
:26:38. > :26:55.Scilly, quite cloudy condithons Here are the times of high water.
:26:56. > :27:05.Not much for our surfers. The coastal waters forecast has winds
:27:06. > :27:13.from the same sort of direction Gusting for seven around thd Isles
:27:14. > :27:18.of Scilly. Sunday will be another fine day with warm sunshine for most
:27:19. > :27:24.of us. The threat of showers in the far West. Frequent showers
:27:25. > :27:31.overnight. Cooler next week, but warmer than it has been. Don't
:27:32. > :27:37.forget, the clocks go forward one hour on Saturday night. Havd a good
:27:38. > :27:44.weekend. We are back at 10:25pm. Goodbye