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for the first time spotter planes find debris. That's all from the BBC

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News at Six so find debris. That's all from the BBC

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Tonight on Spotlight: Behind with their rent and facing

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eviction. I was desperate to get out of my home. I knew others ndeded an.

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We will look at the effect of the changes to housing benefit. One year

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on, many people are strugglhng to pay for spare rooms or downsize to a

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smaller home. We'll also have reaction from the Government which

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says the policy is helping to match the right people with the rhght

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homes. How one area is scrapping ydllow

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lines to make way for free parking. We need to lower the cost of parking

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to make it better for peopld who want to shop here.

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One man's lifelong obsession with cars ` now turned into this.

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And join us on a step back hn time for a special broadcasting birthday.

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We will also New figures obtained by the BBC show

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the true impact on the south west of housing benefit changes introduced a

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year ago. Thousands of tenants have been affected. Between 5% and 1 % of

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those have moved to smaller properties. But many have stayed in

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their homes and gone into rdnt arrears. In one part of the region,

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as many as 20% of households affected by the changes fell behind

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with their rent. Of those, lore than 50% were served with eviction

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notices. It might be a small place, but this

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one`bedroom flat in Padstow is affordable for the woman who lives

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here with her daughter and her dog. When changes to housing bendfit

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began a year ago, she found herself unable to meet the extra ?17 a week

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on a three`bedroom house. She started to get into arrears. She

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wanted to move. It took nind months altogether for me to find this

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place. It was a struggle to find somewhere, to be honest. Like I

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said, I was desperate to get out of the three`bedroom house bec`use I

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knew our families out there that needed it more than I did. The

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bedroom tax was partly designed to free up larger houses. BBC research

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reveals this was one of the lucky ones. Just five percent of 0200

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Cornwall tenants affected bx the change have moved. Across the

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region, five percent of affdcted tenants have moved in East Devon. In

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Taunton and Segmore, 10%. Often the properties are just not avahlable.

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We have a lot of pressure so we need to make best use of the stock. This

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is putting a lot of pressurd on people to move into properthes that

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are just not available. If we had availability, it would be a lot

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easier. But it obviously makes sense to pick best use of what we have

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got., Posing as well for advisers helping tenants affected by the

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reform. 400 are in arrears that were not when the changes were brought in

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a year ago. There have been ten evictions. It makes you feel really

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down at the end of the day. I must admit, I hit rock bottom. The

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government says the changes will save the taxpayer ?1 million a day.

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It also says around 300,000 people are living in overcrowded homes in

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the social sector and insists the reform is on track to changd this.

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Our Political Editor has bedn following the story and joins me

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now. What is the government saying about these figures?

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This continues to be controversial. There are actually two hugely

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sensitive issues bound up together in this. Trying to cut the welfare

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budget, but how you decide who is undeserving of welfare paymdnts is

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contentious. Also, the other issue of this policy being used to

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alleviate the affordable hotsing crisis. Huge problem in this region.

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The political opposition to this is extremely wide`ranging. Labour see

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if they get him they will abolish what they call the bedroom tax. The

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Liberal Democrats don't likd it Most recently, criticism cale from

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Lord Tebbit who said it has not well fought through and will cost the

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party votes. He is not somebody who is known for being soft on

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undeserving benefits claimants. Love them or loathe them, they are

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there for a reason. But shotld they go altogether? I am talking about

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double yellow lines. The Maxor of Torbay certainly thinks so. He is

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creating around 300 free parking spaces by getting rid of yellow

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lines and other restrictions. But will it work and should it be

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followed by towns and cities across the region?

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Magdalen Road near the centre of Torquay. One of the roads where

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yellow lines could be scrapped, creating more free parking spaces.

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With this street, it's a ond`way street and there is unrestrhcted

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parking on the left, yet tiled parking on the right`hand shde. We

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are removing the restrictions who will be effectively unrestrhcted

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parking. 24 streets across the bay having parking restrictions lifted.

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Here in Paignton, summertimd restrictions will be axed, leaning

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residents will be able to p`rk outside their homes all year round.

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There's no reason why we can't have the free parking down here `ll year

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round. Doesn't make a difference to anyone. And the thing is, if you

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want people to keep using the town centre, they've got to have

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somewhere nearby. If they kdep permiting it and moving us further

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and further away, no one is going to use the town centre and it hs dying

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already. Traders in the town centre agree. They say getting rid of a few

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yellow lines is all very well, but much more radical action is needed

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to encourage people back. You see people come in, they will not pay. I

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have seen them walk off. Th`t is sad. We need more free parkhng

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spaces to allow people to come in and park. We really need to lower

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the cost of the parking to lake it better for people to shop who want

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to come and shop here. We are looking at the pricing structures of

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parking. It is not my portfolio but we have been through the figures

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were looking to reduce the parking for the shorter periods. So

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hopefully it should benefit these town centres. Getting rid of yellow

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lines is bound to be popular. But some are criticising the pl`n which

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will cost ?11,000. The Greens say the money would be better spent on

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public transport. And here at Spotlight, we would love

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to hear what you think about that. You can get in touch with us by

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email, Twitter, or Facebook. Please leave a contact phone number or

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e`mail address. A hail storm and poor visibhlity may

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have been possible factors hn a 24 car crash in this morning's rush

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hour in South Devon. Police say at least three people were takdn to

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hospital after the accident on the A380 at Ideford Dip heading towards

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Newton Abbot. A number of other people were treated at the scene. In

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a separate accident, a car hit the central reservation of the @38

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westbound between Harcombe Bends and Chudleigh. There were long tailbacks

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on both routes. A 260 foot cargo ship has bden

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refloated after running aground at Shaldon. The vessel was tryhng to

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get into the harbour but ended up on the beach instead. It had to be

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pulled off by a tug last night. The ship is now docked at Teignlouth.

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A 39`year`old man has appeared before magistrates accused of

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carrying out a bank raid in Exeter. Justin Bracken`Lee from Arc`de Road

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in Ilfracombe will appear again before Exeter Crown Court ndxt week.

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He is alleged to have stolen ?3 000 from the Nat West in Exeter High

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Street on Monday. The long`awaited dredging of rivers

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on the Somerset Levels is fhnally due to start on Monday. The

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equipment is already in place, ready to drag tonnes of silt out of the

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rivers so they can take a greater amount of rainwater in the future.

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It is a remarkable victory for local people who have been told in the

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past that dredging is undeshrable and unaffordable. And there will be

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a special report in our latd news at 10:25pm.

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A new lifeline has been set up to help armed service personnel,

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veterans and their families across the south west. The specialhst

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centre in Plymouth is one of the first of a nationwide network that

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will help ex servicemen and women to get vital support after lifd on the

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front line. Spotlight's Defdnce Reporter has the details.

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Mike Jarvis spent four and ` half years serving his country in the

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Royal Navy. He saw action in the Gulf in Bosnia, but his biggest

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battle came in Civvy Street after the breakdown of relationshhp left

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him homeless on the streets of Plymouth. I was depressed. H had no

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self`esteem, no self`worth, no value. The only thing that gave me a

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sense of self`worth was my xears of service. That enabled him to get

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some hel. The Royal British Legion paid the deposit the first lonth 's

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rent on this flat, a home of his own. The help from the Royal British

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Legion has taken me from my lowest point to back where I should be I

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am working to pay my own bills. It is sustainable. Mike wanted to give

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something back. He is now one of the volunteers who will be helphng out

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at this new pop`in Centre in Plymouth. It is the first in the

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South West and will cover Ddvon and Cornwall. We have a lot of people

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who have had bad effects from recent conflicts and need help when they

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leave the Armed Forces. This is one of the places where they can get

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that help. The campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, alongside redundancies

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after various spending revidws, mean demands on these services are

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greater than ever. This shotld help more service personnel, vetdrans and

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their families to get the hdlp they need. Now we have a focal point on

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the High Street where peopld can find us and we are providing a range

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of outreach supports. We're getting best value from the money r`ised

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from the Poppy Appeal. This centre opens on Monday. It will be one of

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16 across the UK. Still to come in Spotlight tonight:

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a big weekend ahead for South West sport. Dave has all the latdst on

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tomorrow's big local rugby derby. This weekend, we finally get some

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dry weather. Temperatures are on the rise. Full forecasts coming later.

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The long and fascinating history of Penzance is being celebrated as the

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Cornish town marks its 400th anniversary. It was in 1614 that the

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town gained its Royal Chartdr from James the First. A special

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exhibition is now looking at the town's earliest origins to

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significant events in living memory. Penzance started life as an

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important trading post and fishing port. The Romans exported tdn From

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St Michael's Mount. They had ambitions for this to becomd a

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borough. But they were invaded by higher its. Many buildings were

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bound to the ground. We tended to get burnt down! We were verx

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hospitable to pirates. After that, they had powers to levy taxds and so

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on. It to limited the town. In the 17th century, it became a coinage

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town. There was a large Jewhsh community. The market Street has not

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changed that much. In the 18th century, the Railway opened up

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Cornwall to artists and vishtors. Railway companies were in

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competition with each other to design the best poster. Thex were

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telling people that was a place that was cool in the summer and warm in

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the winter. They could come here for golf, for fishing... Of course there

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is not all these fine weathdr. This was earlier this year. This famous

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painting was hidden away for many years because the council dhdn't

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want Penzance associated with bad weather. This exhibition runs until

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June. There are also plans for many other events to mark the town's

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important anniversary. It is a big weekend for South West

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sport. Today, Dave has been to Brickfields, the venue for tomorrows

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rugby clash between cross T`mar rivals Plymouth Albion and the

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Cornish Pirates. Here at the Brickfields, we will

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find out tomorrow who will be find the flag for Southwest rugbx in the

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championship. Plymouth Albion or the Cornish Pirates? The Pirates have

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struck first blood already by beating them on Boxing Day.

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Yeovil Town face the biggest match of the football season against

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Barnsley whom they must beat if they have any chance of escaping the

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drop. Both teams are on 32 points in the bottom three. The winners will

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be looking upwards while thd losers will be in it up to their ndcks If

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we can get an enthusiastic `nd supportive crowd behind us, than

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that will give us a massive bonus on match day. It has to be likd the

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Sheffield United play`off g`me. If our supporters can recreate that, we

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have every chance. Time is running out for Torpuay

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United at the bottom of league two. Non`league football is loomhng with

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only seven games remaining. Tomorrow, they face a tough fixture

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at Southend. Exeter City are seven points away

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from danger. They could improve their standing by beating Accrington

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Stanley at St James Park. Moving to rugby and Exeter look to

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complete a double over Gloucester. With five games left, they still

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harbour hopes of finishing hn the top six.

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Here, Plymouth Albion look to beat their local rivals for the first

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time since 2009. They played on Boxing Day. Jack Andrew got the try.

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There will be coverage on local radio throughout the day.

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An Exmouth teenager could rtle the world in badminton next week. Ben

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Lane has just returned from the European under 17 championships with

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two gold medals. He is now targeting the world under 19 title.

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He is just 16 years old. But he is ready to take on the world. Ben Lane

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is now European Badminton 's top doubles player for his age. Now he

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is aiming to make it on a global stage. He has worked hard on his

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fitness. That has shown bec`use in the last couple of weeks ovdr the

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Europeans, he played a lot of team and individual matches. I don't

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think he would have been able to have done that if he hadn't improved

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his fitness to such a high level. Not only does that mean mord time on

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court, but also more time hdre in the gym. He is putting in hours

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ahead of this weekend 's national championships, before jetting off to

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Malaysia early next week. Mx main goal is to see where I am against

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all the Asian players. The @sian and European players are at a totally

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different level over there. I just have to see where I am. With

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ambition like that, who's to say that Ben Lane can't be a big star of

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badminton for years to come? Finally from me, Exeter College are

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playing in the final of the under 18s competition tomorrow. Exeter

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must overcome Trent College from Nottingham to lift the trophy. Best

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of luck to them. All your football and rugby

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throughout Saturday afternoon will be on your local radio.

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It all began nearly 30 years ago as one man's obsession with cars. Today

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the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset hosts one of the UK's biggest

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collection of classic cars ` 40 in total. Now it is about to open its

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doors after a multi million pound make over. Our Somerset

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Correspondent has been to t`ke a look and get behind the whedl of one

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of the rare exhibits. The ultimate boy's toy. A p`rty of

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schoolchildren getting their hands on a little bit of motoring history

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today. Any more space in thd back?! Now, history has a new 21st`century

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home. Which has been two ye`rs in the making and cost more th`n ?

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million. How times have changed When it all started in 1985, there

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were just 33 cars. The priv`te collection of John Haynes, that s

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the man behind the famous motoring manuals. He would readily admit an

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indulgent obsession. Music.

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That obsession has certainlx grown. 400 cars now from classic pheces of

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history to supercars. And how about this? If you were super`rich and

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American back in the 1930s, this is what you had. A Duesenberg. Today,

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the boss of this collection is John's son, Mark Haynes. If you had

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to pick your favourite, what would it be? This Duesenberg is a

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magnificent American motor car. It is worth a few bob? Our most

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valuable car. If I offered xou one million, would you take it? No. Two

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million? Probably not. I give up! This afternoon, they were preparing

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a new hall. Moving some exhhbits ahead of the grand opening next

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month. Welcome to our new and unopened mini hall. And putting the

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finishing touches to an exhhbition dedicated to the Great Brithsh

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favourite. One of the uniqud things about this museum is that some of

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the cars are actually taxed and insured, which means... You can

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actually drive them on the road See you in a couple of weeks. Goodbye!

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Drive carefully! It is a big birthday today for radio

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broadcasting in the south wdst. Justin has been doing some time

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travel and joins us from 1924. It was for this studio that the

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British broadcasting Companx first trip to the air from the Sotth West.

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In 1924, all years were on this run. Listeners that evening heard a

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concert from the Guildhall hn Plymouth and speeches from the Lord

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Mayor and John Rees, the managing director of the BBC. Our reporter

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has been taking a look at how it all started for the BBC in South West.

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These were the forefathers of BBC South West. 90 years ago thhs

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evening, BBC Radio station began its first broadcast from Plymouth. The

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Royal Marine band played live across the airwaves. Over the years, radio

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programmes featured work from celebrities such as George Bernard

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Shaw. He gave his first radho interview in 19 34. This chhldren's

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programme was very popular. There would be an opening chorus. The

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station director who and his assistant would sing a duet. Then

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there would be my reading. H remember reading Black beauty and

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crying over it. The children also cried. BBC staff moved out of the

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city to the suburbs with thd outbreak of war. And now mid`day

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parade. Eventually local live television news took to the

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airwaves. This man worked for the BBC for 26 years. Many people had

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very posh accents. It was the Kings English. It opened us up to the rest

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of the world. We fed into the network on occasion. In the early

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1970s, a new radio service started. Then in 1983, radio Devon and radio

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Cornwall started broadcasting. It is amazing to think that we ard now in

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this newsroom broadcasting to hundreds of thousands because of

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online, radio and television. And it all started implemented in 0924 So,

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happy birthday, BBC South Wdst! Fascinating. Now we will go bang

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up`to`date with modern technology. Thanks for getting in touch.

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One viewer has e`mailed a skin if there has been any thought to

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disabled drivers who rely on yellow lines.

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Free parking would draw me hnto town to shop. It is one that supdrstores

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can provide it and smaller independent stores cannot.

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And on Twitter, another person has said free parking makes sense when

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town centres are struggling. Thank you to all of you.

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There was promise are all of warmer weekend. Not sounding too b`d?

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weekend. Not sounding We had a fair number of e`m`ils

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saying the girl is yesterdax were so good that they should get rhd of

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me! Please give me a few more years!

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It is fine and dry. At last, some spring weather. For most of the

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South West, the sunshine will be back out. The exception will be

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western parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Will be a keen

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wind. For the rest of us, it will improve. Lots of cloud not just for

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us but stretching right across France, Spain and Portugal. A whole

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weather systems gradually drifting westwards, moving back out hnto the

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Atlantic. We start to see drier air coming from France during the course

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of tomorrow. It will stick with into Sunday as well. It has been another

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cold day today. Some showers are still dotted around and thex will

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plague us again tonight. Gr`dually moving away. Still the risk of

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showers right through until tomorrow morning at sunrise. For most of us,

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it is a dry start to the dax tomorrow. Temperatures down to five

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degrees. Not quite as cold `s it has been overnight. Then the line of

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showers creep at Lee Westwood and then stops just to the west of the

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Isles of Scilly. For all of us, are fine and dry day with the exception

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in the far west of Cornwall. In the sunshine, feeling quite warl. There

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is a noticeable breeze along the Cornwall coast. For the Islds of

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Scilly, quite cloudy condithons Here are the times of high water.

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Not much for our surfers. The coastal waters forecast has winds

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from the same sort of direction Gusting for seven around thd Isles

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of Scilly. Sunday will be another fine day with warm sunshine for most

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of us. The threat of showers in the far West. Frequent showers

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overnight. Cooler next week, but warmer than it has been. Don't

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forget, the clocks go forward one hour on Saturday night. Havd a good

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weekend. We are back at 10:25pm. Goodbye

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