:00:15. > :00:15.Good evening. Recorded crime may streets.
:00:16. > :00:17.Good evening. Recorded crime may have fallen in Devon and Cornwall
:00:18. > :00:20.but one area where the numbdr of but one area where the number of
:00:21. > :00:23.offences has been increasing dramatically in recent years is out
:00:24. > :00:26.on the water. Today, further efforts were made to try to reduce thefts
:00:27. > :00:29.from boats as owners enjoying the Easter break were urged to be on
:00:30. > :00:32.their guard. John Danks reports. Volunteers from the Boatwatch team
:00:33. > :00:34.on the River Foy. The nice weather has brought a few people out onto
:00:35. > :00:36.the water. A perfect opportunity has brought a few people out onto
:00:37. > :00:48.the water. A perfect opporttnity to warn them to be on the lookout for
:00:49. > :00:51.criminal activity. One chap was caught through us watching and
:00:52. > :00:55.police searched the boat he was on. But it wasn't his, it was the one he
:00:56. > :01:00.had stolen! And it was full of all sorts of gear. Compasses and fenders
:01:01. > :01:02.and things like that. We do catch them every now and then, whhch is
:01:03. > :01:06.good. Police say that in the past, good. Police say that in thd past,
:01:07. > :01:09.thieves have targeted GPS systems, fuel tanks and outboard enghnes but
:01:10. > :01:16.the success of the Boatwatch scheme here has seen crime steadilx
:01:17. > :01:18.decrease over the last five years. It is such a great communitx that
:01:19. > :01:21.It is such a great community that somebody knows when something is out
:01:22. > :01:25.of place and it is asking them to keep an eye out and if they see
:01:26. > :01:29.something that is not right, give us a call and we can check it out. I am
:01:30. > :01:32.asking you to take a leaflet from us. Certainly. Today they wdre
:01:33. > :01:33.hoping to recruit a few mord boat watchers. There are already around
:01:34. > :01:42.50 in this community. Vigilance 50 in this community. Vigil`nce
:01:43. > :01:45.here, it seems, is paying off. There's a warning that deaf people
:01:46. > :01:46.in Cornwall will suffer aftdr the council decided against paying for
:01:47. > :01:51.council decided against payhng for interpreters. But can funding be
:01:52. > :01:53.found elsewhere? Eleanor Parkinson looks first at where the
:01:54. > :01:54.interpreters have been helphng looks first at where the
:01:55. > :01:59.interpreters have been helphng so far. This is a social get`together
:02:00. > :02:01.at the Cornwall Deaf Centre. The centre also runs advice groups
:02:02. > :02:02.at the Cornwall Deaf Centre. The centre also runs advice grotps and
:02:03. > :02:05.meetings and for these they often need an interpreter. Up unthl
:02:06. > :02:06.meetings and for these they often need an interpreter. Up until now,
:02:07. > :02:10.the interpreters have been paid for by social services. Cornwall Council
:02:11. > :02:14.says they can no longer afford to do this. We have a lot of important
:02:15. > :02:21.meetings here. We have health presentations, the Fire Service
:02:22. > :02:25.police, national health events. And for that we have to have an
:02:26. > :02:26.interpreter. Otherwise our deaf members are not receiving the
:02:27. > :02:30.information that you or I, as a information that you or I, as a
:02:31. > :02:35.hearing person, would receive. Tracy is one of the regular interpreters.
:02:36. > :02:37.She is just one of four in the county. Her role becomes very clear
:02:38. > :02:38.when we interview the chairman county. Her role becomes very clear
:02:39. > :02:43.when we interview the chairman of the centre. It is very important
:02:44. > :02:44.because when we meet hearing people we're not able to understand them.
:02:45. > :02:46.If we have an interpreter here, we're not able to understand them.
:02:47. > :02:50.If we have an interpreter here, then we can communicate. The intdrpreter
:02:51. > :02:54.will relay what is being said the same way the interpreter is doing
:02:55. > :02:55.now. Cornwall Council says it understands the important role that
:02:56. > :02:57.interpreters play but it saxs understands the important role that
:02:58. > :02:58.interpreters play but it says that interpreters play but it saxs that
:02:59. > :03:03.cuts to Government funding leans they can no longer pay for the
:03:04. > :03:07.service directly. It says the centre might be able to access new funding
:03:08. > :03:09.from a grant. The centre saxs it relies on charities to survive
:03:10. > :03:10.from a grant. The centre says it relies on charities to survhve and
:03:11. > :03:20.they have no budget for interpreters.
:03:21. > :03:24.A sand sculptor is recreating The Last Supper on a beach in Dorset.
:03:25. > :03:27.Mark Anderson is carving out one of the main Easter scenes in Weymouth.
:03:28. > :03:31.His grandfather, who was also a sand sculptor at the resort, took on the
:03:32. > :03:34.same project in the 1970s. One of his favourite sculptures was The
:03:35. > :03:36.Last Supper. I have never done it and I have been doing this for 28
:03:37. > :03:37.years now. So it is about thme and I have been doing this for 8
:03:38. > :03:40.years now. So it is about time we years now. So it is about time we
:03:41. > :03:41.did do it. It is one of the most difficult ones I have ever done,
:03:42. > :03:43.difficult ones I have ever done without doubt. But very rewarding
:03:44. > :03:45.difficult ones I have ever done, without doubt. But very rew`rding as
:03:46. > :03:49.well. I can see it coming together very nicely now. All`round
:03:50. > :03:51.disappointment in the rugby, I'm afraid. Not least for Exeter Chiefs,
:03:52. > :03:55.who took a hammering from Sale who took a hammering from S`le
:03:56. > :03:56.Sharks. Cornish Pirates also lost and Plymouth Albion's defeat added
:03:57. > :03:58.to Jersey's woes, taking them and Plymouth Albion's defeat added
:03:59. > :04:04.to Jersey's woes, taking thdm to the bottom of the table. We're hanging
:04:05. > :04:08.on to every bit of good news in the Bank Holiday weather now with Emily.
:04:09. > :04:15.We have had more fine weather to enjoy today. There is a change to
:04:16. > :04:19.come in the weather for tomorrow but at least it is a fine day with some
:04:20. > :04:20.clear skies with us for much of the night. Temperatures once again
:04:21. > :04:21.tonight will drop away, loc`lly night. Temperatures once ag`in
:04:22. > :04:23.tonight will drop away, locally down tonight will drop away, loc`lly down
:04:24. > :04:27.to three degrees in the countryside and more cloud arriving first thing
:04:28. > :04:30.tomorrow morning. Initially tomorrow, a bit of brightness at
:04:31. > :04:32.first but generally through the day we are looking at clear conditions
:04:33. > :04:33.and outbreaks of rain arriving we are looking at clear conditions
:04:34. > :04:36.and outbreaks of rain arrivhng from and outbreaks of rain arrivhng from
:04:37. > :04:39.the East. Some of this rain tomorrow will be quite heavy, quite ` cooling
:04:40. > :04:43.breeze as well and temperattres to reach 12 or 13 degrees. Into next
:04:44. > :04:44.week it does remain rather lore week it does remain rather more
:04:45. > :04:46.unsettled and on Monday, sole week it does remain rather lore
:04:47. > :04:48.unsettled and on Monday, some cloud unsettled and on Monday, some cloud
:04:49. > :04:49.and showers with brightness mixed in there but further heavy showers
:04:50. > :04:51.looking likely on Tuesday. That's looking likely on Tuesday. That's
:04:52. > :04:56.it. Get more on those storids online. We're back with bulletins on
:04:57. > :05:12.radio and television tomorrow. Have a good evening.
:05:13. > :05:22.Good evening. The temperature reached 18 degrees in the sunshine
:05:23. > :05:24.across parts of the Scottish Highlands. Temperatures will drop
:05:25. > :05:25.this evening and overnight. A chilly night again