:00:10. > :00:11.It's official, the Cornish have the serious injuries
:00:12. > :00:12.It's official, the Cornish have the same status as the Welsh, the
:00:13. > :00:20.Scottish and the Irish. Good evening. Welcome to Spotlight.
:00:21. > :00:21.Celtic heritage is protected. A county 200 miles away from London
:00:22. > :00:27.can now expect special consideration can now expect special conshderation
:00:28. > :00:29.by decision`makers in London. We'll look at the politics of it all
:00:30. > :00:29.by decision`makers in London. We'll look at the politics of it `ll and
:00:30. > :00:37.look at the politics of it all and get reaction from Cornishmen and
:00:38. > :00:38.women on their new identity. It will have no effect whatsoever on me and
:00:39. > :00:40.I don't think it will have `n have no effect whatsoever on me and
:00:41. > :00:48.I don't think it will have an effect on anybody really. The Devon family
:00:49. > :00:49.who have to travel to the USA every two months to get treatment for
:00:50. > :00:50.their son. Eight`year`old Leo two months to get treatment for
:00:51. > :00:52.their son. Eight`year`old Ldo has their son. Eight`year`old Leo has
:00:53. > :00:55.muscular dystrophy but the drugs he needs aren't available here yet.
:00:56. > :00:58.Holiday anger as more parents are being fined for taking their
:00:59. > :01:01.children out of school during term time.
:01:02. > :01:08.And still spooning after half a century of making music.
:01:09. > :01:14.Years of campaigning for Cornwall to be given special recognition took a
:01:15. > :01:15.huge step forward today. Whdther through geography, language or
:01:16. > :01:19.history, the county has always had a history, the county has always had a
:01:20. > :01:20.strong identity but now the Cornish are officially a national mhnority
:01:21. > :01:26.are officially a national minority group. It means they have the same
:01:27. > :01:28.protection as other Celtic peoples like the Scots, the Welsh and the
:01:29. > :01:30.Irish. So, for example, under like the Scots, the Welsh and the
:01:31. > :01:31.Irish. So, for example, unddr the Irish. So, for example, under the
:01:32. > :01:34.European rules, the views of the county must be taken into
:01:35. > :01:38.consideration when decisions are made in Westminster. Tonight we ll
:01:39. > :01:41.consider the timing of the announcement as the election season
:01:42. > :01:50.gets underway. Our Political Editor Martyn Oates reports.
:01:51. > :01:55.Visitors to Cornwall are left in no doubt as to the pride it takes in
:01:56. > :01:58.its Celtic identity. Today that gain European acknowledgement and
:01:59. > :02:04.protection. The news was announced by a fellow Celt whose own nation
:02:05. > :02:07.already enjoys the same recognition. This is about saying, within the
:02:08. > :02:09.European Convention and the framework of law that exists, that
:02:10. > :02:14.Cornwall, the Cornish peopld, Cornwall, the Cornish peopld,
:02:15. > :02:19.Cornish culture should be rdcognised on the same city as `` footing as
:02:20. > :02:26.on the same city as `` foothng as other minority languages in the
:02:27. > :02:30.United Kingdom, making an ilportant contribution to the whole union. The
:02:31. > :02:32.contribution to the whole union The Treasury's number two was quick to
:02:33. > :02:36.Treasury's number two was qtick to emphasise there is no money to be
:02:37. > :02:40.had for this. Not that this dampened the cross`party enthusiast. We are
:02:41. > :02:44.very proud of our culture and we have a strong identity. This is an
:02:45. > :02:46.additional string to our bow, we have the Cornish is language
:02:47. > :02:49.have the Cornish is languagd recognised, we celebrate the
:02:50. > :02:49.have the Cornish is language recognised, we celebrate thd work
:02:50. > :02:49.have the Cornish is languagd recognised, we celebrate the work of
:02:50. > :02:56.recognised, we celebrate thd work of great Cornish inventors, we have got
:02:57. > :03:01.a proud history and this is another additional string to our bow. As a
:03:02. > :03:06.Cornish person as I woke up this morning of as a member of the
:03:07. > :03:08.National minority I was delighted. morning of as a member of the
:03:09. > :03:11.National minority I was delhghted. I National minority I was delhghted. I
:03:12. > :03:15.think it is good but we get the same celebration and recognition of other
:03:16. > :03:19.places of a similar nature, like Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The
:03:20. > :03:22.most important thing is that people can be proud to be Cornish `nd
:03:23. > :03:23.can be proud to be Cornish and recognised as such. The number of
:03:24. > :03:26.times people will say to yot, recognised as such. The number of
:03:27. > :03:32.times people will say to yot, you are not Cornish, your English. I am
:03:33. > :03:37.not, I am Cornish and proud to be. It has a lot to say about promoting
:03:38. > :03:38.minority languages which worries one politician who descends frol
:03:39. > :03:45.politician who descends from today's general euphoria. I suspect
:03:46. > :03:49.it means that Cornwall Council will be required to spend more council
:03:50. > :03:56.taxpayer money on things like the Congress should `` Cornish language
:03:57. > :03:58.programme. I'm yet to find anyone who wants to see their monex
:03:59. > :03:58.programme. I'm yet to find `nyone who wants to see their money spent
:03:59. > :04:00.who wants to see their monex spent on it. I have no problem with people
:04:01. > :04:03.who want to learn Cornish but I do who want to learn Cornish but I do
:04:04. > :04:12.not understand why it should be taxpayer funded. The convention also
:04:13. > :04:13.protect the minority nation with assimilation with the majority
:04:14. > :04:17.assimilation with the majorhty nation in front of me. In practice,
:04:18. > :04:22.assimilation has been going on since the reign of King at Fulston in the
:04:23. > :04:27.10th century. More than a millennium on, the degree to which that is
:04:28. > :04:30.politically or culturally ddsirable remains highly controversial, at
:04:31. > :04:37.least on the West Bank of the River Tay Ma.
:04:38. > :04:41.It is European status, European elections coming up, pro`European
:04:42. > :04:44.Lib Dems campaigning, how much of Lib Dems campaigning, how much of
:04:45. > :04:48.this is politics? This is not actually an EU convention committed
:04:49. > :04:50.the European Council which hs the European Council which hs
:04:51. > :04:58.separate from the EU. UKIP councillor we talked to said,
:04:59. > :05:00.sarcastically, what a coincidence this is during a European c`mpaign!
:05:01. > :05:03.this is during a European campaign! We tend to be sceptical abott
:05:04. > :05:08.announcements coming during a European campaign, we are getting
:05:09. > :05:12.European campaign, we are gdtting this announcement from a party with
:05:13. > :05:14.a strong interest in Cornwall. On the other hand, Parliamentary
:05:15. > :05:20.business does continue as usual We business does continue as usual. We
:05:21. > :05:24.put this allegation to the Cornwall MP, and he said it was also do with
:05:25. > :05:28.the government's commitment to localism. He pointed us to an
:05:29. > :05:32.localism. He pointed us to `n announcement yesterday with St
:05:33. > :05:39.George estate, government allowing councils to put up signs to put up
:05:40. > :05:46.traditional boundaries, which at the moment, you could not see them.
:05:47. > :05:49.To other news now and a family from Devon are travelling to the United
:05:50. > :05:53.States every two months to get treatment for their son who has a
:05:54. > :05:56.rare type of muscular dystrophy. The Le Gals from Ivybridge say their
:05:57. > :05:58.predicament shows why the l`w needs to change so doctors can be
:05:59. > :06:00.encouraged to use innovative encouraged to use innovativd
:06:01. > :06:02.treatments, without fear of being sued. Spotlight's John Henddrson has
:06:03. > :06:10.sued. Spotlight's John Henderson has the story.
:06:11. > :06:13.Getting about isn't easy for Leo. The eight`year`old from Ivybridge
:06:14. > :06:15.near Plymouth has a rare form of muscular dystrophy called Dtchenne.
:06:16. > :06:18.muscular dystrophy called Duchenne. It causes his muscles to we`ken
:06:19. > :06:21.muscular dystrophy called Dtchenne. It causes his muscles to weaken. A
:06:22. > :06:25.few years ago, it was getting harder for me to go up the stairs and run
:06:26. > :06:31.around and jump up and down, stuff like that. Very few sufferers make
:06:32. > :06:34.it beyond the age of 30 as there is no known cure. But every few months,
:06:35. > :06:36.Leo flies to Boston in America no known cure. But every few months,
:06:37. > :06:36.Leo flies to Boston in Amerhca to Leo flies to Boston in America to
:06:37. > :06:37.take part in an advanced clhnical take part in an advanced clhnical
:06:38. > :06:42.trial. It's not a miracle cure. take part in an advanced clinical
:06:43. > :06:45.trial. It's not a miracle cure. You wouldn't expect children to leap up
:06:46. > :06:47.out of their wheelchairs and start running round the garden, btt
:06:48. > :06:47.out of their wheelchairs and start running round the garden, but you
:06:48. > :06:48.would expect them to stabilhse running round the garden, btt you
:06:49. > :06:48.would expect them to stabilise and would expect them to stabilhse and
:06:49. > :06:50.you would expect to see them would expect them to stabilise and
:06:51. > :06:51.you would expect to see thel stop deteriorating. The family are
:06:52. > :06:54.getting help from an American getting help from an Americ`n
:06:55. > :07:01.charity for the treatment, otherwise they'd be looking at bills of
:07:02. > :07:05.?30,000. But what they really want are people to sign a petition that
:07:06. > :07:06.will give legal protection to doctors willing to expose their
:07:07. > :07:12.patients to untested drugs and patients to untested drugs `nd
:07:13. > :07:14.treatments as a last resort. At the moment, it can be very diffhcult to
:07:15. > :07:15.moment, it can be very difficult to try new medications and tre`tments,
:07:16. > :07:17.there can be a lot of obstacles, try new medications and treatments,
:07:18. > :07:19.there can be a lot of obstacles a there can be a lot of obstacles a
:07:20. > :07:23.lot of restrictions. The online petition for the Medical Innovation
:07:24. > :07:28.Bill closes tomorrow. It's received cautious support. At the end of
:07:29. > :07:32.life, when all else seems lost, it is right to try innovative new
:07:33. > :07:35.things. However, we have to be careful we don't put new barriers in
:07:36. > :07:40.place that might hold up effective new treatments coming through. The
:07:41. > :07:44.government has said the bill could lead to health breakthroughs. But it
:07:45. > :07:53.won't happen overnight. So Leo and his family have to wait and hope.
:07:54. > :07:57.There's been a sharp rise in the number of parents in Devon being
:07:58. > :08:00.fined for taking their children out of school during term time following
:08:01. > :08:03.tougher government regulations. A total of 335 fines have been issued
:08:04. > :08:08.since last September compardd with 248 for the whole of the previous
:08:09. > :08:12.school year. Spotlight's Andy Breare reports.
:08:13. > :08:14.Debbie Rodway and her husband Rob run a tearoom in Tiverton. In
:08:15. > :08:15.run a tearoom in Tiverton. Hn February, they took their daughter
:08:16. > :08:20.February, they took their d`ughter out of school for eight days for a
:08:21. > :08:22.family holiday to Thailand. They got back to a fine for ?120 from the
:08:23. > :08:28.back to a fine for ?120 frol the school. We only have two weeks
:08:29. > :08:31.holiday a year. And I think going to Thailand was very educational for
:08:32. > :08:35.her as well. Plus she was taking schoolwork with her. It was not as
:08:36. > :08:40.though she was missing everxthing at school. And I made sure she wasn't
:08:41. > :08:44.missing any exams or any work. The summer is Debbie and Rob's busiest
:08:45. > :08:48.time of year at the tearoom and so they try and take a break in
:08:49. > :08:52.February when it is quiet. They do it every year but this is the first
:08:53. > :08:53.time they've been fined. In a statement, Devon county council says
:08:54. > :08:55.the rise in the number of fines is the rise in the number of fhnes is
:08:56. > :08:59.the inevitable result of the new the inevitable result of the new
:09:00. > :09:04.system. It expects the numbdr of fines to drop once that system has
:09:05. > :09:07.had a chance to bed in. But many parents feel that the new system is
:09:08. > :09:12.in urgent need of revision `nd needs to be fairer. It is unfair. There's
:09:13. > :09:17.a lot of people out there working really hard to do exactly what we're
:09:18. > :09:20.doing, and being fined for doing it. Our daughter probably has 94%
:09:21. > :09:24.attendance, and for one week a year, we get fined. And the worst part as
:09:25. > :09:28.well is if you are single parent, well is if you are single parent,
:09:29. > :09:30.you only get fined once. Because we're married, we get fined twice.
:09:31. > :09:31.Parents say it's hypocritic`l we're married, we get fined twice.
:09:32. > :09:33.Parents say it's hypocritical for Parents say it's hypocritic`l for
:09:34. > :09:35.schools to take pupils on foreign trips in term time but not `llow
:09:36. > :09:37.trips in term time but not allow family holidays. Today's figures
:09:38. > :09:38.suggest the new system of fhnes family holidays. Today's figures
:09:39. > :09:40.suggest the new system of fines is suggest the new system of fhnes is
:09:41. > :09:53.not deterring a lot of parents taking their children out of school.
:09:54. > :09:57.A businessman who began a company in Plymouth which then expanded around
:09:58. > :10:00.the country is to create 450 jobs in the city. Chris Dawson will build a
:10:01. > :10:03.new headquarters for his store The Range at Derriford. He says he's had
:10:04. > :10:10.tempting offers to relocate outside the South West but wanted to keep
:10:11. > :10:11.the operation in its home town. All those people we built up over all
:10:12. > :10:17.those people we built up ovdr all these years, I can't throw that
:10:18. > :10:18.away. It's not just because I live in Plymouth, I was born herd
:10:19. > :10:19.away. It's not just because I live in Plymouth, I was born here and
:10:20. > :10:19.away. It's not just because I live in Plymouth, I was born herd and I
:10:20. > :10:21.in Plymouth, I was born here and I come from here, that has a bit to do
:10:22. > :10:24.with it but I've made a bushness with it but I've made a bushness
:10:25. > :10:25.decision and Plymouth being based at the district centre is where I
:10:26. > :10:28.decision and Plymouth being based at the district centre is wherd I want
:10:29. > :10:31.to be. And where I should be. For more than a century St John
:10:32. > :10:34.Ambulance has been providing first aid to the public. Organisations
:10:35. > :10:36.continually evolve but that evolution is upsetting some
:10:37. > :10:39.volunteers. After giving decades of service one group in Devon says the
:10:40. > :10:43.charity's selling off the f`mily silver. Sophie Pearce looks at a
:10:44. > :10:53.struggle between the past, the present and the future.
:10:54. > :10:58.Mary's father helped build this St Johns and it is Hall in 1938 after
:10:59. > :11:03.local people raised money for it. Now the volunteers have been told
:11:04. > :11:08.the hall will be sold off next year. The government goes on about care in
:11:09. > :11:12.the community, but where is it? It has been a tremendous blow to us,
:11:13. > :11:15.who come here and we try to do our best. I'm not getting any stpport
:11:16. > :11:17.who come here and we try to do our best. I'm not getting any support at
:11:18. > :11:24.all. I think it's disgusting to be quite honest. No recognition to what
:11:25. > :11:27.we have done or what we want to do. The St John ambulance has played a
:11:28. > :11:31.strong role in the history of the town as it has in many across the
:11:32. > :11:35.south`west. Other divisions have seen similar changes. The charity
:11:36. > :11:38.says it does value the volunteers but it needs to focus funds on its
:11:39. > :11:40.core activity, first aid. Wd but it needs to focus funds on its
:11:41. > :11:43.core activity, first aid. We have to core activity, first aid. Wd have to
:11:44. > :11:44.be very careful about how we spend money, going in the right w`y
:11:45. > :11:45.be very careful about how wd spend money, going in the right way to
:11:46. > :11:49.money, going in the right w`y to meet the objectives of the charity.
:11:50. > :11:52.It is not about maintaining property. It could be difficult if
:11:53. > :11:56.you are in a property where that decision has been made but overall,
:11:57. > :11:59.our resources are going into providing more training for
:12:00. > :12:04.communities in first aid and that is our focus and that is where we want
:12:05. > :12:07.resources to go. Many volunteers are still unhappy especially because
:12:08. > :12:09.proceeds to the sale of the hall will not stay in Ashburton.
:12:10. > :12:15.Consequently several, including Mary, have changed their wills. The
:12:16. > :12:20.charity says it is committed to the Ashburton unit and wants to work a
:12:21. > :12:20.bit to find a new venue. `` work with it.
:12:21. > :12:24.Now Dartmoor is a natural landscape Now Dartmoor is a natural l`ndscape
:12:25. > :12:25.which attracts thousands of visitors each year. But what happens when
:12:26. > :12:26.people become lost or injured each year. But what happens when
:12:27. > :12:27.people become lost or injurdd on each year. But what happens when
:12:28. > :12:29.people become lost or injured on the moor? That's when a dedicatdd team
:12:30. > :12:32.moor? That's when a dedicated team of volunteers swings into action. In
:12:33. > :12:35.the second of his series on the rescue services BBC Spotlight's John
:12:36. > :12:37.Danks has been discovering how the Dartmoor Rescue Group is ushng
:12:38. > :12:44.Dartmoor Rescue Group is using technology to help them track down
:12:45. > :12:51.those who go astray. It is evening and the Dartmoor
:12:52. > :12:54.search and rescue group are gearing up to recover a casualty on the
:12:55. > :12:57.moor. Everything they need hs on their backs or on a lightweight
:12:58. > :12:58.aluminium stretcher. All thdy their backs or on a lightwehght
:12:59. > :12:59.aluminium stretcher. All they need aluminium stretcher. All they need
:13:00. > :13:04.to do now is find the injurdd to do now is find the injurdd
:13:05. > :13:05.walker. Tell me what you have done to yourself. When he is loc`ted
:13:06. > :13:06.walker. Tell me what you have done to yourself. When he is located, his
:13:07. > :13:12.to yourself. When he is loc`ted his injury is assessed. What have you
:13:13. > :13:17.heard? Your legs? Meanwhile, the team leader is able to pinpoint the
:13:18. > :13:24.exact position thanks to his smartphone. People can find out
:13:25. > :13:28.where you are through the body to body travel system. Inside this
:13:29. > :13:33.control vehicle, there are other forms of nuke technology designed to
:13:34. > :13:39.assist in search and rescue. `` new technology. This allows us to plan
:13:40. > :13:42.and support a search for a new missing person, this flag is the
:13:43. > :13:49.position where the person w`s last seen. There is even a way of texting
:13:50. > :13:54.and apps to the smartphone of the missing person which tells them
:13:55. > :13:56.their precise location. On the moor, the casualties being moved.
:13:57. > :13:57.moor, the casualties being loved. This is an exercise which is being
:13:58. > :14:03.carried out every week. We `re carried out every week. We `re
:14:04. > :14:08.leaving the casualties right now. The team is made up of volunteers,
:14:09. > :14:13.it with a passion for the ottdoors it with a passion for the outdoors
:14:14. > :14:15.and a willingness to help others. Technology is helping them to do
:14:16. > :14:17.their job more easily. And you can see more on John's
:14:18. > :14:23.report on our Spotlight Facebook report on our Spotlight Facdbook
:14:24. > :14:25.page. The personal belongings of `
:14:26. > :14:26.page. The personal belongings of a Cornish
:14:27. > :14:30.engineer, killed alongside other Cornish miners in the First World
:14:31. > :14:33.World War, have gone on display for the very first time. It was
:14:34. > :14:34.Lieutenant Llwellyn Twite's job to dig tunnels so explosives could be
:14:35. > :14:36.planted under the German trdnches. planted under the German trenches.
:14:37. > :14:39.Among the possessions are hhs watch, Among the possessions are hhs watch,
:14:40. > :14:44.which stopped at the exact time he was killed. Spotlight's Ele`nor
:14:45. > :14:47.Parkinson has the story. Lieutenant Llwellyn Twite w`s
:14:48. > :14:48.working as a mining engineer when he volunteered as a soldier in the
:14:49. > :14:50.First World War. He and other volunteered as a soldier in the
:14:51. > :14:52.First World War. He and othdr miners First World War. He and othdr miners
:14:53. > :14:56.from Cornwall helped dig tunnels and plant mines under the German
:14:57. > :14:58.trenches. This is a map of some of the tunnels they built on the front
:14:59. > :15:00.in France. On December first, 1 15, in France. On December first, 1915,
:15:01. > :15:03.they had just retreated aftdr they had just retreated after
:15:04. > :15:07.setting a number of charges when there was an explosion.
:15:08. > :15:10.Unfortunately, the Germans were similarly tunnelling, and they
:15:11. > :15:16.detonated a very large explosive charge. And Lieutenant Twitd and
:15:17. > :15:22.four, I think, of his men, were killed instantly, all Cornish
:15:23. > :15:27.miners. Lieutenant Twite's widow was so distraught when his canv`s kitbag
:15:28. > :15:30.was sent back, she couldn't open it. Now, almost 100 years later, his
:15:31. > :15:36.grandson has not only opened it but has loaned its contents to the St
:15:37. > :15:37.Agnes Museum. Among the possessions is his watch, a poignant relinder
:15:38. > :15:42.Agnes Museum. Among the possessions is his watch, a poignant reminder of
:15:43. > :15:45.when and how he died. The fhnal objects that they revealed was the
:15:46. > :15:49.poor man's watch, that he w`s wearing on that awful day. And
:15:50. > :15:51.poor man's watch, that he was wearing on that awful day. @nd as
:15:52. > :15:57.you can see, it's still caked with mud from the trenches. And ht
:15:58. > :16:11.stopped at 8pm, which was the time when the Germans detonated their
:16:12. > :16:18.bomb. So really, really sad. Other items from bag are equally loving.
:16:19. > :16:24.items from bag are equally moving. This is a letter from his children.
:16:25. > :16:28.Dear daddy, my best day I got 30 marks. Auntie Clark has brotght us
:16:29. > :16:31.some sweets. He never got this letter because he had been killed
:16:32. > :16:34.two days earlier. This exhibition also features sketches by an unknown
:16:35. > :16:39.soldier, capturing life on the front and on leave. But it's Lieutenant
:16:40. > :16:49.Twite's final hours, sealed in a kitbag, that make this exhibition so
:16:50. > :16:52.special. Very poignant stuff.
:16:53. > :16:53.Now back to our main story that the Cornish have been given nathonal
:16:54. > :16:55.Cornish have been given national minority status. Spotlight's David
:16:56. > :16:59.George, a proud Cornishman himself, has been talking to people hn
:17:00. > :17:07.Cornwall about what it might mean to them.
:17:08. > :17:14.So, the Scotsman, a Welshman and an Irishman walking into a pub. Soon
:17:15. > :17:15.they will be joined by a Cornish man. The covenant has deciddd that
:17:16. > :17:19.man. The covenant has decided that the Cornish should have the same
:17:20. > :17:21.status as other Celtic people under the European framework Convdntion
:17:22. > :17:29.for the protection of national minorities. If it means we can fill
:17:30. > :17:30.out passport applications and put Cornish instead of English, I am all
:17:31. > :17:32.for it but I am not sure wh`t Cornish instead of English, I am all
:17:33. > :17:34.for it but I am not sure what it is. for it but I am not sure wh`t it is.
:17:35. > :17:38.Many who visit and most who live here know it is a unique place.
:17:39. > :17:47.Today's announcement has surprised some. National minority status? No
:17:48. > :17:50.clue. Does that mean that Cornish would be a minority? It seems
:17:51. > :17:54.clue. Does that mean that Cornish would be a minority? It seels like
:17:55. > :17:58.an icing to do. We can wave our flock `` and nice thing to do, we
:17:59. > :18:02.can wave our flag and be Cornish. You could do that before. Yds,
:18:03. > :18:03.can wave our flag and be Cornish. You could do that before. Yes, is it
:18:04. > :18:06.You could do that before. Yds, is it making any difference? Let's ask the
:18:07. > :18:12.Scotsman, they have been a national minority the years. I cannot see
:18:13. > :18:16.anything that has happened hn Scotland. If we have been treated as
:18:17. > :18:20.a national minority, I don't see any advantage that that has givdn
:18:21. > :18:21.Scotland. People will be able to call themselves Cornish without
:18:22. > :18:23.being told, no, you're actually being told, no, you're actually
:18:24. > :18:36.English. We have got differdnt English. We have got different
:18:37. > :18:38.surnames, I am Cornish, she said, `` she said I wasn't Cornish, H
:18:39. > :18:43.surnames, I am Cornish, she said, `` she said I wasn't Cornish, I said,
:18:44. > :18:47.why not? She said, I am too tall. So a Scotsman, Welshman, Irishman and
:18:48. > :18:48.a Scotsman, Welshman, Irishlan and Cornishman walk into a pub and the
:18:49. > :18:52.Cornishman walk into a pub `nd the landlord says, is that some kind of
:18:53. > :18:55.joke? We have had hundreds of comments on
:18:56. > :18:59.this story. Linda has been hn We have had hundreds of comlents on
:19:00. > :19:01.this story. Linda has been in charge this story. Linda has been in charge
:19:02. > :19:05.to say `` in touch to say, ht is to say `` in touch to say, it is
:19:06. > :19:09.bringing news. Stuart from Genesis, it is nice to see Cornish finally
:19:10. > :19:12.it is nice to see Cornish fhnally recognised in law. And says, it
:19:13. > :19:16.seems like a huge waste of time and money than me. It seems people are
:19:17. > :19:22.desperate to segregate themselves rather than join together. Phillips
:19:23. > :19:25.says, it is interesting but no one in the county speaks Cornish as a
:19:26. > :19:37.first language. So what is the point com he asks? Just another... And
:19:38. > :19:41.Phil commented in proper Cornish extracts blended, my dear!
:19:42. > :19:43.Not many bands still play together after fifty years but one stch group
:19:44. > :19:46.is taking to the stage in Barnstaple is taking to the stage in B`rnstaple
:19:47. > :19:50.tonight. The Bonzo Dog Doo`Dah Band have been around for decades and one
:19:51. > :19:52.of them lives in Fremington in North Devon. Haven't heard of them? Well,
:19:53. > :19:55.Devon. Haven't heard of thel? Well, they play metal, just not the sort
:19:56. > :20:00.of metal you might expect. Carole Madge reports.
:20:01. > :20:05.It starts with a simple tapping but quickly becomes performance art. At
:20:06. > :20:08.the age of 12 in North Devon, he started playing the spoons. And then
:20:09. > :20:13.as a student, he brought his talents to Plymouth. The sailors used to
:20:14. > :20:16.to Plymouth. The sailors usdd to love it. Because they all had
:20:17. > :20:16.to Plymouth. The sailors used to love it. Because they all h`d party
:20:17. > :20:19.love it. Because they all had party pieces, they used to stand on their
:20:20. > :20:24.heads, eating champagne glasses and stuff, I used to get up and play the
:20:25. > :20:28.spoons, they would go, wow! That was something they could practice when
:20:29. > :20:30.they would be bored on ship. Called the fastest spoon player in the
:20:31. > :20:31.world, his fame spread as part the fastest spoon player in the
:20:32. > :20:34.world, his fame spread as p`rt of a world, his fame spread as p`rt of a
:20:35. > :20:50.cult group. They're called the Bonzo Dog Doo`Dah Band.
:20:51. > :20:56.I would hold the spoons back`to`back with very firmly with my thtmb in
:20:57. > :20:59.between, so I can maintain a very slight gap between the bowls of the
:21:00. > :21:06.spoons, so that whenever I touch anything, I get a click. So I can
:21:07. > :21:14.make a little roll. Get a shngle make a little roll. Get a shngle
:21:15. > :21:15.click, double click. So what's the thrill of playing the culinary
:21:16. > :21:17.thrill of playing the culin`ry percussion? Getting so much out of
:21:18. > :21:23.such a simple implement. Evdryone's such a simple implement. Evdryone's
:21:24. > :21:25.got spoons. You can always join in. Wherever I go anywhere in the world,
:21:26. > :21:26.with any kind of music, I c`n Wherever I go anywhere in the world,
:21:27. > :21:29.with any kind of music, I can join with any kind of music, I can join
:21:30. > :21:31.in. Three Bonzos And A Piano are playing tonight in Barnstable and
:21:32. > :21:33.tomorrow in Ilminster. And hf playing tonight in Barnstable and
:21:34. > :21:34.tomorrow in Ilminster. And if you're tomorrow in Ilminster. And if you're
:21:35. > :21:46.passing a garden in Fremington, you might just catch Sam warming up.
:21:47. > :21:51.He is brilliant! Very livelx. We have got to have a go. They have
:21:52. > :22:01.given us the spoons, here is a good lesson. Faster, do it faster! I
:22:02. > :22:10.think I might stick to the garden. How! She is quite vicious of these.
:22:11. > :22:14.Look at the size of that. Why have I only got little spoons? I will give
:22:15. > :22:20.it a quick go. I will stick to the weather. Good
:22:21. > :22:24.evening. Get rid of that, let's I will stick to the weather. Good
:22:25. > :22:26.evening. Get rid of that, ldt's talk evening. Get rid of that, ldt's talk
:22:27. > :22:31.about something a bit more serious. There is some wet weather heading
:22:32. > :22:34.our way and this weekend is not look too good. Low pressure is going to
:22:35. > :22:39.take charge of the weather, not just for us but the whole of the United
:22:40. > :22:43.Kingdom. Tomorrow is an East`West split, Dorset and Somerset season
:22:44. > :22:47.outbreak of rain, and the best of outbreak of rain, and the best of
:22:48. > :22:51.the sunshine will be in Cornwall and West Devon. More wind and rain
:22:52. > :22:57.West Devon. More wind and r`in overnight and into Saturday morning.
:22:58. > :22:58.There are some blue sky patches on the big satellite picture, sadly
:22:59. > :22:59.they are not into staying whth the big satellite picture, sadly
:23:00. > :23:03.they are not into staying with us. they are not into staying whth us.
:23:04. > :23:07.This is a new area of low pressure moving in, as well as a lot of cloud
:23:08. > :23:09.developing across the Bay of Biscay and western France. That prdssure
:23:10. > :23:12.will trickle up across the eastern will trickle up across the dastern
:23:13. > :23:17.side of the region overnight and tomorrow. Then in the area of low
:23:18. > :23:21.pressure takes shape, it moves right across and brings as windy weather
:23:22. > :23:25.and wet weather as we go into the start of the weekend. We have had
:23:26. > :23:31.temperatures are 17 degrees today. By Saturday, we are back down to 11
:23:32. > :23:35.or 12. A into Sunday, even though the low pressure is beginning to
:23:36. > :23:39.move away from us, plenty of cloud wrapped around it to keep the shower
:23:40. > :23:42.is going. There is the satellite picture from earlier today, a
:23:43. > :23:50.beautiful afternoon, many of us have got away with a lovely day, and warm
:23:51. > :23:54.as well. This was earlier, blue sky, some clouds developed but this part
:23:55. > :23:56.of Devon had been fine and dry. The breezes freshening little bht.
:23:57. > :23:57.of Devon had been fine and dry. The breezes freshening little bit. There
:23:58. > :24:01.breezes freshening little bht. There has been some lumpy cloud developing
:24:02. > :24:04.through the back end of the afternoon. That is giving a few
:24:05. > :24:12.showers. For many of us, a fine spring day. Enjoying the sunshine
:24:13. > :24:15.and the views. Overnight tonight, any shower activity we have across
:24:16. > :24:19.the North Devon will tend to fade away and for a large part of the
:24:20. > :24:22.night, we will have a good deal of clear skies. Mr Foreman, a few fog
:24:23. > :24:23.patches and then pick a clotd will patches and then pick a cloud will
:24:24. > :24:34.start to creep in from the dast `` start to creep in from the east. ``
:24:35. > :24:36.misinforming. `` mist forming. Cornwall, down to five or six
:24:37. > :24:41.Cornwall, down to five or shx degrees, most of us will have seven
:24:42. > :24:44.or eight. Tomorrow, we hold onto the sunshine but the further east we
:24:45. > :24:49.are, the thick of the cloud and it will give outbreaks of rain. That'll
:24:50. > :24:51.peter out in the second half of the day and for most of us it whll be
:24:52. > :24:53.day and for most of us it will be another fine and dry day. A small
:24:54. > :24:56.chance of a few showers developing chance of a few showers devdloping
:24:57. > :25:00.and temperatures back up to 15 or 16 degrees. There could be a fdw places
:25:01. > :25:03.degrees. There could be a few places that get to 17 if we get an
:25:04. > :25:07.sunshine, particularly across northern Cornwall. The answer
:25:08. > :25:08.sunshine, particularly across northern Cornwall. The answdr silly
:25:09. > :25:09.northern Cornwall. The answer silly should remain fine and dry, thick
:25:10. > :25:14.cloud approaching from the West. `` cloud approaching from the West ``
:25:15. > :25:25.the Isles of Scilly. The high water times...
:25:26. > :25:27.The winds aren't overly strong tomorrow so most of the beaches will
:25:28. > :25:47.be clean. The outlook is definitely unsettled.
:25:48. > :25:49.It might be that we improve conditions into Sunday and Londay
:25:50. > :25:53.conditions into Sunday and Monday but Saturday is the day where we
:25:54. > :25:56.have quite a breeze. It is from the south`west but it will change to
:25:57. > :26:01.action all day as the low pressure moves in, eventually becoming a
:26:02. > :26:07.northerly. We will see outbreaks of rain replaced by showers. It will be
:26:08. > :26:08.a cold day. Lighter winds on Sunday, with a mixed sunshine and showers.
:26:09. > :26:18.Mainly bright and dry into Londay. Have your spoons back, we will play
:26:19. > :26:25.out. Thank you for watching tonight. The national anthem? Shall we have a
:26:26. > :26:51.go? Three, two, one! I don't think it's working! We will say goodbye!
:26:52. > :26:55.All across the country, millions of families are waking up
:26:56. > :26:58.to a Britain in which they find it harder to get on.
:26:59. > :27:01.Whilst the Government keeps telling people everything is fixed,
:27:02. > :27:06.no longer stops the pound in their pocket getting smaller
:27:07. > :27:09.or the bills getting harder to afford.
:27:10. > :27:13.gas and electricity bills have increased by more than ?300
:27:14. > :27:20.whilst the energy companies are making huge profits.
:27:21. > :27:24.not a luxury but an essential for millions of working families -