:00:00. > :00:10.rain. A
:00:11. > :00:14.The stricken ship which almost sank off Cornwall. Now UK taxpayers
:00:15. > :00:14.The stricken ship which almost sank off Cornwall. Now UK taxpaydrs have
:00:15. > :00:20.off Cornwall. Now UK taxpayers have been left with a massive bill.
:00:21. > :00:24.Good evening. The mooring costs are mounting as legal wrangles continue
:00:25. > :00:27.over the future of the Seabreeze. Also tonight: Raising the stakes `
:00:28. > :00:32.the new measures to help cotncils deal with the region's ?200 million
:00:33. > :00:36.gambling habit. And, is this man's teenage punch`up
:00:37. > :00:42.on a Devon beach linked to the First World War?
:00:43. > :00:47.A ship which started sinking off the coast of Cornwall is costing UK
:00:48. > :00:50.taxpayers thousands of pounds a week. The crew of the Seabrdeze was
:00:51. > :00:55.week. The crew of the Seabreeze was rescued when she began taking in
:00:56. > :00:58.water off the Lizard. But as legal wrangles continue over the future of
:00:59. > :01:01.the ship, which is now in the River Fal, the salvage costs and the
:01:02. > :01:15.mooring fees are mounting. Here's our Cornwall reporter, David George.
:01:16. > :01:19.The MV Seabreeze safely moored in the River Fal and a cargo of
:01:20. > :01:23.limestone still on board. The six`man crew were rescued when she
:01:24. > :01:31.began to sink of the Lizard in March. She was towed to Saint
:01:32. > :01:39.Austell Bay and then she was taken in to port. She moved to the River
:01:40. > :01:40.Fal a few days ago. She is being looked after by the Department for
:01:41. > :01:45.Transport, the MCA, and it hs a Transport, the MCA, and it is a
:01:46. > :01:51.matter for the lawyers, the Maritime lawyers, to resolve any marhtime
:01:52. > :02:00.claims. I suppose tax payers in Cornwall
:02:01. > :02:06.will want to know who is paxing At the moment it is the Secretary of
:02:07. > :02:16.State's representative. So taxpayers are paying? Yes. She is reghstered
:02:17. > :02:23.in Barbados, she had a mainly Russian crew, the company is
:02:24. > :02:25.registered in the Pacific. Chartered to eight Moscow`based company with
:02:26. > :02:27.links to a Ukrainian companx to eight Moscow`based company with
:02:28. > :02:30.links to a Ukrainian company which links to a Ukrainian company which
:02:31. > :02:32.is quoted on the Polish stock market. We contacted the company at
:02:33. > :02:36.market. We contacted the colpany at the end of that list which shows the
:02:37. > :02:40.Seabreeze on its website but so far we have had no reply. The vessels
:02:41. > :02:42.we have had no reply. The vdssels howl and machinery are not insured
:02:43. > :02:48.howl and machinery are not hnsured `` insured. She was salvaged by a
:02:49. > :02:53.company based in Cornwall. Salvage is often complex. There are several
:02:54. > :02:55.interested parties and off and is often complex. There are several
:02:56. > :02:58.interested parties and off `nd often on an international basis so getting
:02:59. > :03:04.paid can be interesting, shall we paid can be interesting, sh`ll we
:03:05. > :03:06.say. The Maritime and coastguard agency did not to want to t`ke
:03:07. > :03:09.say. The Maritime and coastguard agency did not to want to take part
:03:10. > :03:14.in an interview. They say negotiations are ongoing between the
:03:15. > :03:15.MCA, the salvors, the Port of Truro, the operators and their
:03:16. > :03:20.Truro, the operators and thdir insurers.
:03:21. > :03:24.As campaigners estimate the South West's gambling habit is now more
:03:25. > :03:27.than ?200 million, an addict from Cornwall has told Spotlight he
:03:28. > :03:31.welcomes new measures to help control the spread of betting shops.
:03:32. > :03:34.Bookmakers who want to open new premises will have to submit a
:03:35. > :03:44.planning application to the local council. Tamsin Melville has more.
:03:45. > :03:51.Living with a gambling addiction is a battle for this man. It is
:03:52. > :03:53.something I think about every day. Some days I can deal with it better
:03:54. > :03:55.than others. Some days I think Some days I can deal with it better
:03:56. > :04:01.than others. Some days I thhnk about what I have lost, which is hard. For
:04:02. > :04:05.him, it is the year of Internet betting but in the past it is
:04:06. > :04:07.betting but in the past it hs roulette machines found in
:04:08. > :04:14.bookmakers which he says are highly bookmakers which he says ard highly
:04:15. > :04:18.addictive. The government is now proposing shop staff should have to
:04:19. > :04:23.give permission for betting over ?50 on the machines and there are plans
:04:24. > :04:26.to give councils more powers to tackle betting shops spreading
:04:27. > :04:27.tackle betting shops spreadhng across high streets. It is a
:04:28. > :04:31.terrible addition `` addicthon for across high streets. It is `
:04:32. > :04:34.terrible addition `` addiction for a terrible addition `` addicthon for a
:04:35. > :04:41.lot of people. You never sed bookmakers filing for bankruptcy, do
:04:42. > :04:42.you? I think it is very important we give our communities and cotncils
:04:43. > :04:48.give our communities and councils the opportunity to control what
:04:49. > :04:51.happens on their own high streets. But with limited gambling
:04:52. > :04:54.counselling available in Cornwall, those struggling with addiction say
:04:55. > :04:58.it is more direct help that is needed. Every little helps but for
:04:59. > :05:02.someone with a gambling addhction to someone with a gambling addiction to
:05:03. > :05:07.the point they could possibly destroy their own lives, it is only
:05:08. > :05:12.a small step. It really is getting to the root cause that needs to be
:05:13. > :05:14.addressed. The industry says it is not true
:05:15. > :05:17.that betting shops are incrdasing in that betting shops are increasing in
:05:18. > :05:20.numbers. Earlier, I spoke to Peter Craske
:05:21. > :05:22.from the Association of British Bookmakers and asked him wh`t
:05:23. > :05:26.Bookmakers and asked him what difference this will make to the
:05:27. > :05:29.Association's members? Well, if the government implement
:05:30. > :05:33.what they're saying, then every time a company applies for a betting shop
:05:34. > :05:38.they would need to go through the planning process which a lot do
:05:39. > :05:41.already so it regulates that. But we are waiting to see the government's
:05:42. > :05:48.consultation document to fully understand what they mean. But
:05:49. > :05:50.presumably there is a probldm with gambling across the nation and these
:05:51. > :05:51.gambling across the nation `nd these measures are needed to try and
:05:52. > :05:51.gambling across the nation and these measures are needed to try `nd bring
:05:52. > :05:55.measures are needed to try and bring in some level of control?
:05:56. > :05:59.The control is already therd. in some level of control?
:06:00. > :06:01.The control is already therd. Every betting shop needs a licence
:06:02. > :06:01.The control is already there. Every betting shop needs a licencd from
:06:02. > :06:04.betting shop needs a licence from the gambling commission and local
:06:05. > :06:06.authorities. Our concern is this will add more cost to running a
:06:07. > :06:08.business and we have alreadx will add more cost to running a
:06:09. > :06:10.business and we have already seen business and we have alreadx seen
:06:11. > :06:12.?350 million in tax imposed over the last year. With 3000 people employed
:06:13. > :06:13.over the south`west in betting over the south`west in betthng
:06:14. > :06:15.shops, we are concerned their jobs shops, we are concerned their jobs
:06:16. > :06:19.may be at risk because we h`ve more may be at risk because we h`ve more
:06:20. > :06:22.costs to pay so these issues need to be looked at properly once the
:06:23. > :06:26.consultation document is published. Do you accept more measures are
:06:27. > :06:30.necessary to try and prevent people being gambling addicts rathdr than
:06:31. > :06:33.occasional betters? Absolutely. We want our customers to
:06:34. > :06:34.bet safely and responsibly `nd Absolutely. We want our customers to
:06:35. > :06:34.bet safely and responsibly and that bet safely and responsibly `nd that
:06:35. > :06:36.is why, in March, we introduced a is why, in March, we introduced a
:06:37. > :06:38.new code for responsible galbling new code for responsible galbling
:06:39. > :06:40.that sets out a series of measures that sets out a series of mdasures
:06:41. > :06:43.helping people not getting into helping people not getting hnto
:06:44. > :06:46.difficulties in the first place. Obviously, once someone has got into
:06:47. > :06:47.difficulties there are a range of charities and treatment programmes
:06:48. > :06:49.available which the industrx funds available which the industry funds
:06:50. > :06:53.voluntarily. If we didn't ftnd those voluntarily. If we didn't ftnd those
:06:54. > :06:54.projects they wouldn't exist, but we don't want customers to get into
:06:55. > :06:56.trouble with gambling. We want don't want customers to get into
:06:57. > :06:58.trouble with gambling. We w`nt them trouble with gambling. We w`nt them
:06:59. > :07:02.to bet safely and responsibly. We are happy to work with the
:07:03. > :07:03.government and the regulator to make that better.
:07:04. > :07:16.Thank you very much for joining us. Water bills in the South West will
:07:17. > :07:21.fall by as much as 7% over the next five years. If the proposals from
:07:22. > :07:26.Ofwat become reality, the average yearly bill would come down by 35
:07:27. > :07:32.in today's money. Here's our business correspondence.
:07:33. > :07:36.It has always been a hugely awkward combination. The highest bills in
:07:37. > :07:41.the lowest wage region and that strain has been felt for years by
:07:42. > :07:44.businesses as well as households. Today, they saw the latest hn a
:07:45. > :07:47.series of interventions designed to series of interventions deshgned to
:07:48. > :07:56.help the bill payers. It was a draft ruling by Ofwat and consumer
:07:57. > :08:01.advocates have welcomed it. It is brilliant news for consumers in the
:08:02. > :08:03.South West. The price and affordability measures are a
:08:04. > :08:09.affordability measures are ` sensitive issue and your vidwers
:08:10. > :08:15.know that and over the years, the company have heard that well and
:08:16. > :08:18.have had to respond. Ofwat proposes that from 2015, the
:08:19. > :08:19.Ofwat proposes that from 2005, the average water and sewerage bill
:08:20. > :08:25.should fall by 7% before anx should fall by 7% before anx
:08:26. > :08:29.adjustments for inflation. Today, the average annual household bill is
:08:30. > :08:35.?495. Some pay more but some pay ?495. Some pay more but some pay
:08:36. > :08:41.less. If the proposals becole reality, the average would come down
:08:42. > :08:44.over five years to ?460 in today's money. The reason for this squeeze
:08:45. > :08:47.is a growing realisation th`t water is a growing realisation that water
:08:48. > :08:52.companies have had it relathvely companies have had it relathvely
:08:53. > :08:53.easy whilst customer incomes have definitely lagged behind inflation.
:08:54. > :08:59.South West Water had already been South West Water had alreadx been
:09:00. > :09:04.proposing to reduce its bills over this period anyway, aware of this,
:09:05. > :09:06.and it has plans to cut bills and keep up with is most important
:09:07. > :09:09.keep up with is most import`nt investment plans.
:09:10. > :09:14.David Cameron has paid tribute to Corporal James Walters from
:09:15. > :09:16.Cornwall, who died along with four others in a helicopter crash in
:09:17. > :09:20.Afghanistan. The 36`year`old, who grew up near Leedstown, worked as a
:09:21. > :09:23.crewman on Lynx helicopters. The MoD described the crash near Kandahar
:09:24. > :09:31.air base last Saturday as a "tragic accident". These tragic deaths
:09:32. > :09:35.remind us of the continued sacrifice of our Armed Forces and I know I
:09:36. > :09:36.deepest sympathies are with their families at this very difficult
:09:37. > :09:42.time. An investigation's under way into
:09:43. > :09:46.the death of a soldier on D`rtmoor. He was hit by a trailer which was
:09:47. > :09:49.part of a convoy heading to a training exercise at Okehampton last
:09:50. > :09:50.night. The 20`year`old from the East Midlands suffered severe he`d
:09:51. > :09:51.night. The 20`year`old from the East Midlands suffered severe head and
:09:52. > :09:54.Midlands suffered severe he`d and chest injuries and was pronounced
:09:55. > :09:56.dead after being taken for treatment nearby. He was serving with seven
:09:57. > :10:00.Theatre Logistic Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps. His family has been
:10:01. > :10:02.informed. Meanwhile, in Plymouth, a m`n has
:10:03. > :10:03.Meanwhile, in Plymouth, a man has died after he was crushed bdtween
:10:04. > :10:06.died after he was crushed between two vehicles. The 25`year`old from
:10:07. > :10:09.Hull was trapped between a stationary Land Rover and a
:10:10. > :10:13.transporter van which he was loading on to a trailer at Glenholt Road
:10:14. > :10:16.last night. He was taken to Derriford Hospital but later died.
:10:17. > :10:20.The Health and Safety Executive has been informed.
:10:21. > :10:24.A consultation is under way into job losses at the University of Exeter.
:10:25. > :10:26.It says it's needed to ensure it thrives in future amid increased
:10:27. > :10:30.competition following the introduction of tuition fees. Bosses
:10:31. > :10:34.say the review is in its early stages.
:10:35. > :10:39.A deal has been reached between unions and Cornwall council over the
:10:40. > :10:41.future pay of staff. Proposals include introducing a living wage
:10:42. > :10:46.and retaining current redundancy pay levels and national terms in
:10:47. > :10:48.relation to sick pay. The authority says the proposals will savd
:10:49. > :10:55.relation to sick pay. The atthority says the proposals will save it more
:10:56. > :10:58.than ?5 million. Later: Find out what links `
:10:59. > :11:03.Later: Find out what links a punch`up on a Devon beach to the
:11:04. > :11:07.First World War. And computer`controlled cattle feeding.
:11:08. > :11:11.We visit the first farm in the country to use the technology. On
:11:12. > :11:13.the shop floor ` the youngsters finding out how food gets from farm
:11:14. > :11:18.to fork. Young people in the region
:11:19. > :11:22.struggling to buy or rent have Young people in the region
:11:23. > :11:26.struggling to buy or rent h`ve taken their plight to the housing minister
:11:27. > :11:28.calling for more land to be made available in places like the
:11:29. > :11:29.calling for more land to be made available in places like thd South
:11:30. > :11:33.available in places like the South hams so low`cost homes can be built.
:11:34. > :11:38.As John Danks reports, they are also calling for more help with the cost
:11:39. > :11:40.of accommodation. Will Holland says he owns a good
:11:41. > :11:44.wage as a carpenter. He livds with wage as a carpenter. He lives with
:11:45. > :11:50.his family in one of the few remaining housing association
:11:51. > :11:53.properties in tradition. He feels price tag by second home owners. It
:11:54. > :11:57.price tag by second home owners It seems that young people have almost
:11:58. > :12:00.been forgotten about and left to get on with stuff without having much
:12:01. > :12:07.help from the other generation. help from the other generathon.
:12:08. > :12:09.Land Registry figures reveal the average price for a house in the
:12:10. > :12:13.South hams was just over ?300,0 0 South hams was just over ?300,0 0
:12:14. > :12:20.last year. How easy is it to build your own if they are too expensive
:12:21. > :12:27.to buy? This development is proof it can be done. Six homes for six local
:12:28. > :12:33.families. We are delighted. We have learned new skills and have
:12:34. > :12:44.surprised ourselves that, during an extra 30 hours a week is possible ``
:12:45. > :12:51.doing an extra 30 hours. Hopefully, the Minister will look into this
:12:52. > :12:55.further. I hope he decides to treat every different area individually
:12:56. > :12:58.and that no one scheme will meet the needs of everyone in the cotntry.
:12:59. > :13:03.needs of everyone in the country. The government says there are a
:13:04. > :13:09.number of schemes to help young people which aims to increase the
:13:10. > :13:11.availability of properties for private rent.
:13:12. > :13:15.A growing number of dairy f`rmers across the region are milking their
:13:16. > :13:18.cows robotically, but now a Devon farmer has taken it a step further.
:13:19. > :13:23.David Partridge is the first in the country to introduce an automated
:13:24. > :13:25.system to feed his herd. In just three months, he's seen a
:13:26. > :13:28.significant increase in the amount significant increase in the amount
:13:29. > :13:30.of milk his farm is producing. Anna Varle has been to see the technology
:13:31. > :13:32.Varle has been to see the tdchnology in action.
:13:33. > :13:34.It's taken David Partridge ` in action.
:13:35. > :13:34.It's taken David Partridge a gear to It's taken David Partridge a gear to
:13:35. > :13:38.make this a reality and aftdr only make this a reality and aftdr only
:13:39. > :13:39.three months it s a decision which he says has already revolutionised
:13:40. > :13:44.he says has already revoluthonised his business. `` it has taken him a
:13:45. > :13:47.his business. `` it has takdn him a year. I'm pleased we've done
:13:48. > :13:49.his business. `` it has taken him a year. I'm pleased we've dond it
:13:50. > :13:52.It's been very beneficial and I am sure it will be beneficial
:13:53. > :13:54.long`term. It is certainly beneficial to the cows. They are
:13:55. > :14:00.being fed 24 hours a day frdsh food. being fed 24 hours a day fresh food.
:14:01. > :14:05.This herd used to be fed once a day. They are now being fed around the
:14:06. > :14:10.clock. The key to this is little and often. These cows are being fed ten
:14:11. > :14:14.times a day so they are getting a more consistent and balanced diet.
:14:15. > :14:19.Experts say it is better for their stomach and digestion. So how
:14:20. > :14:21.scientific is it? A computer system is used to work out the bal`nce
:14:22. > :14:21.scientific is it? A computer system is used to work out the balance of
:14:22. > :14:23.is used to work out the bal`nce of the ingredients and then the blend
:14:24. > :14:26.the ingredients and then thd blend which includes silage, minerals and
:14:27. > :14:32.molasses is fed into the hopper and dispensed by the feeder. Since it
:14:33. > :14:33.has been in operation it has increased David milk yields by 4%
:14:34. > :14:40.increased David milk yields by 14% and saved him two hours of labour a
:14:41. > :14:42.day. Farmers from all over the UK have been visiting the site to see
:14:43. > :14:46.how the technology works. Whth have been visiting the site to see
:14:47. > :14:48.how the technology works. With units how the technology works. With units
:14:49. > :14:52.being built and people who can do it ` where labour is a problem and they
:14:53. > :14:56.want consistency of feed to the cows, then, yes, I think it will be
:14:57. > :15:01.a growing thing for the next ten years. It is only the beginning for
:15:02. > :15:02.David. He's also introduced robotic milking machines and he hopes
:15:03. > :15:03.David. He's also introduced robotic milking machines and he hopds it
:15:04. > :15:04.milking machines and he hopes it will increase production evdn
:15:05. > :15:18.further in the coming months. Youngsters from across the
:15:19. > :15:20.south`west are being treated to behind`the`scenes tours of their
:15:21. > :15:22.local supermarket to help get behind`the`scenes tours of their
:15:23. > :15:22.local supermarket to help gdt a behind`the`scenes tours of their
:15:23. > :15:27.local supermarket to help get a new local supermarket to help gdt a new
:15:28. > :15:32.generation eating a diet. A national chain and several charities have
:15:33. > :15:39.teamed up to give children ` Farm To Fork talk.
:15:40. > :15:40.Tesco in Plymouth is a giant classroom for the day for these
:15:41. > :15:44.children. The tour shows children children. The tour shows children
:15:45. > :15:54.how their food comes from the farm to the shop. Diabetes UK and the NFU
:15:55. > :15:59.one Tesco to give primary schoolchildren nationwide the Farm
:16:00. > :16:00.To Fork tall so they can choose healthier food. This quiz is
:16:01. > :16:02.designed to get them a bit lore designed to get them a bit lore
:16:03. > :16:09.friendly with the healthy stuff. designed to get them a bit more
:16:10. > :16:13.friendly with the healthy stuff And friendly with the healthy stuff And
:16:14. > :16:26.aubergine. A leak. Brussels sprouts. Marrow. They get to try new
:16:27. > :16:33.food and find out how it's lade Nice? I found that it takes four
:16:34. > :16:43.litres of milk to make two kilograms of cheese. Cheese brushes your
:16:44. > :16:45.teeth. Let as test whether they have taken it all in. What is thd main
:16:46. > :16:53.taken it all in. What is the main ingredient of bread? Flower. I've
:16:54. > :17:01.started so I'll finish. How Curly is curly kale? Pass.
:17:02. > :17:09.How would you have done? Not sure. Ely `` he looked relieved when it
:17:10. > :17:11.was over. An event to inspire future sportsmen
:17:12. > :17:14.and women was held at Plymotth's and women was held at Plymotth's
:17:15. > :17:15.Life Centre today. 130 youngsters with special educational needs and
:17:16. > :17:17.with special educational nedds and disabilities were encouraged to try
:17:18. > :17:19.their hand at various activities, their hand at various activities,
:17:20. > :17:22.including water polo. On hand, to put them through their paces, was
:17:23. > :17:32.one of Team GB's Paralympians. Spotlight's Dave Gibbins has more.
:17:33. > :17:36.Water polo was the highlight of the programme at the Life Centrd.
:17:37. > :17:37.Water polo was the highlight of the programme at the Life Centre. They
:17:38. > :17:42.programme at the Life Centrd. They wanted to develop this for today's
:17:43. > :17:47.attendees and any young person lacking confidence when confronting
:17:48. > :17:49.physical exercise. When we `sked them if they've had a good take, the
:17:50. > :17:54.them if they've had a good take the answer is yes. They say to their
:17:55. > :18:01.headteachers, we want to do this sport in our school. Encour`ging and
:18:02. > :18:03.sport in our school. Encouraging and inspiring the children was Great
:18:04. > :18:14.Britain Paralympic and from Exmouth. He switched from slam into the para
:18:15. > :18:19.triathlon for 2016. Many kids have highlighted a wheel, if you like, to
:18:20. > :18:23.continue some of the spores they've tried today. They can begin a
:18:24. > :18:26.journey and who knows where that could lead. There were other sports
:18:27. > :18:31.like simulated rowing, new age like simulated rowing, new age
:18:32. > :18:33.curling to give the children and insight into what skills are needed
:18:34. > :18:38.insight into what skills ard needed if they want to emulate somebody
:18:39. > :18:41.like Damien Hill. I know or different activities and having
:18:42. > :18:45.fun. I have fun all the timd different activities and having
:18:46. > :18:48.fun. I have fun all the time but different activities and having
:18:49. > :18:49.fun. I have fun all the timd but it is `` there are more different
:18:50. > :18:56.is `` there are more differdnt activities to go on. Table tennis is
:18:57. > :19:01.fun. I was chatting to this girl and she was talking about my family and
:19:02. > :19:07.stuff. I almost got it over the other side and I almost won. He
:19:08. > :19:15.reached the Paralympic final in Athens in 2004 at 15, the youngest
:19:16. > :19:19.to do it and his message is, if he can do it, one of these children can
:19:20. > :19:22.as well. That is the aim of today's project.
:19:23. > :19:25.Now, one was the son of a Devon beach attendant, the other one of
:19:26. > :19:30.the most powerful teenagers in Europe. They came to blows on a
:19:31. > :19:32.beach in North Devon. But what links the punch`up to the First World War?
:19:33. > :19:36.Well, one of the boys in qudstion Well, one of the boys in qudstion
:19:37. > :19:38.was Kaiser Wilhelm II, and there's a suggestion that the blow struck by
:19:39. > :19:39.local lad Alf Price could have suggestion that the blow struck by
:19:40. > :19:41.local lad Alf Price could h`ve lead local lad Alf Price could have lead
:19:42. > :19:45.to the Kaiser's life`long grudge against Britain. Spotlight's North
:19:46. > :19:54.Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby, is in Ilfracombe for us now to tell us
:19:55. > :19:58.more. Yes, let me set the scene. 1878
:19:59. > :19:58.more. Yes, let me set the scene. 0878 and
:19:59. > :20:03.over there on the beach to young over there on the beach to young
:20:04. > :20:09.lads come to blows. Could that fight have been the start of a hatred of
:20:10. > :20:16.historic proportions? Could what had happened here 130 years ago be the
:20:17. > :20:18.reason kaiser hated Britain? At Ilfracombe's Museum, they'vd
:20:19. > :20:21.Ilfracombe's Museum, they've unearthed evidence that Alf Price
:20:22. > :20:22.floored the Kaiser with a shngle floored the Kaiser with a single
:20:23. > :20:29.punch. In August, the futurd floored the Kaiser with a shngle
:20:30. > :20:30.punch. In August, the future Emperor of Germany came here for a short
:20:31. > :20:37.holiday and when he was taking a holiday and when he was takhng a
:20:38. > :20:42.regular dip on the beach, to amuse himself, he started throwing stones
:20:43. > :20:45.at the bathing huts. The bathing huts were attended by Alf Price the
:20:46. > :20:50.huts were attended by Alf Price, the son of the family who owned the
:20:51. > :20:55.huts, so he told the Kaiser not to throw stones at the huts. The future
:20:56. > :21:02.kaiser ignored him and carrhed on. They got into a fight and Alf
:21:03. > :21:08.punched the Kaiser to a `` the ground with a good left hook. The
:21:09. > :21:19.punch was the inspiration of a poem written in 1916 and called Why The
:21:20. > :21:23.Kaiser Hates England. It describes how young Alf knocked the K`iser on
:21:24. > :21:32.the nose before the Germans out revenge. The story really cheered
:21:33. > :21:38.them up, as some of the letters I found proved. This man says many
:21:39. > :21:43.thanks for that. I found it very amusing and some of my chums were
:21:44. > :21:47.quite tickled. Another says, I get the local paper every week `nd I
:21:48. > :21:55.knows his `` the notice of the verse. Could the punch have played a
:21:56. > :22:02.part in the start of the First World War? I don't think it startdd the
:22:03. > :22:08.war but if it happened, the Kaiser didn't have fond memories of
:22:09. > :22:13.Ilfracombe being humiliated by a boy for years younger. Alf Price is
:22:14. > :22:19.for years younger. Alf Pricd is buried at the holy Trinity Parish
:22:20. > :22:21.Church. On his `` his deathbed, he told friends that his greatdst
:22:22. > :22:23.told friends that his greatest achievement was inflicting ` bloody
:22:24. > :22:26.achievement was inflicting a bloody nose on the Kaiser. In thosd
:22:27. > :22:26.achievement was inflicting ` bloody nose on the Kaiser. In those lovely
:22:27. > :22:31.nose on the Kaiser. In thosd lovely archive shots of the beach, you will
:22:32. > :22:36.have seen boats and bathers. No bathers tonight but the story lives
:22:37. > :22:46.on. Alf Price is said to have told the young prince, I don't ghve a
:22:47. > :22:51.dash who you are! I don't think they will rewrite the
:22:52. > :22:57.history books any time soon. A big day in Padstow tomorrow.
:22:58. > :23:05.They say it heralds the start of summer.
:23:06. > :23:06.Good evening. Perhaps there may improve in the afternoon but you and
:23:07. > :23:09.I know that this time of year we get I know that this time of year we get
:23:10. > :23:12.showers, some heavy and somd showers, some heavy and some
:23:13. > :23:16.prolonged and slow moving. H think prolonged and slow moving. I think
:23:17. > :23:23.that will be the case tomorrow. Things may improve towards the end
:23:24. > :23:29.of the morning. Certainly tomorrow is a wet start. It will brighten up
:23:30. > :23:35.but with the risk of showers turning up through the course of thd day.
:23:36. > :23:42.Eventually, this area of low pressure leaves but not till the end
:23:43. > :23:44.of the day on Friday. A lind of showers is going through at the
:23:45. > :23:47.moment. There is some clearance moment. There is some clear`nce
:23:48. > :23:54.behind but then more showers will gather for tomorrow. High pressure
:23:55. > :23:56.will come back for the weekend. gather for tomorrow. High pressure
:23:57. > :23:57.will come back for the weekdnd. Here will come back for the weekend. Here
:23:58. > :24:02.is the line of showers we h`ve seen is the line of showers we have seen
:24:03. > :24:16.today. There were sharp downpours in the last couple of hours.
:24:17. > :24:22.Our cameraman managed to get some of these shots in focus! With the
:24:23. > :24:26.sunshine at this time of year, it sunshine at this time of ye`r, it
:24:27. > :24:28.does look splendid. We need the sunshine but we will have to wait
:24:29. > :24:33.until the weekend. This cover of until the weekend. This covdr of
:24:34. > :24:40.cloud will move through with showers dying away for the first part of the
:24:41. > :24:45.night. Turning mystique. Towards dawn, the next line of rain will
:24:46. > :24:50.come in and this one is potentially come in and this one is potdntially
:24:51. > :24:58.quite heavy. The Met office has issued a warning with quite intense
:24:59. > :25:04.showers in places. Tomorrow, cloudy and wet at first. Into the
:25:05. > :25:10.afternoon, things improved from the West. North Cornwall and thd
:25:11. > :25:17.afternoon, things improved from the West. North Cornwall and the North
:25:18. > :25:23.Devon coast could see late sunshine. The wind will be from the wdst or
:25:24. > :25:25.north west so not overly warm on the North Cornwall coast. The r`in will
:25:26. > :25:28.North Cornwall coast. The rain will move through the Isles of Scilly
:25:29. > :25:57.quite early in the day with brightness in the afternoon.
:25:58. > :26:10.Thank you for all your weather pictures. Keep them coming.
:26:11. > :26:15.The Outlook, it gets better and the sun comes back out. A littld
:26:16. > :26:18.sun comes back out. A little bit sun comes back out. A little bit
:26:19. > :26:23.chilly at night`time. I'm sure they won't let a drop of
:26:24. > :26:26.rain dampen their is easy as in Padstow tomorrow. Thank you for your
:26:27. > :26:51.company and do have a very good evening. Good night.
:26:52. > :26:56.Some people don't think real change in Europe is possible.
:26:57. > :26:59.Some people don't think real change is necessary.
:27:00. > :27:04.Some people don't think it's worth fighting for.