:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening. Firefighters in the on bids the BBC News
:00:11. > :00:12.Good evening. Firefighters in the South West are back out on strike
:00:13. > :00:13.this evening. Members of thd South West are back out on strike
:00:14. > :00:13.this evening. Members of the Fire this evening. Members of thd Fire
:00:14. > :00:15.Brigades' Union walked out at this evening. Members of the Fire
:00:16. > :00:17.Brigades' Union walked out `t 2pm Brigades' Union walked out `t 2pm
:00:18. > :00:20.this afternoon for 12 hours in an ongoing dispute over pensions. The
:00:21. > :00:23.government says the FBU has one of the most generous schemes in the
:00:24. > :00:30.public sector. It's the second of three strikes this weekend. The next
:00:31. > :00:34.is tomorrow between 10am and 3pm. Some of the region's MPs are calling
:00:35. > :00:36.for a halt to cuts in funding for bus services, following big
:00:37. > :00:37.reductions in council budgets, reduced fuel rebates and less
:00:38. > :00:42.support for concessionary f`res And support for concessionary f`res And
:00:43. > :00:46.there are warnings that things are already at crisis point in some
:00:47. > :00:50.parts of the region. Tamsin Melville reports.
:00:51. > :00:55.All right, Cath? Yes, thank you. All right, Cath? Yes, thank you
:00:56. > :00:59.It's home time as a community bus makes its daily visit to a Penzance
:01:00. > :01:00.day centre. People come frol all sorts of places out in the rural
:01:01. > :01:02.community and without the bus sorts of places out in the rural
:01:03. > :01:02.community and without the bts they community and without the bts they
:01:03. > :01:04.wouldn't be able to get on any community and without the bus they
:01:05. > :01:06.wouldn't be able to get on `ny sort wouldn't be able to get on `ny sort
:01:07. > :01:08.of transport to get into the centre at all. This company have bden
:01:09. > :01:09.running two council`subsidised routes recently pulled by a
:01:10. > :01:10.commercial operator, alongside routes recently pulled by a
:01:11. > :01:15.commercial operator, alongshde other commercial operator, alongside other
:01:16. > :01:18.services for rural communities. You do it for the love of it. There s
:01:19. > :01:24.nothing in it personally, other than the satisfaction that this service
:01:25. > :01:26.is provided and the gap is filled. I know what a void it would leave if
:01:27. > :01:29.know what a void it would ldave if we stopped tomorrow. Following a
:01:30. > :01:31.council tender process, Spencer has just lost the two main routes to
:01:32. > :01:36.just lost the two main routds to another operator, but gained a new
:01:37. > :01:38.one. There's more than 20 commnity bus schemes like this one across
:01:39. > :01:40.Cornwall and there's real concerns about where the money is coling
:01:41. > :01:40.Cornwall and there's real concerns about where the money is coming from
:01:41. > :01:45.about where the money is coling from in the future to keep them on the
:01:46. > :01:48.road. The council says this year, despite government cuts to budgets,
:01:49. > :01:51.it's keeping the current level of services running. Spencer thinks
:01:52. > :01:55.there needs to be creative thinking in the future. To subsidise the main
:01:56. > :01:58.bus routes is not cheap, thdy're bus routes is not cheap, thdy're
:01:59. > :02:01.talking about millions of pounds a year, where a small amount of money
:02:02. > :02:10.to an organisation like ourselves can go an awful long way.
:02:11. > :02:11.And you can see more on that story on the Sunday Politics at 10am
:02:12. > :02:16.on the Sunday Politics at 11am tomorrow morning here on BBC One.
:02:17. > :02:19.The 25th world pilot gig championships are under way on the
:02:20. > :02:21.Isles of Scilly. Mounts Bay won the ladies veterans' race last night.
:02:22. > :02:26.Caradon took the men's title. The Caradon took the men's titld. The
:02:27. > :02:27.seeding races for the Sunday finals have been taking place todax.
:02:28. > :02:30.seeding races for the Sundax finals have been taking place today. Hannah
:02:31. > :02:33.Stacey reports. This is the world's longest rowing
:02:34. > :02:35.starting line, 140 pilot gigs racing from here, off the island of St
:02:36. > :02:49.Agnes, into St Mary's. These first races sort the groups
:02:50. > :02:54.for the rest of the heats to decide the men's and ladies' world titles.
:02:55. > :02:58.Crossing the line first are Falmouth in Black Rock. They've just done one
:02:59. > :03:07.and a half nautical miles but that's just the start of it. Now the heats.
:03:08. > :03:10.It's difficult when it's such a long line to know where you are. But
:03:11. > :03:11.yeah, we rode really well. Ht's line to know where you are. But
:03:12. > :03:16.yeah, we rode really well. Ht's nice to be in our race gig. And the
:03:17. > :03:18.water, what's it like? Lovely. Yeah, nicest it's been for a few xears, I
:03:19. > :03:23.nicest it's been for a few years, I think. In the men's first r`ce, the
:03:24. > :03:28.same gig, Black Rock, crewed by the current title`holders, Falmouth
:03:29. > :03:30.men's, cross the lines too. Today's weather a sharp contrast to
:03:31. > :03:34.yesterday's fog, which caused travel problems for many. Buoyant crowds
:03:35. > :03:41.gathered along the coasts of St Mary's to watch the gigs race
:03:42. > :03:43.through the markets. `` the markers. The finals are due to be st`ged
:03:44. > :03:47.The finals are due to be staged tomorrow afternoon.
:03:48. > :03:51.Onto football, and the final day of the season provided lots of goals.
:03:52. > :03:53.In the Championship, Yeovil Town went down 4`1 to Middlesbrotgh. In
:03:54. > :03:55.went down 4`1 to Middlesbrough. In League Two, Exeter City beat
:03:56. > :03:58.Hartlepool 2`0, The Dockyard Derby was a thriller as Plymouth drew 3`3
:03:59. > :04:00.at Portsmouth, and Torquay Tnited went down 3`0 to Wycombe Wanderers.
:04:01. > :04:02.League Two, Exeter City beat Hartlepool 2`0, The Dockyard Onto
:04:03. > :04:14.the weather now for the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend. Here's Emily.
:04:15. > :04:18.We will continue with the settled We will continue with the sdttled
:04:19. > :04:20.weather for the rest of the bank a lovely weekend although not all of
:04:21. > :04:23.us have seen huge amount of sunshine. We will see cloud return
:04:24. > :04:29.to much of the region overnhght to much of the region overnhght
:04:30. > :04:34.Perhaps clearer skies furthdr east across the Channel Islands slightly
:04:35. > :04:37.cooler temperatures, but elsewhere minimum temperatures between seven
:04:38. > :04:43.and eight. Tomorrow morning, a cloudy start for many. Sunshine
:04:44. > :04:45.further east in Dorset and Somerset, in the afternoon we should get some
:04:46. > :04:47.brighter skies from the site. in the afternoon we should get some
:04:48. > :04:49.brighter skies from the sitd. Fairly brighter skies from the sitd. Fairly
:04:50. > :04:53.mild tomorrow with highs of 15 Celsius. From Monday, cloudy but
:04:54. > :04:56.Celsius. From Monday, cloudx but some brighter skies and feeling
:04:57. > :04:59.milder, but turning more and settled from Tuesday.
:05:00. > :05:12.That's it for now. Our next news is at 6:50pm tomorrow. Goodbye for now.
:05:13. > :05:18.Good evening. It was a cold, even frosty start to the Bank Holiday
:05:19. > :05:23.weekend but for most of us day one of three has been dry. We are going
:05:24. > :05:26.to see changes, the first of those changes spilling across Scotland and
:05:27. > :05:29.Northern Ireland as outbreaks of rain drifting through the night
:05:30. > :05:33.Getting into parts of northern England as well. With the cloud and
:05:34. > :05:37.rain it will not be as cold as last night, temperatures staying in
:05:38. > :05:41.double figures in many cities. In the south, clear skies once more.
:05:42. > :05:46.Like last night, it is going to be cold. Parts of the countryside will
:05:47. > :05:51.be down to zero, maybe -1, as we start Sunday. A chilly start.
:05:52. > :05:56.Generally a fine day was quite a bit of sunshine. Elsewhere, sunshine in
:05:57. > :06:00.short supply to start with. Dull, damp morning. It will turn brighter
:06:01. > :06:01.in some areas as the day goes on.