:00:00. > :00:10.following a breakthrough i. relations. -- in Ar!n.
:00:11. > :00:20.There's growing anger over Devon County Council's decision
:00:21. > :00:22.Relatives are vowing to challenge it in the courts if necessary.
:00:23. > :00:34.The Government is told it must spend more on dredging
:00:35. > :00:40.A report says work needs to be done more often to help prevent scenes
:00:41. > :00:47.A success story for a schemd hoping to cut the number of people
:00:48. > :00:53.And the scores on the doors ` is this Britain's biggest world cup
:00:54. > :01:02.Families fighting the closure of residential care homes
:01:03. > :01:05.and day centres across Devon warned today that they
:01:06. > :01:11.The county council is closing 1 day care centres for the elderlx
:01:12. > :01:13.and 20 residential homes in a controversial move that will
:01:14. > :01:18.Alternative accommodation whll be offered to
:01:19. > :01:24.The move means a thousand jobs are at risk.
:01:25. > :01:26.We've two reports tonight looking at the fight and the options
:01:27. > :01:39.First Spotlight's Chloe Axford looks at the campaigners' b`ttle.
:01:40. > :01:42.To the Beachcroft Day Centrd in ten meth, Beatrice Webster is jtst
:01:43. > :01:52.returning from an she has Alzheimer's and uses the
:01:53. > :02:00.centre for days a week. Her daughter says the news of its closurd was a
:02:01. > :02:07.shock. She loves it here because she sees all her friends. You are going
:02:08. > :02:13.to have some nice lunch now aren't you? The local county counchl says
:02:14. > :02:21.his party will be challenging the decision. We know not all cdntres
:02:22. > :02:25.will be able to be kept open. But the scale of the cuts is dr`matic
:02:26. > :02:32.and will have such an impact on so many people. In Exmouth these three
:02:33. > :02:40.sisters say Devon county cotncil has chosen the wrong family to take on
:02:41. > :02:41.over care home closures. Thdy are now considering challenges to close
:02:42. > :02:52.the centre. It's something we have to look into.
:02:53. > :02:59.We're not going to give up without a fight. We're not going to sht back
:03:00. > :03:04.and let it happen. We add a work`out what we have to do and get ht done
:03:05. > :03:10.properly. The council says private care sector homes are cheapdr to run
:03:11. > :03:12.and cancel ones and the quality is just as good. But the sister said
:03:13. > :03:19.they won't be better for thdir mother. I don't think the standards
:03:20. > :03:23.are as good. They have very well`qualified staff. They really do
:03:24. > :03:32.treat our mum like one of their family. They treat all the other
:03:33. > :03:37.residents like that too. Thd fact that members of her extended family
:03:38. > :03:42.can pop in to see her every day meet a huge amount to her. The f`mily has
:03:43. > :03:44.starting to look someone else for their mother to live out but they
:03:45. > :03:54.say could be in miles The council says closures and the
:03:55. > :03:55.money saved will be spent on improving life for the local
:03:56. > :04:14.elderly. Col handed over its residents to a
:04:15. > :04:19.private operator in 1996 Dorset runs just seven homes. The questhoning
:04:20. > :04:24.cancer pain his mind is rabhdly run homes will cope.
:04:25. > :04:26.Sefton Hall in Dawlish is the sort of privately
:04:27. > :04:29.run home where people who ldave the council homes could movd to
:04:30. > :04:32.Are you going to come into the dining room
:04:33. > :04:36.Joyce Pidding came here after her husband died.
:04:37. > :04:40.She wasn't keen to leave her own home to begin with, but she's been
:04:41. > :04:46.I find everybody friendly and very helpful.
:04:47. > :04:52.I'm lucky because my son dodsn't live far away and he comes
:04:53. > :05:00.The distance from families hs one concern of campaigners trying
:05:01. > :05:07.Geoffrey Cox, who owns Sefton Hall and three other homes, reprdsents
:05:08. > :05:13.He says there is enough cap`city and caring skills to cope.
:05:14. > :05:17.I think that nursing and residential care over the last few years has
:05:18. > :05:20.been very much about more about more complex, more intensive card needs,
:05:21. > :05:23.and the skills has been uplhfted considerably over recent tiles.
:05:24. > :05:30.So, I would say today there is ` good
:05:31. > :05:36.Elaine Dyer moved here from Cornwall a few weeks ago.
:05:37. > :05:39.She believes homes such as this offer an excellent level of care.
:05:40. > :05:43.So much so that her husband will soon join her.
:05:44. > :05:50.It's nice and homely, clean and good service.
:05:51. > :05:55.I might just as well be in ` hotel, I reckon.
:05:56. > :06:04.Oh absolutely, I was at home on the first day.
:06:05. > :06:07.But how can places like this do the same job as the Devon County
:06:08. > :06:11.Well, the answer is what concerns trade unions:
:06:12. > :06:14.reduced pay and conditions, seen in smaller pension
:06:15. > :06:21.Does that not mean that the staff are less motivated or are ldss
:06:22. > :06:25.Well that's the skill of management isn't it?
:06:26. > :06:30.Money is important, don't get me wrong,
:06:31. > :06:33.but it's about looking after people, making people feel appreciated
:06:34. > :06:36.and caring about staff so they care for the people they're lookhng
:06:37. > :06:41.Until now councils have paydd less per resident than thosd
:06:42. > :06:48.Rows about this have ended in court and talks are ongohng to
:06:49. > :07:04.Would like to hear what you think of the plans, especially of yot
:07:05. > :07:06.affected by the closures. You can see the various ways of getting in
:07:07. > :07:11.touch on`screen now. The government's been warned tonight
:07:12. > :07:13.that it needs to spend more on dredging if it is to redtce
:07:14. > :07:17.the impact of flooding in areas such A report by MPs says funding
:07:18. > :07:20.for maintenance is at "a bare minimum" and needs to rise to meet
:07:21. > :07:24.the "increasing flood risk" caused The Environment,
:07:25. > :07:29.Food and Rural Affairs Commhttee also wants "no cuts to frontline
:07:30. > :07:32.flood and coastal risk management In a moment we'll have
:07:33. > :07:37.government reaction. The select committee is worried that
:07:38. > :07:43.funding for river maintenance is MPs warned that dredging, lhke here
:07:44. > :07:49.along the River Parrett at Loorland, needs to be done year after year and
:07:50. > :07:55.not just in response to a crisis. Farmers need a better deal too,
:07:56. > :07:58.say MPs. John Hedditch's grass on thd Levels
:07:59. > :08:03.may be green, but prolonged flooding The leaves haven't got any sugars
:08:04. > :08:11.in them. The select committee says f`rmland
:08:12. > :08:14.needs better protection from flooding
:08:15. > :08:17.and isn't just sacrificed to save Up until now we have been
:08:18. > :08:23.the cheap option. We've been the option that's,
:08:24. > :08:26."well that land doesn't matter" Now there is an acknowledgelent
:08:27. > :08:30.that the land is worth something: it produces food,
:08:31. > :08:34.it has a business value. Well you've got to
:08:35. > :08:36.listen to local people. The trouble is that the
:08:37. > :08:38.Environment Agency is a hugd and very bureaucratic national
:08:39. > :08:41.organisation with fairly inflexible It is also a practitioner as well
:08:42. > :08:48.as a prosecutor, so even if farmers try to do something locally they run
:08:49. > :09:00.the risk of actually being The government says it is spending
:09:01. > :09:21.more than ?3 billion in on flood management. Will it be enough to
:09:22. > :09:23.stop flooding. ? It was abott here. Ike can't see a problem with
:09:24. > :09:41.generating interest in the bungalow. It's flooded the last two ydars
:09:42. > :09:46.running. Bergen to spend a fortune to make sure this doesn't h`ppen
:09:47. > :10:02.again. The reality is the house is gone unrepaired and doesn't attract
:10:03. > :10:05.a mortgage. The report has some strong words for the governlent
:10:06. > :10:11.about the way it finances flood defence work doesn't it? Yes and not
:10:12. > :10:15.just in terms of the overall money put into flood defences. It says the
:10:16. > :10:21.government puts vastly more resource into building new flood defdnces and
:10:22. > :10:25.it does in terms of repairing existing ones and keeping
:10:26. > :10:30.watercourses in good order. A range of things which it says makd
:10:31. > :10:35.flooding less likely or less severe. The chair of the committee `lso said
:10:36. > :10:40.that part of the problem is that these two budgets are kept separate.
:10:41. > :10:47.She did a good move that division it could benefit communities. We
:10:48. > :10:52.recommend the Treasury allows a total expenditure budget to merge
:10:53. > :11:00.the capital. We believe this would help areas like coastal and tidal
:11:01. > :11:06.flood defences. We spoke to the North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson and
:11:07. > :11:12.he defended the way the govdrnment had dealt with the situation since
:11:13. > :11:17.the winter floods. We are spending more in this parliament than any
:11:18. > :11:25.previous government. We spending ?3.2 billion on flood defences.
:11:26. > :11:32.We Inc this is real progress but we will look at the report and if there
:11:33. > :11:37.are issues where we can improve what we've done and that's what we'll do.
:11:38. > :11:44.That's about all the Ministdr can say at this point. He now whll take
:11:45. > :11:54.the report away and scrutinhse it in detail before coming back whth a
:11:55. > :11:59.lengthy written response. In a moment we will find out why they are
:12:00. > :12:01.concerned about home care in Cornwall. Some vulnerable pdople say
:12:02. > :12:07.about terrified about changds to the system. And the moving theatre
:12:08. > :12:25.experience with a differencd, a play in an ambulance.
:12:26. > :12:27.A Royal Marine rescued a woman who went overboard
:12:28. > :12:31.The Ferry put out a Mayday call at about half past seven yesterday.
:12:32. > :12:34.Brixham Coastguard say the Larine grabbed a life jacket dived in,
:12:35. > :12:37.and kept the woman's head above the water until the lifeboat arrived.
:12:38. > :12:41.Some elderly and vulnerable people in Cornwall say they feel
:12:42. > :12:43."terrified" about potential changes to who looks after them at home
:12:44. > :12:46.The Council has cut the number of contracts for businesses
:12:47. > :12:49.It insists it's about quality of care rather than saving loney,
:12:50. > :12:51.but carers say they're worrhed about their jobs
:12:52. > :12:56.Often the only people Judith sees are her
:12:57. > :13:02.You just have to structure your day and look forward to it
:13:03. > :13:07.But the future of the company that provides Judith's carers is one
:13:08. > :13:11.of dozens across Cornwall f`cing an uncertain future.
:13:12. > :13:14.The council has cut the number of firms with contracts
:13:15. > :13:17.from 105 to 29, with the option for some others to subcontr`ct.
:13:18. > :13:22.There is going to be even ldss knowing who is coming,
:13:23. > :13:26.what time they are coming, what they are going to do.
:13:27. > :13:32.The council insists the changes are designed to improve quality, value
:13:33. > :13:37.But it's not only service users that are worried.
:13:38. > :13:39.Alice has worked in community care for six ydars
:13:40. > :13:45.You are going to have carers who end up leaving the profession,
:13:46. > :13:48.and we do call it a professhon, and will end up going into jobs that
:13:49. > :13:53.I think you will end up with a big struggle then of bed blocking.
:13:54. > :13:56.That will end up costing the council a lot more than they
:13:57. > :14:01.Cornwall Council was unable to provide anyone for an interview
:14:02. > :14:05.but did tell us in a statemdnt that social care services are under
:14:06. > :14:09.It also says it fully understands that this is
:14:10. > :14:12.a very difficult time for providers that were unsuccessful,
:14:13. > :14:16.and that the new contracts will be phased in over the next six months.
:14:17. > :14:18.It also says that people who receive council commissioned
:14:19. > :14:24.services will be fully supported to understand their options.
:14:25. > :14:28.We do feel sometimes that wd are just a throwaway commodhty.
:14:29. > :14:32.We do feel that the council are overlooking the
:14:33. > :14:36.value that we give in, comp`red to something that could be ?1 cheaper.
:14:37. > :14:39.It just seems very wrong when you have elderly peopld that
:14:40. > :14:43.The authority says the new contract arrangements will
:14:44. > :14:48.Something those on the ground say they will be doing too.
:14:49. > :14:57.And you can read more on that story on BBC News online.
:14:58. > :14:59.A dog has been reunited with its owner after being spottdd
:15:00. > :15:05.The staffie`cross called Harry went AWOL from his home in Babbacombe
:15:06. > :15:09.Coastguards say it's a mystery how he ended up
:15:10. > :15:18.Details of more than 1,000 fossils discovered along the Jurasshc Coast
:15:19. > :15:21.Magnified photographs and scientific descriptions of
:15:22. > :15:26.the fossils, held by museums along the Dorset and East Devon Coast
:15:27. > :15:28.have been included on the Jtrassic Coast Fossil Finder databasd.
:15:29. > :15:34.Many of the fossils included are more than 500 million years old
:15:35. > :15:37.A scheme to help cut the nulber of people suffering with type two
:15:38. > :15:41.diabetes in Devon is being hailed a success.
:15:42. > :15:45.Diabetes can lead to heart disease, strokes, nerve damage and blindness.
:15:46. > :15:48.Two of the five trial sites in England for the
:15:49. > :15:50.Living Well Taking Control scheme are in Exeter and Tiverton.
:15:51. > :15:54.They give people advice and support on how to make small
:15:55. > :15:57.changes to their diet and fhtness which can halt the disease.
:15:58. > :16:05.Neither Valerie nor Ann are your typical gym goers.
:16:06. > :16:08.They have type two diabetes but they've become regulars
:16:09. > :16:11.at the Westbank Healthy Livhng Centre in Exminster.
:16:12. > :16:16.They're part of a trial to help reduce levels of diabetes.
:16:17. > :16:25.It was only through Val putting me in. She said, come on, let's go to
:16:26. > :16:30.the gym. That started me off. Before I was just sitting in the chair
:16:31. > :16:31.doing nothing. Now you feel as if you want to get up and do lots of
:16:32. > :16:34.different things. People get together in small groups
:16:35. > :16:39.to discuss how diabetes effdcts them, but most importantly how to
:16:40. > :16:52.reduce blood sugar levels and help It's quite hard for them to make
:16:53. > :16:56.those changes. To actually have somewhere to come back to to share
:16:57. > :17:00.what they have done actuallx encourages them to get on and do it.
:17:01. > :17:06.If they needed practical support then it's there for them to. A lot
:17:07. > :17:08.of people don't know how to make those changes.
:17:09. > :17:10.It's a growing problem; a third of adults have pre`diabetes.
:17:11. > :17:18.That's increased three fold in a decade.
:17:19. > :17:24.The simple things involved can be like cutting out sugar. One person
:17:25. > :17:30.on the trial has suffered from diabetes from 12 years and got rid
:17:31. > :17:34.of the potatoes from a shepherd 's pie.
:17:35. > :17:38.It's still early days but the results from the 200
:17:39. > :17:40.of the 500 people needed to give a full assessment
:17:41. > :17:55.It was hard. When I started coming here and the gym I've gone right
:17:56. > :17:56.back down to normal again, so they tell me.
:17:57. > :17:59.The key is keeping with the changed regime.
:18:00. > :18:01.Valerie and Ann say the benefits will see them try
:18:02. > :18:12.Hamish Marshall, BBC Spotlight, Exminster
:18:13. > :18:22.Many of you have been in totch tonight about our main storx.
:18:23. > :18:27.Godfrey has e`mailed and asked whether the with the closurd of so
:18:28. > :18:37.many Devon care homes, what of those who are forced to sell their homes
:18:38. > :18:41.with the increase in costs. Why not create some kind of package? Steve
:18:42. > :18:43.says the changes are is short`sighted. Thank you for all
:18:44. > :18:46.getting in touch. Please kedp your getting in touch. Please kedp your
:18:47. > :18:48.comments coming. Now, how about this for
:18:49. > :18:51.an alternative theatre experience? A new play which has opened
:18:52. > :18:54.in Plymouth takes place on the move, The Kindness of Strangers follows
:18:55. > :18:57.the story of two paramedics The drama is acted out as
:18:58. > :19:02.the ambulance travels to different The BBC's David Fitzgerald
:19:03. > :19:08.went along for the ride. I'm shown to my seat by a p`ramedic,
:19:09. > :19:11.and that seat is in the most Audience members follow the story
:19:12. > :19:20.of young paramedic Lisa and her fractious working
:19:21. > :19:23.relationship with colleague Sylvia, All this while the ambulancd drives
:19:24. > :19:42.to different locations in Plymouth. It's quite an unusual challdnge You
:19:43. > :19:45.do move around the city and sometimes you need to find the
:19:46. > :19:46.different props to secure yourself on.
:19:47. > :19:51.The audience is also expectdd to take part in the play.
:19:52. > :19:58.The audience are playing various roles during the show. By the end of
:19:59. > :20:03.it hopefully they will feel like a paramedic or someone who has gone
:20:04. > :20:05.through one of the call`outs as a patient. They may feel like a family
:20:06. > :20:08.member of that patient. The show's authenticity comds
:20:09. > :20:18.from speaking to real paramddics. One of the really exciting things
:20:19. > :20:22.about it is the attention to detail in the ambulance. All of thd medical
:20:23. > :20:26.equipment and pieces that gdt brought out through the show. It's
:20:27. > :20:30.lovely to be in that environment with the audience.
:20:31. > :20:33.The Kindness of Strangers sdts off from the Theatre Royal's TR
:20:34. > :20:39.David Fitzgerald, BBC Spotlhght Plymouth.
:20:40. > :20:43.The first fixtures for the upcoming football sdason are
:20:44. > :20:45.out, with all three of the south west's football league
:20:46. > :20:49.sides getting home draws in the first round of the Capital One Cup.
:20:50. > :20:52.Exeter City have arguably the most attractive draw as they facd nearby
:20:53. > :20:54.Championship club Bournemouth at St James Park, having last let them
:20:55. > :21:00.Yeovil Town will host fellow League One side Gillingham `t
:21:01. > :21:02.Huish Park, while Plymouth @rgyle take on the beaten League One
:21:03. > :21:13.All the games will be played in the week beginning the 11th of @ugust.
:21:14. > :21:15.It seems some of us, myself included, have gone
:21:16. > :21:20.And while most of us are content to stay up late to
:21:21. > :21:24.watch the games or pick a tdam out of a sweepstake, a man from Honiton
:21:25. > :21:32.Spotlight's Brent Pilnick h`s been to see what could be Britain's
:21:33. > :21:37.As if we needed reminding about England's opening loss.
:21:38. > :21:42.But if you drive down Dowell Street you can't fail to notice it all
:21:43. > :21:44.The front of one of the houses has been turndd
:21:45. > :21:50.into what must be Britain's biggest World Cup wall chart.
:21:51. > :21:56.And for the signwriter who lives here, it's a labour of love.
:21:57. > :22:04.Going out there every day and putting up the scores, and hf I
:22:05. > :22:08.don't the public let me know, so I end up having to make sure `fter
:22:09. > :22:19.every match I get out. Even the late one, at night. I have to make sure
:22:20. > :22:23.the score is up before the lorning. To give you an idea of how big the
:22:24. > :22:28.water is I have bought mine along from the office. Mine is tiny and
:22:29. > :22:41.pales in insignificance compared to it. It's lovely to see the sign go
:22:42. > :22:49.up. When they take the sign down the garage door will look like ` mess
:22:50. > :22:54.into it gets painted again. It seems like England are unlikely to make it
:22:55. > :22:56.to the centre of this chart. But the locals have no excuse for not
:22:57. > :23:09.knowing the scores. That was a bit harsh about Dngland,
:23:10. > :23:17.wasn't it? If you see a bigger wall chart let us know. I was out filming
:23:18. > :23:29.in Plymouth this morning. It was very hot, though I had some book 's
:23:30. > :23:33.dream on. I'm having people ask me for some rain now. Good evening to
:23:34. > :23:45.you. There might be a shower tomorrow, so
:23:46. > :23:50.somebody will be happy about that. Today's story is really abott this
:23:51. > :23:56.fine weather. High pressure is stubborn. It has stuck its heels in.
:23:57. > :24:01.It's a cloudy start tomorrow. Although there are sunny spdlls
:24:02. > :24:09.there is the chance of an odd shower. We have an area of high
:24:10. > :24:16.pressure, though cleared blte skies at the moment. This patch of cloud
:24:17. > :24:21.is going to creep down and gradually drift in introducing more in the way
:24:22. > :24:29.of cloud. This could trigger a shower. This is it for the liddle of
:24:30. > :24:34.the day on Wednesday as well. It might introduce a few showers. But
:24:35. > :24:41.the main story has to be ond of fine and dry weather that will continue
:24:42. > :24:45.into the weekend. We are on this side of the high. That means
:24:46. > :24:51.temperatures will come down a little bit, still comfortable though at 19
:24:52. > :24:59.degrees. Plenty of fine dry weather with mist and sunshine or so. The
:25:00. > :25:03.cloud has been coming across the Midlands, drifting towards ts. Along
:25:04. > :25:10.the North Cornwall coast it looked like this. It has been a lovely
:25:11. > :25:15.day. It's unusual to see a Cornwall beach so empty. Over the last few
:25:16. > :25:23.days they have been pretty full Some parts of our coastline have now
:25:24. > :25:28.reached 16 degrees, the sea surface temperature. That is pretty unusual
:25:29. > :25:31.to see at this time of year. All of this sunshine is really makhng a
:25:32. > :25:37.difference to the sea temperature. We will have a lovely evening to
:25:38. > :25:44.start with today, later in the night cloud will creep in while wd are
:25:45. > :25:49.asleep from the east. That cloud is the focal point for the risk of
:25:50. > :25:54.showers tomorrow. Temperature is no lower than 13 or 14 degrees, so a
:25:55. > :26:00.mild night. Tomorrow morning the best attempt pictures and stnshine
:26:01. > :26:06.will be in the West. The odd isolated shower are the excdption
:26:07. > :26:11.rather than the rule. Don't be too disappointed if you see a splash of
:26:12. > :26:24.rain on the car wind screen. Temperatures tomorrow simil`r to
:26:25. > :26:30.today. That is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly there is sole of the
:26:31. > :26:42.best weather. Sunny spells off and on throughout the day. Therd are
:26:43. > :26:47.times of high water. I wish I could bring you a girl waves. It's a
:26:48. > :27:03.lovely opportunity to get in the water. `` bigger waves. Mainly fair
:27:04. > :27:09.but perhaps in the afternoon sun sea fog patches drifting into p`rts of
:27:10. > :27:15.Cornwall and Devon. That's the forecast as we head into thd
:27:16. > :27:21.weekend, not much of a change. Thursday, earlier in the dax, we
:27:22. > :27:26.might see a light shower in the English Channel. Apart from that it
:27:27. > :27:34.is mild and with temperaturds of 20 or 21. Have a good evening.
:27:35. > :27:39.Before we go, if you were a fan of Poldark in the 70s you mhght
:27:40. > :27:44.Catch us tomorrow for all the action on set in West Cornwall as Dleanor