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following a breakthrough i. relations. -- in Ar!n.

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There's growing anger over Devon County Council's decision

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Relatives are vowing to challenge it in the courts if necessary.

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The Government is told it must spend more on dredging

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A report says work needs to be done more often to help prevent scenes

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A success story for a schemd hoping to cut the number of people

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And the scores on the doors ` is this Britain's biggest world cup

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Families fighting the closure of residential care homes

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and day centres across Devon warned today that they

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The county council is closing 1 day care centres for the elderlx

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and 20 residential homes in a controversial move that will

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Alternative accommodation whll be offered to

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The move means a thousand jobs are at risk.

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We've two reports tonight looking at the fight and the options

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First Spotlight's Chloe Axford looks at the campaigners' b`ttle.

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To the Beachcroft Day Centrd in ten meth, Beatrice Webster is jtst

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returning from an she has Alzheimer's and uses the

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centre for days a week. Her daughter says the news of its closurd was a

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shock. She loves it here because she sees all her friends. You are going

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to have some nice lunch now aren't you? The local county counchl says

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his party will be challenging the decision. We know not all cdntres

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will be able to be kept open. But the scale of the cuts is dr`matic

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and will have such an impact on so many people. In Exmouth these three

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sisters say Devon county cotncil has chosen the wrong family to take on

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over care home closures. Thdy are now considering challenges to close

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the centre. It's something we have to look into.

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We're not going to give up without a fight. We're not going to sht back

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and let it happen. We add a work`out what we have to do and get ht done

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properly. The council says private care sector homes are cheapdr to run

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and cancel ones and the quality is just as good. But the sister said

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they won't be better for thdir mother. I don't think the standards

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are as good. They have very well`qualified staff. They really do

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treat our mum like one of their family. They treat all the other

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residents like that too. Thd fact that members of her extended family

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can pop in to see her every day meet a huge amount to her. The f`mily has

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starting to look someone else for their mother to live out but they

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say could be in miles The council says closures and the

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money saved will be spent on improving life for the local

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elderly. Col handed over its residents to a

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private operator in 1996 Dorset runs just seven homes. The questhoning

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cancer pain his mind is rabhdly run homes will cope.

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Sefton Hall in Dawlish is the sort of privately

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run home where people who ldave the council homes could movd to

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Are you going to come into the dining room

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Joyce Pidding came here after her husband died.

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She wasn't keen to leave her own home to begin with, but she's been

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I find everybody friendly and very helpful.

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I'm lucky because my son dodsn't live far away and he comes

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The distance from families hs one concern of campaigners trying

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Geoffrey Cox, who owns Sefton Hall and three other homes, reprdsents

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He says there is enough cap`city and caring skills to cope.

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I think that nursing and residential care over the last few years has

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been very much about more about more complex, more intensive card needs,

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and the skills has been uplhfted considerably over recent tiles.

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So, I would say today there is ` good

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Elaine Dyer moved here from Cornwall a few weeks ago.

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She believes homes such as this offer an excellent level of care.

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So much so that her husband will soon join her.

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It's nice and homely, clean and good service.

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I might just as well be in ` hotel, I reckon.

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Oh absolutely, I was at home on the first day.

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But how can places like this do the same job as the Devon County

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Well, the answer is what concerns trade unions:

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reduced pay and conditions, seen in smaller pension

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Does that not mean that the staff are less motivated or are ldss

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Well that's the skill of management isn't it?

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Money is important, don't get me wrong,

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but it's about looking after people, making people feel appreciated

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and caring about staff so they care for the people they're lookhng

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Until now councils have paydd less per resident than thosd

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Rows about this have ended in court and talks are ongohng to

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Would like to hear what you think of the plans, especially of yot

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affected by the closures. You can see the various ways of getting in

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touch on`screen now. The government's been warned tonight

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that it needs to spend more on dredging if it is to redtce

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the impact of flooding in areas such A report by MPs says funding

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for maintenance is at "a bare minimum" and needs to rise to meet

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the "increasing flood risk" caused The Environment,

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Food and Rural Affairs Commhttee also wants "no cuts to frontline

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flood and coastal risk management In a moment we'll have

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government reaction. The select committee is worried that

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funding for river maintenance is MPs warned that dredging, lhke here

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along the River Parrett at Loorland, needs to be done year after year and

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not just in response to a crisis. Farmers need a better deal too,

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say MPs. John Hedditch's grass on thd Levels

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may be green, but prolonged flooding The leaves haven't got any sugars

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in them. The select committee says f`rmland

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needs better protection from flooding

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and isn't just sacrificed to save Up until now we have been

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the cheap option. We've been the option that's,

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"well that land doesn't matter" Now there is an acknowledgelent

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that the land is worth something: it produces food,

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it has a business value. Well you've got to

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listen to local people. The trouble is that the

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Environment Agency is a hugd and very bureaucratic national

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organisation with fairly inflexible It is also a practitioner as well

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as a prosecutor, so even if farmers try to do something locally they run

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the risk of actually being The government says it is spending

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more than ?3 billion in on flood management. Will it be enough to

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stop flooding. ? It was abott here. Ike can't see a problem with

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generating interest in the bungalow. It's flooded the last two ydars

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running. Bergen to spend a fortune to make sure this doesn't h`ppen

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again. The reality is the house is gone unrepaired and doesn't attract

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a mortgage. The report has some strong words for the governlent

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about the way it finances flood defence work doesn't it? Yes and not

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just in terms of the overall money put into flood defences. It says the

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government puts vastly more resource into building new flood defdnces and

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it does in terms of repairing existing ones and keeping

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watercourses in good order. A range of things which it says makd

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flooding less likely or less severe. The chair of the committee `lso said

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that part of the problem is that these two budgets are kept separate.

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She did a good move that division it could benefit communities. We

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recommend the Treasury allows a total expenditure budget to merge

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the capital. We believe this would help areas like coastal and tidal

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flood defences. We spoke to the North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson and

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he defended the way the govdrnment had dealt with the situation since

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the winter floods. We are spending more in this parliament than any

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previous government. We spending ?3.2 billion on flood defences.

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We Inc this is real progress but we will look at the report and if there

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are issues where we can improve what we've done and that's what we'll do.

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That's about all the Ministdr can say at this point. He now whll take

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the report away and scrutinhse it in detail before coming back whth a

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lengthy written response. In a moment we will find out why they are

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concerned about home care in Cornwall. Some vulnerable pdople say

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about terrified about changds to the system. And the moving theatre

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experience with a differencd, a play in an ambulance.

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A Royal Marine rescued a woman who went overboard

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The Ferry put out a Mayday call at about half past seven yesterday.

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Brixham Coastguard say the Larine grabbed a life jacket dived in,

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and kept the woman's head above the water until the lifeboat arrived.

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Some elderly and vulnerable people in Cornwall say they feel

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"terrified" about potential changes to who looks after them at home

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The Council has cut the number of contracts for businesses

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It insists it's about quality of care rather than saving loney,

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but carers say they're worrhed about their jobs

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Often the only people Judith sees are her

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You just have to structure your day and look forward to it

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But the future of the company that provides Judith's carers is one

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of dozens across Cornwall f`cing an uncertain future.

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The council has cut the number of firms with contracts

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from 105 to 29, with the option for some others to subcontr`ct.

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There is going to be even ldss knowing who is coming,

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what time they are coming, what they are going to do.

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The council insists the changes are designed to improve quality, value

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But it's not only service users that are worried.

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Alice has worked in community care for six ydars

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You are going to have carers who end up leaving the profession,

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and we do call it a professhon, and will end up going into jobs that

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I think you will end up with a big struggle then of bed blocking.

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That will end up costing the council a lot more than they

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Cornwall Council was unable to provide anyone for an interview

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but did tell us in a statemdnt that social care services are under

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It also says it fully understands that this is

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a very difficult time for providers that were unsuccessful,

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and that the new contracts will be phased in over the next six months.

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It also says that people who receive council commissioned

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services will be fully supported to understand their options.

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We do feel sometimes that wd are just a throwaway commodhty.

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We do feel that the council are overlooking the

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value that we give in, comp`red to something that could be ?1 cheaper.

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It just seems very wrong when you have elderly peopld that

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The authority says the new contract arrangements will

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Something those on the ground say they will be doing too.

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And you can read more on that story on BBC News online.

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A dog has been reunited with its owner after being spottdd

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The staffie`cross called Harry went AWOL from his home in Babbacombe

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Coastguards say it's a mystery how he ended up

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Details of more than 1,000 fossils discovered along the Jurasshc Coast

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Magnified photographs and scientific descriptions of

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the fossils, held by museums along the Dorset and East Devon Coast

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have been included on the Jtrassic Coast Fossil Finder databasd.

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Many of the fossils included are more than 500 million years old

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A scheme to help cut the nulber of people suffering with type two

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diabetes in Devon is being hailed a success.

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Diabetes can lead to heart disease, strokes, nerve damage and blindness.

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Two of the five trial sites in England for the

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Living Well Taking Control scheme are in Exeter and Tiverton.

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They give people advice and support on how to make small

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changes to their diet and fhtness which can halt the disease.

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Neither Valerie nor Ann are your typical gym goers.

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They have type two diabetes but they've become regulars

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at the Westbank Healthy Livhng Centre in Exminster.

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They're part of a trial to help reduce levels of diabetes.

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It was only through Val putting me in. She said, come on, let's go to

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the gym. That started me off. Before I was just sitting in the chair

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doing nothing. Now you feel as if you want to get up and do lots of

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different things. People get together in small groups

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to discuss how diabetes effdcts them, but most importantly how to

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reduce blood sugar levels and help It's quite hard for them to make

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those changes. To actually have somewhere to come back to to share

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what they have done actuallx encourages them to get on and do it.

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If they needed practical support then it's there for them to. A lot

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of people don't know how to make those changes.

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It's a growing problem; a third of adults have pre`diabetes.

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That's increased three fold in a decade.

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The simple things involved can be like cutting out sugar. One person

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on the trial has suffered from diabetes from 12 years and got rid

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of the potatoes from a shepherd 's pie.

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It's still early days but the results from the 200

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of the 500 people needed to give a full assessment

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It was hard. When I started coming here and the gym I've gone right

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back down to normal again, so they tell me.

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The key is keeping with the changed regime.

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Valerie and Ann say the benefits will see them try

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Hamish Marshall, BBC Spotlight, Exminster

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Many of you have been in totch tonight about our main storx.

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Godfrey has e`mailed and asked whether the with the closurd of so

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many Devon care homes, what of those who are forced to sell their homes

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with the increase in costs. Why not create some kind of package? Steve

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says the changes are is short`sighted. Thank you for all

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getting in touch. Please kedp your getting in touch. Please kedp your

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comments coming. Now, how about this for

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an alternative theatre experience? A new play which has opened

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in Plymouth takes place on the move, The Kindness of Strangers follows

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the story of two paramedics The drama is acted out as

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the ambulance travels to different The BBC's David Fitzgerald

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went along for the ride. I'm shown to my seat by a p`ramedic,

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and that seat is in the most Audience members follow the story

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of young paramedic Lisa and her fractious working

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relationship with colleague Sylvia, All this while the ambulancd drives

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to different locations in Plymouth. It's quite an unusual challdnge You

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do move around the city and sometimes you need to find the

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different props to secure yourself on.

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The audience is also expectdd to take part in the play.

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The audience are playing various roles during the show. By the end of

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it hopefully they will feel like a paramedic or someone who has gone

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through one of the call`outs as a patient. They may feel like a family

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member of that patient. The show's authenticity comds

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from speaking to real paramddics. One of the really exciting things

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about it is the attention to detail in the ambulance. All of thd medical

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equipment and pieces that gdt brought out through the show. It's

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lovely to be in that environment with the audience.

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The Kindness of Strangers sdts off from the Theatre Royal's TR

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David Fitzgerald, BBC Spotlhght Plymouth.

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The first fixtures for the upcoming football sdason are

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out, with all three of the south west's football league

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sides getting home draws in the first round of the Capital One Cup.

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Exeter City have arguably the most attractive draw as they facd nearby

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Championship club Bournemouth at St James Park, having last let them

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Yeovil Town will host fellow League One side Gillingham `t

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Huish Park, while Plymouth @rgyle take on the beaten League One

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All the games will be played in the week beginning the 11th of @ugust.

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It seems some of us, myself included, have gone

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And while most of us are content to stay up late to

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watch the games or pick a tdam out of a sweepstake, a man from Honiton

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Spotlight's Brent Pilnick h`s been to see what could be Britain's

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As if we needed reminding about England's opening loss.

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But if you drive down Dowell Street you can't fail to notice it all

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The front of one of the houses has been turndd

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into what must be Britain's biggest World Cup wall chart.

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And for the signwriter who lives here, it's a labour of love.

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Going out there every day and putting up the scores, and hf I

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don't the public let me know, so I end up having to make sure `fter

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every match I get out. Even the late one, at night. I have to make sure

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the score is up before the lorning. To give you an idea of how big the

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water is I have bought mine along from the office. Mine is tiny and

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pales in insignificance compared to it. It's lovely to see the sign go

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up. When they take the sign down the garage door will look like ` mess

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into it gets painted again. It seems like England are unlikely to make it

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to the centre of this chart. But the locals have no excuse for not

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knowing the scores. That was a bit harsh about Dngland,

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wasn't it? If you see a bigger wall chart let us know. I was out filming

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in Plymouth this morning. It was very hot, though I had some book 's

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dream on. I'm having people ask me for some rain now. Good evening to

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you. There might be a shower tomorrow, so

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somebody will be happy about that. Today's story is really abott this

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fine weather. High pressure is stubborn. It has stuck its heels in.

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It's a cloudy start tomorrow. Although there are sunny spdlls

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there is the chance of an odd shower. We have an area of high

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pressure, though cleared blte skies at the moment. This patch of cloud

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is going to creep down and gradually drift in introducing more in the way

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of cloud. This could trigger a shower. This is it for the liddle of

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the day on Wednesday as well. It might introduce a few showers. But

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the main story has to be ond of fine and dry weather that will continue

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into the weekend. We are on this side of the high. That means

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temperatures will come down a little bit, still comfortable though at 19

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degrees. Plenty of fine dry weather with mist and sunshine or so. The

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cloud has been coming across the Midlands, drifting towards ts. Along

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the North Cornwall coast it looked like this. It has been a lovely

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day. It's unusual to see a Cornwall beach so empty. Over the last few

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days they have been pretty full Some parts of our coastline have now

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reached 16 degrees, the sea surface temperature. That is pretty unusual

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to see at this time of year. All of this sunshine is really makhng a

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difference to the sea temperature. We will have a lovely evening to

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start with today, later in the night cloud will creep in while wd are

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asleep from the east. That cloud is the focal point for the risk of

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showers tomorrow. Temperature is no lower than 13 or 14 degrees, so a

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mild night. Tomorrow morning the best attempt pictures and stnshine

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will be in the West. The odd isolated shower are the excdption

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rather than the rule. Don't be too disappointed if you see a splash of

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rain on the car wind screen. Temperatures tomorrow simil`r to

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today. That is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly there is sole of the

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best weather. Sunny spells off and on throughout the day. Therd are

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times of high water. I wish I could bring you a girl waves. It's a

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lovely opportunity to get in the water. `` bigger waves. Mainly fair

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but perhaps in the afternoon sun sea fog patches drifting into p`rts of

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Cornwall and Devon. That's the forecast as we head into thd

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weekend, not much of a change. Thursday, earlier in the dax, we

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might see a light shower in the English Channel. Apart from that it

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is mild and with temperaturds of 20 or 21. Have a good evening.

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Before we go, if you were a fan of Poldark in the 70s you mhght

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Catch us tomorrow for all the action on set in West Cornwall as Dleanor

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