:00:07. > :00:21.Figures obtained by BBC Spotlight show that in Devon around 900 fixed
:00:22. > :00:27.penalty notices ` which include so called holiday fines ` h`ve been
:00:28. > :00:31.Parents in Somerset have bedn fined more than 450 times.
:00:32. > :00:35.But NO penalties have been hssued in either Cornwall or Dorset.
:00:36. > :00:38.It comes after the government tightened up the rules on
:00:39. > :00:41.when parents can take their children out of school to go on holiday.
:00:42. > :01:04.Find ?120 for taking her datghter out of school and on holidax to
:01:05. > :01:07.Thailand. BBC is taking timd off when business and herb tea room was
:01:08. > :01:13.quieter rather during the btsy summer season was the right thing to
:01:14. > :01:21.do for her family. Eight daxs out of the year isn't too much to liss she
:01:22. > :01:27.has 97% attendance. I don't think she missed a great amount of work.
:01:28. > :01:32.The number of fines handed out for unauthorised absence varies widely,
:01:33. > :01:38.depending on where you live in the South West. I think something should
:01:39. > :01:47.be done about the government ruling, changed in some forl. New
:01:48. > :01:53.government rules mean that term time holidays can only be authorhsed in
:01:54. > :01:56.exceptional circumstances. On the beach in Exmouth, parents h`ve mixed
:01:57. > :02:03.views about whether taking children out of school to go on holiday was a
:02:04. > :02:05.good idea. Cost is a massivd thing but people with different work
:02:06. > :02:10.commitments and everything dlse there is a lot of different factors
:02:11. > :02:16.as to why parents can always go away in the summer holidays. I c`n see
:02:17. > :02:19.where they're coming from bdcause it is more expensive but the end of the
:02:20. > :02:27.day they are jeopardising their children's education. Cornw`ll
:02:28. > :02:30.Council says their policy would be only to use holiday fines if a
:02:31. > :02:36.student was also persistently absent. Headteachers are not turning
:02:37. > :02:40.a blind eye, they are working with parents, choosing to go for fines
:02:41. > :04:33.may The firm says sales are 30 per cent
:04:34. > :04:36.up on the same period last xear though they're not
:04:37. > :04:41.at the level it wants yet. Plymouth's Theatre Royal saxs
:04:42. > :04:43.its undecided about what should happen to a large mural by Rolf
:04:44. > :04:47.Harris in the main dressing room. It was painted almost
:04:48. > :04:48.20 years ago. Harris was yesterday found guilty of
:04:49. > :04:51.12 indecent assaults on four victims Theatres
:04:52. > :05:00.and galleries are celebrating and commiserating today after the Arts
:05:01. > :05:02.Council announced which projects 83 organisations in the South West
:05:03. > :05:07.are sharing ?60m in funding over Among the winners
:05:08. > :05:10.The Bernard Leach Trust in St Ives But there was disappointment
:05:11. > :05:14.for the Dorchester Arts Centre and Well, one place that is celdbrating
:05:15. > :05:18.is the Carlton Theatre in Tdignmouth ` they've received ?750,000, which
:05:19. > :05:40.along with other grants will allow People ask why the arts, thd arts
:05:41. > :05:45.will pull the whole of the community together, the technology we will
:05:46. > :05:51.happen here not only will assist business, it will also allow lots of
:05:52. > :05:58.people to use it, such as young people, they are very high`tech
:05:59. > :06:02.this place will be future proof They will be able to do all sorts of
:06:03. > :06:06.things, it is good to be a practical space as well.
:06:07. > :06:25.It looks quite promising for tomorrow, fair amount of sunshine
:06:26. > :06:28.around, feeling warm and drx. The reason for the settled weather is
:06:29. > :06:33.this region of high pressurd across much of southern Britain for the
:06:34. > :06:47.next two days. A weather front is trying to get in from the North`West
:06:48. > :06:55.increasingly cloudless. Fivd wins, gradually easing. Tomorrow, a lovely
:06:56. > :07:01.day, plenty of sunshine, a build`up of cloud, it won't spoil thd day,
:07:02. > :07:09.anywhere that to see a substantial amount of cloud will be across parts
:07:10. > :07:13.of the high ground of its more. `` Exmoor. More cloud around on
:07:14. > :07:22.Thursday, I don't think it will amount to much, and still pretty
:07:23. > :07:23.warm. The real change comes on Friday, quite windy day and which at
:07:24. > :07:34.times. more cloud on Friday. None of this
:07:35. > :07:38.survives into the weekend, some rain around on Saturday.
:07:39. > :07:44.It's certainly been a feast of football again. The temperature in
:07:45. > :07:48.S?o Paulo was much the same as we had in Glasgow and Bristol. Here,
:07:49. > :07:53.temperatures are set to climb higher in the next few days. Tonight,
:07:54. > :07:57.rather than Brazil, it's more likely to be chilly. In rural areas we re
:07:58. > :08:05.looking at low single figures for a while. Clear skies overnight. It is
:08:06. > :08:09.setting us up for a sunny start to Wednesday. There will be changes
:08:10. > :08:13.coming in from the north-west. The breeze will freshen in Scotland and
:08:14. > :08:14.Northern Ireland. We have rain coming