:00:31. > :00:45.Fears for the future of mussel fishing in the Fal.
:00:46. > :00:48.Tough times for the fishermdn, with the grounds closed for months.
:00:49. > :00:54.the penguins moving from Torquay to Tiblisi.
:00:55. > :01:01.And your pictures of the spdctacular storms.
:01:02. > :01:03.Schools across the South West are to receive extra
:01:04. > :01:07.funding after the Government agreed the previous sum wasn't enotgh.
:01:08. > :01:09.Across the country, schools will share ?390 million
:01:10. > :01:13.The figure is ?40 million hhgher than the amount announced in March
:01:14. > :01:18.and follows almost 600 responses to a consultation document.
:01:19. > :01:21.But is it enough to resolve what south west schools have clahmed
:01:22. > :01:33.Spotlight's Political Editor Martyn Oates reports.
:01:34. > :01:37.Teachers and local authorithes have clashed with the government
:01:38. > :01:43.separately over the last fotr years. The fight to raise the Southwest
:01:44. > :01:45.rural schools from the bottom of the funding the table has united them
:01:46. > :01:52.both in the same cause. The news that Cornel will receive an extra
:01:53. > :01:58.?4.9 million, ?75 per pupil, has been greeted as a partial vhctory.
:01:59. > :02:00.It is a big step in the right direction. Previously we were
:02:01. > :02:04.underfunded compared to the national average. This will bring us halfway
:02:05. > :02:12.up to where we want to be. H welcome this news. In Devon, the cotncil has
:02:13. > :02:18.secured an extra ?60 million. Averaging out at around ?180 per
:02:19. > :02:21.pupil. The fact that we havd got the extra money, the fact that we can
:02:22. > :02:28.use that money to benefit the pupils of Devon, 90,000 of them will
:02:29. > :02:33.benefit from April, and that has to be good news for Devon. Frol the
:02:34. > :02:40.classroom, a warning that it is not as simple as it seems. It whll not
:02:41. > :02:45.be a fair division of the total 16 million, divided by the number of
:02:46. > :02:49.children. It is delivered on a more complex formula that will rdflect
:02:50. > :02:55.the needs of the individual schools across Devon. With schools hn Devon
:02:56. > :02:58.and Cornwall still falling short of the national average in terls of
:02:59. > :03:03.funding, councillors and headteachers want to see reform of
:03:04. > :03:06.the formula used to calculate these grants. That will clearly bd a
:03:07. > :03:10.matter for the next governmdnt. And there will be more from Martyn
:03:11. > :03:13.in our late news at around 10:25pm tonight.There are
:03:14. > :03:23.fears over the future of ond of There are fears over Cornwall's
:03:24. > :03:25.premier fishing grounds. A harvesting ban on mussels
:03:26. > :03:27.in the Fal Estuary has been in place since the end of April
:03:28. > :03:30.because of high levels of E`coli. It's meant some
:03:31. > :03:32.of the fishermen who rely on the centuries`old fishery h`ving to
:03:33. > :03:43.turn to charity for financi`l help. They would have been worth hundreds
:03:44. > :03:46.of towns. But these rotting mussels have been sitting on collected for
:03:47. > :03:53.three months. How tough havd things got? As tough as they can gdt
:03:54. > :03:58.without going into fine det`il. It has stopped us from working or
:03:59. > :04:05.earning. After 20 years makhng a living from wild mussel beds, the
:04:06. > :04:08.harvesting ban means that this year, Tim is one of several who h`ve had
:04:09. > :04:13.to turn the charity to pay their bills. Some have been able to move
:04:14. > :04:20.business out to see the movd `` to avoid the pollution but not everyone
:04:21. > :04:25.can afford to. The guys havd invested a lot of money and
:04:26. > :04:31.equipment, boats and licensds. It is a terrible situation for thdm. The
:04:32. > :04:35.stop mussels ending up like this there was no quick fix. The
:04:36. > :04:39.contamination of the river hs affected by the weather and comes
:04:40. > :04:44.from many sources, farmland, households and sewage overflow. Two
:04:45. > :04:50.wet winters are being blamed for the shutdown of the mussel fishdry.
:04:51. > :04:54.There are calls the big changes True was developing at a phdnomenal
:04:55. > :05:01.rate. The sewers were going into the same auld pipe. They say th`t they
:05:02. > :05:08.are spending ?6 million redoing it. Wait and see, I am not confhdent.
:05:09. > :05:11.The Food Standards Agency, the Environment Agency and south`west
:05:12. > :05:15.water say that they are working with the local authority and point to
:05:16. > :05:19.investment in sewage systems, and better slurry storage on farms.
:05:20. > :05:23.Agencies are trying to come to terms with what is a huge problem. It has
:05:24. > :05:29.a huge impact on other industries. And it costs money. It is hoped that
:05:30. > :05:35.the fishery will be considered for an upgrade in eight weeks. That is
:05:36. > :05:37.small comfort to Timmy, as he sees the peak holiday trade months adrift
:05:38. > :05:47.wide. `` drift by. A man who strangled his estranged
:05:48. > :05:52.partner as she lay in bed h`s Crown Court was told that D`vid
:05:53. > :05:55.Wilder, who's 42, was controlling and manipulative, and would serve
:05:56. > :05:58.at least 17`and`a`half years He murdered 36`year`old Kerry Power
:05:59. > :06:01.in Tailyour Road in Plymouth A coroner has cleared
:06:02. > :06:04.an expedition company of "neglect" after a schoolboy was
:06:05. > :06:07.killed by a polar bear. Horatio Chapple from Wiltshhre was
:06:08. > :06:09.on a break organised by the An adventurer from Plymouth
:06:10. > :06:12.and a student In total, four others were seriously
:06:13. > :06:16.hurt before the animal was shot dead There's anger
:06:17. > :06:21.in Torquay tonight over plans to Campaigners say plans
:06:22. > :06:30.for a 60`bed hotel and 45 apartments should be discussed
:06:31. > :06:33.by the full council but it's claimed
:06:34. > :06:36.the decision has already bedn made. Spotlight's Scott Bingham h`s
:06:37. > :06:44.the details. The plan is to build a 4`st`r spa
:06:45. > :06:48.hotel and 45 apartments, incorporating a restored pavilion
:06:49. > :06:52.building on the harbour`sidd at Torquay. Local people have
:06:53. > :06:56.questioned the design and scale of the development but what has made
:06:57. > :07:03.them very angry is the fact that Carygreen with its Agatha Qtay
:07:04. > :07:08.Street bust could become a car park. The campaign has been set up to save
:07:09. > :07:12.it. Thousands of people are on our side. The local people have spoken
:07:13. > :07:17.and do not want to see Carygreen turned into a car park, at `ny cost.
:07:18. > :07:20.Councillors were last night told that the gauche Asians or that your
:07:21. > :07:27.bid and 50 `year lease on the site will now take face `` that
:07:28. > :07:32.negotiations will take placd. Many people see that change does need to
:07:33. > :07:40.happen to make sure that we preserve the per billion, that is important.
:07:41. > :07:45.`` the pavilion. The council says that the scheme could creatd up to
:07:46. > :07:52.160 jobs and generate up to ?8 million for the local econoly. That
:07:53. > :07:54.is not lost on Brett more than who has been running this restatrant for
:07:55. > :08:01.five years. He says the devdlopment needs to be right. They havd got
:08:02. > :08:05.greedy. They do not need Carygreen if they did it right, it is a beauty
:08:06. > :08:10.spot that local people love. It would be a shame to lose it. Torbay
:08:11. > :08:14.council could not provide anybody for interview, but they issted a
:08:15. > :08:19.statement, saying that the report was withdrawn from the meethng last
:08:20. > :08:22.night to prevent the risk of public perception on a potential conflict
:08:23. > :08:27.of interest relating to the planning process. The application gods before
:08:28. > :08:33.council planners next at thdm. `` next September.
:08:34. > :08:36.Now, it might surprise you to learn that it's perfectly ldgal to
:08:37. > :08:40.It certainly surprised a postwoman in Somerset, when she opened her van
:08:41. > :08:43.doors, to be confronted by hundreds of the insects, which has escaped
:08:44. > :08:46.They swarmed around and started chasing her.
:08:47. > :09:01.Deliveries were a little more mundane this afternoon for this post
:09:02. > :09:06.offers water. No live bees this time but she will not forget her close
:09:07. > :09:11.encounter with the swarm. I opened up the door of the ban and `ll of a
:09:12. > :09:18.sudden I saw bees around evdrywhere. I thought I had parked beside a bees
:09:19. > :09:24.nest. I saw this box which was inundated with bees. I pickdd it up
:09:25. > :09:28.and put it on the floor and ran I was petrified at the time. Hf I get
:09:29. > :09:32.one of them in my van, I have to open the windows to get it down To
:09:33. > :09:36.have that many, I screamed `nd the neighbours came out. It was not a
:09:37. > :09:42.good experience. In case yot're wondering why anyone would post a
:09:43. > :09:48.parcel full of bees, Parcelforce says it is not uncommon and
:09:49. > :09:51.perfectly legal. They are on a quite a short list of living creatures
:09:52. > :09:56.that are permitted to be tr`nsported through the Parcelforce network
:09:57. > :09:59.People might not think that creatures would be transported but
:10:00. > :10:05.there are certain small amotnts of creatures which are permittdd. They
:10:06. > :10:11.ask that if you're posting bees please make sure that the p`ckage is
:10:12. > :10:16.secure. In the case of this delivery of 2000 bees, the insects wdre
:10:17. > :10:20.eventually gathered by an expert and safely delivered, leaving this post
:10:21. > :10:26.office worker a bit more cattious now. I look now more cautiotsly at
:10:27. > :10:27.half past six in the morning to see what I am carrying now. And who can
:10:28. > :10:31.blame her? It seems potholes
:10:32. > :10:34.which are the curse of road users A team of archaeologists working
:10:35. > :10:38.in Devon has unearthed one during the excavation of a Roman
:10:39. > :10:40.road near Ipplepen. And as John Danks reports, some
:10:41. > :10:43.of the items uncovered show that even back then people were trying
:10:44. > :10:56.to impress their neighbours. Here I am on the Roman road. You can
:10:57. > :11:02.see that the stony surface has been packed down and well used. We have a
:11:03. > :11:07.repair to a pothole, here, `nd you can see this is the centre of it.
:11:08. > :11:11.You can see this, the stones are slightly different in colour, more
:11:12. > :11:16.blue than the other parts of the road surface. There has been a hole
:11:17. > :11:20.in the road and they have brought other stones and packed up, and
:11:21. > :11:26.flattened it to repair the surface. Apart from fixing potholes, what
:11:27. > :11:29.have the Romans ever done from us `` for us? Their taste for find pottery
:11:30. > :11:34.created an industry encountdred the goods. When the Romans came to
:11:35. > :11:40.Britain, people started makhng cheaper versions of it. All of a
:11:41. > :11:43.sudden England, people are producing this date pottery to show your
:11:44. > :11:49.dinner guests, that you havd got very fine pottery, but don't look
:11:50. > :11:53.too closely. Then you have the occasional special pieces which are
:11:54. > :11:57.the genuine article. In terls of keeping up appearances, this
:11:58. > :12:02.recently discovered hairpin tells another story. It is a Roman `style
:12:03. > :12:07.hairpin, so it seems that they are adopting Roman fashions frol across
:12:08. > :12:11.the continent, showing the people living in Ipplepen that thex would
:12:12. > :12:15.have been locked in with thd rest of the Roman Empire. The Roman road
:12:16. > :12:21.will be open to the public on Sunday, with Spurs leading from
:12:22. > :12:32.Ipplepen Methodist Church. `` who's leaving from. `` tours.
:12:33. > :12:34.Music festivals are big bushness these days
:12:35. > :12:37.and are a much needed boost for the South West's tourism industry.
:12:38. > :12:38.They've become hugely popul`r across the region,
:12:39. > :12:42.attracting thousands of people and today sees the launch of a new one.
:12:43. > :12:44.It's called Somersault and it's being held at Castle Hill
:12:45. > :13:00.John Henderson is there for us tonight.
:13:01. > :13:08.I am arguably the most square person at what's is a very special and very
:13:09. > :13:14.cool gig in this part of thd world. Weird and wonderful. The newest
:13:15. > :13:19.festival in the UK, in the liddle of North Devon, an irresistibld
:13:20. > :13:23.attraction for the curious. It is a chance to sit in the sun and meet
:13:24. > :13:30.people. Listen to good music. Eat some dodgy food. Music and luch
:13:31. > :13:34.more, like the gorilla circts. Welcome to Somersault. I am not
:13:35. > :13:43.going up there. I work the spotlight. `` for spotlight. It was
:13:44. > :13:47.slightly scary. The festival runs for five days with acts likd Jack
:13:48. > :13:52.Johnson and Ben Howard. It offers surfing lessons, paddle boarding and
:13:53. > :14:00.for the less the chance to get in touch with their inner self. Maybe
:14:01. > :14:07.under there he has got a br`, too. If it all gets a little too much,
:14:08. > :14:15.how about a little wild swilming? If you're in those pence it is nasty
:14:16. > :14:21.and messy but this is refreshing. It has clean water. It is bettdr than
:14:22. > :14:27.Glastonbury. So, get to it, anyway you can. This is the man who has put
:14:28. > :14:37.it all together. How many pdople are you expecting? Between
:14:38. > :14:42.14,000`15,000. How money `` how much money does it bring to this part of
:14:43. > :14:51.the world? Everybody shops hn local shops, the local hotels and
:14:52. > :14:57.bed`and`breakfast places ard full, and so on. It is quite upper`class,
:14:58. > :15:02.I have seen lots of 4x4 is hn the car park. The festival landscape is
:15:03. > :15:11.like that now. Jack Johnson and Ben Howard have different audiences It
:15:12. > :15:18.is pretty broad. I saw a spdcialised boutique baby`sitting. What is
:15:19. > :15:21.boutique baby`sitting? You do not want your kids to be there when you
:15:22. > :15:26.are out in front of the main stage. What happens? The children `re
:15:27. > :15:30.looked after in a lovely tent while you are off looking at the festival.
:15:31. > :15:35.How difficult is it put on like this? It is a challenge putting on a
:15:36. > :15:40.festival. It is a big financial risk. You're sure whether it is
:15:41. > :15:46.going to fit. But we have a strong identity, we had a strong idea, this
:15:47. > :15:51.is a summer camp, people ard coming for five days or for one dax, they
:15:52. > :15:55.are going to the beach, going to this `` going to Exmoor and rock
:15:56. > :16:01.climbing, and making a holiday of it. And with it the back next year?
:16:02. > :16:07.Yes, this is just the start. We want to grow, year`on`year, and head into
:16:08. > :16:12.this beautiful location. `` bed into. I am going to go and jump in
:16:13. > :16:16.the river now. The most successful swimming club
:16:17. > :16:19.in the country is chasing mddals Plymouth Leander's best hopd is
:16:20. > :16:23.a 19`year`old, whose debut hn As Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reveals,
:16:24. > :16:44.Ben Proud is looking to follow up a Ben Proud is hoping to deliver up to
:16:45. > :16:50.his surname. He is making a splash in the pool. Last year he broke the
:16:51. > :16:54.ten`year`old record of Mark Foster in the 50 metres butterfly `nd
:16:55. > :17:00.clocked a new British record in the 50 metres freestyle. The sport is
:17:01. > :17:06.getting younger and younger. We have seen people winning gold medals at
:17:07. > :17:11.15. It is not unheard of for a 19`year`old to going into the Common
:17:12. > :17:17.of games and hopefully doing well. The competition will be of ` similar
:17:18. > :17:22.age. Have you got more records in your sites? I hope so. I hope to be
:17:23. > :17:31.hitting personal best, as often as I can. I hope to set another record.
:17:32. > :17:36.These games could be the making of the crew to, and according to his
:17:37. > :17:40.coach, he is the most excithng bash back to be the making of Ben Proud,
:17:41. > :17:47.and according to his coach, he's the most exciting British prospdct in
:17:48. > :17:52.years. We want to get him stronger and more powerful. His event only
:17:53. > :17:55.last for 21 seconds. The work in the gym is important as the work as the
:17:56. > :18:03.pool, and we will certainly have him ready for the summer. The student is
:18:04. > :18:12.using the Commonwealth Games for a springboard for the Olympics. It is
:18:13. > :18:15.about experience. It is still against intense competition.
:18:16. > :18:19.Australia and some major cotntries, but it is about preparing for the
:18:20. > :18:24.Olympics in two years time. I am going to get some experiencd.
:18:25. > :18:27.And Dave will be in Glasgow to bring you news
:18:28. > :18:32.The action gets under way next Thursday.
:18:33. > :18:34.But there is already disappointment for Plymouth diver Dan Goodfellow
:18:35. > :18:40.who's had to withdraw from the Games because of injury.
:18:41. > :18:42.Cornwall golfer Rhys Enoch has failed to make the cut
:18:43. > :18:46.Enoch, who's a life member `t Truro Golf Club, but plays from
:18:47. > :18:50.Celtic Manor in Wales, shot a second round 76 ` that's four over par
:18:51. > :18:52.The 26 year old professional finished with
:18:53. > :18:56.an aggregate 5 over`par on his debut in the big event.
:18:57. > :19:00.Now if you were going to tr`vel around Britain to raise mondy
:19:01. > :19:04.And crucially, who would you take with you?
:19:05. > :19:08.Well, one disabled former sdrviceman has hitched a tiny trailer to
:19:09. > :19:12.He sleeps in the trailer along with his two travelling companions.
:19:13. > :19:21.Spotlight's North Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby, has the storx.
:19:22. > :19:29.Woolacombe beach, a perfect view for Mark Newton's latest location. I
:19:30. > :19:34.have fallen in love with North Devon and North Cornwall. It is a bit like
:19:35. > :19:45.home for me. Big, wide, sandy beaches. You cannot fault it. It is
:19:46. > :19:51.Dave Winer than 65, and Mark has a few facts. I hit the 9000`mhle mark
:19:52. > :19:58.this week. I have raised ?32,00 in gift aid from five charities. I have
:19:59. > :20:02.climbed 500 miles of hills, or something like that. He is raising
:20:03. > :20:08.money for the birds `` the benevolent fund from his older
:20:09. > :20:14.vigilant, Help For Heroes, the British Legion and the RNLI. And
:20:15. > :20:18.he's not doing it alone. Thhs is my old rig. It takes me everywhere
:20:19. > :20:29.literally. And this is wherd I, with the cats. Yes, you heard right, with
:20:30. > :20:33.the cats. Most people see md getting their ball out and think thdre is
:20:34. > :20:39.scope to be a dog, but it is a cat instead. It is hard to belidve, but
:20:40. > :20:46.all three of them fit in here. It is two metres long, I am 1.85 letres. I
:20:47. > :20:52.have got a little bit to pl`y with. I can just about stretch out. Where
:20:53. > :20:58.do the cats sleep, when you're slipping? One of them sleeps on my
:20:59. > :21:04.leg, the other one sleeps on a little foldout bed. And you not
:21:05. > :21:10.feel' of it? Having worked on tanks, you cannot feel claustrophobic. He
:21:11. > :21:17.should finish his mission and not over. `` his mission in October
:21:18. > :21:19.Now we all know how stressftl it is moving house.
:21:20. > :21:22.But imagine the stress if that move is from Torquax to
:21:23. > :21:26.Well, that's exactly what 20 African penguins based here have just done.
:21:27. > :21:27.Spotlight's South Devon reporter John Ayres
:21:28. > :21:32.has been following their 3,000`mile journey.
:21:33. > :21:41.They will be sent off on thdir holidays to Georgia. For thd last 11
:21:42. > :21:45.years, living coast has est`blished a breeding programme for African
:21:46. > :21:51.penguins, and as a result 20 of these birds are off on the journey
:21:52. > :21:59.of a lifetime, to Tbilisi zoo. It has turned to living coast to help
:22:00. > :22:02.them set up a new colony. L`st year during a conference it was decided
:22:03. > :22:06.that we met the standard so it was possible to give us penguins, then
:22:07. > :22:11.the search started for a zoo that could give us these animals. This
:22:12. > :22:16.became a zoo near Torquay, living coast zoo in Great Britain. They
:22:17. > :22:20.have no enclosure. They werd literally starting from scr`tch It
:22:21. > :22:26.has been a very long process. We have advised them how to buhld the
:22:27. > :22:28.enclosure, and about the requirements and needs of the
:22:29. > :22:31.penguins so that they have got everything they need to be fit and
:22:32. > :22:39.healthy, even down to where they get their food from, fish supplhers and
:22:40. > :22:42.things like that. The birds are 50`50 split of males and felales,
:22:43. > :22:50.but before they go, they have to be checked over by the debt. ``
:22:51. > :23:03.Beiderbecke Barry. `` by thd debtor Mary. `` vet. If they are fht to
:23:04. > :23:09.travel, they are prepared for their journeys. They will be taken by road
:23:10. > :23:14.to Dover, then by ferry to Calais, then on the road to Amsterd`m, from
:23:15. > :23:20.where they are flown to Tbilisi a trip of almost 3000 miles. They
:23:21. > :23:23.arrive at their new home. Zoos measure themselves on how
:23:24. > :23:28.successfully the animals take to their new environment. Will the
:23:29. > :23:32.penguins like their new livhng quarters in Georgia? Living coast
:23:33. > :23:35.did as much as it could to lake it as much like their home in Torquay
:23:36. > :23:41.as possible although some of the birds did not play ball. Shd's
:23:42. > :23:44.hiding in her house. We feed her separately because she spends most
:23:45. > :23:49.of the day and her burrow. So that she does not get hungry, we leave
:23:50. > :23:56.her serving food here. She hs not very visible. We will leave a bit in
:23:57. > :24:02.the water that is close to her nest. The new arrivals are proved popular
:24:03. > :24:12.in their new home. Penguins are adaptable birds and are expdcted to
:24:13. > :24:15.thrive in the new climate. We have at some spectacular displays from
:24:16. > :24:20.mother nature. Some wonderftl pictures have been sent in. Sadly,
:24:21. > :24:25.it is a repeat performance xet again tonight.
:24:26. > :24:32.We will see thunder and lightning and some torrential downpours. We
:24:33. > :24:38.have a warning from the Met Office. This is an amber weather warning. We
:24:39. > :24:44.have gone from yellow, the `mber. We have a risk of some torrenthal
:24:45. > :24:51.downpours. And also some possible flooding. Let's see your pictures of
:24:52. > :25:06.some of those lightning displays. This was true cathedral. `` Truro.
:25:07. > :25:10.Everyone saw some fantastic shots of lightning. Some of them going from
:25:11. > :25:19.cloud the club, some from around the cloud. `` from the ground to the
:25:20. > :25:27.clouds. This front is moving northwards, thunderstorms, loving
:25:28. > :25:32.north. I think also, some of the showers will be quite intense as
:25:33. > :25:37.those systems get closer through the night. They will pull up from the
:25:38. > :25:42.south. They will pull up wh`t more cloud. Some of us had a reasonable
:25:43. > :25:47.day`to`day, but tomorrow, some more showers will develop. Then ht will
:25:48. > :25:51.get quiet by Sunday. Sunday is properly the better day to do
:25:52. > :25:55.anything outdoors. We have seen some showers across the Channel Hslands.
:25:56. > :26:00.And some flashes of lightning. Expect quite a change later tonight.
:26:01. > :26:04.The main focus of the activhty will be between midnight and six in the
:26:05. > :26:07.morning. Sadly, the time whdn most of us are fast asleep. We could see
:26:08. > :26:13.the odd flash of lightning `nd rumble of thunder and, by the
:26:14. > :26:17.morning, some pools of water on the roads, so some tricky driving
:26:18. > :26:23.conditions. Another warm night, at around 17 Celsius. Tomorrow, it
:26:24. > :26:27.should get driver while, with a glimpse of sunshine. Then that cloud
:26:28. > :26:34.will develop again `` dry for a while. Again, these showers have the
:26:35. > :26:39.potential for some torrenti`l downpours. Temperatures, down on
:26:40. > :26:43.what we have been used to, feeling Monday, but still 22 Celsius. ``
:26:44. > :27:18.feeling Monday. `` muggy. A change to the brighter, clearer
:27:19. > :27:22.conditions as we head into Sunday. Sunday is a better day for `ll of
:27:23. > :27:29.us. Temperatures around 22 Celsius. Next week, it gets warm agahn, but
:27:30. > :27:32.hopefully mainly drive. We will be glad to see the back of somd of
:27:33. > :27:38.these thunderstorms. Have a good evening and take care. That is the
:27:39. > :27:42.end of another week, thank xou for your company and for those wonderful
:27:43. > :27:45.pictures of the storms. Keep them coming if you get some tonight.
:27:46. > :27:48.That's all from us. Goodbye.