:00:22. > :00:33.Unions say it was the best deal they could achieve.
:00:34. > :00:43.scheme for the police force at this time. We are conscious of those
:00:44. > :00:45.people who might take a redtction and we will work closely to protect
:00:46. > :00:46.their best interest as well. Free internet access
:00:47. > :00:48.for rail passengers. The service will be rolled out
:00:49. > :00:50.on First Great Western trains And the World War One Canadhan
:00:51. > :00:55.visit to Plymouth that inspired
:00:56. > :01:03.two famous works of literattre. Hundreds of staff at Devon
:01:04. > :01:05.and Cornwall Police are havhng their pay cut, in some cases
:01:06. > :01:08.by up to ?8,000, as part The move affects civilian staff
:01:09. > :01:12.at the force who carry out a range of jobs including forensic
:01:13. > :01:15.work and call handling. Many others will actually gdt
:01:16. > :01:19.a pay increase, but tonight there's anger about the deal and crhticism
:01:20. > :01:23.of both senior officers Our Home Affairs Corresponddnt Simon
:01:24. > :01:37.Hall reports. The last job evaluation bec`me
:01:38. > :01:40.notorious as it made a walk`out by staff and the downfall of the then
:01:41. > :01:43.Chief Constable, Maria Wall`ce. But like all public bodies
:01:44. > :01:45.including councils and the NHS, Devon and Cornwall Police are
:01:46. > :01:48.obliged to implement it to dnsure Now the force is trying agahn
:01:49. > :01:54.and it is once more Of more than 2000 civilian staff,
:01:55. > :02:01.more than half will see Almost one third will receive salary
:02:02. > :02:06.increases but 16%, almost 400 staff, The force will not say by how much,
:02:07. > :02:11.except that the maximum redtction And the totality is
:02:12. > :02:30.a sustainable framework. If we keep putting money into it,
:02:31. > :02:33.to make it whereby a realignment by you were making people rddundant,
:02:34. > :02:36.now that cannot be right either It is a choice we have to m`ke and
:02:37. > :02:40.the balance we have to strike and I believe this is the right b`lance
:02:41. > :02:43.for the public, for the polhce force and for the collective workforce,
:02:44. > :02:46.but for some individuals, it is not. The police say that it is
:02:47. > :02:48.a coincidence that the flagpole at headquarters,
:02:49. > :02:50.focus of demonstrations nind years Spotlight has received mess`ges
:02:51. > :03:08.posted I think it is
:03:09. > :03:24.the best possible deal that could be on offer given the economic
:03:25. > :03:30.circumstances at the moment. And we hope that our members will
:03:31. > :03:33.vote yes and endorse that This time around in
:03:34. > :03:38.an attempt to limit the angdr, staff who lose money will have thdir pay
:03:39. > :03:42.protected for up to two years. Senior officers are aware
:03:43. > :03:47.of the potential for the job evaluation to bdcome
:03:48. > :03:49.highly damaging for the polhce. There will be a ballot
:03:50. > :03:51.of staff with results released That will feel a long time for Devon
:03:52. > :04:06.and Cornwall police as they wait to Unison represents the majorhty
:04:07. > :04:11.of police staff and their regional organiser, Stuart
:04:12. > :06:32.Roden, joins me now from Exdter that it was done to the best ability
:06:33. > :06:37.of everybody involved. I know that this will be a difficult tile. We
:06:38. > :06:41.sympathise. We are streaming sympathetic to those who ard adverts
:06:42. > :06:46.we affected. But there are leasures in this deal to protect thel and
:06:47. > :06:50.their families. I would ask them to think about this very careftlly It
:06:51. > :06:57.is essential that as many pdople vote as possible.
:06:58. > :06:59.Free access to the internet is finally becoming available to train
:07:00. > :07:08.After lobbying by passenger groups, First Great Western
:07:09. > :07:10.is beginning the roll`out of free wireless internet
:07:11. > :07:12.on trains between Penzance and Paddington
:07:13. > :07:14.Work is also being carried out to increase the amount
:07:15. > :07:15.of standard class seating on the network.
:07:16. > :07:25.The first of more than 400 high`speed train carriages hs being
:07:26. > :07:32.fitted out with wireless Internet at a depot in Plymouth. This is 21st
:07:33. > :07:36.century technology being fitted on the decidedly 20th`century trains.
:07:37. > :07:42.It is a challenge, because of the nature of the amount of vehhcles
:07:43. > :07:46.involved and the fact that they are old, to say the least, and ht is
:07:47. > :07:53.bordering on modern technology to 1970s rolling stock. The frde Wi`Fi
:07:54. > :07:59.service will be up and runnhng early next year. Cross country provides
:08:00. > :08:03.Internet access but passengdrs have to pay, unless they are in first
:08:04. > :08:06.class. Those travelling on the sleeper service between Penzance and
:08:07. > :08:13.Paddington already benefit from free Wi`Fi. It is very easy to connect to
:08:14. > :08:20.when you use your phone. Whhch is great. You just put in the past code
:08:21. > :08:28.and it automatically connects. And you are away. You pretty much know
:08:29. > :08:34.that you are going to receive the e`mail from the boss that is getting
:08:35. > :08:38.you the project done. There will be limitations on what
:08:39. > :08:42.be used for. Do not expect to watch films online. The restriction is on
:08:43. > :08:47.streaming video. It takes up a lot of bandwidth. It is unfair for some
:08:48. > :08:54.customers to have a monopolx on it. We tend to restrict that. It is for
:08:55. > :08:56.general Internet use. It is one or extension of wireless Internet into
:08:57. > :09:04.everyday life. You can get ht major railway stations wherd it is
:09:05. > :09:07.usually free, and at airports. Newquay told us that their service
:09:08. > :09:12.is free to use. Exeter said it was free in the executive loungd but
:09:13. > :09:16.there is a charge in the mahn departure lounge. This will be
:09:17. > :09:18.changing next month to a 360`minute service.
:09:19. > :09:19.Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher
:09:20. > :09:21.spoke to the Rail Minister this morning.
:09:22. > :09:24.He put to her that wifiand tpgraded seating on trains in the Sotth West
:09:25. > :09:32.compared to investment on the rail network elsewhere in the cotntry.
:09:33. > :09:40.It was thought that it would be crumbs, but there is a big cake
:09:41. > :09:46.south`west. I represent a sdat in the south`west. We have the biggest
:09:47. > :09:52.programme of electrification in this region since Victorian times. Coming
:09:53. > :09:55.down part of the way towards here. Things like the Reading station
:09:56. > :10:02.development mean that we can open up capacity. How does a better find
:10:03. > :10:06.down the Newbery help us in Devon and Cornwall? We can run faster
:10:07. > :10:11.trains down here. We have sden that with the earlier trains that come
:10:12. > :10:18.down to Plymouth. We have got the early starts into Cornwall. I say
:10:19. > :10:20.this as a representative of a seat in the south`west, it has bden
:10:21. > :10:26.forgotten about by successive governments. We have had poorer
:10:27. > :10:30.collectivity. We have not invested in the railways, and we havd a huge
:10:31. > :10:35.renaissance happening with the railways across this countrx. Will
:10:36. > :10:45.you guarantee us on the railways, that in 20, 30 years time, we will
:10:46. > :10:49.not have these 40`year`old trains as the main rolling stock? Over a 0
:10:50. > :10:56.year period, we are talking about resilience and opening diffdrent
:10:57. > :11:03.railways. The plan is about what happens in 20, 30, 40 years. Will we
:11:04. > :11:06.still have these old trains? What I would like to see is ongoing
:11:07. > :11:12.investment of the importancd of the railway `` network. Where w`ys are
:11:13. > :11:16.the busiest that they have been since the 1920s. We have sole of the
:11:17. > :11:21.safest and most punctual Europe with an unprecedented amount
:11:22. > :11:28.of money going into the nail `` rail network. This is where the railways
:11:29. > :11:32.mature and develop. We are `ll proud of the great Western line. We want
:11:33. > :11:38.to continue to invest in those, and make sure that they are getting
:11:39. > :11:41.better, in a few months timd, with some of the better services that are
:11:42. > :11:45.coming down. A coroner in Cornwall has rdcorded
:11:46. > :11:48.that a wife and mother was unlawfully killed after her husband
:11:49. > :11:50.attacked her with a hammer `nd then An inquest heard that
:11:51. > :11:53.John Trenchard, who was being treated for anxiety
:11:54. > :11:56.and depression, wrongly believed his
:11:57. > :11:58.wife Derisa was having an affair. They were found dead at
:11:59. > :12:00.their home in Carbis Bay last year. There will be an independent review
:12:01. > :12:03.of the case to see
:12:04. > :12:05.if any lessons can be learndd. The Dame Hannah Rogers Trust has
:12:06. > :12:07.this evening taken the decision to temporarily suspend
:12:08. > :12:09.some of its adult services. It comes after Ofsted announced
:12:10. > :12:11.children's services at its Ivybridge site
:12:12. > :12:13.would be halted for up to shx weeks A spokesperson for the Trust says
:12:14. > :12:19.it's a move that's not been taken lightly and will affect 15 xoung
:12:20. > :12:22.people and their families, who rely Research
:12:23. > :12:31.by Exeter University has linked It's the vitamin found
:12:32. > :12:34.in exposure to sunlight, The six`year study, found that
:12:35. > :12:43.people with severe vitamin D deficiency were more than twice
:12:44. > :12:46.as likely to develop dementha. Organisations which support older
:12:47. > :13:01.people have welcomed the findings We all know that getting out in the
:13:02. > :13:05.fresh air is good for us. This research take things one stdp
:13:06. > :13:09.further. The study of 1600 dlderly people with moderate vitamin D
:13:10. > :13:14.deficiency had a 15% increased risk of developing some form of dementia.
:13:15. > :13:18.For those with extreme deficiency the risk increased eye 125%. It
:13:19. > :13:25.really is quite significant. Dementia is such a common dhsease.
:13:26. > :13:28.More than one in every 100 people have it, which is hundreds of
:13:29. > :13:32.thousands of people in Engl`nd, alone, and if we can make a
:13:33. > :13:36.difference and stop a few pdople getting it, then it will affect
:13:37. > :13:41.millions of people worldwidd. Anything we can do to protect people
:13:42. > :13:46.from getting Alzheimer's and the manger will be really important The
:13:47. > :13:50.research has been welcomed by charities working with the dlderly.
:13:51. > :13:53.We know that dementia services have been historically underfunddd, so we
:13:54. > :13:59.need to put more money into research. We know that the numbers
:14:00. > :14:01.are going up and up because we are all living longer. This kind of
:14:02. > :14:08.research is so desperately needed. If it give us some pointers about
:14:09. > :14:14.how we can manage in the future that is very positive. This summer
:14:15. > :14:17.we have had some great weather but the winter months limit exposure to
:14:18. > :14:23.sunlight, and therefore, vitamin D. Apart from holidays abroad `nd lots
:14:24. > :14:27.of oily fish, what are the alternatives, and do vitamin D
:14:28. > :14:32.supplements offer real valud? The study does not necessarily say that
:14:33. > :14:37.if you take more vitamin D xou will protect yourself against thd manger.
:14:38. > :14:39.We need trials of vitamin D supplements to see if that hs the
:14:40. > :14:46.case. Following this research and other studies, those trials will
:14:47. > :14:51.take place and we will await those, with interest. Whilst the pros and
:14:52. > :14:55.cons of exposure to the sun must be balanced, Exeter medical School
:14:56. > :14:56.hopes that further research will help turn the rising tide in
:14:57. > :15:01.dementia. The events of the Great War,
:15:02. > :15:03.although horrific, inspired some of the greatest
:15:04. > :15:07.writers of the 20th Century. Tonight, in the fourth in otr series
:15:08. > :15:09.World War One At Home, I've been finding out
:15:10. > :15:12.more about the unexpected arrival of thousands of Canadians in Plymouth,
:15:13. > :15:14.and how it went on to inspire In
:15:15. > :15:51.Flanders Fields, the poppies blow That marked their place. And in the
:15:52. > :16:02.sky, the lot still bravely singing, scarcely had the guns below.
:16:03. > :16:05.John McCrea, the author of this now famous poem was one of the Canadian
:16:06. > :16:09.military doctors who arrived in Plymouth in 1914. The fleet of
:16:10. > :16:11.32,000 men, their horses and equipment, was destined for
:16:12. > :16:16.Southampton but German subm`rine activity in the English Channel
:16:17. > :16:20.force a change of plan. A C`nadian historian becomes what it mtst have
:16:21. > :16:24.been like on that October morning. It was utter chaos. But euphoria at
:16:25. > :16:28.the same time. Although nobody knew they were coming and there were no
:16:29. > :16:47.preparations to unload thesd men and equipment, they found that ht was
:16:48. > :16:51.This is how the arrival of the Canadians was reportdd
:16:52. > :16:54.by the Western Evening Herald, at Plymouth Central library.
:16:55. > :16:57.It was recorded the next dax, the 15th, and says we were unable to
:16:58. > :17:00.report the fact yesterday bdcause of press censorship but it goes on to
:17:01. > :17:04.say that the troops seemed hn high spirits as they swarmed on the decks
:17:05. > :17:06.and in the rigging, with bands and bagpipes playing merrily and rousing
:17:07. > :17:14.cheers being raised in answdr to the waving of hats and sticks ashore.
:17:15. > :17:25.A lot of the children were interested in the Canadian tniforms
:17:26. > :17:28.that had different insignia and buttons like the maple leaf.
:17:29. > :17:31.There was a case were some of the men who came into town did not have
:17:32. > :17:34.any buttons left on their ttnics when they went back to the ship
:17:35. > :17:37.Inevitably with that number of men turning up the must have been
:17:38. > :17:39.Yes, these guys would have been bottled
:17:40. > :17:44.As a result, tension would start to build up
:17:45. > :17:46.Some of them would have fridnds and family in South Devon.
:17:47. > :17:52.If the opportunity arose thdy would try and get onshore
:17:53. > :17:59.and have a couple of pints `nd that is where the trouble would start.
:18:00. > :18:03.The various brothel keepers would be quite interested in thesd men.
:18:04. > :18:12.I think in many respects, it was mostly hijinks. There were ` number
:18:13. > :18:17.of men charged with drunk and disorderly behaviour and thdy were
:18:18. > :18:19.immediately discharged and sent back to Canada. The only numbered very
:18:20. > :18:28.few. Most of the men were shipped to Salisbury plain buddy prepared to go
:18:29. > :18:33.to the front. Thousands of them terraced alongside their allies ``
:18:34. > :18:43.where they prepared. We are the dead. Short days ago, we lived, and
:18:44. > :18:49.felt dawn. We loved and well loved, and now we lie in Flanders fields.
:18:50. > :18:54.John MacRae, who arrived in Plymouth with the Canadians, died in the last
:18:55. > :18:59.year of the war. There is a surprising twist to the story. The
:19:00. > :19:05.arrival of the Canadians ultimately inspired another famous author. It
:19:06. > :19:11.is a great story. This is whn either there. They smuggled him on board
:19:12. > :19:15.the ship they were loaded on. He went across the Atlantic and was
:19:16. > :19:21.unloaded quietly. He was shhpped with the unit to Salisbury plain.
:19:22. > :19:27.One of his favourite tricks was to climb up the tent pole and shake the
:19:28. > :19:33.tent violently. And as the bear got bigger, p were beginning to fall.
:19:34. > :19:35.Once they went off to the ftn, what happened to the bear? Her owner
:19:36. > :19:45.decided that it was unfair to take the bear to France. So it stay that
:19:46. > :19:50.London zoo. He would come b`ck on leave and visit the bear. And when
:19:51. > :19:55.the war finished it became puite an attraction. This is where a a Milne
:19:56. > :19:59.got the story about Winnie the Pooh. He would take his son, Christopher
:20:00. > :20:05.Robin, the London zoo, to mdet Winnie. Because of that little bear
:20:06. > :20:10.from Winnipeg, the world has shared the stories of Christopher Robin. A
:20:11. > :20:15.century after the Canadians arrived at Plymouth, we can look back and
:20:16. > :20:22.see how the great War inspired authors and know that they `re
:20:23. > :20:27.writing would continue to inspire generations to come. Take up our
:20:28. > :20:31.quarrel with the flow. To you, with failing hands, we throw the torch.
:20:32. > :20:48.If you break faith with us who died, we shall not sleep. For poppies
:20:49. > :20:52.grow, in Flanders fields. Whnnie the Pooh is a character we have all
:20:53. > :20:54.grown up with. I never knew that about the origins of him.
:20:55. > :20:57.And tomorrow, in our final film in this series
:20:58. > :20:59.marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War,
:21:00. > :21:04.who sent hundreds of a fresh eggs to soldiers on the front line
:21:05. > :21:06.and became a much`loved figtre as a result.
:21:07. > :21:08.Dartmouth has been hosting what s described as
:21:09. > :21:15.one of the world's most luxurious cruise liners.
:21:16. > :21:17.Hundreds of five`star passengers are visiting the town for a day trip
:21:18. > :21:20.while on a cruise around Britain on the Europ`.
:21:21. > :21:23.It's all part of a new inithative by local business to encour`ge more
:21:24. > :21:26.cruise liners to stop at Dartmouth and increase international tourism.
:21:27. > :21:36.The cruise ship market is vdry lucrative. The customers cole on
:21:37. > :21:42.board these smaller, bespokd, high class ships, and they have ` very
:21:43. > :21:47.large market that they can bring two, spending a lot of monex. It is
:21:48. > :21:49.a statement of intent about the kind of customer that we are tryhng to
:21:50. > :21:50.attract the Dartmouth. Fans of folk festivals are `bout
:21:51. > :21:53.to mark another off the caldndar. Sidmouth draws to a close tomorrow
:21:54. > :21:56.but the season is far from over There are another six events to go
:21:57. > :21:58.in the South West Simon Clemison has been finding
:21:59. > :22:18.out why the Sidmouth Festiv`l For the grandfather of folk
:22:19. > :22:26.festivals, they start young, but it will not mean that was the lore come
:22:27. > :22:31.with age. Then again, folk lusic was always difficult to put into words.
:22:32. > :22:35.So try numbers. There are tdns of thousands of people here thhs week.
:22:36. > :22:40.This festival is in it 60 ydar. And since its inception, more fdstivals
:22:41. > :22:45.have developed in the south`west. There are some festivals in Somerset
:22:46. > :22:53.and in various places throughout Devon and Cornwall. You can see why
:22:54. > :23:00.I might need all of these. @lthough please other festivals are the new
:23:01. > :23:04.kids on the block, are they not When you have been around for 6
:23:05. > :23:08.years, mostly everybody is ` new kid on the block. Why have we not had
:23:09. > :23:14.festivals for hundreds of ydars People did it all at home, they did
:23:15. > :23:17.it in the village. Singing within families. They did not need them.
:23:18. > :23:23.Eclectic is probably the best description, and impressive. If you
:23:24. > :23:31.could play the fiddle whilst Pat Vincennes, you would. I lovd that of
:23:32. > :23:34.all ages, everybody can join in and there is a lovely feeling about it.
:23:35. > :23:41.I am under 60, yes. Dartmoor begins as Sidmouth ends, but one of the
:23:42. > :23:51.early pioneers now comes sprinkled with a little Hollywood maghc. A
:23:52. > :24:02.beautiful day in Sidmouth, but the weather is about to change. Some
:24:03. > :24:06.showers will develop across Cornwall and West Devon with the bredze
:24:07. > :24:16.picking up during the coursd of the We have a lump of cloud on the edge
:24:17. > :24:19.of the screen. That is an area of low pressure that is heading our
:24:20. > :24:23.way. By the middle of the d`y tomorrow, by the time we get into
:24:24. > :24:29.Saturday specially, Saturdax night in the Sunday, this former Tropical
:24:30. > :24:34.Storm Fitow was a headache. It's most likely track will take it
:24:35. > :24:39.through the English Channel then up into the North Sea. There whll be
:24:40. > :24:42.some very strong winds and heavy rain associated with it. Thdre is
:24:43. > :24:48.some uncertainty as to how deep will be and its exact locathon. Some
:24:49. > :24:53.heavy rain is possible, with winds of up to 60 miles an hour. @nd some
:24:54. > :24:58.quite big waves on the beach through Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. We have
:24:59. > :25:02.had a lovely day today. This was earlier today in Merivale where we
:25:03. > :25:08.have had some beautiful blud skies. Looking resplendent in the sunshine.
:25:09. > :25:14.These pictures were shot by colour cameraman. It was too hot for the
:25:15. > :25:20.cattle by the look of it, t`king some shade where they could. If not
:25:21. > :25:24.a little on the dry side, bdcause of all of the fine weather that we have
:25:25. > :25:28.seen in the last few weeks. about to change, but not for tonight
:25:29. > :25:34.or tomorrow. showers later on coming into the far
:25:35. > :25:39.west of Cornwall. But it will be down to 12, 13 Celsius. Tomorrow
:25:40. > :25:46.morning, warm up across parts of Somdrset and
:25:47. > :25:52.Dorset. Another fine day, whth the sub Devon not faring too badly
:25:53. > :25:56.either. Some showers around the middle of the day, fading
:25:57. > :25:59.during the course of the afternoon. Holding onto that fine weather
:26:00. > :26:06.across Somerset and Dorset. The highest temperature, 23 Celsius in
:26:07. > :26:08.that sunshine. Sunny spells in the afternoon for the Isles of Scilly.
:26:09. > :26:22.And the times of high water. The waves are picking up as we head
:26:23. > :26:29.into the weekend. Similar conditions on the north coast. Those w`ves are
:26:30. > :26:34.getting bigger and bigger as we head into Saturday and Sunday. Looking
:26:35. > :26:39.further ahead, at the forec`st for the weekend, on Saturday we expect
:26:40. > :26:40.to see some breezy conditions. The coastal waters forecast for
:26:41. > :26:52.tomorrow. On Sunday, windy with persistent
:26:53. > :26:58.rain early on, then becoming showery, then for money and choose
:26:59. > :26:59.the next week, breezy and showery conditions. `` for Monday and
:27:00. > :27:03.Tuesday. Now have you got a question for
:27:04. > :27:06.the mayor of Torbay, Gordon Oliver? Well, tomorrow he will be in
:27:07. > :27:08.Good Morning Devon's Hotseat with Matt Woodley on BBC Radio Ddvon
:27:09. > :27:11.from 8am to 9am tomorrow morning. That's all from us for now.
:27:12. > :27:19.Have a good evening.