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again. Something to look forward to. That is all from the BBC News

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Simon Judge says the changes are deeply distressing

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It should be for the benefit of the child.

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This is neither. These changes are of no benefit.

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The hospital service described as abysmal after hundreds of

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complaints. Patients say thd problems are far from over. And the

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army of volunteers along our coastline.

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Simon Judge's 16`year`old son Gabriel used to spend one wdekend

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a month at St Christopher's in Redruth.

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It's closing this week, along with Red Wing in Truro, to save loney.

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Gabriel has cerebral palsy `nd severe autism, and in futurd will be

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going to a different centre. His father said the final decishon was

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not made until July. He is finding it hard to adapt to his new

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surroundings, he has lost hhs peer group. And they had this empathetic

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link, and that has gone, so he is feeling a little bit lost. H

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wholeheartedly stand on my fight against the closure. It is

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ridiculous. It was purely for financial reasons. The council have

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at least had the courage to admit that. But according to of stirred

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and other children's charithes, it should not be for financial

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reasons, it should be for the benefit or the interest of the

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child. Cornwall Council says the process to

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close the centres began last autumn, and it has given parents tile to

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prepare for changes. It also says all of the families have bedn given

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alternative provision, but there is a difference between what f`milies

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need and want. A lot of soul`searching goes into making sure

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we have the best provision for the children. The reality is we have

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less money to do it. So we have to look at how we do it in a more cost

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efficient way. This is the reality of what we live

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in with huge budgetary pressures. Cornwall Council says it has to

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close St Christophers to save money. Mr Judge says he feels sorrx for the

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families that will not be able to use this building.

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Dorset's hospital transport service, recently described as "abyslal"

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and "a shambles", is now medting almost all required standards

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The Care Quality Commission says E`zec Medical,

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the firm that runs the servhce, has made significant improvdments.

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However, a Dorset patients' group says there are still problels.

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Our health correspondent Sally Mountjoy has been

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Remind us of the background. Nearly a year ago private fhrms took

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over the running of hospital transport across the South West In

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February the CQC found that in Dorset the service was failhng

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patients and most of the essential standards. There were thous`nds of

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complaints, people were finding that cars and ambulances were arriving

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late or not at all. Visions were saying it was intolerable. The firm

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that runs the service said that they have been overwhelmed because NHS

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commissioners had underestilated the workload. Now they have another ?1

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million on top of the ?4 million of the original contract to cope with

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demand. Today CQC inspectors went back. They say that all essdntial

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standards are being met apart from one, which is all having `` having

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all provisions to prescribe medication. The Dorset kidndy fund

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told us that patients thought problems were far from over. A lot

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of patients have been use `` losing treatment time. We are hearhng that

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Haitians are late for treatlent time and time again, and even after

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treatment there is often not transport available to take them

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home. `` patients. Dorset hospital say

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they think that things are luch better. The NHS commissioners say

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they are working to make sure things get better. Is that appreci`te there

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is more to do, but they havd appointed a Reno liaising officer to

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make sure the kidney patients get the transport they need.

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`` renal. A report has expressed deep concerns

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about prisoners at a jail in Dorset spending

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"virtually all day" in their cells The Independent Monitoring Board

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for the Portland Young Offender Institution has called on the Prison

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Service to reconsider its ddcision From Portland, here's our Dorset

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reporter Simon Clemison. The point about this being ` young

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offender institution, which is now accepting older adults, is key to

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what a lot of this report is about. It is saying that now you h`ve

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sophisticated and dangerous professional criminals mixed in with

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young offenders, Medical staff from the

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Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro say a project to share

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their expertise with midwivds and doctors in Third World countries is

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making a real difference to babies Some of the midwives have bden

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working with a charity The aim is to help deliver

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life`saving skills overseas. They say their work is helphng

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improve maternity care in countries where both matdrnal

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and neonatal death rates ard high. Passengers are being asked to

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allow 20 minutes extra travdl Passengers are being asked to

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allow 20 minutes' extra travel Work is starting this morning

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on upgrading the access road The narrow width

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of the road has caused traffic The ?1.4 million scheme is due to

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be finished in March next ydar. Temporary traffic lights ard

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in place. There are reports

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of a car going into the sea Brixham Coastguard has been

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co`ordinating a search The vehicle was empty at thd time

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and no one has been injured. Arable farmers

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in the region say this year's crop That's because supplies are

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so plentiful prices have fallen Our Somerset correspondent

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Clinton Rogers has the storx. There are rewards at the bottom of

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his garden that outweigh thd pressures of the global economy New

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birth, great. Exciting. And the future is looking

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bright for the latest arriv`l at the farm. He certainly isn't gohng to be

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short of food. For the first time in many years, Rosemary and Barry do

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not need to buy in any feed for the dairy cows. So plentiful is this

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year's crop of maize and hax. One of the best ever. For the maizd at any

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rate. The weather has been just right, rain at the right tile, some

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at the right time, and it h`s not stopped growing. That has bden

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growing at over an inch a d`y since it was put in. And it has gdnerally

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been a bumper year for arable farmers.

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Those who plan to date have not found the weather quite so kind To

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get a good overview of this year's harvest, this is a good place to

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come. This acts as a wholes`le storage facility for about 020

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Somerset farmers. These can hold `` with yields especially have been

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higher, so also Bali, about 20% up on last year. But because of a

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global oversupply of grain, `` but look no further than the bottom of

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this garden to see how kind the weather has been to most crops.

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A banana trees she planted dight years ago has produced fruit for the

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first time. In the middle of Somerset. `` a banana tree.

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Coming up next ` the desper`te bid to halt the decline in barn owls.

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Plus, find out how Devon are getthng on in

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And despite the weather herd in Torbay, we have been enjoying a

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spectacular air display and celebrating 20 years of the National

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Dorset Wildlife Trust has l`unched an urgent appeal to halt wh`t it

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calls a catastrophic fall in the numbers of barn owls in the county.

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The problem is widespread across the South West, with a number of factors

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Our environment correspondent Adrian Campbell has been finding ott more.

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Barn owls are a majestic sight flying over our fields. But there

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has been a steep decline in the numbers. The Dorset wildlifd trust

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says the birds have suffered from erratic weather over the last few

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years. They listen for their prey, so if you think about rainf`ll on

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grassland, but will interrupt the noise that small mammals make, so

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barn owls have been starving to death in the countryside.

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2013 was the worst record for barn owl populations known.

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Over recent years farmers h`ve been given financial institution ``

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incentives to set aside margins of their fields, but that is about to

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change, making things more difficult for barn owls.

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The increasing popularity of barn conversions has also reduced the

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available nesting sites. In Somerset there are plans for a nest rocks in

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every parish to help. And the Dorset wildlife trust plans to use some of

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the ?26,000 already raised to provide more boxes. The appdal has

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brought in money, but also dxtra requests for boxes. Loads of

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communities are keen to provide habitat for barn owls, so wd have

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volunteers making them. The predatory bird monitoring scheme

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says more than 90% of birds found dead in 2010 contain traces of rat

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poison. But the NFU says farmers take their responsibilities

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seriously and many exceed what is required by law. The winter floods

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means `` meant barn owls lost their winter supplies of mice.

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Just 24 hours after the training bases were revdaled in

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the South West for next year's Rugby World Cup, one of them has been

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The University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth was, perhaps,

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But as Andy Breare reports, they have a vital new facilhty

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A brand`new playing surface is one of the reasons the university was

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chosen as a south`west base for the Namibian rugby team. The big

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partners unveiled the pitch, which cost half ?1 million to lay, just

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one part of a vision held bx the University. We have experience of

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hosting international sports teams, and we had the Canadian Olylpic

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London Olympics. `` am. So ht is yet London Olympics. `` am. So ht is yet

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another league team we have training here.

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Along with Exeter Chiefs' ndw part synthetic playing surface, this

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facility has many advantages. It gives you a nice firm pitch all year

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round. It is great that the University has this to add to the

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other facilities. Amazing place and in such a beautiful part of Devon. I

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think I am really looking forward to it, and so are all the boys.

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One member of the England women s hockey team which won at thd

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Commonwealth Games started her club hockey here, when `` and shd knows

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how this can help her fellow athletes. It can only help the

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standard of sport here, so `` and obviously the schools can use the

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facilities like this. So, by this time next year Namibian

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will be settling into their temporary headquarters in the

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knowledge they will have top`class surroundings at their disposal.

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As Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reports, Devon recovered well after

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Wamsley cricket ground is the creation of Sir Paul Getty. It was

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his love of cricket that led to this creation in the heart of thd

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Buckinghamshire countryside. The ideal setting for Devon's

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confrontation against Oxfordshire in the Minor Counties Knockout final.

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We have done quite well over the years, but in the one`day d`y come

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and we haven't done quite as well. So to get the final of a

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Championship in the one`day effort is very good for us. Devon batted

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first and were struggling on 14 for six. They rallied, however.

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Beautiful location, and it lends itself to days like this. Wd have

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got good supporters from both camps, so it is quite a special

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occasion here. The captain took a vital catch to

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claim an early Oxfordshire wicket. They seemed to be on their way to

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success as their opponents were six wickets down for less than 000.

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Barlow went on to claim another three victims as Oxfordshird needed

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17 morons from the final ovdr to run, with one wicket in tact.

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It's the final day of the annual event, and thdre's

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a double celebration today, as the National Coastwatch Institution

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celebrates 20 years by openhng a new visitor centre in the Bay

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Our South Devon reporter John Ayres is there now.

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Looking a bit wet tonight, John Yes, look at this. The glorhous

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British summer. Sadly there is huge disappointment, we were hophng to

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see the Red Arrows, but as xou can see it would not have been safe for

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them to perform. As `` it h`s of course been a week of celebration,

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the Torbay regatta, and there has also been celebration of thd

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National Coastwatch Institution s 20 years here in Torbay. They have

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opened a new visitor centre just to enjoy this special occasion.

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Keeping a careful eye on thd sea. The National Coastwatch Institution

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has been around now for 20 xears, it is staffed by volunteers who are on

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the lookout for people in trouble. They monitor the radio channels and

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offer whether advice to seafarers. The Torbay station is around `` one

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of around 50 around the country Each of our stations has to

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demonstrate it has reached the sort of standards which her Majesty's

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Coast Guard demands, and has a system in place for maintaining

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these standards. We act as the Today, the National Coastwatch

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Institution celebrated its 20 years by opening a new visitor centre here

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in Torbay. It gives members of the public a chance to see and

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understand what they do. Thdy have raised money locally to put it

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together, supported by the lottery fund. We have to raise the loney, we

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get no Government funding, `nd also we are trying to make it a hub for

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schools, Duke of Edinburgh `wards, so they can come up and learn about

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Torbay and the geological shde of it, what we do, generally hdlp keep

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them safe if they go down to the seaside.

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Brixham coastguard says `` station is closing soon.

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It makes eyes and ears on the ground all the more important. A great day

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then for National Coastwatch Institution. But disappointlent for

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the Royal regatta with the weather. Unable to see the Red Arrows, but

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there has been a special display earlier, Wilson the? Absolutely We

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were disappointed, but we h`d a fantastic display by the ex`group of

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Red Arrows pilots who came hn in a bid for display over the harbour at

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3pm this afternoon. Slightlx slower airspeed, but still lots of red

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arrow manoeuvres that peopld recognise. The lovely spitfhre role,

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lots of people around the harbour`side, so it was verx well

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received. It lifted the crowd's spirits. Although the challdnge of

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the weather has meant it is a disappointment not have the meadows

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flying as user. `` Red Arrows.

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The guys came in from Bourndmouth today, they landed at 4:30pl, we

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brought them down to the harbour and did a few weather checks and then

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brought them up to the comm`nd post at the Imperial hotel, and obviously

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they were talking back to HP, they kept feeding back weather rdports,

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and at 5:30pm, because the weather situation did not look like it was

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going to improve, then made a reluctant decision to cancel the

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display. So we had to go downstairs and tell a massive number of guests

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here in the hotel that it w`sn't on. Great shame, disappointment, upset.

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Does it cost the regatta evdr `` anything? No, because we have a very

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strong management scheme `` team, and rebut the requisite report ``

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precautions in place with cancellation insurance. But it is

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the infrastructure cost, thd sponsors, the banners, flags, the

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stewards we employ, the people who suffered today were our pocket

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shakers. We are all expecting the Red Arrows, but really important to

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bring in tourists to the arda. Yes, it is the last week of the @ugust

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holiday. Lots of families around here, this is our last week before

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the return of school. And the Torbay Royal regatta is the icing on the

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cake for the tourism industry. That is why we worked very closely with

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our colleagues at Torbay Cotncil, who are very supportive and

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recognise the contribution this makes to tourism in the Bay.

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The hard work starts again now to get ready for next year.

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Still a very impressive display A quick update on the crickdt. Devon

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have one the cup I7 runs. `` may have one.

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Not much like summer today, but towards the weekend a glimmdr of

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hope. Early indications next week shows some warmer and drier weather,

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so fingers crossed. For this evening though it hs rather

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damp, but the rain should clear generally by tomorrow, leavhng us

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with a mixture of sunshine `nd some more showers. You can see that mass

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of cloud across much of the UK and the Channel Islands, courtesy of

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this area of low pressure which we are seeing out to the West, drawing

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in a couple of weather fronts as well. Notice the isobars, so another

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fairly breezy day tomorrow, into Friday we hold onto that brdeze as

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well. Bit of hope, a little bit of high`pressure pushing in, and on

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Saturday there was isobars begin to become more widely spaced and the

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breeze easing back. Today, xou can see an awful lot of cloud around,

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and those showers coming in through the past couple of hours for

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southern areas. Earlier tod`y, it was a fairly cloudy picture at

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Teignmouth. That breeze churning up some waves. But our cameram`n took

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these pictures, he says he hs an ace cameraman. Into tonight, those

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showers affecting the south coast. But as we get into the second part

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of the night the bulk of those will have cleared I think. It will be a

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fairly mild night, but you can start to see the next showers pushing in.

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bring much below 14 or 15. To start bring much below 14 or 15. To start

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tomorrow, the further east xou are, the better chance you are of seeing

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brightness first thing. `` overnight temperatures.

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Showers making their way eastwards as we go through the morning. One or

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two could be on the heavy shde as well, but once they clear think we

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will see brighter conditions with some sunshine for the North Devon

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coast. With the sunshine tolorrow it will feel that little bit more warm.

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A rather damp and Cherie st`rt for the Isles of Scilly tomorrow. But it

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will become brighter. `` shower is. `` Cherie.

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So our outlook tomorrow, after the early band of rain it should be a

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bright afternoon with some sunshine, Friday sees another day of sunshine

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and showers, but fairly bredzy I think again. Breezy at first on

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Saturday, easing back though, and it should be dry with less bredze

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around on Sunday. Have a good evening.

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That is all from us tonight. We will be back at 8pm, and then at 10: 5pm.

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You asked for it. You got it. SHRILL WHISTLE

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I promise not to take off all my clothes.

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