:00:13. > :00:16.The local authorities on a collision course over the waste bill.
:00:17. > :00:20.So could we soon have to carry a permit to go to the tip?
:00:21. > :00:25.The problem is people who p`y council tax
:00:26. > :00:28.in one area are sometimes dtmping their rubbish in another
:00:29. > :00:40.Pulled out of auction, but can local save a piece of history?
:00:41. > :00:43.A community in North Cornwall is rallying round to save this engine
:00:44. > :00:49.house which the Duchy of Cornwall was planning to sell.
:00:50. > :00:55.We are on the scaffolding n`tural cathedral to find out why the
:00:56. > :01:01.stonemasons working here once again. `` Truro .
:01:02. > :01:05.A turf war is beginning to break out as local authorities
:01:06. > :01:07.in Devon clash over who is `llowed to use which tip.
:01:08. > :01:10.More councils now say they don't want people living outside their
:01:11. > :01:13.area coming in with their w`ste even if their homes are close by.
:01:14. > :01:15.It's because of the cost of disposing of it.
:01:16. > :01:17.At one site, Devon County Council claims about
:01:18. > :01:20.a fifth of carloads come from the neighbouring authority of Torbay.
:01:21. > :01:21.It's now considering banning those residents.
:01:22. > :01:24.Other authorities are also concerned about the bill being left
:01:25. > :01:29.But trying to identify wherd everybody comes from won't be easy.
:01:30. > :01:31.In some parts of London people have to carry
:01:32. > :01:35.Here's our Environment Correspondent, Adrian Campbdll.
:01:36. > :01:38.At the Brunel Road Recycling Centre in Newton Abbot,
:01:39. > :01:41.people arrive with all kinds of rubbish they want to disposd of but
:01:42. > :01:46.In fact, quite a lot come from Torbay, which has an
:01:47. > :01:51.independent authority responsible for managing its own waste.
:01:52. > :01:56.They are much friendlier to start with.
:01:57. > :02:00.I can then go on to Newton @bbot and see my dad.
:02:01. > :02:04.They should be encouraging us to recycle.
:02:05. > :02:07.Devon County Council says it is quite happy
:02:08. > :02:12.for anyone to come to one of its centres to pick up a bargain.
:02:13. > :02:14.But it is not happy about people from outside the area
:02:15. > :02:23.Devon says at the site around 20% users come from Torbay.
:02:24. > :02:25.It is claimed that costs Devon's taxpayers more than ?190,000 a year.
:02:26. > :02:29.But Devon residents who we spoke to at the site said they think trying
:02:30. > :02:43.to control who brings the rdcycling here would be impossible to enforce.
:02:44. > :02:46.I think you should be able to take it anywhere you want,
:02:47. > :02:49.Torbay says local authoritids in Devon have worked togethdr over
:02:50. > :02:54.They say problems began at a Plymouth site.
:02:55. > :02:58.Torbay says this site is the first to control who brhngs
:02:59. > :03:03.in waste and says that has to be cooperation between authorities
:03:04. > :03:07.Do we have to start getting petty and saying, ?Actually, if you live
:03:08. > :03:19.We will send you on a 20`mile detour to go to Newton Abbot.?
:03:20. > :03:20.What is the environmental ilpact on that?
:03:21. > :03:25.Plymouth told us it had introduced changes a year ago, it says it is
:03:26. > :03:28.under financial pressure and says every tonne of waste that goes into
:03:29. > :03:35.In some London boroughs, residents already have to show a pass when
:03:36. > :03:42.Perhaps it could be commonplace in the South West.
:03:43. > :03:44.A community in North Cornwall is being trged to
:03:45. > :03:47.rally round to save a historic engine house which the Duchx
:03:48. > :03:54.Prince Charles' estate has temporarily postponed
:03:55. > :03:57.an auction to sell off the site near Tintagel to give locals
:03:58. > :04:02.Just outside Tintagel is north Cornwall's only
:04:03. > :04:09.Used to haul slate and pump water until the 1890s, it's popul`r with
:04:10. > :04:12.tourists and dog walkers, but now the owner, the Duchx of
:04:13. > :04:19.Cornwall, is planning to sell it and the 45 acres of land it sits in
:04:20. > :04:21.The auctioneers for this site say they had `lready
:04:22. > :04:26.had a lot of interest, mainly from individuals both locally and further
:04:27. > :04:30.afield, keen they say to own a slice of the iconic Cornish countryside.
:04:31. > :04:32.But the community only found out about
:04:33. > :04:35.the sale when they saw the signs and after approaching Prince Ch`rles'
:04:36. > :04:44.estate the auction that would have been held today has been postponed.
:04:45. > :04:50.They should have let the parish council know what the antichpated,
:04:51. > :04:54.so we could be aware of the situation. I don't know what we
:04:55. > :05:03.could be aware of the situation I don't know what it on hold. It is up
:05:04. > :05:04.to the parish people and sed what they think.
:05:05. > :05:07.The proposed sale isn't going down well, because it was a group
:05:08. > :05:11.of volunteers who back in the 1 70s raised the funds and put in the work
:05:12. > :05:21.One of those is Councillor John Lugg,
:05:22. > :05:24.who says they won't be able to find the ?40,000 guide price and hopes
:05:25. > :05:45.I would like them to just ldave us alone and we will look after it I
:05:46. > :05:53.hope can try and raise finances to do just that. We need time. The
:05:54. > :06:00.second thing we need is to not push us, they don't need to. Havd not
:06:01. > :06:01.done anything with it for 30 years. `` they have.
:06:02. > :06:03.It's highly unlikely any individual could live here,
:06:04. > :06:05.because of a preservation order and public access would be maintained.
:06:06. > :06:08.But the Duchy of Cornwall s`ys it is keen to listen further to community
:06:09. > :06:10.stakeholders, which is why it has agreed to
:06:11. > :06:14.In the meantime, there's plans for a public leeting
:06:15. > :06:19.For two years, details have been kept under wraps of
:06:20. > :06:24.a pyramid scheme which 10,000 people across the South West were duped
:06:25. > :06:29.Today the case was made public as three women pleaded guilty to
:06:30. > :06:34.Victims, including some in Torquay, were conned into handing ovdr
:06:35. > :06:47.Our reporter Steve Brodie h`s been following the case throughott.
:06:48. > :06:53.Secret filming where people think they are going to get rich puick.
:06:54. > :07:03.Often through pictures like these. The spoils enjoyed by some. It
:07:04. > :07:11.sounded absolutely fantastic. There was no way I would lose. I was told
:07:12. > :07:18.it was backed by major solicitors and barristers in the Bristol area.
:07:19. > :07:25.It was all legal. It took in 10 000 people, most of whom lost their
:07:26. > :07:28.money. It's turned over ?20 million. The then Office of Fair Trading
:07:29. > :07:32.brought prosecutions against 11 women using new legislation
:07:33. > :07:39.targeting pyramid schemes for the first time. It is illegal to operate
:07:40. > :07:43.or promote one. In a trial two years ago that we can only just rdports,
:07:44. > :07:50.Laura Fox, the chairman of, was jailed for nine months as w`s the
:07:51. > :07:54.treasurer and venue organisdr. Another woman Sally Phillips was
:07:55. > :08:01.handed a suspended sentence. You may be happy to put your ?3000 hn and
:08:02. > :08:07.you may be happy to lose yotr ? 000, but the people you get involved in
:08:08. > :08:13.it, friends or relatives, how happy would you be for them to lose their
:08:14. > :08:20.?3000? On trial last year, two women admitted promoting giving to take,
:08:21. > :08:25.while someone else was cleared of same. Three more women pleaded
:08:26. > :08:30.guilty to operate and promoting the scheme. One refused to commdnt as
:08:31. > :08:38.she left court. Mary Nash dhd apologise to her many victils.
:08:39. > :08:48.Sorry. The facts remain. Don't do it. Just don't do it. If it is too
:08:49. > :08:52.good to be true, it is. It hs a big con. It doesn't matter if a friend
:08:53. > :08:58.or relative, you stand to lose your money. LS and for those thinking of
:08:59. > :08:59.getting involved in the futtre. `` a lesson.
:09:00. > :09:02.It's being reported tonight that the European Commission is to ghve the
:09:03. > :09:05.green light to plans to build a new nuclear power station in Solerset.
:09:06. > :09:07.The Commission is investigating whether the deal between thd
:09:08. > :09:10.British Government and the French power company EDF to buy eldctricity
:09:11. > :09:13.from the new Hinkley C amounts to an illegal state subsidy.
:09:14. > :09:15.Tonight, the Commission wouldn't comlent on
:09:16. > :09:21.But one local MP told the BBC he was now "totally confident"
:09:22. > :09:24.Our Somerset Correspondent Clinton Rogers has been
:09:25. > :09:29.Look at the number of bulldozers already on site
:09:30. > :09:36.and you'd be forgiven for thinking the deal is already done.
:09:37. > :09:38.They've already started exc`vating 4.2 million tonnes of earth here,
:09:39. > :09:46.enough to fill 1300 Olympic`sized swimming pools.
:09:47. > :09:54.The company is keen that thhs isn't seen as arrogance.
:09:55. > :09:58.That in some way the Europe`n Union decision is a foregone conclusion.
:09:59. > :10:01.Because, if it isn't, on the other hand, you don't do all of
:10:02. > :10:04.this, you don't invest ?1 bhllion, unless you are pretty confident
:10:05. > :10:09.An unconfirmed reports from Brussels tonight suggests that inquiry into
:10:10. > :10:14.whether the price the Government paid them for new nuclear address
:10:15. > :10:29.breaches competition laws h`s come down in favour of Hinkley C.
:10:30. > :10:31.While neither the company, nor EU officials will confirm or
:10:32. > :10:34.One local MP says Hinckley will be built,
:10:35. > :10:37.We're depending on Ukraine and gas from Russia.
:10:38. > :10:44.We have to grow up and tell Europe where they can stick it and get
:10:45. > :10:51.Unsurprisingly, antinuclear campaigners see it differently.
:10:52. > :10:56.They point out that EDF still does not have investment partners signed
:10:57. > :10:59.up and they doubt they will get them.
:11:00. > :11:02.I personally do not see it being built.
:11:03. > :11:06.Investors are looking the other way, pension funds are taking
:11:07. > :11:14.the money into the new revolution, the solar revolution.
:11:15. > :11:17.EDF insists investors will come on board, once the European hurdle
:11:18. > :11:20.The Commission is expected to make a formal announcement
:11:21. > :11:41.Scientists mapping the lake with a robot that can... They are looking
:11:42. > :11:51.to see if there's anything that could indicate links. A tinx boat
:11:52. > :11:55.that can think big. It is a curious cat, crammed with sophistic`ted
:11:56. > :12:01.electronics, using a sonar to peer into the depths. If anything grabs
:12:02. > :12:07.at Ascension, it investigatds, because it can think for itself ``
:12:08. > :12:13.its attention. Experts say ht could be useful for detecting anything.
:12:14. > :14:23.half a tonne. It is on a le`d and the team are bringing it
:14:24. > :14:26.That?s what they want to become if their numbers add up thex may
:14:27. > :14:42.The aim is to take students who have a huge amount of potential hn
:14:43. > :14:46.mathematics that are keen to learn and wants to embrace a new world
:14:47. > :14:52.working `` a way of working. The sixth form school takes students
:14:53. > :14:58.from all corners of the South West. There's also physics
:14:59. > :15:17.and next year they plan to hnclude Classes are small. You won't get the
:15:18. > :15:23.same attention anywhere elsd. You will get things that are tahlored to
:15:24. > :15:26.you. Because you earn in an environment where everyone wants to
:15:27. > :15:32.learn the same things as yot, it is a stretch to learn it, but when you
:15:33. > :15:38.do it forces us together. A real sense of achievement when you
:15:39. > :15:39.complete something. It is qtite different here. Lectures ard quite
:15:40. > :15:47.laid`back. Even their canteen area is geared
:15:48. > :15:54.for creativity and problem solving. three A`levels from the school
:15:55. > :15:58.and a fourth personal choicd which Who along with The University
:15:59. > :16:04.of Exeter sponsor the school Teachers feel relaxed mind hs a
:16:05. > :16:14.focus mind. Can you help me with my son's maths
:16:15. > :16:21.homework? If you read Lord of the Flids when
:16:22. > :16:25.you were at school, you might just find your children or grandchildren
:16:26. > :16:28.are still studying it. And while there has been a debate
:16:29. > :16:36.over whether there need to be more books on the curriculum, thd family
:16:37. > :16:39.of William Golding, who's from Cornwall, have been marking the
:16:40. > :16:41.anniversary by loaning his literary A literary classic read
:16:42. > :16:49.by millions all over the world. There have also been
:16:50. > :16:51.two film adaptations. It was also a stage play
:16:52. > :17:00.and a recent contemporary d`nce tour The story of a group of English
:17:01. > :17:05.schoolboys marooned on a tropical island started life
:17:06. > :17:08.like this, hand written by It was rejected by ten publhshers
:17:09. > :17:14.and one literary agent. When we read
:17:15. > :17:16.a good novel we are impressdd by the polish and the finish and
:17:17. > :17:20.what we do not see is the struggle I think you could see that hn Lord
:17:21. > :17:33.of the Flies and the added drama of trying to get the thing
:17:34. > :17:37.published and having readers writing things like ?rubbish?
:17:38. > :17:39.and ?dull? along the top of it. Absolutely, the draft brings to life
:17:40. > :17:42.the process and reminds us that art Golding persevered and eventually
:17:43. > :17:52.one agent took a chance. So to
:17:53. > :17:59.a certain extent he was confident. But I don't think he imagindd that
:18:00. > :18:02.it would become the sort I mean, 60 years later, and we
:18:03. > :18:11.are still receiving the bendfits. And now fans
:18:12. > :18:13.of the book can benefit, too. The manuscript is going on show
:18:14. > :18:19.in the South West. I still meet the grandchildren of my
:18:20. > :18:25.friends who are doing it at school. It is an extraordinary thing
:18:26. > :18:28.and he couldn't have imagindd that. Everyone from Stephen King to
:18:29. > :18:32.The Simpsons has been infludnced There are TV series like Lost that
:18:33. > :18:36.are clearly influenced by it. You can look through this unique
:18:37. > :18:42.piece of literary history bx contacting the Special Colldctions
:18:43. > :18:54.Team at the University of Exeter. From railway lines reopening,
:18:55. > :18:58.to people finally moving back Recovering
:18:59. > :19:00.from last winter's weather has Truro Cathedral was hit by high
:19:01. > :19:04.winds which sent some of thd David George reports
:19:05. > :19:08.on the work being carried ott to repair the Victorian building's
:19:09. > :19:15.north`west tower. Truro Cathedral, once again
:19:16. > :19:19.partially cloaked in scaffolding. While the camera gets a ridd up
:19:20. > :19:22.in the lift we have to walk the 200 Below, shoppers go
:19:23. > :19:27.about their business unaward Stonemasons are using traditional
:19:28. > :19:39.techniques just like the men who built the cathedral
:19:40. > :19:47.more than a hundred years ago. It is a mallet and a chisel.
:19:48. > :19:53.Traditional tools. In the New Year storms, high winds
:19:54. > :19:56.sent parts of the stonework crashing to the ground, this is one of
:19:57. > :20:09.the bits that fell onto a footpath. It was very serious. It happened in
:20:10. > :20:14.the middle of the night and thankfully no one was around when it
:20:15. > :20:18.fell. But you have to take hmmediate action, so close off area around
:20:19. > :20:28.Weatherstone fell and we managed to get the scaffolding and the work
:20:29. > :20:31.under way. `` where the stone. They are pieces of stonework that were
:20:32. > :20:39.here, sitting in the middle of this arch and that is what crashdd down
:20:40. > :20:44.earlier in the year. Instead, a new trace route stone has been put
:20:45. > :20:49.here. Right next to it, you can see a sample of the type of erosion we
:20:50. > :20:57.are talking about. The cathddral has a historic problem. The original
:20:58. > :21:01.architect used Bastogne for a lot of the high`level stonework. `` Bath
:21:02. > :21:08.stone. He was advised against this. But he went through. The kex feature
:21:09. > :21:13.has had a problem since 1920 with stone a religion. `` the cathedral.
:21:14. > :21:14.We have tried various different stones in the cathedral.
:21:15. > :21:16.Once worked, the new stones are carefullx fixed
:21:17. > :21:22.The work is costing ?130,000, the scaffolding alone costs ?80 000,
:21:23. > :21:25.and it?s being paid for from the Government?s World War One
:21:26. > :21:39.They say they have another three weeks of work to do. It will be
:21:40. > :21:48.mid`October before people start to see all of this scaffolding coming
:21:49. > :21:59.down. That's an incredible sight, isn't it? What do the Royal Albert
:22:00. > :22:03.and BBC Radio Cornwall have in common?
:22:04. > :22:05.Well, singer Alfie Boe has sung in all of them.
:22:06. > :22:08.The tenor paid a flying visht to our Plymouth and Truro studios today.
:22:09. > :22:21.He's used to the bright lights of the West End and Broadwax,
:22:22. > :22:25.and singing to his legions of fans at sell`out concerts
:22:26. > :22:28.across the world at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal
:22:29. > :22:33.But today it was the more humble setting of
:22:34. > :22:36.BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radho Cornwall in which we found @lfie Boe
:22:37. > :22:51.Serenata is described as a revival of the golden era of Italian song
:22:52. > :22:54.and features well known hits such as Volare and Mambo Italiano.
:22:55. > :23:01.For Alfie, it's been a labour of love.
:23:02. > :23:10.I love these songs. I grew tp listening to them, I studied them,
:23:11. > :23:14.I've heard a lot of different artists throughout time sing them
:23:15. > :23:21.from people like Elvis and Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra to
:23:22. > :23:27.Pavarotti and Domingo. Thesd are songs that are natural and
:23:28. > :23:31.beautiful. They are very rolantic. Everybody has grown up listdning to
:23:32. > :23:33.them . Alfie is also in the South West
:23:34. > :23:36.promoting his latest UK arena tour, which takes place in Novembdr
:23:37. > :23:38.and December. Sadly, for his army of fans here,
:23:39. > :23:53.it doesn't include a date Cardiff is the closest.
:23:54. > :23:58.Unfortunately. Saying that, there is no reason why we shouldn't plan some
:23:59. > :24:01.sort of showdown here for you guys. `` show down.
:24:02. > :24:05.So it seems Alfie will be South West bound again sometime in the future,
:24:06. > :24:23.That is good news, isn't it? Time for the weather now. One qudstion
:24:24. > :24:35.for you, what is it all abott? See what I did? I get it. He is
:24:36. > :24:39.underwhelmed. Anyway. Good dvening. We mention showers yesterdax, they
:24:40. > :24:45.have been around, some across the Channel Islands. Some appro`ching
:24:46. > :24:50.Plymouth. More to come overnight. The main focus of the shower
:24:51. > :24:55.activity for us is tonight, because tomorrow move away and north. Warm
:24:56. > :25:00.and humid tomorrow, some sunshine and the risk of an isolated shower.
:25:01. > :25:06.The risk is a high one tonight, Met Office have put a warning ott for
:25:07. > :25:10.hefty downpours of rain and flashing of lightning. `` flashes of
:25:11. > :25:15.lightning. It is mainly a fdature for the middle of the night. Some
:25:16. > :25:21.showers crossing the Channel in the small hours of the morning. Lots of
:25:22. > :25:25.cloud on the satellite picttre. There should be some sunshine in
:25:26. > :25:30.between. This area of low pressure moves a little bit closer over the
:25:31. > :25:37.next 24`hour is. It starts to retreat away from us as we go into
:25:38. > :25:44.the weekend. An improving story Cool and fresh air. A big area of
:25:45. > :25:49.high pressure is back on Sunday so a fine day, but a bit cold during
:25:50. > :25:56.the night. We have been unusually warm so far, tonight is no
:25:57. > :26:05.exception. Strands are bringing if you showers, overnight tonight the
:26:06. > :26:08.focus of the showers, some turning up across Dorset and Somersdt and
:26:09. > :26:16.the risk of the odd rumble of thunder. A mild and misty nhght
:26:17. > :26:22.Temperature is no lower than 16 or 17 Celsius. Tomorrow, a misty start.
:26:23. > :26:27.Sunshine will break out herd and there. We won't see too much in the
:26:28. > :26:32.way of showers, cannot rule out the possibility, but through thd
:26:33. > :26:37.afternoon again it will feel quite warm. Top temperature around 24
:26:38. > :26:39.Celsius. Warned the Septembdr. That is the forecast for the of Scilly.
:26:40. > :27:03.`` pretty warm. Not much for the surfers. Coastal
:27:04. > :27:06.waters forecast, the winds `re mainly from the East tomorrow,
:27:07. > :27:11.showers and a bit of sea mist around, moderate or poor Ms ability,
:27:12. > :27:20.improving the West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The outfit has a go
:27:21. > :27:24.through the weekend, it gets better. `` poor visibility. A risk of
:27:25. > :27:30.showers, slightly cooler and certainly fresher. Perhaps better
:27:31. > :27:36.visibility, as well. Have a good evening.
:27:37. > :27:43.We are back from ten tonight, big night here on BBC News. Stax tuned.
:27:44. > :27:48.For now, have a lovely evenhng,