:00:00. > :00:10.That's all from t`e BBA Fews `t Six, so it's good"ye fro- md,
:00:11. > :00:13.Sacked for gross misconduct ` a police officer has been dhsmissed.
:00:14. > :00:18.It's understood he'd hit soleone. Good evening Devon and
:00:19. > :00:21.Cornwall's Chief Constable has told Spotlight he wanted to send a clear
:00:22. > :02:09.conduct fell below the standards expected of offices on and off duty.
:02:10. > :02:13.The dismissal of police staff is incredibly rare, and as such I look
:02:14. > :02:18.at the systems and processes that enforce that. We have had an
:02:19. > :02:20.unprecedented period for thhs service but I have to confront that,
:02:21. > :02:25.deal with it and tell the ptblic deal with it and tell the ptblic
:02:26. > :02:30.what we have done and an honest mistake will be treated hondstly and
:02:31. > :02:35.fairly, a dishonest and dishonourable mistake if malicious,
:02:36. > :02:39.you will not have a future hn this organisation. Devon and Cornwall
:02:40. > :02:49.Police police dismissed another officer for data protection
:02:50. > :02:52.breaches. The chief constable has spoken out about expecting high
:02:53. > :02:56.standards of professional integrity and honesty from his offices and
:02:57. > :03:00.staff. There were other opthons available, aside from this lissing
:03:01. > :03:05.this detective sergeant, thd fact he has chosen to do so is a public
:03:06. > :03:11.demonstration of the tough stance he intends to take with offices and
:03:12. > :03:12.staff who step out of line. `` officers.
:03:13. > :03:15.A woman who's had major surgery cancelled twice,
:03:16. > :03:18.says she doesn't believe Cornwall's main hospital can cope with
:03:19. > :03:22.On both occasions Barbara Ctrnow was about to go into theatre
:03:23. > :03:26.The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust says it's having to cancel planned
:03:27. > :03:30.surgery because of the increasing number of patients
:03:31. > :03:45.Barbara was booked in for a major operation two weeks ago, shd had
:03:46. > :03:50.seen the anaesthetist and w`s about to go to theatre when was a change
:03:51. > :03:57.plan. I had my blood taken, I was given pre`med, I had to go `nd wait
:03:58. > :04:01.in the waiting room, and thdn ten o'clock the deputy manager came and
:04:02. > :04:06.said sorry, there is no beds, we have cancelled your operation.
:04:07. > :04:09.Barbara was given another d`te for the operation this week. Thhs time
:04:10. > :04:13.she had changed into her down for surgery when she was once again told
:04:14. > :04:17.the operation had been cancdlled. The deputy manager came agahn and
:04:18. > :04:23.said I am sorry but it has been cancelled again. He said I should
:04:24. > :04:31.not have been told there was a bed because there was not a bed for me.
:04:32. > :04:36.She says for other women wahting were given the same news. Today the
:04:37. > :04:40.hospital trust admitted there was a problem. They said their mahn
:04:41. > :04:43.challenge continues to be the increasing number of patients
:04:44. > :04:48.requiring emergency and urgdnt care while they struggle to discharge
:04:49. > :04:52.patients to suitable care ottside. They say they apologise to `ny
:04:53. > :04:57.patient who has had the operation cancelled at short notice. The trust
:04:58. > :05:05.have been here before, last October bed blocking and high number of the
:05:06. > :05:09.patients left asking if people needed be there. They are btilding
:05:10. > :05:15.new houses and estates in Cornwall and the hospital cannot copd, there
:05:16. > :05:18.are too many people. Barbar` has been given another date for the
:05:19. > :05:21.operation but she has been told although she is a priority case
:05:22. > :05:25.there are no guarantees it will go ahead.
:05:26. > :05:27.There have been renewed calls for a transit site
:05:28. > :05:29.for travellers because of a series of illegal camps in Cornwall.
:05:30. > :05:32.Travellers have been using car parks around the county causing traffic
:05:33. > :05:34.problems for shoppers and in one case parents experienced
:05:35. > :05:37.problems trying to drop off their children at a primary school.
:05:38. > :05:51.The travellers had parked their caravans in a car park run by the
:05:52. > :05:56.council. The car park is normally used by shoppers and parents taking
:05:57. > :06:02.children to the school. These parents say the travellers caravans
:06:03. > :06:10.have made finding a space dhfficult. It is really busy at school times
:06:11. > :06:15.anyway. There is nowhere to park. Where is their safety? It is causing
:06:16. > :06:20.problems with cars piling up. Somebody could get injured. We have
:06:21. > :06:24.knocked on the caravans but nobody has come out to speak to us. One
:06:25. > :06:28.traveller we spoke to earlidr said they were originally from Ireland,
:06:29. > :06:33.they had been in Scotland and had travelled down to spend somd time in
:06:34. > :06:37.Cornwall on holiday. This is the third `` third time travelldrs have
:06:38. > :06:40.moved into a car park in Cornwall are weak. These travellers from
:06:41. > :06:46.France parked up in Truro for several days. They used up 30 car
:06:47. > :06:49.spaces. Cornwall does not h`ve a transit site for travellers and an
:06:50. > :06:57.application to build one was turned down. We have been looking for some
:06:58. > :07:00.time now to establish a transit site for such situations as this where we
:07:01. > :07:05.can direct them to a transit site where they pay a fee and it is
:07:06. > :07:09.facilitated well and it was refused at planning permission. We `re
:07:10. > :07:15.looking at the options at the moment. The travellers were served
:07:16. > :07:16.with a court injunction and have to move. They have travelled f`rther
:07:17. > :07:21.west and are now in Penzancd. A pony charity's caused uproar by
:07:22. > :07:24.suggesting that one of the best ways of protecting Dartmoor Ponids is to
:07:25. > :07:27.sell them for human consumption In a letter the
:07:28. > :07:30.Dartmoor Hill Pony Associathon says it's reluctantly put forward
:07:31. > :07:32.the idea because it's concerned But South West Equine Protection
:07:33. > :07:37.believes it wouldn't solve the problem of too many unw`nted
:07:38. > :07:40.ponies on Dartmoor, and would More on that on Inside Out on
:07:41. > :07:54.Monday. News that beds at some Devon
:07:55. > :07:56.community hospitals have bedn earmarked for closure has unsettled
:07:57. > :07:59.staff and will damage patient care, Crediton, Axminster and Ottdry St
:08:00. > :08:03.Mary Hospitals will lose beds, under A final decision will be made after
:08:04. > :08:11.12 weeks' consultation, and Northern Devon Healthcare, says it's
:08:12. > :08:14.supporting workers who are `ffected. However, staff representatives say
:08:15. > :08:27.the uncertainty will take its toll. I think staff will stop looking for
:08:28. > :08:32.talented employment, that whll put the organisation and servicds at
:08:33. > :08:36.risk. We will find it difficult to recruit, we are struggling with
:08:37. > :08:40.retaining as it is in the ottlying areas because everyone feels totally
:08:41. > :08:44.unsettled and the person it affects the most is the patient. Thdy will
:08:45. > :08:45.be the people that will suffer through this.
:08:46. > :08:48.The UKIP leader Nigel Faragd has dismissed Cornwall's billion`pound
:08:49. > :08:51.European aid programme as "a bit of funding spent on things
:08:52. > :08:55.He also said UKIP would cut all subsidies for wind power,
:08:56. > :08:59.meaning that every turbine hn the South West would be unvhable.
:09:00. > :09:01.Mr Farage was talking to our Political Editor Martyn Oates
:09:02. > :09:10.ahead of the party's conferdnce which began today.
:09:11. > :09:16.Places like the Southwest too poorly in terms of funding for public
:09:17. > :09:21.services compared to Scotland and many in the rural South West feel
:09:22. > :09:26.they get a fairly raw deal compared to the rest of England. Do xou
:09:27. > :09:31.sympathise? I do, the Barnett formula has been deeply unf`ir on
:09:32. > :09:35.areas like the Southwest whhch much is the Southwest is pretty, it has
:09:36. > :09:41.serious areas of deprivation and unemployment. The other are` where
:09:42. > :09:47.the Southwest is terribly is here we are talking about spending ?70
:09:48. > :09:51.billion on a project when it is five hours 11 minutes from Paddington to
:09:52. > :09:58.Penzance. It was quicker 100 years ago. The Southwest is the forgotten
:09:59. > :10:03.part of England. One source of money is money from Europe becausd that
:10:04. > :10:10.has been allocated on basis of need. There was some money under the
:10:11. > :10:14.category one funding. An awful lot of it was swallowed up in
:10:15. > :10:19.administration services in Bristol which is a long way from Cornwall
:10:20. > :10:26.and it is only a bit of mondy coming back. We could argue about that
:10:27. > :10:37.Would Cornwall have got that money? Looking ahead, is call going to get
:10:38. > :10:46.more money, no, because going on from her Cornwall knobby qu`lifying
:10:47. > :10:49.for EU money... We have let in much poorer countries and a bit of
:10:50. > :11:00.European funding, some expenditure on a new car park... University
:11:01. > :11:05.broadband? A few look at thd amount of money that is spent in Cornwall
:11:06. > :11:11.it is very small. What Cornwall needs is genuine regeneration,
:11:12. > :11:15.business opportunities. You cannot argue with what has been spdnt in
:11:16. > :11:20.Cornwall is more than a fraction of a percentage of the economy of the
:11:21. > :11:25.Southwest. But not on trivi`l things. It is, the European money
:11:26. > :11:30.that has come back as not come back in funding but to pay land ``
:11:31. > :11:34.landowners or has come back indirectly to pay people to put up
:11:35. > :11:43.wind turbines. A few take the overall balance of it, it isn't
:11:44. > :11:46.good. Ed Miliband and David Cameron this week made big announcelents
:11:47. > :11:54.about the need to combat clhmate change and built the green dnergy
:11:55. > :11:59.industry. You think that is codswallop? Windstar binds `re ugly,
:12:00. > :12:03.they don't work, we cannot store electricity, they have put tp
:12:04. > :12:11.domestic electricity prices. Would you close the current ones? I would
:12:12. > :12:13.not continue with subsidies so they would be unviable. Thank yot very
:12:14. > :12:15.much. A disused dairy in south Devon which
:12:16. > :12:18.used to employ more than 150 people The Dairy Crest plant in Totnes
:12:19. > :12:22.closed in 2008. It's stood empty ever since,
:12:23. > :12:40.but now part of the site has been For seven years the gate of this
:12:41. > :12:42.site has been locked, today we are going to open these gates.
:12:43. > :12:45.A derelict site reclaimed by the community.
:12:46. > :12:48.The dream ` to see this forler dairy transformed into a sustainable
:12:49. > :12:56.development called Atmos Totnes shaped by local people.
:12:57. > :13:09.Sad to see it as it is. I w`s manager here for eight or nhne years
:13:10. > :13:11.back in the 1980s. Wonderful. He is wonderful.
:13:12. > :13:14.Getting here has been anythhng but a piece of cake, but agreement
:13:15. > :13:19.has finally been reached with Dairy Crest on a way forward.
:13:20. > :13:28.We would like to thank the community of this town for supporting us over
:13:29. > :13:31.the last seven years. This hs a remarkable place and what unfolds on
:13:32. > :13:33.this site will be correspondingly remarkable.
:13:34. > :13:35.The site has been divided into three parcels of land.
:13:36. > :13:38.Dairy Crest have sold one to developers McCarthy Stone,
:13:39. > :13:42.The second, with its listed chimney, part of Brunel's Atmospheric
:13:43. > :13:45.railway, has been sold to the Totnes Community Development Society
:13:46. > :14:00.We have been impressed by the passion and hard work put into the
:14:01. > :14:04.project by Totnes community development Society and we `re
:14:05. > :14:08.pleased with where we have come out and the hard work begins now.
:14:09. > :14:10.The third parcel of land cotld also eventually be purchased
:14:11. > :14:13.by the Community, once planning has been approved and a value agreed.
:14:14. > :14:16.Local people will now be consulted before a masterplan is drawn up
:14:17. > :14:18.A community referendum will then be held next Autumn.
:14:19. > :14:29.Work could begin as early as March 2016.
:14:30. > :14:31.A North Devon newspaper in which a columnist described homosdxuality
:14:32. > :14:34.as 'an aberration' has been criticised by gay rights groups
:14:35. > :14:36.The editor of the South Molton and District News `
:14:37. > :14:39.who was questioned by policd ` stood by his decision to publish
:14:40. > :14:49.People reading the column in South Molton.
:14:50. > :14:52.The paper's editor said it was close to the mark `
:14:53. > :15:02.South Moulton is a nice place and a few people would find that puite
:15:03. > :15:04.The column, whose writer has the pen nale Grave
:15:05. > :15:07.Turner, describes homosexuality as 'an aberration' and links it to
:15:08. > :15:12.The article says such persons as suffer from it should be treated
:15:13. > :15:25.It is just hate, really. It is people blaming everyone elsd for
:15:26. > :15:30.their own failings and pickhng on the minority. It isn't really fair.
:15:31. > :15:32.The MP for the area and gay rights campaigners thought
:15:33. > :15:39.If they had done this about black people there would have been an
:15:40. > :15:42.outrage or Jewish people. To do it about gay people is equally
:15:43. > :15:47.offensive to those on the wrong end of it. It is a fine line, I do not
:15:48. > :15:53.think it is right and responsible for a newspaper to publish `n
:15:54. > :15:55.article which is likely to stir up animosity against any section of a
:15:56. > :15:57.Editor Paul Henderson said the monthly paper exists to
:15:58. > :16:08.The editor did not want to be interviewed by us saying he was
:16:09. > :16:13.camera shy. He gave a statelent which said we apologise to `nyone
:16:14. > :16:16.who has been offended by thhs article, it is not what we hntend to
:16:17. > :16:18.do. following complaints, but no
:16:19. > :16:22.action's been taken. Farmers are being urged to provide
:16:23. > :16:25.more of their own water The call comes from South Wdst Water
:16:26. > :16:28.which says, with increasing domestic deland
:16:29. > :16:35.for treated mains water, farmers could make better use of thd water
:16:36. > :16:39.which is already on their l`nd. Bedrugan Barton farm is nearly four
:16:40. > :16:42.hundred acres of grassland `nd They've got more than 600 sheep
:16:43. > :16:49.and a some cows. Robin Kendall's family have farmed
:16:50. > :16:53.this land for over 300 years. Now they're using a modern version
:16:54. > :17:09.of water pumping technology his The joy of the system is it uses no
:17:10. > :17:13.power other than the water, it is the weight of water flowing down the
:17:14. > :17:20.hill from a holding tank whhch works the pump, when it is done its job it
:17:21. > :17:25.flows back, 20% is pumped uphill to water troughs all over the farm It
:17:26. > :17:31.is free water providing there was enough industry at a great deal of
:17:32. > :17:33.water to places you need on the farm which is useful for us.
:17:34. > :17:36.Here they've put the system in after agreeing to fence off the stream to
:17:37. > :17:39.stop animals from contaminating the water ` making it safer
:17:40. > :17:42.But South West Water say thdse "papa" pumps,
:17:43. > :17:45.which are made in Cornwall, can also be used to pump water
:17:46. > :17:48.into storage tanks during flooding to be released during dry wdather.
:17:49. > :17:59.So why is the water company trying to offload its farming customers?
:18:00. > :18:05.There has been lots of development as you are aware, more housds the go
:18:06. > :18:09.up means there is more demand on the mains water so if we can encourage
:18:10. > :18:13.farmers to use natural water when there is plenty in abundancd it
:18:14. > :18:17.makes sense to use that watdr rather than the mains.
:18:18. > :18:20.Some argue that its simply good business sense to sell water to
:18:21. > :18:23.domestic customer who use ldss and pay more than farmers do.
:18:24. > :18:25.South West Water say around two hundred farmers `re using
:18:26. > :18:34.similar pumps, they want many more to become self sufficient in water.
:18:35. > :18:36.The tricky job of transferring goods and epuipment
:18:37. > :18:40.from ship to ship at sea should be a little easier in future thanks to
:18:41. > :18:43.a brand new training facility in South East Cornwall.
:18:44. > :18:46.Our defence reporter Scott Bingham has been to have a look at
:18:47. > :18:52.the 25 million pound replenhshment at sea rig at HMS Raleigh.
:18:53. > :18:56.Replicating on dry land the refuelling of a Royal N`vy
:18:57. > :19:03.Frigate from a Royal Fleet @uxiliary tanker across 55 metres of ocean.
:19:04. > :19:06.RAS, short for Replenishment At Sea, is as vital a skill today
:19:07. > :19:20.Imagine at night the rig is moving towards each other, the ship is
:19:21. > :19:25.close, big loads and the careful control that has to be directed from
:19:26. > :19:30.within the support ship to dnsure it is conducted safely is quitd
:19:31. > :19:34.high`tech. The rig has been setup to replicate three classes of Royal
:19:35. > :19:38.Navy vessel, on the left of the type 23 frigate come on the right the
:19:39. > :19:43.type 45 destroyer and behind me in the centre the Queen Elizabdth class
:19:44. > :19:48.aircraft carrier, the largest vessel ever built for the Royal Navy. It
:19:49. > :19:55.The new carriers required a doubling of the RAS load.
:19:56. > :20:01.The unit was developed for that purpose and the trials were
:20:02. > :20:05.successfully carried out on equipment we designed so th`t was
:20:06. > :20:08.the challenge for us, this was nice to have as a result of having done
:20:09. > :20:11.The official opening was carried out by Flag officer Sea Training,
:20:12. > :20:15.Rear Admiral Ben Key, but the new classroom block is named in honour
:20:16. > :20:27.It is routinely a retired Admiral or someone from the Greek gods but
:20:28. > :20:31.there was a lot of thought process taking place and the administrator
:20:32. > :20:33.in the office said he spends so much time why don't we call it the Deakin
:20:34. > :20:37.The Rig will be used to trahn Royal Navy and Royal Fleet @uxiliary
:20:38. > :20:43.crews as well as sailors from overseas into the future.
:20:44. > :20:46.Now how do you feel about the idea of having your own local currency?
:20:47. > :20:50.Exeter is due to be the next place to launch its very own pound.
:20:51. > :20:53.A group there wants to model itself on the Totnes pound where
:20:54. > :20:55.a hundred and forty shops accept the local notes.
:20:56. > :21:10.Totnes on the banks of the River Dart, it is renowned for its
:21:11. > :21:13.alternative culture, small independent retailers and b`ttle to
:21:14. > :21:19.keep the coffee giant Costa coffee out of town. It is also famous for
:21:20. > :21:26.this. The Totnes pound. Allow other cities and towns are followhng suit.
:21:27. > :21:32.A stroll around the high street to reveal a plethora of shops dager to
:21:33. > :21:39.take your Totnes pound. 140 retailers embrace the local currency
:21:40. > :21:45.but what is the point? We are trying to keep money circulating locally
:21:46. > :21:48.because after all this is a tourist town in Totnes and it takes a lot of
:21:49. > :21:52.effort from many people to bring money into the area so we are trying
:21:53. > :21:58.to keep it circulating for `s long as possible. It is an initi`tive
:21:59. > :22:04.that has captured the imagination of this city of Exeter. It is ` city
:22:05. > :22:08.that has a lot of history and pride and identity and we feel thd people
:22:09. > :22:13.of Exeter if they have their own currency will help that comlunity
:22:14. > :22:19.spirit and feeling and get behind local businesses and shops. Back in
:22:20. > :22:26.Totnes, is the currency in circulation? I would like tdn Totnes
:22:27. > :22:36.pounds. Alan should be able to Tammy. He exchanges and self Totnes
:22:37. > :22:41.pounds from his shop. It is helping us, I have sold ?9,000 from here and
:22:42. > :22:46.that goes into the local economy, it cannot go anywhere else, it stays in
:22:47. > :22:52.Totnes. That is the best bit about it. I am armed with my Totnds pounds
:22:53. > :22:56.and I can buy shoes and shirts and beads that Totnes may be twhnned
:22:57. > :23:02.with Narnia but in this Narnia I cannot spend my Totnes pounds. Do
:23:03. > :23:10.you have Totnes pounds? I h`ve just spent them. I had four. No, I don't.
:23:11. > :23:15.Have you thought of getting them? I just haven't got round to it. I did
:23:16. > :23:20.get round to it, my Totnes pounds bought me a very nice cup of coffee.
:23:21. > :23:24.For those of you with a fear of spiders, it's probably thme to
:23:25. > :23:29.The dry and warm weather we've been enjoying is also proving to be great
:23:30. > :23:34.for spiders who are able to feast on more insects than usual.
:23:35. > :23:36.And 'tube web' or 'cellar' spiders are doing particularly well
:23:37. > :23:38.in the South West, recently spotted in parts of Exeter
:23:39. > :23:45.Despite having green jaws that glow in the dark,
:23:46. > :23:57.They some lovely! Most of the spiders are venomous, they do have
:23:58. > :24:03.some venom to kill their prdy but the vast majority are unabld to bite
:24:04. > :24:08.us because their fangs are not big enough or unable to penetrate skin.
:24:09. > :24:13.It is incredibly rare to get bitten by a spider. Some people have a bit
:24:14. > :24:16.of a reaction and then you get a bacterial infection and that can
:24:17. > :24:20.happen from the scratch of ` bramble or a cat so those other things where
:24:21. > :24:25.you see these horror stories in the paper, my arm dropped off, ht is an
:24:26. > :24:32.infection as a result of people scratching their bites, not the bite
:24:33. > :24:37.itself. That's OK then! The weather is to blame, apparently. David, it
:24:38. > :26:35.is your fault. We have some fine
:26:36. > :27:23.The coastal waters forecast has not a great deal of wind, quite breezy
:27:24. > :27:26.but the wind will drop overnight. Cloudy through the weekend, also
:27:27. > :27:31.quite foggy first thing on Saturday but it should remain dry, the chance
:27:32. > :27:36.of light rain as a to start next week. Have a nice evening!
:27:37. > :27:43.Thank you, David. That is it from us. You can follow us on Facebook
:27:44. > :27:44.and see some of the films. We are back at 6:30pm tomorrow. Have a
:27:45. > :27:49.evening.