:00:10. > :00:10.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:11. > :00:13.Two brand new villages are to be built in Devon and Cornwall -
:00:14. > :00:16.plans which have been signed off by the government today.
:00:17. > :00:19.The so-called Garden Villages are proposals to tackle
:00:20. > :00:21.the South West's housing shortage, with Taunton also set
:00:22. > :00:40.The plans include 15 thousand homes near West car close, 5000 homes at
:00:41. > :00:44.Cullompton and 8000 homes across three communities across Taunton.
:00:45. > :00:47.The government is providing 6 million plans nationally to roll out
:00:48. > :00:51.the plans but they will still have to get planning permission.
:00:52. > :00:53.Moss and heather and not a backyard in sight,
:00:54. > :00:58.but soon there could be 1,500 back gardens here as this barren
:00:59. > :01:07.The housing area will go adjacent to the main road,
:01:08. > :01:10.along the strip here with the school behind behind the Sky Tip,
:01:11. > :01:13.which will be retained as part of the heritage park.
:01:14. > :01:17.This is the place of old in the heady day
:01:18. > :01:23.Today, all that's left are ponds, scrubland and towering waste heaps.
:01:24. > :01:31.Some feared it would disappear in the scheme, not so.
:01:32. > :01:34.It is a fundamental part of the plan and it will remain as part
:01:35. > :01:37.People were concerned about when the school would be
:01:38. > :01:40.developed, we said it would be developed right from the very start,
:01:41. > :01:44.People were concerned about employment.
:01:45. > :01:46.There are now plans in place for an employment park,
:01:47. > :01:49.which has now got European funding, so that is good news.
:01:50. > :01:52.We have tried to look at all the aspects people have been
:01:53. > :01:55.concerned about and tried to address them as part of our later proposals.
:01:56. > :01:58.It is not the only garden village plan for the region.
:01:59. > :02:02.Combe in Devon, alongside the M5, will effectively see
:02:03. > :02:08.It's near a motorway, is near a railway line.
:02:09. > :02:12.If you are going to have growth and improvements to towns and areas,
:02:13. > :02:15.these are the best sort of places to put them.
:02:16. > :02:18.There will be a garden town near Taunton.
:02:19. > :02:20.This is what that development looks like.
:02:21. > :02:24.These are the plans for Cornwall's garden village.
:02:25. > :02:27.There have been plans for homes on these old China clay pits
:02:28. > :02:30.for the best part of ten years, but this garden village idea now
:02:31. > :02:33.has government backing, but that doesn't mean to say
:02:34. > :02:37.It still needs planning permission and that will give
:02:38. > :02:48.A man from Torquay who was shot in the head during a robbery
:02:49. > :02:50.at his parents' restaurant in Antigua is being flown back
:02:51. > :02:54.to the UK today by air ambulance, after a crowdfunding campaign
:02:55. > :02:58.37-year-old Christopher Tester was wounded in the attack
:02:59. > :03:01.on Christmas Day while trying to protect his mother.
:03:02. > :03:04.He's due to land at Exeter later tonight, before being transferred
:03:05. > :03:13.Police have issued a health warning following a New Year's Day fire at
:03:14. > :03:17.They say the building on the esplanade could be
:03:18. > :03:20.contaminated with Weil's disease which is linked to rat urine.
:03:21. > :03:22.Officers say anyone who was on the site before the fire
:03:23. > :03:28.could have been exposed and should seek medical attention.
:03:29. > :03:30.Surgeons at the Royal Eye Infirmary in Plymouth are using
:03:31. > :03:35.a new foot-operated computer system to perform cataract surgery.
:03:36. > :03:39.As Kevin Hay's reports, the technology is only available
:03:40. > :03:49.Even the most skilled surgeon can sometimes do with a helping hand,
:03:50. > :03:57.The last step is where to align my implant inside the eye and eliminate
:03:58. > :04:00.completely the guesswork of where it should be placed.
:04:01. > :04:03.This new bit of kit at Derriford's Royal Eye Infirmary
:04:04. > :04:09.keeps the surgeon's hands free and shows them exactly where to cut.
:04:10. > :04:12.Many of us develop cataracts in old age as cloudy
:04:13. > :04:14.patches form in the eye, making the world look
:04:15. > :04:19.The condition is devastating, but the results of surgery
:04:20. > :04:27.I can look out across a valley and pick out things.
:04:28. > :04:34.I don't need to use my magnifying glass so much.
:04:35. > :04:39.So this ?600,000 investment in equipment here is hoping to put
:04:40. > :04:49.this unit at the forefront of eye surgery in the 21st-century.
:04:50. > :04:52.One of North Devon's largest employers is celebrating its 50th
:04:53. > :04:57.Dartington Crystal says its future is looking good despite rising
:04:58. > :05:08.50 years of hypnotic, handmade history.
:05:09. > :05:11.Dartington Crystal based in Torrington is the last
:05:12. > :05:17.large-scale manufacturer of handmade crystal glass in Britain.
:05:18. > :05:22.When the factory opened in 1967, the workforce was mostly Swedish.
:05:23. > :05:24.A point of interest for the reporter.
:05:25. > :05:27.Listen out for the voice of a young Angela Rippon.
:05:28. > :05:30.How do you find working with English workmen?
:05:31. > :05:41.Brian Cook was born and bred in Torrington.
:05:42. > :05:44.He joined Dartington Crystal straight from school
:05:45. > :05:54.I'm now one of the master blowers, one of the top workers
:05:55. > :05:58.I have always loved it here, because it is such a good community
:05:59. > :06:01.and I have loved working here and learning the job,
:06:02. > :06:06.which is very, very interesting once you get into it.
:06:07. > :06:10.In the last few years, we have doubled the turnover and we have got
:06:11. > :06:16.I would not like to say there are never any doubts
:06:17. > :06:18.about the future climate, obviously after Brexit
:06:19. > :06:21.there are still uncertainties, but I think we are able to adapt
:06:22. > :06:24.and change as it comes along and I have every expectation that it
:06:25. > :06:32.200,000 visitors come to the factory every year to watch these
:06:33. > :06:40.A crystal clear day for many of us today.
:06:41. > :06:47.With the forecast, here's Ian Fergusson.
:06:48. > :06:54.We are in for a cold night, more particularly across north and
:06:55. > :07:00.eastern parts as we see a Met Office warning for parts of East and North
:07:01. > :07:04.East Devon, Somerset and Dorset where temperatures will be low
:07:05. > :07:11.enough to give a threat of some slippery surfaces. Temperatures down
:07:12. > :07:19.to freezing all below and in some areas, we could see as locals -4
:07:20. > :07:23.minus five. Could be the old patch of freezing fog around, most areas
:07:24. > :07:31.will be clear of that. A good deal of sunshine and then a bit more
:07:32. > :07:36.cloud around. Eventually by the tail end of the day, thicker cloud is
:07:37. > :07:42.moving in from the north. A few spots of light rain. Temperatures
:07:43. > :07:45.tomorrow getting as high as 6-8 C and through the rest of the week, a
:07:46. > :07:49.lot of dry weather. Rain on Friday. I'm back with the late
:07:50. > :08:11.news at 10.20pm. Good evening. It has been turning
:08:12. > :08:15.colder and clearer and our weather watchers have been capturing the
:08:16. > :08:19.sunshine. Here is the scene in Derbyshire and where we have had the
:08:20. > :08:23.clear skies by day, we are in for a cold night tonight. Temperatures
:08:24. > :08:28.already plummeting, particularly towards the south with some icy
:08:29. > :08:32.stretches across parts of central and southern England, and into
:08:33. > :08:37.Wales. For the north-west, not as cold, as we have the cloud building.
:08:38. > :08:41.But to the south we could see temperatures down to minus four or
:08:42. > :08:43.five first thing Tuesday morning. If you have