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02/01/2017

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Good evening. for the news where you are.

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Two brand new villages are to be built in Devon and Cornwall -

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plans which have been signed off by the government today.

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The so-called Garden Villages are proposals to tackle

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the South West's housing shortage, with Taunton also set

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The plans include 15 thousand homes near West car close, 5000 homes at

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Cullompton and 8000 homes across three communities across Taunton.

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The government is providing 6 million plans nationally to roll out

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the plans but they will still have to get planning permission.

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Moss and heather and not a backyard in sight,

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but soon there could be 1,500 back gardens here as this barren

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The housing area will go adjacent to the main road,

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along the strip here with the school behind behind the Sky Tip,

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which will be retained as part of the heritage park.

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This is the place of old in the heady day

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Today, all that's left are ponds, scrubland and towering waste heaps.

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Some feared it would disappear in the scheme, not so.

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It is a fundamental part of the plan and it will remain as part

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People were concerned about when the school would be

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developed, we said it would be developed right from the very start,

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People were concerned about employment.

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There are now plans in place for an employment park,

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which has now got European funding, so that is good news.

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We have tried to look at all the aspects people have been

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concerned about and tried to address them as part of our later proposals.

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It is not the only garden village plan for the region.

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Combe in Devon, alongside the M5, will effectively see

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It's near a motorway, is near a railway line.

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If you are going to have growth and improvements to towns and areas,

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these are the best sort of places to put them.

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There will be a garden town near Taunton.

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This is what that development looks like.

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These are the plans for Cornwall's garden village.

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There have been plans for homes on these old China clay pits

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for the best part of ten years, but this garden village idea now

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has government backing, but that doesn't mean to say

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It still needs planning permission and that will give

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A man from Torquay who was shot in the head during a robbery

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at his parents' restaurant in Antigua is being flown back

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to the UK today by air ambulance, after a crowdfunding campaign

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37-year-old Christopher Tester was wounded in the attack

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on Christmas Day while trying to protect his mother.

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He's due to land at Exeter later tonight, before being transferred

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Police have issued a health warning following a New Year's Day fire at

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They say the building on the esplanade could be

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contaminated with Weil's disease which is linked to rat urine.

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Officers say anyone who was on the site before the fire

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could have been exposed and should seek medical attention.

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Surgeons at the Royal Eye Infirmary in Plymouth are using

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a new foot-operated computer system to perform cataract surgery.

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As Kevin Hay's reports, the technology is only available

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Even the most skilled surgeon can sometimes do with a helping hand,

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The last step is where to align my implant inside the eye and eliminate

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completely the guesswork of where it should be placed.

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This new bit of kit at Derriford's Royal Eye Infirmary

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keeps the surgeon's hands free and shows them exactly where to cut.

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Many of us develop cataracts in old age as cloudy

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patches form in the eye, making the world look

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The condition is devastating, but the results of surgery

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I can look out across a valley and pick out things.

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I don't need to use my magnifying glass so much.

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So this ?600,000 investment in equipment here is hoping to put

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this unit at the forefront of eye surgery in the 21st-century.

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One of North Devon's largest employers is celebrating its 50th

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Dartington Crystal says its future is looking good despite rising

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50 years of hypnotic, handmade history.

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Dartington Crystal based in Torrington is the last

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large-scale manufacturer of handmade crystal glass in Britain.

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When the factory opened in 1967, the workforce was mostly Swedish.

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A point of interest for the reporter.

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Listen out for the voice of a young Angela Rippon.

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How do you find working with English workmen?

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Brian Cook was born and bred in Torrington.

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He joined Dartington Crystal straight from school

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I'm now one of the master blowers, one of the top workers

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I have always loved it here, because it is such a good community

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and I have loved working here and learning the job,

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which is very, very interesting once you get into it.

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In the last few years, we have doubled the turnover and we have got

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I would not like to say there are never any doubts

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about the future climate, obviously after Brexit

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there are still uncertainties, but I think we are able to adapt

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and change as it comes along and I have every expectation that it

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200,000 visitors come to the factory every year to watch these

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A crystal clear day for many of us today.

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With the forecast, here's Ian Fergusson.

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We are in for a cold night, more particularly across north and

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eastern parts as we see a Met Office warning for parts of East and North

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East Devon, Somerset and Dorset where temperatures will be low

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enough to give a threat of some slippery surfaces. Temperatures down

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to freezing all below and in some areas, we could see as locals -4

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minus five. Could be the old patch of freezing fog around, most areas

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will be clear of that. A good deal of sunshine and then a bit more

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cloud around. Eventually by the tail end of the day, thicker cloud is

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moving in from the north. A few spots of light rain. Temperatures

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tomorrow getting as high as 6-8 C and through the rest of the week, a

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lot of dry weather. Rain on Friday. I'm back with the late

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news at 10.20pm. Good evening. It has been turning

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colder and clearer and our weather watchers have been capturing the

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sunshine. Here is the scene in Derbyshire and where we have had the

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clear skies by day, we are in for a cold night tonight. Temperatures

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already plummeting, particularly towards the south with some icy

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stretches across parts of central and southern England, and into

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Wales. For the north-west, not as cold, as we have the cloud building.

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But to the south we could see temperatures down to minus four or

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five first thing Tuesday morning. If you have

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