:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Spotlight. for news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:00.In the South West tonight: The controversial bid to be
:00:00. > :00:11.Truro will compete against at least three other cities for the title,
:00:12. > :00:14.but not everyone is happy with the price tag.
:00:15. > :00:17.We'll assess the pros and cons of spending more
:00:18. > :00:22.Also on the programme tonight: A pioneering
:00:23. > :00:27.The scheme aiming to reduce patients reliance on prescription
:00:28. > :00:31.drugs amid concerns over possible addiction.
:00:32. > :00:34.The excited sightseers who gathered in the hope of glimpsing
:00:35. > :00:49.I have them running the Sea watch for 26 years and this is the first
:00:50. > :00:51.humpback we have had and it's really, really exciting.
:00:52. > :00:53.And how this Devon girl's 3D prosthetic hand may be
:00:54. > :01:12.the blueprint to inspire South West school children.
:01:13. > :01:15.Supporters say it's an ambitious plan which would put Cornwall's
:01:16. > :01:18.culture on the international stage and could bring millions
:01:19. > :01:24.Critics say it's a vanity project and a waste of money.
:01:25. > :01:26.A decision was taken today that Cornwall is going to push ahead
:01:27. > :01:29.with a controversial bid for Truro as European Capital
:01:30. > :01:35.Senior councillors were voting for the second time after calls
:01:36. > :01:37.for further scrutiny of the proposals.
:01:38. > :01:40.Cornwall's likely to be competing alongside Leeds,
:01:41. > :01:43.Dundee and Milton Keynes for the title at a cost
:01:44. > :02:01.The Liverpudlians launched in style when they won it for the UK nine
:02:02. > :02:07.years ago. Now Cornwall is Eileen Diss prize. With Truro at the heart
:02:08. > :02:12.there will be a Cornwall wide bid to become the European capital of
:02:13. > :02:16.culture 2023. We are coming out of the EU but all but one senior
:02:17. > :02:23.counsellor gave the bid a go-ahead at the cost of over ?300,000. Given
:02:24. > :02:28.that we have voted to come out of Europe to now the European capital
:02:29. > :02:35.of culture seems at best God. Yes, it would be a lovely idea but it's a
:02:36. > :02:40.lot of money and we really need to think, do we need to spend that
:02:41. > :02:46.amount of money? I think there is enough in Cornwall of different
:02:47. > :02:50.types of culture to make an acceptable bid. Supporters point to
:02:51. > :02:55.the success of cultural projects like last summer's man engine and
:02:56. > :03:01.see if this bid goes all the way, the Cornish economy could get a
:03:02. > :03:05.boost of almost ?100 million. The creative industry is one of our
:03:06. > :03:14.fastest-growing sector and supporting this is supporting growth
:03:15. > :03:21.and jobs for our residents. You can see overnight stays at the hotel,
:03:22. > :03:26.are increasing, increases in private investments in the city, but for me
:03:27. > :03:29.as working as head of the culture Department, most important is the
:03:30. > :03:38.awareness of how investments in culture make a difference in a
:03:39. > :03:41.city's element. The competition is likely to include Leeds, Dundee and
:03:42. > :03:49.Milton Keynes. Critics are branding it a waste of money and question
:03:50. > :03:55.whether post Brexit the UK will even get its turn. Had we stayed in the
:03:56. > :04:00.European Union we would be in a completely different position but
:04:01. > :04:05.this is part of our renegotiation as we leave the EU. We do not know if
:04:06. > :04:10.it will survive. The government has made that clear. We could possibly
:04:11. > :04:14.create another competition post Brexit into which Cornwall could
:04:15. > :04:22.contribute, is just this competition, we are too late, we
:04:23. > :04:26.have no public support. When Liverpool's year ended, organisers
:04:27. > :04:31.insisted there is a long lasting legacy. Those behind Cornwall's
:04:32. > :04:34.ambitions say taking part in this first phase will reap benefits.
:04:35. > :04:37.Doctors in Cornwall are launching a new scheme to stop people
:04:38. > :04:39.with long-term medical conditions becoming addicted to
:04:40. > :04:43.It comes after clinicians noticed a rise in patients
:04:44. > :04:50.The painkillers they're most worried about are so-called opiates.
:04:51. > :04:53.The number dispensed in England over the past decade has soared -
:04:54. > :04:57.from more than 10.5 million in 2005 to more than 23 million in 2015.
:04:58. > :05:05.The cost has more than doubled too - from ?143 million to
:05:06. > :05:10.more than ?300 million. Compared to some other
:05:11. > :05:11.parts of the country, Cornwall's prescribing
:05:12. > :05:16.This may in part be down to having an elderly population,
:05:17. > :05:18.but clinicians are nonetheless worried that some people
:05:19. > :05:21.are receiving dosages which are doing them more
:05:22. > :05:26.Our health correspondent Jenny Walrond reports.
:05:27. > :05:28.Jay takes morphine to relieve the back pain he has
:05:29. > :05:36.But his dosage is now so high, it could kill him.
:05:37. > :05:42.The medication built-up and made me unconscious,
:05:43. > :05:45.so when the carers came in on the occasions,
:05:46. > :05:48.they couldn't wake me, they couldn't talk to me.
:05:49. > :05:52.The next thing I remember I was being woken up in hospital.
:05:53. > :06:08.GPs in Cornwall are now trying something new -
:06:09. > :06:12.asking patients to enter a contract with them to reduce their
:06:13. > :06:26.But what we are saying is you are still in pain, aren't you?
:06:27. > :06:32.We will take it at your pace, but I am going to keep
:06:33. > :06:46.I do not want to continue to prescribe this drug
:06:47. > :06:51.I do not think it is safe and the responsibility lies with me.
:06:52. > :06:54.Doctors came up with the contract idea after they noticed some
:06:55. > :06:58.patients were ending up in hospital with signs of addiction.
:06:59. > :07:01.Many of the patients with long-term painful conditions were displaying
:07:02. > :07:07.the same kind of features in how they presented and how their lives
:07:08. > :07:13.were as I had seen when working in a drug addiction service
:07:14. > :07:18.Cornwall is now reviewing the prescriptions of a number
:07:19. > :07:23.People for whom the good painkillers can do has been
:07:24. > :07:31.Dr Adrian Flynn is a psychiatrist and one of the doctors
:07:32. > :07:38.You said you were concerned about what you were seeing in hospital.
:07:39. > :07:57.I am surprised about the Cornwall figures. There is no reason why that
:07:58. > :08:01.we have a slightly older patient that we should be prescribing more
:08:02. > :08:07.than the average painkiller. What makes you think this contract system
:08:08. > :08:12.will work for people? The contract system we have developed hopefully
:08:13. > :08:16.will enable people with a complex, long-term problem to build a
:08:17. > :08:19.relationship of trust with their GP and to begin to recognise that
:08:20. > :08:27.perhaps the treatment they have been relying on for many years may
:08:28. > :08:31.actually not be helping, maybe making the symptoms worse and what
:08:32. > :08:35.they really need if we are going to change something like that is the
:08:36. > :08:40.trust, a trusting Blishen shipped with their GP and a chance overtime
:08:41. > :08:46.to begin to make these difficult changes. It's a brave move for
:08:47. > :08:50.people. I can remember taking synthetic opiates for a while, I
:08:51. > :08:57.would not have been happy to stop those given the pain I was in, so it
:08:58. > :09:02.is a trust thing with your GP. Absolutely. It is quite important we
:09:03. > :09:06.recognise there is a difference between acute pain and chronic,
:09:07. > :09:12.persistent pain. Acute pain where we have tissue damage, we note the use
:09:13. > :09:17.of strong medicines like opiates can be really effective, keeps you going
:09:18. > :09:21.and as the tissue damage settles, then you can reduce the opiate but
:09:22. > :09:25.if you are taking them for a long time, it is likely they are not
:09:26. > :09:30.working, it is certainly possible they are making the pain worse and
:09:31. > :09:35.it is probable they are not improving your quality of life. Is
:09:36. > :09:43.there a feared that losing patience of these drugs, they will look for
:09:44. > :09:49.damn house where? -- look for them elsewhere? It would be a terrible
:09:50. > :09:53.shame. It is a risk, but the rate we are trying to introduce this
:09:54. > :09:58.contract is about trying to build this relationship of trust and I
:09:59. > :10:04.hope anybody we use it with will see their GP on a regular basis, though
:10:05. > :10:07.not find themselves turning to that. There are so many resources that can
:10:08. > :10:10.guide people through the part of chronic pain.
:10:11. > :10:13.There'll be more on this topic on tonight's Inside Out,
:10:14. > :10:18.Now it caused quite a stir over the weekend, a humpback whale just
:10:19. > :10:22.off the south Devon coast where wildlife enthusiasts
:10:23. > :10:24.flocked in their droves in the hope of spotting it.
:10:25. > :10:27.At one stage it was within 20 metres of the shore,
:10:28. > :10:30.but as Hamish Marshall reports, although it's been wowing the crowds
:10:31. > :10:37.marine experts are urging people to keep their distance.
:10:38. > :10:43.A moment that will live with a 12-year-old for ever. Most people
:10:44. > :10:51.have never seen a humpback whale in the UK so this became a hearing
:10:52. > :10:56.hotspot. As soon as my son came out of school, we dragged him out and
:10:57. > :11:04.the humpback was coming up and down. It was magical, on the event. The
:11:05. > :11:09.estimates of crowds run into hundreds, maybe even a thousand at
:11:10. > :11:13.one stage. The whale may have come here because fish stocks were
:11:14. > :11:20.affected by storm Doris. First people were worried but we observed
:11:21. > :11:25.it for about three days and they seem to be actively feeding, very
:11:26. > :11:30.energetic, cruising up and down the beach. Local fishermen had been
:11:31. > :11:36.catching herring and mackerel, so a feeding frenzy on our doorstep. A
:11:37. > :11:42.number of humpback whale sightings off UK waters has risen to a record
:11:43. > :11:48.high of 40 last year. One seasoned local expert says it is a first for
:11:49. > :11:54.these parts. I have been running DC watch for 26 years and this is the
:11:55. > :12:01.very first humpback that I have had. We get Binky Wells quite regularly,
:12:02. > :12:05.also killer whales and we also have fin whales which are really large
:12:06. > :12:10.but this is the first humpback and it is really exciting. Today, even
:12:11. > :12:14.some who saw it over the weekend were back hoping for another
:12:15. > :12:24.glimpse. Why have you come back today? My wife wanted to see, if she
:12:25. > :12:30.possibly could. I saw lovely pictures of it on Facebook so
:12:31. > :12:38.thought I could see it today. That see has been about the most exciting
:12:39. > :12:43.thing today. They have seen Paul Boyces and Gannetts but sadly the
:12:44. > :12:48.world seems to have moved off. Its markings may allow it to be checked
:12:49. > :12:49.against a worldwide catalogue so we may be able to find out where else
:12:50. > :12:51.it has been. Plymouth is the latest local
:12:52. > :12:55.authority in the region It's going to go up by almost 4.5%,
:12:56. > :12:59.which will mean bills will rise by around ?60 a year for the average
:13:00. > :13:03.band D property. A large proportion of that will be
:13:04. > :13:06.spent on social care. The city council has to make
:13:07. > :13:09.?37 million worth of savings over the next three years
:13:10. > :13:13.to balance the books. It's already agreed to move
:13:14. > :13:16.to fortnightly bin collections Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
:13:17. > :13:20.are also bringing in similar A man has appeared at
:13:21. > :13:25.Plymouth Magistrates Court in connection with an alleged attack
:13:26. > :13:28.on a special police constable at the city's railway
:13:29. > :13:30.station on Saturday. 23-year-old Jonathan Feasey
:13:31. > :13:34.from East Taphouse, near Liskeard, has been charged with causing
:13:35. > :13:37.actual bodily harm. He was granted unconditional bail
:13:38. > :13:39.and ordered to appear before magistrates again
:13:40. > :13:47.on the 20th of March. A decision is being made this
:13:48. > :13:50.evening on a controversial proposal The plans include a high-rise hotel
:13:51. > :13:54.and flats and the restoration Critics say the new building
:13:55. > :13:58.will block light and views, but supporters say it will bring
:13:59. > :14:05.jobs and revitalise the area. Plenty to celebrate
:14:06. > :14:08.in South West rugby tonight. From the local stars
:14:09. > :14:11.on the international stage to another hard-fought victory
:14:12. > :14:15.for the Cornish Pirates - we'll And remembering the work
:14:16. > :14:20.of the postman who delivered poetry A Tavistock family whose daughter
:14:21. > :14:30.had a prosthetic hand created for her using a 3D printer is hoping
:14:31. > :14:34.to help other children Abbi Jillians was born with one hand
:14:35. > :14:39.and had a second one produced Her parents' charity,
:14:40. > :14:43.Abbi's Helping Hands, is now hoping to get 3D printers
:14:44. > :15:02.into local schools to The benefits of Abbi's prosthetic
:15:03. > :15:07.eye easy to grasp. At the moment it is child's play but as it grows, a
:15:08. > :15:14.new hand can be created for her. It can pick-up things just when they
:15:15. > :15:26.are on the table like that and it can pick-up things like that. I have
:15:27. > :15:32.come to the fab lab where Abbi's hand was made with a 3-D printer.
:15:33. > :15:36.What we have now is something that is perfectly correct in terms of
:15:37. > :15:41.size of the actual hand to be fitted to the machine. We can say that now
:15:42. > :15:47.said that it fits absolutely to the body part. The design of the
:15:48. > :15:52.prostatic is totally free after being made available by an online
:15:53. > :15:58.community. Once the measurements are in, it's a case of using a 3-D
:15:59. > :16:04.printer to make it. It is one of the most rewarding projects I have ever
:16:05. > :16:14.worked on. When you see a girl grasp something, it is fantastic. Abbi's
:16:15. > :16:19.now want -- family now want to give the charity to other children. They
:16:20. > :16:27.have gifted a 3-D printer to the Marine Academy in Plymouth. The
:16:28. > :16:34.software that is out there free of charge, it is huge, kids love it.
:16:35. > :16:40.Abbi controls the hand by tilting her wrist and she is the envy of
:16:41. > :16:45.some of her friends. Some other people feel that 3-D printing your
:16:46. > :16:48.hands is really good. They ask, can I have one?
:16:49. > :16:51.It's time for the sport now and Natalie's here with the winners
:16:52. > :16:56.Only if you hand me the right envelope!
:16:57. > :16:59.Obvious winners from yesterday were Exeter Chiefs' players
:17:00. > :17:03.representing their countries who shone on the big stage.
:17:04. > :17:07.Jack Nowell and Mikele Campagnaro scored three tries between them
:17:08. > :17:12.With the details of this and the rest of the rugby,
:17:13. > :17:19.It was Exeter's Italian who took centre stage at Twickenham.
:17:20. > :17:23.Centre Michele Campagnaro waltzed through the English defence to score
:17:24. > :17:26.a wonderful solo try giving the current grand slam
:17:27. > :17:35.The chief winger was brought on from the bench and scored two late tries.
:17:36. > :17:38.First he went over in the corner to bring up a bonus point
:17:39. > :17:41.for Eddie Jones's men before taking a pass from team-mate
:17:42. > :17:46.Henry Slade to bundle over for his second of the game.
:17:47. > :17:51.The win not only keeps England on course for another grand slam,
:17:52. > :17:56.but it also extends their winning run to 17 games.
:17:57. > :17:59.Despite being without a number of star names, the Exeter Chiefs
:18:00. > :18:03.still managed to claim an impressive win over Newcastle Falcons and keep
:18:04. > :18:08.pressure on Wasps at the top of the premiership table.
:18:09. > :18:10.The visitors led for most of the first half, but this
:18:11. > :18:14.full-length score from top try scorer James Short kept the Chiefs
:18:15. > :18:21.Further tries from Harry Williams, Sam Skinner and a second of the game
:18:22. > :18:28.from Short gave the side an added bonus point in a 35-16 win.
:18:29. > :18:31.In the championship, the Cornish Pirates ran in five
:18:32. > :18:34.tries as they thrashed second from bottom Rotherham 34-5.
:18:35. > :18:37.The conditions were tough at Mennaye Field and a late
:18:38. > :18:41.John Stevens try secured the bonus point for the Pirates, which moves
:18:42. > :18:48.There's a lot of rugby to be played and it's quite tight up there.
:18:49. > :18:50.We are one point off third and fourth now,
:18:51. > :18:54.The victory has extended their unbeaten run to seven
:18:55. > :19:01.Well done to the Plymouth Raiders who've made it through to the final
:19:02. > :19:06.of the BBL Trophy after a tense encounter at the weekend.
:19:07. > :19:08.They were playing Worcester Wolves in the second
:19:09. > :19:13.They lost 90-83, but won overall on aggregate,
:19:14. > :19:16.having taken an 18-point lead through from the first leg.
:19:17. > :19:20.They'll now play the Leicester Riders in the final in Glasgow
:19:21. > :19:24.on Sunday March 19th - a meeting of the two oldest
:19:25. > :19:30.Football and Plymouth Argyle stay second in League 2 after drawing
:19:31. > :19:33.with fellow promotion chasers Luton at the weekend.
:19:34. > :19:36.It was a gritty encounter at Kennilworth Road where the home
:19:37. > :19:40.Argyle equalised through Craig Tanner on the end
:19:41. > :19:45.Tomorrow evening, Argyle play Notts County at
:19:46. > :19:51.Exeter City fought back from two goals down to salvage a point
:19:52. > :19:56.On the stroke of half-time, Ollie Watkins got the first
:19:57. > :19:59.and in stoppage time, Reuben Reid added the second.
:20:00. > :20:01.Tomorrow, the Grecians are at Crawley hoping
:20:02. > :20:06.to get their promotion push back on track.
:20:07. > :20:08.In the National League, Torquay lost to fellow strugglers
:20:09. > :20:13.The Gulls did take the lead though when Luke Young took aim
:20:14. > :20:19.The visitors were then forced to put an outfield player in goal
:20:20. > :20:21.and Torquay soon took advantage, as Brett Williams ran
:20:22. > :20:25.through to fire the Gulls in front for the second time.
:20:26. > :20:28.They couldn't add to this though and it was Sutton who had the final
:20:29. > :20:32.say as defender Dean Beckwith rose highest to lob the ball
:20:33. > :20:42.Torquay are away to Solihiull tomorrow evening.
:20:43. > :20:44.And that's the sport for this evening.
:20:45. > :20:46.Of course, full coverage on all of tomorrow night's football
:20:47. > :20:48.matches can be found on your BBC local radio station.
:20:49. > :20:50.The work of a forgotten poet from Devon, born
:20:51. > :20:53.nearly 200 years ago, is being revived for a new audience.
:20:54. > :20:57.Edward Capern was a postman in north Devon
:20:58. > :21:00.in the 1800s and composed his poems as he walked each day between
:21:01. > :21:05.Yes, he wrote more than 600 poems and had four books
:21:06. > :21:07.published, winning plaudits from the Prime Minister and all
:21:08. > :21:13.He became known nationally as the Postman Poet.
:21:14. > :21:18.Our north Devon reporter Andrea Ormsby has the story.
:21:19. > :21:22.Walking in the footsteps of the Postman Poet.
:21:23. > :21:25.He used to walk this route, a 13 mile round trip.
:21:26. > :21:27.He would have talked to the labourers working
:21:28. > :21:30.in the field, because all the farm work was very labour-intensive
:21:31. > :21:34.at that time in the mid-19th century and he got to know
:21:35. > :21:40.many of the labourers and wrote about them in his poems.
:21:41. > :21:50."Oh the postman's is as happy a life as anyone's.
:21:51. > :21:52."Wondering where dragonflies play and brooks sing soft and slow.
:21:53. > :21:56."And watching the lark as he soars on high to carol in yonder cloud.
:21:57. > :21:58."He sings in his labour and why not I?
:21:59. > :22:02.Liz is now publishing two new books about Edward Capern -
:22:03. > :22:04.a novel about his life and a selection of his poems.
:22:05. > :22:08.This poor postman, and he was poor, walking the Devon lanes
:22:09. > :22:18.and loving his work and writing poems about the countryside.
:22:19. > :22:25.# Give me the bright bird palaces Where joy delights to dwell.
:22:26. > :22:28.Capern had intended for some of his poetry to be sung
:22:29. > :22:31.and so along with the books, a CD is being released.
:22:32. > :22:35.# Tell the listening world the draft was most divine.
:22:36. > :22:37.You can feel the pace of his poetry.
:22:38. > :22:40.The guy had to walk a long way everyday, six miles
:22:41. > :22:43.there and six miles back, so you can feel his walking pace
:22:44. > :22:46.in the poetry and some of that has come out in the music,
:22:47. > :22:51.It has actually been, in some ways, quite easy to set to music,
:22:52. > :23:06.because of that, because the words have got that rhythm already in it.
:23:07. > :23:11.This is where Edward Capern is buried.
:23:12. > :23:21.That is the bell he used to ring to ask people to bring
:23:22. > :23:26.The Postman Poet may be gone, but his spell is still here
:23:27. > :23:29.and now his poetry is being brought back to life once more
:23:30. > :24:06.Time for the weather now. We have had everything today. Winter has
:24:07. > :24:10.returned and there is not a great deal of change. Bitterly cold for
:24:11. > :24:15.many overnight tonight and they shall those that have been readily
:24:16. > :24:19.falling as rain may well fall to sleet and snow and not just for high
:24:20. > :24:27.ground. You have been out taking pictures again. It was sunny along
:24:28. > :24:31.the coast of Cornwall. Also some shower cloud around and that has
:24:32. > :24:37.been the feature over the last few hours. Thank you for all of those.
:24:38. > :24:42.We continue to see some heavy showers tonight and tomorrow.
:24:43. > :24:47.Briefly in between the showers some sunshine but a blustery wind and
:24:48. > :24:52.that will be a feature tomorrow. The winds are pretty lively. There are
:24:53. > :24:57.holes in the cloud every now and again, they give us some sunshine
:24:58. > :25:03.but allow some clear skies at night which will allow the temperatures to
:25:04. > :25:08.drop. Tonight will be a cold night. Several weather front is wrapped
:25:09. > :25:13.around a complex area of low pressure. They continued to produce
:25:14. > :25:17.showers. By Wednesday, perhaps along the south coast some more persistent
:25:18. > :25:25.rain and then back to the showery regime. Slightly less cold air on
:25:26. > :25:30.Thursday. You can see the nature of the showers that we have had today,
:25:31. > :25:35.the brighter colours here, that is where the showers have been quite
:25:36. > :25:41.heavy but this is earlier today with these guys looked pretty
:25:42. > :25:47.threatening. That blustery wind which made it feel bitterly cold.
:25:48. > :25:52.For all of us, wildlife, flora and fauna it is a return to winter for
:25:53. > :25:57.tonight and for a good part of tomorrow. Some of the showers
:25:58. > :26:03.tonight are likely to be heavy and a good chance they will fall as sleet.
:26:04. > :26:07.Some as hail, some over high ground as snow and the showers keep on
:26:08. > :26:12.coming right through to the end of the night but in between there will
:26:13. > :26:18.be clear skies and temperatures could be as low as zero in places.
:26:19. > :26:23.The risk of Frost and ice tomorrow morning but for a good part of the
:26:24. > :26:29.morning, it will be dry. This next line of showers moves through quite
:26:30. > :26:35.fast. Some sunshine but every now and again, a shower well will spoil
:26:36. > :26:40.the day. Temperatures of eight, 9 degrees. Forecasts for the Isles of
:26:41. > :26:49.Scilly is for a blustery day, some sunshine but the risk of heavy
:26:50. > :26:53.showers. Times of high water. And for our surface, most of the beaches
:26:54. > :26:59.are likely to be pretty choppy and big waves, between eight and 12
:27:00. > :27:06.feet. The coastal waters forecasts has westerly winds, showers for a
:27:07. > :27:14.while, a spell of more prolonged rain and sunshine and showers for
:27:15. > :27:19.the rest of the day. Gloomy as we had to the rest of this week. A lot
:27:20. > :27:26.of cloud around on Wednesday. Thursday is somewhat drier before we
:27:27. > :27:35.see further outbreaks of rain on Friday and brisk Southwest winds. We
:27:36. > :27:39.will have more on those proposals for talky harbour-side on our late
:27:40. > :27:55.news but from all of us here, good night.
:27:56. > :27:57.To be in the Lords, you have to be punctual...
:27:58. > :28:02.literally have to slam the door in somebody's face.