:00:00. > :00:00.A reminder of our main stories this evening.
:00:00. > :00:10.The government is expected to suffer its first setback over Brexit with
:00:11. > :00:18.defeats in the House of Lords tonight. Their arch -- there are
:00:19. > :00:19.plans for children as young as four to be taught about healthy
:00:20. > :00:20.relationships Training the next generation
:00:21. > :00:30.of workers to replace labour from Europe is seen
:00:31. > :00:40.as a top priority. The sooner they get information the
:00:41. > :00:43.better, but they are certainly not waiting on politicians to tell us
:00:44. > :00:45.what happens, we have got to stop thinking now.
:00:46. > :00:47.Also tonight: The supermarket which could have paid for policing,
:00:48. > :00:50.but development plans have now been shelved, leaving the Devon and
:00:51. > :00:58.It seemed like a good idea at the time that I am not totally convinced
:00:59. > :01:00.it is such a good idea now. Giving up home comforts
:01:01. > :01:02.for Lent, the Vicar sleeping And on a winning streak,
:01:03. > :01:06.the North Devon football team The sheer number of jobs needing
:01:07. > :01:36.to be filled in some of the South West's key industries
:01:37. > :01:39.is now a number one concern as Britain approaches
:01:40. > :01:42.negotiations to exit the EU. Business leaders in Cornwall
:01:43. > :01:45.have issued the warning with the Prime Minister widely
:01:46. > :01:48.expected to begin the formal process of leaving
:01:49. > :01:51.the European Union this month. Migrant workers make
:01:52. > :01:53.up a significant part of the workforce in tourism,
:01:54. > :01:57.agriculture and healthcare and there are fears about what will happen
:01:58. > :02:02.if the labour market is squeezed. Simon Clemison has been
:02:03. > :02:04.finding out how some businesses are pressing ahead
:02:05. > :02:19.with their own post-Brexit plans. It is March, the daffodils are out
:02:20. > :02:22.and that means one thing, no, not spring, Brexit. Not quite yet but
:02:23. > :02:28.this much Theresa May is expected to start trying to find the ingredients
:02:29. > :02:31.to make up our exit for the EU. Welcome to training kitchen in
:02:32. > :02:35.Cornwall. Tourism leaders here say the industry is not waiting to see
:02:36. > :02:39.what politicians come up. Businesses are keen to make sure local people
:02:40. > :02:47.have the skills needed to plug gaps that there are fewer workers from
:02:48. > :02:50.abroad. Has Brexit contra your mind? Yes, yes, with the news coverage it
:02:51. > :02:58.was very prominent. Trying to decide what this could do to the industry
:02:59. > :03:04.and me. Did you see a gap in the market? Yes, I kind of jumped at it
:03:05. > :03:08.when I could. This college is expected to take on more students to
:03:09. > :03:14.train in hospitality, not as a result of Brexit but to meet already
:03:15. > :03:17.huge needs from the local economy, meaning Britain's biggest decision
:03:18. > :03:22.in a generation may only add to the demand. Businesses are looking at
:03:23. > :03:25.their skills demand for the future and thinking what the implications
:03:26. > :03:30.will be. They are not hanging around and they are looking at their skill
:03:31. > :03:33.requirements and how they need to respond and have further skills
:03:34. > :03:36.development. We need to be competitive in Cornwall and increase
:03:37. > :03:41.our productivity of skills will be a key part of that. Similar questions
:03:42. > :03:45.about the impact of leaving the European Union Hang on the air here.
:03:46. > :03:51.There is nothing more important than having people to do the job is to
:03:52. > :03:54.keep the economy going. The biggest question is labour supply, if you
:03:55. > :03:59.look at the people who work in the sector and the number of unemployed
:04:00. > :04:01.there is the sheer number of people involved are available. Eastern
:04:02. > :04:06.European scum to pick the daffodils of Cornwall but no one knows what
:04:07. > :04:08.Brexit will look like, but in a world of gnomes and unknowns
:04:09. > :04:11.businesses are going for what certainty they can.
:04:12. > :04:14.Now, who would have thought that the humble pasty would be
:04:15. > :04:17.a barometer for the effect Brexit is already having on the region?
:04:18. > :04:23.But one local producer has already had to raise its prices by 10p
:04:24. > :04:26.a pasty because it says some ingredients which can't be sourced
:04:27. > :04:34.Our business correspondent Carys Edwards has more.
:04:35. > :04:37.A Cornish pasty for ?2.90, a good value meal, but it cost 10p
:04:38. > :04:40.more than a year ago because of the vote on Brexit.
:04:41. > :04:49.The reason for the price hike is the rising cost of ingredients
:04:50. > :04:53.to make the pasties as the value of the pound has fallen.
:04:54. > :04:55.The cost of butter has almost doubled since the Brexit vote,
:04:56. > :04:59.the price of flour is also up, so factories which need to import
:05:00. > :05:08.Unfortunately we do have to pass those prices on because they are
:05:09. > :05:12.If we don't pass them on then we obviously aren't making the money
:05:13. > :05:14.that we need to make and pay our staff, for example,
:05:15. > :05:18.which is really key in a small town like Bodmin where we employ over 200
:05:19. > :05:20.people than it is like their livelihoods.
:05:21. > :05:22.With any change there are bound to be winners and losers
:05:23. > :05:25.and while the price of imports is going up, the price
:05:26. > :05:32.of exports is going down, and that has got to be good news
:05:33. > :05:35.for those selling abroad, like this factory here in Cornwall.
:05:36. > :05:36.Teagle has been manufacturing agricultural machinery
:05:37. > :05:41.here in Cornwall for more than 70 years, selling its products
:05:42. > :05:46.The fall in the pound has meant prices are now highly competitive
:05:47. > :05:49.Our order book for exports has increased by about 100 or 150
:05:50. > :05:53.machines, which for us a considerable amount.
:05:54. > :05:58.It is mainly to countries such as the United States and Canada
:05:59. > :06:01.where the exchange rate with the dollar has
:06:02. > :06:06.Eastern Europe we have seen a significant increase as well,
:06:07. > :06:09.and China, would you believe, we are exporting quite a lot
:06:10. > :06:14.With more orders come more jobs and Teagle is now taking on 15 more
:06:15. > :06:17.operators but some businesses are losing skilled staff
:06:18. > :06:19.as EU workers pull out of jobs over Brexit fears.
:06:20. > :06:24.South West Business Survey shows that overall there is optimism
:06:25. > :06:30.but also uncertainty which could hold back growth.
:06:31. > :06:33.Every time I have seen uncertainty I've also seen lots of opportunities
:06:34. > :06:36.so actually as businesses we've got to really try and identify
:06:37. > :06:39.what those opportunities are, and seize on those and carry
:06:40. > :06:44.on and positive despite the fact that overall it is obviously a very
:06:45. > :06:50.The key to business success is, of course, having a good product
:06:51. > :06:52.which people want to buy, whatever the exchange
:06:53. > :07:05.rate or the outcome of Brexit negotiations.
:07:06. > :07:08.Well, this is the month the Government said it will begin
:07:09. > :07:10.the formal process of leaving the EU, but how much
:07:11. > :07:12.will the South West be considered in the negotiations?
:07:13. > :07:15.With more on that, we can join our Political Editor,
:07:16. > :07:29.Well, a key argument for the Brexit group art that leaving the Europe
:07:30. > :07:32.will allow Britain to go global and strike independent trade deals with
:07:33. > :07:35.countries across the world. The man tasked with trying to make that a
:07:36. > :07:42.reality as a Somerset MP, Doctor Liam Fox. We have a lot of countries
:07:43. > :07:46.wanting to talk to us about new trade agreements and we are taking
:07:47. > :07:51.advantage of that and there will be new opportunities for the UK. Most
:07:52. > :07:54.of global growth and trade is outside the European Union and we
:07:55. > :07:58.need to take advantage of that and get our companies match fit for
:07:59. > :08:03.that. At the moment we export far less as an proportion of our trade
:08:04. > :08:08.in countries like Germany need to get into the Premier League of
:08:09. > :08:11.trading with them. Critics like the Devon -based Lib Dem peer Lord
:08:12. > :08:15.Burnett said the UK is doing very nicely at developing all of this
:08:16. > :08:19.growing non-EU trade at the moment from within the EU, he says that the
:08:20. > :08:22.government will face a formidable challenge if it gets to the stage
:08:23. > :08:28.where it has to compensate for the lack of our tariff free export trade
:08:29. > :08:33.the rest of the EU. Mr Fox will have to do a lot of very hard work indeed
:08:34. > :08:37.and it is a double-edged sword in all of this, as far as the
:08:38. > :08:42.south-west is concerned, and agriculture. Farmers are waking up
:08:43. > :08:44.to the fact that Mr Fox is going to New Zealand, Australia, United
:08:45. > :08:49.States and South America and that means they will demand in any trade
:08:50. > :08:53.agreement unfettered access to the United Kingdom markets, so we will
:08:54. > :09:02.be flooded, I think is the word, with cheaper beef, cheaper sheep
:09:03. > :09:06.meat, cereals, and often not grown or reared in accordance with the
:09:07. > :09:13.high standards that our farmers enjoy. The focus of the Brexit
:09:14. > :09:17.debate today is very much in the Lords. It is the peer 's chance to
:09:18. > :09:21.scrutinise the legislation to trigger Britain's departure from the
:09:22. > :09:25.EU and, as anticipated, the government plans a meeting with
:09:26. > :09:26.fierce criticism and stiffer opposition there than when it was
:09:27. > :09:30.debated in the Commons. Thank you. Let's take a look at some
:09:31. > :09:33.of the other stories A man has been injured with a hammer
:09:34. > :09:37.in an unprovoked attack Officers said a group of four young
:09:38. > :09:41.men were assaulted on Saturday A 19-year-old man suffered
:09:42. > :09:44.a cut to his arm. A Devon Primary School has been
:09:45. > :09:46.closed following an outbreak 67 pupils and six members of staff,
:09:47. > :09:51.including the head at the school in Bovey Tracey, have
:09:52. > :09:53.contracted the illness. The building is now
:09:54. > :09:59.being deep-cleaned. Police have been called to reports
:10:00. > :10:01.of a house partially collapsed The house is thought to have been
:10:02. > :10:05.undergoing building work. Rubble in the road has been
:10:06. > :10:07.causing difficulties Devon and Cornwall's spending plans
:10:08. > :10:15.have suffered a major setback. They had plans to spend ?20 million
:10:16. > :10:18.pounds from a development deal The retailer had signed a contract
:10:19. > :10:23.to build a major new store on land at police headquarters in Exeter
:10:24. > :10:25.but work never began and the police have now lost
:10:26. > :10:28.a lengthy legal battle. From there, our home affairs
:10:29. > :10:35.correspondent Simon Hall reports. ?20 million can buy
:10:36. > :10:38.a lot of policing. It would pay for 1,000
:10:39. > :10:41.new constables for a year, more than 1,300 average police cars,
:10:42. > :10:45.or it could keep a police helicopter Devon and Cornwall Police signed
:10:46. > :10:52.a deal with Morrisons for them to build a store on land at Force
:10:53. > :10:54.headquarters in Exeter, but Morrison's failed to start
:10:55. > :10:57.building and the police After four years of arguments
:10:58. > :11:02.they have now lost the case and that leaves them without the ?20 million
:11:03. > :11:07.they had budgeted for. We've wasted four years now
:11:08. > :11:09.where we could've had somebody else on this site,
:11:10. > :11:12.paying money for policing in Devon and Cornwall and developing it,
:11:13. > :11:16.and we could have been getting on with what we want to do,
:11:17. > :11:19.which is achieve the best policing for Devon and Cornwall so we have
:11:20. > :11:22.wasted time, and that's The money was earmarked
:11:23. > :11:26.for demolishing Exeter's ageing Heavitree Road police station,
:11:27. > :11:29.with a new one being The force say that will still go
:11:30. > :11:33.ahead as they have contingency plans They will now try to find another
:11:34. > :11:40.buyer for the land at headquarters When you look around the site
:11:41. > :11:48.here you realise just why it's worth It's not just the size,
:11:49. > :11:52.it's because it's on the eastern edge of Exeter, the motorway
:11:53. > :11:55.and the city's prime Commanders plan to have a new police
:11:56. > :12:11.station at headquarters to replace A senior source told me
:12:12. > :12:15.they believed Morrisons had won their case on a legal
:12:16. > :12:22.technicalities. In a moment: The end of an era
:12:23. > :12:25.for a Cornish Post office, and later, find out why these
:12:26. > :12:41.children set off on a special walk Find out why we are going to be
:12:42. > :12:43.sleeping outside on the streets for the next six weeks, me and my dog
:12:44. > :12:49.tags. I want to be, tax? It's been run by the same family
:12:50. > :12:52.for nearly 90 years, but today a Cornish post office
:12:53. > :12:55.sold its last stamp It's been a stalwart
:12:56. > :12:59.of the community, but Paynters Lane End Post Office in Illogan
:13:00. > :13:01.closed at lunchtime. It'll be replaced by a new counter
:13:02. > :13:04.service in a local shop, part of a major modernisation
:13:05. > :13:12.programme by the Post Office. Selling stamps for the last time
:13:13. > :13:18.before shutting up shop after nearly But, of course, like every
:13:19. > :13:30.other day, could post But, of course, like every
:13:31. > :13:32.other day, the post Three generations of the same family
:13:33. > :13:35.had served the Illogan It was started by Grandpa,
:13:36. > :13:43.William and Annie, in 1928, In is a pasty shop now
:13:44. > :13:54.but it was a butcher and a post office, and they ran it for 22
:13:55. > :13:56.years, I think. And then my father-in-law, Douglas,
:13:57. > :13:59.took it over in 1953, but he moved here in 1955,
:14:00. > :14:02.and this building was personally Some loyal customers have been using
:14:03. > :14:12.the Paynters Lane End Post Office I've been coming over here 58
:14:13. > :14:29.years and I will miss it. They are very upset, naturally,
:14:30. > :14:41.and I will miss them And emotional end to the data in
:14:42. > :15:02.Cornwall. Now, no doubt you enjoyed a few
:15:03. > :15:05.pancakes last night before any Lent ambitions to lay off the chocolate
:15:06. > :15:08.or resist a glass of wine. But what about giving up the comfort
:15:09. > :15:11.of your own bed and sleeping rough Well, that's exactly what former
:15:12. > :15:15.prison governor turned vicar He wants to raise awareness about
:15:16. > :15:19.the growing problem of homelessness. Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby's been
:15:20. > :15:22.to meet him, and his dog. Ash Wednesday, a day of symbolism
:15:23. > :15:25.in the Christian church. From dust you came,
:15:26. > :15:28.to dust you shall return. The sign of the cross in ash
:15:29. > :15:35.on the foreheads of the faithful. It marks the start of Lent,
:15:36. > :15:40.when many fast from food or drink. But for the vicar of St George's
:15:41. > :15:43.in Goodrington, it's the comfort I've got a lot of
:15:44. > :15:50.concerns actually, yes. Last night I thought
:15:51. > :15:53.I would have the best night sleep ever in my own bed and it all went
:15:54. > :15:57.wrong and I was up at 5:30am. I guess I am quite worried
:15:58. > :15:59.about it actually. It seemed like a good idea
:16:00. > :16:02.at the time but I'm not totally Father Gary and his dog Tess
:16:03. > :16:07.will spend the full 40 nights of Lent sleeping rough to raise
:16:08. > :16:09.awareness of the growing Some people might say to this
:16:10. > :16:15.is a nice thing to do but wouldn't it be better to open the doors
:16:16. > :16:18.of your church and let They might say that, yes,
:16:19. > :16:22.but I don't think it is a nice We have opened the door
:16:23. > :16:27.of the church and we open them The difficulty with that as it is OK
:16:28. > :16:32.to provide somebody with a roof over their head for a short term
:16:33. > :16:35.but actually what you need to do is engage with people
:16:36. > :16:38.so that they don't have to sleep on the streets, so they have
:16:39. > :16:40.the skills that they need to be able to get a job,
:16:41. > :16:44.to be had to get into work, to be able to get a job,
:16:45. > :16:47.to be able to get into work, to get proper housing,
:16:48. > :16:49.not just some temporary accommodation in a church
:16:50. > :16:51.or somewhere else. He's bringing a sort
:16:52. > :16:54.of new dimension to it. People are obviously very keen
:16:55. > :16:56.to get involved and to hear It is such a huge sacrifice
:16:57. > :17:01.that he is making to bring that That's a long time to go out and do
:17:02. > :17:05.something like that. He's reaching to the people
:17:06. > :17:08.who are not of the community. I think it is absolutely wonderful
:17:09. > :17:13.and I think it's a great sacrifice that he is making for this time
:17:14. > :17:16.and at the same time it shows his concern
:17:17. > :17:18.for what is around us, which is homeless people and people
:17:19. > :17:21.with mental problems Before being ordained he'd been
:17:22. > :17:29.the governor of Pentonville Prison and Exeter Prison and says
:17:30. > :17:31.many of those released Now Father Gary hopes his six weeks
:17:32. > :17:51.sleeping rough will help raise money And do wish and his lovely dog all
:17:52. > :17:52.the best. We will check on the weather forecast for them in just a
:17:53. > :17:53.moment. And we're hoping to keep in touch
:17:54. > :17:56.with Reverend Deighton during Lent From that thought-provoking mission
:17:57. > :18:05.to a young chap. Pupils at a school in Devon have
:18:06. > :18:09.taken part in a walk to raise awareness of a debilitating
:18:10. > :18:10.condition which affects one Seven-year-old Lucas Trice has hip
:18:11. > :18:14.dysplasia which occurs when the hip Spotlight's John Danks joined
:18:15. > :18:19.the kids on their walk. They called it the Warrior Walk,
:18:20. > :18:22.appropriate enough considering the conditions
:18:23. > :18:24.they had to brave. Throughout the day all
:18:25. > :18:28.of the pupils at Stover School near Newton Abbot put down their
:18:29. > :18:30.pens to plod a mile. And it was all for
:18:31. > :18:40.seven-year-old Lucas. Myself and Lucas was diagnosed with
:18:41. > :18:44.hip dysplasia when he was four months old and we set up a small
:18:45. > :18:49.charity which over the last 12 months has simply snowballed and the
:18:50. > :18:57.school have very kindly got on board and organised an entire day and we
:18:58. > :18:59.hope that this is just the beginning of putting hip displacing on the map
:19:00. > :19:00.for patients -- parents. Joining them on the walk
:19:01. > :19:02.was a former Paralympic swimmer who competed
:19:03. > :19:10.in the London 2012 Games. I was diagnosed at four years old
:19:11. > :19:15.and underwent all the treatments that Lucas went through and I have
:19:16. > :19:18.developed a swimming career and I joined the charity because like
:19:19. > :19:22.Natalie, my parents didn't have the support they wanted, so I am doing a
:19:23. > :19:24.party for them and partly for myself to encourage parents to seek support
:19:25. > :19:26.and help when they need it. Despite the rain and the mud,
:19:27. > :19:35.Lucas made it to the finish line. Look at the smiles on everyone's
:19:36. > :19:39.face, including mine. My focus was just standing on my feet but
:19:40. > :19:43.everyone has enjoyed it. It has been a thoroughly successful day. It was
:19:44. > :19:49.fun because we all got to Walker's work so we could all have a bit of
:19:50. > :19:51.chitchat. Really good and kind of inspiring. OK, it was quite muddy in
:19:52. > :19:52.the forest. While for some it was a day at
:19:53. > :19:55.the races, others preferred a more The National League has
:19:56. > :20:06.confirmed that control of Torquay United Football Club has
:20:07. > :20:10.been transferred to The takeover ends months
:20:11. > :20:14.of speculation about the future of the Gulls,
:20:15. > :20:21.who were facing The deal was agreed before Christmas
:20:22. > :20:25.but the club only received official confirmation this week.
:20:26. > :20:27.A Devon football team is celebrating after winning an amazing
:20:28. > :20:35.On top of that, SAS girls under-12's from Barnstaple have only been
:20:36. > :20:40.But their amazing winning streak has led to an invitation
:20:41. > :20:42.to play their equivalent side at Premiership club Chelsea.
:20:43. > :20:54.Kirk England has been to see them in action.
:20:55. > :21:05.Tournaments, friendlies, competitions. Whenever they play,
:21:06. > :21:10.they win. Great football! SAS girls under 12 is from Barnstable on a
:21:11. > :21:17.massive winning streak. We are working together. We shoot and we
:21:18. > :21:22.score. 48 games unbeaten, it is great to see SAS going on a winning
:21:23. > :21:26.another one. We just go for winter wind, we won the first game and we
:21:27. > :21:31.progressed from there and we were getting games like 1- 012- zero and
:21:32. > :21:35.we have had gone onto to really excel and have things like 6-0. We
:21:36. > :21:43.have had some close games but we always find a way to win. This time
:21:44. > :21:47.it was 8- nail. She plays five or six times a week and she doesn't
:21:48. > :21:52.stop. She lives and breathes in its football. It is all she wants to do.
:21:53. > :21:59.Tanabe 49 games unbeaten is just something that will go with you for
:22:00. > :22:04.ever. But it? Yes. The girls are seemingly unstoppable at success has
:22:05. > :22:08.been spotted and they will soon be heading to London to play the girls
:22:09. > :22:11.number 12 premiership leaders Chelsea. Honourable lady icons
:22:12. > :22:15.actually believe the fight but we are going. Thank you to everyone who
:22:16. > :22:22.has made it happen. It is going to just be such a opportunity for us.
:22:23. > :22:26.It will be an amazing challenge. The girls have gone out and done this
:22:27. > :22:29.themselves. Every game they just get better and better and better. The
:22:30. > :22:37.attitude in training is just phenomenal. I can't believe it, it
:22:38. > :22:45.is brilliant. Who are we? SAS! We try our best! They have great team
:22:46. > :22:49.spirit there. Some really inspiring youngsters on the programme tonight.
:22:50. > :22:51.When the girls get back for the Chelsea match we should get them
:22:52. > :22:56.here on the sofa and have a chat with them. Good luck with that
:22:57. > :22:59.anyway. We were talking about Reverend dated earlier on in the
:23:00. > :23:04.programme out he is sleeping outside for the whole of Lent. It hasn't
:23:05. > :23:07.been a great start today, as it? I hope you have a little bit of
:23:08. > :23:11.shelter if he can find it because it doesn't look too clever. At least it
:23:12. > :23:15.is slightly less cold. That will happen tomorrow. Today has been
:23:16. > :23:18.miserable and cold and this is a Weather Watch photograph where you
:23:19. > :23:26.can make someone out in the sea there, that is pretty brave! It
:23:27. > :23:30.looks like we will continue to see unsettled conditions in the next few
:23:31. > :23:33.days. Tomorrow is less windy. There will be some sunshine and it is
:23:34. > :26:50.mostly dry with good conditions nine or ten the top temperature.
:26:51. > :26:55.Have a good evening. Thank you very much. That is all
:26:56. > :26:59.from us for now. We have not -- we have an update at 10:30pm tonight
:27:00. > :27:00.and we will be back with you at 6:30am tomorrow. Have a good
:27:01. > :27:26.evening. Good night. I think my political beliefs are
:27:27. > :27:30.really quite straightforward. I believe that our country needs to
:27:31. > :27:33.work for everyone. Not just for the rich,
:27:34. > :27:35.not just for the privileged, not just for those who know
:27:36. > :27:38.the right people or who've got the loudest voices, but a country
:27:39. > :27:41.that really works for everyone, has the opportunity to be
:27:42. > :27:46.who they want to be. In order to make sure that the
:27:47. > :27:50.country works for everyone,