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25/04/2017

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The words today of the Assistant for the news where you are.

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Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police.

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It's over the force's failure to adopt a scheme that was started

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within its own area to help children exposed

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In the past year Operation Encompass has been adopted by 19 other police

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forces across the UK, as well as being rolled

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Devon and Cornwall Police say a new computer system five years ago

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I don't remember anything for three days.

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I had lumps at the back of my head like I'd never felt or seen.

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Blood in my hair, on my ear, it was just awful.

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Out of all of that that is the worst part.

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Hard for a parent and more importantly really hard for the

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This victim's son was one of the first in the UK to have the

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It's a simple scheme where if the police attend a case

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of domestic violence involving children the

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school is contacted by nine the next day and can give that child support.

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Today's presentation by the charity to high level members of the Devon

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and Cornwall force had a commitment from them

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to relaunch the scheme in

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Professional embarrassment is a difficult thing

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to admit sometimes because we all want to be seen as professionals

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On this issue we haven't been on top of our

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Fixing that is really important for us but it's not

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important because I need to stand in front of teachers and hold my head

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up high, it's important because I need to look

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at communities and know that children's welfare is being

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promoted through what we are doing, not that

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it's being neglected through

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Five years ago Devon and Cornwall police joined

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forces with all the Plymouth headteachers.

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But when a new computer system was brought in the

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This journalist has covered plenty of

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There wasn't the will at the top table.

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There were people who thought it was not a bad

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idea but I think there were people who just dismissed it.

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And when the computer glitches came in, because

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effectively Devon and Cornwall Police bought a duff computer system

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that didn't do what it was promised to do, they were able to lean back

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and say that was the reason it has fallen apart.

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Obviously we are sad that it hasn't happened earlier than

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this but happening now is better than it not happening at all.

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And we really are looking forward to working with the police in Cornwall

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to get it rolled out here as soon as we can in the new autumn term.

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While 19 other police forces are already

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part of Operation Encompass, Devon and Cornwall's Chief Constable says

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he is committed to adopting the scheme.

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Road and rail services in Plymouth were brought to a standstill in this

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evening's rush hour after a 30-tonne juggernaut got stuck

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It's not the first time the bridge has been hit by a truck

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and as our reporter Scott Bingham explains, there are now calls

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for improvements to signs and markings to give

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Free at last after a three hour operation to extract it.

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The articulated lorry was finally hauled

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from the bridge outside Plymouth's main railway station just after 7.15

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Unfortunately the truck at 16 foot has gone under the

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Clearly there is a six inch difference.

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It has got part of the way under and then

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There was widespread disruption as roads and railways were closed.

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Network Rail apologised for any delays and alternative transport was

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laid on to get these Cornwall-bound passengers home.

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They said there has been a vehicle stuck on the bridge again.

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There was a similar incident a couple of weeks

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ago on the 10.45 train, which meant I was not back until

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It's been a very long day for me today at work.

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But hopefully I'll get the next taxi,

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The lines were reopened after engineers had

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Tonight it was declared structurally sound.

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There is a warning sign on the bridge up

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there and there is another one on the approach to this road.

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But police have told me today they plan

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to speak to the council about improving the signage and giving

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Police say the driver of the lorry has been

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There are calls tonight for the consultation on a blueprint

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for future housing needs to be extended because people have

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struggled to use the website to express their views.

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Some residents in Modbury fear their concerns won't be heard

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Where new homes should be built will never be without controversy

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Concerns have been raised about the difficulty of submitting

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comments about developments in Plymouth and South Devon

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These people in Modbury say it is time-consuming and unnecessarily

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complex to enter views to the council's consultation.

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The consultation as it stands now is not fit for purpose

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We have got increasing numbers of reports coming

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saying they are extremely frustrated and incensed that they cannot

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To submit comments to the online portal you need

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It is asking for my name, e-mail address, username, password,

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But residents say this is not the difficult part.

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That is posed by the next stage in the process when they start

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Once you have registered then you can log on and start

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Once you have saved it in draft form you can't go back to revisit it,

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you cannot find where you have drafted it.

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You are either back to square one, or giving up.

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We are concerned that people will be giving up

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but we need their views to be heard because they all have strong views.

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Plymouth City, South Hams District and West Devon borough council told

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They want to reassure people they can also e-mail their views

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or send in a letter by the deadline tomorrow.

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Any late comments will still be passed to the planning inspector

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and will be considered at their discretion.

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There are now calls for an extension to the deadline.

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People in the South Hams need more time to make a comment.

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In order to do this we need an immediate extension

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of the deadline on Wednesday the 26th, to allow those people

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The ball is now in the council's court.

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Now, they are the elite, but two Royal Marines have started

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a challenge that'll see them run 16.64 miles every day,

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The all-important team photo before the challenge gets under way,

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but for these two corporals, today is the start of 100

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consecutive days running a very precise 16.64 miles.

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Aiming to run at the right pace, at a reasonably slow

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Just been resting the last week or so, trying to stay injury free.

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I am going to take each day at a time.

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Hopefully that's how I will get on until the end.

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Although getting across to the start line was their first hurdle.

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We have set off from the Mayflower steps, we are now en route

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Once on dry land it was time to start running.

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1664, it's nothing to do with the beer, it is the year

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We'll be going round every unit in the corps and Army units that

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So they will be the face of the corps for the next 100 days.

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They will get support from everyone they meet and they will be sort

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of dragged along and pushed uphill if they need to be.

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Their journey will take them across the region over the next

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few days raising funds for the Royal Marines charity.

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At Exeter Chiefs they will run the match ball

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After Honiton to Lyme Regis on Sunday, they will start heading

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north before hopefully ending at Buckingham Palace in August.

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But tonight they will be enjoying a well earned rest in Looe.

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Time for the weather. It has been cold. But it is not often we see

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Plymouth has had the highest temperature of any around the

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country, but that happened today. But that was not everywhere. The

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other feature of the weather is just total year and clean the air is.

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Fantastic visibility in many locations. In excess of 30

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kilometres in some places. Tomorrow, more showers to come. Tonight

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showers will fade away and become isolated by the morning. Mostly

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confined to the far West of Cornwall. Where the sky is clear

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that is where we will see the lowest temperatures. Another frost is

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possible tonight with temperatures close to freezing tomorrow morning.

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Tomorrow, some morning sunshine. Showers at the start of the day in

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West Cornwall. For the rest of us, for half a day, it is fine and dry

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and perhaps less windy. A view showers in the afternoon with

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similar temperatures. Thursday, slightly less cold are arriving. A

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few spots of rain and chisel. Temperatures start to rise as we

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head towards the end of the week. It is also a later right then as well.

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Thank you. That is all for now. Join us for our breakfast bulletins

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tomorrow morning. Good night. Good evening. Another cold night

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lies ahead after what was a chilly day for swathes of the UK. This is

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the Highlands of Scotland. 25th of April and lying snow.

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