:00:13. > :00:15.The entire system governing how farmers run their businesses
:00:16. > :00:18.for the last 40 years should be torn up post Brexit,
:00:19. > :00:23.In parliament today Scott M`nn, the MP for North Cornwall
:00:24. > :00:25.called for a better, British system.
:00:26. > :00:34.Farmers say it's an uncertahn time for the industry.
:00:35. > :00:36.However, the fall in the potnd has made our exports cheaper.
:00:37. > :00:41.Our Environment Correspondent Adrian Campbell has this report
:00:42. > :00:49.The South West's rich pastures are ideal for grazing cattle. On this
:00:50. > :00:53.farm in North Devon, they share many similar issues to farms arotnd the
:00:54. > :00:57.South West, for instance, ndeding to import expensive farm equiplent from
:00:58. > :01:01.the continent. And those on the only other costs they have to consider,
:01:02. > :01:07.because there are other isstes, such as fuel oil and feed. All vdry
:01:08. > :01:12.expensive for farmers at thd moment. Why are imports expensive? Well
:01:13. > :01:18.before Brexit on the 22nd of June, ?1 was worth around 1.3, euros and
:01:19. > :01:23.$1.47. But today, things have changed a lot. The pound has almost
:01:24. > :01:27.reached parity with the euro, and has dropped to $1.19. One of the
:01:28. > :01:31.good things about that for farmers is that they die with their food has
:01:32. > :01:34.become in demand worldwide because it is cheaper, -- their food has
:01:35. > :01:38.become in demand. But that can be become in demand. But that can be
:01:39. > :01:43.bad news for the British upper. I'm sure the consumer will see a
:01:44. > :01:47.rise in food prices if our dxports increase in price and becomd more
:01:48. > :01:53.competitive abroad, because it will short the market in the UK, and the
:01:54. > :01:57.shortage in the UK will cause a rise in prices. The value for thd
:01:58. > :02:01.business has and that any m`jor investments have a question mark
:02:02. > :02:05.over them at the moment. On Adam's farm, the cows already
:02:06. > :02:08.produce high-value organic lilk which sells in markets as f`r afield
:02:09. > :02:13.as the Pacific and the Unitdd States. Local markets can top up
:02:14. > :02:18.farm incomes, according to the National Farmers' Union.
:02:19. > :02:21.We are at a crossroads, when clearly we have an opportunity to shape the
:02:22. > :02:24.domestic agricultural policx, which means farmers are supported,
:02:25. > :02:29.probably not in the same wax they have been, but they are supported in
:02:30. > :02:31.the future, and now we have a thriving and prosperous domdstic
:02:32. > :02:35.agricultural industry. It is a short-term uncertainty that
:02:36. > :02:39.is the issue for farmers, and the rest of industry at the momdnt, but
:02:40. > :02:44.long-term, leaving the European Union could be the best thing we've
:02:45. > :02:47.ever done. But we won't know until we get there.
:02:48. > :02:52.Adam's worked hard to build up his organic herd, producing high-value
:02:53. > :02:55.organic milk and cheese, sold around the world. He says his farm can
:02:56. > :02:58.manage that EU subsidies, btt these are still volatile times. -, manage
:02:59. > :02:59.without EU subsidies. Our political editor Martyn Oates
:03:00. > :03:10.has been following events Apart from fishing, also discussed
:03:11. > :03:15.in the debate today, it is difficult to think of any industry so enmeshed
:03:16. > :03:20.with the European Union as farming. What will happen to be subshdies
:03:21. > :03:24.farmers currently get from the EU? Many, in places like the Sotth West
:03:25. > :03:28.rely on those. That was one of the concerns raised today. Likewise
:03:29. > :03:32.will farmers be able to accdss immigrant labour to the levdl they
:03:33. > :03:37.say they need once we're outside the EU, particularly given the
:03:38. > :03:40.government's repeated insistence that it wants and needs to clamp
:03:41. > :03:45.down on immigration. And thdn there is the relationship of Brit`in with
:03:46. > :03:48.the European single market post Brexit. The National Farmers' Union
:03:49. > :03:51.says that full and unfetterdd access to the market is essential for
:03:52. > :03:55.British farmers, and the single market is home to many of their
:03:56. > :03:57.biggest customers and biggest competitors.
:03:58. > :04:01.Earlier this afternoon, the Environment Secretary Andre` Leadsom
:04:02. > :04:08.was being grilled by the environment select committee, chaired bx the MP
:04:09. > :04:12.Neil Parish, who pushed her repeatedly on the issue of whether
:04:13. > :04:16.or not the government's ide`lly trying to keep it inside thd single
:04:17. > :04:19.breakfast negotiations. All she breakfast negotiations. All she
:04:20. > :04:20.would say was, the government is looking to get the best bespoke deal
:04:21. > :04:27.for the UK. The medical director's failtre to
:04:28. > :04:31.protect patients and Cornwall did not amount of misconduct, according
:04:32. > :04:36.to rate tribunal. The hearing did find that Doctor Paul Upton had not
:04:37. > :04:40.taken appropriate steps agahnst consultant Rob Jones at the Royal
:04:41. > :04:43.Cornwall Hospital's trust. Our correspondent has more now.
:04:44. > :04:47.Reminders of the background to this case?
:04:48. > :04:52.This all dates back to 2010, at the Royal Cornwall Hospital trust. It
:04:53. > :04:56.involved the gynaecologist Doctor Robert Jones. You can see hhm on the
:04:57. > :05:00.left here in this BT. You m`y remember, he was part of thd medical
:05:01. > :05:03.team that delivered the forler Prime Minister David Cameron's datghter
:05:04. > :05:07.Florence. There were no isstes there, but after concerns alongst
:05:08. > :05:13.his colleagues, he was parthally excluded from clinical practice in
:05:14. > :05:17.2011. More than 200 former patients of Mr Jones have taken legal action
:05:18. > :05:21.against the Royal Cornwall hospitals trust for the harm done to them
:05:22. > :05:25.under his care. He was fullx excluded from practice and 20 to buy
:05:26. > :05:29.the medical director, Doctor Paul Upton. Mr Jones later retirdd and
:05:30. > :05:33.voluntarily removed himself from the medical register. The Gener`l
:05:34. > :05:38.Medical Council say... Should have removed him sooner.
:05:39. > :05:41.So, what conclusions did thhs tribunal reach? The hearing
:05:42. > :05:48.identified failings by Doctor Art and, but in the context of `
:05:49. > :05:50.dysfunctional department and eight failing organisation.
:05:51. > :05:54.They concluded these did not amount to misconduct. They also noted he
:05:55. > :05:58.had improved care standards during his time at the hospital. Doctor
:05:59. > :06:01.Upton, who stepped down frol his post in 2013, had denied thd
:06:02. > :06:02.allegations of misconduct. Johnny, thank you.
:06:03. > :06:05.A look now at some of the other stories in the South West tonight.
:06:06. > :06:08.A man who died tombstoning at Plymouth Hoe has been naled
:06:09. > :06:11.An inquest today heard the thirty nine year old suffered unsurvivable
:06:12. > :06:13.injuries after he jumped into the water last
:06:14. > :06:19.The inquest has been adjourned until February.
:06:20. > :06:22.More than 200 job losses now look inevitable at the Somerset
:06:23. > :06:28.The Yeovil factory lost a significant contract to m`ke
:06:29. > :06:31.airframes for the Navy's new Lynx helicopter.
:06:32. > :06:35.Staff have been given redundancy notices.
:06:36. > :06:37.An operation to cull badgers in parts of the South West
:06:38. > :06:42.The controversial shootings were part of the government's
:06:43. > :06:45.25-year strategy to eradicate bovine TB.
:06:46. > :06:52.Cull figures are expected to be published next year.
:06:53. > :06:54.There was a ringing endorselent for sport in the region tod`y
:06:55. > :06:58.as double Olympic swimming champion Becky Adlington said the Sotth West
:06:59. > :07:02.is leading the way when it comes to nurturing new talent.
:07:03. > :07:05.The Gold medal winner joined Plymouth divers Tonia Couch
:07:06. > :07:09.and Sarah Barrow for a little motivational session in Plylouth
:07:10. > :07:13.today, and as John Henderson found out some needed more
:07:14. > :07:28.One, two, three, go! Even with the help of an Olxmpic
:07:29. > :07:34.diver, it is tough going off a three metre high springboard.
:07:35. > :07:36.OK, so come over here. Thankfully, not everything `t
:07:37. > :07:39.Plymouth Life Centre requirds such a Plymouth Life Centre requirds such a
:07:40. > :07:43.leap of faith. It doesn't matter, keep going! You
:07:44. > :07:47.can all get out! And who better to trust in `
:07:48. > :07:52.swimming sprint than a double Olympic champion?
:07:53. > :07:56.What do you think? It is just crazy. Some of them are
:07:57. > :08:01.using their arms. I don't think they have a clue! They are like, yeah,
:08:02. > :08:03.we're just loving it, we want to win!
:08:04. > :08:10.Rebecca Adlington knows all about that. Two golds in Beijing, followed
:08:11. > :08:13.by two bronzes in London. In Rio, Team GB when even more medals.
:08:14. > :08:17.I think a lot of that is getting the lessons right. I think Plymouth is
:08:18. > :08:21.one of the few cities in thd country that actually every single primary
:08:22. > :08:24.schools wins. I think that hs so rare, and I think that people should
:08:25. > :08:27.take example from what is going on down here in Plymouth, and
:08:28. > :08:29.hopefully, you never know, one of these kids could get a gold medal at
:08:30. > :08:35.the Olympics one day. But today was about having fun and
:08:36. > :08:40.picking up some top tips. Click, click, click! Plymouth divers
:08:41. > :08:41.Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow set the bar pretty high.
:08:42. > :08:47.That was beautiful. Though it is not just mere lortals
:08:48. > :08:50.hitting the water at 33 milds an hour.
:08:51. > :08:53.Yes, I definitely always get scared, but that is the good thing `bout it,
:08:54. > :08:57.you get scared about it, yot do it, and that is my sense of achhevement.
:08:58. > :09:03.And for the 100 or so pupils from three of Plymouth's primary schools,
:09:04. > :09:03.this is where is -- this was their reward.
:09:04. > :09:06.I'm proud of myself, that I came I'm proud of myself, that I came
:09:07. > :09:09.here and at that. My Gran whll be very pleased.
:09:10. > :09:10.Who knows? Maybe this is whdre it all starts for the Olympic star of
:09:11. > :09:16.the future. You never know! Time now for a look
:09:17. > :09:24.at the weather, and here is David. Thank you. Good evening. We have a
:09:25. > :09:29.bit of this coming our way over the next few mornings. Some mist, and
:09:30. > :09:32.far, and just a touch of frost every now and then as well. High pressure
:09:33. > :09:37.is well and truly in charge. It looks like it will stay with us
:09:38. > :09:40.until the weekend. Mostly fhne and dry tomorrow, and we will gdt some
:09:41. > :09:44.sunshine as well. A slight chance of a passing shower, but that hs very
:09:45. > :09:52.isolated. We still have the same setup, that area of low pressure
:09:53. > :09:54.over southern Scandinavia, but this area high-pressure looks like it
:09:55. > :09:58.will be our friend for a few days, before moving away into the weekend.
:09:59. > :10:00.We start to see this area of low-pressure getting closer,
:10:01. > :10:04.strengthening easterly wind is removed from Saturday into Sunday.
:10:05. > :10:08.There are a few showers left behind this evening just to the far west of
:10:09. > :10:11.Cornwall, but for most of us, the skies are now clearing and the
:10:12. > :10:14.tablature laurels are now f`lling. They could be as low as thrde
:10:15. > :10:18.degrees overnight tonight in a few places. That is cold enough for some
:10:19. > :10:21.frost to form on both the c`r windscreen and also the grass.
:10:22. > :10:24.Tomorrow, we will have some sunshine, more than we have seen
:10:25. > :10:27.today. Cloud will followed by every now and then. The risk of a shower
:10:28. > :10:33.in the far west of Cornwall. The rest of us, it is dry. Doctor
:10:34. > :10:38.Bridge, 13 degrees, 55 in Fahrenheit. On Friday, a lot of mist
:10:39. > :10:42.around, but it is a very sililar day, fine and dry, light winds, top
:10:43. > :10:46.temperature of 13 or 14 degrees And then as we head into the wedkend,
:10:47. > :10:47.more of a easterly developing. Have a good night.
:10:48. > :10:49.That's all the news and weather from us tonight.
:10:50. > :10:51.Andy Breare's back with the breakfast news tomorrow morning.
:10:52. > :10:57.From the late team here, have a good night.