:00:00. > :00:00.me now on BBC Two. That's Newsnight with Emily in
:00:00. > :00:13.Good evening. Washington.
:00:14. > :00:18.A South West MP has called tonight for a radical rethink
:00:19. > :00:22.Sarah Wollaston, who sits on the Health Select Committee,
:00:23. > :00:24.said all parties should agree a new consensus in the interests
:00:25. > :00:28.Her remarks came during a health debate held earlier on Spotlight
:00:29. > :00:39.Johnny Rutherford's report features some of the key issues raised.
:00:40. > :00:42.Behind me are some of the key decision-makers in the South West.
:00:43. > :00:48.Tonight they're discussing the problems of the NHS today.
:00:49. > :00:51.Well, the most immediate pressure is in social care, because that has
:00:52. > :00:56.I think many of us feel that the government should bring
:00:57. > :00:59.forward something called the Better Care Fund,
:01:00. > :01:05.which is new money into social care to bring that forward
:01:06. > :01:11.There are many things that we need to do, but that
:01:12. > :01:13.would be the single most effective immediate measure.
:01:14. > :01:18.Claire is arguing passionately for community hospitals,
:01:19. > :01:21.Are they sustainable? Some are.
:01:22. > :01:24.In terms of the number of beds we need into hospitals,
:01:25. > :01:27.We will retain community hospital beds where they are appropriate
:01:28. > :01:33.But a patient, an elderly person in a hospital bed who doesn't need
:01:34. > :01:39.You have muscle wastage, you have exposure to infection,
:01:40. > :01:42.and if somebody has a confusion or a dementia, being out
:01:43. > :01:46.of their normal place of residence is the worst place for them to be
:01:47. > :01:49.Nurses are quitting the health service.
:01:50. > :01:51.They're going into agencies instead because the money's better,
:01:52. > :01:56.Cathy, how do you, as Angela says, encourage, incentivise and motivate
:01:57. > :01:59.staff and reward them so that they want to stay in the NHS?
:02:00. > :02:04.That's a very good question, and we've been doing exactly that
:02:05. > :02:23.We would prefer to have a good quality, sustainable,
:02:24. > :02:26.permanent workforce augmented for surge purposes, really,
:02:27. > :02:30.when we need to scale up or scale back, to be able to have
:02:31. > :02:34.the flexibility of agency or casual staff which is very desirable.
:02:35. > :02:41.Tonight's debate also calls for concern for the future
:02:42. > :02:44.of the NHS, and calls for patients to stand up for the services.
:02:45. > :02:46.You know, I really fear for the future of the NHS
:02:47. > :02:53.And I want to commend Sarah Wollaston, because actually
:02:54. > :02:55.she's done an amazing job as the Health Select
:02:56. > :02:59.And she stands up for the NHS as often as possible.
:03:00. > :03:02.But in terms of what I would say to communities, I would say, fight.
:03:03. > :03:04.Fight absolutely tooth and nail for the NHS
:03:05. > :03:06.because government ministers, Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt I think
:03:07. > :03:09.have behaved absolutely deplorably, and I think the only language
:03:10. > :03:16.They're not here to speak for themselves and it seems
:03:17. > :03:18.almost unfair to ask you, Sarah Wollaston, to defend them.
:03:19. > :03:20.But you are a Conservative MP. Of course.
:03:21. > :03:24.But what I would say is that these challenges will be there for whoever
:03:25. > :03:28.And I think what's very depressing is sitting in the Commons chamber
:03:29. > :03:31.listening to the yahoo of debate, and what we need is for all
:03:32. > :03:33.political parties to come together and accept the challenge,
:03:34. > :03:36.just as we had to do with pensions, and actually try and come
:03:37. > :03:38.to a consensus about how we should fund this.
:03:39. > :03:41.And that funding issue remains at the centre of the debate,
:03:42. > :03:44.which you can continue to take part in by telling us what you think
:03:45. > :03:53.There'll be more on health on tomorrow's Spotlight when
:03:54. > :03:55.NHS managers reveal the final recommendations of their plans
:03:56. > :03:59.to close four cottage hospitals in South Devon.
:04:00. > :04:02.There have been 12 weeks of consultations over
:04:03. > :04:06.the plans to shut Dartmouth, Paignton, Ashburton
:04:07. > :04:13.A look at some of the other stories making the news
:04:14. > :04:17.The number of crimes recorded in Devon and Cornwall
:04:18. > :04:22.There were significant falls in murder and robbery,
:04:23. > :04:28.New types of offences such as those committed online
:04:29. > :04:34.50 firefighters tackled a blaze which closed a road in Dorset.
:04:35. > :04:37.The fire began in industrial units in Winterbourne Abbas.
:04:38. > :04:40.One side of the A35 was closed for nearly six hours.
:04:41. > :04:48.73 properties were left without electricity for several hours.
:04:49. > :04:51.An end to decades of frustration for motorists is in sight
:04:52. > :04:54.with the announcement that work on the A30 across Bodmin Moor
:04:55. > :04:57.The dualling of the road at Temple should end tailbacks
:04:58. > :05:10.Contractor Kier says the site will be cleared by July 13th.
:05:11. > :05:15.Swans are to be given security guards to ensure the nest are not
:05:16. > :05:22.disturbed and thousands of people descend on the Flora Date in May. It
:05:23. > :05:27.follows an incident last year when a swan made her nest and latex right
:05:28. > :05:30.on the edge of the road next to Coronation Lake. -- made her nest
:05:31. > :05:33.and lead her eggs. Increasing demand for new technology
:05:34. > :05:35.could breathe new life Lithium is in many of the gadgets
:05:36. > :05:40.we use every day and there are hopes of finding significant reserves
:05:41. > :05:42.here in the South West. Today the largest programme ever
:05:43. > :05:44.to explore beneath the surface Experts are not expecting
:05:45. > :05:49.a gold-rush, but given the desire for electric cars, lithium
:05:50. > :05:51.is the mineral everyone's interested in as our Business Correspondent,
:05:52. > :05:58.Neil Gallacher, explains. This is what many old Cornish mines
:05:59. > :06:01.are full of - water. The conventional challenge
:06:02. > :06:04.is how to get rid of it. It has been known for decades
:06:05. > :06:08.that the water in many Cornish mines Until recently, there was only
:06:09. > :06:12.a limited market for it. But in today's world,
:06:13. > :06:18.we were all reliant on portable mobile devices, if not electric
:06:19. > :06:21.vehicles, lithium is suddenly much A major new business
:06:22. > :06:37.deal has been reached. It covers many parts of Cornwall
:06:38. > :06:38.which probably harbour reserves of lithium.
:06:39. > :06:41.A new company is launching what is claimed to be the largest
:06:42. > :06:42.exploration programme in Cornish history.
:06:43. > :06:45.It plans to sink boreholes like we've seen in recent years thanks
:06:46. > :06:51.They hope to spend ?5 million on this and get to commercial
:06:52. > :06:57.That coincides with the dramatic change in growth in electric cars
:06:58. > :06:59.which is the main consumer of this product.
:07:00. > :07:04.A electric cars starting at a low base, but dramatic growth,
:07:05. > :07:16.particularly after 2020 and going into 2025 went
:07:17. > :07:19.-- when Volkswagen have said 25% of their fleet will be electric.
:07:20. > :07:27.Hopefully we will coincide with that, perfect timing.
:07:28. > :07:29.It's not far-fetched and it's certainly not something
:07:30. > :07:31.we would expect to see production immediately, but it's a lot
:07:32. > :07:33.quicker to get something like this into production
:07:34. > :07:36.than you would a hard rock mine where you're having
:07:37. > :07:42.From that point of view, it's very exciting.
:07:43. > :07:47.most of the mining schemes that have been announced over the last 15
:07:48. > :07:49.years haven't come to fruition, or not yet.
:07:50. > :07:51.Here there is a double layer of uncertainty.
:07:52. > :07:54.Not only do they need to persuade investors there's enough lithium
:07:55. > :07:57.below the granite in Cornwall, they also have to persuade them
:07:58. > :08:02.there's cost-effective way of getting it out of of the water.
:08:03. > :08:05.The Government is being urged to do more to tackle environmental
:08:06. > :08:08.The Conservative MP for North Cornwall, Scott Mann,
:08:09. > :08:11.told the Commons today that councils in the county needed more
:08:12. > :08:18.Camelford in North Cornwall suffers from very high levels of pollution
:08:19. > :08:21.because of the A39 running straight through the town centre.
:08:22. > :08:25.Would my honourable friend congratulate the work being carried
:08:26. > :08:28.out by Camelford town council to address the air quality,
:08:29. > :08:31.and will she work with them and myself to tackle the problem?
:08:32. > :08:33.Environment Minister Therese Coffey promised to do all she could.
:08:34. > :08:37.The national government has its part to play,
:08:38. > :08:40.and so does local government in finding solutions to tackle
:08:41. > :08:42.local congestion issues and other elements of it.
:08:43. > :08:45.Of course, we will continue to work with my honourable
:08:46. > :09:00.It was ten years ago that it happened, and it's an occasion
:09:01. > :09:04.The container ship The MSC Napoli was beached at Branscombe in Devon.
:09:05. > :09:06.It prompted incredible scenes when people helped themselves
:09:07. > :09:09.to the cargo from her containers as it washed ashore.
:09:10. > :09:10.Spotlight's environment correspondent, Adrian Campbell,
:09:11. > :09:13.will be reporting on the event on tomorrow's programme at 18:30.
:09:14. > :09:17.Well, it's been a beautiful day in many parts of the region today
:09:18. > :09:20.But will it stay that way over the next few days?
:09:21. > :09:25.We've had some glorious sunshine today pretty much
:09:26. > :09:29.It has been cold, though, and there's more of it to come.
:09:30. > :09:31.Frost overnight tonight and at first tomorrow morning.
:09:32. > :09:35.But also another day when the temperatures are pretty low.
:09:36. > :09:37.We have the same setup - high-pressure, that doesn't change
:09:38. > :09:41.But some changes as we head into the weekend.
:09:42. > :09:45.The really unsettled weather isn't close to us at the moment.
:09:46. > :09:49.It's across parts of the east and south of Spain, where there's
:09:50. > :09:53.been some snow over the last couple of days.
:09:54. > :09:56.But we're drawing in the air from the east.
:09:57. > :09:58.It's cold coming from southern Scandinavia, and it's that cold air
:09:59. > :10:00.that gives us another widespread frost overnight tonight.
:10:01. > :10:03.Very dry air as well, so temperatures will probably get
:10:04. > :10:07.down as low as -1 or -2 in quite a few places.
:10:08. > :10:10.And even lower than that, particularly in sheltered parts
:10:11. > :10:12.of central Devon and parts of Dorset and Somerset.
:10:13. > :10:14.Still a bit of a breeze along the south coast,
:10:15. > :10:17.helping to keep the temperatures are a couple of degrees
:10:18. > :10:22.But for most of us, it's going to be a very cold start
:10:23. > :10:28.By the time we get to the afternoon, temperatures have recovered -
:10:29. > :10:32.But I think with the clear skies the game, the frost
:10:33. > :10:36.A bit different on Saturday - a lot more cloud around
:10:37. > :10:38.which is capable across parts of Cornwall of producing some spots
:10:39. > :10:45.But it's still cold, we still have that cold air.
:10:46. > :10:47.So cloudy and, without the sunshine, still very cold.
:10:48. > :10:50.4-7 is Celsius is the temperature range for the start of the weekend.
:10:51. > :10:53.Sunday's a little bit brighter, but we should see some
:10:54. > :10:57.The high pressure is staying with us into the early part of next week.
:10:58. > :11:05.Spotlight is back tomorrow morning at 6:25.
:11:06. > :11:17.Good evening, it will gradually get colder in the UK in the next few
:11:18. > :11:20.days, something we don't have to worry about in Australia at this
:11:21. > :11:23.time of year. Of course it's the Australian tennis open at the moment
:11:24. > :11:29.and there's a big storm moving through Melbourne at the moment.
:11:30. > :11:30.Hopefully it will have cleared through by the time of