20/02/2017

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:00:00. > :00:08.How will Plymouth and south-west Devon look in 20 years' time?

:00:09. > :00:10.A vision of the future will go before councillors next

:00:11. > :00:14.week detailing planning ambitions for 2034.

:00:15. > :00:18.The joint local plan is being seen as a model for the future

:00:19. > :00:21.on everything from homes and jobs to transport,

:00:22. > :00:29.The Plymouth South Hams and West Devon joined local plan

:00:30. > :00:32.covers an area of more than 2,000 square kilometres.

:00:33. > :00:36.The vast majority of that in the rural areas of West Devon

:00:37. > :00:45.But 70% of the 400,000 population lives in the city,

:00:46. > :00:51.so of the 27,000 planned new homes, around 19,000 will be in Plymouth

:00:52. > :00:58.It should also create more than 30,000 jobs,

:00:59. > :01:02.again with around 70% of those concentrated in and around the city.

:01:03. > :01:06.It's a hugely ambitious plan, literally joined up thinking

:01:07. > :01:10.between the city council and its neighbours.

:01:11. > :01:13.We all have our part to play, we've all have come into this

:01:14. > :01:17.as equal partners and the end result is a seamless plan that I think

:01:18. > :01:20.is the first time I've ever seen it done this well.

:01:21. > :01:24.My own view is this will be a model for the future.

:01:25. > :01:26.One interesting change is that Plymouth City Council has turned up

:01:27. > :01:30.the pressure of old campaigners hoping to reopen the airport.

:01:31. > :01:34.Sutton Harbour wants to build a garden suburb on the site,

:01:35. > :01:40.but the plan now is for aviation use until 2022, nine years less

:01:41. > :01:46.There is sufficient land in the Plymouth area to meet

:01:47. > :01:49.the needs of the city and the wider area.

:01:50. > :01:52.Therefore, we are certain and adamant that the Plymouth

:01:53. > :01:55.airport site should be reserved for aviation activity

:01:56. > :01:59.and collectively we need to work towards bringing back airport use.

:02:00. > :02:03.The city council also rejected 122 sites earmarked

:02:04. > :02:08.for housing, including this one at Paradise Road in Stoke.

:02:09. > :02:12.If approved by all three councils, a six-week consultation on the joint

:02:13. > :02:20.Acts of antisemitism will not be tolerated.

:02:21. > :02:22.The words of the vice chancellor of Exeter University

:02:23. > :02:25.following the discovery of a swastika and racist

:02:26. > :02:31.Today, dozens of students marched through the campus in an antifascist

:02:32. > :02:36.protest as our Home Affairs correspondent Simon Hall reports.

:02:37. > :02:44.About 100 students joined the march against fascism through the campus

:02:45. > :02:50.It was organised after a swastika was carved into a door in a hall

:02:51. > :02:54.of residence with a "rights for whites" sign nearby.

:02:55. > :02:58.We want to take a march directly to the perpetrators and show them

:02:59. > :03:00.that jokes are not OK and it all snow balls into real-life

:03:01. > :03:08.fascism, which is not going to be OK on campus.

:03:09. > :03:11.It's really important, however, I think this march won't be enough

:03:12. > :03:13.to really change events that are happening worldwide.

:03:14. > :03:15.But I think it's a very important step forwards.

:03:16. > :03:18.The march is about raising solidarity with Jewish people

:03:19. > :03:22.but overall creating an atmosphere of antiracism on campus,

:03:23. > :03:28.In his first interview, the Vice Chancellor told me

:03:29. > :03:34.As soon as we found out, we were appalled.

:03:35. > :03:39.It doesn't fit with the character of the institution, this

:03:40. > :03:44.I have been racking my brains, Over the last 14 years

:03:45. > :03:47.as Vice Chancellor, I cannot think of a single complaint we have

:03:48. > :03:52.received from a Jewish student about feeling unwelcome.

:03:53. > :03:57.Students held a rally with a series of anti-fascism speeches.

:03:58. > :03:59.There have been instances of anti-Semitism in other

:04:00. > :04:04.All have generated negative publicity.

:04:05. > :04:08.Anti-Semitism is becoming an increasingly uncomfortable issue

:04:09. > :04:13.Exeter University say their investigations indicate

:04:14. > :04:17.that the carving of the swastika and the rights for whites sign

:04:18. > :04:20.may have been a deeply offensive attempt at a joke,

:04:21. > :04:27.possibly parodying a television show.

:04:28. > :04:30.Researchers are warning that Exeter's roads won't be able to cope

:04:31. > :04:35.with the extra 14,000 car journeys that are predicted by 2026.

:04:36. > :04:39.Now a community interest company is offering cash for ideas that

:04:40. > :04:43.will get people out of their cars and end congestion.

:04:44. > :04:49.Exeter City Futures is willing to invest up to ?15,000 per project.

:04:50. > :04:52.The fact of the matter is the problems we face in Exeter

:04:53. > :04:56.will not be solved by the public sector, because they simply do not

:04:57. > :05:02.They have to be solved by businesses delivering better services

:05:03. > :05:06.for people to move around in different ways.

:05:07. > :05:09.Meanwhile, there are around 200 places in Dorset where people

:05:10. > :05:11.are waiting for road schemes which campaigners

:05:12. > :05:16.The county council says it can only afford a small number of projects

:05:17. > :05:20.each year and that it prioritises cases based on safety.

:05:21. > :05:22.Now one village, Winterborne Houghton,

:05:23. > :05:24.is looking at paying for its own 30mph

:05:25. > :05:32.I looked at the Department for Transport guidelines and it does

:05:33. > :05:36.say that 30 miles should be the norm in a village, and it's quite

:05:37. > :05:40.I thought, well, this is the village that time forgot.

:05:41. > :05:42.We will just fill in, put the justification through and it

:05:43. > :05:47.will really be a rubber-stamp job, but no, certainly not.

:05:48. > :05:51.Councillors have today backed a bid for Dark Sky status on Bodmin Moor,

:05:52. > :05:55.which involves putting controls in place to prevent light pollution.

:05:56. > :05:57.An application will now be sent to the International

:05:58. > :06:01.Dark Sky Association, with a decision expected by June.

:06:02. > :06:04.As Tamsin Melville reports, there are already a number

:06:05. > :06:09.of Dark Sky communities in the UK, including Exmoor National Park.

:06:10. > :06:18.Switching off to send a message on light pollution.

:06:19. > :06:21.The people of Dulverton were firmly on board when Exmoor became

:06:22. > :06:27.the world's second dark sky reserve five years ago.

:06:28. > :06:30.This official international recognition of the top-class quality

:06:31. > :06:35.of Exmoor's night skies seems to be as popular as ever.

:06:36. > :06:41.So many people in light polluted areas that it is wonderful for them

:06:42. > :06:49.Getting children enthused about the stars is said to be one

:06:50. > :06:54.big benefit and shops are happy with the footfall.

:06:55. > :06:57.We as a business are aware of a lot of people who come

:06:58. > :07:03.That is young families, that is other people,

:07:04. > :07:06.so it is one of those things that has broad appeal and has attracted

:07:07. > :07:12.An area with a lot of light pollution in the city might

:07:13. > :07:20.Here on Exmoor, with a telescope you would see billions of stars.

:07:21. > :07:23.Tourism is getting a boost with holiday accommodation

:07:24. > :07:27.businesses offering telescopes for star gazing.

:07:28. > :07:31.It is a bragging right for people to talk about and to make them

:07:32. > :07:42.But it has genuine benefits in terms of bringing tourists to the area.

:07:43. > :07:45.And now the top quality of the night sky recorded by experts over

:07:46. > :07:49.Bodmin Moor has experts also reaching for the stars.

:07:50. > :07:51.Cornwall councillors were today discussing a bid for the area

:07:52. > :08:03.In Cornwall we have some of the darkest skies we have

:08:04. > :08:08.We do not have a designation yet but one would hope that

:08:09. > :08:12.if we have Bodmin Moor, other places will follow suit.

:08:13. > :08:17.This is a great way of preserving something historical,

:08:18. > :08:21.cultural that we can pass on to future generations.

:08:22. > :08:25.It isn't just Bodmin Moor looking to follow in Exmoor's footsteps.

:08:26. > :08:27.There are also plans for a similar bid in West Cornwall

:08:28. > :08:35.Looks like it's getting stormy by the end of this week.

:08:36. > :08:52.Good evening. More of the same is the story for the next two days of

:08:53. > :08:58.the week ahead, but later we have somewhat of a change. It becomes

:08:59. > :09:02.quite windy and starts to call down again. We have been blessed with

:09:03. > :09:09.good temperatures the past couple of days. A mild start, it will turn

:09:10. > :09:14.windy and cold by Friday. One weather system doesn't change its

:09:15. > :09:18.position over the next 24 hours. By Wednesday it is still there but it

:09:19. > :09:22.is developing an area of low pressure and that is the one that

:09:23. > :09:27.will give us very windy conditions on Thursday and opens the door to

:09:28. > :09:30.the winds from the north and north-west, which means lower

:09:31. > :09:38.temperatures and a possible frost into Friday. Friday should be dry,

:09:39. > :09:44.bright but colder. The mildness will continue overnight tonight. Must

:09:45. > :09:51.re-winds feed in low cloud, the list, drizzle and fog. Temperatures

:09:52. > :09:58.of eight or 9 degrees. Tomorrow is going to be a similar date to today.

:09:59. > :10:02.Some breaks in the cloud to the east. Generally it is thick enough

:10:03. > :10:08.for light rain and drizzle. Temperatures at 12 or 13 degrees and

:10:09. > :10:16.a brisk westerly breeze for all of us. For Wednesday, the same sort of

:10:17. > :10:21.day, drizzle in the wind and mild. Early rain on Thursday but the main

:10:22. > :10:28.feature is it will feel cooler, it will be a brighter but it will be

:10:29. > :10:33.windy. Strong north-west winds, by Friday the colder air is with us and

:10:34. > :10:41.temperatures of no more than just seven or 8 degrees. Could Cornwall

:10:42. > :10:45.soon become a hub for launching and tracking commercial satellites as

:10:46. > :10:46.well as operating space flights? We will look at that tomorrow. See you

:10:47. > :11:04.later. As you have just seen, after a day

:11:05. > :11:07.in which some of you have been shedding the layers, you will be

:11:08. > :11:10.putting them back on for the rest of this week. Big changes ahead, all

:11:11. > :11:15.down to where the air has been coming from. Today, it originated in

:11:16. > :11:18.the Caribbean, hence the name tropical maritime air. Temperatures

:11:19. > :11:20.peaked at 18 degrees. But later this