:00:14. > :00:14.Good evening. for the news where you are.
:00:15. > :00:17.Tourism leaders in Cornwall say the sheer number of migrant
:00:18. > :00:20.workers needed to keep the industry going means some businesses
:00:21. > :00:24.are not waiting for deals to be struck with the EU.
:00:25. > :00:26.They say making sure there are enough people to fill jobs
:00:27. > :00:34.While the final departure date may not be for some time,
:00:35. > :00:37.there are fears of a shortage of staff to fill gaps
:00:38. > :00:39.in hotels and guest houses, agriculture and healthworkers.
:00:40. > :00:41.So traders are taking action themselves, as Simon Clemison
:00:42. > :00:48.It is March, the daffodils are out and that means one thing, no, not
:00:49. > :00:55.Not quite yet but this much Theresa May is expected to
:00:56. > :01:04.start trying to find the ingredients to make up our exit for the EU.
:01:05. > :01:07.Welcome to a training kitchen in Cornwall.
:01:08. > :01:09.Tourism leaders here say the industry is not waiting to see
:01:10. > :01:15.Businesses are keen to make sure local people
:01:16. > :01:18.have the skills needed to plug gaps that there are fewer workers from
:01:19. > :01:28.Yes, yes, with the news coverage it was very prominent.
:01:29. > :01:31.Trying to decide what this could do to the industry
:01:32. > :01:36.Yes, I kind of jumped at it when I could.
:01:37. > :01:39.This college is expected to take on more students to
:01:40. > :01:42.train in hospitality, not as a result of Brexit
:01:43. > :01:46.but to meet already huge needs from the local economy,
:01:47. > :01:49.meaning Britain's biggest decision in a generation may only add to the
:01:50. > :01:56.Businesses are looking at their skills demand for the future
:01:57. > :01:58.and thinking what the implications will be.
:01:59. > :02:00.They are not hanging around and they are looking at their skill
:02:01. > :02:03.requirements and how they need to respond and have further skills
:02:04. > :02:08.We need to be competitive in Cornwall and increase
:02:09. > :02:14.our productivity of skills will be a key part of that.
:02:15. > :02:17.so many questions about the impact of leaving the
:02:18. > :02:21.There is nothing more important than having
:02:22. > :02:22.people to do the job is to
:02:23. > :02:26.The biggest question is labour supply, if you
:02:27. > :02:33.look at the people who work in the sector and the number
:02:34. > :02:35.of unemployed there isn't the sheer number of people
:02:36. > :02:38.Eastern European scum to pick the daffodils
:02:39. > :02:45.of Cornwall but no one knows what Brexit will look like, but in a
:02:46. > :02:48.world of knowns and unknowns businesses are going for what
:02:49. > :02:52.Meanwhile the price of a proper Cornish pasty is going up -
:02:53. > :02:54.producers are blaming Brexit for a rise in the price of ingredients.
:02:55. > :02:58.The slump in the value of the pound has pushed up the price of imported
:02:59. > :03:02.But exports have got cheaper, which is good news
:03:03. > :03:05.The government says it wants to encourage more of this,
:03:06. > :03:10.as it prepares for Brexit negotiations.
:03:11. > :03:11.So what's the reaction from Westminster?
:03:12. > :03:14.Here's Our Political Editor Martyn Oates.
:03:15. > :03:16.A central plank of the Brexiteer's argument and now the governments is
:03:17. > :03:19.now leaving the EU will free up Britain to strike independent trade
:03:20. > :03:21.deals with countries across the world.
:03:22. > :03:27.The man tasked with trying to make that reality is Somerset MP.
:03:28. > :03:33.International trade secretary, Dr Liam Fox.
:03:34. > :03:36.We've got a lot of countries wanting to talk to us about new trade
:03:37. > :03:38.agreements and we're taking advantage of that and there will be
:03:39. > :03:43.Most of global growth and traders outside of the European Union,
:03:44. > :03:46.we need to take advantage of that and we need to get our companies
:03:47. > :03:54.At the moment, we export far less as a proportion of our economy
:03:55. > :03:57.in places like Germany and we've got to get into that Premier League
:03:58. > :04:09.Critics like the Devon-based Lib Dem MP Lord Burnett say the UK is
:04:10. > :04:11.doing very nicely developing being all of this growing non-EU trade
:04:12. > :04:16.But he says the government will be landed with a formidable challenge
:04:17. > :04:19.if it finds it needs to compensate for the loss of our tariff free
:04:20. > :04:23.export trade with the rest of the EU.
:04:24. > :04:25.Remember at the moment, that constitutes nearly half of the UK's
:04:26. > :04:31.Mr Fox is going to have to do a lot of hard work indeed
:04:32. > :04:33.and there is a double-edged sword in all of this.
:04:34. > :04:35.As far as the South West is concerned and agriculture,
:04:36. > :04:39.farmers are waking to the fact that Mr Fox is going to be seen
:04:40. > :04:41.in Australia, the United States and southern America.
:04:42. > :04:43.That means they will demand, in any trade agreement,
:04:44. > :04:53.So we will be flooded, I think is the word,
:04:54. > :04:56.with cheaper beef, cheaper sheep meat, cereals and often not grown
:04:57. > :05:02.or reared in accordance with the high standards
:05:03. > :05:12.Lord Burnett's reference to farming is a reminder of when he is needed,
:05:13. > :05:14.that many sectors will face a complicated and
:05:15. > :05:18.controversial disentangling as Britain leaves the EU.
:05:19. > :05:22.The focus of the Brexit debate is very much in the Lords today
:05:23. > :05:25.because it is the peer's chance to scrutinise the legislation
:05:26. > :05:31.designed to trigger Britain's departure from the EU.
:05:32. > :05:35.As anticipated, it is met with much fierce criticism and steered
:05:36. > :05:40.the opposition than when the bill was introduced in the Commons.
:05:41. > :05:42.The front of a centuries old building collapsed
:05:43. > :05:45.on to a busy main road in East Devon this afternoon.
:05:46. > :05:48.Debris from the wall of the cob house in Kenton caused part
:05:49. > :05:51.of the A379 between Starcross and Exeter to be blocked for a time.
:05:52. > :06:02.The cobb wall of what is thought to be a 400-year-old home lies
:06:03. > :06:07.Nobody was in the property at the time of the collapse
:06:08. > :06:09.and the next-door neighbour was advised to leave his home
:06:10. > :06:14.He had been asked to leave his house because, well,
:06:15. > :06:18.it might have collapsed because the next-door house
:06:19. > :06:25.And about ten minutes later, we heard this great thump outside
:06:26. > :06:32.as the whole wall collapsed into the road.
:06:33. > :06:34.Eyewitnesses say debris completely covered the busy A road in front
:06:35. > :06:38.of the property and they say it took around half an hour to clear up
:06:39. > :06:49.It's not yet clear what caused the wall to collapse but the house
:06:50. > :07:00.I think they were taking off the plaster on the inside
:07:01. > :07:04.Most of the timbers at the bottom of the wall had rotted
:07:05. > :07:06.through and there was nothing supporting the wall base.
:07:07. > :07:10.The woman who owns the property was said to have turned up shortly
:07:11. > :07:13.after the incident and was both upset and stunned
:07:14. > :07:22.Structural engineers have put in measures to secure the building.
:07:23. > :07:24.Now a brief look at some of the other stories making
:07:25. > :07:29.Police and the coastguard are searching the Devil's Point area
:07:30. > :07:34.of Plymouth for a vulnerable elderly lady who went missing from her home
:07:35. > :07:39.82-year-old Peggy Henning is described as 5'3" tall,
:07:40. > :07:41.slim build and likely to be wearing a blue anorak, grey
:07:42. > :07:47.trousers and carrying a big dark leather handbag.
:07:48. > :07:49.Bovey Tracey Primary School in Devon has been closed
:07:50. > :07:51.following an outbreak of a sickness bug.
:07:52. > :07:53.67 pupils and six members of staff, including the head,
:07:54. > :08:01.The school is now being deep cleaned.
:08:02. > :08:04.Devon and Cornwall police have been left with a ?20 million hole
:08:05. > :08:07.in their budget after losing a lengthy legal battle with
:08:08. > :08:14.The BBC has learnt the retailer had signed a contract to build on land
:08:15. > :08:16.at police headquarters in Exeter, but a court case began
:08:17. > :08:18.when the company failed to start building work.
:08:19. > :08:21.Morrisons said the matter was subject to a legal process
:08:22. > :08:28.Police say a teenager has been injured with
:08:29. > :08:33.He was one of a group of men who were assaulted on Saturday
:08:34. > :08:37.The 19-year-old suffered a cut to his arm.
:08:38. > :08:38.The National League has confirmed that control
:08:39. > :08:40.of Torquay United Football Club has been transferred to
:08:41. > :08:43.The takeover ends months of speculation about
:08:44. > :08:45.the future of the Gulls, who were facing
:08:46. > :09:01.Time to look at the weather now and David's here with the forecast.
:09:02. > :09:10.Good evening. It is a bit blustery out there at the moment. We could
:09:11. > :09:16.see gusts of up to 60 mph. The wind does drop by the first thing
:09:17. > :09:24.tomorrow morning. You can listen to your BBC local radio which will keep
:09:25. > :09:29.you updated. The wind will ease tonight and we have largely dry
:09:30. > :09:34.conditions to content with. We have a reasonable day tomorrow but it is
:09:35. > :09:39.just for one day. Tomorrow, less windy, mostly dry and there will be
:09:40. > :09:44.a little bit of sunshine. Not -- not lasting because we have another area
:09:45. > :09:48.of low pressure heading our way. We start to see this area of low
:09:49. > :09:57.pressure developed. This one will stick around. It is around for a
:09:58. > :10:04.good part of the weekend. Tribune in some colder air. There are showers
:10:05. > :10:07.around but they are pretty isolated. Dry with clear skies. The breeze
:10:08. > :10:14.where help keep the temperature is up. Minimum temperature of three
:10:15. > :10:18.Celsius. Tomorrow, we will get some sunshine, maybe some light showers
:10:19. > :10:24.but it is a dry day with lighter winds and it will feel warmer.
:10:25. > :10:29.Temperatures up to 11 Celsius. Overnight tomorrow night, we have
:10:30. > :10:33.wet weather that moves northwards through the day on Friday. It is
:10:34. > :10:39.replaced with scattered showery outbreaks on temperatures up to 11
:10:40. > :10:44.Celsius. As we head into the weekend, expects showers on Saturday
:10:45. > :10:47.and Sunday. Lower temperatures Derek just during the night time. We
:10:48. > :10:54.haven't seen the last of the overnight frost. That search for the
:10:55. > :10:56.lady has been called off after she was found safe and well. That is it,
:10:57. > :11:06.goodbye. outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What
:11:07. > :11:12.does that mean? Maybe John Hammond will tell you.
:11:13. > :11:17.We're in for a bumpy ride. The weather chopping and changing
:11:18. > :11:21.keeping us on our toes. Rain never too far away from our crystal ball.
:11:22. > :11:24.There has been rain around today across southern areas. This band of
:11:25. > :11:28.wet weather pushing through Wales and the Midlands. A little bit of
:11:29. > :11:32.the white stuff mixed in over the high ground Snowdonia, some snow for
:11:33. > :11:33.an trans-Pennine routes as