:00:14. > :00:18.There were passionate calls for a treatment centre to remain
:00:19. > :00:20.open at a packed public meeting in Bodmin tonight.
:00:21. > :00:22.Last week commissioner NHS Kernow announced Bodmin Treatment Centre
:00:23. > :00:27.was closing after it had been unable to agree on renewing a contract
:00:28. > :00:35.Tamsin Melville was at tonight's meeting.
:00:36. > :00:38."Keep it open, the community needs services from this site."
:00:39. > :00:40.That was the strong message from the general public, patients,
:00:41. > :00:42.doctors, other staff, the local MP and local
:00:43. > :00:47.councillors, just weeks before Bodmin Treatment Centre
:00:48. > :00:53.One patient at the meeting tonight echoed many and he said the closure
:00:54. > :00:58.It relieves the workload on the alternative centres.
:00:59. > :01:02.It offers a better service, much quicker appointments,
:01:03. > :01:09.It's all good stuff for this part of the world and I cannot see any
:01:10. > :01:19.The centre, run by a private provider, Ramsey Health Care,
:01:20. > :01:22.specialises in non-emergency daily operations like hernias
:01:23. > :01:27.The Commissioner NHS Kernow says there are five other options
:01:28. > :01:30.for Cornish patients to have this sort of treatment at
:01:31. > :01:32.the Royal Cornwall hospital or indeed Dereford.
:01:33. > :01:38.There's not the capacity to do several thousand cataracts that
:01:39. > :01:42.are taken care of in Bodman, elsewhere in the county.
:01:43. > :01:45.So it means waiting lists are going to go up.
:01:46. > :01:48.I have been in the heartbreaking position of having to turn people
:01:49. > :01:52.I'm open-minded, if they can commission more services there,
:01:53. > :01:54.it might be more attractive for another private provider,
:01:55. > :01:57.but I also think the NHS can step in and provide those daycare
:01:58. > :02:02.services, which would alleviate some of the pressure at Dereford.
:02:03. > :02:05.Those at the packed meeting weren't impressed that either NHS Kernow
:02:06. > :02:12.Ramsey had previously said that negotiations had been
:02:13. > :02:14.going on about the contract since September and there've
:02:15. > :02:18.already been three extensions to the contract.
:02:19. > :02:21.NHS Kernow says they are going to look at what services they need
:02:22. > :02:25.in the future in the context of the wider review of all health
:02:26. > :02:28.After tonight, there are plans that Scott Mann will head up calls
:02:29. > :02:36.for an urgent meeting with NHS Kernow.
:02:37. > :02:38.Dozens of women working for the Exeter-based Met Office have
:02:39. > :02:41.filed a sex discrimination case against their employer.
:02:42. > :02:43.The 76 women who work at the country's national weather
:02:44. > :02:47.service say they're not being paid the same rates as men
:02:48. > :02:53.The Met Office insists it treats all employees fairly.
:02:54. > :02:58.The business of the Met Office is to predict
:02:59. > :03:05.But now internally, a storm is brewing with some of its staff.
:03:06. > :03:08.76 women are taking legal action for sex discrimination
:03:09. > :03:14.They said they have been given lower salaries than men
:03:15. > :03:19.The more senior members of staff, the older members of staff will have
:03:20. > :03:21.been predominantly male and will have enjoyed pay
:03:22. > :03:24.progression in previous years, which have taken them quite a way
:03:25. > :03:30.And of course, a lot of the women are probably newer
:03:31. > :03:32.to the organisation and haven't benefited from the same
:03:33. > :03:39.The battle for equal pay became prominent in the 1960s,
:03:40. > :03:44.when women took strike action at Ford's Dagenham plant in Essex.
:03:45. > :03:51.The Equal Pay Act followed, but still today the pay gap
:03:52. > :03:57.The women involved in the claim against the Met Office here are not
:03:58. > :03:59.on-air weather forecasters, but do a range of jobs,
:04:00. > :04:02.such as helping to prepare predictions and IT support.
:04:03. > :04:06.Negotiations are now underway to try to resolve the dispute
:04:07. > :04:10.without it reaching a formal Employment Tribunal hearing.
:04:11. > :04:13.The Met Office told us they could not directly
:04:14. > :04:23.comment on the case, but they did say...
:04:24. > :04:30.More news from around the region now:
:04:31. > :04:33.An air, land and sea search for a missing junior doctor in Devon
:04:34. > :04:37.Lauren Phillips, who works for North Bristol NHS Trust,
:04:38. > :04:40.was last seen in February, her car was found in Woolacombe
:04:41. > :04:48.Adverts for a Dorset farm's pure milk vodka have been banned.
:04:49. > :04:50.The Advertising Standards Authority received two complaints
:04:51. > :04:52.that the adverts for Black Cow vodka were socially irresponsible
:04:53. > :04:55.for encouraging excessive drinking, likely to appeal to children,
:04:56. > :05:00.and linked alcohol with sexual activity.
:05:01. > :05:03.Should people be fined for feeding seagulls?
:05:04. > :05:06.The Mayor of Truro wants anyone who deliberately feeds the birds
:05:07. > :05:09.or doesn't bag up their rubbish in gull-proof bags,
:05:10. > :05:20.Working out which welfare benefits and tax credits you may be entitled
:05:21. > :05:24.It's one of the reasons the Government says it's trying
:05:25. > :05:28.But some reforms are controversial and more people are seeking help
:05:29. > :05:35.As a result it says enquiries are at a five-year high.
:05:36. > :05:44.I like to settle in with a good cup of tea to start the day.
:05:45. > :05:54.Citizens Advice Bureau, Tina speaking, how can I help?
:05:55. > :05:56.It can be very challenging and very upsetting for
:05:57. > :06:01.The stories you are sort of hearing, can be quite disturbing really.
:06:02. > :06:04.People ring often in quite stressful circumstances and we are here to try
:06:05. > :06:07.and work with them to try and find some solutions for
:06:08. > :06:13.Ten o'clock and the drop in sessions start.
:06:14. > :06:16.Margaret Newton says she's been to hell and back trying to sort
:06:17. > :06:24.I thought, I'm not being scared, I'm going to fight this
:06:25. > :06:29.with the Citizens Advice Bureau backing me, I could fight it.
:06:30. > :06:33.I was losing it, I really was losing it.
:06:34. > :06:37.Absolutely terrified, that I was going to lose my
:06:38. > :06:47.At the moment in the bureau we are full, so all the rooms have
:06:48. > :06:49.been taken so we have clients waiting in the waiting room.
:06:50. > :06:55.Good morning, citizens Advice Bureau, how can I help you?
:06:56. > :06:58.Over 25% of the enquiries we deal with on a regular basis
:06:59. > :07:02.The next highest enquiry area is debt.
:07:03. > :07:05.So that is 15 to 20% of the work that we do.
:07:06. > :07:10.What is happening is, more and more people
:07:11. > :07:23.Well, as you can see it's pretty busy.
:07:24. > :07:26.We had a number of drop ins coming through the doors,
:07:27. > :07:31.Most clients don't want to talk on camera, but one tells me
:07:32. > :07:34.She's dealing with debt, depression and a phobia of paperwork
:07:35. > :07:46.and there are hundreds more unopened letters at home.
:07:47. > :07:49.VOICE OVER: You're just keeping your head above water really
:07:50. > :07:52.and know there are many other people out there in the same
:07:53. > :07:55.But having a paperwork phobia, dealing with trying to open mail,
:07:56. > :07:57.just exacerbates the situation I'm in.
:07:58. > :07:59.The main thing is, we can only do so much.
:08:00. > :08:01.There needs to be other forms of support out
:08:02. > :08:05.there in the community to help these people to live life.
:08:06. > :08:08.Cases are written up and its home time, but there'll be
:08:09. > :08:19.A dead whale has washed up in North Devon and people
:08:20. > :08:23.are being warned not to go near it as it may be a "bio-hazard".
:08:24. > :08:25.Torridge District Council says it washed up near Hartland Quay.
:08:26. > :08:28.The body is attracting a lot of interest as Clare Woodling reports.
:08:29. > :08:30.A forlorn end to a majestic creature's life.
:08:31. > :08:36.Locals said the fin whale washed up at high tide yesterday.
:08:37. > :08:39.Normally you see basking sharks, seals, dolphins but not a whale.
:08:40. > :08:42.First of all, sadness, but also just amazed at the size
:08:43. > :08:50.It just looks a little sad just slumped over the rocks.
:08:51. > :08:53.At more than ten metres long, the District Council says it
:08:54. > :08:55.will take a specialist operation to remove it.
:08:56. > :08:58.It is urging the public to keep away from the carcass
:08:59. > :09:04.Records show it is the third dead fin whale in 26 years to wash
:09:05. > :09:08.This latest carcass is too decomposed for a postmortem
:09:09. > :09:12.examination, so how and why the whale died will
:09:13. > :09:34.Hello, good evening. We have had some sunshine. But not everywhere, a
:09:35. > :09:37.large part of the South West had some glorious sunshine, part of
:09:38. > :09:43.Somerset and into Dorset. It is clouding over so little respite from
:09:44. > :09:47.the mist and low cloud and it will probably shroud most of the South
:09:48. > :09:51.Southwest tomorrow morning. It is a grey start. It will gradually
:09:52. > :09:57.brighten up but not quite so much blue sky as today. Hill fog becomes
:09:58. > :10:02.expensive again. It will be poor visibility if you are travelling.
:10:03. > :10:07.The area of high pressure is blocking everything to the east. A
:10:08. > :10:12.weather front arrives on Saturday and probably won't arrive until
:10:13. > :10:17.Saturday. Another weather system follows it and went back get through
:10:18. > :10:22.on Sunday it is a brighter, fresher and cooler picture but with better
:10:23. > :10:27.visibility. Let's look at the detail for overnight. Nine or 10 degrees,
:10:28. > :10:32.low cloud, mist and fog again and that becomes prevalent by the
:10:33. > :10:37.morning. Bit of drizzle in the wind and we will find temperatures
:10:38. > :10:43.getting up to ten, 11, possibly 12 or 13 degrees. Saturday we have that
:10:44. > :10:47.weather front coming in from the West. Patchy rain later in the day
:10:48. > :10:48.and the outlook is for us to see fresher conditions, brighter
:10:49. > :11:00.conditions for next week. day. On Sunday, cloudier, maybe
:11:01. > :11:16.spots of rain. Good evening, in the spring sunshine
:11:17. > :11:19.we saw temperatures as high as 17.5 Celsius. Not as warm or Sonning on
:11:20. > :11:24.Friday. Still a lot of dry, settled weather in the forecast for the next
:11:25. > :11:28.few days. This was the sunset captured by one of our Weather
:11:29. > :11:31.Watchers. Clear skies there. We have had increasing amounts of cloud
:11:32. > :11:34.moving in from the West. Through the remainder of tonight we will
:11:35. > :11:37.continue to see that cloud across the south-west of England, the
:11:38. > :11:42.Channel Isles, weaving in across Wales, Northern Ireland and western
:11:43. > :11:44.Scotland. Bringing with it some outbreaks of drizzly rain,
:11:45. > :11:49.particularly around the coast and the hills. Further east, clear skies
:11:50. > :11:52.and the coldest temperatures. We are likely to see frost across eastern
:11:53. > :11:55.parts of Scotland by Friday morning. The west of Scotland will see the
:11:56. > :11:56.cloud moving in, bringing spots of