16/03/2017

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:00:13. > :00:14.Good evening. for the news where you are.

:00:15. > :00:17.The skipper of a fishing boat has been found guilty of trying

:00:18. > :00:20.to smuggle more than a tonne of cocaine into the UK

:00:21. > :00:27.through Falmouth in one of Britain's biggest ever drugs seizures.

:00:28. > :00:30.His two crew have already pleaded guilty to drug importation offences.

:00:31. > :00:32.Today the jury at Bristol Crown Court was told

:00:33. > :00:34.the drugs had a street value of nearly ?84 million.

:00:35. > :00:36.All three men will be sentenced next month.

:00:37. > :00:42.This red trawler is packed with cocaine.

:00:43. > :00:44.Left and right, Border Force speedboats close in.

:00:45. > :00:57.The biggest seizure of cocaine in Britain in 2016.

:00:58. > :01:01.One tonne, with a street value of ?84 million.

:01:02. > :01:05.There was no physical resistance at the time.

:01:06. > :01:08.This undercover Border Force agent was there, and told me breaking up

:01:09. > :01:15.You want to get your feet firmly planted on the deck

:01:16. > :01:21.Michael McDermott, David Pleasants and Gerald van de Kooij

:01:22. > :01:24.were the three men on the trawler, and are now convicted

:01:25. > :01:30.?84 million in street level value, but that's millions and millions

:01:31. > :01:33.of wraps that would have been in the hands of dealers

:01:34. > :01:41.The only way Border Force and the National Crime Agency

:01:42. > :01:44.could stop the gang involved was because they had

:01:45. > :01:45.access to fast boats, helicopters and cutters

:01:46. > :01:57.But the British coastline is around 8000 miles long,

:01:58. > :02:00.so what can the handful of cutters on patrol do?

:02:01. > :02:02.The captain says they can still send a powerful message

:02:03. > :02:06.I want this to be recognised by the opposition as

:02:07. > :02:11.The trawler the Bianca is to be sold, and the cocaine found

:02:12. > :02:19.But all the agencies involved know it won't stop

:02:20. > :02:22.trade, and their vigilance will be tested again.

:02:23. > :02:29.Duncan Kennedy, BBC Spotlight, with Britain's Border Force.

:02:30. > :02:32.A date has now been set for the sentencing of the former

:02:33. > :02:35.Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who fatally shot an injured Taliban

:02:36. > :02:44.It follows a Court Martial appeal which ruled that his conviction

:02:45. > :02:47.for murder should be reduced to manslaughter on the grounds

:02:48. > :02:53.Changes to the way Cornwall's road network is managed have been

:02:54. > :02:55.introduced following the death of a woman in a landslide in Looe.

:02:56. > :02:58.Susan Norman was crushed to death four years ago.

:02:59. > :03:01.An inquest said the council should have known there was a "real

:03:02. > :03:04.Today the council said lessons had been learnt from her death.

:03:05. > :03:14.Sandplace Road in Looe, March 2017, where Cornwall Council

:03:15. > :03:27.The same month four years earlier, a scene of devastation.

:03:28. > :03:30.Where a grandmother, Susan Norman, was killed in bed as tonnes of earth

:03:31. > :03:37.Today, Cornwall's cabinet met to approve new national guidance

:03:38. > :03:41.That includes problems like those experienced in Looe when torrential

:03:42. > :03:43.rain rushed down the road behind the properties and

:03:44. > :03:52.It's thought that caused the landslide.

:03:53. > :03:54.Today, we've agreed some changes to the way that we'll manage

:03:55. > :03:56.and maintain our road network in the future.

:03:57. > :03:59.This is in response to the new national code of practice

:04:00. > :04:01.for managing highways infrastructure which was published

:04:02. > :04:07.We've also taken the opportunity provided by this review to take

:04:08. > :04:12.account of the lessons learned from the inquest into the tragic

:04:13. > :04:19.It's clear Cornwall Council is carrying out work here in Looe.

:04:20. > :04:21.But residents say it's not the right action

:04:22. > :04:26.to protect their homes and their safety.

:04:27. > :04:32.They're not convinced by the local authority's new code of practice.

:04:33. > :04:34.The council says it has carried out improvements

:04:35. > :04:36.since Susan Norman's death, like a new retaining wall

:04:37. > :04:44.at the sight of the landslide, and the pinning of the bedrock.

:04:45. > :04:48.Christine Butler, BBC Spotlight, Looe.

:04:49. > :04:51.The clock is ticking on more than ?130 million of EU

:04:52. > :04:55.Businesses are being encouraged to apply for the regeneration money

:04:56. > :04:58.Our business correspondent Carys Edwards reports.

:04:59. > :05:00.Dan Dicker makes a living out of waste, turning

:05:01. > :05:06.household rubbish into trays, clocks, even park benches.

:05:07. > :05:10.So we just need to touch it up, and then we'll spray it

:05:11. > :05:13.These bespoke house signs are made of old plant pots.

:05:14. > :05:17.And Dan's developed software so they can be ordered online direct

:05:18. > :05:20.from his factory in Cornwall, an innovation made possible

:05:21. > :05:31.We're a business, we need help, there's support available,

:05:32. > :05:35.and ?2500 does arrive in your bank account.

:05:36. > :05:38.The cash, which has to be match-funded, has transformed his

:05:39. > :05:40.eco-business and led to two new jobs.

:05:41. > :05:42.Now Cornwall is urging more people to apply for European funding

:05:43. > :05:50.Over the years, millions has been awarded to help

:05:51. > :05:52.regenerate the county which, whilst beautiful, is one

:05:53. > :05:59.But with Brexit on the cards, this latest round of funding,

:06:00. > :06:02.which runs until 2020, is likely to be the last.

:06:03. > :06:05.Over this period, the EU has awarded ?300 million of funding to Cornwall.

:06:06. > :06:07.Of this, around ?100 million remains up for grabs.

:06:08. > :06:09.Devon and Somerset have been given around 100 million,

:06:10. > :06:20.Dorset's had around 50 million, and around 10 million in funding

:06:21. > :06:28.It's there and it's available, and it's an easy process.

:06:29. > :06:31.So if you're running a business that you can see some good

:06:32. > :06:37.growth opportunities, then funding is available for you.

:06:38. > :06:39.Projects where funding has already been allocated include

:06:40. > :06:41.the ?30 million for Centrica's renewable energy project,

:06:42. > :06:50.and 1.5 million for Cornish rivers to encourage fishing.

:06:51. > :06:53.There are thousands of smaller schemes such as help

:06:54. > :06:55.for the unemployed or skills training, investment

:06:56. > :07:09.Carys Edwards, BBC Spotlight, Perranporth.

:07:10. > :07:11.Joining me in the studio now is our political

:07:12. > :07:14.Martyn, we heard people being encouraged to apply

:07:15. > :07:17.What happens, though, if it doesn't get allocated

:07:18. > :07:21.This money is offered on a "use it or lose it" basis,

:07:22. > :07:23.and with these programmes, there are usually a number

:07:24. > :07:25.of internal deadlines by which a certain proportion

:07:26. > :07:28.of the money needs to be allocated to a project,

:07:29. > :07:30.and if that doesn't happen, then the money goes

:07:31. > :07:33.And I can remember certainly with previous programmes

:07:34. > :07:35.there would be occasional panics because one of these

:07:36. > :07:38.deadlines would be looming, and it would look as if at least

:07:39. > :07:43.As Carys said in her piece there, this is likely to be the last big

:07:44. > :07:45.chunk of EU money that Cornwall will now receive.

:07:46. > :07:48.Yes, with Britain leaving the EU, there won't be any more

:07:49. > :07:51.The Government has guaranteed that this current funding programme

:07:52. > :07:54.will continue up until 2020 as planned, even if Britain has

:07:55. > :07:57.But attention is now focusing to what happens beyond that,

:07:58. > :08:00.because Cornwall reckons that had we remained inside the EU,

:08:01. > :08:02.it would have been eligible for another ?330 million

:08:03. > :08:14.Now, it wants the UK Government to say they will put up that money

:08:15. > :08:16.to replace the money that they would have

:08:17. > :08:22.Now, whether that will happen, nobody knows.

:08:23. > :08:25.It was cut and dried under the EU rules, because the money

:08:26. > :08:27.was automatically awarded if the economy in Cornwall was

:08:28. > :08:34.There are no rules which apply to UK domestic funding in the same way,

:08:35. > :08:37.and of course, in the years to come, there will be a lot of competition

:08:38. > :08:39.for a dwindling pot of money domestically.

:08:40. > :08:45.Martyn, we will leave it there, thank you for joining us.

:08:46. > :08:47.An 18-year-old from Truro is stepping gracefully between two

:08:48. > :08:55.Alabama Seymour is a dancer with the Duchy Ballet.

:08:56. > :08:57.But when she's not rehearsing for a forthcoming production,

:08:58. > :08:58.she also rides motorbikes - sideways.

:08:59. > :09:06.Well, her family does put on a wall of death show.

:09:07. > :09:14.Not your average family! Lets get the latest on tonight's whether.

:09:15. > :09:23.Good evening. This week we have been plagued with mist, low cloud and

:09:24. > :09:28.fog. We have some patchy rain to get rid off tonight, but it will be gone

:09:29. > :09:32.by the morning. A cold, bright start, and then later in the day,

:09:33. > :09:39.patchy rain beginning to appear, but it may take all day before that

:09:40. > :09:42.north of us will slowly sink north of us will slowly sink

:09:43. > :09:44.southwards and it will be a feature of the weather as we move into the

:09:45. > :09:48.weekend. Patchy rain this evening weekend. Patchy rain this evening

:09:49. > :09:53.should clear over the next few hours, the skies will eventually

:09:54. > :09:56.clear and it will turn quite chilly, temperatures could get as low as

:09:57. > :10:00.three or four Celsius, cold enough for a touch of frost, although I'd

:10:01. > :10:04.think we will see too much of that, because there is a breeze

:10:05. > :10:08.developing. That will give us some fine weather to start the day, but

:10:09. > :10:11.gradually through the morning and into the afternoon, there will be

:10:12. > :10:16.more cloud coming in from the north-west, and by the end of the

:10:17. > :10:20.day, we will see some patchy rain beginning to affect northern parts

:10:21. > :10:25.of Devon and Somerset. Top temperature tomorrow, ten or 11

:10:26. > :10:29.Celsius. The weekend is not looking too clever, brisk westerly winds

:10:30. > :10:34.feeding in plenty of cloud and outbreaks of rain on Saturday and

:10:35. > :10:38.Sunday, but of the two days, Sunday will be the wetter of the two,

:10:39. > :10:42.because it looks like the rain will gradually pull away, but slow

:10:43. > :10:45.progress on that. It is mild this weekend, but a little brighter for

:10:46. > :10:49.the start of next week as it clears from the north. Good night.

:10:50. > :10:56.The breakfast team will be back with you from 6.25 tomorrow morning, but

:10:57. > :10:57.from all of us here on the late news, have a good evening, goodbye

:10:58. > :11:02.for now. there will be rain around, most

:11:03. > :11:12.occurring overnight. Good evening, quite a range of

:11:13. > :11:13.whether an offer earlier today in the north and north-west of the UK

:11:14. > :11:15.quite