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Royal Marines from Plymouth are to help form a new anti-terror | :00:00. | :00:16. | |
unit to combat the threat to ships and ports around the coast. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
The so-called Maritime Operations Commando unit will fight | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
More than 100 marines based in Scotland will move to Plymouth | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
Our defence reporter, Scott Bingham, has more. | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
The new Maritime Operations Commando Unit will have up to 600 Royal | :00:35. | :00:37. | |
Marines, mainly from 42 Commando, based here at Bickleigh | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
It will also include 120 members of the Fleet Protection Group, | :00:42. | :00:48. | |
who currently guard Trident nuclear submarines at Faslane in Scotland. | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
And it will also have SAS and Special Boat Service liaison | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
It's due to be operational early next year. | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
According to a leaked memo from the Commandant General | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
of the Royal Marines, it will focus on maritime | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
interdiction and boarding operations, and force protection for | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
Royal Navy and Royal Fleet auxiliary ships deployed globally. | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
But, it will also provide a core contribution | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
to UK domestic operations in response to a terrorist event. | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
front-line service under a restructuring exercise, | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
but the MoD says no Royal Marines will be made redundant, | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
with roles being reallocated across the Navy. | :01:36. | :01:39. | |
This would seem to fit in with those plans. | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
The new unit is likely to be based at RMB Tamar | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
operates the kind of fast boats that would likely carry out some of these | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
roles, with the Marines being accommodated at Bickleigh. | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
Some have suggested the Royal Marines are | :01:58. | :01:59. | |
bailing out the Navy because it is short of sailors. | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
The MoD says balancing the numbers is a military | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
judgment, which is kept under continuous review. | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
Hospitals across the South West are to receive extra cash to try | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
and help reduce waiting times in A departments. | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
Labour has described the money as a sticking plaster. | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
I'm joined by our reporter Chloe Axford. | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
The aim is to ease the pressure on A departments | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
It's designed to help hospitals meet the target of dealing | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
with nearly all patients in A within four hours. | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
In January, the number of people waiting for MORE than four hours | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
across England was reportedly the worst it's been for 13 years, | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
with record numbers of people waiting more than 12 hours | :02:45. | :02:46. | |
Tonight, the Royal Cornwall hospitals trust, which is getting ?1 | :02:47. | :02:58. | |
million, said it was delighted, and the money would help it | :02:59. | :03:07. | |
to improve what it calls "Patient flow". | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
Back then, we reported from the Royal Devon And Exeter Hospital, | :03:15. | :03:17. | |
waiting times by getting patients to see a consultant as soon as | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
possible, and carrying out some treatments which would previously | :03:22. | :03:23. | |
Now, it is important to note, this money | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
It is part of the ?100 million announced for A in the | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
And the timing is interesting, given that we | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
are now weeks away from a general election. | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
Tonight, Exeter's Labour MP Ben Bradshaw said, "Any extra | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
"money is welcome, but this sounds like a sticking plaster from a | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
"Government that does not want to talk about the funding | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
"crisis in the NHS in the election campaign". | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
We will have to wait and see just how much the NHS does figure in the | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
election campaign as it gets South West Water has been fined | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
?1.8 million for health and safety offences following the | :04:12. | :04:14. | |
death of an employee. 54-year-old Robert Geach drowned | :04:15. | :04:15. | |
when he fell into the tank at a water treatment plant | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
in Falmouth in 2013. South West Water pleaded guilty | :04:19. | :04:20. | |
today at Truro Crown Court. The death of Robert Geach | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
in December 2013 was a tragedy. Robert was a valued | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
colleague, and we very much regret the devastating loss | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
to his family and friends. South West Water has | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
tried to ensure it learns We have updated procedures | :04:36. | :04:37. | |
and policies, carried out comprehensive | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
staff training, and invested in new equipment and technologies, | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
particularly to ensure the safety of our staff | :04:43. | :04:44. | |
who may be working alone. A jury has heard an alleged killer | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
disguised himself to drag the body of his former partner | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
through the streets of Exeter in a suitcase before dumping it | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
near a railway line. 42-year-old Kostadin Kostov | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
from Bulgaria is accused of murdering Gergana Prodanova at the | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
flat they shared in the city The prosecution told | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
Exeter Crown Court Kostov was seen 19 times on CCTV. | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
He denies the charge. A stalwart of the South-West | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
newspaper scene is relaunching this weekend after a financial crisis | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
forced it to close briefly. In its 20th century heyday, | :05:20. | :05:21. | |
the Sunday Independent, owned by the Mirror, | :05:22. | :05:23. | |
was a noted training ground in Plymouth | :05:24. | :05:24. | |
for Fleet Street reporters. Like many newspapers, | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
it went on to suffer circulation decline, | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
as internet competition Today, it's in smaller | :05:30. | :05:30. | |
offices in Liskeard, with a circulation of 12,000 | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
copies a week. Now, time to take a look | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
at the weather forecast. We have more fine weather | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
to look forward to this weekend, and some warmth, | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
temperatures 14, 15 degrees. Bit of a change by next week, | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
though, as we see colder air arrive, so variable | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
cloud for Saturday and Sunday, mostly dry, | :05:54. | :05:55. | |
and at times we will get | :05:56. | :05:57. | |
some sunshine as well. We still have high pressure close | :05:58. | :06:00. | |
by, but it is now beginning to What slowly happens | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
is the high-pressure travels back out into the Atlantic, | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
this is the middle of the day on Saturday, | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
and that means we start to see a change is more cloud | :06:10. | :06:11. | |
moves on from the north. a change as more cloud moves | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
on from the north. In fact, we've had that today, | :06:17. | :06:18. | |
some patchy cloud around from earlier today, but a lot | :06:19. | :06:20. | |
of clear sky further west. That will continue to be | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
the same same sort of set-up, with Dorset seeing a bit | :06:24. | :06:25. | |
more in the way of cloud, Devon and Cornwall will have clear skies | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
overnight tonight, and also quite chilly again, with temperatures down | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
to five, 6, 7 degrees. Tomorrow, we have | :06:35. | :06:37. | |
a fine day in store. We may have some | :06:38. | :06:39. | |
stubborn cloud at times, but it should remain | :06:40. | :06:41. | |
dry, and sunny spells, bit stubborn in places | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
and temperatures getting up to possibly 15 degrees | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
as the maximum. By Sunday, there is not | :06:49. | :06:49. | |
a great deal of change, We will see some | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
sunshine, a bit of cloud floating by and spoiling | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
that every now and then, and a similar temperature of 15 | :06:58. | :06:59. | |
Celsius. But by Monday, and especially | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
Tuesday of next week, cold Arctic wind really does change | :07:02. | :07:03. | |
what we are going to see, and a cold day on Tuesday. | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
Have a nice weekend. The next Billiton is tomorrow at | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
4:40pm. marathon. Here is the outlook for | :07:16. | :07:37. | |
the weather for the next few days and Helen Willetts has the National | :07:38. | :07:38. | |
forecast. While unusual to see snow in May, it | :07:39. | :07:51. | |
will be a shock to the system. We've seen some interesting contrast. 19 | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
degrees cost is in Scotland in the sunshine today. In the sunshine only | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
11. The differences we are behind a cold weather front. Seeing | :08:02. | :08:02. |