:00:00. > :00:14.And Theresa May has said she will publish her Brexit plan for
:00:15. > :00:23.A survey ranks the county along with Plymouth as 14th on its least
:00:24. > :00:27.It's calculated that property prices are seven times
:00:28. > :00:36.Lucy Stokes is an estate agent in South Brent.
:00:37. > :00:40.All day long she sells houses but she is also trying
:00:41. > :00:46.She has just moved here from Worcester and she
:00:47. > :00:51.There is a huge difference in the prices.
:00:52. > :00:54.Up there you would be looking at around 150 as a first-time buyer
:00:55. > :01:02.for a three bed and down here you'd be looking to start from about 250.
:01:03. > :01:04.The US property consultancy says the least affordable place to live
:01:05. > :01:07.in the world out of nine countries surveyed was Hong Kong,
:01:08. > :01:10.with houses at 18 times the average household income.
:01:11. > :01:14.Second was Sydney with prices at 12 times.
:01:15. > :01:18.Listed tenth most unaffordable place was Bournemouth and Dorset at more
:01:19. > :01:23.than nine times the income, with Plymouth and Devon coming 14th.
:01:24. > :01:26.This survey focuses on the middle of the market -
:01:27. > :01:29.housing affordability for average households.
:01:30. > :01:34.In Devon and Plymouth the average house price is ?215,000,
:01:35. > :01:39.the average household income is just over ?30,000.
:01:40. > :01:46.This means house prices are seven times the average household income.
:01:47. > :01:50.The authors of the report say the answer is to build more houses,
:01:51. > :02:00.something the British Government says it is doing.
:02:01. > :02:03.The woman who once ran NHS services in South Devon employed her husband
:02:04. > :02:06.to produce newsletters but failed to make a declaration
:02:07. > :02:10.Paula Vasco Knight denies two counts of fraud totalling around 20
:02:11. > :02:14.thousand pounds while chief executive of the South
:02:15. > :02:21.The trial at Exeter Crown Court continues.
:02:22. > :02:24.A Plymouth Argyle footballer who was declared a rapist last week
:02:25. > :02:27.following a civil action in Scotland has left the club.
:02:28. > :02:29.Scotland international David Goodwillie and a former
:02:30. > :02:33.team-mate were ordered to pay ?100,000 in damages to a woman
:02:34. > :02:37.who said the men raped her after a night out in 2011.
:02:38. > :02:40.The striker has now left the League Two side by mutual
:02:41. > :02:43.consent after asking to be released from his contract to focus
:02:44. > :02:50.The union Unison is taking legal action over workers
:02:51. > :02:54.who lost their jobs when the NHS 111 service in Devon was transferred
:02:55. > :03:00.In October the company Vocare were subcontracted by Devon Doctors
:03:01. > :03:04.to take over the service, Unison says their terms
:03:05. > :03:07.and conditions should have been protected and has issued legal
:03:08. > :03:10.proceedings against all three organisations.
:03:11. > :03:12.Our health correspondent Jenny Walrond joins me,
:03:13. > :03:37.Some good jobs with the new provider company Mac but with Unison
:03:38. > :03:41.describes as less favourable terms and conditions. Some got jobs with
:03:42. > :03:44.south-western ambience at Unison says some of them had different
:03:45. > :03:48.terms and conditions. The union claims that should have been
:03:49. > :03:54.protected under employment legislation but talks through the
:03:55. > :03:58.arbitration service Acas failed to reach a resolution on this and there
:03:59. > :04:01.are Unison has issued legal proceedings against the three
:04:02. > :04:08.organisations. It says workers have suffered through no fault of their
:04:09. > :04:09.own. The case is ongoing and Devon Doctors, Vocare and south-west of
:04:10. > :04:13.ambulance at yet to respond. Farmers in Somerset say they're
:04:14. > :04:16.hopeful a new way of tackling rural crime will help
:04:17. > :04:18.protect their livelihoods. Eighteen months ago,
:04:19. > :04:20.140 sheep were stolen from Rob Walrond's farm,
:04:21. > :04:24.costing him ?14,000. Now with the help of a new text
:04:25. > :04:27.message service, police hope The farmers have been
:04:28. > :04:33.asking us for some time. We've had a farm watch
:04:34. > :04:35.system for several years where we communicate with them
:04:36. > :04:38.via text, and we get messages out to them very quickly
:04:39. > :04:40.by text and e-mail. For several years they've been
:04:41. > :04:43.saying to us, we want to come back to you, we want to give
:04:44. > :04:45.you information back. We haven't had the facility for them
:04:46. > :04:48.to do that as quickly, so we launched this text back system
:04:49. > :04:51.on Tuesday, 81819, where the farmers and the rural community can text us
:04:52. > :04:54.with any intelligence There's a warning to bird owners
:04:55. > :05:01.in the South West this lunchtime from the Government's Chief
:05:02. > :05:03.Veterinary Officer, Nigel Gibbens, Some poultry have been spotted
:05:04. > :05:08.outdoors in the region and this Those who let their birds out risk
:05:09. > :05:14.unlimited fines or even, jail. Our Environment Correspondent,
:05:15. > :05:19.Adrian Campbell, reports. Nigel Stevens is very
:05:20. > :05:22.careful about bio-security He has put up the poly tunnel
:05:23. > :05:28.to ensure they can't come into contact with wild birds
:05:29. > :05:30.or their droppings which might Defra introduced strict
:05:31. > :05:37.controls in December - they're still in force but Nigel
:05:38. > :05:42.says they are very confusing. As to whether you should keep them
:05:43. > :05:46.in cages but have a roof properly plasticed over,
:05:47. > :05:51.it's all a bit of guesswork really. We went out and put up
:05:52. > :05:55.a temporary poly tunnel to house ours in which does the job
:05:56. > :05:58.and still gives them You don't have to look far to see
:05:59. > :06:02.there is widespread confusion We filmed these birds
:06:03. > :06:08.a week ago in east Devon. They should have been covered over
:06:09. > :06:11.to protect them from the virus. Their owners told us they have
:06:12. > :06:14.since been advised by trading standards that everyone must comply
:06:15. > :06:17.with the law. The Government's chief
:06:18. > :06:20.veterinary officer agrees. This particular strain isn't
:06:21. > :06:24.a problem for people or for the food chain but it is very severe
:06:25. > :06:26.in birds, especially chickens and turkeys but also potentially
:06:27. > :06:30.ducks and geese causing severe It's not just hens and it's
:06:31. > :06:39.not just in East Devon. Birds which should be undercover can
:06:40. > :06:43.easily be found in the countryside. The owners of these birds told us
:06:44. > :06:46.they needed to be outside But even people like Nigel
:06:47. > :06:52.who are doing the right thing say I don't think I know
:06:53. > :06:58.who is policing it at all. I don't know whether Defra
:06:59. > :07:01.know who is policing it. But Defra insists we all
:07:02. > :07:03.have an obligation to inform Trading Standards where the law
:07:04. > :07:28.is being broken. weather. The photo is a little bit
:07:29. > :07:32.like a rainbow but because the droplets are smaller than in rain in
:07:33. > :07:42.the colours get muted so it looks quite instead of the normal bright
:07:43. > :07:46.colours. It's very exciting. Thank you to Dorset Phantom for that
:07:47. > :07:52.lovely photo. Through this afternoon we have bright weather for most,
:07:53. > :07:56.Dorset still a bit of fog but good sunshine and quite breezy and that
:07:57. > :08:01.is because high pressure is slapping away and continues into tomorrow so
:08:02. > :08:06.brisk cold southerly winds feeling very nippy indeed and that low cloud
:08:07. > :08:11.and for the class Dorset and lifts a bit more. Plenty of sunshine for
:08:12. > :08:16.most through this morning and afternoon and some cloud to the
:08:17. > :08:19.west. A breezy wind especially for western areas with temperatures are
:08:20. > :08:23.doing fairly well and that sunshine. Tonight more cloud coming in
:08:24. > :08:30.bringing a risk of a little patchy rain and drizzle and maybe a few
:08:31. > :08:33.flurries of light snow. Not very much and you may believe in a notice
:08:34. > :08:38.but if you see something a little height that will be what it is. The
:08:39. > :08:42.risk of some nice as well as temperatures drop towards freezing.
:08:43. > :08:47.Tomorrow a cold start with strong south of south-easterly winds for
:08:48. > :08:51.western fringes and we should find skies are brightening up as we head
:08:52. > :08:56.through the day. Some sunny spells emerging but it will feel like a
:08:57. > :09:02.cold day when you factor in the wind the highs of five or 6 degrees will
:09:03. > :09:05.feel law. For the Channel Islands some ice initially and a dry and
:09:06. > :09:09.sunny day with good spells of sunshine but feeling cold and a
:09:10. > :09:12.fresh wind and we see some outbreaks of rain for Friday, Saturday with
:09:13. > :09:20.the risk of Henry Thunder showers but drier and brighter.
:09:21. > :09:23.I'll be back with Victoria Graham for more on that and all the latest
:09:24. > :09:25.news from the South West in Spotlight tonight at 6.30,
:09:26. > :09:43.but from the lunchtime news, have a very good afternoon.
:09:44. > :09:46.Should've seen Hillary's face. She was stood there with Bill.
:09:47. > :09:53.Because she's going to an event to celebrate
:09:54. > :09:59.a job that she didn't get and the person closest to her, to reassure
:10:00. > :10:02.her, to tell her it's going to be OK,
:10:03. > :10:05.is a person who's already had that job.
:10:06. > :10:13.Yeah. She must be thinking, "Where can I go?"
:10:14. > :10:25.It's just pain, but it doesn't feel like pain,
:10:26. > :10:28.it feels much more violent, dark and exciting.