:00:00. > :00:17.The South West has been told it could do better when it comes
:00:18. > :00:21.The head of Visit Britain, Sally Balcombe, says the region's
:00:22. > :00:26.economy is missing out on the untapped market because 18-35
:00:27. > :00:29.year olds don't know what's on offer at the region's coastal resorts,
:00:30. > :00:32.Kirk England is in Tiverton, where Sally Balcombe
:00:33. > :00:46.The South West is already incredibly popular with lots of visitors. We do
:00:47. > :00:51.get our fair share of surfers and a stag and hen dos. But are we missing
:00:52. > :00:56.a trick when it comes to this crucial and 35 market? That's what's
:00:57. > :01:01.been discussed at this tourism conference in Tiverton. Sally Bolcom
:01:02. > :01:06.is the chief executive of Visit Britain and Visit England. We
:01:07. > :01:10.missing out? I think we are. I think there's been a good recent research
:01:11. > :01:16.by the Coastal Academy done, but shows that this group recognised a
:01:17. > :01:19.few places in Britain. Brighton, Blackpool and Cornwall have come
:01:20. > :01:25.through. But other areas are not getting the cut through with
:01:26. > :01:32.audience. What about these services, stag and hen dos, we must get plenty
:01:33. > :01:37.of under 35s? You do, but in certain honeypot places. Cornwall does
:01:38. > :01:40.particularly well. Perhaps Devon and Somerset are not doing as well with
:01:41. > :01:43.that audience. And this audience have a massive choice in a
:01:44. > :01:48.competitive environment. They can get from a plane very easily and go
:01:49. > :01:52.somewhere exciting and different. It is a challenging environment and
:01:53. > :01:57.lots of opportunity to do more. So more tempted to jump on a plane and
:01:58. > :02:00.go to Prague for a couple of nights? Potentially there are some transport
:02:01. > :02:05.challenges. It takes time to get here. They have a short amount of
:02:06. > :02:09.time. They want to be connected all the time with broadband. They want
:02:10. > :02:14.to share on social media. All of these challenges for the South West.
:02:15. > :02:17.Lots of challenges for businesses in the South West to tackle together
:02:18. > :02:19.crucial under 35 market. We will have more tonight and Spotlight.
:02:20. > :02:22.White thank you. Two men have been killed in a car
:02:23. > :02:25.crash on the A39 near Truro. The accident happened
:02:26. > :02:27.at about 10:30 last The driver and one passenger,
:02:28. > :02:32.both in their 40s and from Truro, The other passenger has
:02:33. > :02:35.a serious leg injury. One of the first "nature schools"
:02:36. > :02:39.in the country could be The Devon Wildlife Trust says it
:02:40. > :02:43.wants to develop a different type of learning for three to eleven year
:02:44. > :02:46.olds as part of the Government's But it's not the only group
:02:47. > :02:49.wanting to establish a new school in the town,
:02:50. > :02:52.as our Environment Correspondent, We're going to do a little bit
:02:53. > :02:58.of an explore of nature! Outdoor learning can
:02:59. > :03:02.inspire children. Everyone go onto that
:03:03. > :03:04.end and stand together. The Devon Wildlife Trust is already
:03:05. > :03:14.working with a school in Exeter, where staff say they value the idea
:03:15. > :03:16.of building nature and the environment
:03:17. > :03:18.into the curriculum. I get a huge pleasure from seeing
:03:19. > :03:20.the children outdoors because you see them focused,
:03:21. > :03:22.and the concentration You see them talking to completely
:03:23. > :03:25.different friendship groups than they might work
:03:26. > :03:27.with in classrooms. You see the girls being
:03:28. > :03:29.really adventurous. And I think that's
:03:30. > :03:33.a really positive thing. The Wildlife Trust plans
:03:34. > :03:39.to set up one of the These are schools that can be set up
:03:40. > :03:43.by groups such charities, They're funded by central
:03:44. > :03:47.government, but they don't have to follow the national curriculum
:03:48. > :03:49.and are independent The Trust says nature helps teach
:03:50. > :03:53.subjects such as maths and science. There's no subject that
:03:54. > :03:56.you can't teach with the help You can look at the structure
:03:57. > :04:04.of a flower or a leaf, and you can teach basic principles
:04:05. > :04:07.of geometry along that. Some critics say free schools take
:04:08. > :04:11.away resources from other schools. There's at least one other proposal
:04:12. > :04:15.for a new school in Okehampton. It involves a partnership
:04:16. > :04:17.to establish a Church of England primary and nursery school,
:04:18. > :04:19.with strong emphasis Now, if you see smoke coming
:04:20. > :04:30.from Plymouth's Civic Centre and a huge emergency response
:04:31. > :04:32.this weekend, don't be alarmed - The largest fire drill ever held
:04:33. > :04:38.in Devon is taking place will see 15 fire fighters involved
:04:39. > :04:40.in tackling a simulated blaze It's to help test the procedures
:04:41. > :04:51.for tackling fires in the region's increasing number of
:04:52. > :05:03.high rise buildings. It was the biggest fire to his post
:05:04. > :05:08.for Plymouth. Dingles department store, 1988. Since then, the city's
:05:09. > :05:13.skyline has only gone one way and that's. As the buildings get taller,
:05:14. > :05:18.the challenges or the Fire Service increase popular if you have a look
:05:19. > :05:22.round our major cities in the country, especially the South West,
:05:23. > :05:24.we have more and more high-rise buildings being built, mainly for
:05:25. > :05:29.student accommodation, high-rise lap. We need to be prepared and
:05:30. > :05:39.aware of the internal structures of these buildings. Plymouth today
:05:40. > :05:46.looks skywards as well as seawards. The new council houses are worth up
:05:47. > :05:49.to the minute as elsewhere... At 14 floors Gemili Civic Centre used to
:05:50. > :05:54.be the city's tallest Olding. It stood empty for a couple of years,
:05:55. > :05:57.that this weekend it will be the centre of the largest fire drill
:05:58. > :06:03.staged. If you can imagine coming into here. If every dark. It's going
:06:04. > :06:08.to be very smoky. Fireman Steve Anderson has been working on turning
:06:09. > :06:12.the building into every firefighter's worst nightmare. We
:06:13. > :06:17.have a few surprises in law, but I'm sure they'll be able to cope with
:06:18. > :06:20.anything that's thrown at them on the day. On Sunday morning smoke
:06:21. > :06:24.will billow down the empty corridors will stop sirens will sound the
:06:25. > :06:26.actors will scream and fired cruise from as far as Yeovil and
:06:27. > :06:31.Bridgewater will swing into action. A pensioner from Devon has raised
:06:32. > :06:34.thousands of pounds for charity Paper boy David Rickard gives
:06:35. > :06:37.all his earnings to charity, and plans to keep going
:06:38. > :06:39.as long as he can. Eleanor Parkinson has
:06:40. > :06:45.been to meet him. 77-year-old David Rickard,
:06:46. > :06:47.handing over yet another cheque. This time for ?1,500 to the RNLI,
:06:48. > :06:51.and the crew of the Penley lifeboat. So how did he raise
:06:52. > :06:53.so much money on his own? I do a paper round in Honiston
:06:54. > :06:58.every Wednesday, and I'm also doing And the money I from get those
:06:59. > :07:04.activities, I donate to a Cornish charity in memory of my mother,
:07:05. > :07:17.who died in 2006. Over the last ten years,
:07:18. > :07:19.David has walked hundreds of miles and raised almost ?15,000
:07:20. > :07:21.for seven Cornish charities, including the RNLI, the air
:07:22. > :07:28.ambulance and two hospices. This time his money will
:07:29. > :07:30.be used to help build The old one is so small that
:07:31. > :07:35.there's barely enough room for the crew to change
:07:36. > :07:38.into their waterproofs. Three times he's been down
:07:39. > :07:45.and presented us with cheques. So how do you repay such
:07:46. > :07:48.a loyal fundraiser? With tea and home-made
:07:49. > :07:59.cakes, of course. Now with a look at the weekend
:08:00. > :08:03.weather prospects. More unsettled, here is something we
:08:04. > :08:09.haven't even for a while - some puzzles. Through this afternoon
:08:10. > :08:13.Raval move into more areas. Here's what's going on, a weather front
:08:14. > :08:18.across Cornwall has been bringing rain. That's moving eastwards over
:08:19. > :08:21.the next 24 hours. Writer for a time but by the town we get to send a
:08:22. > :08:27.further weather fronts bringing some rain. This is what we see this
:08:28. > :08:33.morning. Here is that rain in the Isles of Scilly. Cloud increasing.
:08:34. > :08:39.As well as that band of rain, we have rain moving up from the south.
:08:40. > :08:43.Patchy in nature at first, but becoming widespread this afternoon
:08:44. > :08:48.and overnight. Temperatures reaching highs of 9-10 Celsius. Overnight, a
:08:49. > :08:55.damp night with temperatures not fallen as low as they have.
:08:56. > :09:02.Typically down to around 4-6 based macro Celsius. Tomorrow night starts
:09:03. > :09:04.cloudy. -- tomorrow morning starts cloudy. Drier and brighter
:09:05. > :09:09.conditions with sunshine into the afternoon, but also the chance of
:09:10. > :09:15.some showers. It could become heavy thundery for a time. Highs of 9-10
:09:16. > :09:19.Celsius. A westerly outflow so it will feel that bit milder.
:09:20. > :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 18:30.
:09:26. > :09:46.From the lunchtime news, have a very good afternoon.
:09:47. > :10:04.The FA Cup fourth round, next weekend, across the BBC.
:10:05. > :10:06.It's incredible, the changes that have occurred in just 50 years.
:10:07. > :10:08.Oh, my goodness me, I don't like the look of that.
:10:09. > :10:11.The Robshaws are going back in time again...