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Good evening. on the BBC News Channel,

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A senior Labour councillor in Dorset has defected to the Conservatives,

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claiming he's lost faith in Jeremy Corbyn's ability

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Mike Byatt represents Weymouth on Dorset County Council.

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He won't resign his seat, but hopes to fight it for the Tories

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He said he was unhappy with Labour's "direction of travel."

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Labour now has three seats on the Conservative-run authority.

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The Vancouver-based boss of the latest attempt to restart

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mining in Cornwall has flown in for a series of

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Strongbow Exploration has reached a key milestone,

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publishing an independent study saying that reopening South Crofty

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Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher reports.

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Strongbow have a huge vested interest in talking up

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the viability of their plan, so stockmarket rules make them

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get independent experts to assess their proposals.

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This milestone report says it would take two to three years

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to pump out the mine and build a processing plant.

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This could cost ?95 million, which would need to be raised

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The reason it might be worth it is that tin is worth six times

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what it was when the mine shut in 1998.

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All the various attempts to restart mining at Crofty have cost

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In 19 years of attempts to restart South Crofty,

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this milestone is the farthest anyone has yet got.

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It doesn't guarantee the mine will reopen - far from it -

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but, as statements of intent go, it is a serious one.

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Tourism leaders say the decision to cancel this year's air day

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The Royal Navy says operational commitments mean they can't

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stage the show this year and there is a question mark

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Many people travel to Cornwall for Air Day

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It would be a disappointment cos there are places like Bournemouth

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and Eastbourne and places up north that actually create airshows

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to create audiences, so we've always had this gem

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of an airshow on our doorstep and we'd love to see it back.

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Work on a ?14 million scheme to protect Dawlish Warren

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from rising sea levels is now well under way.

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Many of the existing hard defences have already been removed

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and new timber groynes are being installed along the beach.

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The ambitious project aims to protect the Exe Estuary

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and the nearby main rail line in and out of the south

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Meanwhile, lifeboat crew members in North Cornwall have been training

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in heavy surf this weekend in preparation for the

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Volunteers at the Bude Lifeboat station have been taking advantage

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of the sea conditions to build up the essential skills required

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These are perfect conditions for what this training

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Lifeboat crew have to be good in surf like this

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if they are to operate on the north coast.

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These training boats have regular crew members working their way up

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to helmsman and also some of the RNLI's newest recruits.

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It's a really good training opportunity.

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The first time, it's quite tough, holding on for dear life but then

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they show you the right manoeuvres to do and it's all good.

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It takes about a year before a trainee goes on a proper shout.

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Three years before they can be considered properly qualified.

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When lives at stake, trust amongst the crew

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There's only a handful of lifeboat stations around

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the country that are like this, which launch from the beach.

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Right around the country, the sea can be dangerously

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unpredictable but in North Cornwall, we would say that our surf

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It's a beautiful place to be, but you have

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Our lifeboat crew have to learn how to operate small boats

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It's not something that they can do safely at all times,

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so we've laid on today to allow the newer people to learn

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from the more experienced crew here and gradually throughout

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While all this has been going on, the regular crew was ready

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and waiting just in case there was a real shout.

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The Exeter Chiefs are joint-second in Rugby Union's Premiership

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James Short scored a hat-trick as they ran in seven tries

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in all as they fought back after trailing by four

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points in the first half to extend their unbeaten league run

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We're told mild weather is on the way.

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Let's get the details for the next few days from Bee.

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We've had a few bright spells out there, but for most of us,

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the cloud is thickening up with the odd spot of drizzle,

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a lot of low cloud, mist and fog overnight.

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That fog could be quite dense, but a very mild night,

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That sets us up for a grey start tomorrow.

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A lot of mist and low cloud could be slow to clear.

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The odd spot of drizzle, but mainly dry.

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A bit more of a breeze tomorrow, which could punch a few

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Regardless of sunshine, a very mild day, highs of 13,

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maybe even 14 Celsius and it stays mild for the first

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A lot of cloud, though, and there will be patchy rain at times.

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It will be particularly windy on Thursday.

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We'll have an update plus the latest news at 10:20pm. Hope you can join

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me for that. For now, bye-bye. on and on. It is because of the

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direction of the wind. Tomorrow's temperatures might be higher than

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today by a couple of degrees. There has been a lot of cloud. But we had

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some lovely pictures coming in. Some sunshine, but predominantly the

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clouds have been -- the skies have been cloudy. This will continue as

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well as a smattering of rain. For all those reasons it isn't going to

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be a cold night. In fact a night's temperatures will be higher than the

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daytime maximum averages for this time of year. A murky

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