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Good evening. on the BBC News Channel, | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
A senior Labour councillor in Dorset has defected to the Conservatives, | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
claiming he's lost faith in Jeremy Corbyn's ability | :00:19. | :00:19. | |
Mike Byatt represents Weymouth on Dorset County Council. | :00:20. | :00:27. | |
He won't resign his seat, but hopes to fight it for the Tories | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
He said he was unhappy with Labour's "direction of travel." | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
Labour now has three seats on the Conservative-run authority. | :00:38. | :00:39. | |
The Vancouver-based boss of the latest attempt to restart | :00:40. | :00:41. | |
mining in Cornwall has flown in for a series of | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
Strongbow Exploration has reached a key milestone, | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
publishing an independent study saying that reopening South Crofty | :00:50. | :00:51. | |
Our business correspondent Neil Gallacher reports. | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
Strongbow have a huge vested interest in talking up | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
the viability of their plan, so stockmarket rules make them | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
get independent experts to assess their proposals. | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
This milestone report says it would take two to three years | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
to pump out the mine and build a processing plant. | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
This could cost ?95 million, which would need to be raised | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
The reason it might be worth it is that tin is worth six times | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
what it was when the mine shut in 1998. | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
All the various attempts to restart mining at Crofty have cost | :01:28. | :01:29. | |
In 19 years of attempts to restart South Crofty, | :01:30. | :01:34. | |
this milestone is the farthest anyone has yet got. | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
It doesn't guarantee the mine will reopen - far from it - | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
but, as statements of intent go, it is a serious one. | :01:40. | :01:49. | |
Tourism leaders say the decision to cancel this year's air day | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
The Royal Navy says operational commitments mean they can't | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
stage the show this year and there is a question mark | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
Many people travel to Cornwall for Air Day | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
It would be a disappointment cos there are places like Bournemouth | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
and Eastbourne and places up north that actually create airshows | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
to create audiences, so we've always had this gem | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
of an airshow on our doorstep and we'd love to see it back. | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
Work on a ?14 million scheme to protect Dawlish Warren | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
from rising sea levels is now well under way. | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
Many of the existing hard defences have already been removed | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
and new timber groynes are being installed along the beach. | :02:32. | :02:33. | |
The ambitious project aims to protect the Exe Estuary | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
and the nearby main rail line in and out of the south | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
Meanwhile, lifeboat crew members in North Cornwall have been training | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
in heavy surf this weekend in preparation for the | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
Volunteers at the Bude Lifeboat station have been taking advantage | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
of the sea conditions to build up the essential skills required | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
These are perfect conditions for what this training | :02:55. | :03:03. | |
Lifeboat crew have to be good in surf like this | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
if they are to operate on the north coast. | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
These training boats have regular crew members working their way up | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
to helmsman and also some of the RNLI's newest recruits. | :03:20. | :03:21. | |
It's a really good training opportunity. | :03:22. | :03:23. | |
The first time, it's quite tough, holding on for dear life but then | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
they show you the right manoeuvres to do and it's all good. | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
It takes about a year before a trainee goes on a proper shout. | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
Three years before they can be considered properly qualified. | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
When lives at stake, trust amongst the crew | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
There's only a handful of lifeboat stations around | :03:44. | :03:53. | |
the country that are like this, which launch from the beach. | :03:54. | :03:55. | |
Right around the country, the sea can be dangerously | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
unpredictable but in North Cornwall, we would say that our surf | :04:00. | :04:01. | |
It's a beautiful place to be, but you have | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
Our lifeboat crew have to learn how to operate small boats | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
It's not something that they can do safely at all times, | :04:10. | :04:17. | |
so we've laid on today to allow the newer people to learn | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
from the more experienced crew here and gradually throughout | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
While all this has been going on, the regular crew was ready | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
and waiting just in case there was a real shout. | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
The Exeter Chiefs are joint-second in Rugby Union's Premiership | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
James Short scored a hat-trick as they ran in seven tries | :04:40. | :04:47. | |
in all as they fought back after trailing by four | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
points in the first half to extend their unbeaten league run | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
We're told mild weather is on the way. | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
Let's get the details for the next few days from Bee. | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
We've had a few bright spells out there, but for most of us, | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
the cloud is thickening up with the odd spot of drizzle, | :05:08. | :05:09. | |
a lot of low cloud, mist and fog overnight. | :05:10. | :05:11. | |
That fog could be quite dense, but a very mild night, | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
That sets us up for a grey start tomorrow. | :05:15. | :05:21. | |
A lot of mist and low cloud could be slow to clear. | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
The odd spot of drizzle, but mainly dry. | :05:25. | :05:26. | |
A bit more of a breeze tomorrow, which could punch a few | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
Regardless of sunshine, a very mild day, highs of 13, | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
maybe even 14 Celsius and it stays mild for the first | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
A lot of cloud, though, and there will be patchy rain at times. | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
It will be particularly windy on Thursday. | :05:45. | :05:45. | |
We'll have an update plus the latest news at 10:20pm. Hope you can join | :05:46. | :05:54. | |
me for that. For now, bye-bye. on and on. It is because of the | :05:55. | :06:18. | |
direction of the wind. Tomorrow's temperatures might be higher than | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
today by a couple of degrees. There has been a lot of cloud. But we had | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
some lovely pictures coming in. Some sunshine, but predominantly the | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
clouds have been -- the skies have been cloudy. This will continue as | :06:33. | :06:42. | |
well as a smattering of rain. For all those reasons it isn't going to | :06:43. | :06:45. | |
be a cold night. In fact a night's temperatures will be higher than the | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
daytime maximum averages for this time of year. A murky | :06:51. | :06:51. |