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this morning already they were off shopping in exeter, people were on the train. to delve into dartmoor properly, as it were. but we want to see it go further, we want to see other lines reopen. we want the line extended west was to reach plymouth. the only eastwards line at left is the one right on the coast which goes through donnish, which is vulnerable to wave damage and climate change and alternative line seems like a good idea. one caveat is this line costs £40 million to reopen which seems to us to be a huge amount of money considering the track was still there and the track bed was intact. we do think network rail should look at these costs. we want to see lots more rail lines reopen but keeping the cost down. why do you think it has cost so much? i why do you think it has cost so much? ., �* ~ ., , why do you think it has cost so much? ~ ., , ,, ., much? i don't know, but i know network rail — much? i don't know, but i know network rail could _ much? i don't know, but i know network rail could have - much? i don't know, but i know network rail could have

season — were leading 16—13 with four minutes to go but then england's sam simmonds went over for exeter8 win over the ospreys. substitute conor fitzgerald got their final try. there's nowjust a point between the teams in the table now. well, cardiff and scarlets rugby union teams are still trying to return to the uk before the new quarantine rules for travel from south africa come into force early on sunday morning. the two welsh regions are injohannesburg and durban respectively — to play in the united rugby championship. those games have now been postponed but officials have been desperately trying to charter a flight to bring back almost 100 players and staff before the deadline. cardiff gave an update this evening saying — they'd booked an aircraft but haven't been able to secure permission to fly to the uk today. fifteen uk and ireland golfers have also withdrawn from thejoburg open, which started yesterday. the england and wales cricket board have released their new action plan to tackle racism and discrimination in the game. it follows the testimony by the former yorkshire bowler

. hopefully, a train to exeter.then and that was when i first became interested in it. the line is the very first to be open as part of the government�*s restoring your railway scheme but this week we have seen controversy and anger elsewhere with the scrapping of the hs2 link to leeds and the northern powerhouse line between leeds and manchester. the restoration of the dartmoor line was made easier by the fact that after closing to passenger services it continued to be used in transporting railway ballast from a nearby quarry. it also ran as a heritage railway but now it has been upgraded. it is not as easy as you think. it hasn't been in good condition- but there is a huge amount of work. we have done 11 miles of track. insulation in the past four weeks. it has actually been one - of the fastest track installations in network rail history. this is the new track construction machine, an impressive piece of kit, around a quarter a mile long. you can see what is happening is a grade on top one is back, grab the sleep

from today, great western railway services will run between 0kehampton and exeter.orts. when the railway arrived in 0kehampton, the town threw a huge street party to celebrate. that was 150 years ago. the next century saw crowds gather for other important occasions — to name trains and to send the town's sons off to war. and even the line's closure in 1972, part of the beeching cuts, was marked with some ceremony. today, the festivities continue as scheduled passenger service returns — a reward for years of campaigning. back in the summer, we filmed the new tracks being laid. fantastic. this is the moment, isn't it, really, when the track gets put down, the new track, and it'll be shortly, hopefully, a train to exeter. just remind me, how long have you been campaigning and working on this? well, i arrived in 0kehampton in 1975 and i saw it going gradually derelict then, so that was when i first became interested in it. the line is the very first to reopen as part of the government's restoring your railway scheme but this week, it's seen controversy and anger elsewhe

but campaign group exeter chiefs for change says they aren�*t so much steps forward as tip—toes.or now. hello. the first named storm of the season is approaching, and it�*s set to bring us some fairly disruptive weather over the next couple of days. storm arwen, as named by the met office, will be developing particularly later friday into saturday, bringing not only widespread gales, some sleet and snow mainly over the high ground in the north — and it is likely to cause a bit of disruption because of that combination of the strong winds, the cold weather, and the sleet and snow we�*ll see over the higher ground. so, for friday morning, then, we�*ve got the cloud and patchy rain across much of england and wales, which pushes its way southeastwards. then we�*re left with sunshine and blustery showers in from the north — and across the north of scotland, those showers will merge into longer spells of fairly heavy snow over the higher ground, some sleet and snow, too, across parts of northern ireland. mainly rain showers further south — it will feel chilly, about 7—11 celsius — but

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season — were leading 16—13 with four minutes to go but then england's sam simmonds went over for exeter return to the uk before the new quarantine rules for travel from south africa come into force early on sunday morning. the two welsh regions are injohannesburg and durban respectively — to play in the united rugby championship. those games have now been postponed but officials have been desperately trying to charter a flight to bring back almost 100 players and staff before the deadline. cardiff gave an update this evening saying — they“d booked an aircraft but haven't been able to secure permission to fly to the uk today. fifteen uk and ireland golfers have also withdrawn from thejoburg 0pen, which started yesterday. the england and wales cricket board have released their new action plan to tackle racism and discrimination in the game. it follows the testimony by the former yorkshire ——bowler azeem rafiq — in which he called the english game "institutionally racist." our correspondent laura scott has the details. i spoke to one of the people whose alleged racist abuse in cricket and

now to rugby union and exeter chiefs have been told their native american—style branding uses a "dehumanisinging native american imagery. the organisation also complained about the use of headdresses and facepaint, along with tomahawk rituals performed at matches. more than three and a half thousand chiefs fans have previously signed a petition calling on the club to rethink its name and branding. sale prop bevan rodd, has been called up to the england's squad for the first time for their match against australia on saturday in place ofjoe marler. rodd was born in scotland, but has represented england at age—grade level. a senior cap would commit him to eddiejones' side. marler, who came off the bench in saturday's win over tonga, tested positive for coronavirus on monday evening. wing alex cuthbert will make his first wales appearance for four years as one of five changes for sunday's match against fiji. ellisjenkins will captain the side after performing well in his first test match for three years in the loss to southafrica. full—back liam williams, scrum—half kieran hardy and centre johnny

elaine, on preventive show at the when you use talk opportune in that camp anymore, which mr. tyler, exeter hadn't even upset. come inside, pick up the skeleton, new life, a good aston, wastrels light, nor g u e prospect rather than any pretty much the cost on your political out of subsidence. it's not gonna cost us to look at the look at that, but rather a problem. what's the whole process last fall in your shame? only it wasn't please angel. snap benefits from getting into the deepest ups over cuts off shirt and boosting kovalevsky. nathan, can we look at me also of michigan about the sample and stuff? i'm wondering if anything is level on the surface with some questions on their new job stress. jim or my sister aggression about the transition from this particular report, which i think it's a little too much about the mindset. i was just going from just do too much going on, which trying to keep coming up on this promotion, offers the promotion for months and just pretty much on what property was to. yes. that was another such fil calltum question. yeah. i was interested to get a chance o

let's bring in, but pun connie, he's a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school. he joins us from barf in the u. k. but pen county, welcome to the news. how does the pill do what it does? so this bill interferes with the viruses replication mechanisms and by interfering with how it reproduces, it makes it make many mistakes. and by making many mistakes, it stops it from being able to reproduce properly. and that's how it works. why is it only to be used in people with mild to moderate symptoms? i mean, people who say are presenting, looking like they've got a really bad dose of the flu, but they've actually got covered 19 yes. so the 2 hurdles that we have to get across is make a accurate diagnosis. make the diagnoses early and then treat early. so those are really important hurdles, so why it has to be taken early is because act back early point the viral load is low and it has and set into motion a cascade of immunological responses that make you very ill and end up in the hospital. and some people die. so the earlier you get in the smaller the viral road, the

remind me, how hopefully a train to exeter. remind me. how long _ hopefully a train to exeter.in 1975 and i saw it_ arrived in 0kehampton in 1975 and i saw it going derelict then so that was when — saw it going derelict then so that was when i first became interested in it _ was when i first became interested in it. , , , i, in it. the line is the very first to reo en in it. the line is the very first to reapen as _ in it. the line is the very first to reapen as part _ in it. the line is the very first to reopen as part of— in it. the line is the very first to reopen as part of the _ in it. the line is the very first to - reopen as part of the government's restoring your railway scheme but this week, it's in controversy and anger elsewhere with the scrapping of the h52 link to leeds and the northern power line between leeds and manchester. the restoration of the dartmoor line was made easier by the dartmoor line was made easier by the fact that after closing the passenger services, it has continued to be used for transporting railway ballast from a nearby quarry. it also ran as

dr. burke county is senior clinical lecture at the university of exeter medice group medical school. so thanks for coming on the line here. i'm the allegation is, this isn't 5, this is a 3rd party testing company, isn't it? that this is the need for speed to try and get this through. may have come the cost of integrity of the results. how big problem do you think it is? this is an after the event issue now, and what we have seen is that the 5 vaccine works and the pfizer vaccine is safe and it does what it is meant to do. of course, we don't want any product to be licensed if there are concerns about its efficacy and its safety. it looks like there was a possible problem at this place, according to this person who has blown the whistle. and we should look at it because we don't want such experiments to be connected in, in a improper or not following the protocol manner. having said that, i must reassure our viewers and listeners that the phase of accede has been given in now, over a 1000000000 doses, it works, it is safe, and he does what it meant to do. i. e. produce immunity agains

. >> she was invited to go to his mother's house near exeter, where we would go for weekends.d hewitt went for a walk in the woods or on a beach somewhere, she certainly wasn't looking like a princess. she'd be in normal day clothes, hoodie, dark glasses. the hair be would be covered up. >> although she may have some romantic notion of going off with james hewitt, i think she was also very much a realist. she was the princess of wales. she was the mother of the future king. she couldn't just go off and live with this rather impoverished army officer. >> there was no question of divorce then. and so it was a fantasy for them both. charles absolutely knew about the affair and in fact approved of it because it gave him more time and space with mrs. parker-bowles and amongst the aristocracy that was normal. and what they found unfathomable about diana was that she simply wouldn't accept that this was the norm. she did not want that. >> she wanted the life that she had hoped for on their wedding day, and she kept fighting for it. ♪ fresh flavors... classic dishes... ♪ and a new sea

now to rugby union and exeter chiefs have been told their native american—style branding uses a "dehumanisings performed at matches. more than three and a half thousand chiefs fans have previously signed a petition calling on the club to rethink its name and branding. sale prop bevan rodd, has been called up to the england's squad for the first time for their match against australia on saturday in place ofjoe marler. rodd was born in scotland, but has represented england at age—grade level. a senior cap would commit him to eddiejones' side. marler, who came off the bench in saturday's win over tonga, tested positive for coronavirus on monday evening. wing alex cuthbert will make his first wales appearance for four years as one of five changes for sunday's match against fiji. ellisjenkins will captain the side after performing well in his first test match for three years in the loss to southafrica. full—back liam williams, scrum—half kieran hardy and centre johnny williams have been recalled in a revamped backline. and that's all the sport for now. hello. temperatures fell back closer to avera

a new service links okehampton to exeter.. this service last took passengers back in 1972. there i am stood by the engine with my father. richard remembers seeing that final service. my father and i just stood there watching and realised that was the last train. newsreel: more than 2,000 stations will be closed... i thousands of miles of railway was closed in the �*60s and �*705. this, the first section brought back into service. my grandfather was a train service with gwr. and, for many, today was a trip down memory lane. i think this is the biggest thing that happened in 20 years, for me. it's fantastic for everybody in the town. for many, it's another option that means less time stuck in traffic. i have to get two buses to college and i have to be up by 6:1t0 usually. i woke up late today and i'm going to be late for college, so it's a lot easier for me. the full service will start on saturday, something many have been waiting almost 50 years to see. andrew plant, bbc news, okehampton. the temperature has dropped sharply h

exeter chiefs rugby union side say they'll decide in the next few weeks whether to drop their nativee. history will be made at twickenham tomorrow. for the first time the barbarians men's and women's teams are playing a double bill on the same day at the same ground. the men's side take on samoa first with the women facing a springbok 15 afterwards. joe lynskey reports: the all blacks and their opponents the barbarians take the field at cardiff arms park. the the barbarians take the field at cardiff arms park.— the barbarians take the field at cardiff arms park. the black and white hoops _ cardiff arms park. the black and white hoops have _ cardiff arms park. the black and white hoops have stood - cardiff arms park. the black and white hoops have stood firm i cardiff arms park. the black and white hoops have stood firm for| cardiff arms park. the black and | white hoops have stood firm for a century and the by variance men first played in 1890, but it took 120 years for a woman side to form. the barbarians are invite only and bring players from around the world to one team, but that

south western services out of waterloo to basingstoke via exeter are severely disrupted because of ask westerly, south—westerly wind blowing. that wind will ease down somewhat as we head through the afternoon so much lighter winds by then. some decent spells of sunshine around as well, and lots of places will stay completely dry or with the chance of one or two showers coming through on that breeze. temperatures just slightly down over yesterday, peaking at 12 or 13 celsius. now as we head through this evening and overnight, then it's going to be a rather cold one. there will be lots of clear skies around and temperatures could in some spots drop as low as perhaps three to five celsius into tomorrow morning. lighter winds. and then on tuesday, it looks mostly dry again, there will be lots of sunshine around, north—westerly wind taking hold. and the air will feel a bit chillier. it's the same again on wednesday with more of a northerly wind, still very light, lots of sunshine and staying dry, then a very calm day on thursday. it turns milder and more unsettled towards the end of the w

culture recovery fund, more than 900 cultural organisations, leeds grand theatre, an art club in wigan, exeterioned her reputation and she is outspoken. _ so far. you mentioned her reputation and she is outspoken. her _ and she is outspoken. her appointment to this post, it was seen as a bit surprising. it appointment to this post, it was seen as a bit surprising.- seen as a bit surprising. it was. even she _ seen as a bit surprising. it was. even she said _ seen as a bit surprising. it was. even she said she _ seen as a bit surprising. it was. even she said she was - seen as a bit surprising. it was. | even she said she was surprised seen as a bit surprising. it was. i even she said she was surprised to get the call and many said it was a reward for her loyalty to boris johnson. she told me the reaction in some creative industries to her appointment was snobbish and sexist because some people were highly critical of her appointment, seeing her as an attack dog for the prime minister, not least for tweets like the one she put up about, criticising what she called left—wing snowflakes who she s

england's sam simmonds went over for exeter and they went on to win it 23—16, and it's now eight defeatste conor fitzgerald room for their final try. a special venue for a special homecoming, and emma raducanu's first home match since her historic us open victory will be broadcast on the bbc tomorrow. it will be live from the royal albert hall when the 19—year—old plays elena—gabriela ruse of romania in an exhibition match. the top billing is in recognition of her star status since her incredible run at the us open in september, when she came through qualifying to win her first grand slam title. she was the first british woman to do so for 44 years. coverage starts at five minutes to midday on the bbc iplayer, the red button and the bbc sport website. i know who will be tuning in, her new coach. but he will not be there. he will start working with her when they start properly training for the new season next month. ibshd they start properly training for the new season next month.— they start properly training for the new season next month. and the venue is the r0 al new season next month

doing so maintained their place at the top of the world rankings. 43 points to 12 it finished in exeter hosting the world cup this month, pushed back because of covid, and reminded here of the challenge ahead if they're to retain their title. the sides meet again next weekend. we know in ourselves what we can do when we're firing. and i think we showed at times some real excellence, some real clinicalness. 0bviously, we'll celebrate that win. like you say, it's the highest points scored over new zealand that we've ever had. and you've got to enjoy these moments. two years ago we lost to new zealand, four years ago, we lost in the world cup final. so, you know, these moments are very precious. england will look to contiue their brilliant run at the t20 world cup this afternoon. they face sri lanka, having won all three of their games so far. india's hopes of making the semifinals hang by a thread after they lost to new zealand by 8 wickets. chasing 111, the black caps made it with more than 5 overs remaining. that's a second crushing defeat for the pre tournament favourites, who must bea

thirty—four—year—old collin reeves, has been remanded in custody and will appear at exeter crown courtd been we will we will say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. the defence secretary, ben wallace, is to outline details of his plan to modernise the british army. he's expected to tell the commons there will be an extra 500 troops on top of the 72,500 set out in the integrated defence review earlier this year. but that's still down on the target strength of 82,000. the army says it will be more globally deployable, and better equipped to deal with the threats of the future. the headlines on bbc news... the uk and france agree to step up efforts to stop people crossing the channel after 27 men, women and a child drowned when the boat they were in, sank as they tried to reach dover. the british isle ofjersey approves the princple of legalising assisted dying. the government will introduce an independent football regulator in england, following a fan—led review into the sport. more sports news now. pep guardiola says he's "more than satisfied" after guiding his manchester city team to the

cultural recovery fund, more than 900 cultural places, leeds grand theatre, an art hub in wigan, exetered her reputation and as you say, - support given so far. he mentioned her reputation and as you say, she| her reputation and as you say, she is outspoken. her appointment to this post, it was a bit surprising, wasn�*t it? this post, it was a bit surprising, wasn't it? , , , wasn't it? yes, even she said she wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised _ wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to _ wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to get _ wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to get the - wasn't it? yes, even she said she was surprised to get the call. - wasn't it? yes, even she said she i was surprised to get the call. many said it was a reward for her loyalty to borisjohnson. she said her reaction in the creative industries was snobbish and sexist because some people were critical of her appointment, seeing her as an attack dog for the prime minister, not least the tweets she put up about criticising what she called left—wing snowflakes who were k

rainfall, down into the ex, and that helps to keep the river water cleaner as it goes off towards exeter 112 diamonds. they once graced the arm of marie antoinette. when the revolution began, france�*s last queen managed to save herjewels, smuggling them out with her daughter. she couldn�*t save herself. tonight, more than two centuries after her death, the bracelets will go to the highest bidder, blue—blooded or commoner. but for how much? pricewise, i don�*t think you can put a price on history. how much is someone willing to pay for something from the last queen of france? it�*s a piece of french history that has remained within those families for more than 200 years. and again, that is exceptionally rare to find, and especiallyjewels of such great quality. there�*s more royaljewellery — a huge sapphire and diamond brooch with matching earrings once owned by grand duchess maria pavlovna, the aunt of russia�*s last tsar. these jewels were smuggled out of bolshevik st petersburg, hidden in a newspaper. the duchess died in exile in france. and, finally, there�*s a rainbow of rare modern

premiership rugby side exeter chiefs have been told that their native american—style branding uses a. more than 3,700 chiefs fans have previously signed a petition calling on the club to rethink its name and branding. and finally, history has been made in women's skiing after the first double cork 1aao by a female athlete. definitely a champagne moment, for the, chinese—american freestyle skier, eileen gu, at normal speed it's a blur, a bamboozling, series, of twists and turns in the air, but slow it down and we see what a double cork 1aao what is the iaao? what is the 1440? i will have to look it up- _ what is the 1440? i will have to look it up- it — what is the 1440? i will have to look it up. it is _ what is the 1440? i will have to look it up. it is a _ what is the 1440? i will have to look it up. it is a technical - what is the 1440? | will have to | look it up. it is a technical term. maybe it is the number of twists. maybe it is the number of twists. maybe it is the number of twists. maybe it was the time she carried out the _ maybe it was the time she carried out the drum. n