There are the clearest and flood alerts for the bridges teen placed calm say it and alter there's a yellow warning from the Met Office for rain this morning there will be some sunny periods today but also some scattered and locally heavy showers a high of 13 The next time water in Plymouth is 1641 and in Exmouth at 1730 c. . With. The. The source featuring the star and you've got the love on b.b.c. Radio Devon It's Monday morning with Gordon and Laura do you remember your 1st date when pay watch for a 2nd date darling term. Last one though. That was yours in a Chinese restaurant or was a yes or we both had food. And he used chopsticks an awful own show always Paul I want to see them again a couple from Exeter have really lived their 1st state 50 years on b.s. Key thing Christine Wright Possum's 1st date was to watch Shakespeare at the North coats and the vendor the 22nd 1969 and on Friday they went back to the North Canton enjoyed a special Albert night in the same seats they enjoyed the same seats are still there and their 1st state half a century ago and Johnny rather furred went to meet them I met Christine at some Thomas Methodist church he'd come with a singing group I clapped eyes on her and it was love at 1st sight. Following a big surprise and face doing those little things for little things that really really matter. Not lovely lot of my neighbors out candlelit dinners Ocelot go on massive power cuts No Honestly there was a massive power cut. Chris so they had no choice Christina. That they 50 years lights back to the place of we couldn't. Husband because it's not there anymore when peace not there anymore. It was your 1st baby love to know this morning if you like to send us a tight one trouble start your message with the word Devon or you can give us a call 000810134 you know try to impress with an Olympic breakfast nearly all day a little pick breakfast want to show. A Radio Devon with Gordon and Laura. It is a quarter past 6 time to catch the morning news headlines. On domestic abuse charities across across. All are reporting a significant rise in the number of people asking for help pro-democracy candidates have won an overwhelming landslide in Hong Kong's local elections a small cauldron was put in place in Dartmouth yesterday lunchtime on the underground electricity cables sent flames out of a drain hole cover there is a flood warning from the Environment Agency for the river Clist and there's a yellow warning from the Met Office for rain there will be some sunny periods today but also scattered locally heavy showers and a high of 13. When I when students are accidents to tell you of the moment no problems reported at the airport all the trains traffic moving while on the bridge there's about a 30 minute wait one ferry running between Devonport and top and if you have a travel story that we're not talking about then a call on the Travel line is a free number. 12829. Heavy defeat for England in the 1st Test in New Zealand losing by an innings and 65 runs resumed yesterday on 55 for 3 England need to bow out through the day to save the match but were both out for 100 mind she's 7 with trench he 1.4 overs remaining in rugby union junior European Champions Cup So b. La Rochelle by trying to 5 points to 15 solid No 5 points behind proved true leaders Gloucester lost 27 away. Rafa Nadal guided Spain to the Davis Cup size of the Madrid they be counted in the final riposte so Bautista I could put them one nil up beating a Felix auger Alice Samy in the singles just 3 days after the death of his father modelled and sealed the win with a victory over Dallas shuffle of no one all eyes for his rubbers in the week long torn of an average and I think 233 with much history most of the probable annulus it had been to up at one stage but much as the lies had 4 parts a lead 3 to say looks at so when before stoppage time equaliser I mean golf John Ryan won the European Tour season long Race to Dubai he made a birdie at the last hole to win the torch from being shipped by one shot Tommy Fleetwood finished 181 shot behind David Fitzgerald do you have any idea what you did for the talky Tourist Association. I've ever seen and there are years tell me one thing because somebody teased me about this research is there in fact the stack at one point was going to be. Different than it should and we should do I think we should just a small unassuming statue of you you with a tree branch perhaps days from 10. Feet high. Coldplay in all fairness from the new album just sad time for Christmas it's b.b.c. Radio Devon 20 minutes past 6 Time now to polls for thought Thanksgiving week this week so we'll be looking at our data links with the Us site this morning and all this week will be hearing from Dr Stephanie Pratt a Native American living in exercise my name is Stephanie Rose Pratt when I think about my cultural identity I sort of have 3 identities which is I'm an American citizen I'm a Native American from a tribal nation and I'm a British citizen. My tribal identity comes from my father who was a member of the Crow Creek sue or Dakota nation as we call the people now Dakota is the name that we gave ourselves so who was a name that came from other people but it's a name that means the allies but it also means friend and also means a person living in harmony beauty and peace. So I'd like to try to live up to that . I think when we want to refer to someone as a Native American or an American Indian a lot of people sort of stumble over that term here and I think several people have insisted that I'm a Red Indian and I think that is a term that I find very difficult to cope with to know what to say and I kind of feel like the roots of it come because there was an India where Indian people came from and so for British people maybe the term American Indian is confusing and so the term Red Indian helps them to distinguish however a Native American person an Indigenous person to North America would would be offended by that term so I try to tell as many people as I can that that's something I I don't like to hear. I think it is complicated that the whole issue of calling someone an Indian came from a way of looking at the world through European perspective so that if you put yourself in the center as a European everybody else gets termed according to where your standing so the West Indies were the west of of Europe the East Indies or east of Europe but of course us people living in those areas don't think of our so. And in fact probably the best way to refer to Native Americans is by their own tribal name so in other words Dakota for me I'm a Dakota woman that starts as Stephanie props pause for thought back at the same time tomorrow. Jumped on Elmo's Fire it's b.b.c. Radio Devon Gordon and Lawrence coming up to 6 that he now Monday morning can I just point out some 25th of November this time in exactly one month it'll be Christmas Eve because it's a Monday because it's the 25th all right I say. Also month. If you've got children or grandchildren staying with you on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day Chances are you've been up for hours already probably out of hours I'm going to talk about 1st place to store not me the couple that went parts of the same states that they sat in 50 years ago the north called theater and memories of the 1st night I was just thinking back to the 1st state that I took Mrs I saw that wimpy I mean I saw splashing out really isn't it sit down me with a knife and fork and your horses you say what did you pay for it cost at a time that's of the knickerbocker glory for afters. Remember the Knickerbocker glories. There is still a wimpy near Wembley Stadium and I couldn't believe it when our so it is they were wimpy in Devon I don't think so there is this go to bait I went to the one in talking a few years ago is that still that one might not always start with the turn on the pro. Junket was when the just heard this so wanted me an opera is there now you know what you should do you should take care for a wimp a take its an ear now but after wimp a shit enjoy. What a treat that would pay by limping back 1st sees you through the day that when I if you could recall the conversation you have for them will they say on the radio if there is one still in Devon others are available Oh yeah of course of the practice or of it but we're talking about 1st a cell when you and yours was that we went to Chinese restaurants not anymore it's been turned into an Indian Oh got nothing against that because it's just not the same isn't soup at Rice strength you can call it a link there between the Chinese and the new Yes well I can't resist in the vessel who will change the subject quick interesting case I always say white 101341 the phone she can text one triple 3 Start your message with the word deaf and. 2 like a few young talk to the morning news headlines here as I listen. Sexual assault and domestic abuse charities across deboning Comal are reporting a significant rise in the number of people asking for help in Devon one service says it's seen a 30 percent increase in domestic abuse referrals over 2 years local elections in Hong Kong have shown a massive boost in support the pro-democracy candidates media in the Territory are reporting that opposition parties have won control of 17 out of 18 councils a man's been rescued by firefighters after he was trapped underneath the ride on Norman Mailer in ambling the fire crew was sent to the a 377 in union bridge just after 4 yesterday afternoon the man was released and taken to hospital a small cordon was put in place in Dartmouth yesterday lunchtime after reports of a fire coming from a drain hole cover at above town that involved underground Elektra's city cables the 10 me to coordinate was put in place in the road from the bottom of crowd is held to the junction of the town was closed the incident was then handed over to Western power. Almost half of u.k. Universities are expected to be disrupted today as lecturers and support stopped begin industrial action the 8 day strike will affect more than a 1000000 students stop at the University of Exeter taking part the university says plans in place to ensure disruption to students is minimal and Taylor Swift has won in several categories at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles including Artist Of The Year favorite rock pop album and favorite music video Billie Eilish has taken the awards for alternative rock artist and new artist 632. P.C.'s Radio Devon Travel News reported on the roads across the county the moment traffic is moving well no problems at the airport all the trains traffic moving well in the same operates there's about a 30 minute wait one ferry running between Devonport until point and if you do have a travel story that we're not talking about then call the free travel line number. 12829. Turn for the white America Evan Thomas is here hike have high you know there is women in Devon and I were is. Just been talking about this is it north of the country Yeah yeah it is true it yes it punched the bull yes you're right I was going to let Kevin after Sorry Kavkaz I let. Go of it not yet well done well I just thought I was job I share my knowledge with you clever you can say let me say oh it is you can take a say Wait come away. Right let's talk about the rain because that seems to be York by center stage at the moment as far as the the weather is concerned got a little bit of rain around East Eveleigh moment some heavy showers just clearing away there is left behind fairly cloudy conditions fairly murky low clouds around as well but a few scattered showers as well the generally the cloud will break up and clear so we'll see some sunny periods developing. At the same time there will be some or scattering of heavy showers moving across Devon through the day from the west and some places may miss the showers but where they do occur then as I say there could be heavy wind so they may be moderate from the southwest the maximum temperature between 10 and 13 degrees and tonight most of the showers will die away during the evening some clear spells developed for a time and this could lead to only a few patches of low cloud maybe some patchy Mr Fog developing for a brief period as well the cloud then increases again later in the light and occasionally heavy rain will start to move in from the west towards morning and this rain moves in ahead of Tropical Storm Sebastien which there is a yellow weather warning in force for tomorrow for tomorrow will see the early rain quickly clearing that will mean an introduction of dry brush conditions for a time with some sunny periods developing however heavy showers will move in by the end of the morning and then towards evening once again becoming increasingly cloudy has rain moves in for the evening the a b. Fresh the strong southwesterly wind reaching up to go force around parts of the coast and over hills while the Maxwell will be quite mild between 10 and 14 degrees for tomorrow that's the weather I'm just on a search and you've been believe many there still are when peace around the country because as our side also want to near Wembley Stadium Yeah I've done of that a search or wimpy of the not a lot though there are loads of them still it's not a small place you see often don't hear those words when I want to pull a newer OSA endeavor that is peculiar here because balance of all leads where others follow you see. With your tastes as good as. The halfway point now to the general election no I mean from what South I don't know sounds like lax then yes Paul Rowley our political correspondent over here in just a moment telling us all the developments over the weekend. Everybody. Yes. And that's why he tells the rest of us what's going on I would love to hear from Amy Grant and baby baby it's b.b.c. Radio Devon with Gordon and Laura 27. At the halfway point of the general election campaign with all the parties having. A 1st say conservatives completed the set yesterday by promising to deliver Breck's it within weeks if they win over a moral majority phrase taxes and base the number of nurses 550000 Let's hear from our political correspondent Paul Rowley Why did they launch a Sunday Paul is it because Sunday's notorious quite the headlines on t.v. Yesterday on the radio and the front pages of the papers today cynical Partly but also to move it on really because it is this is the 1st time I've ever know a party to launch a manifesto on a Sunday Sunday is a day of rest in many respects Gordon but also I think because their manifesto hardly got the pulses racing and I think that was deliberate much of the conservative program has already been announced and the party is still spooked by what happened at the last election 2 and a half years ago and to reach to May announce plans to tackle the ongoing problem of social care it was immediately dubbed the dementia tax by the Tories opponents and frankly it led to her losing her parliamentary majority so this Gordon is very much a safety 1st steady as she goes program even the big announcement yesterday of more nurses isn't quite what it appears Boris Johnson said the b. $50000.00 more in truth they include nurses who are returning to the profession and those currently in training and are effectively training nurses will be eventually full time and those can be persuaded not to leave but largely I think they think that we've got a command in leaving in the opinion polls don't lose it well how does the Conservative manifesto compare to the likes of Labor's program then it's a massive contrast Laura arguably the biggest divide we've. I mean since the 983 general election I covered that one too when Margaret Thatcher increased their majority and Michael thought suffered the worst election defeat in Labor Party history Jeremy Corbyn this time is promising a massive increase in spending we've got nationalization of what we call the Public Utilities rail male water and energy free tuition fees free prescriptions free dental checks free broadband and yesterday an addition to their spending program they're promising to compensate the so-called waspy women who lost out on years of state pension payments because of the write in the retirement age that's going to cost an extra $58000000000.00 pounds over the course of a parliament but the party says it's worth it they believe their program of investment in the public service is what is what many voters want after years of austerity Labor are proud to say it's a socialist manifesto so if nothing else Laura there's a clear choice now between the 2 main parties at this election is the advantage Paul of being the last. Because you can see what those have done and then the computer age a quick copy and paste here a couple of deletes there and you can make it better than the other ones allegedly couldn't you absolutely and the Tories did that in many respects and I think as I say they've done the deliberate thing of keeping stuff back almost because they want this to be the Bracks election that as far as I can see is what you're going to hear even though I'm sick to death of Boris Johnson saying get Bracks it done they're going to keep repeating that mantra for the next 17 days but it's been an all the election called Southern right there it well that's a thing it's our one ready guess Mark for you know hang on do you put that on the of Nur in the microwave it's been one of those but then again you know not everybody's following I'm paid to follow this kind of stuff but it's now my 3rd and your 3rd in everybody's 30 election in 4 and a half years I think we're certainly suffering from election fatigue even the t.v. Debates are odd. I mean I think the winner in the 1st one on i.t.v. With Juliet you're presenting it and if you saw the one on Friday on b.b.c. One the Question Time special clearly the audience was way ahead of anybody else boy were they angry if that reflects the country at large I think an awful lot of people out there very unhappy the surprise for me though was the response to Joe Swinton the Liberal Democrat leader she's a new face for many people only been in the job for 3 months at 39 she's by far the youngest leader of any of the political parties this should have been a Clegg mania moment it wasn't she looked very lonely up there the audience was pretty unforgiving and we're only halfway and. Stop Thank you Paul our political correspondent Paul Romer we're halfway through the general election campaign Yes we are and as I said we've got all the manifestos now so we're. Absolutely. It's quarter to 7 Alison has the headlines sexual assault and domestic abuse charities across Devon and Cornwall are reporting a significant rise in the number of people asking for help pro-democracy candidates have won an overwhelming landslide in Hong Kong's local elections a man has been rescued by firefighters after he was trapped underneath the ride on nor in unbelief there is a flood warning from the Environment Agency for the river Clist there's a yellow warning from the Met Office for rain there will be some sunny periods today but also some scattered locally heavy showers a high of 13. Travel News on a delays reported on Devon's routes at the moment no problems at the airport all the trains traffic moving well on the tamer bridge there's about a 10 minute wait 3 ferries running between Devonport and top point and if you have a travel story we're not talking about they call the free travel line 12829. A big defeat for England's cricketers in the 1st of 2 Test matches in. Monger. They were beaten by 65. 197 Joe Donnelly in the 2nd innings made 35 Ben Stokes 28 from 84 balls but nobody could produce a defining innings the 2nd Test begins Thursday evening in Rugby Union European champions cups by 25 points to 15 solo 5 points behind the pool 2 leaders Exeter. 27. Rafa Nadal guided Spain to the Davis Cup in Madrid they