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Good evening and welcome to your BBC in that alliance. Tonight's top | :00:08. | :00:14. | |
stories: This small but invaluable equipment so that is easing the | :00:14. | :00:19. | |
lives of children with eye problems. Plus a list that will help monitor | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
and protect the birds that live on Orions. | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
And the fighting spirit that has made this Jersey one and a kick | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
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boxing world champion. -- our The A new machine is helping | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
improve the lives of children in Guernsey with rare eye conditions. | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
The Guernsey Blind Association has raised thousands of pounds to help | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
pay for the new device which can diagnose problems that would | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
otherwise be undetected. As Mike Wilkins reports, it means children | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
will no longer be forced to travel to the UK. | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
Three-year-old Grace and her mum Claire enjoying a stroll in the | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
winter sun, but they have to walk away from the sunshine and seek the | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
shade as Grace has congenital glaucoma. It means any direct | :01:08. | :01:18. | |
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sunlight hurts her eyes and does something like this to her vision. | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
What is that? A bid is a microphone. I like it. Chris will always have | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
more obstacles to overcome compared to other children. -- grace. | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
had to have eyedrops and she had to have an operation when she was 12 | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
weeks old. So it is a constant reminder that she has got this | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
condition for life. And then meet young Emma, who has a rare disorder | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
known as Sturge-Weber syndrome, complex epilepsy and is visually | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
impaired. Emma's mum Claire also has to take her daughter to England | :01:54. | :02:02. | |
regularly to monitor her eyes. is getting more difficult as she | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
gets older. She does not sit still and she needs her routine. So | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
sometimes going to the UK can actually cause her quite a lot of | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
distress. But now this tiny bit of kit is making a huge impact. It's | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
called a tonometer and helps measure the pressure in their eyes. | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
It means that the girls can now have a quick check-up on the island, | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
without the regular upheaval of travelling to England. They've got | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
enough problems without compounding them and this has taken away one of | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
their problems. It may be small, but this device is having a big | :02:35. | :02:45. | |
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impact on these young lives. Guernsey Police and the Chamber of | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
Commerce have teamed up to take a tough stance on crime this | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
Christmas. The Christmas Cracker initiative aims to let islanders | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
know they are likely to be in a cell over the festive period if | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
they are caught committing a crime. The campaign includes posters and | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
more high-visibility police patrols. 33 species of birds are in danger | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
of dying out in Jersey, according to a new survey. They're now | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
featured in a report into bird populations that's been published | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
for the first time in Jersey. One of the most at risk is the puffin, | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
which has been declining gradually for decades. Amy Harris reports. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
They're one of Jersey's most endearing guests, drawn to the | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
island in Spring and Summer to nest and breed. Puffins are normally | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
found in this area of the North Coast, but now you'd be extremely | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
lucky to spot them because numbers have dwindled from around 300 to | :03:32. | :03:42. | |
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just six, because of global warming and over-fishing. It's a shame. | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
Lots of people used to to one to come and see them. It is by far the | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
British Isles are' most popular bird when it comes to bird-watching. | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
It is not just ornithologist or people who why interested in birds. | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
Puffins are among 33 types of bird on this most-endangered species red | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
list. It's part of a new study monitoring the island's birds by | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
Durrell, the Societe Jersiaise and the Environment Department here. | :04:07. | :04:15. | |
They believe the project will help them focus conservation efforts. | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
The main step is to concentrate on planting schemes. If we can | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
reintroduce Headrow systems and plants, and particularly food | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
species on which the birds rely upon, Perhaps there will be a small | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
part that will encourage them to return. It's hoped in time those | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
initiatives will help reduce the number of endangered birds on this | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
list although with wider factors like climate change also playing a | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
part, there's only so much that can be done. For puffins, there's very | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
little that can be done locally to swell numbers, so it seems there's | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
an uncertain future for these popular visitors. | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
He's been a drug smuggler, best selling author and he wants | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
cannabis legalised. Howard Marks - known as Mr Nice - had his life | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
story made into a movie and tonight he's playing at the Live Lounge in | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
Jersey. He'll be talking about his life and DJing - something he's | :05:09. | :05:18. | |
fallen into in recent years. When I started doing readings, they would | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
often be in the same venues as DJs and musicians so I started making | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
friends with them. So I was asked to DJ occasionally, so I just play | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
records I like. What are you going to be doing here tonight? I don't | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
know yet. It will either be a mixture of dub step and rock and | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
roll or I might go completely mad. Jersey has its fair share of | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
champion athletes but now, add to that, the World Champion female | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
Kickboxer. Monika Markowska juggles a full-time job and full-time | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
training, but fought her way to the title in Dublin this week. Our | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
reporter Anisha Shah has been in the ring to see her steely | :05:57. | :06:07. | |
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It's tough at the top. But with a strict training regime and steely | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
determination, she's become the best, fighting off world-renowned | :06:13. | :06:23. | |
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kickboxers, to claim the title of World Champion. It has been hard | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
work all year, starting in February when I won the British title. I was | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
told I had a chance to represent Great Britain in the world champion | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
just. From that day, I put everything into it. I train twice a | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
day, every day, seven days a week. Nearly every weekend, I have | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
travelled to England and Ireland are to train with the best coaches | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
and Spar with the best fighters. But being crowned the world's best | :06:49. | :06:56. | |
isn't enough. They say the sky is the limit. Next year is going to be | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
hard as well, because as a world champion I am going to be put in | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
certain kinds of matches against the best of the best. And that is | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
not putting her off. It is that motivation that her trainers say | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
take her to the top. She is so dedicated. She trained seven days a | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
week. She works full-time and she is so devastated -- dedicated. She | :07:20. | :07:27. | |
has a mental toughness, as well. have been working with her for the | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
last six years, on and off, but it is really about the last year that | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
she has raised her game. After the Championships in Dublin this week, | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
you would think that she would take a break. But for this world | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
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champion, it is all about keeping the fighting spirit. | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
Now, it may only be the second day of December - but Christmas | :07:52. | :07:54. | |
celebrations are well underway in the Channel Islands. The lights | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
have been switched on in Guernsey, and the Fete de Noue has started in | :07:58. | :08:08. | |
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Jersey. Emma Chambers has been The spirit of Christmas has taken | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
over the cobbled pavement at Jersey's weighbridge. 55 traders | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
are selling food, decorations and gifts in the twelfth year of the | :08:14. | :08:24. | |
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festival. It is a festival people enjoy. It has traditional elements | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
and quirky elements. Very quirky on the Continent. Christmas markets | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
happen all over Germany, Austria and France and it is catching on in | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
the UK and becoming a popular thing to do as a weekend break or a treat | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
Along with the Christmas market, there's walks, entertainment and | :08:45. | :08:54. | |
even a free film festival. There is a whole host of different movies. | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
Lots of traditional Christmas favourites. That is all very | :08:58. | :09:05. | |
exciting. You need to phone the arts centre to book a ticket. It is | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
limited seats but they are free to go and watch. The Fete de Noue runs | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
until the 11th of December, to get everyone who visits into the | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
Well, it's official - we've had the mildest November on record in the | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
Channel Islands. The average temperature was 12 degrees. Jersey | :09:26. | :09:36. | |
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was very dry, with 75% less rain It seems to have all changed after | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
the rain today. Let's find out about the weekend. | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
We have had a bit of sunshine today across the islands, but one or two | :09:46. | :09:55. | |
sharp showers. Tamara, a cloudy and grey day. -- tomorrow. Windy and | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
wet conditions come dawn, and out into the Atlantic it runs through | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
the English Channel, giving us heavier bursts of rain. It will try | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
and clear tomorrow night and into the early hours of Sunday, but | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
another weather system will give us more wet weather on Sunday. | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
Overnight, it will steadily turn worse, with outbreaks of persistent | :10:19. | :10:25. | |
rain. Windy, as well, with South West wins peaking at around 35 mph | :10:25. | :10:33. | |
and temperatures down to a degrees overnight. Wide whether tomorrow, | :10:33. | :10:42. | |
it may Gurkha but it will not remain that way. -- it made | :10:42. | :10:49. | |
brighten up. For the coastal waters forecast, the winds are strong to | :10:49. | :10:56. | |
near gale force. Rain at times with moderate visibility. Here rather | :10:56. | :11:06. | |
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high water times. -- here are the. The waves have been big all week | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
and that will continue into the weekend. A Long Travel of strong | :11:11. | :11:18. | |
winds across much of the Atlantic means that the waves will stay at | :11:18. | :11:25. | |
around 5 ft across the weekend. Here is the forecast into next week. | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
Sunday is a wet and windy day. A change of wind direction on Monday. | :11:31. | :11:35. |