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Here in the Channel Islands: flying on reserve fuel.

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An initial report into why this search and rescue plane crashed says

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the pilot wasn't flying on the aircrafts main fuel tanks.

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Terrifying. Once the second engine cut out, I prepare to myself to die.

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That was it. House sales in Jersey are at their

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highest level for six years. How are you doing? Why local posties

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are delivering good cheer. The search and rescue aircraft which

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crashed in Jersey earlier this month was running on its reserve fuel

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supply, despite having two full fuel tanks. That's according to a report

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out today. The Lions Pride had been part of a search for two missing

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fishermen when it ditched on a cliff edge in darkness and gale force

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winds. The report says both of the plane's engines failed after the

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pilot failed to switch their fuel supply to the main tanks. Mike

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Wilkins has more. The resting point for the Lions

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Pride. Almost two weeks ago it was searching for two missing fishermen

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when it crash landed on a headland in Jersey. Today, the Air Accidents

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Investigation Branch has concluded that its two engines failed after

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running out of fuel. Miraculously, no`one was injured and the pilot has

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been widely praised for ditching in very challenging conditions.

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Although the plane's fuel tanks were full, the engines were instead being

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supplied by alternative tanks, known as tip tanks, which had run out

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during out the flight. The preliminary report says that the

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fuel supply to the right engine, and then the left engine, became

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exhausted and the engines ceased producing power approximately 15

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minutes after the aircraft became airborne. No action was taken to

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select an alternative fuel source for the engines after their power

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loss. One of the five crew onboard says he thought he was going to die.

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Terrifying. One the first engine cut out, for me that was the most

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terrifying until the second one did. There was still hope we could make

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it. Once the second engine cut out, myself, not speaking on behalf of

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the rest of the group, I myself to die. That was it. A pilot was

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working extremely hard and you do not have a clear indication. There

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are some very dim lights. Unfortunately, this situation was

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missed. A replacement aeroplane to sit in

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this hangar here at Guernsey Airport could cost almost ?3 million but the

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Air Search founder says if they can raise ?1 million they can patch up

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the Lions Pride and have her back in the air in nine months' time. It can

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be repaired. It should be going up to Scotland towards the end of next

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week or a little later depending on whether. I am afraid it is a large

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undertaking. It is a nine`month job. It involves a new wing and fuselage.

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Air investigators are still investigating and the Channel

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Islands Air Search has set up an independent internal investigation.

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Mike Wilkins, BBC Channel Islands News.

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House sales in Jersey are at their highest level for six years. The

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number of two, three and four bedroom homes which sold between

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July and September this year was the highest since the third quarter of

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2007. Average house prices, however, are about the same as last year. So

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what's prompted this volume of transactions? Earlier, I asked that

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to Jim Coupe from Channel Islands mortgage lender Skipton

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International. I don't think it is a sudden rush. We saw increased

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integrity and that his continued. `` increased activity. There is

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confidence coming back and stimulus loans will help first`time buyers

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who don't have the market and they will have purchased properties and

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helped chains moved forwards. Is their property to meet demand? The

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general feeling is that there is a lot of property available in Jersey

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and has been for some time. The prices remaining relatively static

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would suggest there is plenty of supply. This is good news for people

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in your industry and estate agents but isn't sustainable? It is good

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news for the whole economy because housing transactions support the

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economy. There are a lot of houses still for sales over time, we would

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say that they return to high volumes is good news. Average prices have

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not changed that much, hardly likely to come down and help even more

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people get on the ladder? It is unlikely that traces will reduce

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because that suggests there is more demand.

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Jim Coupe, the Managing Director of Skipton International, speaking a

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little earlier. Plans have been approved for two

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temporary operating theatres on stilts at Jersey's General Hospital.

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They'll be used for up to ten years while the proposed new hospital is

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developed. But after heritage experts objected to the proposed

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frontage of green ceramic tiles, the designers will go back to the

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drawing board. Employers in Guernsey won't be

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paying more social security contributions next year, after a

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proposal for a 0.5% increase was rejected by States members. However,

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pensioners in the island will be getting more money next year. Plans

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were approved for single pensioners to receive just over ?4 a week more,

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while pensioner couples will get an extra ?6.

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A wild boar that's been the talk of Alderney for the past month has been

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shot. These pictures of the creature were taken by a local pig farmer.

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The BBC understands the boar was shot on private land last week.

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There were concerns it could be carrying diseases. But as the body

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has since been disposed of, no tests could be carried out. Police in

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Alderney say they're not investigating.

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You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight

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with Justin and Clare: How your Children in Need donations

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have provided a safe haven for a little boy and his mum.

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Also the forecast. It was formed earlier this year with a clear aim `

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make sure Guernsey French doesn't die out. But there's concern

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Guernsey's new language commission hasn't been proactive enough. So

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what more could be done to promote and preserve patois? Penny

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Elderfield reports. So I will ask you...

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A new class... Teaching an old language. And part of efforts to

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make sure Guernsey French doesn't die out. It is going to need classes

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for people of all ages. I think the young people it is most important

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for. As much as possible should be done. It should be included as part

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of the curriculum in the schools. At one time, you got on the bus went

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shopping and heard the line what all the time. I would like to play my

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part in being able to revive that in my family. `` heard the language all

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the time. An advantage of teaching adults is that they have the

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opportunity to pass it on. It is part of identity, whether that be

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personal or the island's identity. It seems that the fact that there is

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this interest, it seems that this matters to people. Similar classes

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are held in schools. And over the last year, hours of conversation

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have been recorded. But is the island really doing enough to

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preserve patois? Earlier this year, a language commission was formed,

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tasked with that very job. But there's criticism now that whilst

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there was a lot of talk about what to do initially, there's not been

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much action since. I would expect a bit more at this stage to stop it

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cannot be the same as the French institution, declaring exactly how

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it should be spoken. What it can do is promote the language, show the

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diversity and the opportunities that can happen as a result of speaking

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Guernsey French. But for those with concerns, the commission is planning

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to give an update next week on exactly what it intends to do to

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save this language. Postmen and women in Jersey have

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been delivering a lot more than letters this week. As part of a

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trial scheme, they're also checking up on vulnerable people during their

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rounds. Jersey Post is piloting its Call and Check programme in St

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Brelade. But the scheme has had interest from mail companies around

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the world, as Tim Robinson reports. Jersey postman Ricky Le Quesne off

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on his usual round in St Brelade. He's delivered shopping to number

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24, a present to number 26... But at his next stop, he's delivering a

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little kindness. Hello, my darling. How are you? Not too bad.

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This is Call and Check in action. Everything well?

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Posties like Ricky don't provide care, or help with the housework.

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They don't even step into the house. They just pop by to say hello and

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check everything is all right. When I heard about the scheme, I thought,

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"Well, what an absolutely wonderful idea." Because they'll used to

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meeting their own postman and so he won't be a stranger coming to the

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door. I thought if I signed up now, I would be used to someone coming

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and calling, and be available to really get to know him as a friend,

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and not just a stranger knocking at my door. That familiarity is what

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inspired Jersey Post to come up with the scheme. It saw growing numbers

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of elderly, lonely vulnerable people on the island and decided to use its

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network to help. It seems to have hit a note with lots of places. We

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have had the Cabinet Office in London interested in it. We've had

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connections from America, from Australia. So it's just a logical

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thing for a postal service to develop in to. Logical because it's

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already calling on most homes every day and because as the need for a

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traditional postal service declines, companies like Jersey Post have to

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diversify to make money. If this pilot is successful, they'll ask the

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Government to fund them to roll it out across the island. If that's a

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success, the rest of the world may follow Jersey's lead.

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Let's have a look at the weather. Let's have a look

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Good evening. The cold air has arrived and I don't think that is

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going to change that much over the next few days. The wind may ease a

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little bit, especially into the weekend. But the cold is with us and

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likely to stay. Tomorrow, that cold wind is still there. A slightly

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different direction, not quite as strong as today. Some cloudy spells

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remaining dry. The area of high pressure is going to be close by

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right through the weekend. That means we stay basically was the

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colder air. This evening and overnight, there is still the risk

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of the odd passing shower. That gives a little bit closer by the

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team we get to the middle of the day tomorrow but it is still around and

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we can. It gets squashed a little but as the cold weather system

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arrives for the Northwest. `` it is still around during the weekend.

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Tonight, still a chance of the odd passing shower. The winds will

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become a north`easterly and it will also ease with overnight

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temperatures down. For tomorrow, the morning sunshine will also last

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until the end of the morning and afternoon before we gradually cloud

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over. The second half of the day, particularly the end of the

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afternoon, there is generally more cloud. Tomorrow is not very warm. So

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in that keen breeze and it will feel colder. That is 50 Fahrenheit.

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As we move into Saturday, the winds are lighter and we should see some

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sunshine. A bit more cloud of developing in the second half of the

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day. Rather cloudy on Sunday and then Monday, finally, that weather

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front will arrive to bring us some outbreaks of rain. The temperatures

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do not change all that much over the next few days.

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Justin is next with Spotlight. I am back at

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A man has appeared in court in London on terrorism charges

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following his arrest in Cornwall. Police arrested the man in a dawn

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raid on a house in Newquay. Eleanor Parkinson reports.

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The man was detained after a surge of his flat in this building. The

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other flats contain people not related to him in any way. The

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police say a pre`dash`mac preplanned operation took place yesterday

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morning. This investigation has been going on for some time, so it was

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not related to immediate concerns for public safety, but at 7:30am we

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made an arrest. Police have named the man as a 46`year`old French

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Algerian. Neighbours I spoke to this morning said he kept himself to

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himself and he has lived it for about six months. He was driven to

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London this morning and appeared before Westminster magistrates this

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afternoon, charged with having information useful to a terrorist

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and transferring terrorist information electronically. He is

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due before the Old Bailey next week. A teacher who blackmailed teenage

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girls into sending him sexual pictures of themselves has been

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jailed at Exeter Crown Court for six years. 37`year`old Zahid Akram, who

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was living in Exeter, targeted the victims after befriending them on

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social networking sites. Tomorrow's the big day ` Children in

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Need 2013 and every day this week we've been looking at the difference

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the money you raise makes to the lives of children here in the South

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West. Over the next two nights, we'll be

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hearing about the work of Children's Hospice South West. Dennis and his

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family go to Little Harbour for respite care. His mum, Keely, tells

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his story. It's my safe haven, my sanctuary, my

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sanity. Where would I be without it? I would not know how to get to the

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days. Dennis is my sixth child. You do not think he will be the one to

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have a poorly child. He was born at 26 weeks. He then went on to have a

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bleed on the brain which caused by the catalysts. He then got

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septicaemia. He has ended up with severe brain damage. Alongside that,

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we have now got the onset of him suturing because he gets cluster

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seizures meaning that he can seizure 20 or 30 times. Have to call

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ambulances many times and the other children are in the house. It is

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very scary for them. Rupert will hide under the dining table until

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the ambulance has left. They both need my attention but I cannot tell

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myself into. You get to the point where you think, why? I sound so

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horrible but sometimes you wake up feeling there was no light at the

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end of the tunnel. It is places like this that come into their own and

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they help and rescue people like me. I could many a time have just given

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up and said, I just can't do it any more, but I come down here and they

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are all willing to listen and not pass judgement. Without this, I

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would not know what I was doing. He gets to do things that I do not have

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the time to do sometimes. I cannot take him into a swimming pool, so

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here, with the hot tub, I can get quality time with him, with music on

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and I just look at him and cried. I look at my beautiful baby boy and

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have him so close, it is skin to skin in there and he is weightless.

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I can hold him so tight and I look into his little eyes and think, what

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is he thinking? Then the sibling team can bring in the other

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children, so we can go in as a family. I can't take them swimming

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properly, so they miss out. They have had to take a step back for

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Dennis. People say it must be hard for you, but no one knows until you

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go through it how much time, effort, how much it hits that your heart. To

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be able to get up every day and give the child what it needs, to allow it

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to thrive and have a life. That is what this place is all about.

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Well, that's what it's all about and if you're fundraising again this

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year, there's still time to get tickets to go along to the Party for

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Pudsey at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall tomorrow night. Just

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go to [email protected] ` say how many of you are going along and

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we'll send you the tickets. Time now for a look at the weather.

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If you are out raising money for children in need, the weather will

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be relatively kind, but you will need to wrap up very warm. We have

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cold days coming up. For tomorrow, less windy and bite and dry. We

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should get away with a reasonable day tomorrow. Temperatures similar

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to today. There is cloud coming into the more western parts of the UK

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today, but the high pressure is with us in one form or another. This is

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the middle of the day tomorrow and then by the time `` the same time on

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Saturday, it is still there although much weaker. You can see cloud

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coming out of Ireland and drifting into Cornwall, but further east we

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have had a lot of fine weather and sunshine. Earlier today in Newquay,

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we did have some fine weather but the strength of the wind has whipped

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up PCs. The waves rippling the coasts of Cornwall and Devon at the

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moment. Those seeds will gradually calmed down later on tonight and

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tomorrow. Surfing conditions perhaps a bit better tomorrow. Quite a lot

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of clout to start with overnight, but with the wind is falling

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lighter, it will turn frosty. Tomorrow, most of us will wake up

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with a reasonable start to the day. The exception might be west

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Cornwall, but for all of us tomorrow I think it is a right, dry day with

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some sunshine and temperatures similar to today. Through the day,

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we will see a bit more in the way of cloud across the western parts of

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Cornwall and, further east we will also see some frost.

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That brings us to tomorrow evening where we have Pepsi out and about.

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`` we have Pudsey out and about. It looks like it will be a good

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evening. Please wrap up warm though as there will be a cold feel to the

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air by the end of the night. For the weekend outlook, we should have dry,

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cloudy and misty weather, with next week even colder still. Have a good

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evening. That is all from us tonight but tomorrow we will be building up

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to the big fundraising evening for Children in Need. In the meantime,

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good night.

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