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good evening. The headlines: Follow Keep up-to-date online. | :00:09. | :00:09. | |
good evening. The headlines: Follow Church of England law, not the | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
island's own. We have exclusive access to letters from the Bishop of | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Winchester telling Jersey's Dean he must defy local laws if they | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
conflict with the church support for Low Value Consignment relief. | :00:19. | :00:25. | |
To me, that is unacceptable for someone outside Jersey, who is a | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
member of the House of Lords, to be telling someone who is a member of | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
Parliament of Jersey to effectively break Jersey law. | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
Support for Low Value Consignment Relief ` UK MPs say they are | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
sympathetic to a move that could support Island growers. | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
And, oh no, it isn't! The curtain goes up on a pantomime with a | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
difference in Guernsey. The BBC has been given exclusive | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
access to letters suspending the Dean of Jersey in which the Bishop | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
of Winchester asserts that laws governing the Church of England | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
should take precedent over Jersey's own laws. It's the latest | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
development in a long running rift between the Island and its Anglican | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
leaders. In March this year, an independent | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
report investigated allegations that the Very Reverend Bob Key mishandled | :01:21. | :01:21. | |
an abuse complaint made in 2008. The an abuse complaint made in 2008 The | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
Korris report criticised his failure to take the complaint seriously and | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
led to the Dean's suspension. The diocese then ordered a second report | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
reviewing safeguarding policies. diocese then ordered a second report | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
reviewing safeguarding policies The diocese then ordered a second report | :01:38. | :01:37. | |
reviewing safeguarding policies The Gladwin report has still not been | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
published. In April, the Dean was reinstated after apologising for the | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
way he handled the abuse complaint. In May, the former appeal judge in | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
Jersey, Dame Heather Steel, was asked by the Diocese of Winchester | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
to lead a further investigation into the abuse complaint. It was revealed | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
last month that her report will not be made public. | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
BBC Radio Jersey's Matthew Price joined me earlier to explain more. | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
It is a very serious letter from the bishop outlining the Dean's | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
suspension, and the investigation into how and allegation was | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
investigated by the dioceses into suspected abuse along the way. One | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
bishop stresses that the Dean has a duty of obedience to him as a | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
bishop, and that the Dean, Bob Key, should not defy him, particularly | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
his request relating to Jersey's own laws. The bishop writes that | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
whatever the local lawmakers seek to impose, the Dean must follow church | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
law and not local law. So basically, the bishop has told the Dean to | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
ignore Jersey rules. The Dean is a member of Jersey's parliament. Does | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
this raise tensions diplomatically? Allegations of pressure have been | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
raised and the Dean would have to ignore his obligations to the | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
Bishop, and that our concerns that the Bishop of Winchester and the | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
dieses themselves have acted very badly towards Jersey. To me, that is | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
unacceptable, for someone outside of Jersey, who is a member of the House | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
of Lords and a bishop, to be telling someone who is a member of | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
Parliament of Jersey to effectively break Jersey law. What is the | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
response from the Bishop of Winchester? He has said that he | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
acted within the law and he expect the Dean to comply with his orders | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
over any local laws. The dioceses of Winchester says it expects that | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
anyone who works for them is committed to addressing fundamental | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
discrepancies between church law and local law. Any reaction from the | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
Dean himself tonight? He told us this issue has been very painful and | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
this was a difficult letter for him to receive. He says the law of the | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
land is the law, and that no citizen is allowed to disobey it. | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
MPs at Westminster have agreed to support the reinstatement of a | :03:57. | :03:59. | |
controversial Channel Island tax concession. Low Value Consignment | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
Relief, which allowed goods under a certain value to be sent VAT free, | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
was scrapped last year by Westminster. A group of Guernsey | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
growers and politicians travelled to London to lobby the UK Government. | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
Mike Wilkins reports. For years, Guernsey's growing | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
industry bloomed as it benefitted from being able to sell products | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
into the UK VAT free. But, last year, the British government | :04:22. | :04:23. | |
controversially scrapped Low Value Consignment Relief, or LVCR, last | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
year after concerns that it gave some bulk mail firms an unfair | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
advantage. But a group of growers and deputies have met this week with | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
British MPs and Peers to make their case to reinstate LVCR for local | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
flower growers. And several UK politicians agreed to support their | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
case. They want us to come forward with some sort of proposal that is | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
practical and doesn't open up too much of another exemption that could | :04:56. | :05:03. | |
impact their economy. We are concentrating on indigenous Channel | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
Island produce and to see whether we can work something around that. Paul | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
Ingrouille runs this flower business in Guernsey which has been going for | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
more than 25 years. He says if the island could get LVCR back, then | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
retailers may have to accept certain limitations. If the law came in that | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
said there would be relief solely on the stuff you are growing in | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
Guernsey, but if are doing circular you shipments then you cannot claim | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
for VAT relief on those, and that is what we would have to live with. | :05:37. | :05:37. | |
for VAT relief on those, and that is what we would have to live with The | :05:38. | :05:37. | |
for VAT relief on those, and that is what we would have to live with. The | :05:38. | :05:37. | |
what we would have to live with The visits to London have been described | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
as a process of "winning hearts and minds", and, while this week's trip | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
can be seen as a small victory, the Channel Islands still have a long | :05:46. | :05:54. | |
way to go to win the LVCR war. Jersey's budget debate rumbled on | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
today with long arguments about the amount of duty added to alcohol | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
tobacco and fuel. Any attempt to remove any increase was rejected, | :06:03. | :06:05. | |
but the arguments by how much they will go up continue. | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
It has been a long day in Jersey States as politicians discuss next | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
year's budget. Today they have talked about duty increases for | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
alcohol, fuel and tobacco. Increases in fuel will go up by 1.5%, which is | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
a slight change to what Treasury bond. They wanted a 2% increase. | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
That was a successful change by its own telly Dunstable Simon Crowe | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
Croft. He wasn't successful in trying to reduce the amount that | :06:38. | :06:43. | |
tobacco goes up. It'll go up by 11%. That is 47p on a packet of King | :06:44. | :06:50. | |
20 cigarettes. Without the whole it is more concentrated. Stronger | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
alcohol will go up by 11% on duty rises, but for lower strength | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
alcohol and wine, the duty will go up slightly less, and to a change | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
brought in by the Treasury minister. The Channel Islands have joined up | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
with the South West of England to develop offshore wind and tidal | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
energy projects. They've signed an agreement to work together to create | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
renewable energy from the sea. The idea is to share research and | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
information and grow the industry. It comes as the UK Government | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
increases the price it pays for offshore wind power. | :07:23. | :07:31. | |
The curtain is about to go up on a pantomime with a difference in | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
Guernsey. It's called Snow White and the Seven Directors, and it's all | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
about redundancy. Not exactly a festive theme, but the law firm | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
behind it says the irreverent look at employment legislation will teach | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
employers how to deal with the tricky issue more fairly. Tim | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
Robinson had a back`stage pass to the dress rehearsal today. | :07:47. | :07:54. | |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, but not as you know them! Though you | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
might recognise some of these characters from your workplace. | :07:59. | :08:09. | |
Let's make this quick, I have got a meeting later. I like a wee drop of | :08:10. | :08:17. | |
whiskey. Ladies, I've got a big one. It's in the name. Get out of my | :08:18. | :08:27. | |
face. Why is this camera in my face? Am I getting paid for this? Can you | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
point the camera away from me, I have got a really bad migraine. The | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
performers are from Guernsey College, but this unusual rendition | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
of Snow White has been written by lawyer. Redundancy is a hot topic, | :08:43. | :08:50. | |
and it is something that I see a lot of at the moment through the course | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
of my work. I was finding that a lot of employers were basing redundancy | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
on subjective criteria, personal traits and characteristics, and | :09:00. | :09:02. | |
actually, that is not what they are supposed to do. It has got to be | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
based on more objective criteria. The seven direct display the board | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
of this failing company, and it is up to our dynamic duo, Snow White | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
and the Queen, to somehow decide who is going to stay and he will go. Is | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
and the Queen, to somehow decide who is going to stay and he will go Is | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
employment law too dour an issue for a one`night panto spectacular? | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
Tonight in Guernsey they answer .. Well, you didn't expect me to get | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
all the way through this report without it saying it, did you? The | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
answer, of course, is "Oh no, it isn't!". | :09:41. | :09:51. | |
Good evening. We are going to see a bit of a change tonight as colder | :09:52. | :10:00. | |
air floods in behind the band of rain that has been plaguing us for | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
the last hour or so. It is moving away, say later on tonight it will | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
turn quite chilly and we might even see some frost. A brighter day | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
tomorrow with some sunshine, and it will feel colder. A brisk north`west | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
wind will develop. The cloud is slowly moving down into France, and | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
it will eventually go. There is a fair amount of clear skies that will | :10:25. | :10:27. | |
develop behind it, and then that high pressure begins to slip down | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
towards the Bay of Biscay. This weather system will bring some rain | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
late tomorrow night, and as a move into Friday, we have got high | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
pressure coming back. Generally light winds tonight, but it will | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
turn quite cold, with enough clear sky to get temperatures down as low | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
as three or four degrees. That is cold enough for a touch of Frost. | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
Tomorrow, a bright enough start Some sunny spells, and more cloud | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
coming into the second half of the day. And the wind will increase | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
Although we will get 10 degrees, day. And the wind will increase. | :11:05. | :11:05. | |
Although we will get 10 degrees it day. And the wind will increase | :11:06. | :11:05. | |
Although we will get 10 degrees it will feel colder with that wind. | :11:06. | :11:07. | |
Although we will get 10 degrees, it will feel colder with that wind. | :11:08. | :11:10. | |
Those wins will reach 46 by the end of the afternoon. `` fourth six | :11:11. | :11:30. | |
Friday will be quite a cloudy day. It will be quite stubborn to break | :11:31. | :11:39. | |
up. For the weekend, we have got sunny spells and patchy cloud. | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
Temperatures on the way down a little bit. The wind will be mainly | :11:43. | :11:50. | |
from the South or Southwest. Have a good evening. | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
That's it for now. Goodbye. landlords for them to come forward | :11:56. | :12:03. | |
if they have an empty house that can be used to re`home someone on the | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
homeless register. A jury was today told that a | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
pensioner died after falling into the River Exe because her walking | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
stick broke and not because of any safety shortcomings of steps and | :12:14. | :12:15. | |
handrails. Exeter City Council denies breaching health and safety | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
laws where passengers get on and off Butts Ferry at Exeter Quay. | :12:19. | :12:30. | |
80`year`old Dorothy Stevens drowned when she fell into the river in July | :12:31. | :12:34. | |
2010. Hamish Marshall joins me now from Exeter Crown Court. | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
We find out why Sharron Robbie has been nominated as this year's unsung | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
sporting hero. The premise of the defence case was that Dorothy | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
Stevens would not have fallen into the water if her walking stick had | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
not snapped into. A consultant came to the courts today and spoke about | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
how she was not very agile and a foldable stake was not as reliable | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
as a wooden one. He said that if it had not broken in such a way he | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
believed she would have been able to climb the steps. | :13:10. | :13:16. | |
Who else has been giving evidence? The health and safety inspector who | :13:17. | :13:20. | |
was called there in 2010 gave evidence. She was asked why she | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
allowed Butts Ferry to continue to operate as normal through the rest | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
of that summer if there was such a danger in these steps. She said the | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
full circumstances surrounding what happened to Dorothy Stevens was not | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
known at the time. And other witness, a retired health and say | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
inspector, said that just because there have been changes to the steps | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
and rails does not mean that work needed to be done before the | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
accident happened. What happens now? Tomorrow morning | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
we will have the closing speeches. The jury will retire to consider its | :13:59. | :14:07. | |
verdict. Next on Spotlight: We hear from the man who received an apology | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
after complaining to the Prime Minister. | :14:12. | :14:16. | |
Also We find out why Sharron Robbie has been nominated as this year's | :14:17. | :14:18. | |
unsung sporting hero. I have been kissed a few times under | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
the mistletoe. I was kissed a few times when I was younger. I am still | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
waiting! A man from Dorset who wrote to the | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
Prime Minister to say that he'd only received his out of work benefits on | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
time once in three months has today received an apology from the | :14:38. | :14:39. | |
government. Adrian Robinson claims problems with his job`seeker's | :14:40. | :14:42. | |
Allowance began when he returned to his home town of Lyme Regis, from | :14:43. | :14:45. | |
where Simon Clemison sent this report. | :14:46. | :14:53. | |
Think of Lyme Regis and you probably think of the cob and the coast but | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
it is not just a famous tourist spot. I found a business park here | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
where people live and work as well as come to be enjoyed. It is lovely | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
to be back. Returning to his home town after his contract came to an | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
end in Berkshire, Adrian wanted to join the local workforce. He is | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
partially sighted and is helped by his wife. I went through the | :15:18. | :15:20. | |
recession in the 1980s and you just had to wait until things get better. | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
I know that as long as I keep doing everything I need to do... Are you? | :15:26. | :15:31. | |
Yes, indeed. Adrienne knows about employment as much as unemployment, | :15:32. | :15:35. | |
having been a human resources advisor. He was getting job`seeker's | :15:36. | :15:56. | |
allowance before he moved back to Dorset but when he signed on in | :15:57. | :15:58. | |
Weymouth the problems began. The system seemed unable to cope with | :15:59. | :16:01. | |
the profit of the sale of their house when they moved even though it | :16:02. | :16:04. | |
was below the amount that would have meant the benefits were docked. | :16:05. | :16:06. | |
While he was entitled to the payment, every time it was delayed. | :16:07. | :16:08. | |
We gave them all the information they needed but the system would not | :16:09. | :16:12. | |
bend. There is no more that I can do and the benefit that we seek we were | :16:13. | :16:15. | |
entitled to and we were entitled to it on time. Adrienne may have been | :16:16. | :16:17. | |
making every effort to find work by new rules mean there are those that | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
don't in the government's view. Many people have already been penalised | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
in a shake`up of state benefits. Support services say that some are | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
struggling with all the changes. We need to be sure that the system is | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
there to help people and we do not get into a situation where admin | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
errors make things worse and put a burden on people because many people | :16:38. | :16:40. | |
do not have a safety net or anything to fall back on. This job`seeker | :16:41. | :16:52. | |
managed to survive as other benefits were paid on time. The Department | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
for Work and Pensions has apologised for the delay and said it has | :16:56. | :16:57. | |
rectified the issue with any money owing being paid. | :16:58. | :16:59. | |
Yeovil Town's renaisssance could be underway in football's Championship. | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
Their one goal win over Blackpool at Huish Park last night was their | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
second in a row and keeps them within touching distance of the | :17:09. | :17:11. | |
safety line. One of their three new loan signings, John Lundstram from | :17:12. | :17:14. | |
Everton, scored the vital goal in the first half. Blackpool had three | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
of their players dramatically sent off in added time as Yeovil hung on | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
for a precious three points. Plymouth College swimmer Ruta | :17:23. | :17:24. | |
Meilutyte has taken her tally of gold medals for the year to 12. The | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
16`year`old Lithuanian, who's the Olympic and World champion, is | :17:30. | :17:31. | |
representing England at the World Schools' Championship in Brazil and | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
collected her latest gold in the 100 metre freestyle. The England team, | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
coached by Jon Rudd the director of swimming at the College, were the | :17:39. | :17:41. | |
top team in Brasilia with all seven of Rudd's swimmers winning at least | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
one medal each. Prince Harry has been offering | :17:47. | :17:49. | |
support to a group of servicemen, including a man from Devon, who have | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
set off on what's being called the world's toughest rowing race. Cayle | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
Royce who lives in Dartmouth lost both his legs last year while | :18:00. | :18:02. | |
serving in Afghanistan. He's part of the Row2Recovery team racing in the | :18:03. | :18:05. | |
Atlantic Challenge, to raise money for Help For Heroes. Prince Harry, | :18:06. | :18:08. | |
who's currently trekking in Antarctica, called the team to wish | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
them luck on their 3,000 mile journey. | :18:12. | :18:25. | |
Especially if you have a broken toe, I imagine that is true. Good luck we | :18:26. | :18:33. | |
are thinking of you. Throughout this week we're meeting | :18:34. | :18:36. | |
the people you've nominated as Unsung Sporting Heroes. Across the | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
region there are scores of people who give up huge amounts of their | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
own time to help others enjoy their chosen sport. Tonight's finalist is | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
Sharron Robbie, who's the Chair of the Plymouth Netball League. | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
Spotlight's John Ayres reports. We want to 20 chest passes. The profile | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
of netball has risen significantly in Plymouth in recent years with 800 | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
women playing in the city league. Heading it up is Sharron Robbie. She | :19:05. | :19:08. | |
has been an ambassador for the sport, but most significantly she | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
works hard to provide a permanent home for netball in the city. Over | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
the last three or four years I have lobbied really hard to gain a | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
central venue for our sport in the city. We were extremely lucky to get | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
the support from Plymouth City Council and England netball and | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
sport England to give us our home in the Plymouth life Centre. Sharon has | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
been keen to encourage more women into sport generally. She heads up | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
the league which is quite a challenge. You are talking about | :19:39. | :19:43. | |
more than 80 teams in the Plymouth and district league which is a lot | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
of people to manage, with their own views and suppression is of interest | :19:48. | :19:50. | |
and they are really concerned for their own teams and she manages it | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
beautifully. She is passion and NHS and approachable and she wants to do | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
things right for netball and netball in Plymouth and sport itself. She is | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
amazing. What is it that drives Sharon on? When you start to | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
volunteer for an organisation, whether it is a sport or charitable | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
organisation, I think that if you feel passionately about something | :20:16. | :20:18. | |
you really want to share it with others and I am absolutely | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
passionate about netball and what it can bring, especially to young | :20:23. | :20:26. | |
women. Sharon has been on the committee for more than 20 years. | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
Plymouth netball harbour is now one of the largest of its type in the | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
country. We'll find out about another Unsung | :20:35. | :20:36. | |
Sporting Hero in Spotlight tomorrow and the overall winner will be | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
announced in Friday's Spotlight. I can't wait to find out who it is. | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
It will be a tough decision for the judges. We have heard sobs `` from | :20:49. | 3:36:14 | |
some fantastic people again this year. | 3:36:15 | 2:53:00 | |
Now, this festive season, will you be hanging the mistletoe with the | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
hope of catching someone under it for a traditional Christmas kiss? | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
I make no comment on that. I just happen to have some here... | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
I do hope not! I am in terrible trouble now. Well, work has begun | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
gathering in hundreds of bunches of mistletoe at The National Trust's | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Cotehele House in Cornwall. Johnny Rutherford has been along to find | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
out more about the plant and how the tradition of kissing under it came | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
about. Are you sure? Sorry. Long before our | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
ancestors were hanging mistletoe up at Christmas time it was believed it | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
had special powers. They were careful not to let it touch the | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
ground because it was said to really move its strength. This week Gardner | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
's are also being careful in cutting and harvesting their mistletoe, to | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
make sure that both the Apple tree and the plant to `` continue to | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
survive together. The mistletoe grows in Saint biosis with the tree, | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
it is a semi`parasitic plant and they grow together really well, | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
although the mistletoe will tend, if it is not checked, you will see that | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
I am taking out large clumps because it will start to take over the tree | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
a little bit. It does need careful management. Mistletoe is often found | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
in traditionally managed orchards although it is unusual to find it | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Cornwall. This is a fantastic food source for birds in the orchard and | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
it is quite popular at this time of the year as well. It is still | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
possible as part of the traditional Christmas decor. In Europe it was | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
not to bring good luck and here in the UK we went one stage further and | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
hope that luck would get us kiss! It used to be said that young men had | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the privilege of kissing girls under mistletoe, plucking off Bury for | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
each case. The berries were gone the privilege ceased. This couple have | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
been married 60 years but have never once kissed under the mistletoe. No, | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
we haven't. No! We have never needed it! First time then. I have been | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
kissed a few times under the mistletoe. I think I was kissed a | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
few times when I was younger. And I am still waiting! I would offer to | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
help out but I am married! Indeed, if Rebecca's husband is | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
watching, I was joking of course! Although there is some mistletoe on | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
our desk which has been attempting a full day but we haven't... | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Tempting us! Really. It is time for the weather. He is | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
quite a big fellow, her husband, isn't he? | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
He is taller than me! Let us look at the weather then. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the weather Let us start with what is happening | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
tomorrow. We have been gloomy for the last few days. The sunshine came | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
out today. Tomorrow is different, there will be frost and a cold start | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
in the morning. It will become quite windy in the second half of the day | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
and we will see showers towards the end of the afternoon and evening. We | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
are actually between weather systems to night. This stripe of cloud which | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
has kept us cloudy through the morning is now moving away and | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
moving into northern France and clear sky will follow. Tonight there | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
is a ridge of high pressure and we are expecting some low temperatures. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
In the second half of the night, just slightly more of a breeze to | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
stir the air and by the middle of the day it will become quite breezy | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
with westerly or north`westerly winds that could touch gale force in | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the Bristol Channel. Here is a look at what could happen on Friday. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
There will be a chilly start with a risk of morning frost and then there | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
should be a decent enough day. The high pressure means the cloud will | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
be stubborn to shift so things will settle down nicely. We did have some | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
sunshine and it was quite a pleasant end to today. This was earlier near | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Teignmouth where there were some bright skies. It was a lovely end to | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the day and a nice sunshine `` sunset. Look at that cloud! This | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
means there will be frost is a night, not everywhere but certainly | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
for the areas that are well sheltered from the northerly | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
breeze. We will see overnight temperatures at or just below | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
freezing. A good deal of fine weather and clear sky. Good news for | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the stargazers who have been disappointed in the last few nights. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
The frost will develop in the small hours of the morning and towards | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
dawn we will see a bit more cloud drifting in from the North West as | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the breeze steadily freshens. Nonetheless we see temperatures | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
close to freezing just about anywhere. In parts of central and | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
mid`Somerset temperatures could be as low as zero or below. Expect the | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
frost first thing tomorrow morning. Tomorrow it self is a bright enough | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
start with a lot of cloud around throughout the day. It will be | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
patchy. Some sunny spells briefly. As the wind increases so does the | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
cloud amount and through the afternoon we will see a cloudy end | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
to the day and a stiff north`westerly breeze setting in. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
The breeze is strong enough in fact to whip up the waves along the north | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
coast and through the Bristol Channel. Rough seas are possible | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
here. The temperatures tomorrow, on the face of it it does not look bad | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
but because it is windy it will feel colder because of the strength of | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the wind. For the owls `` for the Isles of Scilly, a fine enough start | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
but becoming windy with the risk of showers late in the day. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
On the north coast the size of the ways increases through the day and | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
by the end of the afternoon it could be six feet and messy. That is it | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
for the coastal waters and there is more the breeze tomorrow. There, | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
then showers, and generally good visibility. At the end of the week | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
and Friday, it will be a fine start to the day but quickly becoming | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
cloudy. The cloud will be stubborn to shift as you move into the start | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
of the weekend. Note how the wind drops right down with light wind and | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
the high pressure comes back and there will briefly be sunshine on | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Sunday. Have a good evening. | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Thank you very much. That is the way the news and weather looks on | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
Wednesday evening. There will be an update on all the | 2:53:01 | 2:53:00 | |
main news at 1025 p.m. But have a good | 2:53:01 | 2:53:01 |