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Good evening. Come on up: Bus passenger numbers in Guernsey fall

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for the fourth year in a row ` now the whole service is under review: I

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would like to see some on those affairs, but until we have gone to

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the state it is difficult. Plus ` we take a look round the new

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cancer unit treating Channel Islands teenagers.

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And 100 years on the High Street ` we find out the secret to this

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Jersey jeweller's longevity. Bus use in Guernsey is down nearly

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10% this year compared to 2012. It's the fourth year in a row that

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passenger figures have declined. It's a trend which started when bus

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fares went up, as Mike Wilkins reports.

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Empty buses. And not even that many people waiting. Reflective of the

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latest passenger figures ` which show a big decline in recent years.

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Compared to 2012 there's been a drop of 9%, with 1,269,706 bus journeys

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more than 1.25 million bus journeys so far this year. That's 241,250

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fewer than fout years ago But that's when prices went up from 60 pence to

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a pound, and bus use started to come down. In 2010 they went up. Figures

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have drop down since then. If you put fares of, passenger numbers

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job. I would like to see some movement on those affairs, but until

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we have gone to the state it is difficult. Environment is looking at

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whether it would be viable to reduce fares, or even introduce a free bus

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service. But what do the bus users think could get more people on

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board? Punctuality and rival to you. Make sure you have enough drivers do

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the job, and make sure your boss is a service without breaking down.

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These are very basic stuff. Then the next stage would be things like bus

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shelters. Don't that the present standing around waiting for the bus.

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This is also very basic stuff. The entire bus service is under review.

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But the reality is that running something that's affordable, and

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meets the needs of everyone, will always be a challenge.

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The bus operator CT plus has sent us a statement. They say that "A debate

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about what is needed for Guernsey residents will help focus on what is

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important to people... The trial of a man accused of

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murdering a young Guernsey woman in India has been adjourned. Sarah

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Groves was stabbed to death in April whilst staying on this houseboat in

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Kashmir. A Dutchman, Richard De Wit denies murdering her. The court

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convened this morning but was told the witness, one of the sons of the

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houseboat owner, was ill, and could not attend. The trial is due to

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resume next month. Money raised in Guernsey and Jersey

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has led to the opening today of a brand new teenage cancer unit at

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Southampton Hospital. Until now Channel Island teenagers with cancer

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had to share adult wards, often with very elderly patients. From today

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they'll have their own unit, thanks in part to donations totalling

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almost ?900,000 from islanders. Tim Robinson reports.

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This is where Channel Island teenagers with cancer will be

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treated from now on. Southampton's new cancer unit, designed by

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teenagers for teenagers ` is fit for royalty ` in stark contrast to what

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faced young cancer patients before. It is a huge leap from the wrist

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facility it is replacing. Calvin Haycock from Jersey was treated for

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Leukemia in Southampton when he was 14 ` and had to share a ward with

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much younger children. There was a lot of babies that were being

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treated, and you know it just it makes you feel really out of place

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and there's noone there even your own age to just talk to, or not

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anything suitable for you to interact with. It's all just child's

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toys and teddies and it just doesnt really suit for somebody my age.

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And, if like Calvin, you have to stay in Southampton for 48 weeks of

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painful treatment in a year, being in the right place makes a big

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difference. He helped raise money for the unit, and has seen its

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impact first hand. It's just so much better, it's just incomparable, it's

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really colourful, its modern, there's actual beds in your room so

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your friends can stay overnight, and I think that's one of the the bits I

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missed most, because I had to go away. It's so hard not having your

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mates there. A third of the cost of the unit was raised in the Channel

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Islands. And charities say people should be proud of their

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contribution. We've raised ?880,000, which has gone towards just purely

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driven to make sure this unit is up and running, and without the people

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of Jersey, we wouldn't have been able to do this. They've been so

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generous, and we would like to personally thank them for all their

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contributions and to keep going as well. Because units like this are

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not cheap ` it will cost over ?1000 a day to run. But that money will

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help these youngsters keep smiling through their treatment.

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

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with Justin and Natalie. Fancy a pint with your book? The

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pubs turning into libraries. With many local shops struggling

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against the larger UK franchises and online stores, it may be surprising

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to hear a Jersey jewellers is celebrating it's 100th birthday

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today. Letto's was launched in 1913 and is still trading on the same

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street by the same family. Emma Chambers reports.

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Celebrating 100 years today. This shop in St Helier is one of the few

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family run jewellers still left in Jersey. Keen watchmaker Henry Letto

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opened the business in 1913 and while so much has changed along this

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street his family has kept it going. I started here in 1945. I broke up

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the summer holidays and I said I'm not going back to school. The

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business has gone from one Letto generation to the next. Today Kath's

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Nephew ` Henry's grandson ` runs the shop. It is all change, it is bigger

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stores and developments, which I suppose is for the best. There is

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still room for small and personal businesses like ours, family run,

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and local people love that. It's thought there are only three of

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these family run jewellers still trading. An achievement Kath says

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her father would be proud of. He would be on top of the world. We

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would have a party for our 50th anniversary, and that was for the

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staff, and it was lovely to see him. He was so proud to think he had

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done it. Not only has this shop been owned by various generations ` but

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it's also served many and hopes to continue in the future.

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With Christmas soon upon us, this week, we're featuring festive songs

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and carols performed by choirs from around the Channel Islands.

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Tonight's is Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody performed by Jersey's

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Parklife choir, which was set up to help people with alcohol and drug

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dependencies. so here it is Merry Christmas,

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everyone is having fun. What will your daddy do when he sees

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your mother kissing Santa? So here it is Merry Christmas, everybody is

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having fun. Luck to the future, it's only just be going.

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Merry Christmas to you. The weather is still not looking to Kurds. It is

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wet and wild out there we have some stormy weather. Tomorrow beaches

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strengthening wind. Possible disruption. Some rain arriving

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tomorrow. The heaviest will be after dark, with the only positive

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tomorrow is it will be mild. It is the strength of the win to take

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notice of, particularly tomorrow afternoon. Do keep upto date of any

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update on travel disruption. For today, we'll still has cloud web us.

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This area of cloud. We some rain lingering with this weather fronts.

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That does clear away into night. It looks fairly quiet, not too bad this

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thing tomorrow. We have the next weather systems living in. It will

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move across us bringing some heavy rain. By the time getting midday on

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Thursday, that a weather front has cleared, so we are left with drier

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and brighter conditions. It'll be quite breezy. Tonight, the last of

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the rainbow clear away, into the evening it will be fresh. By the end

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of the night, temperatures no lower than seven or eight degrees. You

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might catch some brightness first thing tomorrow. Drive for the

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morning as well. In the afternoon, the cloud increases and we will see

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some outbreaks of rain. These are the average wind speeds. The gusts

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will be stronger than that. It is looking very wet and windy for the

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end of the day and ended tomorrow evening. Temperatures tomorrow will

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reach ten or 11 degrees. The southerly winds will be of the gale

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force eight, with some rain later. Good visibility will become moderate

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too bad. Wet and windy to end the day

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tomorrow, but that does clear for Thursday. Brighter conditions on

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Thursday. Friday looks mostly dry and bright, but Saturday looks wet

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and windy. That is it from me now. We will be back at 10pm. We can join

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spotlight now. patchy trade. It is not yet clear

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whether it will be a merry Christmas for the region's High Street. The

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fair tonight is hosting an event for people and businesses who get

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together on Twitter to meet up in real life. Tonight it is business

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orientated, it is based around Devon Hour, a community for businesses in

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Devon. The founder joins us now. How important is social media? It is

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becoming really important. A lot of people are using social media

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everyday. More and more businesses in Devon are signing up to it

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everyday. It is really important. You have 7000 members. How are you

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helping business? We have a pop`up gallery, a group of artists who came

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together on Devon Hour and they set up a pop`up gallery. They have got

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one in Exeter at the moment. Some fantastic artist. Good for artists

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and good for the cafe. There are so many people involved. How important

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do you think social media will be in the future? I think it will be

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really important. People need to remember that the younger generation

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are always on social media. If they are looking for products they will

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look for it online. Thank you. If you're interested in Devon Hour, it

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on Twitter. So we've seen a mixed picture of the economy, with signs

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of recovery there in Exeter, but a battle to find enough apprentices to

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fill vacancies. Meanwhile there are calls for more young people in the

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South West to take up career opportunities in the Agricultural

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and food industries. A three day farming course is being run for

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teenagers who are not in education, employment or training so they can

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get a taste of what the Agricultural industry has to offer. Johnny

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Rutherford reports. Learning how to get stuck in and get your hands

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dirty. These teenagers are experiencing farm life as part of a

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course at this farm. These young people who are not in employment or

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education sometimes can be going around feeling down and dismal

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feeling they do not have much hope, and what I hope is that we will be

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able to give them a taste of the things available in the role

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professions and also inspire them. They may not have had the best art

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and life, but that does not mean they are doomed to failure. He said

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he started farming after leaving school without qualifications and

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today was inspiring youngsters that it is about having a positive

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attitude. The idea is to give them experience in the industry. These

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are booming industries, very important to the economy. It is

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giving them a chance to get involved in this sector. As part of the

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experience, this jury at `` the students will gain a qualification.

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I applied for an apprenticeship, what better chance to get first`hand

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experience? I do not want to be behind a desk, I want to be out and

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doing something. It is hoped this taster will point them towards a

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career in farming. The pub and the library have been at the heart of

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community life in the South West for generations, but both have had to

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struggle for survival in recent years. Well in Cornwall the two are

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joining forces Yes two pubs in the county are offering customers the

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chance to borrow a book alongside their favourite tipple. Spotlight's

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David George has been to one of them near Redruth. Starr is a cosy and

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comfortable pub with a good of ales and authors. Pubs have been

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diversifying as restaurants and post offices for years, but this is the

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first time a full library service has been offered with the wines and

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beers. This is a famous author. It is a brilliant idea. The nearest

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main library is in Redruth, which is two or three miles away. The local

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bus service has been cut back dramatically and it does not work as

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well as it used to, so it is much better for your `` for local people

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to come here. It is a new chapter and the landlord says the longer

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opening hours make it ideal. It is picking up every day. People think

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it is a good idea. We have signed up new members. We have lent out more

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books. There is not a mad rush, but it is starting to get used. It

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speaks volumes. This may not be everyone's joys of reading, but

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locals here can choose what ever books they like and they will be

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delivered here by the library service straight to the pub in a few

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days. Cornwall has not yet closed any libraries but budget cuts mean

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that the service is under review. The council says the scheme is

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simply a way to make books more accessible to more people. It's a

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tradition thousands of us sit down to enjoy every Christmas Eve `

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Carols from King's College Cambridge. The service is based on

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the traditional Nine Lessons and Carols ` which tells the story of

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Jesus's birth. Most people assume it had its origins in the University

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College, but in fact, it was created in Cornwall and as Nick Beake

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reports it's being staged once again tonight at Truro Cathedral. The eyes

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of millions are on the soloist who has the nerve wracking honour of

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starting at off. The choir here have made this festive spectacle their

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own, but it was Cornwall in 1880 that started this most British

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Christmas tradition and today's choir at Truro Cathedral are

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bringing the first service back to life. This is one of the orders of

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service from 1880. It is a curious mix, some pieces are more like

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musicals. I know from reading articles from the press that this

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type of singing was not distinguished in churches in

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Cornwall at the time. Let us see what happens. They may not have

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recognised this vocal warm up back in 1880, but probably this one. They

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practised 12 hours awake and learning these old pieces has been

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rewarding and challenging. `` a week. We have to pronounce things

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properly and there are odd gaps in the words. I have got a solo. For

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others, this is not a time for pulling out all the stops, in fact

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he is raining it in for a more accurate but Tory and sound. That

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will be authentic. It is a bit like having a souped up car. `` Victorian

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sound. From the house of beer to the house of God, but research suggests

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that the service was a bit like a Christmas present to some very

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disgruntled local people who had had their houses knocked down to make

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way for the new cathedral. They will be hoping there is no rebellion in

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the air tonight with up to 1000 people expected here to celebrate

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this often forgotten Cornish invention.

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It is time for the weather. Good evening. We have got some stormy

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weather with us for tomorrow, more rain, possibly quite torrential,

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strengthening winds, it will be quite mild tomorrow, but we do have

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a warning out from 3pm tomorrow for the strength of the wind, gusting up

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to 60 mph. Earlier on today, you can see that we were in between two lots

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of cloud, but tonight it does not look too bad. By the time we get to

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tomorrow, we have a weather front moving in bringing in moderate

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outbreaks of rain, but this low pressure system will bring

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torrential rain tomorrow evening. By Thursday lunchtime, that weather

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front will clear and there will be showers, some cooler conditions as

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well. Back to today, showery rain continuing for parts of Cornwall and

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Devon. Some bright weather as well, this is how it looked earlier

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today. Relatively calm conditions. To make the most of the calm

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weather, it will turn stormy tomorrow. `` do make the most. If

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you did see the sunshine, you are lucky. We will all have more cloud

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tomorrow. For tonight, the last of the showers will clear away and we

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will have some dry and clear weather. Moving into the early

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hours, we will see cloud increasing from the West. The winds will

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increase as well. Temperatures tonight initially will drop away

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from the coast, but it should feel a bit milder by the time we get to

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Thursday. We will have rain with us for much of the day and then these

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winds will pick up during the afternoon. These are the average

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wind speeds. You concede those fears colours, arrange is looking

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torrential `` you can see those fears colours. `` strong colours.

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For the Isles of Scilly, heavy rain, along with the strong to gale

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force winds. The times of high water... For the surfers, you might

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find cleaner waves on the north coast, but on the south coast they

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will be messy. The coastal waters forecast...

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Once the rain clears by the end of the day tomorrow, Thursday will have

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breezy conditions, but the winds will not be as strong, there will be

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showers and cooler air. All change again on Friday, try from much of

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the day, but by Friday night it will be wet and windy again.

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Now, before we go, it's time to hear another Christmas carol from our

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choirs and singers from the four counties of the South West. This

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evening it's the beautiful Coventry Carol sung by the University of

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Exeter Chapel Choir recorded in the Mary Harris Chapel on the campus.

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From all of us on Spotlight, goodnight.

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