18/02/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening. Welcome to Tuesday's BBC Channel Islands.

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Condor's woes ` as workers' protests spread to the UK, should politicians

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step in or bring in other ferry operators? We must not rely, that

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all our eggs in one basket as we have at the moment.

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Why golfers could foot the growing bill for the upkeep of Guernsey s

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L'Ancresse Common. And this is something you wouldn't

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expect to see. Find out why Jersey's rugby players are swapping the pitch

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for the pirouette. Very good athletes. It takes a lot to do what

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they do. `` picketed athletes. After 13 days of strike action in St

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Malo, the Condor Ferries French pay dispute has spread to the UK.

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Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport Workers Union protested at

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Portsmouth Harbour, in solidarity with the French sailors, who are

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calling for better pay and conditions. It comes as political

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pressure grows on the Channel Islands governments to resolve the

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situation, as Louise Walter reports. She's been stuck in St Malo for

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nearly two weeks now. The crew of the Condor Rapide are determined

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they will not give up until their conditions are met. The company have

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already missed out on business from Guernsey's half term, and with no

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sign of movement as we head to Jersey's school holidays, some here

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in the States think it's time the service was opened up to

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competition. How historically we have had two operators on the route.

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Obviously with the recession over the last several years, only one

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operator has been on the route, but hopefully we are coming out of the

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recession and we should consider opening up the route again to

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another operator alongside. But the island's Economic Development

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Minister says now is not the time to re`tender the service. We have also

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carried out a number of economic studies, all of which proved

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competition doesn't work, certainly on a year`round basis. It is not a

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route that can sustain it. Tonight, Portsmouth Harbour is the scene of

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protest by members of the RMT and ITF unions. They have concerns over

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rates of pay for Ukrainian sailors employed by Condor, and also want to

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show their support for the strikers in France. Condor say they

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we have been campaigning against Condor and a substandard conditions

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on those ships for over a year now. The French seafarers have just

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escalated it quite rapidly. We wanted to show our support for the

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French seafarers against Condor Condor say they believe their

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Ukrainian workers are happy with pay and conditions, and believe that

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this new protest is not genuinely connected to the situation in

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France. Let's get more on this with our

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political editor Chris Rayner. Chris, the workers' protest has

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moved to the UK, and island businesses are suffering from the

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lack of the French ferry link. How big a headache is this Condor

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dispute for Channel Islands governments? It is perhaps more of a

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headache for the travelling public and businesses affected by this but

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this is still an industrial dispute so politicians are keen not to wade

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into other than to offer as much support as they can to Condor

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Ferries, which is hoping to get this resolved as quickly as possible

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Time is ticking and half term is approaching at the end of this week,

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so they hope to get things sorted by then, but today, from what the

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senator was telling states members, this is affecting not just the

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public but also businesses such as fishermen who have had a difficult

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few months with the weather and want to export shellfish to the

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continent. They are working on an alternative for them to get their

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shellfish easily to the continent while these negotiations continue.

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Thank you, Chris Rayner. The private golf clubs using

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Guernsey's L'Ancresse Common could in future have to pay substantially

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more rent for the land, and those costs could be passed on to golfers.

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Rent has been set at just ?100 a year for the last 70 years ` a

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fraction of the cost of maintaining the area.

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It's land that has many uses, with golf perhaps one of the most

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popular. Although not so much today, with the wet weather putting a stop

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to it. Around 1500 golfers pay the two private clubs here up to ?1 00

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each year to play. But only a small fraction, roughly 9p per golfer

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goes to the council that has to maintain this land. The Vale Commons

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Council says it just isn't bringing in enough money to do its job, with

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?30,000 coming from the States each year and the two golf clubs paying

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just ?100 rent. But there is a budget shortfall of around ?130 000,

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so the council says that situation needs to change. People don't

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realise at part from the vastness of the common and the pathways that go

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through it, the council also has 16 car parks to maintain, which with

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that budget you cannot maintain As well as looking at other income

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sources like parking charges, the planned rent increase would see the

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cost per golfer go up by almost ?80 a year. The clubs agree they should

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pay more, but there's still negotiating to be done on how much.

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And for the golfers, those I spoke to felt they shouldn't be the only

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ones picking up the bill. In view of the fact this is a public area and

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should be enjoyed by everyone, I would have thought recreation

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committee is or the environment would want to contribute something

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towards it. The current rent agreement ends in 2016. Those

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involved in negotiations hope they're on course to make a decision

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by then. The man who brought the world land

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speed record back to Britain will be inspiring Jersey's budding inventors

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at an event in the island this spring. This is Richard Noble's

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latest project, the Bloodhound ` a 1000mph rocket`powered racing car.

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Sounds good. He's speaking at Jersey's first TED talk, aimed at

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sharing ideas across Technology Entertainment and Design. Other

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speakers include a Swedish woman who composts human bodies. The event

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takes place in April. What TED allows you to do is because of the

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strength of the brand, have access to speakers who are superb and these

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people are really keen to be part of the TED community, so to bring them

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to Jersey is great. Mothers in Jersey are campaigning

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for cleaner public toilets with better facilities for toddlers in

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the town centre. Hundreds of people are following Jessica Wolanski's

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social media campaign. She's meeting with the St Helier constable to

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discuss the obstacles she's struggled with, particularly since

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having a second child, such as access. Most of it is up on the

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first floor, which when you're in the left and Iraqis, by the time you

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get up there it is normally too late. `` in the left and there are

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queues. The toilets need to be looked after better than they are

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and they need to be more accessible in some areas like car parks, you

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cannot get a double buggy in a car parked and cannot lead a baby

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outside value take a toddler in `` while you take a toddler in.

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Jersey Rugby Club faced an international fixture this afternoon

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when they hosted a team from Russia. The opposition turned up in tutus

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and tights. The Moscow City Ballet, in the island for two performances,

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gave the islanders a run for their money at St Peter. Jen Smith tagged

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along. They may seem worlds apart, but

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these two have more in common than at first glance. The Moscow City

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Ballet showing Jersey Rugby Club that people in skirts are tough

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Ballerinas and rugby players are squaring off in a training session

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to see who performs best. So who is fitter? Marking from Moscow Ballet

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joins me now. I know who I would rather face in a rugby scrum. Who is

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that? `` who is fitter? I think other readers are not as delicate as

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you think. Our strength is hidden beneath our beautiful bodies. Sean

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you are at Jersey Rugby club so what can we learn from ballerinas? Their

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dedication is unbelievable. They are unbelievable athletes. So have you

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learned something? Yeah. Well, actions speak louder than words On

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the count of three. When it comes to brute force, Jersey Rugby Club might

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have the advantage. But for poise and grace, the JRFC players might

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have to try a bit harder. If you do see Jen, the centre back

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to the BBC. Let's get the weather now. It could turn wet and windy

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tomorrow night into Thursday, with perhaps some gales. I will talk

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about that any second. Tonight we will see a few showers which fade

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away, improving through the night, we may see some sea fog in places

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but this week we expect this area of low pressure to bring wet and windy

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conditions by Thursday but tomorrow will have a few showers. They will

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roll in from the south`west. This feature moves in slowly tomorrow

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afternoon and into the early hours of Thursday. Thursday it will clear

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swiftly from eastern areas. Showers to follow, perhaps thunderstorms in

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a few places, so tonight we will see a few showers dotted about but drier

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conditions will develop and temperatures will fall to around

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four ` eight Celsius, so a dry start for most tomorrow. Sunny spells for

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a time but also showers will start rolling in from the North West. They

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could be heavy and stunned the rate that will ease through the afternoon

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and we will start to see some sunshine. This showers or rain will

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develop tomorrow night and the rain band will move across us, so

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tomorrow we will have isolated showers initially, rain later in the

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day. This see state is mainly good, winds decreasing to two or three and

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we expect that rain tomorrow evening which may turn very wet and windy.

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Here are your high tides. The next full moon is on Sunday the 16th of

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March so the high water times annual outlook for the rest of the week, we

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expect a few showers tomorrow, sunny spells in the afternoon that rain

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will follow and will be with us first thing on Thursday. Quite

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heavy, perhaps gusts up to 50 mph through the Channel and on Friday

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lost three showers to follow. That is it for now.

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naughty. Let's find out what's in store for us now. Alexis Greene has

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the details. store for us now. Alexis

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Hello, it will turn wet and windy in the middle of this week with gales

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making a return. Now to look at the week in general. We will have rain

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or showers at times and they could be heavy with hail and thunder. We

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will see some sunshine as well very like we saw this afternoon and it

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will generally be frost free. This is the satellite picture from

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earlier. Clumps of cloud over the region spreading to the region

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spreading to these and they brought as heavy and thundery showers but it

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was an improving picture. Sunny spells by the end of the day and you

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can see it on the radar clearing to the east and sunny spells making an

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appearance. Temperatures did quite well today. Tonight the showers will

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gradually is. You are looking at a dry night with clear spells

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initially but the mist and fog may make a return like last night and it

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could be dense across Dartmoor and Exmoor with temperatures falling to

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around nine degrees. A dry start to the day tomorrow and the cloud will

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increase very quickly and showers rolling across the region. The

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showers could be heavy with hail and thunder and there will be dry

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periods as well before the rain arrives by the afternoon and

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evening. Temperatures will reach 11 or 12 degrees and the wind comes in

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from the south. This is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly. Showers in

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the morning and then rain arrives by the evening. The wind is

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south`westerly and the high water time is 7:03am. The next full moon

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is on the 16th of March and that is a Sunday.

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We are expecting a fairly wet day all in all tomorrow night and the

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wind will veer to the south`west and showers are expected. The sea state

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is a moderate or good. The outlook for the rest of the week sees heavy

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rain moving in on Thursday and it will arrive on Wednesday afternoon.

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We will see the rain piling from the West and the gales will develop

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along the south coast. Maybe gusts of 40 mph. The rain will move

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through quite swiftly on a Thursday morning and we are expecting around

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half an inch of rainfall which will not help the flooding situation. The

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rain will rattle through on Thursday and there will be scattered showers

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perhaps with hail and thunder for the south. And I'm settled period on

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Wednesday night into Thursday and generally unsettled. We are

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expecting showers tomorrow and following that drier periods with

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sunny spells through the afternoon before a band of rain arrives in the

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evening. On Thursday and Friday wet on Thursday with shower was to

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follow and fairly unsettled for the rest of the week.

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It was nice to see the sun briefly today! That is all from us. We will

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be back at 6:30pm tomorrow. Good night.

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Next week we will explore stories of bravery and sacrifice. The nurse

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factory transformed by war. The prisoner of war camp holding

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thousands in Dorchester. The air Station in Cornwall protecting our

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pioneering plastic surgery. The other stories on Spotlight next

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week.

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