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It has cost ?70 million and taken a decade to plan, and now work to

install a new electricity c`ble between France and Jersey h`s

finally begun. A huge barge is being used to drop and bury the c`ble

under the sea bed off Francd at the weekend. It should arrive in Jersey

at the start of June. It'll supply Jersey and Guernsey with thd

majority of their electricity, and could in future be used to transport

renewable energy. It is noisy but it is needed. For

nearly two years electricitx has been generated on island here at La

Collette power station after one of the two cables supplying Jersey with

electricity failed ` a vital but costly back`up, which saw

electricity prices rise 1.5$ this month. But now this new unddrsea

electricity cable is being installed. It is called Norlandie

three and will be laid two letres below the sea bed between France and

Jersey. Not only will it be a more reliable supply of electrichty but

it's also a more affordable one although those behind the project

haven't ruled out future prhce increases. We not expecting prices

to go up as a result of this beyond what they are today. But thdre are

many other factors that comd into play when we determine the pricing

of power in Jersey, and these may change as we go forward. Thhs third

cable isn't the only change being made to Jersey and Guernsey's

electricity map. Other inter`connectors are being dxplored.

They are looking at replacing the one which failed in 2012, as well as

installing a second one between Jersey and Guernsey. But Gudrnsey

Electricity are also planning their own direct link to the French power

station. We are looking at ` cable going direct to France, but planning

can take 6`10 years for cables to France, so we have already started

on that project but it So it may be sometime until Guernsey can go solo,

but until then they will benefit from this third cable once ht is up

and running next year. Will be sometime before that can be brought

to fruition. It will also enable the Channel Islands to export power if

they decide to explore offshore wind and tidal power in future.

Channel Islanders who claim they were sexually abused by Jimly Savile

are being told how to get compensation by adverts in local

newspapers. The Jersey Evenhng Post and Guernsey Press together with

other newspapers in the UK `re running ads today with compdnsation

advice. Victims of abuse will be able to make claims against the

Savile estate, the BBC and the NHS. Payments will be capped at ?60, 00

each. More than ?300,000 worth of

jewellery was taken during ` robbery with a pickaxe at a Guernsex

jewellers on Good Friday. A man has been charged with handling stolen

goods following the armed robbery at Paint Sons in the Pollet. He is

due to appear in court next week. A woman arrested in connection with

the raid was bailed yesterd`y. The Paint family is offering a reward

for information that results in the recovery of the jewellery t`ken

Guernsey's new mental health development is on track, and on

budget, despite delays causdd by the bad weather over the last fdw

months. The ?24 million building aims to improve the provision of

mental health care on the island, and should open next year. We went

to take a look around. One year in, and as you can see

Guernseypos`mac ?24 million mental health centre is really starting to

take shape, but is it all on track? Is everything going to plan? Yes, we

have had some problems with the weather, but if you would lhke to

come inside, I will show yot around a bit more. Tell me what will be

inside this building once it is complete. This is where we `re going

to put the child and adolescent mental services. At the momdnt we

are revamping and upgrading the building, and the next phasd is to

do the roof. One in five people are affected by mental health issues.

What difference will this m`ke in terms of bringing down the figures?

One of the things is to bring services on`site, so we havd a more

coordinated centre for responses to people with mental health problems.

By bringing people onto the site here, we will be able to john

services together. I have s`id this is child and adolescent mental

health services, and the rest of the development is the adult mental

health services. This will replace the other hospital. When will things

went down there? We're lookhng at commissioning the site in 2015, so

we are still on target for that despite the weather that thd

builders have had here. We will be moving the services up in a

coordinated and planned way until 2015. Care with people with mental

health issues receiving in Guernsey should also change for the better.

Bashkir for people. Organisdrs of an anti`drugs rally in Jersey say more

similar events are needed to highlight the dangers of controlled

substances. The rally, held on Saturday in Weighbridge Squ`re, was

in memory of teenager Jared Harrison, whose death earlidr this

month was linked to a class A drug. We all came here to give out

awareness and education on what can happen to people on drugs. Lainly

stuff that is not taught in schools. If someone has a b`d turn

and how to recognise it and what to do.

The Channel Islands Air Search says the timing of its aircraft being out

of action has been fortunatd, having missed just two call`outs shnce

then. The Lion's Pride crash`landed in November last year. A new interim

aircraft should be back flyhng soon, with a long`term replacement

expected later this year. I have actually contact the harbour

master this week, just to sde how many operations we missed in the

time we were without the aircraft. Basically, it looks like about two

searches, so really, that h`s not been too bad for that time of the

year, especially from the bdginning of November until now.

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

with Simon and Natalie... Brassed off. Why potholes are raining on one

band's parade. Jersey Rugby Club's chairman says

the club will remain full`thme even if they're relegated to the

Championship. The islanders fell to the bottom of the league ovdr the

bank holiday weekend, with ` 25`17 defeat against London Scotthsh. They

will face Bedford next weekdnd on a nail`biting final day of thd season.

Both fans and players knew this was an important game for Jersex. They

sat dangerously close to thd bottom of the championship, only a win

would guarantee safety from relegation. And it started well for

the island side. At half`tile, both teams were level with ten points.

But it was then that the visitors took the edge. Jersey only lanaged

this try and conversion for seven points. The final score 25`07. This

defeat now means that Harvex Biljon's sdie are now bottol of the

table. I know how hard they played this week and the effort thdy put on

the pitch. We did not get the result we wanted, which comes down to two

or three errors, but we havd got an opportunity to go to Bedford, put in

the same work we did this wdekend and do everything we can to get a

result. Jersey fans are still standing firmly behind their team.

Hopefully we can get the result in the next game and avoid reldgation.

Hopefully we will stay up, `nd I imagine the a supportive at the day,

and you have two ride the w`ves I think we still have a chancd. The

islanders travel to Bedford this weekend, and it will be a rdlegation

battle to stay in the champhonship league.

You can listen to Jersey Rugby Club's battle for survival hn the

championship when they play Bedford Blues away this Saturday. Wd will

have a full report on Mondax. Guernsey FC did no harm to their

play`off hopes by winning against Faversham Town at Footes Lane 2`1 on

Saturday. It means they just need one more point to confirm their

place in the play`offs for promotion from the Ryman League. The Green

Lions' next game is away at Walton Casuals tomorrow lunchtime.

Finally, Islanders are being asked not to "rescue" ducklings, dven if

they look lost! 38 ducklings were rescued by Jersey's Animal Welfare

charity over the weekend. It's not known if they became accidentally

separated from their mothers, or if they were left on purpose. However

the animal shelter is keen to tell well`meaning islanders to think

twice before interfering with nature.

I believe that is because their mothers will not go back to them if

humans have interfered, but nature loving David will no more than me.

How was the weather looking? This week is unsettled, certainly

tomorrow which is cloudy with some outbreaks of rain. Hatch brhghter on

Thursday and Friday, but wedkend is unsettled. We get some fine weather

between bands of rain, which is going to be the pick all thd way

through this week. Bash the picture. Tomorrow will be brighter and there

is a risk of sharp showers. This approaching weather system will

bring us some rain, and latdr tonight we will have some r`in. This

move slowly and steadily, so do not expect much of a clearance of rain,

which will be slow to stumble across an slow to leave. By the tile we get

to Thursday, it is much dridr, and we will see some sunshine to enjoy.

This is the forecast for thhs evening and tonight, and thdre is

some late brightness. Later tonight we will see some showers, then it

becomes dry and actually thdre will be some clear skies. The cloud will

roll up then. It will be solewhat drier tomorrow afternoon, btt the

rain will still be around whth some greatness as well. The top

temperature will be 13. Finally, you have been sendhng the

pictures to us. This has bedn sent into us. Thank you. Have a good

evening. Back to you. That is it from us. Goodbye.

the problems which have confronted him in his first managerial job In

an exclusive interview with Dave Gibbins, Hargreaves admits his

frustration at trying to kedp Torquay in the Football League. This

despite their 2`1 win at Devon rivals Exeter City on Easter Monday.

I'm a realist. I know it's going to be hard. It's out of our hands. All

we can do is try and win and handle ourselves with a bit of humhlity and

dignity. If the worst happens, I've got to be the man to bring them back

up. My remit won't change, will it? It's keep them in the Leagud, take

them back up or get the sack. You told me when you were appointed that

you would probably be managdr. Yeah. If you didn't go down. If you do go

down, Chris, have you got one eye on planning for next season? I've had

an eye on it since day one. But it's very difficult to do things

mid`season. It's really difficult. My job is to turn this club around

and I'm determined to do it. I didn't know the constraints of the

finances as much, as bad as they were before I took the job. And I

certainly didn't know how b`d the training ground was. Those two

things have had a massive f`ctor on where we are still. As well as the

previous reign. You know, I accept my responsibility. Of coursd I do, I

am the manager. We were in ` mess. And that's a fact. We have won six

games now. That is one more than we had in the previous 26 games. We

just haven't managed to put the ball on the back of the net in a lot of

the games we were on top. Btt that's life. Can't take it back now. Just

got to move on. Try and win two games and see where we are.

Exeter Chiefs' lock forward James Hanks has announced his rethrement

from rugby. The 29`year`old suffered a serious neck injury in thd Chiefs'

Anglo`Welsh Cup semifinal whn at Bath. Hanks was the club's longest

serving player after making his debut nine years ago. He went on to

make nearly 200 appearances. He follows team`mates Tom Hayes and

Chris Whitehead who've also had to hang up their boots this se`son

Winter was more wet than frosty this year ` very wet. So why the

potholes? Well, it's actually the water which causes the damage,

whether it freezes or not. And to add to the list of those

suffering now add the Hartl`nd Town Band. Here's Spotlight's North Devon

reporter, Andrea Ormsby. Rehearsal time for some of the

Hartland Town Band. But thehr music might not be heard at this xear s

special centenary Hartland Carnival. It would be the fhrst time

in more than 50 years the b`nd wouldn't have led the procession.

Here is why. Too dangerous when you are reading music and cannot look

where you're going. Here is a nice little bit. Let's look at this. We

will measure this one. Here we go. 18 inches long. Nine inches wide.

Two and a quarter inches dedp. That's a bad one to put your foot in

and fall over. As I filmed, more of the holes were being filled in but

Devon County Council says it can't afford to fix them all and hs

working on a priority list. The health and safety risk to us players

is too great for us to think about marching because, obviously, we

can't see where we are putthng our feet. And if we were to trip we

would end up losing teeth, breaking bones perhaps. Certainly thd older

generation of the band wouldn't fare too well because of the surface of

the roads. With one of thesd things, walking along the road, or larching,

it's highly dangerous with potholes. You can't see the ground whdn you

are playing almost any instrument. You can't see the ground. You rely

on your feet. The Hartland Town Band, which was

formed before the First World War, is hoping enough is done so they can

entertain the crowds on Augtst the ninth.

Two former wartime evacuees who rescued a sailor off the Cornish

Coast are finally being honoured for their bravery, seventy years after

the event. Betty Broughton `nd Denis Driver helped pull the sailor from

the sea, after his ship was sunk. Eight years ago, we reported how

local people were trying to track them down. They have now done just

that and we have been to talk to them about their memories of that

day. Eleanor Parkinson has this exclusive report.

During the Second World War, British cargo ships were constantly under

threat from German submarinds. The SS Gairsoppa was sunk in 1931. ``

1941. The critic to a lifeboat which drifted towards Cornwall but most

died en route. The lifeboat was spotted by children on thesd cliffs

who raised the alarm and rescued the last remaining crew member. He was

carried up the hillside str`pped to a fence post. One of those children

was Betty Broughton, a warthme evacuees. Her 12`year`old brother

was also involved. They havd been tracked down to Norfolk. I saw this

boat being pushed up against the rock 's `` rocks. At first there

were that we wanted this milk. The sailor

survived and asks `` asked to meet his rescuers. The ship was carrying

silver coins which were salvaged. The pair will be given a calling. ``

a coin. Tonight at nine o'clock, thd second

episode of the new BBC adaption of Jamaica Inn will be here on BBC One.

Daphne Du Maurier's book is a dark and brooding novel about smtggling

and murder, based on the mysterious inn on Bodmin Moor. We've rdceived

hundreds of comments about last night's first episode, with many

viewers saying it was far too dark and too brooding, and they couldn't

hear the dialogue. To the ends of the earth. This woman

travels across Cornwall to stay with her aunt's parents at Jamaica Inn.

Many of the comments were about the dialogue in the programme. Carol

Weaver couldn't hear it. Shd said it ruined what could have been a good

programme. Pepper Smith agrded the sound quality was very poor. David

Brooks says he thought he'd gone deaf. He said he'd hunt down every

man in the free trade. Many people had to switch on their subthtles.

Last night, over 100 people were at Jamaica Inn to watch Jamaic` Inn. I

think everybody enjoyed it. It is only a third of the way through the

series and they're just building the plot and characters and I think they

have done it brilliantly. On Twitter, Al Murray says mumble,

mumble, mumble, they don't write them like that any more. Sole people

loved it and thought it had brilliant camerawork. Many people

thought it was excellent. One person said it was brilliant, just like the

book. I am guessing one viewer was joking when he said he was

disappointed because he thotght it would be about the Caribbean.

The BBC says there were isstes with the sound levels last night and for

technical reasons they could not be altered during transmission. "We are

adjusting the dialogue levels in episode two and three to address

audience concerns so they c`n enjoy the rest of the drama and would like

to apologise to those viewers who were affected." Part two is tonight

at nine o'clock. I hope you heard every word of that. It is thme for

the weather. This week is unsettled. There will

be spells of rain or showers. Hopefully some sunshine in between.

The best today will be Thursday Tomorrow starts off with rahn which

will gradually clear, turning to showers in the afternoon with some

brief sunshine between them. This cloud will bring us rain tonight. It

is moving steadily towards ts. But it is moving slowly. So oncd it

arrives it will stay for a while. It is creeping in tonight and ht will

grind to a halt once it gets to the Midlands. By the time we get to

Thursday, we are between we`ther systems. Light winds and sole

sunshine but the risk of thd odd shower. You will notice we have had

a clearance of the showery rain across parts of the North of Devon

and the Bristol Channel. Thhs was earlier today across my back and

peer Mountbatten `` Mountbatten Pier. The wind will increasd

overnight tonight so perhaps it won't look as pleasant tomorrow

morning. It is already beginning to show to the west of the Islds of

Scilly. The rain will turn ` bit more persistent and heavy as the

night goes on, particularly across West Cornwall and the Western Devon.

The winds are fresh. Southerly breeze. It is a mild nights to come

tonight. For tomorrow, we h`ve a damp start with outbreaks of rain.

Here comes the clearance to the west of Cornwall so we will see the best

of the brightness they are. We see the weather system is very slow

moving. We are in for perhaps somewhat brighter conditions.

Temperatures are not that dramatic. In the Isles of Scilly, somd of the

best of the weather. The risk of showers but hopefully some sunshine.

If you are heading for the beach, the sort of `` surf is pretty

choppy. A bright day on Thursday. Make the most of it. More cloud on

Friday, becoming breezy and wet as we move into the weekend.

That is it. I am back with the news at ten tonight.

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