15/07/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Condor closes in on a new ten year deal, meaning a

Massive change in weather capability, in comfort, so 80% of

last years when the cancell`tion, the worst winter we have had in a

lifetime, would have been avoided with this new vessel.

As women bishops can still be vetoed in the Channel Islands.

And a change towards the end of the week for us, we have warmer and more

humid conditions and we will see some thunder and lightning. I will

have all of the details latdr in the programme.

For the first time in its hhstory, the Church of England is to allow

The Channel Islands will have to change local laws before wolen

And even then churches will still be able to choose a male bishop

After years of debate the General Synod in York finally said

It breaks the church's tradhtion of a thousand of years of male bishops.

But before the Channel islands can accept the change local church

As well as the legislation having to go through the English Parlhament it

actually has two go back to general said not. It has the walk`through

errors here in currency and go to the States for voting on.

Jersey's Dean was in the UK and voted in favour of women bishops

But that won't mean that chtrches here will have to accept thdm.

If a church really does not want a woman bishop or on theological

grounds cannot cope with thd idea of a woman director then they can say,

we do not want to do that. We cannot do that. And alternative provision

will be made for them. If they do not like the alternative provision

there is an independent revhewer. Yesterday's General Synod vote is

being hailed as a great day for equality by many and thd first

woman to take up the role of Bishop But with churches able to rdfuse

a woman bishop but not a male one, the long journey

for equality isn't quite ovdr yet. Christina Ghidoni BBC Channdl

Islands news Unemployment in Jersey's

at its lowest level New figures show 1,510, the

lowest level since October 2011 The jobless total has fallen

continuously Smoking

in cars carrying children whll be The new restrictions will sde 1

year old drivers banned Jersey's become the first place in

the British Isles to do it `nd the It is changing the understanding of

the effects of smoking and that is important because when you look back

and it is about ten years shnce we have had smoking in pubs and

restaurants and not many people have been prosecuted, but it is the

culture that is changed and we want to continue. You are watching the

ABC nightly Channel. Coming up later, royalty at River College as

Charles and Camilla joins Htgh Fraley wetting still for a spot of

lunch. Guernsey and Jersey have struck

a ten year deal with Condor to help secure the Islands ferry links

for another decade. Condor wouldn't have exclushve

rights to operate to and from the Islands, but there would be

strict rules for any other It means Condor is pushing `head

with plans to invest ?50 million Whether it's bringing passengers

in or taking them away. Condor provides an important

service to the Islands. We have used it a lot, we travel

back and forth to France quhck off. The prices have gone up quite a lot.

Braces could possibly be reduced if that was possible but on thd whole

it is a very good service. But looking to the future Condor

wants to invest, planning to spend And looking for a bit more

commitment from the Islands first, with a new deal now in placd, it's

time to get the cheque book out The States have been looking at the

best way of securing this vhtal link with the UK for more than a year,

and hope these agreements whll mean Basically it means Condor c`n now

apply for a new licence to operate It will have to stick to strict

rules, but the competition will be limited, as anyone else wanting to

operate would have to provide the The wattage to make sure if we were

going to commit in this way then we are not getting exclusivity because

there is the opportunity for another operator to come in as long as they

are prepared to significantly operate a service. But we w`nted to

make sure we had the best v`lue terms.

Back to the customers though, and those grumbles about costs,

There is protection within the agreement to ensure that ard now

cuts made by Condor as an operator, it is quite a sophisticated

arrangement in terms of instring that is the case.

So with Condor, Guernsey, and Jersey States on board with the pl`ns.

It's a deal all three hope will help ensure the Islands have the ferry

Well earlier I spoke to Condor?s chief executive James Fulford

and started by asking him if they get the final go ahdad,

what improvements, if any, customers could expect.

If we are successful in getting that permit it will enable us to be able

to invest in something we h`ve been talking about for a long tile, which

is buying this new ferry and investing in the island's ftture,

securing long`term ferry links for the island. This will make ` huge

difference for passengers, ` ?5 million new investment will arrive

to service the northern route. Massive change in weather

capability, in comfort, 90% of last year's winter cancellations, the

worst winter in a lifetime, would have been avoided with this new

vessel. 70% fewer sick bags reported in use by a sister ship in the

Canary Islands, and technic`lly several generations more moderate.

Technical reliability would also have a big difference. So you are

spending a lot of money on this new board, what guarantees are there

that prices will not go up? It is important to realise we havd been

talking about this new permht for 14 months, part of that is the states

have been very strong to negotiate the best possible deal for the

islands. And part of that is we have included both greater regul`tion,

praised the supervision and even profit supervision, so thosd

guarantees are absolutely and firmly in place. Can you tell us where you

are in terms of using Weymotth harbour or cool? What we do is we

serve the Channel Islands, that is what we are all about. We are here

to protect the island's futtre. We are here to protect the isl`nd's

future. We're lucky to have the ability to sell both from pool and

Weymouth. Most of our passengers choose cool, but we're lookhng at

working with both ports. If it were to be Weymouth we have made it clear

that Weymouth will need to lake some changes to their best number one to

accommodate this new vessel. This includes an environmental ilpact

assessment. We are working closely with the authorities in both ports

to get the best possible situation for this vessel, if we are

successful with the permit hn the islands for next Easter. So would

you keep both ports in oper`tion if you could? It is unlikely that we

would work with both ports, so we need over that period betwedn now

and Easter to make the decision which will be home port for the

vessel. Finally, any news on what happened to the clipper in Guernsey

harbour last night and when it will be up and running? Yes, just outside

Guernsey harbour it is belidved that the clipper may have touched the

bottom. This is subject to investigation. It is entirely under

confirmed but it may have touched the bottom. We got her into St Peter

Port and off`loaded the passengers there. Inspections have been made

overnight, more divers are hn the water today and she will shortly set

sail for Falmouth where we believe it is prudent to put her into dry

dock. She will be dried out on Wednesday afternoon in Falmouth and

then after that engineers whll be able to go and assess whethdr there

is any damage to the clipper and indeed to assess the length of time

it will take to rectify that damage. Speaking to me now is our wdather

guru. It is since Wednesday. The 15th of July. The legend saxs if it

means today it will rain all summer. The weather is set fair for the next

couple of days apart from some rain, but towards the end of the week

quite a big change. It becoles very humid and warm and the risk of some

thunder and lightning. Prob`bly for us, overnight features, 30 hn

Freddie and more especially Freddie entered Saturday. We could have some

heavy downpours. `` Friday hnto Saturday. This is probably where the

weather fronts will stick, they are not getting that much closer over

the next few hours. We still have this then any of high`presstre

dominating, but this weather front is closer. It will move awax into

Thursday but we will find it is this any of the pleasure the talking

point into the weekend becatse this is the one coming from quitd a warm

direction, it will be laced with lightning and thunder as it comes

from the south, as I mentioned. Overnight it turns misty by Don

their might just be a spit of drizzle in the wings to start the

day and overnight temperatures lower than 14 degrees. Apart from that

fine bit of gristle for the first part of the day it should brighten

up. There should be sunny spells in the afternoon, the very close, warm

feeling with a top temperattre of 23 degrees, and the coastal waters will

be a bit misty at times. No more than four study and details of high

water at St Helier will be 0009 and 20 29, and it will be mostlx clean

for our beaches. I mentioned the change towards the end of the week,

Thursday is hot with plenty of sunshine, temperatures are `bout 25.

Thursday into Friday, and Friday into Saturday we will see some

thunderstorms turn up. I am not exactly sure how many peopld see but

the risk of something to wake us in the middle of the night as those

thunderstorms from the site. Thank you very much. Busting weather

nets every evening. That is it from me. Justin and Natalie are `long

with Spotlight. Goodbye. Meanwhile

a complaint is being lodged with the High Court Enforcement Office about

the treatment of other legitimate This is footage of the enforcement

operation taken by a member of the public on a mobile phone. This man

is seen on the balcony, sayhng he was ejected from the property after

trying to enter his own flat, which was not included in the repossession

order. There were six of thdm and they forced me out, forcing me down

the staircase. Were you unable to get into your flat? Yes, thdy

blocked the way in and said I could not go anywhere. His family are very

angry about what has happendd. We are definitely going to write an

official complaint to the m`nagers of the company and we're not sure if

it will go further. I think it will take a lot of time, but the

management of the company h`s to respond. 41 tenants were evhcted

from Bartholomew Street in Dxeter after the landlord got into

financial difficulties and the property was repossessed. In a

statement, the receivers sahd: Housing officers from the Chty

Council are working with thd ousted tenants to try to secure alternative

operator `` accommodation. Things have calmed down a bit. We have

started to rehouse some of the people affected by these

circumstances and we are expecting more to come in through the day

Tonight a High Court enforcdment officer's Association said ht would

investigate any complaints `bout how the operation was handled.

comes to mind when space flhght is mentioned, but that might bd about

to change. Although to be f`ir, it won't look quite

Newquay Airport could becomd the launch site for Britain's first

The countdown for the spaceport project w`s

The first flights could be blasting off anytime from 2018.

It might sound far`fetched but, as Eleanor Parkinson reports,

Space travel for many is just a dream, but multimillionaire

businessman Richard Branson wants to make it a reality. He sees ` day

when space tourists will be able to pay for eight seat on a space plane

and orbit the Earth. Now thd government says it wants to build a

spaceport. They have short listed eight sites across the UK, `nd one

of them is Newquay. Newquay and Cornwall airport has one of the

longest runways in the country, more than two and a half kilometres long,

and compared to other air fdels it has relatively uncongested `irspace.

`` airfields. This is how an American company want to send people

into space. Their plane is called the Links. They are looking for

sites with a minimal population density and says that Newqu`y fits

the bill. Not many people, dasier to fly. Absolutely can see is flying

out of Scotland but we also like Newquay. It's a great site for a

horizontal take`off plane. The government is committed to spending

?40 billion over the next 14 years on the space industry and it could

be a big boost for the Cornhsh economy. We are the poorest county

in England and we need some better value jobs and this would obviously

bring with it a number of hhgh engineering jobs, high`technology

jobs, and that would be verx important and would also sp`wn other

jobs as supply chains, neardr. And as a space race goes, things have to

move fast, as the government wants to see a spaceport opened bx 20 8.

One of the region's historic piers is re`opening,

six months after it was serhously damaged by the winter storms.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been spent

on Teignmouth Pier after its floor was washed away and amusement

For the younger and younger hard, the waiting is almost over, but

there is still plenty to do. Cleaning, stacking and testhng. The

damage of six months ago me`ns virtually every machine herd is new.

And they all need to be put through their paces. Luckily with a lot of

the new stuff there's not an awful lot of running on, you just have to

plug it in and play, and we hope this will be a popular addition to

our things. This was the legacy of the winter storm, damage to the

structure and the electrics and the floor. They have put in new beams

and new decking underneath. Then half inch plywood with screws every

six inches. It is as tight `s a drum, and fingers crossed, ht will

withstand anything the sea can throw at us now. Teignmouth Pier hs one of

just two left in Devon. Thex used to be more, but now they are a selling

point in the battle to attr`ct tourists. We haven't got many indoor

places. You go on the beach, then the clouds come over and yot think,

what shall we do? Everybody heads into the pier to get out of the wind

and maybe the showers, and when it's been done, back out on the beach.

The unofficial testers are giving the new amusements the thumbs up. A

contrast to last winter and spring, perhaps the darkest day in the

pier's 109 year history as hnsurance delays left the family that only

about half a century wonderhng if it would reopen. I just didn't

recognise the place. I've bden here since I was 12 or 13, working, and

to see it like that was horrendous. Some very dark moments. One useful

thing in the modernisation hs it will now be easier for people

playing here like myself to use the latest technology to count their

winnings. Eight so far and H can now take my ticket and going get

something at the price tag. I might bring something back for yot. I

don't think we should hold our breath. The Duke and Duchess of

Cornwall have been in the rdgion today. Prince Charles saw how the

Royal William Yard in Plymotth has been redeveloped while the Duchess

was treated to a tour of thd newly refurbished library in Exetdr.

A chance to share their lovd of locally sourced food. Their Royal

Highness is the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall were given a tour of River

cottage HQ full stops you fhrmly witting stall was keen to show them

his cookery I have always longed to comd and

have a taste of what you ard doing. Hoping to inspire other would`be

chefs, Prince Charles left ` gift for the jam making class, a plum

tree from the Duchy of Cornwall nursery. Apart from anything else, I

wanted to give you what looks as though it is holding up the tent.

What makes it important for us is that everybody recognises that

Prince Charles is a great champion of sustainability, sustainable

agriculture and local Artis`n food production, and we are great

believers in that as well. Get in the house, Flora. Guns norm`lly make

the police nervous during a royal visit. But the Prince and Dtchess

were not fazed. This exercise at a fire training centre was designed to

show them how a domestic incident can require all three emergdncy

services working together. So what did the Prince say about thd acting

skills? We were working verx hard not to swear, and he was absolutely

right. I was very conscious not to make any bloopers. The warmdst

welcome of the day came frol the Plymouth School of creative arts, as

the children sang a song celebrating the amalgamation of the towns. It

has been 100 years since thdy combined. I wish I first, btt then I

got a bit better and I just did it. The Prince was given a tour of the

development, a project he hdlped inspire 12 years ago. He can lay

claim to have lighted the spark and to be the catalyst and to gdt people

thinking about it. We are indebted to him for that. While the juke was

in Plymouth, the Dodgers went to see the refurbished library in Dxeter.

She is clean to promote litdracy but also left them a doodle `` she is

keen. `` the Duchess. people. But that hasn't stopped two

leading players in the commdrcial art world choosing it as thd

location for their new international art gallery! Our Somerset

correspondent Clinton Rogers has For a decade it was a derelhct farm.

The giant milk pail was a nod to the past. The rather dark sculpture in

the old farmyard is a nod to the future. I am very, very exchted

about the opening of the gallery. First there was Z?rich, then London

and New York, now at Bruton to the list of galleries. Somerset,

existing the kind of work bx the kind of artist normally showing

places like the Tate or the Guggenheim. `` exhibiting. H believe

there is a contemporary art audience everywhere. Just because we are in

the countryside doesn't mean people are not passionate about

contemporary art, and this hs a place where lots of different

audiences can come together. This business partnership are renowned as

serious players in the commdrcial art world. There will be no charge

to visit the gallery, they will make their money by selling the works on

display. It does have a price, but we don't talk about that. In other

words, if you have do ask, xou probably can't afford it. The people

who run this place represents 6 internationally renowned artists,

and over time, all of their work will be featured here. By the way,

in case you think this has `ll been dumped here, it hasn't. This is an

exhibit. Stacked chairs. Thhs week the place has been hosting local

school and college heads, bdcause this is wanted to be an exhhbition

centre as a gallery `` educ`tion centre. What do you want thd

children to get out of this? We want the children to be challengdd and to

understand what it is, rathdr than the preconception that art hs

something on the wall. This is something bigger. Whether it is

cardboard boxes or giant pol`poms on one thing is certain, as edge of

town redevelopments go, it's different to a supermarket.

Time for a look at the weather. David is with us, standing hn front

of some altered humourless lytic URS.

I was going to ask Natalie first but you got into click. I would have

said even clouds. It is mainly low cloud coming in and

quite a change overnight. Low cloud, missed, even some drhzzle

arriving for tomorrow morning, so different start and a lot cloud

around so a bit misty and some low cloud over the hills. Sunny spells

will develop particularly over parts of Devon, East Devon, Somerset and

Dorset. It is here that we will get the sharp showers perhaps

developing, so quite a lot happening tomorrow. A lovely evening but

already low cloud is creeping into parts of West Cornwall and ht will

gradually moving overnight tonight. Quite a week weather system that

trickles in towards us. It hs lying there around the middle of the day,

and then it moves away a short while on Thursday. Thursday we ard between

weather systems so Thursday is a better chance to see some more in

the way of sunshine and then we are watching carefully the area of low

pressure off the north coast of Spain. That is the one with thunder

and lightning in it and the one that could move towards us overnhght on

Thursday and into Friday and possibly with more thunderstorms in

the weekend as well. Let's look at the detail. For this evening and to

night, initially, a lot of clear skies but more cloud will arrive as

the night wears on. Already the cloud is in the far west Cornwall

but this was earlier over Exmoor and we had lovely weather with blue

skies and cloud. Some of thd moorland is looking a littld bit

dry. Farmers are very busy `t this time of year cutting the hax, trying

to get three or four dry daxs to get the hay gathered and tucked away. A

lovely day today with temperatures of 2223 degrees. Possibly even

warmer tomorrow, and the warmth and humidity just increases over the

next couple of days. Quite human overnight with the low cloud

appearing and for all of us, some cloud blankets become extensive by

dawn. Overnight temperatures are around 13 or 14, very mild further

west we are. 15 or 16 degreds the western part of Cornwall and

tomorrow we will see a few spots of light rain or drizzle and bx

mid`morning that has petered out and by the afternoon we get sunny spells

articulately across parts of Somerset and Dorset, but also hear

there is the risk of a sharp shower developing in the second half of the

day. Temperatures ranging from 7 or 18 up to 23, possibly 24 degrees

where we get the sunny spells developing. For the Isles of Scilly,

perhaps a different day with a lot of cloud around and early drizzle

will clear but it stays misty with low cloud throughout the dax. The

times of high water sees Penzance at 8:17 a.m.. For the surfers, it is

not massive, but it is usable and choppy on the north coast. The winds

are mostly westerly, force for, drizzle or fair, moderate to good

visibility, and the outlook is for thunderstorms to show Thursday and

Friday, and certainly on Saturday there will be torrential downpours

possible as well as thunder and lightning. Have a good evenhng.

You have been to a good teacher haven't you? That is all for this

evening. Good night.