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?652 million ` that is the States expected income next year.

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So the books are not balancing and Jersey's States is looking

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The Treasury Minister, Senator Philip Ozouf, has already

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ruled out increasing income tax or GST, so how he will cover that

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He wants to increase import duties on alcohol, tobacco and fuel,

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and he wants to raise stamp duty on expensive homes.

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And then there are plans to make ?20 million of spending cuts

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When your income is under threat, you do not stand there like a fly

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waiting for a windscreen. You invest and you build. You get good value

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for infrastructure projects and you bring forward projects that you need

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to do in the future. This is a budget that's being

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described as interim, because what is decided in the

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States this week will not be adopted Senator Ozouf easily survived

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a vote of no confidence over the plans recently and he will be

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hoping he can persuade the Assembly And Jen has been

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following the budget debate today How are things looking for

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Senator Ozouf now? Are some still calling it

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a budget that doesn't balance? The Treasury Minister, as expected,

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did face fierce criticism by some politicians today that you cannot

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spend more money than you make. Senator Sarah Ferguson was

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particularly critical. She is the head of a group

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of politicians who have scrutinised She says you cannot have

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a high level of spending when there Income has been going down.

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Expenditure is going up. We have lost the connection between income

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and expenditure. You and I, in our private lives, will endeavour not to

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spend more than we are in. But at the moment, the States has no

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connection between income and spending.

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But the debate has not just been about this shortfall, has it?

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What are the actual details of this spending plan?

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It includes details to help home buyers,

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more spending on infrastructure projects, and a further cut in taxes

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Plus, as we have mentioned, there will be above inflation

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This afternoon, however, the States voted against taking GST

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An attempt to introduce tax relief for some islanders who pay private

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It looks like we could be in for another day of debate

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As much criticism as there has been of Senator Ozouf's tactics,

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he is leaving the really difficult questions, like

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do we raise taxes and/or GST to pay for falling incomes, until after the

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Channel Island Co`op shareholders are being asked to save the jobs of

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The company announced on Friday that it is closing its food distribution

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centres in Guernsey and Jersey to use a UK warehouse instead.

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Today Jersey employees met with Union representatives and decided

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This food warehouse in Jersey stood still this morning as

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Co`op workers met with their union, after they were told

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the food warehouses in Jersey and Guernsey are closing next summer,

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The warehouse workers would not comment on camera.

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They said the meeting went well, they have taken all the information

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on board, and now they are taking action to save their jobs.

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The employees of the customer`owned company are now

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I will be asking for an emergency meeting with the shareholders. We

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are going to put our case to the shareholders and I think it is

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important that they determine if the proposals to outsource the business

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and make 70 people redundant is appropriate or not.

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And now there are even more jobs at risk.

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The Co`op are closing this sport shop in St Peter.

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We were approached with an offer for the building which we felt was a

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good offer and one that we needed to consider. We have been honest with

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our colleagues in Total Sport. Guernsey employees facing redundancy

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are meeting with They want the local company

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to be more locally minded. Co`op bosses say that there will be

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job opportunities in their new store ` at the former

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GT car site in Guernsey, as well as But with only 50 jobs available, not

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everyone will necessarily get one. Fresh CCTV footage has emerged over

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the weekend of murdered Jersey man David Miller

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and Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk. It is now a week since their badly

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beaten bodies were found on a beach in Thailand and police there

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have been criticised over their David Miller walking

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in Koh Tao the night he was killed. It is CCTV from a local hotel,

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which was released by police there. Mr Miller is then seen alone just

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before two in the morning and it has raised questions about when exactly

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he met Hannah Witheridge It has also been reported

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his father Ian called his son 'a hero' in an interview with the

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Daily Mail, claiming he may have Thai Police say they are looking

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for three, or possibly more, men and have stepped up their search

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in response to criticism they have They are saying, if they have to,

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they will DNA test every single That would be several thousand

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people, and it is not clear yet whether they have the resources to

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do that, but at least we get the sense they understand the scale

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of the challenge now facing them. They also say they are going to look

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beyond people on the island and try to test speed boat drivers

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and those onboard fishing boats who may have visited Koh Tao

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at the time of the attacks. Despite 150 officers being sent to

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the island to investigate, they have made no arrests

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and have reported little progress Christina Ghidoni,

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BBC Channel Islands News. Thousands of sailors

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across the world, including many in the Channel Islands, have attempted

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to set a new world record. This was the scene in Guernsey

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yesterday, as they took part in what could be the largest sailing

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race in the world. There were boats of all shapes

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and sizes sailing in memory of a British Olympic champion

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sailor, Andrew Simpson, who was killed while training

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for the America's Cup last year. A Jersey Post worker has won

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a national award for his idea to set up the company's

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Call and Check Service. Postmen and women now regularly call

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on older people on their rounds to make sure they are OK and if

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need be, report any concerns to a It was set up by Joe Dickinson, who

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has won a Change Maker award that celebrates people who have made a

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difference through brilliant ideas. A multi`million pound project to

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regenerate a derelict site in Guernsey has been given

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the green light. The Environment Department has

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granted permission to build a luxury hotel on the former

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Idle Rocks site in St Martins. The area has been out

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of bounds since a fire destroyed the Over ten years ago,

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the Idlerocks Hotel was ravaged Following a second fire two

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year ago, parts of the hotel's It has long been an eyesore

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and permission has just been granted The plans include 35 en`suite

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bedrooms, a spa, restaurant, and The man responsible for its design

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says it is a sign of a change This is an eco`friendly hotel. It

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has been designed to blend in with the site and the landscape around.

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We have designed something that will have minimal intact on these

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landscape. `` impact. The owners

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of the site have to meet certain conditions, such as allow the

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States' archaeologist access to the Guernsey's National Trust has

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voiced concerns and says it will be There are conditions imposed on the

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planning application which had been approved. We will be very interested

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to see how it develops. The hotel is expected to be

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completed within three years A big investment hoping to

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attract big spenders to Guernsey. Before we go to find out what

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the weather has in store for us, have a look at this film of Friday

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night's lightening storm over It was taken at Corbiere in Jersey

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and what a sight ` pretty It will be a quiet week with a

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little change. It will be a little cooler at night. Temperatures will

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be similar to last week. There is a weather system across the north of

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Ireland that will slowly make progress towards asked, probably

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arriving on Wednesday. That will bring more cloud and light showers.

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This is the middle of the day tomorrow. The showers will get

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pushed away. Until Wednesday, there is not much change. There will be

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more cloud around tonight. Cloud tonight will come and go. It is cold

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at night and temperatures will probably drop to 12`13 Celsius.

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Tomorrow, it will not be a bad day and the sunshine will be out.

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Temperatures of 17`18 Celsius. Here is the coastal waters forecast.

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Times of high water now. The waves are likely to be small this week. It

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will stay on settled in Spain and Portugal, into France.

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oxide. You can see more of that on Inside

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Thanks for joining us this evening ` there's plenty still ahead

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It's been an action packed weekend on the water ` from gigs battling it

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out in Newquay to a massive, possibly record`breaking sail

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off Weymouth in memory of a much`loved Olympic gold medallist.

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Out. Join me back on dry land, where this Devon vineyard could be in line

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for a record vintage. It's time for the sport now,

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and Dave's here with some momentous Now, it's not very often we can

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say this ` all our four senior Commentators from BBC Somerset

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and BBC Radio Devon describe the joyous occasions, including

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Torquay United's SIXTH consecutive What a stunning individual goal

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from Joel Grant. That was a bit

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of individual brilliance and he has got that and he worked

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hard today as well so it was a Argyle having to play through,

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nice turn by Morgan and a goal! Marvin Morgan turned really

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well inside the area. Thomas... I thought he was offside,

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no flag. What a good goal from Nathan Thomas,

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must be a big question mark Chance here for Exeter,

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the ball has gone over the keeper, Graham Cummins has got it,

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three in three for him. Butterfield has gone forward,

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Moore`Taylor's gone forward, Good ball in again,

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it is headed down and in, Who is it running away? Jordan

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Moore`Taylor! Young, then,

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will take this fourth corner. Headed across by Aaron Downes

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and into the back of the net! Cameron plays it back

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across goal and it is an own goal! I'm afraid the same can't be said

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for our Championship rugby teams. The Cornish Pirates are now bottom

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after a third straight defeat, Plymouth Albion are two places above

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the Pirates after also losing for Despite scoring only one try to

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Gloucester's three, Exeter Chiefs' Gareth Steenson put

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over five penalties to help them to The Chiefs, who were top

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after edging home 25`22, And there was competition

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on the water too. More than 600 rowers from

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across the South West were out in force in Newquay this weekend for

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the county pilot gig championships. The weather was nigh`on perfect for

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the racing, enjoyed by 90 crews. The pulling power of Cornish pilot

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gig rowing. This is the last race of the men's

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County Championships at Newquay. From 90 crews, six have

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made it to the final. Gig rowing is a Cornish passion

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that is fast catching on. Newquay Harbour the picturesque home

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of gig rowing. The club was founded here in 1921

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and now the sport is spreading. Teams from Swanage, Bristol

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and Southampton are competing Over 600 competitives alone,

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and on top of that you have spectators, shore parties, umpires

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afloat, we have the lifeboat station, all of the catering,

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the ladies that do all that. We float on a tide of goodwill,

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it is not organised entirely The final is two laps

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of a triangular course a mile On board each gig,

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six burly rowers giving it their all, the cox navigating using every

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trick in the book to get the edge. It is very easy to lose where you

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are and to accidentally hit somebody else so it is a difficult race

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but thankfully it all paid off Cheers for Falmouth A, the

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County Championship champions. Finally from me, Somerset finish

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their county cricket season tomorrow It's the first of four days

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as Marcus Trescothick's boys aim to Or should that be the start of

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autumn on a high? Thanks to everybody who has got in

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touch to talk about the little girl being taken out of school. Graham

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says it seems desperately unfair to deny her the chance to become a

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bridesmaid, especially given the training days teachers give

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themselves. Tony says teachers are not allowed

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holidays during term time so why should their pupils have them?

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Header from Somerset says she thinks the little girl should be allowed to

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be a bridesmaid. If she can't go there the whole ceremony should be

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`` could be ruined for the family. It may be autumn

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but the weather today across large parts of the South West

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has been absolutely glorious. Yes, wine producers here

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in the region are really reaping Spotlight's Emma Thomasson is

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at a vineyard in south Devon. It has been beautiful sunshine all

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day today near Totnes. In 2004 the

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English Wine Producers' Organisation estimated that 1.9 million bottles

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were sold, bringing in ?18 million Ten years on, more than three

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million bottles are being produced The estate here is part of that

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success story. Just right for the picking. These

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vines have been nurtured here for over 30 years and the weather has a

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massive part to play in being a make or break harvest. Cracking start to

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the year, the bards started very early, followed by some beautiful

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flowering. I have been here for 20 years and these are by far the best

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grapes we have produced on the estate. How does your vintage

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compared to previous years? We normally crop around 60 tonnes a

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year, around 60,000 bottles. This year it looks like around 100

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tonnes. I am delighted and this weather is absolutely beautiful.

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This is the estate selection. After some rainy summers in recent years

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the boss has the last two weeks.

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I am glad you had a nice holiday, the South West is looking lovely.

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Good evening. Morning temperatures across the region quite a lot warmer

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than yesterday. As soon as we start to see these cold nights, very

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quickly the leaves will start to turn. More cloud in the second half

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of the week, mainly dry and becoming more breezy. Looking at the

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satellite picture, there is not a lot going on at the moment. There is

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one stripe of cloud coming through Northern Ireland, a cold front that

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will get to us probably overnight into tomorrow night. It slowly

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pushes the high pressure away and the two bands of cloud become one

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system around Wednesday. For us tonight it is clear but it has been

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a beautiful day today with almost unbroken sunshine for most of us.

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This is the ex`estuary, where it has been a lovely day. Temperatures up

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to 20, 20 1 degrees. The temperatures last night were that

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much lower but for most of us today the temperature has been unbroken.

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Overnight tonight, with the clear skies, very quickly it will cool

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down and we will see those temperatures drop into single

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figures. A few shallow mist patches developing but apart from that the

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skies remaining clear and by the morning we will see daytime

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temperatures starting at around 428 degrees. `` four up to eight.

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Tomorrow we have a nice day to start with, increasing cloud through the

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day, medium and high level, drifting in from the North West. That weak

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weather front is beginning over the Irish Sea, bringing a few spits of

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rain as it approaches us. That will be a feature overnight tomorrow

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night and into the small hours of Wednesday morning. Temperatures

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tomorrow up to about 17 or 18 for most of us, 19 possible, but are

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largely warm and fine feeling day, but with a bit more of a breeze

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developing. The Isles of Scilly, mostly fine and dry with some warm

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sunshine and top temperatures of around 16. The times of high

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water... This week the surf is also going to

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pick up so after some poor conditions in recent weeks we could

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have up to about one or two feet and clean but expect that to increase as

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we move into Wednesday and the latter part of the week. The coastal

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waters are mainly from the West or Southwest, fair and generally good

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visibility. The shape of the weather as we move towards the end of the

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week is to increase the amounts of cloud. Another cold tonight but not

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as low as they have been. More comments about the parents who

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want to take their daughter out of school. It is OK to have non`pupil

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days so if the school can have days off so can the children. Another one

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says the school is utterly ridiculous.

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We will leave you tonight with a look at the spectacular world record

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attempt for the largest sailing event ever .

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