29/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening welcome to BBC Channel Islands.

Islanders lose thousands in a sophisticated scam.

I feel like it was really stupid we were taken in with it. But the fact

that we thought we were onto the fraud department, that was

different. Could Guernsey be

a starting point for cruise ships? You get a picture in your mhnd of

what it would have been likd in the battle.

And history in miniature, why these school children are re`enacting

Seven scam victims in Jersey have been conned out

The fraud involves scammers ringing up pretending to be your bank,

and instructing you to transfer your money to a separate account,

For Iain and Reena Mclean it all started with a phone call.

With a person at the other dnd claiming their credit card had been

He gave me a reference numbdr and asked if I had my credit card. And

he said, we would like you to read out, there is a number at the back

of your credit card, contact them as soon as possible.

Iain did make that phone call but the fraudsters didn't dhsconnect

the line and pretended they were from Iain and Reena's bank.

They convinced them to transfer ?6,200 to what they thought was

But when Iain and Reena went to their branch

and spoke to the bank managdr they realised what had happened.

I feel like we were being rdally stupid. That we were taken hn with

this. But the fact that we thought we were onto the fraud department,

that was different. Banks do not phone and order people to transfer

money. It does not happen. They give apparently legitimate detail to

carry off their fraud. They might talk about particular trans`ctions.

They might say, destroy your card. It is important to realise that they

will stop at nothing to get your money.

Iain and Reena don't want sympathy but

say they don't want what's happened to them to happen to any others

Would a deep water berth brhnging in more cruise ships be better for

There are calls for the isl`nd to take advantage of the growing

popularity of cruise holidaxs by becoming more than just ` stop

More than 100 cruise ships have moored off Guernsey this ye`r with

many already planning a return next year.

It is one of the most visited ports in northern

But some feel the island should be more than a destination,

An infrastructure expert who helped design Hong Kong's cruise tdrminal

and is currently advising port planners at Fort Lauderdale

in America says Guernsey should be a starting port for cruise ships.

We could look at it becoming a turnaround port for cruising. Taking

advantage of revenues coming in with people flying to the Island,

joining cruises and revenues while they are here, spending on

restaurants and so on. Therd would be an attraction for cruise

operators with a potential of uplifting fuel at 15p per lhtre

cheaper than they could get in Southampton. That needs to be

thought out as a part of a single integrated package.

So would people be keen to fly to Guernsey to start their cruhse?

We asked potential passengers in Hull.

It would be too much hassle. Yes, I would agree with that. Yes, I would

definitely do that. It sounds like it would be very intensive, with a

significant infrastructure investment. I am not sure where that

would fit in at the moment. Just one cruise ship overlooking Saint Peter

port and if the Island wants to compete with established ports like

Southampton, steering the rhght course will take a look of loney and

determination. `` a lot of. The message is getting throtgh and

it is important. We can build on that and have some friends to speak

for us when we are not around. We cannot be everywhere at all times.

If it is Westminster, or Brtssels, we have people that underst`nd us

and can defend us when we are misrepresented. Does it makd you

wish we had party politics hn the Channel Islands, seeing how much

they support each other and voters know what they stand for? I would

not want UK party politics. It is a big jurisdiction and it would not

fit in. There are benefits hn the forums which exist at the p`rty

conferences like this. Which can inform people. So that they know

what they are voting for. Btt the system working in the UK wotld not

work in Jerseyl and Guernsex. This is BBC Channel Islands News. Coming

up... How a lost underwater camera was reunited with its owner, thanks

to these children. If you were in St Helier today. .

You might have seen this... British and Jersey soldiers have

been battling the French ag`in But today's re`enactment of

the Battle of Jersey looked rather different to the real thing of 781,

as it was performed by children Everything from that building

onwards would have been open Imagining what it would havd been

like heading into battle in 178 . Pupils from St John's school

gathered at Westmount, just as Major Peirsons troops did on

the morning of the 6th of J`nuary. They've been learning about

the Battle of Jersey, when French forces invaded the island as part of

the American War of Independence. But to make this history

lesson more exciting... ..they marched to

the square where battle comlenced, Jersey history is very important in

the history that is taught hn our schools. Everybody wants to give the

children a sense of longing and having ownership over their culture.

And their history. `` belonging To understand where you have come from.

And it seems taking the lesson out of the classroom this

When will you re`enact and do it it makes it easier to understand. It

makes you understand it was actually the battle. Going outside and doing

it you learn more about it `nd how it has changed.

The Battle of Jersey may have taken pl`ce more

than 230 years ago, but tod`y's re`enactment and support from local

This year's Branchage Film Festival in Jersey came to

a dramatic end last night whth an impressive light show.

Images were beamed onto St Aubin's Fort while thous`nds

watched on, listening to a live concert by the Radiophonic Workshop,

who are the team behind the music and sounds for Doctor Who.

Something a little different for a Sunday evening. Now the weather

Will it be said inside with the jumper? There is a chance, `nd I use

the word chance, we will welcome some rain, there is a chancd of rain

at the end of the week ahead. We might have some showers on

Wednesday. It is still dry `nd relatively mild. Missed and rather

cloudy. Some sunny spells ddveloping later. No need to put your central

heating on just yet. A line of cloud from the far West. That will

threaten us as we are moving into Wednesday. Overnight tomorrow night

and Wednesday. A couple of systems getting a bit closer. They `re one

thing into this high pressure from the west coast of Spain and

Portugal. `` moving into. It is a fairly weak affair by the thme they

get there. I would not expect much in terms of rain. Maybe mord cloudy

conditions on Wednesday with a risk of showers. Real changes into the

weekend. From overnight, a risk of showers to the south of us. We will

watch them carefully. They light be brushing past us briefly. M`inly dry

overnight. Maybe some places will have some misty patches. A

relatively mild night down to 1 degrees. Tomorrow, it will start a

bit grey and cloudy. The sunshine will work across it. Into the

afternoon, a pleasant day, with unusually warm weather. 19, 20

degrees. Generally light winds from the South West and a bit more

variable in the second half of the day. That is the coastal waters

forecast. Onto the times of high water, at Saint Peter port... And

for the surfers... Up to about two feet. That is the best we c`n

expect. On Wednesday, mostlx fine and dry, and on Thursday and Friday.

Friday night and into Saturday, potentially more widespread rain.

Have a good evening. Thank xou, David. Not quite awesome just yet. A

reminder of the top stories tonight and islanders in Jersey havd been

conned out of a total of allost ?150,000 by phone scammers posing as

their banks. That is how it is looking in the Channel Islands are

cycling. I am back at ten. @nd now the rest of your programme. `` this

evening. Somerset County Cricket Club's

embarked on a week`long bikd ride Dave Gibbins has been to thd start

in St Austell to find out why. Here he is with all the det`ils and

the rest of the sports news, which sees the city of Exeter at the

forefront of a successful wdekend. While the bikes are being prepared

for Somerset County Cricket Club's 500 mile trip across the Sotth West

this week, which they should complete next Friday

when they arrive back in Tatnton. It is in a bid to raise funds

for their brand`new pavilion, which would bring the Countx ground

up to international standard. And Exeter Chiefs maintained

their fine start to the preliership season with win number thred

against Harlequins at Sandy Park. With that,

we bring news of a role revdrsal The fans have had plenty to cheer

already this year, but the record Just two wins

in the last nine league gamds. It only took a couple of minutes for

them to sew an early seed of doubt. There was no stopping

the runaway train. Into the second half,

and this happened. I'm going to yellow card 14

for the tackle in the air. Normally teams concede points

when they are in the sin bin. Three defeats in a row had left the

Pirates bottom of the champhonship. Tom Kessle's second try sectred

the win. What Plymouth Albion would give

for a win. Sinking four tries against Bedford

condemned them to another ddfeat. We'll be talking to Somerset

in a moment when they set off The weekend's football, Exeter city,

and what a performance as they beat Despite their dominance,

Plymouth Argyle fell to a lone goal to leave them whth three

defeats in the last four gales. They will be disappointed whth

a 2`0 setback at Crawley Town Two goals in two minutes catse

the damage in Sussex. Torquay had two players sent off

in their fourth play against United as they dropped to fourth

in the conference.Plymouth Raiders basketball season, comparably taking

care at Surrey United. Here at the start of

Somerset County Cricket Club's bike marathon which will last five days,

this is day one. It is all in aid of trying to

attract international crickdt to the County ground in Taunton with the

building of a brand`new pavhlion. We have the new build starthng

imminently at the County ground As much awareness as we can

create and money we can ranging This is my fourth ride of this

length, and it is brilliant fun I'm sure we'll see a lot

of people en route. We will stop at cricket clubs

and colleges to do something is I cant wait because it will be

fantastic publicity once it is done. It will be difficult not to laugh

at him going up steep hills. As for raising money,

we are definitely pushing a couple of quid into it if I see

him falling over couple of times. Very much looking forward to seeing

how funnily we walk Rare seabird chicks have bedn

spotted for the first time hn living The Manx Shearwater chicks were born

on St Agnes and Gugh after Now the young birds have bedn filmed

leaving their nest burrows at night to stretch their whngs

and gaze at the stars, which is how Earlier I spoke to Tony Whitehead

from the RSPB to find out more It is fantastic news. It is the

first time in living memory we have had tricks `` chicks from the

boroughs. It follows a wintdr where we have worked hard to read the

islands of the rats. It was the rats, where the or the X? Both.

There were about 3000 rats on the island. It was causing huge problems

because this is one of only two places in England where these birds

nest. It was important to gdt rid of the rats, which were introdtced

anyway and should not have been there and were causing all the

problems with the birds. How good a news is this? Full we haven't seen

rats on the island since December 2013, so that is really good news.

It has almost immediately p`id off. We have seen that Maxine birds

emerging from their burrows `` we have seen birds emerging from their

burrows. Youngsters sitting outside their burrows, waiting to go on

their long journeys. It is lovely. The parents leave before thd

youngsters are ready. They lake sure they are well fed and then the

parents fly off to the southern hemisphere, leaving the checks alone

for a little while. Then thdy emerge from the boroughs, stretch their

wings, they do it at night `nd sit outside the boroughs. To get a fix

on where they are the spent a little time just looking at the skx and the

stars. That helps them positioned themselves. The amazing thing about

these birds is that once thdy leave that burrow they will probably not

return for about two to four years. They come back to exactly the same

burrow. And you can't foresde any other problems? Adi back to stay? We

hope so. We won't be able to declare the island rats flay that Iraq rat

free until 2016 officially. It is quite an intense job. That lac would

be able to declare the island rat free. `` won't be able to ddclare

the island rat three. We ard really making sure that these birds are

held by removing the rats. We did the same on the Isles of Schlly

We've all had that sinking feeling at some point or other when you

Well, one Cornish diver had just that

when she surfaced from a research trip and realised an expenshve

That is, until a group of schoolchildren

Two weeks ago, Kat Wilding was doing a survey dive, capturing pictures of

the underwater world of the Bay for the Cornwall wildlife trust. It was

also the day she led a valu`ble lesson. I put the camera in my

pocket, and I thought I had secured it with the belt Rolaids, bx the

time I reached the surface the camera was gone. It was verx

expensive and very valuable, as well as being the two are work. H had no

expectation of ever seen it again. ?500 worth of camera lost to the

sea. That is, until class three and four of this primary school decided

to do a beach clean as part of their studies. It was about creathvity, so

we went to do a beach clean and we found loads of stuff and were cold

by Mr King, who showed us the underwater camera that Alison Robin

found. We picked up quite a few bags worth of rubbish by that tile and

one of the children picked tp the camera. To be able to turn ht on and

see the pictures are cells `nd what amazing wildlife was in the bay was

incredible. They also found this picture on the camera, so posted a

message to social media sitds. If this is your camera, please contact

our school. Three hours aftdr we had put that out it came back that we

had found the owner of the camera who is... Cat! It didn't just go via

Twitter, but also via Facebook, which is how I came to here about

it. One of arrogant divers was recognised in the photograph and she

contacted me. I was amazed `nd couldn't believe it. It was people

who were doing a beach clean, so working to protect the marine

environment and conservation. They benefited are programmed by

returning the camera to us. It is just fantastic. Some Green

conservation karma. It's that time of year

when we start our search What do all these people have

in common? They're all

BBC South West Unsung Sporthng heroes from previous years `nd now

we want to find their successor So if you know anyone who ghves up

their time to encourage othdrs to take part in sport or keeps

a local team or club going then get To get hold of a form

and see the terms and conditions just go to our website or c`ll

the number on your screen. We will find out just how dry it has

been to morrow. Certainly one of the driest and warmest September's. We

have some rain in the forec`st towards the end of the week, but not

for much of this week. They might be a few showers around on Wednesday. A

lot of dry weather to be had. As `` staying miles, but the first rain on

Friday. The first one for sdveral weeks as a weather front coles in

off the step Atlantic. The weather front will bring a few spots of

light rain and drizzle towards the end of the day. Before that gets

here, it is effectively the same fine, dry story we have been seen.

The high pressure in the sotth is tenaciously holding on, but

eventually these weather systems will move in. Cloud coming hn on

Wednesday and perhaps bring in a few showers. No heavy rain until the end

of the week. We have had a few showers around today. They have been

quite isolated. They are moving away to the north. For the rest of this

evening and overnight what few showers we have will disappdar. A

fair amount of clear sky developing later, but it will fill back in

again with low cloud, mist `nd fog. It will be a bit grey and mtrky

first thing tomorrow morning. Another night where the temperatures

are too low. This time last year we had several frosts by now. But

nowhere near like that just now Tomorrow daytime it will be not a

bad day, with sunshine back out and quite pleasant. Later on we will see

that Clyde and a few spots of light rain and drizzle. `` that cloud For

many, it is a nullifying Dane. Another warm day and we will hold

onto some hazy sunshine. surf, particularly towards the

south. There isn't a great deal of wins to start with tomorrow, but

increasing to possibly five in the far west by the end of the