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Facing a trial - a woman admits her actions killed a young boy,

but will now face a charge of causing death

Think of the consequences - Guernsey businesses warn that

new laws will lead to the loss of skilled seasonal workers.

Impounded - a four-month-old puppy is seized by Customs

And there's no shortage of rain across the islands over the next

four days. Perhaps a little bit drier from Tuesday onwards. More

details from me later in the programme.

A 38-year-old woman has admitted causing death by careless driving

after a three-year-old boy died in Jersey.

Clinton Pringle was on his way to Millenium Park when he was hit

But the guilty plea did not satisfy the prosecution,

so Rebekah Le Gal will still stand trial charged with the more serious

offence of causing death by dangerous driving.

Clinton Pringle was on holiday from Scotland, visiting family

As he was walking into Millenium Town Park,

he was hit by a Volkswagen transporter van on Tunnell Street.

The three-year-old was flown to hospital in Southampton by air

ambulance, but died a few days later from his injuries.

Scores of tributes were left at the scene.

Rebekah Le Gal was released on bail today after pleading not guilty

to causing Clinton's death by driving dangerously -

a charge that can carry up to ten years in prison.

The 38-year-old will return to this court on the 13th

June for her trial, although she will

have the opportunity to re-enter her plea in May.

Today she did admit to the lesser charge of causing death

It carries a five-year prison sentence - that's half the amount

of time you could spend in prison if found guilty

But that count will not be dealt with until after her trial.

Jessica Banham, BBC Channel Islands TV, Jersey.

"We don't believe we've been listened to".

That's the message from Guernsey's business community.

It's calling on the States to change new population laws which come

Businesses want the Government to reconsider restrictions on staff

from outside the island limiting their stay to five years.

This freight company provides a critical service, delivering food

The business relies on overseas workers, and the manager says

the new law will make it much harder to recruit the right people.

We won't necessarily find those skills with local people. And it's a

job to find the right people to do the job.

In exactly a month, Guernsey's new population law comes into force.

And businesses are very worried about it.

A special meeting was held this morning by the Chamber of Commerce

to highlight the new law, which they see as a

This has been, you know, it has been too slow in development. We need to

be much more responsive and dynamic to the needs of the economy right

now, not just how they were six years ago. We do not need this.

Let's just wait till the global economy has settled in a post-Brexit

world. In a statement, the President

of the Home Affairs Committee, Deputy Mary Lowe, says

she understands the concerns the CGI has raised, but goes on to say

the decision to delay now would have far-reaching and wider

consequences for Guernsey's This man represents 100 non-finance

companies in Guernsey. He says the civil servants

and politicians haven't We'd like the law to be delayed

whilst these discussions are still going on. We believe we've been

consulted in the past, but we don't believe we've been listening to

fully. -- listened to fully. For people like Martyn,

this new law is already The verdict in the attempted murder

trial of a man accused of stabbing his friend

is expected tomorrow. 49-year-old Gerard Eamon Maguire

denies trying to stab Shaun Patrick Howard to death

in the early hours of October the The prosecution and defence

closed their submissions late this The judge, Commissioner Sir

Michael Birt, will give his Guernsey's second most senior

politician is calling for an apology after a Code of Conduct complaint

against him was dismissed yesterday. Deputy Trott and Committee

Presidents Paul Le Pelley and Mary Lowe were cleared

of wrongdoing after it was alleged they made inappropriate comments

about a fellow Deputy and his ability to work while caring

for a disabled family member. The Community Foundation,

and Guernsey Disability Alliance, that made the complaints,

say they won't apologise until they've seen the detail

behind the decision. A four-month-old puppy has been

seized by Jersey Customs, This is the second time in just over

a year that officers have impounded Guiletta had been at her new home

in Jersey for just two days when she was taken away

by Jersey Customs for She had been initially let

into the island last Sunday, when her family brought her over

from Slovakia on a pet passport. Her owners claim they have

all the correct documents and that Guiletta is

an American Staffordshire Terrier. We have two options -

send her back or give her to the animal shelter for four

months, and after that people If you have children and they told

you you can't have the children, you have to send them back

or we will take from you, It's not just dog, it's

part of your family, No-one was available from the Home

Affairs Department for an interview, "The dog in question was allowed

to remain in the care of its owner Pictures of the dog's

parents were examined, and three independent sources said

that the dog was likely I have documents from her parents,

she is American Staffordshire Veronika and her family will have

to wait while investigations continue into whether or not

Guiletta can return home. 23 people are being treated

for eating disorders in Jersey. Now a new service has been launched

for people with this condition, and other mental health issues,

during Eating Disorder Week. Julie Flanagan has been to meet one

young woman who says her experience Having lunch is something most

people look forward to, She was diagnosed with anorexia

when she was 15, and for nearly ten years she's been battling

with the illness. I think a combination of things felt

a bit out of control in my life, and I think I used anorexia just

as a way, as something I could control, just me,

and that my weight maybe was just one thing to focus,

and just my diet. I mean, I didn't do it

to lose weight, but I just, it was almost an achievement to see

it go down. It's something that

affects the whole family. For Amy's mother, knowing her

daughter was ill and not knowing how I'd no reason to suspect anything

like this would happen, and I was very scared,

because I didn't know, you know, when something like this happens,

I hadn't come across it before The Recovery College won't just help

people like Amy and Karen. Figures suggest one in four people

will have a mental health The charity wants to equip people

with the skills to help themselves. Its courses are open to carers

and support specialists as well, I think there's a lot

of need for it. I think that mental health services

are looking to become It's part of the mental health

strategy, it's what people want, people have fed that back

to the services, so we're fulfilling part of that need,

and I think, you know, I've been unwell myself,

and I know when I wasn't well there was nothing like this,

and I had to figure And Amy and her mum will also be

able to use their experiences to support others through the college

and help them get the Parts of Elizabeth Castle

unseen by the public since the occupation could be

restored to their former glory. Jersey Heritage are launching

a fundraising campaign to raise money and awareness for the work

to go ahead on one of the island's There are 35 buildings

in the castle grounds, and improving the attraction

is a priority for the Trust. It's felt quite springlike today,

but what will the weekend be like? David, will I be able

to get out in the garden? I've got a funny feeling he will

tell me I can't. No reason not to be in the garden, Alison, you just need

the appropriate clothing, I think. It looks like it will be an

unsettled weekend, some rain in the forecast, but also sometime, quite

Rinju conditions as well. -- quite windy conditions. There is some

clear sky here, perhaps heading your way later on tonight and more

especially through the day tomorrow. As the area of low pressure moves

further north, it allows this week reached to comment. Saturday isn't

too bad. There will be showers around, but hopefully some sunshine.

Sunday could be quite a wet morning. The rain moving fast. Then a gap,

then a line of showers coming through in the afternoon. Some

usable weather in between these lines of rain. One line of showery

rain is nudging in from the West at the moment and giving as hefty

downpours of frame for the next few hours. Eventually that band of cloud

will move east. We are left with the clearer sky. Temperatures down into

single figures, 6-7d. The risk of a shower through the night, but

largely dry. Tomorrow, while there is a chance of a few showers, there

is also a pretty good chance of seeing some sunshine. In between, I

think a shower is going to spoil the day. Brisk westerly wind and 10

degrees will be the maximum temperature. There are our times of

high water. For our surfers, the waves are

messy. Between three and five feet, pretty much messy. Quickly becoming

westerly, north-westerly, visibility outside of the showers. I mentioned

on Sunday one area of rain moving fast, then some bright weather, then

showers. Plenty of showers on Monday, but at least temperatures or

in double digits. Have a nice weekend. A quick recap of tonight's

top story... A woman is to face trial for causing the death of a

three-year-old boy by dangerous driving. There is more local News

from 6am tomorrow morning. I will leave you now with Justin and

Victoria and the rest of tonight's Bottom right.

as part of a project which could help lead

to their re-introduction to the wild in Britain.

Researchers from Sweden have reared them for the last ten months

and as Hamish Marshall reports, they'll study them whilst

in captivity in Devon to better understand their behaviour.

These ten-month-old European wolf cubs will be monitored

in their new surroundings by experts from Sweden.

The wolf is a really under-studied species because it's a very elusive

and very fearful species, so it's very hard to conduct

So having them like this is a great opportunity to get to know

Christine and her colleagues have helped the wolves settle

in as they want to work out how they compare to domestic dogs.

We are very interested how behaviour has changed

from when we domesticated the dog from the grey wolf at least 15,000

years ago and we are interested in seeing if the similarities

or the differences actually are there from the beginning,

if they are born different or if there is something

This was the animals at seven weeks old.

They had been reared alongside puppies and it's not hard

Just to prove the bond between the scientists

and the wolves, the animals have actually been given names,

We've got Elvis, Sting, Moby, PJ, KD and Lemmy -

The scientific study is one part of the reason

They haven't been wild in Britain for hundreds of years.

Wolves in the wild could send a shudder down some peoples spines,

It can indeed and that's part of the reason why we are doing

There is a great deal of mythology surrounding wolves,

they have had a real impact on our culture and now environment

and they have acquired a reputation and much of that reputation

These wolves will remain in quarantine for four months then

visitors will get a chance to see them.

And as for getting them into the wild in time,

northern Scotland is the most likely location.

Hamish Marshall, BBC Spotlight, near Honiton.

We have posted that story on our Facebook page and it is getting a

lot of reaction save you want to see what other viewers are making that

go to our Facebook page. It's time for the sport now

and there are some huge games Starting this evening

with the Exeter Chiefs who travel to the Leicester Tigers tonight

for a game which could be crucial in deciding who makes the end

of season play offs, so they're planning

to turn up the intensity Although undefeated in the top

flight since the end of October, the Chiefs have spent the week

gearing up for arguably one of the toughest tests

on the Premiership calendar, and hope to build on last week's

impressive victory over Newcastle. With a Six Nations break

this weekend, the Chiefs side will include some

of their internationals. They've only won once at the Tigers

home since they made it into the Premiership and the Chiefs

are well aware of the pressure they'll face under

the floodlights this evening. Yeah, that's the thing,

they have a big crowd and they are very passionate

supporters, so they have a lot of support there, so it's about how

you deal with it during the day. I think some of the younger kids

might not be able to deal with it, where us older ones can sit back

and relax and slowly build. Is it the be all and end all game,

you know, is it all over for us in the top four if we don't win,

well, of course it's not, you know, there's plenty

of other fixtures and, you know, we are currently

still second in the table but we would certainly like to go

there and talk about paying in a way that gives us the opportunity to win

the game and for me that's really what my focus has been on this

week with the players. It hasn't been talking about what's

going to happen in minute 78, minute 79, it's just talking

about how we want to Kick off is at 7.45pm

and there will be full commentary There's a full programme of rugby

for the rest of the weekend. Plymouth Albion are at home

to Hull and on Sunday Plymouth Argyle face a promotion six

pointer at home to third Both sides have been

in the automatic promotion places since September but both have

suffered indifferent form in recent weeks with Argyle dropping ten

points from the last twelve and the Cumbrians winning just

two of their last ten. Derek Adams is hoping his side play

a lot better than they did Yeah, I mean, we didn't play well

enough on Tuesday night, we didn't cause Notts County enough

trouble on their goal, we didn't pass with the fluidity

that we have seen over the season and, you know, it was

a disappointing result for us but we've moved on,

we've got another big game this weekend, we had one last weekend

against Luton away from home and now this weekend it's

second against third. Sixth placed Exeter City

were our only League Two side to win on Tuesday night when they beat

Crawley Town 2-1. Tomorrow they take the best away

record outside of the Championship on the 700 mile round trip

to struggling Hartlepool If they win and other results

go their way tomorrow they could go Here are all the fixtures -

Yeovil are at home to Luton and Torquay have a relegation six

pointer at home to fellow A 13-year-old boy from Bodmin has

started his attempt to break a world Siam Juntakeret is going to try

and cycle from east to west in 32 days, which would be a record

for a child. He's completed day one, 95 miles,

and given that they're 11 hours ahead should be getting ready

to start day two very soon. Siam has three support riders

with him, his Mum Tania and his coach, endurance athlete Bob

Brown. An 11-year-old has completed

the distance before, So, good luck to him. We will be

following his progress. Amazing, ready. Quite hot down there at the

moment. Apparently it is very hot and it has taken a couple of days to

adjust to the temperatures. And no cheering of your favourite teams

this weekend because of your voice! Just clapping! Take care.

It's a big weekend in Cornwall - St Piran's Day is being celebrated

on Sunday and pasty making skills are being put to the test.

Nearly 200 of them will be made for a panel of judges to assess

Amateurs and professionals will be competing for the coveted award.

There are competitors from Camborne to Canada and Chile to Chacewater

and they'll all be in the kitchens at the Eden Project.

BBC Radio Cornwall's David White is there for us now.

Yes, thank you Justin. I am down here at eight desert it Eden Project

at the moment but tomorrow it is going to be packed with people for

the World Pasty Championships. In the summer where I am now is

normally the backstage area for the evening sessions but tomorrow it

will be full of people eating pasties, drinking beer and watching

what is going on on that stage down there. You can see the guys are

discontinuing to break for tomorrow and on that stage you have got the

whole range of music. I am going to be talking is a bit later on to two

people who have come from across the Atlantic to try and take our awards

back over to America and Canada but first here is somebody local who is

also up for the challenge. Well, this is what we've

all been waiting for, Look at that, beautiful and this

is the pasty of Jeremy Brown This one actually isn't going in,

Jeremy, is it, this is one you've brought down for me,

so thank you very much for that. I made one in the batch

for you, yes. I put a little D on it

for you to make sure And do you know what the first thing

I noticed about this pasty is where's the crimping

around the edge? I think in North Cornwall we don't

do a lot of crimping, we like a nice, my father always

liked a nice light crimp because he didn't like too much

pastry, so we keep it as light as possible, so I'm hoping

to start a new trend. OK, now this pasty here is tomorrow,

this will be where the check Now, your pasty last

year got to this point Yeah, it has taken me this long

to get over it to be honest I made two last year,

I made a batch last year and I was really pleased with them,

brought them down and they were too warm, they wouldn't go

through the checking in process, so we took them around the car park

for a bit of a walk, tried to cool them off a bit,

still wouldn't go through, How are you this year, are you happy

with this year's batch? No, they're not as good as last

year's but I'm hoping that, you know, sometimes they might just

sneak through, you know. All right, well good luck tomorrow

with the pasties and also you're singing as well

tomorrow, aren't you? Yeah, singing tomorrow at 4pm, yes,

just before the final All right well fill

yourself with some pasty, All right David,

will do, all the best. well, this is what it is all about

and you can probably see the issue here is that there are two pasties

and three of us, so there will be an argument in a minute but that's talk

to Mike who is from the junior. Now, you are coming over here trying to

take our awards back! We will certainly give it a shot. We have

brought over our best product. We will see what happens. Tell us about

what you do in America because you obviously make traditional pasties,

you are from over here, so how did it happen? I was working for a bank

in Canary Wharf. I left with my American wife and my terms were that

I was going to go and do what I wanted to do. I have always been in

love with Cornwall and Cornish pasties and that is what I decided

to do. At the other had anyone from Cornwall coming into your shop over

there and eating your pasties? Certainly, the family from Michigan

settled by Cornish people came in three generations, little old lady,

85 years old, said she was going to test my pasties and give her

opinion. I was scared! People know their pasties, trust me! They do!

She gave me the big thumbs up so I was well happy. Let's talk to Matt

who have got this award here, which is the pasty ambassador award from

last. You want this last year. Why did you get it? I do a lot of

promotion for pasties in Canada. It's pasties, people don't know what

they are over there so it is a bit of an education process and I have

15 different varieties of pasty, including the traditional one, too.

Congratulations on that, good luck for the pasty Championships and they

start tomorrow here at the Eden Project. It is a massive weekend for

anybody from Cornwall. On Sunday it is St Piran's Day. Make sure you get

your pasty ready for 9pm on Monday night for the Trelawney shout. You

can have a singsong, drink a bit of beer in the pubs as well with

everybody. St Piran's Day on Sunday. I think David put his hand up first

ball that story, didn't he?! I don't blame him! -- his hand up fast for

that story. Weather-wise, what will it be like?

You will be a hot pasty this weekend. Not particularly good

weather. There is some brightness, it would be raining all of the time

but the rain will be heavy at times, so an unfettered weekend. Low

pressure in charge. -- so an unpleasant weekend. There is also

some sunshine in the forecast, I should add. When you look at the big

satellite picture you can make out, well, what can you make out? Not a

lot. Most of Western Europe covered in cloud but there is a hole in the

cloud outfit to the West of us. That will -- brain will turn up and it

will merge with this area of low pressure to get wet weather.

It could be that the rain moves through quite fast. We get sunshine

and showers following in. Monday next week another area of low

pressure. That will be a bit of trouble because the exact position

is uncertain. Let's look at the satellite picture in a bit more

detail because there have been the showers around today. There are now

holds in the cloud. Forecast overnight the night is to see holes

developing in that cloud. This was earlier today down at the beach

where the breeze was strong enough for the kite surfers to get out. EC

is not at the moment, about or nine Celsius. The sea is not warm at the

moment. About eight or nine Celsius. You need to know what you are doing

if you are kite surfing in these conditions. Similarly if you are

heading for the surf this weekend it will be messy indeed. There are some

clear flop in the cloud and first thing tomorrow morning although it

is a reasonably good start there will be some showers developing. --

there are some clear spots in the cloud. Through the day tomorrow some

sunny spells before shouts turn up and they may form lines and once

they go through the sunshine will be back out and that is the way of it

for much of it. -- some sunny spells before the showers turn up. Some

wind coming in from the west. Possibly ten or 11 Celsius but it

would feel as warm as that because of those brisk westerly winds. Here

is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly. Quite windy here, patchy

light rain. Sunny spells at times, too. Those are the times of high

water. For our servers, I mentioned the surf, it is going to be messy

for most beaches. -- for our surfers. The waves on the north

coast and messy conditions, it is quite dangerous along the beach.

There is the coastal waters forecast.

Possibly even gale force around the Isles of Scilly later in the day. On

Sunday, a windy day. One line of rain moves through, showers follow

behind and the winds remain brisk and from the West in the second half

of the weekend. Of the two days, probably Saturday that is the dryer

of the two days. But whether on Monday. Have a nice weekend. Lucy

will be here with a round-up of local politics on Sunday at 11am.

We'll be back with the on Monday. In the meantime, thanks for joining us

and have a good weekend. Good night. Cake-a-bake? Yeah.

What is that? It's like bake a cake,

but we flipped it. Oh, my God, we love flipping.

Cake-a-bake. Cake-a-baking. I love it.

I so love it when this happens. 15 celebrity acts

are coming together to Sing And Dance

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