:00:08. > :00:14.Good evening and welcome to BBC Channel Islands. Our top story
:00:14. > :00:22.tonight: A hero's welcome, a teenager attacked by a polar bear
:00:22. > :00:28.relives his trauma. I remember beat their poking through the tent.
:00:28. > :00:35.Everyone was screaming. Plus a new crackdown on the growing
:00:35. > :00:45.problem of illegal fly-tipping. Beat 17-year-old pushing himself to
:00:45. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:54.As you may have seen in the national news, a teenager who
:00:54. > :00:58.survived an attack by a polar bear has received a hero's welcome in
:00:58. > :01:03.Jersey. In his first television news interview, Patrick Flinders
:01:03. > :01:09.spoke to Amy Harris about his escape during the expedition in
:01:09. > :01:14.Norway. The 16 a mad -- 16-year-old fought the bear off, but one of his
:01:14. > :01:18.friends died in the attack. Patrick Flinders, training hard for
:01:18. > :01:24.an Arctic adventure. But his dream trip soon it turned into a
:01:24. > :01:29.nightmare when a Polar Bar attacked the team as they slept in their
:01:29. > :01:33.tents. It left one teenager dead and four others, including Patrick,
:01:33. > :01:43.seriously injured. Back in Jersey, Patrick told me how he fought for
:01:43. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:52.his life. I remember the bed ripping through the tent, everyone
:01:52. > :02:01.screaming, looking at my sleeping bag, seeing everyone really scared.
:02:01. > :02:05.He grabbed my arm, bit it, grab my head. I punched it to get it off me.
:02:05. > :02:09.Patrick was left with the bare's teeth in his skull and is
:02:10. > :02:14.continuing to receive treatment for his injuries. He says been back at
:02:14. > :02:21.home is helping him get over the ordeal. I have had my friends,
:02:21. > :02:28.family, they are with me all the time, helping me. What have people
:02:28. > :02:35.said locally, your friends and family? That you are a hero for
:02:35. > :02:39.punching a polar bear. That I am very brave. They said I am a hero
:02:39. > :02:46.and glad that I am back. Although Patrick still carries the scars and
:02:46. > :02:51.the attack, he is glad to be alive, and just wants to move on.
:02:51. > :02:59.Sometimes at night, I just remember what happened. I see the stuff in
:02:59. > :03:05.my mind. I tried to move forward, I just want to move on. I want to
:03:05. > :03:08.move on to the future. Patrick Flinders speaking to Amy
:03:08. > :03:13.Harris. Efforts to stop people illegally
:03:13. > :03:17.dumping rubbish in Jersey are being stepped up. It is in response to an
:03:17. > :03:23.increase in fly-tipping, which is not only costly to clear-up, but is
:03:24. > :03:30.causing concern for the environment. Unwanted bicycles, old television
:03:30. > :03:38.sets, even garden furniture. This is just a snapshot of Jersey's fly-
:03:38. > :03:45.tipping problem. A problem that is frustrating residents like Brian.
:03:45. > :03:50.This TV has been dumped, fridge and freezers. The children smashed the
:03:50. > :03:55.TV up the other night. It makes the place look like a tip. It is our
:03:56. > :04:00.money paying to clean the place up. Recycling spots like this one in
:04:01. > :04:07.Saint-Martin are a hot spot for fly-tipping. Here, technical
:04:07. > :04:12.services have installed cameras to help catch the cameras -- culprits.
:04:12. > :04:18.People can bring things to the recycling centre for free, but
:04:19. > :04:23.instead clearing up the fly-tipping is costing us about �7,000 a year.
:04:23. > :04:28.Things are particularly bad in the Island's country parishes, so bad
:04:28. > :04:32.that it is concerning the National Trust for Jersey. The worst
:04:32. > :04:37.incident we had is a kitchen being thrown over a cliff top. It is a
:04:37. > :04:42.major problem for us because it is in a difficult place to get and it
:04:42. > :04:46.has a big impact on the environment. It is an eyesore as well. With
:04:46. > :04:51.plans to charge companies to charge -- dump garden waste, some fear
:04:51. > :04:58.fly-tipping will get worst. But for now, be warned because you could be
:04:58. > :05:02.caught on camera. After a couple of false starts, he
:05:02. > :05:06.has done it! A retired breast- cancer surgeon from Guernsey has
:05:06. > :05:16.set a new world record to become the oldest person ever to swim the
:05:16. > :05:16.
:05:16. > :05:21.English Channel. At 70 years old, Roger Alsop swum at 20 not call
:05:21. > :05:25.miles in under 18 hours. Breaking that record was not the main aim of
:05:25. > :05:29.the exercise. One man against the sea, and now he
:05:29. > :05:33.is a world record holder. Roger Alsop's tremendous feat of becoming
:05:33. > :05:37.the oldest person to swim the English Channel was partly down to
:05:37. > :05:45.his gritty mental and physical strength to battle on one he wanted
:05:45. > :05:51.to give up. I am elated to have done it, but it was a bit rough.
:05:51. > :05:55.Everything has been shaken up a lot, my muscles are hurting. I was
:05:55. > :05:59.absolutely delighted for him, and for Guernsey. We all know that
:05:59. > :06:05.swimming the English Channel is one of the greatest feats, one of the
:06:05. > :06:08.great extreme challenges, and Roger has now done that twice. But his
:06:08. > :06:15.ultimate aim was to raise money to help others battled cancer when
:06:15. > :06:23.they wanted to give up. The main reason was to raise money for new
:06:23. > :06:26.equipment. We have been working on that for almost five years. With
:06:26. > :06:31.these the new machines, they will be able to continue their research.
:06:32. > :06:35.It is expensive, unfortunately. want to prevent the disease, not
:06:35. > :06:40.cure the disease, so if we can have some sort of traffic-light signal
:06:40. > :06:43.at the front, that is what the technology is about. There was a
:06:43. > :06:45.representative from the Guinness Book of World Records to verify the
:06:45. > :06:50.achievement and after seven years of an American holding the title,
:06:50. > :06:57.the English Channel record has now been reclaimed by an Englishman who
:06:57. > :07:01.is very much a part of Guernsey. Houses in the Channel Islands will
:07:01. > :07:05.soon be monitored for the effects of radon. The gas is emitted from
:07:05. > :07:09.granite and could be harmful if not ventilated properly. The Health
:07:09. > :07:13.Protection Agency is carrying out a three-month survey from October.
:07:13. > :07:17.Detectors will be placed in a number of houses thought to be in
:07:17. > :07:22.high risk areas. We are in the process of selecting properties
:07:22. > :07:26.across the Channel Island that will take part in the survey. In
:07:26. > :07:29.addition to the houses that are selected, if members of the public
:07:29. > :07:32.are concerned that they have not been selected, but would like to
:07:32. > :07:35.join the programme, they can contact us, but we will let people
:07:36. > :07:40.know probably when the time comes so that they can buy into the
:07:40. > :07:46.programme if they wish. You are watching BBC Channel
:07:46. > :07:52.Islands. Later in Spotlight, an artist and a pear tree. The fight
:07:52. > :07:56.to save one of Britain's rarest trees.
:07:56. > :08:00.La Cotte in St Brelade has long been known for its Neanderthal
:08:00. > :08:04.origins. It is now thought to be the most exceptional long-term
:08:04. > :08:09.record of early man's life in north-west Europe. Recent findings
:08:09. > :08:13.are amazing academics and are soon to be represented in a BBC Two
:08:13. > :08:19.programme called 'Digging for Britain'. Our reporter has been to
:08:19. > :08:24.find out more. This is where it all began. Human's
:08:24. > :08:31.ancestors lived at La Cotte caves for more than a quarter of a
:08:31. > :08:37.million years. There has been over 100 years of findings. The most
:08:37. > :08:44.recent ones are that there are a lot more materials he
:08:44. > :08:54.archaeologically than was ever predicted before. It is in the
:08:54. > :08:57.process of being eroded. Tools used to hunt have been unearthed by
:08:57. > :09:01.archaeologists and show have technically advanced been the on
:09:01. > :09:08.the false work more than 30,000 years ago, sheltering in Jersey's
:09:08. > :09:13.cave system. It is a significant finding. It brings the Island to
:09:13. > :09:20.the forefront of a very important archaeological academic study. The
:09:20. > :09:26.whole of Europe would have been reflected in the deposits here. To
:09:26. > :09:30.some extent, the evolution of our own species. Here at the museum,
:09:30. > :09:36.some odder facts have gone on display. Beside me of the skull and
:09:36. > :09:39.tooth from a ruck not -- a rhinoceros, just one of the animals
:09:39. > :09:47.be meander poll's of thought to have hunted. Are to act like these
:09:48. > :09:52.are bringing the history of our ancestors closer to hour lives.
:09:52. > :09:57.In the future, researchers hope to escape more to uncover the hidden
:09:57. > :10:01.history that lies beneath the seabed.
:10:01. > :10:11.You never know what sort of history is lurking under your nose! Keep an
:10:11. > :10:14.eye out for that in the autumn. A few showers around this evening,
:10:14. > :10:18.but they will ease as the night goes on. At the moment, we have
:10:18. > :10:22.high pressure to the north which has been keeping the weather quiet
:10:22. > :10:26.over recent days, but it does start to decline over the next couple of
:10:26. > :10:31.days. Very slowly, it will turn more unsettled into the weekend and
:10:31. > :10:34.the start of next week. For the time being, still a couple of
:10:34. > :10:42.showers around, but they will ease away so a generally dry night,
:10:42. > :10:47.cloudy, 14 degrees. Tomorrow, weak start off with cloud, but it should
:10:47. > :10:51.break up nicely as the day goes on, increasing amounts of sunshine into
:10:51. > :10:56.the afternoon. A pleasantly warm day with temperatures up to 22 or
:10:56. > :11:01.23 degrees. Just a light easterly breeze. Here is the forecast for
:11:01. > :11:05.the coastal waters. Winds will be from the east. There is a risk of a
:11:05. > :11:15.few showers, but they will be fairly few and far between. The
:11:15. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:26.visibility tomorrow should be good. Not very much in the way of surf
:11:26. > :11:31.around, just around one, maybe two ft at best, but for most, it will
:11:31. > :11:36.be fairly flat conditions. Here is the outlook. Friday, perhaps the
:11:36. > :11:40.best day of the week with plenty of sunshine. The temperatures will get
:11:40. > :11:44.up to 24 degrees. It will feel very warm in the sunshine with just a
:11:44. > :11:49.light breeze. Still remaining generally find into the start of
:11:49. > :11:52.the weekend, although we do lose that very warm air, so turning
:11:53. > :11:58.cooler for Saturday. We will see a bit more in the way of cloud,
:11:58. > :12:07.although still some bright or sunny spells. Sunday will be a cooler and
:12:07. > :12:15.more unsettled with a risk of That is the news and weather from