:00:13. > :00:16.Good evening and welcome. Noisy, intimidating and needs
:00:16. > :00:26.policing - why children are too scared to play in Jersey's new
:00:26. > :00:29.
:00:29. > :00:31.community park. Honoured for serving Queen and
:00:31. > :00:34.country - Guernsey thanks its World War Two veterans.
:00:34. > :00:44.And a prickly problem - what will happen to sick and injured
:00:44. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:47.hedgehogs now their sanctuary is Jersey's new Town Park is to be
:00:47. > :00:52.monitored after claims that young children are being bullied by
:00:52. > :00:55.teenagers. It comes as separate complaints have been made about
:00:55. > :01:03.noise and young people gathering there. All this just two weeks
:01:03. > :01:06.after the park opened. Amy Harris reports. It is the new jewel in St
:01:06. > :01:11.Helier's crown, but there is concern that Jersey's Millennium
:01:11. > :01:14.Town Park is being blighted by anti-social behaviour. It has only
:01:14. > :01:16.been open for two weeks, but already authorities have had to
:01:17. > :01:19.paint over graffiti on play equipment and there have been
:01:19. > :01:29.reports that younger children are too scared to play here because
:01:29. > :01:30.
:01:30. > :01:34.they are being bullied and intimidated by teenagers. I try to
:01:34. > :01:39.come on Saturday with my little one, but it was jam-packed full of
:01:39. > :01:43.teenagers. You could see the younger ones were scared, standing
:01:43. > :01:49.to decide waiting to get on the equipment. I didn't bring her reign
:01:49. > :01:56.because it was too crowded full of all decades. When I have walked
:01:56. > :01:58.past, I have seen teenagers hanging about. You can see younger children
:01:59. > :02:01.getting insecure and nervous about that. Many parents have posted
:02:01. > :02:04.their worries on this Facebook site and two 10-year-olds have even
:02:05. > :02:12.written to the town constable. There are now calls for the area to
:02:12. > :02:18.be better policed. I would like park marshals to be put there, or a
:02:18. > :02:23.police presence to to tear any billion DEC goes on. If we allow
:02:23. > :02:30.our youngsters to be believed, that will go through to their schooling
:02:30. > :02:32.and the workplace. There have also been separate complaints about
:02:32. > :02:35.skateboarders gathering in this area of the park. This footage
:02:35. > :02:41.posted on the internet shows a skateboarder being chased off the
:02:41. > :02:51.site by the honorary police. Now town bosses say the park will be
:02:51. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:01.monitored. We are already in discussion with a number of
:03:01. > :03:05.different agencies that will I am sure make sure in the short term to
:03:05. > :03:08.make sure that the park is monitored, that it works and does
:03:08. > :03:10.not give bad memories any children. Youth workers believe it is
:03:10. > :03:13.inevitable that a busy park will experience friction between
:03:13. > :03:19.children, but for park bosses these complaints will be far from the
:03:19. > :03:22.start they wanted. A 27-year-old man has been
:03:22. > :03:25.discharged from police bail in connection with the death of Liga
:03:25. > :03:28.Verse. Guernsey police say it is as a result of reports from expert
:03:28. > :03:31.witnesses, but they say they are making good progress with their
:03:31. > :03:38.investigation. The 24-year-old Latvian was found dead in a flat in
:03:38. > :03:41.Guernsey in August. Guernsey's longest-serving
:03:41. > :03:45.politician is blaming the Policy Council for a lack of progress in
:03:45. > :03:49.the States. Deputy Ivan Rihoy believes much of the problem is
:03:49. > :03:51.down to how senior people are chosen. His committee is
:03:52. > :03:57.recommending a move towards the system adopted by Jersey which
:03:57. > :04:00.involves questioning candidates after their speeches. He thinks the
:04:00. > :04:10.Policy Council is too big and the Chief Minister needs more executive
:04:10. > :04:11.
:04:11. > :04:14.power. The thing is, they don't give enough guidance. We are not
:04:14. > :04:18.getting our policies through. Things are not happening as they
:04:19. > :04:23.should happen and it is costing the taxpayer a lot of money. Certain
:04:23. > :04:28.things are being done that perhaps should not be being done, and
:04:28. > :04:31.things that should be are not been done. What we have to make sure off
:04:31. > :04:34.after the next election is that we get the right people in the right
:04:34. > :04:36.jobs. In Guernsey a group of former
:04:37. > :04:39.military servicemen have been honoured today at Government House.
:04:39. > :04:44.Five former armed service personnel were awarded the Armed Forces
:04:44. > :04:53.Veterans Badge at a special ceremony. Mike Wilkins was there.
:04:53. > :04:58.Honoured today for serving their Queen and country. Thank you very
:04:58. > :05:03.much. And I meant what I said, keep in touch. But, like many old
:05:03. > :05:10.soldiers, modesty is the order of the day for these men. I don't
:05:10. > :05:15.really deserve it. I am an infant in terms of service in regard to
:05:15. > :05:19.other people and what they had done. It is unexpected, but I'm very
:05:19. > :05:25.proud. An important part of these ceremonies is to let any former
:05:25. > :05:31.service personnel know that help is always at hand. One of the things
:05:31. > :05:37.to come out this lunchtime is that a very elderly gentleman here, now
:05:37. > :05:41.in a wheelchair and in a hospital, one of our recipients today
:05:41. > :05:46.mentioned him to me. He is not known to most of the people on the
:05:46. > :05:51.island for his wartime service, but now we can get in touch with him
:05:51. > :05:55.and bring him back into the family and if he has any needs, we will be
:05:55. > :06:00.able to help them through the welfare organisations we have.
:06:00. > :06:03.is important that civilians like myself to remember that we show
:06:03. > :06:06.that we care and appreciates all that they have done. Some of these
:06:06. > :06:12.men may not feel they deserve an award, but here today it was the
:06:12. > :06:14.island that paid tribute. You are watching the BBC in the
:06:14. > :06:18.Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin and Victoria, find out
:06:18. > :06:28.what's got eight legs and rides a mean wave and has thousands of
:06:28. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:33.The parents of a Olivia Jordan Higgins thought it would be a great
:06:33. > :06:37.idea if she spent a week of her summer holidays having a go at golf
:06:37. > :06:41.at a local driving range. She was 13 and had never hit a ball before,
:06:41. > :06:43.but she was pretty good. So good in fact 10 years later she turned
:06:43. > :06:52.professional and has just completed her first year on the American
:06:52. > :06:57.women's Future Tour. Edward Sault takes up the story.
:06:57. > :07:06.Driving off on familiar shores. This is Royal Jersey, where Olivia
:07:06. > :07:13.grew up, but it is in America that she is making her name. I went with
:07:13. > :07:18.no expectations, really. I finished 40th on the money list out of 200
:07:18. > :07:21.people, which I am really pleased with. I think I can only get better
:07:21. > :07:24.from here. Playing in America offers more opportunities than
:07:24. > :07:26.playing in Europe, but life as a tour professional is not easy.
:07:26. > :07:30.Olivia stays with local families and drives the huge distances
:07:30. > :07:40.between events to keep her costs down. She only has her winnings to
:07:40. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:45.pay the bills. It is hard. There is nothing worse than missing the cut,
:07:45. > :07:50.when you feel you have played well. You have just got to pick yourself
:07:50. > :07:56.up and move on to the next week. This is my dream and what I have
:07:56. > :08:00.always wanted to do. The sacrifices have to be maids and hopefully, in
:08:00. > :08:03.time, but will pay off. Spending the winter at home allows Olivia to
:08:03. > :08:06.work on her technique and fitness. She will be back on the tour in the
:08:06. > :08:16.New Year, but, for now, Royal Jersey is providing a reassuringly
:08:16. > :08:20.familiar practice ground. It feels good to be back. I miss
:08:20. > :08:25.the sunshine and warm weather, but it is great to come home and
:08:25. > :08:28.reassess everything, keep myself grounded.
:08:28. > :08:30.Now, apparently this time of year is a dangerous time for these
:08:30. > :08:33.little fellows, but Guernsey's Hedgehog Rescue Centre will soon
:08:33. > :08:37.have to close its doors. So, just who will be there to help the
:08:37. > :08:41.Island's prickliest residents? Penny Elderfield reports.
:08:41. > :08:44.The modern world can be a dangerous place for hedgehogs. There are
:08:44. > :08:47.strimmers to contend with, bonfires and busy roads. But, luckily, since
:08:47. > :08:54.2005 Dawn has been running a rescue centre helping hundreds of
:08:54. > :09:02.hedgehogs each year. Six years on, though, the decision has been made
:09:02. > :09:08.to close it. It has been a very hard decision, that we have been
:09:08. > :09:13.struggling for 18 months because of the shortage of volunteers. It
:09:13. > :09:16.became very difficult to cover the rotors and I work seven days a week
:09:16. > :09:19.and it has just got too much. are currently 60 hedgehogs here,
:09:19. > :09:23.all of which will be released, including Rocket, who will be let
:09:23. > :09:33.out later this week. But the centre won't be accepting anymore and the
:09:33. > :09:39.GSPCA has stepped into help. has been passing on our details and
:09:39. > :09:44.people are being made aware that we're taking in these hedgehogs. We
:09:44. > :09:48.have seen three or four hedgehogs a day coming into the shelter. It is
:09:48. > :09:51.a lot more work for ourselves. Dawn the hard work is likely to
:09:51. > :10:01.continue until next spring, when she can release the final hedgehogs
:10:01. > :10:02.
:10:02. > :10:08.at the centre, and finally close it Let's see what the weather is going
:10:08. > :10:11.to do. Good evening. Not a great deal of change in the weather at
:10:11. > :10:15.this evening, but tomorrow at the chance of some rain turning up as
:10:15. > :10:21.more cloud consent of the Atlantic. A weather front gets in close
:10:21. > :10:28.enough tomorrow to bring some rain. Try for tonight and much of the day
:10:28. > :10:33.tomorrow. This is the weather front I'm talking about. That moves
:10:33. > :10:38.somewhat closer towards the south- west by midday tomorrow. Just
:10:39. > :10:42.enough cloud, thick enough to give us some outbreaks of rain during
:10:42. > :10:50.the evening tomorrow. At the time we get into their estate that will
:10:50. > :10:54.have moved away and Thursday should be a bright, dry day. So, as we
:10:54. > :11:00.move towards the weekend, there should be some fine weather around,
:11:00. > :11:07.becoming cloudy into Saturday. Overnight tonight, patchy cloud
:11:07. > :11:11.which will become expensive - - extensive by the morning. Tomorrow
:11:11. > :11:15.we will have a lot of the cloud for much of the day, although it will
:11:15. > :11:19.brighten up for a time in the early afternoon. To end the day we will
:11:19. > :11:26.see some light and patchy rain spilling from the south-west.
:11:26. > :11:36.Temperatures tomorrow up to 13 degrees. It will also become quite
:11:36. > :11:51.
:11:51. > :11:55.The forecasts for Thursday is bright and dry, a little bit cooler.
:11:55. > :12:04.Friday the same, but with more cloud coming in on Saturday and
:12:04. > :12:07.temperatures down a bit on what we A Jersey woman has won a national
:12:07. > :12:10.award for the work she does for animals in the island. Remember
:12:10. > :12:13.Laddy here? He was blind in both eyes. Well, Bunny Roberts arranged
:12:14. > :12:17.him to be flown to the UK on a private jet for specialist
:12:17. > :12:20.treatment. He has now got his sight back and is leading a normal life.
:12:20. > :12:23.It is stories like these that Bunny says got her the award. We are
:12:23. > :12:28.coming up to Christmas now and an animal is not just for Christmas,
:12:28. > :12:33.it is for life. It doesn't matter what it is. Now is the most
:12:33. > :12:37.important time for them. Things are getting difficult to because the
:12:37. > :12:41.economy is not great and people have them for five minutes and then