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Good evening. Welcome to BBC in the Channel Islands. The headlines this | :00:08. | :00:11. | |
Thursday evening... Why it could be a bright new year | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
for Alderney Renewable Energy and we could all bend of it. -- all | :00:14. | :00:16. | |
benefit. Plus, a double-edged sword - modern | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
technology brings a drop in Christmas card deliveries, by more | :00:19. | :00:24. | |
parcels from internet shopping. And fancy a game of Euchre? Why | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
this traditional pastime is guaranteed a future, thanks to new | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
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The Channel Islands could lead the world in developing tidal power. | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
That is the message from the French energy company EDF, which has just | :00:49. | :00:51. | |
installed the first of four underwater turbines in the Bay of | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
St Malo. Up if initial tests are successful, | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
they will be looking to exploit the strong tidal flow around our | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
island's next. All Alderney could be first to benefit. David Earl | :01:03. | :01:10. | |
brings us this special report. Last month, DCNS, who are better | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
known for building nuclear submarines, deployed the first of | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
four Open Hydro turbines on behalf of EDF in the strong tidal streams | :01:16. | :01:23. | |
of the Cotes d'Armor. The 850-tonnes turbine was towed | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
into position from Brest on a specially constructed barge, before | :01:26. | :01:32. | |
being lowered onto the seabed. If successful, the test will pave | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
the way for the world's largest tidal array, capable of powering up | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
to 4,000 homes. One man who is taking a keen interest in the | :01:41. | :01:50. | |
project is Chris Ambler of Jersey Electricity. Oath we have just | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
signed a major long-term contract, a million and you'll contract. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
have put a very good working relationship with them for the last | :01:59. | :02:05. | |
30 years and we're keen to continue that and the are obviously keen to | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
see how they could use this trial in our water. | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
DCNS clearly sees marine renewable energy as a growth market and with | :02:13. | :02:17. | |
shipyards in Cherbourg and Brest to keep busy, has set up a new | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
division to exploit it. One of their first moves was to | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
purchase an 11% stake in Open Hydro, which in turn, has a 20% stake in | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
Alderney Renewable Energy. ARE were granted a Master Power | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
Generation Licence by the States of Alderney in November 2008 and have | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
first choice when it comes to choosing sites for their turbines | :02:32. | :02:42. | |
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in Alderney waters. I think all the background work that has gone on | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
creating the war and creating the regulator and a consenting regime | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
and the environmental work we have been doing, means that all the work | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
has been there and the project is ready to call. I think Alderney is | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
still at the forefront of a very exciting project. | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
Given French plans to develop marine renewable energy in the Bay | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
of St Malo, plus the fact that Alderney owns its own seabed, | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
Alderney Renewable Energy could end up becoming the island's French | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
Connection. The French site chosen for the | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
first turbines does not actually have the strongest tidal flows, so | :03:20. | :03:30. | |
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the company behind the project has Alderney firmly in its sights. | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
soon is the experimentation is successful, we will start the | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
commercial deployment of the energy to install around 1,000 turbine is | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
between France and Alderney. We want to do that within 15 years. | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
And you can hear much more about what tidal power would do for the | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
Channel Islands on BBC Radio Jersey with Chris Stone, tomorrow morning | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
from seven o'clock. In other news, further improvements | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
need to be made to the way Jersey's government manages the donations | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
and bequests it uses to pay for services and grants. | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
The accounts for 37 larger funds managed by the States have been | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
published. They range in value and are used to fund things such as | :04:14. | :04:15. | |
Christmas bonuses, medical equipment and scholarships. | :04:15. | :04:18. | |
A new report by the independent auditor says many improvements have | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
been made since he checked two years ago, but the States needs a | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
standard approach to accepting and managing new bequests and gifts. | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
With the pressure on to save money, the last thing Guernsey Post wants | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
to see is a drop in the amount of mail it deals with and, | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
unfortunately, that is exactly what has happened when it comes to | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
Christmas cards this year. But it seems internet shopping may have | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
come to the rescue. A classic Christmas card - the | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
perfect way to spread Christmas cheer and let your nearest and | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
dearest know you are thinking of them. | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
Or is it? Because in a world of social networking, e-cards and | :04:57. | :05:06. | |
emails, it seems more people are opting to go electronic. Her think | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
it is just the internet. It is easier just to send a little messy | :05:11. | :05:21. | |
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jury text on the phone. Perhaps we should move into any next century, | :05:21. | :05:29. | |
but as far as I'm concerned, there are still Christmas cards. It is a | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
lot less personal. I prefer to go out and choose my own Christmas | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
cards. Whilst some still favour the | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
traditional approach, the amount of cards sent this year is down by | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
around 5%. But whilst Guernsey Post is seeing | :05:42. | :05:52. | |
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fewer of these, it is not all bad news. The news is mixed. Christmas | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
cards are declining, but on the more positive front, the amount of | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
packages has increased exceptionally - we're probably | :06:04. | :06:11. | |
looking at an increase of one quarter. Will the internet is | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
killing one part of the business, the other part of the business is | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
thriving because of it. So the increase in internet | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
shopping is one Christmas gift Guernsey Post is pleased to receive. | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
You are watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
with Natalie and Simon, born in 1910, two months premature and not | :06:29. | :06:39. | |
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expected to live - Hilda celebrates You can stock surging down the back | :06:48. | :06:57. | |
of this awful. The top prize in the Jersey Lottery has been won. The | :06:57. | :07:06. | |
top prize was won by an anonymous winner, who scooped �750,000. It is | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
thought the lottery raised �400,000 for local charities and | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
organisations. Euchre - it is up there with Gauche | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
and Bean Jar on the list of Guernsey traditions. | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
Yet there was concern that not enough people were taking up the | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
card game, which has been played in the island for so many years. | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
But a group of local players decided that had to change. | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
A busy night at a Guernsey bar. But rather than celebrating the festive | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
season, these people are celebrating one of Guernsey's | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
traditions, Euchre, a game which has been played on the island for | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
many years and these workshops are being put on to ensure it is played | :07:38. | :07:48. | |
for many more. We have had quite a lot of people asking us how to | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
learn the game. They have seen it played in pubs. It is a very good | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
social game and we do not want to see it dying out. Families have | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
paid it for generations. I know that during the war, families | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
played at almost every night during the war. | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
And whilst it takes a bit of practice, apparently you get the | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
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hang of it - eventually! It is truly enjoyable. A day's your brain | :08:19. | :08:29. | |
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working. I am doing OK. I am doing so sore! I know I will have enjoyed | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
a if I get home and I have got a headache! It took me a couple of | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
times to get used to it, but then it became easier. | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
So if you want a New Year's resolution that keeps your mind | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
active and a Guernsey tradition alive, then perhaps these euchre | :08:49. | :08:59. | |
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Among good evening. This line of cloud their you can see coming out | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
overnight is making slow progress to us. As that moves away, we will | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
have a north-westerly winds initially and then by Saturday, | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
Christmas Eve, we will have westerly winds with a high pressure, | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
which should leave as dry, bright and with some sunshine. There is | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
the possibility of some overnight drizzle tonight and temperatures no | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
let up law than 10 degrees. Tomorrow, after any cloudy start, | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
the rain will set and then it could become quite wet for most of the | :09:56. | :10:06. | |
afternoon. He fresh wind will make it quite lively going into tomorrow | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
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night. Here are the coastal forecasts. The high water times are | :10:16. | :10:26. | |
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as follows: And if you're heading for the pitch to go surfing, here | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
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are the wave hates. No soul, he is the look ahead, Friday, a chilly | :10:46. | :10:53. | |
day with the rain, a bit more dry on Christmas Eve and much the same | :10:53. | :11:03. | |
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on Christmas Day. So, very quiet in general over the Christmas weekend. | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
Finally, a Jersey businessman is hoping that his daughter will have | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
the Christmas number one this year. David Bridge's daughter Sophie is | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
part of the Military Wives choir. Their Wherever You Are song is the | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
fastest selling single in six years and looks set to top the chart on | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
Christmas Day. Sophie O'Sullivan's husband has just returned from | :11:23. | :11:32. | |
Afghanistan. For me, it was little like trying to get every single day | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
and giving me something to look forward to. It also gave me | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
something to get up in the morning for. You feel very deflated when | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
your husband is away. So, a position in the top 10 would be a | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
huge honour, but to get a Christmas number one would be a huge honour - | :11:52. | :12:00. |