04/01/2012 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Gale force

winds and stormy seas - two boys are lucky to be alive after going

fishing in a dingy. Helping the community as well as

yourself - why volunteering can get you the job you want.

And the little girl who's beaten cancer and is now learning to look

She really enjoy is going to school. She has a lot of friends and we are

very happy to be here. A miracle Two young boys from Guernsey have

had a lucky escape after being stranded in stormy seas. The pair

headed out in a dinghy to go fishing boats and got into

difficulty as they battled high waves and strong winds.

The stormy weather this week has kept many people from the beaches.

Yesterday afternoon, two brothers decided to go fishing in St

Sampsons. Rather than casting their lines from the shore, they headed

out to sea. This is big dinghy that the two boys went fishing in but

they got into difficulty when it was swamped with water. Things got

so bad that the two boys decided to swim for it. The waves were too

strong and they were forced back to the boat. Luckily for them, a

passer-by saw they were in distress and raised the alarm. The ambulance

and rescue Service came and a lifeboat was launched.

They were both an injured but very cold and very wet. Both has been in

the water for 5-10 minutes. They have been struggling to get back to

shore and has been unsuccessful so got back in the dinghy. If the

brothers may have been cold and frightened after their ordeal but

they are alive and have learnt an important lesson when it comes to

respecting the forces of nature. Franz's nuclear watch doubt one's

safety improvements made to the 58 power plants. It follows stress

tests carried out after the Japanese earthquake last year. They

are to nuclear reactors close to the Channel Islands on the coast of

Flamanville. It says never add -- it says no other reactors need to

be shut down that additional measures are needed to prevent it

from spreading. If work starts on the road leading

to Jersey Airport tonight. The road running from Beaumont Hill past

Jersey Rugby Club for will start in March. It will cost three quarters

of a million pounds. Any person in charge of the Brook

Sexual Health service -- Brook Sexual Health service says there is

no Dave Vitty about sexual health. She says the service employees

people who are mainly funded by the Government. They want to find out

how the service could be better. We are concentrating on getting

young people's views on how we can improve the service to better suit

them so we are supporting them as best we can. I am interest in

working with the outside agencies for youth on the island to make

sure we have good links and they feel we are doing what they want.

Ideally, we want to get young people understanding about

contraception so we get the abortion rate down as well.

The Association of Josie charities says the number of people

volunteering in the island is on the rise. -- the Association of

Josie charities. They are offering their services to local charities

for free. We have been to meet some volunteers hoping to get back into

paid work. It is all change for John. He

worked in banking for two decades ago when he lost his job two years

ago, he decided to give volunteering a go. He now helps

here at the charity shop. It was depressing when I lost my job.

Working with the charity gives me a purpose for getting up in the

morning and applying for jobs and quite simply, I can interact with

people here rather than sit at home doing nothing. John hopes

volunteering will help get him a paid job. Should everyone out of

work be doing their bit for charity? I would be in favour of

compulsory volunteering because it would be a negative. Volunteering

means you want to do it. They would not want people forced upon them.

Volunteering is beneficial to people who are out of work.

Compulsory charity work may not be an option for the island but it has

helped Bonnie. She volunteers for the National Trust for Jersey and

has found paid work. It is totally worth it. You can go and play golf

but you are not really contributing or putting back into the island.

The years that I have been here, I have been a mother and working

mother and to get to a time when you want to put a little bit back

into Jersey. John continue to search the jobs market and believes

volunteering has given him new skills for a new job.

And as idea now to boost shopping in St Helier is to offer free

parking. Town-centre bosses have suggested free parking could be

possible on one day a week for a couple of hours. It would be in a

bid to encourage islanders to spend money in town. It follows a

questionnaire on the needs of shoppers. We have to talk to the

public. We have done a questionnaire on what they feel

about things. We have to look at that and suggest a few projects.

Baps free parking after 3pm for a few people. -- perhaps free parking

for people after 3 o'clock. Later in Spotlight, the young boxer

who is fighting back after losing Now, cast your mind back to Emilia

Zubeck, the Jersey girl who was diagnosed with throat cancer and

went -- had a life-saving operation in Vienna. Bowe was possible after

people did Deakin to it -- dug deep in -- as was possible after people

dug deep into their pockets. Today, she went to school for the first

time. This is Emilia Zubeck who had her

oesophagus removed. She had been diagnosed with cancer. This is at

Emilia now. She is eating and drinking normally and the Pride for

her parents is clear on their faces. It is hard to believe that

something like that happened to have. We always say that she is a

good example of proof that you can fight and win. I have got Santa

clause on my window. With breakfast done and her hat and gloves on, it

is time for Emilia and her mum to walk to school. Would you like

about the school so much? When we are doing art. And when we are

painting and doing our portraits of ass. Emilia arrives and meets up

with her friends. My name is Emilia. It is something her parents thought

she would never be able to do. is so happy. She really enjoy is

going to school. She has a lot of friends and we are very happy and

can't believe that this could happen. It is a miracle for us.

Good morning Emilia. Because of her cancer, going to

school was unthinkable for Emilia and her family five years ago. She

has been through a lot despite a young age. Now they are living

every day as it comes. We don't worry about the little things like

today or tomorrow. We don't make plans. Emilia has a check-up in

Southampton in a free week's time. Their family are hoping it will be

the all clear and they are hoping they will be able to start the new

year with a new future. Isn't she gorgeous? Now a look at

Good evening. It stays unsettled this week with another batch of wet

weather coming. We are expecting gale-force winds first things --

first thing tomorrow morning. Look at these whether France as they

trickle down through Ireland, passing through the south-west of

England and arriving across the Channel Islands tomorrow. The

strength of the wind is picking up overnight tonight with blustery

conditions first thing tomorrow morning. By Friday, it is quieter.

Still rather cloudy through the afternoon and further outbreaks of

rain. The rain is light and patchy but becoming more widespread

tonight. Windy with westerly gales and temperatures no lower than

eight Celsius. Tomorrow, a wet start and gradually through the

morning, it will brighten up. Temperatures getting up to 11

Celsius. Still blustery and gale- force winds through the morning but

Looking ahead, Friday's forecast is rather cloudy and after a bright