:00:09. > :00:25.Welcome to BBC Channel Islands A celebrate almost a 100% pass—rate.
:00:25. > :00:32.Winded good. We got what we wanted, so that's good. No disappointment.
:00:32. > :00:34.No, no disappointments. We ask what next? Will further education or
:00:34. > :00:41.employment help young people more We hear the inspirational story
:00:41. > :00:46.employment help young people more the islander set on his way by
:00:46. > :00:49.royalty. I have done really well for myself and I am in a job that I
:00:49. > :00:54.really enjoy doing. A away from for myself and I am in a job that I
:00:54. > :01:03.stress of the exam results I will have a report on a very special
:01:03. > :01:09.anniversary for the 4 x 100m. —— 4 The noise of envelopes ripping and
:01:09. > :01:12.teenagers cheering sounded across the Channel Islands this morning,
:01:12. > :01:17.as over 1,000 students received their A—Level results. Once again,
:01:17. > :01:20.outperformed those in the UK with an impressively high pass rate.
:01:20. > :01:23.outperformed those in the UK with of course, not everyone got the
:01:23. > :01:24.Elderfield has been around our islands' schools and colleges,
:01:24. > :01:40.How did you get on? I got three islands' schools and colleges,
:01:40. > :01:43.I am off to Southampton. I just discovered me and my friend are
:01:43. > :01:48.going to unique but I have not opened my results yet but I know I
:01:48. > :02:00.am going to university. There are exactly what I needed so that is
:02:00. > :02:07.good. A lot of celebrations with tissues on hand just in case. But
:02:07. > :02:10.for some they were just happy tears. I told my mum and she was crying
:02:10. > :02:17.and I told my friends got in as well and she burst into tears again.
:02:17. > :02:22.Three A—stars. Fulfilled. You have to put a lot of working but it is
:02:22. > :02:26.definitely worth it. You get a good Of course not everyone will have
:02:26. > :02:29.got what they wanted, but there Of course not everyone will have
:02:29. > :02:32.lots of smiles here today as these students start the next chapter
:02:32. > :02:36.lots of smiles here today as these their life, whether that's going to
:02:36. > :02:38.uni or trying to find a job. In Jersey queues formed early this
:02:38. > :02:42.morning with sixth formers anxious to find out those all—important
:02:42. > :02:44.Here at Hautlieu school one of the first in the line was Connie Le
:02:44. > :02:49.Brocq. And after a nervous wait first in the line was Connie Le
:02:49. > :02:57.success, and a well earned hug from incredibly happy, I applied to do
:02:57. > :03:09.business management at Newcastle, so I've got in And Connie wasn't
:03:09. > :03:16.the only one smiling. We did good, disappointment. I am quite happy, I
:03:16. > :03:19.am not going to university, I have known already got a job so this
:03:19. > :03:22.am not going to university, I have my own judgment in what I have done
:03:22. > :03:26.so I am happy. I am really happy. I got into my course and I cannot
:03:27. > :03:36.wait to start in September. His Overall official statistics show
:03:36. > :03:40.In Guernsey it was slightly higher, at 99.5 % Both above the UK pass
:03:40. > :03:43.rate of 98.1 % But Education bosses say even if students don't get the
:03:43. > :03:56.grades they hoped for, there are For most we think looking at these
:03:57. > :03:59.pleased, but for some people there will be disappointment, there are
:03:59. > :04:02.always routes, and I think it's important that you sit back, you
:04:02. > :04:05.analyse, whether that means going to a different university, whether
:04:05. > :04:07.that means doing a different course, whether it means actually choosing
:04:07. > :04:13.not going away, to take employment, Whether heading off to university,
:04:13. > :04:16.or into the workplace. It's all change for these students. Once
:04:16. > :04:28.or into the workplace. It's all course they've finished celebrating.
:04:28. > :04:31.Some happy faces there but there are some difficult choices ahead
:04:31. > :04:33.for Channel Islands students. Some may have mapped out university and
:04:33. > :04:37.career courses already and some will be entering the jobs market,
:04:37. > :04:43.qualifications will get them. Pam Caulfield has been to meet two
:04:43. > :04:49.different paths post—18. There are At 23 Kit's now got his dream job.
:04:49. > :04:57.He's a nutritionist in Jersey. It took him years of hard work to get
:04:57. > :04:58.here. It all started back in A— levels and not only did I need
:04:58. > :05:02.those A—levels to progress into levels and not only did I need
:05:02. > :05:07.undergraduate degree but it showed me how hard I can work and still
:05:07. > :05:12.get the results. From A levels to postgraduate I had to really push
:05:13. > :05:18.each time to a new level and I have finally earned myself a good job.
:05:18. > :05:23.savings to help pay for his studies. But going to University can be
:05:23. > :05:28.expensive. 19—year—old Lauren's chosen a different route. Having
:05:28. > :05:35.straight into work, and train on the job. You can still do your job
:05:35. > :05:39.and do evening and weekend classes so I will still be earning money
:05:39. > :05:43.and getting more experience in the office environment while taking
:05:43. > :05:47.and getting more experience in the qualification to work my way up
:05:47. > :05:49.and getting more experience in the business jobs through a recruitment
:05:49. > :05:52.company and plans to work her way to the top. With cost of studying
:05:52. > :05:59.and competition for graduate jobs both rising, it's an option more
:05:59. > :06:05.are taking. There are a lot of opportunities in Jersey for school—
:06:05. > :06:12.leavers to begin their career path There are still opportunities to
:06:12. > :06:17.gain professional qualifications, may be without taking the route
:06:17. > :06:19.gain professional qualifications, Many decisions lie ahead for school
:06:19. > :06:25.leavers. But if they don't go to University there are other ways
:06:25. > :06:27.leavers. But if they don't go to Well, not all islanders got their A
:06:28. > :06:36.levels, many not even their GCSEs. And not everyone has the confidence
:06:36. > :06:37.difficult jobs market. Step in The Prince's Trust, offering practical
:06:37. > :06:40.and financial support. In fact, Prince's Trust, offering practical
:06:40. > :06:41.Trust's ambassador in Jersey found himself in desperate need of their
:06:42. > :06:45.help when times were tough and, himself in desperate need of their
:06:45. > :06:53.he told our reporter Chris Harrison, it was a royal intervention that
:06:53. > :06:58.rescued him. I was unemployed for nine months and I was starting to
:06:58. > :07:03.get suicidal thoughts. Luckily the Prince's Trust was open and I took
:07:03. > :07:07.The Princes Trust helped Janni when no—one else would. Now he helps
:07:07. > :07:18.training courses for young people, and it's all by Royal apointment. I
:07:18. > :07:25.weeks. When I finished that I got asked to be a volunteer and then I
:07:25. > :07:28.went on to separate the training days and Prince Charles offered
:07:28. > :07:33.went on to separate the training a job. Now while working for Prince
:07:33. > :07:40.programmes here at Jersey's Youth everything from CV writing to where
:07:40. > :07:44.to look for work. I have a job interview tomorrow that I would
:07:44. > :07:46.to look for work. I have a job have bothered doing because I was
:07:46. > :07:50.quite lazy before I came on the cause and it has helped may gain
:07:50. > :07:58.more confidence to be able to do things about myself and I know who
:07:58. > :08:02.helps so much. You meet so many great people and you just learn
:08:02. > :08:04.helps so much. You meet so many He's boosted David and Annie's
:08:04. > :08:12.prospects, so what would Janni say to A level students disappointed
:08:12. > :08:15.not worry. I left school and I did not even get my GCSEs and I have
:08:15. > :08:20.done really well for myself and not even get my GCSEs and I have
:08:20. > :08:23.am in a job that I really enjoyed doing and I would just say, try
:08:23. > :08:25.am in a job that I really enjoyed keep your head up and there are
:08:25. > :08:28.other opportunities. Would you take your A—levels again, you can always
:08:28. > :08:35.evenings or anything like that, your A—levels again, you can always
:08:35. > :08:38.opportunities to do what you want So for young islanders looking for
:08:38. > :08:39.similar help and hope, the next training programme here starts in
:08:39. > :08:49.12 more of the news from around training programme here starts in
:08:50. > :08:52.House prices are at their lowest level in Jersey for around five
:08:52. > :08:55.years, according to latest states figures. There's been a slow and
:08:56. > :08:59.gradual drop in price of all types of houses and flats since 2007.
:09:00. > :09:12.encouraged to contact the Housing department about an interest—free
:09:12. > :09:14.Two men have been charged with importing heroin into Jersey and
:09:14. > :09:19.possessing the drug. Police say seized last night. John Dennis
:09:19. > :09:20.Vieira de Freitas and Mark Phillip Gomes Pires, both 29, are charged
:09:20. > :09:23.with a range of drugs offences, Gomes Pires, both 29, are charged
:09:23. > :09:34.will appear before Magistrates If today has seen the big finale at
:09:34. > :09:38.the Guernsey West Show. It has attracted thousands of visitors
:09:38. > :09:47.over the last few days and we went You're watching the BBC in the
:09:47. > :10:06.100 years old and going strong. You're watching the BBC in the
:10:06. > :10:21.celebration of all of the things sometimes we do not see our friends
:10:21. > :10:25.grandson came it won't waste —— said when we came men, he saw a
:10:25. > :10:26.horse and cart anti said, you do not see that sort of thing every
:10:26. > :10:32.day and I told him that was why not see that sort of thing every
:10:32. > :10:36.excellent turnout and that is why they come every year and hopefully
:10:36. > :10:40.it will remain for a long time for the next few years. The kids always
:10:40. > :10:46.put things in the tent and we play a big part in it. Events like this
:10:46. > :10:54.rely heavily on volunteers and a little earlier I met a man who has
:10:54. > :11:06.been helping out before her century —— the best part of half a century.
:11:06. > :11:09.Bert is the Honorary President of the West Show, He's been on the
:11:09. > :11:13.organising committee and feels the Show has a strong future. We have
:11:13. > :11:21.got a lot of youngsters who help us to put the tense up and everything.
:11:21. > :11:24.So while young and old enjoy the 100th anniversary, it seems many
:11:24. > :11:28.more people keen to keep it going for another 100 years at least.
:11:28. > :11:35.A beautiful day there. A changes on Good evening. We have rain heading
:11:35. > :11:37.away after a lovely day today. We had some lovely temperatures but it
:11:37. > :11:42.will be different tomorrow with had some lovely temperatures but it
:11:42. > :11:45.lot more cloud around. We have patchy rain in the morning and it
:11:45. > :11:53.will brighten up a little bit but remain a mystery. —— mystique. This
:11:53. > :11:58.weather system is developing a few waves across it so its progress
:11:58. > :12:01.towards us is erratic. Even in the middle of the day it will be to
:12:01. > :12:05.towards us is erratic. Even in the north and keeping us humid and
:12:05. > :12:09.towards the end of the day. There will be a bright start on Saturday
:12:09. > :12:13.but another weather system brings some rain later in the day and the
:12:13. > :12:17.conditions on Saturday will be winded. Tonight there will be clear
:12:17. > :12:24.sky to start with and the cloud will gradually thicken towards dawn
:12:24. > :12:29.and bring a slight patchy rain. Tomorrow it will be a damp morning
:12:29. > :12:32.and the rain will peter out by mid— afternoon. Once that starts to
:12:32. > :12:37.happen there will be an improvement and we keep a lot of low cloud and
:12:37. > :12:50.mist around. Eventually the wind will change direction. This is the
:12:50. > :13:01.coastal water forecast. Rain at times with moderate visibility.
:13:01. > :13:06.For our servers it will be a bit possibly four feet. The outlook
:13:06. > :13:13.gets better for Sunday onwards. possibly four feet. The outlook
:13:13. > :13:16.Saturday, after a bright start the rain will set in and it will become
:13:16. > :13:21.wet and windy in the afternoon but the main area of rain will clear
:13:21. > :13:26.overnight Saturday into Sunday and Sunday will be a nice day, albeit a
:13:26. > :13:32.bit breezy. We should see sunshine and it will be dry as we head into
:13:32. > :13:37.We knew the good weather could not last. That is it for now. I will
:13:37. > :13:42.have Updates throughout the evening. Thank you very much for watching.
:13:42. > :19:12.This is it. The first time ever set foot on Samson. It is like being in
:19:12. > :19:22.the Caribbean. Is not a bad view, is that? Although
:19:22. > :19:27.this is an uninhabited islands now, I am not here are my own. Then here
:19:27. > :19:31.to meet David Moore from the Isles of Scilly wildlife trust, who will
:19:31. > :19:39.tell me more about the history of Samson and the wildlife living here.
:19:39. > :19:50.Hello, David. Hello, just in.This was obviously someone's house once.
:19:50. > :19:54.How did the island end up being abandoned? People farmed here until
:19:54. > :19:59.about 1855, when Augustus Smith took over the lease of all the islands.
:19:59. > :20:05.He was the first person interested in doing that, and he had ideas for
:20:05. > :20:10.social reform, and I think having people here didn't fit in with that
:20:10. > :20:16.plan, so people were asked to leave. So in 1855, the last people left the
:20:16. > :20:21.island. The Webbers and the Woodcock 's the main families. My Gran was a
:20:21. > :20:26.Woodcock, so my family lived here. What sort of life would they have
:20:26. > :20:29.had? Quite a nice life, farming and fishing and connected with the land.
:20:29. > :20:39.It would have been hard with water shortages, but all an interesting
:20:39. > :20:44.life. This is another of Augustus Smith's ideas. Once people left the
:20:44. > :20:50.island, he had this wall built. It is not quite high enough for dear,
:20:50. > :20:52.and the story goes that the deer escaped and either drown or got back
:20:52. > :21:02.to Tresco. Preparing for this visit, I found
:21:02. > :21:09.this rare photograph of Samson and I have tracked down K Manfield,
:21:09. > :21:17.descendant of the man in this picture, and I will meet in what is
:21:17. > :21:26.left of this property. Hello, K. Who lived here, then? This was my
:21:26. > :21:30.grandmother's cottage. Who is the man in the photo? Here's my
:21:30. > :21:37.great—grandfather, and he was an Woodcock's son. My grandmother, who
:21:38. > :21:44.was his daughter she said when she was a young girl, they would come
:21:44. > :21:49.out in boats and they would come up and spend the day and picnic and
:21:49. > :21:55.pick primroses to take back to Saint Mary 's, it was like its own world
:21:55. > :21:59.appear. What sort of stories have passed down through your family
:21:59. > :22:02.about the time when it came to leave the island? Water and acceptance
:22:02. > :22:07.they had to go or did they want to stay? There wasn't an acceptance at
:22:07. > :22:12.all. The families wanted to stay. Augustus Smith since the parties up
:22:12. > :22:17.to evict them, to take them off the island, down to Saint Mary 's, and
:22:17. > :22:22.they were so determined to stay, they barricaded themselves in the
:22:22. > :22:27.cottage. They said they would rather die than be taken off the island,
:22:27. > :22:33.and in the end, the parties got back in their boats and left. This web
:22:33. > :22:39.family did eventually leave, but they put up a protest quite
:22:39. > :22:43.strongly, and good on them. It has remained uninhabited ever since,
:22:43. > :22:46.apart from wildlife. I will catch up with David now to find out more
:22:46. > :22:54.about that. Nice to me you. Thank you.
:22:54. > :23:00.It is important wildlife haven. We have a very important sea bird
:23:00. > :23:05.colony, shacks, fulmars, and very important sea bird, and that is
:23:05. > :23:11.important for archaeology. This is one of several prehistoric burial
:23:11. > :23:14.mounds on the hilltops. As someone who is descended from the families
:23:14. > :23:19.that lived on the island, how does it feel to be conserving it for
:23:19. > :23:24.future generations? When I come here, I often wonder what might
:23:24. > :23:27.ancestors with say seeing all the bracken that would not have been
:23:27. > :23:30.here when they worked the land, and it feels good to be letting it take
:23:30. > :23:39.back over. I can finally understand why the
:23:40. > :23:45.Woodcock 's and the Webbers were so reluctant to leave Samson all those
:23:45. > :23:48.years ago. It has been a real privilege to finally get to explore
:23:48. > :23:52.this beautiful part of the South West.
:23:52. > :23:55.And next week it's a David double—act. On Wednesday, BBC Radio
:23:55. > :23:58.Cornwall's David White discovers Pengersick Castle at Praa Sands, and
:23:58. > :24:01.on Thursday, on his first ever visit, BBC Radio Devon's David
:24:01. > :24:10.Fitzgerald finds out he's connected to the people who built Overbecks in
:24:11. > :24:15.Salcombe. I look forward to that next week. We were fortunate with
:24:15. > :24:20.the weather on our trip, as you saw, it was a bit like the Caribbean. It
:24:20. > :24:28.hasn't been so silly to date but it is getting better. Next week, yes.
:24:28. > :24:33.There is some rain in the forecast, but next week is much drier and we
:24:33. > :24:37.should see some sunshine. Tomorrow, we have some rain coming in
:24:37. > :24:41.overnight tonight and it will be around for much of the morning, and
:24:41. > :24:45.then brighter and drier with a fresher feel to the air and the end
:24:45. > :24:48.of the afternoon. The satellite picture shows this great lump of
:24:48. > :24:53.cloud stretching out into the Atlantic. It gives some heavy rain
:24:53. > :24:58.across Ireland, heading down towards us in the few hours. The main
:24:58. > :25:02.weather system producing that is moving towards us, with bumps
:25:02. > :25:06.developing along, which means its progress is inconsistent. The time
:25:06. > :25:11.we get to the end of the morning and into the afternoon, it will clear
:25:11. > :25:15.away from us. Approaching that is a new area of low pressure which will
:25:15. > :25:19.bring quite wet and windy weather on Saturday. Once that goes through,
:25:19. > :25:24.come Sunday, it is a much improved picture. Weather surfers are among
:25:25. > :25:28.you, the isobars are pretty much straight from Newfoundland across
:25:28. > :25:33.the west coast of Ireland. That means a steady strength of wind over
:25:33. > :25:37.a long stretch of sea, so some big waves heading our way, especially
:25:37. > :25:42.Sunday and into Monday. In the last few hours, here comes that wet
:25:42. > :25:47.weather, already into parts of West Wales and the Isles of Scilly.
:25:47. > :25:51.Before that, earlier, our cameraman was down in Cornwall, where there
:25:51. > :25:56.was a bit of brightness in the sky and the seas were relatively calm,
:25:56. > :26:02.so here we've seen temperatures up to 19 degrees today are higher than
:26:02. > :26:07.that inland, 22 in the sunshine, but the breeze will increase overnight
:26:07. > :26:10.which will whip up the seas and by Saturday, with that new area of low
:26:10. > :26:17.pressure, someone the conditions heading our way. Overnight, that
:26:17. > :26:21.band of rain comes in from the North West, becoming widespread in the
:26:21. > :26:27.early hours, low clouds developing too, so hill fog becomes extensive
:26:27. > :26:32.and also the breeze. Overnight temperatures shouldn't fall much
:26:33. > :26:36.below 16 or 17. Tomorrow, we wake to a web start. Outbreaks of rain for
:26:36. > :26:41.all of us but clearing from North Devon first then much of Cornwall,
:26:41. > :26:45.slow to clear, Dorset and Somerset eventually it will clear to give
:26:45. > :26:48.some lengthy sunny spells in the afternoon. A bit misty around the
:26:48. > :26:54.coast, particularly the North Coast. Temperatures will still get
:26:54. > :27:00.into 22 or 23 degrees, but a fresher feel to the air as we head into the
:27:00. > :27:04.weekend. For the Isles of Scilly, rain clearing here first and then
:27:04. > :27:11.fine and mainly dry as lighter winds trade —— change direction. The
:27:11. > :27:15.service will be a bit choppy if not messy tomorrow, but cleaning up as
:27:15. > :27:22.we head into the second half of the weekend. There is our coastal
:27:22. > :27:25.weather is forecast, south—westerly veering north—westerly, rain at
:27:25. > :27:29.times they're becoming fair. Saturday will be wet and windy.
:27:29. > :27:34.Sunday is brighter and continuing dry into next week.
:27:34. > :27:41.Thank you, David. That is all from us for now. I will be back at
:27:41. > :27:41.10:25pm. I hope you can join us for that. Have a good evening.