15/08/2013 BBC Channel Islands News


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Welcome to BBC Channel Islands A celebrate almost a 100% pass—rate.

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Winded good. We got what we wanted, so that's good. No disappointment.

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No, no disappointments. We ask what next? Will further education or

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employment help young people more We hear the inspirational story

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employment help young people more the islander set on his way by

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royalty. I have done really well for myself and I am in a job that I

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really enjoy doing. A away from for myself and I am in a job that I

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stress of the exam results I will have a report on a very special

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anniversary for the 4 x 100m. —— 4 The noise of envelopes ripping and

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teenagers cheering sounded across the Channel Islands this morning,

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as over 1,000 students received their A—Level results. Once again,

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outperformed those in the UK with an impressively high pass rate.

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outperformed those in the UK with of course, not everyone got the

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Elderfield has been around our islands' schools and colleges,

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How did you get on? I got three islands' schools and colleges,

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I am off to Southampton. I just discovered me and my friend are

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going to unique but I have not opened my results yet but I know I

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am going to university. There are exactly what I needed so that is

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good. A lot of celebrations with tissues on hand just in case. But

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for some they were just happy tears. I told my mum and she was crying

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and I told my friends got in as well and she burst into tears again.

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Three A—stars. Fulfilled. You have to put a lot of working but it is

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definitely worth it. You get a good Of course not everyone will have

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got what they wanted, but there Of course not everyone will have

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lots of smiles here today as these students start the next chapter

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lots of smiles here today as these their life, whether that's going to

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uni or trying to find a job. In Jersey queues formed early this

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morning with sixth formers anxious to find out those all—important

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Here at Hautlieu school one of the first in the line was Connie Le

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Brocq. And after a nervous wait first in the line was Connie Le

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success, and a well earned hug from incredibly happy, I applied to do

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business management at Newcastle, so I've got in And Connie wasn't

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the only one smiling. We did good, disappointment. I am quite happy, I

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am not going to university, I have known already got a job so this

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am not going to university, I have my own judgment in what I have done

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so I am happy. I am really happy. I got into my course and I cannot

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wait to start in September. His Overall official statistics show

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In Guernsey it was slightly higher, at 99.5 % Both above the UK pass

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rate of 98.1 % But Education bosses say even if students don't get the

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grades they hoped for, there are For most we think looking at these

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pleased, but for some people there will be disappointment, there are

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always routes, and I think it's important that you sit back, you

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analyse, whether that means going to a different university, whether

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that means doing a different course, whether it means actually choosing

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not going away, to take employment, Whether heading off to university,

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or into the workplace. It's all change for these students. Once

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or into the workplace. It's all course they've finished celebrating.

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Some happy faces there but there are some difficult choices ahead

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for Channel Islands students. Some may have mapped out university and

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career courses already and some will be entering the jobs market,

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qualifications will get them. Pam Caulfield has been to meet two

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different paths post—18. There are At 23 Kit's now got his dream job.

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He's a nutritionist in Jersey. It took him years of hard work to get

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here. It all started back in A— levels and not only did I need

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those A—levels to progress into levels and not only did I need

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undergraduate degree but it showed me how hard I can work and still

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get the results. From A levels to postgraduate I had to really push

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each time to a new level and I have finally earned myself a good job.

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savings to help pay for his studies. But going to University can be

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expensive. 19—year—old Lauren's chosen a different route. Having

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straight into work, and train on the job. You can still do your job

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and do evening and weekend classes so I will still be earning money

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and getting more experience in the office environment while taking

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and getting more experience in the qualification to work my way up

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and getting more experience in the business jobs through a recruitment

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company and plans to work her way to the top. With cost of studying

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and competition for graduate jobs both rising, it's an option more

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are taking. There are a lot of opportunities in Jersey for school—

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leavers to begin their career path There are still opportunities to

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gain professional qualifications, may be without taking the route

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gain professional qualifications, Many decisions lie ahead for school

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leavers. But if they don't go to University there are other ways

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leavers. But if they don't go to Well, not all islanders got their A

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levels, many not even their GCSEs. And not everyone has the confidence

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difficult jobs market. Step in The Prince's Trust, offering practical

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and financial support. In fact, Prince's Trust, offering practical

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Trust's ambassador in Jersey found himself in desperate need of their

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help when times were tough and, himself in desperate need of their

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he told our reporter Chris Harrison, it was a royal intervention that

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rescued him. I was unemployed for nine months and I was starting to

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get suicidal thoughts. Luckily the Prince's Trust was open and I took

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The Princes Trust helped Janni when no—one else would. Now he helps

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training courses for young people, and it's all by Royal apointment. I

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weeks. When I finished that I got asked to be a volunteer and then I

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went on to separate the training days and Prince Charles offered

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went on to separate the training a job. Now while working for Prince

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programmes here at Jersey's Youth everything from CV writing to where

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to look for work. I have a job interview tomorrow that I would

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to look for work. I have a job have bothered doing because I was

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quite lazy before I came on the cause and it has helped may gain

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more confidence to be able to do things about myself and I know who

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helps so much. You meet so many great people and you just learn

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helps so much. You meet so many He's boosted David and Annie's

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prospects, so what would Janni say to A level students disappointed

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not worry. I left school and I did not even get my GCSEs and I have

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done really well for myself and not even get my GCSEs and I have

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am in a job that I really enjoyed doing and I would just say, try

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am in a job that I really enjoyed keep your head up and there are

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other opportunities. Would you take your A—levels again, you can always

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evenings or anything like that, your A—levels again, you can always

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opportunities to do what you want So for young islanders looking for

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similar help and hope, the next training programme here starts in

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12 more of the news from around training programme here starts in

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House prices are at their lowest level in Jersey for around five

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years, according to latest states figures. There's been a slow and

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gradual drop in price of all types of houses and flats since 2007.

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encouraged to contact the Housing department about an interest—free

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Two men have been charged with importing heroin into Jersey and

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possessing the drug. Police say seized last night. John Dennis

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Vieira de Freitas and Mark Phillip Gomes Pires, both 29, are charged

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with a range of drugs offences, Gomes Pires, both 29, are charged

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will appear before Magistrates If today has seen the big finale at

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the Guernsey West Show. It has attracted thousands of visitors

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over the last few days and we went You're watching the BBC in the

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100 years old and going strong. You're watching the BBC in the

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celebration of all of the things sometimes we do not see our friends

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grandson came it won't waste —— said when we came men, he saw a

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horse and cart anti said, you do not see that sort of thing every

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day and I told him that was why not see that sort of thing every

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excellent turnout and that is why they come every year and hopefully

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it will remain for a long time for the next few years. The kids always

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put things in the tent and we play a big part in it. Events like this

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rely heavily on volunteers and a little earlier I met a man who has

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been helping out before her century —— the best part of half a century.

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Bert is the Honorary President of the West Show, He's been on the

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organising committee and feels the Show has a strong future. We have

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got a lot of youngsters who help us to put the tense up and everything.

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So while young and old enjoy the 100th anniversary, it seems many

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more people keen to keep it going for another 100 years at least.

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A beautiful day there. A changes on Good evening. We have rain heading

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away after a lovely day today. We had some lovely temperatures but it

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will be different tomorrow with had some lovely temperatures but it

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lot more cloud around. We have patchy rain in the morning and it

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will brighten up a little bit but remain a mystery. —— mystique. This

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weather system is developing a few waves across it so its progress

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towards us is erratic. Even in the middle of the day it will be to

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towards us is erratic. Even in the north and keeping us humid and

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towards the end of the day. There will be a bright start on Saturday

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but another weather system brings some rain later in the day and the

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conditions on Saturday will be winded. Tonight there will be clear

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sky to start with and the cloud will gradually thicken towards dawn

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and bring a slight patchy rain. Tomorrow it will be a damp morning

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and the rain will peter out by mid— afternoon. Once that starts to

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happen there will be an improvement and we keep a lot of low cloud and

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mist around. Eventually the wind will change direction. This is the

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coastal water forecast. Rain at times with moderate visibility.

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For our servers it will be a bit possibly four feet. The outlook

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gets better for Sunday onwards. possibly four feet. The outlook

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Saturday, after a bright start the rain will set in and it will become

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wet and windy in the afternoon but the main area of rain will clear

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overnight Saturday into Sunday and Sunday will be a nice day, albeit a

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bit breezy. We should see sunshine and it will be dry as we head into

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We knew the good weather could not last. That is it for now. I will

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have Updates throughout the evening. Thank you very much for watching.

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This is it. The first time ever set foot on Samson. It is like being in

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the Caribbean. Is not a bad view, is that? Although

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this is an uninhabited islands now, I am not here are my own. Then here

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to meet David Moore from the Isles of Scilly wildlife trust, who will

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tell me more about the history of Samson and the wildlife living here.

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Hello, David. Hello, just in.This was obviously someone's house once.

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How did the island end up being abandoned? People farmed here until

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about 1855, when Augustus Smith took over the lease of all the islands.

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He was the first person interested in doing that, and he had ideas for

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social reform, and I think having people here didn't fit in with that

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plan, so people were asked to leave. So in 1855, the last people left the

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island. The Webbers and the Woodcock 's the main families. My Gran was a

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Woodcock, so my family lived here. What sort of life would they have

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had? Quite a nice life, farming and fishing and connected with the land.

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It would have been hard with water shortages, but all an interesting

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life. This is another of Augustus Smith's ideas. Once people left the

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island, he had this wall built. It is not quite high enough for dear,

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and the story goes that the deer escaped and either drown or got back

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to Tresco. Preparing for this visit, I found

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this rare photograph of Samson and I have tracked down K Manfield,

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descendant of the man in this picture, and I will meet in what is

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left of this property. Hello, K. Who lived here, then? This was my

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grandmother's cottage. Who is the man in the photo? Here's my

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great—grandfather, and he was an Woodcock's son. My grandmother, who

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was his daughter she said when she was a young girl, they would come

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out in boats and they would come up and spend the day and picnic and

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pick primroses to take back to Saint Mary 's, it was like its own world

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appear. What sort of stories have passed down through your family

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about the time when it came to leave the island? Water and acceptance

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they had to go or did they want to stay? There wasn't an acceptance at

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all. The families wanted to stay. Augustus Smith since the parties up

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to evict them, to take them off the island, down to Saint Mary 's, and

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they were so determined to stay, they barricaded themselves in the

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cottage. They said they would rather die than be taken off the island,

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and in the end, the parties got back in their boats and left. This web

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family did eventually leave, but they put up a protest quite

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strongly, and good on them. It has remained uninhabited ever since,

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apart from wildlife. I will catch up with David now to find out more

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about that. Nice to me you. Thank you.

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It is important wildlife haven. We have a very important sea bird

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colony, shacks, fulmars, and very important sea bird, and that is

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important for archaeology. This is one of several prehistoric burial

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mounds on the hilltops. As someone who is descended from the families

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that lived on the island, how does it feel to be conserving it for

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future generations? When I come here, I often wonder what might

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ancestors with say seeing all the bracken that would not have been

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here when they worked the land, and it feels good to be letting it take

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back over. I can finally understand why the

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Woodcock 's and the Webbers were so reluctant to leave Samson all those

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years ago. It has been a real privilege to finally get to explore

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this beautiful part of the South West.

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And next week it's a David double—act. On Wednesday, BBC Radio

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Cornwall's David White discovers Pengersick Castle at Praa Sands, and

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on Thursday, on his first ever visit, BBC Radio Devon's David

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Fitzgerald finds out he's connected to the people who built Overbecks in

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Salcombe. I look forward to that next week. We were fortunate with

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the weather on our trip, as you saw, it was a bit like the Caribbean. It

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hasn't been so silly to date but it is getting better. Next week, yes.

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There is some rain in the forecast, but next week is much drier and we

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should see some sunshine. Tomorrow, we have some rain coming in

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overnight tonight and it will be around for much of the morning, and

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then brighter and drier with a fresher feel to the air and the end

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of the afternoon. The satellite picture shows this great lump of

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cloud stretching out into the Atlantic. It gives some heavy rain

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across Ireland, heading down towards us in the few hours. The main

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weather system producing that is moving towards us, with bumps

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developing along, which means its progress is inconsistent. The time

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we get to the end of the morning and into the afternoon, it will clear

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away from us. Approaching that is a new area of low pressure which will

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bring quite wet and windy weather on Saturday. Once that goes through,

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come Sunday, it is a much improved picture. Weather surfers are among

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you, the isobars are pretty much straight from Newfoundland across

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the west coast of Ireland. That means a steady strength of wind over

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a long stretch of sea, so some big waves heading our way, especially

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Sunday and into Monday. In the last few hours, here comes that wet

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weather, already into parts of West Wales and the Isles of Scilly.

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Before that, earlier, our cameraman was down in Cornwall, where there

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was a bit of brightness in the sky and the seas were relatively calm,

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so here we've seen temperatures up to 19 degrees today are higher than

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that inland, 22 in the sunshine, but the breeze will increase overnight

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which will whip up the seas and by Saturday, with that new area of low

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pressure, someone the conditions heading our way. Overnight, that

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band of rain comes in from the North West, becoming widespread in the

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early hours, low clouds developing too, so hill fog becomes extensive

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and also the breeze. Overnight temperatures shouldn't fall much

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below 16 or 17. Tomorrow, we wake to a web start. Outbreaks of rain for

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all of us but clearing from North Devon first then much of Cornwall,

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slow to clear, Dorset and Somerset eventually it will clear to give

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some lengthy sunny spells in the afternoon. A bit misty around the

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coast, particularly the North Coast. Temperatures will still get

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into 22 or 23 degrees, but a fresher feel to the air as we head into the

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weekend. For the Isles of Scilly, rain clearing here first and then

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fine and mainly dry as lighter winds trade —— change direction. The

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service will be a bit choppy if not messy tomorrow, but cleaning up as

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we head into the second half of the weekend. There is our coastal

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weather is forecast, south—westerly veering north—westerly, rain at

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times they're becoming fair. Saturday will be wet and windy.

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Sunday is brighter and continuing dry into next week.

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Thank you, David. That is all from us for now. I will be back at

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10:25pm. I hope you can join us for that. Have a good evening.

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