11/11/2013 BBC Channel Islands News

Hello and welcome. The headlines this Monday night. Turbulent times `

Flybe to axe 500 jobs. It's not yet clear if any in the Channel Islands

are set to go. The unit now part of the world are saying that Exeter is

safer than Jersey all Guernsey. Pausing to remember ` the islands

fall silent to remember the nation's war dead. And dancing for Pudsey.

Join us later to find out why some well`known Channel Islands faces are

letting their feet do the talking for children in need. `` for

Children In Need. The airline Flybe is axing 500 jobs

and reviewing routes and bases around the UK, despite reporting a

profit for the first half of the year. It's not yet clear how much of

an impact the cutbacks will have on the Channel Islands. Penny

Elderfield reports. Profits are up but, at Flybe, staff

numbers are coming down. 500 jobs are at risk at the airline and

routes and regional hubs around the UK are being reviewed. Flying

hundreds of thousands of passengers from Guernsey and Jersey each year

to destinations throughout the British Isles and Europe, the

importance of the airline to the Channel Islands is clear. But the

impact the cuts will have here isn't yet clear. This will put the airline

on a solid foundation for future growth. We need to do more but I am

confident we have a very exciting future ahead. Flybe said it is to

early to talk about specific routes and it should be clearer in the New

Year. It did however say it would be looking to talk to airports like

Guernsey and Jersey to try and reduce what they charge airlines and

that could make certain routes more viable. So is there room for

negotiation? There is a saving in flying from Guernsey in that you

don't have to pay airport departure tax. If you take that into account

for people in the UK, the prices are about the same. If you look purely

at the airport charges, the Channel Islands are quite expensive in terms

of the network. The airport has remained so `` has to remain

serviceable. The judges are pretty much fixed. `` the charges are

pretty much fixed. For staff, it's a worrying time and, looking at the

numbers, unions are worried the Channel Islands could feel the brunt

of the cutbacks more than elsewhere. It would appear so on analysis of

the figures but it is down to the company to substantiate that and

give the rationale for it. It is difficult for me to say into the

rationale for it. It is difficult for me to say and to become DSS

which routes are profitable, which bases are profitable and which ones

they are suggesting they should take out. Pulling out of Gatwick in

March, the airline will already have a smaller presence in the Islands in

2014. But staff and passengers will have to wait until the New Year to

know the impact, if any, of these latest cutbacks.

Well, BBC South West's Business Correspondent, Neil Gallacher, has

been following today's developments. He joined me from our Exeter studio

earlier and I began by asking him whether it means a further scaling

down of Flybe's commitment to the Channel Islands.

Possibly, yes. The boss, Saad Hammad, came out with a list of four

races he thought were safe and that is Southampton, Birmingham, Belfast

and Manchester. All of the other smaller bases are under review. We

had the union saying that Exeter, they think, is safer than Jersey all

Guernsey. The Company said that was pure speculation. Many employees

here, is today a worrying day for them? In the short`term, it is

worrying. In the long`term cold there are positives here. There is a

clear return to profit, revenue has jumped and the share price has

jumped. It is added ?20 million to the value of Flybe. This is a

Company with a clear future. More news now.

Jersey and Guernsey passports will be printed in the UK from 2015. At

the moment, passports are prepared and printed in the Channel Islands

and either posted out or collected from the passport office. But after

the change in two years' time, they'll all be posted from the UK.

Victims of the typhoon in the Philippines will be supported by

money from the Channel Islands. Typhoon Haiyan hit on Friday, with

10,000 feared dead in one city alone. Guernsey is giving ?50,0 0

from its Disaster Emergency Relief Fund. Jersey's Overseas Aid

Commission haven't decided how much to donate yet.

Those who have died in wars fighting for their country were remembered

across the Channel Islands today. 95 years since the end of the First

World War, islanders fell silent to mark Armistice Day. Tim Robinson

reports. Today and on Remembrance Sunday

across the Channel Islands, they stood in rain and wind and cold and

silently remembered. We gather here and we remember those

islanders and those from elsewhere, colleagues and comrades and those

who liberated the island, those who answered the call of duty and paid

the ultimate sacrifice for doing that duty.

They gave their lives and they gave it voluntarily. Don't forget, from

this island and the general Channel Islands, conscription is not

enforced and so all of these people who died, all these people on this

memorial gave their lives voluntarily. At Jersey's Victoria

College, boys remembered the bravery of former pupils. Boys like

Lieutenant William Bruce, posthumously awarded a Victoria

Cross, which was presented to the school today. During a night attack,

Lieutenant Bruce was in charge of a small party which captured one of

the enemy's trenches. In spite of being severely wounded in the neck,

he walked up and down the trench, encouraging his men to hold on

against several counter attacks for some hours, until killed. In almost

100 years since the start of World War I, the Channel Islands have lost

hundreds of young men to wars around the world. Today's act of

remembrance means, however many years pass, their sacrifice will not

be forgotten. Marking Armistice Day across the Channel Islands today.

You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight

with Justin and Natalie... The moving story of how the BBC Children

In Need Appeal is supporting these youngsters. Staying with Children In

Need... After weeks of hard training,

sequins, and breaking in shoes, tonight's the night that Jersey

takes on Strictly Come Dancing. Several well`known faces are taking

to the floor to raise money for Children In Need. A little earlier,

Amy Harris went to see how preparations were going.

It is beamed into millions of living rooms every Saturday night, but

tonight Strictly Come Dancing is here in Jersey. Eight celebrity

couples are taking part and it is for a good cause was among those

couples, we have a civil servant, a TV presenter and we have our own

Clare Burton. Let us interrupted practice here. How are you feeling

ahead of tonight? Nervous will stop when I was asked to do this, I did

not think the day would come but it has been weeks and hours of hard

work, literally blood sweat and tears, lots of tears! And here we

are, really excited but nervous Good luck with that later on and as

I mentioned this whole competition tonight and tomorrow night is for

Children In Need. It kicks off a week of activities here in the

island and it is being organised by Sarah Palmer, who is organising it.

Sarah, tell me why you decided to take this on. It was not just me,

but Nick Carver from Jersey tourism. Thank you to him. Everyone loves

Strictly Come Dancing and it was lovely to bring it to Jersey. Lots

of people have donated their time for free. They have hosted us here

for tonights `` for two nights. We hope the board give generously for

Children In Need. If you cannot make it tonight, they will be highlights

tomorrow night on BBC Channel Islands News. You can see the

competitors practising hard on Facebook. In the meantime, keep

dancing! On Facebook, you can see that again. Now for the weather

Good evening. Some quieter weather tonight. Some rain around tonight,

slow declared tomorrow but then we will have some dry weather after

that with a view showers possible on Wednesday night into the early hours

of Thursday. It does turn colder as we head towards the end of the week

and there is even the possibility of some fairly low overnight

temperatures, particularly tomorrow night and into the small hours of

Wednesday morning. This line of cloud is the one producing brain at

the moment. That will creep towards is overnight tonight. Expected to

bring more persistent rain tonight. It is slow to clear first thing

tomorrow morning. It will clear but not until the afternoon. Once that

moves out of the way, we have a ridge of high pressure which will be

with us for much of the day on Wednesday the and although weather

systems approach, all they will bring is a freshening breeze and a

view showers. Showers are possible tonight and then more persistent

rain is at weather front comes in and overnight temperatures are no

lower than 12 or 13 degrees. The main problem for flights in and out

of the islands will be the fog. It will eventually clear out of the way

and to get a North West Wing, we will see some clearer skies. It will

not the end of the end of the afternoon we lose all of the cloud.

There are the coastal waters forecast was that the winds

eventually become North or north`westerly, force 5`6, rain them

becoming fair with visibility improving to good. The north facing

bases will be messy. As for the forecast for the rest of the week,

Wednesday is a fine at chilly day. Temperatures struggle later in the

week. Thursday goes down to nine degrees. A brisk north`west wind as

well. More cloud on Friday but it will remain basically drive.

Goodbye. Thank you. Natalie and Justin are

with you next. I'll be back at pm and again at ten. Goodbye.

It is into the net! Torquay United go behind. A brilliant save. They

look like they have killed this game on the 18th minute.

`` 88th minute. Exeter Chiefs have started their

assault on the Anglo`Welsh Cup in fine style. They beat holders

Harlequins 19`5 at Sandy Park in their first tie in pool two. Ceri

Sweeney kicked 14 points, including four penalty kicks with Sireli

Naqelevuki scoring the Chiefs only try. Just under 9,500 were at Sandy

Park which has been chosen to host the final of the competition.

The Cornish Pirates and Plymouth Albion are keeping the pressure on

the Championship's top four. Kieran Hallett's three penalties were

decisive in the Pirates 16`13 win over Bedford Blues. Tries from Tom

Bowen and Lewis Warner helped Albion win at struggling Ealing by 20

points to five. Finally, tomorrow we'll be building

up to the Remembrance rugby match at the Brickfields when the Barbarians

meet the Combined Services at 7:15pm.

The BBC Children in Need Appeal takes place this Friday and the

money you raise helps change the lives of children across the South

West. Every year new projects receive funding for the first time,

and in the last 12 months, one of those is Children and Families in

Grief, in South Devon, who help youngsters, and their families,

who've been bereaved. Sue Cole and her son James, and Jo Hamilton and

her daughter Summer tell us their story, and how they were helped by

Children in Need at a time they needed it most.

I kind of just cried and I felt like I was the only one that had lost a

father. It was three days before Christmas, and he committed suicide.

James was seven at the time. I felt really shocked and just despair,

really, not knowing how I was going to tell my daughter that her father

had died suddenly because, you know I'm a dork father `` you know, your

dad is your world on a really, and how are you supposed to not have him

in your life? I did not want to talk about it to any of my friends encase

they started talking about how it happened, so I just kept it to

myself. I was really worried about him because I did not understand and

I was an adult, so I did not know how he could understand what

happened to his father. You do not know how to help them. He just hoped

that by telling them the truth and giving them lots of cuddles that

they will be OK. I was a bit shaky, but I know I was with my mum come

and we used to sit on the sofa and hog and just talk about it. `` and

cuddle and just talk about it. When I first went to Children and

Families in Grief, I was very nervous. I felt a bit better that I

could speak about it to other people. It makes a big difference.

It is a relief that you can see your child's smile. I always felt a bit

better when I knew that it wasn't me that lost my father. What ever the

special person is that they lost, they will share their feelings in a

different way, but at least you were opening up in expressing themselves.

`` at least they were. Until then, James had not showed any emotion and

did not talk about it, and he felt he was the only one, and he went

there and he brought out a lot of his feelings and was able to talk

more about it. I am glad that I can go there and I can just speak about

how I feel. I would say that Children in Need were pretty

fantastic for supporting children and families in Greece, because

there is not enough bereavement support groups out there for

families. It is really needed. `` families in grief.

So, as you can see, the money you raise really does make a difference,

and if you're fundraising and want to come along to the National

Maritime Museum Cornwall on Friday night for Pudsey's party, just

e`mail and we'll send you the tickets. Thank you for all of the

fundraising so far. Let's see what the weather is doing. We'll have a

quick look at it. It looks like we have a much quieter week ahead of

us, certainly a lot drier than last week and less windy. There will be

some rain around, but that is the general theme this week. It is

mainly dry and there is even a risk of a touch of Frost, particularly

into the small hours of Wednesday morning. We have lots of low clouds

and light humidity in the air. It is misty and foggy in places. The cloud

is reducing outbreaks of rain. `` producing. It is a very slow

progress on the weather system, but it will clear. There is a good deal

of sunshine per turning right across the South West of England, it is

slowly moving away, so do not expect improvements to the to rapid

tomorrow. By the time we get to Wednesday, we still have a ridge of

high pressure across southern Britain. Another fine day on

Wednesday. Perhaps a bit breezy as we see some showers turn up from the

North West. Let's look at that cloud picture. Still some more to come,

even though there are breaks in the clouds. The rain that is coming out

of Southern Ireland is still heading our way, so do not expect too much

of a clearance. Perhaps some of the mist and fog will clear out of the

way by tomorrow morning. Lest this ability but still a lot of clouds

and patchy rain around to stop `` less visibility. The winds become

northwesterly, and that brings us pressure air and slightly colder air

as well, so by the end of the night, South Coast temperatures will

probably be no lower than 12 or 13. In the north coast of Devon, the

colder air will follow the main line of cloud and rain. It will disappear

through the day tomorrow, which means the sunshine will be back out.

The best of the sunshine will be just before it is getting dark. A

chilly nights to come tomorrow night. Temperatures are lower than

they have been, 12, maybe 13 the highest temperature. A brisk

northerly breeze will make it feel colder than that. What's the clouds

in a few spots of rain it out of the way through the morning, there will

be a better chance to see the sun in the afternoon. Winds from the north,

fine and dry, with very good visibility. Times of high water:

the winds are from the north or North West tomorrow. Mainly fair

with generally good visibility. I said I would mention Friday's

forecast. Friday is largely dry and pretty quiet, with a wind from the

north or North West for the good news for Pudsey. Have a good

evening. That's all from us for now. We'll

leave you this evening with a reminder of how the region stopped

and remembered on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Goodbye. Good night.