:00:00. > :00:00.Talks over controversial changes to Great
:00:00. > :00:10.Talks over controversial changes to civil servants pension
:00:11. > :00:16.good evening and welcome to BBC Channel Islands. Our top stories...
:00:17. > :00:18.A top civil servant assaults a police officer at double the Diggle
:00:19. > :00:25.Summit. Unions prepare for battles over
:00:26. > :00:31.changes to public sector pensions. It is a prudent approach to a good
:00:32. > :00:37.quality pension scheme because that avoids poverty in old age.
:00:38. > :00:41.And let's get quizzical ` the brightest young brains of Jersey and
:00:42. > :00:51.Guernsey compete for school and Ireland `` Ireland glory.
:00:52. > :00:58.`` island glory. Guernsey's chief economist has been
:00:59. > :01:00.sentenced to 70 hours of community service after punching a police
:01:01. > :01:04.officer. He pleaded guilty to two charges at
:01:05. > :01:08.Jersey's Magistrate's Court today. He had been representing the state
:01:09. > :01:12.of Guernsey at the British Irish Council meeting last week. Top
:01:13. > :01:15.officials from across the British Isles in Jersey having serious
:01:16. > :01:18.discussions on the economy last week.
:01:19. > :01:22.But missing from the second day of the conference was Guernsey's chief
:01:23. > :01:28.economist, Doctor Andrew Sloan. He was being held in police custody.
:01:29. > :01:32.The night before he had been thinking at the Hotel where the
:01:33. > :01:35.conference took place when he became abusive to bar staff over the bill.
:01:36. > :01:41.On returning to his room, he punched a police officer in the face who had
:01:42. > :01:45.been trying to help them, was arrested and taken to custody.
:01:46. > :01:48.Today, he was taken to Jersey Magistrate's Court.
:01:49. > :01:53.He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and being drunk and
:01:54. > :01:57.disorderly on licensed premises. Sentencing him to 70 hours community
:01:58. > :01:59.service and a fine of ?1000, the magistrate called the incident
:02:00. > :02:08.disgraceful. She told Sloane you embarrassed your
:02:09. > :02:10.island in front of people from businesses and other islands.
:02:11. > :02:17.Leaving court, Sloane apologise for his actions.
:02:18. > :02:21.As I said in court, I greatly regret the events of last Thursday night. I
:02:22. > :02:31.apologise to people, particularly my wife, for the pain and suffering
:02:32. > :02:36.caused. I apologise once again. Meanwhile, Guernsey's government
:02:37. > :02:39.said it was at the `` unwilling to comment on individual employees, but
:02:40. > :02:43.the council said accusations of poor conduct could lead to disciplinary
:02:44. > :02:51.action and the States takes reputation seriously.
:02:52. > :02:56.Going too far, too fast. That is the union's verdict to proposed changes
:02:57. > :03:01.to public sector pensions and Guernsey. `` in Guernsey. Members of
:03:02. > :03:03.the Association of States Employee Organisations are meeting this
:03:04. > :03:06.evening to prepare their response to plans to increase the pension age
:03:07. > :03:09.and employee contributions. They say the States have failed to provide
:03:10. > :03:12.adequate justification for the changes. Mike Wilkins reports.
:03:13. > :03:17.People are living longer, so pension costs are escalating. The government
:03:18. > :03:19.in Guernsey feels the burden on the taxpayer is too high and needs
:03:20. > :03:24.reform. The island is facing a ?500 million
:03:25. > :03:27.shortfall, as there is less cash in the pensions pot. To address this,
:03:28. > :03:32.the Government is proposing a number of changes. Under the plan,
:03:33. > :03:39.retirement age is to go from 60 to 65. People will also have two p more
:03:40. > :03:42.with contributions up by 1.5%. Final salaries will be scrapped with
:03:43. > :03:49.the scheme instead based on average salaries. `` will have to pay more.
:03:50. > :03:53.We would expect them to reach a point where they say we have done
:03:54. > :03:58.everything we can and proposals are a reason for change, a reason for
:03:59. > :04:03.compromise. If there is further opposition, then so be it. But I
:04:04. > :04:07.think they will find that the vast majority of the public see the need
:04:08. > :04:11.for these changes. While most public sector workers
:04:12. > :04:15.still enjoy retirement guarantees linked to final salaries, much of
:04:16. > :04:19.the private sector are in cheaper, less secure pension deals.
:04:20. > :04:24.Union representatives feel it does not make the private sector right.
:04:25. > :04:28.The States is taking a prudent approach about having a good quality
:04:29. > :04:34.pension scheme because it avoids poverty in old age amongst its
:04:35. > :04:38.employees. There are many employers out there prepared to maximise
:04:39. > :04:42.profits by reducing the rate or the scale of the pensions system and
:04:43. > :04:45.dumping the problem back on the taxpayer when those people retire.
:04:46. > :04:51.This evening, the various unions will meet to decide what action to
:04:52. > :04:55.take next. But as all parties grapple with how to pay for todaymy
:04:56. > :04:57.workers when they retire, one thing is for sure that thousands will be
:04:58. > :05:08.affected by whatever gets decided. The wing of the crashed Channel
:05:09. > :05:11.Islands search plane has been moved to Jersey airport. The plane crash
:05:12. > :05:14.landed on the north coast while looking for fishermen in a storm.
:05:15. > :05:18.The rest of the plane will be removed tomorrow and will then be
:05:19. > :05:26.shipped to Scotland to credit will be assessed whether it can fly
:05:27. > :05:29.again. The final stage of a multi`million
:05:30. > :05:32.pound scheme to stop flooding in Jersey is getting underway.
:05:33. > :05:40.It was launched last year to protect properties that were flooded
:05:41. > :05:48.one year ago, this machine started digging. And the result ` a shaft 23
:05:49. > :05:52.metres deep right in the middle of St Helier. It is where they will
:05:53. > :05:56.lower the machine that will tunnel out a pair of storm drains. And this
:05:57. > :06:00.is the drill that has been shipped in for the job. It is quite an
:06:01. > :06:04.extensive one. Each tunnel will be 70 metres long ` all part of a major
:06:05. > :06:07.project to improve the drainage here. The current system isn't good
:06:08. > :06:09.enough. Three years ago, the drains burst during heavy rain in the
:06:10. > :06:13.summer, flooding homes and businesses. Last year, the States
:06:14. > :06:22.decided to spend ?4.5 million to stop that happening again.
:06:23. > :06:26.It is very, very important. This whole area over to my right was
:06:27. > :06:28.flooded so this new shaft system here will alleviate that problem
:06:29. > :06:32.completely. The Treasury have been very good to us, we've had the
:06:33. > :06:34.funding to proceed with this project. Once in place, the drill
:06:35. > :06:37.will be switched on. Nicknamed Victoria Vole, she'll be
:06:38. > :06:40.operated using a remote control. But drilling underneath such a built`up
:06:41. > :06:44.area is no laughing matter. Engineers will have to make sure
:06:45. > :06:47.they don't disturb any foundations. We've been very careful. We've been
:06:48. > :06:51.monitoring vibrations to make sure there isn't any shakedown of any of
:06:52. > :06:54.the buildings. We've installed monitoring points to look at the
:06:55. > :07:00.ground water level and make sure that doesn't change.
:07:01. > :07:04.The drilling is due to start in the new year and the tunnels should be
:07:05. > :07:10.in place by the spring, bringing peace of mind to all those flooded
:07:11. > :07:18.out three summers ago. The Channel Islands brightest young
:07:19. > :07:22.brains battled it out today at the finals of an inter`island school
:07:23. > :07:26.quiz competition. The best teams from Guernsey and Jersey went head
:07:27. > :07:29.to head after winning the heats, but which island can boast the brianiest
:07:30. > :07:31.boffins? Our reporter, Tim Robinson, was there.
:07:32. > :07:37.The best young brains in the Channel Islands locking horns in
:07:38. > :07:40.intellectual battle. The challenges for every year between Guernsey and
:07:41. > :07:50.Jersey, with three age groups taking art. Today, the first winners were
:07:51. > :07:54.from Jersey. It was quite hard. But we won by quite a good margin,
:07:55. > :08:02.so it was fun. Year eight pupils were next to the buzzers, with
:08:03. > :08:07.Jersey narrowly losing out to the boys of Elizabeth College.
:08:08. > :08:12.At the beginning I was nervous, because we were even, then they
:08:13. > :08:17.broke ahead, but in the last two rounds we really came back.
:08:18. > :08:20.That win left the islands make and neck with the pressure on the over
:08:21. > :08:27.16 is playing for the Channel Islands bragging rights.
:08:28. > :08:31.Jersey's school took on Elizabeth College and it was the Guernsey team
:08:32. > :08:34.that held their nerve to the win. Victory was sweet, but for the
:08:35. > :08:39.organiser it is getting schools to take part that counts. There is a
:08:40. > :08:45.tremendous amount of levity to promote excellence in sport and in
:08:46. > :08:50.media and in art, but nothing to promote scholarly academia.
:08:51. > :08:54.This year, Guernsey can claim to be the brainiest bailiwick.
:08:55. > :08:59.The team behind the eventual competitions like this will make
:09:00. > :09:04.Channel Islands children the British `` brightest.
:09:05. > :09:08.Veterans and officials gathered today in Guernsey at the site of a
:09:09. > :09:10.new memorial honouring allied airmen who died during the Second World
:09:11. > :09:15.War. In memory of the 111 Allied air crew
:09:16. > :09:17.who lost their lives in bailiwick waters during the Second World
:09:18. > :09:20.War... A service of dedication was held at
:09:21. > :09:24.the location where the monument will eventually be built by 2015. It will
:09:25. > :09:29.feature each of the names of the estimated 110 airmen who lost their
:09:30. > :09:33.lives over the Bailiwick. The ancient Egyptians had a saying,
:09:34. > :09:40.which went to come if you speak a man's name, yet will he live. People
:09:41. > :09:46.will be able to read the names are allowed and they will be able to ``
:09:47. > :09:49.read the names aloud, and they will be able to bring these men out of
:09:50. > :09:53.the shadows and they will be able to walk in the sunlight once again.
:09:54. > :09:57.That is what it is all about, that we never forget them. Now for the
:09:58. > :10:01.weather. Good evening. This week will certainly feel a bit
:10:02. > :10:04.more like winter, lower temperatures and the risk of someone free
:10:05. > :10:08.showers, especially tomorrow. All through this week high pressure is
:10:09. > :10:13.getting closer, so by the weekend we have high`pressure that will stay
:10:14. > :10:17.with us until next week. The week ahead is called, some wintry
:10:18. > :10:21.showers, also the risk of some overnight frost. At the moment we
:10:22. > :10:27.have a fair cover of cloud, no risk of Frost, the cloud still producing
:10:28. > :10:30.some spots of rain. It will move out of the way later on and after
:10:31. > :10:34.midnight the skies were clear as a weather system moves out of the
:10:35. > :10:39.way. Then we will start to see a much colder field to the air, winds
:10:40. > :10:42.from the North, from Greenland and Iceland, so expect showers and
:10:43. > :10:46.feeling pretty raw because of the strength of wind. It warms up
:10:47. > :10:49.slightly by Wednesday, a weather front I rise from the north`west
:10:50. > :10:57.with damp weather on the morning of Wednesday. A translator colder.
:10:58. > :11:05.Overnight tonight, the rain band will clear away, and before dawn we
:11:06. > :11:10.will start to see clear skies. Temperatures up to six Celsius, not
:11:11. > :11:14.much more during the day. Every now and then one or two of the showers
:11:15. > :11:19.could have hailstones or sleep, then sunny spells in the afternoon. ``
:11:20. > :11:26.sleet. Then a brisk northerly breeze and a high wind chill, wrap up one
:11:27. > :11:27.day. `` warmly. The coastal waters forecast...
:11:28. > :11:41.The times of high water... As for the outlook, warmer on
:11:42. > :11:46.Wednesday with outbreaks of rain, turning more shallowly, then colder
:11:47. > :11:50.again on Thursday and Friday. By the time we get to the end of the week
:11:51. > :11:54.and into the weekend, quite a high risk of seeing a bit of Frost around
:11:55. > :11:58.as high`pressure takes charge. Bye for now. That is the news and
:11:59. > :12:06.weather from BBC Channel Islands. Goodbye.
:12:07. > :12:21.courageous and Plymouth. I'll have all the details of the
:12:22. > :12:24.weather later. Well, it was a weekend to forget for
:12:25. > :12:28.most of our teams. Plymouth Argyle were the only one of our League Two
:12:29. > :12:32.sides to avoid defeat and our rugby clubs didn't fare any better either,
:12:33. > :12:36.with the Exeter Chiefs again losing out to their bogey side in the LV
:12:37. > :12:37.Cup. Andy Birkett rounds up the weekend's action.
:12:38. > :12:40.We should start with football this evening. Torquay are in the
:12:41. > :12:47.relegation zone. I was at the game and it wasn't pretty. Defensively,
:12:48. > :12:53.they were all over the place. A good finish but leading up to that the
:12:54. > :12:58.play was sloppy. They take full advantage, no doubt. But the
:12:59. > :13:05.recovery isn't good enough. Defending wasn't enough. Not a nice
:13:06. > :13:16.position. And the fans weren't happy. No, they were not. A lot of
:13:17. > :13:23.fans today have been calling for Alan Mill to go. It is a tough job.
:13:24. > :13:32.He doesn't want to be in that position and neither do the players
:13:33. > :13:37.or fans. But they need some wins. Do you think they're looking for anyone
:13:38. > :13:42.else? Not as far as I know. But something has to change on the
:13:43. > :13:48.training ground or field. Saturday wasn't good enough. Exeter. Again,
:13:49. > :13:55.not good enough. Their third straight defeat. Yes, it was
:13:56. > :14:05.frustrating because they were looking really good at times. There
:14:06. > :14:16.were only 20 million watching against Manchester United. Our only
:14:17. > :14:28.goal from any of our teams. I made my debut at York. They went for a
:14:29. > :14:34.good set piece here with a good delivery. A bit scrappy but he
:14:35. > :14:41.scores the goal and it is a huge point. Looking good for them. Rugby,
:14:42. > :14:57.now. Nothing brilliant they're either. I'm the only one not wearing
:14:58. > :15:06.pink, too. Exeter went to Bath and they have never beaten them. It was
:15:07. > :15:12.sloppy. This isn't typical of Exeter. Their defence is something
:15:13. > :15:19.they pride themselves on. On a brighter note, one of their players
:15:20. > :15:28.was back playing again. 37`15 this game ended. They have got Bath again
:15:29. > :15:33.in a fortnight and have still never beaten them. They will want to put
:15:34. > :15:42.that right. Briefly, the championship as well. No good news
:15:43. > :15:59.there either. Pirates will be disappointed to lose. Plymouth
:16:00. > :16:03.Albion also seventh at the moment. Plymouth College will be providing a
:16:04. > :16:06.third of the England team in the World Schools Swimming Championships
:16:07. > :16:09.in Brazil at the end of the month. John Rudd will be taking eight
:16:10. > :16:13.swimmers from the school to Brasilia, including Olympic champion
:16:14. > :16:17.Ruta Meilutyte. She'll be looking to add to the nine gold medals she's
:16:18. > :16:27.already won this year and will be representing England for the first
:16:28. > :16:31.time. Now, you may remember back in March
:16:32. > :16:35.we told the story of the first bomb that fell on Plymouth in the Second
:16:36. > :16:44.World War. The housewife who was killed was called Blanch Ellnor. Her
:16:45. > :16:49.family contacted us to tell her that her sister is still alive. Phyllis,
:16:50. > :16:59.who is now 96, tells her story for the first time.
:17:00. > :17:06.She put the children in the air raid shelter and then went back to make
:17:07. > :17:10.sure that the dinner was cooking. It was a straight plane which had got
:17:11. > :17:19.lost so it dropped it bombs and about was dreadful, really. But you
:17:20. > :17:31.had to get on with it. Phyllis lost her sister on July 30 six 1940. She
:17:32. > :17:38.also lost her husband in the first British warship to be a lost in the
:17:39. > :17:48.war. Phyllis waved goodbye to her husband on HMS courageous.
:17:49. > :17:59.Courageous. Left to patrol the Irish Sea. Then she was torpedoed.
:18:00. > :18:06.The heaviest loss is in men. Our sympathy goes to all those who are
:18:07. > :18:09.bereaved. The men were lost in a worthy task and although they did
:18:10. > :18:15.not return, they served their country well.
:18:16. > :18:24.518 servicemen were lost. I kept saying he was a good swimmer so
:18:25. > :18:32.he'll be back. There were more than 700 survivors but Phyllis's husband
:18:33. > :18:38.was not amongst them. I still thought he would come back. I kept
:18:39. > :18:51.saying it but it was no good. We had a telegram on the Wednesday and it
:18:52. > :19:03.was dreadful. She wanted to put her head in the gas oven and it took
:19:04. > :19:06.three of them to hold her. Being one of the first to lose a husband
:19:07. > :19:12.through the war like that, you're full of sympathy for everyone else.
:19:13. > :19:18.You know what they're going through. Despite losing her husband on the
:19:19. > :19:23.first warship sunk and her sister in the first Plymouth bombing raid, she
:19:24. > :19:38.soldiered on. She survived the war and kept the generations going. I'm
:19:39. > :19:48.Phyllis. I'm Hazel the daughter. I'm her great`granddaughter. And, since
:19:49. > :19:55.Johnny filmed his report, Phyllis's great`great`granddaughter Alissia
:19:56. > :20:00.has been been born. It has been an eventful few days for
:20:01. > :20:09.you, hasn't it? But it has a happy ending. You have two dogs. One of
:20:10. > :20:15.them went missing but resurfaced in Newton Abbot on Saturday night. A
:20:16. > :20:21.massive thanks for everyone who helped to look for. The power of
:20:22. > :20:30.social media helped as his picture was spotted on Facebook.
:20:31. > :20:41.Yes, and a huge thank you to everyone who went out to look for
:20:42. > :20:51.him. Thank you so much. Now, the weather.
:20:52. > :20:59.The weather is getting colder. It is Frosty later tonight and that is the
:21:00. > :21:02.theme for the rest of this week. Cold air is coming in from the North
:21:03. > :21:14.West. We will see lower temperatures and a risk of trust. `` frost. Also
:21:15. > :21:17.the risk of some wintry showers. Combined with the lower
:21:18. > :21:33.temperatures, there is a risk of ice. There could be a coating of ice
:21:34. > :21:36.early on so be careful. The clearer skies across Ireland and the Irish
:21:37. > :21:49.Sea are heading towards us. There are some showers amongst that so it
:21:50. > :21:51.won't be completely drive tonight. The high pressure will dominate the
:21:52. > :21:58.weather for the rest of the week. Over the next two days, it won't
:21:59. > :22:04.dominate as much. On Wednesday, we have two weather systems. So,
:22:05. > :22:11.perhaps some slightly less cold air before the weather front comes in
:22:12. > :22:15.late on Wednesday. This rain is not really the change to the colder
:22:16. > :22:18.conditions. It is the show was just coming through parts of Wales at the
:22:19. > :22:26.moment that will introduce that colder area. This was earlier today
:22:27. > :22:39.in the team Valley where it was called. `` cooled. After the
:22:40. > :22:46.Sunset, very much colder air setting in. For most of us, it will be
:22:47. > :22:51.called tonight with a risk of frost and ice. Some showers dotted around
:22:52. > :22:58.and in the early hours of the morning some will turn wintry.
:22:59. > :23:06.Mostly for high ground, though. Temperatures are getting fairly low.
:23:07. > :23:10.Some places will be down to zero, hence the risk of frost and ice.
:23:11. > :23:19.Tomorrow, a few wintry showers around. But they will start to turn
:23:20. > :23:25.back to rain. Winds are strong from the north and north`west. We will
:23:26. > :23:36.need to wrap up warm. It will be a cold day. He was the forecast for
:23:37. > :23:38.the Isles of Scilly. Probably one of the warmest places in the UK,
:23:39. > :23:58.tomorrow. Heroes of the coastal waters
:23:59. > :24:18.forecast. Wednesday is cloudy with less cold
:24:19. > :24:23.air. Windy, though. A cold night again on Wednesday night with the
:24:24. > :24:30.risk of wintry showers. Thursday and Friday both days with
:24:31. > :24:39.high`pressure. Fine but on the cold side.
:24:40. > :24:42.Now, we have to say a huge thank you to the thousands of you who helped
:24:43. > :24:44.raise money for Children in Need. Here in the South West you raised
:24:45. > :24:48.more than ?800,000. to the thousands of you who helped
:24:49. > :24:50.raise Here's a little look back at what made Children in Need 2013 one
:24:51. > :25:36.to remember. # there is a place, there is a
:25:37. > :25:47.time, in this life, where you say what you are feeling. # Don't you
:25:48. > :25:57.see the world as listening to what we say? # Sing it louder, sing it
:25:58. > :26:07.clearer, knowing everyone will hear you. # Sing stronger, sing together,
:26:08. > :26:32.make it last for ever. # words they can't be spoken, only
:26:33. > :27:10.son. # You hear 1000 voices shouting loud.
:27:11. > :27:44.# Just si`i`i`ing. # Just si`i`i`ing. # Hear 1000
:27:45. > :28:02.voices shouting loud. #. 'We wanna do
:28:03. > :28:04.a science fiction series.' CS Lewis meets HG Wells meets
:28:05. > :28:10.Father Christmas, that's the Doctor. Can't we have Doctor Who
:28:11. > :28:23.without Doctor Who? Travel back to the birth
:28:24. > :28:27.of a phenomenon.