:00:00. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to the That is all from
:00:11. > :00:12.Good evening and welcome to the first BBC Channel Islands of the
:00:13. > :00:21.week. Tough talk ` Flybe's boss meets
:00:22. > :00:26.staff facing job cuts. Some people see their careers coming to an end.
:00:27. > :00:30.Our job is to mitigate the redundancies as much as possible.
:00:31. > :00:37.A penalty points system proposed for speeding drivers.
:00:38. > :00:45.Eastern promise ` could China provide big as must opportunities
:00:46. > :00:54.for Guernsey's finance industry? `` big opportunities.
:00:55. > :00:57.The head of Flybe has been meeting staff across the Channel Islands
:00:58. > :01:00.today, after announcing job losses. Saad Hammad held talks with unions
:01:01. > :01:03.in both Guernsey and Jersey earlier over plans to close both of the
:01:04. > :01:10.island's bases. Pam Caulfield reports.
:01:11. > :01:14.These cost`cutting plans mean there will not be any people or planes
:01:15. > :01:20.based in Jersey or Guernsey in the near future. That would mean 47 job
:01:21. > :01:26.losses, 35 here and the rest in Guernsey. Today the head of the
:01:27. > :01:31.airline, Saad Hammad, held talks starting in Guernsey this morning
:01:32. > :01:35.and heading to Jersey later on. As he left he did not give any
:01:36. > :01:39.interviews with the media. Flybe says the purpose of the visit was
:01:40. > :01:45.internal communication with staff and they were not allowed to speak
:01:46. > :01:52.to us either but were noticeably upset. One man who could speak to us
:01:53. > :01:55.was the member presenting pilots. People are very sad, they have been
:01:56. > :01:59.working for this company for many years and they see their careers
:02:00. > :02:04.coming to an end. Our job is to mitigate the redundancies as much as
:02:05. > :02:09.possible but some people will not want to move off the island and get
:02:10. > :02:15.jobs elsewhere. With no local staff they will be forced to bring in
:02:16. > :02:20.crews from other airports. It is not clear how routes and timings from
:02:21. > :02:23.Guernsey and Jersey will be affected. Unite, which represents
:02:24. > :02:32.cabin crew, say they looking at the business case and aim to save every
:02:33. > :02:41.job they can. `` they are looking. The Flybe says the consultation
:02:42. > :02:46.process will be a fair one. Jersey is considering introducing a
:02:47. > :02:49.points system for speeding offences. The Transport Minister is calling
:02:50. > :02:54.for a system similar to the UK, where drivers caught travelling too
:02:55. > :02:58.fast for macro times in three years are banned from the roads. `` four
:02:59. > :03:04.times. If you get caught travelling to
:03:05. > :03:08.quickly you will be hauled in front of the courts and find but now the
:03:09. > :03:13.Minister for transport wants to change it to a points system, like
:03:14. > :03:21.in the UK. What do the people of Jersey think of that idea? So many
:03:22. > :03:26.times you see them whooshing past. You tell the kids, don't run, look
:03:27. > :03:33.first, but if Na Li a good idea. It will make `` if it makes you think
:03:34. > :03:43.again about speeding it is a good thing. They should stick what they
:03:44. > :03:46.have, it works. There are only a certain number of points you can get
:03:47. > :03:52.before losing your license so that will act as a more stringent
:03:53. > :03:58.deterrent than fines. Let's find out what the politician has to say.
:03:59. > :04:05.Kevin Lewis, the Minister for transport, joins me now. The level
:04:06. > :04:10.of speeding we have at the moment is unacceptable and road traffic
:04:11. > :04:15.accidents per head of the population are also unacceptable. People are
:04:16. > :04:19.already punished if they are speeding, there are fines and you
:04:20. > :04:26.are disqualified if you get caught more than once. Is it broke, do we
:04:27. > :04:29.need to fix it? It needs modifying. You can get a fine and go out and do
:04:30. > :04:35.exactly the same thing. If this went from a back of the envelope plan to
:04:36. > :04:42.a proper proposal, what hoops would we have to jump through? There are
:04:43. > :04:50.one or two legal complications so it is a work in progress. Nothing firm
:04:51. > :05:05.at the moment but I am sure many drivers will be keeping a very close
:05:06. > :05:09.eye on this one. The trial of a man accused of
:05:10. > :05:12.murdering the young Guernsey woman Sarah Groves continued in India
:05:13. > :05:15.today. Richard De Wit, a 43`year`old Dutch national, denies killing Sarah
:05:16. > :05:17.on a houseboat in the tourist area of Srinagar seven months ago. Mike
:05:18. > :05:23.Wilkins reports. After months of delay Sarah's father
:05:24. > :05:29.is in Kashmir again. A Dutchman, Richard of it, seen here wearing
:05:30. > :05:35.white clothes is charged with Sarah's murder. `` Richard De Wit.
:05:36. > :05:38.Today more witnesses were cross examined but the biggest surprise
:05:39. > :05:44.came from the accused who turned up wearing Muslim clothing and asked to
:05:45. > :05:50.be addressed with a Muslim name. The judge addressed him with his earlier
:05:51. > :05:55.name and he objected and asked the judge to call him a Muslim name
:05:56. > :05:59.meaning servant of God. The trial appears to be picking up pace. It is
:06:00. > :06:15.due to resume on the 16th of December for two consecutive days.
:06:16. > :06:19.There is a warning of dangerous drugs being imported onto the
:06:20. > :06:24.island. Three people have been arrested for supplying them. The
:06:25. > :06:31.Health Minister says calling them legal highs is misleading. We are
:06:32. > :06:37.concerned about a particular batch of toxic substances that have left a
:06:38. > :06:40.number of users seriously ill, requiring hospital treatment for
:06:41. > :06:45.paranoia, hallucinations, aggressive and irrational behaviour.
:06:46. > :06:48.The number of people registered as unemployed in Jersey is at a 12
:06:49. > :06:53.month low. 1800 people were looking for work at the end of October. Just
:06:54. > :06:57.under a fifth of them have been out of work for more than a year. There
:06:58. > :06:59.has been no change in the number of unemployed teenagers.
:07:00. > :07:05.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.
:07:06. > :07:11.Part of Mount Kingdom which has been closed for months after a rock fall
:07:12. > :07:15.will open this Thursday. There have been long clean use around the
:07:16. > :07:23.tunnel while the rock face has been made safe will stop `` long queues.
:07:24. > :07:26.The route is likely to be closed until the end of the week.
:07:27. > :07:29.Later in Spotlight with Justin and Natalie, puddings and paddles at the
:07:30. > :07:36.ready ` reflecting on stir`up Sunday.
:07:37. > :07:41.Sport, and Jersey Rugby Club have slumped to second bottom of the
:07:42. > :07:46.Championship, losing 29`13 at Leeds. The islanders' only try came from
:07:47. > :07:48.Drew Locke. In football, Guernsey drew 2`2 with Peacehaven and
:07:49. > :08:02.Telscombe in Ryman South. They rescued a point with a late
:08:03. > :08:06.could China provide big business opportunities for Guernsey's finance
:08:07. > :08:09.industry? A delegation from the island spent a week meeting
:08:10. > :08:12.officials there. The aim is to cash in on China's economic reform. Penny
:08:13. > :08:16.Elderfield reports. Shanghai. If there is a city that
:08:17. > :08:20.demonstrates China's dramatic growth in recent decades it's the growth of
:08:21. > :08:24.this one. One of the fastest`growing economies in the world, it may be
:08:25. > :08:26.worlds apart from Guernsey. But could China provide big business
:08:27. > :08:31.opportunities for the finance industry? Whether it be people
:08:32. > :08:35.investing money or banks having a base here. Well, the government
:08:36. > :08:40.certainly sees the potential, with ministers just back from a trip to
:08:41. > :08:45.promote the island. We have a go out there just as any
:08:46. > :08:51.other business and fight our corner to get that investment. Banking has
:08:52. > :08:56.been very flat, as we know. To have one, two Chinese banks here would be
:08:57. > :09:03.a massive boost for our economy and for employment. In terms of the
:09:04. > :09:09.value of the business, how much is a potentially worth? It is such a big
:09:10. > :09:14.market, but importantly it is growing. We are pretty much stagnant
:09:15. > :09:18.in Europe, China is growing. And this local finance company is
:09:19. > :09:23.already growing after setting up a China office earlier this year.
:09:24. > :09:27.The number of enquiries we have been receiving has risen dramatically and
:09:28. > :09:32.we can only see this trend increasing as we enter into a number
:09:33. > :09:34.of discussions with the large institutions so the range of
:09:35. > :09:39.opportunities is enormous. So the opportunities are there. The
:09:40. > :09:40.next job for the States will be to convince more businesses based here
:09:41. > :09:56.to go out and get them. Good evening. The weather has stuck
:09:57. > :09:59.really at the moment. The same type of weather pattern lasted through
:10:00. > :10:05.the weekend and will probably last until Wednesday. Not a great deal of
:10:06. > :10:10.change, a lot of cloud around and that could potentially give us the
:10:11. > :10:18.odd shower. Later this week it changes, more in the way of breaks
:10:19. > :10:23.in the cloud and later a rise in the temperatures. We still have the area
:10:24. > :10:29.of high pressure, which does not change much. We have a cold wind
:10:30. > :10:36.staying with us round the edge of high pressure tonight and tomorrow.
:10:37. > :10:41.By the time we get to the middle of the week the high pressure is moving
:10:42. > :10:47.back out to the Atlantic allowing a weather system to come in from the
:10:48. > :10:52.North West. It is a dry night, temperatures as low as six degrees.
:10:53. > :10:59.It is effectively a dry but rather cloudy night. A dry and cloudy day
:11:00. > :11:10.to come tomorrow with just a hint of brightness in the afternoon.
:11:11. > :11:24.There are the coastal waters forecast.
:11:25. > :11:39.Hardly any, perhaps one or two feat for the surfers. Most will be clean.
:11:40. > :11:43.`` one or two feet. Quite thick cloud on Thursday that might produce
:11:44. > :11:47.the odd bit of drizzle. Temperatures reaching double figures by the end
:11:48. > :11:56.of the week, a brisk north`westerly wind developing on Friday.
:11:57. > :12:05.That is it for now. I will be back at 8pm and 10:25pm. Now I will hand
:12:06. > :12:42.you back to Justin and Natalie in Plymouth for Spotlight.
:12:43. > :12:44.giving business leaders hope that after five very tough years, the
:12:45. > :12:52.future may, at last, be looking brighter.
:12:53. > :12:56.In the last two years, there's been a record amount of rainfall and
:12:57. > :12:58.flooding in the South West. One of the most common callouts for
:12:59. > :13:02.firefghters is to rescue drivers stuck in water. The service says
:13:03. > :13:05.around 14 people a year die after becoming trapped in their vehicles.
:13:06. > :13:12.Louise Walter reports on a new campaign to highlight the dangers of
:13:13. > :13:17.driving into a flood. Remember, remember, last November
:13:18. > :13:22.when heavy rain and flooding caused huge disruption to roads. Many
:13:23. > :13:26.vehicles got stuck and drivers needed rescuing. Now imagine being
:13:27. > :13:32.in one of those cars as electrics fail and cold water starts to
:13:33. > :13:37.pouring. Vehicles in the water is one of the most common rescue
:13:38. > :13:39.incidents we have and it is a major cause. 14 people a year perish in
:13:40. > :13:48.their vehicle when there is flooding. That's why there is
:13:49. > :13:51.specialist training here so that rescuers can be prepared for the
:13:52. > :14:03.most difficult flood rescue scenarios. As little as 15
:14:04. > :14:09.centimetres of water will sweep your feet away from you. It's not as
:14:10. > :14:15.simple as just walking away from it. The trick is, turn around and
:14:16. > :14:18.don't drive into floodwaters if you don't how deep it is. That's the
:14:19. > :14:30.message of the campaign: Turnaround, don't drown. Don't drive into
:14:31. > :14:34.floodwater. It would take only an egg cup full of water in your engine
:14:35. > :14:40.to ruin it. Don't walk into flood water because you can't see the trip
:14:41. > :14:46.hazards and if you fall over in six inches of water flowing in six miles
:14:47. > :14:50.an hour, you can't stand up again. It's inevitable that some roads will
:14:51. > :14:54.be get flooded this winter. The emergency services are hoping people
:14:55. > :14:58.will heed their message and not end up in a situation like this.
:14:59. > :15:01.Troops from more than 20 nations have been taking part in a huge
:15:02. > :15:05.military training exercise in Cornwall. 2,500 service men and
:15:06. > :15:08.women have been based at RAF St Mawgan near Newquay, making it one
:15:09. > :15:12.of the largest land deployments in the county since the Second World
:15:13. > :15:24.War. Spotlight's Heidi Davey has been along to watch the action.
:15:25. > :15:28.This is exercise arcade fusion. It has been transformed and its
:15:29. > :15:33.personnel increased ten times over to allow the UK led Allied rapid
:15:34. > :15:39.reaction Corps is to command an entire theatre. On the ground, and
:15:40. > :15:43.this is the nerve centre of the operation. Its role is to support
:15:44. > :15:51.NATO missions at anywhere in the world at just a few days notice. We
:15:52. > :15:56.pick a region in the world in a scenario which we then lay on to
:15:57. > :16:01.that region. That could be anywhere. In this particular scenario, we are
:16:02. > :16:09.using a country which is in the north`east of Africa. But that is
:16:10. > :16:14.fictional. We then develop a scenario which works for the
:16:15. > :16:18.training objectives we are trying to achieve for the particular training
:16:19. > :16:25.audience. Out on the field is where troops are to make key decisions.
:16:26. > :16:32.Around you are a number of people. On one occasion, we are dealing with
:16:33. > :16:38.a massive incident in the North and South, missing people to the
:16:39. > :16:43.south`east, maritime incidents, IED 's, political incidents,
:16:44. > :16:46.terrorists, the whole lot. But no on functions without the right
:16:47. > :16:52.nutrients and the kitchen staff will use over 7000 tonnes of potatoes and
:16:53. > :17:01.8000 litres of milk by the time the exercise has reached its peak.
:17:02. > :17:05.Success is down to good at base. My staff have been working closely with
:17:06. > :17:14.personnel to make sure that on the logistics, life support is good for
:17:15. > :17:19.them. When this exercise comes to a close, many personnel are hopeful
:17:20. > :17:23.for a well earned Christmas break. But there is every chance they could
:17:24. > :17:34.still be called out within 48 hours to anywhere in the world.
:17:35. > :17:38.Exeter Chiefs will feel aggrieved that television match officials
:17:39. > :17:41.wiped out two try scoring efforts in their 16`9 defeat to Premiership
:17:42. > :17:50.rugby leaders Saracens at Sandy Park. Ian Whitten had a score ruled
:17:51. > :17:54.out by the TMO in a game of only one try which went the Sarries' way.
:17:55. > :17:58.Just before the end, Tom Johnson thought he'd rescued the Chiefs, but
:17:59. > :18:03.the verdict was that he'd grounded the ball just short of the line.
:18:04. > :18:06.The Cornish Pirates have put more pressure on the top four teams in
:18:07. > :18:11.rugby's Championship after beating Bristol for the second time this
:18:12. > :18:16.season. The Pirates overturned an 8`7 half`time deficit to win 21`15.
:18:17. > :18:19.South African wing Kieran Goss pounced to score twice with Tom
:18:20. > :18:24.Kessell scoring his seventh try of the season. The victory means the
:18:25. > :18:35.Pirates are sixth with Bristol remaining second. The games between
:18:36. > :18:39.Bristol in the past have been extra special, and you can tell by the
:18:40. > :18:43.amount of supporters yesterday, you get a phenomenal game of rugby and
:18:44. > :18:46.top championship rugby. Plymouth Argyle are the team in form
:18:47. > :18:49.at the moment. Their 2`1 win over Dagenham and Redbridge was their
:18:50. > :18:52.fifth without defeat in League Two. But for Exeter City and Torquay
:18:53. > :18:55.United, their poor runs have continued. BBC Radio Devon
:18:56. > :20:42.commentators described the drama with the fans also having their say.
:20:43. > :20:46.Yeovil Town are cut adrift at the bottom of the Championship. A 2`1
:20:47. > :20:49.reverse at Doncaster Rovers leaves them five points behind the safety
:20:50. > :20:52.line. Byron Webster brought the Glovers back in it just before the
:20:53. > :20:56.interval in South Yorkshire, but they fell behind for a second time
:20:57. > :20:59.eight minutes from the end to leave them pointless once again. Next up
:21:00. > :21:01.for Town, Watford away next Saturday.
:21:02. > :21:03.Finally, Exeter welterweight boxer Freddy Kiwitt has won his first
:21:04. > :21:11.professional bout with a unanimous points decision. Kiwitt was
:21:12. > :21:14.confident in his build up to the fight and he outboxed Matt Seawright
:21:15. > :21:16.at Gloucester's GL1 Leisure Centre with a flurry of body shots and left
:21:17. > :21:32.hooks. Well done, Freddy! Trainee chefs at HMS Raleigh in
:21:33. > :21:37.Cornwall have been learning how to uphold a Seasonal tradition.
:21:38. > :21:40.Yesterday was so`called Stir up Sunday, the day when Christmas
:21:41. > :21:43.puddings are made, and everyone in the house gets the chance to stir
:21:44. > :21:46.the mixture. Johnny Rutherford joined the recruits as they learned
:21:47. > :21:56.about the Navy's traditional recipe and customs.
:21:57. > :22:04.An important naval tradition today: Stir up Sunday. It might look like
:22:05. > :22:14.after chef, but this is HMS Raleigh. Happy? Let's go! It's very important
:22:15. > :22:20.that we instil in them the Navy ethos and we keep these traditions
:22:21. > :22:25.alive. It's difficult because the ship is rolling around and you got
:22:26. > :22:28.other commitments going on. Whether you are deployed or not, you still
:22:29. > :22:34.look forward to Christmas lunch, so it's important we give them a full
:22:35. > :22:41.spectrum of training. The tradition of stirring victory `` of stirring
:22:42. > :22:44.the Christmas pudding goes back centuries. Stirring is meant to take
:22:45. > :22:54.place the last Sunday before Advent to allow the mixture to mature.
:22:55. > :23:05.Racers, currants, sultanas, suet,, zest. And run. Then stirred to
:23:06. > :23:13.perfection. It's a family thing to do and the royal navy is a family.
:23:14. > :23:18.I'm going to put a coin in! I wonder who will find that. Not everyone
:23:19. > :23:23.will be able to mix it, so traditionally, the youngest crew
:23:24. > :23:27.member and commanding officer do the final stir. On Christmas Day, the
:23:28. > :23:31.youngest person on board the ship captain will change roles, so the
:23:32. > :23:35.most junior person will become captain for the day and the captain
:23:36. > :23:45.will slot into his job. I bet that's fun!
:23:46. > :23:58.I bet that's going to taste good! Oh, use off!
:23:59. > :24:06.Hopefully, it might warm up a little bit, but it is still pretty cold,
:24:07. > :24:10.and even though it is best described as less cold, it's still cold at
:24:11. > :24:15.night. Towards the end of the week, showers come our way. Most of which
:24:16. > :24:22.will fall as rain. Subtle changes this week. It is a little bit
:24:23. > :24:28.weaker. As it weakens, it allows more clout to come in. That process
:24:29. > :24:34.is already underway. You can see that cloud up through the Irish Sea
:24:35. > :24:39.at the moment. The high`pressure moves gently southwards through the
:24:40. > :24:43.day and then begins to retreat out into the Atlantic. What will happen
:24:44. > :24:48.is more cloud will come at the top of that high and drift across most
:24:49. > :24:52.of Britain. A change to cloudy skies and less cold air. The clear skies
:24:53. > :24:56.we have had today, though, already allowing temperatures to get fairly
:24:57. > :25:03.close to freezing. Some cloud around, but even here, that cloud
:25:04. > :25:08.will break up later on. So for all of us to night, a cold night with
:25:09. > :25:13.light winds, it widespread overnight frost and even some freezing fog
:25:14. > :25:21.patches. The sort of temperatures we can expect: Zero down to freezing.
:25:22. > :25:26.That will depend to where the cloud goes. If you keep the blanket of
:25:27. > :25:31.cloud, temperatures will hold up around freezing, but with clear
:25:32. > :25:39.skies will drop well below. Tomorrow, plenty of winter sunshine.
:25:40. > :25:45.A little more in the way of cloud. But for most of us, sunshine again,
:25:46. > :25:52.a dry day, a fine one, not very warm, though. Temperatures really
:25:53. > :25:56.struggling. Seven, possibly eight degrees the highest temperature. For
:25:57. > :26:00.the Isles of Scilly, a lot of cloud in the morning but it should break
:26:01. > :26:06.up to allow sunny spells in the afternoon. For the rest of our ports
:26:07. > :26:18.and harbours, Plymouth, afternoon. For the rest of our ports
:26:19. > :26:25.has been disappointing because of the wind direction. Hardly any
:26:26. > :26:35.swell. Waves as much as two feet, clean. There the coastal waters
:26:36. > :26:39.forecast. The winds are north`easterly tomorrow, generally
:26:40. > :26:46.fair with good visibility. No more than force three. The forecast, as
:26:47. > :26:52.we head into the middle of the week, not much change. More cloud
:26:53. > :26:56.around, though. That will be quite extensive on Wednesday. It helps
:26:57. > :27:02.keep the temperature is up, so temperatures back up to nine degrees
:27:03. > :27:10.on Wednesday. And then a change on Friday. More wind. That will feed in
:27:11. > :27:13.some breaks in the cloud but also a few showers, although it has cooled
:27:14. > :27:24.down again as we head into next weekend. And all the while, the risk
:27:25. > :27:27.of light frost. There are unconfirmed reports that a
:27:28. > :27:34.huge wind farm of the North Devon coast will not go ahead.
:27:35. > :27:37.Royal Marines have arrived in the Philippines to help distribute
:27:38. > :27:43.disaster relief aid. If there are any further
:27:44. > :27:44.developments on that Atlantic array story, we will