:00:07. > :00:50.Jersey States will debate whether to keep the Bailiff as its president in
:00:51. > :00:55.the new year. Jersey States will debate whether to
:00:56. > :00:58.keep the Bailiff as It could mean an end to a dual role when the current
:00:59. > :01:07.Bailiff, Sir Michael Birt, retires in just over a year. Bailiffs are
:01:08. > :01:10.appointed by the Queen and are civic head of the Island with
:01:11. > :01:13.responsibility for official communication with the UK. They re
:01:14. > :01:16.also the island's senior judge. And they are the Speaker of the States
:01:17. > :01:19.Assembly ` they decide if questions and propositions can be debated.
:01:20. > :01:22.Assembly ` they decide if questions and propositions can be debated
:01:23. > :01:25.Well Pam Caulfield's been looking into what powers the Bailiff has `
:01:26. > :01:27.and asking politicians how they could change.
:01:28. > :01:31.The role of Bailiff has existed since the 13th century. Created by
:01:32. > :01:34.the King of England, the Crown still decides who takes on the position
:01:35. > :01:38.and so far, it's never been a woman. It's a dual role ` as well as
:01:39. > :01:40.presiding over legislation here in the States the Bailiff is also chief
:01:41. > :01:42.Justice here at the Royal Court. He the States the Bailiff is also chief
:01:43. > :01:45.Justice here at the Royal Court. He can't vote, but can the Bailiff
:01:46. > :01:47.really be impartial if he's making and administering laws? The
:01:48. > :01:51.politician calling that into question is Constable of St Helier,
:01:52. > :02:00.Simon Crowcroft. Tell me what you want to happen and why? I would like
:02:01. > :02:13.the States to the bait the review `` to debate the review. This would not
:02:14. > :02:22.stop the bailiff remaining the civic head of Jersey. Senator, Sir Philip
:02:23. > :02:34.Bailhache, you don't want change ` why? We need to be aware of the
:02:35. > :02:46.consequences of change. I agree that the debate is a sensible thing to
:02:47. > :02:49.have. If he is no longer president of the state Assembly someone has to
:02:50. > :02:55.take his place and that needs to be considered. The bailiff is the chief
:02:56. > :02:57.citizen of the island. That also depends upon his position as
:02:58. > :03:02.president of the state Assembly. president of the state Assembly.
:03:03. > :03:06.Does one wants to have a new chief citizen who will be the new
:03:07. > :03:13.president of the state? These are all matters to think about.
:03:14. > :03:17.Politicians will debate whether to divide the role in the new year and
:03:18. > :03:20.if they agree the current Bailiff, Sir Michael Birt, will be the last
:03:21. > :03:24.ever to preside over States meetings.
:03:25. > :03:27.A driver who left a man needing a leg amputation and a two`year`old
:03:28. > :03:32.boy severely injured has been fined ?1,000 and banned from driving for
:03:33. > :03:35.nine months. 63`year`old Ian Duncan Wainwright pleaded guilty to driving
:03:36. > :03:41.without due care and attention at Albert Pier in July. Guernsey
:03:42. > :03:44.Magistrates' Court was told he had inadvertantly driven his automatic
:03:45. > :03:47.Audi A3 into the pair while trying to adjust its position in a parking
:03:48. > :03:51.space, pinning them against railings.
:03:52. > :03:54.The funding for a new scheme to pay for long`term care in Jersey has
:03:55. > :03:58.been approved by the States. All income`tax payers will pay into the
:03:59. > :04:01.fund from 2015, and it will start helping people from next year. The
:04:02. > :04:04.new benefit is designed to help protect people's savings and remove
:04:05. > :04:07.the financial worry of long term care.
:04:08. > :04:10.And in Guernsey's States today deputies agreed to spend almost ?1
:04:11. > :04:14.million to boost the finance industry. Guernsey Finance will get
:04:15. > :04:18.?900,000 over the next three years to promote the industry to new
:04:19. > :04:19.markets. Finance contributed around ?800 million to the economy in 011.
:04:20. > :04:21.markets. Finance contributed around ?800 million to the economy in 2011.
:04:22. > :04:24.markets. Finance contributed around ?800 million to the economy in 011.
:04:25. > :04:27.But the number employed in the industry has dropped by nearly three
:04:28. > :04:32.hundred since the start of the recession to 6,815 people. It's
:04:33. > :04:42.hoped the extra cash will help reverse that trend. We do a lot with
:04:43. > :04:50.a small amount. We are very efficient. We cannot stretch the
:04:51. > :04:54.budget any further. We will lose some business in our existing
:04:55. > :04:57.markets. The prize fund for this year's
:04:58. > :05:00.Channel Islands Christmas Lottery could break through the ?1million
:05:01. > :05:03.barrier for the first time ever Tickets now cost ?2 and because
:05:04. > :05:11.fewer have been sold your chances of winning are higher as Edward Sault
:05:12. > :05:15.explains. Lining up in the hope of hitting
:05:16. > :05:33.that jackpot. This was the lunchtime cued today. What are the odds of
:05:34. > :05:39.winning? The odds are basically the same as last year.
:05:40. > :05:43.But because fewer tickets at the higher price have been sold, your
:05:44. > :05:46.chances of winning it are greater. Charities across the islands are
:05:47. > :05:50.also set to benefit from more money in the prize pot, The GSPCA in
:05:51. > :05:54.Guernsey ahs used money it's had from the lottery in the past to buy
:05:55. > :06:03.these intensive care units for animals. It has enabled us to save
:06:04. > :06:11.the lives of animals every day. We are grateful to all those who
:06:12. > :06:18.support the Christmas lottery. Have you bought more tickets this year?
:06:19. > :06:24.Yes we have. Do you think there is a greater chance of winning? I want to
:06:25. > :06:33.take the prize back to Guernsey for a change. Are you buying more this
:06:34. > :06:40.year? Yes. The more you buy the more chance you have two minute. What
:06:41. > :06:46.would you do with ?1 million? I expect my son would get rid of it
:06:47. > :06:50.for me. There's just over a week before the
:06:51. > :06:57.draw at Beau Sejour in Guernsey next Thursday. And by then the record
:06:58. > :07:00.jackpot could be above ?1 million for the first time. A nice little
:07:01. > :07:03.Christmas for someone. You're watching the BBC in the
:07:04. > :07:07.Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin and Rebecca: The flying
:07:08. > :07:13.Dr. We meet a group of Dr Who fans who've built a TARDIS that flies.
:07:14. > :07:16.He has been the face of Jersey Special Gymnastics Club for 22
:07:17. > :07:22.years, but last weekend John Grady retired from his post as head coach.
:07:23. > :07:24.During the last two decades John has taken his gymnasts to more than 100
:07:25. > :07:27.national and international competitions where they've won
:07:28. > :07:31.dozens of medals. He has also been appointed MBE for service to
:07:32. > :07:35.disabled people. Amy Harris reports. Members of Jersey's Special
:07:36. > :07:43.Gymnastics Club training hard. And behind every swing, twist and jump
:07:44. > :07:46.is volunteer John Grady. He's trained hundreds of youngsters here
:07:47. > :07:55.with learning difficulties, but now after 22 years as head coach John is
:07:56. > :07:59.retiring. I've got to a certain level of
:08:00. > :08:02.coaching. I've also done a lot of things I've wanted to do and
:08:03. > :08:06.achieved what I've wanted to achieve. The club has achieved more
:08:07. > :08:15.than I thought it would do and it's about reaching that plateau and
:08:16. > :08:18.thinking I'll quit while I'm ahead. John formed the club in 1991 and
:08:19. > :08:20.from small beginnings it's grown to an international centre of
:08:21. > :08:27.excellence for disability gymnastics.
:08:28. > :08:29.There have also been many triumphs at national and international
:08:30. > :08:35.competitions, like here at the Special Olympics World Summer Games
:08:36. > :08:39.in Greece. None of it would have been possible without John ` and in
:08:40. > :08:46.2009 he was appointed MBE for his hard work and dedication.
:08:47. > :08:49.He's been really brilliant with us, probably one of the best coaches
:08:50. > :09:11.we've ever had and we're all going to miss him so much. He inspired me.
:09:12. > :09:14.He is one of my favourites cultures. Taking over as head coach will be
:09:15. > :09:19.the current ladies' coach Yana Vibert.
:09:20. > :09:23.I'm just hoping to maintain the club over the next year and settle in and
:09:24. > :09:26.take the club forward and keep going to some of the world stage
:09:27. > :09:29.competitions with some of our gymnasts. So while this club is
:09:30. > :09:33.entering a new era, no one will forget its own special founder ` the
:09:34. > :09:48.man in the background, who has achieved so much.
:09:49. > :10:03.Here is the weather. Big changes on the way. We have had a settled spell
:10:04. > :10:09.of weather for quite a while. That will change into the weekend.
:10:10. > :10:18.Tomorrow we have more of the same. Some missed, fall, and some sunny
:10:19. > :10:26.spells. Rain bearing clouds is poised to move them. Until then it
:10:27. > :10:37.is mainly dry story but increasingly cloudy. We still have high
:10:38. > :10:47.pressure. That is keeping as reasonably dry and fine. Overnight
:10:48. > :11:04.and eight we see a fair cover of mist or more). Tomorrow will be a
:11:05. > :11:05.misty grey start. A lot of high`level clouds will come in
:11:06. > :11:43.during the afternoon and evening. As for the Outlook, we will see some
:11:44. > :11:47.rain on Friday. Clearing overnight into Saturday. Saturday will be the
:11:48. > :11:59.better of the two days at the weekend. More wet weather turning up
:12:00. > :12:01.on Sunday. That is the news and weather from
:12:02. > :12:07.the Channel Islands. Goodbye. more than 25% in the last few years.
:12:08. > :12:10.The recovery is being shown here, despite it not showing in ordinary
:12:11. > :12:13.passenger numbers yet. The schools inspector, Ofsted, has
:12:14. > :12:16.published its first ever report reviewing education standards in the
:12:17. > :12:19.South West. It says the proportion of good or outstanding primary and
:12:20. > :12:22.secondary schools in the region has increased, but too many children
:12:23. > :12:24.from poorer backgrounds aren't doing well enough. Coming up, we'll reveal
:12:25. > :12:34.who's we know that across this region,
:12:35. > :12:39.across the south`west, there are children in schools that are not
:12:40. > :12:44.getting what they need. They are languishing behind others. The
:12:45. > :12:48.challenge for every local authority, for every school, is to ensure that
:12:49. > :12:52.those children get what they need to do their best. Plus, the big
:12:53. > :13:00.Christmas switch off. Coming up, we will reveal who has won our sporting
:13:01. > :13:06.lifetime achievement award. Find out why these lights have fallen foul of
:13:07. > :13:07.the rules. And And the TARDIS takes off in North Devon but is quickly
:13:08. > :13:17.back down to Earth with a bump. It's feared the Government's
:13:18. > :13:21.decision to change the way lambs are tagged could force farmers out of
:13:22. > :13:25.business in the South West. All lambs under 12 months old will have
:13:26. > :13:29.to be electronically tagged from 2015. It aims to make the meat more
:13:30. > :13:32.traceable but the farming industry says it comes at a time when
:13:33. > :13:43.businesses have seen incomes drop by nearly 50% in the last year. Anna
:13:44. > :13:48.Varle reports. Edmund sold and electronically
:13:49. > :13:53.identified. Peter is one of the few farmers already using these tags on
:13:54. > :13:57.his lands. It delivers something to me because I am doing the recording
:13:58. > :14:03.to improve the genetics of my flock. But he struggles to recommend it to
:14:04. > :14:07.others. I spent more than ?1000 a year on ID tags and as of next year
:14:08. > :14:10.every farmer will have to spend that sort of money on buying tax and
:14:11. > :14:17.unless they can get a benefit from that, I do not think it is fair and
:14:18. > :14:21.equitable. What is going to change? Currently plastic tags are used on
:14:22. > :14:27.lands under 12 months old going to slaughter. `` on lambs under
:14:28. > :14:31.12`month`old going to slaughter. They will have to buy electronic
:14:32. > :14:41.tags which could cost thousands pounds more.
:14:42. > :14:50.That is 55p more than a plastic tag. The cost of the industry is
:14:51. > :14:54.estimated at ?1.8 million. This is another thing coming from Europe
:14:55. > :15:01.which is put upon us, putting costs and our industry, which we do not
:15:02. > :15:05.need. It has been a difficult year for farmers like Adrian. The prices
:15:06. > :15:11.are down and margins are tight. I cannot see any reason for us to do
:15:12. > :15:17.this. The information on where the land comes from is already in their
:15:18. > :15:21.ear on the plastic tag. There is no need to have them Alec Tunnicliffe
:15:22. > :15:29.identified. The government says it will increase traceability and will
:15:30. > :15:32.help to decrease illness. Well, the MP for Camborne and
:15:33. > :15:35.Redruth, George Eustice, is also a farming minister. I asked him why
:15:36. > :15:38.the electronic tagging scheme was being introduced when the NFU and
:15:39. > :15:43.the National Sheep Association had so many concerns about it. It will
:15:44. > :15:49.give farmers much more reliable information on individual lambs and
:15:50. > :15:51.carcasses that they can help to manage their business. It will help
:15:52. > :15:56.us to argue with the commission that they should have greater tolerance
:15:57. > :16:00.when it comes to problems with accuracy and movement of sheep.
:16:01. > :16:05.There are benefits to this. It only cost is 50p extra per lamb and I
:16:06. > :16:11.think we just have to get on with it. You say it is only 50 pets ``
:16:12. > :16:15.50p extra per animal but this is the cost farmers could do without. Will
:16:16. > :16:20.they get help with this? This is the way it has to go. Scotland and
:16:21. > :16:23.Northern Ireland have already had a electronic tags only since 2009 and
:16:24. > :16:28.I don't see any point in dithering or holding back. There is no point
:16:29. > :16:32.in having to systems that complicate things when we all know that
:16:33. > :16:38.ultimately we have to go to digital only tax. The National sheep
:16:39. > :16:41.Association is asking why it needs to be typed if the lamb is only
:16:42. > :16:49.going from the farm of birth to slaughter. There is no risk, they
:16:50. > :16:53.say. It gives the farmer individual information on that animal. This can
:16:54. > :16:58.help refine the management of their farm. There are times when you get a
:16:59. > :17:01.disease outbreak where you do want to know actually where individual
:17:02. > :17:07.animals have come from, from what holding, so I do not accept that it
:17:08. > :17:11.is of no value to record individual lambs as they go through the
:17:12. > :17:15.slaughter process. This is one of those decisions that when you
:17:16. > :17:17.introduce it or announce that there is concern and disappointment
:17:18. > :17:22.expressed by farmers, but once we get on and do this, I think in a
:17:23. > :17:25.couple of years time people will let back and wonder what the fuss was
:17:26. > :17:29.about. They will realise this was the right thing to do. It gives them
:17:30. > :17:33.better management information and it enables us to manage movement of
:17:34. > :17:36.sheep much better than we currently are able to. Thank you very much
:17:37. > :17:40.indeed. A Dartmoor village has been told to
:17:41. > :17:57.turn off the lights on its Christmas tree. A group of residents put the
:17:58. > :18:01.tree up on Meavy village green at the weekend. But the local council
:18:02. > :18:04.has ordered them to turn the lights off. John Danks has the story. This
:18:05. > :18:07.is the first time there has been a Christmas tree on the green here,
:18:08. > :18:13.the lights adding a touch of festive cheer. But now the lights have gone
:18:14. > :18:17.out. It seems one local resident has taken exception to the cable running
:18:18. > :18:26.over this raid and now Devon county council have pulled the plug.
:18:27. > :18:29.Apparently someone came and informed the person supplying the power for
:18:30. > :18:35.the lights that if they did not take the cable down, they would be fined
:18:36. > :18:38.for doing so. The council said it had concern over the use of a
:18:39. > :18:44.domestic power supply and that the cabling, in their words, had been a
:18:45. > :18:47.bit a goodie piggery. This resident has lived in the village for 50
:18:48. > :18:53.years. She is unhappy that somebody complained. It is not very Christmas
:18:54. > :19:00.like and it is very disappointing. It looked lovely when the light is
:19:01. > :19:04.lit up there at 4pm and I made a support at midnight. `` they
:19:05. > :19:12.disappointed at midnight. They were not harming anybody. The council
:19:13. > :19:16.told us it was related to regulations about cabling of a
:19:17. > :19:19.highways and was to keep people safe. Meanwhile, residents are
:19:20. > :19:26.hoping to apply for a permit to happy cable put back and to have the
:19:27. > :19:29.lights switched on again. Time for our next BBC South West
:19:30. > :19:31.sports award for this year. Today, it's the Lifetime Achievement
:19:32. > :19:34.trophy. The recipient took the Cornwall
:19:35. > :19:38.rugby team to Twickenham in May, 22 years after he led them to glory at
:19:39. > :19:46.the same venue. Dave Gibbins had the honour of presenting his award.
:19:47. > :19:54.After unrivalled success with the Cornwall county rugby team and with
:19:55. > :20:01.success coaching, it gives me enormous pleasure, Dave Thomas, to
:20:02. > :20:07.give you this. It was at unanimous decision from the panel and they
:20:08. > :20:13.decided to award you, Dave, the BBC South West lifetime achievement
:20:14. > :20:18.award for this year. That is unbelievable. I wondered why you
:20:19. > :20:22.were bringing me here today. This is a tremendous honour. A really
:20:23. > :20:29.tremendous honour. I am overwhelmed by it. You deserve it. Not only
:20:30. > :20:34.coaching the county and club teams, you have done an awful lot of
:20:35. > :20:41.coaching with youngsters as well. You have been involved in rugby for
:20:42. > :20:49.50 years or more. Why so long? You are 75 now. You shouldn't have said
:20:50. > :20:54.that! I am very lucky. My wife is very, very supportive of all the
:20:55. > :20:58.rugby that I do. Although she says, you are not off again, I have been
:20:59. > :21:03.very lucky because I have had a lot of coaching at senior level and
:21:04. > :21:07.working for the rugby union. When you do get some success on the way,
:21:08. > :21:15.it motivates you even more to keep going. Dave Benji Thomas, many
:21:16. > :21:21.congratulations. Thank you very much indeed. Now I know why a cane! A
:21:22. > :21:24.legend in Cornish rugby. Tomorrow, Dave will be revealing the
:21:25. > :21:26.BBC South West Youngster of the Year.
:21:27. > :21:30.Now, this year Dr Who fans are celebrating 50 years of the Time
:21:31. > :21:33.Lord and his famous means of transport, the TARDIS, which has
:21:34. > :21:35.spent half a century flying through space and time.
:21:36. > :21:38.Well now, thanks to a group of enthusiasts, a replica has also
:21:39. > :21:41.flown in Hatherleigh. And we really do mean it's flown in Hatherleigh.
:21:42. > :21:51.Spotlight's Kirk England was there for the maiden flight. Every detail
:21:52. > :21:57.considered and a lifelong ambition finally coming to fruition. It has
:21:58. > :22:04.always been my goal to get these dyes to help you build a flying
:22:05. > :22:10.TARDIS. But will it fly? It is just not made to fly, basically. It is
:22:11. > :22:22.not an aerodynamic shape and it goes against the laws of physics. These
:22:23. > :22:26.friends enjoy making unusual objects take to these guys like washing
:22:27. > :22:32.machines and lawn mowers. The replica Time Machine is their most
:22:33. > :22:35.ambitious to date. I am quite up for just taking it off now and seeing
:22:36. > :22:40.what happens but we will do a bit much evening, get it to fly properly
:22:41. > :22:48.and come back another day. Daily two. `` day to and after a few
:22:49. > :23:08.adjustments, the team are ready for take`off.
:23:09. > :23:11.That was awesome. Just amazing watching it fly around. That is
:23:12. > :23:30.crazy. It did not go as well as expected
:23:31. > :23:35.but we got it off the ground, which was the main thing. But then back to
:23:36. > :23:39.the drawing board, really, with that. Not quite a journey through
:23:40. > :23:48.time and space but I am sure the doctor would approve.
:23:49. > :23:57.It was going so well. Fantastic thing. A bit of a heavy landing
:23:58. > :24:02.there. Of course, you arrived here once in a TARDIS...
:24:03. > :24:10.You will not see that again. Good evening. Much more unsettled weather
:24:11. > :24:17.over the next few days. A misty start tomorrow, a grey 12, dry and,
:24:18. > :24:21.if we are lucky, possibly a glimpse of sunshine. A lot more clout than
:24:22. > :24:25.two day there and some rain turning up in the afternoon as well. This
:24:26. > :24:30.lump of cloud has been waiting in the wings for the last four or five
:24:31. > :24:34.days and it is finally making its way towards us. It is still
:24:35. > :24:37.relatively mild and we will see temperatures well into double
:24:38. > :24:43.figures, possibly as high as 13 tomorrow. Through the night and day
:24:44. > :24:47.tomorrow, whilst these weather fronts move around a little bit, the
:24:48. > :24:55.final movement of that is gradually over us. We will see a change
:24:56. > :24:58.Thursday into Friday as to whether systems straddle us. Setting us up
:24:59. > :25:02.for an unsettled weekend with the best of the weather on Saturday.
:25:03. > :25:06.That is the satellite picture from earlier today. We had quite a bit of
:25:07. > :25:14.sunshine with some high`level clout. There was also some list and
:25:15. > :25:19.fog earlier on. There is a very picturesque scene from earlier
:25:20. > :25:26.today. A bit of sunshine above the frog. That looks quite artistic,
:25:27. > :25:35.doesn't it? The mist and fog has caused those ability issues for
:25:36. > :25:39.people driving to day. Let's look at what will happen overnight. Some of
:25:40. > :25:42.the mist and frog will happen overnight. Some of the mist" we form
:25:43. > :25:48.for a time. The cloud though will genuinely increased the cloud amount
:25:49. > :25:54.from the West overnight. Beefy, mist and fog will increase, the cloud
:25:55. > :26:01.will turn up and what we're left with is cloud shrouding the tops of
:26:02. > :26:06.the hills and morals. Those are the temperatures for tomorrow morning. A
:26:07. > :26:11.bright start and then the cloud will be thicker and brief sunshine will
:26:12. > :26:17.be limited. As you can see through the afternoon, we will see some at
:26:18. > :26:21.breaks of rain. Finally, more persistent rain spreading to all of
:26:22. > :26:24.us by the early evening. Also, the breeze increasing. It will not be
:26:25. > :26:27.cold though. Temperatures well above the average for the time of year. 13
:26:28. > :26:52.Celsius. Before I give you the surfing
:26:53. > :26:56.conditions, look at this from earlier today. Fantastic surfing
:26:57. > :27:01.conditions. The most of the north coast of Cornwall, it has been great
:27:02. > :27:02.to day. They take `` the sea temperature is down to 12 Celsius
:27:03. > :27:29.though. Friday is a damp day with outbreaks
:27:30. > :27:37.of rain, fine on Saturday, windy and cold `` windy and wet on Sunday.
:27:38. > :27:42.That is all from us. I will be back with the late news at 10:25pm. Enjoy
:27:43. > :27:44.what's left of your Wednesday. Goodbye.