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all from us. Now we join our news teams where | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
The parents of a Jersey teenager who died at the weekend have issued a | :00:07. | :00:53. | |
stark warning about so`called legal highs, which they believe had a huge | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
impact on his mental state. 16`year`old Max Blandin's death was | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
confirmed this weekend. It's believed he was using the drugs | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
which aren't prohibited by drugs laws. | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
Max's heart was bigger than he was. He touched everyone he met, he had a | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
real charm and a fantastic smile. The words of this teenager's | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
parents, less than a week after his death was confirmed. Max was a keen | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
skateboarder, and we've been told was experimenting with so`called | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
legal highs. Now, his mum and dad want to warn others. Sharon and Ian | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
Blandin have taken the brave step of speaking out about their son's | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
death, because they don't want that to happen to anybody else. They said | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
in a statement, please, please don't be the next youngster to leave your | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
family heartbroken. Max did ask for help in the end, but unfortunately | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
left it too late. Please don't make that same mistake. Health providers | :01:46. | :01:54. | |
here echo that call, they have seen a spike in the number of young | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
people using psychoactive substances and think people do not understand | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
the risks. These drugs actually have more of an adverse effect on mental | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
health, such as paranoia, confusion, psychosis and self`harming | :02:08. | :02:15. | |
behaviours. Other drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, have physical | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
effects. Jersey Police hope the courage of Max's parents telling | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
their story will really make young people think about the huge risks | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
these powders pose. You couldn't get a more powerful message at an | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
incredibly difficult time for them, when they're trying to contend with | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
their grief. I'm hoping that those hearing the message from Sharon and | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
Ian today will really take note That message is clear. These are not | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
legal, they are not safe, and if you think you have a problem, the time | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
to ask for help is now. Jersey Police are urging young | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
people or their parents to get in touch if they have any concerns | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
about drugs, or legal highs. A helpline number has been set up | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
01534 610 681. Two Jersey politicians have had | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
their application for bankruptcy refused by the Royal Court. It comes | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
after a libel case bought by Deputies Trevor and Shona Pitman | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
against the Jersey Evening Post and a local estate agents. The Deputies | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
will keep their seats in the States for now. | :03:12. | :03:19. | |
The couple applied for the older form of bankruptcy, as opposed to | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
the more modern version. This meant, if granted, there has could | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
be sold to pay off their debts. This was brought about by the libel case | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
they brought against the Jersey evening Post and the estate agents | :03:35. | :03:38. | |
over a cartoon featuring them. The court heard they owe at least a | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
quarter of ?1 million. Advocates representing the Jersey evening Post | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
and the estate agents said the couple were asking the court to | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
indulge them by releasing them from debt. They said this followed Trevor | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
Pitt and criticising the court, saying it was corrupt. The estate | :03:57. | :04:04. | |
agent lawyer said it would make a mockery of the legal system. It is | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
likely the lawyers will apply to the court for the couple to be made | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
bankrupt. Well, shortly afterwards, Deputies | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
Trevor and Shona Pitman spoke to the media. | :04:19. | :04:27. | |
You know though `` you know the Justice reasons, or the injustice | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
reasons, why we went down this route. You have not reported those | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
reasons, as we feel you should. For that reason, we are giving an | :04:36. | :04:46. | |
exclusive to citizens media, and one of the world's biggest current | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
affairs magazines will be featuring our story, Newsweek. Guernsey Police | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
have named the two men charged in connection with defrauding the | :04:56. | :04:57. | |
States of ?2.6 million. The money was paid out in July 012 | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
to someone who successfully posed as the contractor working on the | :05:02. | :05:03. | |
airport runway. 56`year`old John Anthony Woodhatch from Essex and | :05:04. | :05:05. | |
44`year`old Adrian Taylor, from Knightsbridge in London, will appear | :05:06. | :05:07. | |
in court in London on ninth January. The biggest event in the Channel | :05:08. | :05:16. | |
Islands' sporting calendar is edging closer, as athletes prepare for the | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
Commonwealth Games. The global event will be taking place in Glasgow in | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
the summer. But while some of those competing are paid professionals, | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
others have to hold down day jobs to pay their way. | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
While some Commonwealth Games competitors are being paid to train, | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
others have to work a nine to five to keep their dreams alive. Amateur | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
badminton player Gayle Lloyd will be representing Guernsey at the | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. And being based on a tiny island with a | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
small population means she has to regularly travel abroad just to keep | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
up with the pace of international competition. You do not really get | :05:55. | :06:05. | |
as much over here, you get the matches against Jersey, which can | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
keep your competitive edge, because they are very tight, but the | :06:11. | :06:16. | |
standard is going to be better in the UK. With no sponsors, the work | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
Gayle does with her calculator as an actuary helps pay for her | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
competitions on court. It is hard for them, you have got to love your | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
sport and what you are trying to achieve, had your goals and aim at | :06:32. | :06:37. | |
them. In order to keep up their skills, Gayle and her badminton | :06:38. | :06:40. | |
partner Elena Johnson have to frequently travel to the UK, and | :06:41. | :06:49. | |
further afield. To qualify, we have to get a certain national ranking, | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
so we have had to go to loads of tournaments in the UK. It is our | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
weekend is gone. We would leave after work on a Friday and come back | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
on a Sunday evening. I play in Switzerland, that can be leaving on | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
Friday evening, flying from Gatwick on Saturday, and getting back on | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
Sunday. I play for a club in Holland, I have to come back on | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
Monday morning, because there are no flights on Sunday night, so that | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
takes up a lot of time. But it's good fun. It is a good experience. | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
Gayle and Elena made it to the last 16 at the last Commonwealth Games in | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
Delhi. They're hoping that the thousands of pounds they've spent to | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
keep up with the best will help them do even better in Glasgow. | :07:37. | :07:45. | |
Finding testing opponents is not just a problem for athletes in the | :07:46. | :07:57. | |
Channel Islands. We have been to an island in the South Pacific. What | :07:58. | :08:07. | |
are you doing their? Could evening. Like following the Queen's Batson | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
relay as it makes its way around the Commonwealth. On that journey so | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
far, since leaving Buckingham Palace in sober, it has been to 19 places | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
throughout Asia, and now into the Pacific. The reputation has been | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
fantastic, it is wonderful to see people getting involved. Some of the | :08:30. | :08:32. | |
warmest receptions are in some of the most from road communities. From | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
here, through Africa, the Americas, and through Europe for the Opening | :08:40. | :08:42. | |
Ceremony. Coming to Jersey on the 11th of May and Guernsey on the 13th | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
of May. We are looking forward to seeing you and the bat on here. The | :08:49. | :08:53. | |
challenge for people living on those islands must be similar to what our | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
athletes face. How has it been for the competitors their? To be honest, | :08:59. | :09:07. | |
for the athletes here, it is very difficult. Their main sporting | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
facilities are their school grounds. Their best hope at the Commonwealth | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
Games, the weightlifters, and they need to go abroad, to new Caledonia, | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
to train. That is a facility they share with many other islanders I | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
found a similar story in Tonga. The boxers have won all of their | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
Commonwealth medals, the baby to go to New Zealand and elsewhere to | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
train. One solution that I liked was in the cook islands, they have | :09:37. | :09:39. | |
hosted international tournaments to bring the competition to them, but | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
the advantage is they live on a paradise island. You are not doing | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
too badly yourself! And, of course, when the Queen's | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
Baton arrives back in the British Isles, it will do so here in the | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
Channel Islands. It will be in Jersey on 11th May next year and | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
Guernsey on 13th May. More info online at | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
bbc.co.uk/queensbatonrelay. You're watching the BBC in the | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
Channel Islands. Coming up, the weather. Later in Spotlight with | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
Justin and Rebecca, a dentist who normally treats human patients is | :10:12. | :10:12. | |
called into the lions' den. Time for a bit of musical light | :10:13. | :10:24. | |
relief now. All week, we're featuring festive choral | :10:25. | :10:26. | |
performances. Tonight's comes from the Hot Bananas choir in Jersey who | :10:27. | :10:35. | |
are singing Let It Snow. # Oh, the weather outside is frightful. | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
# But the fire is so delightful # And since we've no place to go. | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
# Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
# It doesn't show signs of stopping. # And I've bought some corn for | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
popping. # The lights are turned way down | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
low. # Let it snow, let it snow, let it | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
snow! # When we finally kiss goodnight. | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
# How I'll hate going out in the storm. | :11:07. | :11:09. | |
# But if you'll really hold me tight. | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
# All the way home I'll be warm # The fire is slowly dying. | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
# And, my dear, we're still goodbying. | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
# But as long as you love me so # Let it snow, let it snow, let it | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
snow! We have had some hefty showers | :11:28. | :11:47. | |
pushing through today, and we will see some four to night. Then, | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
further showers tomorrow. Some sunny spells, but cloud will build through | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
the day. We have got some fresh to strong winds blowing. We have got a | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
low`pressure approaching from the west, so conditions are going | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
downhill. But the rain will tend to arrive for Friday night. Then, it | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
stays with us for much of Saturday. Pretty wet, and windy. Come Sunday, | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
it is more of a showery affair, but we keep the strong wind. A queue | :12:19. | :12:22. | |
showers running through at the moment, they will continue through | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
the course of the night, but there will be some clear spells, and it | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
will get a bit chilly. It is still pretty blowy. We have got some | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
showers tomorrow from the word go. They could be pretty sharp in | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
places, but they will tend to die out through the morning. We will see | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
more brightness, though cloud tends to thicken up as we had through the | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
afternoon. The wind is picking up all the while. Our coastal | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
waters... The wind will continue to strengthen | :12:55. | :13:08. | |
through the day. It will reduce the visibility at times, with the | :13:09. | :13:16. | |
showers. Some big waves for the surfers tomorrow. | :13:17. | :13:24. | |
Thereafter, looking at the showers at first tomorrow, and the | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
strengthening winds through the day. During the night, heavy rain will | :13:32. | :13:38. | |
last through much of Saturday. Further heavy rain and strong wind | :13:39. | :13:39. | |
for Monday. Finally, someone tonight is | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
?1,038,000 richer tonight. The winning number for this year's | :13:47. | :13:49. | |
Channel Islands Christmas lottery is 1135507. | :13:50. | :13:59. | |
The lottery raises money for local charities, the ticket prices have | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
doubled, and a record number were sold. | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
That is it from us in the Channel Islands, let's join Justin and | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
Rebecca. They could | :14:13. | :14:14. |