06/01/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Welcome to a new week. Our top story: Up in flames, firefighters

investigate what caused this fire at a holiday camp in Jersey. The whole

village was on fire. Gale force winds and stormy seas `` the Channel

Islands. It trembled with the force of the waves. I will have a full

weather forecasts late in the programme. Why Christmas and New

Year was something special for this teenager. Jersey Fire and Rescue

Service says a fire at a holiday camp should be treated as arson

Firefighters were called to Plemont. Some of the buildings will

have to be destroyed. This is what confronted firefighters on Saturday

morning. When they arrived just after six o'clock, the flames had

already engulfed the central part of the derelict holiday camp. It took

more than 20 firefighters to put it out. They were here dampening down

until yesterday morning. The teams worked really well in Hull `` hard

conditions to achieve a really good results. We managed to contain the

fire. Embers were flying around We did really well to stop it

spreading. Now the firefighters say it should be now treated as arson.

They are not sure yet whether it was started deliberately or

accidentally. An investigation could take three weeks because the

structure is not safe. It is too dangerous for the fire service to go

in and that is why they have got constant security patrols here to

make sure no one goes near until the building is come `` the buildings

can finally be demolished. There were plans to demolish the site and

build new homes but these were put on hold after a parish appeal. The

architect representing the developer says the fighters and allow them to

demolish all of the buildings. Until batter is resolved, we cannot do any

demolition. We have to see an agreement before any works can be

done. Clearly the other buildings on the site will remain standing until

we have a fully valid planning permit that isn't stopped by any

appeal. In the meantime, with exposed asbestos and loose debris,

people are being warned to stay well away from the site. A part of

Guernsey's Maine coast road remains closed this evening as stormy steers

`` Swami `` stormy seas have continued to lash the island. It has

been a busy start to the year for many tradesmen. This is a dangerous

place to be. These people were knocked off their feet near Perelle.

Traffickers had to make way for daybreak as roads were closed and

properties battered by the waves. The house, it was as if somebody had

thumped it. It trembled with the force of the waves. This is the

worst I have known. I have been here for 50 years. It has never been as

bad as this. As people count the cost of the storm damage, tradesmen

here have told me that they are in demand as they are called upon to

room `` repair damaged properties. It is terrible at the moment with

the wind and the leaks we have had to fix. We have been so busy. We

have had to put polythene on top but the wind is lifting. It is chaos.

Work wise, it is quite good for us but tough on some of the people but

the damage that has been caused While the brisk wind has been a boom

for businesses, the question is when will it stop? Emily will have a full

forecast in a few minutes. More news and Guernsey's Health Minister says

he will not be resigning it `` resigning over made for bowel cancer

screening. He wrongly told the stage there was no money left for the

screening programme. In reality the development had spent the allocated

budget. `` told the States. I made an error which I regret and it was

made in good faith. It is not a resigning issue. The information was

given to me in good faith. It is not a resigning issue. If we had a

political system where every time somebody made an error, we will have

to resign, we would have an unstable government. There was an in`class ``

increase in the Channel Islands air search. This is what the year will

be remembered for when the aeroplane crash landed in Jersey in November

with the crew escaping uninjured. Plans are on track to get the

service up and running again. There will be extra slots on the Guernsey

London to Gatwick route. The airline will operate five flights on a

Saturday. It will leave Guernsey on 830 AM. `` it would leave Guernsey

at 830 AM. It is hoped the Advanchi card will speed up boarding times

and unable cheaper cards and journeys for students. They put

their student card onto the machine, place it done. The Green Knight goes

on and the ticket comes out. `` the green light comes on. These are the

replacement cards. You can only use your paper tickets at school time to

get you to school and college. They can now top the card up and use it

seven days a week. A lot of the students in further education get

queried on age at the weekends to get the student fares. With this

pass, it shows in the beholder of the ticket and are entitled to a

student there. This is also being rolled out to regular bus users

They hope the new system will mean it will speed up bus journeys. Today

is traditionally the day that we take down our Christmas tree but for

one Jersey teenager, this will have been the first time he has been able

to cope with having one in`house. Then suffers from Chronic

Granulomatous Disorder which leaves the body feeling vulnerable to

infection that a life`saving transplant has meant he was able to

celebrate the festive season like the rest of us. From birth, that has

battled a rare genetic disorders dust condition. His body couldn t

fight bacterial or fungal infections properly. Trees, dab and just had to

be avoided so this summer then underwent life`saving treatment A

bathing marrow transplant. He was captain isolation. `` a bone marrow

transplant. He was kept in an isolated room for eight weeks. It

was tough for my mum and dad to watch me being unwell everyday. I

became claustrophobic in the room. This shows him receiving the

transplant in London. It is the most effective treatment for Chronic

Granulomatous Disorder, which is so where it affects just one in 4

million people. By having a bone marrow transplant, it replaces your

blood cells with those that you have been transplanted from. The source

of the problem in the disease relates to cells which are produced

in the bone marrow. Has a replacement marrow which will have

fully functional cells. He is expected to fully overcome the

illness and his remarkable story has hit the headlines in Jersey. He is

now looking forward to living a normal life without worrying about

keeping infections at bay. It has been a painful year. It is so good

to be out the other side and I am looking forward to 2014 and seeing

what that holds. He knows none of it would have been possible without his

bone marrow donor. He hopes he can one day meet the person that has

changed and saves his life `` saved his life. Earlier you saw the impact

the bad weather has been having in Guernsey.

Our video journalist shot these pictures at the beach at St Ouen

earlier. Now we have the weather details.

We have some strong winds with us to start the week. For two nights, the

strong winds are continuing. We have a flooding risk around the coast. We

have a high tide tonight. We have had some large waves throughout the

day. Food tomorrow, the wind starts to ease. There could be persistent

rain for the middle part of this week. We are looking at a mixture of

sunshine and showers. Lighter winds by the time you get Friday. This is

the satellite picture from earlier. The card has been sweeping around

throughout the day and it is wrapped around this large area of low

pressure. There is this low pressure which has caused a big swell. Strong

winds are adding to this. By tomorrow lunchtime, it will still be

a windy day. We have a weather friends nearby. The showers become

more prolonged for a time as we go through the afternoon. `` we have a

weather front nearby. There is uncertainty around the positioning

of the wind. We have some showers around and they could be happy with

the risk of some hail and thunder. We have gusty winds through the

night. Temperatures are no longer `` lower than nine Celsius. There is

quite a few showers but they will be easing and we will see some sunshine

for a time. Overall, a mixture through the afternoon tomorrow with

temperatures reaching 11 Celsius tomorrow.

The rest of the week, we have a mixture but more sunshine on

Thursday and Friday. BBC Radio Devon is a Jersey will have travel updates

in the morning. That is it for now. Goodbye.

And you can watch the whole story tonight on Inside Out at 7:30pm here

on BBC One. Missed hospital appointments in the

South West are costing the NHS millions of pounds. Last year alone

more than 165,000 people failed to turn up for consultations. New

reminder services are now being introduced.

Almost 500,000 people walked through these doors to be treated every

year. But not everyone turns up to their outpatient appointment. Before

a telephone reminder service was introduced, almost 8% of patients

failed to tell the hospital they couldn't attend. Brian got a

reminder for his appointment a few days ago.

I found them very good. Very often you just phone them back and confirm

the appointment and that is it, all done.

Wasted appointments are costing the NHS millions every year but there

have been big changes since it started the remainder service.

Compared now to them, 12,000 more patients are getting care than they

should. For as, in terms of results, it puts us up in the top ten for

getting patients to attend on the day.

But during the last financial year, almost 13,000 people `` 30,000

people didn't attend. At the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

40,000 patients didn't turn up. It is now hoping that its new telephone

remainder service will reduce that figure. Dorset County Hospital is

looking to do the same. They are apparently losing ?3 million every

year. They are looking at new technology to reduce the rates even

further but the best solution, they say, would be for patients to let

them know if they cannot turn up. Time for the sport and tonight we've

got news on Torquay United's new manager and he's someone we all know

very well here, isn't he, Dave? Yes, he's 41`year`old Chris

Hargreaves, who's been announced as the successor to Alan Knill, who was

sacked four days ago. Hargreaves was first`team coach at Championship

club Bournemouth and is a regular football pundit for BBC Spotlight.

It's not the biggest surprise that Chris got the job, is it?

It isn't. He is well respected and was captain of Torquay United five

years ago when he scored the first goal in the 2009 play`off final in

League Two. How do you think he'll get on?

He has got to cut his teeth. They are taking on the bottom of the

table team. They were caught out by a late equaliser.

Who'll be assisting him at Plainmoor?

Lee Hodges, who you Mayra member has plenty of experience. It will be

interesting times ahead. Plymouth Argyle look forward to an

FA Cup replay after fighting back from two goals down at Port Vale

yesterday. Top scorer Reuben Reid started the revival early in the

second half, before 17`year`old Ben Purrington completed the comeback

with his first goal for the Pilgrims. The replay will be at Home

Park on Tuesday week with the winners facing Brighton at home.

Yeovil Town face a daunting fourth round tie at Premier League

Southampton after despatching Leyton Orient 4`0 at Huish Park. Two from

James Hayter and one each from Joel Grant and Kieffer Moore saw them

through. Exeter Chiefs have dropped to eighth

in rugby's Premiership after an agonising 19`16 defeat at London

Wasps. They led 13`3 at half`time through a Dave Lewis try and the

supplementaries from Henry Slade. But at 16`16, there was controversy

when Slade's effort was ruled out. To rub salt into the Chiefs' wounds,

Andy Goode won it for Wasps with a last minute drop goal.

In the Championship, Plymouth Albion scored the only try in their 15`14

home defeat to Leeds through captain Rory Cushion. They'd have won it if

Declan Cusack's late drop goal had been successful.

A Taunton volleyball player has become the first British woman to

compete in one of her sport's biggest competitions, even though

the British team went out of existence after the London Olympics.

Keyra Michael has just finished her first season in Italy, playing in

the European Champions League. Here's Ollie Williams.

Welcome to the home of British volleyball which doesn't look

massively British because it isn't. You can see the beautiful city.

This is Italy, the new home of Keyra Michael, one of the few British

professional players left in the year after these historic scenes.

Within months of winning a game for the first time, the team was shut

down. The team was disbanded so there is

no longer a team. At six foot five, she has signed up

as a middle blocker for this team in Milan. They play and one of the top

competitions in the world. Ciara grew up in Somerset is the first

British player to reach this level. I remember reading a quote before

London 2012 we said, every member of Team GB has the responsibility to

inspire the nation. I would really like to think that I can inspire

kids by being here. Good for her. And at this time

tomorrow, we'll be introducing you to Torquay's new manager ` that's if

he needs any introduction, of course. Many people are now likely

to have to work into their 70s but working into old age is nothing new

for many people here in the south west.

The region already has a higher proportion of older workers than the

UK average. In fact, Spotlight's Greg Wade has been to meet a couple

who are still working in their 80s. At 91, Ethel Morley still makes this

small business sing. Started in 1975, the family`run firm

manufactured dry suits and embroidered garments such as polo

shirts. It wasn't a conscious decision to

stay at work. You just get up in the morning and go to the same place and

one day you are old. Age is really just a number.

But by the time you get to 90 it doesn't really matter too much, does

it? It doesn't matter anyway.

Their son Roger, a mere 60, thinks age isn't a barrier to employment.

In fact, quite the opposite. They've got quite a lifetime of

knowledge about garments and technical stuff so there is a wealth

of knowledge to be had from there. You have to be active, you have to

keep active and if you are not physically active, you've got to be

brain active. If you want to work, work. Especially if you need the

money. Because this business is run by its

members, they can decide when to retire. Other workers may look on in

envy. Do you think we will still be here

doing this in our 70s and 80s? I don't think they will let us!

Now, there aren't many women who'd say no to being given a diamond on

Christmas Day. But for one woman in Exmouth, her diamond came in rather

an unusual way. Yes, this particular gem didn't come

gift wrapped and involved a fair amount of work just to find.

Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby has the story.

Meets Jack, a trainee police dog. He has lived with Angie Collins for

about seven months. He is a great character, very

gentle, they do call him Gentle Jack.

No other dog has done what Jack did just before Christmas.

It was a fantastic, lovely calm morning. We were relaxing and I

popped out into the kitchen and there was my ring on the floor,

mangled. Mangled and missing the diamond. I

think, I'm not overly sure, that the ring costs the best part of ?18,000.

The husband and I emptied the entire room, which took hours, and I could

only conclude that Jack had eaten it.

So what to do? Is the vet explained, it was a

simple process of waiting and saving. By Christmas Day I had given

up and the vet gave me advice that it was very unlikely that I would

get it back. I thought this is futile and just give up but that

last wee bit of effort, the sun was shining and there it was. I just

couldn't believe it. My face must have been a picture.

Now they are making the most of Jack before he starts his as a police

dog, were stealing diamonds really would be frowned upon.

I love the innocent look on the dog's face. Let's see if the weather

is going to get any better after the horrendous storms. That way behind

you look threatening. We are starting off with strong

winds but they do use of later in the week. Otherwise we are looking

at the mixture of sunshine and showers. We do still have a weather

warning out from The Met office. There is still the risk of further

flooding. The high tide times are between 8:30pm and 10:30pm tonight.

Keep an eye on the flight line number. As we can see from these

pictures taken in Exeter, we do still have problems with flooding.

We do have some drier weather to come later on this week so the

chance is that these. To recede but many areas are still having flood

warnings. For the moment, we do have this area of cloud wrapped around a

deep area of low pressure. It is causing a large swell of big waves.

It is still quite windy but we will start to see some sunshine. This

rain should move on and the winds will be lighter by Wednesday. We

have seen some sharp showers across the region and a little bit of

thunder and hailstones. Strong and gusty winds tonight. The wind will

ease tomorrow by first thing. These are the minimum temperature

overnight. Still a few showers around which will cause problems in

Dorset and Somerset. The temperatures tomorrow are still

fairly mild for the time of year. Still some big waves for the

surfers. The wind still strong in the morning but do decrease by the

end of the day. Still a bit of a mixture in the week ahead. More

persistent rain but later winds on Wednesday. The could see a touch of

frost on Friday. We will be back with the late news

at 10:25pm so do join us for that. That is all from the Spotlight team.

Good night. TOM: # And if there's

anybody left in here # That doesn't want

to be out there... #