:00:07. > :01:05.Authorities across the Channel Islands are assessing the cost of
:01:06. > :01:08.clearing up after days of stormy weather, with both bailiwicks having
:01:09. > :01:11.to repair sea defences and infrastructure. In Guernsey, the
:01:12. > :01:15.main areas affected have been along the west coast, with Perelle and
:01:16. > :01:16.Portelet hit hard. But Saints Bay and Fermain Bay in the south have
:01:17. > :01:27.also taken a battering. Battered and broken, much of
:01:28. > :01:32.Guernsey's coastline has borne the brunt of the storms. Here at
:01:33. > :01:37.Portelet, slipways have been damaged and holes punched through the sea
:01:38. > :01:46.defences. And someone will have to pay to repair them. Overall, I would
:01:47. > :01:52.estimate, from what we have seen, between ten and ?15,000, but we will
:01:53. > :01:56.probably find extra work which needs doing to rock armour which has
:01:57. > :02:00.moved, and there will be things that have popped out of walls and
:02:01. > :02:02.jetties, so that will have to be added to it. Alderney has also
:02:03. > :02:06.suffered flooding, with Longis Common becoming a victim of the
:02:07. > :02:11.storm surge. Things are beginning to settle down now. Here at Perelle,
:02:12. > :02:14.the coast road is soon to reopen. And while the storms may've moved on
:02:15. > :02:21.for now, many homes and businesses are counting the cost and claiming
:02:22. > :02:28.on their insurance policies. Our claims team is very busy, it is hard
:02:29. > :02:33.to speak to them at the moment. We have noticed there is a huge number
:02:34. > :02:36.of increased claims compare to this time last year. So, while many are
:02:37. > :02:38.grateful for the calm after the storm, paying for the damage means
:02:39. > :02:49.costs are likely to surge higher. Meanwhile in Jersey, freight
:02:50. > :02:52.operations in and out of the Island were suspended while repairs were
:02:53. > :02:55.made to the linkspan bridge in the harbour. It's been estimated the
:02:56. > :02:57.cost of fixing the sea walls around the island has reached ?25,000 These
:02:58. > :03:12.emergency repairs began last night. Huge sea swells caused one of these
:03:13. > :03:17.fenders to come loose. They come in at 17 tonnes a piece, and it toppled
:03:18. > :03:22.over 220 degrees and stayed there. We were able to secure it. The
:03:23. > :03:26.series will be was it could have gone all the way over and fallen
:03:27. > :03:29.underneath the ship, which would have been extremely dangerous. And
:03:30. > :03:32.with no other way of getting it to shore, no freight made it onto
:03:33. > :03:35.Jersey today. Shops reported being out of stock of some products this
:03:36. > :03:39.afternoon. But everything should be back to normal by tomorrow. The
:03:40. > :03:41.harbour wasn't the only place where crews were out in force. The
:03:42. > :03:48.coastline here was battered by waves. Roads, homes and shops were
:03:49. > :03:56.flooded. Drains have been unblocked and debris cleared, but the biggest
:03:57. > :04:03.cost has been repairing sea walls. It adds up to a fairly big lump of
:04:04. > :04:07.money, ?25,000 at the moment. But we have got that element in our
:04:08. > :04:10.budget, we anticipate the storms and that level of repair on an annual
:04:11. > :04:13.basis. But the aftermath of the latest storm continues, with the
:04:14. > :04:18.clear`up expected to take another six weeks.
:04:19. > :04:21.It's been revealed that eight men who were arrested in Jersey in
:04:22. > :04:24.connection with alleged child sex abuse were released without charge
:04:25. > :04:28.following an investigation last summer. The men, aged between 17 and
:04:29. > :04:32.20, were arrested in June on charges of grooming and engaging in underage
:04:33. > :04:35.sexual intercourse. 12 alleged victims were identified by police,
:04:36. > :04:39.but charges were dropped after they refused to give evidence against the
:04:40. > :04:42.men. Jersey Police are appealing for
:04:43. > :04:45.information after a major fire at the former Pontins holiday camp at
:04:46. > :04:49.Plemont. Fire`fighters were called to the derelict site on the north
:04:50. > :04:51.coast on Saturday morning. Police believe Saturday's fire was started
:04:52. > :04:56.by someone, but are now investigating whether it was a
:04:57. > :04:59.deliberate act or accidental. The number of young people in Jersey
:05:00. > :05:02.needing hospital treatment after taking so`called legal highs has
:05:03. > :05:07.prompted the health department to update a drugs guide for worried
:05:08. > :05:12.parents. The death of 16`year`old Max Blandin last month has also been
:05:13. > :05:14.linked by his parents to drug use. The updated guide for parents
:05:15. > :05:23.includes information about a drug called magic crystals, which has now
:05:24. > :05:27.been made illegal in Jersey. There is no doubt that the young
:05:28. > :05:30.people of this island are talking about the effect of these
:05:31. > :05:34.substances, most people know somebody who has been harmed by
:05:35. > :05:38.them, and it is a good time for the parents to say, what do you think
:05:39. > :05:42.about this? It is not always an easy subject. It is important to have the
:05:43. > :05:47.open conversation in an unthreatening way.
:05:48. > :05:55.You are watching the BBC. Still to come, more victims of the
:05:56. > :05:58.bad weather. The baby seals separated from their mothers by the
:05:59. > :06:01.storms. Now, this might sound out of this
:06:02. > :06:08.world, but a Guernsey man could be amongst the first people ever to
:06:09. > :06:11.live on Mars. Ben De Jersey`Moore has beaten hundreds of thousands of
:06:12. > :06:15.applicants to make the short list for a one`way space adventure. The
:06:16. > :06:17.privately`funded Mars One project aims to establish a human settlement
:06:18. > :06:33.on the planet in 2025. These are tense and rheumatic moment
:06:34. > :06:37.as the lunar module came in to land. We've made it this far, and made
:06:38. > :06:41.history doing it. This was the moment, as it had never been seen
:06:42. > :06:45.before. But there's another planet mankind's got its sights on. Mars.
:06:46. > :06:48.But a ?4 billion project could see the first people not just land
:06:49. > :06:54.there, but live there. And, this man could be one of them. How does it
:06:55. > :06:59.feel, watching this video, knowing you are closer to going there? It
:07:00. > :07:05.adds to the impact, now I have got to start asking myself how I am
:07:06. > :07:09.going to deal with separation from family and friends and everything I
:07:10. > :07:14.love on earth. I do not dislike home, that is not why I am hoping to
:07:15. > :07:20.leave. It is because I want to go to Mars. Being able to inspire possibly
:07:21. > :07:23.billions of people if I am successful is quite humbling. Out of
:07:24. > :07:27.200,000 applicants, Ben's made it to the short list of 1,000 that could
:07:28. > :07:31.be part of Mars One. The aim of the project is to establish the first
:07:32. > :07:35.colony here by 2023. With 20 people living self`sufficiently. But if Ben
:07:36. > :07:43.makes the cut, he also has to face cutting all ties with home, and the
:07:44. > :07:48.reality it's a one`way ticket. We can send video messages and stuff.
:07:49. > :07:51.It is not like we have died or anything, hopefully! . It is a risky
:07:52. > :07:54.project. A rigorous selection process of medicals and simulation
:07:55. > :07:58.will take another year. When Ben will find out if he's one step
:07:59. > :08:04.closer to his new home, around 40 million miles away.
:08:05. > :08:08.Wrestling has long been popular entertainment in America, but now it
:08:09. > :08:12.seems there's a growing interest in people masking up and getting into
:08:13. > :08:17.the ring right here in the Channel Islands. Set up by a group of
:08:18. > :08:20.friends four years ago, Channel Island Wrestling now perform for
:08:21. > :08:21.hundreds of people. And they're on the lookout for more people to
:08:22. > :08:32.grapple with. It pulls in millions of viewers and
:08:33. > :08:34.billions of dollars in America, and now wrestling entertainment has
:08:35. > :08:41.leapt into the public arena in Jersey.
:08:42. > :08:46.This is one of the first live shows by Channel Island Wrestling. But
:08:47. > :08:49.they've been practicing hard behind closed doors for years. And from
:08:50. > :08:56.small beginnings, they've grown in numbers and skill. I went training
:08:57. > :08:59.in the UK, as there wasn't anything over here after years of looking,
:09:00. > :09:03.nothing over here, I went and trained, came back, spoke to a few
:09:04. > :09:06.friends, we bought a ring and it's gone from there. I trained them,
:09:07. > :09:11.other people have come, we've trained each other, and so on. And
:09:12. > :09:15.it's a labour of love. All 14 members have day jobs, so training
:09:16. > :09:22.here in St Clement takes place after work, under the watchful eye of the
:09:23. > :09:25.parish constable. It's an art form, and takes so much training
:09:26. > :09:28.physically as well as techniques, skills, stamina, and you're trying
:09:29. > :09:30.to be safe when you're doing it, so that's why there's so much training
:09:31. > :09:43.involved. One, two, three! The club is now on
:09:44. > :09:46.the hunt for more male and female members. And the criteria are
:09:47. > :09:53.simple. You must be aged over 16, with a passion for performing.
:09:54. > :09:56.Anyone can bring something. We've got a collection of talents. We're
:09:57. > :10:02.not professionals, we're amateurs. No`one can't help. They may be
:10:03. > :10:06.amateurs, but they pride themselves on offering entertainment,
:10:07. > :10:07.excitement and live action. And with more members, they're hoping to
:10:08. > :10:30.thrill even more crowds next year. We do have some heavy showers for a
:10:31. > :10:37.time this evening, the risk of pale and thunder mixed in. Tomorrow, a
:10:38. > :10:40.dry start. Some bright spells. It clouds over later in the day, rain
:10:41. > :10:48.arrives as we had towards tomorrow evening. For the moment, this
:10:49. > :10:53.intense showery rain. It will clear as we go through the first part of
:10:54. > :10:58.the night. Tomorrow morning, we have a dry start, but this weather system
:10:59. > :11:05.pushes in from the south and west through the day, so it will cloud
:11:06. > :11:10.over. The rain should clear, and on Thursday, a temporary ridge of high
:11:11. > :11:14.pressure. On Friday, another weather front starting to push on from the
:11:15. > :11:19.West. For the moment, intense rain for a time, but it clears fairly
:11:20. > :11:22.quickly. For the rest of the night, it is dry with clear skies. It is
:11:23. > :11:30.not as windy through the night either. For tomorrow morning, some
:11:31. > :11:34.sunshine, a dry and bright start, not too windy through the morning
:11:35. > :11:37.either. For the afternoon, the cloud starts to increase, and we will see
:11:38. > :11:54.a few spots of rain after dark. Out at sea tomorrow, the wind coming
:11:55. > :12:10.from the south or Southeast, mainly fair conditions.
:12:11. > :12:20.Slightly smaller waves for the surface. Cleaner in the shelter. The
:12:21. > :12:25.south or southeasterly breeze. Fairly unsettled conditions, but
:12:26. > :12:30.sunshine, it is looking generally dry as well on Saturday.
:12:31. > :12:50.I am back at 8pm and during the news at 10pm.
:12:51. > :12:57.week's Inside Out. That's here on BBC One on Monday at 7:30pm.
:12:58. > :13:00.Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg has
:13:01. > :13:03.described the cutting of the force's budget next year by a further ?2.5
:13:04. > :13:06.million as disappointing. In 2010, the Government imposed budget cuts
:13:07. > :13:10.of ?51 million up to next year, which has resulted in the loss of
:13:11. > :13:14.400 police officers' jobs and a similar number of civilian posts.
:13:15. > :13:19.The money from these latest cuts will be used to fund major national
:13:20. > :13:26.policing projects. Later in the programme, we'll meet a
:13:27. > :13:30.man preparing for a challenge. Hello, everybody. The new manager of
:13:31. > :13:32.Torquay United says he's confident he'll get them out of the relegation
:13:33. > :13:36.zone. And more victims of the weather `
:13:37. > :13:43.the baby seals separated from their mothers by the storms.
:13:44. > :13:47.An inherited eye condition has resulted in a remarkable reunion for
:13:48. > :13:51.one Torquay man and the mother who gave him up for adoption. Steve
:13:52. > :13:55.Darling was adopted in the Midlands, but decades later, a search for his
:13:56. > :14:00.birth parents ended much closer to home than he expected. Our South
:14:01. > :14:06.Devon reporter John Ayres takes up the story. Back in the 1960s, Pam
:14:07. > :14:10.Johnson was 17 when she gave birth to Steve Darling in Birmingham. She
:14:11. > :14:14.was unmarried and her parents had passed away. She felt giving him up
:14:15. > :14:18.for adoption was her only option. In those days it seemed the normal
:14:19. > :14:23.thing that you gave a baby up for adoption if you weren't married.
:14:24. > :14:27.John, Steve's father, and I were both very young, so I went into an
:14:28. > :14:37.unmarried mothers' home and Steven was adopted. Steve's adoptive mother
:14:38. > :14:44.Penny never hid it from him that he was adopted. The family moved to
:14:45. > :14:48.Torbay in the '70s. 30 years on, Steve had not been looking for his
:14:49. > :14:56.natural mother until a doctor made a comment about an inherited eye
:14:57. > :15:01.condition. He found her here in South Devon. Steve is a councillor
:15:02. > :15:05.on Torbay Council and she was working as a teacher in the board he
:15:06. > :15:09.represents. That was just the start of the coincidences. We realised
:15:10. > :15:13.because she taught at Torquay but lived in Kingsteignton, she used to
:15:14. > :15:20.pass the end of our garden to get to work each day. Steve has also found
:15:21. > :15:21.a half`sister here in Torbay as well as
:15:22. > :15:26.If I hadn't had that tipping point, maybe this wouldn't have happened
:15:27. > :15:30.and I wouldn't have had the positives I am getting out of this
:15:31. > :15:33.now. Since they have all come together, Steve has become firm
:15:34. > :15:36.friends with Pam and his extended family.
:15:37. > :15:39.The new manager of Torquay United has been talking about his plans for
:15:40. > :15:42.the struggling League Two club. Chris Hargreaves knows he's got an
:15:43. > :15:46.uphill battle and the odds are stacked against him, as he takes
:15:47. > :15:53.over as Alan Knill's successor. Dave Gibbins reports from Plainmoor. It
:15:54. > :16:00.was time for a new manager at Torquay United. Chris Hargreaves
:16:01. > :16:06.always wanted to start his managerial career at play more. He
:16:07. > :16:09.is well respected by players and staff after captaining United back
:16:10. > :16:14.into the Football League five years ago when they won a Wembley
:16:15. > :16:17.conference play`off final. It was clear he would eventually find a
:16:18. > :16:24.route back to rejoin the people he knows, including many players. A
:16:25. > :16:32.warm welcome, then. They took a terribly. No, please! I think they
:16:33. > :16:37.took it quite well. I know them, they know me, we had some good times
:16:38. > :16:43.here and they care about the club and don't want to see it go down, so
:16:44. > :16:47.that gives you hunger from within. The 41`year`old leaves his
:16:48. > :16:53.first`team coaching job at Bournemouth to join United. The
:16:54. > :16:57.goals are struggling next to the bottom of the lead and face a
:16:58. > :17:04.possible return to non`league football, so what is his escape
:17:05. > :17:12.plan? I'm going to get onto the training field first and foremost
:17:13. > :17:15.and speak to lots of players about coming in and I will be up for the
:17:16. > :17:21.challenge, and that is the question, are they up for the challenge? His
:17:22. > :17:26.assistant will be Lee Hodges, who used to play for Plymouth Argyle and
:17:27. > :17:30.Torquay before entering as part`time manager for Truro city. After
:17:31. > :17:39.sacking Alan Knill five days ago, the board has gone in the direction
:17:40. > :17:45.of recruiting a young partnership. He has recruited Lee Hodges as his
:17:46. > :17:47.number two who also has managerial experience and that combination of
:17:48. > :17:54.youth and experience is what will work. This is where the new team
:17:55. > :17:59.will be sitting a week on Saturday for their first home game. They
:18:00. > :18:02.start in earnest at Wimbledon this weekend but a week on Saturday it is
:18:03. > :18:08.against a club Chris Greaves also had talks with about becoming their
:18:09. > :18:15.new boss, old Hampton town. How ironic will that be?
:18:16. > :18:21.He looks happy in that the goat. Very at home! `` in that dugout.
:18:22. > :18:24.This week we're hearing about people who've decided or who've had no
:18:25. > :18:27.choice to continue working when they reach retirement age. The South West
:18:28. > :18:31.already has a higher proportion of older workers than the UK average.
:18:32. > :18:32.Greg Wade has been to meet a professor nearing his 70s, who's
:18:33. > :18:50.still hard at work. 68`year`old professor Roy samples is
:18:51. > :18:55.today examining butterfly wings under an electron microscope. A
:18:56. > :19:04.fellow at the Royal Society, he has won many physics awards. I have been
:19:05. > :19:08.here at Exeter since 1972 first as lecturer and then stayed on as
:19:09. > :19:13.senior lecturer. I can't remember the day I got up and the morning and
:19:14. > :19:19.thought, oh, it's work. It has never been like that. Some consider
:19:20. > :19:27.academics Lottie because in their profession experience and knowledge
:19:28. > :19:32.are valued `` lucky. In academics the skills develop as they get up,
:19:33. > :19:38.and that doesn't want to be lost. Just because you reach a certain age
:19:39. > :19:41.doesn't mean you. Giving it, and universities are happy to have you
:19:42. > :19:47.because of your knowledge. It is a resource we do not want to use. That
:19:48. > :19:57.like blues. But even here you have to retire at some point. At some
:19:58. > :20:00.point they will say that I have to think dropped away and am keeping
:20:01. > :20:06.some younger person out of their post. When Roy and eventually
:20:07. > :20:09.retires, he and many in his profession often come back for sheer
:20:10. > :20:11.love of the job. Organisers of a European funded
:20:12. > :20:14.project are calling for more applicants from the South West. The
:20:15. > :20:17.initiative works with young unemployed people. They're given the
:20:18. > :20:20.chance to develop new skills while visiting a foreign country for a
:20:21. > :20:30.month. Johnny Rutherford has been following the story. Something
:20:31. > :20:36.strange has been going on around the beaches of East Cornwall. It is an
:20:37. > :20:42.art project called stargazing at sea. Five unemployed Austrian young
:20:43. > :20:48.people have been on a month's residential artistic course. This is
:20:49. > :20:53.a European funded programme. The idea is to offer young people a
:20:54. > :21:00.first cultural experience to live in another European culture `` country.
:21:01. > :21:04.It is also important to give them professional experience with people
:21:05. > :21:09.who know what to do and a chance for personal development. The students
:21:10. > :21:16.are taken from their normal environment to give them a clean
:21:17. > :21:24.start towards challenges. Here I can make things I like and nobody says
:21:25. > :21:30.it is wrong or right. I can't be myself after this and go my own way.
:21:31. > :21:38.I don't know what to do at home but I think I will get more into it.
:21:39. > :21:41.Projects like this will be available next year for people from the
:21:42. > :21:46.south`west to travel to other parts of Europe are but not many people
:21:47. > :21:53.have taken up the offer even when it is free. It seems Europe is not very
:21:54. > :21:59.popular and tempting to them, and be with invited young people from here
:22:00. > :22:02.to see what is out there, opportunities of culture but also
:22:03. > :22:08.work and life experience. After being cheated by local artists, the
:22:09. > :22:14.Austrians' work is being displayed at a gallery. The chance is to get
:22:15. > :22:18.individuals into the landscape and to engage in it and to spread the
:22:19. > :22:25.word of what it has been like here, so it has been a winner. Not all art
:22:26. > :22:31.lasts for ever, but the young people 's Mike experience certainly well.
:22:32. > :22:34.Returning to the story that's dominated the news for the past few
:22:35. > :22:38.days, the huge storm. The weather and rough seas have also been
:22:39. > :22:40.causing problems for some of our wildlife. The bad weather came
:22:41. > :22:44.during the grey seals' breeding season, and a large number of baby
:22:45. > :22:47.seals have been rescued after being separated from their mothers. David
:22:48. > :22:57.George reports from the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek. Yet and under
:22:58. > :23:00.huge wave crashes ashore. These are some of the biggest waves seen in
:23:01. > :23:06.the south`west over the last few days. The lookout tower is around
:23:07. > :23:08.200 feet above sea level. Hard to believe the grey seals and their
:23:09. > :23:16.pups can be living under that, but they are. Some don't make it. The
:23:17. > :23:21.lucky ones are rescued and end up in a seal sanctuary. It is the pups who
:23:22. > :23:26.were most at risk because they don't know where the best places are. We
:23:27. > :23:31.have had calls about pups in people's Gardens, on the edges of
:23:32. > :23:36.beaches and in harbours, so they are turning up all over the place. They
:23:37. > :23:45.had 25 call outs in the last week, four times the normal number. That
:23:46. > :23:49.is one of our pups. He was rescued on the 7th of January and was quite
:23:50. > :23:54.underweight and had a bit of a temperature, so that is why he came
:23:55. > :24:00.to us and he is doing much better now. This year the baby pups all
:24:01. > :24:07.have a space theme to their names. There is an Armstrong next year ``
:24:08. > :24:14.next door. It is not just seals that have been infected by rough seas. ``
:24:15. > :24:21.affected. Experts say most of our dream life hasn't adapted to deal
:24:22. > :24:26.with these conditions. Experts say the seals will be returned to the
:24:27. > :24:30.wild or as close to where the rebound as possible. Most are ready
:24:31. > :24:41.to go now that they are now waiting for a period of calm weather.
:24:42. > :24:46.Right on cue, wasn't it? Dear little baby seals. Let's hope there is
:24:47. > :24:50.better weather on the way for them. We are not quite out of it yet.
:24:51. > :24:55.Tomorrow we have a dry and bright start for the day but we will see
:24:56. > :25:01.further rain which could be heavy at times, so we have another weather
:25:02. > :25:05.warning from midday tomorrow, but even before tomorrow, tonight
:25:06. > :25:10.eastern parts of the region could see heavy rain, perhaps South East
:25:11. > :25:14.Devon, Dorset, parts of Somerset. Some heavy, thundery rain will move
:25:15. > :25:19.through fairly quickly then some drier weather, then this next system
:25:20. > :25:24.pushes in with some heavy rain tomorrow evening. That clears. There
:25:25. > :25:29.is day, a temporary ridge of high pressure, temporary calm conditions
:25:30. > :25:35.and another weather front on Friday. Today we have seen underage showers
:25:36. > :25:37.and the rest of the day some light showers and sunshine and these winds
:25:38. > :25:42.have been easing through the day, but here is that area of rain that
:25:43. > :25:48.might ring somehow heavy conditions later tonight, a dry picture for all
:25:49. > :25:53.of us with some clear skies and lighter winds. We will be cooler
:25:54. > :25:57.tonight as well, temperatures dropping to five or six degrees
:25:58. > :26:03.inland. Tomorrow a dry and bright start, camp with sunshine that this
:26:04. > :26:10.rain will push in from the south and west into Devon then reaching much
:26:11. > :26:13.of the region by tomorrow evening's rush`hour with rain and these winds
:26:14. > :26:19.increasing tomorrow, but still fairly mild, temperatures up to ten
:26:20. > :26:22.or 11 degrees. For the Isles of Scilly, dry weather in mission eight
:26:23. > :26:27.at that rain will arrive and turn heavy, winds increasing as we go
:26:28. > :26:39.through the day. Times of high water for tomorrow, Falmouth at 1029 and
:26:40. > :26:45.2242, and for the surfers tomorrow there are huge graves finally
:26:46. > :26:50.starting to ease, so for the north coast it could be clean with better
:26:51. > :26:57.waves along the south coast are still quite messy and choppy as
:26:58. > :27:01.these winds increase. Out at sea the south`westerly winds back to wait
:27:02. > :27:06.south or southeasterly towards the end of the day, and some rain at
:27:07. > :27:13.times it at sea, visibility decreasing. The outlook, still a
:27:14. > :27:18.mixture with the weather with heavy rain tomorrow. That clears by
:27:19. > :27:22.Thursday when we're looking at drier and calmer weather, a few showers
:27:23. > :27:27.through the day but also sunshine. Thursday night into Friday could be
:27:28. > :27:34.chilly, a chance of frost in Wirral spots before more rain arrives.
:27:35. > :27:38.Saturday we should have some sunshine but feeling cooler. Lots of
:27:39. > :27:43.pictures of the weather on our Facebook page. We will be back at
:27:44. > :27:53.6:30pm tomorrow. Good night. A tenth of a second
:27:54. > :28:12.could be the difference