:00:00. > :00:07.colder. It could be short lived. That is all from the BBC's
:00:08. > :01:09.Homes lost electricity, traffic lights stopped working and
:01:10. > :01:12.businesses had problems serving customers during a power cut which
:01:13. > :01:16.hit the whole of Jersey and parts of Guernsey today. It's thought
:01:17. > :01:19.lightning storms in Normandy caused the loss of power from the French
:01:20. > :01:26.grid which supplies the Channel Islands. Emma Chambers reports.
:01:27. > :01:31.Hazardous road conditions and businesses unable to trade this
:01:32. > :01:34.morning. And it's all because of this. The purple and red pixels show
:01:35. > :01:38.a thunderstorm moving over the Channel Islands to France. The radar
:01:39. > :01:41.animation stops just at the point a lighting strike hit the French
:01:42. > :01:50.network which supplies us with electricity, causing a power cut
:01:51. > :01:54.across the whole of Jersey. It has happened before. It is quite
:01:55. > :01:59.unusual. We do monitor the weather activity in France. It is prone to
:02:00. > :02:05.thunderstorms in Normandy. It is something we generally look out for.
:02:06. > :02:09.But it is extremely difficult to predict a lightning strike. While
:02:10. > :02:14.all of Jersey lost power for a time, only half of Guernsey electricity
:02:15. > :02:17.customers were affected. If we were fully connected to the French grid,
:02:18. > :02:23.we would have had a complete power cut. But we had generation on the
:02:24. > :02:26.island running at time. Jersey's fire service had an unprecedented
:02:27. > :02:34.number of calls during the black out. We had over 21 calls received.
:02:35. > :02:38.We attended ten of those. Two were automatic fire alarms and eight
:02:39. > :02:45.would lift incidents, people trapped in lifts. We released five people
:02:46. > :02:50.and one dog from the lists. `` from the lifts. Fiona was one of those
:02:51. > :02:53.unlucky enough to get caught in a lift. Luckily, her neighbours were
:02:54. > :02:57.on hand to help her out. A minute earlier or later and we would have
:02:58. > :03:02.been fine. I will not forget it in a hurry. He jogged and the darkness I
:03:03. > :03:08.think will stay with me for a long time. `` the jolt. It comes as
:03:09. > :03:12.Jersey Electricity is carrying out a survey of the sea bed for the third
:03:13. > :03:15.cable between the island and France. But the company says although it
:03:16. > :03:21.would give us more security, it wouldn't have prevented this
:03:22. > :03:25.morning's power cut. An overreliance on the goodwill of
:03:26. > :03:27.staff and a lack of leadership has hampered Guernsey's bowel cancer
:03:28. > :03:31.screening programme. That's according to a report released
:03:32. > :03:35.today. The service has been at the centre of a political row which lead
:03:36. > :03:38.to a vote of no confidence in the health board. Earlier, our reporter
:03:39. > :03:42.Penny Elderfield told me more. There's been a lot of interest in
:03:43. > :03:45.this since it emerged last year Health hadn't spent all of its
:03:46. > :03:47.budget for bowel cancer screening and this latest review's flagged up
:03:48. > :03:50.several problems. Firstly, staffing. Without a permanent team dedicated
:03:51. > :03:54.to the service, there's a reliance on temporary staff and goodwill to
:03:55. > :03:57.keep it going. That actually may have brought down costs, but it s
:03:58. > :04:00.not a long`term solution. It also says a lack of leadership is
:04:01. > :04:06.hampering plans for developing and expanding the programme. So, did the
:04:07. > :04:11.underspend mean people missed out on screening? Apparently not. Take up
:04:12. > :04:15.is as expected, so the department's happy with that side of it. It says
:04:16. > :04:19.the problems come down to the fact it was introduced as a pilot scheme
:04:20. > :04:26.and in some ways is still being run as one. Unfortunately, it was
:04:27. > :04:31.rushed. We know, for example, from the breast screening programme what
:04:32. > :04:33.the proper staffing should be and what the various levels of
:04:34. > :04:38.management should be to deliver a good service. We need to do the same
:04:39. > :04:43.for bowel cancer screening. That is what we aim to do. And we can expect
:04:44. > :04:46.more reports looking to the future. For example, whether more should be
:04:47. > :04:50.targeted and when people should be re`screened. So, will all this fuel
:04:51. > :04:54.debate on the vote of no confidence this week? The focus of that is
:04:55. > :04:57.actually more to do with the Health Minister giving the States
:04:58. > :05:07.misleading information on the screening programme. But it will no
:05:08. > :05:11.doubt give them more to talk about. The deputy viscount of Jersey will
:05:12. > :05:13.be writing to a bicycle pedal manufacturer following the inquest
:05:14. > :05:16.of cyclist Neil Blood. The 42`year`old died from severe chest
:05:17. > :05:19.injuries after he fell from his bike and under a van last summer,
:05:20. > :05:22.according to the inquest. Its chairman, Deputy Viscount Mark
:05:23. > :05:25.Harris, heard that Mr Blood had trouble releasing his shoes from the
:05:26. > :05:28.new clip`less pedals he had bought, meaning he couldn't steady himself
:05:29. > :05:32.before falling. Deputy Viscount Harris wants to make the
:05:33. > :05:35.manufacturer aware of the incident. Guernsey Police are investigating
:05:36. > :05:38.after a man's body was found outside Guernsey Prison. The body was found
:05:39. > :05:41.yesterday morning on the nature trail between the prison and Belle
:05:42. > :05:46.Greve. Police say it's not suspicious, but are asking anyone
:05:47. > :05:50.with information to come forward. Tourism used to be one of the main
:05:51. > :05:56.industries for Guernsey, but visitor numbers have been in a steady
:05:57. > :05:59.decline, down 3% last year alone. The island recently appointed a new
:06:00. > :06:09.director of tourism, but many people are now questioning if the right
:06:10. > :06:12.government department is in control. It's currently in the hands of
:06:13. > :06:15.Commerce and Employment, but today the Culture and Leisure Minister has
:06:16. > :06:18.argued it should come under his remit. Mike Wilkins reports.
:06:19. > :06:21.Davina Sweet has been the owner of this guest house for almost two
:06:22. > :06:24.years, after helping run it for more than a decade. She's tried
:06:25. > :06:27.advertising through the Government's promotional agency Visit Guernsey,
:06:28. > :06:30.but it's had little effect and now most of her business comes from
:06:31. > :06:35.bookings promoted by agencies abroad. Even now, the Guernsey side
:06:36. > :06:43.of advertising is not really that good. The brochure did not work for
:06:44. > :06:48.me at all. It did not reach the market I needed. Now I go with
:06:49. > :06:52.agencies abroad who reach worldwide and it has worked for me. This is
:06:53. > :06:56.why I do not do a lot of advertising in Guernsey anymore and I think it
:06:57. > :06:58.is a shame. The Commerce and Employment Department is responsible
:06:59. > :07:07.for tourism and some Government ministers feel it's done a poor job
:07:08. > :07:12.over recent years. 2008 to 2012 it was completely forgotten. Commerce
:07:13. > :07:16.and employment went a particular way and tourism was neglected big`time.
:07:17. > :07:20.For four years, so much frustration from my department. So, while some
:07:21. > :07:23.feel Guernsey's tourist industry has been neglected, others are convinced
:07:24. > :07:27.things will improve if Government departments work closer together.
:07:28. > :07:33.From an operational perspective it is very important that we roll out
:07:34. > :07:35.robust plans across industry are working closely with culture and
:07:36. > :07:40.leisure for the coming year. That is where my focus is. So, no signs of
:07:41. > :07:43.handing control over to another department just yet. But regardless
:07:44. > :07:46.of who ends up pulling the tourism purse strings, Davina is just hoping
:07:47. > :07:51.they can help bring the tourists back.
:07:52. > :07:55.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight
:07:56. > :07:59.with Natalie and Simon: The charity calling for a ban on the strongest
:08:00. > :08:07.forms of rat poison because it says they are threatening the future of
:08:08. > :08:08.barn owls and kestrels. Stay tuned for that.
:08:09. > :08:11.When newsreels broadcast this footage of the brutal reality of
:08:12. > :08:14.life inside concentration camps it revealed the true extent of the
:08:15. > :08:18.horrors being committed by the Nazi Third Reich. Millions of people were
:08:19. > :08:22.killed during the regime, including Channel Islanders. Three Jewish
:08:23. > :08:25.women from Guernsey died in Auschwitz, while 21 islanders from
:08:26. > :08:28.Jersey also lost their lives in camps. Today is Holocaust Memorial
:08:29. > :08:42.Day and people came together to remember those who died. Jen Smith
:08:43. > :08:46.reports. On behalf of the families of the 21 Jersey victims of the
:08:47. > :08:50.Holocaust... This is the first time Dr Kevin
:08:51. > :08:52.White's been able to pay tribute to his grandfather. The historian has
:08:53. > :08:56.only recently discovered his familiy's connection with the
:08:57. > :09:02.holocaust. We knew roughly that he had died in Germany, but we did not
:09:03. > :09:07.know he was one of the Jersey 2 , that he had stood up in a court and
:09:08. > :09:12.stood up for himself as a patriotically management against the
:09:13. > :09:15.Nazis and had a terribly long sentence. Dr White's grandfather
:09:16. > :09:19.Frederick Page was sent to a prison camp for failing to give up a radio.
:09:20. > :09:25.He's one of Jersey's 21, the men and women who died at the hands of the
:09:26. > :09:29.Nazis. This service remembers them. As if it had never existed, such was
:09:30. > :09:33.the magnitude of the Holocaust. Every year on this day islanders and
:09:34. > :09:37.dignitaries gather at the New North Quay to think about those who died
:09:38. > :09:40.in the concentration camps. These people never lived those natural
:09:41. > :09:45.life spans and the world as a whole, not just the people who lost their
:09:46. > :09:49.lives and their relatives, the world lost the benefit of the lives of
:09:50. > :09:53.these people. The service may be new to Dr White, but his grandfather's
:09:54. > :10:02.long been included in it. It's just now his story has more colour to it.
:10:03. > :10:08.A poignant day there. And a wet and windy day. David is with us now An
:10:09. > :10:10.interesting day weather`wise. Lightning storms in France affecting
:10:11. > :10:22.the weather today. I cannot rule out more heavy showers
:10:23. > :10:27.overnight. Hopefully not too much lightning. Very unsettled and
:10:28. > :10:31.colder. Last week, we could cope quite well because it was relatively
:10:32. > :10:36.mild. This week, temperatures way down. Easterly winds by Wednesday
:10:37. > :10:43.and Thursday, still showery, some sunshine and drier spells that these
:10:44. > :10:51.at times, but turning colder. `` at the start times. Eventually, the low
:10:52. > :10:54.pressure will move out of the way, but drawing in January of low
:10:55. > :11:03.pressure, giving us easterly winds, pulling in cold air from Scandinavia
:11:04. > :11:08.`` drawing in another area of low pressure. We will probably keep the
:11:09. > :11:11.showers overnight. One or two could be heavy. The risk of thunder run
:11:12. > :11:18.flash of lightning. Four or five degrees. Tomorrow, almost the same
:11:19. > :11:23.sort of day. Lines of showers coming and going throughout the day.
:11:24. > :11:27.Briefly, sunshine and between them. Short lived. The showers are quite
:11:28. > :11:31.extensive and they will probably stay until the end of the day.
:11:32. > :11:33.Slightly less windy come the end of the afternoon as the winds
:11:34. > :12:06.eventually back southerly. Here is the outlook. Wednesday a
:12:07. > :12:11.self is colder with the winds from the East `` Wednesday itself. In the
:12:12. > :12:16.afternoon, it becomes drier. Cold into Thursday. Thursday largely fine
:12:17. > :12:22.but also cold. Time to get the thermals out, I
:12:23. > :12:27.think. That is it for now. I am back with your headlines at 8pm. So now,
:12:28. > :12:34.we will hand you over to Simon and Natalie with more from spotlight.
:12:35. > :13:12.The plan was to get rid of rats but this owl has been the latest victim
:13:13. > :13:19.of poison. It fed on a rat which had been baited and now it has lost its
:13:20. > :13:25.life. There blood gets thinner and thinner until they have a
:13:26. > :13:29.haemorrhage and bleed. They bleed through their beak or their bottom
:13:30. > :13:37.end. They are sick for a long period leading up to their death. 30 years
:13:38. > :13:44.ago, 5% of owls had a rat poison in their system and now it is more than
:13:45. > :13:49.80%. They want dating to prevent rats moving to an area band. For
:13:50. > :13:53.poisons to be used as a last resort and for better labelling of poison
:13:54. > :13:59.to make people realise it isn't just rats who will be affected. Rats take
:14:00. > :14:06.a long time today after eating the bait. Some of them are caught by
:14:07. > :14:12.birds of prey and some of them die as a result. The poisons are eaten
:14:13. > :14:16.by wood mice and smaller mammals and some of those are eaten by
:14:17. > :14:20.predators. There is two roots of contamination. Darren Smith is
:14:21. > :14:25.dealing with a growing number of rats. The heavy rain has flushed
:14:26. > :14:30.many of them off. He says you need to cut off their food supply and
:14:31. > :14:40.find out where they are living. It is very hard to trap and adult rat.
:14:41. > :14:45.If you put a snap trap down, they are unlikely to go into that. Dead
:14:46. > :14:51.rats should be buried 18 inches underground to stop passing ``
:14:52. > :14:54.poison harming other creatures. South West`based airline Flybe says
:14:55. > :14:57.it will start a new route from Newquay airport which was previously
:14:58. > :15:01.run by Easyjet. Flybe says the flights from Cornwall to Southend
:15:02. > :15:04.will operate three times a week from May to September. The airline
:15:05. > :15:08.already flies from Newquay to Gatwick but says that will stop if
:15:09. > :15:10.the government doesn't agree to subsidise it.
:15:11. > :15:14.New figures show the south west coast path generates millions of
:15:15. > :15:21.pounds towards the local economy. In 2012, 630 miles of the region's
:15:22. > :15:24.coastline brought in ?436 million. You can find out more about that in
:15:25. > :15:29.BBC Radio Devon's breakfast programme tomorrow from 6.30.
:15:30. > :15:34.For the first time since 1986, a new leader of thousands of Catholics
:15:35. > :15:37.across the South West will be ordained at Plymouth Cathedral.
:15:38. > :15:39.Tomorrow's ceremony in which Mark O'Toole will officially succeed
:15:40. > :15:43.Christopher Budd after nearly 30 years will be attended by the past
:15:44. > :15:54.and present heads of the catholic church in England and Wales.
:15:55. > :15:58.Plymouth may help the cathedral but tomorrow this man would lead to
:15:59. > :16:05.Catholics not only in Devon but in Cornwall, Dorset and the Isles of
:16:06. > :16:09.Scilly also. The cathedral for Catholics is the heart of the life
:16:10. > :16:15.of faith. The place where I will be celebrating a lot of the services of
:16:16. > :16:22.the community. As preparations are made, I asked Mark about the days
:16:23. > :16:29.after the ceremony when the work to appeal to people who have moved away
:16:30. > :16:35.from the church begins. We have been bolstered by the migrant communities
:16:36. > :16:42.and the Philippines. We want to reach out to those who were once
:16:43. > :16:45.Catholic and now the message no longer resonates. We have to meet
:16:46. > :16:58.people where they are. That is one of the things that Pope Francis
:16:59. > :17:09.talks about. We have to be willing to take risks. How are you going to
:17:10. > :17:14.get in amongst people? One is a thing called night Fever which I
:17:15. > :17:20.have seen work in other cities. You simply open the church on a Friday
:17:21. > :17:27.night and you go out onto the streets and invite anybody who might
:17:28. > :17:33.be going out for the night. Will you do that in Plymouth? They are
:17:34. > :17:37.invited to come in and light a candle and think about people who
:17:38. > :17:45.are important in their lives. These are the new people the Bishop is
:17:46. > :17:52.wanting to reach out to. Once you grow up, you stop. I don't go
:17:53. > :18:05.preaching the Bible to everyone, I have just read it. Did you ever go
:18:06. > :18:08.to church? I did, yes. Why not now? Time.
:18:09. > :18:13.Around 100 families have been welcoming home the crew of HMS
:18:14. > :18:16.Talent which has returned to its home base of Devonport. The nuclear
:18:17. > :18:20.submarine has been on deployment in the Mediterranean and the Gulf for
:18:21. > :18:28.the last five months. Spotlight's John Ayres was there to see her
:18:29. > :18:32.homecoming. The families lined the quayside to give their loved ones a
:18:33. > :18:36.warm welcome. The Plymouth weather wasn't that welcoming. Many of them
:18:37. > :18:48.had to take shelter in a dockyard cafe as they waited. When the crew
:18:49. > :18:54.were able to come to shore, it was that special moment. I wanted to
:18:55. > :19:05.come back for Christmas but I couldn't. Hopefully I will get time
:19:06. > :19:14.at home now. How do you feel? It is great. Glad to have him home with
:19:15. > :19:17.us. Long periods under the sea coupled with the military
:19:18. > :19:21.sensitivities around their work means they can often go sometime
:19:22. > :19:26.without being able to communicate with friends and family. We get
:19:27. > :19:31.e`mails once a week maybe but it depends where we are at and what we
:19:32. > :19:36.are doing. It can be understand that they understand. That lack of
:19:37. > :19:41.day`to`day communication can be tough and for the younger sailors,
:19:42. > :19:51.back home they are used to constant contact. They have to commit a lot
:19:52. > :19:57.to the Royal Navy. Their families commit and we couldn't do their job
:19:58. > :20:05.without them. Our families play a vital part in this. For now, this
:20:06. > :20:10.areas are having that special time with their families. To the sport
:20:11. > :20:13.now and Yeovil Town's 2`0 FA Cup exit at Premier League Southampton
:20:14. > :20:16.was maybe a little harsh, but now they have to concentrate solely on
:20:17. > :20:19.staying in the Championship, starting at Derby County tomorrow
:20:20. > :20:21.night. They gave away a needless penalty when Jamie McAllister
:20:22. > :20:25.handled unnecessarily from a corner to give the Saints the lead from the
:20:26. > :20:32.penalty spot. They scored what proved to be the decisive goal 20
:20:33. > :20:41.minutes from the end. Always proud of our club. I am sure
:20:42. > :20:47.the directors were proud of their club. We have to go to Derby and put
:20:48. > :20:49.on that first half performance of two halves. Exeter City's dramatic
:20:50. > :20:52.slide down League Two continues following a 2`1 reverse at AFC
:20:53. > :20:56.Wimbledon. City actually led in South London after only four minutes
:20:57. > :20:59.through an own goal, but the Dons turned that round to send Exeter
:21:00. > :21:04.down to 16th and to their fifth defeat in six games.
:21:05. > :21:07.At Home Park, Plymouth Argyle had to thank Luke Young's late free`kick
:21:08. > :21:10.which earned them a point in a 1`1 draw with Cheltenham Town and the
:21:11. > :21:17.honeymoon is over for Torquay United's Chris Hargreaves. Oxford
:21:18. > :21:20.beat them by a single goal at the Kassam Stadium to ruin his second
:21:21. > :21:24.match as manager. They remain next`to`the`bottom of the table.
:21:25. > :21:27.Exeter Chiefs can still qualify for the semi`finals of rugby's
:21:28. > :21:32.Anglo`Welsh Cup after their 36`22 win over Ospreys at Sandy Park. They
:21:33. > :21:35.out`scored the Welsh side by five tries to four, including two from
:21:36. > :21:40.England under`20 hooker Luke Cowan`Dickie. If pool leaders Sale
:21:41. > :21:43.Sharks fail to pick up a bonus point win at Ospreys on Friday night, and
:21:44. > :21:49.the Chiefs manage to record one at Worcester the day after, they'll go
:21:50. > :21:52.through. The Cornish Pirates head coach Ian
:21:53. > :21:56.Davies has been promoted to Director of Rugby. Davies, who's 40, has
:21:57. > :22:00.developed the Pirates into a strong Championship team which is currently
:22:01. > :22:03.lying sixth in the table. Meanwhile, the Pirates have been drawn against
:22:04. > :22:06.Pontypridd at home in the quarterfinals of the British and
:22:07. > :22:10.Irish Cup. Plymouth Albion face a tough away tie at Leeds.
:22:11. > :22:13.Truro Golf Club's Sarah`Jane Boyd represents England this week in the
:22:14. > :22:17.Portuguese International Ladies' Amateur Championship. The
:22:18. > :22:21.22`year`old reigning English amateur champion also hopes to make her mark
:22:22. > :22:24.in the Nations' Cup, which is part of the event. It starts on Wednesday
:22:25. > :22:33.and goes through until Saturday. Now, an urgent plea's going out to
:22:34. > :22:43.the people of the South West tonight for...wait for it...metronomes! If
:22:44. > :22:46.you're musical you'll know what that is, but if not, it's a device
:22:47. > :22:50.musicians can use to keep their timing accurate. Well a group in
:22:51. > :22:53.Totnes needs 100 of them by Friday, where they won't be helping with the
:22:54. > :22:54.music but making it instead. Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby has the
:22:55. > :23:07.story. Practising for the pub. It might not
:23:08. > :23:11.sounds like pub music that this is a new thing. We are trying to make
:23:12. > :23:18.classical music happen in a place other than expensive concert halls.
:23:19. > :23:22.Not everyone can get there. Not everyone can afford it. We really
:23:23. > :23:26.think this music has a life outside of the concert hall. There is that
:23:27. > :23:38.implication that it is a little bit unbuttoned. This is how the night
:23:39. > :23:44.will start. The sound of just seven metronomes but on Friday night, they
:23:45. > :23:47.are hoping to have 100. Imagine sitting with your point and you set
:23:48. > :23:59.them off and listen to these crazy metronomes going. Is this musical? I
:24:00. > :24:05.think it is, yes. I am finding the way they are coming in and out of
:24:06. > :24:10.being in line with each other, the sound. At times it can sound like an
:24:11. > :24:14.army marching and then as if they are marching out of sync with each
:24:15. > :24:21.other. There they are coming back into sync with each other. There
:24:22. > :24:30.will be a whole range of music played. I don't know what to say
:24:31. > :24:32.about that. Time now for the weather forecast. There is a couple of
:24:33. > :24:43.weather warnings on the way. Good evening to you. We have more
:24:44. > :24:47.rain in the forecast, mainly in the form of some heavy showers. Every
:24:48. > :24:52.time the shower turns up, the rainfall adds up over the space of a
:24:53. > :24:58.day. It is showery this week and much colder and breezy. Late in the
:24:59. > :25:01.week, those wins will drop. For tonight and tomorrow, we still have
:25:02. > :25:05.weather warnings of further rain in the form of those heavy showers.
:25:06. > :25:11.They keep on coming and they won't die away overnight. They would be
:25:12. > :25:17.around for much of the day tomorrow. There is an area of low pressure and
:25:18. > :25:21.the main line of cloud is gradually moving southwards over the next 24
:25:22. > :25:24.hours. It will lie over us by the middle of the day tomorrow. We will
:25:25. > :25:34.see plenty of showers associated with that. We draw in easterly winds
:25:35. > :25:42.but there is colder air heading our way. You can see how these strands
:25:43. > :25:53.of rain have peppered the region. Our cameraman got the glimpse of
:25:54. > :25:56.that weather. Every now and then we did get some sunshine today. We will
:25:57. > :26:00.have a similar weather pattern tonight. We have clear skies and
:26:01. > :26:08.they will drop the temperatures later on tonight. We have some
:26:09. > :26:15.lovely glimpses of cloud on the back end of the day. We have one or two
:26:16. > :26:23.showers with us and one or two of them can be heavy. Overnight
:26:24. > :26:27.temperatures dipping to three Celsius. Probably not quite as cold
:26:28. > :26:33.as last night but still cold enough in a few places for a touch of
:26:34. > :26:37.frost. A windy day tomorrow. The showers are coming and going through
:26:38. > :26:42.to the afternoon. Becoming more isolated the further west you are.
:26:43. > :26:46.Temperatures around eight Celsius. With the wind chill, it will feel
:26:47. > :26:50.colder than that. For the Isles of Scilly, we will have showers in the
:26:51. > :26:54.morning but it will improve in the afternoon. It is a blustery day here
:26:55. > :27:30.along the rest of our coastline. Plenty of showers are dotted around
:27:31. > :27:36.and we have showers on Wednesday. Feeling colder on Thursday.
:27:37. > :27:42.That is it. Natalie will be back with the late news at 1020 5p.
:27:43. > :27:48.Goodbye. `` 10:25pm.