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into Friday morning and enhance the risk of flooding. That is all from

us, Both face of government, lending

their support to industry, and helping to promote the message. And

we have some severe weather around tonight. The wind is whipping up the

seas, there is high risk of coastal flooding. And I will have all the

details later in the programme. Jersey's tourism industry needs more

Government representation That's the feelings of a

local travel company. They believe more promotion is

given to the finance sector than their own just days after the

island's Treasury Minister returned What can you find? Places to

unwind, places to explore. A fresh advert for 2014 showing

the island in all its glory. But it's in the cold months,

like today when the beaches are empty, that news of another visit

by a Jersey minister to a finance event in London doesn't go down well

with local travel companies. Robert wants the tourism industry

to receive the same government representation he says the finance

industry is getting Channel Islands Day`to`day management is down to

ourselves and other partners in the industry. What I am talking about is

the visible face of government coming along to exhibitions and

trade shows. Lending their support to the industry and that reinforces

the messages we are trying to put across. Finance does get a lot of

impact and promotion, quite rightly so. Finance and tourism sections are

interlinked. One cannot survive without the other. The hospitality

sector needs a stronger voice. They need to ask for help. We will attend

conferences, we will support them in any way we possibly can, we need

directions from where they need help.

So is the island being sold well enough to those in the UK?

We asked people in Hull today if they'd ever consider

Never been there personally. Probably, if I ever got the

opportunity. Not too fast. I would! So, mixed reaction in

visiting our shoreline. But in a better light there are

suggestions UK tourism is up by nearly 4%, and hopefully Jersey

can ride off the back of that wave. Meanwhile, A London university is

arranging a trip to Jersey for the first time, so its students

can learn about tourism. 35 people studying

Tourism Management at Greenwich University Business School

will visit the island in March. I spoke to their lecturer,

James Kennell, earlier, from our London newsroom, and I asked him

what the benefit of this visit was. We are bringing 35 students across

from Jersey for four days, to try and find out the different things

that are going on for the tourism, there are things like food tourism,

heritage tourism, sports tourism. Jersey has got rich heritage as a

tourism destination, but it has developed all these different kinds

of products. It is fascinating for the students to see how it all holds

together. How important is tourism for somewhere like Jersey? Tourism

is vital for the economy. Tourism makes a massive contribution in

terms of creating jobs, bringing landing to use previously used by

agriculture. Importantly, bringing the identity of the islands

together, bringing parts of the islands together, bringing a story

to tell to the outside world. What can governments do to promote

tourism? What examples have you been teaching? It is really important on

a small islands that government takes quite an active role in

promoting tourism. If you look at the countries that have succeeded

the most in attracting tourism, are the ones where governments have got

involved in tax breaks, training, marketing and things like that.

what the benefit of this visit was. More flooding and storm force winds

are expected for the Channel Islands tonight, with gusts of up to 70

miles an hour predicted. Jersey's Met Office

has issued its highest level storm warning and is advising people to

stay indoors where possible. Tonight Condor have announced it's

passenger and freight services are cancelled tomorrow, Aurigny have

suspended flights to and from Alderney because of gales and the

storm gate at Jersey's Elizabeth Marina has been raised because

of high tides and strong winds. This Sewall looked very different

yesterday, this was swamped by a wave that crashed over the roof of

their shared. This wave came in my direction, straight through the open

door, the open window. And across the little sitting`room, where we

are now, which is in the lower part of the house.

In Guernsey, the busy east coast roads were open again today

after yesterday's flooding but parts of the west coast are still

impassable. Depending on what happens with

tomorrow morning tide, this is a new flood warning out for tomorrow, we

could be out to square one. impassable.

And the problems aren't just on land ` Condor has cancelled sailings of

the Commodore Clipper and Goodwill freight and passenger ferries

because of predictions of waves over eight metres, and winds of over

fifty knots. And there could be more bad weather to come:

Looking at the forecast over the next ten days, we are still seeing a

similar pattern, with further lows and more windy weather. I think that

is going to persist into next week. Islanders are being advised to stay

indoors tonight, those honourable to flooding will hope the authorities

have done enough. A new five year agreement has been

signed between Jersey's Government and Condor Ferries.The States had

intended to tender for the service along with Guernsey but

is now allowing Condor to continue to provide ferry and freight

services to the Channel Islands Better training

and education could improve mental health services in the island

according to Mind, Jersey. The charity has been giving

evidence to the Health, Social Security and Housing scrutiny panel.

It would like to see greater support for parents of children

with mental health issues, and more focus on early intervention.

I think there is always more that can be done, and they always do

their best they can. We need to get to people sooner rather than later,

work with them early on, and hopefully they can move on.

Alderney's Gambling Commission is taking steps to combat illegal

The AGCC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the

International Olympics Committee to alert each other to suspicious

The island is a hub for online gambling companies.

The games in Sochi in Russia get underway

Guernsey is looking to spend tens of thousands of pounds to protect

one of its most important brand ambassadors, the cow.

The island's stud farm collects semen from young bulls to help

protect the dwindling stock of the Guernsey breed.

In order to preserve the product, they use liquid nitrogen

and now their existing machine is well past its use by date,

Here we go, the pride of Guernsey, one of the best pedigree bulls there

is at the start farm. And just over here we have got the State

agricultural advisor. Just some how important these balls actually are?

They are essential for development in Guernsey. It is becoming a rare

breed, not quite that, but in endangered breed worldwide. What

happens? When the balls are 15 months of age, there seem and is

carried from them and stored in liquid nitrogen, and can be stored

for many years almost indefinitely. That is until it is required. Can we

have a look at the liquid nitrogen plant? Absolutely. Through here

This is the existing plant, made in 1970, so it is over 40 years old,

and this produces all of the liquid nitrogen that we have needed in the

past. But, of course, the problem now is that it is obsolete, we can't

get the parts for it and servicing is extremely expensive. I think a

lot of people will be extremely surprised to hear that liquid

nitrogen is being made here. Why is that? Because it is so expensive to

import, it is a dangerous commodity. It is very expensive to ship into

the island, very small quantities, we are only using a few litres at a

time. We needed constantly for the service, but there is a need for the

island for medical use, so we are supplying that as well at the

present time. Thank you very much. The liquid nitrogen is made here and

it feels an array of services. Time to return to the weather. We are all

battening down the hatches for more storm force winds and tides, tell us

what it is going to be like? That is pretty good advice. The advice we

heard from quite a few people is to batten down the hatches and stay

inside if you don't need to go out. I don't think ferries should be

operating in the kind of weather we have got. Very high waves, 20 feet

tall, all whipped up by the strength of win. It will be a problem for

much of the day tomorrow. Severe gale force winds, showers and

generally feeling cold because of the showers. The strength of wind

picking this evening overnight, but returning to dawn, 60 mph gusts

that is the meeting we returning to dawn, 60 mph gusts

that is the meeting we have got the highest warning. You can find more

about those warnings, or you can stay tuned to the radio for further

updates if it is causing problems first thing tomorrow morning. This

is the culprit, a really deep area of low pressure. It moves away from

us later tonight, but I noticed there is a squeeze in the isobars in

the English Channel. After that the wind eases, but they will be more to

come as a low pressure area comes from the south. The rain will clear

later on tonight, it will then be replaced by showers, but of some

those will be quite angry later on in to tonight. For much of the day

tomorrow, quite cloudy tomorrow with quite frequent showers, perhaps

brighter weather tomorrow, but we keep the showers coming through to

the end of the day. Nine degrees will be the top temperature but will

feel a lot colder than that because of the strength of wind. Even after

that, we have wind gusting at 6 mph, possibly. There is the coastal

forecast. Showers, mainly with good visibility, but possibly storm Force

ten tonight. If you are heading to the beach, ten feet high waves.

There will be updates throughout the evening about that weather.

helpline, which in some areas has led to more pressure on Ambulance

Services. Our Health Correspondent, Sally Mountjoy, reports.

Red`1 calls are the most serious ambulance call`outs, for heart

attacks and other life`threatening emergencies. National targets

dictate 75% of these calls should be attended within eight minutes.

However, figures we have seen show the Southwest Ambulance Services

have been falling short in Cornwall and Somerset. The service says only

a small number of calls are in the Red`1 category and they are working

hard to improve response times, including training up more local

community responders. Hello, NHS 111, Liam speaking.

Today has seen the launch in Cornwall of NHS 111, the helpline

number for those needing emergency medical help. `` urgent but not

emergency medical help. In some areas, the switch`on has led to a

significant increase of ambulance call`outs. The service says because

it is operating both 999 and 111 services for their county, the new

service should ease pressure on blue light vehicles.

What we're hoping for the public is when they get the launch of 111,

there is an alternative to 999. This should reduce the numbers calling

the 999 service. So it will make it easier in the

long term to meet those Red`1 targets?

Yes, our demand will come down and we can release our resources to the

high priority patients that we need to.

The 111 service was delayed last April because of concerns it would

put extra strain on already hard`pressed emergency services. NHS

commissioners will be keeping a close eye on its impact.

We will be watching all the calls to 999 and the amount of people

referred to the emergency department. We will be monitoring

and taking effect on the results of the 111 service.

The South Western Ambulance Service already operates a 111 line for

Dorset, Somerset and Devon. Initially, there were some delays in

answering calls, especially at peak times. Today though, for all three

counties, more than 95% of calls are answered within a minute. There is

hope that Cornwall will benefit from being one of the last areas

nationwide to launch the helpline. And it really can relieve pressure

on the health service rather than add to it.

A mother and her son are campaigning for better services for people

affected by eating disorders. It follows figures that reveal the

South West has the highest rates for conditions such as anorexia and

bulimia in the country. Jenny Kumah reports.

This boy is a recovering anorexic but five years ago he ended up in

hospital. I got to the point where I was `` my

body was yellow. My heart started to have a shrinkage because my body had

no fat so it was eating the muscles and started with my heart.

His mother felt she didn't have the skills to care for him when he was

discharged. She has been campaigning or better support services. ,

it was just a few years ago now and we thank that services for younger

men with eating disorders are very rarely heard. So hopefully we set

the mark with other young men around the country.

The latest figures show there have been more than 400 hospital

admissions in the region. More people are now aware of eating

disorders so might be coming forward for help and that is a good thing.

But if they need to be in hospital, maybe they have been waiting too

long to get the treatment should have getting sooner.

The NHS says provide help across the region including a specialist

inpatient unit in Exeter. But conditions like anorexia and bulimia

are complicated and people can find it hard to ask for help.

Now, have you ever wondered how the stunning aerial shots are achieved

on television programmes such as Top Gear, wildlife documentaries or

movies? Well, increasingly, they are filmed

by a camera on board a remote`controlled helicopter and two

Plymouth`based pioneers of the art are about to be honoured for their

work. Phil George and Gifford Hooper are to receive an Academy Award in

Los Angeles. They've created a mini`helicopter which gets into

places that life`size helicopters pilots can only dream of and Phil

and Gifford are with us now. How did this helicopter get developed?

It was just a hobby, putting cameras on model aeroplanes. It progressed

to helicopters which are more dynamic and can move in more

distances. Originally the camera was just fixed so it was just the point

of view of the pilot. But then we had a moving camera, so one person

operating the helicopter and one person operating the camera.

We have got one of them in the studio. How has it evolved?

It is the same principle. You have got a gyro and a camera on the

front. You got the engine pack on the back. It flies just like a

helicopter but is more agile. What sort of programmes and films

have you worked on? Originally it was used on the

Strangeways prison riots and went live.

How nerve`wracking? It was. It had a big Cas camera in

the front. That is how it all started.

This award you are about to receive, it is the technical equivalent of an

Oscar. That's incredible. Yes for the people

behind`the`scenes. I think they gave it to us because we're older and we

been doing it for so long. You must be chuffed.

It has been a hard slog. These aerial shots are becoming more

prevalent in films but what problems do you face in taking them?

Assuming you have got good weather and daylight, and the director

almost all was once good light, so that is not a major issue, the main

thing is not to fly its too far away because it won't come back away.

What sort of range has it? If it is in manual mode, 200 metres.

But it does have autopilot features so it can go all 400 metres then

come back and land. You are really pleased to be talking

about helicopters, it you? I could talk about it all day!

I keep coming in. Congratulations to them. Back to our

main news tonight and lots of reports coming in about major

disruption across the region because of the weather.

It is horrendous out there. Really bad across Cornwall. Lots of trees

and power cables down, too many to tell you about. The police have

tweeted that part of the roof has come of a hotel in Newquay. More

than 400 homes without power in Penzance and many other places are

reporting losses of power. We have had gusts of 90 mph across the Isles

of Scilly and 82 mph across Cornwall. We are expecting the

warning to be upgraded to a severe weather warning. Do is stay

up`to`date by logging onto the BBC website and BBC Radio Kent and what

will be near from 7pm with all the latest.

Are we in the worst of it at the moment or is there more to come?

It is just about Peking. That core strength of the wind is now moving

into parts of Devon but the winds are dropping gradually. We are still

talking damaging gusts of wind is occasionally up to 80 miles per

hour. We can even hear it on the roof of

the studio. We don't normally see it rumbling from here so that indicates

how bad it is. The rain band is moving quite fast

but it will pick up again in the morning.

How is it looking for the next few days?

Not particularly good. The rain band is moving quite fast so that is

perhaps some good news but severe gale force winds tonight, heavy rain

and the risk of flooding. There are flood warnings and, as Janine has

just highlighted, a flood warning to be issued for tomorrow morning. The

wind is coming race across the south`west, 60`80 mph gusts. This is

the culprit, this great swirl of cloud. This area of low pressure

will move a bit more towards us then gradually move northwards. Towards

the end of the day tomorrow and winds will gradually drop. As we

move into Thursday, the winds drop. This new area of low pressure has an

uncertain track on it. There could be lots of wet weather associated

with that. This swirl of cloud and the wind and rain is to the South

West of Ireland tonight. The main band of rain travels far northwards

but what replaces that are all these blustery showers. Here is that band

of rain, moving quite swiftly overnight. Every now and then, when

one of those showers turns up, the wind picks up again. It will be a

cold and windy start to the day tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, the

showers are quite frequent. Perhaps a bit more isolated in the

afternoon. Each time one of the showers arrives it adds to already

saturated land. Stormy conditions across the Isles of Scilly that we

saw today won't be repeated tomorrow but there will still be gale force

winds and showers. There is the potential for a severe

flood warning to be issued tomorrow. You can go to the Environment

Agency's website or call their phone number. And stay tuned to BBC Radio

Kent and will and BBC Radio Devon and Dorset to find more information.

Look at some of those waves tomorrow. Dangerous conditions. Be

careful. There is a very serious situation

developing tonight and BBC Radio one will be staying on earth to