:00:00. > :00:12.you. That is all from
:00:13. > :01:14.Tonight the strike is off. Condor Ferries crew will sail the Condor
:01:15. > :01:18.Rapide from St Malo tomorrow morning ` two weeks after workers walked
:01:19. > :01:22.out. The strike's cost the company at least half a million pounds, and
:01:23. > :01:29.caused disruption to passengers and businesses across the islands. We'll
:01:30. > :01:32.hear from the head of Condor James Fulford shortly but before that Jen
:01:33. > :01:36.Smith reports on a fortnight of industrial action.
:01:37. > :01:44.13 days, more than half a million pounds, and scores of cancelled
:01:45. > :01:47.services later. The strike is over. Condor's French sailors first walked
:01:48. > :01:52.out on February the 6th in a row over workers rights. They wanted to
:01:53. > :01:57.be on French contracts with the benefits those entail. That's not
:01:58. > :02:03.happened, but Condor says they've made compromises. Condor won't
:02:04. > :02:08.reveal specific information about individual contracts. But the Chief
:02:09. > :02:11.Executive has revealed the company has agreed to many of the worker's
:02:12. > :02:13.demands for better benefits` including improved medical
:02:14. > :02:17.insurance, accidental insurance and improved training programmes. Condor
:02:18. > :02:21.also remains open to discussions about re`registering the vessel
:02:22. > :02:25.under a French flag. It's not just condor that's been left out of
:02:26. > :02:29.pocket. The strike has cost some businesses thousands of pounds, and
:02:30. > :02:37.left others stranded in France. Geoff Spencer Tucker told the BBC
:02:38. > :02:44.his ski business has lost out. We had 26 people that were due to go to
:02:45. > :02:51.the Pyrenees for a weekend trip Obviously we could not go. Lots of
:02:52. > :02:56.people were disappointed, myself included. Some were able to read
:02:57. > :03:03.book. Some, unfortunately could not, because of family or work
:03:04. > :03:05.commitments. `` re`book. The Channel Island governments
:03:06. > :03:08.recently renewed Condor's contract to provide ferry services to the
:03:09. > :03:10.islands. There's five years left to run on the existing agreement, and
:03:11. > :03:13.Jersey's Economic Development Minister Senator Alan Maclean admits
:03:14. > :03:19.he can't guarantee such strike action won't happen again. We have
:03:20. > :03:26.to make sure that we are not held hostage the way we have been over
:03:27. > :03:35.this particular situation. Any areas which take that risk away, we need
:03:36. > :03:40.to consider. We will make strong demands of Condor to deliver.
:03:41. > :03:44.Condor hopes the Rapide will sail from St Malo tomorrow morning. But
:03:45. > :03:53.two weeks of disruption won't be easily forgotten.
:03:54. > :03:56.James Fulford is the CEO of Condor Ferries, I spoke to him from our
:03:57. > :03:59.Southampton newsroom a short while ago and asked him for more
:04:00. > :04:04.information on the contracts agreed with the French and what concessions
:04:05. > :04:13.had been made. All of our crews get the same contracts. They are with a
:04:14. > :04:19.Guernsey `based employer and get Guernsey contract. But in the UK you
:04:20. > :04:24.expect certain benefits from the government, like, for example, the
:04:25. > :04:29.National Health Service. In France that does not happen, so we put
:04:30. > :04:36.together and a la carte sort of health benefits to match what our UK
:04:37. > :04:44.crews expect to get. So all contracts are the same? In terms of
:04:45. > :04:49.pay, yes, but we have spotted a gap for our French employees. We have
:04:50. > :04:55.enabled them to have some private medical insurance that British crews
:04:56. > :04:59.would not need, because of the NHS. They are proud guys and would not
:05:00. > :05:02.have done this lightly. And I don't think they will do it again now that
:05:03. > :05:10.we are working much better with them. Did the company get it wrong
:05:11. > :05:15.with the French workers? To some extent we could have done better.
:05:16. > :05:21.Nobody has won the of this. It has been really difficult for the crew,
:05:22. > :05:25.the company, and the Islanders. I would not describe it as you did,
:05:26. > :05:33.but like anything, there are ways of working better, more effect of the.
:05:34. > :05:41.`` effectively. Businesses have lost out as a result. Will your company
:05:42. > :05:45.offer them compensation? I would not go that far. Looking at most
:05:46. > :05:54.insurance policies this is an action which was, if you like, we were
:05:55. > :06:00.notified. `` not notified. It was unforeseen. Looking backwards, there
:06:01. > :06:03.may have been things we could have done better, but that is very
:06:04. > :06:07.different to sing we should be held up for that. That would be an
:06:08. > :06:11.opportunistic approach. Well, the end of one strike there in
:06:12. > :06:14.France, but in Jersey there's been a 70% increase in workplace disputes
:06:15. > :06:16.involving groups of employees according to the island's mediation
:06:17. > :06:19.service. Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service, known as JACS,
:06:20. > :06:23.saw 250 cases of collective disputes last year. It's putting that down to
:06:24. > :06:25.changes in worker's pay and conditions. Earlier David
:06:26. > :06:35.Witherington from Jacs explained what those changes are.
:06:36. > :06:39.During the worst of the economic Times lots of restructuring for
:06:40. > :06:56.businesses, but London says, different working hours, times,
:06:57. > :06:59.patterns six , et. `` redundancies. It is mostly unions. There are some
:07:00. > :07:08.staff associations, but mostly unions. How do we compare with the
:07:09. > :07:14.UK? It is not dissimilar. Guernsey appears to have a different view.
:07:15. > :07:20.They do not have the major issues we have had. What are the other
:07:21. > :07:27.workplace issues people come to you with? Performance and management.
:07:28. > :07:31.Because people employ less staff they expect more from the staff they
:07:32. > :07:35.have and manage them more closely. That kind of firm management can
:07:36. > :07:43.create problems, people feel it upon and bullied. What does the landscape
:07:44. > :07:49.look like to you for the year ahead? Easier than in the last two years.
:07:50. > :08:00.More people are employing staff we are seeing less redundancies. There
:08:01. > :08:02.are still some reorganisation to go. Introduction of things like
:08:03. > :08:09.discrimination law, paternity benefits, etc, that will be largely
:08:10. > :08:12.different for Jersey. Staying with employment issues, and
:08:13. > :08:15.Army reservists will have to wait until 2015 to get job protection,
:08:16. > :08:18.according to Jersey's social security minister. The island's 70
:08:19. > :08:21.reservists currently rely on the goodwill of employers to keep them
:08:22. > :08:25.in their jobs while they are serving with the British Army. The unit has
:08:26. > :08:33.previously warned that the lack of protection was undermining
:08:34. > :08:36.recruitment efforts. Guernsey police have this evening
:08:37. > :08:42.released the name of the man whose body was found on Monday lunchtime,
:08:43. > :08:48.75`year`old, Brian Kendrick, identified today. The case is being
:08:49. > :08:54.treated as suspicious and enquiries are ongoing. Because of death is
:08:55. > :09:00.unknown at this stage. # the cause of death.
:09:01. > :09:03.Upsetting pictures now. Hundreds of dead sea birds have been found on
:09:04. > :09:07.Jerseys beaches because of the recent storms. Over 450 have been
:09:08. > :09:11.found in the last two to three weeks. The birds are of various
:09:12. > :09:14.species including Puffins, razorbills, guillemots and local
:09:15. > :09:17.european shacks ` which are already in decline. A survey is being
:09:18. > :09:20.carried out across the Channel Islands to document how many birds
:09:21. > :09:27.have been affected by the severe weather. If any member of the public
:09:28. > :09:35.wants to help, we ask, take a picture so that we get help identify
:09:36. > :09:43.the species. Then dispose of it You can report it, we collect all the
:09:44. > :09:47.records. If you find the bird alive, called the shelter, they will pick
:09:48. > :09:50.it up and look after it. Next, solar panels could be the
:09:51. > :09:56.answer to saving Guernsey thousands of pounds each year. The States are
:09:57. > :09:59.investigating how beneficial they would be and say ` with them
:10:00. > :10:03.becoming more affordable ` they could be installed on to the roofs
:10:04. > :10:06.of States buildings across the island. Penny Elderfield reports.
:10:07. > :10:14.Although it doesn't feel like we've seen much of this recently. Should
:10:15. > :10:17.we be making more of what we get? As technology advances generating power
:10:18. > :10:21.with solar panels is becoming more affordable. So move over seagulls `
:10:22. > :10:24.the States want to put some on here` in fact enough enough solar panels
:10:25. > :10:28.to provide this building with hot water. We hope it could provide 60%
:10:29. > :10:35.of hot water use in the building throughout the year. We would still
:10:36. > :10:40.need to supply the other 40% through other means. We are looking at that.
:10:41. > :10:45.It is still an expensive technology and must be evaluated carefully
:10:46. > :10:49.It would save around ?1,500 a year on bills here ` paying for itself in
:10:50. > :10:53.less than a decade. Not a huge amount ` but it all adds up. The
:10:54. > :10:57.States are really using Frossard House as a bit of a test, and if the
:10:58. > :11:00.technology works here it could be rolled out at other States
:11:01. > :11:03.properties. But at the same time they're looking at other larger
:11:04. > :11:10.sites to see what scope there is to generate energy there. We are going
:11:11. > :11:21.to look at everything. Not just Holdings, land that we own. We are
:11:22. > :11:27.looking at other quarry sites. There are some in our ownership, we would
:11:28. > :11:30.have to work with the States, but we are actively looking and pulling
:11:31. > :11:34.together business cases. Guernsey may not have the space for
:11:35. > :11:38.a solar farm like this. But if we have enough sun, and enough money to
:11:39. > :11:46.invest initially. This could be an idea that saves money in the long
:11:47. > :11:50.run. The Fire and rescue service will
:11:51. > :12:02.become the first organisation in the island to use a twitter alert system
:12:03. > :12:06.to keep the public updated. It will only be for safety critical
:12:07. > :12:13.information, in addition to conventional ways of alerting the
:12:14. > :12:18.public. This is all about safety critical messages. We will only use
:12:19. > :12:25.it for safety critical messages such as severe flooding warnings,
:12:26. > :12:28.evacuation notices, information that there is a major incident going on
:12:29. > :12:35.and we need to get you specific information.
:12:36. > :12:39.Jersey physio Paul Frankham has been in Sochi working with the USA men's
:12:40. > :12:42.ski team Who took silver and bronze in the men's in the Super Giant
:12:43. > :12:47.Slalom, which Paul says has created a great buzz in the team. We caught
:12:48. > :12:51.up with Paul and asked him what his typical day as the team's physio was
:12:52. > :13:00.like. My working day? It starts very early. Up and at it before the sun
:13:01. > :13:08.comes up. We drive up to the mountains. We get into our training
:13:09. > :13:12.until about 12pm. Come down, that is when I get into my work as a
:13:13. > :13:19.physiotherapist. Management of injuries. Then I usually carry that
:13:20. > :13:23.right the way through, some sport in the middle with the guys, helping
:13:24. > :13:31.out with the conditioning staff then I get into bed and start all
:13:32. > :13:37.over again! Race day will be soon, a slightly different schedule, but
:13:38. > :13:46.looking forward to it. And now the weather.
:13:47. > :13:54.We are at about eight degrees overnight. Not that one.
:13:55. > :14:07.Temperatures not that good form the snowy slopes, we could do with
:14:08. > :14:14.lower. At the moment, it will be breezy. Early rain will clear and be
:14:15. > :14:19.followed by showers. Still unsettled. A slightly different
:14:20. > :14:26.strength of wind compared with last week. This front will move across
:14:27. > :14:38.bringing outbreaks of rain earlier in the day. On Friday, a mixture of
:14:39. > :14:57.sunshine and showers. The rain overnight, bringing low cloud and
:14:58. > :15:02.mist. By mid`morning it is clearing. One or two of the showers could be
:15:03. > :15:09.quite lively. Temperatures possibly reaching 11 Celsius. Brisk wind will
:15:10. > :15:20.mean it feels colder than temperatures suggest. Rain followed
:15:21. > :15:31.by showers, good visibility. The high water times:
:15:32. > :15:44.and for our surface, rather choppy. `` surfers. Friday, slightly colder.
:15:45. > :15:53.Sunshine and showers just about covers it. Before it gets light we
:15:54. > :15:55.could have more persistent rain But gone by the time most of us get up,
:15:56. > :16:03.and a fine day. Thank you very much. That is all for
:16:04. > :16:13.now. Goodbye. early on for City, but the
:16:14. > :16:16.Lancashire side wiped that out. In added time, referee Andy D'Urso
:16:17. > :16:18.awarded Exeter a penalty, but Morecambe protested that David
:16:19. > :16:24.Wheeler dived when he was challenged. After the intervention
:16:25. > :16:30.of the linesman, D'Urso reversed his decision.
:16:31. > :16:34.Now all this week we're finding out about the work of the North Devon
:16:35. > :16:37.Hospice, as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. We've already seen how
:16:38. > :16:41.people are cared for at the hospice itself, but much of its work is
:16:42. > :16:45.carried out in the community. A new "Hospice to Home" service means the
:16:46. > :16:48.care's available 24 hours a day and a team of nurses from the hospice
:16:49. > :16:51.make around 5,000 visits to patients at home each year. Spotlight's North
:16:52. > :17:03.Devon reporter Andrea Ormsby spent the day with one nurse on her
:17:04. > :17:14.travels. The maths is simple, over 800 square
:17:15. > :17:21.miles of North Devon. A lot of time in the car. Between them, the driver
:17:22. > :17:30.and 55,000 miles every year. I am going this morning to see a family
:17:31. > :17:33.whose situation is quite complex. Although they have support it as an
:17:34. > :17:42.opportunity in the alone home to talk about how things are for them.
:17:43. > :17:49.On an average day, she will do around four or five home visits.
:17:50. > :17:59.Each community nurse looks after between 25 and 30 patients and their
:18:00. > :18:12.families. First visit of the day is Martin and his wife and carer Ann..
:18:13. > :18:17.She will write it down and fight our corner. She is brilliant and I can
:18:18. > :18:26.say that about the hospice in general. They are absolutely
:18:27. > :18:30.brilliant. Although you speak very openly with me I am conscious that
:18:31. > :18:35.is always in front of Ann and you worry about that impact so I think
:18:36. > :18:40.you need the one to one to talk about how you are feeling. Martin
:18:41. > :18:44.has a brain tumour and he found out three years ago it is malignant. As
:18:45. > :18:52.well as home visits he goes to the hospice once a week. How much harder
:18:53. > :19:02.would life be at the moment of the hospice did not exist? It would be
:19:03. > :19:07.difficult. They are the lifeblood. For Ann, the hospice provides a
:19:08. > :19:14.holistic approach, the spiritual and emotional as well. Without it we
:19:15. > :19:22.would be addressed. My husband has very low times and they are always
:19:23. > :19:30.there. I think we are very lucky in North Devon. The visits here are as
:19:31. > :19:37.much for Ann as Martin. If the carer is not OK the patient will not be
:19:38. > :19:43.either so it is a recognition. I am not saying GPs do not but it is much
:19:44. > :19:53.more intangible than that. It is like being enveloped in a big hug.
:19:54. > :20:02.You just feel safe. And while Mary is still inside the hospice in yet
:20:03. > :20:07.another form comes knocking. It is time for Martin's day trip to the
:20:08. > :20:12.hospice building. A volunteer driver will take him and bring him home.
:20:13. > :20:16.North Devon hospice started by caring for people at home in 30
:20:17. > :20:21.years later it is still where the majority of care takes place with
:20:22. > :20:26.the emphasis for the future of even more careless way. `` clear this
:20:27. > :20:29.way. And tomorrow we'll be finding out
:20:30. > :20:35.more about those volunteer drivers and the support they provide for
:20:36. > :20:39.those who use the hospice. Our reporters are spending this week
:20:40. > :20:46.travelling the Legion from West to East to see the impact of recent
:20:47. > :20:53.storms. Nowhere has escaped the effects of the weather.
:20:54. > :21:03.He is today in south Devon. They three of my journey around the storm
:21:04. > :21:12.hit south`west. It starts with a walk on the sea wall. Father Ron
:21:13. > :21:15.becomes a walk the wild side, a huge crater the length of a football
:21:16. > :21:33.pitch has been gouged out of the village green. Last Friday's mega
:21:34. > :21:39.storm. We are in the spear because no one knows what has happened or
:21:40. > :21:42.what is to be done about it. We need the people in charge to come and
:21:43. > :21:50.have a discussion with the people in the village who have often been here
:21:51. > :21:57.for a upon generation. More evidence here of the power of the sea. You
:21:58. > :22:03.can see the sand and shingle just blown onto the road on both sides.
:22:04. > :22:10.It does not seem much but it gives you an indication of the power of
:22:11. > :22:16.the waves. A holiday resort smack bang on the coast is my next stop.
:22:17. > :22:27.This is nothing funny about what has happened to the amusements. I find
:22:28. > :22:31.this. It is soul destroying. Relentless waves bouncing off the
:22:32. > :22:40.sea wall punched holes in the PR's floor. Rio Grande unusual machines
:22:41. > :22:54.lie ruined. The owner assured us the destruction. They were original and
:22:55. > :23:01.people came here year after year. It doesn't go with the water. We have
:23:02. > :23:06.lost the whole lot. They have seen their fair share of winners and
:23:07. > :23:10.losers over the years but the owner is determined the storms will not
:23:11. > :23:12.defeat it. The scale of the damage is
:23:13. > :23:16.unbelievable. Thank you for all your suggestions for places for John to
:23:17. > :23:20.visit. Please keep them coming in, we can't promise we'll get to all of
:23:21. > :23:23.them but we'll visit as many as we can. John will be on BBC Radio
:23:24. > :23:28.Devon's breakfast programme with Matt Woodley tomorrow morning to
:23:29. > :23:32.reveal where he's going next. The after`effects of the weather are
:23:33. > :23:37.still making headlines but things have calmed down?
:23:38. > :23:50.Sunshine over the weekend and the early part of this week but there's
:23:51. > :23:55.an unsettled beam. `` theme. This with some showers and a bit of
:23:56. > :24:03.sunshine in between. It is very grey and misty and marquee with this line
:24:04. > :24:08.of clouds here across us. It is fairly active sort will bring us
:24:09. > :24:17.more persistent rain for a time but by the middle of the day, showers
:24:18. > :24:25.continuing into Friday. The isobars squeeze a bet is by Friday we see
:24:26. > :24:30.the winds increase. Generally below gale force for all of us. A lot of
:24:31. > :24:39.clouds now and it will be quite a mild night. The low cloud and hill
:24:40. > :24:45.fog and temperatures will not fall too much. Quite wet with outbreaks
:24:46. > :24:52.of light and patchy rain but more persistent rain will move on. We
:24:53. > :25:00.wake up to a wet start with the winds in the South revealing
:25:01. > :25:06.south`westerly. Tomorrow is a mild start but damp and the sunshine will
:25:07. > :25:11.be back out with a scattering of showers. Lengthy spells of sunshine
:25:12. > :25:17.in between the showers and a blustery south`west wind. Top
:25:18. > :25:26.temperature of around about 10 Celsius. Later in the day
:25:27. > :25:31.temperatures will begin to lower. That is the forecast. Times of high
:25:32. > :25:48.water. The waves are no where near as big
:25:49. > :26:00.as they were last week but still on the job they said. `` choppy side. I
:26:01. > :26:09.have to say they are no where near as strong as they were last week.
:26:10. > :26:17.The winds are from the South West. Slowly dropping to a force for
:26:18. > :26:27.later. `` force four. The outlook is still unsettled. We may see some
:26:28. > :26:32.persistent rain moving through the English Channel clearing by the time
:26:33. > :26:36.most of us are up. Generally light winds and on Friday plenty of
:26:37. > :26:41.showers around. Some of them could turn out to be quite heavy. On
:26:42. > :26:47.Sunday the rain returns, how quickly that sets in on Sunday is a little
:26:48. > :26:49.uncertain but probably the afternoon will turn out quite wet for all of
:26:50. > :27:00.us. That's all for tonight. Tomorrow we
:27:01. > :27:05.will see where John Henderson ends up in his two of the Legion. Good
:27:06. > :27:08.night. `` region.