:00:07. > :00:08.The battle is not over ` unions vow me.
:00:09. > :00:11.The battle is not over ` unions vow to fight on in their dispute with
:00:12. > :00:24.Condor after two weeks of strike action by sailors in France. But
:00:25. > :00:32.will Condor listen? We don't recognise the advice they had from
:00:33. > :00:38.the union. We don't recognise that organisation and therefore any point
:00:39. > :00:41.they have, we would suggest they provide to our company.
:00:42. > :00:48.Also, Jersey experiences a record fall in house prices, but can
:00:49. > :00:50.Islanders really afford to buy? Find out how you can knit your way into a
:00:51. > :01:02.piece of art. This battle is not over. That's the
:01:03. > :01:07.message from unions tonight about the dispute with Condor Ferries over
:01:08. > :01:09.workers rights. A two`week strike, which halted services between the
:01:10. > :01:13.Channel Islands and St Malo, was called off yesterday, after Condor
:01:14. > :01:18.said it had agreed to offer the French sailors a better insurance
:01:19. > :01:20.package. But the International Transport Workers Federation, who
:01:21. > :01:23.organised the industrial action said today that they were taking
:01:24. > :01:29.legal action as Condor was 'impossible to negotiate with'.
:01:30. > :01:33.Well, as the war of words intensifies, passengers have finally
:01:34. > :01:38.been arriving back in the Islands. Penny Elderfield reports: A short
:01:39. > :01:41.wait at St Malo harbour this morning is nothing for these passengers
:01:42. > :01:49.who've been waiting for two weeks to get to Jersey.
:01:50. > :01:53.I haven't been able to get the jersey for the past two weeks. First
:01:54. > :02:01.it was the weather and then the strikes. It was a forced holiday. We
:02:02. > :02:06.had a trip planned for St Valentine's Day. We are a bit
:02:07. > :02:10.unhappy and not best pleased. And finally, at around 10am French time,
:02:11. > :02:13.the Condor Rapide bid au revoir to France, and bonjour to St Helier,
:02:14. > :02:17.meaning the ferry link to France is back in time for the school
:02:18. > :02:25.holidays. And in one case, a family emergency. I have come over
:02:26. > :02:32.particularly for the birth of my first grandchild. My daughter`in`law
:02:33. > :02:37.will have her baby at lunchtime I was desperately hoping it would be
:02:38. > :02:41.back on and somebody is looking after me. Relief for passengers to
:02:42. > :02:44.get back on board here, and relief for Condor that the striking crew
:02:45. > :02:48.that have been on here for 14 days are no longer commandeering it. This
:02:49. > :02:51.was where the dozen or so crew members lived whilst on board,
:02:52. > :02:54.creating sleeping quarters here and even having a TV to watch the
:02:55. > :02:58.Olympics. But now it's back to normality. And back in Guernsey
:02:59. > :03:05.albeit a bit too late for those who had their half term plans disrupted.
:03:06. > :03:08.And in fact many arriving today were simply day`trippers taking advantage
:03:09. > :03:11.of the offer of a free trip. The boat may be moving again, but it
:03:12. > :03:16.looks like relations between Condor and the union still have some way to
:03:17. > :03:23.go. We have two look at some legal beings, because they are not in
:03:24. > :03:30.compliance with the law, so it is not possible to access that. We need
:03:31. > :03:35.to fight against the company to get what we want. It is important to put
:03:36. > :03:39.this behind us and work together. We need to learn from the issues and we
:03:40. > :03:45.have learned a few things already. We should mention that we don't
:03:46. > :03:49.recognise the advice they had from the ITF union. We don't recognise
:03:50. > :03:57.that organisation and therefore any comments they have not recognised.
:03:58. > :04:00.ITF is ruling out further strike action at the moment, as it says
:04:01. > :04:03.passengers have suffered enough And as the dispute moves on to the next
:04:04. > :04:10.level, Condors' customers will be hoping they're left out of it.
:04:11. > :04:13.Smoking in cars carrying children in Jersey should be banned, according
:04:14. > :04:17.to the results of a public consultation. Almost eight out of
:04:18. > :04:21.ten people who responded said they'd support a law banning it. There was
:04:22. > :04:23.also support for making children's playgrounds smoke`free. The health
:04:24. > :04:27.authorities have welcomed the findings, which will be used to form
:04:28. > :04:33.the States' next Tobacco Strategy. Electricity prices in Jersey are
:04:34. > :04:36.going up by 1.5% from April. It s to cover the costs of generating power
:04:37. > :04:40.on the island. Jersey Electricity has been using the power station at
:04:41. > :04:51.La Colette since last April, when an undersea cable from France was lost.
:04:52. > :04:54.Hundreds of people gathered in Jersey this morning for a memorial
:04:55. > :04:57.service for the former Lieutenant Governor Sir Michael Wilkes. Sir
:04:58. > :05:00.Michael, who was the Queen's representative in the island between
:05:01. > :05:03.1995 and 2000, died from cancer last autumn. The current LG, Sir John
:05:04. > :05:05.McColl, was among the congregation at St Thomas' church.
:05:06. > :05:08.Jersey is experiencing a record period of falling house prices,
:05:09. > :05:14.according to new official figures. Since the last peak in 2009, average
:05:15. > :05:17.prices have dropped about 6%. The average price of ?375,000 for a two
:05:18. > :05:24.bedroom house last year was the lowest recorded since 2007. It's the
:05:25. > :05:28.longest sustained fall in 30 years. A little earlier I spoke to Roger
:05:29. > :05:34.Trower from Broadlands Estate Agents to find out who are the winners and
:05:35. > :05:40.losers from this situation. That purchases are the winners. Not all
:05:41. > :05:43.part of the markets have fallen back, but there are parts where they
:05:44. > :05:51.were overcooked and they have come back to us, but not to the extent
:05:52. > :05:56.that has been said with regard to the statistics. I beat you can prove
:05:57. > :06:06.different things with the numbers. We have seen a falling off prices.
:06:07. > :06:12.Can people afford to buy? We have had a lot of supply into the
:06:13. > :06:16.market. Young people are looking to come into that level and should be
:06:17. > :06:24.able to buy providing their family members help with deposits. The
:06:25. > :06:27.banks are proven to be helpful. The States Housing Deposit Scheme gave
:06:28. > :06:33.some people interest free loans to help them. What impact has that had?
:06:34. > :06:40.It has had some, but the criteria for people to take up that deposit
:06:41. > :06:45.scheme is quite tough. What we have always said is that when you're
:06:46. > :06:51.buying a low price house, you want to buy it for the right money. If
:06:52. > :06:58.people can get help to get on the ladder, all very well. You should
:06:59. > :07:02.buy a home for a long time, not just for that reason to not make money.
:07:03. > :07:06.Hopefully more and more people are looking at that lower price and
:07:07. > :07:14.saying that is the house for the next ten years. What more needs to
:07:15. > :07:19.be done? More help from the state. I would like to see the lower end of
:07:20. > :07:27.duty for first time buyers, which would help enormously.
:07:28. > :07:30.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight
:07:31. > :07:33.with Justin and Clare, find out why more than 1000 pasties have been
:07:34. > :07:41.sent from Cornwall to flood hit Somerset Next.
:07:42. > :07:45.Say hello to my little friend! Can you see him? We have not thought of
:07:46. > :07:49.a name yet. This little prawn has been knitted for us by volunteers at
:07:50. > :07:52.Jersey's Arts Centre. They're hoping to make thousands of knitted sea
:07:53. > :07:56.creatures like this to form a soft sculpture at the Maritime Museum.
:07:57. > :08:00.And they're calling on knitters and crocheters across the island to
:08:01. > :08:09.help! Louise Walter went, needles in hand, to find out more.
:08:10. > :08:20.It's a hobby enjoying a resurgence, and groups get together across
:08:21. > :08:24.Jersey to chat, needles in hand But this is no ordinary knit and natter.
:08:25. > :08:29.People here are making things to go into a permanent exhibition at the
:08:30. > :08:39.maritime museum. And they're knitting all sea creatures great and
:08:40. > :08:52.small. It is a fish as you can see, but I think it may grow into a
:08:53. > :08:57.mackerel. You have two knitted from the side and you make it eventually.
:08:58. > :09:00.But they need thousands of creatures to complete the knitted and
:09:01. > :09:04.crotcheted reef. And with the museum opening at the start of April, the
:09:05. > :09:12.Arts Centre needs as many hands on deck as possible, regardless of
:09:13. > :09:16.skill level. We have been trying to contact as many knitters and people
:09:17. > :09:21.who would like to be involved. We have ideas which are easy and some
:09:22. > :09:34.abysmal, located. This lobster has been made by one of our knitters ``
:09:35. > :09:43.some more complicated. I will feel happier when we are showered with
:09:44. > :09:46.fish. If you fancy creating a creature to add to this scene,
:09:47. > :09:49.there's free patterns and wool available at the arts centre. And if
:09:50. > :09:58.you want to learn knitting and crotchet there's even a free event
:09:59. > :10:17.to learn the skills. We had much fun with the knitters. When you knitting
:10:18. > :10:27.one? I am not at admitting. `` knitting. We have had a bit of
:10:28. > :10:31.sunshine today. It will be similar tomorrow. There is a bit of a
:10:32. > :10:38.breeze. There will be showers and sunshine. Low pressure is in charge.
:10:39. > :10:45.It is a long way from us. It is in the north of the island. One little
:10:46. > :10:52.weather system we are keeping a close eye on. This is midday
:10:53. > :10:57.tomorrow and it trickles past is overnight into the early hours of
:10:58. > :11:06.Saturday morning. It could give some heavy rain with the risk of thunder.
:11:07. > :11:17.The Rossum quite heavy showers this evening. This will die down. ``
:11:18. > :11:23.there are. Every now and then we will get some sunshine. It is a
:11:24. > :11:29.breezy day. Winds from the South West and cold a date than today Top
:11:30. > :11:35.temperature of eight degrees. Let's look at the coastal waters. Force
:11:36. > :11:41.five or six, and a drop in the second part of the day. These are
:11:42. > :12:05.the times of high water. The surfers, the waves are not too
:12:06. > :12:08.big `` for. For most of Saturday it is a reasonable day. Winds from the
:12:09. > :12:18.South West and temperatures of 10 degrees. Rain overnight on Sunday.
:12:19. > :12:27.That is it from now. support the North Devon Hospice
:12:28. > :12:30.The annual sale of Dartmoor ponies at Tavistock has been a traditional
:12:31. > :12:38.event for centuries. Now though, it's coming to an end. The town's
:12:39. > :12:42.livestock market has taken the decision not to hold the sale in
:12:43. > :12:46.October because it's no longer financially viable. A tradition
:12:47. > :12:50.which has been taking place on Dartmoor for hundreds of years but
:12:51. > :12:55.in recent times, the annual pony sale has been losing money rather
:12:56. > :13:02.than making it. Lastly, only 14 goals were sold out of nearly 100.
:13:03. > :13:07.It is a big decision, and it is not what we have come to easily. It is
:13:08. > :13:13.said that history is finished in terms of ponies in the market.
:13:14. > :13:19.Farmers like Phil are allowed to keep a certain number of ponies.
:13:20. > :13:22.Those that can't be returned are sold at Tavistock. His family have
:13:23. > :13:28.done this for generations but with this news, he feels it might be time
:13:29. > :13:33.to stop keeping them altogether. There is no money in them at all.
:13:34. > :13:38.The reason we're keeping them, my dad had them and his dad had a few,
:13:39. > :13:43.as soon as these are gone, we have to seriously think about getting
:13:44. > :13:49.them to a more manageable number or losing them altogether. Eight years
:13:50. > :13:56.ago, farmers like Phil were getting around ?75 each for false like this.
:13:57. > :14:02.Lastly, he only got ?10 each for the two resold. Charlotte has spent her
:14:03. > :14:05.lifetime trying to save the Dartmoor fuel pony. Every year hundreds are
:14:06. > :14:10.slaughtered because there is no market for them. She fears the loss
:14:11. > :14:16.of the sale will be to fewer ponies on the moor. It is devastating. I
:14:17. > :14:21.think pony herders themselves are wondering, where will it go from
:14:22. > :14:25.here? It is part of our heritage. We used to be a marketing virtually
:14:26. > :14:30.every big town, we were down to two and now we are down to one. This
:14:31. > :14:37.side of the moor is no way of getting those ponies any more. She
:14:38. > :14:41.is still waiting to see if the last remaining sale will take place this
:14:42. > :14:44.year. The Hospice in North Devon says it
:14:45. > :14:48.couldn't survive without its volunteers. There are around 130
:14:49. > :14:54.paid staff, but more than 500 volunteers who do a wide range of
:14:55. > :14:57.jobs. The North Devon Hospice is celebrating its 30th birthday and
:14:58. > :15:01.one of its major themes for the year is thanking the people who do so
:15:02. > :15:04.much to help make it work. In the fourth of her series, our North
:15:05. > :15:14.Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby, looks at the work of one volunteer. This
:15:15. > :15:17.man retired ten years ago. He had been the lorry driver and now he is
:15:18. > :15:26.driving again, as a volunteer for North Devon Hospice. It certainly
:15:27. > :15:31.helps me with my retirement. He drives patients to and from home for
:15:32. > :15:38.outpatient visits. I spend a lot of time with the patients in the car,
:15:39. > :15:42.and also in the hospice. There is no end of subjects that we talk about.
:15:43. > :15:50.Whether it is to do with politics, the weather, or our own families,
:15:51. > :15:57.really. We really become a part of their families. To begin with, he
:15:58. > :16:02.was worried they wouldn't cope. Occasionally it is depressing but
:16:03. > :16:08.you must accept that as part of the job. It's just great pleasure to be
:16:09. > :16:12.able to help somebody through their illness and one of the greatest joys
:16:13. > :16:18.I find doing this job is just hearing that people laugh when they
:16:19. > :16:27.are in the daycare unit. When you hear them laughing so much, you know
:16:28. > :16:30.that what you're doing is right. Meeting people who have honed their
:16:31. > :16:36.skills of what quality`of`life they have left, it teaches you a lot. I
:16:37. > :16:45.can see the change in philosophy of life. Cyril doesn't just drive for
:16:46. > :16:54.the hospice, he is one available in tears who do gardening. I know the
:16:55. > :17:04.gardening gives a lot of fish to our patients, on a nice sunny day like
:17:05. > :17:08.today, they can seal the flowers `` see all the flowers. Smell the
:17:09. > :17:14.pollen. Sometimes we get bees, butterflies. It also gives them a
:17:15. > :17:19.great pleasure. The pleasure I get in gardening obviously gives the
:17:20. > :17:22.patient is much pleasure as I get. In this 30th birthday year, there is
:17:23. > :17:30.a big thank you to everyone who does so much to help. Our theme for 30th
:17:31. > :17:35.anniversary is thanks to you. A plethora of our community, the
:17:36. > :17:40.staff, it is a big chance to say thanks to all our volunteers.
:17:41. > :17:46.Without them, we wouldn't be able to operate. Sometimes I feel a bit
:17:47. > :17:51.selfish mind doing it because it's helping me as much as it's helping
:17:52. > :17:55.the patients. Because I often say to my self, what would I be doing? I
:17:56. > :18:01.would be set at home, bored to tears. Of all the jobs I have done,
:18:02. > :18:08.to find the best job I have done, I don't get paid for, what can you
:18:09. > :18:18.say? It's great. The Cyril, the fear of retirement has been replaced by
:18:19. > :18:22.the fulfilment of volunteering. And tomorrow in the final part of
:18:23. > :18:26.her series, Andrea's been to meet a family who were helped through the
:18:27. > :18:28.loss of a loved one, by the North Devon Hospice.
:18:29. > :18:32.It was a big night for the south`west at the BBC Radio two Folk
:18:33. > :18:35.Awards at the Royal Albert Hall last night. Folk superband, The Full
:18:36. > :18:38.English, which features Seth Lakeman, won Best Group and Best
:18:39. > :18:46.Album, while Devon's Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin scooped the Award
:18:47. > :18:49.for best duo. Phillip Henry, Hannah Martin and
:18:50. > :18:55.Seth Lakeman have all been regular guests on John Govier's Saturday
:18:56. > :18:58.Show on BBC Radio Devon. Join him for more live performances from
:18:59. > :19:01.local musicians this Saturday from 9am ` 1pm. Or listen on the BBC
:19:02. > :19:04.iPlayer. Meanwhile, Plymouth musician Chris
:19:05. > :19:07.Wood has been amongst the winners at the BRIT Awards last Night. His band
:19:08. > :19:13.Bastille won best UK breakthrough act at the annual award ceremony.
:19:14. > :19:16.And you can catch up with him on Saturday when he drums home his
:19:17. > :19:19.support for Plymouth Argyle by making his debut as a guest in the
:19:20. > :19:26.commentary box, that's alongside BBC Radio Devon's Gordon Sparks.
:19:27. > :19:30.Now our reporter John Henderson is spending this week travelling the
:19:31. > :19:33.Spotlight region to see the impact of the recent storms. Coastal
:19:34. > :19:36.communities from the far west of Cornwall through to Dorset suffered
:19:37. > :19:41.major damage following weeks of extreme weather. John's journey
:19:42. > :19:45.started on Monday in Lamorna Cove. Today he's moved from South Devon up
:19:46. > :19:54.to the village of Bucks Mills in North Devon. It feels like a long
:19:55. > :20:02.way from anywhere but there moments where this is the reason 40,000
:20:03. > :20:05.people visit every year. This is lovely. I understand you are going
:20:06. > :20:12.to show me something that isn't so nice. Indeed. Now they would have a
:20:13. > :20:23.job getting onto the beach. The grade two listed slipway has gone.
:20:24. > :20:29.Perfectly safe? The people in this tiny community e`mail the BBC about
:20:30. > :20:35.the need to nominate the slipway and the historic lime kilns after they
:20:36. > :20:40.were destroyed by storms. It has been unprecedented in terms of the
:20:41. > :20:43.storm damage, but of course, it has happened before and the community
:20:44. > :20:48.comes together as it has now and it will get rebuilt. This is the
:20:49. > :20:53.beginning of the slipway commie conceive of the storm damage has
:20:54. > :20:59.done over my shoulder. That wall is looking pretty precarious. From the
:21:00. > :21:05.Heritage site to a holiday resort, one equally affected by wild
:21:06. > :21:16.weather. Crazy golf at West Westwood home is a crazy assault course. John
:21:17. > :21:19.Martin's nephew runs a tourist attraction, quite when it will
:21:20. > :21:23.welcome back punters and putters St Clair. John has got enough to do
:21:24. > :21:30.pull string the differences outside his own business, hammered by last
:21:31. > :21:36.week's wave. It will be back up and running, it is a mammoth task to get
:21:37. > :21:40.it ready. Easter we could probably get the go`karts ready but the
:21:41. > :21:46.extreme crazy golf, as you call it, we don't know about that. For many
:21:47. > :21:50.communities in North Devon and across the south`west, the race is
:21:51. > :22:10.on to bolster their damaged sea defences before the next high tides
:22:11. > :22:13.in March. A hundred years ago the humble pasty
:22:14. > :22:16.kept Cornish tin miners going underground. These day they are a
:22:17. > :22:20.handy lunchtime feast and now they are being used the feed the hundreds
:22:21. > :22:23.of people trying to fight the flood waters in Somerset. More than 1,000
:22:24. > :22:27.pasties have been sent from Cornwall to Somerset ` branded as' Pasty
:22:28. > :22:33.Aid'. The idea was the brainwave of a Cornish woman who now lives on the
:22:34. > :22:36.Somerset levels. At this bakery, they are queueing for their lunch.
:22:37. > :22:41.The pasties here are popular with the local people and visitors. But
:22:42. > :22:46.not all these pasties are being bought and sold locally. Some of
:22:47. > :22:52.them are going up to Somerset as Pasty Aid. This family run bakery is
:22:53. > :22:55.one of the number who have sent pasties to the Somerset Levels, an
:22:56. > :23:06.area that has been under floodwater four weeks. Not meals on wheels but
:23:07. > :23:10.breakfast in a basket. Do you want your hot pasty? You are most
:23:11. > :23:21.welcome! Compliments of Sarah, bless her heart! Thanks very much! Lovely
:23:22. > :23:25.job! Well done. Take care. This is the woman who has made it all
:23:26. > :23:29.happen. Sarah comes from Cornwall but now lives in Somerset. She rang
:23:30. > :23:36.pasty makers in Cornwall who are more than happy to help. There is
:23:37. > :23:44.not much I can do out here, I am a mum at home. I can make pasties and
:23:45. > :23:49.my friends are happy to make them. It's really nice just to help
:23:50. > :23:54.people. Plus, we have had lots of our own customers go on the strength
:23:55. > :24:01.of this, people phoning up and saying, can I donate ?50 for as many
:24:02. > :24:08.pasties as that will buy? So we ascended up more than the original
:24:09. > :24:12.120. For the flood victims and those trying to help them, these are more
:24:13. > :24:20.than much`needed warm food, they are a gesture of goodwill from Cornwall.
:24:21. > :24:30.Time for the weather. Before I give it a forecast, I'm
:24:31. > :24:37.just going to go back over how wet the winter has been so far. This is
:24:38. > :24:43.more official statistics, it is now officially the wettest winter ever,
:24:44. > :24:54.683 millimetres of rain, the average we have seen. The previous wet
:24:55. > :24:59.year, wet winter, I should say, was 1990. It's not as stormy as it has
:25:00. > :25:04.been, we have some sunshine every now and then. Tomorrow is a day when
:25:05. > :25:08.we are going to get a mixture of both, some showers, it'll be breezy
:25:09. > :25:16.and every now and then, the sunshine will shine. For the weekend, more
:25:17. > :25:21.uncertainty and more unsettled, more persistent rain, but most of the
:25:22. > :25:32.activity is towards the North`West of us. One line of showers, perhaps
:25:33. > :25:35.more persistent rain, will trickle through the English Channel
:25:36. > :25:42.overnight tomorrow and into Saturday. Then it is the next area
:25:43. > :25:46.of low pressure, which will arrive on Sunday, although its eastward
:25:47. > :25:52.progress will be erratic. Notice the ice bars are starting to get more
:25:53. > :25:57.tightly packed. Gale force winds on Sunday. The breeze is blowing in a
:25:58. > :26:04.pew showers, that will continue overnight, forming lines for a time.
:26:05. > :26:07.But they do become more isolated and hopefully we will get some clear
:26:08. > :26:12.spells. When that happens, we'll see temperatures tumble away. The
:26:13. > :26:20.showers we have now have been quite lively. Once they died down, lengthy
:26:21. > :26:25.clear spells will develop and turning quite cold overnight.
:26:26. > :26:33.Temperatures cold enough for a touch of Frost. Most likely in sheltered
:26:34. > :26:38.inland areas. For tomorrow, showers are always not far away, but they
:26:39. > :26:42.will be some sunny spells in between those showers, even though they come
:26:43. > :26:49.along every now and then, there is a chance of some dry weather for all
:26:50. > :26:52.of us. Breezy and colder of today. `` than today. For the Isles of
:26:53. > :27:24.Scilly: the wind direction, West or
:27:25. > :27:28.south`westerly. Should be a fine day on Saturday, clouding over, more wet
:27:29. > :27:35.weather, becoming increasingly windy on Sunday.
:27:36. > :27:38.I am back in the late news at 10:25pm. Good evening.