:00:00. > 3:59:59sunshine and showers continuing. And that is all from the BBC News at
:00:00. > :00:00.six. It And that is all from the BBC News at
:00:07. > :00:09.Good evening, welcome to BBC Channel Islands and to Tuesday's programme.
:00:10. > :00:11.Our top story. Guernsey's Chief Minister resigns,
:00:12. > :00:17.after national headlines questioning his financial dealings. We speak to
:00:18. > :00:26.politicians who are backing Deputy Hardwood. Here we have a Chief
:00:27. > :00:29.Minister who has put Guernsey first. Whilst there is an ongoing
:00:30. > :00:32.investigation, no one is in a position to double guess that.
:00:33. > :00:36.And a former leader willing to step into his shoes. If enough members
:00:37. > :00:41.came to me and said, look, we'd like you to consider being the custody
:00:42. > :00:45.and until the end of this term, it is a discussion I would have.
:00:46. > :00:47.Also tonight. A place to call home, we look round new facilities to help
:00:48. > :00:51.Jersey's homeless. And a window on the past, why one
:00:52. > :00:52.islander took hundreds of photos chronicling the build up to the
:00:53. > :01:08.First World War. Guernsey's Chief Minister has
:01:09. > :01:13.resigned. Peter Harwood announced his decision to stand down today,
:01:14. > :01:16.although he will remain a Deputy. It follows national media reports
:01:17. > :01:19.questioning his former role as both director of the Channel Islands
:01:20. > :01:23.Stock Exchange, and chairman of the Guernsey Financial Services
:01:24. > :01:28.Commission which regulates it. Penny Elderfield reports.
:01:29. > :01:32.Back in 2012, and day one of his new job. Deputy Harwood probably didn't
:01:33. > :01:36.expect his time as Chief Minister to end like this. But today he
:01:37. > :01:41.resigned. With regret. But recognising Guernsey's reputation
:01:42. > :01:44.was at risk. It followed this article in Private Eye, questioning
:01:45. > :01:47.Deputy Harwood's previous role as both director of the Channel Islands
:01:48. > :01:52.Stock Exchange and chairman of the regulator that oversees it. Not the
:01:53. > :02:00.sort of national publicity that Guernsey wants. He clearly
:02:01. > :02:07.recognised that a story with his name attached as Chief Minister in
:02:08. > :02:10.the national media was a risk to the reputation of the Channel Islands,
:02:11. > :02:14.and it is not about the rights and wrongs at all. It was at a meeting
:02:15. > :02:18.here that States members heard the news this morning. I would assume
:02:19. > :02:25.there was a full and frank discussion from yesterday, and one
:02:26. > :02:30.has to respect to won's decision to step down. `` Deputy Harwood's
:02:31. > :02:35.decision. The Chief Minister going will have a lot of negative
:02:36. > :02:40.political consequences for Jones A. `` the Jersey. But now the talk will
:02:41. > :02:43.turn to who will stand to be the next Chief Minister. So, is this
:02:44. > :02:46.former one ready to give it another go? If an obvious majority said to
:02:47. > :02:49.me, look, under the circumstances, with your experience, and all the
:02:50. > :02:55.rest of it, we'd like you to consider being the custodian, that
:02:56. > :02:59.is a discussion I would have with close members of my family, in
:03:00. > :03:03.particular. Let's be very clear about it, as things stand, I don't
:03:04. > :03:06.want the job. It'll no doubt become clearer in the next couple of days
:03:07. > :03:11.who the likely candidates are. With the election expected to take place
:03:12. > :03:14.next month. Well, earlier I asked Guernsey's
:03:15. > :03:24.deputy Chief Minister, Jonathan Le Tocq, whether Peter Harwood really
:03:25. > :03:32.needed to go. No, I don't believe so. But these are not black and
:03:33. > :03:36.White matters. He did what he felt was correct. And at his disposal to
:03:37. > :03:41.resign, bearing in mind he is the sort of man that has modelled the
:03:42. > :03:46.sort of leadership but put Guernsey first. That is what he is doing
:03:47. > :03:52.here. Surely, resigning suggest some sort of wrong doing, does he have
:03:53. > :03:56.your confidence? I don't think it suggests that at all. I think what
:03:57. > :04:01.it shows is that here we have a Chief Minister who has put Guernsey
:04:02. > :04:04.first, and whilst there is an ongoing investigation, no one is in
:04:05. > :04:08.the position two double guess that. The trouble is that we live in a
:04:09. > :04:13.world with lots of speculation, which diverts attention, and
:04:14. > :04:17.therefore, our energies elsewhere. And we can't control that, of
:04:18. > :04:22.course. But we can seek to minimise it. That is what he is trying to do.
:04:23. > :04:28.Finally, if it turns out that Deputy Harwood cannot return to Chief
:04:29. > :04:32.Minister, will you stand for it That is something I need to consider
:04:33. > :04:38.along with Michael X. To be honest, I had happy where I am at the
:04:39. > :04:43.moment. I felt that Deputy Harwood and myself, we made a good team And
:04:44. > :04:48.the policy Council will continue to do what it is intending to do. It is
:04:49. > :04:52.business as usual, we need to maintain momentum, and I feel the
:04:53. > :04:56.most important thing is that. The Chief Minister is not some
:04:57. > :05:01.achievement is to, the policy Council is Chief Minister and
:05:02. > :05:04.provide leadership for the States and provides leadership for the
:05:05. > :05:09.islands as a whole, which is a side issue to the work that is before us
:05:10. > :05:11.at the moment. That'll have to be taken into consideration. It is too
:05:12. > :05:19.early to make those sorts of judgements. That was Deputy Harwood
:05:20. > :05:21.speaking earlier. `` Jonathan Le Tocq.
:05:22. > :05:24."A critical gap" has been filled in providing shelter for homeless
:05:25. > :05:28.people in Jersey, according to the head of the island's Shelter Trust.
:05:29. > :05:31.John Hodge says the opening of Evans House is vital after a similar
:05:32. > :05:34.centre closed two years ago. The ribbon was officially cut on the
:05:35. > :05:37.quarter of a million pounds refuge today by Jersey's Lieutenant
:05:38. > :05:39.Governor Sir John McColl. Jen Smith was there.
:05:40. > :05:43.This has been Chris's home since New Year's Eve. He's been in shelters
:05:44. > :05:52.for the past few years after family problems. My main fear was to be on
:05:53. > :05:59.the street. And probably, more likely, at the other end of a
:06:00. > :06:07.bottle. I consider myself lucky to be able to live in this kind of
:06:08. > :06:09.facility, which has helped me out a lot since I left my family home
:06:10. > :06:13.Today, Evans House officially opened more than two years after a similar
:06:14. > :06:18.centre closed because it was short of cash. Health and Social Services
:06:19. > :06:23.bought that and it's since been refurbished and renamed. There's now
:06:24. > :06:32.room for up to 22 men and women from the age of 25 onwards. I think
:06:33. > :06:42.it has filled a critical gap with emergency accommodation. Here and at
:06:43. > :06:46.Millfield Road, and the dedicated service further on. We feel we are
:06:47. > :06:49.covering the basis of the sorts of needs that people have of us and the
:06:50. > :06:53.services we offer. The Shelter Trust helps around 400 islanders a year in
:06:54. > :06:56.Jersey. And there's already a waiting list for people wanting to
:06:57. > :07:02.move in here. So there's a home for those who need it.
:07:03. > :07:06.The total number of people out of work in Jersey is continuing to
:07:07. > :07:10.fall. The number of islanders registered as actively seeking work
:07:11. > :07:15.last month was 1,860. That's down 160 on the same time last year. A
:07:16. > :07:20.sixth of the total, about 310 people, are long term unemployed.
:07:21. > :07:22.Jersey's prison governor says previous conditions at La Moye made
:07:23. > :07:27.the supervision of prisoners difficult. Questions will be asked
:07:28. > :07:29.in the States next week about allegations of sexual misconduct and
:07:30. > :07:33.drug dealing among staff and offenders. The governor Bill Millar
:07:34. > :07:37.says people shouldn't be worried about security at La Moye because a
:07:38. > :07:42.report by the Chief Inspector last year gave it a clean bill of health.
:07:43. > :07:45.Visitors are being advised to stay away from Guernsey's Princess
:07:46. > :07:49.Elizabeth Hospital while an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea is brought
:07:50. > :07:52.under control. Samples have been sent to the UK for testing, and it's
:07:53. > :07:57.thought they'll reveal the five patients and one staff member in
:07:58. > :08:00.Victoria Wing have the norovirus. You're watching the BBC in the
:08:01. > :08:03.Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin and Natalie, we meet the
:08:04. > :08:04.schoolboy whose new invention has won a national cycling safety
:08:05. > :08:14.competition. Now, all this week on the BBC, we're
:08:15. > :08:17.running our World War One At Home series, telling the stories about
:08:18. > :08:20.people and places across the Channel Islands that were affected by the
:08:21. > :08:23.First World War. Tonight, Edward Sault reports on an album of
:08:24. > :08:27.exquisite photos, donated to the Societe Jersiaise, which were taken
:08:28. > :08:42.by a Jerseyman in the run up to war and during it.
:08:43. > :08:48.As you can see, the early pages show the gathering of the troops, the
:08:49. > :08:54.mobilisation of the Jersey militia contingent. For Gareth Syvret from
:08:55. > :08:58.the Societe Jersiaise, this album of World War One photos is a delicate
:08:59. > :09:02.piece of our history. The 232 pictures were donated to the Societe
:09:03. > :09:08.this January by the family of the man that took them. It was compiled
:09:09. > :09:15.by John Edward Coombs, who is the young man shown in his Jersey
:09:16. > :09:20.militia photo on page one. But he never went to war. The reason for
:09:21. > :09:28.that was due to his hide. He is standing there next to a rifle,
:09:29. > :09:32.which is three for date. `` three foot and eight inches. It reaches
:09:33. > :09:35.his shoulder. The photos tell the chronology of the conflict from the
:09:36. > :09:44.moment of conscription to the dark days of war. As you can see down hit
:09:45. > :09:48.in this lower image, quite, quite different, and really marking the
:09:49. > :09:55.dreadful experience of being at the front. You can see very graphically
:09:56. > :10:01.here, this soldier wearing his injuries. In over ten years of
:10:02. > :10:11.working in the photo archive, I can save is definitely top five objects
:10:12. > :10:15.to arrive. Towards the latter stages of the album, the scenes of
:10:16. > :10:19.celebration, the end of the war with Armistice. As the nation marks
:10:20. > :10:22.the start of the First World War, it's hoped these pictures will
:10:23. > :10:34.become a vital resource when telling the story of world war one and its
:10:35. > :10:40.impact on Jersey. Some fascinating stories coming out this week. We
:10:41. > :10:41.will have more tomorrow, and there is more on BBC Spotlight, but first,
:10:42. > :10:49.we have the weather. Something to cheer us up because
:10:50. > :10:54.despite the showers in the morning, the rest of the day is mainly fine
:10:55. > :10:59.and dry. It is a bit breezy, but apart from that, you should get a
:11:00. > :11:03.good day out of it. At the moment, some showers, there might be some
:11:04. > :11:09.trouble overnight and tomorrow morning, but it is much drier, but
:11:10. > :11:13.there is rain later in the day. This ridge of high pressure here, which
:11:14. > :11:17.seems like quite a way off this evening, will slowly creep across
:11:18. > :11:22.us. Not quite as prominent by the middle of the day tomorrow, but it
:11:23. > :11:29.is there nonetheless. This band of rain arrives Thursday morning. And
:11:30. > :11:33.then expect plenty of showers. The shower activity tonight is fairly
:11:34. > :11:39.widespread and quite heavy. Recently, we had big shower across
:11:40. > :11:45.Jersey, there are more to come. Overnight ten butchers down to five,
:11:46. > :11:53.so it is a cold start tomorrow. `` overnight, temperatures down to
:11:54. > :11:59.five. Tomorrow afternoon, largely fine dry some sunshine. Ten will be
:12:00. > :12:07.the maximum temperature. For the coastal waters forecast, the winds
:12:08. > :12:09.are west or south`westerly, a few showers around, otherwise fair.
:12:10. > :12:29.Times of high water. It stays and settled for the rest of
:12:30. > :12:34.this week, including into the weekend. On Thursday, we have rain
:12:35. > :12:38.early in the day before it gets out of the way, replaced by some
:12:39. > :12:42.blustery showers. And the potential for some more persistent rain on
:12:43. > :12:46.Friday, but clearing to showers in the afternoon. It is a little bit
:12:47. > :12:47.quieter on Saturday. Have a good evening.
:12:48. > :12:51.And a reminder of our top story tonight.
:12:52. > :12:53.Guernsey's Chief Minister, Deputy Peter Harwood, has resigned. It
:12:54. > :12:56.follows national media reports about his previous position as a director
:12:57. > :13:03.of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange. He says he is standing
:13:04. > :13:07.down due to the "risk to the reputation" of the office. That is
:13:08. > :13:14.it from us. accidental death was recorded. Eact,
:13:15. > :13:17.one of the largest chains of academies in England, is being
:13:18. > :13:20.stripped of the control of the Dartmouth Academy and nine other
:13:21. > :13:32.schools. The academy was rated as 'needing improvement' by Ofsted in
:13:33. > :13:35.October. Proposals for 13 new marine conservation zones for the South
:13:36. > :13:38.West have been announced today. But fishermen in North Devon say they
:13:39. > :13:40.are being forced out of long`established fishing grounds by
:13:41. > :13:47.conservationists. Our environment correspondent Adrian Campbell
:13:48. > :13:52.reports. Off the coast of Devon, local fishermen say they have worked
:13:53. > :13:57.hard to voluntarily protect species. The announcement today of
:13:58. > :14:02.13 more proposed conservation zones around the South West, seen here in
:14:03. > :14:09.red, or mainly on the north coast of Devon and this has worried
:14:10. > :14:17.fishermen. The coastline here, there has been so much discussion, the
:14:18. > :14:23.government have decided that that area will have no more talk of wind
:14:24. > :14:35.farms. One of the zones proposed sits in an area of the same size as
:14:36. > :14:39.the At Atlantic Array. They are unhappy about the proposals. It
:14:40. > :14:45.would make it more dangerous. There is not a lot of fishermen here, we
:14:46. > :14:54.will all start taking risks. This is notorious here. They say this is to
:14:55. > :14:59.conserve the stocks. The fish do not know any boundaries. Campaigners
:15:00. > :15:04.hope that after a consultation process, these zones will be in
:15:05. > :15:10.place by next year. This is a significant step forward for our
:15:11. > :15:16.marine wildlife. We are looking at potentially 13 new zones. It leaves
:15:17. > :15:20.the majority of those original sites proposed unprotected and it is
:15:21. > :15:27.crucial we make sure that they are designated later next year. The
:15:28. > :15:31.fishermen we spoke to say they are still unclear about exactly what
:15:32. > :15:41.kind of restrictions they will face if these new conservation zones are
:15:42. > :15:43.eventually approved. There's a busy night ahead for South West League
:15:44. > :15:46.Two football. Plymouth Argyle, currently seven points behind the
:15:47. > :15:50.play`off sides, could move closer if they do well at Fleetwood Town, who
:15:51. > :15:54.are in fifth place. Exeter City look to claim their first win at home
:15:55. > :15:57.since October the fifth when Wycombe Wanderers visit East Devon and at
:15:58. > :15:59.Plainmoor, Torquay United try to avoid a fourth straight defeat
:16:00. > :16:09.against promotion contenders Burton Albion. There's full coverage on BBC
:16:10. > :16:12.Radio Devon. This year the BBC in partnership with Imperial War
:16:13. > :16:16.Museums, is marking the centenary of the start of the First World War. In
:16:17. > :16:19.the second part of our series, World War One at Home, I've been to the
:16:20. > :16:23.Heathcoats factory in Tiverton in Mid Devon. Today it produces hi`tech
:16:24. > :16:26.fabrics for countries all over the world. In 1914, its preparations for
:16:27. > :16:39.war were being meticulously recorded by the company cashier, WH Huxtable.
:16:40. > :16:45.There has been a factory here for almost 200 years, but like so many
:16:46. > :16:52.businesses, 100 years ago, it found itself on a war footing. 1914, July
:16:53. > :16:57.28, Austria declares war against Serbia, August the 1st, Germany
:16:58. > :17:04.declares war against Russia. August the 4th, England declares war on
:17:05. > :17:10.Germany. With the outbreak of war, there was concern that orders for
:17:11. > :17:15.the firm would try up, but WH Huxtable records that America came
:17:16. > :17:20.splendidly to our help by sending us large orders chiefly for cause nets
:17:21. > :17:29.and enabled us to keep our machines going. But as the shadow of war fell
:17:30. > :17:37.over at the factory, some of products produced for the Americans
:17:38. > :17:43.gave way to munitions. August 14, the real business of shell making
:17:44. > :17:52.began this morning when the writer of this note saw a machine operated
:17:53. > :17:59.hacksaw... This man's father joined the company in 1913. Years later,
:18:00. > :18:05.his son followed him. This was the war to end all wars, no one realise
:18:06. > :18:09.the extent and therefore it was necessary to get the ammunition is
:18:10. > :18:15.out quickly, to hopefully, get an end to the conflict. Your father
:18:16. > :18:20.worked for the company for all of his working life, what would work in
:18:21. > :18:26.conditions have been like? The timekeeping was done by the man on
:18:27. > :18:34.the gate. At 6am, the gate was closed, so if you arrived one minute
:18:35. > :18:42.late, you were shut out. You lost your wages. It was strict. It was.
:18:43. > :18:49.One man was keen on this and if he saw you walking up and it was 6am,
:18:50. > :18:56.he would still close the gate. It was a business run on traditional
:18:57. > :18:59.lines and that was about to change. How did the predominantly male
:19:00. > :19:08.workforce feel about women coming in? Initially, I suspect they were
:19:09. > :19:14.not keen. He was right. In 1916, the logbook states that the men did not
:19:15. > :19:18.few women working with favour. They said that women were physically
:19:19. > :19:23.incapable of doing much and that there were times where they were
:19:24. > :19:27.feeble. Despite their protestations, women took to the machines. Among
:19:28. > :19:34.the first was this woman's grandmother. Men were being men.
:19:35. > :19:40.They did not when `` want women stepping on their toes. They did not
:19:41. > :19:51.like it. They had to change the age of girls going in to 12 so the boys
:19:52. > :19:54.could go off to war. While the workers in the factory helped the
:19:55. > :20:03.war effort, up on the hill overlooking Tiverton, this place
:20:04. > :20:11.played its part. It was thought that a recuperative hospital might be a
:20:12. > :20:16.good thing for it to turn into. Did your grandparents play any role in
:20:17. > :20:21.caring for the soldiers? They were not qualified nurses. I believe I
:20:22. > :20:27.grandmother was given an honorary title of matron. That was about the
:20:28. > :20:35.extent of the help that we gave them. In both world wars, this place
:20:36. > :20:40.helped nurse the wounded back to health and the carer was never
:20:41. > :20:47.forgotten. My greatest thanks to this nurse while staying there. As
:20:48. > :20:52.friends we met, as friends we part. At the factory, they kept very
:20:53. > :20:59.careful notes and this one has a page on its own. A red letter day.
:21:00. > :21:04.November the 11th 1918, armistice signed. A day of joyous
:21:05. > :21:08.congratulations to our boys who have fought and endured all manner of
:21:09. > :21:13.hardship all through this long and unforgettable war, but who will now
:21:14. > :21:21.soon be able to return in peace to their homes again. Tomorrow the
:21:22. > :21:24.series continues when we discover what life was like inside a huge
:21:25. > :21:29.prisoner of war camp in Dorchester. If you want to know more about World
:21:30. > :21:32.War I At Home, go to bbc.co.uk/ww1, and you can hear more on your local
:21:33. > :21:39.BBC radio station tomorrow morning at 8:15am. An eight`year`old from
:21:40. > :21:42.Taunton won his school a very impressive prize today. Ben Capon
:21:43. > :21:45.came first in a national cycling safety competition with his design
:21:46. > :21:48.of a bicycle helmet. His reward was shared by all 400 students at
:21:49. > :22:00.Parkfield primary school in Taunton, and Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby was
:22:01. > :22:12.there to enjoy it as well. Are you ready? Not a bad day at school, all
:22:13. > :22:19.400 pupils at Parkfield primary school in Taunton were outside for a
:22:20. > :22:24.cool stunt show. It is all because of this boy, Ben Capon. He took part
:22:25. > :22:30.in a competition to design a bicycle helmet and out of 2000 children
:22:31. > :22:35.across the country, it he won. I wanted something different. I
:22:36. > :22:41.started with the eyes and the teeth and the scales. I thought about the
:22:42. > :22:48.shape of the helmet and then I put the design on it. I thought it was a
:22:49. > :22:55.good fit. When you saw it, what did you think? Even better than the
:22:56. > :23:01.picture. It is a serious message to get more people wearing helmets. 70%
:23:02. > :23:06.of psychologists are male. It depicts exactly what a young person
:23:07. > :23:18.would like. It is very novel `` psychologists. It is so fantastic.
:23:19. > :23:22.These guys make it cool to be safe. The show should be aspirational. It
:23:23. > :23:29.will inspire them to go out and try tricks. We are also about safety,
:23:30. > :23:34.the guys would not ride without a helmet. The design may have
:23:35. > :23:54.impressed the judges, but these people are impressing the crowd.
:23:55. > :24:07.C what the weather has in store. `` let us see. Good evening. The rain
:24:08. > :24:11.is poised to move in. We might see a few showers in the morning and then
:24:12. > :24:20.it is mainly drive. Rain later in the day. Any dry weather is a
:24:21. > :24:27.bonus. `` drive. We have plenty of showers this evening, but between
:24:28. > :24:36.these lumps of cloud is actually a ridge of high pressure `` dry.
:24:37. > :24:41.Eventually this line of rain will move in. That will be mainly
:24:42. > :24:47.overnight. It will be wet tomorrow night. Thursday is quite showery.
:24:48. > :24:53.Some of the showers will be heavy. This area of cloud and rain will
:24:54. > :24:59.give us more wet weather overnight on Thursday into Friday. We have not
:25:00. > :25:04.seen the last of the rain but there are spells of dry whether as well.
:25:05. > :25:15.Sharp showers recently, they have died away. But this was earlier
:25:16. > :25:20.today. Our cameraman was flying earlier to catch some blue sky and
:25:21. > :25:24.rough seas. In other parts of the South West, we have had some blue
:25:25. > :25:31.sky, but you will have noticed the big clouds and some of those clouds
:25:32. > :25:35.have given torrential of rain. Let us look at the detail tonight, at
:25:36. > :25:40.the moment, there are not that many showers, a few more elated, in the
:25:41. > :25:53.small hours of the morning, still the risk of a shower `` a few more
:25:54. > :25:59.to come. There is the possibility of a touch of frost. It will not stay
:26:00. > :26:04.too long, there is still a breeze and plenty of cloud. The few showers
:26:05. > :26:11.we see will become isolated after lunch and for much of the rest of
:26:12. > :26:17.the day, it is fine and dry. Cloudy conditions moving in. In the West,
:26:18. > :26:24.in two parts of the far West, rain will move in for the evening.
:26:25. > :26:38.Temperatures tomorrow or not overly high, nine or 10 degrees. Times of
:26:39. > :26:42.high water... For the Isles of Scilly, a scattering of showers
:26:43. > :26:46.overnight, but it does become mainly dry until the end of the day when
:26:47. > :27:01.some of that patchy rain will arrive. Rough for our surfers. For
:27:02. > :27:08.most `` the coastal waters forecast... That is the outlook all
:27:09. > :27:17.the way through including the start of the weekend. On Thursday, plenty
:27:18. > :27:23.of showers. Once that is out of the way, sunshine and showers on Friday,
:27:24. > :27:28.but on Saturday, there is the chance of more persistent rain. Nothing
:27:29. > :27:36.really settling down. Hopefully some temple one macro `` hopefully some
:27:37. > :27:43.dry whether in between. That is it from us `` weather. We will be back
:27:44. > :27:48.at 10:25pm. Goodbye.