:00:00. > :00:12.Hello. Our top story tonight: tonight. That is all from us,
:00:13. > :00:18.Hello. Our top story tonight: Airport baggage handlers set to
:00:19. > :00:24.strike after a cut in hours and pay. There are a number of our colleagues
:00:25. > :00:27.whose jobs are at risk. Also tonight, The truth revdaled
:00:28. > :00:31.after making a decision that would dishonour his family ` the story of
:00:32. > :00:39.a Guernseyman who is now recognised for his heroism.
:00:40. > :00:42.And from St Helier to Hollywood the man from Jersey who's hoping his
:00:43. > :00:56.success will soar in this ndw blockbuster film.
:00:57. > :01:01.Good evening. Baggage handldrs at Jersey Airport could strike after
:01:02. > :01:03.facing a cut in hours and p`y. The union Unite says its members are
:01:04. > :01:10."absolutely livid" their employer Servisair is threatening to reduce
:01:11. > :01:18.their working week. Jen Smith reports.
:01:19. > :01:21.Servisair workers last thre`tened strike action in 2009. The company
:01:22. > :01:25.employs baggage handlers at airports around the world and for different
:01:26. > :01:28.airlines. Some of the work ht does at Jersey airport is with the
:01:29. > :01:31.airline Blue Islands. But as Blue Islands' ground handling work is
:01:32. > :01:34.going to be taken over by Atrigny, up to 30 Servisair staff ard worried
:01:35. > :01:37.about keeping their same working conditions. The Unite union claims
:01:38. > :01:42.workers hours couldn't be ctt like this in the UK because employment
:01:43. > :01:44.legislation wouldn't allow ht. Deputy Geoff Southern says this
:01:45. > :01:52.latest dispute shows Jersey's workers have little protecthon. Our
:01:53. > :02:00.employment laws really are puite weak. What we need is legislation to
:02:01. > :02:02.protect workers from changes to terms and conditions.
:02:03. > :02:04.Jersey's Social Security Minister, who has responsibility for the
:02:05. > :02:07.island's employment laws, s`ys employers and employees havd the
:02:08. > :02:18.right to change their working terms and conditions through negotiation.
:02:19. > :02:22.Well, Jen Smith has been spdaking to Nick Corbel from the Unite tnion.
:02:23. > :02:30.I'm at the office of the unhon Unite, which represents somd of the
:02:31. > :02:37.baggage handlers at Jersey @irport. What is this about? It is bdcause
:02:38. > :02:41.the company has decided to `sk the new company to cover the ground
:02:42. > :02:47.handling operation, which is currently undertaken by service air.
:02:48. > :02:55.It means that a number of otr colleagues have jobs at risk. They
:02:56. > :02:59.are asking for them to reduce their working hours to 37.5 hours per
:03:00. > :03:08.week. But our members are s`ying is that this is unacceptable. There are
:03:09. > :03:13.bills to feed `` bills to p`y. Are we talking about the loss of hours
:03:14. > :03:18.or redundancies? Redundancids, I have to say. The numbers of workers
:03:19. > :03:23.needed is going to drop bec`use they are going to move over, somd of
:03:24. > :03:34.them, to the new company. That is a concern for us as well. Thex would
:03:35. > :03:38.move over, together with thd terms and conditions, to the new operator.
:03:39. > :03:45.The new legislation is not applicable on the island. Who do you
:03:46. > :03:48.hold responsible? I hold thd Jersey government responsible. We have been
:03:49. > :03:52.banging on about this for ydars and our concerns have fallen on deaf
:03:53. > :04:09.ears. I hold the Minister for social security costs that are responsible.
:04:10. > :04:13.A ward at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital has reopdned
:04:14. > :04:16.after an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea. The Victoria Wing was
:04:17. > :04:19.closed to new patients earlher this week. It was initially thought it
:04:20. > :04:22.could be the norovirus, although initial tests haven't come back
:04:23. > :04:28.positive for that. 15 non`elergency operations had to be postponed
:04:29. > :04:33.because of the closure. Our main concern was to make sure thd virus
:04:34. > :04:38.did not spread to the medic`l wards, where the patients tend to be more
:04:39. > :04:42.vulnerable clinically. Therd is no indication of any spread. Wd did
:04:43. > :04:47.have to postpone 15 operations. We have spoken to all of those patients
:04:48. > :04:54.and apologised and said we would charge to rebook them as soon as
:04:55. > :04:57.possible. A meeting about the future funding
:04:58. > :05:00.of Guernsey's L'ancresse colmon attracted a crowd of around 200
:05:01. > :05:03.people. The Vale Commons cotncil, which maintains it, needs to find an
:05:04. > :05:07.additional ?130,000 each ye`r. It's been suggested the private golf
:05:08. > :05:10.clubs that use the area shotld pay a lot more than the ?100 they
:05:11. > :05:12.currently contribute. It was the main issue discussed at the
:05:13. > :05:16.council's AGM last night. All this week we've been looking at
:05:17. > :05:20.how the First World War affdcted the Channel Islands. Now, in thd last of
:05:21. > :05:23.the World War One At Home sdries, we hear the story of John Elkington,
:05:24. > :05:26.who was the son of Guernsey's Lieutenant Governor. During the war
:05:27. > :05:29.he made a decision that would dishonour him and his familx. But
:05:30. > :05:30.through the courage of his conviction, honour was restored
:05:31. > :05:42.Mike Wilkins reports. The war to end all wars didn't start
:05:43. > :05:46.well for the British. In thd summer of 1914, The Great War soon became
:05:47. > :05:48.the great retreat as the Brhtish Expeditionary Force was overwhelmed
:05:49. > :05:55.and forced back by the numerically superior German army at the Battle
:05:56. > :05:58.of Mons in Belgium. It was ` desperate situation where former
:05:59. > :06:05.Elizabeth College pupil Lt Col John Ford Elkington found himself. He and
:06:06. > :06:09.His exhausted men arrived in the town of St Quentin. However, the
:06:10. > :06:17.town's mayor wasn't too ple`sed to see the British. He said, whth
:06:18. > :06:23.British troops here the Gerlans will simply kill everybody, not just you.
:06:24. > :06:28.They will also shot `` start shooting civilians as well. You can
:06:29. > :06:31.go now or we would prefer it if you would kindly surrender.
:06:32. > :06:34.So Elkington decided his sldep deprived troops could go no further
:06:35. > :06:38.and agreed to surrender to spare them and the civilians. But a
:06:39. > :06:41.cavalry major reached the town and managed to get their troops up and
:06:42. > :06:45.moving before the Germans arrived. Elkington was later court m`rshalled
:06:46. > :06:55.and stripped of his rank and ejected from the army. He had achieved a lot
:06:56. > :06:59.since his time as a people here He had risen to the rank of colmander
:07:00. > :07:03.of the world Warwickshire Rdgiment. When he was kicked out of the
:07:04. > :07:06.British Army, he could argud have had the lowest point of his life.
:07:07. > :07:08.But he was determined to prove himself.
:07:09. > :07:10.Determined to prove himself, 48`year`old Elkington joined the
:07:11. > :07:13.French Foreign Legion as a private. He distinguished himself and was
:07:14. > :07:24.badly injured in 1915, but his bravery led to the restorathon of
:07:25. > :07:30.his former rank by King George. 662 served in the war and 210 wdre
:07:31. > :07:34.killed. John is an example of the old Elizabethans who showed great
:07:35. > :07:37.determination. One hopes th`t was instilled during his time at
:07:38. > :07:40.college. The wheel of fortune turned full
:07:41. > :07:52.circle for John Elkington, who overcame the shame, and through his
:07:53. > :07:57.bravery reclaimed his honour. First there was Henry Cavill as
:07:58. > :08:00.Superman. Now it appears thdre is another Channel Islander set to take
:08:01. > :08:03.Hollywood by storm. Cameron Perkins, or Cameron Moir, to give hil is
:08:04. > :08:06.screen name, stars in the l`test Tinseltown blockbuster, Non Stop.
:08:07. > :08:08.The action film launches in cinemas today. I spoke to Cameron from Los
:08:09. > :08:14.Angeles. It's tense, it's nervy and ht's set
:08:15. > :08:18.30,000 feet up in the air. Non Stop tells the story of a New York to
:08:19. > :08:22.London flight that's hijackdd. It's up to air marshall Bill Marks,
:08:23. > :08:29.played by Liam Neeson, to s`ve the day.
:08:30. > :08:36.But most important of all for us, it stars a young actor from Jersey And
:08:37. > :08:41.here's Cameron coming up on the left of your screen, drinking a cup of
:08:42. > :08:44.tea. It's just a glimpse of him in this trailer, but Cameron stars an
:08:45. > :08:56.air steward alongside Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery. I got the
:08:57. > :09:00.role in the film, I got the call from agent. I got a call back. I was
:09:01. > :09:05.filming a short film in New York. I couldn't make the call back, but
:09:06. > :09:16.they changed the day for me, which they don't normally do. Henry is a
:09:17. > :09:19.great actor. It shows you c`n come from a small island and you can
:09:20. > :09:23.fulfil your dreams. But this film isn't the onlx thing
:09:24. > :09:32.we can see the actor and model in. Cameron stars in an online soap
:09:33. > :09:35.opera called Englishman In LA. It is the story of a British author who
:09:36. > :09:42.comes to LA and meets all these crazy people. His book gets turned
:09:43. > :09:45.into a big cliche movie. Cameron says his roots still
:09:46. > :10:00.definitely lie here in the Channel Islands, and hopes his caredr, like
:10:01. > :10:03.this film, will soar to new heights. Postal workers using pedal power and
:10:04. > :10:06.delivering your mail by bicxcle is a familiar sight in Jersey and
:10:07. > :10:10.Guernsey. But what happens to the bikes when they get old and a bit
:10:11. > :10:13.rusty? Christina Ghidoni tells us on how some of the cycles are puite
:10:14. > :10:15.literally re`cycled. Having a bicycle in Africa can be
:10:16. > :10:37.the first step out of poverty. Guernsey Post have donated their old
:10:38. > :10:40.bikes before. And now Jersex Post are sending 26 former postal bikes
:10:41. > :10:49.and parts to support poor f`milies in Africa using the non profit
:10:50. > :10:57.organisation Re`cycle. Thesd bikes you see behind you are betwden 4`16
:10:58. > :11:01.years old. We keep them for a long time. At the end of that life cycle,
:11:02. > :11:05.they are generally scrapped. With these bikes, although they `re not
:11:06. > :11:10.usable for us any more, a lot of the parts are quite valuable to the
:11:11. > :11:14.charity. They are able to use those. So instead of being scrapped, these
:11:15. > :11:22.old post bikes will now help deliver a better life for people in Africa.
:11:23. > :11:25.The Aurora Borealis, known `s the Northern Lights, has made a rare
:11:26. > :11:28.appearance over the Channel Islands. Jersey photographer Marc Whhtehead
:11:29. > :11:32.was at Gronez in the north west of the island last night when he
:11:33. > :11:35.captured it on camera. It w`s his first attempt at night photography
:11:36. > :11:42.when he spotted the red glow. Initially I came up to try `nd get
:11:43. > :11:47.the Milky Way. While capturhng that, I noticed a small glow in the
:11:48. > :11:50.distance. Every shot I took, it was getting brighter and brightdr, to
:11:51. > :11:54.the point where I took my exes from the camera and I could see ht with
:11:55. > :11:59.the naked eye. I did not re`lise I had caught it. A friend told me I
:12:00. > :12:04.may have caught it. It was overwhelming. Fascinating. Baby you
:12:05. > :12:06.have got the weekend weather forecasts.
:12:07. > :12:22.`` David Frost hop the rainfall statistics havd been
:12:23. > :12:27.adding up over the winter so far. We split the season into four separate
:12:28. > :12:32.seasons. For the last three months we have had a huge amount of
:12:33. > :12:38.rainfall the Jersey and Guernsey. Guernsey has had 483 millimdtres of
:12:39. > :12:42.rain. That is the second highest rainfall that we've seen for the
:12:43. > :12:49.winter is the record started, and they go way back to 1843. The
:12:50. > :12:54.previous wet winter goes back to 1876. Let's look at the det`il for
:12:55. > :12:58.overnight. We have this curl of cloud generating a stiff brdeze at
:12:59. > :13:02.the moment. That wind will drop The next one will trickle across us
:13:03. > :13:05.tomorrow. Very light winds tomorrow. Nothing moving too fast.
:13:06. > :13:10.Perhaps briefly some brightness Generally a lot of cloud around
:13:11. > :13:14.Couple of weather systems whll bring us rain on Sunday. Overnight
:13:15. > :13:22.tonight, the brisk north`westerly winds will die down. It will be a
:13:23. > :13:26.cold night. Four degrees is the minimum temperature. Tomorrow,
:13:27. > :13:31.expect a lot of cloud around. In general, it's a much better day than
:13:32. > :13:39.we have seen today. Lighter winds, but not a very naughty `` w`rm. The
:13:40. > :13:50.winds are variable. If you showers around. Times of high water...
:13:51. > :13:56.The surface is much quieter after the strong winds today. `` the
:13:57. > :14:09.surface. Sunday is a cloudy day Have a lovely weekend. I colpletely
:14:10. > :14:14.missed the Northern lights because I was having dinner. There yot go
:14:15. > :14:19.Finally, a reminder that Ry`n Morrison will bring you det`ils of
:14:20. > :14:27.the first Jersey live headlhne and more from 8pm tomorrow.
:14:28. > :14:33.it the best World Cup venue in 2015. That is the best in front of
:14:34. > :14:36.Twickenham. The Chiefs are keen to return to winning habits in the
:14:37. > :14:39.Premiership when London Irish visit Sandy Park tomorrow. Plymouth
:14:40. > :14:42.Albion's final Friday night of rugby this season is at the Brickfields
:14:43. > :14:46.tonight against Nottingham hn the Championship. The Cornish Phrates
:14:47. > :14:49.have agreed new contracts whth nine of their players ahead of Stnday's
:14:50. > :14:52.home test against Jersey. Along them are wing Kieran Goss and popular
:14:53. > :15:01.flanker Chris Morgan, who's been offered a two`year extension to his
:15:02. > :15:05.present deal. In football, Plymouth Argyle could move closer to the
:15:06. > :15:08.League Two play`offs if thex beat Morecambe at Home Park. Following
:15:09. > :15:10.their 4`0 midweek win at Fldetwood, Argyle are four points behind
:15:11. > :15:14.Southend, who occupy the final play`off spot. Exeter City hope
:15:15. > :15:19.their luck changes at York `fter picking up only one point from their
:15:20. > :15:22.last three home games. Torqtay United are desperate for a win at
:15:23. > :15:28.Hartlepool after falling seven points adrift of safety. Yeovil
:15:29. > :15:30.Town, three points from esc`ping the Championship's relegation zone, go
:15:31. > :15:43.to Reading in confident mood after going unbeaten in three gamds.
:15:44. > :15:46.Finally, a reminder that Late Kick Off, the show that reaches the heart
:15:47. > :15:59.of the region's football, rdturns on Monday night at 11.20. This year
:16:00. > :16:08.marks the 100th anniversary of the First World War. One woman that made
:16:09. > :16:12.a huge difference was a nurse from our region. We have been able to
:16:13. > :16:32.piece together this amazing story. Elsie Knocker's story began here in
:16:33. > :16:38.Belgium. 100 years on, the town has barely changed at her and hdr friend
:16:39. > :16:44.certainly helped to change lives. They came here as drivers for the
:16:45. > :16:51.ambulance Corps, working at first in the hospital. This is the exact same
:16:52. > :16:57.archway that she would drivd the ambulance through. What werd
:16:58. > :17:03.conditions like? Horrible. Blood and gore in the operation theatre.
:17:04. > :17:08.Amputated limbs would be thrown on a heap and burned afterwards. This
:17:09. > :17:12.remarkable footage shows Elsie at work, the sort of thing she was
:17:13. > :17:16.doing every day and every nhght She saw many men die as they were bumped
:17:17. > :17:20.around in the ambulance, and this gave her the idea of setting up a
:17:21. > :17:24.dressing station close to the action to treat the wounded before they
:17:25. > :17:31.were driven to hospital. Thdy did it in a tiny cellar. I cannot believe
:17:32. > :17:36.how low the ceiling is. It hs even more cramped down here than I
:17:37. > :17:45.imagined it full of it is cramped. It is damp. It is called. Ilagine
:17:46. > :17:57.bringing down a soldier herd, having to dress him, treat him, thdn bring
:17:58. > :18:03.him back upstairs, put him hn the ambulance and drive him to the
:18:04. > :18:07.hospital. At the same time, the noise of shelling and gunfire. Of
:18:08. > :18:12.course. 25 yards from here was the front line. What sort of difference
:18:13. > :18:21.was it making to survival r`tes for the injured soldiers? It augmented
:18:22. > :18:31.their chances of survival lot. They were treated for shock year. Their
:18:32. > :18:34.wounds were being dressed. Despite this the work was done under strong
:18:35. > :18:45.opposition from the Army and the Red Cross who did not think womdn should
:18:46. > :18:49.be on the front line. Elsie was one that would come back and give talks
:18:50. > :18:58.to raise money. She was verx successful. There were thousands of
:18:59. > :19:05.troops at any one time. There would have been a lot of support for it
:19:06. > :19:10.all. How much did she raise from coming here to talk? Quite ` lot was
:19:11. > :19:18.raised on the night. It seeled about ?300. There were also huge donations
:19:19. > :19:21.that came in. She certainly used her friends mercilessly, and shd does
:19:22. > :19:27.seem to have had a magnificdnt effect on all the men she mdt. I
:19:28. > :19:33.think she frightened people and people fell in love with her at the
:19:34. > :19:42.same time. Indeed, men did seem to fall in love with Elsie. In the
:19:43. > :19:47.early years of the war, she married Baron, who believed she was a widow
:19:48. > :19:53.rather than a divorcee. She had one child from her first marriage and I
:19:54. > :19:58.went to meet her grandson. She was an action lady and she was hn her
:19:59. > :20:04.element in the war. She lovdd the notoriety. That is the sort of
:20:05. > :20:08.person she was. That is my lemory of her. What do you make of thd role
:20:09. > :20:13.she performed on the front line Inevitably, the whole familx were
:20:14. > :20:21.incredibly proud of what shd had done. I think she was doing
:20:22. > :20:26.something pretty special to look after the soldiers, that is the key
:20:27. > :20:28.to the whole thing. She was a very determined and audacious wolan and
:20:29. > :20:37.she wasn't going to be put off by anybody. This is what she hdrself
:20:38. > :20:41.believed as she recalled in an interview in 1964. I supposd I
:20:42. > :20:47.always longed to do things for other people and wanted to help them.
:20:48. > :20:52.Therefore, the war stimulatdd my wish for that because I could always
:20:53. > :20:55.help. There was always a situation in which I could say I would do
:20:56. > :21:03.that, I'm willing to do that, I would love to do that. Before the
:21:04. > :21:11.end of the war, their work was recognised and they were aw`rded the
:21:12. > :21:17.military medal for their saving the pilot shot down the battlefheld
:21:18. > :21:24.This replica bunker is a relinder of the place where so many livds were
:21:25. > :21:29.saved. This is the final resting place of just some of the soldiers
:21:30. > :21:35.that were killed as short while from here. If it had not been for the
:21:36. > :21:36.tenacity and bravery of this nurse from Exeter, undoubtedly many more
:21:37. > :21:51.would be lying here. We will have more stories of World
:21:52. > :22:01.War I throughout the year. Xou can find out more at BBC websitds.
:22:02. > :22:06.Meanwhile ` the latest in otr series highlighting the heroes of the storm
:22:07. > :22:10.` people who've gone above `nd beyond the call of duty durhng the
:22:11. > :22:13.severe weather that's been battering the south west. Today, Jane Chandler
:22:14. > :22:17.reports on the manager and staff of a pub who went into action when
:22:18. > :22:29.waves threatened to destroy homes at Torcross in February. The w`ves were
:22:30. > :22:32.frightening. The water was crashing over the sea defences on February
:22:33. > :22:38.the 4th. Homes immediately behind the wall were under threat. This
:22:39. > :22:43.exclusive lives in one of them. He was rescued by the manager of the
:22:44. > :22:47.local pub, Alan Jones. He w`s trying to drag me back, he said it wasn't
:22:48. > :22:53.worth it. Don't take the risk. Get out of there. I carried on, despite
:22:54. > :23:00.them trying to pull me back, and I ended up getting thrown up `gainst
:23:01. > :23:10.the wall by a wave. They were doing a great job. As the high tide hit,
:23:11. > :23:15.they realised it was mass `` much worse. The water that was coming
:23:16. > :23:21.over, I have lived here six years and never seen that. We helped,
:23:22. > :23:25.doing what we could, what s`ndbags we had were being put up in front of
:23:26. > :23:36.the windows. We were just hdlping out. Allen says he just did what was
:23:37. > :23:40.needed at the time. You had the thought of what you're doing before
:23:41. > :23:44.the next high tide, it happdned so quickly. This community has been
:23:45. > :23:49.strengthened by its experience the storms. As the waves and thd weather
:23:50. > :23:57.settled, they are working together to repair the damage and st`rt
:23:58. > :24:04.again. The weather looks much better today. Much nicer. It is tile for
:24:05. > :24:08.the weather forecast. Nice weekend? It will be generally quieter.
:24:09. > :24:13.Everybody will appreciate that. We have had some sunshine todax we may
:24:14. > :24:16.not get that much in terms of sunshine this weekend. Therd is a
:24:17. > :24:21.lot of code around. Tomorrow is the better of the two days. There might
:24:22. > :24:25.be some showers in Devon and Cornwall. Some more persistdnt rain
:24:26. > :24:32.returns on Sunday. That will bring the strength of wingback. The wind
:24:33. > :24:37.has been particularly strong today. Gusto 70 mph. They have called down.
:24:38. > :24:45.The area of low pressure is that swirl of cloud going towards Holland
:24:46. > :24:49.and Germany. `` gusts of. This is not active, it is not too mtch to
:24:50. > :24:55.worry about. It brings a lot of clout. A new area of low prdssure
:24:56. > :25:06.moves across the Atlantic. Sunday looks like it will turn out to be
:25:07. > :25:08.quite wet after a reasonabld start. That is the swirl of cloud
:25:09. > :25:18.associated with that area. Puite a cold night to come. Before H get
:25:19. > :25:22.that, here is what it was lhke a cross the south`west coast. We had
:25:23. > :25:38.some blue sky and sunshine. The sea is still fairly choppy. It felt
:25:39. > :25:41.quite pleasant. Overnight this clear sky will gradually be replaced by
:25:42. > :25:48.thick cloud approaching frol the West, but for several hours we will
:25:49. > :25:50.have a rapid fall in the temperatures so there is a
:25:51. > :26:01.possibility of frost. Most likely across East Devon. Further west will
:26:02. > :26:07.be thick cloud and light showers. Those temperatures can be expected
:26:08. > :26:13.on the coast. Tomorrow, a lot of fine weather, especially Solerset
:26:14. > :26:20.and Dorset, and even though we might see some showers, it will bd dry.
:26:21. > :26:27.For most of us the code is dxtensive and we will see light showers. Every
:26:28. > :26:34.now and then there will be ` light shower. Temperatures are struggling
:26:35. > :26:49.after a cold start. Like Sotthwest wind. The high water times...
:26:50. > :26:57.There are quite high tides but no real strength of wins to catse any
:26:58. > :27:03.problems across the coastline. For the surfers, the north coast could
:27:04. > :27:08.be pretty good. It will be clean. Generally light wind. Not a bad
:27:09. > :27:15.day. As the coastal waters `re forecast... They will becomd
:27:16. > :27:19.variable. Completely differdnt compared to the conditions we had
:27:20. > :27:27.earlier. It will cloud over and we will see a rates of brain. We will
:27:28. > :27:32.be back to more unsettled conditions from lunchtime Sunday onwards. Have
:27:33. > :27:37.a nice weekend. You can keep up`to`date with the news and weather
:27:38. > :27:42.on your BBC local radio stations throughout the weekend. We will be
:27:43. > :27:46.back on Monday. Have a good weekend. I buy.