:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening, welcome to thd BBC sexual assault and rape.
:00:10. > :00:12.Good evening, welcome to thd BBC Channel Islands. Coming up.
:00:13. > :00:14.Guernsey's Commerce and Employment Minister defends the island's
:00:15. > :00:23.finance industry after fresh concerns in the national prdss.
:00:24. > :00:27.What we have to consistentlx demonstrate is how open and
:00:28. > :00:30.transparent Guernsey is as ` jurisdiction, and our willingness to
:00:31. > :00:33.cooperate. Plus, named and shamed ` whx
:00:34. > :00:37.restaurants will have to show customers their hygiene rathngs
:00:38. > :00:39.And how Alderney's beauty inspired this local author to the top of the
:00:40. > :00:54.bestsellers list. Guernsey's Commerce and Employment
:00:55. > :00:57.Minister has defended the island's finance industry after yet lore
:00:58. > :01:00.criticism in a national mag`zine. Private Eye has published fresh
:01:01. > :01:05.claims about the behaviour of the Channel Islands Stock Exchange. The
:01:06. > :01:09.company was restructered at the end of last year. `` restructurdd.
:01:10. > :01:12.Previous media coverage of the company saw Deputy Peter Harwood
:01:13. > :01:15.resign as Chief Minister. Edward Sault reports.
:01:16. > :01:18.It was following national mddia reports about his previous role as a
:01:19. > :01:20.director of the Channel Isl`nds Stock Exchange and Chairman of
:01:21. > :01:26.Guernsey's financial servicds regulator that Peter Harwood
:01:27. > :01:37.resigned. He said it was dud to the "risk to the reputation" of the
:01:38. > :01:40.office. The reason is as I stated. Now the company he was a director of
:01:41. > :01:43.is facing further criticisms in the latest edition of Private Exe.
:01:44. > :01:45.Private Eye's allegations, which the BBC has not been able to verify
:01:46. > :02:11.include claims that CISX... These currently unverified
:02:12. > :02:14.allegations are likely to c`use further difficulties at a thme when
:02:15. > :02:19.Guernsey and the islands' institutions would prefer not to be
:02:20. > :02:22.in the media Spotlight. Deptty Harwood wouldn't speak on c`mera
:02:23. > :02:25.today, but Guernsey's Minister for Commerce and Employment defdnded the
:02:26. > :02:35.island's place as a financi`l institution. I would not be honest
:02:36. > :02:44.if I didn't say it is unhelpful to Guernsey, and it is something that I
:02:45. > :02:51.keep a close eye on. I think what we have to consistently demonstrate is
:02:52. > :02:54.how open and transparent Gudrnsey is as a jurisdiction, and our
:02:55. > :02:56.willingness to cooperate with our international partners. The Channel
:02:57. > :02:59.Islands Stock Exchange is still under investigation by Guernsey s
:03:00. > :03:02.Financial Services Commission. The company was restructured towards the
:03:03. > :03:05.end of last year and is now called the Channel Islands Securithes
:03:06. > :03:09.Exchange. They wouldn't comlent today. This renewed national media
:03:10. > :03:12.attention, though, won't be welcome as Guernsey's politicians prepare to
:03:13. > :03:19.meet this week to vote in the island's next Chief Minister.
:03:20. > :03:21.Staying with the finance sector 18 people connected to Ukraine,
:03:22. > :03:24.including its ex`President, Viktor Yanukovych, have had financhal
:03:25. > :03:29.sanctions imposed on them bx the Channel Islands. The Europe`n Union
:03:30. > :03:32.agreed to freeze the assets of people suspected to have taken money
:03:33. > :03:36.from the country, or violatdd human rights laws. Jersey's Financial
:03:37. > :03:40.Services Commission asked fhnancial firms to examine their records. It
:03:41. > :03:46.aims to identify accounts connected to Viktor Yanukovych and others
:03:47. > :03:49.The trial of the man accused of murdering Guernsey woman Sarah
:03:50. > :03:52.Groves in India resumed tod`y. Dutch national Richard De Wit is standing
:03:53. > :03:56.trial in Kashmir. He denies all the charges. Today the court he`rd from
:03:57. > :04:01.a neighbour of the houseboat where Sarah had been staying. The case
:04:02. > :04:04.will resume at the end of the month. Kerbside recycling has begun in
:04:05. > :04:08.Guernsey. Householders are being asked to put paper and card out in
:04:09. > :04:10.clear bags on their normal collection nights this week, with
:04:11. > :04:14.tins, cans, plastic containdrs and drinks cartons collected in the blue
:04:15. > :04:18.bags from next week. During the interim scheme, islanders whll still
:04:19. > :04:21.have to take their glass to the bring banks.
:04:22. > :04:25.Unhygienic restaurants and food shops in Guernsey are being named
:04:26. > :04:29.and shamed. From today, any business that prepares food will havd their
:04:30. > :04:36.new hygiene rating displayed on the front door. Mike Wilkins reports.
:04:37. > :04:40.Consumers now have another tool in their decision box when it comes to
:04:41. > :04:45.deciding where they eat and shop for food. A new hygiene star system is
:04:46. > :04:49.being introduced. The best will be given five stars, and any whth fewer
:04:50. > :04:57.than three stars will be closely scrutinised. Once it is running it
:04:58. > :05:02.is only the cost of printing the stickers, we have the website
:05:03. > :05:07.already oral `` available, `nd the ratings will be done as part of
:05:08. > :05:10.routine inspections. So it hs basically a cost neutral scheme and
:05:11. > :05:13.it allows us to get the information to the public. For customers, it'll
:05:14. > :05:16.mean piece of mind that when a restaurant looks good on thd
:05:17. > :05:23.outside, it's doing a good job inside, too. Take this fish and chip
:05:24. > :05:26.shop, already awarded top m`rks with five out of five. Its owner says it
:05:27. > :05:36.should improve standards by increasing competition in the
:05:37. > :05:39.industry. I think people wotld be going to the same places anxway
:05:40. > :05:43.because they know they are clean and they get good food. But it hs going
:05:44. > :05:48.to make everybody else raisd the bar as well because it is more
:05:49. > :05:51.competitive, especially if ht is all printed out for someone to read
:05:52. > :05:54.they may choose where they `re going to eat based on the star rating more
:05:55. > :05:57.than anything else. People `re used to choosing from a menu, and now
:05:58. > :06:03.consumers in Guernsey will have even more information to help thdm decide
:06:04. > :06:06.where to eat. You're watching the BBC in the
:06:07. > :06:10.Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin and Natalie...
:06:11. > :06:19.Find out why these brave swhmmers have been taking a dip, inspired by
:06:20. > :06:21.Agatha Christie. David will be here with the weather
:06:22. > :06:24.in a moment. Good news this evening for Jersey's
:06:25. > :06:27.cricketers. The team are he`ding up the global rankings and havd been
:06:28. > :06:30.promoted to World Cricket Ldague Division Four. A 122`run win over
:06:31. > :06:34.the Cayman Islands this morning means Jersey are guaranteed one of
:06:35. > :06:36.the top two spots in Division Five, and automatic promotion. Gudrnsey,
:06:37. > :06:40.meanwhile, will be relegated after failing to win any of their opening
:06:41. > :06:43.matches. The Chief Executivd of the Jersey Cricket Board told R`dio
:06:44. > :06:49.Jersey earlier it's the restlt of a lot of hard work. We worked so hard
:06:50. > :06:54.in the planning and preparation With a new coach coming in late in
:06:55. > :06:57.the day, effectively, he had to take on a lot of work in preparing and
:06:58. > :07:02.getting to know the team. Prior to that, we spent years preparhng for
:07:03. > :07:05.moments like this and it has all come together this week, whdn they
:07:06. > :07:08.have played some fantastic cricket. And congratulations are also in
:07:09. > :07:11.order for Roland Gauvin frol Alderney Wildlife Trust. He
:07:12. > :07:14.successfully swam the Swingd today ` that's the strait between Alderney
:07:15. > :07:17.and Burhou, which has some of the strongest tidal movements in the
:07:18. > :07:21.world. Roland made it in ond hour and 26 minutes. He took to the water
:07:22. > :07:26.to raise awareness of the plight of sea birds killed by the winter
:07:27. > :07:29.storms. But there was disappointment for
:07:30. > :07:33.Jersey singer Jamie Lovatt, who went out of the BBC'S talent show The
:07:34. > :07:36.Voice at the weekend. Jamie lost his singing battle against fellow
:07:37. > :07:39.hopeful Chris Royal, perforling a version of Adele's Rolling Hn The
:07:40. > :07:44.Deep. Panellist Ricky Wilson described him as a great singer with
:07:45. > :07:46.undeniable power. Well, another Channel Islander
:07:47. > :07:51.celebrating success is Alderney`based author Rachel Abbott.
:07:52. > :07:54.Her latest book is currentlx top of online retail giant Amazon's crime
:07:55. > :07:58.e`book charts, and she shardd her success with islanders at its
:07:59. > :08:04.official launch on Friday. Louise Walter reports.
:08:05. > :08:08.The peace, the calm, the be`utiful scenerey. `` scenery. The rdasons
:08:09. > :08:12.why Alderney is the perfect place to plot murder. Well, for Rachdl
:08:13. > :08:21.Abbott, at least. The bestsdlling author moved here over a ye`r ago to
:08:22. > :08:24.help her writing. I needed somewhere quiet and atmospheric, we c`me here
:08:25. > :08:29.for a weekend and I thought, what an incredible place. I am motivated by
:08:30. > :08:35.the sea, I find it a very c`lming influence. That was it, I jtst found
:08:36. > :08:38.somewhere here and moved. It seems to be working for her. Rachdl's
:08:39. > :08:44.success has come through self`publishing e`books. For her, it
:08:45. > :08:50.was a fast way to get books on the market. But it does not guarantee
:08:51. > :08:53.success. It is very easy to be a self publisher, but anyone who is
:08:54. > :08:57.thinking of doing that is to ask themselves what they want to get out
:08:58. > :09:02.of it. If they just want to have the book published, that is verx easy.
:09:03. > :09:05.If they want the maximum nulber of readers, they can make the big
:09:06. > :09:08.three. If they want to actu`lly be commercially successful, it takes a
:09:09. > :09:11.huge amount of work. Rachel, known locally as Sheila Rogers, shared her
:09:12. > :09:16.success with islanders, launching her latest novel in Aldernex's
:09:17. > :09:26.library. She admits that despite her "e`success", she still prefdrs the
:09:27. > :09:32.real deal. I prefer books. H have my other home, it is packed with books.
:09:33. > :09:38.And I love physical books. But e`books are so convenient. Rachel is
:09:39. > :09:41.currently working on her fotrth novel. It's early days yet, but
:09:42. > :09:44.she's hoping to repeat the success of the first three.
:09:45. > :09:48.The Channel Islands have basked in glorious sunshine today, as events
:09:49. > :09:51.took place to mark Commonwe`lth Day. It's designed to encourage lembers
:09:52. > :09:53.of the Commonwealth to think about global issues. The Deputy B`iliff,
:09:54. > :09:56.Lieutenant Governor and States members raised the Commonwe`lth
:09:57. > :09:58.flag, the most southerly in the British Isles, at the Cenot`ph this
:09:59. > :10:00.morning. So, is there more sunshine to come?
:10:01. > :10:09.David has the weather forec`st. I think there will not be too much
:10:10. > :10:13.in the way of sunshine tomorrow but over the weekend, we have
:10:14. > :10:20.temperatures of 18. What a contrast! We have been unsettled for
:10:21. > :10:23.three months or so. More on the way of cloud through the English
:10:24. > :10:28.Channel, floating in overnight. It will be around tomorrow morning It
:10:29. > :10:33.could be on the cloudy side. As it will break up to sunny spells into
:10:34. > :10:39.the afternoon. Some mist early in the day. Not as warm as tod`y,
:10:40. > :10:43.perhaps 12 or 13. There is not a great deal of change in the weather
:10:44. > :10:47.over the next few days. High pressure well and truly in charge,
:10:48. > :10:53.across the UK at the moment. It moves around a little over the next
:10:54. > :10:56.24 hours, but not a great role of change in the pattern. Moving from
:10:57. > :11:00.tomorrow into Wednesday, sole subtle changes in the direction of the
:11:01. > :11:03.wind. Becoming more southeasterly, which for our spring is a bdtter
:11:04. > :11:10.chance of sunshine and highdr to bridges. " An yen overnight, brought
:11:11. > :11:17.in by the brisk breeze, so overnight temperatures not falling much below
:11:18. > :11:22.eight. Tomorrow, a cloudy start Throughout the morning, the cloud
:11:23. > :11:27.stubborn to break up, it will, however, the afternoon. Not as warm
:11:28. > :11:36.as today, 11 or 12 the top temperature. Here is the co`stal
:11:37. > :11:47.waters forecast. These are the times of high water. And for the servers,
:11:48. > :11:52.not much in the way of a swdll. A bit choppy on the North Coast of
:11:53. > :11:58.Alderney. Wednesday and Thursday, the sunshine comes back,
:11:59. > :12:01.temperatures back up to 14 or 1 . Lighter winds, but the cloud returns
:12:02. > :12:04.again as we move towards thd end of the week. But it is a dry spell of
:12:05. > :12:11.weather. That it from the sunniest place in
:12:12. > :12:20.the British Isles to know, let's join our friends in the South West.
:12:21. > :12:22.those who need to be there can be seen faster. More than ?300,000 a
:12:23. > :12:26.year is being made by Cornw`ll Council because their parking
:12:27. > :12:28.machines don't give change. The authority says stocking mord than
:12:29. > :12:32.250 pay`and`display stations with change would be too problem`tic and
:12:33. > :12:34.costly and says it reinvests the money overpaid by drivers in road
:12:35. > :12:42.maintenance and other transport projects. But, as Tamsin Melville's
:12:43. > :12:47.been finding out, not everyone's impressed. How often does it happen
:12:48. > :12:50.to you ` you find a car park space and you start scrabbling around
:12:51. > :12:53.because you can't find the right change? Well it seems in Cornwall
:12:54. > :12:57.Council's car parks this is happening a lot. The authorhty has
:12:58. > :13:00.more than 250 pay`and`displ`y machines in its car parks and new
:13:01. > :13:06.figures show people not getting any change from these is netting the
:13:07. > :13:10.council more than ?300,000 ` year. A bit disgusting really. Yeah, I mean
:13:11. > :13:15.not everybody can afford to lose money, can they? Well I might think
:13:16. > :13:19.it's OK if they spent that ?300 000 or something useful. They do
:13:20. > :13:24.reinvest it into transportation so for the roads. Into society. Yeah,
:13:25. > :13:30.well, I wouldn't really want it to be my money! Because I only had ?3,
:13:31. > :13:34.I think I should get another 40 pence of time. But I think their
:13:35. > :13:38.machine would be well capable of that. They cannot say that xou
:13:39. > :13:44.haven't been warned, but thd warning is so small compared with the very
:13:45. > :13:52.big thing saying "welcome". Clever. Unscrupulous. Thank you. Thd council
:13:53. > :13:55.says the logistical problems of stocking all machines would be too
:13:56. > :14:00.costly and points out there is a cashless mobile phone systel
:14:01. > :14:05.available. You just used thd mobile phone system, what was that like?
:14:06. > :14:11.Terrible. It was too long, luch too long`winded. There must be `n easier
:14:12. > :14:15.way of doing it. Wouldn't that just be bringing the right changd? Yes,
:14:16. > :14:18.it would. The council also says it would like to introduce a
:14:19. > :14:27.pay`as`you`go system where xou pay on exit. In Devon at the region s
:14:28. > :14:32.biggest hospital, staff are fighting plans to more than double their
:14:33. > :14:36.parking charges. They're dud to rise to ?2.50 a day, making Derrhford the
:14:37. > :14:41.most expensive of all the l`rger hospitals in the South West. Unions
:14:42. > :14:44.say it'll force people to look elsewhere for work, because they
:14:45. > :14:47.can't afford to pay more. There s now an online petition against the
:14:48. > :14:52.new prices which could come into force next month. Emma Thom`sson
:14:53. > :14:56.reports. Working out the monthly budget. Jenna is a health c`re
:14:57. > :15:01.assistant at Derriford and with a baby on the way, money is thght She
:15:02. > :15:06.said the increase will mean spending half a day's pay on parking every
:15:07. > :15:11.month. It's going to be verx difficult, because me and mx husband
:15:12. > :15:14.both work at the Trust. Therefore that's an extra ?40 to find every
:15:15. > :15:18.month, which we are going to go without, because I'm a shift worker,
:15:19. > :15:22.so I can't get to the hospital any other way or form, because H would
:15:23. > :15:27.have to get two buses and therefore leave really late or really early
:15:28. > :15:31.when buses don't run. But bosses at the hospitals say the chargds have
:15:32. > :15:34.been frozen for the last five years. We do understand that everybody has
:15:35. > :15:40.very specific things in thehr life and car parking needs to fit into
:15:41. > :15:46.that. So it's never going to be popular to increase charges. In
:15:47. > :15:50.fact, it's so unpopular that the unions have launched an onlhne
:15:51. > :15:54.petition. In the first day lore than 800 people signed it. We have heard
:15:55. > :15:57.from people who have just h`d just had their rents raised so they can't
:15:58. > :16:01.afford either that or these parking charges and said they will leave the
:16:02. > :16:06.Trust. For a Trust that strtggles to recruit anyway, that is a rhdiculous
:16:07. > :16:10.situation to be in. Most of the main hospitals in the South West have a
:16:11. > :16:13.sliding scale for charges. For staff like Jenna who earn around ?16, 00 a
:16:14. > :16:20.year, the monthly deduction from their salary at the Royal Ddvon and
:16:21. > :16:24.Exeter Hospital is ?15.40. The is halved for using the park and ride.
:16:25. > :16:28.It's ?6.50 at Torbay, ?6.20 in North Devon and ?15.15 at Treliskd. At
:16:29. > :16:31.Dorset County Hospital and `t Musgrove Park there are fixdd
:16:32. > :16:40.monthly fees regardless of what they earn. Charges could also go up for
:16:41. > :16:44.patients and visitors once the board has met at the end of the month
:16:45. > :16:47.Increases are always contentious, but with the strength of fedling
:16:48. > :16:56.among staff here, the hospital certainly has a fight on its hands.
:16:57. > :17:00.There's been a lot of reacthon to the parking stories tonight. On
:17:01. > :17:05.Derriford, Geraldine's been in touch via our Facebook page. She says
:17:06. > :17:08.hospital staff shouldn't have to pay anything to park! Another comment
:17:09. > :17:13.here asks why should nurses and doctors get reduced parking? Normal
:17:14. > :17:18.working people have to pay `t least ?2 a day and they earn loads more
:17:19. > :17:22.than normal people on minimtm wage. You've also had lots to say on
:17:23. > :17:25.Cornwall Council getting ?300,0 0 a year, because its parking m`chines
:17:26. > :17:29.don't give change. Leon asks why don't they use the money to repair
:17:30. > :17:34.all the pot holes? Ann says maybe they could cut the cost of parking
:17:35. > :17:38.now? Mark suggested donating the 300,000 to local charities. And
:17:39. > :17:43.Roger's been in touch via F`cebook. He says: "Make sure you havd change
:17:44. > :17:47.in the car! If you don't have change you have a choice ` pay a lhttle
:17:48. > :17:53.over the odds or go somewhere else to park!" Onto the sport now and
:17:54. > :17:56.history has been made by Exdter Chiefs over the weekend and Dave's
:17:57. > :18:03.been to Sandy Park to mark the occasion. Exeter Chiefs are
:18:04. > :18:13.celebrating their first appdarance in a cup time as a Premiership club.
:18:14. > :18:17.It is taking place at their home stadium against Northampton. Of
:18:18. > :18:21.course these will be just two of the shirts the players will be wearing
:18:22. > :18:27.in that special occasion. At the 12th time of asking, Exeter Chiefs
:18:28. > :18:33.managed to overcome a team they have never beaten in the Premiership In
:18:34. > :18:39.the last minute Bath had thd chance to level the score at 22`22. But
:18:40. > :18:49.they missed the penalty and the Devon club celebrated a rard triumph
:18:50. > :18:53.over them. Their first sips 197 . I live here and to me it is mx
:18:54. > :18:59.backyard. It is nice and I don't think for one minute when wd were
:19:00. > :19:03.asked if we would host it dhd anyone think we would be in the final. But
:19:04. > :19:11.it is for us to make the most of the opportunity. Two tries from the full
:19:12. > :19:17.back set the can have cheeps up for a `` Chiefs up for the final. When
:19:18. > :19:22.you think of where they havd come from the old ground and now being in
:19:23. > :19:26.the final, they deserve everything. We have been waiting a whild. Burr
:19:27. > :19:30.we can't wait. What does it mean as a fan watching your team here on
:19:31. > :19:35.your home ground? It is brilliant that we are actually at homd and in
:19:36. > :19:39.the actual final. It is really good. They will be underdogs against a
:19:40. > :19:45.team who have beaten them twice this season. But their record ag`inst
:19:46. > :19:53.Bath wasn't too good either. It has been a disappointing weekend for the
:19:54. > :20:01.South West's football sides, apart from Yeovil who beat Sheffidld
:20:02. > :20:07.Wednesday 2`0. Miller's two goals sent them on their way. But their
:20:08. > :20:11.relegation rivals all won and keeps Town two points o' away frol safety.
:20:12. > :20:23.Plymouth missed the chance to go into the play offs as they suffered
:20:24. > :20:29.a 2`1 defeat at Bristol Rovdrs. Rovers took the winning points to
:20:30. > :20:34.ensure Plymouth stay two pohnts off the top seven. Exeter City slipped
:20:35. > :20:41.to fourth from the bottom of League Two after they were held by Dagenham
:20:42. > :20:46.and Redbridge. Nichol gave City the lead, but that was undone in the
:20:47. > :20:59.second half. Six minutes into added time i Richards rescued a point
:21:00. > :21:04.Torquay United are heading for none league football after going down
:21:05. > :21:09.again. They're 12 points from survive. And the regional football
:21:10. > :21:19.programme tonight at 11. 20. It is called Late kickoff. Thank xou. It's
:21:20. > :21:23.been a gorgeous day for a dhp ` just the job for a group of wild swimmers
:21:24. > :21:30.who're recreated one of Agatha Christie's favourite swims, in
:21:31. > :21:35.Torbay. We sent our very own Alec Collyer along to test the w`ter
:21:36. > :21:40.Growing up in Torquay, Meadford Beach is where Agatha Christie used
:21:41. > :21:56.to go for a nice dip. Perhaps she and friends even had a small party
:21:57. > :22:02.there. Isn't it a superb dax for a swim? Yes, darling, let's go and
:22:03. > :22:11.join the waves. Lets! Three, two, one ` yeah! Devon Wild Swimlers did
:22:12. > :22:17.a half mile swim to Shag Rock and back to raise awareness for Sport
:22:18. > :22:21.Relief. Well everyone will `gree it's a good cause, but the
:22:22. > :22:24.camaraderie and fun you get instead of doing a sponsored walk or
:22:25. > :22:32.whatever, this gives you an opportunity to enjoy it as well
:22:33. > :22:36.whilst you're doing some good. Jackie swims in the sea every day.
:22:37. > :22:42.How is the water today then? Stunning. Stunningly cold or
:22:43. > :22:50.stunningly nice? It's perfect. It's beautiful. I don't know if Hercule
:22:51. > :22:57.Poirot ever went wild swimmhng. He probably had more sense! And as the
:22:58. > :23:03.swimmers returned a plot st`rted to form. Archie, darling, I have just
:23:04. > :23:09.had a superb idea for a new novel. It's called Murder on Meadford. What
:23:10. > :23:21.a wonderful idea! I can't s`y I actually remember the book. It
:23:22. > :23:26.looked beautiful. It was like the Mediterranean. But I bet it was
:23:27. > :23:31.chilly. Will the sunny weather continue? The sea temperature is
:23:32. > :23:37.about nine degrees. You would notice that. Yes. We have had tempdratures
:23:38. > :23:42.of 18 degrees through the wdekend. That is good for the first week in
:23:43. > :23:46.March. It is a little bit cooler for today and it is colder later this
:23:47. > :23:51.week. But the main story has to be one of fine and dry weather. That is
:23:52. > :23:56.the message to get across. Some sunshine around, but some chilly
:23:57. > :23:59.nights as well. When you look at the satellite you can see where all the
:24:00. > :24:05.weather is going. It is heading with this line of cloud straight up
:24:06. > :24:10.towards the Faroes and Icel`nd. That is where the low pressure is
:24:11. > :24:14.heading. The reason we are settled is because we have a big arda of
:24:15. > :24:22.high pressure. It doesn't change much for the next few days. It does
:24:23. > :24:27.draw in some cloud tomorrow. We will have more cloud to start with. But
:24:28. > :24:33.it should break up. This is the middle of the week, Wednesd`y, when
:24:34. > :24:36.we remain fine and dry with sunshine. This was the cloud picture
:24:37. > :24:41.from earlier, you can see there isn't a great deal of cloud for much
:24:42. > :24:45.of Devon and Cornwall. For Somerset and Dorset the cloud has bedn
:24:46. > :24:49.thicker and that is heading our way tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow we
:24:50. > :24:55.could have a cloudy start. But let's take you back to last week. When we
:24:56. > :24:59.had a bit of a different scdne across Dartmoor. Something we don't
:25:00. > :25:10.see often. These picture were sent in pi Simon `` by Simon. Thdse are
:25:11. > :25:14.starlings, it is almost likd a cloud in the sky. Today we have h`d some
:25:15. > :25:19.sunshine and a large part of South West has had glorious weathdr today.
:25:20. > :25:25.The sun has been out. Some haze in the air. Just reducing the
:25:26. > :25:29.visibility. But it has been very pleasant and although the sda looks
:25:30. > :25:35.very inviting, the sea tempdrature at the moment is quite a bit down at
:25:36. > :25:41.around nine degrees. And thd forecast tonight, more cloud will
:25:42. > :25:45.come in from the east and blanket emost of the south`west by tomorrow
:25:46. > :25:53.morning. Temperatures down to three or four degrees. Tomorrow, the cloud
:25:54. > :25:58.will be reluctant to move. But it will break up and in the afternoon
:25:59. > :26:06.we will see some sunny spells with temperatures up to 12. A few places
:26:07. > :26:13.might get to 14 degrees. And for the forecast for the Isles of Scilly, a
:26:14. > :26:17.fine and bright day. Just a bit hazy with a brisk north`easterly breeze.
:26:18. > :26:32.There are the times of high water: For surfers the surf will bd clean,
:26:33. > :26:37.but not very big. But a remhnder of the tea temperatures of `` sea
:26:38. > :26:43.temperatures. The winds are from the east, force four or five. And a dry
:26:44. > :26:47.week. After quite a misty start on Wednesday, we will have sunshine
:26:48. > :26:56.again. More cloud though on Thursday and Friday. Thank you. Loving your
:26:57. > :26:59.work! Now just before we go we'd like to tell you about a new series
:27:00. > :27:03.on BBC South West starting tomorrow. It's almost eight weeks since we
:27:04. > :27:06.last had a through train to Plymouth or Cornwall. Yes, the repairs at
:27:07. > :27:10.Whiteball tunnel, followed by the collapse of the sea wall at Dawlish
:27:11. > :27:14.cut off much of the South Wdst. But was the region always so vulnerable?
:27:15. > :27:17.60 years ago we had alternatives to the coastal line. Now rail bosses
:27:18. > :27:20.have been told to look into possible inland railway routes. We'll explore
:27:21. > :27:23.the options starting tomorrow on your BBC local radio station and on
:27:24. > :27:29.Spotlight with our business correspondent Neil Gallacher. And a
:27:30. > :27:37.big thank you to everyone who got in touch in our search for the family
:27:38. > :27:40.of Herbert Algarve, the diary writer we featured. We have got an
:27:41. > :27:43.interesting lead that we ard following up. More to come through
:27:44. > :27:46.the week. Good night.