:00:08. > :00:24.Good evening. Higher contributions, lower payments, changes to public
:00:25. > :00:30.sector payments. It affects many people. It can no longer be all
:00:31. > :00:38.right in the modern climate to have a scheme based on somebody's final
:00:39. > :00:43.salary. Why almost half of A patients could be cheap `` treated
:00:44. > :00:44.by their GP. And carers in Guernsey are still waiting for money for
:00:45. > :01:02.respite care. A major shake`up of Jersey's public
:01:03. > :01:06.sector pension scheme could see people paying in higher payments but
:01:07. > :01:09.getting lower pay`outs. The Chief Minister wants to change the current
:01:10. > :01:17.plan which is based on a employees final salary instead of now being on
:01:18. > :01:24.their average salary. It will affect 6000 workers here. Paying for our
:01:25. > :01:29.retirement years could get more expensive for people working in
:01:30. > :01:33.Jersey's public sector. With life expectancy growing, there won't be
:01:34. > :01:37.enough money in the pension pot so changes have to be made to the
:01:38. > :01:44.pension scheme. The biggest move could be a move from a final pension
:01:45. > :01:50.scheme to a career average scheme. Under the proposed plan, it will be
:01:51. > :01:53.calculated over the average of the entire working life of a scheme
:01:54. > :02:01.member and that is not the only difference. Contributions each month
:02:02. > :02:07.will increase from 5% to 8% for employees. For uniformed services,
:02:08. > :02:15.it will increase to 10.1% as they can retire earlier. The States have
:02:16. > :02:20.increased their contributions from 13.5% to 16 and 20.2%. The Chief
:02:21. > :02:25.Minister says the changes are necessary as the current scheme is
:02:26. > :02:30.outdated. If we kept with the current scheme, we can't afford it.
:02:31. > :02:36.The way people work is changing, there is unfairness in the current
:02:37. > :02:44.scheme. People on lower wages are subsidising people on higher wages.
:02:45. > :02:47.It is no longer writes to have this kind of option. Experts say most
:02:48. > :02:53.people have already made this change. It has probably been
:02:54. > :03:00.unsustainable because of the amount of funds going in versus what you
:03:01. > :03:04.are getting back. If we don't make this change, the people in it will
:03:05. > :03:12.reach retirement age and there will be a deficit. The change has to
:03:13. > :03:16.happen. It has got to be embraced. The Unions agree and they have
:03:17. > :03:20.worked on the plans for the past two years and will ask their members to
:03:21. > :03:25.vote on what they believe is a good offer. I am hopeful people will see
:03:26. > :03:29.the need for change. There will be some who are not keen and we still
:03:30. > :03:36.have issues that we have to sort out within the final offer. I am hopeful
:03:37. > :03:40.people realise that this is quite a good deal and the best that we can
:03:41. > :03:47.achieve through negotiation and I am hopeful they will vote to accept. If
:03:48. > :03:55.they accept this, this changes will come in next year.
:03:56. > :03:59.Next, more than half of patients who enter A in Jersey last year had
:04:00. > :04:07.not had an accident and were not an emergency case. The figures released
:04:08. > :04:12.show it is finding better ways of managing health care. In 2013, the
:04:13. > :04:19.emergency department at Jersey's General Hospital treated over 37,000
:04:20. > :04:22.cases. Almost 50% of them in one week came with non`medical
:04:23. > :04:30.emergencies and something that could have been dealt with by the GP.
:04:31. > :04:33.Busy around the clock and a busy everyday but not everyone who turns
:04:34. > :04:37.up here is seriously ill. Health bosses believe it is because the
:04:38. > :04:42.doctors here at the emergency department are free to see whereas
:04:43. > :04:47.GP services have to be paid for by the patient. A third to a half can
:04:48. > :04:50.be dealt with a general practitioner. There is an incentive
:04:51. > :04:55.for them to come here but we are trying to resolve this issue. The
:04:56. > :05:03.Health Minister says she is aware of the problem and is working with GPs
:05:04. > :05:07.to find a solution. It does impact but we have to be geared up to take
:05:08. > :05:16.whatever comes through those doors. We can't turn anybody away. Isn't
:05:17. > :05:21.the simple as to cut the cost of going to the GP? It is one of the
:05:22. > :05:26.things that we are looking at. The body that I represent is in
:05:27. > :05:31.discussion with the Jersey consumer Council and we are concerned about
:05:32. > :05:35.access. We need to make sure that if we don't see people at the right
:05:36. > :05:40.time and with the cost of the island as a whole will escalate and that
:05:41. > :05:46.would be a calamitous affair. It is not just here. In England, a fifth
:05:47. > :05:50.of people there admit heading to the A department is seeing `` instead
:05:51. > :05:56.of seeing their own GP. In London, the NHS have launched this campaign.
:05:57. > :06:01.Each one of these yellow men is part of a message. Minor health problems
:06:02. > :06:10.can meet dealt with at the GP or at a pharmacy. Some of the problems
:06:11. > :06:13.that staff here say they have seen range from islanders turning up
:06:14. > :06:18.after suffering from a rake for a day, having Farouq is, having a
:06:19. > :06:24.hangover to simply wanting a sick note. Health bosses say even though
:06:25. > :06:30.people know it is for accident and emergency, there is still a number
:06:31. > :06:32.of people turning up with emergency problems `` nonemergency problems.
:06:33. > :06:39.There will be more on that story tomorrow morning just after 8am.
:06:40. > :06:45.It has been three years since Guernsey States promised more money
:06:46. > :06:49.for respite care. Many of the 250 people with learning difficulties in
:06:50. > :07:01.Ireland are cared for more or less full`time by their parents.
:07:02. > :07:05.Christine are not only has the pressure of her job but also looks
:07:06. > :07:12.after her 34`year`old daughter who has Down's syndrome. Respite care
:07:13. > :07:17.for me is being able to recharge my batteries. Just to be a person
:07:18. > :07:21.instead of a carer and maybe the States of Guernsey should be
:07:22. > :07:29.thinking about us out here. What will happen when we are too old to
:07:30. > :07:34.care? Residential care will cost more money. Please give me the
:07:35. > :07:37.money. You have held onto it for three years. Isn't it time that was
:07:38. > :07:43.going to the service it was past four. Mencap says it is in the
:07:44. > :07:51.interest to give the money over soon. People who are caring and now
:07:52. > :07:55.elderly, we have people in the 80s and 90s caring for their children
:07:56. > :07:59.who are in their 50s and 60s. They are getting to a point where if they
:08:00. > :08:03.don't receive that respite, they will have to hand responsibility for
:08:04. > :08:10.the care of their child over to the States and that will cost a heck of
:08:11. > :08:13.a lot more. The Health and Social Services Department says it regrets
:08:14. > :08:21.releasing the funds but says the money will be available soon. The
:08:22. > :08:23.bid was given in 2011 and we will see about getting that money
:08:24. > :08:28.released. It is unfortunate that it has taken this time. We are now
:08:29. > :08:35.really focused on ensuring the money is released and that the service is
:08:36. > :08:39.developed appropriately. A revised business case is being revised for
:08:40. > :08:46.more money so maybe people like Christina will have a bit more help
:08:47. > :08:52.to look after their loved ones. Some news that our domestic abuse
:08:53. > :08:55.charity Safer will take over of the Guernsey Women's Refuge as parched
:08:56. > :08:59.with `` as part of a plan to improve the service. They get a state grant
:09:00. > :09:07.and have struggled to get new projects.
:09:08. > :09:13.All of us in the charity world are aware that time has moved on and we
:09:14. > :09:19.now have to have the data, the statistics, the appraisal is. It is
:09:20. > :09:28.essential for good governance. The actual operation of the refuge is
:09:29. > :09:34.superb. There are operational policy matters which need a bit of
:09:35. > :09:39.tweaking. Guernsey's Energy Policy Group are looking into the way
:09:40. > :09:42.people pay for power. The report outlines the strategy for
:09:43. > :09:47.electricity supply in Guernsey including looking at establishing
:09:48. > :09:53.new cable links to Jersey and friends and securing other energy
:09:54. > :09:57.supplies. Cookies in Jersey have been paying
:09:58. > :10:02.their respects to Keith Dennis who died this morning in Malaysia. He
:10:03. > :10:05.was in Kuala Lumpur following Jersey's cricketers on their World
:10:06. > :10:09.Division Tournament and saw the team gain promotion yesterday. He set up
:10:10. > :10:14.the Keith Dennis Young Cricketers Foundation to help young islanders
:10:15. > :10:23.into the sport. Still to come, success for the BBC
:10:24. > :10:29.appeal to trace the family of the First World War soldier whose
:10:30. > :10:33.diaries have just been found. Before that, what a difference a gimmicks.
:10:34. > :10:38.Cast your mind back to this time nastier when islands were blanketed
:10:39. > :10:41.in snow. That was the ceiling Guernsey and Alderney Airport got a
:10:42. > :10:48.covering. Jersey Airport published a picture which shows an pocked with
:10:49. > :10:52.nowhere to go and snow piled up on the runway. Quite a different
:10:53. > :10:58.picture to this week. David, any sunshine on the horizon?
:10:59. > :11:11.Sunshine has been a bit limited today. We could do with a bit more
:11:12. > :11:18.of that. Already we have seen some low cloud coming in and overnight
:11:19. > :11:21.tonight it will turn misty. There is some sunny spells tomorrow but I
:11:22. > :11:26.can't rule out that cloud spoiling the day. At this time of year, the
:11:27. > :11:32.temperatures make all the difference. Nine Celsius is probably
:11:33. > :11:37.the best we are going to expect. We could have temperatures around 14
:11:38. > :11:42.Celsius if the sunshine comes out for any length of time. We still
:11:43. > :11:46.have high pressure. That stays with us all the way through for the rest
:11:47. > :11:57.of this week. We have high pressure for Thursday and Friday. Overnight
:11:58. > :12:01.tonight, the low cloud will sink lower and create some fog patches by
:12:02. > :12:07.the morning. Overnight temperatures no lower than seven Celsius.
:12:08. > :12:10.Tomorrow, it is a bit of a dull start. By afternoon, sunny spells
:12:11. > :12:20.are developing, particularly for Jersey. If we get some sunshine, we
:12:21. > :12:46.could get temperatures around 14 Celsius.
:12:47. > :12:56.The outlook is for us to remain dry but we will chase the amounts of
:12:57. > :13:05.cloud. On Thursday the sunshine will be back out and the temperatures
:13:06. > :13:11.will be on the rise. The cloud comes back in and note the change in wind
:13:12. > :13:21.directions. The wind is freshening as we move into Saturday.
:13:22. > :13:29.No more snow. The school children enjoyed the days. Guernsey will
:13:30. > :13:31.elect its new Chief Minister tomorrow. BBC Radio Devon is it will
:13:32. > :13:35.have live coverage as it happened and we will be speaking to the new
:13:36. > :13:40.Chief Minister here BBC One tomorrow evening. Now come here is a snippet
:13:41. > :13:48.of the man hailed as one of the greatest pianists of our time. He is
:13:49. > :13:51.Yevgeny Sudbin and he is playing at Jersey's Art Centre tonight. For
:13:52. > :13:53.those unlucky enough not to be going along. Here is a sneak preview of
:13:54. > :14:59.his performance. centres. Pearl islet lose in a ``
:15:00. > :15:05.pearl is Let loose in the cliffs. Now this week we are looking at how
:15:06. > :15:14.the railway maps of past should shape a future rail line. Planners
:15:15. > :15:21.are looking at a new route to help the Dawlish line. There are plans to
:15:22. > :15:25.reconnect from Bere Alston to Tavistock and then there will need
:15:26. > :15:31.to be more track from there to Okehampton. Our business
:15:32. > :15:35.correspondent reports in Tavistock. Let's assume that Tavistock will
:15:36. > :15:43.within a decade or so have a railway line coming up from Bere Alston.
:15:44. > :15:48.What next? Let's start near the probable site of new station. The
:15:49. > :15:53.line used to go beyond here up to Okehampton and the estate here
:15:54. > :15:57.wasn't built over the line. You can see the railway embankment there.
:15:58. > :16:02.Much of the old double tracked bed has been preserved for walkers. Many
:16:03. > :16:08.locals I met seemed to like the idea of at least one track being relaid
:16:09. > :16:16.here. I want it to happen. For the economy of the area it is going to
:16:17. > :16:20.be good. Well it is a wide, clearly double tracked viaduct. It looks
:16:21. > :16:24.strong. But there is at least one obvious problem. As well as the 18
:16:25. > :16:28.properties that would need to do, there is a serious impact on homes
:16:29. > :16:34.that wouldn't need to be knocked down. The homes close enough to be
:16:35. > :16:38.blighted by even the talk of rail. Worried about how they will be
:16:39. > :16:42.compensated. Will they get any compensation? And they don't know if
:16:43. > :16:48.if there is a train at 7 in the morning, one at 9 at night. All
:16:49. > :16:56.these thing will cause anxiety with people. The route takes us
:16:57. > :17:02.north`east past Brentor. Another community undisturbed by trains
:17:03. > :17:07.since 1968. This foot and from the 60s shows a steam train on the way
:17:08. > :17:11.to Okehampton. This viaduct might need rebuilding to take modern
:17:12. > :17:20.trains. This line used to take travellers all the the way to
:17:21. > :17:26.Waterloo. West Devon council want to see it open. If you look at the map,
:17:27. > :17:30.there is a blank area with fwho railway line. It would bring a new
:17:31. > :17:37.client group to use the railways easier than they can now. Today's
:17:38. > :17:43.line at Okehampton can take just freight traffic and weekend
:17:44. > :17:51.excursions. Trains join the line and head to Exeter. Even Inverness has
:17:52. > :17:54.two lines. So why shouldn't we have two to Plymouth. In the long`term I
:17:55. > :18:00.would like to two further and see it go on to Bodmin. But commentators in
:18:01. > :18:06.Plymouth fear this route may one day become the only route. There is
:18:07. > :18:13.little agreement. A rail journalist says with the region losing ?20 mall
:18:14. > :18:21.year, reinstating the line would pay for itself within five working days.
:18:22. > :18:25.But Tudor Evans say we are not saying an alternative route is not a
:18:26. > :18:29.lovely thing to have, but that would add half app hour to journey `` an
:18:30. > :18:34.hour to journey times. We need something fit for purpose. It is
:18:35. > :18:37.straight forward to re`open. Because very few structures have been built
:18:38. > :18:42.on the line. It is largely still open to rain. And while you need
:18:43. > :18:47.some works, it is probably of all the re`opening options, it is the
:18:48. > :18:52.quickest to be achieved. So there is a powerful Plymouth and South Devon
:18:53. > :18:59.lobby that is wary about this particular idea. But some senior
:19:00. > :19:05.railway figures seem to really rate it. On this could one day be the
:19:06. > :19:11.Tavistock Okehampton line. I bet some of the pictures in that report
:19:12. > :19:20.back memories and tomorrow Neil looks at the route from Newton Abbot
:19:21. > :19:23.to Exeter. And now sport. There's a hectic evening of football ahead for
:19:24. > :19:27.South West teams. Yeovil Town look to extend their unbeaten run in the
:19:28. > :19:30.Championship to six games by beating Ipswich at Huish Park. If they do,
:19:31. > :19:33.they could move out of the relegation places. Plymouth Argyle
:19:34. > :19:36.can force their way into the League Two play`offs if they win at Wycombe
:19:37. > :19:40.Wanderers and Southend lose at Scunthorpe. But it's grim reading
:19:41. > :19:43.for Torquay United at the bottom of League Two. They're ten points
:19:44. > :19:46.adrift of survival and they face a difficult time at Plainmoor tonight
:19:47. > :19:50.against third`placed Rochdale. Just three rungs above Torquay are Exeter
:19:51. > :19:54.City. They haven't won at St James Park since last October and try to
:19:55. > :19:58.beat the side who are six points behind them ` Northampton Town. We
:19:59. > :20:02.have to be realistic, that's where we are, that is what it says. The
:20:03. > :20:06.work that goes on behind the scenes has been doubled and redoubled.
:20:07. > :20:09.There is not much else you can do. If you're confident you have done
:20:10. > :20:15.everything, then hopefully that will get you to the place where you
:20:16. > :20:18.deserve to be. A reminder that all tonight's action can be heard on BBC
:20:19. > :20:23.Radio Devon and BBC Somerset from 7.45. Last week we featured two
:20:24. > :20:29.First World War diaries written by a Plymouth soldier between 1915 and
:20:30. > :20:37.1918. Herbert Algar described in detail his time on the frontline at
:20:38. > :20:40.Gallipoli, Palestine and France. The diaries were found by Valerie Harper
:20:41. > :20:43.after she moved house in Plymouth and she was keen they were returned
:20:44. > :20:46.to Herbert's family. We've had scores of e`mails from viewers
:20:47. > :20:50.who've been attempting to trace his family tree. We had responses from
:20:51. > :20:53.as far away as Australia. A lot of the research by viewers revealed
:20:54. > :21:00.Herbert had a son called Edwin and we have managed to track him down. I
:21:01. > :21:05.went to see him this morning. Well, it's taken a few days to to track
:21:06. > :21:08.you down. But I have some diaries written by your father 100 years ago
:21:09. > :21:16.almost and I'm delighted to pass them on to you. This is the first
:21:17. > :21:22.time you have ever seen them isn't it? Yes, never seen them before.
:21:23. > :21:28.Good Lord! Takes some reading, won't it? He talks about his time on the
:21:29. > :21:33.front line. How much did he tell you about his time in the war? Nothing
:21:34. > :21:40.really. Never. He must have I suppose, but... Tell me a bit more
:21:41. > :21:49.about him. He was a very personal man. I think he was just a family
:21:50. > :21:55.man and took his wife out and... Me out. We didn't have a car or
:21:56. > :22:04.nothing. What did he do after the war? Well, he just became a farmer.
:22:05. > :22:11.Had plots. And we lived there happily. Until we had that accident.
:22:12. > :22:20.So he after the war he had an accident on the farm. Yes. Which,
:22:21. > :22:25.what did that do to him? Paralysed his left hand. So then you had to
:22:26. > :22:29.leave the farm? Yes. Then came into Plymouth. Became a postman. I
:22:30. > :22:46.continued my education at Warren's private school. My dear aunties, put
:22:47. > :22:50.up the money for my education. What does it mean to you to have these
:22:51. > :22:58.diaries written by him? Bemusing, especially mentioning Australia.
:22:59. > :23:02.Blimey! Don't know, makes you wish you had some more photographs. So
:23:03. > :23:11.you have only got the one photograph. I've only got that one,
:23:12. > :23:18.yeah. I'm just bemused by it all. I can't believe this all happened.
:23:19. > :23:22.Well we will let you read them and find out, I have put together a
:23:23. > :23:25.missing piece of the jigsaw of your father's life and it's a real
:23:26. > :23:36.pleasure to meet you, thank you. Well, thank you. Thank you very
:23:37. > :23:42.much. Edwin Algar, or Eddie as he asked me to call him. It was
:23:43. > :23:47.wonderful to be able to reunite those diaries with the family. It
:23:48. > :23:51.was amazing for him to discover this. And lovely we have been able
:23:52. > :23:56.to wrap up the mystery. We have been captivated by it. Yes and thank you
:23:57. > :24:00.to etch who wrote in `` everyone who wrote in. I have had scores of
:24:01. > :24:05.e`mail and it has been brilliant to have your reaction. Thank you. Time
:24:06. > :24:15.now for the weather. David is here and we saw something unusual ` more
:24:16. > :24:19.sunshine! But not every where. Where we have seen the sunshine we have
:24:20. > :24:23.had another lovely day and with some good temperatures. But for many of
:24:24. > :24:26.us the cloud has been stubborn to shift and it has held the
:24:27. > :24:31.temperatures down. We will have the same problem tomorrow. It is a misty
:24:32. > :24:34.start. A lot of cloud around. Hopefully some sunshine. And perhaps
:24:35. > :24:38.a bit more widespread the sunshine than we have seen today. But equally
:24:39. > :24:44.some areas again keeping that cloud and it could be stubborn to move out
:24:45. > :24:48.of the way. That doesn't change the story of the dry weather. Still with
:24:49. > :24:53.an area of high pressure in charge of our weather. The weather across
:24:54. > :24:59.northern France and as far down as Spain. That area of high pressure
:25:00. > :25:04.just shifts around a bit. Eventually beginning to weaken as we head to
:25:05. > :25:07.the weekend. Allowing a weak weather system. But there will be nothing on
:25:08. > :25:12.that. It just increases the amounts of cloud. This was a sat lie from
:25:13. > :25:16.earlier. `` satellite from earlier and it shows only a few places
:25:17. > :25:22.actually saw the sunshine. In Plymouth, eastern parts of Cornwall
:25:23. > :25:28.and West Devon have had the sunshine and as a result another fine day.
:25:29. > :25:33.But where the cloud has been stush born ` stubborn to move, just six or
:25:34. > :25:39.seven degrees. What holes we have tonight will fill in and it will
:25:40. > :25:45.turn misty and we will wake up to a misty grey start tomorrow, with
:25:46. > :25:50.light winds, nothing to stir the air and overnight temperatures down to
:25:51. > :25:54.three degrees. Tomorrow morning is a very cloudy, grey start. But I think
:25:55. > :25:58.through the day the sunshine will work through the cloud. Not
:25:59. > :26:03.necessarily in the same places as we have seen today will the sunshine.
:26:04. > :26:08.But there will be more holes in the cloud for those who have had a grey
:26:09. > :26:15.day today. Temperatures up to 15 degrees if we get do two or three
:26:16. > :26:20.hours of sunshine. And very light wind. So nothing to stir the air.
:26:21. > :26:25.Generally a quiet day. There is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly.
:26:26. > :26:29.Mainly dry and bright, but cloudy and a gentle easterly breeze and for
:26:30. > :26:38.all of us very light winds on the the coastline. If you look to see
:26:39. > :26:46.you `` out to see you will be surprised how calm the water is.
:26:47. > :26:54.For surfers don't expect too much. But the waves will be clean. But the
:26:55. > :27:00.sea is not very warm at the moment. Just nine or ten degrees. There is
:27:01. > :27:06.the coastal waters forecast. The winds from the east. Force 4,
:27:07. > :27:09.decreasing 3, becoming variable by the rch. Very little wind. Fair with
:27:10. > :27:17.moderate to good visibility, because of the haze. Thursday a foggy start
:27:18. > :27:20.and then some sunshine. But I think the cloud will be stubborn as we
:27:21. > :27:26.move into Friday and Saturday and note the change in wind direction.
:27:27. > :27:32.More of a north Westly breeze bringing cooler air in off the sea.
:27:33. > :27:38.Thank you. What a contrast in temperatures. That is it from us.
:27:39. > :27:46.There will be an update at 8 and our late news at 10. 25.