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:00:00. > 3:59:59calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent in. That's all from the BBC News at

:00:00. > :00:23.Six. Jersey Dairy is the busiest it has

:00:24. > :00:30.been in years after sales to China treble. It could continue like this

:00:31. > :00:34.for another month, particularly if the weather stays nice.

:00:35. > :00:41.The latest attempt to turn around falling visitor numbers in Guernsey.

:00:42. > :00:44.And 70 years after the islands were liberated, the archaeologists

:00:45. > :00:56.excavating the site of a former World War Two camp.

:00:57. > :01:01.Jersey Dairy is the busiest it has been in years after sales to China

:01:02. > :01:05.trebled and new contracts were signed with UK suppliers. The dairy,

:01:06. > :01:07.which sells milk from the cows of 23 local farmers, is employing more

:01:08. > :01:10.staff and hasn't ruled out expanding. Its Jersey branded

:01:11. > :01:16.products are going for a premium in places like Japan.

:01:17. > :01:24.These have a long journey ahead. More than 8,000 miles away, demand

:01:25. > :01:30.is growing in China. Orders to the region have trebled in recent

:01:31. > :01:34.months. It is looking very encouraging. The first shipment left

:01:35. > :01:39.in November of last year and arrived in China early January, and the

:01:40. > :01:44.products got into the stores immediately after the Chinese new

:01:45. > :01:49.year, so, the first week of February, so we have had two or

:01:50. > :01:56.three months of trading now. Six crates have recently become 20.

:01:57. > :02:01.My main aim is to try and grow the support amongst the local consumers,

:02:02. > :02:06.so I have been putting on recipes and doing competitions, working with

:02:07. > :02:09.schools and trying to have interaction with local schools and

:02:10. > :02:16.posting news updates so everyone is aware of how well we are doing. And

:02:17. > :02:24.it's not just sales to China that have increased. And big orders are

:02:25. > :02:28.still coming in from places like Butlins, Brighton Pier and even the

:02:29. > :02:34.Chelsea Flower Show. Jersey. It is an island in the

:02:35. > :02:39.English Channel, and 13 miles off the coast of France. This video,

:02:40. > :02:44.made for Chinese TV, has helped target the Eastern market. The Gary

:02:45. > :02:54.says it's priority will always be the island markets. But the grass

:02:55. > :03:01.could be greener on the eastern side.

:03:02. > :03:03.Two men have appeared in court in Jersey charged with dangerous

:03:04. > :03:06.driving on the night of a fatal crash. 22`year`old Vitor Fernandes

:03:07. > :03:09.died in a collision on Victoria Avenue in December last year.

:03:10. > :03:11.28`year`old Jeronimo Santos and 19`year`old Luis Carlos Alves

:03:12. > :03:14.Cardoso faced charges in the Magistrates Court today. 21`year`old

:03:15. > :03:17.Jose Joao Santos Silva, from St Saviour, has already been charged

:03:18. > :03:19.with causing death by dangerous driving. All three will reappear in

:03:20. > :03:23.court on the 24th April. Improving Alderney's air links is

:03:24. > :03:25.one of the main priorities of the islands newest states member. Norma

:03:26. > :03:30.Paris won this weekend's by`election following the death of Paul Arditti,

:03:31. > :03:33.who died in January. Ms Paris will serve the remaining eight months of

:03:34. > :03:42.Mr Arditti's four year term after polling 394 votes. Voter turnout was

:03:43. > :03:47.about 55%. The most important thing we all need

:03:48. > :03:52.to look at is the airport and our transport links, particularly our

:03:53. > :03:56.aviation link. All of the other issues we have will fall into place

:03:57. > :04:00.if we get this sorted out, and I have a lot of experience in

:04:01. > :04:05.aviation, and I'm looking forward to being able to help.

:04:06. > :04:08.A Jersey landlady is calling for more protection under Jersey's

:04:09. > :04:12.housing laws after a tenant left her flat in such a bad state it needs

:04:13. > :04:15.thousands of pounds worth of repair work done. Sharon Campbell believes

:04:16. > :04:23.there should be some sort of blacklist of tenants.

:04:24. > :04:26.Three years of filth and damage. This is the state landlady Sharon

:04:27. > :04:30.Campbell found her flat in after leasing it to tenants who moved out

:04:31. > :04:37.of the property, not just leaving toys and clothes, but thousands of

:04:38. > :04:43.pounds worth of repairs. If they don't look after it, what is anyone

:04:44. > :04:47.going to do? The only thing they can do is take somebody to court for the

:04:48. > :04:53.amount it will cost, knowing I'd will not get that back. I have not

:04:54. > :04:57.got the time to do that. There needs to be a system that allows people to

:04:58. > :05:04.be black listed, if you like, and then monitored in the next property.

:05:05. > :05:07.But Sharon is not alone. Jersey's Citizens Advice Bureau say they see

:05:08. > :05:11.many other landlords in Sharon's position, and say the rules need to

:05:12. > :05:14.change when it comes to leasing property so both the tenant and

:05:15. > :05:18.landlord are protected and not left out of pocket. Two things we would

:05:19. > :05:20.really like to see in order to help alleviate the problems associated

:05:21. > :05:26.with landlords and tenants, the first is a rental protection deposit

:05:27. > :05:28.scheme, and the second is the compulsory use of condition reports

:05:29. > :05:32.that would outline the condition of the property at the beginning of the

:05:33. > :05:37.lease and then review that at the end of the lease. There are moves

:05:38. > :05:40.planned by the states to bring in improved protection for landlords

:05:41. > :05:49.and tenants, but in the meantime, for Sharon the clean`up continues.

:05:50. > :05:57.It's hoped a festival to promote Guernsey's heritage will attract

:05:58. > :06:00.more visitors to the island. The Heritage Festival takes place over

:06:01. > :06:03.the next 30 days and features activities on land and sea designed

:06:04. > :06:06.to highlight the island's rich history. Last year saw a drop in

:06:07. > :06:08.visitor numbers. Mike Wilkins reports on the latest attempt to

:06:09. > :06:11.boost tourism. Starting the summer season with a

:06:12. > :06:14.bang, this video is accompanying Heritage Festival, a new event

:06:15. > :06:19.designed to attract more people to the island. Places like Castle

:06:20. > :06:22.Cornet are very popular and get around 50,000 visitors each year,

:06:23. > :06:26.but tourism bosses are keen for more of the island and its history to be

:06:27. > :06:30.explored. And it certainly needs to do something. The number of visitors

:06:31. > :06:36.staying in Guernsey fell by 3% in 2013 compared to the previous year.

:06:37. > :06:46.But will focusing on a small island with a big history be enough to

:06:47. > :06:51.encourage more tourists? Very helpful that it will attract lots of

:06:52. > :06:54.visitors. We are making the most of the established events that take

:06:55. > :06:59.place, liberation day in the literary festival, but we now have

:07:00. > :07:04.35 days of activities and events that will appeal to all of the

:07:05. > :07:09.family, and we are hoping that we will see many more visitors coming

:07:10. > :07:14.over to the island and enjoying the island and everything it has to

:07:15. > :07:17.offer from a heritage perspective. Some feel that Guernsey doesn't do

:07:18. > :07:21.enough to promote its ancient and modern history. But now it's trying.

:07:22. > :07:24.And it'll ultimately be the visitor numbers that'll decide if this

:07:25. > :07:36.celebration of history is a hit this summer.

:07:37. > :07:39.Plans in Alderney to mint physical money based on the virtual online

:07:40. > :07:42.currency Bitcoin have been put on hold. The Royal Mint suddenly

:07:43. > :07:45.announced they were unable to produce the coins this year due to

:07:46. > :07:49.pressure of work. We are disappointed, obviously, but to be

:07:50. > :07:52.honest, it was a small project on and there is a lot of

:07:53. > :07:56.misunderstanding about it. If you could pursue new things and you do

:07:57. > :08:03.not look at opportunities, then we would not be doing our job, and I'd

:08:04. > :08:10.guess, back in 1990s, the same attitude was held about gambling,

:08:11. > :08:21.and look what with that led to. `` look at what that led to. It's

:08:22. > :08:23.nearly 70 years since the Channel Islands were liberated, but stories

:08:24. > :08:26.of the occupation are still being uncovered. Archaeologists are in

:08:27. > :08:30.Jersey this week excavating the site of a former World War Two German

:08:31. > :08:34.camp. It's the first time anyone has unearthed a slave or forced labour

:08:35. > :08:37.camp in the Channel Islands, and as Emma Chambers reports, the findings

:08:38. > :08:39.are revealing stories that may have been lost over the years.

:08:40. > :08:43.I think the two most impressive features in this camp are the two

:08:44. > :08:46.entrance posts, but what's interesting about them is there's a

:08:47. > :08:50.single strand of barbed wire going around this one and on this one

:08:51. > :08:53.there is double strands of wire, and I think that's because security

:08:54. > :08:55.didn't need to be so tight around the camp.

:08:56. > :08:59.A scary insight into life as a forced labour worker. For years this

:09:00. > :09:05.has all been hidden under ivy and trees, but has now been unearthed by

:09:06. > :09:09.a group of archaeologists. Dr Gilly Carr and her team are digging into

:09:10. > :09:15.the history of Lager Wick, a former German camp situated here on

:09:16. > :09:18.Grouville Marsh. It's the only site left from the Occupation that's not

:09:19. > :09:21.been destroyed or built on, so evidence of those who were forced to

:09:22. > :09:27.live and work here have been preserved. We were coming up with a

:09:28. > :09:33.member of these yesterday. I think there were two dominant vessels, and

:09:34. > :09:36.one of them is a basin, a dish kind of vessel, and the other one is a

:09:37. > :09:41.job, and it talks about people pouring water into a jog to get

:09:42. > :09:44.washed in the morning. This excavation is the first of its

:09:45. > :09:48.kind in the Channel Islands. What has been found from this site could

:09:49. > :09:51.be displayed in a museum, so the visible evidence of those forced to

:09:52. > :09:58.work will not fall through the island's history. Beautifully

:09:59. > :10:00.sunny. What will it be like for the rest of the week?

:10:01. > :10:04.sunny. What will it be like for the We have seen some lovely bright

:10:05. > :10:10.skies through today, and we have more of the same on for tomorrow.

:10:11. > :10:14.Sunny skies, staying dry. We will see the breeze freshening through

:10:15. > :10:20.the day. If you take a look at the satellite picture, you will see that

:10:21. > :10:27.across the bulk of the United Kingdom, the weather fronts are

:10:28. > :10:30.locked down from the Atlantic. That is the situation of high pressure

:10:31. > :10:36.today. The morrow it slips further east and introduces more of a breezy

:10:37. > :10:42.easterly, and then by Wednesday, the winds will ease a little, but things

:10:43. > :10:49.might get a bit warmer for a time. Looking at the satellite picture,

:10:50. > :10:52.there it is cloud in the sky. As we head through the night, we will not

:10:53. > :10:56.see any cloud forming all stop a pretty quiet night on the way, that

:10:57. > :11:04.we will see winds gradually veering around. Temperatures will drop into

:11:05. > :11:07.the mid teens in some locations. Tomorrow it is a bright start and we

:11:08. > :11:12.should see plenty of sunshine through the day. We are going to

:11:13. > :11:16.notice the winds are a little bit breezy here. They are coming in from

:11:17. > :11:20.the east, but nonetheless, temperatures will stay in the early

:11:21. > :11:30.teens. Taking a look at the cost to workers forecast `` coastal water

:11:31. > :11:32.forecast... Conditions are fair and the visibility is good. Our times of

:11:33. > :11:42.high water. Not a great deal to work with for

:11:43. > :11:47.our surfers. Most of the waves will be around one or two feet, but

:11:48. > :11:54.conditions are clean. We will keep the high pressure in charge, and it

:11:55. > :11:57.will look settles and try, but more cloud will be building toward the

:11:58. > :12:03.end of the week. A pretty decent run`up to Easter.

:12:04. > :12:15.I will hand you over now. Goodbye. consider their verdict.

:12:16. > :12:21.There's still plenty to come on Spotlight tonight: Rescued from the

:12:22. > :12:22.brink ` one year on we'll find out what has happened to Axminster

:12:23. > :12:26.Carpets. And how much did they raise?

:12:27. > :12:39.The lifeboat crew who cycled round Britain to pay for a new boat.

:12:40. > :12:43.Controversial plans for the Atlantic Array wind farm off North Devon may

:12:44. > :12:46.well have been shelved but almost two hundred wind turbines ARE

:12:47. > :12:49.planned for the sea off Dorset. Once again it's a scheme which pits the

:12:50. > :12:52.economy against the environment, with hundreds of jobs likely to be

:12:53. > :12:54.created. From Portland, Spotlight's environment correspondent Adrian

:12:55. > :12:57.Campbell reports. Portland Harbour says it's well

:12:58. > :13:00.placed to benefit from the ?3.5 billion wind farm being planned off

:13:01. > :13:04.the coast of Dorset. The wind farm would be situated between Portland

:13:05. > :13:07.and the Isle of Wight. If it passes all the necessary planning hurdles,

:13:08. > :13:12.it's set to have just under 200 turbines which the developers say

:13:13. > :13:16.will power more than 700,000 homes. Portland Port says it has much to

:13:17. > :13:20.gain. We will see vessels such as this,

:13:21. > :13:23.and larger, coming in and out, taking the assembled wind turbines

:13:24. > :13:26.out offshore ` that will last three to five years. Beyond that, you have

:13:27. > :13:35.the long`term operational and maintenance support of the site.

:13:36. > :13:38.It may be well situated to take advantage of any business

:13:39. > :13:42.opportunities from the creation of a wind farm between here and the Isle

:13:43. > :13:44.of Wight, but what about the impact on the environment?

:13:45. > :13:50.Environmentalists have concerns about the possible impact on birds

:13:51. > :13:54.from all of those turbines. The key to this is the environmental

:13:55. > :13:58.impact assessment. We're really hoping that we will have enough time

:13:59. > :14:02.to be able to go through what would be a very thick document, and look

:14:03. > :14:06.at it in detail because, at the moment, it's hard to judge whether

:14:07. > :14:07.this is going to be a good project or a bad project for the

:14:08. > :14:11.environment. A large wind farm off Dorset does

:14:12. > :14:13.offer some economic benefits to the county, but environmental

:14:14. > :14:23.campaigners say any planning decision shouldn't be rushed, as

:14:24. > :14:26.there is too much at stake. The brother of Alan Jeal, whose body

:14:27. > :14:31.was found on Perranporth beach in February, is appealing to the public

:14:32. > :14:36.for information. The body was found unclothed except for one walking

:14:37. > :14:39.shoe. A sock was found in his mouth. Derek Jeal, who is Alan Jeal's

:14:40. > :14:44.younger brother, was unavailable for a BBC interview and was recorded by

:14:45. > :14:47.the police. The uncertainties are stopping us

:14:48. > :14:54.from pulling a closure to things. We can't lay Alan to rest. We can't lay

:14:55. > :14:57.our thoughts to rest without knowing what has happened. We need to get

:14:58. > :15:05.rid of this uncertainty and have some answers.

:15:06. > :15:11.A new doctor`led minor injuries unit is to open in Tiverton in July. The

:15:12. > :15:14.contract to run the unit at Tiverton and District Hospital has been

:15:15. > :15:22.awarded to South Western Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust. It'll be open

:15:23. > :15:25.14 hours a day. Axminster Carpets is back in profit

:15:26. > :15:27.a year after being rescued from administration.

:15:28. > :15:30.Hundreds of workers lost their jobs in March last year, but a month

:15:31. > :15:33.later it was bought by an entrepreneur from Somerset. One year

:15:34. > :15:36.on, more staff are being employed, new products are being made and

:15:37. > :15:41.Axminster Carpets has its Royal Warrant back. Spotlight's Andrea

:15:42. > :15:46.Ormsby has the story. 250 years of carpet making. So

:15:47. > :15:52.nearly lost. A year on, it's all changed.

:15:53. > :15:56.It's totally transformational. We have gone from 100 people employed,

:15:57. > :15:59.when we first started, to now over 160 people. Our sales have doubled,

:16:00. > :16:03.we have now hit ?12 million of turnover in our first year, and I

:16:04. > :16:08.can say that we have made a modest profit. It has been really fantastic

:16:09. > :16:11.in a year when so much has had to be rebuilt and restructured. We are

:16:12. > :16:18.really proud of what people have done.

:16:19. > :16:26.The Axminster Carpet showroom ` a year on and it couldn't look more

:16:27. > :16:30.different. Trying to use these room sets, so

:16:31. > :16:33.that people can really see what the carpet will look like in the sort of

:16:34. > :16:37.application that they will have. That is why we will have a whole

:16:38. > :16:41.series of them showing different styles. You can really see what it's

:16:42. > :16:43.going to look like, and it takes the risk out of that decision`making for

:16:44. > :16:46.the customer. Axminster Carpets will always be

:16:47. > :16:49.rooted in the traditional carpet, but now there is a move to

:16:50. > :16:53.modernise. This is a new concept for us. Not

:16:54. > :16:56.only can we make these carpets,we can put these colour features in so

:16:57. > :17:00.it makes a wonderful runner up a staircase, and then we can use

:17:01. > :17:03.various types of edging to create a complement that goes with your wall

:17:04. > :17:07.colourings or your wallpaper coverings, as we have done here. We

:17:08. > :17:16.can do this in a whole variety of ways, which makes an almost bespoke

:17:17. > :17:27.offering for our customers. It's really really exciting. We've

:17:28. > :17:31.repainted, got a new carpet. Finally, we've got these lovely room

:17:32. > :17:33.sets that people can come in, and it's been very well received by

:17:34. > :17:36.customers. Back in the factory, and more people

:17:37. > :17:40.are getting their old jobs back. March fifth at 2pm, I found out I'd

:17:41. > :17:44.been made redundant, along with 200 other people. A dreadful day. And

:17:45. > :17:47.then it was just an onward thing, looking for employment all the time,

:17:48. > :17:51.finding bits and pieces but nothing permanent. Nothing like this that

:17:52. > :17:58.I'm used to doing. And here I am a year on, back again and happy to be

:17:59. > :18:01.here. Today, Axminster Carpets is into new

:18:02. > :18:12.markets, new products and new people. A company once again

:18:13. > :18:15.confident of the future. Time for the sport now and all four

:18:16. > :18:20.South West clubs are keeping the football season alive, aren't they,

:18:21. > :18:23.Dave? Yeovil Town's future as a

:18:24. > :18:26.Championship club remains bleak, even though they've moved off the

:18:27. > :18:29.bottom of the table. They're five points away from the clear after a

:18:30. > :18:32.1`1 draw at Huish Park against Bournemouth, who'd won their last

:18:33. > :18:36.five games. Kieffer Moore put Town ahead only for Eddie Howe's team to

:18:37. > :18:42.fortuitously eke out an equaliser to deny Yeovil winning points.

:18:43. > :18:45.Onto League Two and Plymouth Argyle's play`off ambitions have

:18:46. > :18:48.been severely harmed after a home defeat to Oxford. At the other end

:18:49. > :18:51.of the table, Exeter City are in grave danger of joining Torquay

:18:52. > :18:54.United in the relegation positions. Well a little earlier, former

:18:55. > :19:02.Torquay and Plymouth defender Guy Branston joined me to assess the

:19:03. > :19:05.weekend's results. Plymouth Argyle, I think, for me,

:19:06. > :19:08.will get in the opportunity and actually get in the play`off

:19:09. > :19:11.position. I was disappointed that they obviously lost, but there are

:19:12. > :19:15.four games left ` a great opportunity for them to still do it.

:19:16. > :19:18.There are a lot of permutations that can happen with the four games that

:19:19. > :19:22.we've got. Now the two goals they've conceded

:19:23. > :19:24.at Home Park in Oxford, how could they have been prevented?

:19:25. > :19:28.By cutting out obviously the silly free kicks given out for the first

:19:29. > :19:31.goal, but also defending better here. Going across the baulks,

:19:32. > :19:35.someone's got to stick their head on it and clear it away. You stop the

:19:36. > :19:38.volley going across the baulks, you stop the goal. But the second goal

:19:39. > :19:43.was so disappointing ` you don't drop off at the end. One of the lads

:19:44. > :19:46.have got to go out and close it down, but then you've got to stop

:19:47. > :19:49.Constable shooting because he knows he can finish. He's one of the top

:19:50. > :19:52.scorers. And it didn't help matters having

:19:53. > :19:54.Maxine Blanchard sent off for a second caution. He misses the next

:19:55. > :19:58.few games. Moving to St James Park, Exeter City

:19:59. > :20:00.have been dragged into that danger area. How serious is it for Exeter

:20:01. > :20:03.now? It was a disappointing game. It

:20:04. > :20:06.didn't flow. It was uncomfortable. Jordan Moore Taylor gets a great

:20:07. > :20:10.finish. He capped off a great game. He was fantastic all day. But the

:20:11. > :20:14.shameless defending at the end of it was disappointing as well. When the

:20:15. > :20:18.actual ball is bouncing about, one of the defenders has now got to go

:20:19. > :20:22.and stop the ball. Stop the shot, and then clear the ball. They don't

:20:23. > :20:25.do that and they concede and end up equalising. That goal was really

:20:26. > :20:27.important, because now they are in the mix.

:20:28. > :20:30.They are only two points above the bottom two relegation places, one of

:20:31. > :20:34.which is occupied by Torquay United. Is it too little too late after

:20:35. > :20:38.their win at Bristol Rovers? For me, yes. It's disappointing.

:20:39. > :20:44.Coulthirst scores a fantastic goal. Shaquile Coulthirst, on loan from

:20:45. > :20:48.Tottenham. He ends up getting a great shot off to Mansell. He gets

:20:49. > :20:53.his shot off, and hopefully a stroke of luck, he gets a second goal. But

:20:54. > :20:55.I think it's a bit too little too late.

:20:56. > :21:01.Hopefully, they go down in a blaze of glory.

:21:02. > :21:07.That's going to be a massive game on Easter Monday, Exeter versus

:21:08. > :21:10.Torquay. Can wait! Exeter Chiefs occupy seventh spot in

:21:11. > :21:13.rugby's Premiership ` a place which could see them contest the play`off

:21:14. > :21:19.for entry to next season's new`look European Cup.

:21:20. > :21:23.Their 38`33 win at bottom club Worcester Warriors was only Exeter's

:21:24. > :21:26.second league victory of the year. Hooker Jack Yeandle went over twice

:21:27. > :21:29.as the Chiefs outscored Worcester by five tries to four. Dave Lewis, Sam

:21:30. > :21:32.Hill and Gareth Steenson also scored to open up a 21`3 advantage at one

:21:33. > :21:34.point. Somerset's County Championship

:21:35. > :21:43.cricket opener against Yorkshire at Taunton is producing a feast of

:21:44. > :21:46.runs. Last years runners`up posted a total

:21:47. > :21:50.of 450 earlier today, with Somerset xxx for x in reply. North Devon's

:21:51. > :22:01.Craig Overton took three wickets in Yorkshire's first innings.

:22:02. > :22:05.`` 166 for three. A new diving academy, bearing the

:22:06. > :22:08.name of Plymouth's Tom Daley, hopes to unearth more top divers. The Tom

:22:09. > :22:12.Daley Diving Academy will be mainly based at his new headquarters in

:22:13. > :22:14.London, but courses will also run up and down the country. The

:22:15. > :22:17.19`year`old is currently training for the Diving World Series event.

:22:18. > :22:21.Finally, don't forget Late Kick Off tonight at 11.30pm when they feature

:22:22. > :22:23.Torquay United at Bristol Rovers and Gordon Sparks' 30 years as a

:22:24. > :22:53.commentator for Plymouth Argyle. That's on BBC One.

:22:54. > :22:55.U2 are naughty this evening! `` you two.

:22:56. > :22:57.Members of Sidmouth's lifeboat crew have completed their cycle tour of

:22:58. > :23:01.the British coastline raising money for a new back`up boat for the town.

:23:02. > :23:04.The town's lifeboat has been independently funded since the RNLI

:23:05. > :23:07.pulled out of the station in the 1920's. The crew has visited other

:23:08. > :23:10.independent lifeboat stations around the country as part of a fund

:23:11. > :23:12.raising challenge. Emma Ruminski reports.

:23:13. > :23:15.Returning home after 2,500 miles in the saddle. Three members of the

:23:16. > :23:16.Sidmouth Lifeboats cycled into town after their marathon fundraising

:23:17. > :23:20.effort. Really proud of what the guys have

:23:21. > :23:23.done. And the money we've raised for the boat. It's been excellent.

:23:24. > :23:29.Lifeboat crews all over the world have to show qualities of courage,

:23:30. > :23:33.persistence, duty... They hardly sound like slobs. But

:23:34. > :23:36.that's the name they chose for themselves, shorthand for Sidmouth

:23:37. > :23:39.Lifeboat On Bikes. They've spent the last two weeks cycling around the UK

:23:40. > :23:43.visiting other independent lifeboat stations around the country. The aim

:23:44. > :23:50.was to raise money to pay for a new support boat back home.

:23:51. > :24:01.Well, basically, this is our main boat here. It's difficult to get

:24:02. > :24:07.enough time for all the trainees on this boat. So, what we decided to do

:24:08. > :24:16.is to buy a new boat... Which could be used for the training.

:24:17. > :24:20.The local residents here in Sidmouth have had a long association with the

:24:21. > :24:26.lifeboat. They stepped in to fund it when in 1912 the RNLI pulled out.

:24:27. > :24:29.They're responsible for the area between Axmouth and Budleigh

:24:30. > :24:32.Salterton about 30 shouts a year. BBC Radio Devon's Judi Spiers

:24:33. > :24:35.awarded the cyclist their well earned medals. A cheque was also

:24:36. > :24:50.presented from a local bequest which will take the total raised to around

:24:51. > :24:53.?15,000.``` ?15,000. Weather`wise it's been a great day

:24:54. > :24:57.today with unbroken sunshine across much of the region These pictures of

:24:58. > :25:00.the Grand Western Canal Tiverton today were shot by our cameraman

:25:01. > :25:03.Alec Collyer. Great weather for the wildlife there and for those out

:25:04. > :25:05.enjoying the sunshine too. So what of tonight and tomorrow's weather?

:25:06. > :25:12.Well Ian Ferguson has the details. Hello, good evening. A pattern of

:25:13. > :25:16.high pressure dominating the pattern out for a few days to come. A good

:25:17. > :25:19.deal of dry, settled and fine weather. Just subtleties really in

:25:20. > :25:22.terms of the changes of wind direction, and the amount of cloud

:25:23. > :25:27.that may come and go. This evening and tonight, we got clear skies all

:25:28. > :25:30.the way. A recipe for a chilly night with a touch of Frost. Tomorrow, the

:25:31. > :25:33.flow will start coming from the south to south`east. The south coast

:25:34. > :25:36.was the slightly depressed temperatures versus the northern

:25:37. > :25:40.coasts who will see the hire of the temperatures. For the rest of this

:25:41. > :25:43.evening and tonight, a good deal of sunshine across the board, including

:25:44. > :25:46.down through the Channel Islands. As we continue into the nights, we'll

:25:47. > :25:49.find that some Frost continues to form fairly widely inland. Maybe

:25:50. > :25:52.some fog through the Exe Valley, for example, with a little bit of missed

:25:53. > :25:55.elsewhere. Broadly speaking, it's going to be clear skies by tomorrow.

:25:56. > :25:59.Temperatures will have dropped down to values a good steel lower than

:26:00. > :26:03.the values you are seeing there, I suspect. We could be as low as two

:26:04. > :26:06.or three Celsius. A touch of Frost quite likely. Tomorrow, a case of

:26:07. > :26:11.watching how the skies develop. If we lose any of the fog and low

:26:12. > :26:15.cloud, we will all be in the same boat with a good deal of sunshine.

:26:16. > :26:18.With that breeze coming in from the southern quarter, it will be the

:26:19. > :26:21.south coast that sees the temperature is just that little bit

:26:22. > :26:24.down compared to today. Maybe by two or three degrees. The North will

:26:25. > :26:26.have the highest temperatures, including the Channel Islands.

:26:27. > :26:30.Here's how those temperatures should settle ` around 12 degrees, getting

:26:31. > :26:33.up to 15 as we head towards the northern coast of Cornwall. 13

:26:34. > :26:36.Celsius will be fairly typical across the Channel Islands. A

:26:37. > :26:39.similar story as we get through to Wednesday. There will generally be

:26:40. > :26:41.more cloud around as we move towards Thursday and Friday, but nonetheless

:26:42. > :27:13.a good deal of dry weather. That's it from me. Goodbye. Welcome

:27:14. > :27:17.to the South West if you are on holiday at the moment.