:00:10. > :00:34.A slow start, as just nine planes sign up to Guernsey's new air
:00:35. > :00:38.registry ` now Jersey say they will launch a rival one by the summer in
:00:39. > :00:40.a bid to generate millions of pounds.
:00:41. > :00:43.After just a few years of being open, the park set to be revamped to
:00:44. > :00:57.combat anti`social behaviour. Guernsey's attempts to boost its
:00:58. > :01:04.tourist numbers have taken a battering today. Most of its beaches
:01:05. > :01:08.have failed to score well in the Good Beach Guide. One of them was
:01:09. > :01:11.rated among the worst in the British Isles for its poor water quality.
:01:12. > :01:14.There are four ratings. To receive 'Recommended' status, all samples
:01:15. > :01:17.must not exceed 2,000 E.coli per 100ml and sewage has to be
:01:18. > :01:23."appropriately treated" to remove the majority of bacteria. Below that
:01:24. > :01:29.there is 'Guideline', followed by 'Mandatory' and then 'Fail' at the
:01:30. > :01:33.bottom. Mike Wilkins reports. A beautiful beach on a beautiful
:01:34. > :01:36.day. But, today, it was empty, mainly due to a chilly wind, rather
:01:37. > :01:42.than its latest water quality rating. This beach, Ladies' Bay, was
:01:43. > :01:48.the only Channel Islands beach to fail this year's Good Beach Guide
:01:49. > :01:52.tests. In fact, it's one of just 14 beaches of more than 700 across the
:01:53. > :01:56.British Isles that was found to have poor water. Of Guernsey's 13
:01:57. > :02:01.beaches, only five were recommended as having "excellent water quality".
:02:02. > :02:06.It's a different story in Jersey, where all but three of the 16 listed
:02:07. > :02:09.beaches received recommended status. However, the jewel in Jersey's
:02:10. > :02:13.coastal crown, St Brelade's Bay, slipped in the rankings as it fell
:02:14. > :02:19.from the top level to the Guideline rating. It's unclear why so many
:02:20. > :02:24.beaches have seen their ratings slip, but the Good Beach Guide says
:02:25. > :02:33.it could be because of a number of reasons. Some of that can be related
:02:34. > :02:38.to treatment, local run`off. Things like that. It changes from beach to
:02:39. > :02:41.beach. Usually, a beach like Ladies' Bay would have 20 water samples sent
:02:42. > :02:45.to the Marine Conservation Society for testing, but, last year, in
:02:46. > :02:47.order to save ?20,000, only eight samples were. For the woman
:02:48. > :02:53.responsible for Guernsey's environmental health, she says it
:02:54. > :02:59.reduces the chances of success. Unfortunately, last year'ssampling
:03:00. > :03:04.programme in Guernsey, only eight samples were taken to stop
:03:05. > :03:12.therefore, only one failure results in a 12% failure. So, it can't reach
:03:13. > :03:14.that 95% criteria for the guide. Although Ladies' Bay has failed,
:03:15. > :03:18.Environmental Health is keen to point out that the bathing waters
:03:19. > :03:21.are safe and that the Good Beach Guide only inspects beaches that are
:03:22. > :03:24.already considered to be of an excellent standard. But for Guernsey
:03:25. > :03:27.Plc, good beaches mean good business. I've been told discussions
:03:28. > :03:28.are under way to consider increasing the number of samples the island
:03:29. > :03:37.collects. A slow start has seen just nine
:03:38. > :03:40.aeroplanes sign up to Guernsey's new air registry so far. Launched last
:03:41. > :03:43.year, it means pilots and businesses can register their planes locally
:03:44. > :03:48.for the first time, potentially bringing in millions for the
:03:49. > :03:51.island's economy. Those involved are optimistic they can still make the
:03:52. > :03:56.target of getting around 60 planes on the register in the first year.
:03:57. > :03:58.Penny Elderfield reports. At its launch last year,
:03:59. > :04:01.expectations about Guernsey's new aircraft registry were high. But,
:04:02. > :04:13.months on, just nine planes have signed up. I admit, it is a slow
:04:14. > :04:26.burn to start with. The first two months we were just preparing to
:04:27. > :04:30.take applications. This is one local business that's already making
:04:31. > :04:33.money. Helping to get all the paperwork in order for the latest
:04:34. > :04:40.plane to register here, an Airbus 319. If somebody owns an aircraft,
:04:41. > :04:47.there are a lot of services that they need to support it. They need
:04:48. > :04:52.financing, legal services, insurance and more practical things, like the
:04:53. > :04:54.aircraft to be maintained. Each registration is quite a big business
:04:55. > :04:57.opportunity for Guernsey. It is hoped more local pilots will also
:04:58. > :05:01.take the opportunity to register their planes locally. Some seem
:05:02. > :05:04.keen, but say the process takes time ` a process, though, that Channel
:05:05. > :05:11.Islands Air Search has started, for the plane which will replace the one
:05:12. > :05:16.that crashed last year. It will certainly be an advantage to us. I
:05:17. > :05:22.have reserved a registration, just in case. In all honesty, what I
:05:23. > :05:25.think we would do is we will go to the public and say what letters
:05:26. > :05:28.would you like? Take`up may have been slow over the first few months,
:05:29. > :05:31.but those involved in the registry are still optimistic as its
:05:32. > :05:35.reputation grows the Channel Islands registry will really begin to take
:05:36. > :05:39.off. Well, Jersey is to launch its own
:05:40. > :05:41.rival registry by the summer. Earlier, the island's Economic
:05:42. > :05:50.Development Minister, Senator Alan Maclean told me where they are in
:05:51. > :05:54.the tendering process. We have been working hard to develop our
:05:55. > :05:59.proposition, which will be the jersey aircraft registry. Good
:06:00. > :06:05.progress has been made and we are on target for a summer launch. Figures
:06:06. > :06:10.come in at a Guernsey today say just nine aircraft so far have registered
:06:11. > :06:18.there. 60 is their target. Does that worry you? Can you do better than
:06:19. > :06:23.that? Clearly, jersey has always been of the view that we have a very
:06:24. > :06:27.strong proposition. We are confident that the jersey aircraft registry
:06:28. > :06:31.will attract a significant amount of interest. The working group that has
:06:32. > :06:40.been looking at this has been very positive in its assessments. We need
:06:41. > :06:54.together up and running first `` we need to get it up and running first.
:06:55. > :06:57.The registry incurred the `` the registry in Guernsey is called the
:06:58. > :07:03.Channel Island registry. The was going to be some talk about legal
:07:04. > :07:09.action. We don't feel that was an appropriate course to take. If the
:07:10. > :07:13.joint project, which wasn't able to go ahead, was going to be called the
:07:14. > :07:30.Channel Islands registry, but neither would then use that ranting.
:07:31. > :07:33.`` use it for their branding. Meanwhile, a French charter airline
:07:34. > :07:35.has launched flights between the Channel Islands and Normandy.
:07:36. > :07:38.Ma Compagnie is launching ad hoc services from Guernsey, Alderney and
:07:39. > :07:42.Jersey to Cherbourg Airport, using a Cessna aircraft like this one. Those
:07:43. > :07:47.behind the flights say they may launch a scheduled service depending
:07:48. > :07:55.on demand. What we will do for the time being, it will be on request.
:07:56. > :07:57.Flight on request. In the future, if we see there is good the man, we
:07:58. > :08:00.will schedule a service. Staying with travel, organisers of
:08:01. > :08:03.this year's Alderney Week say they're worried the event will be
:08:04. > :08:06.poorly attended, because of the price of transport to the island.
:08:07. > :08:10.Those behind the summer event say they've been contacted by people
:08:11. > :08:15.who'd like to come to Alderney Week, but feel the cost of flights and
:08:16. > :08:18.hotels could put people off. Still ahead: Why hundreds of
:08:19. > :08:28.butterflies have been released into the crocodile exhibit at a zoo.
:08:29. > :08:33.A new website has been launched in a bid to tackle voter apathy amongst
:08:34. > :08:36.young people in Jersey. Change dot je is designed to get more
:08:37. > :08:44.youngsters voting in time for Jersey's General Election later this
:08:45. > :08:48.year. Voter turnout among younger islanders has been low for years.
:08:49. > :08:51.The independent group behind this project says the website will have
:08:52. > :08:55.online polls, debates and discussions. What we want to do is
:08:56. > :09:01.have an ongoing forum for discussion, continual opinion pieces
:09:02. > :09:09.which might dissuade people one way or the other and polls which are
:09:10. > :09:14.squat young people know about politics here. It will be an ongoing
:09:15. > :09:17.process, leading up to the elections in October and beyond.
:09:18. > :09:20.Changes could be made to Jersey's Millennium Park in an attempt to
:09:21. > :09:22.tackle anti`social behaviour there. Police are working with island
:09:23. > :09:25.groups, after feedback from islanders who raised concerns about
:09:26. > :09:30.noise and disruption from young people using the park. Chris
:09:31. > :09:34.Harrison reports. An area of green in the heart of
:09:35. > :09:39.busy St Helier ` a place that everyone can enjoy, or so it should
:09:40. > :09:45.be. Two and a half years after opening, the park has now
:09:46. > :09:51.encountered some problems. Historically, the police have
:09:52. > :09:54.received quite a lot of complaints about the park. It has attracted
:09:55. > :10:01.some low`level anti`social behaviour. What we have done is
:10:02. > :10:03.attend on a daily basis and move people on Windows complaints come
:10:04. > :10:07.in. Police have been talking to those that use the park, finding out
:10:08. > :10:14.what needs to improve. Skaters don't have a dedicated area, but there are
:10:15. > :10:21.plans to change that. It was lots that the area behind us didn't have
:10:22. > :10:28.too much use, so we thought it may be useful to turn it into a skip
:10:29. > :10:34.part of the time being. `` skate park. It is still just an idea, and
:10:35. > :10:37.not yet known who will pay for it. In the meantime, the police are
:10:38. > :10:39.hoping that they are now closer to pleasing all the people all the
:10:40. > :10:52.time. I was watching the forecast this
:10:53. > :10:57.morning, and it was saying the weather could change this weekend?
:10:58. > :11:02.There is a risk of that, but it is a small risk. Certainly for the next
:11:03. > :11:09.few days, and a large part of the Easter weekend, it is fine and dry.
:11:10. > :11:15.Here's his sunshine tomorrow, just some high`level cloud in the sky.
:11:16. > :11:24.Apart from that, the sunshine continues to shine. It will be
:11:25. > :11:29.strong sunshine, as well. The area of high pressure is beginning to
:11:30. > :11:33.move out of the way. This area of high pressure will begin to recede
:11:34. > :11:40.away from us over the next day. By midday on Thursday, one very weak
:11:41. > :11:50.weather system will just left across us. Let's look at night. A lot of
:11:51. > :11:55.clear sky around tonight. It will turn quite chilly, with temperatures
:11:56. > :12:04.dipping down as low as seven degrees. For tomorrow, it will not
:12:05. > :12:10.be quite as easy as today. Also, there will not be a great wheel of
:12:11. > :12:16.change in the weather pattern. Unbroken sunshine from much of the
:12:17. > :12:41.day. It could get up to 17 degrees tomorrow.
:12:42. > :12:48.The wind will change direction as we move towards the end of the week. It
:12:49. > :12:53.will draw in slightly cold the rare. Friday and Saturday, both days dry,
:12:54. > :12:59.but not quite as warm as we would like. Eventually, a change to more
:13:00. > :13:08.cloudy skies on Sunday. Good luck to Guernsey FC ten
:13:09. > :13:14.nights. They are playing red Hill. There is live coverage on BBC radio
:13:15. > :13:16.Guernsey, coming up and about 20 minutes.
:13:17. > :13:25.That is it for now. it may be possible to simply check
:13:26. > :13:30.the water quality on the day we visit the beach.
:13:31. > :13:33.A Devon couple have to make a 600`mile round trip to see their
:13:34. > :13:36.severely autistic son at a specialist mental health hospital in
:13:37. > :13:39.Norfolk. It's the second time this month that Spotlight has highlighted
:13:40. > :13:44.the shortage of young people's mental health beds in the region.
:13:45. > :13:47.The NHS admits there's a shortage of inpatient units for children and
:13:48. > :13:51.adolescents and a review of services is under way across the country. Our
:13:52. > :14:05.Health Correspondent Sally Mountjoy has this report. Mark Harvey is 17.
:14:06. > :14:12.But because he has autism, he is emotionally about five years old.
:14:13. > :14:17.After an episode of disturbed pager in the New Year he was sectioned and
:14:18. > :14:25.sent to the nearest hospital available. `` disturbed episode. He
:14:26. > :14:31.is heartbroken. Closing in on himself. The staff might say he is
:14:32. > :14:41.good, but we know his mood, we now had oppressed he is. `` how
:14:42. > :14:47.depressed. Every two or three weeks his parents make the return journey
:14:48. > :14:55.from Torquay to Norfolk. A round trip of 644 miles. It takes 11 hours
:14:56. > :15:03.each way and they return cost is ?138. But in three months, Mark and
:15:04. > :15:08.Sharon have had no official help with travel costs. They borrow money
:15:09. > :15:14.and reliable cash from a local charity and their church. If local
:15:15. > :15:20.authorities were forced by an automatic system to meet the costs
:15:21. > :15:23.of travel and in most cases accommodation then it might put more
:15:24. > :15:29.pressure on local authorities to fight for more local provision.
:15:30. > :15:33.Spotlight previously highlighted the case of a 13`year`old boy with
:15:34. > :15:38.autism in a specialist unit in Birmingham for 18 months. His
:15:39. > :15:46.parents are campaigning for his return. The idea of Torquay to
:15:47. > :15:53.Norwich, Cornwall, Birmingham, sadly these are common situations. What
:15:54. > :15:55.they also mean is that those clinical commissioning groups are
:15:56. > :16:15.spending many thousands of pounds on very expensive placement.
:16:16. > :16:21.He said they always tried to meet reasonable travel expenses and
:16:22. > :16:25.claims were reviewed. The family has just heard they will be reimbursed.
:16:26. > :16:38.NHS England acknowledges the shortage of dates. Beds. Children
:16:39. > :16:45.should not be in the situation where parents are travelling miles to see
:16:46. > :16:48.them. It is just wrong. He is just hoping his own son will be allowed
:16:49. > :16:51.home soon. The MP for Totnes, Sarah Wollaston,
:16:52. > :16:55.has denied pressurising two men to report sexual assault allegations
:16:56. > :17:06.against the former Deputy Speaker. Nigel Evans was cleared of all
:17:07. > :17:10.charges last week. Dr Wollaston says she offered to stand down as an MP
:17:11. > :17:15.if the two men felt she had put them under pressure to go the police with
:17:16. > :17:18.their claims. Her constituency chairman says other south west MPs
:17:19. > :17:23.should support her publicly. Claire Jones reports. It has been a
:17:24. > :17:28.challenging few days for the MP thrown into the national limelight
:17:29. > :17:34.for offering to help two men who alleged that they had been assaulted
:17:35. > :17:42.by the Deputy Speaker. I am a member of the health select committee. We
:17:43. > :17:44.have been saying that they should be striking doctors often fail to act
:17:45. > :17:51.on serious concerns raised by colleagues. It would not be right of
:17:52. > :17:58.me to fail to expect those standards as a parliamentarian without
:17:59. > :18:01.applying the same standards myself. It is always difficult, particularly
:18:02. > :18:08.were very popular colleagues are concerned. Nigel Evans, cleared of
:18:09. > :18:14.all charges, agrees with the decision. If you are given the
:18:15. > :18:24.information she was, you have got to take it somewhere. And her local
:18:25. > :18:29.constituency chairman also backs. MPs should publicly back her, she
:18:30. > :18:35.deserves it. Her decision was supported by the Devon and Cornwall
:18:36. > :18:42.police and crime commission. She has provided support to two people who
:18:43. > :18:47.claimed sexual assault on them. It is disgraceful that she has been
:18:48. > :18:57.criticised over this. In my view she has acted totally promptly. On the
:18:58. > :19:03.high Street, divided opinions. It was the right thing but will not
:19:04. > :19:06.help her political career. She ignited the fire, it all got blown
:19:07. > :19:12.up, I don't think she should have said anything. Possibly was the
:19:13. > :19:17.right thing, but I feel sorry for him. If you see something you don't
:19:18. > :19:24.think is right, you should speak up, definitely. She says she now intends
:19:25. > :19:26.to return her attention to her constituents.
:19:27. > :19:29.It's claimed that research by scientists at the University of
:19:30. > :19:32.Exeter is changing the lives of children with diabetes. The
:19:33. > :19:35.pioneering work has meant youngsters have been able to change from
:19:36. > :19:39.insulin injections to tablets. And the results have prompted one family
:19:40. > :19:49.to call the treatment a "miracle". Spotlight's Scott Bingham reports.
:19:50. > :19:55.At five years old, health problems due to diabetes meant Jack was
:19:56. > :19:58.unable to talk. But after scientists at the University of Exeter put him
:19:59. > :20:06.on tablets to stabilise his blood sugar, Jack, now 14, delighted his
:20:07. > :20:14.family by altering his first words. He would often collapse on the floor
:20:15. > :20:19.because his blood sugar was so low. He had seizures. They all stopped.
:20:20. > :20:22.He had never said a word, six weeks after taking medication he walked
:20:23. > :20:31.out of school and said hello mum, for the first time. Now he never
:20:32. > :20:34.shuts up! The breakthrough came after scientists identified a
:20:35. > :20:40.genetic mutation with the pancreas some sufferers. It meant some
:20:41. > :20:51.patients like Jack could be treated with tablets rather than ensuring
:20:52. > :20:56.injections. `` insulin. For a scientist who spent most of
:20:57. > :21:02.the time in the laboratory to actually meet the people who benefit
:21:03. > :21:05.from research is really amazing. We found we could learn so much from
:21:06. > :21:11.them, from sharing their experiences. More than 300 people
:21:12. > :21:15.have been successfully treated across the world and the medical
:21:16. > :21:21.School and Hospital now hosts an international centre of excellence.
:21:22. > :21:25.The discovery has also changed international guidelines. All
:21:26. > :21:29.children with neonatal diabetes should now have a genetic test to
:21:30. > :21:32.see if they also can switch to tablets.
:21:33. > :21:36.South West farmers who were worst hit by the recent flooding are being
:21:37. > :21:38.told they can apply for grants of up to ?35,000. Environment Secretary
:21:39. > :21:42.Owen Paterson announced the extension to the Farm Recovery Fund
:21:43. > :21:56.in a visit to the Somerset Levels this morning. Nationally ten million
:21:57. > :21:59.will be made available. Thousands of homes and businesses in
:22:00. > :22:02.parts of West Cornwall still don't have mains water. It's been off
:22:03. > :22:06.since around nine o'clock this morning after a burst water main in
:22:07. > :22:10.Hayle. South West Water says most of the properties affected are in St
:22:11. > :22:12.Ives, St Erth and Carbis Bay. They hope to have supplies restored by
:22:13. > :22:15.tomorrow morning. Cornwall Council issued the second
:22:16. > :22:17.highest number of parking fines outside of London according to a
:22:18. > :22:21.Freedom of Information request. There were 47,000 tickets issued in
:22:22. > :22:24.the county last year, bringing in nearly ?2 million in revenue. The
:22:25. > :22:27.council say it's one of the biggest unitary authorities in the country.
:22:28. > :22:30.Hundreds of butterflies have been released into the crocodile swamp at
:22:31. > :22:33.Paignton Zoo. At more than 26 Celsius and with high humidity it's
:22:34. > :22:37.the perfect environment for the insects. But how will it work out
:22:38. > :22:45.for them in their new shared home? Our South Devon reporter John Ayres
:22:46. > :22:49.has been to find out. They would not be my first choice if I was looking
:22:50. > :22:56.for a new housemate but as it turns out, the crocodile swamp, which also
:22:57. > :23:00.has snakes, is the ideal place. The only other place in the zoo with
:23:01. > :23:08.suitable conditions is the reptile house, but the butterflies would not
:23:09. > :23:14.last seconds in there. The reptiles will have a field day. But
:23:15. > :23:16.crocodiles and snakes are not interested in butterflies. They eat
:23:17. > :23:23.lots of different things but not insects. It is perfect conditions.
:23:24. > :23:34.Today they were released, in their own time. They are really stunning
:23:35. > :23:39.things. The caterpillar makes the case around it, basically its body
:23:40. > :23:46.dissolves, it reforms into a butterfly. As it does so, as it is
:23:47. > :23:53.solid enough, pops open the case and begins to emerge.
:23:54. > :23:54.It is all about celebrating biodiversity and the 100th birthday
:23:55. > :24:14.of the zoo. Lots of pictures have been sent in.
:24:15. > :24:26.The weather has been beautiful today. Glorious sunshine. Pretty
:24:27. > :24:31.good temperatures. 16, 17 Celsius. Very good for this time of year. Not
:24:32. > :24:38.quite so warm along the south coast. The reason is the breeze. Despite
:24:39. > :24:46.the sunshine, no more than 11 or 12 on the south Cornwall coast. Still
:24:47. > :24:49.some sunshine tomorrow, still fine and dry. You can see where the area
:24:50. > :24:55.of high pressure is all stop not just us, France, Belgium, across the
:24:56. > :25:03.Channel, the influence of the high`pressure, moving away from us.
:25:04. > :25:09.It allows one week weather system to drift towards us on Thursday.
:25:10. > :25:15.Generally more cloudy for all those. Temperatures are still good. But
:25:16. > :25:20.then a drop. Particularly as we move into the start of the Easter
:25:21. > :25:26.holiday. The satellite picture from earlier, completely free of cloud,
:25:27. > :25:30.we have not seen that much in April. This was earlier today, the youth
:25:31. > :25:37.sailing Championships. Conditions could not be more perfect. A decent
:25:38. > :25:47.breeze, clear blue skies. The song has been pretty strong for the time
:25:48. > :25:52.of year, five on the UV index. So be careful, the sun at this time of
:25:53. > :26:05.year has some strength to it. Overnight, Cleo skies remaining. ``
:26:06. > :26:10.clear. Overnight temperatures probably done as low as four
:26:11. > :26:16.degrees. Just a little bit warmer than last night. Tomorrow should be
:26:17. > :26:22.lovely. Cloud in the afternoon. It might just make the sunshine a bit
:26:23. > :26:30.hazy. Perhaps a bit warmer around the south coast. Top temperature, 16
:26:31. > :26:36.degrees. Again, the onshore breeze holding the temperatures down to
:26:37. > :26:39.just 12. The Isles of Scilly, a fine day. Cloud making the sunshine a bit
:26:40. > :26:56.hazy. And the high water times: surfing has been disappointing. We
:26:57. > :27:04.have had some lovely clean waves on the north coast today, similar
:27:05. > :27:08.tomorrow. The coastal waters forecast. Winds from the East, South
:27:09. > :27:14.East, south`east tomorrow. Slowly dropping through the afternoon.
:27:15. > :27:20.Generally dry with good visibility. Heading towards the Easter weekend,
:27:21. > :27:25.Thursday, more cloud around. Slightly different conditions.
:27:26. > :27:31.Saturday is a fine day. Lots of uncertainty. More cloud and
:27:32. > :27:40.potential for outbreaks of rain. Good evening.
:27:41. > :27:42.That is all for now. We are back at a p.m. And 10:25pm. Good night.