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A slow start, as just nine planes sign up to Guernsey's new air

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registry ` now Jersey say they will launch a rival one by the summer in

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a bid to generate millions of pounds.

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After just a few years of being open, the park set to be revamped to

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combat anti`social behaviour. Guernsey's attempts to boost its

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tourist numbers have taken a battering today. Most of its beaches

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have failed to score well in the Good Beach Guide. One of them was

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rated among the worst in the British Isles for its poor water quality.

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There are four ratings. To receive 'Recommended' status, all samples

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must not exceed 2,000 E.coli per 100ml and sewage has to be

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"appropriately treated" to remove the majority of bacteria. Below that

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there is 'Guideline', followed by 'Mandatory' and then 'Fail' at the

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bottom. Mike Wilkins reports. A beautiful beach on a beautiful

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day. But, today, it was empty, mainly due to a chilly wind, rather

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than its latest water quality rating. This beach, Ladies' Bay, was

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the only Channel Islands beach to fail this year's Good Beach Guide

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tests. In fact, it's one of just 14 beaches of more than 700 across the

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British Isles that was found to have poor water. Of Guernsey's 13

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beaches, only five were recommended as having "excellent water quality".

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It's a different story in Jersey, where all but three of the 16 listed

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beaches received recommended status. However, the jewel in Jersey's

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coastal crown, St Brelade's Bay, slipped in the rankings as it fell

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from the top level to the Guideline rating. It's unclear why so many

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beaches have seen their ratings slip, but the Good Beach Guide says

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it could be because of a number of reasons. Some of that can be related

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to treatment, local run`off. Things like that. It changes from beach to

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beach. Usually, a beach like Ladies' Bay would have 20 water samples sent

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to the Marine Conservation Society for testing, but, last year, in

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order to save ?20,000, only eight samples were. For the woman

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responsible for Guernsey's environmental health, she says it

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reduces the chances of success. Unfortunately, last year'ssampling

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programme in Guernsey, only eight samples were taken to stop

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therefore, only one failure results in a 12% failure. So, it can't reach

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that 95% criteria for the guide. Although Ladies' Bay has failed,

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Environmental Health is keen to point out that the bathing waters

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are safe and that the Good Beach Guide only inspects beaches that are

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already considered to be of an excellent standard. But for Guernsey

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Plc, good beaches mean good business. I've been told discussions

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are under way to consider increasing the number of samples the island

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collects. A slow start has seen just nine

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aeroplanes sign up to Guernsey's new air registry so far. Launched last

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year, it means pilots and businesses can register their planes locally

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for the first time, potentially bringing in millions for the

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island's economy. Those involved are optimistic they can still make the

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target of getting around 60 planes on the register in the first year.

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Penny Elderfield reports. At its launch last year,

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expectations about Guernsey's new aircraft registry were high. But,

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months on, just nine planes have signed up. I admit, it is a slow

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burn to start with. The first two months we were just preparing to

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take applications. This is one local business that's already making

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money. Helping to get all the paperwork in order for the latest

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plane to register here, an Airbus 319. If somebody owns an aircraft,

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there are a lot of services that they need to support it. They need

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financing, legal services, insurance and more practical things, like the

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aircraft to be maintained. Each registration is quite a big business

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opportunity for Guernsey. It is hoped more local pilots will also

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take the opportunity to register their planes locally. Some seem

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keen, but say the process takes time ` a process, though, that Channel

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Islands Air Search has started, for the plane which will replace the one

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that crashed last year. It will certainly be an advantage to us. I

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have reserved a registration, just in case. In all honesty, what I

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think we would do is we will go to the public and say what letters

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would you like? Take`up may have been slow over the first few months,

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but those involved in the registry are still optimistic as its

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reputation grows the Channel Islands registry will really begin to take

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off. Well, Jersey is to launch its own

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rival registry by the summer. Earlier, the island's Economic

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Development Minister, Senator Alan Maclean told me where they are in

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the tendering process. We have been working hard to develop our

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proposition, which will be the jersey aircraft registry. Good

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progress has been made and we are on target for a summer launch. Figures

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come in at a Guernsey today say just nine aircraft so far have registered

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there. 60 is their target. Does that worry you? Can you do better than

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that? Clearly, jersey has always been of the view that we have a very

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strong proposition. We are confident that the jersey aircraft registry

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will attract a significant amount of interest. The working group that has

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been looking at this has been very positive in its assessments. We need

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together up and running first `` we need to get it up and running first.

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The registry incurred the `` the registry in Guernsey is called the

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Channel Island registry. The was going to be some talk about legal

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action. We don't feel that was an appropriate course to take. If the

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joint project, which wasn't able to go ahead, was going to be called the

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Channel Islands registry, but neither would then use that ranting.

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`` use it for their branding. Meanwhile, a French charter airline

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has launched flights between the Channel Islands and Normandy.

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Ma Compagnie is launching ad hoc services from Guernsey, Alderney and

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Jersey to Cherbourg Airport, using a Cessna aircraft like this one. Those

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behind the flights say they may launch a scheduled service depending

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on demand. What we will do for the time being, it will be on request.

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Flight on request. In the future, if we see there is good the man, we

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will schedule a service. Staying with travel, organisers of

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this year's Alderney Week say they're worried the event will be

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poorly attended, because of the price of transport to the island.

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Those behind the summer event say they've been contacted by people

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who'd like to come to Alderney Week, but feel the cost of flights and

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hotels could put people off. Still ahead: Why hundreds of

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butterflies have been released into the crocodile exhibit at a zoo.

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A new website has been launched in a bid to tackle voter apathy amongst

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young people in Jersey. Change dot je is designed to get more

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youngsters voting in time for Jersey's General Election later this

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year. Voter turnout among younger islanders has been low for years.

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The independent group behind this project says the website will have

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online polls, debates and discussions. What we want to do is

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have an ongoing forum for discussion, continual opinion pieces

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which might dissuade people one way or the other and polls which are

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squat young people know about politics here. It will be an ongoing

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process, leading up to the elections in October and beyond.

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Changes could be made to Jersey's Millennium Park in an attempt to

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tackle anti`social behaviour there. Police are working with island

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groups, after feedback from islanders who raised concerns about

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noise and disruption from young people using the park. Chris

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Harrison reports. An area of green in the heart of

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busy St Helier ` a place that everyone can enjoy, or so it should

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be. Two and a half years after opening, the park has now

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encountered some problems. Historically, the police have

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received quite a lot of complaints about the park. It has attracted

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some low`level anti`social behaviour. What we have done is

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attend on a daily basis and move people on Windows complaints come

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in. Police have been talking to those that use the park, finding out

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what needs to improve. Skaters don't have a dedicated area, but there are

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plans to change that. It was lots that the area behind us didn't have

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too much use, so we thought it may be useful to turn it into a skip

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part of the time being. `` skate park. It is still just an idea, and

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not yet known who will pay for it. In the meantime, the police are

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hoping that they are now closer to pleasing all the people all the

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time. I was watching the forecast this

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morning, and it was saying the weather could change this weekend?

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There is a risk of that, but it is a small risk. Certainly for the next

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few days, and a large part of the Easter weekend, it is fine and dry.

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Here's his sunshine tomorrow, just some high`level cloud in the sky.

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Apart from that, the sunshine continues to shine. It will be

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strong sunshine, as well. The area of high pressure is beginning to

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move out of the way. This area of high pressure will begin to recede

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away from us over the next day. By midday on Thursday, one very weak

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weather system will just left across us. Let's look at night. A lot of

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clear sky around tonight. It will turn quite chilly, with temperatures

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dipping down as low as seven degrees. For tomorrow, it will not

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be quite as easy as today. Also, there will not be a great wheel of

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change in the weather pattern. Unbroken sunshine from much of the

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day. It could get up to 17 degrees tomorrow.

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The wind will change direction as we move towards the end of the week. It

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will draw in slightly cold the rare. Friday and Saturday, both days dry,

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but not quite as warm as we would like. Eventually, a change to more

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cloudy skies on Sunday. Good luck to Guernsey FC ten

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nights. They are playing red Hill. There is live coverage on BBC radio

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Guernsey, coming up and about 20 minutes.

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That is it for now. it may be possible to simply check

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the water quality on the day we visit the beach.

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A Devon couple have to make a 600`mile round trip to see their

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severely autistic son at a specialist mental health hospital in

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Norfolk. It's the second time this month that Spotlight has highlighted

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the shortage of young people's mental health beds in the region.

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The NHS admits there's a shortage of inpatient units for children and

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adolescents and a review of services is under way across the country. Our

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Health Correspondent Sally Mountjoy has this report. Mark Harvey is 17.

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But because he has autism, he is emotionally about five years old.

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After an episode of disturbed pager in the New Year he was sectioned and

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sent to the nearest hospital available. `` disturbed episode. He

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is heartbroken. Closing in on himself. The staff might say he is

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good, but we know his mood, we now had oppressed he is. `` how

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depressed. Every two or three weeks his parents make the return journey

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from Torquay to Norfolk. A round trip of 644 miles. It takes 11 hours

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each way and they return cost is ?138. But in three months, Mark and

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Sharon have had no official help with travel costs. They borrow money

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and reliable cash from a local charity and their church. If local

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authorities were forced by an automatic system to meet the costs

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of travel and in most cases accommodation then it might put more

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pressure on local authorities to fight for more local provision.

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Spotlight previously highlighted the case of a 13`year`old boy with

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autism in a specialist unit in Birmingham for 18 months. His

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parents are campaigning for his return. The idea of Torquay to

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Norwich, Cornwall, Birmingham, sadly these are common situations. What

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they also mean is that those clinical commissioning groups are

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spending many thousands of pounds on very expensive placement.

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He said they always tried to meet reasonable travel expenses and

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claims were reviewed. The family has just heard they will be reimbursed.

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NHS England acknowledges the shortage of dates. Beds. Children

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should not be in the situation where parents are travelling miles to see

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them. It is just wrong. He is just hoping his own son will be allowed

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home soon. The MP for Totnes, Sarah Wollaston,

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has denied pressurising two men to report sexual assault allegations

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against the former Deputy Speaker. Nigel Evans was cleared of all

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charges last week. Dr Wollaston says she offered to stand down as an MP

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if the two men felt she had put them under pressure to go the police with

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their claims. Her constituency chairman says other south west MPs

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should support her publicly. Claire Jones reports. It has been a

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challenging few days for the MP thrown into the national limelight

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for offering to help two men who alleged that they had been assaulted

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by the Deputy Speaker. I am a member of the health select committee. We

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have been saying that they should be striking doctors often fail to act

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on serious concerns raised by colleagues. It would not be right of

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me to fail to expect those standards as a parliamentarian without

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applying the same standards myself. It is always difficult, particularly

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were very popular colleagues are concerned. Nigel Evans, cleared of

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all charges, agrees with the decision. If you are given the

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information she was, you have got to take it somewhere. And her local

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constituency chairman also backs. MPs should publicly back her, she

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deserves it. Her decision was supported by the Devon and Cornwall

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police and crime commission. She has provided support to two people who

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claimed sexual assault on them. It is disgraceful that she has been

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criticised over this. In my view she has acted totally promptly. On the

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high Street, divided opinions. It was the right thing but will not

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help her political career. She ignited the fire, it all got blown

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up, I don't think she should have said anything. Possibly was the

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right thing, but I feel sorry for him. If you see something you don't

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think is right, you should speak up, definitely. She says she now intends

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to return her attention to her constituents.

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It's claimed that research by scientists at the University of

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Exeter is changing the lives of children with diabetes. The

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pioneering work has meant youngsters have been able to change from

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insulin injections to tablets. And the results have prompted one family

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to call the treatment a "miracle". Spotlight's Scott Bingham reports.

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At five years old, health problems due to diabetes meant Jack was

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unable to talk. But after scientists at the University of Exeter put him

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on tablets to stabilise his blood sugar, Jack, now 14, delighted his

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family by altering his first words. He would often collapse on the floor

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because his blood sugar was so low. He had seizures. They all stopped.

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He had never said a word, six weeks after taking medication he walked

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out of school and said hello mum, for the first time. Now he never

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shuts up! The breakthrough came after scientists identified a

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genetic mutation with the pancreas some sufferers. It meant some

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patients like Jack could be treated with tablets rather than ensuring

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injections. `` insulin. For a scientist who spent most of

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the time in the laboratory to actually meet the people who benefit

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from research is really amazing. We found we could learn so much from

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them, from sharing their experiences. More than 300 people

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have been successfully treated across the world and the medical

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School and Hospital now hosts an international centre of excellence.

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The discovery has also changed international guidelines. All

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children with neonatal diabetes should now have a genetic test to

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see if they also can switch to tablets.

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South West farmers who were worst hit by the recent flooding are being

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told they can apply for grants of up to ?35,000. Environment Secretary

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Owen Paterson announced the extension to the Farm Recovery Fund

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in a visit to the Somerset Levels this morning. Nationally ten million

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will be made available. Thousands of homes and businesses in

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parts of West Cornwall still don't have mains water. It's been off

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since around nine o'clock this morning after a burst water main in

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Hayle. South West Water says most of the properties affected are in St

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Ives, St Erth and Carbis Bay. They hope to have supplies restored by

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tomorrow morning. Cornwall Council issued the second

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highest number of parking fines outside of London according to a

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Freedom of Information request. There were 47,000 tickets issued in

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the county last year, bringing in nearly ?2 million in revenue. The

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council say it's one of the biggest unitary authorities in the country.

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Hundreds of butterflies have been released into the crocodile swamp at

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Paignton Zoo. At more than 26 Celsius and with high humidity it's

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the perfect environment for the insects. But how will it work out

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for them in their new shared home? Our South Devon reporter John Ayres

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has been to find out. They would not be my first choice if I was looking

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for a new housemate but as it turns out, the crocodile swamp, which also

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has snakes, is the ideal place. The only other place in the zoo with

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suitable conditions is the reptile house, but the butterflies would not

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last seconds in there. The reptiles will have a field day. But

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crocodiles and snakes are not interested in butterflies. They eat

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lots of different things but not insects. It is perfect conditions.

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Today they were released, in their own time. They are really stunning

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things. The caterpillar makes the case around it, basically its body

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dissolves, it reforms into a butterfly. As it does so, as it is

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solid enough, pops open the case and begins to emerge.

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It is all about celebrating biodiversity and the 100th birthday

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of the zoo. Lots of pictures have been sent in.

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The weather has been beautiful today. Glorious sunshine. Pretty

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good temperatures. 16, 17 Celsius. Very good for this time of year. Not

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quite so warm along the south coast. The reason is the breeze. Despite

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the sunshine, no more than 11 or 12 on the south Cornwall coast. Still

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some sunshine tomorrow, still fine and dry. You can see where the area

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of high pressure is all stop not just us, France, Belgium, across the

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Channel, the influence of the high`pressure, moving away from us.

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It allows one week weather system to drift towards us on Thursday.

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Generally more cloudy for all those. Temperatures are still good. But

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then a drop. Particularly as we move into the start of the Easter

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holiday. The satellite picture from earlier, completely free of cloud,

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we have not seen that much in April. This was earlier today, the youth

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sailing Championships. Conditions could not be more perfect. A decent

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breeze, clear blue skies. The song has been pretty strong for the time

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of year, five on the UV index. So be careful, the sun at this time of

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year has some strength to it. Overnight, Cleo skies remaining. ``

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clear. Overnight temperatures probably done as low as four

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degrees. Just a little bit warmer than last night. Tomorrow should be

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lovely. Cloud in the afternoon. It might just make the sunshine a bit

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hazy. Perhaps a bit warmer around the south coast. Top temperature, 16

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degrees. Again, the onshore breeze holding the temperatures down to

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just 12. The Isles of Scilly, a fine day. Cloud making the sunshine a bit

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hazy. And the high water times: surfing has been disappointing. We

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have had some lovely clean waves on the north coast today, similar

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tomorrow. The coastal waters forecast. Winds from the East, South

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East, south`east tomorrow. Slowly dropping through the afternoon.

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Generally dry with good visibility. Heading towards the Easter weekend,

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Thursday, more cloud around. Slightly different conditions.

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Saturday is a fine day. Lots of uncertainty. More cloud and

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potential for outbreaks of rain. Good evening.

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That is all for now. We are back at a p.m. And 10:25pm. Good night.

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