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three of her children `re found dead at their home in So5th

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Welcome to BBC Channel Islands. Our top stories.

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To catch a thief, the Jersex pensioner who caught her carer

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stealing calls for quicker `ction on care regulation. Varies nowhere

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where you can turn to compl`in. And get them struck off. `` there is

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nowhere. Also ahead, blame the parents, why

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people in Guernsey say a lack in discipline is a big cause of crime.

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And how thousands of pounds invested in lifestyle classes has lung

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patients breathing easier. A pensioner in Jersey had to install

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her own CCTV camera to catch a carer she suspected of stealing htndreds

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of pounds from her. Melanie Seal was employed to look after Sylvha

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Lawrence's ill husband. She has since admitted three counts of theft

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and been sentenced to 50 hotrs of community service in Jersey's

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Magistrates' Court. But Sylvia says her case highlights how vulnerable

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people lack protection. And she s calling for swift action on

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regulation of care agencies, as Emma Chambers reports. Well, this is

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where I walk in every time H come home. I walk in, put my hand bike

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there. And carry on. After noticing hundreds of pounds

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was going missing from her bag, Sylvia made the bold move to catch

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her thief in the act. This secretly hidden camera showed it was a lady

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she employed and trusted to look after her bedridden husband that was

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the person stealing from her. Tip two has been convicted of stealing

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?310 from Sylvia and is serving community service. You don't sleep

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properly. You are anxious. Xou can't explain to people how it makes you

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feel. It makes you feel vulnerable, for goodness sake! Unlike the UK,

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care agencies are not regul`ted in Jersey. That's because they are

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exempt from the current nursing and residential homes law that hasn t

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been updated since 1984. But now I new law has been drafted to enable

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care services to be regulatdd. If the legislation does go through the

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intention will be to bring hn proper regulations to ensure that care

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agencies employ suitably qu`lified staff, they do proper checks on

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their staff, to make sure they have the skills and expertise, and are

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suitable people to be actually undertaking this sort of role

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because, at the moment, anybody can provide care. Sylvia now has hired

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carers she trusts with her husband and within her own home, but hopes

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changes to the regulations will prevent what happened to her

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happening to others. There hs nowhere where you can turn to

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complain. And get them struck off, never to do that work again. And

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this is what I am fighting for. Meanwhile in Guernsey, changes to

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some benefits, which could see carers to earn more money, `re to be

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debated by politicians. Unddr the plans, the Invalid Care Allowance

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will be renamed the Carer's Allowance, and the earnings limit

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will be removed, meaning th`t a carer will be able to incre`se their

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hours of work while keeping the ?78 a week benefit. There will be no

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limit on the amount that thdy can earn, as long as their total annual

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household income does not exceed ?90,000.

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Guernsey Police are still looking for the man who they believd stole

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over ?300,000 worth of diamond jewellery from a jeweller's in St

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Peter Port. Paints and Sons was targeted on Good Friday morning

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Rewards are being offered for information leading to a conviction.

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Police also want to know whdre this pick axe came from, which they

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believe was used in the smash and grab raid. The police say a

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considerable amount of the jewellery is still missing. It is safd to say

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we are looking for the majority of it, everything bar a couple of

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things. There is a signific`nt amount of jewellery out there on

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this island. Hopefully, somdbody will come forward. You can tse

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Crimestoppers. Well, staying with crime in

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Guernsey, alcohol, drugs, and a lack of parental discipline are seen as

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the main causes of the Island's issues. Around 1,000 people were

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surveyed on their perception of crime locally. Home break`ins were

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one of Islanders' biggest concerns. But today's figures did havd some

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good news, as Penny Elderfidld reports.

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It's pretty much a fact of life Crime happens, and Guernsey isn t

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exempt from that. But how worried are the public? Generally speaking,

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crime is kept to a low level. I do a lot of travelling. A lot. I'd say

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this is probably the safest place on the planet. I feel very safd. It's

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not something I've considerdd. These are views backed up by a survey

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today. Under a third of people question said they were fairly or

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very worried. And more than half aren't very worried about crime

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With vandalism, home break`hns, and being scammed the crimes catsing the

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most concern. As for the catses of crime, two thirds of respondents

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blamed alcohol. More than 50% drugs. And around 45% a lack of parental

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discipline. And when crimes are committed 71% thought community

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sentences are appropriate for some crimes. And that if an offender does

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end up in prison nearly thrde quarters agreed the main purpose of

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prison was to punish. But prison officials are keen to stress there

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also needs to be a focus on rehabilitation. To help thel on

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release by learning various qualifications, employment

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opportunities, as well as assessing their other needs that help to

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reduce their risk of reoffending on release. For the new Home Mhnister,

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it's a valuable insight into what the public are thinking so the

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States can decide how to best tackle crime. It is one source of

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information that will be usdd. It is also important to note that although

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the biggest concern people had was elation to burglary, there has been

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a 41% reduction in burglarids since 2010. So the Home Department's

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pleased that people don't sdem to think crime's a massive isste for

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Guernsey. But it's up to thdm to make sure in reality the figures

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back up the public's perception A new policy for managing Jdrsey's

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population shouldn't be put to a States debate just yet, that's the

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view of the island's Corpor`te Services Scrutiny Panel. Politicians

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were due to discuss it later this month, but the panel claims that not

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enough information is avail`ble and the public has not yet been

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consulted. The council of mhnisters says it's in Jersey's best hnterests

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for the debate to go ahead, but the chair of the scrutiny panel says

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that makes no sense. Well, we are sort of doing everything. You know,

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cart before the horse. We h`ven t got the information, we havdn't had

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the consultation, we haven't had the report on the working of thd law.

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And all the proposition proposes is carry on as we are.

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Nearly ?90,000 has been put into improving the service for pdople

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with chronic lung conditions, and the investment seems to be paying

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off. The waiting time for Jdrsey's respiratory clinics has now been cut

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from 14 months to only 12 wdeks And, for some patients, the results

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have been life changing, as Sophie Sulehria reports.

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For Kathy Derrick, these st`irs would have been an impossible

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journey two months ago. Chronic respiratory pulmonary disease, a

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lung condition, meant she struggled to breathe during the most basic

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tasks. But these classes run by Jersey's health department have

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changed her life. I can walk upstairs now without hanging on to

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the banisters. I can play in the garden. Football with the grandson.

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Great! I couldn't do that bdfore! No way! Classes are being run by State

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physiotherapists at Springfheld Stadium twice a week, and are open

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to patients with chronic lung conditions. There was a 14 lonth

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waiting list for people to `ttend the clinic. But after a boost of

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?89,000 until the end of next year, that time has been cut to three

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These basic exercises benefht both patients and the health service

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There is huge benefits. There's been a lot of research into the `rea

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looking at the benefits for patients, and reducing health care

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costs. The States say it's committed to providing a long term colmitment

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to improving health and sochal care, to deliver the best for Isl`nders

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for the future. Which is good news for Kathy.

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You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight

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with Simon and Clare, a wom`n paralysed in a riding acciddnt

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speaks of the moment she cotld feel her legs again.

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It's been a pretty wet and gloomy day for most of us in the Channel

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Islands, but that didn't stop members of Jersey's Women's

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Institute from getting out hn the soil to plant poppies to colmemorate

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the centenary of world war one. `` the First World War. Women from the

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First Tower Group planted plants and seeds at a public park, and hope

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that over the next four years they will bloom into a riot of colour,

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encouraging people to remember those who lost their lives. It was such a

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horrendous time. But the pl`nts all came up after the war. And ht is

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always exercised at Poppy D`y. So we will do our small part. Well done to

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those women, braving the rahn. David, I have a feeling there is

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more of it to come but please tell me otherwise.

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It is beginning to move awax from us, so all that wet weather will

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move out of the way. The good news is tomorrow is much brighter. We

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should see some sunshine. Wd might see some patchy cloud, and laybe

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some early mist, but apart from that, it is a fine day with light

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winds. We will be between two weather systems, the first of which

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is giving us the rain at thd moment, and it will move away from ts. There

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is another one gathering here, but it stays to the west of us. That

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will sweep rain through the evening, bringing showers on Friday. Tomorrow

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is a fine day. That rain band clears, the sky is clear, it will

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turn colder than last night, and overnight temperatures as low as

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five, but for most of us seven. For tomorrow, it is a fine day, misty

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first thing. Temperatures responding, probably getting to 14

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or 15 quite widely. In the centre of the bigger islands, a degred or two

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higher than that, with winds becoming easterly. The wind changes

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to rich. `` changes direction. The times of high water. Not much for

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the service again, perhaps the biggest waves will be along the

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northern shores of Guernsey. The northern shores of Guernsey. The

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outlook is mainly dry on Frhday with the possibility of the few showers.

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Heading towards the weekend, there is much more unsettled weather. We

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see some showery outbreaks of rain, Friday into Saturday in particular,

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and a scattering of showers on Saturday and Sunday. Make the most

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of tomorrow. We certainly will. That is `bout it

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from this team. I will have an update at 8pm and again at 00:2 pm.

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Radio Jersey and radio Guernsey are back with all the sport and whether

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you need from 6am. that has been destroyed.

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This video of the sea bed off the coast of Lyme Regis `` Lyme Bay is

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recognised as a special place in the south`west and the rest of the

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country. This environment is protected because of the rarities

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found here. It is looking rdally good. We have pink sea fans and

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corals. And this is the UK's largest sea squirt. That is last sulmer but

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this winter 's storms have had a dramatic effect. We have sedn a lot

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of open, dead scholar shells. The scholar fishermen have towed up dead

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scholar and we think it is because they can't feed properly because of

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all the suspended sediment. Parts of Lyme Bay were closed to dredging in

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2008 and more recently, much of this secret `` sea bed was designated a

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special conservation area. Plymouth University has mapped most of this

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area and it will continue to monitor change.

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Now, the sun comes out, the visitors arrive and most of the time everyone

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enjoys all the South West h`s to offer without a hitch. But what

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about when it does go wrong and a day trip or a holiday comes to a

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dramatic halt? John Danks h`s the first of two reports on the faces

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you might be glad to see in an emergency.

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Whether in the air, at sea or on land, rescue teams are on c`ll night

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and day all year round. The south west coastline stretches more than

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600 miles and when emergenches arise along it, coastguard rescue teams

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play an essential role in rdscuing people. We get people not f`miliar

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with the area. Even last ye`r, we met people and it was the fhrst time

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they'd ever been to the sea. They were surprised it came in and out

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twice a day. Something we would take for granted, they'd never

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experienced it. As they described, all of a sudden, they were being

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chased up the beach by the sea. To ensure they're ready for those

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situations, the Newquay teal is carrying out a monthly training

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exercise. Nearly all here are volunteers with day jobs as

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plumbers, farmers and mechanics to name a few. We have to get ourselves

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in a position above the castalties. It takes a bit of doing somdtimes to

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find and locate them and soletimes it is too dangerous to do anything,

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but we will always be there. Sometimes the best asset will be a

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helicopter. That is what happened when this teenager was found

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clinging to a cliff face in north Cornwall. These infrared im`ges

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taken a night show the cliff rescue team at the top. They called in a

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search and rescue helicopter from Chivenor and the young man was

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eventually winched to safetx. As well as a rope work, the co`stguard

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teams are tasked with water rescues and land searches. Most call`outs

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are for genuine accidents. Others could be avoided. Anybody who thinks

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they can drink ten pints of lager and swim to Ireland, as one chap did

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last year, yes we will go and get them and rescue them but, rdally, is

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it something we should be c`lled out to? He should probably have known

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better. The team responds to around 100 incidents each year. A big

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commitment for volunteers, but one which ultimately helps save lives.

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response and professional action. Please keep your comments coming.

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Now a story of incredible determination. Nearly two ydars ago,

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Suzanna Hext from Cornwall was paralysed in a riding acciddnt.

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The`25 year`old broke her b`ck and pelvis and was left in a whdelchair.

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But after 177 days in hospital and seven operations, amazingly, she may

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ride again. Janine Jansen h`s been taking a look at her long road to

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recovery. me and rolled back across md again

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just to add insult to injurx. Yes, it was a split second that has

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changed my life for ever. I instantly knew that I was in

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trouble. I couldn't feel my legs or move them. I thought I was

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completely paralysed. After two weeks, suddenly she felt solething.

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When I got the first flicker of movement, I pressed the buzzer for

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the nurse. Look at this! I was so excited. She has just begun

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practising being back in thd saddle, but it has been a long journey. She

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has had seven operations, she has a screw in her back and a battery pack

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in her spine to send electrhcal impulses to her spine, her pelvis

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was shattered. She still has no feeling in her left foot or ankle

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but now she is finally thrilled to be able to walk again. Pretty

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incredible just being upright and on the level with people. It sounds

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bizarre but being able to t`lk to people on their level was rdally

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nice. Just one more operation to go and then she hopes to ride `gain and

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maybe take part in dressage. Her motto in life is, enjoy lifd and

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don't take it for granted. A real inspiration. Now, has it been

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a day of immense pride for xou or are you wondering what on e`rth

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we're talking about? St George's Day is celebrated by some and completely

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forgotten by others. For a north Devon landlord, it's one

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of the most important days of the year. John Hutchings has colpletely

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covered his pub in red and white flags as part of his campaign to get

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more of us to celebrate. So, who better to send there tonight than

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one of our very own from thd south west ` that's the south west of

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Scotland mind you ` it's Halish Marshall.

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When I was growing up in thd south`west of Scotland, we've

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celebrated Saint Andrews Dax with special programmes on TV. And Saint

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Patrick 's Day in March in Northern Ireland. What about Saint Gdorges

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feast day? Well celebrations here and red and red`and`white flags as

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well. Why? The landlord thinks it is really important. You are that

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landlord. Why should we celdbrate St George's Day like this? Why

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shouldn't we? It is our patron saint 's day. The Irish do it so why

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shouldn't we? Let us have a party. And you would like to see it as a

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bank holiday? Absolutely. At the moment we have a Mayday and why not

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have a pension saint 's day national holiday. David Cameron said St

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George's Day is overlooked so maybe you have a helping hand there? There

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is a massive petition onlind. MPs have talked about it so hopdfully it

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will happen. Do you think m`ny people know the date? We have all

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the flags out and people asked, is there a football match? No one

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really knows what it is abott and no one seems to know when the date is.

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I am trying to say, this is our day, remember it for next year. @dd a

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great night tonight. Letters meet someone who does know it is St

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George's Day. This is actually a special brew. Dave, from thd local

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brewery, tell us what you m`de? A lovely golden egg with 100% hops and

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English barley. It has a lovely fruity taste. I suppose you think St

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George's Day should be more marked as well? Absolutely. We ought to

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celebrate things that are English every now and again. The English are

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to deprecating. Thank you. Back to you.

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Happy St George's Day to evdrybody, especially in Holsworthy. Now a look

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for the weather and here is David. Thank you and good evening. Clout

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and patchy rain is holding on across parts of Somerset and Dorset. It

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will eventually clear tonight. Foremost, a fine and night. A better

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day tomorrow. We will see some sunshine, especially through the

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morning. There is the cloud we have seen so far today. You can see a

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lovely clearance that is prdtty much through most of Devon and Cornwall

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but it lingers across Somerset and Dorset, as I said. A couple of hours

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before it will disappear. Then we will be between weather systems

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This is the middle of the d`y tomorrow with low pressure out here

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and in the North Sea. That system gets closer and closer and we will

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be squeezed from two directhons on Friday which sets us up for a

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unsettled weekend. There has been some nice clearance of the lain area

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of cloud. Some heavy showers on the North Devon coast at the molent and

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some may arrive at the North Cornwall coast. This was earlier at

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Exeter Cathedral. People out and about were enjoying the find weather

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and temperatures of up to 14 Celsius. Quite comfortable for this

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time of year. And the union flag flew for a good reason as apparently

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the Saint Georges flag was torn up in the strength of the wind through

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the winter time. If you showers particularly across parts of North

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Devon and into Somerset tomorrow `` tonight. Then some fog and list will

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form by the end of the night and it will turn quite chilly. Arotnd the

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coastline, temperatures will hold up quite well. But a cold start to the

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day tomorrow but fine when the mist and fog has moved out of thd way. By

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the afternoon, the chance of slow`moving showers. For most of us,

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most of the day is dry but the nature of the showers means one

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village gets a huge downpour whilst down the road they held onto the

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sunshine. Some of the best of the weather will

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be across the Isles of Scilly. The outlook is for some find and dry

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weather for the first half of the day on Friday with showers

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developing later and unsettled at the weekend with rain or he`vy

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showers. That's it. Claire is back as part of

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the BBC News at ten. From all of us here, happy St George's Day. Good

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evening. 'The last two generations

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have been robbed 'of an opportunity to vote

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on the EU. 'And yet it has a greater impact

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on our everyday lives 'and not leave it for

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another generation.' I want a Britain that is free

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to control its own destiny. 'It's estimated there'll be another

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3 million people in Britain by 020. 'Our public services

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are already stretched. 'The pressure on schools, housing,

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hospitals is huge.' we cannot control

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who comes into our country.

:26:37.:26:40.

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