:00:00. > :00:33.will !lso be sunny 3pells. thhs is ! serio5s hnburies
:00:34. > :00:39.Smoking to be banned in cars with children ` Jersey could be the first
:00:40. > :00:42.in the British Isles to takd the plunge, but is it a sensibld step or
:00:43. > :00:45.a breach of freedom? Also tonight, fighting animal cruelty and rising
:00:46. > :00:48.costs, why this animal shelter needs to modernise. And a landmark
:00:49. > :00:54.birthday for an island icon, celebrating 140 years of Corbiere
:00:55. > :00:58.lighthouse. Jersey could be the first place in the British Hsles to
:00:59. > :01:01.ban smoking in cars when chhldren are on board, that's if proposals
:01:02. > :01:06.put forward by the Health Mhnister today get the go ahead. Arotnd 0%
:01:07. > :01:10.of people smoke in Jersey, `nd there is already a ban on lighting up in
:01:11. > :01:13.virtually all enclosed publhc places and workplaces. But a health
:01:14. > :01:15.department survey last year suggested islanders support extra
:01:16. > :01:21.measures to protect children from second`hand smoke. Sophie Stlheria
:01:22. > :01:26.reports. The dangers of second hand smoke are well documented. @nd in
:01:27. > :01:30.England the campaign to encourage people to stop smoking when they
:01:31. > :01:33.have children in the car has been hard hitting and high profile. But
:01:34. > :01:36.Jersey will go one step further than simply warning people of thd
:01:37. > :01:45.dangers. Drivers may in futtre be banned from lighting up when they
:01:46. > :01:49.have passengers under the age of 18. I am here to protect not only this
:01:50. > :01:53.generation but also future generations because we know the
:01:54. > :01:59.effects of tobacco and the damage it can have on people pause my Celts.
:02:00. > :02:04.There's some support for thhs legislation. A health department
:02:05. > :02:11.consultation found that 76% percent would support a ban. But can you
:02:12. > :02:17.really tell people what to do in their own car? They are
:02:18. > :02:25.organisations or child protdction so you can protect the rights of the
:02:26. > :02:30.Child from smoking in the c`r. Whether they can enforce it is a
:02:31. > :02:34.different matter. It is likd the mobile phone, everybody knows what
:02:35. > :02:45.the rules are but it is difficult to enforce. I am sure if the police
:02:46. > :02:55.came across somebody who was smoking with children in the car thdir first
:02:56. > :02:58.words would be words of advhce. If given States approval, the law could
:02:59. > :03:10.be changed in as little as two months. No ifs, no butts... Well
:03:11. > :03:14.tonight the pro`smoking grotp Forest told BBC Channel Islands News that
:03:15. > :03:17.it doesn't condone smoking hn cars with children ` which it regards as
:03:18. > :03:20.inconsiderate. But as so few people do it, bringing in a law is heavy
:03:21. > :03:23.handed, patronising and gesture politics. It also claims it could
:03:24. > :03:28.stigmatise smokers as potentially unfit parents. Jersey's Medhcal
:03:29. > :03:36.Officer for Health Dr Susan Turnbull joins me now. What is the point of
:03:37. > :03:43.this band? We are responding to islanders who say it should not
:03:44. > :03:51.happen. In terms of enforce`bility, it is not different relief from seat
:03:52. > :03:56.belts and mobile phones. Tobacco lobbyists are trying to takd the
:03:57. > :04:00.line it is not enforceable but it is about opportunistic detection by the
:04:01. > :04:08.police on duty and they are supportive of ours going down this
:04:09. > :04:15.line. Is oblique children are exposed to second`hand smokd in
:04:16. > :04:21.their own homes? That was p`rt of the consultation. A similar
:04:22. > :04:25.proportion said people who smoke in the home with children should be
:04:26. > :04:31.encouraged to create smoke`free homes. We want to highlight the
:04:32. > :04:41.practical harm that can happen to children exposed in this wax. It is
:04:42. > :04:46.not considered at all practhcal to try to enforce non`smoking hn
:04:47. > :04:50.private homes but cars are different because it is more identifi`ble and
:04:51. > :04:56.no different from seat belts and mobile phones for detection. Some
:04:57. > :05:04.say it is not a problem anyway, should you be demonising people when
:05:05. > :05:12.many think it does not happdn anyway? One in six babies born in
:05:13. > :05:16.hospital return to homes whdre people are smoking so they `re
:05:17. > :05:23.almost certainly carried around in cars were dealers smoking, too. If
:05:24. > :05:27.nobody is smoking in cars that is the great thing but this gives the
:05:28. > :05:31.signal it is the wrong thing to do and the majority of the public will
:05:32. > :05:39.fall in line, like phones and seat belts. Three men have appeared
:05:40. > :05:45.together in Jersey Magistrates' Court accused of dangerous driving
:05:46. > :05:49.following a fatal crash. 22`year`old Vitor Fernandes was killed hn a car
:05:50. > :05:55.crash on Victoria Avenue at First Tower last December. 21`year`old
:05:56. > :05:57.Jose Joao Santos Silva is charged with causing death by dangerous
:05:58. > :06:01.driving ` while Jeronimo Vidira Santos, who's 29, and Luis Carlos
:06:02. > :06:04.Alves Cardoso, who's 19, ard charged with dangerous driving. All three
:06:05. > :06:08.were referred to the Royal Court but will appear again at Jersey
:06:09. > :06:11.Magistrates' Court on May the 2 rd. Alderney is seeking expresshons of
:06:12. > :06:14.interest from companies to run a regular ferry service betwedn the
:06:15. > :06:18.island and the UK and Guernsey. The island's Transport Group recognises
:06:19. > :06:21.there may be a need to subshdise the service, although its not bden
:06:22. > :06:24.established how much that mhght be. Guernsey's animal shelter is in a
:06:25. > :06:27.race to improve its facilithes before new animal welfare l`ws are
:06:28. > :06:30.introduced later this year. Under the new legislation, the GSPCA,
:06:31. > :06:33.which runs the shelter, will be given more powers to act ag`inst
:06:34. > :06:36.animal cruelty. However, it also needs to make changes to its
:06:37. > :06:39.premises to ensure it meets increasing care standards. Like
:06:40. > :06:49.Wilkins went to see why the shelter needs to change. Over the ydars this
:06:50. > :06:54.building has housed lions, lonkeys and plenty of cats. Soon thhs
:06:55. > :06:59.building will have to go as the charity aims to meet tough new
:07:00. > :07:04.animal welfare legislation. This is one of the buildings that ndeds to
:07:05. > :07:12.go and the manager who knows a lot more about it is the manager of the
:07:13. > :07:16.charity. We have been looking at a 15 year redevelopment plan for the
:07:17. > :07:21.whole site but immediately we need to look at five areas around the
:07:22. > :07:27.shelter that need rebuilding and replacing. The building kind ours is
:07:28. > :07:32.one of those. It is to help thousands of animals who cole
:07:33. > :07:38.through our doors each year. This legislation will also give xou more
:07:39. > :07:46.powers to prosecute people who are causing cruelty? Yes, at thd moment
:07:47. > :07:52.we are able to but only aftdrwards what we want to be able to do is
:07:53. > :08:01.prevent suffering which is what this new legislation will enable us to
:08:02. > :08:05.do. Have you got enough mondy? We are fund`raising and have a big
:08:06. > :08:09.fundraiser coming up which will help with this project and other projects
:08:10. > :08:16.which we will need to raise funds for around the site. Almost ?1.
:08:17. > :08:28.million needs to be raised within the next year if this place is to
:08:29. > :08:31.meet legislation. Up to 200 job`seekers in Jersey could be
:08:32. > :08:34.trained to work in the building industry through a States project.
:08:35. > :08:37.The government's working with the Jersey Construction Council to help
:08:38. > :08:40.unemployed people gain the skills they need to get entry`level jobs in
:08:41. > :08:43.the sector. A similar trainhng scheme has already helped younger
:08:44. > :08:47.people like Kyle, who now h`s an apprenticeship with a construction
:08:48. > :08:51.firm. It just helps raise your confidence, moving around and
:08:52. > :08:58.working, doing every part of the job you want to do. For example, I have
:08:59. > :09:07.been doing specialist roofing, carpentry, everything, it is great.
:09:08. > :09:16.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Still to come we
:09:17. > :09:24.meet this man celebrating 50 years of music, if you can call it that!
:09:25. > :09:27.Beaches in the Channel Islands are the cleanest in the British Isles,
:09:28. > :09:31.according to the Marine Conservation Society. Its latest report shows the
:09:32. > :09:34.amount of rubbish on Channel Islands beaches fell by nearly a tenth last
:09:35. > :09:37.year. They had less litter per square kilometre than the coasts in
:09:38. > :09:40.England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island. And overlooking
:09:41. > :09:42.that beautiful beach at St Ouens you just saw, is Corbiere lighthouse.
:09:43. > :09:45.Widely considered the most photographed building in Jersey the
:09:46. > :09:49.island landmark celebrates ` special anniversary this year. It's 140
:09:50. > :09:53.years old and it was on this day in 1874 the light was first tested A
:09:54. > :10:06.light that shines 18 miles out to sea. Jen Smith went to find out
:10:07. > :10:09.more. There aren't many in Jersey that won't recognise this. The
:10:10. > :10:13.world's first concrete lighthouse guides ships at sea and draws in
:10:14. > :10:18.visitors. For the many thousands of people who visit Jersey every year,
:10:19. > :10:22.nearly all will come here. H am absolutely amazed, the dram`tic
:10:23. > :10:29.scenery, the Lighthouse is spectacular the way it sits there in
:10:30. > :10:33.all its glory. It is beautiful. We have seen some lighthouses `round
:10:34. > :10:40.our holidays but it is lovely, it is great. We used to see a lot of
:10:41. > :10:48.shipwrecked here, years ago, but I think it has been an excelldnt
:10:49. > :10:51.investment. The lighthouse hs considered so beautiful, it's been
:10:52. > :10:54.recognised in the top ten of the world's best. Guide Sue Hardy has
:10:55. > :11:00.been leading walking tours here for nearly a decade. It is an excellent
:11:01. > :11:07.building, it is still doing its duty as the Lighthouse keepers wdre told
:11:08. > :11:10.to do 140 years ago. There hasn t been a lighthouse keeper at Corbiere
:11:11. > :11:14.since the 1970s. But next wdek dozens will gather from all over the
:11:15. > :11:18.world to celebrate it's 140th anniversary. The Association of
:11:19. > :11:23.Lighthouse keepers are coming here, 40 of them have booked to stay in
:11:24. > :11:29.Saint Elia and so we have arranged events for them. And so likd a moth
:11:30. > :11:38.to the flame, the lighthousd keeps drawing in visitors. The Lighthouse
:11:39. > :11:50.and BBA looking particularlx beautiful and sunny today. Now let's
:11:51. > :11:58.get the forecast. `` the bax. We need more pictures of the wdather so
:11:59. > :12:06.please send them into us on our website. It will be shabbilx at
:12:07. > :12:16.first this evening with mord rain overnight and into tomorrow. It will
:12:17. > :12:21.BBC into the weekend. We have lost that area of high pressure. It will
:12:22. > :12:28.change over the next 24 hours or so. This low`pressure down here will
:12:29. > :12:34.gradually trickled past as overnight tonight. There will be enough cloud
:12:35. > :12:38.to generate rain in the second half of the night. Generally unsdttled
:12:39. > :12:41.and if we are lucky tomorrow afternoon might have some
:12:42. > :12:47.brightness. A fine end to this evening though. Overnight tonight
:12:48. > :12:52.more cloud will come in. By the early hours we will have rahn
:12:53. > :13:00.setting in which will becomd more widespread as we move towards the
:13:01. > :13:04.end of the night. Temperatures as low as nine degrees. Temper`tures
:13:05. > :13:12.will lift as we move into the day tomorrow but not so high as today.
:13:13. > :13:16.The cloud will keep temperatures down, a high of 13 Celsius. It will
:13:17. > :14:05.be dry in the second half of Sunday but brighter for the start of
:14:06. > :14:10.next week. Thank you. Do kedp your weather photos coming in. Now let's
:14:11. > :14:20.join Spotlight. And you can see more on John's
:14:21. > :14:27.report on our Spotlight Facdbook page.
:14:28. > :14:30.The personal belongings of ` Cornish engineer, killed alongside other
:14:31. > :14:36.Cornish miners in the First World World War, have gone on display for
:14:37. > :14:41.the very first time. It was Lieutenant Llwellyn Twite's job to
:14:42. > :14:45.dig tunnels so explosives could be planted under the German trdnches.
:14:46. > :14:50.Among the possessions are hhs watch, which stopped at the exact time he
:14:51. > :14:52.was killed. Spotlight's Ele`nor Parkinson has the story.
:14:53. > :14:57.Lieutenant Llwellyn Twite w`s working as a mining engineer when he
:14:58. > :15:02.volunteered as a soldier in the First World War. He and othdr miners
:15:03. > :15:07.from Cornwall helped dig tunnels and plant mines under the German
:15:08. > :15:11.trenches. This is a map of some of the tunnels they built on the front
:15:12. > :15:14.in France. On December first, 1 15, they had just retreated aftdr
:15:15. > :15:16.setting a number of charges when there was an explosion.
:15:17. > :15:18.Unfortunately, the Germans were similarly tunnelling, and they
:15:19. > :15:21.detonated a very large explosive charge. And Lieutenant Twitd and
:15:22. > :15:23.four, I think, of his men, were killed instantly, all Cornish
:15:24. > :15:28.miners. Lieutenant Twite's widow was so distraught when his canv`s kitbag
:15:29. > :15:32.was sent back, she couldn't open it. Now, almost 100 years later, his
:15:33. > :15:37.grandson has not only opened it but has loaned its contents to the St
:15:38. > :15:44.Agnes Museum. Among the possessions is his watch, a poignant relinder of
:15:45. > :15:47.when and how he died. The fhnal objects that they revealed was the
:15:48. > :15:52.poor man's watch, that he w`s wearing on that awful day. @nd as
:15:53. > :15:58.you can see, it's still cakdd with mud from the trenches. And ht
:15:59. > :16:13.stopped at 8pm, which was the time when the Germans detonated their
:16:14. > :16:22.bomb. So really, really sad. Other items from bag are equally loving.
:16:23. > :16:28.This is a letter from his children. Dear daddy, my best day I got 3
:16:29. > :16:32.marks. Auntie Clark has brotght us some sweets. He never got this
:16:33. > :16:34.letter because he had been killed two days earlier. This exhibition
:16:35. > :16:38.also features sketches by an unknown soldier, capturing life on the front
:16:39. > :16:42.and on leave. But it's Lieutenant Twite's final hours, sealed in a
:16:43. > :16:51.kitbag, that make this exhibition so special.
:16:52. > :16:54.Very poignant stuff. Now back to our main story that the
:16:55. > :16:57.Cornish have been given nathonal minority status. Spotlight's David
:16:58. > :17:00.George, a proud Cornishman himself, has been talking to people hn
:17:01. > :17:09.Cornwall about what it might mean to them.
:17:10. > :17:15.So, the Scotsman, a Welshman and an Irishman walking into a pub. Soon
:17:16. > :17:19.they will be joined by a Cornish man. The covenant has deciddd that
:17:20. > :17:21.the Cornish should have the same status as other Celtic people under
:17:22. > :17:27.the European framework Convdntion for the protection of national
:17:28. > :17:32.minorities. If it means we can fill out passport applications and put
:17:33. > :17:37.Cornish instead of English, I am all for it but I am not sure wh`t it is.
:17:38. > :17:40.Many who visit and most who live here know it is a unique pl`ce.
:17:41. > :17:48.Today's announcement has surprised some. National minority status? No
:17:49. > :17:55.clue. Does that mean that Cornish would be a minority? It seels like
:17:56. > :18:00.an icing to do. We can wave our flock `` and nice thing to do, we
:18:01. > :18:06.can wave our flag and be Cornish. You could do that before. Yds, is it
:18:07. > :18:12.making any difference? Let's ask the Scotsman, they have been a national
:18:13. > :18:16.minority the years. I cannot see anything that has happened hn
:18:17. > :18:19.Scotland. If we have been treated as a national minority, I don't see any
:18:20. > :18:23.advantage that that has givdn Scotland. People will be able to
:18:24. > :18:33.call themselves Cornish without being told, no, you're actu`lly
:18:34. > :18:41.English. We have got differdnt surnames, I am Cornish, she said, ``
:18:42. > :18:50.she said I wasn't Cornish, H said, why not? She said, I am too tall. So
:18:51. > :18:59.a Scotsman, Welshman, Irishlan and Cornishman walk into a pub `nd the
:19:00. > :19:02.landlord says, is that some kind of joke?
:19:03. > :19:08.We have had hundreds of comlents on this story. Linda has been hn charge
:19:09. > :19:12.to say `` in touch to say, ht is bringing news. Stuart from Genesis,
:19:13. > :19:17.it is nice to see Cornish fhnally recognised in law. And says, it
:19:18. > :19:20.seems like a huge waste of time and money than me. It seems people are
:19:21. > :19:24.desperate to segregate themselves rather than join together. Phillips
:19:25. > :19:27.says, it is interesting but no one in the county speaks Cornish as a
:19:28. > :19:39.first language. So what is the point com he asks? Just another... And
:19:40. > :19:42.Phil commented in proper Cornish extracts blended, my dear!
:19:43. > :19:46.Not many bands still play together after fifty years but one stch group
:19:47. > :19:50.is taking to the stage in B`rnstaple tonight. The Bonzo Dog Doo`Dah Band
:19:51. > :19:53.have been around for decades and one of them lives in Fremington in North
:19:54. > :19:56.Devon. Haven't heard of thel? Well, they play metal, just not the sort
:19:57. > :20:01.of metal you might expect. Carole Madge reports.
:20:02. > :20:06.It starts with a simple tapping but quickly becomes performance art At
:20:07. > :20:10.the age of 12 in North Devon, he started playing the spoons. And then
:20:11. > :20:18.as a student, he brought his talents to Plymouth. The sailors usdd to
:20:19. > :20:21.love it. Because they all h`d party pieces, they used to stand on their
:20:22. > :20:25.heads, eating champagne glasses and stuff, I used to get up and play the
:20:26. > :20:29.spoons, they would go, wow! That was something they could practice when
:20:30. > :20:33.they would be bored on ship. Called the fastest spoon player in the
:20:34. > :20:36.world, his fame spread as p`rt of a cult group. They're called the Bonzo
:20:37. > :20:55.Dog Doo`Dah Band. I would hold the spoons back`to`back
:20:56. > :20:59.with very firmly with my thtmb in between, so I can maintain ` very
:21:00. > :21:07.slight gap between the bowls of the spoons, so that whenever I touch
:21:08. > :21:16.anything, I get a click. So I can make a little roll. Get a shngle
:21:17. > :21:19.click, double click. So what's the thrill of playing the culin`ry
:21:20. > :21:24.percussion? Getting so much out of such a simple implement. Evdryone's
:21:25. > :21:28.got spoons. You can always join in. Wherever I go anywhere in the world,
:21:29. > :21:32.with any kind of music, I c`n join in. Three Bonzos And A Piano are
:21:33. > :21:36.playing tonight in Barnstable and tomorrow in Ilminster. And hf you're
:21:37. > :21:47.passing a garden in Fremington, you might just catch Sam warming up
:21:48. > :21:54.He is brilliant! Very livelx. We have got to have a go. They have
:21:55. > :22:02.given us the spoons, here is a good lesson. Faster, do it faster! I
:22:03. > :22:12.think I might stick to the garden. How! She is quite vicious of these.
:22:13. > :22:16.Look at the size of that. Why have I only got little spoons? I whll give
:22:17. > :22:26.it a quick go. I will stick to the weather. Good
:22:27. > :22:30.evening. Get rid of that, ldt's talk about something a bit more serious.
:22:31. > :22:34.There is some wet weather hdading our way and this weekend is not look
:22:35. > :22:39.too good. Low pressure is going to take charge of the weather, not just
:22:40. > :22:44.for us but the whole of the United Kingdom. Tomorrow is an East`West
:22:45. > :22:49.split, Dorset and Somerset season outbreak of rain, and the bdst of
:22:50. > :22:56.the sunshine will be in Cornwall and West Devon. More wind and r`in
:22:57. > :23:00.overnight and into Saturday morning. There are some blue sky patches on
:23:01. > :23:05.the big satellite picture, sadly they are not into staying whth us.
:23:06. > :23:09.This is a new area of low pressure moving in, as well as a lot of cloud
:23:10. > :23:12.developing across the Bay of Biscay and western France. That prdssure
:23:13. > :23:17.will trickle up across the dastern side of the region overnight and
:23:18. > :23:22.tomorrow. Then in the area of low pressure takes shape, it moves right
:23:23. > :23:26.across and brings as windy weather and wet weather as we go into the
:23:27. > :23:29.start of the weekend. We have had temperatures are 17 degrees today.
:23:30. > :23:34.By Saturday, we are back down to 11 or 12. A into Sunday, even though
:23:35. > :23:39.the low pressure is beginning to move away from us, plenty of cloud
:23:40. > :23:42.wrapped around it to keep the shower is going. There is the satellite
:23:43. > :23:48.picture from earlier today, a beautiful afternoon, many of us have
:23:49. > :23:53.got away with a lovely day, and warm as well. This was earlier, blue sky,
:23:54. > :23:58.some clouds developed but this part of Devon had been fine and dry. The
:23:59. > :24:03.breezes freshening little bht. There has been some lumpy cloud ddveloping
:24:04. > :24:08.through the back end of the afternoon. That is giving a few
:24:09. > :24:13.showers. For many of us, a fine spring day. Enjoying the sunshine
:24:14. > :24:17.and the views. Overnight tonight, any shower activity we have across
:24:18. > :24:22.the North Devon will tend to fade away and for a large part of the
:24:23. > :24:27.night, we will have a good deal of clear skies. Mr Foreman, a few fog
:24:28. > :24:36.patches and then pick a clotd will start to creep in from the dast ``
:24:37. > :24:48.misinforming. `` mist forming. Cornwall, down to five or shx
:24:49. > :24:55.degrees, most of us will have seven or eight. Tomorrow, we hold onto the
:24:56. > :24:59.sunshine but the further east we are, the thick of the cloud and it
:25:00. > :25:06.will give outbreaks of rain. That'll peter out in the second half of the
:25:07. > :25:10.day and for most of us it whll be another fine and dry day. A small
:25:11. > :25:15.chance of a few showers devdloping and temperatures back up to 15 or 16
:25:16. > :25:18.degrees. There could be a fdw places that get to 17 if we get an
:25:19. > :25:22.sunshine, particularly across northern Cornwall. The answdr silly
:25:23. > :25:26.should remain fine and dry, thick cloud approaching from the West ``
:25:27. > :25:26.the Isles of Scilly. The high water times...
:25:27. > :25:29.The winds aren't overly strong tomorrow so most of the beaches will
:25:30. > :25:49.be clean. The outlook is definitely unsettled.
:25:50. > :25:52.It might be that we improve conditions into Sunday and Londay
:25:53. > :25:57.but Saturday is the day where we have quite a breeze. It is from the
:25:58. > :26:01.south`west but it will change to action all day as the low pressure
:26:02. > :26:05.moves in, eventually becoming a northerly. We will see outbreaks of
:26:06. > :26:10.rain replaced by showers. It will be a cold day. Lighter winds on Sunday,
:26:11. > :26:15.with a mixed sunshine and showers. Mainly bright and dry into Londay.
:26:16. > :26:21.Have your spoons back, we whll play out. Thank you for watching tonight.
:26:22. > :26:26.The national anthem? Shall we have a go? Three, two, one! I don't think
:26:27. > :26:52.it's working! We will say goodbye! All across the country,
:26:53. > :26:56.millions of families are waking up to a Britain in which they
:26:57. > :26:59.find it harder to get on. Whilst the Government keeps
:27:00. > :27:02.telling people everything is fixed, no longer stops the pound
:27:03. > :27:07.in their pocket getting smaller or the bills getting
:27:08. > :27:10.harder to afford. gas and electricity bills have
:27:11. > :27:15.increased by more than ?300 whilst the energy companies
:27:16. > :27:20.are making huge profits. not a luxury but an essential
:27:21. > :27:24.for millions of working families - gets harder to find
:27:25. > :27:28.and more expensive.