:00:00. > :00:21.Good evening. A
:00:22. > :00:26.Thrown out` plans for islanders to decide the future role of Jdrsey's
:00:27. > :00:28.bailiff are defeated by a m`ssive majority. Sark's government approve
:00:29. > :00:34.plans to use an incapacitathng spray in their fight against crimd.
:00:35. > :00:42.Working together ` why Guernsey and Jersey's branches of the National
:00:43. > :00:57.Trust are joining forces. And disappointment for the Green Lions
:00:58. > :01:00.in their push for promotion. It took them ten hours of debate, btt today
:01:01. > :01:08.Jersey's politicians rejectdd plans for the Bailiff to be removdd as
:01:09. > :01:12.speaker of The States. Therd was a move to hold a binding referendum in
:01:13. > :01:15.the autumn, which could've seen him replaced with an elected spdaker.
:01:16. > :01:18.But today's decision is not likely to be the end of the issue. Jen
:01:19. > :01:26.Smith reports on centuries of tradition, and why calls for change
:01:27. > :01:30.will continue. . Since the 03 century the Bailiff has had a dual
:01:31. > :01:33.role in the island. He's thd president of the government ` so
:01:34. > :01:37.oversees the body that makes our islands laws. And also the head of
:01:38. > :01:40.the judiciary ` so the the person in change of enforcing those l`ws. But
:01:41. > :01:44.there's a growing debate about this dual role. In 2010 a UK judge
:01:45. > :01:46.advised Jersey that the Chidf Judge should be free from politic`l
:01:47. > :01:52.pressure. But The States today didn't agree. I think it wotld
:01:53. > :02:01.always be lost after the amdndment yesterday. I was not prepardd today
:02:02. > :02:07.to support a proposition whhch would risk confusing the general dlection
:02:08. > :02:11.by adding another referendul. So, the politicians have had thdir vote
:02:12. > :02:19.` but what's the feeling on the street? Do you think the powers of
:02:20. > :02:29.the bailiff should be separ`ted Yes. This man is undecided. Renewal
:02:30. > :02:35.is not necessarily a good idea but on the other hand things go better
:02:36. > :02:38.if you do have a change. Jersey s government might have rejected the
:02:39. > :02:44.calls for the Bailiff's job to change. But one politician thinks
:02:45. > :02:52.that won't be the end of it. I think a future government is almost bound
:02:53. > :02:56.to look at it together again and I do not think that other democracies
:02:57. > :03:01.we deal with will allow us to have this extremely old`fashioned system.
:03:02. > :03:10.So Jersey's Bailiff will sit in the chamber for another day, although
:03:11. > :03:14.those days could still be ntmbered. A move to delay a debate on plans to
:03:15. > :03:18.reduce car use in Guernsey has failed. Two strategies have been put
:03:19. > :03:21.forward by the Environment Department and a number of changes
:03:22. > :03:24.to both have been suggested by politicians. The main proposals
:03:25. > :03:28.include a free bus service, a CO2 tax, a width tax on large vdhicles
:03:29. > :03:34.and more cycle lanes. The ddbate will continue tomorrow. Sark's
:03:35. > :03:38.government has unveiled a ndw weapon in the fight against crime. Chief
:03:39. > :03:41.Pleas have approved a controversial proposal to allow the island's
:03:42. > :03:46.volunteer police to use pav` spray, which is similar to pepper spray. It
:03:47. > :03:49.can incapacitate a person for around 30 minutes without causing hnjury.
:03:50. > :03:53.Mike Wilkins sent this update from our Guernsey newsroom. Sark doesn't
:03:54. > :04:01.have a police force. The island relies on volunteer constables
:04:02. > :04:05.who're trained by Guernsey Police. And it was after one training
:04:06. > :04:08.session that it was suggestdd that pava spray would be a useful
:04:09. > :04:11.deterrent to have in Sark. H've had a look at these today, which are the
:04:12. > :04:16.incidents involving constables in Sark, and there were more than 50
:04:17. > :04:19.incidents last year. However many of them are relatively minor, the
:04:20. > :04:22.majority can be classed as tractor permissions and in the last decade
:04:23. > :04:32.the island's prison has onlx been used four times. So the thotght of
:04:33. > :04:38.using pava spray has divided the island according to its deptty
:04:39. > :04:40.chairman of the Douzaine. It is rare occasions that the volunteer
:04:41. > :04:46.constables put their lives on the line and when they do they need this
:04:47. > :04:52.protection. It is very much an even split on the island. Some of the
:04:53. > :04:55.volunteer constables have already had some training using the spray
:04:56. > :04:57.but they still need to officially apply to the fire arms commhttee
:04:58. > :05:47.who're not obliged to grant about it but we see it on an
:05:48. > :05:50.individual basis quite regularly. Draft legislation has been lodged in
:05:51. > :05:52.Jersey's states which would enable an aircraft registry to be
:05:53. > :06:07.established in the island. Guernsey development department hope it will
:06:08. > :06:12.bring in revenue for the island The aircraft registry will be worth a
:06:13. > :06:17.lot of money to the island `nd will make a contribution to the service
:06:18. > :06:21.providers already here at a time when the global drive at an
:06:22. > :06:35.commercial aircraft industrx is thriving. They're two of thd
:06:36. > :06:38.organisations in the Channel Islands dedicated to preserving sitds of
:06:39. > :06:41.historic and natural interest, now both National Trusts in the
:06:42. > :06:44.Bailiwicks could work together on certain projects in future.Hn a bid
:06:45. > :06:47.to win new members, and makd the most of their budgets, both groups
:06:48. > :06:50.want to pool their knowledgd and work more closely together.
:06:51. > :06:53.Guernsey's National Trust mdmbers visited Jersey today ` and Sophie
:06:54. > :06:56.Sulheria joined them on a tour of one the island's properties. The
:06:57. > :07:03.refurbished it in around 1800. 6, New Street. One of the finest
:07:04. > :07:12.remaining Georgian town houses in St Helier ` now the head officd for
:07:13. > :07:15.Jersey's National Trust. And the place where officials from both
:07:16. > :07:19.Trusts met to start their tour of the island's sites, and share ideas
:07:20. > :07:25.on how to work together in the future. We are looking at a joint
:07:26. > :07:34.membership and how people c`n visit Jersey and Guernsey and how we can
:07:35. > :07:37.work closer together in publicity. Jersey and Guernsey have a
:07:38. > :07:41.collective membership of 4300. The UK has four million. And whhle they
:07:42. > :07:44.can't beat mainland numbers, they hope to gain people by bettdr
:07:45. > :07:51.working together. Even so, ht won't be easy. I think all Nation`l trusts
:07:52. > :07:55.and charitable organisations have an enormous amount of challengds and
:07:56. > :07:58.not necessarily the resourcds to achieve what they want to do but
:07:59. > :08:07.hopefully by working togethdr we might be able to save some recent
:08:08. > :08:10.overseas and work together better. The teams have shared their
:08:11. > :08:18.knowledge of drawing in the tourists and making the most of budgdts. In
:08:19. > :08:21.the long term they will support each other in joint future initi`tives,
:08:22. > :08:26.in the hope that the two Bahliwicks will work as a team. Sophie
:08:27. > :08:37.Sulehria, BBC Channel Islands News, Jersey. Guernsey FC's dream of
:08:38. > :08:41.promotion is over, having n`rrowly missing out on a place in the Ryman
:08:42. > :08:44.South playoff final. The Grden Lions were three nil down till thd last
:08:45. > :08:47.ten minutes of the game, but a last`minute push ended the game 3`2
:08:48. > :08:51.to Leatherhead. Penny Elderfield spent the evening with the fans `
:08:52. > :08:54.following the highs... And the lows. A packed pub. Full of supporters...
:08:55. > :09:01.All full of hope. I am hoping for to know when and we will all go on
:09:02. > :09:06.Saturday. They are brilliant and a credit to Guernsey. But a
:09:07. > :09:12.disappointing start saw Leatherhead take an early lead just minttes into
:09:13. > :09:19.the game. And whem the scord reached three`nil, Guernsey FC's ch`nce of
:09:20. > :09:22.promotion started to slip away. While stress levels of the other
:09:23. > :09:27.players and fans went the other way.... But then the Green Lions
:09:28. > :09:31.started to fight back. With just ten minutes to go, the first go`l came
:09:32. > :09:34.from Mark McGrath... And excitement back at home started to build that
:09:35. > :09:46.this game wasn't over yet. Ht was quickly followed by another from
:09:47. > :09:49.Dave Rihoy. But a third was then disallowed for being off`side.. .
:09:50. > :09:52.And with just minutes left... It was all too little, too late.
:09:53. > :09:57.Disappointing but they playdd their hearts out and we were not
:09:58. > :10:02.disgraced. It is a shame thd last goal was disallowed but the lads
:10:03. > :10:12.will be disappointed. It was a good game and really exciting. No one can
:10:13. > :10:19.take it away from us. It has been a great effort and we will go again
:10:20. > :10:24.next year. A sentiment echodd by the team returning home the next day. We
:10:25. > :10:29.have to dust ourselves down and not feel sorry for ourselves and try and
:10:30. > :10:33.put some wrong is right. For Guernsey FC it's the end of this
:10:34. > :10:36.season's journey but for thd players and supporters, they're detdrmined
:10:37. > :10:54.to come back and fight for promotion next season.
:10:55. > :11:17.The rain is now setting end. Dash`mac setting in. There `re more
:11:18. > :11:22.showers gathering. This are` of low pressure is the culprit and we will
:11:23. > :11:28.briefly have some dry weathdr behind it but then the next line of showers
:11:29. > :11:34.will turn up tomorrow. It could be quite a wet morning tomorrow. Once
:11:35. > :11:39.we lose at this weather system here, it will just drift past this,
:11:40. > :11:45.we will see high pressure b`ck for the weekend. We lose that fhrst line
:11:46. > :11:48.array in and then fire time it dry overnight and then the showdrs
:11:49. > :11:53.appeared towards dawn tomorrow. It will be misty with the minilum
:11:54. > :12:00.temperature being 10 degrees. It will be a wet day for the fhrst half
:12:01. > :12:10.of tomorrow but no dry after lunch on `` more dry after lunchthme.
:12:11. > :12:16.There will still be showers around but with mainly good visibility
:12:17. > :12:23.There will also be mist arotnd. These other of high water. The waves
:12:24. > :12:30.will be up to about three fdet high and a bit choppy. It is a cloudy day
:12:31. > :12:34.on Friday with maybe some mhst and cloud around in the first p`rt of
:12:35. > :12:40.the morning but it will improve in the second part of the day. Saturday
:12:41. > :12:46.and Sunday should be dry and the only disappointing thing should be
:12:47. > :12:49.that it is not too warm. 16 degrees perhaps on Sunday that tempdratures
:12:50. > :13:01.at night time will be in single figures.
:13:02. > :13:08.The government says there are a number of schemes to help young
:13:09. > :13:10.people which aims to increase the availability of properties for
:13:11. > :13:13.private rent. A growing number of dairy f`rmers
:13:14. > :13:16.across the region are milking their cows robotically, but now a Devon
:13:17. > :13:20.farmer has taken it a step further. David Partridge is the first in the
:13:21. > :13:24.country to introduce an automated system to feed his herd.
:13:25. > :13:28.significant increase in the amount significant increase in the amount
:13:29. > :13:32.of milk his farm is producing. Anna Varle has been to see the tdchnology
:13:33. > :13:36.in action. It's taken David Partridge ` gear to
:13:37. > :13:39.make this a reality and aftdr only three months it s a decision which
:13:40. > :13:47.he says has already revoluthonised his business. `` it has takdn him a
:13:48. > :13:51.year. I'm pleased we've dond it It's been very beneficial and I am
:13:52. > :13:54.sure it will be beneficial long`term. It is certainly
:13:55. > :14:00.beneficial to the cows. Thex are being fed 24 hours a day frdsh food.
:14:01. > :14:05.This herd used to be fed once a day. They are now being fed around the
:14:06. > :14:10.clock. The key to this is lhttle and often. These cows are being fed ten
:14:11. > :14:13.times a day so they are getting a more consistent and balanced diet.
:14:14. > :14:19.Experts say it is better for their stomach and digestion. So how
:14:20. > :14:22.scientific is it? A computer system is used to work out the bal`nce of
:14:23. > :14:26.the ingredients and then thd blend which includes silage, minerals and
:14:27. > :14:32.molasses is fed into the hopper and dispensed by the feeder. Since it
:14:33. > :14:35.has been in operation it has increased David milk yields by 4%
:14:36. > :14:42.and saved him two hours of labour a day. Farmers from all over the UK
:14:43. > :14:48.have been visiting the site to see how the technology works. Whth units
:14:49. > :14:52.being built and people who can do it ` where labour is a problem and they
:14:53. > :14:56.want consistency of feed to the cows, then, yes, I think it will be
:14:57. > :15:01.a growing thing for the next ten years. It is only the beginning for
:15:02. > :15:03.David. He's also introduced robotic milking machines and he hopds it
:15:04. > :15:14.will increase production evdn further in the coming months.
:15:15. > :15:20.Youngsters from across the south`west are being treated to
:15:21. > :15:27.behind`the`scenes tours of their local supermarket to help gdt a new
:15:28. > :15:31.generation eating a diet. A national chain and several charities have
:15:32. > :15:39.teamed up to give children ` Farm To Fork talk.
:15:40. > :15:43.Tesco in Plymouth is a giant classroom for the day for these
:15:44. > :15:50.children. The tour shows chhldren how their food comes from the farm
:15:51. > :15:54.to the shop. Diabetes UK and the NFU one Tesco to give primary
:15:55. > :16:00.schoolchildren nationwide the Farm To Fork tall so they can choose
:16:01. > :16:09.healthier food. This quiz is designed to get them a bit lore
:16:10. > :16:20.friendly with the healthy stuff And aubergine. A leak. Brussels
:16:21. > :16:31.sprouts. Marrow. They get to try new food and find out how it's lade
:16:32. > :16:37.Nice? I found that it takes four litres of milk to make two kilograms
:16:38. > :16:44.of cheese. Cheese brushes your teeth. Let as test whether they have
:16:45. > :16:52.taken it all in. What is thd main ingredient of bread? Flower. I've
:16:53. > :17:01.started so I'll finish. How Curly is curly kale? Pass.
:17:02. > :17:09.How would you have done? Not sure. Ely `` he looked relieved when it
:17:10. > :17:12.was over. An event to inspire future sportsmen
:17:13. > :17:15.and women was held at Plymotth's Life Centre today. 130 youngsters
:17:16. > :17:18.with special educational nedds and disabilities were encouraged to try
:17:19. > :17:21.their hand at various activhties, including water polo. On hand, to
:17:22. > :17:29.put them through their paces, was one of Team GB's Paralympians.
:17:30. > :17:37.Spotlight's Dave Gibbins has more. Water polo was the highlight of the
:17:38. > :17:42.programme at the Life Centrd. They wanted to develop this for today's
:17:43. > :17:47.attendees and any young person lacking confidence when confronting
:17:48. > :17:53.physical exercise. When we `sked them if they've had a good take the
:17:54. > :18:00.answer is yes. They say to their headteachers, we want to do this
:18:01. > :18:03.sport in our school. Encour`ging and inspiring the children was Great
:18:04. > :18:14.Britain Paralympic and from Exmouth. He switched from slam into the para
:18:15. > :18:19.triathlon for 2016. Many kids have highlighted a wheel, if you like, to
:18:20. > :18:23.continue some of the spores they've tried today. They can begin a
:18:24. > :18:29.journey and who knows where that could lead. There were other sports
:18:30. > :18:32.like simulated rowing, new `ge curling to give the children and
:18:33. > :18:38.insight into what skills ard needed if they want to emulate somdbody
:18:39. > :18:48.like Damien Hill. I know or different activities and having
:18:49. > :18:54.fun. I have fun all the timd but it is `` there are more differdnt
:18:55. > :18:59.activities to go on. Table tennis is fun. I was chatting to this girl and
:19:00. > :19:06.she was talking about my falily and stuff. I almost got it over the
:19:07. > :19:12.other side and I almost won. He reached the Paralympic final in
:19:13. > :19:17.Athens in 2004 at 15, the youngest to do it and his message is, if he
:19:18. > :19:20.can do it, one of these children can as well. That is the aim of today's
:19:21. > :19:24.project. Now, one was the son of a Ddvon
:19:25. > :19:27.beach attendant, the other one of the most powerful teenagers in
:19:28. > :19:32.Europe. They came to blows on a beach in North Devon. But what links
:19:33. > :19:36.the punch`up to the First World War? Well, one of the boys in qudstion
:19:37. > :19:40.was Kaiser Wilhelm II, and there's a suggestion that the blow struck by
:19:41. > :19:43.local lad Alf Price could h`ve lead to the Kaiser's life`long grudge
:19:44. > :19:46.against Britain. Spotlight's North Devon reporter, Andrea Ormsby, is in
:19:47. > :19:58.Ilfracombe for us now to tell us more.
:19:59. > :20:03.Yes, let me set the scene. 0878 and over there on the beach to xoung
:20:04. > :20:09.lads come to blows. Could that fight have been the start of a hatred of
:20:10. > :20:16.historic proportions? Could what had happened here 130 years ago be the
:20:17. > :20:21.reason kaiser hated Britain? At Ilfracombe's Museum, they'vd
:20:22. > :20:29.unearthed evidence that Alf Price floored the Kaiser with a shngle
:20:30. > :20:33.punch. In August, the futurd Emperor of Germany came here for a short
:20:34. > :20:40.holiday and when he was takhng a regular dip on the beach, to amuse
:20:41. > :20:45.himself, he started throwing stones at the bathing huts. The bathing
:20:46. > :20:49.huts were attended by Alf Price the son of the family who owned the
:20:50. > :20:54.huts, so he told the Kaiser not to throw stones at the huts. The future
:20:55. > :21:02.kaiser ignored him and carrhed on. They got into a fight and Alf
:21:03. > :21:08.punched the Kaiser to a `` the ground with a good left hook. The
:21:09. > :21:19.punch was the inspiration of a poem written in 1916 and called Why The
:21:20. > :21:23.Kaiser Hates England. It describes how young Alf knocked the K`iser on
:21:24. > :21:32.the nose before the Germans out revenge. The story really cheered
:21:33. > :21:38.them up, as some of the letters I found proved. This man says many
:21:39. > :21:43.thanks for that. I found it very amusing and some of my chums were
:21:44. > :21:47.quite tickled. Another says, I get the local paper every week `nd I
:21:48. > :21:55.knows his `` the notice of the verse. Could the punch have played a
:21:56. > :22:02.part in the start of the First World War? I don't think it startdd the
:22:03. > :22:08.war but if it happened, the Kaiser didn't have fond memories of
:22:09. > :22:15.Ilfracombe being humiliated by a boy for years younger. Alf Pricd is
:22:16. > :22:21.buried at the holy Trinity Parish Church. On his `` his deathbed, he
:22:22. > :22:26.told friends that his greatdst achievement was inflicting ` bloody
:22:27. > :22:31.nose on the Kaiser. In thosd lovely archive shots of the beach, you will
:22:32. > :22:36.have seen boats and bathers. No bathers tonight but the story lives
:22:37. > :22:46.on. Alf Price is said to have told the young prince, I don't ghve a
:22:47. > :22:51.dash who you are! I don't think they will rewrite the
:22:52. > :22:57.history books any time soon. A big day in Padstow tomorrow.
:22:58. > :23:04.They say it heralds the start of summer.
:23:05. > :23:09.Good evening. Perhaps there may improve in the afternoon but you and
:23:10. > :23:13.I know that this time of ye`r we get showers, some heavy and somd
:23:14. > :23:17.prolonged and slow moving. H think that will be the case tomorrow.
:23:18. > :23:26.Things may improve towards the end of the morning. Certainly tomorrow
:23:27. > :23:33.is a wet start. It will brighten up but with the risk of showers turning
:23:34. > :23:36.up through the course of thd day. Eventually, this area of low
:23:37. > :23:43.pressure leaves but not till the end of the day on Friday. A lind of
:23:44. > :23:47.showers is going through at the moment. There is some clear`nce
:23:48. > :23:57.behind but then more showers will gather for tomorrow. High pressure
:23:58. > :24:02.will come back for the weekdnd. Here is the line of showers we h`ve seen
:24:03. > :24:15.today. There were sharp downpours in the last couple of hours.
:24:16. > :24:24.Our cameraman managed to get some of these shots in focus! With the
:24:25. > :24:28.sunshine at this time of ye`r, it does look splendid. We need the
:24:29. > :24:33.sunshine but we will have to wait until the weekend. This covdr of
:24:34. > :24:40.cloud will move through with showers dying away for the first part of the
:24:41. > :24:47.night. Turning mystique. Towards dawn, the next line of rain will
:24:48. > :24:56.come in and this one is potdntially quite heavy. The Met office has
:24:57. > :25:02.issued a warning with quite intense showers in places. Tomorrow, cloudy
:25:03. > :25:10.and wet at first. Into the afternoon, things improved from the
:25:11. > :25:20.West. North Cornwall and thd North Devon coast could see late sunshine.
:25:21. > :25:25.The wind will be from the wdst or north west so not overly warm on the
:25:26. > :25:26.North Cornwall coast. The r`in will move through the Isles of Scilly
:25:27. > :25:58.Thank you for all your weather quite early in the day with
:25:59. > :26:10.Thank you for all your weather pictures. Keep them coming.
:26:11. > :26:18.The Outlook, it gets better and the sun comes back out. A littld bit
:26:19. > :26:59.chilly at night`time. I'm sure they
:27:00. > :27:03.Some people don't think it's worth fighting for.
:27:04. > :27:07.But we want to make Europe work for Britain,