:00:11. > :00:14.Welcome to the BBC Channel Islands News. The top stories: Stopping the
:00:15. > :00:17.scammers ` the company director who fell victim to con artists. Now a
:00:18. > :00:24.campaign has been launched to protect others.
:00:25. > :00:27.They sounded exactly like computer experts that I have dealt with in
:00:28. > :00:29.the past and they wind your confidence.
:00:30. > :00:33.Also, could a deep shaft 300 feet in the ground replace Jersey's ageing
:00:34. > :00:36.waste treatment plant? And, Guernsey's Siam Cup heartache
:00:37. > :00:38.continues after Jersey stormed to a sixth consecutive victory in the
:00:39. > :00:59.annual rugby inter`insular over the weekend.
:01:00. > :01:04.Good evening. It could happen to any one of us, leaving us thousands of
:01:05. > :01:07.pounds out of pocket and feeling vulnerable and betrayed. Scams are
:01:08. > :01:10.getting more and more sophisticated, and harder to police, so islanders
:01:11. > :01:13.have to be vigilant. That's the message from Jersey's Citizen's
:01:14. > :01:16.Advice Bureau, after a company director in the island fell victim
:01:17. > :01:28.to one internet scam. She told the BBC's Emma Chambers her story.
:01:29. > :01:33.I was suspicious, but the way they talked to me, they were very
:01:34. > :01:36.rational. They sounded exactly like computer expert that I have dealt
:01:37. > :01:40.with in the past when we have had issues with the computer. They win
:01:41. > :01:44.your confidence. A Jersey company director who fell
:01:45. > :01:47.victim to a scam. She thought the company Microsoft was helping her
:01:48. > :01:51.with a virus she had on her home computer. She found out they were in
:01:52. > :01:54.fact con artists, after she had given them her bank details.
:01:55. > :01:56.Luckily, her bank stopped the transaction but she's been left
:01:57. > :02:07.feeling invaded and embarrassed so didn't want to be identified. I have
:02:08. > :02:12.to say, I am quite cynical, and I am quite experienced in using
:02:13. > :02:15.computers. I take all the precautions I thought was
:02:16. > :02:18.necessary. I didn't think I would ever get caught. Stories like this
:02:19. > :02:21.are becoming more and more common. Islanders are affected by scams
:02:22. > :02:24.every year so Citizens Advice Bureau have dedicated the month of May to
:02:25. > :02:32.raise awareness to prevent more people becoming victims. There are
:02:33. > :02:38.great proactive units that are doing things to combat this, but a lot of
:02:39. > :02:41.people are operating out of jurisdiction. They are so
:02:42. > :02:46.sophisticated that if they do get money, it comes almost untraceable,
:02:47. > :02:50.so it is not an easy task that the police have two apprehend any
:02:51. > :02:53.perpetrators. The best thing we can do is to highlight the issues at the
:02:54. > :02:57.front end. 84% of ID fraud is conducted over the internet.
:02:58. > :03:03.Citizens Advice hopes this proactive approach will help alert more people
:03:04. > :03:07.about this growing issue. Limits set by the States on how many
:03:08. > :03:09.doctors can practice in Guernsey are likely to contravene Guernsey's
:03:10. > :03:13.Competition law, according to the competition regulator CICRA. The
:03:14. > :03:17.current limit of 42 GPs was set by the former Board of Health, based on
:03:18. > :03:22.a ratio of doctor to resident population of one to 1,600.
:03:23. > :03:27.Proposals for a new system will be brought before the States by the end
:03:28. > :03:33.of the year. We are keen to ensure high quality
:03:34. > :03:38.primary health care, and that is what we are going to try to do. The
:03:39. > :03:42.have got this current cap which is currently operating, but what we are
:03:43. > :03:45.seeking to do is to replace it by a different structure which is sure
:03:46. > :03:57.that when people go to the GP they know they are appropriately trained.
:03:58. > :04:01.The overhaul of Guernsey's sewage plant is causing a rift. New
:04:02. > :04:04.technology is proposed which is said is cleaner and greener, but
:04:05. > :04:13.transport and technical services who will be responsible for the new
:04:14. > :04:17.plant disagree. Just's sewage plant needs replacing,
:04:18. > :04:23.but what with is causing a controversy. This would bore a hole
:04:24. > :04:30.up to 300 feet deep, taking waste and associated smells underground.
:04:31. > :04:36.Basically having a large container tilt into the ground rather than a
:04:37. > :04:45.shallow surface `based one. If you deal with deep wells, in fact, you
:04:46. > :04:50.can minimise and do away with the bad smells. But Transport and
:04:51. > :04:54.Technical Services says the new plant should be a modern version of
:04:55. > :04:57.what's already there. The Minister Deputy Kevin Lewis says he's been
:04:58. > :05:00.given expert advice that technology like a deep shaft wouldn't work. A
:05:01. > :05:08.scrutiny panel is hearing from both sides this week. It is universally
:05:09. > :05:13.agreed that our sewage treatment plant does not meet standards. We
:05:14. > :05:17.get pollution from time to time. It is difficult to maintain. We all
:05:18. > :05:21.agreed it needs to be replaced, but it is a question of what technology
:05:22. > :05:24.is used. Environment Minister favours one approach, the TTS
:05:25. > :05:27.favours another. Everyone agrees something has to
:05:28. > :05:46.change. The debate moves from scrutiny hearings to the States
:05:47. > :05:51.chamber next month. Michael Combs was there and has this
:05:52. > :05:56.report. The task facing Guernsey was once
:05:57. > :06:00.again immense. The visitors, Jersey, are freely above them. They are
:06:01. > :06:06.professionals paid to play one of the top 24 teams in England. Jersey
:06:07. > :06:10.are going for their sixth consecutive win, but have Guernsey
:06:11. > :06:14.got what it takes to please the faithful and cause an upset?
:06:15. > :06:19.Guernsey made a good start and held their own. But, after 12 minutes,
:06:20. > :06:26.Nicky Griffiths broke the deadlock to score the first try of the game.
:06:27. > :06:30.But Guernsey didn't give up and a quick counter attack on another day
:06:31. > :06:37.and with a lucky bounce could have seen them cross the line. As the
:06:38. > :06:45.first half came to an end, the players were feeling the effects and
:06:46. > :06:48.Jersey were 19`0 up. Jersey continued to stamp their authority
:06:49. > :06:55.on the match with some thrilling running rugby, tom Brown finishing
:06:56. > :06:59.off this move. Guernsey rallied in the final ten minutes and managed to
:07:00. > :07:04.score their first points in a Siam Cup at Footes Lane for six years
:07:05. > :07:07.with Dale Rutledge going over. So the final score was Guernsey five,
:07:08. > :07:21.Jersey 38, and the Siam Cup was once again lifted by Jersey. There are
:07:22. > :07:29.five Jersey guys in the starting line`up and we all feel proud. It
:07:30. > :07:35.was a real contest, nets not mistake that. It was intense as anything we
:07:36. > :07:39.have had. Guernsey is a three league difference. You don't see that at
:07:40. > :07:43.the start, you know you are in a conquest. It is a result for us. We
:07:44. > :07:48.know we're never going to a game like that, but it is not about that.
:07:49. > :07:52.At the end of the day, we have got more pluses coming out of the game
:07:53. > :07:55.than they do. For Guernsey, a proud effort and for Jersey, a satisfying
:07:56. > :08:06.end to their season winning the Siam Cup just a week after avoiding
:08:07. > :08:09.relegation from the Championship. Happy faces there!
:08:10. > :08:11.Staying with sport, it was also a great weekend for Jersey's top
:08:12. > :08:14.netball team, Team Jets. They've clinched promotion to the
:08:15. > :08:17.national Premier League Three next season, the fourth highest level in
:08:18. > :08:23.English netball. Jets Captain Lauren Devine told me earlier what it means
:08:24. > :08:28.to the team. It means absolutely everything. As I
:08:29. > :08:32.said over the weekend, we trained so hard, a lot of hard work goes into
:08:33. > :08:37.this team and the dedication is massive. For it all to come true now
:08:38. > :08:42.is just fantastic. We are elated and can't quite believe it. So, what
:08:43. > :08:46.does promotion bring in terms of challenges for the season ahead will
:08:47. > :08:52.stop I should imagine more expense and travel? Yes, we can't play
:08:53. > :08:56.double`headers any more because the games will be too hard and we can't
:08:57. > :09:02.compete at that level. Hopefully, as a team we will develop and get
:09:03. > :09:06.stronger. Fingers crossed we get more teams coming to Jersey, so
:09:07. > :09:11.there will be an increase in fans coming to watch us as well. We often
:09:12. > :09:15.hear about sports funding and different teams like yourself
:09:16. > :09:18.needing financial support. Can authorities in Jersey help you any
:09:19. > :09:26.more, now that you have got promotion? Definitely. Presently,
:09:27. > :09:35.there is a site called crowd funder associated with netball. Anyone can
:09:36. > :09:40.go and donate on that site. Looking forward, we are hoping to build more
:09:41. > :09:44.sponsorship into our funding to help with travel, so it will certainly be
:09:45. > :09:53.something we are looking at for next season. Good evening, David.
:09:54. > :10:01.We will see a lot more cloud around with some rain at times too. Some
:10:02. > :10:08.sunny spells in between lines of showers or more persistent rain. It
:10:09. > :10:17.will feel cooler than it did over the weekend. For much of the night
:10:18. > :10:22.to come to light it will stay dry, but we are never too far from some
:10:23. > :10:25.weather systems that will sweep by overnight to night producing a
:10:26. > :10:30.future hours. More persistent rainbow arrived on a new area of low
:10:31. > :10:34.pressure, and some new weather fronts coming in on Thursday.
:10:35. > :10:40.Thursday will be the wettest day of the next few. Tonight, the cloud
:10:41. > :10:44.structure has been interesting over the last few hours. Overnight
:10:45. > :10:51.temperatures will dip into single figures. Quite breezy overnight
:10:52. > :10:55.tonight, and the wind will be a feature of the weather tomorrow.
:10:56. > :10:58.Some showers in the morning, some brief sunny spells before Mork
:10:59. > :11:00.showers turn up in the day. Temper jazz will be held down because of
:11:01. > :11:39.that. `` temperatures. The outlook for Thursday is wet.
:11:40. > :11:44.Outbreaks of rain throughout the day, and also windy. Much brighter
:11:45. > :11:48.on Friday, hopefully with a return to the sunshine. A small chance of a
:11:49. > :11:58.future hours, but staying unsettled into the weekend.
:11:59. > :12:00.ears in Whitehall. You're watching spotlight. Later in the programme `
:12:01. > :12:04.the countdown begins. 500 days until the Rugby World Cup comes to Devon `
:12:05. > :12:10.the Chiefs get ready to play host. And the Princess Royal embraces the
:12:11. > :12:13.old and the new in Clovelly. A warning's been issued about a scam
:12:14. > :12:17.in which someone phones up posing as a police officer. About 50 people
:12:18. > :12:21.are known to have been duped in Devon and Cornwall, sometimes to the
:12:22. > :12:24.tune of tens of thousands of pounds. Our South Devon reporter John Ayres
:12:25. > :12:29.explains how fraudsters are getting people to part with their money.
:12:30. > :12:32.Eleanor Wilson is one of the lucky ones. She was called by somebody
:12:33. > :12:36.posing as a police officer from London claiming they had somebody in
:12:37. > :12:40.custody who had used one of her bank cards. They wanted her to help them
:12:41. > :12:45.catch the people doing it. He said what we would like you to do is put
:12:46. > :12:48.?5,000 in your account, go to the bank, draw it out, take it home and
:12:49. > :13:03.we'll get somebody to come and collect it. Then I thought, there's
:13:04. > :13:09.something wrong here. The police would never ask me to draw money out
:13:10. > :13:13.and keep it in the house. It is part of a national fraud. Elderly and
:13:14. > :13:17.vulnerable people across Devon and Cornwall have been targeted, but
:13:18. > :13:21.particularly in South Devon. The police are now issuing advice. The
:13:22. > :13:25.police or the bank would never contact a member of the public and
:13:26. > :13:26.ask for their cards or the PIN number over the
:13:27. > :13:37.cash. Now the police believe the number of people may have been
:13:38. > :13:40.caught out by the scams and are too embarrassed to admit it. They are
:13:41. > :13:43.urging people to come forward saying there is no embarrassment and this
:13:44. > :13:47.kind of information will help them build up a picture of what is going
:13:48. > :13:51.on and provide more evidence. Mrs Wilson has the support of her
:13:52. > :13:55.family, but she is now much more wary. The police are keeping an eye
:13:56. > :14:00.on her to make sure she feels safe. I had no idea there were so many
:14:01. > :14:07.scams going around. You don't think of it at my age. God, years ago you
:14:08. > :14:12.could leave your front door open, you could leave your back door open
:14:13. > :14:14.and nothing would happen. Anyone who thinks they may have had a call like
:14:15. > :15:49.this is urged to contact the police. underway. That is an increase of
:15:50. > :15:53.5,000 on last year. But at the same time, 50`odd ships will visit the
:15:54. > :15:56.Scilly Isles and Plymouth is looking at extending its offer. This points
:15:57. > :16:03.to a growing industry in the south`west. If you get a cruise
:16:04. > :16:07.liner of 2,000 passengers coming into a port or harbour and they all
:16:08. > :16:10.go ashore and they all spend in the region of ?80 to ?100, that is a
:16:11. > :16:19.considerable amount of money towards the local economy. What did you
:16:20. > :16:26.think it was before you came here? ??yellowWe thought it was just a
:16:27. > :16:34.port that we had to go through. Like customs. I like it. This is the
:16:35. > :16:40.first time I've come through here. We have come back to find our
:16:41. > :16:43.heritage. The berth may now be accommodated to accommodate even
:16:44. > :16:56.larger ships as this business appears to inherit the Navy's
:16:57. > :17:07.firepower from the past. So how did you get it? 6am! That is not early
:17:08. > :17:11.for a postman. A little question for you ` what are you doing in the
:17:12. > :17:15.autumn of 2015? Well, if you're a rugby fan, all eyes will be on
:17:16. > :17:18.England, and for the first time ever, here on the South West.
:17:19. > :17:22.Exeter's Sandy Park will host three matches in the group stage of the
:17:23. > :17:32.Rugby World Cup, and Brent Pilnick has met the Chiefs' player today who
:17:33. > :17:36.might be playing in one of them. Get your diaries out, because the dates
:17:37. > :17:41.to buy tickets for the free world cup games being held in Exeter has
:17:42. > :17:45.been announced. One of the chief's players is taking it home turf for
:17:46. > :17:58.the first game here in September next year. Whereby cure my home
:17:59. > :18:09.ground. It is exciting and looking forward to it. I can pretty much
:18:10. > :18:16.guarantee will be packed. It will be a special moment. Fingers crossed.
:18:17. > :18:20.The Rugby World Cup as a global audience of around four million and
:18:21. > :18:22.Sandy Park is getting an upgrade ahead of the big tournaments. They
:18:23. > :18:26.are really hosting three games in Exeter, but despite that, it is
:18:27. > :18:32.going to be worth millions of pounds to the city's economy. We did a
:18:33. > :18:35.short analysis of the one months ago about the impact on the economy
:18:36. > :18:42.within the city. It comes in at about 5.6 million and that is about
:18:43. > :18:46.50% of people who bought tickets staying overnight and the other 50%
:18:47. > :18:51.day visitors. And that is an underestimation. It is not take into
:18:52. > :18:55.account the visiting press and the staff officials. They merely stated
:18:56. > :18:58.in a 40 metres World Cup rugby, but the impact on the city and here at
:18:59. > :19:09.the chiefs, could be felt for years to come. Once owned by the King and
:19:10. > :19:12.with plenty of royal connections in its long history, today came another
:19:13. > :19:15.as Princess Anne visited Clovelly. She met families who also have a
:19:16. > :19:18.long history in the area as they descend from those lost in one of
:19:19. > :19:22.North Devon's worst fishing disasters nearly 200 years ago.
:19:23. > :19:30.Leigh Rundle was at a ceremony held in their honour. On a calm day there
:19:31. > :19:34.is arguably no finer place to be. But 176 years ago on October the
:19:35. > :19:39.28th, and an unexpected storms swept across Bideford Bay, claiming the
:19:40. > :19:44.lives of 21 local fishermen. Today, Clovelly held a commemorative
:19:45. > :19:49.ceremony attended by Princess Anne, together with descendants of those
:19:50. > :19:55.who perished. I great`great`grandfather was lost at
:19:56. > :20:01.sea in the great storm in 38. They reckoned that a lot of sailors had
:20:02. > :20:04.the earring and when they were drowned, they took the gold earring
:20:05. > :20:12.and I was away paying for the funeral. They should not be
:20:13. > :20:17.forgotten. It is essential the names are kept alive for future
:20:18. > :20:21.generations. Otherwise these things gets forgotten that too easily. In
:20:22. > :20:26.the aftermath of this terrible disaster, the shipwrecked mariners
:20:27. > :20:29.society was born. Since then, it has helped hundreds and thousands of
:20:30. > :20:33.seafarers and their families in need. It is celebrating its hundred
:20:34. > :20:40.and 75th anniversary. Accompanied the unveiling, a song combo spice
:20:41. > :20:51.Cornish singers. This is a memory of those who lost their lives. The
:20:52. > :20:54.first baby swan, or cygnet, of the year has hatched at the Abbotsbury
:20:55. > :20:58.Swannery in Dorset. The birds have laid more than 500 eggs this season.
:20:59. > :21:01.The Swannery is the only place in the world where visitors can walk
:21:02. > :21:05.through a colony of mute swans and see cygnets hatching. We are pleased
:21:06. > :21:09.to say that we have a good start to the nesting season. We had a rotten
:21:10. > :21:12.winter with storms, floods and the entire swannery was submerged in
:21:13. > :21:17.February. But things are going well now. We have a 93 pairs that have
:21:18. > :21:28.laid eggs and we are actually 11 days ahead of last year. It is nice
:21:29. > :21:39.to see cygnets again. Quite the cast there. `` quite overcast there. Good
:21:40. > :21:40.evening. For many of us, another reasonable day. And some sunshine as
:21:41. > :21:51.well. Not everywhere. The general theme is unsettled,
:21:52. > :21:54.breezy and with plenty of showers. Thursday will be all about
:21:55. > :21:57.persistent rain and windy conditions to. So, no sign of any
:21:58. > :22:01.high`pressure, no sign of anything settling down. We have no pressure,
:22:02. > :22:05.which is not far from the southern half of Icelander. But gets closer
:22:06. > :22:09.over the next 24 hours brings with it a scattering of showers. Later,
:22:10. > :22:13.more weather fronts sweeping in from the Atlantic means more persistent
:22:14. > :22:17.rain on Thursday. As a result, not overly warm either. Through the week
:22:18. > :22:22.and we had temperatures up, but the next few days, between 13 and 15
:22:23. > :22:26.degrees will be the top. Assign a mention, most of us had a nice day
:22:27. > :22:29.today, but you can see a line of quite bright colour on there, that
:22:30. > :22:33.is a line of showers which have been very slow moving through the
:22:34. > :22:40.afternoon, not too far away from here and not too far from Exeter and
:22:41. > :22:43.up towards the M5. Here, we have at some fairly hefty downpours of rain.
:22:44. > :22:46.Those shells will fade away late on this evening and overnight tonight
:22:47. > :22:49.for a while. More showers coming around the middle of the night, and
:22:50. > :22:53.then, in yearly hours of the morning, the winds drop a little bit
:22:54. > :22:58.apart from a few showers moving to the Bristol Channel, most of us will
:22:59. > :23:04.get away with with a dry second off of the night. Temperature is not
:23:05. > :23:07.falling much, so eight or 10 degrees tonight. Tomorrow, a blustery day
:23:08. > :23:11.with plenty of showers dotted around. Again, they may well form
:23:12. > :23:16.lines, so some of us could get drenched, others really will get
:23:17. > :23:20.some sunshine. Brisk winds, so even though temperatures get to between
:23:21. > :23:24.14 and maybe even 16 degrees, it will not feel very warm. Especially
:23:25. > :23:27.along the coastline, where there will be a blustery or south`west
:23:28. > :23:33.wind, which will hold temperatures down to 12 or 13 degrees. In the
:23:34. > :23:38.hours of Scilly, expect a little bit shelter and 14 degrees, but it will
:23:39. > :23:42.be a breezy day and some sunshine, but equally some sharp showers
:23:43. > :23:55.developing. High water, along the north coast, . If you are heading
:23:56. > :24:00.for surfing it is not good. It is fairly big, but pretty choppy. It
:24:01. > :24:04.will be messy among the north coast sees and the other good news is the
:24:05. > :24:10.seat and bridges come up due to the fine weather through the weekend.
:24:11. > :24:15.Possibly at 11 or 12 degrees. The coastal waters forecast, winds
:24:16. > :24:23.forced five or six, and visibility all the way through this week. There
:24:24. > :24:26.may be as much as a force seven by tomorrow evening as a new area of
:24:27. > :24:30.low pressure turns up. That is the one which will give us a miserable
:24:31. > :24:34.day on Thursday. That can be quite a wet day with outbreaks of rain off
:24:35. > :24:40.and on, low cloud and a bit misty as well. Temperatures not too bad.
:24:41. > :24:45.Possibly up to 17 degrees with a bit of shelter. Maybe in Exeter or
:24:46. > :24:48.Taunton. But for the rest of us, outbreaks of rain replaced by
:24:49. > :24:52.showers on Friday and hopefully some sunshine in between the showers. It
:24:53. > :24:58.does not last though. The weekend forecast is unsettled and with the
:24:59. > :25:02.risk of shop showers. For the gardeners amongst us, bit of rain is
:25:03. > :25:05.appreciated. Night time to beaches probably frost free, but certainly
:25:06. > :25:14.unsettled over the four or five days. Have a good evening. That's
:25:15. > :25:18.all from us this evening. We'll leave you now with a round up of the
:25:19. > :25:21.action from the World Pilot Gig Championships which were held on the
:25:22. > :25:22.Isles of Scilly over the Bank Holiday weekend. Have a good
:25:23. > :26:08.evening. Bye for now. is a bit of a challenge. A perfect.
:26:09. > :26:12.`` but perfect. Nobody could have foreseen under way this has grown.
:26:13. > :26:17.People come down on holiday to Cornwall, see them, fall in love
:26:18. > :26:55.with it and want it for themselves. It has spread and spread.
:26:56. > :27:04.at the European elections on May the 22nd.
:27:05. > :27:11.even though that would wreck the recovery and destroy jobs.
:27:12. > :27:15.The Conservatives are now openly flirting with exit.
:27:16. > :27:19.they just don't have the courage of their convictions on this.
:27:20. > :27:25.They wouldn't lift a finger to help keep Britain in the EU.
:27:26. > :27:30.So, I'm asking you to vote for the Liberal Democrats, the party of in.
:27:31. > :27:36.In for the sake of British prosperity and jobs.
:27:37. > :27:40.I'm in because we set the global standards