:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. The Jersey flag has That's
:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. The Jersey flag has been flying over London tod`y to
:00:16. > :00:18.mark the 69th anniversary of the Channel Islands' liberation from
:00:19. > :00:19.German occupation. It was raised outside the headquarters of the
:00:20. > :00:21.Department for Communities `nd outside the headquarters of the
:00:22. > :00:24.Department for Communities and Local Government this morning. Jersey s
:00:25. > :00:34.Government this morning. Jersey's Treasury Minister hopes Guernsey's
:00:35. > :00:36.flag will fly next year, too. It is the Channel Islands's liberation we
:00:37. > :00:44.the Channel Islands's liber`tion we are celebrating. It is a powerful
:00:45. > :00:52.message. I'd thought a Guernsey flag alongside my jersey flag as a mark
:00:53. > :00:55.of solidarity. In a moment, we'll report on the
:00:56. > :00:58.day's events in Jersey, but first Penny Elderfield has this rdport
:00:59. > :01:04.from Guernsey. Said this is how the story starts for Guernsey's 2014
:01:05. > :01:19.story starts for Guernsey's 201 liberation day. My mother was
:01:20. > :01:23.evacuated on the 23rd of June. I was born four days later. We must make
:01:24. > :01:29.sure our children and grandchildren do not forget what happened. And
:01:30. > :01:36.this is why this all happens. Like Tony, many of those involved have
:01:37. > :01:41.stories to tell. I remember we had the first Red Cross parcels and I
:01:42. > :01:49.ate all be chocolate and it made me sick. We are the only coupld I know
:01:50. > :01:51.sick. We are the only couple I know that come on parade as husb`nd and
:01:52. > :02:01.wife. We met in the forces 50 years wife. We met in the forces 50 years
:02:02. > :02:05.ago. So with a chance to reflect in the morning, the rest of thd day is
:02:06. > :02:11.set aside for some entertainment. As usual the afternoon is when Guernsey
:02:12. > :02:14.celebrates 69 years of freedom with all the usual events like the
:02:15. > :02:18.cavalcade. This year, you can even cavalcade. This year, you c`n even
:02:19. > :02:25.get a free Haag. We hugged 1000 get a free Haag. We hugged 1000
:02:26. > :02:30.people last year. We are getting close to that already, so it will be
:02:31. > :02:35.doubled last year. Hogs aside, there is still one crowd pleaser `nd to
:02:36. > :02:42.make this happen takes a fair bit of make this happen takes a fair bit of
:02:43. > :02:46.work. Just be vehicles and the history, it is fascinating. You can
:02:47. > :02:49.see by the volume of people around, people love to look at the vehicles.
:02:50. > :02:51.It has been a day of celebration people love to look at the vehicles.
:02:52. > :02:56.It has been a day of celebration and for those who were there for the
:02:57. > :03:01.first liberation and those experiencing their first, the
:03:02. > :03:11.importance of Guernsey's national day lives on.
:03:12. > :03:21.Thousands of people gathered to celebrate the day that jersey was
:03:22. > :03:26.celebrate the day that jersdy was set free. The celebration when we
:03:27. > :03:29.were liberated was marvellous. You were liberated was marvellots. You
:03:30. > :03:38.could not move in the squard. Hundreds of people. You had to be
:03:39. > :03:41.there to really know what happened. there to really know what h`ppened.
:03:42. > :03:49.He is only five, but we have got to He is only five, but we have got to
:03:50. > :03:55.start somewhere. It is the first time he has come along. Sir Michael
:03:56. > :04:00.Birt gave his last liberation speech as they live. We should rec`ll
:04:01. > :04:02.Birt gave his last liberation speech as they live. We should recall that
:04:03. > :04:07.this year marks not only the centenary of the outbreak of the
:04:08. > :04:13.First World War, which we shall be marking on the 4th of August, but
:04:14. > :04:20.also the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944. To mark
:04:21. > :04:23.this special anniversary, Normandy veterans were awarded the medal is
:04:24. > :04:25.veterans were awarded the mddal is containing sand from the beaches
:04:26. > :04:31.containing sand from the be`ches they fought on. A proud moment. I
:04:32. > :04:38.never believed this would happen. The years have just flown. Ht
:04:39. > :04:39.never believed this would h`ppen. The years have just flown. It is
:04:40. > :04:46.The years have just flown. Ht is unbelievable that I am going to be
:04:47. > :04:48.91 in a few weeks' time. As celebrations, including the Wiener
:04:49. > :04:54.meant of English soldiers liberating meant of English soldiers liberating
:04:55. > :04:58.the island, continue to be the day, thoughts are now turning to how the
:04:59. > :05:00.island will mark the 70th anniversary next year.
:05:01. > :05:03.An art teacher jailed for smuggling An art teacher jailed for smuggling
:05:04. > :05:04.drugs into Guernsey has been banned from teaching. 32`year`old Edward
:05:05. > :05:06.from teaching. 32`year`old Ddward Paul Bollom from Swansea spent ten
:05:07. > :05:09.months in prison last year `fter months in prison last year after
:05:10. > :05:12.bringing cannabis, LSD, mescaline and class A drug 2C`B into the
:05:13. > :05:15.island. Sport, and it's Muratti weekend.
:05:16. > :05:18.Jersey's ladies take on Guernsey at Springfield tomorrow afternoon and
:05:19. > :05:19.then on Sunday, Jersey play Guernsey's men in the Vase final.
:05:20. > :05:21.Coverage of both on BBC Radio Coverage of both on BBC Radho
:05:22. > :05:27.Guernsey and BBC Radio Jersey. Coverage of both on BBC Radio
:05:28. > :05:28.Guernsey and BBC Radio Jersdy. Now Guernsey and BBC Radio Jersdy. Now
:05:29. > :05:38.the weather. The weather could be a the weather. The weather cotld be a
:05:39. > :05:39.little bit better for the arrival of the Queen's baton, but we can't have
:05:40. > :05:41.the Queen's baton, but we c`n't have it all. Is some rain already
:05:42. > :05:42.the Queen's baton, but we can't have it all. Is some rain alreadx pulling
:05:43. > :05:44.it all. Is some rain already pulling in. Overnight it will becomd
:05:45. > :05:45.it all. Is some rain alreadx pulling in. Overnight it will become wet and
:05:46. > :05:53.in. Overnight it will becomd wet and windy. We will always cut to a wet
:05:54. > :06:04.start, but the rain band is moving swiftly. Later in the morning there
:06:05. > :06:08.could be some heavy showers. Top temperature 13 or 14 degrees. Sunday
:06:09. > :06:15.is similar. Some funny spells and winds becoming Westerleigh. Quite a
:06:16. > :06:21.chilly wind, so you will need to chilly wind, so you will need to
:06:22. > :06:26.wrap up warm. The outlook for the weekend and next week, temperatures
:06:27. > :06:32.around 14 degrees with some heavy showers. By the time we get him
:06:33. > :06:35.under and Tuesday that winds will calm down and there will be a bit
:06:36. > :06:41.more in the way of sunshine. Hopefully an improvement. For the
:06:42. > :06:45.two football matches on Sattrday and Sunday, showers are certainly
:06:46. > :06:48.possible as well as blustery possible as well as blustery
:06:49. > :06:55.conditions. Have a nice weekend We will be back on Sunday. Enjoy what
:06:56. > :07:32.is left of Liberation Day. Good night.
:07:33. > :07:37.forecast, where things are looking pretty unsettled for the next couple
:07:38. > :07:44.of days. Good evening. In this country, no
:07:45. > :07:48.two days of whether are stacked in this country, no two days of whether
:07:49. > :07:57.are Saky the same. But this weekend, it will feel like no two hours are
:07:58. > :07:59.the same. This