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calls for more of the community to I did something for them. I showed

them love, affection, and I showed them to live their life day by day.

And join me live as the bat in the Batten relay comes to Guernsey.

Pressure is mounting on the Bishop of Winchester to publish a report

looking into how Jersey's church dealt with allegations of abuse

The Steel Report has been completed and the Bishop has it but h`s so far

failed to send it to the St`tes contrary to its terms of reference.

It's the latest development in a long running rift betwden the

Bob Key, Jersey's Dean, was suspended last year

after the Korris Report criticised his failure to take an abusd

He was re`instated after apologising.

Further investigation into that complaint was lead by

Dame Heather Steel and it is her report that States

Our reporter Christina Ghidoni has been following the story

The Steel Report was commissioned by the Diocese of Winchester after

criticism of the way Jersey's church dealt with claims that a vulnerable

woman suffered abuse at the home of an island church warden.

In its terms of reference, ht should be given to the Dean, the b`iliff,

the Ministry of Justice and anyone who could face disciplinary action.

But that hasn't happened yet and in the States, Senator Ian Le Larquand,

who was acting Chief Ministdr today, was asked if he would write to the

Bishop of Winchester, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Dame Heather Steel

to ask for the report to be published as soon as possible.

What the report says must bd made public in some form and is

particularly important becatse the release of the official report and

the suspension of the Dean has in fact blackened his name. If the

report says he is not at fatlt, it should be corrected. If he was, that

should be clarified. Meanwhile,

one local vicar says he has lost I hope that either public pressure,

inviting him to keep his promises, will work. If that does not work, we

will have two ask the Archbhshop of Canterbury. He said he wantdd the

truth to come out so we will say to him, if you do, will you persuade

your colleagues to release the report straightaway?

The BBC understands the Bishop of Winchester has written to

Jersey's bailiff, confirming he does have the completed Steel Report

and that he has sent it to be legally scrutinised

We tried to contact the Dean, the Very Reverend Bob Key today, but

Jersey's states need to recruit more foster carers from

The drive is on to find at least ten more families to help

look after some of the island's children and reflect the increasing

43 boys and girls are currently in foster care.

Sophie Suleria has been to leet one family who have opened

their doors to one of them `nd given her son as foster sibling.

I grew up with a father that was drunk and life wasn't e`sy.

I always thought, why is it that someone can't come and get le?

For Paula Gouveia, fostering was a life`long whsh.

So when the States said thex needed more carers, the decision w`s easy.

I've got three of my own and now I have plus two, including my husband.

Paula is the first Portuguese foster carer in Jersey and the States want

We have lots more children coming in from different backgrounds.

It's best practise to suit a child with a background that best

As part of the campaign, the States held an event whdre

children of foster families came together to paint a canvas.

So, do they enjoy having a foster brother or sister?

No matter if they are Foster's or anything like that they are still

part of the family. Sometimds I play on my own and when the fostdr child

comes I get to play with solebody. The message the States want to give

is that fostering is a good way of providing a stable familx life

for children who need it for a period of time, but is it hard

to say goodbye at the end? Obviously, it's going to be hard,

but I have to remind myself they're not mine.

I did something for them. I showed them love, affection,

and I showed them to live Dan will be along later with the

weather forecast. And in a few minutes' we will be

live in Guernsey. Jersey's Treasury Minister says

there are no plans to settld out A campaign's started to get more

women to stand for Guernsey States. The aim is to get at least 40 to put

themselves forward But what's stopping women

from standing in the first places? And are there many potential

candidates out there? There's always plenty of emotion

on election night. But for some, one thing that's

lacking is women candidates. There were just 12 last timd round.

But are there many more potentials out there?

No, not at all. Yes, just bdcause there are a few laws that nded to be

changed. There is not much point. potentials out there?

When you look at the stats, Guernsey States don't do th`t well.

With just five women deputids it falls behind more than a hundred

other nations when it comes to female representation in thd States.

Places like Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea.

This deputy wants that to change, campaigning to get 40 femald

A government should be representative of the peopld it

serves and at the moment we are a long way from that. Another reason

that we need more women in politics is that women bring something

different to the role. Getting more young people

involved is another goal. So is being a politician re`lly

a career path students Most politicians appear to be

middle`aged men and I am nehther middle`aged or a man so that is not

very appealing to me. I know me and my friends are interested in it but

we don't think of it as a c`reer. They may not be thinking of it yet,

but with another two years until the next election,

there is time to convince others to The Queen's Commonwealth Gales Baton

has spent its final few hours in Jersey before heading to

Guernsey and saw some island icons. It started this morning with

a stop at Corbiere Lighthouse, Six baton`bearers took it up

the Railway Walk to Les Quennevais playing fields,

where it was welcomed by school It then stopped off for a photo with

a Jersey cow in St Peter, And then made its way to

the harbour for its next leg in Guernsey, where the gemstone

at the top of the baton was given Let's join Mike Wilkins livd

in Guernsey now, where a great reception is waiting

for the Baton, Mike. Well, these walls pay homagd to

the sporting heroes of Guernsey so a fitting place for the

Commonwealth Baton to be officially welcomed by Guernsey's Commonwealth

Games Team here at Beau Sejour. It's not long been in the island,

having arrived by boat from Jersey One man who'll be keeping an eye

on its progress is the Chairman of Guernsey's Commonwealth Games

Association, Peter Sirett. How proud I knew that it has arrived

in Guernsey? It is important because it shows we are a part of the

Commonwealth. Some people t`lk about the impact it can have. It can make

people think a little bit more about sport. The more people take part in

sport, the more our sportsmdn feel they are appreciated. I think the

focus of the relay is about bringing people together. Looking ahdad to

Glasgow, how do you rate yotr chances? We have got a very good

team, top`class athletes, I am not going to predict any medals but I

think we will have some good performances. Thank you verx much

indeed. Now, this baton has been tr`velling

across the world and, on its way, the team following it have tncovered

links forged between smaller nations One of which is a desperate

attempt to save one of the lost It's called a mountain chicken

but it's actually a frog And the BBC's Queen's Baton Relay

television crew managed to capture it on camera.

Louise Walter has more. A night`time mission to savd one of

the most endangered creaturds on earth, the mountain chicken. This

enormous frog can weigh almost a kilo but it is under threat from a

fungus which wiped out 80% of the population in two years.

Conservationists are desper`tely working to monitor the very few

remaining frogs. We take morphological measurements `nd look

at how long it is, how long its legs are and so on. Most importantly we

are going to swap it to test for the presence of the fungus. These frogs

in quarantine of Ogle to thd project `` vital. They are being brdd in

hope they can be released b`ck into their native islands, but it is not

easy. There are two main ch`llenges. One is seasonal, getting thd season

is right, replicating it in here. But also getting the nutrithon

right. But not to be disheartened, experts insist the fight must go on.

They are the top predator on the island which is an incredible thing.

It is quite a thing to see ` mountain chicken stuffed

for the islands for the protection of the remaining forests. They hope

to release more mountain chhckens back into the wild.

Good news for the mountain chickens, but not so for Montserrat's

tarantulas. Well, back to the baton.

It will tour Guernsey's schools tomorrow before it heads

off the following day to Alderney, Sark and Herm.

There will then be a public reception on Thursday evening

We'll bring you all the highlights as the Commonwealth Games B`ton

travels round the Bailiwick, hopefully getting everyone geared

up for the Games themselves in a couple of months' time.

We will have more tomorrow `t 6:30pm. Now we will join Spotlight

and twins from Devon who had to be airlifted out of the Arctic after a

track that went very wrong. It has been the toughest decision by

everyone involved. Really, really tricky. But safety is paramount and

in an environment like this we don't want to be taking any unnecdssary

risks, so we're just waiting to hear what time the helicopter can come

and pick us up. I hope it is soon because I just want to get off the

ice cap now. It has been a pretty miserable morning for everybody But

that's the way it is. Hugo had suffered leg and b`ck

injuries during blizzard conditions. The twins are back in Devon and they

dropped to minus 30 degrees. The twins are back in Devon and they

came to the studio to tell le how they felt after the experience. We

are tired. We have only been in Devon for 24 hours, so we are a bit

disillusioned. It is weird to be for 48 hours on an ice cap with total

white nothing and then in a studio. It has happened very quicklx. You

have been quoted as saying xou are dotted? We got halfway, so we did

incredibly well to get to the stage we are at. My knee just gavd up and

as we were at the airbase wd thought it would be safest to get a

helicopter evacuation from there. There is a small US militarx base.

You are wearing the old`fashioned kit. You were fine. So what does

that say about your experimdnt? It shows that the technology that was

used by Shackleton, the explorers of 100 years ago, this is just a simple

leather boot, whereas I word these, and I had blisters, I had all sorts

of problems with my kit, gloves I was wearing huge gloves. Ross was

just wearing these in `35. Ht was generally just an eye`opener. No one

has compared the new and thd old as twins. It is to rectory `` directly

comparable. Differences werd sure what is better. The old stuff was

just amazing. The only diffdrence would be mental attitude. As soon as

I got into it I was anxious, second day, it was really good. Will you

try again? We will. Whether it is the same route, we will. Whdn you

fail on something with 18 month preparation for ten days and we were

halfway there, we have got nothing but disappointment. We are really

down. All of our efforts ard going towards raising money for Spinal

Research. We just have to slowly get back into things. Hopefully there

will be more trips to come. Good luck and thank you for coming to

talk to us. Back to our main story. Two people

were killed and 11 injured, eight seriously, in a coach crash. Let's

go live to the scene. The police investigation continues

tonight. I am told the road is likely to remain closed for at least

another three, possibly four hours, while the investigation carries on.

In the last few minutes, sole of the passengers on board the coach

earlier today have arrived back in Exmouth. Emotional scenes as they

arrived back home. You can tell looking at these pictures, how

upsetting the event has been for many of the people on board as they

were reunited today with thdir family and their loved ones. A short

time ago we heard from age concern in Exmouth. Devastating for the

people concerned. Shock frol the staff and volunteers. Obviotsly our

thoughts are with those of the deceased. `` the families of the

deceased. Tonight the policd are continuing to interview the driver

who has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerots

driving. Earlier on the programme one of the people who lives close by

told me that they have had concerns about this road for some tile and

have been campaigning for more warning signs and changes to the

speed limits and they say they have warned the authorities that it would

take a fatality before anything was done. Tonight we have heard from the

MP for the area, who was concerned to hear from the residents `nd was

offering to take up their concerns about the state of the road. It has

to be said, the police have said tonight that they are still

investigating all possible causes for the crash and have not ruled out

whether speed is a factor. H walked down the hill earlier the company by

the police and you can see darlier a gash in the hedge where the coach

struck a hedge before it cale to rest here at the village. B`ck to

the studio. Time for the weather.

It is not looking too bad. Things are settling down. There is fine

settled weather. Next week looks unsettled, I'm afraid. For tomorrow,

things really settling down. A fine and dry day. We will see pldnty in

the way of sunshine. In the lighter winds it is feeling warmer `s well.

If you take a look at the bhg picture it you can see the cloud to

the eastern side of the UK. For us, we have not fared too badly. There

is an area to the south`west, not much clout, all courtesy of a high

pressure which is starting to build in. As we get into tomorrow the high

pressure becomes more domin`nt and it does stay with us into Thursday

and Friday, into the first part of the weekend, before finally starting

to weaken again. Taking a look at that closely, you can see a

peppering of showers across the country today, particularly further

to the east ` east Devon, Dorset and Somerset. Further to the west, the

bulk of Devon and for the Channel Islands, a bit better today. It was

earlier here in Jersey wherd we saw a baby dry day. The Queen's baton

relay was making its way around the islands. You can see the fl`gs

blowing in the wind. Hopefully we will see lighter winds tomorrow

Back to Exeter, a bit more hn the way of cloud but the foliagd

springing into life. In the next few days we will see more foliage

sprouting and bursting into life. Back to tonight and we have still

got one or two showers further to the east. They will start to clear

in the first part of the night. Then it is a clear night. We will see

some temperatures falling lower than the past couple of nights. Laybe

some patches of mist forming. In Morro locations, particularly

further east, we can see as low as three or 4 degrees tonight. To start

the day tomorrow, mist patches around initially. Then it is a dry

and bright morning with plenty of the way of sunshine. Some cloud but

not enough to spoil the day. And with the light winds it will feel

quite pleasant in any sunshhne. Temperatures reaching up to 18

degrees further to the east. The only problem with sunshine `nd light

winds and dry air is the pollen creeping up. If you suffer from hay

fever, something to bear in mind. The UV reaching level 546. Fairly

high sun in the sky. Take the necessary precautions. For the Isles

of Scilly for tomorrow, find and dry. Warm sunshine around and light

winds. And the times of high water for tomorrow...

The outlook for the next few days, not looking bad. Plenty in the way

of sunshine. It should stay dry for most of us for much of the time

Temperatures gradually creeping up. By Friday we could see 18 or 19

degrees. Have a good evening. That is all from us for this

evening. More in the late ndws at 10:25pm. Good night.

Can I make something clear to you? UKIP is not against immigration

We welcome immigration - we want immigration.

TO THE TUNE OF "ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL :

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Well, that's it. That's all you're allowed to see.

The BNP cartoon we made for you has been censored.

The powers that be say it's because we break OFCOM rules -

we think it's because the BNP message of hope is out of kilter

with the politicians' agenda of making British people

second-class citizens and a minority in our own country.

So they are terrified of you seeing the BNP cartoon,