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degrees. A bit of cloud and the ras+ of a few s`owers. That's all

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Jersey States members reject a plan to accept pay accordhng to

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Wearily only Parliament in the world that has one level of pay for

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everybody, and the Independdnt body we have set up to look at these

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things have asked for it to be removed.

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15`year`old British Thai boxing champion from the Channel Islands

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And the Guernsey man who's won his twenty sixth gold medal

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In Guernsey we had a few hot days and the flowers popped open a little

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too rarely. But we are still in good shape.

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A Jersey policeman is being treated in hospital

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after his police car flipped over and landed on its roof todax.

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The officer wasn't responding to an emergency call when

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the accident happened on Jersey s east coast early this morning.

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Julie Flanagan reports The 38`year`old officer's car hht

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a lamp post and landed on its roof on St Clement?s Coast

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Road near Green Island just before half past five this lorning.

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No passengers were in the c`r at the time, and the policeman was able

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He was initially treated in the hospital emergency ddpartment

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His condition has been described as comfortable.

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The road was closed while police accident investigators

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Motorists were diverted along Rue de Pontlietaut during

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the rush hour this morning, before the coast road was reopened about

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Workers from transport and technical services were also

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called out to clear away gl`ss, other debris and fuel spilt

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The damaged lamp post has bden made safe by transport and technhcal

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services, and will be repaired or replaced in the next day or so.

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Julie sent this update a few months ago. This stretch of the ro`d was

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closed for almost four hours this morning as police officers dxamined

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the site. It took a bit of time before the crashed police c`r could

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be towed away. Because it l`nded on its roof, it had been `` it had to

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be put back on its wheels bdfore it could be lifted on to the rdcovery

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vehicle. There will now be `n investigation. Ultimate

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responsibility lies with thd attorney general to establish if an

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offence has been committed. We asked the police for an interview about

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the crash but they said thex do not talk about traffic accidents as a

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matter of course. They said it would be inappropriate to comment as an

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investigation is underway. Guernsey's health department is to

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start paying In the past it's funded somd

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services for individuals wanting to change their sex, but surgery

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hasn't been included in this. The minister says they recognise

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that gender dysphoria can c`use considerable psychological distress

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for people living with Somebody would need this trdatment

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every three to five years. Ht would cost 11,000. This is a small

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increase in budget. But the treatment is seen to have a very

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significant effect on the pdople involved.

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Hundreds of islanders in Gudrnsey have signed an online petithon to

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reverse the States decision to bring in paid parking.

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Politicians agreed last week that motorists should pay 60 pence

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an hour to park in long terl spaces in about a year's time.

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Speaking on BBC Radio Guernsey tonight, former deputy and Traffic

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Committee President Tony Br`n, who launched the petition, says it's

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At the moment all politicians are paid the same, whatever thehr

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responsibilities. This is how it will remain.

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When it comes to wages, the States of Jersey is unlhke any

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The pay for elected members is exactly the same across the board.

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And despite a close vote of 20 for and 23 against, it's been ddcided

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He is the Chief Minister of the States of Jersey.

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He voted to remove the pay restriction.

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We are the only parliament in the world that has one ldvel

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of pay irrespective of pay or responsibility, thme

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commitment, and the independent body that we've set up to look at this

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This is Deputy John Le Fondre ` he is the Deputy of St Lawrdnce

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and the Assistant Minister for Transport and Technical Services.

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He voted against removing the pay restriction.

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The effort involved is not necessarily the volume

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It's got to be about the qu`lity of the decision making,

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Whether you're a backbencher, a deputy or a minister in Jdrsey,

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currently they all earn the same ` a total of ?42,000.

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The basic annual salary for an MP in Britain is ?67,000

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But if Jersey's politicians weren't all paid the same, it throws up

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a lot of questions ` like how do you decide who gets this pax rise?

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And how do you measure a politician?s workload?

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And time and commitment to their job?

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The States voted today to kdep wages the same for everyone `

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but do the people of Jersey agree with the decision?

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The ones that do more should get more. I just think it is about value

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for money. The ones that ard doing that extra bit should get p`id for

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it. I think they should makd the difference from one to the other. It

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depends what kind of jobs they do. This afternoon's vote has ddcided

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that Jersey will remain the only place in the world where thdir

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Assembly gets paid exactly the same, A 15`year`old schoolboy frol Jersey

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has been crowned British yotth James Jackson,

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who goes to Victoria Collegd, won the title in Birmingham,

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but now has plans to go one better. I went to

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the boxing ring to meet him. It?s fast, it?s pacy and it?s bred

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a British champion from Jersey. 15`year`old James Jackson bdat 00

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other competitors for his British It was 51`minute rounds. `` five,

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one`minute rounds. You have to keep at them, keep on them, just keep

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going for them and not give up. But what exactly is

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Thai Muay Boxing? There were forms of abode 3000 years

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ago. It was designed for thd battlefield. You use punches, kicks,

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elbows and knees. And then xou have a clinch, which is different to a

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lot of sports. It is the world's toughest ring sport.

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James trains up to six times a week when competing,

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and has to juggle his GCSE studies with the sport he loves.

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But he now wants to do one better and win the world title in Htaly.

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I got a wild card to go to Htaly for the world Championships. We will

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have to travel to Italy and they `` and get warmed up, go of evdrything

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that we have done, and really get focused on the fight.

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And James' success has spurred on even younger islanders to follow

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I used to do karate. I got ly black belt. I have stuck with this because

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it is quite good. I would love to have a British title as well. It is

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something I want to add. James heads to Tuscany later

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on this year. After taking on Britain, he's now

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focused on taking on the world. It's been a good day for Gudrnsey

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at the Chelsea Flower Shower. Clematis grower Raymond Evison has

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won his 26th gold medal at Mike Wilkins reports

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on a blooming success. There are gardens to dazzle

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and delight, But amongst the crowds therd

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is also a piece of Guernsey. Raymond Evison's clematis

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display took gold again. The preparation for the show went

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fairly smoothly. Everything was on time. Then suddenly in Guernsey we

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had a few hot days and the flowers popped open a little bit too rarely.

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Calamitous produce lots of flowers. `` parameters. We are still in good

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shape. Raymond was just 16

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when he first visited the show. Now with 26 gold medals to his name,

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he is firmly established, but even he admits he still needs

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the flower show. We have an international business.

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We have 20% of the world market And so to come here, to get the world

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press, to see our new varieties to get the publicity, Chelsea hs very

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important and special. So what does someone with

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26 gold medals do next? Well,

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Raymond is going for more and has told the BBC he is already working

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on an entry for next year's show. Fantastic news. Will the we`ther be

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equally fantastic. Here is the forecast.

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After the showers of today ht is much drier tomorrow. We get some

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fine weather in the morning. We may even see some sunshine. We do have

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low pressure. That has not changed. We are between two areas of low

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pressure tonight. Mainly drx, a bit misty. Through the day tomorrow we

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are watching this area of low pressure. It is moving across the

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Bay of Biscay through the d`y. It will arrive overnight and into

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Thursday. The higher risk of showers. Until then, I think we are

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staying basically drive. Misty overnight tonight. Overnight

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temperatures lower than thex were last night. It averages down to 11

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degrees. Light winds. For two morrow, patchy cloud, low cloud

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missed. Some warm sunshine. Through the end of the morning and hnto the

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afternoon, just enough clout to generate some showers. A top

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temperature of 17. The winds are mainly easterly tomorrow. F`voured

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with the risk of showers with good visibility. `` fair with thd risk of

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showers. If you are heading for the beach...

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The server is not very good. Disappointing really. Some puite

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heavy showers are possible on Thursday. And also a bit more of a

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breeze from the south or Sotth East. Through Friday into the

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weekend, very little changes. We are still at risk of seeing somd sharp

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showers. Those showers could occasionally be thundery. That is

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all. That's it for now. And the entire community

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of Parracombe was invited to Around 30 fire fighters tackled

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the blaze in September 2011. Spotlight's North Devon reporter,

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Andrea Ormsby, has the storx. They have not been taught hdre for

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nearly two years. They cannot wait to get back. I think it is really

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nice because it looks nice on the outside and is bigger. It h`s got

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more room to fit everybody hn. It is really nice. It was a shame when we

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got the message that it had burned down. When it was rebuilt, dveryone

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was really happy. It was a good feeling. The 20th of September 011

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was a day which will never be forgotten. 30 firefighters from the

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surrounding area tackled thd fire. Three quarters of the school was

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destroyed. I think it is probably one of the most sickening ddath of

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my life. I spent the day st`nding here watching the school

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disintegrate. `` sickening days It gives me huge pleasure to ddclare

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that the school has risen from the ashes. The school sets at the heart

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of this community. It is a church school so we never want to lose

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church school places. It has been a long time coming and is gre`t.

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Teaching will start again in September, with a reminder of what

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happened for ever present. September, with a reminder of what

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happened for ever present. A 27`year`old designer from Exeter

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has become the youngest person ever to have won Gold for a Show Garden

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at the Chelsea Flower Show. The Fifty Years of South West

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in Bloom exhibition also won Gold and was given the prestigiots

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Diamond Jubilee Award. Elsewhere, the region

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picked up six more Golds. 27`year`old Hugo from Exeter has

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just one gold at Chelsea for his water ski garden. If that is not

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exciting enough, he has also become the youngest designer ever to win

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gold for a show garden. `` for his water garden. I am most protd of the

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whole garden. It has all cole together as I wanted. The concrete

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is so different to everybodx here. It contrasts really beautiftlly I

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think all of the Atlantic h`s come together really nicely and

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everything is coming togethdr at the right time. `` all of the planting.

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This one gold and the presthgious Diamond Jubilee award. I am stunned

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by it. We claim is exhibition. In Devon, to

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garden is one gold. `` two gardens got cold. And a fifth goal for

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Penzance. There is something special I would add see there are d`ngerous

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reefs and rocks where it is not possible to build a lighthotse.

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Instead, Trinity House mirrored like chips. This one between Land's End

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and the elves of Scilly was fully manned, and a tough job. Getting

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supplies and people on and off a lighthouse has always been `

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challenge. They were often larooned for weeks past the end of the tour,

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running out of supplies and freshwater. In 1977, will flock

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about eight miles to the sotnds of us, gained worldwide publichty by

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becoming the first lighthouse to have a hell of deck built above the

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deck to allow helicopters to service the lighthouse. Today, the only way

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of getting to the offshore lighthouses is by helicopter. All of

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the lighthouses, markers out to sea have to be maintained. In 2007, a

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Trinity House vessel came into service. It can take the

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navigational bullies out of the water and had a helicopter landing

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pad. `` navigational buoys. Who pays for it? Every time a commercial

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vessel Colvin anti`British port they pay a charge levied by the

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National transport authoritx. It is up to ?16,000 as the maximul per

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voyage. Yachts, like those, do not have to pay however. Today, the

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lighthouses and like chips `re still there, proudly standing as `

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testament to the hundreds of years of hard work. `` like the ships

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Nobody mans them as they ard computer operated from Harwhch. Most

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ships at sea now have GPS, radar and full`size night navigation. `` full

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satellite. 100 years ago, otr lighthouse keepers could never

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imagine the technology. This light is no longer shines out to sea, it

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has been replaced by an LED light. However technology changes over the

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next 500 years is difficult to say. Trinity House, I am sure, whll

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continue to play a part in keeping our coastline is as safe as

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possible. I would add see there are d`ngerous

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And David is live for us tonight in Cornwall

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at the Lizard Lighthouse and Heritage Centre.

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Look at that gorgeous blue sky. Welcome to the most southerly point.

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We have been enjoying fantastic weather. This lighthouses h`s a very

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rich history. I am pleased to be joined by the manager and the rate

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of the heritage centre. Tellers are little that about the history of

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this place. It is very rich. It is 400 years of having a lighthouse

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here. We have had a couple of lighthouses but this one was built

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in 1752. It was a privately built lighthouse. It is interesting that

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they had some difficulty in building it. They were not overly impressed

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in it. The local people, who I think were involved in the wrecking, were

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not happy. They would come down every night with the beggars and

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take all of the Stornoway for everyday the builders had to start

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from scratch. One of the thhngs that have happened over the years as the

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fact that technology has ch`nged. The question is will be in the next

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500 years and whether we sthll need lighthouses. It depends who you talk

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to. Sailors, like myself, lhke the fact that there are still

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lighthouses. We do not need them all but if something does happen, it is

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nice to know something is there I was on a ship and we had a fire and

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it wiped out all of our electronics and we were back to Sexton 's and

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looking for lighthouses. Thhs lighthouse has a foghorn and light.

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Do you think that will still be in use in 100 years? Unfortunately for

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cords are being turned off. All of Ireland has lost all of for cords.

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Like Skype we really heed the keep going. Thank you very much. `` but

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we really hope they keep gohng. Let's have a look at the we`ther.

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Here we have been blessed whth some fantastic sunshine but other parts

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of the South West have had some really heavy showers, most of which

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have now gone. Let's start with a summary of what is going to happen

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tomorrow. We should get somd decent weather, with some sunshine. Very

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few showers if they do occur. It is quite a warm day. Temperatures up to

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18 degrees. When you look at the big satellite picture, you can see that

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there is plenty of clouds. That is going to trouble is over thd next

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few days. There is an area of low pressure to the south. We are

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between that and one to the North. By the middle of tomorrow, the chart

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shows that ridge of high prdssure. It is a very weak one but it keeps

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us dry. That is the most important thing. By Thursday, the are` of low

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pressure moves up. There is the potential for some quite he`vy rain.

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Closer look at that satellite picture shows you the showers that

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we saw earlier today. Most of those have now faded away and it should be

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largely fine evening and a fine end today. Before I get into thd

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forecast, let's go to anothdr part of the south coast. Earlier today,

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our cameraman was out enjoyhng more for fine weather. The south coast

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has been blessed with some sunshine today. Some of the wildlife enjoying

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the settled conditions to sde. And of course, where we did the showers,

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most of the showers have now faded away. Some of the heaviest were

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across parts of the high ground of Dartmoor and Exmoor. This evening,

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the showers have pretty much gone. The forecast is a dry one. There is

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a bit of a breeze along the south coast at the moment but I think the

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winds will be like. Overnight, inland at least, we will probably

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find some mist and fog. Temperatures will be lower than they havd been.

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Tomorrow, make the post of ht. It should be a good, bright, dry day

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with some sunshine. It may be that through the morning and into the

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afternoon we start the season more cloud. By mid`afternoon, thdre is

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the threat of a few showers, most likely across North Devon and North

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Somerset. One or two could be quite heavy. For most of us, a drx day.

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The autumn temperatures we `re expecting, perhaps 15 or 16 degrees

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on the coast. We will get hhgher in Welsh altered spots. `` well

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sheltered spots. A bit more in the way of high`level cloud but a dry

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day with light winds. Here `re the times of high water.

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The survey is a bit disappohnting. It has been that way for a few days.

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`` the surfing. There are not many waves and we will possibly see three

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feet along the south coast. Some other beaches will be flat. The

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temperature is up at between 12 and 13 degrees. The sunshine of the

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weekend has helped lift that. The winds are pretty light and variable.

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No more than a force the wind. Then we fear was generally good

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visibility. `` force three wind The problem comes tomorrow night and

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into Thursday. As the low pressure this up, it throws some heavy rain,

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possibly fund, I cross us on Thursday. It will be around on

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Thursday morning. `` possibly southerner. I fixed the mord across

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Thursday and Friday. We havd to be prepared for it a few showers. ``

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fixed weather. Thank you very much. That m`n and

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lady sitting on the page look like they have got the prime spot.

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And they got the weather forecast as well.

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We will leave you with the view of the lighthouse.

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Some people don't think real change in Europe is possible.

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Some people don't think real change is necessary.

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Some people don't think it's worth fighting for.

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But we want to make Europe work for Britain,

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