:00:09. > :00:11.Guernsey has announced major changes to the way students
:00:12. > :00:16.England is changing its GCSDs from 2015, meaning the
:00:17. > :00:19.island's Education Department has had to look at whether to do
:00:20. > :00:32.End of school exams are somdthing most of us will be familiar with.
:00:33. > :00:35.Students in Guernsey have traditionally followed the same
:00:36. > :00:41.The UK government has set out new plans for
:00:42. > :00:57.Young people deserve an education system to compete with the best in
:00:58. > :01:02.the world. We have gone to consultation and heard what we were
:01:03. > :01:07.told. We can announce that we will have examinations that suit and
:01:08. > :01:10.benefit all our students. Guernsey schools will
:01:11. > :01:12.offer the new English GCSEs with and the normal A*`G grades will be
:01:13. > :01:16.scrapped, But they will also offer
:01:17. > :01:19.other options, including
:01:20. > :01:21.GCSEs from Wales and Ireland, which are similar to those GCSE
:01:22. > :01:24.exams taken now, and other accredited
:01:25. > :01:36.vocational qualifications. There is a whole range, lots and
:01:37. > :01:40.lots of different types of qualifications, and it is about
:01:41. > :01:44.getting that fit right, bec`use of we just chose to go the route of
:01:45. > :01:53.English GCSEs we would be mtch more can train. `` constraint. It is
:01:54. > :01:58.about what is best for studdnts Some benefits `` will benefht from
:01:59. > :02:02.taking an exam which is 100$ of their work. Others will bendfit from
:02:03. > :02:04.being able to do coursework and have that taken into account.
:02:05. > :02:08.of this year's exams now finished, this is the moment most students
:02:09. > :02:12.Whilst the schools themselvds think how to adapt to the ndw system
:02:13. > :02:18.Guernsey's Heather Watson started her Wimbledon campaign in fhne style
:02:19. > :02:22.today, beating the Croatian Ajla Tomljanovic in two sets.
:02:23. > :02:23.Heather crashed out of the competition
:02:24. > :02:28.This year, she has the second week in her sights.
:02:29. > :02:36.Court Number Three might not be the largest show court at Whmbledon,
:02:37. > :02:40.but most of the 2,000 fans were here to cheer on Heather Watson
:02:41. > :02:46.Her first round opponent was, Croatian Aija Tomljanovic, who is
:02:47. > :02:51.in good form: she reached the final of last weeks Aegon International.
:02:52. > :02:53.But Watson is full of confidence too, having
:02:54. > :03:02.beaten a top 20 player for the first time at the same tournament.
:03:03. > :03:18.It started off well for Watson, serving well and taking her chances.
:03:19. > :03:24.That set the mood for the British number one as she broke serve again.
:03:25. > :03:31.What a performance from Heather Watson.
:03:32. > :03:33.The match lasted just over an hour, ghving
:03:34. > :03:44.the home crowd with their union and Guernsey flags plenty to cheer.
:03:45. > :03:51.I feel I have played a lot of matches, I have had a lot of wins, I
:03:52. > :03:56.have one two tournaments thhs year so far and I am pleased with my form
:03:57. > :04:02.and wants to keep it going. I love Court three. I think I was the first
:04:03. > :04:07.match to play on it a few ydars ago. The crowd was brilliant tod`y, so
:04:08. > :04:08.loud. Sometimes they are a bit quieter but today was good, the
:04:09. > :04:10.louder the better for me. An artificial pitch will bd laid at
:04:11. > :04:13.Jersey's Springfield Stadiul after a The initial application
:04:14. > :04:17.for a so`called 3G surface was rejected last month, but thdn
:04:18. > :04:19.the Planning Minister steppdd in, Around 50 games are held
:04:20. > :04:24.at Springfield Stadium everx season, and it also hosts
:04:25. > :04:27.the Muratti Vase Final. But all this action takes its
:04:28. > :04:41.toll on the grass surface. As you can see these are thd
:04:42. > :04:44.goalmouth areas, and there hs one at the other end, and around the
:04:45. > :04:46.perimeter area, this is what is happening with the pitch whdn it is
:04:47. > :04:48.only being played on 50 timds. That's why the Jersey Footb`ll
:04:49. > :04:50.Association want to replace this grass pitch with an artifichal one,
:04:51. > :05:02.so more matches can be playdd. We have plans to have the youth
:05:03. > :05:05.clubs, primary schools, using this during the day, and sports clubs
:05:06. > :05:09.using it in the night including the league clubs if they wish, `nd on
:05:10. > :05:10.the weekend we will have back`to`back games.
:05:11. > :05:13.But their application was rdjected by the Planning Applications Panel
:05:14. > :05:15.over concerns not about the pitch, but about
:05:16. > :05:19.Now the planning minister h`s stepped
:05:20. > :05:25.in, and told the JFA to plax on as long as his concerns are met
:05:26. > :05:33.I have put in a planning condition to ensure that informal use of the
:05:34. > :05:36.pictures taken into account as well as greater opportunities for
:05:37. > :05:43.sporting clubs as well. The other issue I have sorted is that there
:05:44. > :05:46.will be a whole host of othdr landscaping issues. What was
:05:47. > :05:48.proposed was fairly substandard in some respects.
:05:49. > :05:50.The minister has also decided to keep the chhldren's
:05:51. > :05:54.And while the fence that protects the artificial pitch may stop ad hoc
:05:55. > :05:57.kick`arounds, there'll be m`ny more football matches here.
:05:58. > :06:05.The 3G pitch should be readx for the Island Games next ydar.
:06:06. > :06:08.That's it from me. I'm back at 6:30pm tomorrow.
:06:09. > :06:16.I'll leave you with David Braine and the weather.
:06:17. > :06:23.Good evening. After all the talk of drought there is a change l`ter this
:06:24. > :06:27.week, and for those who needed to water their gardens over thd last
:06:28. > :06:31.week there is rain in the forecast. It is a long way away at thd moment
:06:32. > :06:35.and tomorrow is another find and dry day, more cloud with some stnny
:06:36. > :06:39.spells but gradually the high pressure is eroded away, ond line of
:06:40. > :06:43.cloud approaching from the West another from the north, which
:06:44. > :06:56.introduces fresher conditions overnight tonight. It will love
:06:57. > :06:58.through us in the morning and down to the Bay of Biscay, then lore
:06:59. > :07:00.cloud and rain settling into Thursday and Friday. Overnight
:07:01. > :07:02.tonight, initially cloud frde skies but patchy cloud floating in from
:07:03. > :07:04.the north`west. Overnight temperatures as low as 13, 40 five
:07:05. > :07:08.Fahrenheit. Tomorrow some stnny spells but also cloud, the remnant
:07:09. > :07:13.of the weather system creephng bike, still dry, top temperatures 19 or
:07:14. > :07:18.20, said fresher than today. That is the forecast towards the wedkend.
:07:19. > :07:22.More unsettled in their state `` on Thursday and Friday and gendrally a
:07:23. > :07:26.lot of cooler air coming in, cooler in the night and certainly during
:07:27. > :07:30.the day. In the second the TK forecast. From us, good night, and I
:07:31. > :07:31.leave you with the summary for tomorrow.
:07:32. > :07:33.with the summary. Turning more unsettled as
:07:34. > :07:33.with the summary. Turning more unsettle` as we head
:07:34. > :07:33.with the summary. Turning more unsettled as we head towar$s
:07:34. > :07:34.with the summary. Turning more unsettled as we head towards the
:07:35. > :07:42.weekend. Good evening. After what has been a
:07:43. > :07:46.glorious few weeks of summer sunshine for many of us, things are
:07:47. > :07:51.about to change over the next 2 hours. We are seeing the change
:07:52. > :07:53.marked by the weather front on the satellite image. To the south of
:07:54. > :07:54.that,