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Pharmacists in Guernsey monhtor the sale of over`the`counter drugs,

after concerns they are being used to make a highly addictive drug

Be more diverse ` the message to Guernsey and Jersey

politicians from the first black woman to be elected as a UK MP.

I think that if politicians in the channel islands look to the

community and speak to people and are more diverse that will help

people to engage with polithcs. And are we on the final turn in the

long`running dispute over Plemont? Jersey's government prepare to

debate spending millions of pounds to return this derelict

site to nature. Pharmacists in Guernsey are

monitoring people buying over`the`counter decongestants,

like Sudafed, because of fe`rs they could be used to make a highly

addictive drug called cryst`l meth. The tablet form contains thd

chemical stimulant pseudo`ephedrine, Crystal meth is

a highly powerful Class A drug that These pictures have been usdd

for a Meth Awareness and Prdvention project in the United States,

showing the effect of its use. The concern

for pharmacists is that people with the right equipment could ttrn

over`the`counter decongestants The chemicals that you have to use

are quite toxic, so it is qtite harmful to your health to m`ke it.

It is even more harmful to take it, because the drug has quite

deleterious effects on your health and can produce serious changes to

While most people buying decongestants over the counter are

using them sensibly, the government is carefully monitoring salds to

And it is images like this which remind us why

Sophie Sulehria, BBC Channel Islands.

Jersey Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman

allegedly attempted to lead a young child away from her parents.

It happen in the Royal Square yesterday,

The woman, who is described as being around 50`years`old, was

She then walked away towards Queen Street.

Jersey Post managed to stay in profit last year

They returned a ?1.25 million profit, helped,

in part, by a large increasd in the number of parcels delivered.

The overall business, though, has dropped by a half since the ending

The first black women to be elected as a UK MP says politics

in the Channel Islands would improve if a broader range

Diane Abbot became a Member of Parliament nearly 30 years ago.

She is in Jersey today to try and encourage more women to stand

Currently only a fifth of Jersey's States members are female.

Men speak because they liked the sound of their own voice. Women

speak because they have somdthing to say.

Just some of the advice Labour MP Diane Abbott gave

She was the first black wom`n to be elected to the UK Parliament

and wants to inspire these xoung women into politics.

I think it was very interesting and motivational and inspiring or young

girls to get an idea from someone who had been through the process. I

have applied to study polithcs at university and taste very

interesting. She said to kedp believing in yourself. You cannot

doubt what you are doing. It is important for our generation to know

that we can achieve highly. There is no difference between women or men.

We are reaching an equal st`ge. Only one in five States members

in Jersey are women. Yes. I would love to see more

women. It is a better representation of the community, because that unity

is half and half. It is stupid to waste the talents of half the

talents of happy community. I think there is a stigma attached to women

in work places. I think that the States have a certain amount of

flexibility to allow women to come into politics.

With an election looming later this year, Diane Abbot is hoping to

inspire women to follow her example and change the political landscape.

Well, a little earlier, Diane Abbott joined me

in the studio and I began bx asking her how could more women get into

I think women have to put themselves forward. You cannot be elected if

you do not. We have to look at having a level playing field for

women. What can be done to dncourage women. You met some students today

who are interested in polithcs. How can they get into politics? These

students were great and where wool of questions. I think it is very

important that the boat. `` vote. And that people get active hn the

community. Politics is what do you make of it. If more women gdt

involved are politics will be improved. Turnout for electhons is

historically low in the Channel Islands. What can be done to

increase these figures? I think if the politicians spoke more like

ordinary people and were more diverse it would help peopld to

engage with politics. We have a large Portuguese and Polish

committee in Jersey. How can these people get into politics? I think

people from all backgrounds should engage. They have something to

contribute and a life experhence. They issued make sure that they

vote. There is a general eldction in Jersey coming up. Do you have any

advice for women thinking of standing? Make sure that yot use

your vote. Make sure that women get in there.

Tomorrow, Jersey's government will vote on whether to give the

National Trust ?3.5 million to buy the former holiday camp at Plemont,

The Trust has wanted to rettrn the area to nature

Could this be the final turn in the long`running dispute?

The last attempt to buy this land and allow it to become part

of the natural landscape fahled by just one vote.

Many of those who voted against the plan argued that

because the developer did not want to sell they were effectively

Things are different now. There is no compulsory purchase. There is a

fixed amount of money that the States is being asked to contribute.

I think this is a sensible compromise.

But with public spending under constant pressure,

where will a cash`strapped government get the money from?

The island's Treasury Minister wants to use money seized

It would be very surprising if we did not say that it is diffhcult to

find the 5p. We have done so through this route. But ultimately the

assembly will decide. But not everyone is happy. It made le the

letter of the law, but only just. I am interested to see what h`ppens

tomorrow. They previously could not fund an inquiry into child `buse

from this fund. Now, with a set price, no compulsory

purchase, and such a close vote last time, it seems increasingly likely

this headland will be entirdly But there is a big if ` can the

States agree how to find thd money? You can hear that debate

in the States tomorrow, You are watching the BBC

in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with Justin

and Natalie: More footage emerges

of the jellyfish invading bdaches. Jersey's Commonwealth Games team

have picked up their team kht. The 40`strong team will compete

in ten sports. Yesterday, they were given `dvice

on competing at a major gamds One athlete not there was

Zane Duquemin. He had carried the Commonwe`lth

baton into Jersey in May, alongside diver Tom Daley,

but was busy becoming the British He took the title with a se`son s

best throw of 60.38 metres. He also came second in the shot put,

with an 18`metre throw. The weather is set to improve. At

the moment there is some rahn and it will continue overnight. But the

rest of the week will be drx. The high pressure determines who will

see rain and who does not. Ht will come closer to ask overnight. Then

it will move away towards the Mediterranean. Then high prdssure

will follow. It will keep us dry through to the end of the wdek.

Overnight, there will be sole rain. Temperatures, 14 Celsius. Tomorrow,

a cloudy start and perhaps ` little rain. It will be dry by the

afternoon with some sunshind. Temperatures, 18`19 Celsius. There

will be easterly winds into the afternoon. Here are the timds of

high water. For surfers, I think it will be clean. Two feet. Thdre is

good weather for Wednesday. The wind will drop during the day. On

Thursday, there will be mord cloud and perhaps a shower. It will stay

dry until the end of the dax on Friday.

Giant barrel jellyfish are still being seen in huge numbers

The animals, which can be up to a metre in diameter,

New video footage of Britain?s biggest jellyfish is currently

proving to be a big hit on the internet.

Spotlight?s David George has been to meet the man who captured

This is the barrel jellyfish. It is huge! Up to one metre across and one

and a half metres long. Hundreds of this usually rare sea creattre had

been seen all along the south coast of Cornwall, Devon and Dorsdt. This

was filmed in the Clearwater of the river. Matt Slater has filmdd the

barrel daily fish. You are from the Cornwall Maritime trust. Yotr dog is

important, too. You must be really pleased with this footage. H am

It's amazing how many peopld have already viewed it. We have had over

10,000 hits in a couple of days Talk to us about the movement of the

jellyfish. They are very gr`ceful and that polls sates `` pulsates

them along. They are actively swimming and hunting for food. They

can't move along much, they drift with the tides, don't they? Yes

They travel large distances up and down to the water. You get ` sense

of stale `` scale because you filmed your dog swimming with them. It

happened by accident that she swam through the shot. It gives xou an

idea of the scale. They are 80 centimetres wide and they c`n be

over one metre long, hanging down underneath them. It is quitd

impressive. It is also some of each season, children and adults. Are

they dangerous? You don't h`ve to worry. Fortunately, they ard

completely harmless. All jellyfish are capable of stinging, but in the

UK, the Sting cannot get through asking `` our skin. Just as well!

This is a first year in a while they are seen in such numbers. Why they

are seen in these numbers comes down to lots of different factors

combine. This year has been a good year for this species, tempdrature,

and under food, predators, has meant that they thrived. In other years,

they don't. Let's talk about the predators of the giant barrdl

jellyfish. That is leatherb`ck turtle. They were expected to arrive

here, because the barrels are here. Somebody has seen some. Yes, we have

had two sightings, one in F`lmouth and wanted the West. All although

this jellyfish has almost bdcome common in the South West of this

year only, wildlife trusts would do like to see reports of sightings.

And if you see a leatherback turtle, that really would bd the

icing on the cake ``. The owner of the Cornish Pirates

rugby team is standing down Dicky Evans has been at the helm

of the Pirates for nearly 20 years, providing funds to maintain

the team's status in the second tier The businessman, who's now based

in Kenya, has paid off all the Pirates? debts and written off

all loans, leaving them debt free. A new board

of directors will now run the club. The sacrifices

and the bravery demonstrated during the First World War `re

being remembered by communities across the region this year, 10

years after the conflict st`rted. Almost every family was affdcted

in some way, but one Dartmoor village believes it lost

a greater proportion of its enlisted Northlew has marked

the anniversary with the help of a vintage aircraft and uniforms

from the time, alongside sole modern Louise Walter was there to see how

the poignant commemoration tnfolded. All eyes were on the sky as the

plane flew past the village. The World War I by playing, survived the

men and women who flew with her It started an evening of commeloration.

One very special guest, a Chelsea pensioner, evacuated to Northllew

during the Second World War. For Brian, a meaningful return to the

village. It's very important that children should know what h`s

happened here, and how we British deal with this sort of thing. I

think Northlew itself has a very good reason for wanting to do that

because so many people did not come back. I am sure many will bd

inspired. Marching together, to generations of the same famhly in

period uniform, representing the soldiers enlisted in what w`s then

at farming village. This farmer and his band of sons, had a momdnt of

reflection. I felt quite emotional when I was marching through on

horseback. I felt honoured to be asked to do this. Quite protd. I

respect the men who went to war and Ford. `` fought. The sun setting,

The Last Post echoed through the village. A moment of contemplation.

So well done, so poignant. So worth remembering. I think everyone thinks

that. Quite moving really, to think about it. It was meant to bd the war

to end all wars, but it didn't. Lots of people died. It is good to

remember it. Then, through the dusk, a call to arms. 3`D images projected

on to village buildings, brhnging home, quite literally, the scale of

the tragedy to the watching audience. The noise, this ydar, the

conditions may have been captured on grainy film, but it made thd reality

of war very clear. Until finally, the piece. The roll call of fallen

men, the whole village fell silent. Incredibly poignant. Stunning.

A green fireball meteor seen over the UK has been captured on camera

The pictures are in black and white. It is called a bolide meteor. Quite

a big one. That was that 3al this morning. You needed to be up pretty

early to see it. Whether we will see any more tonight, I don't know. But

pretty clear skies. It's mostly dry, some sunshine. From Friday, quite a

change. We see a new area of low pressure head our way. Some

uncertainty about how much rain we are likely to see. There is clouded

to the west of us, which has been producing some showers across

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It trickles southward, still a risk of

seeing if you showers. It moves down towards the northern part of Spain,

Portugal and western France. I the time you get the middle of the week

it has died into the Mediterranean. A thin area of high pressurd, which

brings Britain a love the fhne weather the end of the week. Even

though weather systems approach from the West on Thursday, they week and

they bring a band of cloud. This is the picture from earlier today, the

cloud has been well broken. We got lovely shot of a kaleidoscope of

clouds in the sky, someone was patchy. Plenty of dry weathdr for

this part of Devon and Cornwall Further west, we have had a few

showers. For most of us, it has been a reasonable day and quite warm in

that sunshine. The cloud we have seen along the south coast will fade

away for a time overnight btt it is still big enough to produce some

showers. Most likely in the far west of Cornwall. Clear skies along the

north coast Devon into Somerset For most of us, 13 of 14 degrees

minimum. The cloud might be a bit stubborn along the English Channel

coast, the main story is a fine dry weather with increasing amotnts of

sunshine. The sun will come out for all of us, with some patchy cloud

along the Channel coast. Thd Arles is a silly, briefly some `` Isles of

Scilly, high water temperattres For our surface, water will be cleaner.

`` surface. Let's look at the outlook. It looks pretty good.

Wednesday is a lovely day, plenty of sunshine. You have to get up early

to see that. Sunshine to enjoy, and temperatures responding. Mostly fine

on Thursday, cloudy a littld and they change on Friday. More details

about that tomorrow. Thank xou for joining us at this later tile. We

are back tomorrow at the sale time, 7:35pm. I hope you can join us then

stop have a good evening. If you were there,

you'll all get done for murder We don't have to prove

who used a knife any more. He's only gone and stabbed someone,

hasn't he? If you were there,

you'll all get done for murder I thought

they were going for a pizza! I'm pleading guilty to nothing, Mum.

They can do what they want. Our son's innocent, Mrs Ward.

Please, go. I've done nothing! He's done

nothing! And he's done even less! I'm not letting

my son plead guilty to something he didn't do! You'd

sooner him stand trial for murder?!