11/07/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

more throughout the evenin' on the BBC

us tonight. The big shock wave is the actual

earthquake occurred at around lunchtime.

An earthquake of about 4.2 to 4.5 magnitude has

's Jersey police are trained to use Tasers. And with 24 weeks to go

until Christmas, the girls from Guaranty stripping off for charity.

We were all a little nervous initially, but we have a latgh.

An earthquake of about 4.2 to 4.5 magnitude has

The epicentre was about sevdn miles to the west of Jersey but it was

felt across the islands as well as in France and even in Exdter

The big shock wave is the actual earthquake hazard a card lunchtime,

and we can see some smaller shocks, little after`shocks.

The big shock wave we can sde there is the actual earthquake

Measuring a magnitude of 4.4, today's earthquake is the bhggest

recorded in the Channel Isl`nds as far as the Met Office are aware of.

It happened just before one o'clock, weather forecasters had no warning.

The earthquake happened six to eight miles off the south west co`st

It is still young science in terms of trying to predict when

earthquakes happen. The earthquake happened six to eight

miles off the south west co`st But it was felt across the

Channel Islands and we've even had reports it reached as far as France

and the southwest of England. It was really quite scary bdcause we

didn't know what it was. I thought at one of the oil tanks had blown

up. It was quite a shudder. We heard it

more than the ones on the ground floor.

Initially I thought someone was jumping around upstairs, and then a

bigger noise as if the roof was caving in.

That was a huge noise and everyone was looking at each other.

Everyone was running around putting their heads through the doors and

saying, "did you all feel that? The next largest earthquake to hit

the Channel Islands was back So the islands were due another

as forecasters say they can occur No more earthquakes are expdcted

in the near future, and no lore measuring today's rumble as it was

considered extreme for our `rea Well, unsurprisingly, this has got a

lot of you talking today on e`mail, Let's take a look at some

of your comments. Brelade in Jersey was out

in the garden and felt the patio come up, like everything

was coming up from beneath her. John Hayes lives in Jersey over

looking St Peter's goose grden "I thought someone had drivdn into

the other side And you can keep those commdnts

coming in through Facebook, Tasers could be used by Jersey

police as early as next week. Officers have been trained to use

the stun guns. Jersey is thd last place in the British Isles to bring

them in. This report contains some flashing images at the start.

Police! Stand`down! This is a Taser, 50,000 volts!

50,000 volts sent shooting hnto ` today ` a cardboard cut`out

But Tasers will soon to be ` reality for Jersey police officers.

At the moment if they are ddaling with an assailant carrying ` knife,

their only option may be to use a conventional firearm, and that could

result in death. We have given them a distance control measure, the

Taser, which is a less leth`l option.

The firearms team is only c`lled out around 15 times a year `

and very rarely actually fire their guns ` so they don't anticipate

But their very existence in the system has some people worried.

People can get hard. You don't know who you are shooting at. Thd person

may have a weak heart. I hope every time consideration is given to using

it, there will be an ambulance or some emergency system behind to

safeguard that person, becatse that person could also be an innocent

person that is being shot. But testing it today, Jersex Police

insist the weapon is largelx safe. They say officers will be coached

in judging the right situations to deploy it

and they are very accountable. Every police officer has a duty to

justify any use of force at all We have to justify even shouting at

individuals, let alone using Tasers. We will try everythhng at

our disposal before a final recourse to using force.

Ten of Jersey's 25 firearms offhcers are

already trained up, so in theory, Tasers could be used right now.

Training for all should be complete by October,

so next year's annual report should reveal how much they're helping

Concerns are being raised over Guernsey's plans to deal with

There are plans to store 2,000 tonnes of waste at

St Sampson's Harbour as part of plans to export Guernsey's waste.

But two former members of the Environment Board, Ddputies

Tony Spruce and Barry Paint say there are still too many unknowns.

We don't have a contract signed we have no idea about the buildings.

There has been no environment or impact assessment done for noise,

water, air pollution, according to what plant is installed, so we do

have a lot of concerns that we feel the Department should have stood

firm and ask for that inforlation. Well, Guernsey's Environment

Minister has told the BBC that the Waste Disposal Plan is

an effective report that dods the job of highlighting areas where the

waste strategy needs further work. There are plans to build 300 homes,

shops and parks on The gas storage cylinder thdre is no

longer used and Jersey Gas want to build houses

with 255 parking spaces there. Gas will be stored at La Collette

instead. Visiting experts and leaders

in the design world have bedn in Jersey this week to disctss

the future of St Helier. At a seminar held at the Radisson

Hotel industry leaders explored One suggestion was looking to

Guernsey's St Peter Port Or a number of years our town has

got a little bit tired. We `re not picking up on things that are

happening in other communithes, and I think this is an opportunhty to

begin to discuss whether sole of those things might be relev`nt for

us. It was first done by the WI

in the ?90s, but now a group of Guernsey girls are striping off for

charity to make a naked caldndar. Penny Elderfield went along to

a rather festive photo shoot. A table laid with

the perfect Christmas feast. But a bit more to feast your eyes

on than you might expect. This really gives

a different meaning to whether you like a bit of ldg or

breast for your Christmas dhnner. It's for the high dependencx ward

and Cancer relief. Here loc`l charities, and most of us h`ve

children or nieces and nephdws, and that is very important. The first

time it is nerve wracking, but after a while you get used to it `nd it is

good fun. We have a laugh. I think all of us initially nervous

but we all have a laugh, and once you're dressing and is off, that's

it. We do as we're told by Tracey and that is that. Or there hs

trouble! The photographers have been

brilliant, they have been f`ntastic with us, so we will just waht and

see. Hopefully lots of people will help us out in selling and promoting

them and buying them for frhends and family and people at work. Ht will

make you smile everyday. The calendar should be

on sale later this year, just in time to bring some Christmas

cheer to some local charitids. Well done, ladies. David has the

weather forecast for us. I didn t expect an earthquake today, David.

weather forecast for us. I didn t expect an earthquake today, David.

No, we didn't expect it either. Not something you can easily forecast

for, but as we heard in the news bulletin, we will perhaps h`ve to

wait another 60 years for the next one. For tomorrow, cloudy whth

patchy rain, and that is a bit of a change for us. For some that rain

will be welcome. It is not particularly welcome widespread the

main area will be overnight tomorrow night into the small hours of Sunday

morning. It will match tomorrow to form one main area of patchx rain,

most likely overnight into Sunday, as I said. We have lost the area of

high pressure, it has been pushed away into the South. We get to

weather systems coming in l`ter in the day, and it should be clear of

us by the afternoon on Sund`y. Are much brighter picture for the second

half of Sunday, fresh air and hopefully some sunshine rettrning.

Overnight tonight, cloud coling in from the North and another coming in

from the west. From the north we might have a few spits of r`in. A

mostly dry night with breaks in the cloud temperatures down to 05

Celsius. Some brightness brhefly tomorrow, but on the whole buddy is

much more cloudy than we have been to lately. We will see some patchy

and light green arrive in the late afternoon and into the evenhng.

Temperatures between 18 and 20 Celsius. The winds becoming

south`westerly ahead of that band of rain. And the coastal waters

forecast: The times of high water. Sunday as much brighter aftdr the

early showers. Cloudy and w`rm for the early part of next week.

Headlines for you at a VM and after the news at 10pm. There is lore on

our website. Clearers with xou next week. I will see you at the

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Approval has been granted

for work to start on the first stretch of the

England Coast Path in Somerset. The new route will open up,

or improve existing access, to 90km of coastline

between Brean Down and Minehead It will link up with the Sotth West

coastpath in North Devon. The South West is set to benefit

from a multi`million`pound funding Projects in Plymouth, Torbax

and two schemes in Exeter have been awarded

around ?5 million. Dorset will see

over ?9 million of investment. The schemes will provide improved

infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians

and better bus services. The threat of Cornwall

and West Devon's Mining Landscape losing World Heritage Site

status has been lifted. The mining landscape was behng

considered for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage

In Danger Site for almost a year. That was because of concerns

about the planned supermarkdt development and associated buildings

at South Quay in Hayle. Representatives have visited

Cornwall and say, despite some reservations, the

scheme doesn't pose a major problem. for a multi`million`pound

tourist destination that could attract hundreds

of thousands of visitors to Dorset. The dinosaur`themed park,

called Jurassica, would cost more than ?60 million

to build The project has already got

the backing of David Attenborough. Drawn to the sand and sea, Dorset

attracts people in their thousands. For a handful of months, totrism

drives this county's economx. For a coast rich in history, therd are

some who want to make more of its heritage. Remember the hike around

Hollywood's Jurassic Park? Ht is now time for Dorset to do dinos`urs

They will be led into space of wonder. There is an immense treasure

trove of people in Dorset to have been collecting along the bdaches

for decades and it will be great for somewhere to display this m`terial.

It requires a series a mattdr space and all eyes are on Portland. What

is needed is an area that is both large and deep, so the idea is to

take a `` take an old limestone quarry like this and put a dome over

it. It has been dealt Jurassica The idea is to fill it with dinosaur

exhibits, fossils, a huge apuarium and new animatronics which will

bring these animals on land and sea to lie. It will bring tourism, it

fits in with the island, it fits in with their history, it fits in with

everything. I would think it would bring many into the area. It would

make jobs for people. To brhng more attractions. People come here

because of the Jurassic Coast and it is something to do while thdy are

here. The most romantic thing ever to advise and unlike this coming out

of a lot of rock. So David Attenborough is all for it. The site

still lacks a proper focus to interpret the story of its rocks.

That is why I have agreed to support the building of a magnificent new

attraction on the Isle of Portland. There is support as well on

Portland. This man has supported the idea. There are pubs down the road

and around here who would all benefit from it. We want people to

come in here and spend monex. It will be attractive not just two

people from the area, but n`tionally and internationally. On a ydar`round

scale, it would improve the quality of the jobs we have in the borough,

it would improve the way we manage to support the local economx and it

can only be of benefit to everyone. For the first time next week, plans

will be available for everyone to see on Portland. A feasibilhty study

will soon get underway. Org`nisers already hope that Jurassica will do

for Dorset what the Eden Project has done for Cornwall.

The revival of a Cornwall tradition is quickly gathering momenttm.

The Gaelic sport of shinty is making a comeback

after almost disappearing from the Duchy altogether.

Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reports on how its appeal

is managing to entice more and more players to the gamd.

Shinty is a cross between hockey and hurling. In fact, field hockey, ice

hockey and golf are offsprings of shinty. Increasing number is playing

the sport after an absence of a generation. They are running

coaching sessions at Truro College, Poole Academy and constant time

Priory. We know that Cornish hurling whisking `` was comparable to Irish

hurling. The fact that Cornhsh hurling has forgotten it sthcks and

is now big fight suggests it has some antiquity down here. The club

has five players who represdnt England and they'll be going on tour

to tackle the oldest and not so dearest rivals, Scotland, at the end

of this month. In the first game I ever played, the president of

English shinty was the one who taught me how to play, he r`n

straight at me and sundry into the floor. It is not so aggresshve that

it hurts but it is enough to get your blood going. It is good fun.

How much padding do you wear? Just a little bit, just these and this

What is the most serious injury has sustained? Just a view bruises. A

few big ones from the stick because I have been hit by cannons hf you

time `` a few times. To showcase shinty, the club is having `

showcase this weekend at constant time. That will see the first Junior

Matchplay for many years. When Irish settlers arrived in

Scotland, the Scottish adopted shinty. They called it camanach

That is because the stick is called a caman. You learn is the ndw

everyday. Tonight sees the start of

the 10th Sea Salts Sail Fdstival. The community pulls together

every two years to celebrate

the port's fishing heritage. And with the traditional sahlboats

flocking in, it gives an insight

into how the village used to look. Andy Birkett went along

as the first boats arrived. A West Cornwall welcome will stop it

is a site that has greeted fishermen and sailors alike for many xears.

This weekend, the old sailboat are coming back. The joy of the boats

and sailing them is seeing them alive and understanding how they

perform and why they were what they were. As I say, it is a timd

machine, this thing, it takds you back in time, shows you how your

forefathers sale. They were brave men, they sailed these things with

no electricity all year round, we're just doing it for pleasure but it is

a wonderful way of connecting with the past, with your forefathers and

what have you. We have to t`ck now, so I will lead you to put your head

down. It not only brings out the boat but some characters. Thank you

for the tour. What are your first memories? I first came here in 923

and in 1925 I was nearly killed on the corner up on the road bx a horse

and cart. I was lucky to not be killed. I would not leave now, I am

too old anyway! Old? You wotld not know it? He may be 95 soon but Jack

still fills his days filming his can unity. The team unity come together

every two years and that makes it special. There are not many biannual

festivals in Cornwall. The whole can unity comes together. It is run by

volunteers from top to bottom and any proceeds we make from the

festival gets ploughed back into the community. Whether you are coming

here for the music, boats or the beer, there is plenty for everyone,

I just hope you are not planning on going back to work on Mondax!

It looks fantastic there. Looking spectacular and there are

some colourful site is expected over mid Devon this weekend as p`rt of

the Tiverton balloon Festiv`l. `` Tiverton Balloon Festival.

They have called it their bhggest festival yet.

Well, our reporter, Johnny Rutherford, is there for us now

Organisers say this will be their best festival yet. They havd 40

balloons and 50 live acts on stage over the two stages over thd

weekend. One person who can tell me more is the organiser, Charlie. What

can people expect it? This weekend, a lot of family fund. `` a lot of

family fun. We have a lot of workshops. We have beat boxhng,

everything. It is a great wdekend, or a day if you can only cole for

that. In the skies, you havd lots again. Alongside the balloons can

you have a controlled helicopters. Hopefully we will have some planes

flying by. It is an event w`r zone for aeronautic enthusiast. We have

balloon rides this weekend, so people can book their flight and

flight over mid Devon. Someone that can tell me more about why the

balloons are not up is the pilot, Mandy. You are a specialist pilot.

You do not just fly balloons but tell us what you do. I was `

skydiver first and now I'm ` balloon pilot and commercial balloon pilot.

I now take balloon is up with me. I take up skydivers with me and I drop

them out of my balloon. One of the balloons I have as a trapdoor, so I

can pull a lever and drop the skydiver through the trapdoor. Why

are they not up at the moment? It is too windy. These are two sm`ll ``

they are small balloons, and they are struggling in the wind. At the

moment, we are on stand`by, waiting for the weather to improve. How

often are you flying this wdekend, then? Those people who want to get

up early in the morning, yot might see a good site. Radio Devon are

here from tomorrow morning, so you'll hear all about it in great

detail. Plenty of hot air from them How is

the forecast looking? It is a weekend of two Haas. There

is some rain in the forecast. Not bad news for everyone. For some the

rain will be welcome. It is not a massive amount of wet weathdr that

it comes in later tomorrow `nd will be with us Saturday night into

Sunday. Hopefully clear by Sunday morning. Quite a change frol what we

have seen this week. Some p`tchy rain at first mainly on Sattrday,

much brighter on Sunday. Also somewhat fresh and cooler. Xou can

see several strands of cloud approaching Ireland. The two systems

will merge together and produce thicker cloud through the d`y

tomorrow. Outbreaks of rain certainly possible. Not everywhere,

probably taking all day before the rain band gets to Dorset. It will

all sweep through quite smartly By Sunday, but from a few showdrs, it

will brighten up quite nicely and we'll get some sunshine agahn. The

weekend could be a bit drab and am through the day tomorrow. `` drab

and damp. We could have a fine ride this

evening as the winds ease for the balloon Festival. There is lore

cloud to the west and that will arrive overnight and night. It will

start producing a few like spots of rain. More cloud arriving in the

second half of the night. Overnight, temperatures down at around 13 or

14. Tomorrow, we have some brightness and we hold and with that

of sunshine until later in the day. Then it's just generally clouds

over. This rain band is light and patchy but it will pay about a

little bit as we head into the evening and a range of

temperatures. In the far West, where we have already got slightlx cooler

air, just 17 degrees. With the morning sunshine, Somerset `nd

Dorset might reach 22 or 23. Quite humid. We will not get a frdsh air

until Sunday. That is the forecast for the Isles of Scilly. Quhte

cloudy with rain on and off. Onto the times of high water. Enzymes,

5:03am. For our servers, just a little bit choppy, two or three

feet. More of a breeze for `ll of us because the winds are changhng

direction, coming from the south`west tomorrow. Patchy rain or

moderate or poor visitor Lizzie Here is the outlook as we hdad into

next week. Sunday is the probably better of the two days. We should

see some sunshine. For the balloonists on Sunday, that could be

quite today, particularly in the evening. Monday, there are going to

be some showers late in the day That is a bit of a change. Ht is

otherwise a fine and dry dax and next week, quite a lot of cloud

around but getting warmer bx the middle of the week. We could reach

22 or 23 degrees. Have a lovely weekend. That is it from us for this

even. Do have a lovely weekdnd, we will be back at 6:30am on Monday. An

queue for joining us. Goodbxe. `` thank you for joining us.

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