:00:11. > :00:15.Over ?30 million in the red ` Jersey's budget reveals lowdr tax
:00:16. > :00:21.take and higher spending than expected.
:00:22. > :00:27.What we are doing is selling some assets such as Jersey water and
:00:28. > :00:29.we're replacing it with another asset.
:00:30. > :00:32.But there's good news for low earners and home`buxers `
:00:33. > :00:35.Also tonight: Compulsory cycle helmets for under 14s.
:00:36. > :00:43.But is the new law enforceable, and should it go further?
:00:44. > :00:47.And after last night's storls, there are more tonight and possibly
:00:48. > :00:57.tomorrow night. Jersey's budget has been released
:00:58. > :01:00.on the day states members rhse There is no give`away ahead of
:01:01. > :01:05.October's general election `nd there The Treasury Minister called it a
:01:06. > :01:12.'budget for stability and rdcovery'. Income tax allowances will be froze
:01:13. > :01:18.but lower and middle paid workers will pay
:01:19. > :01:23.less tax as the exemption threshold increases by 1.7%, although that's
:01:24. > :01:34.less than the 3% promised. Impot duties get
:01:35. > :01:36.their usual increases. Fuel goes up by 1p per litrd,
:01:37. > :01:40.cigarettes go up by 22.4p pdr pack, standard cider by 2.2p per pint
:01:41. > :01:44.beer up a penny a pint, wine up 2.4p a bottle
:01:45. > :01:50.and spirits up 21.7p a litrd. But the biggest changes are
:01:51. > :01:53.around housing. The cap on mortgage tax relhef
:01:54. > :01:57.is reduced to ?15,000. Stamp duty is effectively rdmoved
:01:58. > :02:05.on all properties under ?400,00 . But stamp duty goes up
:02:06. > :02:08.on properties over ?1 million. It's designed to help more people
:02:09. > :02:22.move and buy properties I think at the bottom end of the
:02:23. > :02:28.market is going to have a good boost. First`time buyers helped
:02:29. > :02:34.create second time buyers so it will all have a knock`on effect. When you
:02:35. > :02:42.get to higher`priced properties and stamp duty, no one wants to pay
:02:43. > :02:49.more, but I guess they are lore of a position to afford it and pdople
:02:50. > :03:04.starting out. `` than peopld starting out.
:03:05. > :03:07.It's a tricky task, and one for the Treasury Minister.
:03:08. > :03:10.His biggest headache is the big fall in income tax.
:03:11. > :03:12.He'd hope to bring in ?475 million but now thinks that
:03:13. > :03:16.And things aren't looking good on the spending front either.
:03:17. > :03:18.The states spent ?14 million more than they predicted.
:03:19. > :03:21.Overall that means instead of being in the black, the Government will be
:03:22. > :03:24.?33 million in the red this year and ?39 million next year.
:03:25. > :03:31.I would be against funding a revenue ddficit
:03:32. > :03:41.We actually have funded a short`term deficit from s`vings.
:03:42. > :03:44.Now what we are doing is we are selling some assets such
:03:45. > :03:47.as that Jersey Water share, and we are replacing with another `sset.
:03:48. > :03:51.So we are selling and disposing some capital assets to fund acquhsition
:03:52. > :03:55.of other capital assets and that's the right thing to do.
:03:56. > :03:58.But not everyone agrees that dipping into the savings account is
:03:59. > :04:08.I think it's got to be a concern because I think a number of people
:04:09. > :04:11.commented those forecasts wdre too optimistic and I think if that had
:04:12. > :04:14.been accepted one could havd planned accordingly, what is now a position
:04:15. > :04:18.that we cannot keep running deficits for the foreseeable future.
:04:19. > :04:24.Well they include a 2% saving on states pay
:04:25. > :04:29.which will worry the unions, the elderly might be concerned
:04:30. > :04:32.about delays in paying ?10 lillion into the long term care fund.
:04:33. > :04:38.And accountants might questhon the extra dividends being t`ken
:04:39. > :04:41.from states`owned Jersey Post and Jersey Telecom.
:04:42. > :04:44.We don't usually get budgets in the summer and this one doesn't
:04:45. > :04:52.However you expect the budget debate at the end
:04:53. > :04:55.of September, just before the general election, to really question
:04:56. > :05:04.the Treasury Minister on how he ll fill that budget black hole.
:05:05. > :05:06.In other financial news, inflation has slowed slightly in the Channel
:05:07. > :05:10.The new figures show prices are rising at 2.1% in Guernsey
:05:11. > :05:22.A UK coroner says that problems with security systems didn't cause the
:05:23. > :05:25.death of a schoolboy and injuries to another from Jersey, when they were
:05:26. > :05:29.17`year`old Horatio Chapple was killed, while Patrick Flinddrs,
:05:30. > :05:33.who was sharing a tent with him was left with scars on his face
:05:34. > :05:35.The coroner heard the trip wire warning systel was
:05:36. > :05:38.faulty, a rifle failed to fhre, and that leaders had decided not to
:05:39. > :05:44.Women in Jersey will be enthtled to 18 weeks of maternity leave
:05:45. > :05:50.Two weeks will be paid, the remainder is unpaid.
:05:51. > :05:55.Fathers will also have the right to two weeks unpaid paternity leave
:05:56. > :05:57.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.
:05:58. > :06:00.Later in Spotlight with Justin and Rebecca:
:06:01. > :06:02.From Torquay to Tbilisi ` we follow 20 African Penguins making
:06:03. > :06:17.It's been a busy few days for the states as yesterday they
:06:18. > :06:20.voted to make it compulsory for under 14s to wear a cycle hdlmet.
:06:21. > :06:22.Deputy Andrew Green was behind the law.
:06:23. > :06:25.His son was seriously injurdd in an accident 24 years ago and hd says
:06:26. > :06:31.Youngsters at this school are used to wearing helmets.
:06:32. > :06:34.A year ago Le Rocquier made it school policy to wear ond.
:06:35. > :06:46.I've got friends who don't wear helmets because they think ht's cool
:06:47. > :06:47.but it can't be bothered to wear it. It's just stupid if you don't do
:06:48. > :06:49.that. Now every child under 14 has to wear
:06:50. > :06:53.one or they could be fined ?50. But there's worry it'll
:06:54. > :07:01.be hard to enforce. The difference between a 14`year`old
:07:02. > :07:04.and 15`year`old is hard for education people to know thd
:07:05. > :07:08.difference. I hope this is step one of two or three were eventu`lly
:07:09. > :07:11.everybody will realise that wearing helmets is the right thing to do.
:07:12. > :07:13.Something the politician behind the law agrees with.
:07:14. > :07:15.Deputy Andrew Green's son Chris suffered a serious brain injury
:07:16. > :07:25.There is no doubt because the doctors have told us that, had he
:07:26. > :07:32.been wearing a helmet, he would have got up and walked away. No parent
:07:33. > :07:38.wants to face that, a lifethme disability. He had the highdst
:07:39. > :07:47.internal pressure of a brain at the time of any survivor. He has made a
:07:48. > :07:48.fairly good recovery but will never live independently.
:07:49. > :07:51.The new law will come into force next year .
:07:52. > :07:53.Deputy Green hopes it'll mean fewer parents have to
:07:54. > :07:57.A woman from Guernsey has been handdd
:07:58. > :08:00.a six`month probation order for admitting to wasting police time.
:08:01. > :08:03.Children's entertainer Jennx Harding lied about her dog being hit
:08:04. > :08:08.She claimed it was carried out by homophobes.
:08:09. > :08:10.She also claimed her van and shed had been targeted.
:08:11. > :08:15.Her dog has been re`homed by the GSPCA.
:08:16. > :08:18.A Guernsey pre`school that was due to close this week because
:08:19. > :08:20.of a lack of funding has bedn granted a lifeline.
:08:21. > :08:25.The Daisy Chain Pre`School can continue to operate from September.
:08:26. > :08:27.It will receive support from the Education and
:08:28. > :08:33.But the school will move to La Houguette Primary School
:08:34. > :08:36.Sir Tom Jones will be warming up somewhere in Jersey right now
:08:37. > :08:39.in preparation for his performance at Legend in the Park tonight.
:08:40. > :08:41.Thousands of people are expdcted at Howard Davis Park to see
:08:42. > :08:46.Tomorrow sees Big Gig in thd Park where acts including pop band Lawson
:08:47. > :08:57.Just before we go to the we`ther, there was
:08:58. > :08:59.a spectacular thunderstorm `cross the Channel Islands last night.
:09:00. > :09:04.This was the sky above Castle Cornet around 10:00pm
:09:05. > :09:11.and there was some lightning high between Herm and Sark too.
:09:12. > :09:13.David's here for our weekend forecast now.
:09:14. > :09:24.David will we see more of that sort of thing?
:09:25. > :09:32.Sadly yes. There is more around but I think for the most part, dxcept
:09:33. > :09:37.for top Jones seeing the odd flash of lightning tonight, most daytime
:09:38. > :09:43.events should get away with it. Tonight, because of the
:09:44. > :09:46.thunderstorms and heavy showers the night be more tomorrow but hopefully
:09:47. > :09:51.there will be some dry weather. It is misty around the coast tomorrow
:09:52. > :09:55.with thunderstorms developing later in the day which could causd
:09:56. > :10:03.problems for outside events. The Met office have issued a warning for
:10:04. > :10:08.overnight tonight. It is difficult to see how many showers there will
:10:09. > :10:15.be but they should be gone by morning and it is dry for the
:10:16. > :10:25.festival. One or two showers might turn up in the evening. We have two
:10:26. > :10:29.strokes of cloud approaching. There are more of the west coast of Spain
:10:30. > :10:34.and Portugal which may well come towards us through the night. Some
:10:35. > :10:41.showers and the odd rumble of thunder, then perhaps more widely in
:10:42. > :10:45.the night. But by the middld of the day the activity moves away from us
:10:46. > :10:55.so hopefully dry for most of the day. Sunday is a much better day.
:10:56. > :11:00.The cloud structure shows where the showers have been in the last few
:11:01. > :11:07.hours. Later tonight, the angrier colours appear. Overnight
:11:08. > :11:13.temperatures are no more th`n 1 Celsius. Most showers will disappear
:11:14. > :11:20.tomorrow. It could be rather cloudy and rewards of `` towards the end of
:11:21. > :11:28.the day we could see temper`tures of 21 Celsius. Times of high w`ter are
:11:29. > :11:46.here. It is the sheep racing weekdnd and
:11:47. > :11:56.it looks like the weather whll be fine! The outlook is much brighter
:11:57. > :12:01.as we move into next week. We won't see a heatwave. Temperatures do
:12:02. > :12:03.claim up to 22 Celsius and we lose thunderstorms and get bright, dry
:12:04. > :12:21.weather. Sunday, with Spurs leading from
:12:22. > :12:33.Ipplepen Methodist Church. `` who's leaving from. `` tours.
:12:34. > :12:34.Music festivals are big bushness these days
:12:35. > :12:37.and are a much needed boost for the South West's tourism industry.
:12:38. > :12:39.They've become hugely popul`r across the region,
:12:40. > :12:42.attracting thousands of people and today sees the launch of a new one.
:12:43. > :12:44.It's called Somersault and it's being held at Castle Hill
:12:45. > :13:01.John Henderson is there for us tonight.
:13:02. > :13:08.I am arguably the most square person at what's is a very special and very
:13:09. > :13:15.cool gig in this part of thd world. Weird and wonderful. The newest
:13:16. > :13:20.festival in the UK, in the liddle of North Devon, an irresistibld
:13:21. > :13:23.attraction for the curious. It is a chance to sit in the sun and meet
:13:24. > :13:30.people. Listen to good music. Eat some dodgy food. Music and luch
:13:31. > :13:35.more, like the gorilla circts. Welcome to Somersault. I am not
:13:36. > :13:44.going up there. I work the spotlight. `` for spotlight. It was
:13:45. > :13:47.slightly scary. The festival runs for five days with acts likd Jack
:13:48. > :13:53.Johnson and Ben Howard. It offers surfing lessons, paddle boarding and
:13:54. > :14:00.for the less the chance to get in touch with their inner self. Maybe
:14:01. > :14:07.under there he has got a br`, too. If it all gets a little too much,
:14:08. > :14:15.how about a little wild swilming? If you're in those pence it is nasty
:14:16. > :14:21.and messy but this is refreshing. It has clean water. It is bettdr than
:14:22. > :14:27.Glastonbury. So, get to it, anyway you can. This is the man who has put
:14:28. > :14:37.it all together. How many pdople are you expecting? Between
:14:38. > :14:42.14,000`15,000. How money `` how much money does it bring to this part of
:14:43. > :14:51.the world? Everybody shops hn local shops, the local hotels and
:14:52. > :14:57.bed`and`breakfast places ard full, and so on. It is quite upper`class,
:14:58. > :15:03.I have seen lots of 4x4 is hn the car park. The festival landscape is
:15:04. > :15:12.like that now. Jack Johnson and Ben Howard have different audiences It
:15:13. > :15:18.is pretty broad. I saw a spdcialised boutique baby`sitting. What is
:15:19. > :15:21.boutique baby`sitting? You do not want your kids to be there when you
:15:22. > :15:26.are out in front of the main stage. What happens? The children `re
:15:27. > :15:31.looked after in a lovely tent while you are off looking at the festival.
:15:32. > :15:35.How difficult is it put on like this? It is a challenge putting on a
:15:36. > :15:40.festival. It is a big financial risk. You're sure whether it is
:15:41. > :15:46.going to fit. But we have a strong identity, we had a strong idea, this
:15:47. > :15:52.is a summer camp, people ard coming for five days or for one dax, they
:15:53. > :15:55.are going to the beach, going to this `` going to Exmoor and rock
:15:56. > :16:01.climbing, and making a holiday of it. And with it the back next year?
:16:02. > :16:07.Yes, this is just the start. We want to grow, year`on`year, and head into
:16:08. > :16:13.this beautiful location. `` bed into. I am going to go and jump in
:16:14. > :16:17.the river now. The most successful swimming club
:16:18. > :16:19.in the country is chasing mddals Plymouth Leander's best hopd is
:16:20. > :16:23.a 19`year`old, whose debut hn As Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reveals,
:16:24. > :16:45.Ben Proud is looking to follow up a Ben Proud is hoping to deliver up to
:16:46. > :16:51.his surname. He is making a splash in the pool. Last year he broke the
:16:52. > :16:52.ten`year`old record of Mark Foster in the 50 metres butterfly `nd
:16:53. > :16:57.clocked a new British record in the clocked a new British record in the
:16:58. > :17:01.50 metres freestyle. The sport is getting younger and younger. We have
:17:02. > :17:07.seen people winning gold medals at 15. It is not unheard of for a
:17:08. > :17:14.19`year`old to going into the Common of games and hopefully doing well.
:17:15. > :17:21.The competition will be of ` similar age. Have you got more records in
:17:22. > :17:29.your sites? I hope so. I hope to be hitting personal best, as often as I
:17:30. > :17:33.can. I hope to set another record. These games could be the making of
:17:34. > :17:38.the crew to, and according to his coach, he is the most excithng bash
:17:39. > :17:44.back to be the making of Ben Proud, and according to his coach, he's the
:17:45. > :17:49.most exciting British prospdct in years. We want to get him stronger
:17:50. > :17:54.and more powerful. His event only last for 21 seconds. The work in the
:17:55. > :18:00.gym is important as the work as the pool, and we will certainly have him
:18:01. > :18:05.ready for the summer. The student is using the Commonwealth Games for a
:18:06. > :18:14.springboard for the Olympics. It is about experience. It is still
:18:15. > :18:17.against intense competition. Australia and some major cotntries,
:18:18. > :18:19.but it is about preparing for the Olympics in two years time. I am
:18:20. > :18:25.going to get some experiencd. And Dave will be
:18:26. > :18:27.in Glasgow to bring you news The action gets under way
:18:28. > :18:32.next Thursday. But there is already disappointment
:18:33. > :18:34.for Plymouth diver Dan Goodfellow who's had to withdraw from the Games
:18:35. > :18:40.because of injury. Cornwall golfer Rhys Enoch has
:18:41. > :18:43.failed to make the cut Enoch, who's a life member `t
:18:44. > :18:47.Truro Golf Club, but plays from Celtic Manor in Wales, shot a second
:18:48. > :18:50.round 76 ` that's four over par The 26 year old professional
:18:51. > :18:52.finished with an aggregate 5 over`par
:18:53. > :18:57.on his debut in the big event. Now if you were going to tr`vel
:18:58. > :19:00.around Britain to raise mondy And crucially,
:19:01. > :19:04.who would you take with you? Well, one disabled former sdrviceman
:19:05. > :19:08.has hitched a tiny trailer to He sleeps in the trailer along with
:19:09. > :19:13.his two travelling companions. Spotlight's North Devon reporter,
:19:14. > :19:27.Andrea Ormsby, has the storx. Woolacombe beach, a perfect view for
:19:28. > :19:32.Mark Newton's latest location. I have fallen in love with North Devon
:19:33. > :19:39.and North Cornwall. It is a bit like home for me. Big, wide, sandy
:19:40. > :19:47.beaches. You cannot fault it. It is Dave Winer than 65, and Mark has a
:19:48. > :19:57.few facts. I hit the 9000`mhle mark this week. I have raised ?32,00 in
:19:58. > :19:59.gift aid from five charities. I have climbed 500 miles of hills, or
:20:00. > :20:05.something like that. He is raising money for the birds `` the
:20:06. > :20:10.benevolent fund from his older vigilant, Help For Heroes, the
:20:11. > :20:17.British Legion and the RNLI. And he's not doing it alone. Thhs is my
:20:18. > :20:22.old rig. It takes me everywhere literally. And this is wherd I, with
:20:23. > :20:30.the cats. Yes, you heard right, with the cats. Most people see md getting
:20:31. > :20:37.their ball out and think thdre is scope to be a dog, but it is a cat
:20:38. > :20:44.instead. It is hard to belidve, but all three of them fit in here. It is
:20:45. > :20:48.two metres long, I am 1.85 letres. I have got a little bit to pl`y with.
:20:49. > :20:55.I can just about stretch out. Where do the cats sleep, when you're
:20:56. > :21:00.slipping? One of them sleeps on my leg, the other one sleeps on a
:21:01. > :21:09.little foldout bed. And you not feel' of it? Having worked on tanks,
:21:10. > :21:11.you cannot feel claustrophobic. He should finish his mission and not
:21:12. > :21:17.over. `` his mission in October Now we all know how stressftl
:21:18. > :21:19.it is moving house. But imagine the stress
:21:20. > :21:22.if that move is from Torquax to Well, that's exactly what 20 African
:21:23. > :21:26.penguins based here have just done. Spotlight's South Devon reporter
:21:27. > :21:28.John Ayres has been
:21:29. > :21:37.following their 3,000`mile journey. They will be sent off on thdir
:21:38. > :21:42.holidays to Georgia. For thd last 11 years, living coast has est`blished
:21:43. > :21:47.a breeding programme for African penguins, and as a result 20 of
:21:48. > :21:55.these birds are off on the journey of a lifetime, to Tbilisi zoo. It
:21:56. > :22:01.has turned to living coast to help them set up a new colony. L`st year
:22:02. > :22:05.during a conference it was decided that we met the standard so it was
:22:06. > :22:07.possible to give us penguins, then the search started for a zoo that
:22:08. > :22:15.could give us these animals. This became a zoo near Torquay, living
:22:16. > :22:18.coast zoo in Great Britain. They have no enclosure. They werd
:22:19. > :22:24.literally starting from scr`tch It has been a very long process. We
:22:25. > :22:27.have advised them how to buhld the enclosure, and about the
:22:28. > :22:30.requirements and needs of the penguins so that they have got
:22:31. > :22:34.everything they need to be fit and healthy, even down to where they get
:22:35. > :22:41.their food from, fish supplhers and things like that. The birds are
:22:42. > :22:46.50`50 split of males and felales, but before they go, they have to be
:22:47. > :23:02.checked over by the debt. `` Beiderbecke Barry. `` by thd debtor
:23:03. > :23:06.Mary. `` vet. If they are fht to travel, they are prepared for their
:23:07. > :23:11.journeys. They will be taken by road to Dover, then by ferry to Calais,
:23:12. > :23:16.then on the road to Amsterd`m, from where they are flown to Tbilisi a
:23:17. > :23:21.trip of almost 3000 miles. They arrive at their new home. Zoos
:23:22. > :23:25.measure themselves on how successfully the animals take to
:23:26. > :23:29.their new environment. Will the penguins like their new livhng
:23:30. > :23:33.quarters in Georgia? Living coast did as much as it could to lake it
:23:34. > :23:39.as much like their home in Torquay as possible although some of the
:23:40. > :23:42.birds did not play ball. Shd's hiding in her house. We feed her
:23:43. > :23:47.separately because she spends most of the day and her burrow. So that
:23:48. > :23:53.she does not get hungry, we leave her serving food here. She hs not
:23:54. > :23:59.very visible. We will leave a bit in the water that is close to her nest.
:24:00. > :24:04.The new arrivals are proved popular in their new home. Penguins are
:24:05. > :24:14.adaptable birds and are expdcted to thrive in the new climate. We have
:24:15. > :24:19.at some spectacular displays from mother nature. Some wonderftl
:24:20. > :24:20.pictures have been sent in. Sadly, it is a repeat performance xet again
:24:21. > :24:28.tonight. We will see thunder and lightning
:24:29. > :24:35.and some torrential downpours. We have a warning from the Met Office.
:24:36. > :24:40.This is an amber weather warning. We have gone from yellow, the `mber. We
:24:41. > :24:50.have a risk of some torrenthal downpours. And also some possible
:24:51. > :25:02.flooding. Let's see your pictures of some of those lightning displays.
:25:03. > :25:08.This was true cathedral. `` Truro. Everyone saw some fantastic shots of
:25:09. > :25:16.lightning. Some of them going from cloud the club, some from around the
:25:17. > :25:23.cloud. `` from the ground to the clouds. This front is moving
:25:24. > :25:30.northwards, thunderstorms, loving north. I think also, some of the
:25:31. > :25:34.showers will be quite intense as those systems get closer through the
:25:35. > :25:39.night. They will pull up from the south. They will pull up wh`t more
:25:40. > :25:44.cloud. Some of us had a reasonable day`to`day, but tomorrow, some more
:25:45. > :25:49.showers will develop. Then ht will get quiet by Sunday. Sunday is
:25:50. > :25:53.properly the better day to do anything outdoors. We have seen some
:25:54. > :25:58.showers across the Channel Hslands. And some flashes of lightning.
:25:59. > :26:02.Expect quite a change later tonight. The main focus of the activhty will
:26:03. > :26:06.be between midnight and six in the morning. Sadly, the time whdn most
:26:07. > :26:10.of us are fast asleep. We could see the odd flash of lightning `nd
:26:11. > :26:14.rumble of thunder and, by the morning, some pools of water on the
:26:15. > :26:22.roads, so some tricky driving conditions. Another warm night, at
:26:23. > :26:25.around 17 Celsius. Tomorrow, it should get driver while, with a
:26:26. > :26:33.glimpse of sunshine. Then that cloud will develop again `` dry for a
:26:34. > :26:37.while. Again, these showers have the potential for some torrenti`l
:26:38. > :26:43.downpours. Temperatures, down on what we have been used to, feeling
:26:44. > :26:55.Monday, but still 22 Celsius. `` feeling Monday. `` muggy.
:26:56. > :27:20.A change to the brighter, clearer conditions as we head into Sunday.
:27:21. > :27:26.Sunday is a better day for `ll of us. Temperatures around 22 Celsius.
:27:27. > :27:31.Next week, it gets warm agahn, but hopefully mainly drive. We will be
:27:32. > :27:36.glad to see the back of somd of these thunderstorms. Have a good
:27:37. > :27:40.evening and take care. That is the end of another week, thank xou for
:27:41. > :27:45.your company and for those wonderful pictures of the storms. Keep them
:27:46. > :27:48.coming if you get some tonight. That's all from us. Goodbye.