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Over ?30 million in the red ` Jersey's budget reveals lowdr tax

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take and higher spending than expected.

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What we are doing is selling some assets such as Jersey water and

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we're replacing it with another asset.

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But there's good news for low earners and home`buxers `

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Also tonight: Compulsory cycle helmets for under 14s.

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But is the new law enforceable, and should it go further?

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And after last night's storls, there are more tonight and possibly

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tomorrow night. Jersey's budget has been released

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on the day states members rhse There is no give`away ahead of

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October's general election `nd there The Treasury Minister called it a

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'budget for stability and rdcovery'. Income tax allowances will be froze

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but lower and middle paid workers will pay

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less tax as the exemption threshold increases by 1.7%, although that's

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less than the 3% promised. Impot duties get

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their usual increases. Fuel goes up by 1p per litrd,

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cigarettes go up by 22.4p pdr pack, standard cider by 2.2p per pint

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beer up a penny a pint, wine up 2.4p a bottle

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and spirits up 21.7p a litrd. But the biggest changes are

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around housing. The cap on mortgage tax relhef

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is reduced to ?15,000. Stamp duty is effectively rdmoved

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on all properties under ?400,00 . But stamp duty goes up

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on properties over ?1 million. It's designed to help more people

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move and buy properties I think at the bottom end of the

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market is going to have a good boost. First`time buyers helped

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create second time buyers so it will all have a knock`on effect. When you

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get to higher`priced properties and stamp duty, no one wants to pay

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more, but I guess they are lore of a position to afford it and pdople

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starting out. `` than peopld starting out.

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It's a tricky task, and one for the Treasury Minister.

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His biggest headache is the big fall in income tax.

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He'd hope to bring in ?475 million but now thinks that

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And things aren't looking good on the spending front either.

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The states spent ?14 million more than they predicted.

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Overall that means instead of being in the black, the Government will be

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?33 million in the red this year and ?39 million next year.

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I would be against funding a revenue ddficit

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We actually have funded a short`term deficit from s`vings.

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Now what we are doing is we are selling some assets such

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as that Jersey Water share, and we are replacing with another `sset.

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So we are selling and disposing some capital assets to fund acquhsition

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of other capital assets and that's the right thing to do.

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But not everyone agrees that dipping into the savings account is

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I think it's got to be a concern because I think a number of people

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commented those forecasts wdre too optimistic and I think if that had

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been accepted one could havd planned accordingly, what is now a position

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that we cannot keep running deficits for the foreseeable future.

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Well they include a 2% saving on states pay

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which will worry the unions, the elderly might be concerned

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about delays in paying ?10 lillion into the long term care fund.

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And accountants might questhon the extra dividends being t`ken

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from states`owned Jersey Post and Jersey Telecom.

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We don't usually get budgets in the summer and this one doesn't

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However you expect the budget debate at the end

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of September, just before the general election, to really question

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the Treasury Minister on how he ll fill that budget black hole.

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In other financial news, inflation has slowed slightly in the Channel

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The new figures show prices are rising at 2.1% in Guernsey

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A UK coroner says that problems with security systems didn't cause the

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death of a schoolboy and injuries to another from Jersey, when they were

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17`year`old Horatio Chapple was killed, while Patrick Flinddrs,

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who was sharing a tent with him was left with scars on his face

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The coroner heard the trip wire warning systel was

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faulty, a rifle failed to fhre, and that leaders had decided not to

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Women in Jersey will be enthtled to 18 weeks of maternity leave

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Two weeks will be paid, the remainder is unpaid.

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Fathers will also have the right to two weeks unpaid paternity leave

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You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.

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Later in Spotlight with Justin and Rebecca:

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From Torquay to Tbilisi ` we follow 20 African Penguins making

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It's been a busy few days for the states as yesterday they

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voted to make it compulsory for under 14s to wear a cycle hdlmet.

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Deputy Andrew Green was behind the law.

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His son was seriously injurdd in an accident 24 years ago and hd says

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Youngsters at this school are used to wearing helmets.

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A year ago Le Rocquier made it school policy to wear ond.

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I've got friends who don't wear helmets because they think ht's cool

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but it can't be bothered to wear it. It's just stupid if you don't do

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that. Now every child under 14 has to wear

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one or they could be fined ?50. But there's worry it'll

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be hard to enforce. The difference between a 14`year`old

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and 15`year`old is hard for education people to know thd

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difference. I hope this is step one of two or three were eventu`lly

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everybody will realise that wearing helmets is the right thing to do.

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Something the politician behind the law agrees with.

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Deputy Andrew Green's son Chris suffered a serious brain injury

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There is no doubt because the doctors have told us that, had he

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been wearing a helmet, he would have got up and walked away. No parent

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wants to face that, a lifethme disability. He had the highdst

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internal pressure of a brain at the time of any survivor. He has made a

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fairly good recovery but will never live independently.

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The new law will come into force next year .

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Deputy Green hopes it'll mean fewer parents have to

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A woman from Guernsey has been handdd

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a six`month probation order for admitting to wasting police time.

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Children's entertainer Jennx Harding lied about her dog being hit

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She claimed it was carried out by homophobes.

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She also claimed her van and shed had been targeted.

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Her dog has been re`homed by the GSPCA.

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A Guernsey pre`school that was due to close this week because

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of a lack of funding has bedn granted a lifeline.

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The Daisy Chain Pre`School can continue to operate from September.

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It will receive support from the Education and

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But the school will move to La Houguette Primary School

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Sir Tom Jones will be warming up somewhere in Jersey right now

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in preparation for his performance at Legend in the Park tonight.

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Thousands of people are expdcted at Howard Davis Park to see

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Tomorrow sees Big Gig in thd Park where acts including pop band Lawson

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Just before we go to the we`ther, there was

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a spectacular thunderstorm `cross the Channel Islands last night.

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This was the sky above Castle Cornet around 10:00pm

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and there was some lightning high between Herm and Sark too.

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David's here for our weekend forecast now.

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David will we see more of that sort of thing?

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Sadly yes. There is more around but I think for the most part, dxcept

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for top Jones seeing the odd flash of lightning tonight, most daytime

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events should get away with it. Tonight, because of the

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thunderstorms and heavy showers the night be more tomorrow but hopefully

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there will be some dry weather. It is misty around the coast tomorrow

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with thunderstorms developing later in the day which could causd

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problems for outside events. The Met office have issued a warning for

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overnight tonight. It is difficult to see how many showers there will

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be but they should be gone by morning and it is dry for the

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festival. One or two showers might turn up in the evening. We have two

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strokes of cloud approaching. There are more of the west coast of Spain

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and Portugal which may well come towards us through the night. Some

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showers and the odd rumble of thunder, then perhaps more widely in

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the night. But by the middld of the day the activity moves away from us

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so hopefully dry for most of the day. Sunday is a much better day.

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The cloud structure shows where the showers have been in the last few

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hours. Later tonight, the angrier colours appear. Overnight

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temperatures are no more th`n 1 Celsius. Most showers will disappear

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tomorrow. It could be rather cloudy and rewards of `` towards the end of

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the day we could see temper`tures of 21 Celsius. Times of high w`ter are

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here. It is the sheep racing weekdnd and

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it looks like the weather whll be fine! The outlook is much brighter

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as we move into next week. We won't see a heatwave. Temperatures do

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claim up to 22 Celsius and we lose thunderstorms and get bright, dry

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weather. Sunday, with Spurs leading from

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Ipplepen Methodist Church. `` who's leaving from. `` tours.

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Music festivals are big bushness these days

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and are a much needed boost for the South West's tourism industry.

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They've become hugely popul`r across the region,

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attracting thousands of people and today sees the launch of a new one.

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It's called Somersault and it's being held at Castle Hill

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John Henderson is there for us tonight.

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I am arguably the most square person at what's is a very special and very

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cool gig in this part of thd world. Weird and wonderful. The newest

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festival in the UK, in the liddle of North Devon, an irresistibld

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attraction for the curious. It is a chance to sit in the sun and meet

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people. Listen to good music. Eat some dodgy food. Music and luch

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more, like the gorilla circts. Welcome to Somersault. I am not

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going up there. I work the spotlight. `` for spotlight. It was

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slightly scary. The festival runs for five days with acts likd Jack

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Johnson and Ben Howard. It offers surfing lessons, paddle boarding and

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for the less the chance to get in touch with their inner self. Maybe

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under there he has got a br`, too. If it all gets a little too much,

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how about a little wild swilming? If you're in those pence it is nasty

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and messy but this is refreshing. It has clean water. It is bettdr than

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Glastonbury. So, get to it, anyway you can. This is the man who has put

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it all together. How many pdople are you expecting? Between

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14,000`15,000. How money `` how much money does it bring to this part of

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the world? Everybody shops hn local shops, the local hotels and

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bed`and`breakfast places ard full, and so on. It is quite upper`class,

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I have seen lots of 4x4 is hn the car park. The festival landscape is

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like that now. Jack Johnson and Ben Howard have different audiences It

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is pretty broad. I saw a spdcialised boutique baby`sitting. What is

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boutique baby`sitting? You do not want your kids to be there when you

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are out in front of the main stage. What happens? The children `re

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looked after in a lovely tent while you are off looking at the festival.

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How difficult is it put on like this? It is a challenge putting on a

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festival. It is a big financial risk. You're sure whether it is

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going to fit. But we have a strong identity, we had a strong idea, this

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is a summer camp, people ard coming for five days or for one dax, they

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are going to the beach, going to this `` going to Exmoor and rock

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climbing, and making a holiday of it. And with it the back next year?

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Yes, this is just the start. We want to grow, year`on`year, and head into

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this beautiful location. `` bed into. I am going to go and jump in

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the river now. The most successful swimming club

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in the country is chasing mddals Plymouth Leander's best hopd is

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a 19`year`old, whose debut hn As Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reveals,

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Ben Proud is looking to follow up a Ben Proud is hoping to deliver up to

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his surname. He is making a splash in the pool. Last year he broke the

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ten`year`old record of Mark Foster in the 50 metres butterfly `nd

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clocked a new British record in the clocked a new British record in the

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50 metres freestyle. The sport is getting younger and younger. We have

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seen people winning gold medals at 15. It is not unheard of for a

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19`year`old to going into the Common of games and hopefully doing well.

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The competition will be of ` similar age. Have you got more records in

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your sites? I hope so. I hope to be hitting personal best, as often as I

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can. I hope to set another record. These games could be the making of

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the crew to, and according to his coach, he is the most excithng bash

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back to be the making of Ben Proud, and according to his coach, he's the

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most exciting British prospdct in years. We want to get him stronger

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and more powerful. His event only last for 21 seconds. The work in the

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gym is important as the work as the pool, and we will certainly have him

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ready for the summer. The student is using the Commonwealth Games for a

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springboard for the Olympics. It is about experience. It is still

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against intense competition. Australia and some major cotntries,

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but it is about preparing for the Olympics in two years time. I am

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going to get some experiencd. And Dave will be

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in Glasgow to bring you news The action gets under way

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next Thursday. But there is already disappointment

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for Plymouth diver Dan Goodfellow who's had to withdraw from the Games

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because of injury. Cornwall golfer Rhys Enoch has

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failed to make the cut Enoch, who's a life member `t

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Truro Golf Club, but plays from Celtic Manor in Wales, shot a second

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round 76 ` that's four over par The 26 year old professional

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finished with an aggregate 5 over`par

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on his debut in the big event. Now if you were going to tr`vel

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around Britain to raise mondy And crucially,

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who would you take with you? Well, one disabled former sdrviceman

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has hitched a tiny trailer to He sleeps in the trailer along with

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his two travelling companions. Spotlight's North Devon reporter,

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Andrea Ormsby, has the storx. Woolacombe beach, a perfect view for

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Mark Newton's latest location. I have fallen in love with North Devon

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and North Cornwall. It is a bit like home for me. Big, wide, sandy

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beaches. You cannot fault it. It is Dave Winer than 65, and Mark has a

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few facts. I hit the 9000`mhle mark this week. I have raised ?32,00 in

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gift aid from five charities. I have climbed 500 miles of hills, or

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something like that. He is raising money for the birds `` the

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benevolent fund from his older vigilant, Help For Heroes, the

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British Legion and the RNLI. And he's not doing it alone. Thhs is my

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old rig. It takes me everywhere literally. And this is wherd I, with

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the cats. Yes, you heard right, with the cats. Most people see md getting

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their ball out and think thdre is scope to be a dog, but it is a cat

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instead. It is hard to belidve, but all three of them fit in here. It is

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two metres long, I am 1.85 letres. I have got a little bit to pl`y with.

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I can just about stretch out. Where do the cats sleep, when you're

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slipping? One of them sleeps on my leg, the other one sleeps on a

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little foldout bed. And you not feel' of it? Having worked on tanks,

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you cannot feel claustrophobic. He should finish his mission and not

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over. `` his mission in October Now we all know how stressftl

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it is moving house. But imagine the stress

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if that move is from Torquax to Well, that's exactly what 20 African

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penguins based here have just done. Spotlight's South Devon reporter

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John Ayres has been

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following their 3,000`mile journey. They will be sent off on thdir

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holidays to Georgia. For thd last 11 years, living coast has est`blished

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a breeding programme for African penguins, and as a result 20 of

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these birds are off on the journey of a lifetime, to Tbilisi zoo. It

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has turned to living coast to help them set up a new colony. L`st year

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during a conference it was decided that we met the standard so it was

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possible to give us penguins, then the search started for a zoo that

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could give us these animals. This became a zoo near Torquay, living

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coast zoo in Great Britain. They have no enclosure. They werd

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literally starting from scr`tch It has been a very long process. We

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have advised them how to buhld the enclosure, and about the

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requirements and needs of the penguins so that they have got

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everything they need to be fit and healthy, even down to where they get

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their food from, fish supplhers and things like that. The birds are

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50`50 split of males and felales, but before they go, they have to be

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checked over by the debt. `` Beiderbecke Barry. `` by thd debtor

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Mary. `` vet. If they are fht to travel, they are prepared for their

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journeys. They will be taken by road to Dover, then by ferry to Calais,

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then on the road to Amsterd`m, from where they are flown to Tbilisi a

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trip of almost 3000 miles. They arrive at their new home. Zoos

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measure themselves on how successfully the animals take to

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their new environment. Will the penguins like their new livhng

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quarters in Georgia? Living coast did as much as it could to lake it

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as much like their home in Torquay as possible although some of the

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birds did not play ball. Shd's hiding in her house. We feed her

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separately because she spends most of the day and her burrow. So that

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she does not get hungry, we leave her serving food here. She hs not

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very visible. We will leave a bit in the water that is close to her nest.

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The new arrivals are proved popular in their new home. Penguins are

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adaptable birds and are expdcted to thrive in the new climate. We have

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at some spectacular displays from mother nature. Some wonderftl

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pictures have been sent in. Sadly, it is a repeat performance xet again

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tonight. We will see thunder and lightning

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and some torrential downpours. We have a warning from the Met Office.

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This is an amber weather warning. We have gone from yellow, the `mber. We

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have a risk of some torrenthal downpours. And also some possible

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flooding. Let's see your pictures of some of those lightning displays.

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This was true cathedral. `` Truro. Everyone saw some fantastic shots of

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lightning. Some of them going from cloud the club, some from around the

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cloud. `` from the ground to the clouds. This front is moving

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northwards, thunderstorms, loving north. I think also, some of the

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showers will be quite intense as those systems get closer through the

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night. They will pull up from the south. They will pull up wh`t more

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cloud. Some of us had a reasonable day`to`day, but tomorrow, some more

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showers will develop. Then ht will get quiet by Sunday. Sunday is

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properly the better day to do anything outdoors. We have seen some

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showers across the Channel Hslands. And some flashes of lightning.

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Expect quite a change later tonight. The main focus of the activhty will

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be between midnight and six in the morning. Sadly, the time whdn most

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of us are fast asleep. We could see the odd flash of lightning `nd

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rumble of thunder and, by the morning, some pools of water on the

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roads, so some tricky driving conditions. Another warm night, at

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around 17 Celsius. Tomorrow, it should get driver while, with a

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glimpse of sunshine. Then that cloud will develop again `` dry for a

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while. Again, these showers have the potential for some torrenti`l

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downpours. Temperatures, down on what we have been used to, feeling

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Monday, but still 22 Celsius. `` feeling Monday. `` muggy.

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A change to the brighter, clearer conditions as we head into Sunday.

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Sunday is a better day for `ll of us. Temperatures around 22 Celsius.

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Next week, it gets warm agahn, but hopefully mainly drive. We will be

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glad to see the back of somd of these thunderstorms. Have a good

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evening and take care. That is the end of another week, thank xou for

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your company and for those wonderful pictures of the storms. Keep them

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coming if you get some tonight. That's all from us. Goodbye.

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