31/07/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Here in Glasgow, a top ten finish for a Guernsey cyclist, and crunch

matches for our badminton and table tennis players. We'll bring you all

the action. Ic the next couple of days a bit of a change for the

islands, as it turns more unsettled. I'll have all the details later in

the programme. After a wait of 24 years, Jersey is

a step closer to a Commonwealth Games medal tonight. It's after the

island's bowls pairs lost to South Africa earlier. Live to Glasgow now

and Edward Sault. Yes, Clare. There really is a sense of excitement

after that result today after the disappointment in shooting for Team

Jersey this week. Now the focus is on bowls, and although Jersey's

Katie Nixon and Lindsey Greechan lost to South Africa, it means

they're now in the third place play`off and touching distance of a

bronze medal. A bronze medal is in touching distance for Jersey

tonight. Emma Chambers brings you all the action.

Warming up for their toughest match. Jersey lawn bowlers Katie Nixon and

Lindsey Greechan were up against Australia in the pairs quarterfinal.

The first big step to medal success. Until today, Jersey haven't had to

win every match. They've just had to score enough points to finish in the

top two of their group to qualify. Today, that all changes. Jersey have

to win in order to get through to the semifinals. It was a positive

start for Jersey. They were the first to score, with a four`point

lead. But Australia soon caught up and dominated most of the game.

Jersey held on and made sure every point counted. By 15 ends the score

was equal with everything still to play for. A tense watch for

supporters. Jersey put on an astonishing performance. This last

bowl from Greechan sealed the win 16`11 against Australia, securing

the islanders a place in the semifinal. A powerful but daunting

position for the Lawn bowls team. It's the biggest event really.

Jersey's never ever won a medal, so to get this far now, it is crucial.

These chances don't come along. That's the hardest thing. Over the

years as people have got to this point where we are now and fallen at

the last hurdle. Obviously we want to do it and we'll try our hardest

but it is another step. During the short break, the rain

poured. But the sun shone as the semifinals began. Jersey were

playing against South Africa. A tough opponent. Again the islanders

were the first to score. But their luck soon changed. The jack kept

getting surrounded by a sea of South Africa's bowls. Halfway through the

match, South Africa were in a comfortable lead and there was no

stopping them. The points difference grew wider and wider, making it

harder for the Jersey pair to catch up. They scored a few points, but

not enough to qualify for the final. South Africa won 20`9 in 17 ends.

The morning of elation was followed by an afternoon of disappointment

for the Jersey pair, but there is still a bronze`tinted glimmer of

hope to play for. So, that playoff is against Northern

Ireland in the morning. My colleague, Tim Pryor, spoke to

Lindsey and Katie after that defeat by South Africa. So not to be for

Jersey's duo in that semifinal against South Africa. They are

alongside me now, Lindsey Greechan and Katie Nixon. How are you feeling

after semifinal defeat but still with a chance to win a medal here?

Still made up we have got a chance of a medal but it is really

difficult. I feel a bit deflated. We didn't play to our best, so a

business disappointed. Katie, how excited are you about this

opportunity going into the match tomorrow to possibly win Jersey's

first Commonwealth games medal in 24 years? I'm glad we've got another

chance. Disappointed for the next couple of hours but we'll pick

ourselves up tomorrow and we'll beite fighting for it. Do you think

you'll sleep well tonight? No! We should be alright. We've slept well

every day we've Ben here because we are so tired with all the bowling.

Get a good night's sleep and we've still got a chance. Disappoint here

at Kelvin Grove today but a chance to put that right tomorrow and maybe

win Jersey a medal in nearly a quarter of a century. That play`off

match is at 8.45am tomorrow. That's against Northern Ireland.

Elsewhere, a top ten finish for Jersey's

Was former England number one versus current England number one on the

badminton court. Elizabeth Cann played for England at the last

Commonwealth Games. This time she's playing for Jersey and was against

Sarah Walker in the last 16. They expect that Elizabeth can follow

pace in the beginning but they also expect that Sarah Walker will be

pulling away. Walker took the first game and Elizabeth Cann won the

second. It all came down to a thrilling finish in game three. Cann

pulled clear. Walker fought back, but could she hold her nerve?

COMMENTATOR: She's missed it! But she didn't miss many more, as walker

held on and beat Cann 21`18 in the last game. Dawn Morgan and Alice

Loveridge won one and lost one in their

lost to the same Canadian player in the singles last night. There are no

Channel Islanders left in the table tennis competition.

On the road, Jezzy's Patrick McLoughlin pushed off with a Number

Ten on his back. Little did he know he would come in tenth place with

the impressive time of which 50 minutes 39en 64 seconds. We'll be at

that bowls match tomorrow. You can keep up to date with the

action as it happens throughout the day on BBC Radio Guernsey and BBC

Radio Jersey tomorrow, as well as online. More from Glasgow on BBC One

tomorrow night, airport without it. Staying with

travel news. Condor is bringing in another ship to carry goods to the

Channel Islands. It will help bring freight supplies back to norm while

the Clipper is repaired. It was damaged two weeks ago.

The Holidays for Heroes shop in Jersey has closed after the site was

sold to a developer. The charity, which gives holidays to injured

servicemen, doubled its income after being given the space for free in

Chateau Plaisir nearly two years ago. Now organisers are hoping to

find a new location for the shop, which sells books, clothes and

furniture. As I understand it, the site is being sold tomorrow and

obviously everything on site has to leave. We knew this day would come.

We are obviously sad but we are still so grateful for two brilliant

years. As July comes to a close and we look ahead to August, David

Braine has news of a weather change on the cards.

Good evening. We've got unsettled Weatherheading our way in the next

two days. A risk of showers as we start the weekend. After a dry start

and some sunny spells, showers will develop and become widespread by the

end of the day. For our athletes taking part in the bowling, tomorrow

could be damp in Glasgow, with outbreaks of rain. Turning brighter

towards the end of the morning and afternoon. A top temperature of

around 15`16 degrees. The reason for the change, a lot

more cloud. That is sweeping in off the Atlantic. An area of low

pressure will gradually push these weather systems closer. This is the

middle of the day tomorrow. Notice this line of rain off the western

coast of France for the middle of the day. That's the threat of

showers coming our way as we move through the day. Certainly for

Saturday we've got low pressure in charge and plenty of showers to

contend with. Not much happening overnight. We may

increase the amount of medium and high`level cloud. Generally clouding

up by dawn, with the chance of a few showers towardsed any and Guernsey.

`` towards Alderney and Guernsey. For the rest of us we keep a lot of

cloud. By the end of the afternoon the showers start to appear.

Top temperature tomorrow 19`21 degrees.

More showers on Saturday but drier on Monday and Tuesday.

Justice says Channings Wood is a safe and decent prison with low

levels of violence. Mainly roadworks are planned on the

A 38 which will last a year. It is to replace a bridge that has

concrete cancer. The work is due to start in the spring and will involve

camera flows and narrow lanes. Life Guards have released this

footage of a young girl being rescued to highlight the danger of

rip curse. She got into difficulty at Chapel Porthnear St Agnes

yesterday. She's the ninth person to be saved on the beach in recent

days. Storms have created offshore Sandbanks which allow rip currents

to form. It's been another successful day at

the Commonwealth Games with two silver medals guaranteed. Tonia

Couch and Sandra Barrow have been in action, alongside England's youngest

member. The first dive in a major games for 13`year`old Victoria

Vincents. What a marvellous opening round dive! And not a hint of

nerves. Just 13 years of age. For VV as she was known it was the

experience to experience the atmosphere of the Games without

pressure. Victoria won the British title in June and was initially told

she was too young to compete in the Games but was included in aen an

appeal. She did more than hold her own, finishing 8 in the the

rankings. One place ahead of Sarah Barrow. The other half of that

pairing a fared before. Tonia Couch has to fancy the chance of another

medal. What ative from Tonya! Back on dry land the good times keep on

rolling for Natalie. She has at least another silver to add to the

one she won in the singles. Her fiance is looking to get his hands

on one of which his own. Sophie is part of the triples team

taking on Australia this evening. We've played a lot of games now. We

all play together, are all comfortable as a unit. Whatever

happens, she's guaranteed to walk away with at least a silver and

maybe a gold. Team England has also excel inside

the Commonwealth games pool. Plymouth's John Rudd has played a

mainly part in that success as the England swimming coach. He joined us

earlier today. John, first of all many congratulations on a fantastic

performance by the team. Let's talk a bit about Ben Proud. Certainly

living up to his name for this recently. What did you make of his

performance? We were thrilled obviously. We knew he was one of the

fastest swimmers in the world going into the competition. He swims

events where the margins are so small you never know what the

outcome is going to be. To come back with two individual gold Ed medals

and breaking the individual and Games medals, we were thrilled. Will

this success change him, do you think? I doubt it. He is extremely

gentle. A very quiet and unassuming young man. I think there was no`one

more surprised than him when he managed to win those two events. I

don't see him changing at all. It is just the way that he. Is his natural

persona is just to be quiet and unassuming. How have you worked to

him to get him up to this level? What's the training schedule like?

It is pretty brute A even for an event that only lasts 21`22 seconds.

He swims nine times a week. He's in the gym a lot. He spends a lot of

time with the physiotherapist trying to make him better in terms of his

muscular structure. And he has to rest a lot. He has to consume quite

a lot of food. But he's also doing a degree at the University of St Mark

and St John at the same time, so his life is pretty hectic and he's got a

lot to fit in. You work with Ben on a weekly basis, but as coach for

team England you've been coaching the whole team. How different sit

working for swimmers for a short time as opposed to a weekly basis?

It was a challenge. We wanted an identity for England. We said from

the outset we thought Scottish people find it quite easy to feel

Scottish and Welsh people to feel Welsh, but English people tend to

feel British and we wanted to create something that was very much an

English identity. We had a seven`day preparation camp at the Aquatics

Centre, the Olympic pool. We used that to try and create that identity

and to feel part of a team. I conducted one to ones with each of

the athletes, which took two`and`a`half days to do. A long

process. But by the end of that we had struck a bond, all of us, and

had a great group of coaches working with me as well. Tremendous support

staff. We used that time wisely I think. By the time we arrived in

Glasgow, we knew who we were and what we were about. Part of that

team we should mention was Liam Tancock from Exeter. He did

remarkably well considering he was coming back from injury. He's a bit

of a rough year. I think people had written him off. One of the people

who hadn't done that was Liam himself. To win two medals in the

individual events. He swam the medley relay heat which meant he got

a gold, which means he's a triple gold medallist, three Commonwealth

Games in a row, a hell of an achievement for anybody. He is

always great value to have on the team, Liam. He's so experienced.

He's the old man of the team. He brings all of that pivot with He's

so experienced. He's the old man of the team. He brings all of that

pivot with him. `` all of that positivity with him. I would love to

be part of Rio. My complications are that I don't just coach British

athletes. Hopefully I will still be looking after them. I'm charily be

involved with Rio in one way or the other, doing the best for all of my

athletes. Congratulations on the success of team England at the

Commonwealth Games. Thank you for joining us Thank you. A pilot has

had a lucky escape today at RNAS Culdrose when his aircraft appeared

to lose power and crash`landed. The pilot escaped without injury. The

crowds were treated to a spectacular aerial display, including the star

of the show, the vulcan bomber. David George has been at Culdrose

for us throughout the day. Even before this afternoon's main

airshow started, the crowds were treated to this mad display. The

aircraft's call sign is golf oak o whisky India Zulu, gee whizz. The

star of today's show must be the Avro vulcan bomber. It carried

Britain's nuclear deterrent in the 1960s and the pilot today is man who

bombed Port Stanley runway in the Falklands war. It's got huge

controls, big engines and it is very manoeuvrable. It is a delight to fly

in a display. Martin told me before he set off for that flight that most

of the noise we are hearing is the air sucked into those four huge

engines. It is a very, very inspiring

machine. It is huge. It also has this amazing howl. That's what I

think people love to hear. The displays are all carefully

co`ordinated by the team in the control tower. We have a sequence

worked out minute by minute. We were flexible with that. There'll be

little slippages left and right but not by much. The important thing is

that we keep ill calm. The aim of which the day is to put on a safe

and enjoyable display for the public. The familiar search and

rescue Sea King of 771 squadron is popular for a look around And in the

last 24 hours all of the Sea Kings that have within in Afghanistan are

back home, preparing to return to the sea. It won't be nice istan are

back home, preparing to return to the sea. It won't be nice and `` it

won't be hot and dusty. It it will be good. I'm looking forward to it.

Back in the air and the Culdrose weather stayed fair. A Canberra and

two Hawker Hunters shining in the afternoon sun. And no airshow is

complete without what must be Britain's most famous aircraft of

all time. Some wonderful displays. Wasn't that

vulcan bomber incredible. The noise on television doesn't do it justice.

As David said, some pretty decent weather for air day. But things have

about to change? I think so. I think we are turning the corner as we move

through this evening and overnight. Much more unsettled weather. The

main area of low pressure a feature of the weather for the start of the

weekend but it does move out of the way swiftly, so expect an

improvement on Sunday. Tomorrow is cloudy. Showers. In fact the showers

will link together to give more persistent rain. It will feel cooler

too with all the cloud and less sunshine around. The showers have

just been to the north of us today. That line of showers I think will

continue to move up towards Wales. Overnight I think a fair amount of

dry weather. The chance of a shower anywhere tonight. We have a lot of

cloud around. Temperatures not as low as last night. A stream of

showers to the north Devon coast. 14`15 degrees. But tomorrow will be

a different start to the day compared to today. This was earlier

today, where we had some sunshine, all be bit briefly. Everything is

looking splendid, the flora and fauna appreciating the warm weather

and a lock of which the blackberries have ripened. This is cal stock.

That cloud gave spits of right rain. Culdrose was lucky to stay bright

and dry. Tomorrow these pictures may look different as we see more cloud

and outbreaks of rain. Through the day we have one strand

of showers that drifts along the Bristol channel coast. From the

south`west a line of much more persistent rain. By the end of the

day it probably gives us all a bit of wet weather. Little if any rain

into parts of Somerset and Dorset. It is in the east that we stay

largely dry, but cloudy late in the day and evening. The winds are

starting off southwesterly and start to I think that direction through

the day. Becoming breezy on Saturday. The temperatures tomorrow,

quite a bit down on today. For most of us 17`18 the maximum. Where we

hold on to the dry weather for the longest, 20 degrees is possible in

parts of Somerset and Doris dote. The forecast for the Isles of

Scilly, it is rather cloudy here for much of the day. Outbreaks of rain,

if anything the rain become heavier and more persistent into the

evening. Waves continue to be bigger as we

head into the weekend. Similar conditions on the South Coast.

It is going to dominate the weather for the weekend. This is the middle

of the day on Saturday. A deep area of low pressure. A keen north or

north`westerly breeze. Feeling cool. Showers in the morning. Brighter in

the afternoon. Sunday the better of the two days of the weekend. The

sunshine should be back out. But don't expect the temperatures we've

been used to over the last couple of weeks. Much cool interthe weekend.

Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. Friday starts off cloudy with

outbreaks of rain. Turning the brighter but with showers in the

afternoon. Here, the highest temperature 15`16. It will be warmer

but not by much. Into the weekend, 18`19 the top temperature. Plenty of

showers on Saturday before things improve on Sunday.

We'll have more on the air crash and the results from the Commonwealth

Games bowls and the women's diving in our late news at 10.25pm on BBC

One. Have a good night.