:00:00. > :00:25.That is all from the BBC News at 6.00pm. So goodbye from me `nd
:00:26. > :00:35.smoking it. The journey frol hell, the cross`channel ferry sailing that
:00:36. > :00:41.sort of damage and injuries. And months on from winter storms, the
:00:42. > :00:50.warnings that our bird population is still struggling to recover.
:00:51. > :00:52.Jersey's states are unlikelx to back plans to allow some islanders
:00:53. > :00:55.to use cannabis for medicin`l use according to the island's ddputy
:00:56. > :01:00.Senator Lyndon Farnham was commenting on a proposition
:01:01. > :01:03.for the class B drug to be `vailable on licence for pain relief.
:01:04. > :01:06.Our reporter Emma Chambers spoke to one islander with chronic
:01:07. > :01:12.health problems who's already living outside of the law.
:01:13. > :01:16.It's psychoactive effects which include relaxation
:01:17. > :01:20.and euphoria makes cannabis the most widely used drug in thd UK
:01:21. > :01:23.But not every cannabis user takes the Class B drug
:01:24. > :01:30.Evelyn is unable to work as she suffers chronic pain.
:01:31. > :01:34.She's had her colon removed and has kidney problems.
:01:35. > :01:36.She chooses to smoke cannabhs as she says it helps her more than
:01:37. > :01:55.Cannabis helps because it ghves me an appetite and slows down ly
:01:56. > :01:57.transit times. It helps to dase the spasms I get.
:01:58. > :01:59.But Evelyn knows she's breaking the law.
:02:00. > :02:01.Last year 61 people were ch`rged with possession of cannabis,
:02:02. > :02:08.For Evelyn to avoid joining these statistics use for medicinal
:02:09. > :02:11.purposes would have to be lhcensed by the Health Department.
:02:12. > :02:15.But there are concerns granting the first licence under the Misuse
:02:16. > :02:22.of Drugs Act will increase drug use in the island.
:02:23. > :02:31.While we are trying to get people off drugs, legitimising thel get
:02:32. > :02:37.more people onto them. That is dilemma. It also sent out the wrong
:02:38. > :02:40.signal to young people saying smoking cannabis is acceptable.
:02:41. > :02:43.Evelyn hopes to be granted the licence next month when the
:02:44. > :02:49.States debate the issue, but if she isn't she says it won't stop her.
:02:50. > :03:00.In the eyes of the government, cannabis is illegal. I respdct that.
:03:01. > :03:02.Funny, it is my medicine and I will keep smoking it.
:03:03. > :03:05.Three crew members were injtred and 41 cars damaged on last night's
:03:06. > :03:07.Condor Vitesse sailing from Weymouth to the Channel Islands.
:03:08. > :03:09.Passengers have described the crossing in rough seas
:03:10. > :03:25.The ship set off from the UK when wave heights were
:03:26. > :03:28.in safe limits but they hit a rough patch near the Casquets Lighthouse.
:03:29. > :03:31.Passengers say most people on board were sick and some of the
:03:32. > :03:37.Condor says it's now working with passengers whose cars were damaged
:03:38. > :03:40.to help resolve their insurance claims.
:03:41. > :03:42.As these pictures show, rough seas and big waves were pounding
:03:43. > :03:47.the island's west coast yesterday, the remains of Hurricane Bertha
:03:48. > :03:50.But while these surfers enjoyed the heavy swell some Condor passengers
:03:51. > :03:53.will be left with heavy instrance claims after their rough ride.
:03:54. > :03:59.Christina Ghidoni BBC Channdl Islands news.
:04:00. > :04:01.Jersey police say they no longer think the man who fell from
:04:02. > :04:05.the wall near Commercial Buhldings in St Helier was being chasdd.
:04:06. > :04:08.29 year`old Gavin Le Cornu died in hospital on Friday, after falling
:04:09. > :04:15.Officers want to speak to a man who was seen in the area
:04:16. > :04:18.at the time, but say Mr Le Cornu was not being chased when it
:04:19. > :04:27.An investigation has begun into a fire in St Peter Port which
:04:28. > :04:31.The house on Clifton Street was unoccupied when neighbours noticed
:04:32. > :04:34.flames and smoke at around half eleven last night.
:04:35. > :04:36.The blaze took two hours to extinguish and the Fire Service
:04:37. > :04:44.Two men had to be rescued ydsterday after being cut off by a rising tide
:04:45. > :04:50.These mobile phone pictures show the St John Ambulance and Rdscue
:04:51. > :04:54.volunteers hauling the pair up the sheer fifty`metre cliff face.
:04:55. > :04:57.The two 22`year`olds had bedn been rockpooling between Moulin Huet and
:04:58. > :05:05.Both were unhurt and described their rescuers as amazing.
:05:06. > :05:07.There are fears that some n`tive seabird species will never
:05:08. > :05:12.Hundreds of puffins, gulls and shags washed up along the
:05:13. > :05:16.channel islands coastlines darlier this year after weeks of rotgh seas
:05:17. > :05:21.Now experts are assessing the long`term damage.
:05:22. > :05:24.A warning this report from Mike Wilkins contains images that
:05:25. > :05:37.This winter it wasn't just humans being wiped out.
:05:38. > :05:39.Tens of thousands of seabirds died as they struggled
:05:40. > :05:46.Puffins and European shags were among those
:05:47. > :05:49.to suffer as the sediment whipped up in the sea made it difficult
:05:50. > :05:54.Over the last two months thd bird colonies have been monitored
:05:55. > :06:11.Birds are really struggling. Over the last decade the populathon of
:06:12. > :06:14.some colonies appears to have dropped by something like 80%. We
:06:15. > :06:16.are now seeing significant reductions in the populations.
:06:17. > :06:19.But there are some positive signs of life.
:06:20. > :06:25.Here a healthy young gull c`n be seen asking its parent for food
:06:26. > :06:34.Behind me they are three spdcies of goal. From what I can see and from
:06:35. > :06:39.what I have been told And despite battling against
:06:40. > :06:47.mother nature, some other species We are very thankful we havd not
:06:48. > :06:52.lost all our puffins. Most colonies appeared to be down in numbdrs but
:06:53. > :06:58.we still have birds returning in good enough numbers. Hopefully, we
:06:59. > :06:59.will continue to see puffins doing well.
:07:00. > :07:01.But it's not just the weather affecting them.
:07:02. > :07:03.Even when I was filming I s`w people disturbing a nesting area.
:07:04. > :07:05.And many chicks and eggs have been taken by rats, something the
:07:06. > :07:21.A man from Jersey completed the challenge of a lifetime last
:07:22. > :07:23.week running round the coast of Jersey seven times in seven days.
:07:24. > :07:25.Paul Burrows ran almost 340 miles in total.
:07:26. > :07:33.Here he is with his support crew finishing
:07:34. > :07:39.He joined me earlier and said he's still on cloud nine.
:07:40. > :07:48.I am really pleased to have completed it. This time last week I
:07:49. > :07:58.was probably going through one of my toughest days. To be sat here now I
:07:59. > :08:04.am really pleased. You have come in in sandals today. How other feet.
:08:05. > :08:12.They are not great. I don't think I want to show them on TV. I have some
:08:13. > :08:19.blisters but I can walk tod`y. This wasn't just one day, it was seven
:08:20. > :08:23.days. How did you get up in the morning and do it again? It was
:08:24. > :08:30.really difficult. Every day I finished drained. I actuallx got
:08:31. > :08:37.into an ice bath at the hotdl every evening. Then I would go hole and
:08:38. > :08:47.sit there. I was having so luch support from people. It was
:08:48. > :08:54.phenomenal. I just felt likd everybody was behind me. People I
:08:55. > :08:58.have never even met were sponsored means large amounts of monex. That
:08:59. > :09:04.brought me back into realitx for a little while. It energised le. You
:09:05. > :09:09.have raised over ?10,000. How do you think the money will be used? I
:09:10. > :09:16.think it is for their day`to`day running costs. It costs somdthing
:09:17. > :09:30.like ?12,000 a day to run. The more that people like us can do, is
:09:31. > :09:38.useful. We need to do things to fund it. A brilliant achievement. Thank
:09:39. > :09:41.you for coming in and telling us your story.
:09:42. > :09:43.Sports news and Guernsey tennis star Heather Watson is back in
:09:44. > :09:48.She's climbs 11 places to 46 in the latest WTA rankings, after
:09:49. > :09:52.Heather is playing in the Wdstern Southern Open in Cincinnati today
:09:53. > :10:09.Let us get the Let us get the weather forecast now.
:10:10. > :10:57.Note the wind direction. It is a north`west wind that means
:10:58. > :11:02.temperatures will struggle to get up to 19 Celsius. There are showers
:11:03. > :11:09.around tonight and there will be more through the night. Thex will
:11:10. > :11:14.not ease off. Risk westerly winds and overnight temperatures down to
:11:15. > :11:17.tomorrow there will be some sunshine but equally there will be showers
:11:18. > :11:22.dotted around. For showers will ease but we will not
:11:23. > :11:29.lose them heavy showers are possible
:11:30. > :11:32.throughout the day. The story winds and a high of 18 or 19 Celshus.
:11:33. > :11:38.There is the coastal waters forecast.
:11:39. > :11:56.Here are the high water timds. For our surfers any west facing beaches
:11:57. > :12:02.will have four to five feet. The outlook is for us to continte to see
:12:03. > :12:23.showers this week. Heavy showers on Thursday. Mainly dry by Friday.
:12:24. > :12:25.A suspected outbreak of norovirus is being investigated at a popular
:12:26. > :12:47.Plymouth University insists its board of governors is united
:12:48. > :12:50.behind the review that's led to the chief executive being suspended
:12:51. > :12:52.It follows reports of a disagreement among govdrnors
:12:53. > :12:54.over the decision to place Professor Wendy Purcell on leave.
:12:55. > :12:56.No reason for her suspension has been given,
:12:57. > :13:02.Petrol stations across Plymouth should have unleaded fuel b`ck
:13:03. > :13:05.on sale by midnight, after a slip`up at a storagd depot
:13:06. > :13:09.told some stations to stop selling unleaded because of fears
:13:10. > :13:19.The company says rigorous tdsts are now being carried out.
:13:20. > :13:21.The Government's chief vet today confirmed that improved measures
:13:22. > :13:23.for keeping TB`infected badgers off farms and away
:13:24. > :13:27.Vaccination, tighter controls, and a second pilot cull of badgers
:13:28. > :13:33.The aim is to eventually er`dicate the disease, which has led to
:13:34. > :13:41.the slaughter of 11,000 cattle in the first four months of thhs year.
:13:42. > :13:43.A leather`bound scrapbook found at a yacht club
:13:44. > :13:46.in Falmouth gives a fascinating insight into the days just before
:13:47. > :13:50.It's the log of the voyage of the yacht Owl, from Harwhch to
:13:51. > :13:53.Kiel, just days before World War I was declared.
:13:54. > :13:55.The only connection to Falmouth is an address inside the cover.
:13:56. > :13:57.Members of the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club are trying
:13:58. > :14:00.to find out how the document came to be on their book shelves.
:14:01. > :14:05.Spotlight's David George has been to investigate.
:14:06. > :14:07.This is the Owl, a 70`foot ketch built in 1909 of
:14:08. > :14:18.Details of her month`long voyage in July 1914 are a chilling glimpse
:14:19. > :14:28.This is a log entry from almost exactly 100 years ago.
:14:29. > :14:30."..then six four`runnel cruhsers abreast about one and a
:14:31. > :14:34.These were followed by four large battleships
:14:35. > :14:42.then came four light cruisers and 24 battleships in columns lying ahead.
:14:43. > :14:44.The site of this fleet, its position and direction, made us
:14:45. > :14:52.yacht's log is included in a scrapbook found at the Royal
:14:53. > :15:00.It also includes postcards `nd letters associated with the trip.
:15:01. > :15:05.One of them, from a Danish friend, I think, is really quite gung`ho.
:15:06. > :15:07.It says, "Everything is OK now that England has entered the war.
:15:08. > :15:10.Germany will be finished in no time."
:15:11. > :15:13.It is just like you read in your schoolbooks `
:15:14. > :15:17.people at that time thought the war would be over in a couple of weeks.
:15:18. > :15:19.There were five on board for the 26`day voyage.
:15:20. > :15:25.The owner, Nicholas Andrew, two paid crew and two guests.
:15:26. > :15:34.This is a fascinating letter named by a guest written two weeks
:15:35. > :15:55.after the end of the trip but just days after the start
:15:56. > :16:00.He says, "We were lucky to get clear of Germany when we did, and I look
:16:01. > :16:03.back upon my holiday not only as an enjoyable time, but the events
:16:04. > :16:06.which have since occurred h`ve added a special interest to it."
:16:07. > :16:08.These are people going about their ordinary lives
:16:09. > :16:10.in a very ordinary way, by our standards quite luxurious
:16:11. > :16:13.and privileged but nonetheldss without any idea at all of what was
:16:14. > :16:15.about to happen throughout Durope and the whole world.
:16:16. > :16:19.It is all a bit reminiscent of the plot of this book, The Riddle Of The
:16:20. > :16:22.Sands, that story of yachting and spying on the German coast hn the
:16:23. > :16:27.In fact, the book inspired lany yachtsmen to make a similar voyage.
:16:28. > :16:29.While here at the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, they would love to know
:16:30. > :16:34.Celebrations are being held tonight as the region welcomes home
:16:35. > :16:36.its medal winning lawn bowldrs from the Commonwealth Games.
:16:37. > :16:39.Four bowlers, all from the Kings Club in Torquay, are showing off the
:16:40. > :16:45.And Spotlight's Dave Gibbins is in Torquay for us tonight
:16:46. > :16:59.wrote it. I have never been amongst so many medals. Look at this for an
:17:00. > :17:07.array of medals. Sophie, gold medal. And her brother, Sam, that hs his
:17:08. > :17:11.bronze. Natalie, two silver medals and her fiance with another silver.
:17:12. > :17:16.How about that? Sam cannot be with us because he's just playing there,
:17:17. > :17:21.on the right`hand side. Sam Congratulations on your bronze! He
:17:22. > :17:27.is playing club bowls tonight. For here, the Kings club, in Torquay.
:17:28. > :17:33.Look at all be spent in for review. What is it like to be back? So nice
:17:34. > :17:39.to see everybody and get a nice welcome back. It is brilliant. Did
:17:40. > :17:42.you expect everything like this We need we did well the whole club
:17:43. > :17:48.would be behind us and they been. You won a gold medal so you
:17:49. > :17:53.are very proud. Clinking and clanking here, Natalie, two silver
:17:54. > :17:58.is. What about this? Unbelidvable. We are members of a really
:17:59. > :18:02.supportive club and having them behind us all the way has
:18:03. > :18:07.fantastic and to bring home medals for all of
:18:08. > :18:11.achievement and one we are proud of. It has been pretty amazhng. You
:18:12. > :18:19.have just won the national well, singles, you have just come
:18:20. > :18:25.back. You will want a great big cupboard for all your medals. A lot
:18:26. > :18:31.the cupboard. It is unbelievable to win the singles as well over the
:18:32. > :18:36.weekend. A bit of a whirlwind. Pleased to be home now and we are
:18:37. > :18:43.relaxing for a couple of daxs before the pairs. James, your Commonwealth
:18:44. > :18:51.Games debut. How does it fedl to be the seals `` silver medal whnner?
:18:52. > :18:54.Very proud. All four offers from this club, for all of us to bring
:18:55. > :19:01.something home is Somebody tells me that you two are
:19:02. > :19:07.taking a year out from your success. Can you confirm that on Spotlight? I
:19:08. > :19:10.think we can. We have inforled the relevant authorities. We ard getting
:19:11. > :19:14.married next year so we want some time off to have a nice hondymoon.
:19:15. > :19:19.We have achieved something that could only have dreamt of when we
:19:20. > :19:27.started bowling, and it will be Congratulations on not only the
:19:28. > :19:28.medals but the wedding. Back to you. Congratulations. Staying with
:19:29. > :19:33.sport... It was an
:19:34. > :19:36.inauspicious start to the ndw football season for the South West's
:19:37. > :19:39.senior clubs. Only Exeter Chty came out of the weekend with any reward.
:19:40. > :19:42.Our commentators on BBC Somdrset and BBC Radio Devon describe thd drama
:19:43. > :19:45.from day one of the campaign. He lobs it over the goalkeeper
:19:46. > :19:50.and the first goal Chris Wills made the decision
:19:51. > :19:56.to come out of his goal and he Forrester has an empty goal
:19:57. > :19:59.and he's played the ball That might be game,
:20:00. > :20:04.set and match for Doncaster. It looks like we've got
:20:05. > :20:11.a little bit of work to do. Wallace, five yards away, ddcides to
:20:12. > :20:20.come infield, inside the penalty We have come into the game
:20:21. > :20:28.a little vulnerable this wedk with issues, and embargo and illness
:20:29. > :20:32.and what have you, and to come away Adam Cunnington has
:20:33. > :20:39.the ball placed and the ball is And the ball is stabbed in
:20:40. > :20:49.by Cambridge United, who take As for Torquay United, a 3`0 defeat
:20:50. > :20:59.at last season's play`off fhnalists Gateshead indicate they havd
:21:00. > :21:02.a formidable job on their h`nds if they're to challenge for honours
:21:03. > :21:18.in the football Conference. After the dramatic weather `t the
:21:19. > :21:28.weekend, let's see what this week has in
:21:29. > :21:36.better as the week progressds. But for the moment Wendy with showers.
:21:37. > :21:43.Quite rough sea conditions. That curl of cloud across the top of
:21:44. > :21:48.Scotland is the remnants of the hurricane rain. We are under the
:21:49. > :21:53.influence of it but we are furthest away from it. The weather whll
:21:54. > :21:58.improve first first. There `re showers rotating around that area of
:21:59. > :22:04.pressure. More to come. There could be some quite sharp showers. By
:22:05. > :22:08.Wednesday, the showers starting to die down. North West wind. Wind
:22:09. > :22:16.coming from a cold direction so do not expect temperatures to be too
:22:17. > :22:20.high. Ordinarily, the showers would fade away overnight but I do
:22:21. > :22:25.think that will happen tonight. The showers will keep
:22:26. > :22:28.with the risk of thunder to come. Still quite windy conditions,
:22:29. > :22:34.especially along the coastlhne and along the coast of the Moors, too.
:22:35. > :22:41.Enough clear skies to get those temperatures down quite low. Quite a
:22:42. > :22:45.cold start to the day tomorrow. Also a showery day. The showers will come
:22:46. > :22:51.and go throughout. No real spell of weather where it remains basically
:22:52. > :22:58.dry. If you are lucky, you lay see one or two and
:22:59. > :23:04.is fine and dry but otherwise the showers could be
:23:05. > :23:14.temperatures, they are not too high tomorrow. Up to 17 or 18 for most of
:23:15. > :23:19.us. 19 in sheltered inland parts. Elsewhere showers quite frepuent and
:23:20. > :23:22.where they do occur, the temperatures drop quite smartly
:23:23. > :23:30.Hopefully there will be somd lengthy spells of sunshine in betwedn the
:23:31. > :23:38.showers. Blustery wind making it feel on the cool side.
:23:39. > :23:51.The next couple of days, thd tides are high. Spring tides unustally so.
:23:52. > :23:55.Several flood alerts for thd coasts. North and South coast. Thosd alerts
:23:56. > :24:01.continue into tomorrow and Wednesday. The combination of strong
:24:02. > :24:06.wind, of the high tides and also of the low`pressure living a rhsk of
:24:07. > :24:11.coastal flooding. Big waves for surfers, too. Especially on the
:24:12. > :24:18.North coast. Some quite tricky conditions out at sea.
:24:19. > :24:25.Visibility reduced in those showers, though. Here is thd
:24:26. > :24:29.forecast as we head towards the end of the week. Quieter in terls of
:24:30. > :24:35.strength of wind. Probably the best day will be Wednesday. It does get
:24:36. > :24:43.quieter and somewhat, by thd time we get to Friday. Something to be happy
:24:44. > :24:51.about. `` quieter and somewhat more calm.
:24:52. > :24:54.Now, if you need a bit a cheering up tonight, we m`y well
:24:55. > :24:57.It's something which has become a bit of an internet craze,
:24:58. > :25:00.and the latest version comes from a community in North Ddvon
:25:01. > :25:02.Residents in Petrockstowe have made their own
:25:03. > :25:04.version of the Happy video by Pharrell Williams, to encourage
:25:05. > :25:07.Spotlight's John Ayres has been been taking a look.
:25:08. > :25:14.No doubt it is a catchy tund and as a result, community groups tp and
:25:15. > :25:21.down the country have been recording their own version of Happy. We are
:25:22. > :25:28.up for anything in this village It is wonderful. There is so mtch to
:25:29. > :25:35.do. You would never be lonely here. We want to get everybody here and
:25:36. > :25:40.let everybody know how amazhng it is. Not everyone realises what a
:25:41. > :25:48.happy community we have got and therefore I felt that the PDA using
:25:49. > :25:56.the song would really showc`se our village in its best light. @ction!
:25:57. > :26:00.There is even a website where all the different versions made by
:26:01. > :26:10.different groups will be uploaded. Is it something anyone can do? Yes,
:26:11. > :27:19.anyone can do it, even you. HE MINDS. `` MINES.
:27:20. > :27:31.Who were all those people? Just time to say good night. Thank you
:27:32. > :27:55.for joining us. We will leave you with those happy
:27:56. > :28:06.'Let's bring you...' '..The latest headlines...'
:28:07. > :28:11.CHEERING '..With some outbreaks of rain '
:28:12. > :28:17.Every year comes in weekly instalments.
:28:18. > :28:25.So, why not pay your TV licence in weekly instalments, too?
:28:26. > :28:30.Who really fought for Britain and her allies in World War I?