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Jersey's states are unlikely to back plans to allow some islanders to use | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
cannabis for medicinal use, according to the island's | :00:18. | :00:19. | |
Senator Lyndon Farnham was commenting on a proposition | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
for the class`B drug to be available on licence for pain relief. | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
It's psychoactive effects, which include relaxation | :00:27. | :00:33. | |
and euphoria, makes cannabis the most widely used drug in the UK. | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
But not every cannabis user takes the Class B drug | :00:38. | :00:40. | |
Evelyn is unable to work as she suffers chronic pain. | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
She's had her colon removed and has kidney problems. | :00:48. | :00:51. | |
She chooses to smoke cannabis as she says it helps her more than | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
Cannabis helps because it gives me" title. `` appetite. It helps the | :00:55. | :01:09. | |
pain, but it eases the spasms. But Evelyn knows she's breaking | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
the law. Last year, 61 people were charged | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
with possession of cannabis, For Evelyn to avoid joining these | :01:18. | :01:19. | |
statistics, use for medicinal purposes would have to be licensed | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
by the Health Department. But there are concerns granting | :01:24. | :01:28. | |
the first licence under the Misuse Of Drugs Act will increase | :01:29. | :01:30. | |
drug use in the island. Evelyn hopes to be granted | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
the licence next month when the Whilst we are trying to get people | :01:34. | :01:46. | |
off drugs, legitimising can get people onto them. Does that send out | :01:47. | :01:54. | |
the wrong signal? That it is acceptable, and then you have the | :01:55. | :01:55. | |
gateway theory. Evelyn hopes to be granted | :01:56. | :01:56. | |
the licence next month when the States debate the issue, but if she | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
isn't, she says it won't stop her. In the eyes of the Government, it is | :02:00. | :02:12. | |
illegal and I respect that. For me, it is my medicine and I will keep | :02:13. | :02:13. | |
smoking it. Three crew members were injured | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
and 41 cars damaged on last night?s Condor Vitesse sailing from Weymouth | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
to the Channel Islands. Passengers have described | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
the crossing in rough seas Broken shelves, | :02:23. | :02:24. | |
duty free all over the floor, these pictures show some of the | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
damage during yesterday's crossing. The ship set off from the UK | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
when wave heights were in safe limits, but they hit a rough | :02:38. | :02:40. | |
patch near the Casquets Lighthouse. Passengers say most people | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
on board were sick and some of the Condor says it's now working with | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
passengers whose cars were damaged to help resolve | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
their insurance claims. As these pictures show, rough seas | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
and big waves were pounding the island's west coast yesterday, | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
the remains of Hurricane Bertha. But while these surfers enjoyed the | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
heavy swell some Condor passengers will be left with heavy insurance | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
claims after their rough ride. Jersey Police say they no longer | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
think the man who fell from the wall near Commercial Buildings | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
in St Helier was being chased. 29`year`old Gavin Le Cornu died | :03:16. | :03:18. | |
in hospital on Friday, after falling Officers want to speak to a man who | :03:19. | :03:21. | |
was seen in the area at the time. Two men had to be rescued yesterday | :03:22. | :03:31. | |
after being cut off by a rising tide These mobile phone pictures show | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
the St John Ambulance and rescue volunteers hauling the pair up | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
the sheer fifty`metre cliff face. The two 22`year`olds had been been | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
rock pooling near Petit Port An investigation has begun | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
into a fire in St Peter Port which The house on Clifton Street was | :03:45. | :03:49. | |
unoccupied when neighbours noticed flames and smoke at | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
around half eleven last night. The blaze took two hours to | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
extinguish and the fire service There are fears that some native | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
seabird species will never Hundreds of birds washed up along | :04:00. | :04:07. | |
the Channel Islands coastlines earlier this year, after weeks of | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
rough seas left them unable to feed. A warning, this report from | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
Mike Wilkins contains images that This winter, it wasn't only humans | :04:17. | :04:37. | |
being wiped out. Tens of thousands of sea birds died as they struggle | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
to survive in harsh conditions. Some birds are really struggling. Over | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
the last decade, the population of some colonies has dropped by | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
something like 80%, which is clearly not sustainable. But there are some | :04:51. | :05:01. | |
positive signs of life. Behind me, there are three species of girl, and | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
they are doing fairly well `` species of gull. We're very thankful | :05:08. | :05:19. | |
that we have not lost all of about puffins. Most of our colonies | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
usually down in numbers, but at least we still have hurled birds | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
returning. `` adult birds. It is not just the weather affecting | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
them. Even when I was filming, I saw people disturbing and nesting area. | :05:39. | :05:46. | |
Many chicks and eggs have been taken. | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
Sports news and Guernsey tennis star Heather Watson is back in | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
She climbs 11 places to 46 in the latest WTA placings. | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
However, she went out of the Western Southern Open in Cincinnati today, | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
losing her first round match against Zhang Shuai of China. | :05:59. | :06:15. | |
Good evening. Cool and showery for the week across the islands. It is | :06:16. | :06:24. | |
quite breezy, the winds drop in the second half of the week, but a windy | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
start. Showers becoming more isolated as we go into the weekend. | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
At the moment, they are quite frequent and they will stick with us | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
overnight, 12 are quite heavy, winds from the West and they will be | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
fresh, occasionally strong, the cost. Overnight temperatures no | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
lower than 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, the same story as today. Some sunshine, | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
but also some showers around, one or two turning out to be quite heavy. | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
Blustery wind, from West and the South West, or 19 Celsius. It may | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
feel cooler than that, especially in the showers. On Wednesday, the | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
shallows become more isolated and they are lighter, too, so a nice | :07:11. | :07:20. | |
day. `` showers. All of those showers tend to fade away as we go | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
towards the end of the week and into the weekend, things improve on | :07:25. | :07:29. | |
Friday and into Saturday. In a second, a full forecasts for UK. | :07:30. | :07:39. | |
The weather system born out of the remnants of Hurricane Bertha has | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
turned into the party guest that outstayed its welcome. The main | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
circulation of a low pushing closer to Norway. These bands of clouds, | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
and weather fronts have piled in across the mountains of Scotland, | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
dropping in excess of four inches of rain. Rather unstable air, hence the | :08:02. | :08:11. | |
big thunder storms we have seen. Most of the showers will fade. A few | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
heavy ones will continue in the west. Across Scotland the rain is | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
more persistent again. Particularly for the western Highlands. A fresher | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
night in store. If you are spending any length of time waiting for the | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
bus or train in the morning, even with the sunshine, it may feel on | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
the nippy side. The winds are starting to ease down a touch on | :08:36. | :08:36. |