17/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

And, back on track ` we join athletes at a key

island games venue after its big money make`over.

Two Jerseymen have been questioned by Thai police investigating the

murder of islander David Miller and British woman Hannah Witherhdge

Brothers Chris and James Ware were stopped from leaving Thailand last

night as police try to find out what happened to their friend. Jdn Smith

reports. This photo was taken shortlx before

Chris and David had been sh`ring a room on the Thai island. Last night

home. No`one was answering the door here at the Ware familx home

in St Helier. We understand Chris and James had been on their way back

to Jersey when they were asked to stay in Bangkok. The Thai police

expect to have DNA results tomorrow. British consular officials let

with Thai forensic experts hn Bangkok where the bodies were flown

to learn of any progress. The Thai authorities believe they're

gathering good evidence. But the British officials didn't want to

comment.Back in Britain, those who knew David and Hannah have

been remembering. Hundreds `ttended this service in Norwich for Hannah

who was found alongside Davhd. Their deaths have led to an outpotring of

been remembering. Scores of people attended this servicd in

who was found alongside Davhd. Their deaths have led to an outpotring of

emotion of both sides of thd Channel and in Thailand. Yesterday the

police believed their prime suspect was a Burmese migrant worker, today

the focus has moved to two brothers from Jersey. The BBC's Jon`than

Head is in the island of Koh Tao and says the Thai police are under

On the spot of where they dhed. This crime scene was never sealed off, it

is unlikely they will find `nything now. Instead they believe forensic

examination of the bodies whll give them what they need to track down

British embassy officials were invited to the police

hospital in Bangkok to see what progress they were making. They are

now holding two British men for questioning. They spent timd with

the victims in the days before they were killed.

The police must know that bdcause of the international scrutiny, this

investigation must be seen `s a credible one.

19 candidates will be contesting eight seats for Senator in next

months General Election in Jersey. The role is voted for on an

island`wide mandate. The 19 hopefuls include ten current serving

States members, as well as `n island first, as Edward Sault reports.

These are the faces of the 09 senatorial candidates who w`nt

people in Jersey to vote thdm into power. But only eight of thdm will

succeed seven current senators have put themselves forward incltding

Jersey's Chief Minister, Economic Development Minister and Trdasury

Minister all hoping to get re elected. Three senators are standing

down. Three politicians, Deputies Green, Power and Young, want to move

across to the senatorial benches and be voted in by the whole island

There are also two ex`States members who fancy a return to polithcs. And

a there's a number of new f`ces including a doctor Zoe Cameron, the

Konrad Kruszynski the first polish candidate and a former teacher Anne

Southern from the island's only political party, Reform Jersey. The

evening was chaired by the outgoing Connetable of St John ` the head of

the committe of the island's 12 parishes

prepares to bow out he has ` strong message for the island's .

``Polish Go out and vote for these people and you can say that you have

had a say in the boat. ``in the vote.

There's a full list of candhdates online at bbc.co.uk/jersey. And

tonight is the nominations dvening for constables and deputies across

the island ` so those names will be up on the website later tonhght or

Guernsey continues to grow,despite there being no final plans to

suggested to make up a deficit in The States' finances. An option

didn't go down well at a medting today. Penny Elderfield reports

A lot of concerns. Caused bx the mention of just three letters. This

leading economist was brought in to look at the impact of a GST on

Guernsey. Brought in by bushness groups arguably against it from the

start. Before The States have even decided its happening. But the end

conclusion here today was don?t go there.

we buy, and use is just one option The States are considering to bring

in more money. The actual proposals won't be out till later this year.

If the goods and services t`x where to come in and that was accompanied

by reductions in income tax, those are questions that need to be

answered. Raise your hand if you would like to see GST introduced.

And it's by no means a done deal. If this audience is anything to go by

convince a few more people ht's the right one.

with Clare and Simon, a survivor of World War II warship HMS Cotrageous

tells his story 75 years after she sank.

Athletes are training at FB Fields in Jersey again, after around three

quarters of a million pounds was spent sprucing it up for next

summer's Island Games. The track itself was in such bad repahr it was

causing injuries. Jonathan De La Haye reports.

The work here at the FB Fields includes a fresh surface for the

running track, a new supporters Grand Stand and much of it has been

painted in red, Jersey's national colour. It's all ahead of the Island

Games, but why was the makeover so badly needed?

You can see all the lines and all the markings and it gives a boost to

the athletes themselves. It will help reduce injury. It will make

everything faster as well. The facilities are used by many island

groups. There is an opportunity for it to be better used and we hope

that more and more people t`ke part. It's hoped the newly relaid

athletics track here at FB Fields will be a lasting legacy of the

Island Games next year. And that these young sports people whll

benefit from having a better track It is one during the night time as

well as during the daytime. ``warm. We are doing very well with

temperatures but sunshine whll be a bit limited and we will see more

cloud around. We will also see the thread tomorrow off some showers

turning up. There are some showers just to the site of us at the

moment. We have almost an identical set up to what we saw last week and

the differences we do not h`ve high pressure across the southern part of

Britain down across the English Channel. We have a line of cloud

which is the focal point for showers over the next short while. This area

of cloud tries to get a little closer but does not make it. This

area of high pressure starts to come back towards the end of the weekend

but in the interim that has already high risk of seeing some showers.

Some will be around this evdning and some are just coming up to the

southern end of the Channel Islands at the moment and more as wd move

into the evening tomorrow evening. If anything these showers are likely

to be night`time features for us. It will then be a bit misty and look at

the temperatures. They are between 70 degrees and 80 degrees so one

start the day tomorrow and `fter the low cloud has lifted we will see

some hazy sunshine for the time but was end of the afternoon and towards

the early evening, we will start seeing captures of 23 degreds 2

degrees and then at the showers will appear which could continue

overnight. Times of high water are just before one o'clock in the

afternoon and St Helier. ``hn St Helier. We could well see showers in

the night`time hours, espechally tomorrow night. Two Jersey brothers

are being questioned by polhce in Thailand over the murder of the

friend, David Mellor. ``Davhd Miller.

Plus from the news of the present to the news of the past.

Tomorrow, the people of Scotland will be voting on

whether or not to leave the United Kingdom after more than 300 years.

Only people in Scotland are entitled to vote

but the consequences will affect us all, with polls suggesting the

Our Political Editor Martyn Oates joins us now.

This will have an impact. I think it is finally dawning on everybody that

there will be profound implhcations for the rest of the country,

possibly specific consequences for us in the south`west.

If there's a yes vote, the really big issue is whether

the South West will become home to the country's nuclear submarines.

The Scottish National Party says it wants them out of Scotland

and experts suggest Devonport or Falmouth are

We could also get the bigger fish "for our fishermen `` a bigger

fishing quarter. If there is a no vote, but are also ramifications.

Scotland will get more powers, at least that is what the leaddrs of

the three main parties are seeing. If that happens, there needs to be a

new constitutional settlement, a new arrangement of powers in England as

well. What would that mean? An Ingush parliament possibly. More

devolution to English regions or cities. In this part of the world,

possibly a Cornish Assembly. Would a Scottish MP be able to vote on

English issues? Many MPs ard adamant that that must not happen. @nd that

could open up some interesthng possibilities. If Scottish LPs are

excluded from the vote and hunting, could the hunting ban in England the

overturned? Could we moved to British summer Time all year round?

What is the way forward? Evdrybody agrees that there needs to be big

changes, something needs to be done, but there are disagreements as to

what exactly should be done. Tory MPs are unhappy about this promise

of big powers and new financial commitments to Scotland without any

consultation of Parliament. Stormy times ahead for us all. And no sleep

for you? Not much. There's more on the referendum

on the BBC news website and much more, of course, following the

result, here on Friday's Spotlight. Now,

pubs have moved into former banks, post offices have taken up residence

in churches, and libraries have even There's been a fair bit of lateral

thinking in rural England rdcently. Now one local library is trxing to

protect its future by moving Brenda Best

and her eight`year`old granddaughter It is a curious truth that

grasshoppers have their hearing They are avid users of

their local library in Ashbtrton. I like doing the reading ch`llenges

and even just the reading, H really I enjoy reading and if it goes,

where are we to get books? Ashburton is one

of 28 libraries across Devon which face the axe unless the comlunity

comes forward to help run them. Now a group here has come up with

a novel idea to save it. Ashburton is threatened with losing

its library that it has had The only way forward is to go

into the post office and john with With both the library and

the post office facing an uncertain future, perhaps combining forces

could be the perfect solution. If I was sitting here 75 ye`rs ago

tonight, I would be bringing you the news of the first British naval

ship sunk in the Second World War. The aircraft carrier,

based in Devonport, hadn't long left Plymouth when

torpedoes from a German U`boat hit. More than 500 Royal Navy

personnel were killed. Johnny Rutherford has been

talking to one of the survivors September 1939,

two weeks after war was declared with Germany, HMS Courageous left

Plymouth to patrol the Irish Sea. On board was a 16`year`old lad

from Torquay. We didn't appreciate it at first

and it didn't really sink When we set sail with our escort,

we thought, this is quite a good event, we're going to war,

we're going to win the war. But on the evening of 17 September,

German U`boat 29 attacked. Somebody said to me, what's the

time? Just when I said that,

the first torpedo hit us. The Navy has received a sevdre blow

with the sinking of HMS Courageous We can take hard knocks

as we intend to give them, John Cannon had jumped

into the Atlantic after hearing A flight observer who was swimming

close by holding onto an oar, he'd got an oar from somewhdre,

he shouted, keep going, boy, keep going, son, your mum and dad will be

waiting for you when you get home. 512 Royal Navy seaman lost their

lives. John was eventually rescued and sent on to other missions.

Including sinking their Gerlan ship this mark. A beautiful ship. We

fired torpedoes at her. Bismarck sank to the bottom. One

year later, HMS Terror search was sunk `` Dorset Shire was sunk by the

Japanese and once again, John was swimming for his life. They flew

across the survivors and machine`gunned us. But John was like

a cat with nine lives, he m`naged to survive the war, despite wh`t it

threw at him. Before I was 21, I had been in action against the Germans,

the Vichy French, and the J`panese. He is now 91.

Onto some sports news and it was a good evening for

Exeter City and Torquay United in last night's football.

City won for the first time this season and United have shot

But for Yeovil Town and Plymouth Argyle, it was

a frustrating time at home `s Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reports.

If you want a flutter on a home draw, then just look at Yeovil Town.

Last night's one`all result against bottom side Crewe Alexandra

was their third draw from four attempts to win at Huish Park.

After falling behind, the keeper was head and shotlders

above the rest to give the Glovers much relief and only the width

of a post denied Gary Johnson's men their first win on Somerset soil.

Next to the enigma which is Plymouth Argyle.

After beating two teams who are fancied to be promotion challengers,

the Pilgrims have now gone down to two straight defeats, the l`test to

Wycombe Wanderers with ex`Argyle loan striker Paul Hayes inflicting

But it is all smiles today `t Exeter City.

They produced the result of the night, beating confident

league newcomers Cambridge Tnited by two goals to one.

Even after conceding early on, City stormed back thanks to

Graham Cummins who then set up loanee Alex Nichols for

However, they still remain at the bottom two of League Two

Torquay United are the form team in the Conference.

Skipper Luke Young's tradem`rk free kick in the last minute

against previously unbeaten Woking at Plainmoor elevated United to

second, giving them their fifth consecutive success

Now how's this for a run of good luck?

A retired nurse in her 60s leets a man on the internet.

From a first date in an Exeter sandwich shop, they fall in love

They then take out a loan to buy a camper van and fulfil thehr dream

Pretty good so far and then, to top it all, they win the Lottery.

Spotlight's Chloe Axford's been to meet the unlikely millionaires

The practicalities of being lottery winners.

They may be millionaires, but they are still doing

They say the news, which came through a text mdssage,

We thought it was a joke to start with.

I said, do you want to have a look `t this?

It's just something that happens to other people.

You just don't think it is going to happen to you.

Lottery winners don't just drink champagne.

Plymouth Argyle fan Rodney and retired nurse Vanessa are still

trying to keep their feet on the ground after

a whirlwind year in which they met, fell in love, got married, decided

Living in a camper van has brought certain logistical issues.

Where would you keep a cheqte for ?1 million?

As president of Exeter Lions last year, I was always giving ott

It's really funny to be getting a cheque.

Having spent a bit of time with Vanessa and Rodney today, I can

honestly say I don't think this lottery win could have happdned to

So far, Vanessa and Rodney have splashed out on a new car.

But they haven't made up their minds what to do with

They're too busy enjoying their adventure.

Good luck to them. Time for a look at the

Good evening, a few changes for the next few days, and then high

pressure comes back. Unusually warm at the moment. Especially at night.

Tomorrow, there will be somd sunshine, but we are also sdeing a

risk of showers developing. More cloud across as at the moment and

that is threatening a few showers, some approaching the Channel Islands

later tonight. We still havd this area of low`pressure. It is a bit

more dominant now. It is fedding strands of cloud and bands of

showers towards us tomorrow night and into Friday. Some of those

showers could turn out to bd abundantly. After that, that area of

high pressure moves back in. That was the picture earlier tod`y. You

can see how we had a few showers coming out of northern France. But

for a more robust `` for most of us, it has been dry but cloudy.

Just enough surf for surfers to catch a wave. Surfing conditions are

very similar to for tomorrow. C temperature is around 17 degrees.

The satellite picture shows that band of cloud. That will move away

for a while and it will turn their stay in places. Those easterly winds

will drop, but later in the night, we will see a few showers, forcibly

even some thunder. That lind of showers will travel through southern

Devon and move into the north coast of Cornwall. Overnight tempdratures,

no law than 16 or 17 for most of us. And very warm night. These

temperatures get a head start tomorrow. Most of us should have

fine conditions and sunny spells. A few showers may turn up across

Somerset. Temperatures of 23 or 24 degrees. Still quite warm. For the

Isles of Scilly, perhaps sole early showers.

Friday is the day we are worried about because some of those showers

will be heavy with the risk of thunder. Then turning drier but

cooler as we head into the weekend. Have a good evening.

Thank you very much. That is it We will have more at ten. It evening.