:00:11. > :00:13.Is democracy in Jersey dead as a third of politicians have
:00:14. > :00:16.no`one standing against them? Thai police find no evidence linking
:00:17. > :00:24.two Jersey brothers to the murder of
:00:25. > :00:30.Thai police find no evidence linking two Jersey brothers to the murder
:00:31. > :00:32.of their friend. And are bigger planes better
:00:33. > :00:33.for business? Pressure mounts on Guernsey States
:00:34. > :00:51.to extend the airport runway. One third of Jersey's politicians
:00:52. > :00:54.have been elected unopposed a month ahead of the island's first
:00:55. > :00:57.General Election. Just one out of 12 parish constables
:00:58. > :01:02.will face the ballot box, and six deputies faced no challenge. Edward
:01:03. > :01:04.Sault reports. Meet the 17 Jersey politicians
:01:05. > :01:07.who've been elected to the island's States
:01:08. > :01:10.without anyone casting a vote. Constables are the head of each
:01:11. > :01:13.of Jersey's parishes. Last night,
:01:14. > :01:20.11 of them were returned unopposed. Only in St Mary, Jersey's smallest
:01:21. > :01:22.parish, will there be a contest. Most of them were already
:01:23. > :01:23.current sitting constables. One newcomer though is
:01:24. > :01:34.Trinity's Philip Le Sueur. I certainly don't feel I've got any
:01:35. > :01:39.less of a mandate than somebody who has taken on an election.
:01:40. > :01:43.Parishioners turned out in good numbers last night and if nobody
:01:44. > :01:52.wanted to stand against me there's nothing I can do about that.
:01:53. > :01:55.Carolyn Labey, Steve Luce, Tracey Vallois and Eddie Noel don't
:01:56. > :01:57.need to campaign along with John Le Fondre who said he will miss
:01:58. > :02:09.an election battle. Were you disappointed? In a way.
:02:10. > :02:13.Because since I had something to do with the elect of system I have not
:02:14. > :02:18.`` not had to contend an election. But there's one new deputy,
:02:19. > :02:21.Terry McDonald. He's the man whose bid to break
:02:22. > :02:23.a world record firework attempt was pulled by Jersey's authorities
:02:24. > :02:26.at the last minute. He said it left him out
:02:27. > :02:29.of pocket and living in a caravan. Now he'll represent St Saviour
:02:30. > :02:30.district three after no one stood against him, but he said he will
:02:31. > :02:40.still be knocking on people's doors. Politics is about people and how
:02:41. > :02:50.they are affected eye the issues. I have a small area to cover of less
:02:51. > :02:52.than two thousand 500 voters `` 2500 voters so we can all get to know
:02:53. > :02:58.each other. So, here they are `
:02:59. > :03:01.a third of Jersey's States elected without any voting.
:03:02. > :03:04.Is this a sign of voter confidence or voter apathy?
:03:05. > :03:06.Well, constable of Jersey's capital, St Helier,
:03:07. > :03:10.was also re`elected unopposed, which means Simon Crowcroft is set
:03:11. > :03:14.to begin his sixth term of office. He joined me earlier and I began
:03:15. > :03:17.by asking him why he though no one else stood against him.
:03:18. > :04:00.Big macro if you want to enter Jersey politics you are
:04:01. > :04:04.the city comfortable `` Constable and that was difficult. Now,
:04:05. > :04:07.deputies had to risk their own seat. We are going into a general election
:04:08. > :04:12.with the vast majority of one section of the states established.
:04:13. > :04:14.There is a question hanging over us about whether constables should be
:04:15. > :05:24.in the state Voters in Jersey will go to the
:05:25. > :05:27.polls in the General Election on the 15th of October and there's a full
:05:28. > :05:33.list of candidates online at bbc.co.uk/jersey.
:05:34. > :05:37.Two Jersey brothers who were being questioned by police over
:05:38. > :05:40.the murder of islander David Miller and British woman Hannah Witheridge
:05:41. > :05:42.in Thailand have been allowed to leave the country.
:05:43. > :05:44.Thai Police say they've found no forensic evidence linking Chris
:05:45. > :05:46.and James Ware to the killings. They were on holiday with David
:05:47. > :05:48.at the time. There are now growing fears over
:05:49. > :05:50.the progress of the police investigation. Jen
:05:51. > :05:57.Smith reports. Chris and James Ware are now
:05:58. > :06:00.free to leave Thailand. They had been asked to stay
:06:01. > :06:02.in the country until police had results of DNA tests.
:06:03. > :06:07.Those tests haven't linked them or any of the 11 Burmese men also
:06:08. > :06:10.questioned about the murders. They did reveal that there was semen
:06:11. > :06:14.from two unidentified men in Hannah Witheridge's body.
:06:15. > :06:20.She was found along with David Miller from Jersey on the
:06:21. > :06:24.Thai island of Koh Tao on Monday. The Ware brothers, who had been
:06:25. > :06:27.on holiday with David, are expected to be heading home to Jersey.
:06:28. > :06:35.But there is growing concern about the investigation.
:06:36. > :06:39.The police are admitting that believes that they have been
:06:40. > :06:44.enthusiastic about have gone nowhere and perhaps they were pursuing them
:06:45. > :06:46.to the exclusion of other possible angles.
:06:47. > :06:48.A Former British CID officer says the Thai police have
:06:49. > :06:58.been making mistakes. The scene should be secured and the
:06:59. > :07:02.evidence collated so it could possibly match with suspects but
:07:03. > :07:07.that is the important first feature they should look at. If they haven't
:07:08. > :07:09.preserved the seam and haven't secured the evidence then they are
:07:10. > :07:14.at a disadvantage. And that won't be much comfort to
:07:15. > :07:17.those who knew David and Hannah. Earlier, Hannah's family arrived
:07:18. > :07:20.in Bangkok to meet with Thai police amid fierce media attention.
:07:21. > :07:28.Their bodies have released for repatriation.
:07:29. > :07:33.The family are deeply distressed and my role is to support them at this
:07:34. > :07:41.very difficult time. It's been four days since David
:07:42. > :07:43.and Hannah were killed. The "strong evidence"
:07:44. > :07:44.the police first cited hasn?t yet led to the identification
:07:45. > :07:48.of any prime suspects. Flybe has announced it is
:07:49. > :07:50.temporarily stopping its weekday flights between Guernsey
:07:51. > :07:51.and Southampton. For the first three weeks of October
:07:52. > :07:55.it'll only run two flights a day After that,
:07:56. > :07:57.it will re`introduce a limited one It's an air link often used patients
:07:58. > :08:01.travelling to Southampton Flybe says it's not making enough
:08:02. > :08:03.money Blue Islands also operates
:08:04. > :08:14.on that route. Islanders in Guernsey are being
:08:15. > :08:15.asked how they think teenage pregnancies and sexually`transmitted
:08:16. > :08:17.infections can be reduced. A Chlamydia Screening Programme
:08:18. > :08:21.and free contraceptives are just a couple of the ideas in the new
:08:22. > :08:32.public consultation from the Health and Social Services Department.
:08:33. > :08:42.We feel it is a key to tackling teenage pregnancy rates. Our rates
:08:43. > :08:45.are about just under 28 per thousand, roughly in line with the
:08:46. > :08:56.UK but considerably higher than what is seen in Jersey.
:08:57. > :08:57.Coming up later: An exclusive and intimate performance from the
:08:58. > :09:17.world`famous tenor, would a long runway be better for
:09:18. > :09:18.business in Guernsey. More than ?80 million has been spent in upgrading
:09:19. > :09:24.the airport. The low cost airline Easyjet has
:09:25. > :09:27.recently begun flying to Jersey. But it doesn't see Guernsey
:09:28. > :09:29.as viable partly due to the commercial limits imposed
:09:30. > :09:32.by the length of the island's runway and also while the Gatwick
:09:33. > :09:34.route is protected for Aurigny. And now a Guernsey`based former
:09:35. > :09:36.board director of the British Aviation Group, which represents
:09:37. > :09:43.British aviation companies, says the runway needs to be extended.
:09:44. > :09:48.The fleets in the sky is now are full of well`heeled individuals
:09:49. > :09:55.going to destinations in Eastern European countries in cold
:09:56. > :09:58.alignments full of well`heeled individuals on short breaks days. If
:09:59. > :10:04.we had the ability for that market to come here then certainly there is
:10:05. > :10:06.a significant income stream to tap into. It is something we can't
:10:07. > :10:10.ignore. But the Minister responsible
:10:11. > :10:14.for the airport says there's no business case for it.
:10:15. > :10:22.Politically it would be an uphill task and it would be a struggle.
:10:23. > :10:26.More importantly, there is no business case. No airline operator
:10:27. > :10:30.or commercial operator asking us to have a longer runway and if we did
:10:31. > :10:35.they would fly to us. Guernsey's Deputy Treasury
:10:36. > :10:37.and Resources Minister used to be a British Airways Captain flying
:10:38. > :10:40.jumbo jets. He says he's going to take political
:10:41. > :10:45.action to prove there is a business case for a longer runway.
:10:46. > :10:53.A business case can be made and I have already talked to people in the
:10:54. > :10:57.business world and I've said I'm willing to keep this going forward
:10:58. > :11:00.if I get complete support from the whole business community and, in
:11:01. > :11:07.particular, the tourist industry. So
:11:08. > :11:10.while some feels there's no business case for a longer runway it could
:11:11. > :11:19.now be up to the business community to persuade the States otherwise.
:11:20. > :11:30.And now to the weather. What is coming next? Certainly the risk of
:11:31. > :11:36.further showers and the odd rumble of thunder too but it gets better
:11:37. > :11:39.towards the recount. But still very humid overnight tonight `` towards
:11:40. > :11:48.the weekend. We are close enough to the area of
:11:49. > :11:53.low treasure to continue in the same vein but I think things get better.
:11:54. > :11:59.This swirl of cloud in the Bay of Biscay is the area of low pressure.
:12:00. > :12:06.It moves closer towards us over the next 24 hours. This is the middle of
:12:07. > :12:09.the day tomorrow. One weather system has moved across more central parts
:12:10. > :12:18.of the UK. This then moves southwards. High pressure comes back
:12:19. > :12:23.and we get a fresh airfield to the air with north`east winds. So clean
:12:24. > :12:32.air and better visibility and it will become cooler. Tonight, mainly
:12:33. > :12:40.dry with the small chance of a shower. A bit misty. Another warm
:12:41. > :12:44.night. Tomorrow, after the mist has cleared we get a bit of sunshine but
:12:45. > :12:47.there is the chance of a shower at any point tomorrow. Fairly isolated
:12:48. > :13:16.and much of the day dry and warm. We will see a few showers around
:13:17. > :13:20.through the day tomorrow. The possibility of quite frequent
:13:21. > :13:25.showers overnight but that is a long way away. But the weekend, birthdays
:13:26. > :13:29.are largely dried and a bit fresher on Sunday.
:13:30. > :13:35.Thank you. That is your news and weather in the Channel Islands. I am
:13:36. > :13:50.back at eight o'clock. with our know`how. Plenty of new
:13:51. > :13:55.possibilities on the Verizon. `` horizon .
:13:56. > :13:57.Now how's your trigonometry, calculus or geometry?
:13:58. > :14:00.Perhaps some branches of maths are better left to a new specialist
:14:01. > :14:02.mathematics school in Exeter which officially opens its doors tomorrow.
:14:03. > :14:05.The sixth form college has already started lessons for
:14:06. > :14:09.Johnny Rutherford has been along to meet some of them who've already got
:14:10. > :14:22.I want to be a number theorist. Particle physicists. Astrophysicist.
:14:23. > :14:26.That?s what they want to become, if their numbers add up they may
:14:27. > :14:42.The aim is to take students who have a huge amount of potential in
:14:43. > :14:46.mathematics that are keen to learn and wants to embrace a new world
:14:47. > :14:52.working `` a way of working. The sixth form school takes students
:14:53. > :14:58.from all corners of the South West. There's also physics
:14:59. > :15:16.and next year they plan to include Classes are small. You won't get the
:15:17. > :15:22.same attention anywhere else. You will get things that are tailored to
:15:23. > :15:26.you. Because you earn in an environment where everyone wants to
:15:27. > :15:32.learn the same things as you, it is a stretch to learn it, but when you
:15:33. > :15:38.do it forces us together. A real sense of achievement when you
:15:39. > :15:39.complete something. It is quite different here. Lectures are quite
:15:40. > :15:47.laid`back. Even their canteen area is geared
:15:48. > :15:54.for creativity and problem solving. three A`levels from the school
:15:55. > :15:58.and a fourth personal choice which Who along with The University
:15:59. > :16:04.of Exeter sponsor the school Teachers feel relaxed mind is a
:16:05. > :16:14.focus mind. Can you help me with my son's maths
:16:15. > :16:21.homework? If you read Lord of the Flies when
:16:22. > :16:24.you were at school, you might just find your children or grandchildren
:16:25. > :16:28.are still studying it. And while there has been a debate
:16:29. > :16:36.over whether there need to be more books on the curriculum, the family
:16:37. > :16:38.of William Golding, who's from Cornwall, have been marking the
:16:39. > :16:41.anniversary by loaning his literary A literary classic read
:16:42. > :16:49.by millions all over the world. There have also been
:16:50. > :16:51.two film adaptations. It was also a stage play
:16:52. > :17:00.and a recent contemporary dance tour The story of a group of English
:17:01. > :17:05.schoolboys marooned on a tropical island started life
:17:06. > :17:07.like this, hand written by It was rejected by ten publishers
:17:08. > :17:14.and one literary agent. When we read
:17:15. > :17:16.a good novel we are impressed by the polish and the finish and
:17:17. > :17:20.what we do not see is the struggle I think you could see that in Lord
:17:21. > :17:33.of the Flies and the added drama of trying to get the thing
:17:34. > :17:37.published and having readers writing things like ?rubbish?
:17:38. > :17:39.and ?dull? along the top of it. Absolutely, the draft brings to life
:17:40. > :17:42.the process and reminds us that art Golding persevered and eventually
:17:43. > :17:52.one agent took a chance. So to
:17:53. > :17:59.a certain extent he was confident. But I don't think he imagined that
:18:00. > :18:01.it would become the sort I mean, 60 years later, and we
:18:02. > :18:10.are still receiving the benefits. And now fans
:18:11. > :18:13.of the book can benefit, too. The manuscript is going on show
:18:14. > :18:18.in the South West. I still meet the grandchildren of my
:18:19. > :18:24.friends who are doing it at school. It is an extraordinary thing
:18:25. > :18:27.and he couldn't have imagined that. Everyone from Stephen King to
:18:28. > :18:32.The Simpsons has been influenced There are TV series like Lost that
:18:33. > :18:36.are clearly influenced by it. You can look through this unique
:18:37. > :18:41.piece of literary history by contacting the Special Collections
:18:42. > :18:53.Team at the University of Exeter. From railway lines reopening,
:18:54. > :18:58.to people finally moving back Recovering
:18:59. > :19:00.from last winter's weather has Truro Cathedral was hit by high
:19:01. > :19:04.winds which sent some of the David George reports
:19:05. > :19:08.on the work being carried out to repair the Victorian building's
:19:09. > :19:14.north`west tower. Truro Cathedral, once again
:19:15. > :19:18.partially cloaked in scaffolding. While the camera gets a ride up
:19:19. > :19:22.in the lift we have to walk the 200 Below, shoppers go
:19:23. > :19:27.about their business unaware Stonemasons are using traditional
:19:28. > :19:39.techniques just like the men who built the cathedral
:19:40. > :19:47.more than a hundred years ago. It is a mallet and a chisel.
:19:48. > :19:52.Traditional tools. In the New Year storms, high winds
:19:53. > :19:56.sent parts of the stonework crashing to the ground, this is one of
:19:57. > :20:09.the bits that fell onto a footpath. It was very serious. It happened in
:20:10. > :20:13.the middle of the night and thankfully no one was around when it
:20:14. > :20:18.fell. But you have to take immediate action, so close off area around
:20:19. > :20:27.Weatherstone fell and we managed to get the scaffolding and the work
:20:28. > :20:31.under way. `` where the stone. They are pieces of stonework that were
:20:32. > :20:39.here, sitting in the middle of this arch and that is what crashed down
:20:40. > :20:44.earlier in the year. Instead, a new trace route stone has been put
:20:45. > :20:49.here. Right next to it, you can see a sample of the type of erosion we
:20:50. > :20:57.are talking about. The cathedral has a historic problem. The original
:20:58. > :21:01.architect used Bastogne for a lot of the high`level stonework. `` Bath
:21:02. > :21:07.stone. He was advised against this. But he went through. The key feature
:21:08. > :21:13.has had a problem since 1920 with stone a religion. `` the cathedral.
:21:14. > :21:14.We have tried various different stones in the cathedral.
:21:15. > :21:15.Once worked, the new stones are carefully fixed
:21:16. > :21:22.The work is costing ?130,000, the scaffolding alone costs ?80,000,
:21:23. > :21:24.and it?s being paid for from the Government?s World War One
:21:25. > :21:38.They say they have another three weeks of work to do. It will be
:21:39. > :21:48.mid`October before people start to see all of this scaffolding coming
:21:49. > :21:59.down. That's an incredible sight, isn't it? What do the Royal Albert
:22:00. > :22:02.and BBC Radio Cornwall have in common?
:22:03. > :22:05.Well, singer Alfie Boe has sung in all of them.
:22:06. > :22:08.The tenor paid a flying visit to our Plymouth and Truro studios today.
:22:09. > :22:21.He's used to the bright lights of the West End and Broadway,
:22:22. > :22:25.and singing to his legions of fans at sell`out concerts
:22:26. > :22:28.across the world at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal
:22:29. > :22:32.But today it was the more humble setting of
:22:33. > :22:35.BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall in which we found Alfie Boe
:22:36. > :22:51.Serenata is described as a revival of the golden era of Italian song
:22:52. > :22:54.and features well known hits such as Volare and Mambo Italiano.
:22:55. > :23:00.For Alfie, it's been a labour of love.
:23:01. > :23:09.I love these songs. I grew up listening to them, I studied them,
:23:10. > :23:14.I've heard a lot of different artists throughout time sing them
:23:15. > :23:21.from people like Elvis and Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra to
:23:22. > :23:26.Pavarotti and Domingo. These are songs that are natural and
:23:27. > :23:31.beautiful. They are very romantic. Everybody has grown up listening to
:23:32. > :23:32.them . Alfie is also in the South West
:23:33. > :23:35.promoting his latest UK arena tour, which takes place in November
:23:36. > :23:37.and December. Sadly, for his army of fans here,
:23:38. > :23:52.it doesn't include a date Cardiff is the closest.
:23:53. > :23:58.Unfortunately. Saying that, there is no reason why we shouldn't plan some
:23:59. > :24:01.sort of showdown here for you guys. `` show down.
:24:02. > :24:04.So it seems Alfie will be South West bound again sometime in the future,
:24:05. > :24:23.That is good news, isn't it? Time for the weather now. One question
:24:24. > :24:27.for you, what is it all about? See what I did? I get it. He is
:24:28. > :24:53.underwhelmed. Anyway. Good evening. activity for us is tonight, because
:24:54. > :24:58.tomorrow move away and north. Warm and humid tomorrow, some sunshine
:24:59. > :25:04.and the risk of an isolated shower. The risk is a high one tonight, Met
:25:05. > :25:08.Office have put a warning out for hefty downpours of rain and flashing
:25:09. > :25:13.of lightning. `` flashes of lightning. It is mainly a feature
:25:14. > :25:16.for the middle of the night. Some showers crossing the Channel in the
:25:17. > :25:23.small hours of the morning. Lots of cloud on the satellite picture.
:25:24. > :25:26.There should be some sunshine in between. This area of low pressure
:25:27. > :27:00.Not much for the surfers. Coastal next 24`hour is.
:27:01. > :27:04.Not much for the surfers. Coastal waters forecast, the winds are
:27:05. > :27:10.mainly from the East tomorrow, showers and a bit of sea mist
:27:11. > :27:16.around, moderate or poor Ms ability, improving the West Cornwall and the
:27:17. > :27:23.Isles of Scilly. The outfit has a go through the weekend, it gets better.
:27:24. > :27:29.`` poor visibility. A risk of showers, slightly cooler and
:27:30. > :27:33.certainly fresher. Perhaps better visibility, as well. Have a good
:27:34. > :27:40.evening. We are back from ten tonight, big
:27:41. > :28:14.night here on BBC News. Stay tuned. For now, have a lovely evening,
:28:15. > :28:19.MENACING VOICE: You will rob the Bank of Karabraxos.