:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. continues. The dream shall never
:00:13. > :00:14.91 jobs at risk as Channel Islands Co`op moves
:00:15. > :00:28.We could secure daily deliveries, and better shelf life for product
:00:29. > :00:31.is, also a broader range and secure some cost efficiencies.
:00:32. > :00:34.From little acorns grow great jobs ` how disabled islanders are being
:00:35. > :00:38.And the Canadian connection ` the brothers separated
:00:39. > :00:52.by thousands of miles and 60 years are finally reunited.
:00:53. > :00:55.The Channel Island Co`op is closing its warehouses in Guernsey
:00:56. > :00:59.In future, all of its food will be stored in Andover
:01:00. > :01:06.The Co`op were the only large retailer still to
:01:07. > :01:12.81 jobs will go, and ten more if plans to close Total
:01:13. > :01:20.Alison Moss has been speaking to the chief executive, Colin MacClead.
:01:21. > :01:26.And difficult day for Co`op workers in the Channel Islands with news
:01:27. > :01:32.that their jobs are at risk. With me is the Chief Executive of the Co`op
:01:33. > :01:36.Channel Islands. More than 80 jobs are at risk. Will the end
:01:37. > :01:40.redundancy? We sincerely hope not. Today is
:01:41. > :01:44.about supporting our colleagues through this process, advising them
:01:45. > :01:46.of all the redeployment and retraining opportunities that we
:01:47. > :01:53.have a and hopefully moving them into other positions.
:01:54. > :01:57.Why is this needed? Looking at the opportunities
:01:58. > :02:01.presented by an ultramodern warehouse opening in the south coast
:02:02. > :02:06.last year, it became apparent that we could secure daily fresh food
:02:07. > :02:11.deliveries instead of the two or three times a week they are coming
:02:12. > :02:17.now. A better shelf life products, and a broader range, and also some
:02:18. > :02:22.efficiencies. Things customers have been asking us to do.
:02:23. > :02:25.From a customer perspective it seems good, but they will say, what
:02:26. > :02:29.happens when the boat does not come in?
:02:30. > :02:33.We are acutely conscious of that by a community we tailor owned and run
:02:34. > :02:39.by Channel Islander 's. We are pleased to say that we have
:02:40. > :02:42.negotiated an air freight to kick in during period of extended ferry
:02:43. > :02:47.disruption. Colin MacLeod, thank you for joining
:02:48. > :02:50.us. It is hoped that all changes will be in place by next summer.
:02:51. > :02:53.Flybe?s sudden decision to stop its weekday flights from Guernsey
:02:54. > :02:56.to Southampton in just two weeks? time has been
:02:57. > :03:11.Flybe ten to be quite expensive anyway.
:03:12. > :03:15.A bit shocked, because for those people who have booked in advance it
:03:16. > :03:20.will be dis` organising to make new arrangements.
:03:21. > :03:23.They cancel flights from Southampton quite often as well, that could
:03:24. > :03:26.create problems. The airline flies four times
:03:27. > :03:28.a day to Southampton. Blue Islands will continue to fly
:03:29. > :03:31.the route, but travel agents say not being able to connect into the Flybe
:03:32. > :03:40.network will hit Look at how business travel is
:03:41. > :03:43.normally booked, we really do need to be linked in with online
:03:44. > :03:46.partners. So that we have other airlines linking in with our
:03:47. > :03:49.carriers. Police in Thailand have brought
:03:50. > :03:52.in more officers to try to find who murdered Jersey man David Miller
:03:53. > :03:54.and Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk. There are now around 150
:03:55. > :03:57.officers hunting their killers. But the investigation seems to be
:03:58. > :04:00.going nowhere at the moment, with Thai Police admitting they
:04:01. > :04:02.don't have a suspect. Almost five days since 24`year`old
:04:03. > :04:09.Jerseyman David Miller and 23`year`old Hannah Witheridge were
:04:10. > :04:11.brutally beaten and killed in Koh Forensic tests on
:04:12. > :04:18.Hannah Witheridge's body suggest at least two attackers, but police
:04:19. > :04:22.haven't found a match yet despite extensive DNA testing of people
:04:23. > :04:27.across the island of Koh Tao. Meanwhile, it's been reported that
:04:28. > :04:31.local people are devastated by what happened and have raised money
:04:32. > :04:36.for a reward to find the killers. 50,000 Baht ` which is
:04:37. > :04:39.about ?1,000 ` is being offered for any information which leads to
:04:40. > :04:42.the murderers being caught. The bodies of David Miller
:04:43. > :04:46.and Hannah Witheridge have now been moved from a forensic hospital
:04:47. > :04:49.in Bangkok and plans are being made by the Thai
:04:50. > :04:54.foreign ministry to get them home. There's a strong indication
:04:55. > :04:56.family allowance in Guernsey It's currently paid to all parents,
:04:57. > :05:02.but the Social Security Minister It comes after
:05:03. > :05:07.the department announced it wants to increase benefits such as pensions
:05:08. > :05:18.by 2.1% from next year, but keep We have chosen to freeze that this
:05:19. > :05:25.year cos there are clear indications that in the longer term some of the
:05:26. > :05:30.what we call universal benefits, benefits and apply regardless of who
:05:31. > :05:31.you are, will be certainly reduced, and may even in the long term be
:05:32. > :05:33.phased out. 90 people with disabilities will
:05:34. > :05:35.staff a new recycling scheme which it's hoped will cut Jersey's
:05:36. > :05:38.wood wastage by 100 tonnes a year. The Acorn Woodshack takes wood
:05:39. > :05:40.destined for the incinerator and turns it into building timber,
:05:41. > :05:51.kindling and even furniture. Trevor and his colleagues are
:05:52. > :05:55.cutting wood into kindling. Their job is to make sure every part of
:05:56. > :06:00.the wood that arrives here is used to. Trevor is one of around 90
:06:01. > :06:04.people with disabilities or long`term health conditions working
:06:05. > :06:07.here. Without them it would not run.
:06:08. > :06:12.Edison to look forward to, and something to work on. You are
:06:13. > :06:17.recycling, not just dumping would for the sake of dumping it.
:06:18. > :06:25.That is the idea. Over six months this nursery has been transformed
:06:26. > :06:31.into The Acorn Woodshack. The wood is Dean Nield, cleaned and put into
:06:32. > :06:35.use. We have to come up with an
:06:36. > :06:40.efficiency idea, and we came up with this. Huang Zhenyu the amount of
:06:41. > :06:45.waste that was going into the incinerator, so we had into that,
:06:46. > :06:50.did the research, and the idea snowballed from there.
:06:51. > :06:59.A big part of the scheme is not just to recycle, but also to up cycle.
:07:00. > :07:04.This dresser is worth a lot more than its sale price.
:07:05. > :07:07.You'd be surprised at the things people throw, really valuable items
:07:08. > :07:13.of furniture they just need maybe a new handle on some TLC and they are
:07:14. > :07:17.good to go again. Loads of skills, and loads of areas where our clients
:07:18. > :07:22.can be involved. At the moment around 230 tonnes of
:07:23. > :07:26.wood is burned in Jersey's incinerator. It is hoped that after
:07:27. > :07:32.company Mike opens to islanders tomorrow, that figure will be
:07:33. > :07:34.reduced to. `` after The Acorn Woodshack opens.
:07:35. > :07:36.Delving into your family history can uncover some remarkable stories,
:07:37. > :07:39.and that really was the case for Guernsey man Duncan Cumming.
:07:40. > :07:42.Having found out he had a brother, he then discovered they had been
:07:43. > :07:46.And just back from a trip to Canada, where he grew up,
:07:47. > :07:50.there were more surprises along the way, as Penny Elderfield reports.
:07:51. > :07:58.Adopted at birth, after two decades of researching his biological
:07:59. > :08:04.family, last year Duncan had a real breakthrough.
:08:05. > :08:08.This is the e`mail I received of an organisation in Ottawa, and she
:08:09. > :08:16.wrote that I have some interesting and happy news, "I have managed to
:08:17. > :08:23.locate your brother, and his name, Ronald David Cole. " I said my wife,
:08:24. > :08:29.I knew a man of that name I went to school. Weaver brothers, but we did
:08:30. > :08:34.not know we were brothers. They hadn't seen each other in 60
:08:35. > :08:37.years. We decided that we got to get
:08:38. > :08:43.together soon as we could, and the most convenient time was just last
:08:44. > :08:47.month. It was a visit which caught the
:08:48. > :08:51.attention of the media they are. Cameras looked on as they were
:08:52. > :08:55.reunited for the first time. I haven't seen you in 60 years, and
:08:56. > :09:00.I am still the best looking one. No, you are not!
:09:01. > :09:07.The media interest also added to this story.
:09:08. > :09:12.We ask the editor if we could put in a blurb about our Diane, sister who
:09:13. > :09:18.were still looking for. She was never married but had some. A former
:09:19. > :09:22.neighbour saw this article and e`mailed us, and that's how we got
:09:23. > :09:28.to meet as well. She never knew that she had any siblings at all.
:09:29. > :09:32.It's the best day of my life. I wouldn't want anything else but
:09:33. > :09:35.these two. Already planning a trip to guarantee
:09:36. > :09:39.next year, Duncan and Ron van on staying in touch and rekindling the
:09:40. > :09:42.friendship that started decades ago.
:09:43. > :09:49.A final summery BBQ weekend perhaps, and dragon boating for some.
:09:50. > :10:03.Just a small chance of a few showers but generally we are all right. As
:10:04. > :10:07.it moves into Sunday it will feel fresher with less humidity so
:10:08. > :10:13.perhaps feeling cooler, to. A small risk of a few showers and if they do
:10:14. > :10:17.occur will be overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. Not many
:10:18. > :10:21.of them, and it will be like. It looks like the weather is OK for the
:10:22. > :10:26.race tomorrow. North`east winds which will be light. Perhaps misty
:10:27. > :10:32.at times, some haze around, but it should be dry and pleasantly warm.
:10:33. > :10:37.The satellite picture shows the cloud that is covering most of this
:10:38. > :10:42.corner of Europe, stretching from Scotland all the way down to Spain
:10:43. > :10:45.and Portugal. This is an area of low pressure. It has extended itself
:10:46. > :10:49.across southern parts of Britain at the moment. This is the middle of
:10:50. > :10:54.the day tomorrow when things retreat, this cold weather front by
:10:55. > :11:01.the time and gets to us will be a very weak they are. It then slips so
:11:02. > :11:05.and will lie over mid`France by the middle of the day on Sunday. Behind
:11:06. > :11:14.it you will see fresher and cooler air, so perhaps my time temperatures
:11:15. > :11:23.coming down. Tonight is denied. `` tonight is muggy. Overnight it is
:11:24. > :11:28.dry, there may be a few showers around Guernsey, but not many. For
:11:29. > :11:37.the most part dry, and misty night. Tomorrow is largely dry, a small
:11:38. > :11:40.chance of a few showers. Quite a lot of cloud, but the sunshine make
:11:41. > :11:48.breakthrough in the afternoon, temperatures between 20 and 22
:11:49. > :12:02.Celsius. Here is the coastal waters forecast. And the times of high
:12:03. > :12:07.water. Here's how things look into next week. And misty start on
:12:08. > :12:10.Sunday, but brightening up and feeling fresher. Fine and dry but
:12:11. > :12:19.cooler on Monday and Tuesday. We can cling to some are a little
:12:20. > :12:22.longer. That is the news and weather from the Channel Islands. Coming up,
:12:23. > :12:41.Spotlight. One of the things we have been
:12:42. > :12:44.campaigning for for a long time is a Cornish assembly with real powers.
:12:45. > :12:49.That is one of the things that this can give an opportunity to. There is
:12:50. > :12:53.a risk that we would be seen as just another English region, one of the
:12:54. > :12:59.things we need to be sure that Cornwall's voice is heard so that
:13:00. > :13:03.that is not... With those powers comes responsibility. If you're
:13:04. > :13:06.modelling yourself on Scotland and Wales, that would mean control of
:13:07. > :13:11.the NHS, fisheries policy, is Cornwall big enough to do that?
:13:12. > :13:16.Cornwall is big enough and is the right place to do that. I was down
:13:17. > :13:18.in Mebyon Kernow earlier today, and fishermen of Cornwall know best how
:13:19. > :13:23.to control the fisheries of Cornwall. And in conjunction with
:13:24. > :13:28.our fellow fishermen in Brittany and northern Spain, we can probably
:13:29. > :13:35.manage better than ministers from London, Paris and Madrid. Does your
:13:36. > :13:40.party have the support to do this? Not gaining that support at general
:13:41. > :13:46.elections, just a few councillors. It is about what people want. People
:13:47. > :13:53.will vote for something. Not at the moment when you are offering it? The
:13:54. > :13:58.democratic system means that they are going to vote for the least
:13:59. > :14:04.worst, rather than the best, getting in. Thoughts on the way forward have
:14:05. > :14:08.been taken up by a lot of people, and we keep hearing about people on
:14:09. > :14:12.the ground who are saying, yes, we need a real Cornish assembly with
:14:13. > :14:19.real powers. Thank you very much. We are also joined by Sarah Wollaston,
:14:20. > :14:28.the MP for tartness. `` the MP for Totnes. You do not want to see lots
:14:29. > :14:31.of powers brought to Devon? I do not go around the constituency hearing
:14:32. > :14:38.people called for more politicians. The problem with regional
:14:39. > :14:41.governments and wider devolution is that you spend a lot of money
:14:42. > :14:46.setting up structures and be a rock receipt, and that money is best
:14:47. > :14:54.spent on people who need support `` and bureaucracy. Would this not be
:14:55. > :15:00.more powers, would this not be a vote winner for you? I don't think
:15:01. > :15:06.so. I don't think more bureaucracy is a vote winner. We need to have
:15:07. > :15:09.more powers devolved down to local government, but to set up new
:15:10. > :15:12.structures is the wrong approach. We need to answer the West Lothian
:15:13. > :15:22.question, English MPs voting on English laws. I do think there is a
:15:23. > :15:25.case for getting the level right. We want to have more decision`making
:15:26. > :15:29.devolved to local level, but we have to be careful if we're looking at
:15:30. > :15:35.setting up new structures and assemblies. That is not the best use
:15:36. > :15:39.of the money. It has not worked so far. It was first proposed in the
:15:40. > :15:43.1998 Conservative Party Conference. An English assembly has not got off
:15:44. > :15:48.the ground? I think the time is right. It is fun to stick that
:15:49. > :15:56.Scotland has decided to stay part of the union, `` it is fantastic. We
:15:57. > :16:02.need to make sure that we look at things like the Barnett formula, it
:16:03. > :16:07.is because of the Barnett formula that every person on average has
:16:08. > :16:11.?203 more to spend on health am a far more to spend on other services
:16:12. > :16:16.through local councils. It is time to review how that formula works so
:16:17. > :16:21.we can factor on things like sparsity in x areas and that we have
:16:22. > :16:30.an older population. `` in rural population. MPs can be lobbying for
:16:31. > :16:37.change and making the case for fairness. We want an older person
:16:38. > :16:40.with care and health needs in rural Devon to have the same treatment in
:16:41. > :16:45.funding as someone in the same situation who lives in Scotland. We
:16:46. > :16:48.need to vary formula depending on things like deprivation and poverty
:16:49. > :16:55.to make sure we address health and equalities, but also factor in age
:16:56. > :16:59.and sparsity in rural areas, costing a lot more to deliver services.
:17:00. > :17:03.These are the kind of things my constituents are asking me to lobby
:17:04. > :17:10.about. That is absolutely what I shall be doing. Thank you, and my
:17:11. > :17:13.thanks also to Loveday Jenkin. There will be plenty more on the impact of
:17:14. > :17:21.today's result. Students say it's insulting that
:17:22. > :17:24.Plymouth University is spending The ceremonial seats will be used
:17:25. > :17:28.for graduations The university says
:17:29. > :17:47.they'll be paid for by It is all go on Plymouth Hoe,
:17:48. > :17:53.marquees going up ahead of the University's graduation week. 25,000
:17:54. > :17:56.visitors are attracted, injecting ?700,000 into the city's economy. As
:17:57. > :19:32.part of the in a trial to try and prevent
:19:33. > :19:34.children becoming overweight. It involves bringing actors
:19:35. > :19:56.into schools, who aim to promote This is much more fun than simply
:19:57. > :20:00.being told not to eat junk food. Here, the children play a machine
:20:01. > :20:05.manufacturing fizzy drinks. While this approach? In order for
:20:06. > :20:11.behaviour change to occur you need to and J `` you need to engage
:20:12. > :20:14.children and their appearance. That is why we need innovative delivery
:20:15. > :20:22.methods to empower the children to come up with the answers, and they
:20:23. > :20:28.engage with the actors. What kind of things you think she could change?
:20:29. > :20:34.Stop drinking fizzy drinks. Has the trial had any effect on these
:20:35. > :20:42.children? It involved reducing your screen time, which I have done. When
:20:43. > :20:52.you look at vegetables, you think, how much sugar is in there. I have
:20:53. > :21:00.started eating much more healthy and choosing healthier options. Grace's
:21:01. > :21:07.mum has noticed a big difference. She is eating for green stuff. If we
:21:08. > :21:14.have a bowl of salad on the table, she wants to take some, it on her
:21:15. > :21:18.plate, in the past that was forced. 32 schools are taking part in the
:21:19. > :21:22.trial, the children being weighed at the beginning and end of the
:21:23. > :21:25.programme. There is a control group so they will be able to tell of the
:21:26. > :21:31.experiment has worked. Other trials have not, if this one is successful,
:21:32. > :21:35.it could be rolled out nationally. Other programmes nationally have not
:21:36. > :21:36.made the difference, so if we do see a difference, it really will be big
:21:37. > :21:39.news. Onto the sport now and
:21:40. > :21:42.Exeter Chiefs' Sandy Park stadium is almost ready to host its
:21:43. > :21:44.allocation of three Spotlight's Dave Gibbins reports
:21:45. > :22:00.from Sandy Park with that Building work is virtually complete
:22:01. > :22:05.at Sandy Park for next year's Rugby World Cup. The capacity has
:22:06. > :22:10.increased to 12,500, and ?1 million has been invested on the pitch. 20%
:22:11. > :22:14.is made up of synthetic fibres which will bind together the authentic
:22:15. > :22:20.grass, preventing flooding and winter wear. The aim was to get most
:22:21. > :22:27.of the work done by some are ready for the World Cup. We have had a few
:22:28. > :22:34.minor alterations which we will do next summer, but there will be no
:22:35. > :22:37.more structural work are heavy work. Although the World Cup will be
:22:38. > :22:44.underway by this time next year, Sandy Park will not host their first
:22:45. > :22:46.game until September 29. Exeter Chiefs are expecting sell`outs for
:22:47. > :22:53.all three games, the economy set to benefit thousands of visitors for
:22:54. > :22:58.Exeter. It will bring 6 million to the economy and Exeter. It is for
:22:59. > :23:04.the people of Exeter, the fans who will be able to watch this. The fan
:23:05. > :23:09.zones in the city centre will be able to watch the England matches
:23:10. > :23:18.live. The clock is also ticking for tickets. They will be able to
:23:19. > :23:22.subscribe. If you want to do it you've got to the end of this month
:23:23. > :23:28.get yourself registered. Moving to the football, Yeovil Town attempts
:23:29. > :23:36.to break their duck. Without a win in four games, they have a lot to
:23:37. > :23:41.prove. Plymouth Argyle look to make amends for Tuesday's defeat. Exeter
:23:42. > :23:46.City manager renews acquaintances with his former assistant, now in
:23:47. > :23:51.charge at Tranmere Rovers. Torquay United could go to the top of the
:23:52. > :23:57.conference if they beat Dover athletic, and Barnett lose their
:23:58. > :24:05.game. Finally, BBC Radio Devon will be in Gloucester tonight for Exeter
:24:06. > :24:09.Chiefs's bid to win. And we will be across all of the football
:24:10. > :24:15.tomorrow, and BBC Radio Cornwall will be following the Pirates. Good
:24:16. > :24:17.luck to all of our teams. We need good weather for them this weekend.
:24:18. > :24:20.luck to all of our teams. We need good weather for them this weekend.
:24:21. > :24:26.We are doing OK, next week looks good as well. Thank you for this
:24:27. > :24:35.photograph, the main part is behind my head, I am going to move. The
:24:36. > :24:39.shot of lightning over Dartmoor. Pretty lively showers, not
:24:40. > :24:43.everywhere, most of us got away with dry weather through the night. We
:24:44. > :24:48.are likely to see a few more showers tomorrow, but in a different place,
:24:49. > :24:53.perhaps along the south coast. This weekend turns cooler. We will start
:24:54. > :24:59.to see fine weather returned, but still muggy and misty and humid. The
:25:00. > :25:03.problems we have had with low cloud and mist, mainly around Cornwall and
:25:04. > :25:08.the Isles of Scilly. That has not changed. Low pressure still around
:25:09. > :25:15.us, effectively an extension of this law on Spain and Portugal. Keeping
:25:16. > :25:18.things cloudy and showery tomorrow. This will eventually move down
:25:19. > :25:22.across us, this high pressure, and we will return to fine weather on
:25:23. > :25:29.Sunday afternoon. Plenty of sunshine to enjoy, continuing until the early
:25:30. > :25:32.part of next week. That is the crowd structure `` cloud structure from
:25:33. > :25:36.earlier today, some of the low cloud has been around for the early part
:25:37. > :25:43.of the afternoon. This was earlier in the day. A little bit of hazy
:25:44. > :25:48.sunshine, but notice how hazy the areas, a lot of moisture in the air
:25:49. > :25:52.at the moment. There is a bit more of that mist and fog to come
:25:53. > :25:56.overnight as well as mist and fog forming inland. Where are the
:25:57. > :26:04.sunshine came through, it has felt very pleasant today. Temperatures of
:26:05. > :26:08.21, 20 two Celsius. More of that mist to come overnight, low cloud
:26:09. > :26:12.returning as well. We will not see too many in the way of showers, we
:26:13. > :26:16.will get away with a largely dry night. Tomorrow morning, slightly
:26:17. > :26:22.cooler than it has been, still unusually mild for a night`time
:26:23. > :26:25.temperature, 14`16. Misty and murky, low cloud and Mr Slaughter cleared
:26:26. > :26:35.through the day. It will eventually clear `` low cloud and mist slow to
:26:36. > :26:40.clear. A line of showers will for on the south coast, sharp showers
:26:41. > :26:43.developing over the course of the afternoon tomorrow. Temperatures
:26:44. > :26:54.similar to what we have been used to. 22, possibly 23. For the rowing,
:26:55. > :26:58.it should be OK, mainly dry but misty. Feeling fresher and more
:26:59. > :27:02.comfortable for the rowing on Sunday. That is the forecast for the
:27:03. > :27:13.Isles of Scilly, misty then brief sunshine. Times of high water:
:27:14. > :27:21.For coastal waters, not a grey deal of wind tomorrow, from the north and
:27:22. > :27:30.north`east, eventually forced three, picking up to a force for Mac. ``
:27:31. > :27:33.force for Mac. Fresher and Coolidge in the night`time as we move into
:27:34. > :27:41.next week. Have a lovely weekend. `` fresher and cooler.
:27:42. > :27:44.Thank you so much freer company. `` for your company. Have a good
:27:45. > :27:54.weekend. Goodbye. devoting their time
:27:55. > :28:48.to National Lottery-funded projects and, tonight, we're celebrating
:28:49. > :28:53.the difference they make. as we see how important these people
:28:54. > :28:58.and projects really are.