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Dishing up a new deal ` education bosses celebrate a truce with

unions, but it comes as bushness leaders in Jersey say schools are to

blame for a skills shortage ` we'll hear from both sides.

Claims Guernsey needs a new strategy to attract tourists.

And find out why these studdnts are being encouraged to ?cop a feel

You do we develop new Hotel is a tourist attractions?

Dishing up dinner on our dahly that a new deal is dished out. All sides

will work to make that all students have the best educational

experiences available to thdm. It is in agreement about how to check

forward work and public service reform in a genuine partnership

that means the only outcome can be we will get the for children and

young people here. It is also designed to stop this, scends from

2010 when teaching unions m`rched through the streets in a row over

pay and conditions. We are still going to disagree, but this

agreement will mean that whdn we disagree, we will have to sht down

and talk it through. All thhs comes on the day that Jersey's edtcation

system is severely criticisdd by leading businessmen. Last nhght 500

business men and women were told that jersey politicians shotld be

ashamed at the quality of education available on the island. Thd

standard of state education is well below the standard it should be and

if education and employment training was improved, more local people

would get the best jobs in jersey would be less reliant on

immigration. There are lots of great teachers, lots of great schools

Let's not criticise. Let's talk about where we want to get to. As

those in power sign the agrdement, they say they are putting local

tools in first and helping them get the top jobs in future.

That's the damning verdict of the island's deputy Treasury

He says there are too many obstacles which are preventing

This is what Guernsey's tryhng to sell as it attempts to draw

But some feel these campaigns aren't part of a dedicated strategx

and that there are still too many obstacles

A runway that struggles to `ttract low`cost carriers and not h`ving a

reciprocal health agreement are just some of the reasons the Tre`sury and

Resources Minister feels totrists aren't landing in Guernsey.

Other islands have theatres ensues, so do we or don't we develop tourist

attractions and in particul`r, do we develop new hotels? Unless xou're

willing to consider these issues, and I don't think too visible have

more than a very limited capacity to contribute to our economy.

No`one from Commerce and Employment was available for interview today

but the Director of Tourism Mike Hopkins says that he's been working

very closely with the Chambdrs of Commerce Tourism and Hospit`lity sub

group on a long term strategy for the Tourism industry.

He said he will be updating the industry on its development at the

Visitor numbers to Guernsey have fallen over recent years

so whatever is announced at the tourism seminar many are hoping it

A development company has bden ordered to pay Jersey States' legal

costs, after unsuccessfully trying to claim ?100 million for breach

Harcourt built the Liberty Wharf shopping centre ` and said ht had an

agreement to redevelop the Dsplanade car park into a finance centre.

So when the work went elsewhere they took legal action.

But an appeal court has dislissed the case, and ordered the company

Meanwhile, there are new moves to redevelop an abandoned Victorian

Previous failed attempts to transform Fort Tourgis have included

flats, a luxury hotel, a casino and storage facility for pl`nes

But now Alderney's Policy and Finance Committee say they're

looking again at proposals for residential and mixed use,

and that two developers havd expressed an interest.

More than 1,000 Jersey school girls are being taught how to look out

for the signs of breast cancer as a campaign begins to get women's

health issues on the island's School Curriculum.

It's being spearheaded by Kris Hallenga who set up the charity

Coppafeel after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 23.

It is so good to hear that ht is already on your curriculum. That is

why she is here. This is ond of the few schools in the country that

already teaches arrest cancdr awareness to young women. She is

campaigning to get more schools on board. We facilitate campaigns in is

there not being facilitated from the top at the moment. That thex are

already doing this is impressive, because it is not happening in a lot

of places. Dispelling those myths is part of her team's work and it is

needed in jersey. In the last fortnight half years, 77 wolen aged

under 50 have been diagnosed with raised cancer. This illustr`tes that

breast cancer is not an olddr women's disease. About 1000 girls

will hear this message todax and that could save somebody's life I'm

going to check myself now, because you never know with it could be

better not. It was really informative. The education

Department says it would insist breast cancer is included in the

syllabus, because it is one of many important health issues, but what's

it is covered in class. Meanwhile, the message has got across here

You can't have failed to spot the signs, Jersey's Branchage film

With an arty event in every corner of the island this weekend,

Emma Chambers has had a whistle stop tour at what's been on show so far.

Not something you would ordhnarily hear at a festival workshop, but

A sound effects masterclass, pop`up street art shows, and

impromptu music sessions ` Branchage is catering for all tastes with

This talk on Karl Marx's tile in Jersey was keenly attenddd.

The theme is "make your own island" and St Aubin's fort is the location

for Sunday's finale in what could be the most challenging installation.

This is the first time we h`ve done something so far`away entitx is the

most difficult challenge we have ever had to do.

And if they do pull it off, this is a sneak peak

And there's more arts, films, music and more going

on all weekend ` you can listen to the highlights on BBC Radio

Branchage, on BBC Radio Jersey's Medium Wave frequency ` 1026, from

A misty and cloudy start, btt becoming fine and some warm sunshine

returning to us. On the facd of it, we don't see much cloud, but it is

caused by overnight and then gradually will move away. Wd are

backed with a small ridge of high pressure on Sunday. Cloudy overnight

tonight and then turning misty. Night`time temperatures probably

getting down as low as 14 ddgrees. Very light winds becoming e`sterly.

On the The times of high water. Not much for the surfers. Sundax is a

fine day, should brighten up with some sunshine. A small chance of a

future where is turning up on Monday. The weekend looks qtite

pleasant. If you have pictures you'd like to

see, you can e`mail them to us. There have been further outbreaks

of TB in cattle on farms at Killerton near Exeter, in spite

of a trial vaccination of b`dgers. The National Trust, which owns

the land, says it's not surprised. More than 500 badgers have been

vaccinated on the estate since 011. The Killerton estate `

20 square kilometres of land near Over the last four years,

a large`scale vaccination programme Around 550 badgers have been

vaccinated against bovine TB. The National Trust says it wants to

show that such large`scale programmes are possible

and that they can reduce thd overall We can never scientifically provide

the evidence to say, "that has had this effect on bovine TB," because

there are many other elements Just this week, tests have confirmed

an outbreak of bovine TB here. We've taken part in something that

a lot of people say is going to be It might be part of an answdr

but it isn't the answer. The NFU says that vaccinnathon has

a part to play among other leasures It was never thought to be ` silver

bullet in areas of high infdction. Wildlife groups are keen to

highlight the importance The Government was funding six

projects for badger vaccination It cut them back to one to

pursue the culling policy. Now, in terms of public opinion

and the problems it's having with culling, it's accepted the need to

expand badger vaccination and we're going to see ten new

projects over the next few lonths. The National Trust says vaccination

could be one of A hoard of 22,000 Roman coins has

been found by a semi`retired builder Historians say the find is one

of the most important ever And, as John Henderson has been

finding out, the man who discovered them slept in his car

for three nights to guard the site. That the find of his life. @ tiny

fraction of the treasure discovered in East Devon by a semi rethred

builder. They just spilled out all over. Just like hitting the

jackpot? Just like hitting the jackpot, a fantastic feeling. It's

the biggest kind of `` find of its kind in the country. Between 22 0

and 23,000 coins. There is to tundra done hundreds of them. Smild. I m

smiling all right! He made the find using trusty metal detector. The

hoard weighed many kilos and bore images of Emperor Constantine, his

family and other emperors. Dxperts say the Quins are the equiv`lent of

a worker's pay the two years ` but who buried them and why. I dxpect it

is to do with the farm office or something like a local Government

office. These were the wages, maybe, of some of their employees `nd at

some point, in the middle of the fourth century, things got ` bit

tricky. It was not the safest of times. Whoever deposited thd money

in the ground never came back to retrieve it. And when Lowrance found

it last November, he wasn't leaving anything to chance. Between finding

the coins and the archaeologist arriving, he slept in his c`r to

guard the site. He and the landowner will share a reward when thd coins

are sold. A campaign has bedn launched to keep the coins hn Exeter

for stopper could be worth ` five figure sum for this find isn't just

treasure. But of pieces of history. On to the sport now,

and Plymouth Raiders have their sights set on winning trophies

as the new basketball season gets Dave Gibbins has news of th`t,

along with the rest of the sport. It is the eve of the new basketball

season. More about the Plymouth Raiders in a moment. Exeter Chiefs

has another Sunday blockbuster in the Premier League this weekend

It's the turn of the Harleqtins to visit Sandy park, with only two

bonus points separating the clubs in the Premier League this weekend

It's the turn of the Harleqtins to visit Sandy park, with only two

bonus points separating the club is a table.

The Chiefs' international whng is back after a six`month absence

through injury is. He's eagdr to show the form which led to his

England call`up last debris. They said the most important thing were

the Premiership games for the club and I need to be playing to put my

hand up and take my position back because there are other people on

the team who are playing very well. Plymouth Albion and the Cornish

Pirates still await their fhrst championship wins of the se`son and

they hope to get them at hole to Bedford and Mosley respectively

Let's have a look at the wedkend's football.

In cricket, Somerset have completed their County championship sdason by

scrambling to a draw against the new champions, Yorkshire, at

Headingley. They needed onlx 18 to win but clung on with one whcket

remaining. Jamie Overton from North Devon was one of the survivors.

We are up close and personal here at the city College in Plymouth with

the Plymouth Raiders. We're on the eve of the new basketball sdason so

I wonder what lies ahead. You don't get the long and the short

of it in basketball. Mainly the long! Tall, lean and very mdan

players. I play centre. I play the powerful. I play forward. I'm Dave

Gibbons. I don't play basketball because I'm not tall enough.

Plymouth Raiders have plentx of new talent at their disposal for the new

season, which starts tomorrow with Bristol Flyers. When you look at the

top teams and the lower tier teams, the top teams are really pl`y

defence at a level that you expect them to be winning championships.

I've made sure that I've got that message across, every singld time,

to these boys. Eight new pl`yers have been brought in from all parts

of the world ` America, Australia, Canada and, er, Birmingham. We've

both played against Plymouth before in the past so we know what it's

like to have the fans against us but now we're excited to have the fans

with us. What's the court lhke? It's good. It sounds a lot different to

what I'm used to in England but it's probably one of the best in the BB

are so it's exciting to plax there every week. The players are spectre

to go as high as they can and they've got the personnel to do just

that. `` are expecting. Dave Gibbons a giant in sports

broadcasting! A Plymouth yachtsman is gearing up

to compete in one of the biggest single`handed races

in the French sailing calendar. In a few weeks' time,

Conrad Humphreys will be on the start line of the

Route Du Rhum transatlantic race. Spotlight's Andy Breare

has been to meet him. Ten years ago,

Plymouth's Conrad Humphreys competes in a single`handed round

the world yacht race. Fast forward ten years,

he's in his early 40s and a father. He has a new boat and is

about to go it alone once again The first challenge `

the transatlantic Route Du Rhum a favourite on the French y`chting

calendar and a race he once started I started the Route Du Rhum

in 2002 and I didn't complete it. It's always been a bit

of unfinished business for le. It was also the start

of my solo career and we're here in arguably one of the toughest

races, to be able to launch back into solo sailing and I think

the Route Du Rhum is a great start. The Route Du Rhum is held every four

years and sets off from a French Another familiar face lining up

at the start this time round is Sir Robin Knox Johnston, agdd 7 ,

the oldest skipper in the r`ce. But for Conrad, this marks the start

of a new solo racing campaign which could see him competing in

the next Vendee Globe in two years. That's an itch that is

never really gone away. I always said that I would be back

to do it with a really good campaign, a really good budget, and

I think there's a real opportunity More than 40 yachts will be lining

up alongside Conrad on Novelber 2nd on the French coast in

a race he is hoping will mark a new Now, we've had a summer

of music festivals ` Woodstock, Glastonbury, Beautiful Days,

Chagstock ` to name but a fdw. Yes, move over, humans ` Devon's

dogs are about to have some fun A ball is being held for our

canine friends to raise mondy for a Well,

our very own newshound Andrda Ormsby Piper is in for a pamper. Hd's off

to Woofstock and wants to bd top dog. Absolutely. We're doing what we

can to get Piper the king of the walk status so he's having `

pampering session this mornhng. He's being spruced up by Lucy. Hd's got

his bowtie already to go and it s fair to say he's quite excited.

Piper is going to party to classic songs with dog related titlds. They

will be hot under the collar if he misses a competition where he will

get a judge his own treats. But it isn't just about fun for Piper, who

was a rescue dog. Dogs like this only get seven days before they re

put to sleep in the pound and we went to one at a rescue and picked

up two hours before he was to be put to sleep. He has a home to go to but

for everyone we take out of the pound, there are probably sdven

eight, nine, ten others who don t make it out. There will be VIPs `

very important pets ` but none more regal than these. We're going to

have the king and queen turn up tomorrow in style, with our

fantastic driver. He's laying down on the job! The driver is done in

and Piper is pooped but between 10am and five BM tomorrow at Marwood Hill

Gardens near Barnstaple, thdy'll be ready for Woofstock. `` 5pm.

I've seen it all now! Let's go to our own top dog with the we`ther.

We've got quite this weekend with nothing to give us much in the way

of rain. Quite a lot of clotd around and a bit misty first thing in the

morning but mainly dry. If `nything, we do need some rain and thdre is

nothing that's going to appreciate over the next days. We've still got

high pressure. It's weak but it is there nonetheless. All thesd weather

fronts get pushed across to the north of Scotland. This week system

is across us at the moment through the English Channel and will be

stubborn to move out of the way tomorrow but it would eventtally get

pushed out of the way and it's a brighter day on Sunday but for

tomorrow, a lot of cloud around and a spot of drizzle in the wind.

Briefly some sunshine. That was the satellite picture from earlher. The

south coast certainly had bdst of the weather. There was some sunshine

here and some lovely quiet conditions out at sea. The winds

have been generally light over the last week or so so just the gentlest

of waves and a good view. The sea temperature is still around 70

degrees, still reasonably comfortable to stick your toe in and

have a swim, and with quiet weather around this weekend, no big waves

and nothing for surfers to appreciate. Enough clear skx later

to let the temperature get hnto single figures. A bit misty with

even some fog forming, which could be stubborn to move first thing

tomorrow. Not everywhere, btt some of the Falkirk could be quite

thick, with night`time tempdratures in the towns and cities arotnd 1 or

12 but in the countryside dhpping into single figures. Tomorrow is a

great, misty, murky start. The improvement is slow and