:00:09. > :00:10.After six years of recession Jersey's econoly stops
:00:11. > :00:22.shrinking, but why has it t`ken so long for the island to rdcover?
:00:23. > :00:27.This is the turning point. This is exactly what we have been s`ying in
:00:28. > :00:29.the last few weeks. We have got a plan and we are going to sthck to
:00:30. > :00:30.it. Also tonight,
:00:31. > :00:32.helping you choose sandwichds or a slap up meal ` new food hxgiene
:00:33. > :00:36.ratings are going on displax. And,
:00:37. > :00:37.a piece of Royal history gods under the hammer in Guernsey, telling us
:00:38. > :00:40.how close two heirs to the thrones Jersey's economy is
:00:41. > :00:57.no longer shrinking. It's the first time in six xears the
:00:58. > :01:00.island hasn't been in recession Figures for 2013 released today show
:01:01. > :01:03.the island?s economy was worth 3.7 billion `
:01:04. > :01:05.that's about the same as 2002. But it is still
:01:06. > :01:09.a sixth smaller than at the start In contrast, the UK economy has
:01:10. > :01:16.recovered to pre` recession levels. Higher unemployment,
:01:17. > :01:24.public spending cuts and below inflation pay rises ` the p`inful
:01:25. > :01:29.effects of an economy in recession. Six years of no growth has
:01:30. > :01:33.left islanders feeling poordr. A consumer council report today
:01:34. > :01:51.suggests that half now struggle There are still redundancies, pay
:01:52. > :01:54.freezes, costs are still gohng up. Just generally, costs in Jersey are
:01:55. > :02:01.higher, they are certainly not going down. The costs of uniform, of food,
:02:02. > :02:02.it all goes up but salaries don t go up with it.
:02:03. > :02:11.But the big one, the sector that really drives Jersey's economy,
:02:12. > :02:17.finance, was down 3% in 2013, and a massive 33% in the past six years.
:02:18. > :02:20.The knock`on effect is that the amount of tax the government
:02:21. > :02:24.collects has fallen, leaving a big black hole in its fin`nces.
:02:25. > :02:27.The global recession has hit Jersey very hard.
:02:28. > :02:30.It has been much deeper than in Guernsey and much slower to
:02:31. > :02:35.That decline has now been h`lted ` the question is,
:02:36. > :02:46.With just two weeks until Jdrsey elects a new government, ard these
:02:47. > :02:49.figures good news for the m`n who has been in charge of Jersex
:02:50. > :02:52.Earlier, I asked Senator Phillip Ozotf why
:02:53. > :03:06.2013 was the turning point, and it shows that the economy over`ll is no
:03:07. > :03:11.longer contracting. Financi`l services was still under stress last
:03:12. > :03:14.year, and that is why we took corrective action to put thd new
:03:15. > :03:18.financial services strategy in place, which is now working. And the
:03:19. > :03:25.rest of the economy grew. What we are seeing is a picture of that
:03:26. > :03:29.turning point happening in 2013 In 2013`14 there will definitely be an
:03:30. > :03:33.improvement. As a result of those budget measures, which have been so
:03:34. > :03:38.difficult to get approved, we will see an even stronger recovery taking
:03:39. > :03:42.place in 2015. At the UK has also recovered to the point wherd it is
:03:43. > :03:46.almost worried was before the recession. How long will it take
:03:47. > :03:50.Jersey to get back to that? We are seeing strong recovery in the UK,
:03:51. > :03:55.but they have the mountain of debt which we don't have. As soon as
:03:56. > :03:58.economic recovery does take race, and it is broadly based, financial
:03:59. > :04:04.services and the rest of thd economy, and we continue to see that
:04:05. > :04:08.different picture in Guernsdy, which is earnings above inflation, we have
:04:09. > :04:13.seen low inflation in Jersex, that is when Jersey people will start to
:04:14. > :04:17.become more confident. But this is the turning point, this is dxactly
:04:18. > :04:22.what we have been saying in the last few weeks. This is the vindhcation
:04:23. > :04:25.of our policy. We have got ` plan and we need to stick to it `nd get
:04:26. > :04:32.this economic recovery underway in 2015. There are instruments
:04:33. > :04:38.government can use to boost economic growth, for example encouraging new
:04:39. > :04:42.industries to comment. How big would you like the government to have a
:04:43. > :04:46.role in that sort of thing, but you think the government should step
:04:47. > :04:50.back? I think government nedds to step in in terms of providing the
:04:51. > :04:55.infrastructure and the appropriate environment. We have got th`t. David
:04:56. > :05:00.Cameron spoke about having the lowest corporate tax regime in the
:05:01. > :05:03.grams 20. Not quite, becausd our tax rates are lower and we can `fford
:05:04. > :05:06.them, and that will drive the growth. But we have got to be
:05:07. > :05:13.confident and upbeat, and wd have got to sell Jersey, and say all of
:05:14. > :05:18.the great things about our past and present, and our digital future
:05:19. > :05:21.That is what is going to drhve and diversify broadly based economic
:05:22. > :05:26.recovery, which, most importantly, can be of benefit to all islanders
:05:27. > :05:32.and provide the tax revenues that we need to fund the services that we
:05:33. > :05:36.know require more investment, such as health care and education.
:05:37. > :05:38.People have begun voting in Jersey's general election.
:05:39. > :05:41.The pre`polling station in St Helier opened this morning ` the election
:05:42. > :05:45.Islanders from any parish c`st their vote for Constable,
:05:46. > :05:48.Deputy and Senator and vote in the referendum on States reform.
:05:49. > :05:58.1,200 cafes, restaurants and bars in Jersey will
:05:59. > :06:01.be given a food star rating to show how hygienic they are.
:06:02. > :06:04.The new scheme, which follows Guernsey and the UK, will r`te
:06:05. > :06:07.the hygiene quality of food businesses and it could pavd the way
:06:08. > :06:15.Wednesday morning in St Petdr, and lunch is being prepared.
:06:16. > :06:18.Staff here make 2,000 sandwhches every day, all to be delivered to
:06:19. > :06:36.How important you take food hygiene and food safety? We are talking
:06:37. > :06:40.about people's lives. Salmonella, especially with old people ht can
:06:41. > :06:41.kill. You have to be very, very strict.
:06:42. > :06:45.And now Ken and companies lhke his will be rated from 0`5 on how clean
:06:46. > :06:47.and hygienic their kitchens are but businesses like restaurants won t be
:06:48. > :07:00.It is purely voluntary at the moment. It would not requird a
:07:01. > :07:07.change in legislation, but ht is about celebrating the excellence we
:07:08. > :07:09.have on this island. We havd 80 of premises already between good and
:07:10. > :07:11.excellent, so this is about celebrating this.
:07:12. > :07:14.These new rules also affect pubs like this one that serve food.
:07:15. > :07:19.But is it needed, and will the customers notice any differdnce
:07:20. > :07:28.I hope that enough informathon is passed over to the public that when
:07:29. > :07:33.they do see the scoring system that they understand that, and it is not
:07:34. > :07:38.just a mark out of five for how good you are. I see it as quite ` good
:07:39. > :07:43.thing for the industry. And this is what the signs look like
:07:44. > :07:45.in Guernsey. The states launched a similar scheme in March of this
:07:46. > :07:46.year. Back in Ken's kitchen these
:07:47. > :07:49.sandwiches are being wrapped up Islanders will be able to sde
:07:50. > :07:54.for themselves how high cafds, restaurants and businesses like
:07:55. > :07:56.Ken's rate in the coming wedks when all the information is put online,
:07:57. > :07:59.helping you make the decision where A remarkable collection
:08:00. > :08:06.of royal letters is to go under They contain heartfelt emothons
:08:07. > :08:10.of two men who later ruled The correspondence reveals
:08:11. > :08:13.the strain King Edward VIII and King George VI were unddr
:08:14. > :08:16.when they couldn't fight The young royals were writing to
:08:17. > :08:19.their mentor, Admiral Tait, whose family in Guernsey ard now
:08:20. > :08:22.selling the letters. These letters tell the painful
:08:23. > :08:25.story of two men who were born to The future King Edward VIII, seen
:08:26. > :08:30.here touring the western front, wasn't allowed to serve in the front
:08:31. > :08:34.line as he was heir to the throne. And
:08:35. > :08:47.the letters reveal it was something I am very depressed again. Ht is
:08:48. > :08:52.astounding to think that I have a commission in both services, Army
:08:53. > :08:54.and Navy, and I am denied sdeing active service in either. I can
:08:55. > :08:57.assure you, I am a broken m`n. Meanwhile, Edward's younger brother,
:08:58. > :09:00.the future King George VI, seen here inspecting troops in Scotland, was
:09:01. > :09:19.held back from fighting in the First Albert felt it most stronglx because
:09:20. > :09:22.of his illness. The white fdather brigade was very strong, and he does
:09:23. > :09:24.talk about letters that werd sent to him that were difficult to read
:09:25. > :09:25.from owners of the public. The letters were written to their
:09:26. > :09:28.mentor Admiral William Campbell Tait during the First World War, who is
:09:29. > :09:42.seen on the right of this photo with In this letter, written by the
:09:43. > :09:46.future King Edward eight, hd describes his frustration at being
:09:47. > :09:50.sidelined, saying that whild you are out risking your life, I am left at
:09:51. > :09:55.home with the women, devoid of any job. This unique record of the
:09:56. > :10:04.frustration of two kings to be who could not do their duty goes under
:10:05. > :10:08.the hammer tomorrow. We will let you know tomorrow how much thosd letters
:10:09. > :10:14.went for. 70 years ago, the French port of Santa Marleau was bombed
:10:15. > :10:20.heavily. The first view most
:10:21. > :10:22.Channel Islanders get of 70 years ago, all they would
:10:23. > :10:26.have seen was a pile of rubble. The allied liberation of Sahnt Malo
:10:27. > :10:29.pulverised 80% of this walldd city. But, almost as soon as the fighting
:10:30. > :10:34.was over, reconstruction work began. The first job was to clear
:10:35. > :10:43.the rubble from the ruins. Before the war, the old town had
:10:44. > :10:50.both rich areas with elegant stone buildings, and poor neighbotrhoods
:10:51. > :10:54.that had many wooden houses. After the war,
:10:55. > :10:56.the authorities chose not to Instead, they rebuilt
:10:57. > :11:06.the entire old town in stond. Today, visitors to Saint Malo can
:11:07. > :11:09.find it hard to believe that the old Modern Saint Malo still maintains
:11:10. > :11:16.strong links with the sea. Its ferry port not only serves
:11:17. > :11:19.the Channel Islands, but also The city also has
:11:20. > :11:25.a fair sized commercial port, and is But perhaps unsurprisingly, tourism
:11:26. > :11:45.is now the town's key industry. Tourism here is essential for the
:11:46. > :11:49.life of the town. We are thd first terroristic town in Brittanx,
:11:50. > :11:52.probably one of the main destinations in France, and it is a
:11:53. > :11:55.worldwide known city `` touristic. The city's daily links with
:11:56. > :12:06.the Channel Islands means islanders We did a tour and we discovdr the
:12:07. > :12:12.history of the town, and it was fascinating. I think it is ` lovely
:12:13. > :12:14.city, and I enjoy Brittany, plenty of places to cycle.
:12:15. > :12:20.Saint Malo for ever. But, 70 years on, this is a city trying to look to
:12:21. > :12:30.the future while never forgdtting its past.
:12:31. > :12:46.It is a big change for us. @fter six weeks of dry weather, we have got
:12:47. > :12:49.some rain in the forecast. Not a huge amount for the next cotple of
:12:50. > :12:54.days, the main threat of rahn will come Friday night into Saturday A
:12:55. > :12:59.cloudy start to tomorrow, m`inly dry, with the chance of a shower
:13:00. > :13:03.developing. Also some sunshhne. This line of cloud is the culprit, and it
:13:04. > :13:07.has been creeping into the afternoon. It will give us that odd
:13:08. > :13:16.light shower this evening. Ht moves into northern France by the middle
:13:17. > :13:20.of tomorrow. This main rain bearing cloud has become closer by Friday,
:13:21. > :13:26.but it will eventually make progress towards us, probably a feattre first
:13:27. > :13:29.thing on Saturday morning. Overnight tonight, the cloud is fairlx
:13:30. > :13:33.extensive. It still could produce a few showers, and night`time
:13:34. > :13:40.temperatures lower than thex have been, and to 13 Celsius. Tolorrow,
:13:41. > :13:43.the chance of a shower developing in the afternoon. Also some sunny
:13:44. > :13:53.spells developing. It will feel quite warm in the sunshine. The
:13:54. > :13:56.winds are generally from thd West, no more than a fourth three. Times
:13:57. > :14:15.of high The South will pick up into the
:14:16. > :14:19.weekend. Let's look at the weekend forecast. Friday will be a bright,
:14:20. > :14:25.dry day. Increasingly breezx towards the end of the day, and overnight
:14:26. > :14:29.Friday night into Saturday, we start to see more persistent rain. Through
:14:30. > :14:33.the weekend it does become luch more breezy, much cooler, and sole
:14:34. > :14:34.showers will be around, oftdn quite frequent, especially on latd on
:14:35. > :14:45.Sunday and into Monday. Just a reminder, on tomorrow's
:14:46. > :14:50.programme, we will have havd a report from the hustings taking
:14:51. > :14:53.place for senators in Jersex. Join us then. Now, over to the studio in
:14:54. > :15:02.Plymouth. Goodbye. petition in support of their appeal
:15:03. > :15:03.which is due to be heard in November.
:15:04. > :15:05.A pensioner from Dorset says he's disgusted after hospit`l
:15:06. > :15:07.treatment to help restore hhs sight was cancelled three thmes
:15:08. > :15:11.86`year`old Ray Wilson from Weymouth says he desperately needs
:15:12. > :15:18.Dorset County Hospital says Mr Wilson turned down one appohntment
:15:19. > :15:27.Spotlight's Andrea Ormsby has the story.
:15:28. > :15:38.Ray Wilson had a great view over Weymouth, but he cannot see much of
:15:39. > :15:44.it. I get the post and the Telegraph, but other than that, no.
:15:45. > :15:49.He is 86 and wants his cataracts taken out so he can be more
:15:50. > :15:58.independent. It is terrible, it is not a nice way to live. I used to
:15:59. > :16:07.love gardening. There is a difference between the grass and the
:16:08. > :16:12.plants, and I cannot see it. One, two, three... He says his
:16:13. > :16:19.appointments at Dorset County Hospital have been cancelled three
:16:20. > :16:22.times. I regret to inform you it has been necessary to cancel yotr
:16:23. > :16:27.appointment. It is diabolic`l, no one is available to see you. Why
:16:28. > :16:33.not? After nine months? It hs not fair. Ray relies on voluntedrs from
:16:34. > :16:42.a local church group to takd him out. Trying to organise each
:16:43. > :16:48.hospital visit is not easy for Ray. He does not use the Internet, it is
:16:49. > :16:55.all phone calls, you can sed how the Boreas it is written just to read
:16:56. > :17:01.letters. `` how low Boreas. He has got a hearing problem as well, it is
:17:02. > :17:07.doubly or trebly hard to organise these things. In a statement, Dorset
:17:08. > :17:11.County Hospital says Ray Wilson was given an appointment in Augtst but
:17:12. > :17:17.declined it, and is now on ` waiting list. Consultants have been in touch
:17:18. > :17:19.with Mr Wilson's GP, but encourages him to contact the hospital if he is
:17:20. > :17:20.still concerned. "A wonderful broadcaster
:17:21. > :17:22.much loved by the audience." One of the tributes paid tonight to
:17:23. > :17:25.Sheila Tracy, one of the first BBC TV presenters in the Sotth
:17:26. > :17:30.West, who's died at the age of 0. Sheila, who was born in Cornwall,
:17:31. > :17:34.worked here for many years and was the first female newsreader
:17:35. > :17:37.on BBC Radio 4. She was also
:17:38. > :17:39.an accomplished musician, studying at the
:17:40. > :17:41.Royal Academy of Music. Johnny Rutherford takes
:17:42. > :17:55.a look back at her life. Sheila Tracy was among the last in
:17:56. > :17:59.vision continuity announcers on BBC network television before bdcoming
:18:00. > :18:06.one of the earliest TV presdnters here in the south`west. Manx
:18:07. > :18:09.tributes have been coming in to put `` to Spotlight today, incltding
:18:10. > :18:18.some from fellow broadcasters, like make Penrose, who worked for BBC
:18:19. > :18:21.South West for 30 years. Shd was very professional, she was not
:18:22. > :18:27.afraid to ask difficult questions either. Councillors and MPs, when
:18:28. > :18:37.she got hold of them, they `cted differently. Over to the newsdesk.
:18:38. > :18:43.Sometimes the editor would come in at the last minute and substitute
:18:44. > :18:48.something you are going to read She would hand over to me introducing
:18:49. > :18:51.something I wasn't going to read! I think people enjoyed her as a real
:18:52. > :18:58.character. Not just somebodx who read and autocue. She then loved
:18:59. > :19:05.into radio and was the first female newsreader on radio format. `` Radio
:19:06. > :19:10.4. She presented many big b`nd specials, but never forgot her
:19:11. > :19:13.roots, and was back presenthng on our 50th anniversary progralme. All
:19:14. > :19:17.of us here at Spotlight. Shd was fantastic. Until tomorrow, same
:19:18. > :19:19.time, good night. Sheila Tracy, whose death
:19:20. > :19:21.has been announced today. And there will be a special tribute
:19:22. > :19:25.to Sheila Tracy on BBC Radio 2. That's on the Clare Teal
:19:26. > :19:31.programme on Sunday at 9pm. Some sports news and Torquax United
:19:32. > :19:34.manager Chris Hargreaves was sent off during his team's
:19:35. > :19:39.2`1 defeat at Forest Green Rovers Hargreaves was sent to
:19:40. > :19:43.the stands for the second h`lf after questioning
:19:44. > :19:47.some of the referee's decishons Although Duane Ofori`Acheampong gave
:19:48. > :19:50.United the lead in Gloucestdrshire, Forest Green hit back
:19:51. > :19:54.and scored the winner ten mhnutes from the end, through former
:19:55. > :20:00.Exeter City striker James Norwood. The actor known to most of ts as
:20:01. > :20:04."The Fonz" and to younger children as music teacher "Mr Rock" has been
:20:05. > :20:08.visiting schools in the South West. Henry Winkler is dyslexic
:20:09. > :20:11.and his tour aims to raise It's something which the st`r
:20:12. > :20:16.of "Happy Days" says was sadly Spotlight's David George has been to
:20:17. > :20:39.see him in action at With perfect comic timing, Henry
:20:40. > :20:45.Winkler grabbed his audiencd with a family history. His father bought
:20:46. > :20:59.and sold wood. I did not want to buy and sell... Would! The only would I
:21:00. > :21:03.was interested in... Was Hollywood! Is inspirational message to the
:21:04. > :21:08.youngsters is simply that you can do anything, and use your talents. No
:21:09. > :21:13.matter how difficult school is, it has nothing to do with how brilliant
:21:14. > :21:18.you are. Every child that I meet has greatness in them, and it is their
:21:19. > :21:25.job to bring their greatness ode and give it to the world as a ghft.
:21:26. > :21:33.Primary schoolchildren all over Britain now Henry Winkler as Mr Rock
:21:34. > :21:38.in children's TV series. Welcome to the lunch time learning ladder.
:21:39. > :21:41.Henry told the youngsters the character is based on his own
:21:42. > :21:47.real`life music teacher, cold Mr Rock. But her mums and dads, the
:21:48. > :21:55.teachers and the rest of us, Henry Winkler will always be the funds. ``
:21:56. > :22:06.the Fonz. Can you picture md in a cardigan? That is for nerds There
:22:07. > :22:13.is the Fonz. You are not cool enough to talk to me. Where did thd whole
:22:14. > :22:20.thing come from? I will tell you. They wrote paragraphs four the Fonz.
:22:21. > :22:34.I reduced entire paragraphs to once owned. `` 21 sound. `` to one sound.
:22:35. > :22:39.That is all you have to do. I would just like to say that dog h`s bad
:22:40. > :22:42.breath. They are going to love him at the school tomorrow, he hs busy,
:22:43. > :23:01.but he has time for a quick selfie. One very cool man. David loved being
:23:02. > :23:06.with the Fonz. Time for a look at the weather forecast.
:23:07. > :23:15.Good evening. It is not looking too bad. Just a few e`mails abott the
:23:16. > :23:23.amount of rain we signs of temper. Just six .8 millimetres. 10.6
:23:24. > :23:28.millimetres, and just 3.4 millilitres. The average for the
:23:29. > :23:33.month is between 80 and 100 millilitres. Just shows you how dry
:23:34. > :23:38.it has been. There is rain hn the forecast, some of it turning quite
:23:39. > :23:43.heavy on Friday, until then showers are dotted around, but mainly dry
:23:44. > :23:48.weather tomorrow, just the risk of a few showers. This line of code
:23:49. > :23:56.across us at the moment is capable of producing a few spits of rain ``
:23:57. > :24:02.line of client. `` line of cloud. The main area of rain is accurate, a
:24:03. > :24:06.long way away from us at thd moment. By lunch time tomorrow, it hs
:24:07. > :24:09.approaching western Ireland. By the middle of the day on Friday it is
:24:10. > :24:16.through Ireland, overnight Friday into Saturday, it gradually moves
:24:17. > :24:22.on. The isobars all squeeze up. The whole lot will give us rain,
:24:23. > :24:26.something we have not seen for quite a while. Some of the rain qtite
:24:27. > :24:29.heavy early on Saturday morning Today we had a little bit of
:24:30. > :24:35.brightness but not much. A fair amount of cloud in the sky. These
:24:36. > :24:39.pictures were from mid Devon. A little glimpse of brightness in the
:24:40. > :24:43.sky, but it is and has been generally cloudy today. The clouds
:24:44. > :24:46.they can often give a few spits of rain here in fair. Not a grdy deal
:24:47. > :24:53.of dampness but a few showers nonetheless. Fruit is still there,
:24:54. > :24:58.but we will see a really big change in substantially cooler conditions.
:24:59. > :25:04.As we head into the weekend. Tonight first, that line of cloud whll drift
:25:05. > :25:09.away, a little bit misty in places as well. Somewhat of a clearance of
:25:10. > :25:15.the cloud in the early hours of the morning. Temperatures dipping a
:25:16. > :25:22.little lower. In the countrxside, 9`10, in the towns and citids 1 `13.
:25:23. > :25:26.Sunshine breaking through the cloud, a few showers developing through the
:25:27. > :25:32.afternoon. One of those showers appearing at the end of the day but
:25:33. > :25:38.still relatively mild, tempdratures 17`19 degrees. For the Isles of
:25:39. > :25:41.Scilly, a rather cloudy day, sunshine breaking through, largely
:25:42. > :25:50.dry conditions here. Times of high water. And for the surfers,
:25:51. > :25:58.substantially bigger waves on the weekend. 34 `` 3`4 feet, and clean.
:25:59. > :26:02.A bit more of a swell coming our way. The wind direction is lainly
:26:03. > :26:11.from the West, forced three, occasionally for Mac. ``
:26:12. > :26:15.occasionally for. Changing hnto the weekend, a bright and dry d`y on
:26:16. > :26:20.Saturday. Temperatures 14`14 for most of us. Saturday morning, the
:26:21. > :26:23.rain will have moved through, some sunshine but frequent and qtite
:26:24. > :26:28.heavy showers as we move into Sunday. The best way to describe it
:26:29. > :26:32.is back to normal. Have a nhce evening.
:26:33. > :26:38.Had to happen eventually, thank you, David. The full interview whth Henry
:26:39. > :26:43.Winkler will be on our Facebook page, and I will be back with you at
:26:44. > :26:44.6:30pm tomorrow. From all of us in the Spotlight team, have a very good
:26:45. > :27:09.evening. Families left without a pay packet
:27:10. > :27:23.at the end of the month. Government borrowing on a scale
:27:24. > :27:28.not seen since the war. Accepting defeat
:27:29. > :27:40.was never an option. Instead,
:27:41. > :27:43.we did what British people do. We rolled up our sleeves
:27:44. > :27:47.and got stuck in. Small businesses opened early
:27:48. > :27:51.and worked late. People took a chance
:27:52. > :27:54.and built something of their own. Young people learnt new skills
:27:55. > :27:58.so they could get on in life.