:00:08. > :00:10.Good evening and welcome to BBC Channel Islands.
:00:11. > :00:17.Making the news on this Friday night:
:00:18. > :00:20.Robbed at knife-point, the terrifying experience of one Jersey
:00:21. > :00:21.shopkeeper. How much time off should
:00:22. > :00:24.a new parent be allowed? Businesses and parents are asked
:00:25. > :00:33.to help shape future laws. We should have longer maternity
:00:34. > :00:34.leave. It is nice to bond with your children and the dads should have
:00:35. > :00:36.that extra bit of time. The Channel Islands expertise
:00:37. > :00:46.which is giving this seal And quiet would be a good way to
:00:47. > :00:50.describe this weekend, lots of cloud around, generally a bit warmer, and
:00:51. > :00:55.I'll have all the details later in the programme.
:00:56. > :01:00.A Jersey shop owner was left badly shaken after being
:01:01. > :01:08.robbed at knife-point in St Helier last night.
:01:09. > :01:10.It happened at about 7:20pm
:01:11. > :01:15.at Temple Stores in Stopford Road. The owner wasn't hurt.
:01:16. > :01:19.The police would like people who live and work in the area to help
:01:20. > :01:20.with their inquiries. Our reporter Julie Flanagan
:01:21. > :01:30.is there for us now. Last night was a normal night
:01:31. > :01:33.for shop owner Bruno Alves. He only took it over
:01:34. > :01:39.five months ago. He was at the back
:01:40. > :01:41.making a cup of coffee, heard someone coming in,went
:01:42. > :01:46.to serve the customer and saw what he described
:01:47. > :01:48.as a massive knife. You can imagine how
:01:49. > :01:50.terriying it was. He's too shaken to be on camera
:01:51. > :01:54.but he told me it felt He was so scared, and all he could
:01:55. > :02:02.think about was his two boys. So what are they saying
:02:03. > :02:10.about the investigation? Well around ?800 was stolen,
:02:11. > :02:15.so this is a significant crime, not only of theft
:02:16. > :02:18.but for the violence involved. Detective Inspector Steve Langford
:02:19. > :02:34.is leading the case and says it's Well, this is clearly quite a
:02:35. > :02:39.desperate act carried out by a callous individual. It is difficult
:02:40. > :02:45.to excess -- to assess the reasons why this occur. We suspect that the
:02:46. > :02:48.individual could have been casing the shop, to see if it could
:02:49. > :02:54.identify a potential target later in the day. Jersey is a very safe place
:02:55. > :02:55.and we would reassure the community that these incidents are not very
:02:56. > :02:58.common. The police also say the man they're
:02:59. > :03:01.looking for is around 6 foot tall, They say he was wearing a black
:03:02. > :03:07.leather jacket with a silver hoodie. Unfortunately security cameras
:03:08. > :03:10.in the shop had stopped filming so the police really want
:03:11. > :03:17.help from people who were in the area at around 7:30pm last night
:03:18. > :03:20.or earlier in the day Mr Alves has opened the shop up
:03:21. > :03:32.today as usual even though he's been so shocked by the robbery,
:03:33. > :03:34.but it has made him think twice about security and has made him
:03:35. > :03:42.worried his wife working there. Today he said he was still shaking
:03:43. > :03:48.from the shock of the ordeal. That's almost 24 hours after his
:03:49. > :03:56.ordeal. Parents in Jersey could get more
:03:57. > :03:59.time off work after their baby's born, depending on the outcome
:04:00. > :04:01.of a consultation. The government's asking for people's
:04:02. > :04:03.views on extending statutory There's criticism the island's
:04:04. > :04:10.behind the times for not providing
:04:11. > :04:13.as much leave as the UK. A picture of quality family time:
:04:14. > :04:21.parents and children playing at this But how family-friendly
:04:22. > :04:27.are the island's employment rights? The current rights came
:04:28. > :04:30.into force just over a year ago, making it compulsory
:04:31. > :04:33.for workers to get than in the UK, so do parents
:04:34. > :04:59.in Jersey feel it's enough? I don't think it is enough. We
:05:00. > :05:04.should have longer maternity leave. It is nice to bond with your
:05:05. > :05:09.children. And for dads, as well, to have that bit of time to spend with
:05:10. > :05:13.their children and help out with setting a routine and things like
:05:14. > :05:18.that. I see lots of people struggling with babies when they are
:05:19. > :05:23.only three or four months, it is really sad to see. And some people
:05:24. > :05:25.have to get back to work. I think maybe there should be more.
:05:26. > :05:27.Now all islanders are being asked for their views
:05:28. > :05:33.It's being run by the Employment Forum, an independent group
:05:34. > :05:36.who wants to hear from both sides of the fence.
:05:37. > :05:41.It will be a balance between individuals who want longer
:05:42. > :05:46.time with their babies when they're born, but also with businesses
:05:47. > :05:49.who have businesses to run and the cost of having people
:05:50. > :05:52.out of a business for any length of time.
:05:53. > :05:55.People's views will be gathered over the next three months,
:05:56. > :05:57.before the forum puts recommendations to the States.
:05:58. > :06:01.It could lead to a law change that sees new parents
:06:02. > :06:07.have more time to spend with their babies in future.
:06:08. > :06:09.Businesses facing eviction from Guernsey's Fontaine Vinery
:06:10. > :06:14.could be relocated to a spot on the West Coast within a year.
:06:15. > :06:17.The firms need to move to make way for social housing.
:06:18. > :06:20.States Property Services have identified
:06:21. > :06:26.But not everyone's happy, as Penny Elderfield reports.
:06:27. > :06:28.At one time it was all go on Guernsey's vineries.
:06:29. > :06:38.But could a very different industry be about to bring
:06:39. > :06:41.Providing a new home for the businesses
:06:42. > :06:47.The dozen or so businesses based here at the Fontaine Vinery
:06:48. > :06:58.So this entire area can be cleared to make way for housing.
:06:59. > :07:00.The question is where should they go.
:07:01. > :07:02.This is States Property Services' first choice.
:07:03. > :07:06.The Pulias Vinery on Guernsey's West Coast.
:07:07. > :07:14.Both needing planning permission before anything can happen.
:07:15. > :07:16.But current tenant Ross isn't happy with the plans.
:07:17. > :07:20.He wants to stay on States-owned land.
:07:21. > :07:32.We need the States to invest in this industry. They have invested in the
:07:33. > :07:38.fisherman. We won something similar. We have an ideal spot next to this
:07:39. > :07:41.yard that is not being used, that is owned by the States, and they would
:07:42. > :07:43.be getting an income on this bit of land.
:07:44. > :07:45.Deputy Laurie Queripel got the States
:07:46. > :07:47.to agree to look at land they own option
:07:48. > :07:51.and he's disappointed they haven't yet.
:07:52. > :07:57.The concern that private landlords is they might think, actually, I'm
:07:58. > :08:01.not so keen on this and don't want to carry on with it after a year,
:08:02. > :08:04.and they might think they want to push the rents up so that would
:08:05. > :08:06.cause problems for the businesses, so it would be far better if the
:08:07. > :08:07.States did it. If the current plans DO go
:08:08. > :08:10.ahead though it's thought and the businesses here moved on
:08:11. > :08:14.within the year. For the first time, it's been
:08:15. > :08:16.confirmed that the body recovered at Pleinmont by Guernsey Police
:08:17. > :08:19.on Christmas Eve is that of missing
:08:20. > :08:21.local man Steven Corbet. Mr Corbet was last seen
:08:22. > :08:27.getting off a bus The Court heard that in late
:08:28. > :08:32.November, a group of young children playing found what was later
:08:33. > :08:34.confirmed to be Mr Corbet's body. This afternoon, a Coroner declared
:08:35. > :08:37.the cause of the 59-year-old's death Politicians' e-mails leaked to BBC
:08:38. > :08:45.Guernsey reveal the 21 Deputies who voted to scrap
:08:46. > :08:50.selection at 11 considered writing an open letter to counter
:08:51. > :08:52.bad press about the potential The correspondence came ahead
:08:53. > :08:59.of a vote of no-confidence in the Education Committee, which is
:09:00. > :09:01.due to be debated next week. The proposed letter
:09:02. > :09:03.was eventually shelved, seven Deputies put
:09:04. > :09:05.their names to a letter asking the members of
:09:06. > :09:14.the Education Committee to resign. And finally tonight -
:09:15. > :09:16.a seal pup is making a good recovery after being rescued
:09:17. > :09:19.from a Jersey beach. Sammy, as she's been named,
:09:20. > :09:21.was flown to Guernsey And now a few weeks on,
:09:22. > :09:25.although she's still underweight, Mike Wilkins has discovered that
:09:26. > :09:27.she's getting her appetite back. Just four weeks old, still severely
:09:28. > :09:32.underweight and fighting for its life,
:09:33. > :09:36.this seal pup's been named Sammy. She was rescued from Bonne Nuit Bay
:09:37. > :09:40.in Jersey a couple of weeks ago. She was flown to Guernsey
:09:41. > :09:44.for specialist treatment. And the good news is she's making
:09:45. > :09:50.encouraging progress and, as you can see,
:09:51. > :09:53.has started eating whole fish! especially after such
:09:54. > :10:06.an upsetting end to the year, Hopefully, all being well and good
:10:07. > :10:10.we will get her back into the waters of jersey where she belongs. We love
:10:11. > :10:14.to see local animal staying in local waters. This is exciting
:10:15. > :10:19.development. We have been working together across the islands to help
:10:20. > :10:21.woke -- to help local wildlife. If Sammy continues to recover well
:10:22. > :10:24.it could be up to six months before she's released
:10:25. > :10:35.back into Jersey waters. Sammy, the only creature trying to
:10:36. > :10:43.put on weight this New Year! It was an ice scraping morning for most of
:10:44. > :10:47.us. David has the weekend forecast. What is going to be like for those
:10:48. > :10:52.working in the fields this weekend? Warmer than it has been, but not a
:10:53. > :10:57.great deal of wind. Good conditions for getting out into the garden,
:10:58. > :11:04.into the fields. Milder this weekend, rather cloudy and generally
:11:05. > :11:08.quite quiet. Pressure is still high this week and, above 30 millibars,
:11:09. > :11:12.but there is a weather front that has drifted into the more western
:11:13. > :11:17.parts of the English Channel and continues to move over us tonight.
:11:18. > :11:22.Then becomes stuck and the pattern then is very settled. Rather than
:11:23. > :11:28.see a lot of sunshine, what we will end up with probably is a lot of
:11:29. > :11:31.cloud trapped underneath that area of high pressure, and it will be
:11:32. > :11:37.quite misty tomorrow. It's not going to be called. We might get down into
:11:38. > :11:40.single figures, maybe six, seven Celsius, the minimum temperature,
:11:41. > :11:46.but tomorrow, it should warm up with temperatures back up in double
:11:47. > :11:52.figures. We will see the drizzle fading away into the afternoon. Not
:11:53. > :11:56.much in the way of brightness, and some low cloud, becoming quite
:11:57. > :12:03.misty, for a time. 10 Celsius the minimum temperature. And the times
:12:04. > :12:09.of high water... The westerly winds mean that some beaches will be on
:12:10. > :12:18.the choppy side but not to the, two feet at best. And the coastal waters
:12:19. > :12:21.forecast... There is a risk of some mist and fog patches and a few spots
:12:22. > :12:31.of drizzle which will reduce visibility down to poor at times. On
:12:32. > :12:35.Sunday, still light winds and keeping a lot of cloud, on Monday,
:12:36. > :12:40.the breeze picks up and later we will see some outbreaks of rain
:12:41. > :12:44.arriving. By Tuesday, that weather front will have run through and
:12:45. > :12:49.Tuesday will be much brighter but much colder. Have a nice weekend.
:12:50. > :12:56.Thank you, David. That's it from the team here and the Channel Islands. I
:12:57. > :13:05.will be back with the ten o'clock news. And I will leave you with the
:13:06. > :13:11.rest of Spotlight from Justin and Natalie.
:13:12. > :13:14.Also still ahead: Learning to read at 86 years old -
:13:15. > :13:23.we meet Ursula who's proof that it's never too late.
:13:24. > :13:27.I am in the mid Devon town that likes to mark the end of Christmas
:13:28. > :13:30.with a couple of colourful characters.
:13:31. > :13:33.Let's go to the sport now and the main story this evening
:13:34. > :13:36.is Plymouth Argyle's 3rd round FA Cup tie with Liverpool on Sunday,
:13:37. > :13:39.where of course they're hoping for a giant killing.
:13:40. > :13:42.The players leave for Anfield tomorrow at noon, with most fans
:13:43. > :13:54.Andy Birkett is at Home Park for us this evening.
:13:55. > :14:01.Hi there. As stadiums go, this one is pretty impressive. It will only
:14:02. > :14:02.get better, once they developed that newsstand.
:14:03. > :14:05.Here at Home Park you can pack 16k fans in.
:14:06. > :14:08.On Sunday, it's going to be a lot different at Anfield -
:14:09. > :14:10.a stadium more than three times the size of this one,
:14:11. > :14:13.more than 50,000 fans are expected for their 3rd round FA Cup tie
:14:14. > :14:16.with Liverpool and most of them will be hoping Argyle lose.
:14:17. > :14:19.Then you add the millions of TV viewers all around the world -
:14:20. > :14:23.Pressure the team feel they are ready to handle.
:14:24. > :14:28.If all our players are at peak form...
:14:29. > :14:33.This squad does have belief, and a manager with one thing
:14:34. > :14:37.I think that there is that possibility.
:14:38. > :14:56.But you have got to go there with that belief and attitude.
:14:57. > :14:57.Graham Kerry, who is also a Liverpool fan, is argyle's star
:14:58. > :14:59.man and not fazed by performing on the
:15:00. > :15:01.Obviously, you will see that, but when the game starts your
:15:02. > :15:12.But unless we are competitive, unless we give it a
:15:13. > :15:13.good go, you're not really going to enjoy it.
:15:14. > :15:15.These games are really for the fans and the club has sold
:15:16. > :15:18.Some will be heading up tomorrow, but many others will be travelling
:15:19. > :15:19.up in the early hours of Sunday morning.
:15:20. > :15:21.But for five lucky supporters they received their tickets
:15:22. > :15:23.from striker Paul Arnold Garita who had hidden vouchers around
:15:24. > :15:25.Plymouth tweeting clues for them to find them.
:15:26. > :15:44.Actually, I walk that way every day to and fro from work because
:15:45. > :15:46.I live near by, so I recognised it instantly.
:15:47. > :15:51.Five minutes later, there it is, still on my normal
:15:52. > :15:58.He made it before me and got the ticket.
:15:59. > :16:01.I gather you to have both got tickets already.
:16:02. > :16:06.Where going to give it away to a friend that
:16:07. > :16:09.obviously can't get one, so they got the opportunity to go to Anfield
:16:10. > :16:14.It is good for the club, for the team, for the
:16:15. > :16:20.Because it is important everyone can come and it is good
:16:21. > :16:35.I was just looking at all the different people and
:16:36. > :16:37.seeing whether they were heading in the same direction
:16:38. > :16:42.they were going and if I could run past them, if I needed to.
:16:43. > :16:44.Matt was the first to collect the ticket from
:16:45. > :16:46.the BBC, hoping to give it to a friend of his.
:16:47. > :16:52.There was a guy that came about 30 seconds after the
:16:53. > :16:55.anti-looked pretty disappointed to not get a ticket, so if he is out
:16:56. > :17:06.Yeah, I would like to say thank you to Matt.
:17:07. > :17:11.Hopefully, I will see you up in Liverpool.
:17:12. > :17:17.was holding it for the other one, so I said I may as well try and get
:17:18. > :17:21.Just some good competition in my family, trying to get a ticket.
:17:22. > :17:24.Tickets for the big match and a chance to say thank you.
:17:25. > :17:26.Now, Arnie, if you can give the Liverpool
:17:27. > :17:28.defender is the same runaround on Sunday,
:17:29. > :17:29.there will be thousands of
:17:30. > :17:32.Well, this is the FA Cup after all...
:17:33. > :17:35.It's just a replica, but there's no doubt that Liverpool
:17:36. > :17:38.is the place to be this weekend if you're a Pilgrim.
:17:39. > :17:41.Whatever happens on Sunday, the club will be more than half
:17:42. > :17:45.And who knows, we might have a replay or even a fourth
:17:46. > :17:55.Thanks, Andy. I was going to say, last person you switch the lights
:17:56. > :18:00.off. But I think that is you, Andy. That will be me, Justin. Lucky he
:18:01. > :18:02.doesn't have to pay the electricity bill.
:18:03. > :18:05.Now to the story of an 86-year-old who is proof that you're
:18:06. > :18:09.When Ursula Sheperd left school in the 1930's she was unable to read
:18:10. > :18:11.because she was too shy to ask for help.
:18:12. > :18:13.But now she's decided to put that right.
:18:14. > :18:16.We spoke to Ursula and her teacher Fiona Prideaux and asked
:18:17. > :18:33.She's really keen, really enthusiastic.
:18:34. > :18:37.She comes to me once a week and then she practices at home.
:18:38. > :18:42.So what has prompted you to want to do this, Ursula?
:18:43. > :18:46.Well, I wanted to learn to read so I could learn other
:18:47. > :18:54.people to read when I finish reading.
:18:55. > :18:57.And why did you wait until you are in your 80s?
:18:58. > :18:59.What made you wait that long to learn to read?
:19:00. > :19:02.Well, I was very, very nervous, you know, when I was young, you see.
:19:03. > :19:14.And Fiona, how do you set about with Ursula and the
:19:15. > :19:16.process of learning to read at this age?
:19:17. > :19:19.Because I know you deal with people of various ages, but I think
:19:20. > :19:22.Ursula is the oldest pupil you have had.
:19:23. > :19:25.How have you set about making sure she is able to read?
:19:26. > :19:28.Well, we start by learning the sounds of the
:19:29. > :19:37.individual letters, so we build up from that and then we learn three
:19:38. > :19:40.and four letter words, really simple ones like cat, mat, sat.
:19:41. > :19:42.So it is learning to blend the sounds
:19:43. > :19:45.together in order to read a whole word and then when she is really
:19:46. > :19:52.good at that we are going to move on to learning sounds that have two
:19:53. > :19:55.And then learning the words associated with those sounds.
:19:56. > :19:57.And so it is a very structured programme
:19:58. > :20:00.and we just build slowly and move on when she is confident.
:20:01. > :20:07.What would you like to get to, with Fiona's
:20:08. > :20:16.Well, I would like to go to a library place and get sort of a
:20:17. > :20:31.And I think, Fiona, you have a lesson
:20:32. > :20:33.prepared for Ursula, just to show us the progress
:20:34. > :20:38.You are going to read just a sentence.
:20:39. > :21:02.Well, we wish you well with it and thank you very much
:21:03. > :21:21.I think she will prove to be an inspiration. Absolutely. She told me
:21:22. > :21:23.she is very fast and netting. -- fast at knitting.
:21:24. > :21:27.Time to take your decorations down or risk bad luck, or is it ?
:21:28. > :21:29.There's some disagreement as to whether 12th night falls
:21:30. > :21:34.The difference in opinion is said to be down to the fact
:21:35. > :21:36.that in centuries past, Christmas was deemed to start
:21:37. > :21:40.at sunset on Dec 24 and so the 12th night following it was Jan 5.
:21:41. > :21:42.Nowadays, people count from Dec 25 itself and so assume
:21:43. > :21:46.If you want a fuller explanation there's one on our Facebook page.
:21:47. > :21:55.in Bradninch in Devon and John Henderson is there.
:21:56. > :22:02.Yes, I am here. You are looking at the Bradninch Miller's Morris men,
:22:03. > :22:06.in all their finery, really going for it. We have a musical
:22:07. > :22:18.accompaniment. We also have some lanterns. Any ideas about the theme?
:22:19. > :22:23.Willy Wonka. The theme is Roald Dahl because it is 100 years since his
:22:24. > :22:31.birth. Let's have a look at this. What is that one? Who will enlighten
:22:32. > :22:36.me? It is a golden ticket. It took roughly ten hours to make. And what
:22:37. > :22:44.does it entitle you to? Sweets for the rest of your life? Let's find
:22:45. > :22:50.the mayor in amongst this wrong. Liz Taylor, good evening. Looking very
:22:51. > :22:53.nice. What is this all about? This is a great community event in
:22:54. > :22:57.Bradninch where we celebrate the end of the last year and the bringing in
:22:58. > :23:03.of the New Year. How long has it been going? It is quite a recent
:23:04. > :23:06.event. Probably the start of the century. And the point is that
:23:07. > :23:11.people bring their Christmas trees. Is that right? Indeed. Everybody
:23:12. > :23:16.brings their trees and we have a big bonfire and burn them all up. You
:23:17. > :23:21.had a very important job to do. You go and do that. Let's have a chat
:23:22. > :23:31.with Mike. How has it gone tonight? It was excellent. Really good. Great
:23:32. > :23:36.fun. So tell me how it works. It starts at both ends of the town, led
:23:37. > :23:41.by the two giants, we get our peer, had a bit of a dance, and then we go
:23:42. > :23:46.down the football fields where we have the bonfire. Right. The
:23:47. > :23:50.is in position, if I could just dash is in position, if I could just dash
:23:51. > :24:01.across you here. I think he is ready to do the honours. All, he may
:24:02. > :24:07.make... Thank you very much for coming this evening. I would like to
:24:08. > :24:19.lend my thanks to the organisers. All the best. As with tradition, I
:24:20. > :24:24.will now signal the end of the last year by throwing the tree over the
:24:25. > :24:30.balcony and welcoming in 2017. Happy New Year to everyone in Bradninch.
:24:31. > :24:37.CHEERING Fantastic. There you go. Carefully
:24:38. > :24:41.missing me. I am told that there are more entertainment in the pub
:24:42. > :24:48.nearby, including some dancing. I am of their now for a glass of
:24:49. > :24:53.lemonade, a packet of crisps, and a front-page seat. OK, John. Thank you
:24:54. > :24:55.very much. Crikey, that was close, that tree. It is time for the
:24:56. > :25:05.weather. Hello. Good evening. I will speak
:25:06. > :25:11.about December in a minute, but first, the week ahead. It is quiet
:25:12. > :25:15.and cold and also misty. We have had some questions about the fact that
:25:16. > :25:18.it has been quite dry for the last six or seven weeks and when you look
:25:19. > :25:24.at the figures, they show the picture quite well. The rainfall for
:25:25. > :25:29.December was only 42% of what we normally expect to see. The seventh
:25:30. > :25:33.driest December on record and the records go back to 1910. How does
:25:34. > :25:41.that affect the reservoir levels? They are down quite a bit. They are
:25:42. > :25:44.65% full. Last year, they were 92% full. So quite a big difference. We
:25:45. > :25:52.have had some relatively dry weather. Through the Ottoman into
:25:53. > :25:55.the start of the new year. That has changed today. We have had some
:25:56. > :26:00.patchy drizzle and that sticks with as overnight and I. Slowly moving
:26:01. > :26:03.out of the way. Once that process is underway, we are left with an area
:26:04. > :26:07.of high pressure, but all of that cloud trapped underneath it, so not
:26:08. > :26:12.much promise of a great deal of sunshine this weekend. It is high
:26:13. > :26:16.pressure but it is a cloudy high. Lots of cloud and mist and low cloud
:26:17. > :26:20.and fog and hail fog and little change as we move into Sunday as
:26:21. > :26:24.well. The rain that has been coming in today has been patchy and light,
:26:25. > :26:28.but it is gradually moving through this evening and through the night
:26:29. > :26:33.to come. It has introduced a lot of low cloud. The fog will become more
:26:34. > :26:38.extensive and lower through the night and into the day tomorrow. So
:26:39. > :26:42.it will be a mild night. The drizzle will fade away. We will be left with
:26:43. > :26:47.an awful lot of cloud and overnight temperatures much higher than they
:26:48. > :26:54.have been. 7-10 is obvious. A drizzly start to the day tomorrow.
:26:55. > :26:58.-- Celsius. Temperatures back up into double figures tomorrow. We
:26:59. > :27:06.have not seen those for a while. 10-11th of years. Similar for the
:27:07. > :27:15.Isles of Scilly. Here are the times of high water. Most of the beaches
:27:16. > :27:22.are likely to be choppy. The wind coming in from the west. Finally,
:27:23. > :27:29.the winds are westerly for the coastal forecast. Have a nice
:27:30. > :27:33.weekend. Back to you. Thank you very much, David. Good luck to Plymouth
:27:34. > :27:37.Argyll. We will have the reaction on Monday. We leave you with some of
:27:38. > :27:52.those 12 night celebrations in Bradninch. Good night. Goodbye.
:27:53. > :27:59.Panorama investigates the deadly terrorist attack
:28:00. > :28:03.and should British tourists have been warned about the risks?