:00:08. > :00:10.Welcome to BBC Channel Islands. so it's goodbye from me
:00:11. > :00:32.These are Thursday's headlines: Living a lie to survive -
:00:33. > :00:36.Jersey Live has closed, but could another festival return? I think it
:00:37. > :00:41.is a shame for younger people. the remarkable story of one woman
:00:42. > :00:46.who outwitted the Nazis. Plus come ice or snow, day or night,
:00:47. > :00:49.the team showing true grit, And I will have the
:00:50. > :00:56.weather forecast. After 13 years and tens
:00:57. > :00:59.of thousands of visitors, Organisers Warren Le Sueur
:01:00. > :01:05.and Warren Holt say they both want to pursue separate projects,
:01:06. > :01:10.but it has emerged they haven't cancelled their booking
:01:11. > :01:12.at the Trinity Showground. So is this really the end
:01:13. > :01:16.for Jersey's biggest music festival? To modern soul singers
:01:17. > :01:34.like John Newman. Jersey Live has featured
:01:35. > :01:36.a number of big-name acts. But last year ticket sales were down
:01:37. > :01:39.and today it has been announced that the festival
:01:40. > :01:46.won't be returning. There is not much to do for our
:01:47. > :01:51.youngsters, so I think it is quite bad. They will miss out on money and
:01:52. > :01:57.tourism. It is a disappointment. It is a great way to end the summer. I
:01:58. > :02:03.think it's a shame. It's a bit devastating for people under 18
:02:04. > :02:05.because it's obviously there main event of the year. But I think it
:02:06. > :02:07.was dying out a bit anyway. But I think it was dying
:02:08. > :02:09.out a bit anyway. It is not just those
:02:10. > :02:12.who are already famous that found It also provided a welcome
:02:13. > :02:22.boost to local talent. Growing up, it was something to
:02:23. > :02:27.aspire to. Going and seeing it, it is different to other festivals. It
:02:28. > :02:32.was a very real prospect. Jersey Live has been held here at the
:02:33. > :02:37.Trinity showground for more than a decade. It usually takes place the
:02:38. > :02:43.first weekend in September. Despite the announcement today, the festival
:02:44. > :02:45.organisers have asked them to keep those dates reserved. There is no
:02:46. > :02:48.place I would rather be. And with both organisers
:02:49. > :02:50.saying they are hoping to pursue separate projects,
:02:51. > :02:57.tourism bosses don't think we'll I wouldn't be surprised if something
:02:58. > :03:03.equally as exciting came along in the future. Both Warrens are very
:03:04. > :03:12.innovative. Other people are interested in staying something --
:03:13. > :03:13.staging something. So watch this spot.
:03:14. > :03:16.So we might have seen the last of Jersey Live.
:03:17. > :03:19.But it might not be the end of music festivals here in Trinity.
:03:20. > :03:21.Businessmen in Sark have met with a senior Guernsey politician
:03:22. > :03:24.to discuss how the two islands can work more closely together.
:03:25. > :03:26.Tourism, transport links and visitor numbers were high
:03:27. > :03:28.on the agenda, as the President of Guernsey's Economic
:03:29. > :03:29.Development Committee, Deputy Peter Ferbrache met
:03:30. > :03:33.with the Chamber of Commerce to look at ways in which the islands could
:03:34. > :03:39.Guernsey Police are applying for planning permission to increase
:03:40. > :03:41.security at their Headquarters in St Peter Port.
:03:42. > :03:44.It follows an incident last year in which a member of the public
:03:45. > :03:46.drove into the courtyard of the headquarters and damaged
:03:47. > :03:50.If approved, it will see the front iron gate fitted
:03:51. > :03:52.with electrical motors, so authorised vehicles can enter
:03:53. > :04:03.using either an intercom or mounted gate control buttons.
:04:04. > :04:05.Tomorrow, Britain marks Holocaust Memorial Day,
:04:06. > :04:08.to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who died
:04:09. > :04:12.at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War.
:04:13. > :04:15.And being Jewish in the Channel Islands during the occupation also
:04:16. > :04:17.meant misery, deportation, and for three women in Guernsey,
:04:18. > :04:22.But now, after more than 70 years, we can reveal a Jewish woman hid
:04:23. > :04:25.in plain sight from the Nazis, concealing her religion
:04:26. > :04:31.And it has been discovered she could have been in love
:04:32. > :04:33.with a man responsible for drafting some of the island's
:04:34. > :04:42.Miriam Jay lived in Guernsey during its occupation,
:04:43. > :04:45.and during those five long years she kept a remarkable secret
:04:46. > :04:54.She lived here, in St Peter Port for some of the war.
:04:55. > :04:56.If discovered, Miriam would have at the very least faced imprisonment
:04:57. > :05:02.This man has researched how she managed to go
:05:03. > :05:10.Miriam would know these laws would be applying
:05:11. > :05:14.to her and although she never said she was a Jew she knew
:05:15. > :05:23.if she got caught she would be in serious trouble.
:05:24. > :05:25.If she was uncovered, Miriam may have been deported
:05:26. > :05:33.But Miriam may have had someone looking out for her.
:05:34. > :05:35.Advocate George Ridgway lived with her during the occupation.
:05:36. > :05:37.Richard Heaume believes they could have been
:05:38. > :05:39.romantically involved, and that put the lawyer
:05:40. > :05:42.As Solicitor-General in the island's States he was involved in passing
:05:43. > :05:45.some of the very laws Miriam would have feared as a Jew.
:05:46. > :05:48.He had to register them with the royal court before
:05:49. > :05:53.the Jurats of the day, he was charged alone with presenting
:05:54. > :05:59.the orders for registration by the Jurats so he had a bit
:06:00. > :06:10.And when advocate Ridgway died in 1942 it was Miriam Jay
:06:11. > :06:13.who was one of the lead mourners at his funeral.
:06:14. > :06:16.Despite his death, she went on to survive the occupation
:06:17. > :06:21.At her grave, Miriam's great nephew explains how he feels
:06:22. > :06:29.Sadness that we will never know the true story, pride
:06:30. > :06:40.I know that there were very few Jews that survived Guernsey,
:06:41. > :06:43.that once they were discovered to be Jewish they were either packed off
:06:44. > :06:52.And this story of survival is one that's resonated with the leader
:06:53. > :07:11.of the Channel Island's small Jewish community.
:07:12. > :07:16.proud to hear that this Advocate Ridgway by his own silence
:07:17. > :07:18.saved this woman's life, and I think some recognition
:07:19. > :07:20.needs to be made of this shall we say inaction,
:07:21. > :07:22.And if the connection between this Jewish woman
:07:23. > :07:25.and a Guernsey lawyer is proven, I'm told efforts might be made
:07:26. > :07:32.to have Advocate Ridgway honoured by the State of Israel.
:07:33. > :07:35.If you have had to wear a few more layers recently or if you've had
:07:36. > :07:38.to scrape ice off your car windscreen, you will have
:07:39. > :07:40.probably noticed it's been a bit frosty lately.
:07:41. > :07:42.The gritters have been out in force to tackle the icy conditions,
:07:43. > :07:56.and Luxmy Gopal joined the team early this morning.
:07:57. > :07:58.MUSIC: Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
:07:59. > :08:00.This is one of the teams out to battle against
:08:01. > :08:04.Jersey's gritters have had a busy few days of making our roads safer.
:08:05. > :08:08.We can get a call at any time, day or night, one of the managers
:08:09. > :08:11.will say come in at 4, 5 o clock, get the vehicles
:08:12. > :08:13.ready, and we'll head straight out on the roads.
:08:14. > :08:16.This morning, Jersey's roads weren't as icy as they have been recently.
:08:17. > :08:19.But this is what they looked like a mere four years ago.
:08:20. > :08:21.When we had the heavy snow a few years ago,
:08:22. > :08:24.we were doing 12 hours shifts on and off, it got a bit
:08:25. > :08:27.tiring but we did the job, so it's just one of them,
:08:28. > :08:31.have a cup of coffee, get a nice thick coat on and off we go.
:08:32. > :08:33.And if we get that snowfall again, Jersey is stocked up ready.
:08:34. > :08:37.We use it through our winter months for de-icing,
:08:38. > :08:40.for the frost which we have had recently in the past few days,
:08:41. > :08:44.The infrastructure team has been reduced since the snow of 2013,
:08:45. > :08:46.so if it happens again, other departments
:08:47. > :08:52.But who knows if we will see those conditions again soon.
:08:53. > :08:56.I've only ever seen that once before in my lifetime,
:08:57. > :09:07.But, come snow or ice, day or night, Bob's team will be out
:09:08. > :09:10.and about showing true grit in protecting the island's roads.
:09:11. > :09:16.Finally, Guernsey motor racing driver Andy Priaulx is hopeful
:09:17. > :09:19.of helping his team to victory at a 24 hour race in
:09:20. > :09:22.Andy has competed at the Rolex 24 in different classes previously,
:09:23. > :09:25.but this time will be teaming up with Harry Tincknell
:09:26. > :09:28.Priaulx's team Ford has four cars in the event,
:09:29. > :09:40.Well, it looks like there will be a few less early morning
:09:41. > :09:58.We have some milder weather on its way. With that, some cloud and rain
:09:59. > :10:04.to come tomorrow as well. Bitterly cold today. The winds gradually ease
:10:05. > :10:07.through tomorrow. Still quite windy for a time tonight. South-easterly
:10:08. > :10:12.winds are bringing in cold air from the continent. As the weather front
:10:13. > :10:17.pushes closer from the West, the rain may initially turn a little bit
:10:18. > :10:21.sleety. That will quickly turn to rain on and off for most of the day.
:10:22. > :10:26.The wind is still with us for a time. Easing on Friday night.
:10:27. > :10:44.Saturday, south-westerly winds head and were way. Bringing some mild a.
:10:45. > :10:47.A few showers possible coming through on the breeze. Generally dry
:10:48. > :10:50.and bright. Sunday, or change again. We continue with the milder flow of
:10:51. > :10:52.the right across the weekend. Today, we have had pretty good clearance
:10:53. > :10:54.under the cloud. Despite the sunshine, it has felt extra cold.
:10:55. > :10:59.The breeze continuing through tonight, but I think there is still
:11:00. > :11:05.a chance of a touch of ground frost locally with temperatures down to
:11:06. > :11:10.around 2 degrees at their lowest. Cold start tomorrow. Some brightness
:11:11. > :11:19.initially. Possibly some sleet for a time at first. Generally, we are
:11:20. > :11:33.looking at rain on and off. The wind is still brisker times. Here are the
:11:34. > :11:46.times of high water. And the conditions for surfers. Now the
:11:47. > :11:50.coastal waters. We have some sunshine for a time on Saturday.
:11:51. > :11:57.Cloud and rain to come on Sunday. Looking milder after tomorrow.
:11:58. > :12:04.Nice to see we are going into double figures for the weekend!
:12:05. > :12:07.We will bring you the very latest on the top stories at 10:25pm.
:12:08. > :12:10.Until then, from me and the rest of the Channel Islands team,
:12:11. > :12:20.so, there you go, Exeter. That is the competition.
:12:21. > :12:23.Now to the anniversary of a disaster in South Devon which washed
:12:24. > :12:32.Welcome to St Michael's Church in Stokenham near Kingsbridge.
:12:33. > :12:36.A special service of commemoration is currently underway here tonight
:12:37. > :12:39.to remember the events on this day 100 years ago which all
:12:40. > :12:41.but destroyed the coastal village of Hallsands just a few miles
:12:42. > :12:45.A violent storm washed away homes which had been left increasingly
:12:46. > :12:54.vulnerable after years of dredging off the coast nearby.
:12:55. > :13:01.The event is part of the history of this area but it has remarkable
:13:02. > :13:04.similarities with the modern day dilemma about how much money and
:13:05. > :13:10.time to spend protecting our coastal communities. Tonight we will look at
:13:11. > :13:16.that modern day battle and reflect on the events of 1917. First, John
:13:17. > :13:21.Henderson has looked at how today's anniversary has been commemorated.
:13:22. > :13:29.Retracing family footsteps. My grandmother had to do this in the
:13:30. > :13:33.gale thunderstorms. With all her family. I felt today I should do it
:13:34. > :13:40.as well on her behalf. And I'm wearing herring gauge mirroring! The
:13:41. > :13:48.remembrance walk started just above the ruins of the lost village. There
:13:49. > :13:52.are two cottages left. This was purchased many years ago over ?20
:13:53. > :14:00.and is now used as a Fairweather holiday home. Oh we pay council tax!
:14:01. > :14:08.?1200 a year, I think. Not much rubbish collection down here! This
:14:09. > :14:13.plaque was officially unveiled. 100 years ago there was no loss of life
:14:14. > :14:21.and nobody was injured. So please can we repeat that feat as we walk!
:14:22. > :14:29.The Lord Lieutenant was among those making the mile and a half track
:14:30. > :14:32.across the rugged coastline. This place is an example of what happens
:14:33. > :14:37.when nature overtakes what humans have done. I think that is an
:14:38. > :14:43.interesting lesson and a difficult one for the people down here. 50
:14:44. > :14:46.people made the hike for one historic moment.
:14:47. > :14:49.So how did almost an entire village vanish into the sea?
:14:50. > :14:54.Well, on this day in 1917 spring tides and a strong easterly gale
:14:55. > :14:59.combined to overcome defences which had already been weakened.
:15:00. > :15:02.Many in the area had long argued that dredging off the coast
:15:03. > :15:04.of Hallsands had left the village at risk.
:15:05. > :15:07.John Ayres has looking back at the events of 100 years ago.
:15:08. > :15:10.We're used to the sea and the storms causing huge damage, but the scale
:15:11. > :15:16.Against the wishes of the villagers, the beach below was
:15:17. > :15:19.dredged as the Admiralty was expanding the naval dockyard.
:15:20. > :15:21.This left the village exposed and the
:15:22. > :15:30.Tim Lynn descends from a well-known fishing family based here.
:15:31. > :15:32.Just can't imagine what that must have been...
:15:33. > :15:37.The storms here must have been horrendous.
:15:38. > :15:40.In this day and age there'd be a big rescue and
:15:41. > :15:42.everybody would be rushing here, but then we just
:15:43. > :15:47.Eventually the villagers were compensated, but many felt it wasn't
:15:48. > :15:55.This gable end here, that belonged to the Mitchell's house.
:15:56. > :16:04.Four generations of Roger Stone's family were born at Hallsands.
:16:05. > :16:06.There was a pub, there was a London In.
:16:07. > :16:08.There was a pub, there was a London Inn.
:16:09. > :16:11.I think it was first opened in the late 1700s.
:16:12. > :16:15.There was a shop owned by two sisters, which
:16:16. > :16:19.And in its heyday there was a blacksmith's shop
:16:20. > :16:23.Eventually everyone left, except for one brother and sister.
:16:24. > :16:27.ANNOUNCER: In the only house in old Hallsands, John and
:16:28. > :16:35.And in his workshop, old John, now 82, still makes models of the
:16:36. > :16:39.three-masted schooners in which he spent his boyhood.
:16:40. > :16:45.And that model boat is still around today.
:16:46. > :16:48.That was built by Lisanne's brother at the end of the garden, in
:16:49. > :16:52.And all carved out of a pocket knife and bits of
:16:53. > :16:58.Which, when you see it, it's absolutely fantastic.
:16:59. > :17:01.ANNOUNCER: 60 years ago, this was this was a village - warm
:17:02. > :17:03.and alive with folk who had their roots here.
:17:04. > :17:06.Today it is deserted but for one person, the last inhabitant
:17:07. > :17:11.Today, nearly 80 and still refusing to give
:17:12. > :17:13.way to the irresistible advance of the
:17:14. > :17:19.sea, Elizabeth continues to live her strange but full life.
:17:20. > :17:21.And that lady's granddaughter is still in the area.
:17:22. > :17:24.Elizabeth Lee lived there with her grandmother when she was very
:17:25. > :17:29.We just remember playing among the ruins.
:17:30. > :17:32.You know, you played among the ruins, probably
:17:33. > :17:37.We played down there and on the beach and went
:17:38. > :17:47.These days local schoolchildren are being taught about that eventful
:17:48. > :17:51.storm and what life was like the sum of their ancestors.
:17:52. > :17:54.It's kind of quite sad thinking that people lived there
:17:55. > :17:57.and now there's nothing really there.
:17:58. > :18:02.I find it really interesting, because I get to know what actually
:18:03. > :18:07.Many descendants of the original Hallsands
:18:08. > :18:09.families still live locally, and
:18:10. > :18:16.they are keeping the legend of the old village very much alive.
:18:17. > :18:18.Well, many feel the village is still as vulnerable today.
:18:19. > :18:22.The last big storm was in 2014, when many of the village's
:18:23. > :18:28.There's a campaign to get the authorities to change
:18:29. > :18:31.the official policy, which is to let nature
:18:32. > :18:33.take its course and not invest any more money
:18:34. > :18:38.Sophie Pierce been to take a look at the challenges
:18:39. > :18:45.These defences are all that protect Hallsands from the sea.
:18:46. > :18:47.They were repaired by villagers at their own
:18:48. > :18:51.expense in 2014, and they have recently paid for more.
:18:52. > :18:55.They are unhappy the village is being left exposed, unlike
:18:56. > :19:02.Two years ago, the then Government minister Oliver Letwin visited
:19:03. > :19:08.I think what I need to do is have conversations with the Environment
:19:09. > :19:12.Agency about that, because I found in my own constituency there
:19:13. > :19:15.was a time when there were parts of my constituency which were
:19:16. > :19:20.The residents didn't find that a very attractive proposition,
:19:21. > :19:22.we changed that, and I think we probably need to find a
:19:23. > :19:28.A few months later villagers learned that nothing had changed and
:19:29. > :19:33.The shoreline management plan says that there's
:19:34. > :19:37.nothing worth saving in this village - we beg to differ.
:19:38. > :19:40.You can't just say to some people, your houses
:19:41. > :19:43.are going to fall in the sea and there's nothing were going to
:19:44. > :19:50.We pay our council tax and our national taxes the same
:19:51. > :19:55.While the authorities are sympathetic, they say
:19:56. > :20:00.Do we spend ?1 million protecting the coast here or
:20:01. > :20:04.do we spend that ?1 million protecting adult services, special
:20:05. > :20:09.educational needs, youth clubs, libraries, mending the roads?
:20:10. > :20:12.It's a balance and unfortunately it is not
:20:13. > :20:16.an infinite pot of money and we have to make priorities.
:20:17. > :20:20.As it happens there is more shingle on the beach today than there has
:20:21. > :20:25.been for many years, and it acts as a natural defence.
:20:26. > :20:29.Some in the village now feel that keep campaigning is a
:20:30. > :20:37.waste of effort, as the authorities are unlikely to change their minds.
:20:38. > :20:41.Well, as I mentioned, a service of remembrance is taking place
:20:42. > :20:45.here tonight in Stokenham, just a few miles form Hallsands.
:20:46. > :20:48.Descendents of those who lived in the village have joined today's
:20:49. > :20:51.residents and others from the surrounding area
:20:52. > :20:54.to remember the events of 100 years ago.
:20:55. > :21:00.Among them is internationally renowned musician Damon Albarn,
:21:01. > :21:08.I asked him about his connections with Hallsands.
:21:09. > :21:15.I think late '94 decided I wanted to buy something by the sea.
:21:16. > :21:18.And there was this place that looked kind of interesting side just came
:21:19. > :21:22.down here and fell in love with it straightaway.
:21:23. > :21:25.And how much of an inspiration has it been to you as a
:21:26. > :21:27.musician, as a songwriter, over the years?
:21:28. > :21:38.You've got the hills, you've got the moors.
:21:39. > :21:44.It's the place I go to think, and swim.
:21:45. > :21:50.And what about the disaster itself, 100 years ago?
:21:51. > :21:52.I was always kind of looking like, what's that
:21:53. > :21:56.Went out in the dinghy or whatever into the bay
:21:57. > :22:04.I started reading up about it and, you know, the whole...
:22:05. > :22:07.The drama of it and the fact that the
:22:08. > :22:13.descendants then moved just a little bit round the corner to
:22:14. > :22:20.Yeah, it just seemed like it was such a nightmarish night.
:22:21. > :22:22.How do you feel about the vulnerability of
:22:23. > :22:32.The whole of this coast is in a constant state of erosion.
:22:33. > :22:41.Obviously, you have explained the story of why Hallsands fell
:22:42. > :22:53.Sometimes, if I don't come down here for, like, six months,
:22:54. > :23:05.I always imagine what life must have been like for
:23:06. > :23:09.everyone in these villages, before roads.
:23:10. > :23:16.And, briefly, what does it mean to be
:23:17. > :23:20.here tonight, to join the community for this commemoration?
:23:21. > :23:29.I thought about it, it inspired me so much.
:23:30. > :23:34.I feel like I want to be part of this, you know?
:23:35. > :23:37.Yeah, I'm connected, so that's why I'm here.
:23:38. > :23:49.Damon Albarn, thank you very much indeed for talking to us.
:23:50. > :23:56.course and destruction and weather conditions. What was it like 100
:23:57. > :24:02.years ago? It was dry, it was cold but it was incredibly windy. We had
:24:03. > :24:08.winds today around 30 to 40 mph. On this night 100 years ago they had
:24:09. > :24:12.winds of 70 to 80 miles an hour. But also exceptionally high tides. It is
:24:13. > :24:17.the two combined the release smashed into the village. Most of the year
:24:18. > :24:20.it is well protected from the wind from the south-west. It's unusual to
:24:21. > :24:23.see an easterly gale and one that was quite so strong. What about
:24:24. > :24:31.tonight's forecast? The cold is still with us but that
:24:32. > :24:35.is about to change as we start to warm up heading to the weekend.
:24:36. > :24:41.Let's start with a summary of tomorrow's forecast. It's going to
:24:42. > :24:45.be less windy, perhaps feeling less cold as well. But there is a chance
:24:46. > :24:49.for patchy rain. That slowly creeping in from the Atlantic. It's
:24:50. > :24:53.the first real change for us to get less cold. There is the satellite
:24:54. > :24:58.picture. You conceive how the cloud is building, that will make its way
:24:59. > :25:03.towards us eventually. At the moment we're still the influence of high
:25:04. > :25:07.pressure. If we run the sequence, you can see how the web front
:25:08. > :25:12.approaches from the West. By the morning that could reduce outbreaks
:25:13. > :25:17.of rain across Cornwall. The rest of us not faring too badly. By Saturday
:25:18. > :25:22.low-pressure is taking charge. Atlantic air has made its way in and
:25:23. > :25:25.it is a similar setup on Sunday. Sunday looks like it will be rather
:25:26. > :25:30.cloudy but at least the temperatures are on the rise. A closer look at
:25:31. > :25:34.that picture shows us the clouds today which made it feel very cold
:25:35. > :25:39.and grey. There was some late sunshine and is now a good deal of
:25:40. > :25:44.clear sky. Tonight's forecast is for it to remain breezy and clear, the
:25:45. > :25:51.exception being the far west of Cornwall where we will see patchy
:25:52. > :25:56.light rain. Night-time temperatures probably getting to freezing
:25:57. > :26:00.overnight tonight. Tomorrow we have a blustery day and patchy rain
:26:01. > :26:07.coming from the West. More rain coming from the south. By the end of
:26:08. > :26:09.the day it is milder and also cloudy with patchy rain. Temperatures
:26:10. > :26:15.finally getting up to double figures. That's the forecast for the
:26:16. > :26:26.Isles of Scilly. Patchy rain and not as windy. That's the times of high
:26:27. > :26:35.water. Some big waves as well for the surfers. The winds from the
:26:36. > :26:41.South slowly veering south-westerly. Patchy rain coming in eventually.
:26:42. > :26:47.Outlook for the weekend is for it to get a lot less cold, temperatures
:26:48. > :26:48.back into double figures, and patchy rain around on Saturday and Sunday.
:26:49. > :27:03.Have a good evening. And that is it for tonight, on the
:27:04. > :27:59.day that the 100th anniversary of the destruction of Hallsands.
:28:00. > :28:02.Einstein replaced Newton's theory of universal gravitation
:28:03. > :28:05.with a more accurate theory - general relativity.
:28:06. > :28:08.So, why's my apple falling? Well, it's not.
:28:09. > :28:12.It is the ground that accelerates up to meet the apple.
:28:13. > :28:14.So that's why the chair that I'm sitting on now
:28:15. > :28:17.that actually feels as if it's accelerating up
:28:18. > :28:29.It's really changed my relationship with this chair. Mm-hm.
:28:30. > :28:44.The FA People's Cup - a free five-a-side tournament