:00:00. > :00:07.Welcome to BBC Channel Islands on Thursday March 9th.
:00:08. > :00:18.Switching on to a new way of getting around -
:00:19. > :00:21.will the rise in electric cars be the answer to
:00:22. > :00:33.Stranded - thousands disrupted as fog smothers the Channel Islands.
:00:34. > :00:39.And the big question is, when will it clear? More for tonight and
:00:40. > :00:42.tomorrow morning but the hint of some clearance. I will have all the
:00:43. > :00:46.details later in the programme. There's concern some
:00:47. > :00:55.of Jersey's history is being A new report on the island's
:00:56. > :00:58.heritage criticises some building projects in St Helier for failing
:00:59. > :01:01.to preserve historic sites. Our reporter Luxmy Gopal
:01:02. > :01:03.is in St Helier now. Luxmy, you're in the
:01:04. > :01:06.main shopping area. Alison, this shop here
:01:07. > :01:16.on King Street is held up by Jersey Heritage as an example
:01:17. > :01:20.of a successful meeting of history It's a listed late Victorian
:01:21. > :01:23.building that was a jewellers for 200 years - more than 100
:01:24. > :01:26.of which as CT Maine, one of Jersey's oldest
:01:27. > :01:33.family-run businesses. When it became a Jack Wills store
:01:34. > :01:35.around five years ago, a lot of the original features
:01:36. > :01:40.were kept such as the interior windows and the safes,
:01:41. > :01:45.as well as the panelling. But heritage groups say some
:01:46. > :01:48.developments in St Helier aren't doing enough to preserve
:01:49. > :01:52.their sites' history. The changing face of St Helier -
:01:53. > :01:55.the theme of a new report by heritage groups who fear
:01:56. > :01:58.the town's historic character The report highlights the importance
:01:59. > :02:06.of protecting the past, saying two thirds of tourists surveyed felt
:02:07. > :02:08.heritage and history were key Latest figures show over 130,000
:02:09. > :02:13.visits were made to heritage sites Most Jersey residents surveyed said
:02:14. > :02:21.historic buildings are an asset So how do you balance promoting
:02:22. > :02:28.development with preserving history? According to the report,
:02:29. > :02:31.some projects have done it well, such as this Methodist Chapel
:02:32. > :02:34.turned community centre, which has kept its
:02:35. > :02:35.historic character. While others, such as the
:02:36. > :02:38.Southampton Hotel site development, have just kept the original
:02:39. > :02:55.building's facade, which heritage The heritage shouldn't be seen as a
:02:56. > :02:59.barrier to investment and regeneration. It is about working
:03:00. > :03:05.with the heritage buildings and historic stock we have got to ensure
:03:06. > :03:06.the island retains its historic character and an attractive place to
:03:07. > :03:07.live and do business. And the challenge is progressing
:03:08. > :03:10.with regeneration while preserving Now, the regeneration - the future
:03:11. > :03:14.development of St Helier - is one of the Council
:03:15. > :03:17.of Ministers' priority areas. And in reality not all projects can
:03:18. > :03:20.keep that much of the historic elements of buildings,
:03:21. > :03:25.as this store here has done. It isn't always practical
:03:26. > :03:26.with modern developments and as ever we're dealing
:03:27. > :03:30.with limited space in St Helier So the balance between maintaining
:03:31. > :03:38.heritage and modernising the town It's been announced the final report
:03:39. > :03:45.from the Jersey Care Inquiry Originally, the independent inquiry
:03:46. > :03:50.into historical child abuse was due to publish its report by the end
:03:51. > :03:53.of last year, which was then put In a statement this evening
:03:54. > :03:58.the panel said it had received information related
:03:59. > :04:00.to its recommendations that it But adds it doesn't expect
:04:01. > :04:07.the delay to be extensive. A helicopter landed on Jersey's dual
:04:08. > :04:09.carriageway Victoria Avenue this The island's busiest road was closed
:04:10. > :04:16.for about an hour so a Coastguard helicopter could take a seriously
:04:17. > :04:21.ill patient to hospital in the UK. It had to use the Avenue
:04:22. > :04:24.because it was too foggy to land at Jersey Airport and other
:04:25. > :04:27.sites were too wet. A horse has been stabbed
:04:28. > :04:30.in the face in Jersey. It was attacked at a private
:04:31. > :04:33.premises in St Peter This video shows the dressage horse
:04:34. > :04:38.after the vet had treated it for what were described as serious
:04:39. > :04:42.but not life-threatening injuries, which are likely to leave it
:04:43. > :04:45.permanently disfigured. Jersey Police say they are taking
:04:46. > :05:00.the attack "very seriously". It is a particular type of horse
:05:01. > :05:06.that is engaged in dressage and is a champion horse so this disfigurement
:05:07. > :05:09.has a particular impact. It was particularly gruesome. There was
:05:10. > :05:10.considerable injury through the nostril.
:05:11. > :05:13.The search for missing Jersey woman Valerie Jehan has been called off.
:05:14. > :05:16.After finding her handbag and phone halfway down a cliff on Tuesday,
:05:17. > :05:18.officers believe it's likely the 75-year-old fell into the sea
:05:19. > :05:22.She was last seen in the area nearly a week ago.
:05:23. > :05:24.While the police have now stopped their physical search,
:05:25. > :05:27.they say their investigation is continuing and a file will be
:05:28. > :05:33.The UK Government says it's committed to keeping
:05:34. > :05:36.the current travel agreement between the Channel Islands
:05:37. > :05:41.Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney are part of the Common Travel Area
:05:42. > :05:47.Today the Under-Secretary of the Department for Exiting
:05:48. > :05:50.the European Union told MPs the open borders arrangements
:05:51. > :06:02.The Crown dependencies including the Isle of Man have been part of the
:06:03. > :06:05.Common travel area for more than 100 years and we are committed to
:06:06. > :06:08.preserving that arrangement. We have set out in the white paper that we
:06:09. > :06:10.will work with the Crown dependencies as well as Ireland on
:06:11. > :06:12.keeping the Common travel area. Guernsey Electricity says it's
:06:13. > :06:14.having to plan ahead for what it's describing as an expected surge
:06:15. > :06:17.in popularity in electric cars. It's developing its own
:06:18. > :06:19.electric transport strategy And it comes as the States aim
:06:20. > :06:24.for tougher controls on air pollution, so could
:06:25. > :06:26.electric cars be the answer? This is one of Guernsey
:06:27. > :06:34.Electricity's new electric vehicles. It says we'll see many more of these
:06:35. > :06:45.in the coming years. I would see in Guernsey,
:06:46. > :06:50.particularly with the short journey times and fairly low mileage
:06:51. > :06:53.compared to the UK and European countries, that even the current
:06:54. > :06:54.range of electric vehicles are well-suited to Guernsey.
:06:55. > :06:57.If they're right, one of the major benefits for Guernsey would be
:06:58. > :06:59.a significant reduction in emissions, something measured
:07:00. > :07:06.here in this little green box on one of the island's busiest roads.
:07:07. > :07:18.This piece of kit is used to measure particulates. Up to...
:07:19. > :07:23.But in simple terms, this monitoring station sucks in air
:07:24. > :07:37.This tells you the particularly busy times such as the school and
:07:38. > :07:44.commuter runs. We are looking at solutions that are not as reliant on
:07:45. > :07:47.burning fossil fuels and that will have a beneficial impact on local
:07:48. > :07:50.carbon dioxide levels. He says small steps can
:07:51. > :07:52.result in big results - something demonstrated
:07:53. > :07:54.here at St Martin's Primary School where changes to traffic
:07:55. > :08:04.arrangements have halved I was surprised when I heard it had
:08:05. > :08:11.reduced pollution in the area. We are busy school and there is a lot
:08:12. > :08:13.of traffic in the morning. So it has made a pleasing difference.
:08:14. > :08:15.Air pollution levels in the island aren't actually that bad.
:08:16. > :08:19.But if things are to improve it's going to be right here on Guernsey's
:08:20. > :08:21.Hundreds of students attended Jersey's
:08:22. > :08:25.Some of the exhibitors chartered boats to make it over
:08:26. > :08:28.Our reporter Jessica Banham went down to Hotel de France
:08:29. > :08:44.There are nearly 80 exhibitors from across the University here today.
:08:45. > :08:50.They get information on what causes they have to offer and what it is
:08:51. > :08:52.like to study at the University. They are expecting 1000 students to
:08:53. > :08:55.attend and I have been talking to some of them about what they thought
:08:56. > :08:59.of it. It is nice to talk to people that
:09:00. > :09:07.are dear sir you can get their view of it rather than just the website.
:09:08. > :09:10.You can't just go over and visit the University 's as English students
:09:11. > :09:15.can. Just to see what University could be
:09:16. > :09:18.like and what I could study is informative.
:09:19. > :09:24.The education minister joins me know. They opened the event. Why are
:09:25. > :09:30.events like this important? They are deeply important. This is
:09:31. > :09:33.the chance to get face-to-face with the people who live and breathe in
:09:34. > :09:38.the universities across the UK so they get direct input.
:09:39. > :09:43.There is an ongoing issue with student finance. I speak to students
:09:44. > :09:46.who say they cannot afford to go to university overseas. What is the
:09:47. > :09:51.point in holding events like this of some families can't afford it?
:09:52. > :09:57.Student finance is one of those issues we are trying to tackle. We
:09:58. > :10:03.still produce a large pot of money to help students access university.
:10:04. > :10:07.This is an opportunity for students to understand and connect with
:10:08. > :10:13.universities. This afternoon may give students a
:10:14. > :10:17.better idea about their options but there is still the question mark
:10:18. > :10:25.over how many families will be able to send their children overseas to
:10:26. > :10:26.study. Our panel will be looking into it.
:10:27. > :10:28.Fog has continued to cause misery for people hoping to fly
:10:29. > :10:30.to and from the Channel Islands today.
:10:31. > :10:32.You can just about make out Guernsey airport here.
:10:33. > :10:34.Thousands of passengers faced a second day of disruption,
:10:35. > :10:37.with nearly every flight in Guernsey and Jersey cancelled.
:10:38. > :10:39.Well, will the problems continue for a third day?
:10:40. > :10:59.You can just imagine how frustrating it is for people. Will it linger?
:11:00. > :11:04.I think there is the chance of a little more but it should ease off.
:11:05. > :11:09.There may be the chance for some of those flights to get airborne. It is
:11:10. > :11:15.misty and 41st thing tomorrow morning. Still quite mild but
:11:16. > :11:21.perhaps brighter with better visibility before the mist and fog
:11:22. > :11:29.returns in the evening. This is the pivotal area of high pressure. The
:11:30. > :11:34.lights are and still winds means things just sit there. The breeze
:11:35. > :11:48.coming in from the south-east may bring less humid air tomorrow. Misty
:11:49. > :11:53.first thing on Saturday morning. A more definite change on Sunday. Some
:11:54. > :11:58.other fronts will push through on Sunday bringing some fresh rain and
:11:59. > :12:02.brighter and clearer conditions on Sunday afternoon. There is that week
:12:03. > :12:06.when a front trapping moisture and keeping things down through this
:12:07. > :12:17.evening it moves away from us, travelling northwards. BBC local
:12:18. > :12:22.radio will keep you updated on the travel issues. That is the picture
:12:23. > :12:26.for the overnight period. Some drizzle and very foggy first thing
:12:27. > :12:32.in the morning. Through the morning and into the afternoon we start to
:12:33. > :12:40.see some change. A bit more of a breeze develops and a few calls
:12:41. > :12:49.develop in the mist and fog -- a few holes.
:12:50. > :12:54.The winds are for the South East. The outlook for the weekend is a
:12:55. > :12:57.little bit brighter. Finally, a look ahead to
:12:58. > :13:15.a special anniversary tomorrow. Many a loved up Amen would have
:13:16. > :13:19.arrived here. Jersey airport may have changed but those memories stay
:13:20. > :13:25.the same. And getting ready for a morning of nostalgia and stories
:13:26. > :13:30.with passengers, pilots and sweethearts as we celebrate the
:13:31. > :13:38.anniversary of the airport. they go into the military because
:13:39. > :13:43.there is no other job available. When in they are inducted into the
:13:44. > :13:49.Army and there is strong discipline and in many cases over time, through
:13:50. > :13:52.no fault of their own, they become institutionalised. The army looks
:13:53. > :13:58.after them, provides them with accommodation, food, etc, and when
:13:59. > :14:05.they eventually come out of the military they find that they can't
:14:06. > :14:09.look after their own lives. Often they have to much time on their
:14:10. > :14:15.hands, in some cases suffer from depression and in other cases turned
:14:16. > :14:19.to alcohol and drug abuse, with the that many of them break up from
:14:20. > :14:25.their families, start living rough and living in charitable hostels,
:14:26. > :14:32.and we help them to relocate, we probably interview three times the
:14:33. > :14:37.number we actually take on board. What we have done has been highly
:14:38. > :14:42.successful and has worked well, with big financial returns, and it is
:14:43. > :14:46.also fun. I am guessing it is a snowball effect, they are helping
:14:47. > :14:53.them -- you are helping them to help themselves. Very much so, the
:14:54. > :14:59.strapline of the charity is Helping People To Help Themselves, and it
:15:00. > :15:03.works. We will talk more in a moment but first let's see how one person
:15:04. > :15:08.has banned it from the screen -- from the scheme. Jon manual has been
:15:09. > :15:18.living on the streets on and off for 30 years. Here is his story.
:15:19. > :15:29.I was in a pub and apparently the IRA had bombed the pub. We were very
:15:30. > :15:35.young and it was confusing as to why it happened. It made me wonder why
:15:36. > :15:39.we were out there, why we were fighting the people who are like
:15:40. > :15:46.your next-door neighbours. Turning to alcohol is not the answer. But at
:15:47. > :15:53.the time it would ease the pain. But it wouldn't go away. And I would
:15:54. > :16:03.have nothing better to do but drink because I had no future, no job, no
:16:04. > :16:09.money. I used to beg. It was quite horrendous at times, in this kind of
:16:10. > :16:19.weather. I would pitch my tent in a far corner, all the way. I was kept
:16:20. > :16:22.waking up constantly through the night, and I couldn't understand
:16:23. > :16:29.what was going on. With all the worry I had, I ended up packing up
:16:30. > :16:36.my tent, in the condition I was, and I went to Derriford. They told me I
:16:37. > :16:50.was having a heart attack. It cost me everything. Cost me my family,
:16:51. > :16:52.the people I was close to. I am hurting badly emotionally, so
:16:53. > :17:05.regrettable for me that I have to live with that everyday.
:17:06. > :17:10.In the Nelson Project I get the opportunity to help with the finish,
:17:11. > :17:18.insulation, any other duties required. When this project is
:17:19. > :17:24.finished I will have a flat, somewhere stable to live and I can
:17:25. > :17:30.be built my life again. I am turning my life around and I hope my family
:17:31. > :17:34.realise that. It has not been easy but I am hoping that I get to see
:17:35. > :17:40.the people that I love and start again.
:17:41. > :17:44.Our heartbreaking story, but he really turned his life around due to
:17:45. > :17:50.the project. It strikes me this could help so many others, not just
:17:51. > :17:55.military veterans. Without doubt. A recent report from the University of
:17:56. > :18:01.East England demonstrated that for every pound spent on the two Bristol
:18:02. > :18:13.projects we have saved between ?4 70 and ?7 20. We would like to roll out
:18:14. > :18:20.the project nationally. Each project of course has to be resourced and
:18:21. > :18:25.funded. The report produced has gone to the Cabinet ministers and I am
:18:26. > :18:29.told it has gone to the Prime Minister's offers but we will see.
:18:30. > :18:32.Thank you very much for coming in today. My pleasure, thank you for
:18:33. > :18:36.the opportunity. Now, if you're interested
:18:37. > :18:39.in the history which is all around us and beneath us here
:18:40. > :18:42.in the South West, you may be the sort of person needed
:18:43. > :18:44.for an archaelogical expedition The search is on for volunteers
:18:45. > :18:48.to help unearth some of the secrets which could be hidden underneath
:18:49. > :18:50.Castle Green in Barnstaple. Our reporter Johnny Rutherford has
:18:51. > :18:53.been to see the modern technology Barnstaple Castle and Green,
:18:54. > :19:01.an ancient monument. Before the Normans built a grand
:19:02. > :19:04.moat and a bailey castle here, In the 1970s they discovered
:19:05. > :19:12.105 Saxon graves. Today they're surveying the green,
:19:13. > :19:15.with more advanced equipment. It's a great opportunity to find out
:19:16. > :19:17.more about the castle and about Norman and Saxon
:19:18. > :19:20.Barnstaple. We're hoping this is the beginning
:19:21. > :19:23.of a much bigger project that will really help us find out a lot
:19:24. > :19:26.more and get people excited Money from Historic England has
:19:27. > :19:31.funded this five-day survey. We're using two different techniques
:19:32. > :19:39.to look from the surface around a metre to a metre and a half
:19:40. > :19:42.down beneath the ground. The idea is to map any
:19:43. > :19:44.archaeology that still remains Local people have been
:19:45. > :19:48.given the chance to be part of the project,
:19:49. > :19:50.which allows them to be hands-on. I've always been fascinated
:19:51. > :19:53.in this castle mound site. To think that there was once
:19:54. > :19:56.a castle, king and community here is just fascinating,
:19:57. > :19:58.and so as soon as I saw the opportunity to take part
:19:59. > :20:01.in the survey I jumped So I've decided to do
:20:02. > :20:05.a bit of volunteering. Apparently I've got to walk
:20:06. > :20:10.in a straight line... You've got to be a bit
:20:11. > :20:14.quicker than that, Johnny. To be honest, they had
:20:15. > :20:21.to redo that bit. Luckily, the experts put
:20:22. > :20:24.the equipment to its best use. Well, it's quite interesting
:20:25. > :20:29.what we've come across so far, We seem to have a rectangle of lines
:20:30. > :20:36.which could represent a former structure or building on the site
:20:37. > :20:38.which we had no idea Also we've got some speckling,
:20:39. > :20:43.which may represent graves, and these could be part
:20:44. > :20:46.of the Anglo-Saxon graveyard which Next week the team will be
:20:47. > :20:57.using ground-penetrating radar in the Castle Market car
:20:58. > :20:59.park for the first time. You never know, they
:21:00. > :21:04.might find a king. Now, remember the Regal, the Empire,
:21:05. > :21:08.or what about the ABC? By the end of the 1930s some big
:21:09. > :21:11.cinema chains dominated the UK And it's this sort of time
:21:12. > :21:18.in people's lives they're trying It's in an effort
:21:19. > :21:23.to combat loneliness. Jane Chandler picked
:21:24. > :21:25.up her ticket and went along to the Red Velvet Cinema,
:21:26. > :21:31.which has been set up It's not just about
:21:32. > :21:47.watching a classic film. Afterwards they get the chance
:21:48. > :21:49.to reminisce over a cake It's nice sometimes to sort of look
:21:50. > :21:58.back, everything rushes forward, and it's just nice to see
:21:59. > :22:03.something like that. It brings back a lot because I'm
:22:04. > :22:06.afraid that my memory is not so good now, there's problems with that,
:22:07. > :22:09.but it's a film you Must have been 40 years
:22:10. > :22:14.ago, I should think. I didn't really remember
:22:15. > :22:19.it from then so it The project is the idea
:22:20. > :22:26.of Caroline Blackler. It's got ?2000 of funding
:22:27. > :22:29.from the community arts It's to encourage elderly people
:22:30. > :22:34.who live on their own And if you get them watching
:22:35. > :22:45.a film then they actually don't have to talk to anyone
:22:46. > :22:47.while that film's on, but after the film you encourage
:22:48. > :22:50.them to talk, give them a cup of tea and a slice
:22:51. > :22:53.of cake, and that's when the And if you can get people
:22:54. > :22:56.to connect then maybe There's still plenty
:22:57. > :23:00.of time to catch a classic, as the Red Velvet Cinema runs
:23:01. > :23:15.at the cafe in George Street There's nothing quite like watching
:23:16. > :23:24.old movies, particularly when it is wet outside. But hopefully it won't
:23:25. > :23:28.be raining. A few spots of drizzle down in
:23:29. > :23:33.Cornwall but most of the south-west has had glorious sunshine.
:23:34. > :23:39.We saw the pictures from South Devon, the archaeological story and
:23:40. > :23:43.the whale as well. A bit of a change coming. Our
:23:44. > :24:06.weather watchers have done us proud. Glorious sunshine, even in the
:24:07. > :24:13.higher ground up to wards Exmoor and Somerset. Then down into Cornwall,
:24:14. > :24:17.where the mist and fog has been draped across the far south-west,
:24:18. > :24:21.and that will continue this evening, visibility problems not just for the
:24:22. > :24:26.islands but along the coastline today. Let's head to Saint Germans
:24:27. > :24:31.now, were briefly there was some brightness in the sky. Our cameraman
:24:32. > :24:37.noted how still the air was. Most of us have had hardly a breeze, so the
:24:38. > :24:42.mist and low cloud has hung around for most of the day. Those who have
:24:43. > :24:48.not had it have had some lovely weather, feeling quite warm as well.
:24:49. > :24:50.In the sunshine and bridges up to 15, 16 degrees, certainly the
:24:51. > :24:56.warmest it has felt so far this year. As we head through tomorrow
:24:57. > :25:01.and into the weekend, I think I tonight it will be pretty misty at
:25:02. > :25:04.first and then the low cloud, mist and fog returns. Tomorrow morning
:25:05. > :25:08.that will be around first thing in the morning, and some drizzle as
:25:09. > :25:12.well. Later in the day it starts to brighten up wet and -- and when the
:25:13. > :25:15.sunshine comes out it will feel quite pleasant. We are in the
:25:16. > :25:18.boundary between the high pressure over France and the weather fans
:25:19. > :25:22.trying to come in from the West. They will eventually wind but they
:25:23. > :25:26.will take their time. A lot of moisture ahead of that. The first
:25:27. > :25:30.weather system is fairly weak, not getting to us until the end of the
:25:31. > :25:35.day on Saturday. The second one will give us some more persistent rain
:25:36. > :25:43.for a time on Sunday morning and once that is through we are back to
:25:44. > :25:50.north-west winds, better visibility, improved visibility for local
:25:51. > :25:53.flights, but the humid, moist air is across us tonight, you can see the
:25:54. > :26:02.cloud draped across the south-west. That is having -- heading north
:26:03. > :26:06.overnight. Had she conditions through the night and it will be
:26:07. > :26:15.unusually mild. -- patchy conditions. Last week these would be
:26:16. > :26:19.a good day time temperature, so mild but also misty. Tomorrow morning,
:26:20. > :26:22.not much in the way of drizzle and gradually a few holes will appear in
:26:23. > :26:28.the cloud. The winds slightly more than we have seen to date and with
:26:29. > :26:33.the breeze from the South there will be some holes in the cloud allowing
:26:34. > :26:40.the sunshine to come through. Northern Devon, parts of Somerset,
:26:41. > :26:45.perhaps Dorset again, 13 to 14 degrees. The Isles of Scilly, misty
:26:46. > :26:49.and damp, brighter for a time but a fair amount of low cloud around for
:26:50. > :26:58.much of the day. These are the times of high water.
:26:59. > :27:05.For the surface, clean surf, good waves tomorrow, not quite so big up
:27:06. > :27:12.to four, possibly five feet, and clean waves the north coast. The
:27:13. > :27:18.coastal waters forecast, four or five, fair with mist patches. As we
:27:19. > :27:22.move into the weekend this is the forecaster Saturday, a lot of cloud,
:27:23. > :27:26.still quite misty first thing. Sunday, some showery outbreaks but
:27:27. > :27:33.brighter in the afternoon and at last the sunshine comes out on
:27:34. > :27:39.Monday. Have a good evening. That is all from us. Janine Jansen
:27:40. > :27:46.will join David for the late news and weather at 10:30pm. From all of
:27:47. > :28:28.us here, good evening. Oh, the dragon.
:28:29. > :28:30.Dylan Thomas. Richard Burton.
:28:31. > :28:32.Barry Island. The River Shannon.
:28:33. > :28:37.We invented the submarine. with a spectacular
:28:38. > :28:49.Friday night encounter... Let's Sing And Dance exploded onto
:28:50. > :28:52.our screens,