:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Channel Islands on Wednesday April 5th.
:00:00. > :00:18.The murder investigation continues. Jersey police are still questioning
:00:19. > :00:20.a 58 your old man about the death of a woman in St Helier.
:00:21. > :00:22.20,000 bulbs being planted, but at a time of cuts,
:00:23. > :00:26.what is the real worth of the floral displays in Guernsey?
:00:27. > :00:38.We work very closely to find ways that we can reduce the costs without
:00:39. > :00:42.impacting on the overall effect. Later in the programme. A piece of
:00:43. > :00:55.Channel Islands history touches down for the last time. We are at
:00:56. > :01:00.Lee-on-Solent. Not a lot of rain in the forecast. It is a continuing dry
:01:01. > :01:09.story with some sunshine to enjoy and getting warmer. Good evening.
:01:10. > :01:11.Jersey police have today continued to question a 58-year-old man
:01:12. > :01:14.in connection with the death of a woman in Jersey.
:01:15. > :01:16.Officers launched a murder investigation after the discovery
:01:17. > :01:18.of a body in a St Helier property yesterday, as Julie
:01:19. > :01:27.The body of the middle-aged woman was found in a property in
:01:28. > :01:34.By mid-afternoon the police had arrested on suspicion of murder
:01:35. > :01:36.a 58-year-old man, who they say knew the dead woman.
:01:37. > :01:41.Today they continued to question him at the police headquarters,
:01:42. > :01:44.and the property she was found in is still sealed off while it's
:01:45. > :01:51.A Home Office pathologist has now arrived in the island and has
:01:52. > :01:54.started a post mortem exam to find how the unnamed woman died.
:01:55. > :01:58.Officers had expected to be able to release her identity today,
:01:59. > :02:02.but a police spokeswoman said due to the duration of the post
:02:03. > :02:05.mortem exam, a formal identification isn't yet possible,
:02:06. > :02:10.although specialist police officers are supporting the woman's family.
:02:11. > :02:13.Anyone who heard or saw anything out of the ordinary in Victoria Street
:02:14. > :02:15.between Monday evening and yesterday morning are being urged
:02:16. > :02:26.The cause of death of a man, whose body was found by children
:02:27. > :02:29.in Guernsey woodland six months after he went missing,
:02:30. > :02:33.remains unresolved, an inquest has concluded.
:02:34. > :02:36.59-year-old Steven Corbet was last seen getting off a bus in June.
:02:37. > :02:38.His body was found on Christmas Eve near the pine forest.
:02:39. > :02:41.Today at an inquest the coroner recorded an open verdict,
:02:42. > :02:50.noting the cause of death as "unascertained".
:02:51. > :02:53.Building work will need to be started within three years
:02:54. > :02:55.of receiving planning permission in Jersey.
:02:56. > :02:58.Jersey's Environment Minister is reducing the limit
:02:59. > :03:01.from five years in a bid to speed up development.
:03:02. > :03:04.Deputy Steve Luce hopes it will stop land banking -
:03:05. > :03:07.a practise where developers sit on land, hoping the value will go
:03:08. > :03:10.up, and give the department a better idea of how many developments
:03:11. > :03:25.We want to be a bit more certain about what is coming down the line
:03:26. > :03:28.and if we grant approval for 500 dwellings and they don't appear it
:03:29. > :03:33.makes the statistics very difficult. I am hoping by reducing five years
:03:34. > :03:36.down to three years it will give us more certainty about the numbers of
:03:37. > :03:38.development and the numbers of dwellings which are going to be
:03:39. > :03:40.built in the short-term. Two teachers from Jersey
:03:41. > :03:43.who were badly injured in an alleged hit-and-run in the French Alps
:03:44. > :03:45.are still recovering De La Salle College says both
:03:46. > :03:48.were initially treated in hospital in France but have now been moved
:03:49. > :03:51.to hospital in the UK. The school's assistant head teacher
:03:52. > :03:54.said the pair are making "good progress" and are expected back
:03:55. > :03:56.for the start of the As Spring is in the air,
:03:57. > :04:01.people are spending more And many in Guernsey choose to enjoy
:04:02. > :04:06.green, public spaces. But as Mike Wilkins reports,
:04:07. > :04:09.with budgets being slashed for States-owned parks and gardens,
:04:10. > :04:11.the challenge is on to maintain the island's
:04:12. > :04:20.strong floral reputation. Candie Gardens is considered the
:04:21. > :04:27.jewel in Guernsey's gardening crown. Over 20,000 bulbs and plants
:04:28. > :04:31.are sewn here each year. This man's been helping look
:04:32. > :04:33.after Guernsey's parks He says they're places that
:04:34. > :04:48.are good for the soul. If you have had a pressured day, you
:04:49. > :04:52.know, sometimes coming to sit in here and have your salad is in your
:04:53. > :04:57.lunchtime, and forget a lot of that do that, there are plenty of places
:04:58. > :04:59.to sit and enjoy. As well as the benches, the book can sit on the
:05:00. > :05:01.grass. The cost of caring
:05:02. > :05:10.for all of Guernsey's Going to's public parks have a long
:05:11. > :05:15.and strong tradition. I am and one of the oldest wing houses in
:05:16. > :05:18.Britain. Those responsible for the parks and gardens services are
:05:19. > :05:25.having to work with a much smaller budget. It has reduced and it will
:05:26. > :05:29.continue to reduce. We work closely to find ways that we can reduce the
:05:30. > :05:34.costs without impacting on the overall effect. As the years go one,
:05:35. > :05:37.that becomes more and more difficult. We are still trying very
:05:38. > :05:38.hard. So, the challenge is on to keep
:05:39. > :05:40.the flowers blooming, One of the Channel Islands
:05:41. > :05:48.most iconic aircrafts The G-RLON joined Aurigny's fleet
:05:49. > :05:55.more than 25 years ago and has completed more flights
:05:56. > :05:57.than any other Trislander. Edward Sault reports
:05:58. > :06:06.on its final journey. Almost 33,000 flying hours
:06:07. > :06:11.and over 105,000 landings, but today this Aurigny trislander
:06:12. > :06:29.made its last ever touchdown, To think that this ad plane is
:06:30. > :06:35.retiring after moving so many thousands of people around, it does
:06:36. > :06:43.get you a little bit. It has done 105,000 landings. Unbelievable.
:06:44. > :06:49.Isn't it just? This try Lander has now arrived here in Hampshire for
:06:50. > :06:53.its new home. It will go to the Solent sky museum near Southampton,
:06:54. > :06:58.where it will be on display for all to see. It has almost become a part
:06:59. > :07:03.of Southhampton life, if you like, and that was because of the
:07:04. > :07:08.distinctive engine noise. As soon as you heard that, you knew it was
:07:09. > :07:12.going over head. There is a big linkage here and a lot of synergy
:07:13. > :07:17.and we are delighted to have it. Before arriving in Hampshire, the
:07:18. > :07:20.aeroplane flew a goodbye fly over Alderney. It had elected with
:07:21. > :07:30.Southampton Airport for years. For the pilot who was in charge
:07:31. > :07:39.of today's last flight, I only found out yesterday that I
:07:40. > :07:40.was doing this last flight. It was a great experience.
:07:41. > :07:43.Oscar November should be on display at the Southampton Solent Sky Museum
:07:44. > :07:48.A new future as the sun sets on a piece of Channel
:07:49. > :08:07.You are watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later on Spotlight:
:08:08. > :08:11.Make the dog that has been honoured for his work with children.
:08:12. > :08:14.Did you know that Guernsey can now boast another radio station?
:08:15. > :08:16.LMDC Waves, run by students at La Mare High School,
:08:17. > :08:19.is starting small, but it has big plans for the future,
:08:20. > :08:22.including 24/7 broadcasting that anyone can tune in to.
:08:23. > :08:53.Welcome back. I've got good soul in my feet Micro it is fun. If you get
:08:54. > :08:58.a bit bored, you can come in here. If you have got a slot, you can do a
:08:59. > :09:03.radio show and you can do it in your music lessons. It is a great
:09:04. > :09:07.opportunity for years 7-11 to express a job that they might want
:09:08. > :09:12.to do when they are older, which is amazing work experience. The
:09:13. > :09:19.potential for using languages, for using debates, for using music and
:09:20. > :09:28.drama. Most subjects at school, I can see this as a pathway towards
:09:29. > :09:30.learning outside the classroom, and making their learning more engaging
:09:31. > :09:37.and entertaining, and also said that parents can listen and hear what
:09:38. > :09:43.they are up to. I am thinking what to say, it can be hard. That's when
:09:44. > :09:50.you just have to think up something and it always works in the end. Some
:09:51. > :09:52.stars in the making there. Sport now.
:09:53. > :09:54.There's a big night for local football tonight, as Jersey
:09:55. > :09:56.face the under 23 team from the Premier League
:09:57. > :10:00.The visiting side includes several young international players,
:10:01. > :10:02.and it's chance for the Jersey manager to learn more
:10:03. > :10:05.about his squad before the Muratti and Island Games.
:10:06. > :10:07.The friendly kicks off at 8pm at Springfield,
:10:08. > :10:17.and there will be full coverage on BBC Radio Jersey from 7pm.
:10:18. > :10:23.Well, it has been another glorious day today. Mike potatoes are doing
:10:24. > :10:29.rather well in all this sunshine and I am hoping for some more.
:10:30. > :10:32.Is this set to stay? I think so. The main problem will be just how much
:10:33. > :10:36.cloud we are likely to see. For those that need rain there is not a
:10:37. > :10:42.huge amount in the forecast over the next four days. They might be around
:10:43. > :10:49.on Monday night, but until then it is fine and dry. More cloud later in
:10:50. > :10:54.the night, but the Sun shambles do/ will soon work on that and we will
:10:55. > :10:57.get some for the afternoon. This high pressure is getting closer to
:10:58. > :11:03.us through tomorrow. Hardly any change in its position on Friday.
:11:04. > :11:09.Subtle changes into the weekend as we draw warm air up from the south
:11:10. > :11:13.from Spain and Portugal. Overnight tonight, more cloud will drift in
:11:14. > :11:17.from the north, it won't reduce any rain. Eight or 9 degrees the minimum
:11:18. > :11:24.temperature. Tomorrow, a good deal of fine weather and ran. It will
:11:25. > :11:30.brighten up and buy we are into the later part of the morning and early
:11:31. > :11:31.afternoon, pleasant sunshine and 12 degrees will be the maximum
:11:32. > :11:49.temperature. There is not a huge wave, but at
:11:50. > :11:52.least it is clean. The sea temperature is starting to creep up
:11:53. > :11:57.a little bit, that sunshine is making a difference, up to 10
:11:58. > :12:04.degrees. The wind is north-easterly. Generally fair with good visibility.
:12:05. > :12:09.As we head towards the weekend, we start to see quite a big change. We
:12:10. > :12:13.will seek higher temperatures. It could be rather cloudy again on
:12:14. > :12:16.Friday at times, but those temperatures are rising. As soon as
:12:17. > :12:24.the sun comes out at this time of year, it will list temperatures.
:12:25. > :12:30.Even if temperatures of 13, if the sum comes out temperatures will peak
:12:31. > :12:35.at around 16. Southerly winds draw up the warmth from Spain and
:12:36. > :12:41.Portugal, where temperatures could be 2526 degrees at the weekend. Not
:12:42. > :12:44.quite so one for us, but still some good warmth. Up to 20 degrees by
:12:45. > :12:49.Sunday. David, thank you. That's it from us
:12:50. > :12:54.in the Channel Islands. We will have the result from the football in our
:12:55. > :12:58.10:30pm News tonight. That is the jersey under 23s against Leicester
:12:59. > :13:03.City. If you have missed anything tonight you can watch the programme
:13:04. > :13:08.on BBC iPlayer. I leave you now with the rest of Spotlight.
:13:09. > :13:14.were 327 million visits to chip shops across the UK last year. So it
:13:15. > :13:16.is not all bad news. I want fish and chips now, don't you?
:13:17. > :13:18.Coming up: special recognition for a special dog.
:13:19. > :13:20.Niven has been honoured for his work with children
:13:21. > :13:31.And we'll explore the ancient musical links between
:13:32. > :13:41.A mini power station, installed on Dartmoor in 1959,
:13:42. > :13:43.that was the first to be operated by remote control.
:13:44. > :13:45.The idea was to provide back-up electricity
:13:46. > :13:51.Nearly 60 years after it was built, only a shell of the original
:13:52. > :13:54.building remains, but that could now be demolished to make way
:13:55. > :14:01.Kirk England reports from Princetown.
:14:02. > :14:05.There's a hint of something unusual, but nothing that really gives away
:14:06. > :14:10.this building's ground-breaking history.
:14:11. > :14:17.Here at Princetown, the South Western
:14:18. > :14:19.Electricity Board has installed Britain's first robot power station.
:14:20. > :14:22.This three megawatt generating plant,
:14:23. > :14:24.the first of its kind in the
:14:25. > :14:28.world, is capable of supplying a town that a population of 10,000.
:14:29. > :14:30.Decommissioned years ago, this is all that remains.
:14:31. > :14:47.The world's first unmanned pocket Power is extraordinary. And these
:14:48. > :14:51.buildings are markers of how we produce energy. And the story of
:14:52. > :14:55.energy production is of course hugely important. The operation of a
:14:56. > :14:59.switch will start or stop the generator as required. The row
:15:00. > :15:05.control technology was cutting edge at the time. But, the building and
:15:06. > :15:07.another old power station next door, neither of which were considered
:15:08. > :15:13.interesting enough to be listed, faced demolition, if plans for this
:15:14. > :15:19.whiskey distillery go-ahead. The company behind the proposal declined
:15:20. > :15:22.to comment. Views on the scheme are mixed. I have seen the artist 's
:15:23. > :15:27.impression plans, and it looks very good. There was some concern about
:15:28. > :15:31.the spire looking to Scottish, but it is a whiskey distillery. I've
:15:32. > :15:37.objected on the grounds that it is going to be so large, and also, the
:15:38. > :15:39.historic building, the power station, is going to be knocked
:15:40. > :15:46.down. It will increase jobs available, and will improve tourism.
:15:47. > :15:50.You cannot tell from the outside, but this building has an intriguing
:15:51. > :15:54.history. But it is not one that is said to be interesting or
:15:55. > :15:59.significant enough to save it from potential demolition, if the
:16:00. > :16:02.distillery goes ahead, so it looks like this once ground-breaking
:16:03. > :16:09.pocket power station could be about to end up on the scrapheap. Lovely
:16:10. > :16:11.old film. Now you may remember Niven,
:16:12. > :16:13.a hearing dog from Devon who we featured last year
:16:14. > :16:15.as he helped children learning The Cockerpoo from Exmouth
:16:16. > :16:20.is thought to be the first ever listening dog in a deaf school
:16:21. > :16:23.and has been hailed a "hidden hero". And he's just been
:16:24. > :16:38.rewarded for his work. A medal for an unsung hero. Niven
:16:39. > :16:43.leaving dog has just won a luxury break at the Devon hotel. What could
:16:44. > :16:51.be better, three days of walking? It is thanks to a Dorset charity called
:16:52. > :16:56.Room two Reward which gets hotels to donate on but rooms, then the
:16:57. > :17:00.charity donates them to deserving cases. We hear about human
:17:01. > :17:04.volunteers being recognised for their work in the community, but it
:17:05. > :17:09.is not often that we hear about an animal being rewarded for their hard
:17:10. > :17:17.work. Overwhelmed, actually. It has just been amazing that we should be
:17:18. > :17:22.singled out for this. It is lovely. He goes above and beyond any normal
:17:23. > :17:28.service dog. Service dogs are incredible and do a great job but
:17:29. > :17:34.Niven volunteers in his own walking time at the Exeter death Academy. He
:17:35. > :17:38.volunteers with his death percipient palling at the National Trust and at
:17:39. > :17:43.a local hospital audiology department. So he really does go
:17:44. > :17:47.above and beyond. At the death Academy, children are happier
:17:48. > :17:57.reading to Niven than they are to a teacher. He's very patient. And he
:17:58. > :18:04.loves their company. -- at the deaf academy. Niven is keen to check out
:18:05. > :18:10.his room and his very own bed. His owner, Pauline, says that she would
:18:11. > :18:18.be lost without him. He makes life worth living. We go out for walks.
:18:19. > :18:21.He makes me laugh. The charity says that Niven is their first
:18:22. > :18:27.four-legged recipient. So, it is time to run and to have fun. Good
:18:28. > :18:32.old Niven. It's a link that spans 3,500 miles
:18:33. > :18:35.and hundreds of years. Two thirds of people living
:18:36. > :18:37.in Canada's most easterly province of Newfoundland are thought to have
:18:38. > :18:39.ancestors from Devon When settlers left our shores
:18:40. > :18:43.in the 1500s they took with them Now in a new collaboration, some
:18:44. > :18:48.of the songs, and their stories, Devon musicians Marilyn Tucker
:18:49. > :18:52.and Paul Wilson are here who arrived here from Canada last
:18:53. > :19:06.night to tell us more. Tell us how this collaboration came
:19:07. > :19:11.about. It started 34 years ago. It is not exactly new. I came over here
:19:12. > :19:17.with some other musicians in 1983 as part of the anniversary celebrations
:19:18. > :19:21.of Sir Humphrey Gilbert arriving in Newfoundland back in 1583. And he
:19:22. > :19:27.claimed it for Britain as its first colony. Whilst here, I went to a
:19:28. > :19:33.folk club one night and I heard these guys playing. Paul was singing
:19:34. > :19:35.pretty much the same song that I have learned many years earlier from
:19:36. > :19:41.one of my great uncle 's with slight variations. It was a Eureka moment
:19:42. > :19:45.for me in many ways. I knew that some of our traditional music game
:19:46. > :19:48.over with the early settlers and in many cases, some of the lyrics had
:19:49. > :19:52.been changed to reflect the circumstances of the new lifestyles
:19:53. > :19:56.in Newfoundland or other parts of the New World. But it also
:19:57. > :20:03.reinforced the idea that this music was part of a longer continuum,
:20:04. > :20:07.400-500 years that English settlers had been in Newfoundland. We spoke
:20:08. > :20:14.that night and one thing led to another. This must be maybe a dozen
:20:15. > :20:18.also projects that we have done over that 30 year period, some of them
:20:19. > :20:22.here in the West Country, and many of them in Newfoundland as well. We
:20:23. > :20:27.have spoken before about the meaning of songs and where lyrics come from.
:20:28. > :20:32.Those sales annually from the shores of the South West to Newfoundland.
:20:33. > :20:37.They went in April and came back and hold on. That is reflected in the
:20:38. > :20:42.songs. Yes, lots of stuff about the sea, and coming and going. It was a
:20:43. > :20:46.while before people spent winter in Newfoundland. They would go
:20:47. > :20:52.seasonally, and come back. So the boys was the thing. People would
:20:53. > :20:58.have friends and family and make connections at either end, lots of
:20:59. > :21:02.stuff about the sea. What is happening now? How are you combining
:21:03. > :21:06.the songs and their history and the link between Canada and the South
:21:07. > :21:13.West in this mutual? The centrepiece of this is the Devonshire symposium
:21:14. > :21:19.and the Devon Newfoundland story happening at the weekend. We are
:21:20. > :21:24.touring with the songs and stories. We have done a mash up, sometimes,
:21:25. > :21:28.pushing the songs together, so that Jim sings one verse, Paul sings
:21:29. > :21:32.another post, then I sing the song and for the instrumental break, we
:21:33. > :21:37.use the tune from the version collected in Newfoundland. Sometimes
:21:38. > :21:41.we just sing the song and then Jim says, this reminds me of this, and
:21:42. > :21:49.one or two verses that have the same imagery. We are going to hear a song
:21:50. > :21:57.and a moment. What is the song? Originally the English version of an
:21:58. > :22:03.old song called Spanish ladies. I collected a version in Sidmouth.
:22:04. > :22:12.That was from a lady who was part of the family, the fisherman 's family
:22:13. > :22:16.there, the bullies. It is better known by the first line of the
:22:17. > :22:22.chorus, which is that we will write and draw like true Newfoundlanders.
:22:23. > :22:29.It is an unofficial anthem and everybody knows it. Good luck with
:22:30. > :22:31.the tour. Someone else likes to rant and raw at times is David. He is
:22:32. > :22:43.bringing the weather now! Isn't that fantastic? Looking out
:22:44. > :22:46.across Plymouth Sound. Visibility is good at the moment. We've had
:22:47. > :22:53.sunshine over most of the South West today. It was so nice we sent our
:22:54. > :22:57.cameraman, Tristan, to Newquay, to enjoy some lovely weather. It has
:22:58. > :23:01.been a beautiful day. The breeze from the North has kept temperatures
:23:02. > :23:06.down but generally it has been pretty good. And the fine, dry
:23:07. > :23:11.weather has brought some people out. The sea temperatures at the moment,
:23:12. > :23:15.round about 10 degrees. You have to be pretty hardy to be in the water
:23:16. > :23:21.without a wet suit at the moment. But the sunshine or perhaps bring
:23:22. > :23:26.out slightly higher sea surface temperatures. Over the next couple
:23:27. > :23:30.of days, this is the forecast tomorrow. Some more cloud drifting
:23:31. > :23:34.in towards us tonight, and that will be around posting tomorrow. It will
:23:35. > :23:38.break up, but don't expect much blue sky to start the day. Spells of
:23:39. > :23:44.sunshine developing later in the day. We have a big area of high
:23:45. > :23:49.pressure bringing settled weather. By the middle of tomorrow it is
:23:50. > :23:53.hardly new position. By Friday it starts to move a little to the east.
:23:54. > :23:58.Into the weekend, the high-pressure weakens and moves out of the way.
:23:59. > :24:02.What will happen is that we start to suck up some warmth from the south.
:24:03. > :24:07.Temperatures across Spain and Portugal at the moment are pretty
:24:08. > :24:11.good. By Sunday, we have a pool of warm air travelling towards us.
:24:12. > :24:16.We're looking at high temperatures, possibly up to 19 Celsius. That
:24:17. > :24:22.could be on Sunday afternoon. Not quite as warm as that at the moment.
:24:23. > :24:26.It is bracing with a gentle breeze. You can see the cloud coming in from
:24:27. > :24:31.the north. That will gently drift across us tonight. It will cloud
:24:32. > :24:36.over. Not quite as cold as it was last night. The cloud breaking in a
:24:37. > :24:41.few places. Around five Celsius will be the minimum temperature overnight
:24:42. > :24:45.tonight. Tomorrow, more cloud to start with but it will brighten up.
:24:46. > :24:48.Don't be too disappointed by the look of the day posting. The cloud
:24:49. > :24:56.will gradually break to allow the sunshine in. Then, temperatures will
:24:57. > :25:00.get up to around 12, 13 degrees. It could be doing with being a little
:25:01. > :25:03.bit warmer. For the Isles of Scilly, cloud should break to allow the
:25:04. > :25:13.sunshine through. There are the times of high water... And for our
:25:14. > :25:19.surfers, the waves are not as big as they have been but they are usable
:25:20. > :25:32.and clean on the north coast. And the coastal waters forecast... Let's
:25:33. > :25:35.look at the outlook. We will see higher temperatures but we will have
:25:36. > :25:39.to be patient before that happens. Relatively cool until we reach
:25:40. > :25:42.Saturday and Sunday, then some warmth and sunshine, and we could
:25:43. > :25:48.see those temperatures reaching 18 degrees. Warmer than it is now
:25:49. > :25:55.appear on the roof. Back to you did. It looks breezy but sunny up there.
:25:56. > :26:03.-- back to you two. The concert we were talking about is called Shore
:26:04. > :26:12.to shore revisited. We will leave you tonight with a song called
:26:13. > :26:17.Spanish ladies. Farewell and that you do you Spanish ladies, Farewell
:26:18. > :26:22.and adieu to you ladies of Spain. For we have received orders to self
:26:23. > :26:29.old England, and we hope in a long time we will see you again. We'll
:26:30. > :26:37.rant and we will roar all over the wild ocean, we will rank and we will
:26:38. > :26:53.roar over the wild sea. Until we strike down in the channel of old
:26:54. > :27:05.England,... We will rank and we will roar like true Newfoundlanders.
:27:06. > :27:56.We will write and we will roar like true Newfoundlanders.
:27:57. > :28:05.CHILD: This is a major scientific breakthrough.
:28:06. > :28:20.Hello. It's All Round to Mrs Brown's, where my guests will be
:28:21. > :28:27.Steve Backshall, and music from the beautiful Pixie Lott.