:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening, I'm Charlie McArdle, welcome to BBC Channel Islands.
:00:00. > :00:10.Taking a tougher stance - You're now more likely to be
:00:11. > :00:13.prosecuted if you're caught using your mobile phone
:00:14. > :00:24.You could kill someone, really easily if you just look at your
:00:25. > :00:28.phone 30 seconds. They're not looking where they're going.
:00:29. > :00:29.They're not looking where they're going.
:00:30. > :00:35.It's definitely too serious, I think they should just get a fine.
:00:36. > :00:37.Delays and cancelled operations - Staff shortages are having an impact
:00:38. > :00:39.at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
:00:40. > :00:41.Keeping it in the family - Jersey weather watchers awarded
:00:42. > :00:50.And the weather looks quite promising for Easter, some rain
:00:51. > :00:55.around for on Friday but sunny on Sunday.
:00:56. > :00:59.More people will be prosecuted in Jersey's courts for using mobiles
:01:00. > :01:05.The island's Attorney General has toughened up on offenders by making
:01:06. > :01:08.the crime too serious to be dealt with at parish hall level.
:01:09. > :01:12.The move comes one month after Jersey Police released figures
:01:13. > :01:15.showing prosecutions of drivers using mobiles was at its
:01:16. > :01:38.Then the guy should drive? Never macro yeah what was I thinking?
:01:39. > :01:40.Never macro yeah what was I thinking?
:01:41. > :01:42.Hard-hitting adverts shown across the British Isles
:01:43. > :01:45.to make people think twice about using a mobile phone whilst
:01:46. > :01:47.driving. Now Jersey's most senior prosecutor is taking a tough stance
:01:48. > :01:50.on how offenders will be dealt with, to get the message across.
:01:51. > :01:53.Historically, mobile phone offences have be heard
:01:54. > :01:56.by Jersey Honorary Police at parish hall level.
:01:57. > :01:59.But now, anyone using a mobile phone whilst driving heavy
:02:00. > :02:02.goods or hired vehicles, carrying passengers for money,
:02:03. > :02:05.involved in a collision or if you text, use the internet
:02:06. > :02:07.or make or send photographs while at the wheel,
:02:08. > :02:31.The Attorney General issued the new directive stating:
:02:32. > :02:36.A move supported by Jersey's Honorary Police.
:02:37. > :02:43.Sometimes it is only when people go to court that they realise.
:02:44. > :02:47.Particularly if they drive for a living author picking children from
:02:48. > :02:49.school, it can have effects on their life if they disqualified from. It
:02:50. > :02:51.have a huge impact But do people in St Helier
:02:52. > :03:04.think these offences I think it should go straight to
:03:05. > :03:09.court and if the people in go to court a deliberate or stay away. I
:03:10. > :03:16.don't because there are 100 million other distractions while driving.
:03:17. > :03:19.Yet it is dangerous but I definitely think it's too serious.
:03:20. > :03:22.A serious move that prosecutors hope will prevent people of taking
:03:23. > :03:26.Patients needing surgery in Guernsey are having to wait up to eight
:03:27. > :03:32.The Medical Specialist Group says it's waiting for a surgeon
:03:33. > :03:37.But as Mike Wilkins reports, it's meant extended injury time
:03:38. > :03:43.This man's desperate to play football for his island again.
:03:44. > :03:45.Guernsey FC defender Jack Domaille was injured in October.
:03:46. > :03:51.He was told four days before his surgery that he would have to wait
:03:52. > :03:52.for more than five months for his operation.
:03:53. > :04:10.I was gutted. I'd set my heart on head-on and was focused for, and
:04:11. > :04:15.that was sort of taken away. It just feels cruel.
:04:16. > :04:17.Social media is full of people criticising
:04:18. > :04:21.This person, for example, claims her father was told to wait
:04:22. > :04:28.two months and soon had a heart attack requiring emergency surgery.
:04:29. > :04:39.The Medical Specialist Group says in a statement: "One
:04:40. > :04:43.Jack now won't be able to play fof GFC until at least the start
:04:44. > :04:46.of the 2019-2020 season, but he says the delays have affected
:04:47. > :05:02.It's affected everything. Me and my partner Abe Waterhouse this year and
:05:03. > :05:07.that don't be put -- me and my partner bought a house this year.
:05:08. > :05:08.That could be put back five months. Financially it's been a bit of a
:05:09. > :05:10.Financially it's been a bit of a struggle.
:05:11. > :05:13.Although the UK has a different health system, people now have
:05:14. > :05:15.to wait a maximum of 18 weeks for an operation.
:05:16. > :05:17.And for some people, like Jack in Guernsey,
:05:18. > :05:23.The family of the woman found dead in St Helier last week have paid
:05:24. > :05:28.tribute to "a loving mother who will be deeply missed".
:05:29. > :05:31.Ana Rebelo was found strangled in a St Helier home
:05:32. > :05:37.No one has yet been charged with her death.
:05:38. > :05:39.Today, in a statement, the 51-year-old's family said
:05:40. > :05:42.they continue to grieve and are working with the police
:05:43. > :05:59.They thanked islanders for their support, saying, "We have
:06:00. > :06:02.They've asked to be left in peace while they try to come
:06:03. > :06:07.The body that regulates UK charities is deciding whether to step
:06:08. > :06:10.in following the dispute between the RNLI and the St
:06:11. > :06:14.The RNLI dismissed the coxswain and the crew resigned in support.
:06:15. > :06:16.The Charity Commission's told the BBC it's aware
:06:17. > :06:22.of the case in Jersey, but says it doesn't get involved
:06:23. > :06:28.However, it can take action if there is mismanagement or damage
:06:29. > :06:34.Meanwhile, politicians are set to ask questions in the States next
:06:35. > :06:42.The future of dozens of Guernsey businesses is still uncertain
:06:43. > :06:45.after permission to change the use of a former vinery site was denied.
:06:46. > :06:50.Applicants wanted to change the use of the Pulias Vinery so it
:06:51. > :06:56.It was one of two sites earmarked by the States for businesses
:06:57. > :06:58.being moved from another former vinery site at the Fontaine.
:06:59. > :07:03.But this morning the Planning Authority rejected the move,
:07:04. > :07:06.a decision described as a victory for common sense by those who didn't
:07:07. > :07:12.want to see industrial businesses on the site.
:07:13. > :07:15.Alderney's government is being warned it needs to make
:07:16. > :07:20.a decision on the controversial France-Alderney-Britain link soon,
:07:21. > :07:22.or risk losing its role in the electricity project.
:07:23. > :07:25.The head of the island's Chamber of Commerce claims
:07:26. > :07:30.if a decision is not made soon, the chance may pass the island by.
:07:31. > :07:33.The half-billion cable will link France and Britain via Alderney.
:07:34. > :07:40.Opponents of the project fear it'll damage the island's unique identity.
:07:41. > :07:43.You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.
:07:44. > :07:46.Later in Spotlight with Victoria and Andy...
:07:47. > :07:48.A new challenge - swimming seven ocean channels around
:07:49. > :08:02.David will have your weather forecast in a moment, but first,
:08:03. > :08:05.the UK Met Office today presented a gift to a family in Jersey to mark
:08:06. > :08:09.Mary Norman's family in St Brelade has been measuring rainfall
:08:10. > :08:12.on the same site since 1917 - it's one of the oldest
:08:13. > :08:14.private weather stations in the British Isles.
:08:15. > :08:16.Luxmy Gopal went along to find out more.
:08:17. > :08:19.It's a family tradition of a different kind.
:08:20. > :08:21.Nearly every day for the past century, Mary's family has
:08:22. > :08:25.It started with her grandfather, who needed to know rainfall
:08:26. > :08:45.Even when there's no rain to measure - as was the case today -
:08:46. > :08:48.Mary mocked this up for us as an example.
:08:49. > :08:50.While April showers may have been lacking, there was a showering
:08:51. > :08:53.of gifts from the UK Met Office to mark the milestone.
:08:54. > :08:55.Of the 2,500 sites that record rainfall across the UK
:08:56. > :08:58.and Channel Islands, few are run by private volunteers
:08:59. > :09:00.and fewer still are 100 years old. I didn't really give it
:09:01. > :09:06.When we came here and I realised it will be 100 years in 2017,
:09:07. > :09:10.there was something in me that wanted to achieve that mark.
:09:11. > :09:12.Only because it would be statistically quite
:09:13. > :09:17.I think actually the interesting thing is that the mechanism
:09:18. > :09:27.for reading it has not changed in that hundred years.
:09:28. > :09:32.There's a lot of talk these days on climate and weather patterns,
:09:33. > :09:37.this has been going on for years in farming community.
:09:38. > :09:40.To get 100 years worth of data from one site where you can spot
:09:41. > :09:43.the changes is invaluable from a scientific point of view.
:09:44. > :09:46.And Met Officers say Mary's way of rainfall-measuring will continue
:09:47. > :09:49.to be invaluable for recording weather patterns,
:09:50. > :09:58.Wonderful, and congratulations on them.
:09:59. > :10:00.So, the question is will the Normans be out measuring rainfall
:10:01. > :10:14.Rainfall amounts are likely to be small Nellist the main story. The
:10:15. > :10:20.rain that comes by over the next couple of days is going to be
:10:21. > :10:24.fleeting. Light showers. Perhaps the transfer some more persistent rain
:10:25. > :10:29.on Friday evening, Friday night into Saturday. Until then a lot of dry
:10:30. > :10:37.weather. This is one of our weather Watchers in Guernsey, some lovely
:10:38. > :10:41.sunshine in today. Tomorrow there more cloud, then some showers then
:10:42. > :10:45.becoming more dry with the chance of some sunshine developing later in
:10:46. > :10:48.the day but it will take its time for that sunshine to reappear,
:10:49. > :10:53.perhaps later in the early evening. We do have a front that might
:10:54. > :10:59.produce some showers overnight. Fine to start with but then becoming
:11:00. > :11:02.increasingly cloudy. High pressure is just being held back to the west
:11:03. > :11:07.of us but that does come a little bit closer as we headed into the
:11:08. > :11:12.Easter weekend. Not forget Friday though, these two weather systems
:11:13. > :11:16.will make progress towards us. Overnight tonight, the cloud will
:11:17. > :11:21.return, it's going to be patchy, but towards the morning it will cause a
:11:22. > :11:25.few showers and 9 degrees, the minimum amateur. Tomorrow we have
:11:26. > :11:32.showers through the morning and dying after lunch followed by sunny
:11:33. > :11:42.spells and some breeze with a top capture 12, 214 degrees. The tides
:11:43. > :11:48.as you can see here. First first, they waves are not very big brass
:11:49. > :11:55.best along the north coast of Guernsey at best. For the coastal
:11:56. > :12:02.waters, wins are north-westerly, two to three, occasionally for at first.
:12:03. > :12:08.-- four at first. Friday is the day with a lot of crowd and put cloud
:12:09. > :12:17.and politically some rain in later in the day. The Norman Tebbit and
:12:18. > :12:20.monitoring the range hundreds of years now, but there is a way that
:12:21. > :12:29.everyone can get involved in monitoring the weather. We do have
:12:30. > :12:34.the BBC's weather weather Watchers website. Here's the address. You can
:12:35. > :12:38.sign up. You don't have to be recording the weather all the time.
:12:39. > :12:42.You can do would you want to. You can also take pictures as we have
:12:43. > :12:48.been showing on the programme, so, join in, send us your pictures, or
:12:49. > :12:52.if you are really keen, some weather observations as well. Thank you very
:12:53. > :12:57.much David, I joined up the other day so I am hoping to see my picture
:12:58. > :13:02.up there in the near future. Before we go a quick reminder of our top
:13:03. > :13:06.story in the Channel Islands. More people will be prosecuted in jersey
:13:07. > :13:12.macro cautery using their mobile phones behind the wheel. The islands
:13:13. > :13:17.the Attorney General has toughened up on offenders. That is it for the
:13:18. > :13:18.time being, I am back at eight o'clock and your local news is at
:13:19. > :15:21.10:30pm. Good night. It will be new experience for the
:15:22. > :15:25.tenant farmer, who will be looking after.
:15:26. > :15:29.I have never looked after deer directly, certainly not any managed
:15:30. > :15:33.form scenario, so this will be new and slightly interesting. Very
:15:34. > :15:37.diverse from what we usually do but they are wild, they are not under
:15:38. > :15:42.the same stressors that a farm animal comes under, so hopefully we
:15:43. > :15:45.will not have too many issues. It is believed to 16 of these deer
:15:46. > :15:59.are pregnant, along with one stack. It is hoped they will have new
:16:00. > :16:06.arrivals by June. As people look for different ways to
:16:07. > :16:12.celebrate her face, pilgrimage have undergone a makeover. It has taken
:16:13. > :16:21.one bishop from his home Parish a long way.
:16:22. > :16:24.Two weeks and more than 100 miles on the Bishop of Saint Germans on the
:16:25. > :16:28.last leg of his pilgrimage across Cornwall. He has followed two
:16:29. > :16:30.ancient routes that have been used by pilgrims for more than 1000
:16:31. > :16:34.years. What has it has been like walking
:16:35. > :16:37.for two weeks, constantly meeting people? Sam Ricketts has been
:16:38. > :16:41.fascinating because apart from the root, I have really not planned too
:16:42. > :16:45.much at all. So every day as a surprise and I have met some
:16:46. > :16:48.extraordinary people. I have enjoyed incredible hospitality and have been
:16:49. > :16:53.to parts of the diocese that I had not visited before and found all
:16:54. > :16:58.sorts of interesting stories, fascinating people and I have to
:16:59. > :17:02.say, I was nudity but that would be able to walk with me would enjoy
:17:03. > :17:08.that but I had not realised that the person who would welcome a false or
:17:09. > :17:11.would you like they were joining in. Into pilgrimage spirit, he relied on
:17:12. > :17:26.the bounty of well-wishers. He did carry the bag but never needed it
:17:27. > :17:30.and the welcome was just as warm. After a well earned break, the party
:17:31. > :17:36.set off again for the last few miles, joined by the Bishop has
:17:37. > :17:39.researched ancient routes. Many people are searching for a new way
:17:40. > :17:44.of spirituality and a new way of relating to God and in the beautiful
:17:45. > :17:48.land of Cornwall, you are aware of the fantastic landscape all around
:17:49. > :17:52.you and that creation speaks to us about God and the beauty of God and
:17:53. > :17:57.his creation, and all that he gives us, the many blessings that we get.
:17:58. > :18:01.And the pilgrimage ends here, with the boat crossing to St Michael's
:18:02. > :18:04.Mount, the final destination for thousands of pilgrims who have
:18:05. > :18:20.trodden this very path over the centuries.
:18:21. > :18:24.Best friend from Somerset is on track to achieve a lifelong
:18:25. > :18:29.ambition. Was spoke to her just before she set
:18:30. > :18:35.off last September and now she, who suffered from any as a child, has
:18:36. > :18:42.already completed three swims, one in California, one in Hawaii and one
:18:43. > :18:46.in New Zealand. Just go. First Gibraltar, then Japan, followed by
:18:47. > :18:49.Northern Ireland to Scotland and finally the English Channel.
:18:50. > :18:54.Right now, she is back on training hard and Brendan Rodgers caught by
:18:55. > :19:05.the author. -- court backdrop with her.
:19:06. > :19:10.My early morning swims may start at seven but finished in the afternoon.
:19:11. > :19:12.But when you're training for seven oceans in 12 months, stamina is
:19:13. > :19:29.everything. We went down to about 5.5,
:19:30. > :19:32.6 degrees, so that by the time it Her toughest challenge to date
:19:33. > :19:36.was swimming the Cook Strait She had to abandon one swim,
:19:37. > :19:40.but refused to give up and completed it
:19:41. > :19:42.on the second attempt. Though when she got
:19:43. > :19:47.to the shoreline, she was plainly Back in the pool, she's preparing
:19:48. > :19:52.for the next leg of the challenge, the Strait of Gibraltar
:19:53. > :20:01.in a couple of weeks. And then I have four
:20:02. > :20:03.channels in four months to complete the
:20:04. > :20:04.challenge. You have no doubts, do you?
:20:05. > :20:06.No, none whatsoever. I know it's possible,
:20:07. > :20:08.I know it's entirely possible so the only bit of luck that comes
:20:09. > :20:12.into it is to do with the weather, we have to get
:20:13. > :20:14.the weather on time. Butterflies in the UK last year
:20:15. > :20:22.suffered their fourth The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
:20:23. > :20:30.found 40 out of 57 species showed Scientists are blaming a mild
:20:31. > :20:37.winter and cool spring. Well, Clare Woodling
:20:38. > :20:39.is at the Butterfly Farm in Buckfastleigh this evening
:20:40. > :20:50.where it's quite it is indeed. It is a rainforest.
:20:51. > :20:52.That's what's been created here and tropical butterflies living here are
:20:53. > :20:59.thriving here in this glasshouse. The sort of conditions you might get
:21:00. > :21:04.in Costa Rica... About 90% humidity, but unlike the butterflies that are
:21:05. > :21:08.thriving here are butterflies in the wild in the UK are struggling in a
:21:09. > :21:13.changing environment. David Field is the owner of the butterfly farm here
:21:14. > :21:17.at Buckfastleigh. Why the decline? We have known for that butterflies
:21:18. > :21:23.in the wild are in trouble as a result of result of loss of habitat.
:21:24. > :21:27.We are losing areas of open natural grassland, wild, unspoiled areas,
:21:28. > :21:30.hedgerows as well. Areas that contain plants and flowers, that
:21:31. > :21:39.butterflies need to complete life cycles. Climate change is a factor?
:21:40. > :21:47.Yes... It is a cause of a problem, and if... It can disrupt butterfly
:21:48. > :21:54.life cycles and breeding patterns. What do you have that especial here?
:21:55. > :21:59.Butterflies have everything they need here. They're fit cabbage and
:22:00. > :22:04.humidity can all the food they need so they really thrive. Visitors can
:22:05. > :22:09.see the whole life-cycle from X to caterpillars is jumping on Leeds, to
:22:10. > :22:13.butterflies emerging from a chrysalis at the end of the life
:22:14. > :22:19.cycle itself. Thank you very much indeed David. It is certainly
:22:20. > :22:23.extremely steamy in here it is to be set, so conditions suited to the
:22:24. > :22:24.tropics they wear they belong, there is a pond over there which looks
:22:25. > :22:27.rather inviting. We'll have a full weather round up
:22:28. > :22:44.in just a moment but first, Or cloud than we would like perhaps
:22:45. > :22:48.this weekend, but things are staying rather dry and bright. Tomorrow, a
:22:49. > :22:53.few showers around them at times cloudy, some sunshine coming through
:22:54. > :22:58.in the afternoon. Similar to today, actually. High pressure still close
:22:59. > :23:02.by but needs to be somewhat closer. This weather front gave us the few
:23:03. > :23:06.showers we saw earlier today, and that is moving out of the way but
:23:07. > :23:10.the high pressure is weaker and has moved out into the Atlantic so this
:23:11. > :23:13.is the middle of the day tomorrow, and ploughed around to generate
:23:14. > :23:17.showers in the morning, brighter in the afternoon. The day that could be
:23:18. > :23:20.damp is going to be Good Friday because to weather systems coming
:23:21. > :23:25.in, bringing with them some cloud and outbreaks of rain off and on to
:23:26. > :23:29.the date but should be gone by the time we get into the weekend. This
:23:30. > :23:33.is Saturday with a bridge of high pressure, the worst of the weather
:23:34. > :23:37.to the south of us. By Easter date the high pressure is there and just
:23:38. > :23:41.about stays there, beginning to weaken on Easter Monday. These two
:23:42. > :23:45.weather systems coming in on Easter Monday might be a bit slower than
:23:46. > :23:50.indicated, so perhaps half the day on Easter Monday should be fine and
:23:51. > :23:55.dry. The satellite picture from earlier today, shows there is some
:23:56. > :23:59.good holes in the cloud now, I bit more cloud coming in from the
:24:00. > :24:01.north-west later on this evening but this was Teignmouth this evening
:24:02. > :24:09.where there was some glorious sunshine. The sun came through, it
:24:10. > :24:13.is being pleasant, pleasant but on the cool side though with the wind.
:24:14. > :24:18.Hasn't stopped it being a fine day to enjoy for everybody out on their
:24:19. > :24:20.holidays and enjoying the seaside. See temperatures at the moment
:24:21. > :24:28.around about 10 degrees, 50 Fahrenheit. Overnight the night,
:24:29. > :24:32.skies, but later coming down from the north is more cloud. It might
:24:33. > :24:36.produce a few showers do the night but I have to say the rainfall will
:24:37. > :24:41.be very small for those that see it. That wind will ease, overnight lows
:24:42. > :24:49.down to around six or 7 degrees for most of us. Tomorrow, a cloudy and
:24:50. > :24:53.great start to the day, but things improve, and by lunchtime or just
:24:54. > :24:56.after the skies opened up allowing sunshine through here and there,
:24:57. > :25:00.second half of the day looking promising and similar to today
:25:01. > :25:07.infect, temperatures responding 13, 14 along the south coast. 55
:25:08. > :25:12.Fahrenheit. Lighter winds today than today. -- than today. Cloudy at
:25:13. > :25:19.first for the Isles of Scilly, then sunny spells. The Heinz of high
:25:20. > :25:25.water, pens and is 649, Plymouth 's 745. For the service, the clean is
:25:26. > :25:29.served on the south coast, choppy on the north coast was nothing more
:25:30. > :25:36.than three or four feet at best. There's the waters forecast, a few
:25:37. > :25:43.showers around, but generally good visibility. Heading to the Easter
:25:44. > :25:47.weekend demo Good Friday a cloudy day as I said, spots of rain through
:25:48. > :25:51.the afternoon. By the time he gets to Saturday it is bright, dry, a bit
:25:52. > :25:56.of shower at some point on Saturday morning but otherwise dry, and
:25:57. > :26:00.uneasily itself fine and dry. Could do with being a bit water but we
:26:01. > :26:05.can't have everything! Have a nice evening.
:26:06. > :26:09.We are back later with news of a humpback whale just seen of Falmouth
:26:10. > :26:15.this evening. Goodbye!