12/04/2017 Channel Islands News

Good evening, I'm Charlie McArdle, welcome to BBC Channel Islands.

Taking a tougher stance - You're now more likely to be

prosecuted if you're caught using your mobile phone

You could kill someone, really easily if you just look at your

phone 30 seconds. They're not looking where they're going.

They're not looking where they're going.

It's definitely too serious, I think they should just get a fine.

Delays and cancelled operations - Staff shortages are having an impact

at Guernsey's Princess Elizabeth Hospital.

Keeping it in the family - Jersey weather watchers awarded

And the weather looks quite promising for Easter, some rain

around for on Friday but sunny on Sunday.

More people will be prosecuted in Jersey's courts for using mobiles

The island's Attorney General has toughened up on offenders by making

the crime too serious to be dealt with at parish hall level.

The move comes one month after Jersey Police released figures

showing prosecutions of drivers using mobiles was at its

Then the guy should drive? Never macro yeah what was I thinking?

Never macro yeah what was I thinking?

Hard-hitting adverts shown across the British Isles

to make people think twice about using a mobile phone whilst

driving. Now Jersey's most senior prosecutor is taking a tough stance

on how offenders will be dealt with, to get the message across.

Historically, mobile phone offences have be heard

by Jersey Honorary Police at parish hall level.

But now, anyone using a mobile phone whilst driving heavy

goods or hired vehicles, carrying passengers for money,

involved in a collision or if you text, use the internet

or make or send photographs while at the wheel,

The Attorney General issued the new directive stating:

A move supported by Jersey's Honorary Police.

Sometimes it is only when people go to court that they realise.

Particularly if they drive for a living author picking children from

school, it can have effects on their life if they disqualified from. It

have a huge impact But do people in St Helier

think these offences I think it should go straight to

court and if the people in go to court a deliberate or stay away. I

don't because there are 100 million other distractions while driving.

Yet it is dangerous but I definitely think it's too serious.

A serious move that prosecutors hope will prevent people of taking

Patients needing surgery in Guernsey are having to wait up to eight

The Medical Specialist Group says it's waiting for a surgeon

But as Mike Wilkins reports, it's meant extended injury time

This man's desperate to play football for his island again.

Guernsey FC defender Jack Domaille was injured in October.

He was told four days before his surgery that he would have to wait

for more than five months for his operation.

I was gutted. I'd set my heart on head-on and was focused for, and

that was sort of taken away. It just feels cruel.

Social media is full of people criticising

This person, for example, claims her father was told to wait

two months and soon had a heart attack requiring emergency surgery.

The Medical Specialist Group says in a statement: "One

Jack now won't be able to play fof GFC until at least the start

of the 2019-2020 season, but he says the delays have affected

It's affected everything. Me and my partner Abe Waterhouse this year and

that don't be put -- me and my partner bought a house this year.

That could be put back five months. Financially it's been a bit of a

Financially it's been a bit of a struggle.

Although the UK has a different health system, people now have

to wait a maximum of 18 weeks for an operation.

And for some people, like Jack in Guernsey,

The family of the woman found dead in St Helier last week have paid

tribute to "a loving mother who will be deeply missed".

Ana Rebelo was found strangled in a St Helier home

No one has yet been charged with her death.

Today, in a statement, the 51-year-old's family said

they continue to grieve and are working with the police

They thanked islanders for their support, saying, "We have

They've asked to be left in peace while they try to come

The body that regulates UK charities is deciding whether to step

in following the dispute between the RNLI and the St

The RNLI dismissed the coxswain and the crew resigned in support.

The Charity Commission's told the BBC it's aware

of the case in Jersey, but says it doesn't get involved

However, it can take action if there is mismanagement or damage

Meanwhile, politicians are set to ask questions in the States next

The future of dozens of Guernsey businesses is still uncertain

after permission to change the use of a former vinery site was denied.

Applicants wanted to change the use of the Pulias Vinery so it

It was one of two sites earmarked by the States for businesses

being moved from another former vinery site at the Fontaine.

But this morning the Planning Authority rejected the move,

a decision described as a victory for common sense by those who didn't

want to see industrial businesses on the site.

Alderney's government is being warned it needs to make

a decision on the controversial France-Alderney-Britain link soon,

or risk losing its role in the electricity project.

The head of the island's Chamber of Commerce claims

if a decision is not made soon, the chance may pass the island by.

The half-billion cable will link France and Britain via Alderney.

Opponents of the project fear it'll damage the island's unique identity.

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Later in Spotlight with Victoria and Andy...

A new challenge - swimming seven ocean channels around

David will have your weather forecast in a moment, but first,

the UK Met Office today presented a gift to a family in Jersey to mark

Mary Norman's family in St Brelade has been measuring rainfall

on the same site since 1917 - it's one of the oldest

private weather stations in the British Isles.

Luxmy Gopal went along to find out more.

It's a family tradition of a different kind.

Nearly every day for the past century, Mary's family has

It started with her grandfather, who needed to know rainfall

Even when there's no rain to measure - as was the case today -

Mary mocked this up for us as an example.

While April showers may have been lacking, there was a showering

of gifts from the UK Met Office to mark the milestone.

Of the 2,500 sites that record rainfall across the UK

and Channel Islands, few are run by private volunteers

and fewer still are 100 years old. I didn't really give it

When we came here and I realised it will be 100 years in 2017,

there was something in me that wanted to achieve that mark.

Only because it would be statistically quite

I think actually the interesting thing is that the mechanism

for reading it has not changed in that hundred years.

There's a lot of talk these days on climate and weather patterns,

this has been going on for years in farming community.

To get 100 years worth of data from one site where you can spot

the changes is invaluable from a scientific point of view.

And Met Officers say Mary's way of rainfall-measuring will continue

to be invaluable for recording weather patterns,

Wonderful, and congratulations on them.

So, the question is will the Normans be out measuring rainfall

Rainfall amounts are likely to be small Nellist the main story. The

rain that comes by over the next couple of days is going to be

fleeting. Light showers. Perhaps the transfer some more persistent rain

on Friday evening, Friday night into Saturday. Until then a lot of dry

weather. This is one of our weather Watchers in Guernsey, some lovely

sunshine in today. Tomorrow there more cloud, then some showers then

becoming more dry with the chance of some sunshine developing later in

the day but it will take its time for that sunshine to reappear,

perhaps later in the early evening. We do have a front that might

produce some showers overnight. Fine to start with but then becoming

increasingly cloudy. High pressure is just being held back to the west

of us but that does come a little bit closer as we headed into the

Easter weekend. Not forget Friday though, these two weather systems

will make progress towards us. Overnight tonight, the cloud will

return, it's going to be patchy, but towards the morning it will cause a

few showers and 9 degrees, the minimum amateur. Tomorrow we have

showers through the morning and dying after lunch followed by sunny

spells and some breeze with a top capture 12, 214 degrees. The tides

as you can see here. First first, they waves are not very big brass

best along the north coast of Guernsey at best. For the coastal

waters, wins are north-westerly, two to three, occasionally for at first.

-- four at first. Friday is the day with a lot of crowd and put cloud

and politically some rain in later in the day. The Norman Tebbit and

monitoring the range hundreds of years now, but there is a way that

everyone can get involved in monitoring the weather. We do have

the BBC's weather weather Watchers website. Here's the address. You can

sign up. You don't have to be recording the weather all the time.

You can do would you want to. You can also take pictures as we have

been showing on the programme, so, join in, send us your pictures, or

if you are really keen, some weather observations as well. Thank you very

much David, I joined up the other day so I am hoping to see my picture

up there in the near future. Before we go a quick reminder of our top

story in the Channel Islands. More people will be prosecuted in jersey

macro cautery using their mobile phones behind the wheel. The islands

the Attorney General has toughened up on offenders. That is it for the

time being, I am back at eight o'clock and your local news is at

10:30pm. Good night. It will be new experience for the

tenant farmer, who will be looking after.

I have never looked after deer directly, certainly not any managed

form scenario, so this will be new and slightly interesting. Very

diverse from what we usually do but they are wild, they are not under

the same stressors that a farm animal comes under, so hopefully we

will not have too many issues. It is believed to 16 of these deer

are pregnant, along with one stack. It is hoped they will have new

arrivals by June. As people look for different ways to

celebrate her face, pilgrimage have undergone a makeover. It has taken

one bishop from his home Parish a long way.

Two weeks and more than 100 miles on the Bishop of Saint Germans on the

last leg of his pilgrimage across Cornwall. He has followed two

ancient routes that have been used by pilgrims for more than 1000

years. What has it has been like walking

for two weeks, constantly meeting people? Sam Ricketts has been

fascinating because apart from the root, I have really not planned too

much at all. So every day as a surprise and I have met some

extraordinary people. I have enjoyed incredible hospitality and have been

to parts of the diocese that I had not visited before and found all

sorts of interesting stories, fascinating people and I have to

say, I was nudity but that would be able to walk with me would enjoy

that but I had not realised that the person who would welcome a false or

would you like they were joining in. Into pilgrimage spirit, he relied on

the bounty of well-wishers. He did carry the bag but never needed it

and the welcome was just as warm. After a well earned break, the party

set off again for the last few miles, joined by the Bishop has

researched ancient routes. Many people are searching for a new way

of spirituality and a new way of relating to God and in the beautiful

land of Cornwall, you are aware of the fantastic landscape all around

you and that creation speaks to us about God and the beauty of God and

his creation, and all that he gives us, the many blessings that we get.

And the pilgrimage ends here, with the boat crossing to St Michael's

Mount, the final destination for thousands of pilgrims who have

trodden this very path over the centuries.

Best friend from Somerset is on track to achieve a lifelong

ambition. Was spoke to her just before she set

off last September and now she, who suffered from any as a child, has

already completed three swims, one in California, one in Hawaii and one

in New Zealand. Just go. First Gibraltar, then Japan, followed by

Northern Ireland to Scotland and finally the English Channel.

Right now, she is back on training hard and Brendan Rodgers caught by

the author. -- court backdrop with her.

My early morning swims may start at seven but finished in the afternoon.

But when you're training for seven oceans in 12 months, stamina is

everything. We went down to about 5.5,

6 degrees, so that by the time it Her toughest challenge to date

was swimming the Cook Strait She had to abandon one swim,

but refused to give up and completed it

on the second attempt. Though when she got

to the shoreline, she was plainly Back in the pool, she's preparing

for the next leg of the challenge, the Strait of Gibraltar

in a couple of weeks. And then I have four

channels in four months to complete the

challenge. You have no doubts, do you?

No, none whatsoever. I know it's possible,

I know it's entirely possible so the only bit of luck that comes

into it is to do with the weather, we have to get

the weather on time. Butterflies in the UK last year

suffered their fourth The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme

found 40 out of 57 species showed Scientists are blaming a mild

winter and cool spring. Well, Clare Woodling

is at the Butterfly Farm in Buckfastleigh this evening

where it's quite it is indeed. It is a rainforest.

That's what's been created here and tropical butterflies living here are

thriving here in this glasshouse. The sort of conditions you might get

in Costa Rica... About 90% humidity, but unlike the butterflies that are

thriving here are butterflies in the wild in the UK are struggling in a

changing environment. David Field is the owner of the butterfly farm here

at Buckfastleigh. Why the decline? We have known for that butterflies

in the wild are in trouble as a result of result of loss of habitat.

We are losing areas of open natural grassland, wild, unspoiled areas,

hedgerows as well. Areas that contain plants and flowers, that

butterflies need to complete life cycles. Climate change is a factor?

Yes... It is a cause of a problem, and if... It can disrupt butterfly

life cycles and breeding patterns. What do you have that especial here?

Butterflies have everything they need here. They're fit cabbage and

humidity can all the food they need so they really thrive. Visitors can

see the whole life-cycle from X to caterpillars is jumping on Leeds, to

butterflies emerging from a chrysalis at the end of the life

cycle itself. Thank you very much indeed David. It is certainly

extremely steamy in here it is to be set, so conditions suited to the

tropics they wear they belong, there is a pond over there which looks

rather inviting. We'll have a full weather round up

in just a moment but first, Or cloud than we would like perhaps

this weekend, but things are staying rather dry and bright. Tomorrow, a

few showers around them at times cloudy, some sunshine coming through

in the afternoon. Similar to today, actually. High pressure still close

by but needs to be somewhat closer. This weather front gave us the few

showers we saw earlier today, and that is moving out of the way but

the high pressure is weaker and has moved out into the Atlantic so this

is the middle of the day tomorrow, and ploughed around to generate

showers in the morning, brighter in the afternoon. The day that could be

damp is going to be Good Friday because to weather systems coming

in, bringing with them some cloud and outbreaks of rain off and on to

the date but should be gone by the time we get into the weekend. This

is Saturday with a bridge of high pressure, the worst of the weather

to the south of us. By Easter date the high pressure is there and just

about stays there, beginning to weaken on Easter Monday. These two

weather systems coming in on Easter Monday might be a bit slower than

indicated, so perhaps half the day on Easter Monday should be fine and

dry. The satellite picture from earlier today, shows there is some

good holes in the cloud now, I bit more cloud coming in from the

north-west later on this evening but this was Teignmouth this evening

where there was some glorious sunshine. The sun came through, it

is being pleasant, pleasant but on the cool side though with the wind.

Hasn't stopped it being a fine day to enjoy for everybody out on their

holidays and enjoying the seaside. See temperatures at the moment

around about 10 degrees, 50 Fahrenheit. Overnight the night,

skies, but later coming down from the north is more cloud. It might

produce a few showers do the night but I have to say the rainfall will

be very small for those that see it. That wind will ease, overnight lows

down to around six or 7 degrees for most of us. Tomorrow, a cloudy and

great start to the day, but things improve, and by lunchtime or just

after the skies opened up allowing sunshine through here and there,

second half of the day looking promising and similar to today

infect, temperatures responding 13, 14 along the south coast. 55

Fahrenheit. Lighter winds today than today. -- than today. Cloudy at

first for the Isles of Scilly, then sunny spells. The Heinz of high

water, pens and is 649, Plymouth 's 745. For the service, the clean is

served on the south coast, choppy on the north coast was nothing more

than three or four feet at best. There's the waters forecast, a few

showers around, but generally good visibility. Heading to the Easter

weekend demo Good Friday a cloudy day as I said, spots of rain through

the afternoon. By the time he gets to Saturday it is bright, dry, a bit

of shower at some point on Saturday morning but otherwise dry, and

uneasily itself fine and dry. Could do with being a bit water but we

can't have everything! Have a nice evening.

We are back later with news of a humpback whale just seen of Falmouth

this evening. Goodbye!