:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening, I'm Charlie McArdle. had then we would not them.
:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to BBC Channel Islands. These are Thursday's headlines.
:00:00. > :00:07.The cost of living in Jersey - food, fuel and household bills
:00:08. > :00:14.are pushing up inflation to a five year high.
:00:15. > :00:24.My bill at the Co-op seems to have gone up from 42 sometimes ?60. I
:00:25. > :00:25.think people are buying food on the Internet now!
:00:26. > :00:27.Meanwhile the size of these buses in Guernsey
:00:28. > :00:29.is shrinking and becoming more environmentally friendly.
:00:30. > :00:30.And an act of God creates an opportunity:
:00:31. > :00:39.a watertight future for Alderney's St Anne's church.
:00:40. > :00:44.And this Easter weather looks like it will be quite kind to us. Rather
:00:45. > :00:47.cool, mainly dry and generally quiet. All the details later in the
:00:48. > :00:51.programme. Food, fuel and household bills have
:00:52. > :00:55.all driven up the cost Inflation is at 3%, the highest
:00:56. > :01:00.for almost five years. Although it's always
:01:01. > :01:03.influenced by global prices, it's thought Brexit could be
:01:04. > :01:05.the driving factor, Living in Jersey has
:01:06. > :01:10.got more expensive. But are people on the street
:01:11. > :01:22.feeling the pinch? I think things are getting more
:01:23. > :01:28.expensive. Particularly food. Definitely. Having people's wages
:01:29. > :01:31.don't reflect that. My bill at the Co-op seems to have gone up from 40
:01:32. > :01:32.to ?50 and sometimes 60. Overall inflation is 2.9%,
:01:33. > :01:34.the highest rate since 2012. The driving factors
:01:35. > :01:38.behind the increase are: A hike in domestic oil made fuel
:01:39. > :01:41.costs rise by ten percent. Telephone bills and school fees
:01:42. > :01:44.helped push up the price And we've seen a rise in food such
:01:45. > :01:48.as fish and vegetables Retailers and businesses
:01:49. > :01:58.are blaming it on Brexit. Unfortunately what we are seeing
:01:59. > :02:00.is those cost prices being increased because of the impact
:02:01. > :02:03.of the devaluation of the sterling. We import a lot of goods,
:02:04. > :02:06.not only into the island but into the UK and a lot of people
:02:07. > :02:08.are trading currencies whether they are purchasing
:02:09. > :02:10.those from overseas. That's making it more difficult,
:02:11. > :02:13.suppliers are passing on those cost Which end up more often than not
:02:14. > :02:17.passed on to the customer. Citizen's advice say islanders may
:02:18. > :02:23.need to shop around more. You can shop and be
:02:24. > :02:24.competitive and find That's something you can control
:02:25. > :02:29.is exactly how much you spend, but of course inflation is very
:02:30. > :02:33.rarely driven by one factor there's normally a number of factors and it
:02:34. > :02:38.seems to be a couple of external factors that are driving
:02:39. > :02:40.inflation up that really No-one was available
:02:41. > :02:45.from the Treasury Department to comment on camera,
:02:46. > :02:49.but in a statement they said: It is slightly disappointing
:02:50. > :02:53.that it is as high as it is. It is slightly higher than
:02:54. > :02:55.the Fiscal Policy Panel predicted. But they were not
:02:56. > :02:58.significantly wrong. I think in the long term,
:02:59. > :03:01.once we know where we are going with Brexit, it might
:03:02. > :03:03.come back down. But until then, people in Jersey may
:03:04. > :03:06.have to navigate through more cost increases predicted
:03:07. > :03:15.in the near future. New buses are set to roll out
:03:16. > :03:18.on Guernsey's roads next month. They're shorter and narrower
:03:19. > :03:21.than the existing fleet. And it's claimed the 12 vehicles
:03:22. > :03:26.will be more environmentally friendly even though they'll
:03:27. > :03:29.still be pumping out diesel fumes. When it comes to Guernsey's
:03:30. > :03:34.buses, size matters. And the island's newest arrivals
:03:35. > :03:38.will be 7cm narrower and over Here's one of them,
:03:39. > :03:44.a new look for a new fleet. These smaller buses are promising
:03:45. > :03:47.to improve the passenger experience with high-backed seats,
:03:48. > :03:50.USB chargers and increased headroom They'll be running on diesel
:03:51. > :03:57.at a time when many see the end Milton Keynes has been
:03:58. > :04:01.using electric buses And the Mayor of London has pledged
:04:02. > :04:07.to stop buying pure diesel In fact the company providing
:04:08. > :04:11.Guernsey's new buses is testing a double decker hydrogen powered
:04:12. > :04:19.bus in London. The 12 buses cost more
:04:20. > :04:21.than ?1.5 million pounds. They're the first part
:04:22. > :04:23.of a phased replacement And the man responsible
:04:24. > :04:26.for Guernsey's buses says zero emission buses may be purchased
:04:27. > :04:37.in the next phase. What we want to do the next time is
:04:38. > :04:40.find an electric vehicle and technology has moved on from 2013,
:04:41. > :04:43.we know that battery life has increased so it is a real
:04:44. > :04:44.possibility even at stage to stage three.
:04:45. > :04:47.So what do bus users make of the new vehicles?
:04:48. > :04:49.Well they're very happy about the prospect.
:04:50. > :04:55.If you're a cyclist behind current diesels it's a pretty unpleasant
:04:56. > :04:56.experience. There should be a marked improvement.
:04:57. > :04:59.If everything goes according to plan then the new buses will be
:05:00. > :05:06.A 39-year old man has been jailed for six years
:05:07. > :05:09.by the Royal Court for smuggling nearly three thousand pounds worth
:05:10. > :05:11.of ecstasy into Jersey Andrew David Edward Jones from Liverpool told
:05:12. > :05:14.customs officers he was visiting the island to deliver Christmas
:05:15. > :05:24.An X-ray revealed a package in his stomach containing
:05:25. > :05:28.Jersey's Chief Minister is to meet the St Helier lifeboat crew
:05:29. > :05:31.to discuss their dispute with the RNLI.
:05:32. > :05:35.All 25 volunteers resigned in support of their skipper
:05:36. > :05:40.Former crew member Paul Battrick wrote to the Council of Ministers
:05:41. > :05:45.The Assistant Chief Minister, Senator Paul Routier says
:05:46. > :05:49.the council fully supports the lifeboat crew and is arranging
:05:50. > :05:56.Senator Ian Gorst's meeting with them.
:05:57. > :05:59.A ?1 million project to repair storm damage at St Anne's Church
:06:00. > :06:02.The roof was extensively damaged during a particularly
:06:03. > :06:05.While the damage was covered by insurance,
:06:06. > :06:07.the States of Alderney, which owns the church,
:06:08. > :06:09.took the opportunity to renovate the roof,
:06:10. > :06:16.For the past six months St Anne's Church has been
:06:17. > :06:19.shrouded in scaffolding - but the extensive renovations have
:06:20. > :06:24.It's taken around 10,000 slates, and nearly a million pounds
:06:25. > :06:27.to restore the historic building that is owned by the
:06:28. > :06:33.While this is the most expensive renovation but it is certainly
:06:34. > :06:38.Following the German Occupation, Islanders returned to find
:06:39. > :06:45.St Anne's Church in a sorry state of repair.
:06:46. > :06:51.My father and my father who were running the building business at the
:06:52. > :06:56.time actually offered the Labour free where the states actually
:06:57. > :06:59.funded the repairs and the materials, but there was a great
:07:00. > :07:04.deal to do after the war to put it back. And my father, it was his
:07:05. > :07:09.driving ambition to see the church restored as it was when it was
:07:10. > :07:10.built. And he did that up until his dying day.
:07:11. > :07:12.For many people, St Anne's is still the centre
:07:13. > :07:22.The community events he, births, marriages and deaths of course but
:07:23. > :07:28.also concerts, and I think everybody at some point will be utilising the
:07:29. > :07:31.church for either enjoyment or family reasons, so yes it is still
:07:32. > :07:32.the hub of the community. Having made it wind and watertight,
:07:33. > :07:35.the next phase of the restoration is to make good the damage
:07:36. > :07:42.to the interior of the church. A rare pistol - which had been
:07:43. > :07:45.undiscovered for almost 350 years - has been found by a metal
:07:46. > :07:50.detectorist in Jersey. And even more surprisingly -
:07:51. > :07:53.it's in remarkably good condition. Tony Collins made the discovery
:07:54. > :07:57.on a cold Sunday in February but it has taken until now
:07:58. > :07:59.to understand its significance. Well, not today but perhaps four
:08:00. > :08:09.centuries ago this pistol would have been in the hands of a wealthy
:08:10. > :08:14.merchant. At the time they were so expensive
:08:15. > :08:17.they would always have been cared for far more than something
:08:18. > :08:19.from the army. So there are certainly tens of these
:08:20. > :08:22.at least in collections in Britain but it's the first one I know
:08:23. > :08:25.of that's been recovered from a shipwreck or well
:08:26. > :08:27.from the beach at least. And that discovery was
:08:28. > :08:30.made by Tony Collins. He was out in St Aubins bay
:08:31. > :08:33.when he found the pistol deep in the airlocked sand
:08:34. > :08:35.and covered by crusteations. He knew immediately
:08:36. > :08:42.that it was significant. What gave it was the octagonal
:08:43. > :08:44.barrel normally the barrels are round like I was thinking later
:08:45. > :08:47.musket pistols about 1700's - 1800's And the wooden stock of the actual
:08:48. > :08:54.pistol is all carved and I thought better leave that as it is and don't
:08:55. > :09:00.knock it anymore let's pass Since then it's been
:09:01. > :09:03.in a saline solution It was later confirmed it was likely
:09:04. > :09:08.to be from the early 17th century. If you asked me to list ten things
:09:09. > :09:12.you'd never find that The idea of a pistol 350 -
:09:13. > :09:16.400 years old with it's iron mechanism and barrel surviving
:09:17. > :09:19.in sea water that time I would have said was incredibly rare
:09:20. > :09:23.and there really aren't that many So it look like this gun will go
:09:24. > :09:30.down in history as another great Well, it's finally the bank holiday
:09:31. > :09:39.weekend and if like me you want to know what the weather
:09:40. > :09:41.will be like, David, no pressure this the one
:09:42. > :09:58.we've all been waiting for. hello. To start with we have some
:09:59. > :10:03.calm weather, some cloud around, predominantly dry not particularly
:10:04. > :10:07.good news for farmers and growers but sunshine as well. You've been
:10:08. > :10:10.taking pictures again. This is one of our Weather Watchers, some
:10:11. > :10:13.glorious sunrises and sunsets over the last couple of days. More cloud
:10:14. > :10:18.coming our way, taking its time to arrive. Tomorrow is another bright
:10:19. > :10:23.and dry day and becomes rather cloudy and, late in the day, we will
:10:24. > :10:25.see a view shower so most of Good Friday is likely to be bright and
:10:26. > :10:30.dry. The reason for the settled weather is this area of high
:10:31. > :10:33.pressure. It moves around a bit over the next few days, opening the door
:10:34. > :10:36.to a couple of weather fronts coming from the north-west late in the day
:10:37. > :10:42.tomorrow but it's still has an influence and is back again by the
:10:43. > :10:45.time we get to Saturday. A couple of weather systems claiming us first
:10:46. > :10:49.thing on Saturday morning, cloud breaking up to sunny spells and a
:10:50. > :10:52.cool breeze, no doubt about that from the north-west, and Easter Day
:10:53. > :10:57.Easter Sunday, at high pressure going to be reasonably close by.
:10:58. > :11:04.Quite weather, settled weather, and some sunshine. The cloud is patchy
:11:05. > :11:07.upwind of us at the moment so overnight that will continue. Patchy
:11:08. > :11:09.cloud, some clear skies, and temperatures just getting into
:11:10. > :11:15.single figures of eight or 9 degrees. Maura breeze on the
:11:16. > :11:19.north-west developing. Tomorrow a largely fine day, maybe more cloud
:11:20. > :11:23.than we would like, some sunny spells through the morning into the
:11:24. > :11:28.afternoon, and then thicker cloud coming from the north-west very late
:11:29. > :11:34.in the day. 13th of the top amateur, that's 55 Fahrenheit. Here are times
:11:35. > :11:38.of five or -- high water. Not much for our surfers, choppy as well with
:11:39. > :11:43.the wind is coming in from the north-west, and coastal waters
:11:44. > :11:46.forecast west north-west elite force for, backing Westerly later. The
:11:47. > :11:49.forecast will be weakened to were cloudy at first on Saturday,
:11:50. > :11:52.brightening up on Sunday and Monday look fine.
:11:53. > :11:55.Remember throughout the bank holiday weekend the BBC will keep up to date
:11:56. > :11:57.with your local news weather and travel.
:11:58. > :11:59.There'll be regular bulletins and any breaking news
:12:00. > :12:03.on BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey from six in the morning.
:12:04. > :12:08.Also online - find your local page at bbc.co.uk.
:12:09. > :12:11.I'll be back with an update at eight and 10.30 and this programme will be
:12:12. > :12:24.This would be the icing on the cake. To do it at 31, it has come later
:12:25. > :12:27.than I hoped, but it would be fantastic for me to get a promotion.
:12:28. > :12:29.Mathematically, Torquay could be relegated from the National League
:12:30. > :12:31.this weekend if they lose both their games and other
:12:32. > :12:35.They're at leaders Lincoln tomorrow and then at home
:12:36. > :12:37.to Braintree on Monday, who're one place above them.
:12:38. > :12:40.Last year the Gulls were in a similar position and survived,
:12:41. > :12:48.and their manager thinks they can do it again.
:12:49. > :12:54.Right now it looks like the penny has dropped, they are picking things
:12:55. > :12:58.up, taking on board the information I am giving them, they are
:12:59. > :13:02.executing. If they can do that for the next four games, they have
:13:03. > :13:07.learned from that experience, and we will have a fighting chance. But it
:13:08. > :13:09.is fine margins. We need to take it one at a time, which is why you will
:13:10. > :13:11.always get that same answer. After sealing a play-off place last
:13:12. > :13:13.weekend, the Exeter Chiefs now want to secure a home semi-final
:13:14. > :13:25.with a top-two finish. We have got a semifinal place now,
:13:26. > :13:30.sometimes we need to remember that, and a lot of what needs to happen is
:13:31. > :13:34.is making sure that mentally and physically we are where we need to
:13:35. > :13:39.be. Whether that is home or away is not the biggest issue. I would love
:13:40. > :13:40.it to be at home, primarily because it is able board for the players and
:13:41. > :13:42.the supporters. And it's the last game of the season
:13:43. > :13:45.for our Championship sides. The Pirates are at home to Bedford,
:13:46. > :13:47.while Jersey host Richmond. And, where one season ends,
:13:48. > :13:49.another one starts. Somerset begin their County
:13:50. > :13:51.Championship campaign tomorrow. If they can go one better
:13:52. > :13:54.than last summer and bring the title back to Taunton,
:13:55. > :14:17.Devon will have played its part, Ben Green, 19, from Exeter. Jamie
:14:18. > :14:25.over ten, from North Devon. I had to think about it! Lewis Gregory, 24,
:14:26. > :14:30.from Plymouth. Don Bass, 19, from Sid Worth. Greg Overton, 22, also
:14:31. > :14:41.from North Devon. I want to find out who the best
:14:42. > :14:52.all-rounder is, on and off the field. It is up to you to decide.
:14:53. > :15:09.It is very easy. Jamie Overton, hands down, terrible. The Flymo? You
:15:10. > :15:21.do well! Not the nicest bunch of lads. I will have to go with Jamie,
:15:22. > :15:29.just to get a bit of own back. I fancy my chances, because I do not
:15:30. > :15:42.turn the ball. I give myself it. Probably Lewis, he is so short.
:15:43. > :15:49.Massive melon, mate, no one else can fit in. If it is a standard
:15:50. > :15:50.elevator, probably him, because nothing much can fit in apart from
:15:51. > :16:02.his head. The results are in. Good news for
:16:03. > :16:10.one of the, bad news for one of you, and the bad news is for Ben Green.
:16:11. > :16:16.According to your team-mates, you are the worst all-rounder on and off
:16:17. > :16:25.the field. The winner, he has a century, Lewis Gregory.
:16:26. > :16:29.He is pretty proud of that. They are lovely. Five from Devon.
:16:30. > :16:30.It is great that the cricket season is back.
:16:31. > :16:32.You know it is summer. As the Easter weekend approaches,
:16:33. > :16:35.David White has been out and about, tracking down events to keep
:16:36. > :16:37.the family entertained Tonight he joins us from the Maundy
:16:38. > :16:40.Day service at Truro Cathedral, the first of a series of services
:16:41. > :16:54.being held to mark Easter. We are having a quick game of spot
:16:55. > :16:59.the odd one out. I hope it is not too difficult. They said, you can
:17:00. > :17:07.stand with the choir, but absolutely no singing. No syncing. Last week I
:17:08. > :17:10.was in a big top, this week I am indeed beautiful surroundings of
:17:11. > :17:17.Truro Cathedral, and there is a service taking place denied. This
:17:18. > :17:22.kicks off your Easter celebrations. Yes, it is the Maundy Thursday
:17:23. > :17:24.celebrations, the celebration of the institution of the Last Supper,
:17:25. > :17:29.where Jesus began the holy Communion. It is followed by the
:17:30. > :17:34.watch, which resembles the watch that Jesus had in Gethsemane, with
:17:35. > :17:38.his disciples will stop tomorrow we have all of the drama of the Good
:17:39. > :17:43.Friday services, and that leads up to the joy of Easter Day itself on
:17:44. > :17:46.Sunday. The breaking of the bread and wine tonight, and everybody has
:17:47. > :17:53.to leave in silence. That is what happens in the Bible. They go to
:17:54. > :17:57.Gethsemane and Jesus prays. We tried to resemble that, because that is
:17:58. > :18:02.what our Lord did on that night. That will happen very soon.
:18:03. > :18:08.Elsewhere, there are a view ideas if you are looking to do something. At
:18:09. > :18:12.Tavistock, the Passion play is taking place on Good Friday morning,
:18:13. > :18:19.a dramatic open-air retelling of the Easter story. There is a new tonic
:18:20. > :18:32.for Easter stress in Torquay. In Somerset, lavender and coal are
:18:33. > :19:07.opening their field. You sure I cannot sing? OK. I am
:19:08. > :19:08.festival by now! festival
:19:09. > :19:10.so rude! He knows you so well!
:19:11. > :19:12.Now, aside from it being the most-important festival
:19:13. > :19:14.in the Christian calendar, for most of us Easter also
:19:15. > :19:16.means eggs, of the large chocolate variety.
:19:17. > :19:18.Yes, but on the edge of Exmoor in Dulverton,
:19:19. > :19:20.something else is fast becoming an Easter tradition.
:19:21. > :19:37.Dulverton library, home once a month to the knit and meta group, and they
:19:38. > :19:43.do both well. In the run-up to Easter, docks of their delight. It
:19:44. > :19:48.involves knitting a straightforward little neck piece and head, then
:19:49. > :19:56.there are wings and a beak. And a pocket. And a baby. If you are
:19:57. > :19:59.Rosemary, feet as well. They started knitting Easter ducks four years ago
:20:00. > :20:06.and have a different design each year. This year, they have a cheque
:20:07. > :20:12.in the pocket, we take the chick out of the pocket and we popped a little
:20:13. > :20:19.Easter egg in. Ready to go to its new home. I wondered how much the
:20:20. > :20:25.ducks are. They are sold in the thrift shop to help raise money for
:20:26. > :20:33.the town hall. I will have this one. So far, so straightforward. But
:20:34. > :20:40.then, something crackers happened. They have been travelling the world,
:20:41. > :20:44.amazing places, and they have been sending postcards, which we have
:20:45. > :20:51.here on display. From Cambodia, South America, Venice, and so on.
:20:52. > :20:54.The volunteers who also run this shop have been delighted. Hello,
:20:55. > :21:11.thrift shop... Christmas 2016 was quite a cold
:21:12. > :21:17.one... The Christmas market was just across the river? We have had a
:21:18. > :21:23.wonderful trip to Vietnam. We started in Hanoi... So many
:21:24. > :21:31.motorbikes! Alex Hales continue and have brought us to Malaysia. She
:21:32. > :21:40.thought it was hilarious to bury me in the sand. It is fantastic, such
:21:41. > :21:43.good fun. We have been so interested, following their
:21:44. > :21:47.progress, and they are kind enough to send us postcards, so we enjoy
:21:48. > :21:53.reading about them. We are delighted with their stories. They now have
:21:54. > :21:56.their own Facebook page, where their ventures can be followed by
:21:57. > :22:02.everyone. Easter is their birthday, and they are keeping tight beat
:22:03. > :22:03.about any surprise travel plans, but promised to keep sending postcards
:22:04. > :22:09.back to the place they were born. And tonight we'd like to
:22:10. > :22:11.welcome the knitted chicks Following in the footsteps
:22:12. > :22:16.of our Christmas knitted robins, Brenda and John Joynes sent us
:22:17. > :22:21.these from Somerset. They're being knitted
:22:22. > :22:23.for the League of Friends shop at Yeovil District Hospital,
:22:24. > :22:25.where they've already Like the ducks, they are well
:22:26. > :22:45.travelled, with apparently two There is some good news, because the
:22:46. > :22:51.weather looks like it will be promising for the Easter weekend. If
:22:52. > :22:55.you need rain, there is not a great deal in the forecast at the moment.
:22:56. > :22:59.There might be a few showers, but for the next three or four days
:23:00. > :23:04.there is dry weather to be had. Tomorrow will be rather cloudy. The
:23:05. > :23:11.risk of patchy rain later, but it is light. There will not be a huge
:23:12. > :23:18.amount. It is also quite breezy, the wind picking up from the West,
:23:19. > :23:22.Northwest. The high pressure is close enough to keep a lot of these
:23:23. > :23:26.weather fronts to the North. The cloud associated with them will come
:23:27. > :23:32.across us, but there is not much left by the time it gets to us.
:23:33. > :23:38.Eventually, they will bring some light and intermittent rain. Gone by
:23:39. > :23:43.Saturday. The same area of high pressure just about holes therefore
:23:44. > :23:45.Easter day. Even though the weather fronts try to come in from the
:23:46. > :23:51.north. It will not get to us, really. Even by Monday, even though
:23:52. > :23:56.there is a risk of showers, still a lot of usable weather. We have had
:23:57. > :24:04.some sunshine today, not everywhere. This was earlier today. We got some
:24:05. > :24:09.good shots of people out enjoying some reasonable weather, and trying
:24:10. > :24:15.to gather sheep. Very busy for our sheep farmers. And now into
:24:16. > :24:20.Plymouth. A lot of clout in the sky today, but it has not spoil the day.
:24:21. > :24:24.If we were really fussy about the weather, you will need to wrap up
:24:25. > :24:28.warm, it will not be overly warm. But if the sun comes out just for an
:24:29. > :24:35.hour or so, it will help lift the temperatures. This cloud will begin
:24:36. > :24:40.through the night. Still clear skies at times in places, so in a few
:24:41. > :24:47.shots, sheltered parts of East Devon, Somerset and Dorset, we could
:24:48. > :24:51.see four or 5 degrees. Tomorrow, the cloud will come and go. Eventually
:24:52. > :24:53.it. To produce showers of rain across the northern half of our
:24:54. > :25:08.region. A bit more of a breeze. Bright to
:25:09. > :25:13.start with on the Isles of Scilly, then cloudier. If you are heading to
:25:14. > :25:21.high water. Some usable surf. A bit high water. Some usable surf. A bit
:25:22. > :25:36.choppy on the north Coast, though. Saturday starts a bit cloudy, but it
:25:37. > :25:39.should brighten up. Fine weather on Sunday, a small chance of a shower.
:25:40. > :25:41.We hold onto the bright with for Monday.
:25:42. > :25:44.Well, the choir from Truro Cathedral are now going to play us out
:25:45. > :25:46.with a song specially written for Maundy Thursday,
:25:47. > :25:58.Have a lovely Easter. Good night.