:00:00. > :00:00.I'm Charlie McArdle, welcome to Monday's BBC Channel Islands.
:00:00. > :00:08.It wasn't the fairy tale ending they'd hoped.
:00:09. > :00:13.Jersey Reds miss the chance to make history by just one point.
:00:14. > :00:15.Beautiful Jersey, but there are concerns that cost cutting
:00:16. > :00:28.I am hugely proud of everyone, managing to get us this far.
:00:29. > :00:31.And a charity milestone means children from the Channel Islands
:00:32. > :00:33.will have access to a new trauma and emergency department
:00:34. > :00:45.When your child is in an accident, you want them to get the best care
:00:46. > :00:54.they possibly can and this trauma centre will give them that care.
:00:55. > :00:57.Brave and bold and a huge confidence boost for the future.
:00:58. > :01:00.It may not have been the result the Jersey Reds were after,
:01:01. > :01:02.but their narrow defeat in the British and Irish Cup bodes
:01:03. > :01:06.In a nail-biting final in Cork, the cup was snatched from Jersey's
:01:07. > :01:10.And not to confuse you, but the Reds were playing in blue.
:01:11. > :01:24.Our Sports Editor, Tim Pryor, was in Cork and sent this report.
:01:25. > :01:30.To lose any final is getting bad to lose like this is cool at the end of
:01:31. > :01:36.the best season in the club's long history. Jersey got the best
:01:37. > :01:44.possible start with a try after just one minute. They built up an 18
:01:45. > :01:48.point lead. But the hosts scored tries of their own either side of
:01:49. > :01:55.half-time to steal the momentum. Hardy with a try for the Jersey Reds
:01:56. > :02:00.in the second half. But it was Munster who dominated as the game
:02:01. > :02:07.wore on, despite brilliant support from the fans who travelled to cheer
:02:08. > :02:11.on their side. A penalty ten minutes from the end gave the Irish said the
:02:12. > :02:18.victory and the cup by the narrowest of margins. To come away to Munster,
:02:19. > :02:22.a quality team, I think the boys rolled up their sleeves and put in a
:02:23. > :02:28.real effort and we can only be proud of them. They can look back with
:02:29. > :02:31.pride on a season that saw their highest ever finish in the league
:02:32. > :02:39.and this memorable run to the cup final. It has been a massive season
:02:40. > :02:45.for the fellas. I am hugely proud of everyone of them. Managing to get
:02:46. > :02:49.this far. It is not the fairy tale ending that we wanted but those
:02:50. > :02:54.things will now be etched in history. An occasion to remember for
:02:55. > :02:56.the players, staff and supporters but no luck of the Irish for jersey
:02:57. > :02:59.in Cork. Back on home turf, I asked the club
:03:00. > :03:12.chairman, David Lapidus, They were very disappointed. I was
:03:13. > :03:15.with them... They managed to have a few beers but they were disappointed
:03:16. > :03:24.because they got so close and yet so far. One point is nothing really.
:03:25. > :03:28.But they were very disappointed. Financially, it has been a tricky
:03:29. > :03:34.season. Does reaching the final bring with it a financial boost?
:03:35. > :03:39.Well, it is certainly a reputational boost but we don't make too much
:03:40. > :03:43.money out of it anyway. It would have been better if we could have
:03:44. > :03:48.played in Jersey and we would have got an enormous crowd, I would
:03:49. > :03:49.think, for jersey anyway. We look forward to getting revenge next
:03:50. > :03:51.season. Three men have been charged
:03:52. > :03:54.with importing 27 kilos of cannabis resin into Jersey,
:03:55. > :03:55.after being stopped A multi agency team of customs,
:03:56. > :04:00.police as well as fire and rescue were involved
:04:01. > :04:02.in the operation in St Ouen's Bay During a magistrates hearing today,
:04:03. > :04:06.the court was told the cannabis had The men will appear in
:04:07. > :04:17.the Royal Court in six weeks' time. The two Burmese men facing the death
:04:18. > :04:20.penalty of the murder of Jerseyman David Miller on a Thai
:04:21. > :04:23.beach have been given more time to lodge a final appeal
:04:24. > :04:25.against their conviction. The men have been given to the 23rd
:04:26. > :04:28.of May to challenge the verdict, and are expected to question
:04:29. > :04:30.the DNA evidence. They were convicted of murdering
:04:31. > :04:33.David Miller and Hannah Witheridge in Koh Tao in September 2014
:04:34. > :04:52.and sentenced to death. Parents in Guernsey are being urged
:04:53. > :04:54.to make sure their children's vaccinations against measles
:04:55. > :04:56.are up to date. It follows an outbreak
:04:57. > :04:58.of the disease in parts of Europe, including France,
:04:59. > :05:00.Portugal and Italy. A similar warning has
:05:01. > :05:06.been issued in Jersey. I think it is very important that
:05:07. > :05:13.parents ensure that their children's vaccines are up to date. In Guernsey
:05:14. > :05:17.we know that MMR coverage is 96.1%, which is above the World Health
:05:18. > :05:22.Organization target of 95%. Looking at what is happening, we would not
:05:23. > :05:25.expect significant spread of me would accrue measles within
:05:26. > :05:27.Guernsey. A Jersey politician has raised
:05:28. > :05:29.concerns that thousands of pounds of maintenance cuts to the islands
:05:30. > :05:32.parks and gardens Senator Ferguson claims
:05:33. > :05:34.the infrastructure departments savings can be seen with the loss
:05:35. > :05:51.of many plants. The iconic castle may attract people
:05:52. > :05:57.to Gorey but the flowers... What do visitors think? I think the garden
:05:58. > :06:02.is very beautiful and a lot of colour. It is very good. They are
:06:03. > :06:07.not as good as they used to be. We have been coming here for several
:06:08. > :06:11.years. They have always been absolutely beautiful and well cared
:06:12. > :06:17.for and this year, they look as though they haven't been. And that
:06:18. > :06:23.is the concern of this politician. The upkeep of the park hasn't been
:06:24. > :06:27.outsourced, Sarah Ferguson believes budget cuts are to blame. She is
:06:28. > :06:33.worried about the impact it could have on visitors. Part of the
:06:34. > :06:39.attraction for visitors are our floral displays and if we start
:06:40. > :06:44.lowering the standards then we are affecting tourism. Tourism is
:06:45. > :06:47.terribly important. But the department behind it says the beds
:06:48. > :06:52.had to go because rabbits decimate the rose plants, not because of the
:06:53. > :06:58.savings they have to make every year. We have done that. But is not
:06:59. > :07:10.to the detriment of the long-term park. All of our main parks are
:07:11. > :07:15.green flag accredited. We aim to maintain that for the future. These
:07:16. > :07:25.patches of soil will be turned into a sensory garden.
:07:26. > :07:28.For many parents of seriously ill children in the Channel Islands,
:07:29. > :07:30.the expert facilities at Southampton General have provided
:07:31. > :07:33.Now an appeal to create a new Children's Trauma
:07:34. > :07:35.and Emergency Department has reached a big milestone, its
:07:36. > :07:38.raised its first million, helped by a charity set up
:07:39. > :07:40.by the actors Sarah Parish and James Murray in memory
:07:41. > :07:52.Fresh from our screens in ITV's Broadchurch,
:07:53. > :07:54.actor Sarah Parish enjoys plenty of work and a high profile,
:07:55. > :07:57.but it's this role which is closest to her heart,
:07:58. > :08:10.It was the tragic loss of their baby daughter Ella-Jayne
:08:11. > :08:12.which has closely linked the couple to Southampton General.
:08:13. > :08:16.Sarah and James see a new hospital as her legacy.
:08:17. > :08:23.When your child is in an accident, you want them to get the best care
:08:24. > :08:26.that they possibly can and this trauma centre will give them that
:08:27. > :08:30.care. They have specialist x-ray rooms and they will be 11
:08:31. > :08:34.observation areas. Anything a child needs one they really are critically
:08:35. > :08:38.ill, this place will have. They will have the best chance for survival.
:08:39. > :08:42.We provide the major trauma service for this region and we deal with all
:08:43. > :08:48.the seriously injured children from nine counties and children come over
:08:49. > :08:51.from the Channel Islands. We need to have an environment where the skills
:08:52. > :08:56.that the people have here can work effectively for them. The building
:08:57. > :09:02.is an empty shell at the moment and there is a lot of hard work ahead.
:09:03. > :09:07.To transform this area is going to take a lot more money. The search is
:09:08. > :09:13.on four major donors, individuals or businesses, prepared to donate not
:09:14. > :09:19.tens but hundreds of thousands of pounds in return for naming rights,
:09:20. > :09:35.a plaque above a door. Still ?1.5 million to race in just one year.
:09:36. > :09:39.A man from Sark has gone missing in the UK and hasn't been seen
:09:40. > :09:42.51-year-old Steve Grey travelled to Poole from Guernsey on a planned
:09:43. > :09:44.trip and had been staying in various hotels.
:09:45. > :09:47.The police in Dorset have appealed for help in finding him,
:09:48. > :09:50.saying his disappearance is out of character and are asking anyone
:09:51. > :09:53.who has been in contact with him recently to get in touch.
:09:54. > :09:56.It's been fairly sunny but I have noticed a chill in the air
:09:57. > :10:09.We are at risk of seeing a little bit of overnight frost for a couple
:10:10. > :10:15.of days. Feeling much more chilly outside. This was before the cloud
:10:16. > :10:19.rolled up today. Many others seeing some sunshine. The cloud is thicker
:10:20. > :10:24.and it will bring as some spots of rain overnight. They risk of a few
:10:25. > :10:31.showers tomorrow. Add a touch of frost. I know it is towards the end
:10:32. > :10:36.of the month but we will see a drop in temperatures. A line of cloud
:10:37. > :10:39.across central Britain. That is where the colder rare boundary
:10:40. > :10:46.years. It is crossing the Channel. It'll move into France. It will
:10:47. > :10:52.introduce arctic air. Quite a big drop in the temperatures. The risk
:10:53. > :10:56.of some overnight frost. Temperatures start to come back up
:10:57. > :11:01.again as the winds rotating around come in from the Atlantic and from
:11:02. > :11:06.the West. Overnight, that first weather system will give us a few
:11:07. > :11:11.spots of rain. These skies were clear before it gets like tomorrow
:11:12. > :11:17.morning. We start the day pretty chilly with a risk of a frost.
:11:18. > :11:21.Tomorrow, we have got some sunshine. A chance of a passing shower but
:11:22. > :11:27.pretty isolated. A pretty raw feeling northerly wind and ten or 11
:11:28. > :11:40.degrees will be the maximum temperature. It will feel colder.
:11:41. > :11:51.There are the times of high water. A bit more of a breeze. Winds will be
:11:52. > :11:55.about a force for- five. Another cold day on Wednesday and then
:11:56. > :12:01.temperatures start to come back up again towards the end of the week.
:12:02. > :12:05.That is the words we like to hear, temperatures coming up towards the
:12:06. > :12:18.end of the week. You are up-to-date with the latest news. Good night.
:12:19. > :12:21.Now a roundup of other stories making the news in the South West.
:12:22. > :12:24.There are concerns for the welfare for a missing 13-year-old girl
:12:25. > :12:27.Anastasia Groom has links to Taunton and Exeter and officers believe it's
:12:28. > :12:30.likely she's in one of these two places, or somewhere
:12:31. > :12:33.She's described as white, around 5ft 1in tall,
:12:34. > :12:35.of stocky build with dark hair with red colouring, worn
:12:36. > :12:40.The jury in the trial of a Bulgarian man accused
:12:41. > :12:42.of murdering his former partner in Exeter, has today heard
:12:43. > :12:45.from three of the victim's former work colleagues.
:12:46. > :12:48.The court heard that Gergana Prodanova told other workers
:12:49. > :12:52.at the Great Western Hotel that Kostadin Kostov beat her
:12:53. > :12:59.Mr Kostov denies murder and the trial continues.
:13:00. > :13:01.Police have launched an investigation into a suspicious
:13:02. > :13:04.fire at a Torquay hotel, early yesterday morning.
:13:05. > :13:07.More than 100 young farmers were staying at the Bancourt Hotel
:13:08. > :13:10.while in the resort for their annual convention and had to spend the rest
:13:11. > :13:13.of the night sleeping on the floor at the Riviera Centre.
:13:14. > :13:17.Police are treating it as arson with intent to endanger life.
:13:18. > :13:20.Three people suffered minor injuries.
:13:21. > :13:23.Plymouth's Labour group says renewing the Trident nuclear
:13:24. > :13:27.programme is key for the city and the party is committed to it.
:13:28. > :13:30.It follows comments from the Conservative Defence
:13:31. > :13:33.Secretary Sir Michael Fallon that Labour would pose a security risk
:13:34. > :13:36.if elected because of Jeremy Corbyn's opposition
:13:37. > :13:44.It's being called one of the most challenging jobs in society today,
:13:45. > :13:48.and figures reveal hundreds of vacancies for children's social
:13:49. > :13:53.Amid warnings of the impact on vulnerable children and families,
:13:54. > :13:56.councils across the region are stepping up efforts to encourage
:13:57. > :13:59.more people to consider a career as a social worker.
:14:00. > :14:16.Like any journey, to a job but for children, social workers, it goes --
:14:17. > :14:26.what goes on behind doors is what matters. It is a tricky situation.
:14:27. > :14:28.It is damp if you do and damp if you don't. Dealing with families is
:14:29. > :14:35.delicate and you have to be sensitive and it is tricky to get it
:14:36. > :14:44.right all of the time. Their professions battled a negative image
:14:45. > :14:47.after a series of high-profile cases like that of baby P. Nationally
:14:48. > :14:50.there is a problem of bringing people into children's social work.
:14:51. > :14:56.It is probably one of the most challenging jobs in our society
:14:57. > :14:59.today. According to figures, across the south-west there are nearly 300
:15:00. > :15:13.vacancies for children social workers.
:15:14. > :15:17.Alex is one of 33 new recruits taken on in the last five years in
:15:18. > :15:19.Cornwall where they run their own training programme and now Cornwall
:15:20. > :15:23.is getting involved in a government bursary scheme with 11 other
:15:24. > :15:32.Southwest authorities that offers a 14 month FastTrack scheme. You have
:15:33. > :15:37.the added value of the different resources and perspectives. We have
:15:38. > :15:44.to be honest as well, we have to make the most of what we have got
:15:45. > :15:46.and by pooling all resources and expertise, it is an opportunity to
:15:47. > :15:53.give people in Cornwall and opportunity to train and work with
:15:54. > :15:56.children and families. This year's round of the scheme is open in till
:15:57. > :15:57.early May with authorities encouraging applicants to come
:15:58. > :15:59.forward. The football season is building
:16:00. > :16:01.to a nail-biting finish, The lasers illuminating the seafront
:16:02. > :16:05.in Weymouth and why some want to return to the light bulbs
:16:06. > :16:14.of the past. Onto sport now and there's good news
:16:15. > :16:17.and bad news from the weekend. Torquay United have nearly pulled
:16:18. > :16:25.off the great escape for a second year running and after Saturday's
:16:26. > :16:28.win, their destiny is now Exeter City left it very late
:16:29. > :16:33.to keep their play-off hopes on track, while Plymouth Argyle
:16:34. > :16:36.gained ground in the Just a few miles from
:16:37. > :16:44.the white cliffs of Dover Well, higher than they have been
:16:45. > :16:48.for the last couple of weeks. His header just before
:16:49. > :16:52.half-time putting them ahead against a team chasing promotion,
:16:53. > :16:56.but the battle for league survival proved to be the stronger motivator
:16:57. > :17:00.and Torquay doubled their lead and it was that man Williams
:17:01. > :17:04.again finding the net. Minutes later and Dover
:17:05. > :17:06.pulled a goal back. The two-goal cushion gone
:17:07. > :17:10.led to a nervy finish and despite a late chance,
:17:11. > :17:13.Torquay held on and are now out of The battle for survival
:17:14. > :17:19.is almost won. Exeter City have been
:17:20. > :17:22.living off late chances, but when David Wheeler's scuff
:17:23. > :17:25.somehow evaded the visiting keeper, no-one at St James Park was
:17:26. > :17:29.expecting a comeback from Morecambe. And it took something
:17:30. > :17:32.special from Kevin Anderson That is how it stayed until stoppage
:17:33. > :17:42.time and it would not be an Exeter City game
:17:43. > :17:45.without a late goal. Reuben Reid won the penalty
:17:46. > :17:49.and drilled it home. Liam McAlinden's amazing
:17:50. > :17:54.run ended with a third, Exeter could do Plymouth Argyle
:17:55. > :18:00.a favour next week when they play The Pilgrims are now
:18:01. > :18:04.just two points behind, Six goals last week,
:18:05. > :18:09.but a very different story This effort from Graham Carey
:18:10. > :18:16.was as close as any for Argyle. Luke McCormick was certainly
:18:17. > :18:19.the busier of the two keepers. Not that he could have done much
:18:20. > :18:21.about this if it had An uneventful match
:18:22. > :18:25.but another point gained Could the fans even be cheering
:18:26. > :18:33.Exeter City next week? It was a top weekend
:18:34. > :18:35.for Plymouth Leander's Ben Proud, who took two British titles and two
:18:36. > :18:38.British records in 24 hours at the British
:18:39. > :18:41.Championships in Sheffield. He beat his own record
:18:42. > :18:44.to retain his 50m freestyle title in a time of 21.32,
:18:45. > :18:48.with his clubmate Tom Fannon finishing well
:18:49. > :18:51.in second to take silver. Then Proud won the 50m butterfly
:18:52. > :18:56.in a time of 22.8 seconds. Devon boxer Tommy Langford's
:18:57. > :19:02.dream of becoming a world champion suffered a major
:19:03. > :19:05.setback this weekend. The 27-year-old from Bideford
:19:06. > :19:08.put his unbeaten record on the line in Leicester against the much-feared
:19:09. > :19:12.Georgian Av-tandil Kurts- idza. In the fifth round he was knocked
:19:13. > :19:16.down by a left hook and the referee Before this Langford had
:19:17. > :19:21.seemed to be ahead on most The fight was for the WBO
:19:22. > :19:24.middleweight interim title, with the winner taking on world
:19:25. > :19:30.champ Billy Joe Saunders. There was disappointment
:19:31. > :19:32.in the London Marathon for Devon's Jo Pavey,
:19:33. > :19:35.who was trying to qualify for this The 43-year-old was forced to retire
:19:36. > :19:39.at the 16 mile mark. She said she wanted to carry on,
:19:40. > :19:43.but from about 13 miles her And finally, the Plymouth Raiders
:19:44. > :19:52.season is over after they failed to make the playoffs for the fourth
:19:53. > :19:55.year in a row. They lost their last six
:19:56. > :20:14.games which saw them Good news and bad news. It is a
:20:15. > :20:16.roller-coaster that sports bulletin. Thank you.
:20:17. > :20:18.Now, many seaside holidays are not complete without an evening time
:20:19. > :20:21.Most resorts decorate them with lights all year
:20:22. > :20:25.This is how Torquay still looks during a night-time stroll.
:20:26. > :20:28.Weymouth used to have a very similar appearance, but when the borough
:20:29. > :20:30.welcomed the Olympics, it decided to replace the fairy
:20:31. > :20:34.lights around the bay with bright green lasers.
:20:35. > :20:37.But should they have been so quick to dispense with tradition?
:20:38. > :20:54.Dated, dilapidated. In Weymouth at the beginning of the decade, the
:20:55. > :20:58.winds of change were blowing and it was decided a traditional seaside
:20:59. > :21:07.look had had its day. But only a few years after they disappeared, the
:21:08. > :21:09.borough council is now looking at whether the fairy lights should be
:21:10. > :21:12.brought back. It would look really pretty and be nice for everybody to
:21:13. > :21:17.see. It is a traditional seafront so it would look nice with the very
:21:18. > :21:23.lights. They are part of the history of Weymouth. It makes the whole
:21:24. > :21:28.promenade look festive. There has been a lot of pressure to return to
:21:29. > :21:34.the past in part due to delight replace them. No matter how they
:21:35. > :21:40.might look like a steel frame, these are lights. Green lasers beamed
:21:41. > :21:45.through fog and rain with mixed response. They were quite nice and
:21:46. > :21:52.bright. I think they were really cool. Either serve the fairy lights
:21:53. > :22:01.because they are more traditional as far as the breach resort is
:22:02. > :22:03.concerned. Both are nice. Why can't we have both? The local authority is
:22:04. > :22:07.still looking at how to eliminate the seafront, but dispensing with
:22:08. > :22:11.the future may prove just as tricky as dispensing with the past.
:22:12. > :22:13.Something a little more light-hearted.
:22:14. > :22:17.A seagull may have bitten off more than he could chew when he stole
:22:18. > :22:19.some false teeth from a seaside bench in Devon.
:22:20. > :22:20.The feathered-felon, more commonly known for stealing
:22:21. > :22:24.chips, snapped up the abandoned gnashers in Torquay.
:22:25. > :22:27.A picture of the garrulous gull was shared widely on social media.
:22:28. > :22:32.A post on the Spotted Newton Abbot Facebook page said,
:22:33. > :22:34."Unfortunately anyone missing them will need to contact the seagull
:22:35. > :22:55.Oh, dear! What a disappointed seagull hoping for chips! Let's move
:22:56. > :23:01.on. Time for the weather. Good evening. We have been talking about
:23:02. > :23:07.this cold spell of weather. It will probably last one, two days. Ahead
:23:08. > :23:17.of the front bringing that change, some quite is testing cloud
:23:18. > :23:19.formations. -- interesting cloud formations. The cloud is not thick
:23:20. > :23:27.enough to produce a fuchsia hours. It will clear tonight and opening
:23:28. > :23:36.the door to Arctic air. We will not see the huge swing in temperatures
:23:37. > :23:38.that other parts will see, but it will feel colder tomorrow. There
:23:39. > :23:43.will be some sunshine and quite sharp showers, but quite a high risk
:23:44. > :23:48.of frost forming tonight. That cold air is heading quite a long way
:23:49. > :23:52.south. It will help to northern Spain by the middle of the week.
:23:53. > :23:58.Quite a big change for many. A lot of cloud capable of producing a
:23:59. > :24:03.fuchsia hours. That introduces the colder air as it sinks southwards
:24:04. > :24:09.and the Arctic air will be with us tomorrow and Wednesday. Around the
:24:10. > :24:13.top of this area of high pressure, more cloud coming from a slightly
:24:14. > :24:18.less cold direction, so temperatures back up Thursday and Friday and
:24:19. > :24:23.high-pressure looking pretty close and possibly for their weekend
:24:24. > :24:28.ahead. Let's look at the detail for what will happen right through this
:24:29. > :24:35.evening will stop let's have a look at some of the pictures where there
:24:36. > :24:42.was some flowers out at this time of year. Everything is getting into
:24:43. > :24:46.leaf. Pretty good at this time of year and most of the trees are now
:24:47. > :24:53.out so it looks like we will see some fine weather to look forward
:24:54. > :24:56.to, but some of these spring flowers will be in for a shock as we see
:24:57. > :25:03.that frost turn up both tonight and also tomorrow night. The detailed
:25:04. > :25:07.then for overnight tonight, we have got high-pressure coming in at the
:25:08. > :25:14.end of the week, but this cloud is producing spots of rain this
:25:15. > :25:20.evening. It sinks southwards. No real rain on it for those that need
:25:21. > :25:24.it and once it clears the south coast, that cold air will arrive. We
:25:25. > :25:31.are looking at a frost overnight tonight with temperatures between -1
:25:32. > :25:36.and two or three degrees. Lots of sunshine tomorrow. A fuchsia hours.
:25:37. > :25:43.By the afternoon, some of the showers turned out to be quite
:25:44. > :25:49.heavy. Ten, 11 degrees, it will feel more like six or seven. The forecast
:25:50. > :26:00.for the Isles of Scilly. Sunny spells. Times of high water. And for
:26:01. > :26:03.our surfers, more waves but they will be rather choppy along the
:26:04. > :26:09.north coast because the winds are northerly, four or five. But we
:26:10. > :26:15.start to warm up towards the end of the week and towards the holiday
:26:16. > :26:22.weekend. Have a good evening. That is all from us for now. There will
:26:23. > :26:24.be an update at 10:30pm tonight and we are back tomorrow evening. From
:26:25. > :26:52.everyone, good night. There are times in the life
:26:53. > :26:55.of a nation when the choices we make define
:26:56. > :26:59.the character of our country, times when people stand up
:27:00. > :27:05.and demand real, significant change. we have the chance to shape
:27:06. > :27:14.a brighter future for Britain and I believe we have the vision
:27:15. > :27:18.and the plan to do it. That is why I have set out
:27:19. > :27:23.my plan for Britain.