10/05/2017 Channel Islands News

And, after the last couple of days of lovely weather, it will be a

shock when we see more cloud around tomorrow, and the chance of a future

hours. A backlash over efforts

to control population growth in the Channel Islands

is continuing, after the introduction of new laws

in Guernsey a month ago. The company Hand Picked Hotels,

which owns businesses in both Guernsey and Jersey,

says recent changes to policies will make it hard to recruit

and will have a significant impact A typical start to the day

at a Channel Islands hotel, with staff working hard to look

after business guests and tourists. And behind the scenes,

Sandra from Romania, But changes to laws in Guernsey mean

she'll be kicked off the island in two years and won't be able

to return to work here Because it's hard to start

again somewhere else and make new friends,

get used to a new community The owners say a quarter

of their staff will be affected and it will have a huge knock-on

effect on the tourism Firstly I think it's

going to detract people from wanting to come to Guernsey to work,

if they know they have an end date of five years as

the absolute maximum. I think that's going to be very

discouraging for people to come to work within the industry

here within Guernsey. And secondly, from our point

of view, we've just invested a lot of money and time in training people

to work within the hotel and then to find that their service is cut

short through a regulation No control perhaps,

but a chance for input, yes, according to the committee

behind the changes. But it's a problem in Jersey too,

where the States took steps earlier this year to reduce

the number of work So, two neighbouring islands

with two different policies on managing population but both now

dealing with shockwaves from within the hospitality sector

as businesses struggle to adapt A 64-year-old Jersey woman died

after starting a fire when trying to smoke while attached

to an oxygen feed. An inquest heard Diane Lesley Noel's

heart and lungs gave out from the shock of the oxygen

catching fire around her face. She was using it to deal

with chronic lung disease. Mrs Noel had been warned not

to smoke but struggled A 30-year-old man suffered several

injuries after an alleged assault in the early hours of Sunday morning

near La Colomberie in Jersey. Officers say several people

were in the area and may have seen the incident,

which involved two men and a woman. Anyone who saw what happened

on Roseville Street, between La Colomberie

and Hastings Road, is asked It's claimed growing hemp could

boost Jersey's farming industry. The States has given the go-ahead

for a trial to grow four different kinds of hemp,

which are part of the The farm's location

hasn't been disclosed. Officials say the hemp will be used

for its fibre and oils, and could be Crops like this could become part of

an integrated and sustainable future for agriculture in Jersey. It

strongly depends on what happens this year with regard to the output

of varieties and the oil, the yield and the economics of bringing the

machinery in to handle it. But when we are approached by organisations

that do want to investigate this type of work if they have done the

groundwork properly, and if we think the business case stacks up, we will

try to support the mother can. You're watching the BBC

in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight with

Justin and Victoria: Increasing footfall -

the street artist creating a brighter picture

for businesses in Bude. It's hoped more competition

within inter-island air travel could help sports clubs

meet flight costs. A new charter service based

at Jersey airport has It follows last week's

announcement of Guernsey's There are many advantages

to living on an island, The cost of flights and limited

scheduling, coupled with challenging wind and tides can make air

and sea travel troublesome. But one new Jersey based airline

is promising passengers more choice. It's convenient, it goes

when you want to go. It's very easy to access

the aeroplane, we're operating opposite the rugby club -

you can park at the Jersey Aeroclub here, come straight out

the aeroplane and you're away. It misses the hassle and time

of going through the airport. Jersey and Guernsey athletes have

been struggling to get to inter-insular games

and competitions in the UK. So could these new airlines

offer a solution? Anybody that comes up with an idea

that can move people about across the islands into the UK

or even into France, The only thing I say,

I gather it's an eight-seater, and most sports, even if you're

in a team of four, still need to take two or three other people,

plus there's baggage and everything else, and I'm just a bit concerned

that if it's not the seating that causes the problem,

it's the luggage and the baggage and the equipment that goes with it,

which is the unfortunate problem. Last week, Guernsey based airline

Waves announced its plans to carry passengers to Jersey and Alderney

before the end of the summer. But will these small businesses fill

a gap in the market for passengers who want more flexibility

without paying the earth? As Guernsey looks to improve

the care offered to people with mental health issues,

it's claimed the focus Health officials say this facility,

which opened two years ago, has made a big difference,

and that other initiatives are in the pipeline,

but ultimately it's a problem the island as a whole

needs to think about. It is the responsibility of the

community as a whole, rather than the committee for social health and

care to deliver on this. It is as much about the environment you live

in, whether you are rich or poor, your education and so one, as it is

about to mental health. A Jersey artist has created

the centrepiece for a charity garden Described as the Chelsea

flower show of the North, the RHS Tatton Flower show

will include an exhibition garden based on a Crohn's patient's

experience of the disease. And Nicholas Romeril's

sculpture will feature in it. Called A Sharp Intake Of Breath,

it'll be the centre piece of a concept garden commissioned

by the bowel disease charity It's been a collaborative challenge

that's taken more than a year. I made some little paper models,

I made some wire sculptures, The end result is a

negotiating process really. And actually, it's like the very

first ideas I came up with. From there it's

a manufacture process. I'm very intuitively bending it

and welding it together, And that's where his

son Will comes in. We're both creative people,

so it's nice to bring the two together and work together

on things, so there's been odd bits and bobs that I've helped him with,

but it's nice to get involved in something like this where it's

a bit more hands on and it's a bit And the sculpture rests

here for now, but on July 17th an expected 75,000 people will be

looking at it when it goes on David, all we need is

the wind to drop a little A big change for us. We are going to

see some rain, not everywhere and it won't be particularly heavy. Showers

for the next two days, but a subtle change in the type of whether we are

seeing. First of all an increase in humidity. That will give the risk of

some missed patches and the chance of a few showers. More cloud around

than we have been used to, and still some sunshine. Quite humid air

coming from Spain, Portugal and western France. That will produce

the showers, which are currently falling as frequent showers across

western parts of France right now. Battle Creek Northwoods later this

evening. So, the chance of a few passing showers and more to come as

the move into Friday and the start of the weekend. A change from all

this dry weather we are used to do something a little bit more

unsettled. The showers overnight tonight will be fleeting and not a

great deal of rainfall. Tomorrow we will see briefly some sunshine, but

also a lot of cloud around. One or two showers, by the end of the day,

they will be likely heavy and quite a warm, muggy day tomorrow. 16-18dC.

Not a great deal of surf, but the waves to pick up into the start of

the weekend. The winds are easterly, and eventually southerly. Showers

and more trip to good visibility. More showers on Friday. Slightly

less humid air, but still quite warm with sunshine in between the

showers. For the start of the recount some fine weather around,

and the rain may fall on Saturday night, so we might get away with two

relatively dry days, but cooler and fresher on Sunday. Thank you, David.

A reminder of our top story. A backlash over efforts to control

population growth in the Channel Islands is continuing. The company,

hand-picked hotels, which owns businesses in both Guernsey and

Jersey says recent changes to policies will make it hard to

recruit and will have a significant impact on tourism in the islands.

And if you have a story to share with us do get in touch.

Until then from me and the rest of the Channel Islands team,

Eating disorders are often blamed on the social pressure

to look a certain way, the causes are usually complex

and the care given locally criticised.

Two students from Exeter who have battled anorexia

are calling for more support, with Devon and Cornwall having

the third highest number of admissions to hospital in England.

As Harriet Bradshaw reports, the campaigners want to see

more preventative care made available locally.

Exams fast approaching, but there's more on these students'

Jennifer and Charlotte are campaigning for better services

in Exeter to deal with eating disorders because they don't feel

they've had enough help through their battles with anorexia.

Because of the massive amount of hospital admissions in the Devon

area, there wasn't any beds in Devon for me to be admitted

as an inpatient with an eating disorder, so they sent me 4.5 hours

away to the other side of the country to go and get

treatment because that's the only bed they could find

I'd like to see more available services for therapy for all kinds

of eating disorders so that it doesn't have to get to the critical

point of being told, you gain weight or you go to hospital.

According to the latest official data, Devon and Cornwall as a region

has the third highest number of hospital admissions relating

And it's the North Eastern and Western Devon Clinical

Commissioning Group that's had the biggest numbers

in the south-west, with 121 admissions to its hospitals

in 2015-16, almost double the numbers five years previous.

And these students blame a lack of outpatient care.

In response, the Devon CCG told us the Exeter-based inpatient unit

for people with the most severe eating disorders is

It also says that although it hasn't yet commissioned a dedicated

eating disorders service but there is support for them

within the overall community mental health service.

We need people even higher up than the doctors to realise

that there's a problem, to realise that the

It's people's lives the messing around with

NHS England is investing ?30 million nationally to enhance community

eating disorder services for young people.

Businesses in Bude in north Cornwall have turned to street art in a bid

It started with one restaurant but, as Christine Butler has been

finding out, it's been spreading to others in the town.

needed. Bude is booming but can it needed. Bude is booming but can it

also be beautiful? Sandwiched between the hoardings, this

Peterborough says a lost customers when building work started next

door. They consider taking local action but then it decided to turn

to street art. Never having trouble because they were blocked after

debugging works. -- they were blocked because of building work.

People now go because the artwork, it gives them on the high street.

It's created a lot of interest. Now other Bude

businesses are jumping From the local fishmongers

to the complementary therapist, Steve's already got

another seven commissions to complete - and he doesn't charge

for his service, just the paint. Doing something that will benefit

the community as a whole will be great. We got in touch with him and

we went from there. The Premier Inn says

its working with the pizzeria to minimize the disruption

while it build its hotel. We have positive feedback. I'm not

in it for the promotion. I just enjoy doing it. That's my payment. I

do it for the price of the pain. Local traders hope that their pride

in California image will create a new impact. -- they're bright and

colourful images will create an impact and bring business.

Good evening, on Spotlight tonight, what caused the collapse of a huge

In a tiny wooded hollow in Devon, ancient woodland

Volunteers on Dartmoor are bringing a derelict coppice back into use.

They're using the wood to make items such as beanpoles -

It's a process that takes time and patience,

but as Clare Woodling found out, it could be good for

High-tech doesn't come into it, but this hands-on approach

is still a way to make a living in 2017.

So say the coppicers here in Dartmoor.

They are bringing these hazel trees back into use.

My dream for this site is for it to be a fully working coppice,

back to how it would have been hundreds of years ago when people

used it for all the various things they wanted to make out of hazel,

and the skills that they used, the traditional skills that actually

are not as much appreciated as they used to be.

Coppicing involves cutting a mature tree to the ground.

The remaining stool grows small stems.

These are harvested to make pea sticks, bean poles, fencing hurdles

At the moment, many of these things are imported.

Just take a pea stick or a beanpole, you go and look at an allotment

site, there will be hundreds and hundreds of bamboo poles.

They may have come all the way from China.

Here in this woodland very soon, we will have

Which are fantastic - locally made, locally produced,

The coppice is divided into groups, which are cut back in rotation.

This rod of hazel is exactly what the coppicers are looking for.

It's long and straight and will clean easily

to make spars and fencing and other things, too.

So this is a quarter of a rod of hazel and we've now split it

and now I just need to loosen the fibres and then give it

a twist as a hairpin and now we've got a spar.

It's what the thatcher drives into the roof material.

The not-for-profit group behind this scheme says

coppicing protects woodland, brings landowners and income

People don't realise that a woodland that pays is more likely to be

a woodland that stays because if a landowner has a piece

of woodland they might just chop it down for firewood.

Whereas if you have a really sustainable resource,

like this, a coppice woodland, that can go on for every

It will take the team seven or eight years to fully restore this hazel

coppice and they hope it will protecting woodland

A world of adventure exists in every child's imagination,

and when inspired to put pencil to paper it can often produce

Seven-year-old Abigail from Stoke Fleming Primary

School did just that - winning best writer

out of thousands of children in the south-west who entered

Johnny Rutherford has been hearing her story.

I needed to concentrate. I needed you to concentrate on the magic door

and what you think about what is behind the magic door. Creativity

unleashed. school near Dartmouth have

certainly been inspired. Amoungst them is the talented writer

who won this year's South West short story competion no mean feat

when there was 9000 entries. When they went through the magic

door, they found themselves standing next to a castle. They went past the

castle and not, Wow. They saw a ferry. Hello, my name is Violet,

said the ferry. Crew have you come from? We've come from the magic door

industry. When a child realises they can make their own story and magic

land, it gives them power and they land, it gives them power and they

suddenly enjoy writing. The only they do that, the better because

world in the might. How do you get world in the might. How do you get

these dots and when you're writing? I just have ideas and I separated

them and they come into parts. After a little while, they met a stinky

and smelly monster with flies. I am proud and happy that I won an award.

-- I have faith in her and she did really well. Her story was amazing

and she really deserves it. I agree. I think she should be really proud

of yourself. What happened in the end? They got home safely through

the magic door and they finished walking the dog. I do like happy

endings. Who doesn't? Lovely children.

They are still supported offer. The pro rata monster!

We do have a story. It's a different story for the rest of this week.

There is some rain in the forecast. Mostly in the form of showers. Not

everywhere. Today was fantastic. Here are some fantastic photographs.

This is sometimes. Beautiful trees here. Also some clubbers. A lot of

the flowers are coming out. The countryside is looking very pretty.

In Dorset, the sunrise this morning. Digital photographs. Thank you.

Today was 18 degrees. Tomorrow is 19. Tomorrow will have the chance of

some showers. That will not be everywhere and most will get away

with more dry weather. More cloud in the sky. More humid and also the

showers are turning up. It will feel quite warm tomorrow, whether or not

there is showers. High humidity are coming from the south. We are

starting to lose high pressure. The source of the area, coming off the

northern coast of Africa and heading towards us, with the higher

temperatures and also some moisture. Expect some showers tomorrow.

Similar on Friday and then into the weekend we have a cold front. That

will cross as. -- that will cross will cross as. -- that will cross

Saturday night into Sunday. This evening, not a great deal of cloud

right now, a beautiful evening. Some late sunshine. For the first half of

the night, clear skies but later in the night, from the south is some

showers. They would be everywhere and they will be particularly heavy.

It will turn misty in some places. That is the higher humidity air

causing that. Tomorrow, some showers. It may be for the majority

of the day it is dry with some sunshine. Once you get him because

of an 18-19d, this will trigger some showers. There is the risk of the

odd rumble of thunder and flash of lightning. That will most likely be

towards the end of the afternoon and into the early evening. It will be

quite warm and this is particularly across parts of North Devon. It --

18-90d and slightly less warm in the south. Some clothes on the tops of

the hills. By the cloudy for the aisles. Some brief spells of

sunshine are possible, though. On the south coast at hammers,... On

the north coast, deduct that the general trend is for us to see a

change in wind direction and also in weather type of the next couple of

days. The coastal waters forecast the ruins of east and south

easterly. The chance of some showers. -- forecast the winds east

and south easterly. More unsettled weather as we head into the Beacon.

Slightly colder on Sunday. Friday, scattered showers. -- more unsettled

weather into the weekend. The chance of persistent rain on Saturday night

and Sunday. Sunday will cool down a bit. It will be somewhat fresher.

Have a good evening. We hope many of you will be able

to join us and have your say on the general election in a special

BBC Spotlight debate. The programme will be on Tuesday

30th of May in Plymouth. If you would like to come along

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