0:00:03 > 0:00:05Good evening and welcome to BBC Channel Islands.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08I'm Clare Burton with the headlines here tonight.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Big changes for States workers - staff finally learn how new pay
0:00:11 > 0:00:21and conditions will affect them, but some unions aren't happy.
0:00:21 > 0:00:27The issues around shift pay, meal breaks, the valuation process,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30pensions, all that has not been resolved.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32A hike in property tax for Guernsey as the budget
0:00:32 > 0:00:37for next year is approved.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41After a fine day today with good spells of sunshine it is all strange
0:00:41 > 0:00:50for tomorrow, if not cloudy with rain. Stay tuned for the forecast.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Thousands of public sector staff in Jersey today learnt
0:00:55 > 0:00:58how they'll be affected by a major overhaul of the States workforce.
0:00:58 > 0:01:03For many it'll mean a pay rise of up to 20%.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05But others will see their wages cut.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08There are also changes to working hours, shift pay and meal breaks -
0:01:08 > 0:01:12which the Government believes will provide a simpler,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13fairer system.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But some unions are angry the final offer has been put to workers
0:01:16 > 0:01:17without their agreement.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Emma Chambers has more.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Paramedics, civil servants, nurses and manual workers -
0:01:23 > 0:01:25the people who keep us healthy and keep the island's
0:01:25 > 0:01:27services ticking along.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29But the time has come for the Government to
0:01:29 > 0:01:32change how these jobs - as well as thousands of others -
0:01:32 > 0:01:34are structured and paid.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36The Government is modernising the public sector to get rid
0:01:36 > 0:01:39of what it's described as historical inconsistencies and
0:01:39 > 0:01:44an unfair framework.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47It wants to reduce the current 75 pay grades and 20 sets of terms
0:01:47 > 0:01:50and conditions within the States of Jersey to 10 pay grades and 1 set
0:01:50 > 0:01:52of T's and C's for all.
0:01:52 > 0:01:59This will result in pay increases for many between 7% and 21%.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02This is about us meeting our obligation as an employer to reward
0:02:02 > 0:02:12people fairly, appropriately.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17And you get the right pay for the job compared to similar jobs in the
0:02:17 > 0:02:20organisation. That has to be done.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23But the Union Unite have hit back saying this is a premature move.
0:02:23 > 0:02:24Despite negotiations spanning three years,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26they still have concerns around pensions, evaluation process
0:02:26 > 0:02:31and fixing pay possibly below the cost of living until 2020.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Under the circumstances we will be recommending
0:02:34 > 0:02:36rejection of the offer, we need to get back
0:02:36 > 0:02:39around the table.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42There were some members of staff who are going to do quite well out
0:02:42 > 0:02:45of it but that won't apply to everybody, some are going to be
0:02:45 > 0:02:48financially hurt, and hurt badly.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50States employees have already starting seeking advice
0:02:50 > 0:02:53within hours of the new changes.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56We've received a large number of emails as well as phone calls
0:02:56 > 0:03:01at our branch office at this stage it wouldn't be correct for us
0:03:01 > 0:03:04to give too much information as many members of staff are still waiting
0:03:04 > 0:03:09to receive their information packs but we've had varied responses.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The second phase of the pay deal is still yet to be put
0:03:13 > 0:03:15to uniformed services, executives and teachers.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Union members now have to decide whether they accept this final deal
0:03:18 > 0:03:23which will cost the States £47 million over
0:03:23 > 0:03:29the next four years.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Guernsey's budget for 2018 has been voted
0:03:32 > 0:03:33through by States members, with very few changes
0:03:34 > 0:03:37and little opposition.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39But there was no shortage of passion during some of today's speeches,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44with issues such as Aurigny's debts, fuel supplies and high-paid civil
0:03:44 > 0:03:45servants all featuring.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Earlier our reporter Mark Inchley joined me
0:03:47 > 0:03:50from our Guernsey studio to explain.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53Well, it's been described as a budget the States can be proud of.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56The headlines remain a 5% increase in personal
0:03:56 > 0:04:01income tax allowance, increases on fuel,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04alcohol and cigarettes as well as on property tax or TRP.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Also money transferred into States reserves
0:04:08 > 0:04:09for the first time in a decade.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12President of the Policy and Resources Committee Gavin St Pier
0:04:12 > 0:04:15described it as a fair and balanced budget where low and middle income
0:04:15 > 0:04:21earners would be better off.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23But the debate did raise other issues didn't it?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Yes a few.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27The most passionate or emotional speech of the day came from
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Alderney Representative Louis Jean who said it was time to stop blaming
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Alderney for losses made by the States-owned airline Aurigny
0:04:34 > 0:04:38and he called for a forensic analysis of its accounts.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41The island itself is very concerned over it
0:04:41 > 0:04:46and the businesses are affected by it and it's very serious.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51Every man woman and child wants a resolution to this and certainly
0:04:51 > 0:04:56doesn't want to see the island threatened or blamed for what's
0:04:56 > 0:04:58going on when it's actually, we feel, the management of Aurigny's
0:04:58 > 0:05:02fault for not addressing these problems.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06In response, Aurigny said it provided an incredibly high level
0:05:06 > 0:05:09of service to the Alderney community and refuted any claims
0:05:09 > 0:05:12that it doesn't support the island's economy.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15But there were other issues raised during the States debate.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Deputy Peter Ferbrache complained that there had been no review
0:05:18 > 0:05:20of high-paid civil servants as part of the wider transformation
0:05:20 > 0:05:22of the States.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25And Deputies Barry Paint and Lester Queripel called for more
0:05:25 > 0:05:29information about a review of how fuel is delivered to the island
0:05:29 > 0:05:33in future, threatening to leak damaging information to the media
0:05:33 > 0:05:39if they weren't given answers by the end of the week.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Jersey's Treasury Minister has been
0:05:41 > 0:05:43reassuring business leaders Jersey IS a transparent and
0:05:43 > 0:05:46well-regulated tax jurisdiction, following revelations
0:05:46 > 0:05:52in the Paradise Papers.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The documents showed Apple chose Jersey to shelter
0:05:54 > 0:05:56some of its profits, saving the company billions
0:05:56 > 0:05:57in corporation tax.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00The arrangement isn't illegal - and the Jersey Financial Services
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Commission argues there's no evidence the firm
0:06:01 > 0:06:03did keep cash here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05But Senator Alan Maclean told a Chamber of Commerce lunch
0:06:05 > 0:06:11the attention was 'unwanted'.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16And the fact that this has come out as unwanted, we would prevent it had
0:06:16 > 0:06:21not happened. But we have to be realistic, there will always be
0:06:21 > 0:06:24circumstances like this and tell other big or small and issuers, it
0:06:24 > 0:06:29can get twisted in the national international media to look at times
0:06:29 > 0:06:33of much worse than perhaps is the case. I think the facts when they
0:06:33 > 0:06:37come out in this issue will prove that jersey has not been involved in
0:06:37 > 0:06:40any wrongdoing.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42An inquest has heard hospital staff lacked the necessary
0:06:42 > 0:06:45training to use equipment to move a patient who fell from
0:06:45 > 0:06:46a hoist and later died.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48The 83-year-old woman from St Clement was being
0:06:48 > 0:06:50cared for on Oak Ward at Jersey's St Saviour's Hospital
0:06:50 > 0:06:53last March, when she fell after being bathed.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56As a result, the health department has replaced the equipment and given
0:06:56 > 0:06:57staff more training.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Marian McNamee was at this morning's inquest.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02The inquest heard how the patient, Mary Cornish, had finished her usual
0:07:02 > 0:07:04bathing routine when she fell from the hoist being used
0:07:04 > 0:07:09by nurses to lift her.
0:07:09 > 0:07:18She hit and cut her head on the ground.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20She was transferred to the General Hospital and later
0:07:20 > 0:07:23developed bronchial pneumonia, the recorded cause of death.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26An inspector's report was read to the inquest and we were given
0:07:26 > 0:07:29access to a photographic reconstruction where it could be
0:07:29 > 0:07:32seen that a seat belt hadn't been used with the hoist.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34It was also found that staff did not have appropriate
0:07:34 > 0:07:37or up-to-date training to use this specialist equipment.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Describing what she termed weaknesses in the system,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43the inspector recommended changes.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48As a result the hoists have been replaced and there is now a detailed
0:07:48 > 0:07:52and regular training plan in place.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54After the hearing Mrs Cornish's daughters gave
0:07:54 > 0:08:01the BBC this statement.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The family went on to tell us they're encouraged that the health
0:08:19 > 0:08:23department has taken action to keep patients safe in the future.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29Marian McNamee, BBC Channel Islands News, Jersey.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Gun owners in the Channel Islands who wish
0:08:31 > 0:08:34to surrender their firearms can do so from Monday, as part
0:08:34 > 0:08:35of a national police appeal.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38The Guernsey and Jersey forces are joining a two-week British
0:08:38 > 0:08:42campaign called Operation Aztec urging people to hand in any
0:08:42 > 0:08:45unlawfully held or unwanted guns and ammunition.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Police say the amnesty is an opportunity to get more
0:08:48 > 0:08:51firearms out of harm's way.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Work to turn a Victorian fort in Alderney into a luxury hotel
0:08:54 > 0:08:57could start next year.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Plans to redevelop Fort Tourgis at a cost of £17.5 million had stalled.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06The developer blamed the delay on the global
0:09:06 > 0:09:08financial crisis and Brexit, but he's now confident
0:09:08 > 0:09:13work can start in 2018.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Later in Spotlight with Justin and Victoria, an injured
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Royal Marine prepares to row solo across the Atlantic,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23helped by a Jerseyman who completed the challenge 20 years ago.
0:09:23 > 0:09:29helped by a Jerseyman who completed the challenge 20 years ago.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38First the weather and Dan is here.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Quite cool in the wings today but bright, all change for tomorrow,
0:09:43 > 0:09:48milder but a not cloudy. This is earlier today, tomorrow a lot damper
0:09:48 > 0:09:53for many. Cloud, missed and fork with rain and drizzle as well. Today
0:09:53 > 0:09:59between the areas of cloud, good spells of sunshine but thanks to a
0:09:59 > 0:10:05ridge of high pressure, short-lived but that'll decay overnight and
0:10:05 > 0:10:09allowing weather fronts to move in for tomorrow. This one bringing a
0:10:09 > 0:10:12lot of cloud and rain tomorrow and the edge of that high pressure, for
0:10:12 > 0:10:17the weather fronts push in for Friday and into the weekend bringing
0:10:17 > 0:10:22rain at times. At the moment, dry, clear skies and temperatures dipping
0:10:22 > 0:10:28quite swiftly this evening. Into single figures but we start to see
0:10:28 > 0:10:32the cloud pushing and and rain the soil temperatures starts to pick up
0:10:32 > 0:10:38again, like twins overnight, north-westerly 's. Tomorrow starts
0:10:38 > 0:10:44rather dumb, mist and fog, rain through much of the morning. Feeling
0:10:44 > 0:10:54and for the showers, bright spills into the afternoon. Highs of 14.
0:10:54 > 0:11:02Times of high water...
0:11:07 > 0:11:14As for our coastal waters, wins coming west north-west, generally
0:11:14 > 0:11:23good visibility. Into Friday, still a future was around, bright and
0:11:23 > 0:11:28sunny spells but also breaks of rain, milder and to Friday and that
0:11:28 > 0:11:32of the weekend but winds picking up and becoming breezy into the
0:11:32 > 0:11:35weekend, wins from a northerly direction which starts to make it
0:11:35 > 0:11:42feel cooler. By Sunday, temperatures could be ten or 11, a few showers
0:11:42 > 0:11:46was around but bright and sunny spells at times but also cold by
0:11:46 > 0:11:49night. A bit of everything in our forecast. That is
0:11:49 > 0:11:51night. A bit of everything in our forecast. That is the news and
0:11:51 > 0:11:54weather from BBC Channel Islands this Wednesday evening. I am back
0:11:54 > 0:11:59after the news at 10pm.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02And after a fine day today it's all change for tomorrow, becoming a lot
0:12:02 > 0:12:05cloud. Milder though with some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Stay
0:12:05 > 0:12:09tuned for the forecast.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Now how does the idea of spending three months at sea,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14battling 30ft waves, all alone in a tiny
0:12:14 > 0:12:15rowing boat sound?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Doesn't appeal?
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Well for one former Royal Marine from Devon those are the challenges
0:12:21 > 0:12:24he'll face next year as he attempts to become the first physically
0:12:24 > 0:12:27disabled person to row solo and unsupported from Europe to South
0:12:27 > 0:12:29America.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34Lee Spencer - who lost his right leg in a freak accident
0:12:34 > 0:12:38aims to leave Gibraltar in January: all being well he'll reach Venezuela
0:12:38 > 0:12:40some 3,500 miles later.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42It's a massive challenge, but as John Henderson reports,
0:12:42 > 0:12:52Lee has form when it comes to rowing across the Atlantic.
0:12:52 > 0:12:59I need to get as fit as I can be, as strong as I can be and as fat as I
0:12:59 > 0:13:05can be. I'm doing that one well! Because in January Lee Spencer will
0:13:05 > 0:13:11be leaving his Devon driveway to row across the Atlantic on this. A seven
0:13:11 > 0:13:19metre long boat.If you go that side.It fills a bit unstable. But
0:13:19 > 0:13:26the former Royal Moraine hopes to roll into the record books.I'm the
0:13:26 > 0:13:34first physically disabled person to row from Europe to mainland South
0:13:34 > 0:13:37America and the second one is want to break the able-bodied record.Lee
0:13:37 > 0:13:40has form when it comes to rowing oceans. He was part of the four-man
0:13:40 > 0:13:45legless boat that became the first all amputees crew to make it across
0:13:45 > 0:13:49the Atlantic. Lee lost his right leg when he was hit by debris as he
0:13:49 > 0:13:56helped at a car accident. His solo row is about changing perceptions
0:13:56 > 0:14:00around disabilities.It is only when I was rowing last time that I
0:14:00 > 0:14:04realised that and still the same person, nothing has changed.Lee
0:14:04 > 0:14:09will spend up to 18 hours a day on the oars. There are six in case they
0:14:09 > 0:14:15snap go overboard. He will shelter from wild weather in a cosy capping.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21His food with vacuum packed and his toilet is a bucket.I suppose having
0:14:21 > 0:14:30road before, I kind of know I can do it. But so low, thousands of miles
0:14:30 > 0:14:36away, if anybody knows what going it alone is like, it's this man. John
0:14:36 > 0:14:41rode across the Atlantic 20 years ago.It was fantastic to have that
0:14:41 > 0:14:45space and be in the middle of the Atlantic with no wind whatsoever. It
0:14:45 > 0:14:50was calm and I could see hundreds of miles in every direction, five
0:14:50 > 0:15:00kilometres deep, it was my own private swimming pool.And like
0:15:00 > 0:15:03before, Lee will be jumping into the Atlantic to take a dip and clean his
0:15:03 > 0:15:06boat.It will be a little bit more scary on my own but I'm looking
0:15:06 > 0:15:10forward to it.It'll be raising money for two charities that help
0:15:10 > 0:15:13service men and women but aware that rowing across the Atlantic solo is
0:15:13 > 0:15:15something else.If the ocean says not you, not today, there's nothing
0:15:15 > 0:15:21you can do about it.But who bet against the rowing Marines making
0:15:21 > 0:15:26history on the high seas. Incredible.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30A Somerset veteran of World War two is doing all he can to make sure
0:15:30 > 0:15:31the sacrifices of his generation are never forgotten.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34At 94, Stan Tooze braves all weathers to sell poppies.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And he has no intention of stopping any time soon.
0:15:36 > 0:15:46Clinton Rogers has been to meet him.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50According to Stan, a hat is all you need, even if it did drop below
0:15:50 > 0:15:55freezing last night. Nothing deters this 94-year-old war veteran from
0:15:55 > 0:16:04his outdoor dayshift. And so on duty as the years most days in the
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Taunton supermarket.No, I don't feel the cold. I'm too young for
0:16:07 > 0:16:15that!I'd like to know what your muscles are.Just the Second World
0:16:15 > 0:16:22War.Modest as well but always the main attraction here.He gives is
0:16:22 > 0:16:28100% support, he is therefore everything come sunshine, or rain,
0:16:28 > 0:16:36he's always there.Stan was part of the sixth airborne division of the
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Parachute division. He saw active service in Belgium towards the end
0:16:39 > 0:16:45of the Second World War. Inevitably, their memories are still vivid.One
0:16:45 > 0:16:51day my mate was there one second on the next thing he was knocked down
0:16:51 > 0:17:02dead. I was still left.It is why he feels a duty to help raise money for
0:17:02 > 0:17:05the Royal British Legion, to honour the memory of his fallen colleagues.
0:17:05 > 0:17:14How long do you think you will carry on selling the poppies?And 94. Get
0:17:14 > 0:17:22another six years!At the very least I'd say. And I don't doubt it for a
0:17:22 > 0:17:27minute, what a great man. I love the line that is too young to feel the
0:17:27 > 0:17:30cold. Now, I wonder what he would make of this?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Could this be the shortest stretch of double yellow
0:17:32 > 0:17:33lines in the country...?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36At just two feet long the freshly painted markings in Hayle are barely
0:17:36 > 0:17:37the length of a pram.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Cornwall Council says contractors who'd been digging up the road
0:17:40 > 0:17:43were simply replacing the existing yellow lines - which as you can see,
0:17:43 > 0:17:48were rather faded.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51You might remember earlier this week on Spotlight we featured Exeter
0:17:51 > 0:17:54animator Ashley Thorpe and his feature-length horror film.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Well it's won an award in New York.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Borley Rectory picked up Best Animated Feature Film
0:17:59 > 0:18:01at the Buffalo Dreams film festival - which champions
0:18:01 > 0:18:04independent movies.
0:18:04 > 0:18:12The spooky film tells the tale of a haunted house in Essex.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15When the Countess of Wessex agreed to come to Devon to help celebrate
0:18:15 > 0:18:17the region's agricultural industry she probably didn't expect to come
0:18:17 > 0:18:22face to face with pink sheep.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Who would?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Who would?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26But that's exactly what she encountered at Agrifest today,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28a major farming show at Westpoint next Exeter.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31And as Chloe Axford discovered the brightly coloured sheep didn't
0:18:31 > 0:18:34phase the royal visitor.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39I don't get to go to many farming chosen when I was told I was coming
0:18:39 > 0:18:42here today I was a bit worried that I might not be dressed quite right
0:18:42 > 0:18:45for a day with livestock. But it turns out I'm wearing exactly the
0:18:45 > 0:18:53right colour. That's because today is less how now Brown cow and more
0:18:53 > 0:18:57hello, pink sheep. These died in the wall use are due to be auctioned off
0:18:57 > 0:19:02a cancer charity. So you are the pink sheep expert. To the animal 's
0:19:02 > 0:19:06mind?Well, I didn't because she got lots of attention and cuddles and
0:19:06 > 0:19:14stuff so she loved it.Research out this week claim sheep can recognise
0:19:14 > 0:19:20celebrities. So will recognise this one? The Duchess of Wessex is
0:19:20 > 0:19:24visiting as patron of a charity and as much as you like the sheep she
0:19:24 > 0:19:28wasn't tempted to take them home. I'm not sure my husband would fight
0:19:28 > 0:19:33me for that one. It's a wonderful way of showing support for a charity
0:19:33 > 0:19:39and I think it's a bit of fun.Pink sheep aside, this is big business
0:19:39 > 0:19:44and those competing taken extremely seriously. That's because a win here
0:19:44 > 0:19:49can push the animal's Valley write-up.Is big competition and
0:19:49 > 0:19:52obviously you want to make the best of your animal, so you do the best
0:19:52 > 0:19:58to bring it out and try and beat the opposition.Is it quite cut-throat?
0:19:58 > 0:20:06Sky yes, it can be. Right, so time to find out how to beat the
0:20:06 > 0:20:13opposition. So this is your cow. He's about to go in the Ring Fish
0:20:13 > 0:20:16show so can you tell me what you are doing?And brushing up so he'll be
0:20:16 > 0:20:21fluffy and prepped up for the judge to look like he has been prepped.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Once in the ring, the cow came third and, yes, I do know he is a steer
0:20:26 > 0:20:31and not a cow. But now for the auction everyone has been waiting
0:20:31 > 0:20:40for. £2200 for a pink sheep, what a bargain. I'm tempted to put a bid in
0:20:40 > 0:20:45myself, I could do with a new woollen jumper. BBC Spotlight, West
0:20:45 > 0:20:50point. Lovely! Very well sprayed on, isn't it?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Very well sprayed on, isn't it?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55When staff at a residential care home asked Lizzie Picken how she'd
0:20:55 > 0:20:57like to celebrate her hundredth birthday she told them
0:20:57 > 0:20:58she wanted 100 birthday cards.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Well after Lizzie's request was shared on social media more
0:21:01 > 0:21:05than 1,000 were posted to her.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Today, as she celebrated her centenary she was presented
0:21:07 > 0:21:09with them which included one from the Queen.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15John Danks reports.
0:21:15 > 0:21:22The morning post arrives and it's all for one person.Hello,
0:21:22 > 0:21:30congratulations!Thank you.Lizzie Pickering, 100 years old today.It's
0:21:30 > 0:21:36wonderful it's like being the Queen Birthday!Around 300 birthday cards
0:21:36 > 0:21:41arrived for today including one the real Queen.Oh my goodness me!What
0:21:41 > 0:21:47she didn't know is that hundreds more had already been delivered.I
0:21:47 > 0:21:55cannot believe it! I don't know that many people!All this from an appeal
0:21:55 > 0:21:59for cards that staff put on social media to help Lizzie celebrate her
0:21:59 > 0:22:05big day. Alan Mak it just went viral, everyone started commenting
0:22:05 > 0:22:09and retweet in it and reposting everywhere.Every started saying
0:22:09 > 0:22:15lovely, can I send a card? Then we had children writing cards. Lizzie
0:22:15 > 0:22:19was just so excited about the whole situation. She thought it would be
0:22:19 > 0:22:23absolutely hysterical to get this many cards but busy we never
0:22:23 > 0:22:29expected to many.Well, I couldn't -- I could have wept with joy
0:22:29 > 0:22:41because everyone has been so kind. I'm quite overwhelmed with it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Lizzie never married nor had children. Her older sister is 103
0:22:46 > 0:22:50but wasn't able to travel down from Birmingham where she lives. Two of
0:22:50 > 0:22:54her oldest friends from her time as a midwife in Plymouth was there
0:22:54 > 0:23:01today.Something I didn't expect that it's fantastic.I would say the
0:23:01 > 0:23:06same because we've known each other for a very long time and each
0:23:06 > 0:23:10birthday, we think will this be the last one? Here we are, we've got to
0:23:10 > 0:23:15100 and still going strong.Now with more than a thousand cards from all
0:23:15 > 0:23:19over the world, she's going to be busy Lizzie.Al never get through
0:23:19 > 0:23:30them! And have to an extra year!BBC Spotlight, Plymouth. What a lovely
0:23:30 > 0:23:34story. And, Lizzie, to wish you a very happy birthday. And if you
0:23:34 > 0:23:38plough through all those cards you should find one from all of us on
0:23:38 > 0:23:43the Spotlight team at some point. I hope you've had a lovely day. Yes,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46happy birthday. Now, onto the weather forecast. It was a gorgeous
0:23:46 > 0:23:48morning gorgeous morning this morning implement.
0:23:48 > 0:23:55What a lovely... It's all change for tomorrow and Fred. It was quite a
0:23:55 > 0:24:00cold start for many of us today, some frost around. Also some mist
0:24:00 > 0:24:04spots. This one caught on the way to Tavistock.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05spots. This one caught on the way to Tavistock. But it's it is up for a
0:24:05 > 0:24:09fine and dry day with plenty of sunshine around. We can take a look
0:24:09 > 0:24:14at some pictures from earlier today. This was taken from a drone operator
0:24:14 > 0:24:19who has been to Lyme Bay today. Some good spells of sunshine, blue skies
0:24:19 > 0:24:24from many others, the sea has become a bit calmer as well as the day has
0:24:24 > 0:24:29gone on. Still have that westerly wind with as though so it has been
0:24:29 > 0:24:32feeling on the cool side but the sunshine making up for that,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36becoming milder for tomorrow. If we take a look at tomorrow's outlook
0:24:36 > 0:24:42then I'm afraid it's a lot cloudier, some hillfort and brain injuries and
0:24:42 > 0:24:46around overnight and into the morning. We should see it clearing
0:24:46 > 0:24:49some parts for some sunny spells to develop but nothing like the
0:24:49 > 0:24:54sunshine we have seen today. You can see will the sunshine in a cloud
0:24:54 > 0:24:59sandwich today. This has been a clear spot thanks to a ridge of high
0:24:59 > 0:25:04pressure that has been building in for today. But it is short lived and
0:25:04 > 0:25:07is retreating now allowing weather fronts to move in. Further weather
0:25:07 > 0:25:11fronts around the edge of this high pressure coming in for Friday and
0:25:11 > 0:25:15indeed as we head into the weekend. Will see further outbreaks of rain
0:25:15 > 0:25:19on Friday and to start the day on Saturday. Also will start to see the
0:25:19 > 0:25:23wind is picking up. You can see by Saturday those isobars are quite
0:25:23 > 0:25:31tight together. A breezy day to start those winds coming in from a
0:25:31 > 0:25:34northerly direction so it will feel on the chilly side into the weekend.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Temperatures of 9-10 Celsius by Sunday. Today though the cloud is
0:25:37 > 0:25:42hung on in the south-west of the country. For most of the day it is
0:25:42 > 0:25:45being clear skies, a bit more cloud pushing in through tonight. Through
0:25:45 > 0:25:49the night will continue to see that Bush the north and north and west
0:25:49 > 0:25:56and thickening North... Mainly rain and drizzle around overnight. A cold
0:25:56 > 0:26:02start to the night in eastern areas, with temperatures dropping to want.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05As the cloud pushes in, the temperatures will pick up again
0:26:05 > 0:26:09through the night. Mild start tomorrow, more than today. Still
0:26:09 > 0:26:13some outbreaks of rain and light drizzle. Into the afternoon, we will
0:26:13 > 0:26:18see that cloud breaking a bit to allow some sunny spells in for some
0:26:18 > 0:26:24of us. Most of those showers clearing. The wind so coming from
0:26:24 > 0:26:29the North west, moderate. Temperatures up from today. A high
0:26:29 > 0:26:34of 13-14 Celsius. Looking at the Isles of Scilly, rather cloudy here.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Some brightness coming through particularly into the afternoon, the
0:26:36 > 0:26:42chance of some showers around though. High waterfall Bideford
0:26:42 > 0:26:53tomorrow... The waters forecast seasonal north-westerly four or five
0:26:53 > 0:26:57picking up later with occasional drizzle and generally moderate or
0:26:57 > 0:27:02good visibility except any rain showers. Our outlook then as we go
0:27:02 > 0:27:05towards the weekend sees cloud around on Friday. Some outbreaks of
0:27:05 > 0:27:09rain through the morning, perhaps brightness coming through the middle
0:27:09 > 0:27:14part of the day before a heavier band of rain in the evening. This
0:27:14 > 0:27:18weather front brings further rain perhaps on Saturday. But coming dry
0:27:18 > 0:27:25and brighter as Saturday goes on. By Sunday it will be a lot cooler,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28temperatures are 9-10 degrees. Sunny spells around but also heavy showers
0:27:28 > 0:27:32at times. That's it from me, have a good evening.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36at times. That's it from me, have a good evening. That's all from the
0:27:36 > 0:27:40team here. Thank you for all of your e-mails on our top story tonight, we
0:27:40 > 0:27:43will try and include some of them on the programme is an tomorrow. From
0:27:43 > 0:27:49others here, good night. -- from all others here, good