26/01/2017 Channel Islands News

Jersey Live has taken its final bow, but could another festival be

Is just such a disappointment. A bit devastating for people under 18

because it is their main event of the year.

Also tonight: And living a lie to survive -

the remarkable story of one woman who outwitted the Nazis.

After 13 years and tens of thousands of visitors,

Organisers Warren Le Sueur and Warren Holt say they both

want to pursue separate projects, but it's emerged they haven't

cancelled their booking at the Trinity Showground so,

is this really the end for Jersey's biggest music festival?

This report from Jessica Banham contains flashing images.

From classic '80s acts like Madness...

To modern soul singers like John Newman,

Jersey Live has featured a number of big-name acts.

But last year ticket sales were down and today it has been

announced that the festival won't be returning.

There is not much to do for our youngsters,

They will miss out on money and tourism.

It's a bit devastating for people under 18 because it's obviously

But I think it was dying out a bit anyway.

It is not just those who are already famous that found

It also provided a welcome boost to local talent.

Growing up, it was something to aspire to.

Going and seeing it, it is different to other festivals.

The cost of putting on events like this is escalating all the time, the

security, the crew, the things people don't see is very expensive.

Jersey Live has been held here at the Trinity showground

It usually takes place the first weekend in September.

Despite the announcement today, the festival organisers have asked

And with both organisers saying they are hoping

to pursue separate projects, tourism bosses don't think we'll

I wouldn't be surprised if something equally as exciting came

Other people are interested in staging something.

So we might have seen the last of Jersey Live.

But it might not be the end of music festivals here in Trinity.

Tomorrow Britain marks Holocaust Memorial Day,

to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who died

at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War.

And being Jewish in the Channel Islands during the occupation also

meant misery, deportation and, for three women in Guernsey,

But now, after more than 70 years we can reveal a Jewish woman hid

in plain sight from the Nazis, concealing her religion

And it's been discovered she could have been in love

with a man responsible for drafting some of the island's

Miriam Jay lived in Guernsey during its occupation,

and during those five long years she kept a remarkable secret

She lived here, in St Peter Port for some of the war.

If discovered, Miriam would have at the very least faced imprisonment

This man has researched how she managed to go

Miriam would know these laws would be applying

to her and although she never said she was a Jew.

She knew if she got caught she would be in serious trouble.

If she was uncovered, Miriam may have been deported

like these three Jewish women on this plaque.

But Miriam may have had someone looking out for her.

Advocate George Ridgway lived with her during the occupation.

Richard Heaume believes they could have been

romantically involved, and that put the lawyer

As Solicitor-General in the island's States he was involved in passing

some of the very laws Miriam would have feared as a Jew.

He had to register them with the royal court before

the Jurats of the day, he was charged alone with presenting

the orders for registration by the Jurats so he had a bit

And when advocate Ridgway died in 1942 it was Miriam Jay

who was one of the lead mourners at his funeral.

Despite his death, she went on to survive the occupation

At her grave, Miriam's great nephew explains how he feels

Sadness that we will never know the true story, pride

I know that there were very few Jews that survived Guernsey,

that once they were discovered to be Jewish they were either packed off

And this story of survival is one that's resonated with the leader

of the Channel Island's small Jewish community.

I was actually proud to hear it, proud to hear that this

Advocate Ridgway by his own silence saved this woman's life,

and I think some recognition needs to be made of this shall we say

And if the connection between this Jewish woman

and a Guernsey lawyer is proven, I'm told efforts might be made

to have Advocate Ridgway honoured by the State of Israel.

If you've had to wear a few more layers recently or if you've had

to scrape ice off your car windscreen, you'll have

probably noticed it's been a bit frosty lately.

The gritters have been out in force to tackle the icy conditions,

and Luxmy Gopal joined the team early this morning.

MUSIC: Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

This is one of the teams out to battle against

Jersey's gritters have had a busy few days of making our roads safer.

We can get a call at any time, day or night, one of the managers

will say come in at 4, 5 o'clock, get the vehicles

ready, and we'll head straight out on the roads.

This morning, Jersey's roads weren't as icy as they have been recently.

But this is what they looked like a mere four years ago.

When we had the heavy snow a few years ago,

we were doing 12-hour shifts on and off, it got a bit

tiring but we did the job, so it's just one of them,

have a cup of coffee, get a nice thick coat on and off we go.

And if we get that snowfall again, Jersey is stocked up ready.

We use it through our winter months for de-icing,

for the frost which we have had recently in the past few days,

The infrastructure team has been reduced since the snow of 2013,

so if it happens again, other departments

But who knows if we will see those conditions again soon.

I've only ever seen that once before in my lifetime,

But, come snow or ice, day or night, Bob's team will be out

and about showing true grit in protecting the island's roads.

Friday evening's ferry sailing from St Malo to Jersey has been

cancelled and the sailings between the islands

and Poole rescheduled due to the weather forecast.

On its website Condor Ferries said the "wind speeds will be in excess

of operational limits for the Channel Islands and St Malo

areas" and with "changeable weather forecast and tidal limitations it'll

be necessary to delay" the Condor Liberation sailings to Poole.

Good evening. We have got cold and clear conditions are still with us

through tonight. As we go through tomorrow, the cloud will increase

and wickets and patchy rain. It does and wickets and patchy rain. It does

become less cold as we go through the day to tomorrow, but still some

brisk southeasterly winds with us tonight, bringing the colder air of

the continent. Use the weather front, pushing in from the west. As

that rain initially meets the colder air, they will be sleet for a time.

The rest of the day, there will be rain. The winds ease on Friday and

on Saturday we're looking at a brisk southwesterly winds developing.

There will be sunshine on Saturday with the risk of some showers and

the next weather system will bring some more cloud and rain on Sunday.

Tonight, we're looking at clear skies and easterly winds continue

and it will turn quite cold, they will be some ground frost locally as

temperatures drop down to two Celsius. A cold start on Friday,

some brightness initially, but it will cloud over. There might be

sleet at first but we are looking at outbreaks of rain for the rest of

the day. The wind is still quite strong at times, gradually easing as

we get to watch tomorrow evening. They will be some rain on and off

throughout the day tomorrow, but temperatures to reach a -- Celsius.

On Saturday, we're looking at them sunshine. The risk of some showers

through the day, reaching 10 Celsius on Saturday afternoon. By Sunday,

bringing some cloud and some bringing some cloud and some

outbreaks of rain. Still quite windy conditions through Sunday. The

breezy conditions continue through the start of next week as well.

Monday Dudley Dreier, but still quite cloudy. -- mandate does look

Dreier. That's your news this Thursday

evening, BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey will have bulletins

from 6:00 tomorrow morning and I'll weekend. It's swings and

roundabouts, higher temperatures but some rain as well.

Good evening. It's been dry so far this January but as it draws to a

close it looks like we will see some rain at last.