:00:12. > :00:16.You are now more likely to be prosecuted if you are caught
:00:17. > :00:23.using your mobile phone behind the wheel.
:00:24. > :00:29.You didn't kill someone really easily if you look at your mobile
:00:30. > :00:33.phone for just a couple of two seconds. I do not think it is that
:00:34. > :00:35.serious. Is should just receive a fine.
:00:36. > :00:38.Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.
:00:39. > :00:40.Also tonight, delays and cancelled operations.
:00:41. > :00:42.Staff shortages are having an impact at Guernsey's
:00:43. > :00:48.More people will be prosecuted in Jersey's courts for using
:00:49. > :00:53.The island's Attorney General has toughened up on offenders, by making
:00:54. > :00:56.the crime too serious to be dealt with at parish hall level.
:00:57. > :00:58.The move comes one month after Jersey Police released figures,
:00:59. > :00:59.showing prosecutions of drivers using mobiles
:01:00. > :01:28.was at its highest for four years. Emma Chambers reports.
:01:29. > :01:36.Hard-hitting adverts shown across the British Isles,
:01:37. > :01:39.to make people think twice about using a mobile phone whilst
:01:40. > :01:41.driving. Now Jersey's most senior prosecutor is taking a tough stance
:01:42. > :01:44.on how offenders will be dealt with, to get the message across.
:01:45. > :01:46.Historically, mobile phone offences have be heard
:01:47. > :01:48.by Jersey Honorary Police at parish hall level.
:01:49. > :01:50.But now, anyone using a mobile phone whilst driving heavy
:01:51. > :01:53.goods or hired vehicles, carrying passengers for money,
:01:54. > :01:55.involved in a collision or if you text, use the internet
:01:56. > :01:58.or make or send photographs while at the wheel,
:01:59. > :02:18.The Attorney General issued the new directive stating:
:02:19. > :02:32.A move supported by Jersey's Honorary Police.
:02:33. > :02:35.Deer are taking a much stronger stands to make it socially
:02:36. > :02:38.acceptable. Sometimes it is only when people go
:02:39. > :02:41.to court that they realise. Particularly if they drive
:02:42. > :02:42.for a living author picking children from school,
:02:43. > :02:45.it can have effects on their life if they disqualified from it.
:02:46. > :02:48.It have a huge impact. But do people in St Helier
:02:49. > :02:51.think these offences I think it should go straight
:02:52. > :03:07.to court and if the people go I don't, because there
:03:08. > :03:14.are 100 million other Yet, it is dangerous, but I
:03:15. > :03:24.definitely think it's too serious. A serious move that prosecutors hope
:03:25. > :03:26.will prevent people of taking Patients needing surgery in Guernsey
:03:27. > :03:47.are having to wait up to The Medical Specialist Group says
:03:48. > :03:51.it is waiting for a surgeon But as Mike Wilkins reports,
:03:52. > :03:55.it has meant extended injury time This man's desperate to play
:03:56. > :03:59.football for his island again. Guernsey FC defender Jack Domaille
:04:00. > :04:01.was injured in October. He was told four days before his
:04:02. > :04:04.surgery that he would have to wait for more than five months
:04:05. > :04:06.for his operation. I'd set my heart on head-on
:04:07. > :04:14.and was focused for, and Social media is full
:04:15. > :04:27.of people criticising This person, for example,
:04:28. > :04:31.claims her father was told to wait two months and soon had a heart
:04:32. > :04:40.attack requiring emergency surgery. The Medical Specialist Group
:04:41. > :04:59.says in a statement: Jack now won't be able to play
:05:00. > :05:01.until at least the start of the 2019-2020 season,
:05:02. > :05:15.but he says the delays have affected Memento were looking to buy host
:05:16. > :05:19.this year. That has been put on hold. And financially, it has been a
:05:20. > :05:23.bit of a struggle. Although the UK has a different
:05:24. > :05:25.health system, people now have to wait a maximum of 18 weeks
:05:26. > :05:28.for an operation. And for some people,
:05:29. > :05:30.like Jack in Guernsey, The family of the woman found dead
:05:31. > :05:36.in St Helier last week have paid tribute to "a loving mother,
:05:37. > :05:39.who will be deeply missed". Ana Rebelo was found
:05:40. > :05:41.strangled in a St Helier home No-one has yet been
:05:42. > :05:46.charged with her death. Today, in a statement,
:05:47. > :05:48.the 51-year-old's family said they continue to grieve
:05:49. > :05:51.and are working with the police They thanked islanders
:05:52. > :06:11.for their support, saying They have asked to be left in peace,
:06:12. > :06:14.while they try to come The future of dozens of Guernsey
:06:15. > :06:20.businesses is still uncertain, after permission to change the use
:06:21. > :06:23.of a former vinery site was denied. Applicants wanted to change the use
:06:24. > :06:26.of the Pulias Vinery, so it It was one of two sites earmarked
:06:27. > :06:32.by the States for businesses being moved from another former
:06:33. > :06:36.vinery site at the Fontaine. But this morning, the Planning
:06:37. > :06:38.Authority rejected the move, a decision described
:06:39. > :06:41.as a victory for common sense by those who did not
:06:42. > :06:43.want to see industrial David will have your weather
:06:44. > :06:57.forecast in a moment, but first, the UK Met Office today presented
:06:58. > :07:01.a gift to a family in Jersey to mark Mary Norman's family in St Brelade
:07:02. > :07:04.has been measuring rainfall on the same site since 1917
:07:05. > :07:07.and is one of the oldest private weather stations
:07:08. > :07:09.in the British Isles. Luxmy Gopal went along
:07:10. > :07:11.to find out more. It is a family tradition
:07:12. > :07:13.of a different kind. Nearly every day for the past
:07:14. > :07:15.century, Mary's family has It started with her grandfather,
:07:16. > :07:27.who needed to know rainfall trends for his farming.
:07:28. > :07:29.And it's continued since. Even when there's no rain to measure
:07:30. > :07:32.- as was the case today - Mary mocked this up for us
:07:33. > :07:37.as an example. While April showers may have been
:07:38. > :07:40.lacking, there was a showering of gifts from the UK Met Office
:07:41. > :07:43.to mark the milestone. Of the 2,500 sites that record
:07:44. > :07:45.rainfall across the UK and Channel Islands,
:07:46. > :07:47.few are run by private volunteers I didn't really give it
:07:48. > :07:54.too much thought. When we came here and I realised it
:07:55. > :07:58.will be 100 years in 2017, there was something in me that
:07:59. > :08:02.wanted to achieve that mark. Only because it would be
:08:03. > :08:04.statistically quite I think actually the interesting
:08:05. > :08:10.thing is that the mechanism for reading it has not changed
:08:11. > :08:13.in that hundred years. There's a lot of talk these days
:08:14. > :08:21.on climate and weather patterns, this has been going on for years
:08:22. > :08:27.in farming community. To get 100 years' worth of data
:08:28. > :08:30.from one site where you can spot the changes is invaluable
:08:31. > :08:37.from a scientific point of view. And Met Officers say Mary's way
:08:38. > :08:39.of rainfall-measuring will continue to be invaluable for
:08:40. > :08:41.recording weather patterns, You can also have a go at keeping
:08:42. > :08:50.an eye on the weather for us Become a weather watcher
:08:51. > :08:53.at bbc.co.uk/weatherwatchers. Talking of the weather,
:08:54. > :09:13.here is David. Good evening. Some good weather to
:09:14. > :09:26.look forward to for Easter weekend. We might see a bit of code on the
:09:27. > :09:29.lead up to it, however. Some beautiful pictures which you have
:09:30. > :09:38.been sending in. Some shoppers to start with tomorrow. Then, mostly
:09:39. > :09:45.dry, with some sunshine. The best of the sunshine in the afternoon. This
:09:46. > :09:54.is the front crossing hours this afternoon. That's a pleasure will
:09:55. > :10:02.still be around come the weekend, but may weaken slightly unfriendly.
:10:03. > :10:12.Every time we get to Saturday, things are improving. Overnight
:10:13. > :10:25.temperatures, a minimum of nine Celsius. A rather cloudy start
:10:26. > :10:29.tomorrow. Isolated showers, which would that should disappear by the
:10:30. > :10:38.afternoon. Maximum temperatures of 15 Celsius. I mentioned it mainly
:10:39. > :10:45.rather cloudy on Friday. More persistent rain later in the day.
:10:46. > :10:48.But things bringing up on Saturday and Sunday, with a lot of great
:10:49. > :10:56.spills. It should also speed drive. That is your news this
:10:57. > :10:57.Wednesday evening. BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey
:10:58. > :11:05.will have bulletins from six Brighter on Saturday but cloud again
:11:06. > :11:10.on Sunday. Here is Tomasz. Good evening.
:11:11. > :11:18.The weather in the run-up to Christmas... Easter! I got ahead of
:11:19. > :11:25.myself there! It isn't looking especially great, nor is it looking
:11:26. > :11:28.all that sunny. It will be changeable, it's been changeable
:11:29. > :11:33.today. You can see cloud streaming out of the north-west of the
:11:34. > :11:39.country. You can see some showers getting into north western parts of
:11:40. > :11:43.the UK, but eastern areas will remain pretty clear tonight, so here
:11:44. > :11:46.we have some frost on the way first thing, ground frost, nothing more,
:11:47. > :11:52.and it will be gone by the time the sun is up. First thing in the
:11:53. > :11:55.morning, some sunshine around across one or two parts of the east here.
:11:56. > :11:56.Western areas