23/11/2017 Channel Islands News


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A new partnership

and new local crew -

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the RNLI says lifeboats will be

back in St Helier next month.

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We will start training with our

colleagues in the Fire and Rescue

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Service on Thursday and other

volunteers to look at bringing that

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service back up as quick as we can.

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Good evening and welcome

to the late news

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from BBC Channel Islands.

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Also tonight, a funding U-turn,

as cuts to Guernsey's arts

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and sports events are cancelled.

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And this is where the air is coming

from on Saturday. The weekend sees

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much lower temperatures and the risk

of frost as well as rain tonight as

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well as early tomorrow.

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Jersey's only all-weather lifeboat

will be back in the island

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by the end of the year,

and the St Helier inshore lifeboat

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should be ready to respond

to emergencies next month.

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It's because the RNLI has announced

a partnership with Jersey's Fire

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and Rescue Service, and says

volunteers are coming

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forward for a new crew.

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Emma Chambers reports.

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A shocking scene as Jersey's only

all-weather lifeboat is withdrawn

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from service last Friday,

the end of the RNLI's relationship

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with this St Helier lifeboat crew.

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Seven days on, the doors

of the station may still be locked,

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but not for much longer.

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We weren't sure at the end of last

week what support we would get

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for the return of the service

and actually we've been really

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encouraged by the number of people

who've come forward,

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shown support for the RNLI and said

they would like to be part

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of a crew going forward.

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So we are now looking at bringing

the all-weather boat

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the George Sullivan back

to the island at the end

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of the year for training.

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And they say St Helier's inshore

lifeboat will be ready

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for action next month,

due to a new partnership

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with the Fire Service.

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But this has been described

as a premature move by the crew

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at the heart of the dispute.

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We are actually setting up today

a petition for an independent

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inquiry into what's gone

on and I think until that's done

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the RNLI should not be bringing

the boat back into St Helier,

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because will they treat

the crew the same as they've

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treated the present crew.

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They're volunteers and this has

caused so much stress and distress

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to the families and the crew and it

needs to be resolved.

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The former St Helier crew

are launching their own independent

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rescue service, but it's unknown

if it will raise enough money

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for their own lifeboat,

and with the George Sullivan out

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of action until the new RNLI crew

is trained, Jersey's

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still without its own all-weather

lifeboat.

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The harbour master has a complete

list of everybody he can

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call on if he needs too,

but we can't get away from the top

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priority which is to return

lifeboats to St Helier to be used

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by the harbour master,

by the coastguard if they're needed.

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And that's what I'm working

on with Government making sure,

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whoever it is, let's get a lifeboat,

a proper lifeboat, a properly

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trained crew, proper kit,

let's get it signed off

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by the harbour master

and let's get to work.

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But that work can only happen

with islanders' support.

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And after a very public dispute

that's divided opinion and possibly

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damaged reputations,

will islanders back the RNLI

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or the former St Helier Crew?

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Emma Chambers,

BBC Channel Islands News.

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Deputy Peter Ferbrache has

resigned as the President

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of Guernsey's Committee for Economic

Development.

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It is because of what he calls a

perceived conflict of interest. He

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will stay on as aim deputy and a new

head of economic development will be

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appointed next month. You can get

the full story on BBC radio Guernsey

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after 7am tomorrow morning.

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Well, Guernsey's Committee

for Economic Development met

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without a president today,

and announced a U-turn

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on a proposed cut in funding

for sports and arts events.

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Several event organisers had warned

they couldn't go ahead

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without the States funding.

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I asked David Harry

from the Guernsey Sports Commission

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if he was relieved.

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Very much so.

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It came as a huge surprise

when it was taken away without any

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justification that we could see.

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To have it restored now is good

news for Guernsey sport

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and the arts commission as well.

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This U-turn in a short time,

it has messed people around

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Economic development wants

to see sports and the arts

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bring people to Guernsey,

it is economically beneficial,

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how do you prove that?

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I think it is evidenced by the huge

outcry over the last ten days

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and the support that sports and arts

have received has been great.

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I am grateful.

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I think we have to work

with Economic Development

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and the tourism part to make sure

they know what value

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there is to Guernsey

of the grants they pay to us.

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How do you describe the relationship

between the sports and arts

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communities and

Economic Development?

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A lot better now than it

was about one hour ago

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when we went into the meeting.

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I think that the committee

realised they had made

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a mistake in what they did.

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They apologised for that

and they were clearly happy

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to accept that apology.

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Going forward I think we must be

positive and see what we can do

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to make things better

for the future.

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So good news

for Guernsey's sports and arts

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groups, but still no news

on the future of public

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funding for Alderney's air

link to Southampton.

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The Economic Development Committee

says its waiting for more

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consultation responses before it can

make a recommendation

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about whether it's a lifeline route.

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Plans have been approved

for 165 new homes

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in the North of St Helier.

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Andium Homes wants to build five

apartment blocks, four retail units

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and underground parking.

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Two listed buildings and Toddy's Bar

will be demolished under the plans.

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Weak decision-making led

to additional costs and delays -

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Jersey's auditor's findings

about the planning

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of the new hospital.

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She reviewed the process up

to February last year,

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when People's Park was dropped

as a potential site.

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Jen Smith reports.

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This project will cost Jersey

proportionatly the equivalent

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of what the multi-billion-pound

high-speed train will cost the UK,

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so every decision counts.

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Jersey's Auditor General says

the delays in decision making have

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added to the expense,

one of a number of issues

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the report's highlighted.

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The man in charge of scrutinising

how public money is spent says

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the findings are alarming.

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The delays have certainly resulted

in costs, the failure to supply

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reliable information has resulted

in the consultants having to get

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that information themselves,

and decisions have been aborted

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because information was not correct.

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Which might help explain how around

£17 million of public money had been

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spent by February 2016.

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Originally the new hospital had

a £250 million price tag.

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This is now around 466 million.

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Jersey's Health Minister

doesn't accept the costs

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could have been smaller.

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I think the way I read

what the Comptroller

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and Auditor General was saying

is that decisions took longer

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than they should have done

because she's rightly looking at it

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purely in a business sense.

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If you overlay the political aspects

that we have to work in,

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it becomes much more complicated.

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And it's right that she doesn't

comment on that, but it is a fact

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that a project can tick

all the right boxes but be

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politically undeliverable.

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The report author has made

several recommendations,

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which the Minister says

he's now following.

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But that won't help reduce money

already spent or time wasted.

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And Jen joined me earlier to explain

the other criticisms in the report.

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There is a lot in a 42-page

report, and there are

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a few standout phrases.

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The comptroller and auditor general

mentions that when looking at sites

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the team did it without "effective

input from clinicians",

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so they didn't talk to experts,

the people who can tell them

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what a hospital needs to work.

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The report also mentions

there were too many people involved,

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"smaller political oversight"

was needed, which did

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eventually happen.

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And the report mentions other sites

that were in the running for the

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hospital?

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And interestingly it

brings up the waterfront.

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It reminds us that the site

of the new car park by the Radisson

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topped the list for the new hospital

initially, followed closely

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by the Esplanade car park.

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But after concerns were raised

about where the Finance Centre

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would go the Esplanade car park

was dropped from the list.

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Jersey's Health Minister did

acknowledge expert advice should

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have been listened to earlier,

and the terms of reference

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for the Future Hospital project

needed to be established

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from the start.

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Now let's take a look

at the weather.

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Hello and good evening.

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We have got some wet

weather coming our way.

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Once

weather coming our way.

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Once the

weather coming our way.

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Once the rain

weather coming our way.

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Once the rain clears

weather coming our way.

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Once the rain clears colder

weather coming our way.

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Once the rain clears colder weather

weather coming our way.

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Once the rain clears colder weather

on the way. A real taste of winter

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moving from Friday into the weekend.

Tomorrow is cloudy with rain in the

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morning. Showery in the afternoon

and feeling colder but there will be

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lighter winds than today. Winds pick

up again into the weekend. A lot of

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the next few days happening, between

weather systems at the moment. This

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lump of cloud is approaching the

western end of the English Channel,

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an area of low pressure which will

move through the English Channel

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overnight and give us heavy rain at

times. Once that gets through,

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another area of low pressure comes

behind it. We are expecting to keep

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a lot of cloud for much of tomorrow,

capable of producing some rainy

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outbreaks. This is the boundary

between the mild error across parts

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of Spain and Portugal and southern

France and the cold air on this side

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of it, and with these north-west

winds are developing, it will feel

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quite chilly through the weekend,

with some low-temperature is. They

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can temperatures are low and the

risk of night-time temperatures

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close to freezing. The risk of a

prosper developing, especially on

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the Saturday night and into Sunday

morning. Wet weather for a time for

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the

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rest of the night, and then the rain

eases for a bit but comes back

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towards dawn tomorrow morning,

temperatures down to eight Celsius,

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and tomorrow a cloudy day. I baked

the rain through the morning and a

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bit brighter in the afternoon. The

main area of rain begins to pull

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away but it takes its time and

showers will follow. Less windy than

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it has been recently and feeling on

the cold side at nine or 10 Celsius

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the top temperature. Colder on

Saturday with a brisk north-west

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wind. They called start on Saturday

morning with some showers, fine but

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called on Sunday, and more wet

weather and less cold on Monday.

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Have a good night.

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That's the late news and weather

from the Channel Islands.

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The national forecast is next,

but from me, goodnight.

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