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Good evening and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Friday's | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
headlines: The sound of enervation - Guernsey trials breakthrough | :00:14. | :00:21. | |
technology to help babies' hearing. Also tonight, going for gold - a | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
day in the life of Jersey's special gymnasts. | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
As and stay tuned to find out why I am standing high above a quarry in | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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Guernsey. Good evening. Guernsey is one of | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
the first places to benefit from break through equipment which will | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
allow deafness in children to be detected earlier. The machine picks | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
up the brain's responses to sound and can be used on babies as young | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
as one day old. The actual receiving centre is | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
getting the signals as well so it is like a double check. That is | :01:03. | :01:10. | |
good. Sarah's son, John, is one of the first babies to benefit from | :01:10. | :01:17. | |
new equipment. Born prematurely, he is more at risk of being born deaf. | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
He had his first hearing test at just two days old. Without the new | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
piece of kit it would not have been possible. It is always stressful | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
when you have a baby, regardless, because you want them to be as | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
perfect as you hope, 10 fingers and 10 toes. You are worried about | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
every aspect. To have a hearing test and a positive result from | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
that is fantastic. It is such a relief, one less thing to worry | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
about. It takes a lot of weight off your already worried mind. | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
machine works by sending a click into be in my ear to make sure it | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
is working. Electrodes pick up brainwaves to see how the brain is | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
responding to it. It works quickly. Jane is an audiologist and tests 60 | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
babies the year. She can detect problems in the hospital which | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
means they are picked up sooner. Hearing loss can hinder a child's | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
development. If you have a hearing problem as a baby, your speech may | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
not develop well and your quality of life can be impacted. If you | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
cannot hear your parents, your siblings and what is going on | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
around you. Guernsey is one of the first places to get this equipment | :02:32. | :02:39. | |
and cost �7,000. It was paid for by a local charity. At the grand old | :02:39. | :02:43. | |
age of five weeks old, John is doing well and gaining weight. His | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
hearing is one less thing for his mother to worry about. | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
A sex offenders' register could soon be introduced in Guernsey. In | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
plans released today, the Home Department says there is a need to | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
modernise and reform sex offences laws, some of which date back 100 | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
years. Proposals include a system to record sex offenders and | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
produced -- reduce risks too vulnerable people. | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
Guernsey's next election will be on 18th April next year, if plans are | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
approved. There was an attempt to move the vote was Saturday but 10 | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
out of 12 of the island's Douzaines were opposed. | :03:24. | :03:33. | |
Inflation is expected to go up to more than 5% in Joseph. -- Jersey. | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
There is a warning that Jersey's economy could suffer if people ask | :03:38. | :03:41. | |
for pay rises in line with the predicted rise. | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
UK government is threatening a crackdown on people who live in the | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
Channel Islands for tax reasons. They want to introduce a test for | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
so-called "non doms". They are launching two consultations. Tax | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
bosses here say it does not necessarily mean bad news for the | :03:56. | :04:03. | |
Channel Islands. The second consultation which applies to | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
resident none domiciled people in the UK, applies to companies. The | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
consultation, if adopted, will provide the opportunity for funds | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
for investment to be made back into the UK. This will lead to more | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
transactions for these companies. The Royal Yacht Hotel in jerseys as | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
a reason breach of security was not within the hotel, nor was it in | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
anyway due to have -- hotel staff or procedures. Lastly, the phone | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
lines were re-directed to a mobile phone in the UK. The hotel so they | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
have contacted all the people who called during that time and give | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
them a chance to check their bank accounts and cancel credit cards if | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
necessary. The Special Olympics world summer | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
games for athletes with learning difficulties will get under way in | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
Greece next week and three athletes from Jersey will be among those in | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
Team GB. We spent the day with one of them, 18-year-old Alex Buesnel | :05:02. | :05:10. | |
to see how he copes balancing sport with the rest of his teenage life. | :05:10. | :05:18. | |
By day, he is a college student. What did you think was good? | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
research some information on the website. Alex Buesnel has learning | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
difficulties but that does not stop him studying hard in the field that | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
is his passion. Sport. In these lessons that Highlands College, he | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
is gaining qualifications which he hopes will lead to a coaching | :05:36. | :05:44. | |
career. I want to become a coach assistant and I need to get some | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
qualifications to become one and when in the next year, I might find | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
employment. After college, any normal student would go home, but | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
not Alex. By night, this gymnast is training hard for one of the | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
biggest events of his life - the Special Olympics world summer games. | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
I have been training for the last seven years but this will be my | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
first time this year to complete -- compete in the World Games. I | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
really cannot wait. It makes me feel I am a hero. This session is | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
one of four a week, a massive 12 hours of sport. Alex is not the | :06:22. | :06:29. | |
only one training hard. Two of his fellow gymnasts are also off to | :06:29. | :06:36. | |
Greece to show their talent. Very proud. I think it is a credit to | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
the club, it is a credit or the other gymnasts who are working | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
incredibly hard. They could have gone and they would have done | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
equally well. But these three were chosen. They are the three who are | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
going this time. For Alex, the long day is finally over. As his dad, | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
Gary, picks him up to head home. While it might be training -- | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
tiring balancing work and training, it is his passion which drives him | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
and his passion which he hopes will win him gold. | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
Best of luck to Alex. We will let you know how he gets on. | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
And other international sports event with Channel Islands | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
connections is the Island Games. It has been confirmed that Lord Coe | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
will open the competition in the Isle of Wight next Saturday. Seb | :07:24. | :07:31. | |
Coe is chairman of the London 2012 Olympics. We will be there and BBC | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
Channel Islands will have full coverage of the games on TV, on | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
radio and online. Now it is time for our Free Friday | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
feature where we showcase things to do in the Channel Islands which | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
cost very little or are free. We have sent Edward Sault to a quarry. | :07:49. | :07:55. | |
Not because we do not like him, but way you can gain a rare insult into | :07:55. | :08:01. | |
-- rare insight into Guernsey's Ronez quarry quarry. You can play | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
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with diggers and guess the weight It is not every day you get sent to | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
a quarry in this job, but today I have put my hard hat on and my | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
high-visibility jacket and this weekend it you can also have a look | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
round Ronez quarry. Tell me why you are having the open day this year. | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
A basically, we want to show people what we are doing. We ran a similar | :08:34. | :08:38. | |
thing five years ago. It was way beyond our expectations, the number | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
of people who attended. It is the 50th anniversary of having a | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
presence in Guernsey. What can people do this weekend? There is a | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
whole host of things. The main thing is to concentrate on the | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
quarry. We will have tours which will take you round the whole | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
operation and explain the various aspects of what we are doing. The | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
quarry will be working at that time. Everything will be running. There | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
will be a static display of vehicles, dump trucks and loaders | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
which people can get up close to and get inside and have a good look. | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
There will be a host of other things for the kids to did, things | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
like face painting and other competitions and guess the weight | :09:22. | :09:28. | |
of the bolder. Various aspect. It is an all-round family day out. | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
was completely struck by the size of the quarry. It is huge. How will | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
you convince people to spend the day at a quarry because it may not | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
be at the top of everyone's weekend to do list. We were amazed at the | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
interest shown last time. I'm sure we will get people coming back who | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
were here last time. There were definitely people who were | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
disappointed they did not get the opportunity. So it is a case of | :09:53. | :10:01. | |
miss out -- miss it, miss out? Absolutely. You can come down until | :10:01. | :10:07. | |
5 o'clock tomorrow. Thanks to high winds on the way, | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
the entire island race is postponed and tomorrow it is the round Jersey | :10:11. | :10:21. | |
walked so let's get the weather Good evening. We have a blustery | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
night to come tonight. Further showers are possible through the | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
day tomorrow, one or two could be quite heavy. The trend into the | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
second half of the weekend is for things to quieten down. This area | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
of low pressure and this weather front is moving away from us | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
overnight tonight. That will improve things. We keep a strong | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
westerly breeze. A line of showers will come around the middle of the | :10:45. | :10:52. | |
day tomorrow. Once that goes out of the way, we see a ridge of high | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
pressure and Monday is a mainly in fine story. Overnight tonight, we | :10:57. | :11:04. | |
continue with some sharp showers. Blustery conditions as well. 11 or | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
12 degrees, the minimum temperature. A scattering of showers through the | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
day tomorrow. They do become more isolated in the afternoon. They | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
will fade away by the end of the day. Perhaps some late sunshine. It | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
will also feel quite chilly because of that brisk, occasionally strong | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
to gale-force south-westerly breeze. If you are heading for the round | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
Ireland Walk, take your waterproof. There will be no heat wave -- round | :11:35. | :11:45. | |
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Sunday will be a bright, dry des. Decent spells of sunshine. Monday, | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
the wet weather returns. It becomes windy again. Tuesday it is all | :12:06. | :12:15. | |
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In around seven hours time, hundreds of walkers, me included, | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
will be getting up hideously early to walk 48 miles around Jersey. We | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
will not be the only ones getting up early. Simon Jupp and Murray | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
Norton will be broadcasting on BBC Radio Jersey from 2:30am keeping | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
you up to date with the round Ireland walk every step of the way. | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
There are thousands of people taking part in this walk from 3 | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
o'clock in the morning which is incredible. We will be live | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
capturing the spirit of the event. Murray Norton will be following | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
walkers a boss freed progress. We will be playing music to keep you | :12:59. | :13:06. |