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Welcome to BBC Channel Islands, we are live at Island Games been Isle | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
of Wight where there is only one story in town, Rhodes football team | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
are banned from ugly and violent behaviour in its match against | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
Jersey. And back here, the pilots who say that Jersey's new air- | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
traffic control system is unfit for purpose. | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
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Why students like Jack could have Good evening, you join me at the | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
thick of club on Isle of Wight where does behind the Jersey's that | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
all players are warming up for their final group game against | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
Queensland. They are already through to the semi-finals of the | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
competition, so tonight's match could almost be described as a | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
friendly. Last night's game against Rhodes was anything but. Rhodes | :01:06. | :01:12. | |
players clashed with Jessie players, match officials and fans after the | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
final whistle was blown. Two Rhodes players were sent off and eight | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
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Images which once again have brought shame on Rhodes football | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
players. The Greek players goaded their Jersey opponents as the took | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
the lead and then the saw two players sent off, the second time | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
in two days that Rhodes were reduced to to nine men by referees. | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
It was the behaviour after the final whistle that appalled many. | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
Today, they aftermath is the meeting with executives of where | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
Rhodes were thrown out and banned for the next two games. They head | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
of their roads Island Games had little defence for his disgraced | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
squad. It does not have to do with it just the game yesterday but the | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
whole history. When we started to compete in 99, we had problems even | :02:18. | :02:28. | |
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then. I think at least it was fear. For Jersey's team boss, relief at | :02:29. | :02:39. | |
what amounts to bat six-year ban. cannot lie, it is a big relief. We | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
will meet again, or we would have met again. A couple of years to | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
defuse the situation is good. Rhodes that -- football players | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
have a bad reputation. They have been banned from games in 2005 and | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
2003. Now that Island Games community are looking again at | :03:01. | :03:09. | |
their Rhodes side who have brought the Friendly Games into disrepute. | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
I am joined now by the President of the Jersey Football Association. Do | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
you want to talk me through what you made of Rhodes team behaviour | :03:19. | :03:27. | |
last night? There was against the ethos of Island Games. I think that | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
is why decisions bait and imported were taking in the light of that. | :03:31. | :03:37. | |
In all my years of football, even at professional level, I have not | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
seen behaviour that went on the bounce of what we witnessed last | :03:40. | :03:47. | |
night. One player has been banned indefinitely. The team is out of | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
this competition. It is a hard punishment at the harshest ever | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
dished out. You think it is fair? think it speaks for itself. They | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
had to be under consideration of a ban and I think in terms of their | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
Island Games Executive upholding the ethos of the game and in favour | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
of football, this is not a football issue, it was one particular island. | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
I think the decisions made were very swift and I think it is fear. | :04:20. | :04:25. | |
Do think there might be some difficulties that players that play | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
in different cultures where there might be a more raucous atmosphere. | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
You think women should make concessions? We play around the | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
world but we fully under international rules and the players | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
know what they are doing. They cannot use culture as that. They | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
understand the laws of the game and respect, when it comes down to | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
incidents such as spitting, there is no language or country in which | :04:51. | :04:57. | |
spitting and that sort of behaviour is acceptable at any level. Is it | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
going to puts jersey of their game? How were the players? They are fine, | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
they have moved on. It is not a Jersey situation. We did not make a | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
complaint and were not planning to, actions spoke for themselves. The | :05:11. | :05:16. | |
players are here and are focused on the game tonight and on the semi- | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
final. It has not affected them and no-one was hurt or anything, we | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
have not suffered and we won the game and are in the semi-finals. We | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
can now have a strong team tonight. The team are focused on the game. | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
Thank you very much. Best of luck for Josie tonight. I will have more | :05:38. | :05:48. | |
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from island games later on in the Thank you. Good evening. Fewer | :05:49. | :05:55. | |
pilots will come to Jersey because of that island's new multi-million- | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
pound air-traffic control system, that is the message from the | :05:58. | :06:01. | |
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. They described it as | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
unfit for purpose and said they will fly elsewhere. | :06:06. | :06:13. | |
Keeping watch over our skies 365 days a year. It cost over �11 | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
million to make, stands 39 metres hope top and can handle up to 700 | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
aircraft. Now, as we approach peak season, new traffic control | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
measures have been introduced. It means aeroplanes like these will | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
have to file their flight plans in advance. Some aircraft owners say | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
restrictions will be bad for business. It is series the going to | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
affect all the three islands because people will not come to | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
this. They do not need to, they can go to France or wherever they want | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
to fly. Pilots will need to register their mood bid on a | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
website or by telephoning air- traffic control. They airport | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
operations manager says the reason is simple. We need to prove we can | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
handle the traffic safely throughout the summer. Once that is | :07:03. | :07:09. | |
proved, and we all know that everybody is comfortable, a traffic | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
can be a handles, then this will go. It is that minor issue. According | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
to Mr Strasser, there has been a strip -- drop in flight numbers | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
over the years and the system should be able to cope with the new | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
rules. We do not need it, we can update it old system so that it can | :07:30. | :07:36. | |
cope with the traffic. The prior permission scheme will last for | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
three months up to the end of September. | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
A 21 mailman has been remanded in custody by Guernsey's magistrates | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
in connection with an alleged stabbing. Francisco da Silva, | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
originally from Venezuela but now living in St Peter Port, is charged | :07:54. | :07:58. | |
with indecent assault and unlawful wounding with intent to cause | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
grievous bodily harm. The charges follow an attack on a 20-year-old | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
man here at the junction of Doyle Road and the Grange early on Sunday | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
morning. Parents in Guernsey do not know how | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
much they will end up paying to send their children to university | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
next year. Government bosses say they do not know how much they will | :08:18. | :08:25. | |
be able to fund students. Jack wants to study medicine at | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
University next year, but at the moment he does not know if his | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
dreams are out of reach. I am currently going to open days and | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
clicking around universities and filling out application form. This | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
is happening right now and I have no idea what the situation will be | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
next year. It is quite difficult for me to make a decision. Jack's | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
equations are academic. His father will have to do the difficult maths. | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
With no guarantee from the state of the the level of funding for pupils | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
next year, he is in the dark as to whether he will be able to afford | :08:59. | :09:07. | |
to send his son. People have got to apply by 15th October. I think the | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
consultant document goes back to the state in November. By then, | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
everybody will have to apply for the courses that they do not know | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
whether they can afford. There was good news for students with places | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
at UK universities in September. Guernsey students are having their | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
fees cut by 5%. Education Minister Carol Steere says she cannot yet | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
guarantee how much funding they will give to students in 2012. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
hope to not have to ask the state for a greater funding. If we can | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
keep it at the same level then that would be fantastic. Here is hoping | :09:41. | :09:49. | |
we can. With course fees likely to be in excess of �30,000 for five | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
years tuition, Arthur is worried that if the cost goes up by the | :09:52. | :10:01. | |
time his son starts, the expense would be difficult to digest. | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
Still to come, the weather with David. That is out from ours in the | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
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studio. Now I will hand you back to Well come back to a rather windy | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
isle of Wight. We are still at the through ball park waiting for | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
Jersey's match against green land. Elsewhere in the Games, initiating | :10:28. | :10:37. | |
today brought called for Jersey's vet in shooters. The peer of a | :10:37. | :10:43. | |
veteran medallists one again. The dedicated used to this. Back to the | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
track last night and we had gold stars and below-par four hour | :10:47. | :10:57. | |
Records have been tumbling at Island Games as Channel Island | :10:57. | :11:07. | |
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athletes are out to impress. Recently I felt I have had it in my | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
legs and I am all for the moon to be able to produce it on the track. | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
Jessie was not to be out done on the record front with their shot | :11:18. | :11:28. | |
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putt when. -- jersey. For some, records were far from their mind. | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
Michael Doyle is stark's only athlete. The lads all looked a lot | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
younger than me. It is time I hung up my spikes. There is still plenty | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
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of action left at their island -- A veteran athlete hanging up his | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
spikes at the age of 43. The beauty of the Island Games is that there | :12:00. | :12:08. | |
is always space for newcomers, as Mike Wilkins reports. | :12:08. | :12:15. | |
I am looking forward to it! I am a bit apprehensive, but am looking | :12:15. | :12:24. | |
forward to it and I am feeling is steady and camp. Having picked up a | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
shotgun at their end of September, Helen is now the only person from | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
Alderney competing in the clay pigeon shooting. Even before she | :12:31. | :12:38. | |
fired a shot, she had won herself a fan. I am so proud of her as that | :12:38. | :12:45. | |
police shooter to come here, with no other team members, I am so | :12:45. | :12:52. | |
impressed. It is she nerve-racking to come to a male dominated sport. | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
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Oh, sorry! Today was very much a learning experience for Helen who | :13:05. | :13:15. | |
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was taking on plenty of other hot Helen, they create pigeon bulk just | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
eight weeks ago, so it is no surprise she did not finish on the | :13:24. | :13:32. | |
podium this time. It has been really good fun, I love it. It is | :13:32. | :13:35. | |
not all about winning but about been here and learning from | :13:35. | :13:42. | |
everybody else. Just taking part. Everybody is so friendly. Helen now | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
knows what she is up against. For this low shooter, she has had a | :13:47. | :13:57. | |
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And back to football now, we have heard about controversy on the | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
picture regarding Jersey's match with Rhodes last night, but things | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
are looking much better off the pitch, especially for chairs the | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
ladies. Travel issues are marring their competition so far, but as | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
Emma Chambers reports, that will not spoil one players special day. | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
Let us go! Piling themselves into a hired many glass and two cars to | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
get to their match today, transport here has been less than ideal for | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
that football teams. They have had to walk, get a train, and sure | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
coaches. It is not just a Jersey that had the problem, all the | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
violence did. It is not the Association of each Islands fault, | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
it is the lack of available transportation which should have | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
been thought of in advance. We want the players to go to their games | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
focused and relaxed. Not having had to walk for transportation, get on | :15:00. | :15:07. | |
a train, walk to the ground, it is not ideal preparation before a game. | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
For one of the ladies, nothing was boil a her day. It is Ashley's 18th | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
birthday and she says she would not rather be anywhere else to | :15:15. | :15:21. | |
celebrate it. Bit different from being at home. This is a fantastic | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
crowd and they have made it a fantastic day and definitely one to | :15:25. | :15:32. | |
remember. A 2-2 draw against the Isle of Wight may not have been | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
what she wished for a but she will be celebrating tonight. The | :15:38. | :15:48. | |
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transport dilemma will be waiting As the third day of competition | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
here in island games and use its close, Guernsey are still | :15:53. | :16:00. | |
dominating the medals table. At last count they had 15 gold medals. | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
Five or six of those were earned a last night. Two swimming golds by | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
14-year-old Christina Ned's. Guernsey's need his rival is the | :16:10. | :16:16. | |
Isle of Wight on nine. Jersey on his seven goals, that is said the | :16:16. | :16:25. | |
medals are looking. Let us look at Lot of fine weather to look forward | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
to row for the next few days. We might see some sharp showers and a | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
flash of lightning in the distance looking east. The lion's share of | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
their heavier showers are moving away. High pressure comes in behind | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
it. By lunchtime on Thursday is is across the western end of the | :16:46. | :16:52. | |
Channel, northern France and the Channel Islands. It is not overly | :16:52. | :17:01. | |
warm. Overnight tonight there is a possibility of the odd downpour or. | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
Winds will become north-westerly and a minimum temperatures of 12 | :17:04. | :17:11. | |
degrees. Tomorrow they should be some dry, fine weather. There will | :17:11. | :17:19. | |
be strong sunshine. There will be a Prescott, north-westerly games -- | :17:19. | :17:27. | |
wind. There should be some fine weather for the Games. The times of | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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Finally, Island Games, it looks good for tomorrow. We should have | :17:40. | :17:46. | |
some light show was dotted around, sunny spells and temperatures of 80 | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
degrees. For the rest of the week and weekend, it is dry on Thursday | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
with north-west winds. Friday and Saturday will be dry both days. The | :17:56. | :17:59. | |
winds change direction and eventually we will see the | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
temperatures pick up a bit. It will take its time and will be cool in | :18:04. | :18:14. | |
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the night-time. I will have more And that is just about all we have | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
got time for from island games on the Isle of Wight. Do join us | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
tomorrow at 6:30pm on BBC One for more action from the Games. We will | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
have highlights from the athletics, hopefully some more football, | :18:37. | :18:41. |