27/07/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


27/07/2011

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Good evening, and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Here

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are our news headlines this Wednesday. Assault on a five year

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old in woods, Jersey police investigate reports of an attack by

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two males. Plus, why Jersey has some of the highest pre-tax fuel

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prices in Europe. And the knitting nannies from Guernsey who are

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Police are investigating claims that a five-year-old boy has been

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assaulted in woods near a park in Jersey. It is believed he was

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attacked by two older males in broad daylight in Grand Vaux.

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Anisha Shah reports. It's a popular spot close to a

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housing estate and a children's playground. But at five o'clock

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yesterday afternoon, it's believed a young boy was attacked here by

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two older males. Police say a five- year-old boy was playing in this

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area when he was assaulted. It is not clear whether the assault was

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of a sexual nature. Parents expressed their concerns. I was

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rather shocked, because I have only just heard it. Especially as my son

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is only five. It could have been my son at the end of the day. I think

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it is pretty scary. We have had to give our children by Our Science

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and not let them go anywhere alone. It is very frightening. Mike two

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were playing with the other kids at the time it happened. We will not

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let them out of our side. Extra police were today patrolling the

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area. The message to parents is to know where your children are.

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important that you know where your children are, that they have

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appropriate support and care while they are away from you. In order to

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reassure people, we have deployed extra resources. Police have

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started the delicate task of interviewing the victim. They're

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appealing to anyone with information to come forward. Jersey

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has some of the highest pre-tax fuel prices in Europe, according to

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a survey. The competition watchdog investigated petrol and diesel

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costs and found Jersey drivers pay more per litre than in the UK. But

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as Edward Sault now reports, garage Topping up the tank, it's something

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all motorists have to do, and now it's costing 14p more per litre

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than in the UK to fill up the car, partly due to our fuel being

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imported. But lower taxes here actually mean the price at the pump

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is cheaper. So how is it all worked out? Interns of the price that we

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actually pay, we have quite good value from that point of view.

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However, once-raced about taxes and duty, the underlying price is quite

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high. -- once we stripped out. small garages like Elvis Romeril's

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may have to charge more because of higher overheads. I have got to pay

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wages, rents, social security, insurance, everything else for

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maintenance on the forecourt. Very often the bigger fuel companies are

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selling fuel for less than what I buy it for from my supplier.

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price of fuel was revealed in today's survey by the Jersey

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Competition Regulatory Authority. It also says some petrol stations

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aren't displaying the cost of fuel clearly enough and want this

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changed. But that might be easier than driving down the cost of fuel.

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Sub-contractors working on a Jersey housing estate will continue

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working despite the company in charge going out of business.

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Charles Le Quesne Limited went into voluntary liquidation last week. It

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had won a �4m contract to refurbish Clos Gossett in St Saviour, and

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there was concern work could cease and sub-contractors working there

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wouldn't get paid. But the Housing Minister, Deputy Andrew Green, says

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a deal has been agreed to pay sub- contractors for the work they're

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doing and to continue with the project.

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Guernsey residents won't be able to opt out of paying towards the

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upkeep of the island's parish churches. The idea has been ruled

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out in a review of the way the buildings are funded, although the

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committee in charge is warning change is inevitable. Penny

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Elderfield has this report. Different buildings, different

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locations and different congregations.

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But Guernsey's ten parish churches do share one thing, the way they

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are funded. Currently the costs of maintaining them, and the parish

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rectories, is covered by the parish rates, but now we're being told

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that could change to reflect the fact society has changed. It is a

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case of concentrating on the ancient parish buildings, which we

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feel should be continued to be supported. But some question marks

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over whether any part of the religious activity can be supported

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by the general public. We don't know yet how the funding of the

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churches will change, the town church being just one of them. But

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we do know what won't happen. The committee looking at this has ruled

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out a system which would let people opt out of paying. Good news for

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the churches, but the future is still uncertain. But people like

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the Dean of Guernsey are hoping the States will focus on the historical

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importance of the building,and their beauty. I think you could

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make a very strong argument for the fact that the rates actually

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maintained the historic heritage of the island. None of the rates go

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for religious purposes. All the religious purposes of the buildings

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are supplied by the Church. Whilst regular church goers and visitors

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may make the most of the island's churches, there will still be those

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that argue if they don't use it, why should they pay for it?

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special maiden voyage will be taking place later this month over

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the bailiwick of Guernsey. Enthusiasts from Guernsey's model

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club will be flying a plane to Herm to raise money for charity and mark

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a landmark anniversary. Mike Wilkins reports.

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It's only 30 centimetres tall, but this small plane is attempting a

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huge journey, all the way to Herm Colin Rouillard came up with the

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plan to celebrate the Guernsey Model Club's birthday and raise

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money to boot. The trip is a result of a discussion that came about

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from the Guernsey Model Club, and it's intended to celebrate the 40th

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anniversary of the formation of the club. The idea is to fly a plane

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over to Herm and, weather permitting and everything else

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Three pilots sharing a radio frequency will attempt to fly the

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little plane six miles to Herm and back. Travelling at 30 to 40 miles

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an hour, it will be taken over the sea by a pilot based on a speedboat.

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The journey is expected to take 40 minutes. Not too much of challenge,

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all the pilots are competent, but it's taking off from a place you've

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never taken off from before, a sea crossing which we don't normally do

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and a landing at the other end, so not too much of a challenge, but

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enough to make it worthwhile. raised will go to the Channel

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Islands Air Search Team, Help A Guernsey Child and the RNLI. The

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pilots are currently looking for people to sponsor the maiden voyage,

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the mission which will take place at the end of the month.

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Two great grandmothers from Guernsey have knitted more than a

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thousand items for Romania. Beryl Linehan and Nancy Pinchemain have

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sent blankets, scarves and hats to help the poor and needy. Emma

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Thomas went to meet them. Beryl and Nancy know how to stitch

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in time. They've made more than 600 blankets. And these great grandmas

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like to think of their knitting spreading love to the poor and

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needy of Romania. Children's Hospital and very damaged people

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and knitting gives them a feeling of warmth and caring. These curious

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fingers have had some help along the way. Then knitting circle

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started 15 years ago. All sorts of people. We have even had prisoners

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knitting for us, all sorts of people. Each square is sewn

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together by hand. It takes 35 to make blanket, and Nancy likes to

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make her mark. My great grandson, who's now 19, about four years ago

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he suggested to me that I should do a smiley face in my blanket,

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becuase then everybody would know its was mine because they go all

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over the place and no-matter what your nationality or what language

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you speak, you can always recognise a smiley face.

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Beryl and Nancy have crotcheted up 640 blankets, 604 jumpers and

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countless hats and gloves since they retired. They say they're

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always on the lookout for help with squares. And these insatiable

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stitchers say they'll keep going Well, hopefully we will not be

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Good evening. A change on the weather is on the way after some

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very warm and humid conditions, dry weather as well, we are in for

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heavy rain overnight tonight and into the early hours of tomorrow

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morning. Much fresher conditions following on behind. This is the

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weather system that is going to bring that rain our way overnight.

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It moves gradually through the day tomorrow, so we will have some rain

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first thing, but improving into the afternoon, and then much fresher

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air following on for the end of the week, less sticky and humid towards

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the weekend. Overnight, increasing amounts of cloud, eventually that

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rain pushing him towards us, turning quite heavy and persistent

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through the early hours of tomorrow morning. Some torrential downpours

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are possible later in the night. It will be another muggy one,

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temperatures no lover than 14 or 15 degrees. We start the day tomorrow

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on a wet note, that rain heavy at times, eventually clearing around

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lunchtime tomorrow. An increasing amount of cloud in the afternoon,

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we could see a bit of brightness before the end of the day. Up to 22

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Celsius, but not as humoured as recent days. Tomorrow's coastal

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This is the outlook: Friday is looking generally dry and fine with

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bright or sunny spells, 21 Celsius. Remaining generally fine and

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