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Good evening, and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Here | :00:07. | :00:14. | |
are our news headlines this Wednesday. Assault on a five year | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
old in woods, Jersey police investigate reports of an attack by | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
two males. Plus, why Jersey has some of the highest pre-tax fuel | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
prices in Europe. And the knitting nannies from Guernsey who are | :00:25. | :00:35. | |
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Police are investigating claims that a five-year-old boy has been | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
assaulted in woods near a park in Jersey. It is believed he was | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
attacked by two older males in broad daylight in Grand Vaux. | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
Anisha Shah reports. It's a popular spot close to a | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
housing estate and a children's playground. But at five o'clock | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
yesterday afternoon, it's believed a young boy was attacked here by | :01:01. | :01:11. | |
two older males. Police say a five- year-old boy was playing in this | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
area when he was assaulted. It is not clear whether the assault was | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
of a sexual nature. Parents expressed their concerns. I was | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
rather shocked, because I have only just heard it. Especially as my son | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
is only five. It could have been my son at the end of the day. I think | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
it is pretty scary. We have had to give our children by Our Science | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
and not let them go anywhere alone. It is very frightening. Mike two | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
were playing with the other kids at the time it happened. We will not | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
let them out of our side. Extra police were today patrolling the | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
area. The message to parents is to know where your children are. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
important that you know where your children are, that they have | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
appropriate support and care while they are away from you. In order to | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
reassure people, we have deployed extra resources. Police have | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
started the delicate task of interviewing the victim. They're | :02:10. | :02:18. | |
appealing to anyone with information to come forward. Jersey | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
has some of the highest pre-tax fuel prices in Europe, according to | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
a survey. The competition watchdog investigated petrol and diesel | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
costs and found Jersey drivers pay more per litre than in the UK. But | :02:29. | :02:38. | |
as Edward Sault now reports, garage Topping up the tank, it's something | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
all motorists have to do, and now it's costing 14p more per litre | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
than in the UK to fill up the car, partly due to our fuel being | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
imported. But lower taxes here actually mean the price at the pump | :02:52. | :03:02. | |
is cheaper. So how is it all worked out? Interns of the price that we | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
actually pay, we have quite good value from that point of view. | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
However, once-raced about taxes and duty, the underlying price is quite | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
high. -- once we stripped out. small garages like Elvis Romeril's | :03:16. | :03:26. | |
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may have to charge more because of higher overheads. I have got to pay | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
wages, rents, social security, insurance, everything else for | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
maintenance on the forecourt. Very often the bigger fuel companies are | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
selling fuel for less than what I buy it for from my supplier. | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
price of fuel was revealed in today's survey by the Jersey | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Competition Regulatory Authority. It also says some petrol stations | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
aren't displaying the cost of fuel clearly enough and want this | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
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changed. But that might be easier than driving down the cost of fuel. | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
Sub-contractors working on a Jersey housing estate will continue | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
working despite the company in charge going out of business. | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
Charles Le Quesne Limited went into voluntary liquidation last week. It | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
had won a �4m contract to refurbish Clos Gossett in St Saviour, and | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
there was concern work could cease and sub-contractors working there | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
wouldn't get paid. But the Housing Minister, Deputy Andrew Green, says | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
a deal has been agreed to pay sub- contractors for the work they're | :04:26. | :04:36. | |
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doing and to continue with the project. | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
Guernsey residents won't be able to opt out of paying towards the | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
upkeep of the island's parish churches. The idea has been ruled | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
out in a review of the way the buildings are funded, although the | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
committee in charge is warning change is inevitable. Penny | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
Elderfield has this report. Different buildings, different | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
locations and different congregations. | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
But Guernsey's ten parish churches do share one thing, the way they | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
are funded. Currently the costs of maintaining them, and the parish | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
rectories, is covered by the parish rates, but now we're being told | :05:04. | :05:14. | |
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that could change to reflect the fact society has changed. It is a | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
case of concentrating on the ancient parish buildings, which we | :05:19. | :05:24. | |
feel should be continued to be supported. But some question marks | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
over whether any part of the religious activity can be supported | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
by the general public. We don't know yet how the funding of the | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
churches will change, the town church being just one of them. But | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
we do know what won't happen. The committee looking at this has ruled | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
out a system which would let people opt out of paying. Good news for | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
the churches, but the future is still uncertain. But people like | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
the Dean of Guernsey are hoping the States will focus on the historical | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
importance of the building,and their beauty. I think you could | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
make a very strong argument for the fact that the rates actually | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
maintained the historic heritage of the island. None of the rates go | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
for religious purposes. All the religious purposes of the buildings | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
are supplied by the Church. Whilst regular church goers and visitors | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
may make the most of the island's churches, there will still be those | :06:16. | :06:26. | |
that argue if they don't use it, why should they pay for it? | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
special maiden voyage will be taking place later this month over | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
the bailiwick of Guernsey. Enthusiasts from Guernsey's model | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
club will be flying a plane to Herm to raise money for charity and mark | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
a landmark anniversary. Mike Wilkins reports. | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
It's only 30 centimetres tall, but this small plane is attempting a | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
huge journey, all the way to Herm Colin Rouillard came up with the | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
plan to celebrate the Guernsey Model Club's birthday and raise | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
money to boot. The trip is a result of a discussion that came about | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
from the Guernsey Model Club, and it's intended to celebrate the 40th | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
anniversary of the formation of the club. The idea is to fly a plane | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
over to Herm and, weather permitting and everything else | :07:07. | :07:15. | |
Three pilots sharing a radio frequency will attempt to fly the | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
little plane six miles to Herm and back. Travelling at 30 to 40 miles | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
an hour, it will be taken over the sea by a pilot based on a speedboat. | :07:25. | :07:34. | |
The journey is expected to take 40 minutes. Not too much of challenge, | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
all the pilots are competent, but it's taking off from a place you've | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
never taken off from before, a sea crossing which we don't normally do | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
and a landing at the other end, so not too much of a challenge, but | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
enough to make it worthwhile. raised will go to the Channel | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
Islands Air Search Team, Help A Guernsey Child and the RNLI. The | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
pilots are currently looking for people to sponsor the maiden voyage, | :07:53. | :08:03. | |
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the mission which will take place at the end of the month. | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
Two great grandmothers from Guernsey have knitted more than a | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
thousand items for Romania. Beryl Linehan and Nancy Pinchemain have | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
sent blankets, scarves and hats to help the poor and needy. Emma | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
Thomas went to meet them. Beryl and Nancy know how to stitch | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
in time. They've made more than 600 blankets. And these great grandmas | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
like to think of their knitting spreading love to the poor and | :08:24. | :08:33. | |
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needy of Romania. Children's Hospital and very damaged people | :08:38. | :08:45. | |
and knitting gives them a feeling of warmth and caring. These curious | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
fingers have had some help along the way. Then knitting circle | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
started 15 years ago. All sorts of people. We have even had prisoners | :08:56. | :09:06. | |
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knitting for us, all sorts of people. Each square is sewn | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
together by hand. It takes 35 to make blanket, and Nancy likes to | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
make her mark. My great grandson, who's now 19, about four years ago | :09:14. | :09:17. | |
he suggested to me that I should do a smiley face in my blanket, | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
becuase then everybody would know its was mine because they go all | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
over the place and no-matter what your nationality or what language | :09:23. | :09:30. | |
you speak, you can always recognise a smiley face. | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
Beryl and Nancy have crotcheted up 640 blankets, 604 jumpers and | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
countless hats and gloves since they retired. They say they're | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
always on the lookout for help with squares. And these insatiable | :09:41. | :09:51. | |
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stitchers say they'll keep going Well, hopefully we will not be | :09:53. | :10:00. | |
Good evening. A change on the weather is on the way after some | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
very warm and humid conditions, dry weather as well, we are in for | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
heavy rain overnight tonight and into the early hours of tomorrow | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
morning. Much fresher conditions following on behind. This is the | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
weather system that is going to bring that rain our way overnight. | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
It moves gradually through the day tomorrow, so we will have some rain | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
first thing, but improving into the afternoon, and then much fresher | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
air following on for the end of the week, less sticky and humid towards | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
the weekend. Overnight, increasing amounts of cloud, eventually that | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
rain pushing him towards us, turning quite heavy and persistent | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
through the early hours of tomorrow morning. Some torrential downpours | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
are possible later in the night. It will be another muggy one, | :10:45. | :10:49. | |
temperatures no lover than 14 or 15 degrees. We start the day tomorrow | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
on a wet note, that rain heavy at times, eventually clearing around | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
lunchtime tomorrow. An increasing amount of cloud in the afternoon, | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
we could see a bit of brightness before the end of the day. Up to 22 | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
Celsius, but not as humoured as recent days. Tomorrow's coastal | :11:10. | :11:20. | |
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This is the outlook: Friday is looking generally dry and fine with | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
bright or sunny spells, 21 Celsius. Remaining generally fine and | :11:46. | :11:49. |