18/08/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


18/08/2011

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

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They results are out and are A- level students are still

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We talk to the man who survived a this crash at the weekend and has

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already left hospital. And stay tuned for all the fun and

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atmospheric of this year's Gorey Thousands of Channel Islands

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students are celebrating this evening after passing their A-

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levels. As we report, the search is now on

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to find enough university places and jobs to meet demand.

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Years of academic toil boiled down to this. One envelope and the

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moment of truth. I gotta at A* and to as. After months of sweating it

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out it finally came down to this day. It is brilliant, I can finally

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relax. Many were celebrating getting into university but some

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opted to earn a living locally. does not really matter because I

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have got a job. I am working in the hospital and hopefully training to

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be a paramedics. With accountancy if I go straight into work I do not

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need to go to university to get where I want to be. The Channel

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Islands did well with both Jersey and Guernsey attaining a 99% pass

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rate. When it came to the number of students attaining A* or A grades,

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the figures were much higher than the UK. Demand for university

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places is later than ever with many keen to secure a place before the

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increase in tuition fees in 2012. We were told it would be really

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competitive. It has gone well though. I am glad to have got in

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this year. It would have been more difficult if I had gone next year.

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We're waiting for a decision about what is going to happen with

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students about tuition fees. Our advice is to go ahead and apply.

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Make sure they keep their options open. Today's results bring two

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years of hard work to an end. While a day has brought good news for

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some and uncertainty for others, many will just be glad it is over.

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The police investigation into Sunday's stabbings has continued

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today with further forensic examination of the crime scene. In

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addition, officers at the incident room have identified more witnesses

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under the process of interviewing them. Post-mortems have confirmed

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that two of the three children died from stab wounds. It is expected or

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post-mortems will be completed by Friday. Tonight, a special requiem

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Mass is being held at St Thomas's Church for the victims. It is

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expected to be heavily attended. One of the people who will be there

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is at Monika Panasiuk, the Polish representative who will -- who

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arrive to support the family. She came into the studio earlier.

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Polish community are shocked, and they are in a very deep sorrow. But

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they have to get through it. There was a fear when it first happened

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that there would be a backlash against the Polish community. It

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has turned out to be a domestic tragedy which could have been in

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the UK or anywhere else. Has that fear gone away? It is very

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difficult to say because it happened just a few days ago.

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Probably, today it is a requiem Mass and we will see how things are

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going. It is very difficult for me to say now, I think it takes time,

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but we have had support from the Jersey community and I think the

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Polish community will be able to get through this difficult time.

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Why they are receiving a lot of support? Yes. They are receiving a

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lot of support, a lot of e-mails, phone calls and text messages. They

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have received words of condolences and are receiving offers of

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financial support and there is a huge response from the community.

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Briefly, what would you be doing over the next 24 hours? I have met

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already the police, I have met parishioners, I had met some of

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that representatives of the Polish community, and I am going to meet

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the members of the victim's family. First of all, that it is a very

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important thing. I am going to attend and the Requiem Mass tonight,

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which is very very important. After the Mass, it will be an informal

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meeting with the Polish community, in Polish. A man who crashed his

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buggy at around 90 miles an hour during last weekend's sand racing

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in Guernsey has been discharged from hospital with minor injuries.

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Nigel Ozane had a narrow escape in one of the most dramatic crashes in

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years. Today he told us about the experience.

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Eyewitnesses say this car was travelling at around 90 miles an

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hour when it hit the car in front, spinning out of control and

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horrifying the onlookers. Nigel Ozane was the man in the car.

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Lucky to be alive, the crash has stayed with him so. I have been

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waking up sweating and shouting. What I can remember is hitting the

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wheel of the car in front of me. After that, it all goes a bit blank.

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It seems to come back to me when I am dozing off to sleep. When I'm

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awake I don't remember much of. This paramedics saw the crash. He

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treated Nigel while firemen tried to free him from his car. We first

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thought he was going to have significant injuries because of the

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way the body had somersaulted several times. Fortunately he only

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had minor injuries. Sand racing meetings happen twice a month. This

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has been described as one of the most dramatic crashes in years. The

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force of it ripped the skin off both of Nigel's ankles. He

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fractured his knee and bruised his hips and shoulders. It makes your

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heart stopper a little bit. It is a racing incident, things like this

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happen every now and then, you just have to get on with it. I am

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looking forward to getting back in the car. Nigel hopes to be getting

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back in his car as soon as possible. He has to rest for at least one

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month so will have to make do with reading about motor sport.

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There has been a slight rise in property prices in Jersey. They

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have increased by 2%. A one- bedroomed flat will now cost on

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average �209,000. Next, a yard of ale competition, a

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spaghetti eating Challenge and all finished off with a massive fire

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display. -- fireworks display. Hundreds of people are expected to

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descend on the Jersey's East Coast today.

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The son is shining. I am sat on a bale of hay on the back of a

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tractor. Why? We're at the Gorey fate. You see all these lovely

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people who have come to find out about this shore line. They want to

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know about the castle, they want to know about when Gorey harbour was

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built. They found a mermaid out their earlier on! There is a sunken

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boat out there in the harbour. We find all sorts of things on that

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shore line. They are all told to bring the bathing costumes and

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their passports. We don't just stick to the shore, we go out into

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the sea. I hope you have got your bathing costumes! I forgot to! This

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is one of the aspects of the fate of this year, what else is going

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on? On the beach right now is the treasure hunt, there is horse

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racing, the bungee jump, all of these things are going on all the

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time. The sandcastle competition is brilliant. You can test your sand

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sculpture in skills. On stage at the moment is the beautiful baby

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competition. The fun and frolics have until 11pm tonight? Absolutely

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right. Are fireworks are always at 10:30pm. It is a brilliant display,

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you must come and see the fireworks. We finish after that. We wrapped up

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at round about 11pm. I am going to see if I can go for a ride on the

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back of his tractor. Here is the Our island are having some of the

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best of the weather at the moment. We're having a dry day with

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sunshine. At the moment we have lots of activity on this weather

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front that is moving away from us now. Overnight tonight, the skies

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will begin to clear. Tomorrow we should have a fine day with plenty

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of sunshine. These weather fronts trying to get towards us but being

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pushed away it to the north. Saturday will see some quite high

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temperatures. This evening and overnight tonight, apart from a few

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light showers, it becomes drive. By the end of the night, the skies

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begin to clear. Overnight temperatures down to 11 degrees.

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Tomorrow should be a fine day with plenty of sunshine. Sometimes that

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sunshine a little bit hazy. The coastal waters forecast have those

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west north-west winds. Here are the times of high water. Not much for

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our surfers. Up to about two feet. The forecast as remove into the

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weekend, Saturday warm day. A gentle south or south-westerly

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breeze. Good temperatures, possibly 25 degrees. Slightly more unsettled

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as we head into Sunday. We had showers developing into the

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Summer is back! Finally, will this get you to vote? If you're not on

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the electoral roll... Jersey's fictional character Hedley Le

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Maistre is helping to remind us of our right to vote in this autumn's

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elections. It is part of a campaign to raise islanders awareness of the

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That is just about all from us. We are back with update said 8:00pm

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