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The hidden victims of the recession - shelters report a surge in | :00:04. | :00:13. | |
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unwanted or unaffordable pets. Plus, why you are being asked to | :00:16. | :00:25. | |
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give Guernsey's healthcare system a health check. And they are jumping | :00:26. | :00:36. | |
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for joy here. He joined me at Guernsey's show jumping show. | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
Good evening. Jersey's animal shelter is concerned pets are | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
becoming a victim of the economic downturn. The JSPCA says it's seen | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
a 40% increase in the number of people giving up pets year on year. | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
Our reporter Beckie Williams has been down to the shelter to find | :00:53. | :01:03. | |
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out why, and which animals are worst affected. Lots of love for | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
Spaggy in this, his temporary home. He is one of a number of animals | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
bring brought here. We have had a 40% increase. The recession is | :01:16. | :01:24. | |
having an effect on people's ability to care for their animals. | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
Those are mainly cats. Many are being handed him because more | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
people own them. In the past week, 23 caps have been handed in to that | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
shelter. It is a trend that is being seen across Britain. -- 23 | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
cats. There is little that can be done, but here at Cat Action Trust | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
they are calling for pet owners to be more responsible. We are trying | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
to help people who are unfortunately allowing their | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
animals to breed because they cannot afford to have them neutered. | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
We would like to get this done before the kittens turn up because | :02:01. | :02:09. | |
we do not want these cat waiting for homes that are not available. | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
But most of the animals are rehoused, many keep coming through | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
the door. It is unknown how long this trend will continue, but stop | :02:20. | :02:29. | |
hoped that islanders will consider giving Catts like this a new home. | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
The man arrested following the discovery of a woman's body in a | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
flat in Guernsey has been released on bail without charge. The body of | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
Latvian national Liga Verse was found in a flat in the Bordage area | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
of St Peter Port on Saturday night. Police had until eight o'clock this | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
evening to question the 27-year-old, who has not been named. Police | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
describe the investigation as particularly complex, with many | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
lines of enquiry. Meanwhile a church service has been organised | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
on Sunday evening in the Town Church to celebrate Liga's life. | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
Waitrose has agreed to survey Guernsey customers on it's charity | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
collection policy. Currently the supermarket chain doesn't allow | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
individual charities to shake tins outside any of its stores. Instead, | :03:02. | :03:07. | |
it runs a community fundraising scheme chosen by shoppers. However, | :03:07. | :03:10. | |
following a meeting last night the partnership has agreed to canvas | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
local opinion on the issue. Average earnings in Jersey | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
increased by just 2.5% over the last year - the second lowest rise | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
since 1995. According to latest government figures the average | :03:23. | :03:30. | |
weekly wage in Jersey in June was �650 per week. Those working in the | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
public sector saw average earning rise by 3.9%, compared to 2.2% in | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
the private sector. Agriculture workers received 10% less than in | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
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June last year due to fewer hours being worked this summer. We are | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
seeing earnings growth at historic lows, which is not a surprise given | :03:58. | :04:08. | |
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the current economic climate. There was also a weak labour market. | :04:08. | :04:18. | |
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These lower levels are more and less what we have expected. | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
Jersey's Social Security Minister is concerned the way the increase | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
in State pension is worked out doesn't reflect the rising cost of | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
living. From October, pensions are set to rise by 2.5% in line with | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
average earnings, but inflation has been higher for the last few years. | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
And as more people reach retirement age, the cost of State pensions | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
paid for by the working population will rise. Deputy Ian Gorst has | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
asked a UK expert to look at whether Jersey needs to change the | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
way it calculates the annual increase. | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
Essential work is taking place to decide where Guernsey's health | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
department should spend its money over the next decade. With tight | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
resources and increasing demands on the healthcare system, health | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
bosses say building up a picture of islanders' health is vital$$NEWLINE | :05:01. | :05:11. | |
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This afternoon Jersey sailor Phil It is a simple question to find out | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
about the lifestyle within our community. Smoking, drinking, | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
exercise, diet, how often they have to go to the doctor and what they | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
think about the services and which areas should be expanded. | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
A with an ageing population, the Health Service wants to focus on | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
preventative measures. Being healthy in old age will put less | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
pressure on the health service. want to know what the normal | :05:44. | :05:50. | |
average is in our community at that time. What area should we be | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
encouraging. We already have a campaign against smoking. We have a | :05:54. | :06:01. | |
drug and alcohol strategy and obesity strategy in place. But are | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
there other areas we should be looking at to see whether or not we | :06:06. | :06:15. | |
can prevent health problems. survey will be taken to various | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
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parts of the island to find out whether it is a healthy picture.. | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
This afternoon Jersey sailor Phil Sharp completed the fourth and | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
final leg of the Solitaire du Figaro in 20th place. Sharp crossed | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
the line about 25 minutes after the leader.The fleet had had raced 430 | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
miles from Sables D'Olonne to Dieppe in what is one of Europe's | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
most prestigious solo sailing events. | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
Show jumpers from Jersey, the UK and Ireland are descending on | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
Guernsey today for the biggest horse riding event of the year. The | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
British Show Jumping Association Horse of the Year competition runs | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
until Sunday. The event takes place at the Chemin Le Roi showground in | :07:05. | :07:15. | |
St Martins. So the sun is shining and it is | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
great weather for it. I am here at the Horse of the Year Show. It is | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
all going on behind us and it will be going on until the weekend. With | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
me is one of the competitors. Tell me a little bit about what is | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
happening over the weekend. The we are doing a huge amount of | :07:33. | :07:41. | |
showjumping. We have got 60 overseas competitors. 40 of them | :07:41. | :07:49. | |
are stabled behind you. There are 61 classes over four days. There | :07:49. | :07:55. | |
will be showjumping and a showing quick 60 overseas horses. Obviously | :07:55. | :08:03. | |
the competition is huge when you have that many visiting people. | :08:03. | :08:10. | |
There are a lot of Guernsey and English people here. Say it is | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
there quite a lot of rivalry between the islands? The rivalry is | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
huge. It is the biggest event for us. It is always a huge honour to | :08:20. | :08:26. | |
be asked to jump for your island. There are other showjumping events | :08:26. | :08:34. | |
in the Channel Islands. What makes this so special? It is because it | :08:34. | :08:44. | |
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is so big. It is also great for the locals to up their game. As you | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
have heard, there is plenty to see here at the show grounds and the | :08:53. | :09:01. | |
competitions continue until the end of the weekend. | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
A welcome break in the rainy weather. Let us see how the rest of | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
the week will pan out. The weather is turning unsettled | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
for the rest of the week and that means we are going to see some wet | :09:13. | :09:20. | |
weather. Some heavy rain moving into night, thanks to this area of | :09:20. | :09:29. | |
low pressure. Dry at first and then heavy rain. Further showers gin the | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
rest of the day tomorrow. Friday, a similar picture. Between the brain | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
there will be some sunshine. Tonight, fine and tried to begin | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
with. Clouding over and during the second half of the night the brain | :09:45. | :09:55. | |
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will arrive, producing some heavy downpours. Quite mild overnight. 14 | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
Celsius and an increasing south- westerly breeze. Tomorrow, the main | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
a band of rain will clear and we will see some sunshine. Tomorrow | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
afternoon there is a chance of the odd shower were. 20 Celsius the top | :10:11. | :10:21. | |
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temperature. Here are the times of high water. For the surface, not | :10:36. | :10:46. | |
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much use of baulk search around. Quite choppy tomorrow. -- for the | :10:48. | :10:58. | |
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surface. Friday, possibly thundery. Here is the summary. At least the | :11:06. | :11:14. | |
weekend is looking San'a. -- sunny. Budding rugby players in Jersey | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
have been getting top tips from some of the best in the business. | :11:18. | :11:20. | |
Development coaches from the UK team Leicester Tigers are training | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
youngsters up at the rugby club during a week-long course in the | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
school summer holidays. And yesterday they got tips with former | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
England hooker and Tigers Academy Manager Neil McCarthy and Assistant | :11:28. | :11:32. |