14/09/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


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Shunned: Guernsey hoteliers react angrily to plans to build an

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accommodation block for airport runway workers.

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The plan for an island's future - Jersey States debate the business

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plan, we talk to the Chief Minister. And caught on film - could

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motorists be slowed down with speed It was trumpeted as a boost to the

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island's economy. The redevelopment of Guernsey's runway has concerns

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and tourist trade could miss out. 150 workers could be brought to the

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island but instead of being put up in hotels, a new accommodation

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block will be built for them. Carlo Stefani AU runs a hotel near

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the airport. He has plenty of space for the workers but is upset

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there's they are unlikely to benefit. There are too many rooms

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available for too many weeks of the year. I feel the economy needs such

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help. Many should be returned into the community. Behind me it is

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lined -- is land that has been earmarked for the Portakabins. The

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local hotel trade could miss out on a much-needed boost. Preferred

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contractors, Lagan Construction, refused to answer questions on how

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much they have spent on the economy -- accommodation. Work to redevelop

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the runway could start as early as October when the states are due to

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find a contract with the company. In a statement, the public services

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The local tourist trade will be hoping that their concerns are

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The EU body that has been examining just his busiest taxation system

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has been approved by the Treasury. Part of the Zero Ten policy had

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come under scrutiny. The EU said it gave rise to harmful effects. It is

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thought the changes will cost the Treasury �10 million a year.

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A taxi scheme to get people home safely at the end of a night out

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will continue after a long-term sponsor was found. The taxi

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marshals scheme mitres queues at the Weighbridge. -- monitors

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accused. The Marshalls will be paid for by a finance company. They have

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been nice enough to take on three taxes to advertise on. That is a

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financial boost to us because it fills the funding that was required

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to run the texture marshals. It enables the taxi marshals to

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continue working. We are always looking at other streams of revenue

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to make sure we have funding. The costs is up to �25,000 a year.

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The spending plan for Jersey States is almost past. The states have one

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amendment to debate. The business plan includes efficiency savings

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across Government that includes investment. One of the state's

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biggest spending priorities for 2012 is for the health department

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that will get an extra �4.5 million. In a moment, we will hear more

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about the plan from Senator Terry Le Sueur but first the financial

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future for health. For it is the department deemed in

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most need of investment bet half will always be making savings. One

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idea is introducing joint health initiatives that Guernsey, like

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sharing an air ambulance and Children's Services. Jersey's

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Health Minister says services won't suffer. The most important thing is

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they can't suffer. That is the wrong way to go. To pick the air

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ambulance, it is improving the service. By having and using a

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company that can service the two Channel Islands, we can get an

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improved service. Other measures include making sure people don't

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use A&E when they should be given to their doctors, revealing

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management posts and reducing energy consumption. There is

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investment. Health is getting a �4.5 million extra cash next year.

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8 million of that is to help retain and recruit doctors and nurses.

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Unions fear it is not enough. it will go some way to helping

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devise schemes to attract people. I don't think it is the only answer.

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There is other things we need to look at. We need to look at the

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whole concept of how Nursing's -- nurses are paid for on the island.

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The theme of next year's business plan is delivering services for

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less. That is the case here at health. The minister Deputy says

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they can deliver their savings. So much so, she has not ruled out

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free-standing as minister in the new Government.

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A short while a gay -- ago, has asked the senator if tough choices

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are ahead and if he is pleased? said there would be a mixture of

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tax increases and spending cuts. We raised the taxes earlier 25 %. This

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business plan is honouring our commitment. -- up to 5%. The second

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year, we are on target to have those savings. You have had a

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different role before that. Have you had a steady hand on it? Yes. I

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have been informed of the endorsement of Our Zero Ten

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proposals which give our economy a boost for the future. We will need

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it if we are going to provide additional revenue to cope with

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downturns in the future. What turned us can you see ahead? --

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What to challenges can you see ahead? The increase in pressure on

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capital spending, there is a range of the capital spending schemes we

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need to do. They become more expensive. Funding these will take

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some imaginative approaches. Talking about imagination, what we

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do when you retire? I will leave that to your imagination as well.

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You are watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight,

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Next, it his St Clement who could be getting the first parish speed

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cameras. The cost or Munster have permanent deterrence for speeding.

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-- current Constable. It appears to have a steady pace of life but that

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is not always the case on the roads where the traffic doesn't always

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abate the 30 mph speed limit. The section of road is most likely to

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be the new home of Jersey's first ever speed cameras. The idea they

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would record the offender to be dealt with by the police, unlike

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the UK where they will be issued with a fine. Residents felt speed

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cameras would act as a deterrent. The road is narrow, there is

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virtually no pavement, it is used by a lot of children going to

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school and mothers. It does need special attention. It is supported

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by residents. You get people who are inclined to go faster. That is

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a deterrent. Walking on the pavement, these beans, they are

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children about. It doesn't bear thinking about. -- these speeds.

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The imposition of speed cameras would require a change in the law.

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That will take time and I suspect it will not be universally

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acceptable. If St Clements -- St Clement does get speed cameras, the

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rest of the island will be looking Now, are more cockles dying on

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Jersey's beaches? One fisherman say so. Pete Gosselin says the way it

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seaweed is being piled up on the beach of Grovehill, it is killing

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more cockles than last. It is claimed the rotting seaweed is to

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blame. He says the smell is horrendous.

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For the problem is when they move it, they collect a lot of sand with

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it that leads to the piles of rotting seaweed. It rocks down and

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the road Bickleigh and produces a toxic liquid. As the tides

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uncovered the weeds, the stench can be overpowering.

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The States say that is not the case. They say it is unlikely there is a

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relationship between seaweed and cockle deaths. We do see the DAI

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Office of various species on the beach. More often it is called --

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caused by weather conditions. That stirs the sediment and sometimes

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the thing that live in the sediment can get exposed and they can die

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off. At the moment, we have no evidence the two are linked.

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Good evening. Plenty more fine weather to come throughout much of

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the rest of this week. Things turn unsettled as we head into the

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weekend. For the time being, we have this high pressure dominating,

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keeping things fairly quiet and settled. By lunchtime tomorrow,

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there is a weather front close by. It becomes a very weak feature

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indeed their own. Not more than a little bit of cloud associated with

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that. By Friday, we have another weather front which will head

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towards us. Generally, not changing our weather until the weekend.

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Tonight will be dry with clear spells. A little cooler than of

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late. Temperatures down to 11 Celsius. We could see some fog

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patches by the end of the night. They could be slow to clear that

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they will do eventually with some brighter weather pairing. 19

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Celsius is the top temperature For the surface, there is a little

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bit of a swirl around at the moment. -- Sir first. For Friday, Ana the

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