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Good evening and welcome to the BBC in the Channel Islands. Here are | :00:06. | :00:08. | |
our top stories. Holding our public servants to | :00:08. | :00:13. | |
account, or being unduly critical and sensationalist? Politicians hit | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
out at Jersey's media. Plus big bang theory. Bomb-disposal | :00:18. | :00:28. | |
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training for Guernsey Police. And a man with a mission. We talk | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
to one of the candidates for Jersey's next Chief Minister, | :00:31. | :00:39. | |
Senator-elect Ian Gorst. I want to talk about my vision for the | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
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community. Did the media coverage of a report | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
into spending on the historic abuse investigation gave an unfairly bad | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
impression of Jersey's police. That is the conclusion of a group of | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
politicians who have reviewed a report by accountants into money | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
spent on the police investigation. They are now calling for greater | :01:07. | :01:15. | |
political scrutiny of the local media. Amy Harris reports. | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
Today's Jersey Evening Post carries a front page story where the health | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
department is criticised. Government criticism is not unusual, | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
here and across TV and radio stations. One group of politicians | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
says the criticism was harsh and picked up on the wrong things when | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
a report into the money spent on a report into the money spent on | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
the historic abuse inquiry came out. They are talking about headlines | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
like this. They were picked up by like this. They were picked up by | :01:48. | :01:49. | |
like this. They were picked up by broadcasting stations. They say it | :01:49. | :01:57. | |
is unfair. They talk about Hollywood lifestyles. They say the | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
money was wasted and that was not true it was mostly well spent. | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
Deputy Pitman and his panel feel they should call editors to account, | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
like the select committee in the UK, questioning James Murdoch. But the | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
former chairman of scrutiny says that just he does not need that. | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
lead a working party. We find that the professional media are | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
professional. Just because you have the ability to put words together | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
on a website does not make you a journalist. There is no | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
accountability with that sort of reporting. Public servants expect a | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
certain amount of scrutiny when they do something well and when | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
they handle something badly. Whether journalists should be under | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
the same scrutiny remains controversial. | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
The latest weapon in the battle against speeding motorists has | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
already clocked three Jersey drivers going in excess of 100mph. | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
Behind the smiley face speed recorder on Victoria Avenue are | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
some shocking results. Now campaigners are calling for | :03:11. | :03:19. | |
stricter measures to curb the law breakers. | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
Behind the smiley face is a brain that can Lake's data on our driving | :03:24. | :03:34. | |
speeds. It does not issue fines. It collects data. So the police can | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
allocate officers to do speed detection at peak times when there | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
is the greatest problem. It is a valuable device. The information | :03:43. | :03:51. | |
can be analysed. I download the data from this device. We can see | :03:51. | :03:59. | |
some quick figures. There is a 94 miles per hour. 16 minutes past | :03:59. | :04:06. | |
4:00pm. That was on a Sunday. sign went up on Victoria Avenue | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
last month. In its first four days it recorded 70% of motorists | :04:13. | :04:21. | |
driving above the 40 mark our speed limit. Almost 100 cars above 60 and | :04:21. | :04:28. | |
12 for a buyer of 80. Three drivers went past 100 miles per hour. The | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
initial results came as a shock. Later recordings showed improvement. | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
Does it mean these devices are curbing speed? In it seems from the | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
figures that at certain times of the day, they were an issue. The | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
police will take that up and encourage people to slow down. | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
There are plans to target offences such as speeding and skipping red | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
lights. There is talk of installing cameras into traffic lights and of | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
more police patrols with speed handguns. It is thought if this | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
does not change behaviour, fining people well. -- will. | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
If you have been out on Guernsey beaches over the last few weeks and | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
heard some loud bangs, don't worry, there is a perfectly safe | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
explanation. Police have been carrying out controlled explosions | :05:19. | :05:27. | |
as part of their bomb-disposal training. | :05:27. | :05:37. | |
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Prepare to flare! Stand by! Firing! It is a shock for walkers, but at | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
Fort Le Marchant, very brave men have been learning skills necessary | :05:46. | :05:53. | |
to defuse bombs and unexploded ordnance. New recruits were trained | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
by UK instructors in the nerve- racking part of bomb-disposal. | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
is a thrill every time. I probably should not say that, but it is | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
brilliant. There is a lot of theory and hard work. But when you do it, | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
you put a smile on your face. You are putting your life on the line | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
and it is a very dangerous operation, but, with the training | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
we have had, I am happy I know what I am doing. So some would question | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
the need for the team in a safe place like Guernsey. But history | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
has a big part to play. We have a lot of munitions from the Second | :06:34. | :06:41. | |
World War still being found. We have had 26 call-outs this year. We | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
are still required, I am afraid. New recruits have the skills they | :06:47. | :06:57. | |
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need to tackle this problem. New States members will choose a on | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
Monday, Jersey will choose a new Chief Minister. There are two men | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
vying for the job, Sir Philip Bailhache and Ian Gorst. We will | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
hear from both, but first, Ian Gorst. | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
Can I ask you why you have stood for this? During the election I | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
said if I was successful, I would consider. I was humbled by the | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
amount of support I received. Members have come up and asked me | :07:34. | :07:41. | |
to put my name forward. I believe I have something unique. I want to | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
talk about my vision for the community. That is why I am | :07:44. | :07:52. | |
standing. What do you feel you have to offer? It is a vision of an | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
inclusive society. I have a young daughter. I want to see the | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
foundations of a society she will be proud of. I want to see | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
education for everyone, not just the bows of academic ability. | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
Somewhere people can afford a home and where they have good health | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
care. Where they know they it is appropriate provision. It is good | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
to say that but we are in difficult times. Are you up to those | :08:23. | :08:32. | |
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challenges? I have already started in the work I have been doing in | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
social security in the past three years. We put in a new scheme for | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
elderly can and protected the pension. We have been getting | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
people back to work. We have the challenge of the Treasury in UK | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
saying they will remove low-value consignment relief. It is | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
fundamental we build on the basis I have put in place. I have been | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
unifying in the assembly. I have got a legislation through Yunnan as | :09:04. | :09:11. | |
Ms Lee, -- unanimously, which is unheard of. Do you have enough | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
experience of ministerial government? I have been an minister | :09:15. | :09:24. | |
for three years. I have served as an assistant minister of. -- | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
minister. I do have experience. Both of the candidates have had a | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
new mandate. That is as it should be. I believe I am offering the | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
community the prime of my life. It is that I am standing on. I am | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
relatively young. I have never let my age interfere with what I can | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
offer the community. If I am successful, I will continue to | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
offer myself in service in what at offer myself in service in what at | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
the way I can. It is time for the weather. | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
We have some rain returning to the Channel Islands later tomorrow. | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
Maybe we will get away with brighter weather in the morning. As | :10:08. | :10:12. | |
we move into the weekend, we promised drier weather and perhaps | :10:12. | :10:20. | |
the chance to see the sunshine. This will move steadily closer | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
overnight tonight. It is moving into western parts of the Channel | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
Islands. By the time we get into Saturday, the weather front will | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
still be around, but it will be weak. Light showers in the morning, | :10:35. | :10:42. | |
and then it will get better. Tonight, some dry weather around. | :10:42. | :10:49. | |
We hold on to a fair cover of cloud. Winds will be moderate, | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
occasionally fresh. There will be some bright weather briefly in the | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
morning before the rain sets in. It will be windy with winds from the | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
south-east. 15 degrees is the top temperature. And for coastal | :11:06. | :11:16. | |
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waters... And the times of high water... There will be not much | :11:28. | :11:34. | |
surfing with south-east winds. The sea temperature is around 14 | :11:34. | :11:39. |