10/11/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


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

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our top stories. Holding our public servants to

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account, or being unduly critical and sensationalist? Politicians hit

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out at Jersey's media. Plus big bang theory. Bomb-disposal

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training for Guernsey Police. And a man with a mission. We talk

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to one of the candidates for Jersey's next Chief Minister,

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Senator-elect Ian Gorst. I want to talk about my vision for the

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community. Did the media coverage of a report

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into spending on the historic abuse investigation gave an unfairly bad

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impression of Jersey's police. That is the conclusion of a group of

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politicians who have reviewed a report by accountants into money

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spent on the police investigation. They are now calling for greater

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political scrutiny of the local media. Amy Harris reports.

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Today's Jersey Evening Post carries a front page story where the health

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department is criticised. Government criticism is not unusual,

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here and across TV and radio stations. One group of politicians

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says the criticism was harsh and picked up on the wrong things when

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a report into the money spent on a report into the money spent on

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the historic abuse inquiry came out. They are talking about headlines

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like this. They were picked up by like this. They were picked up by

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like this. They were picked up by broadcasting stations. They say it

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is unfair. They talk about Hollywood lifestyles. They say the

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money was wasted and that was not true it was mostly well spent.

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Deputy Pitman and his panel feel they should call editors to account,

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like the select committee in the UK, questioning James Murdoch. But the

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former chairman of scrutiny says that just he does not need that.

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lead a working party. We find that the professional media are

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professional. Just because you have the ability to put words together

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on a website does not make you a journalist. There is no

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accountability with that sort of reporting. Public servants expect a

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certain amount of scrutiny when they do something well and when

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they handle something badly. Whether journalists should be under

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the same scrutiny remains controversial.

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The latest weapon in the battle against speeding motorists has

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already clocked three Jersey drivers going in excess of 100mph.

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Behind the smiley face speed recorder on Victoria Avenue are

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some shocking results. Now campaigners are calling for

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stricter measures to curb the law breakers.

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Behind the smiley face is a brain that can Lake's data on our driving

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speeds. It does not issue fines. It collects data. So the police can

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allocate officers to do speed detection at peak times when there

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is the greatest problem. It is a valuable device. The information

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can be analysed. I download the data from this device. We can see

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some quick figures. There is a 94 miles per hour. 16 minutes past

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4:00pm. That was on a Sunday. sign went up on Victoria Avenue

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last month. In its first four days it recorded 70% of motorists

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driving above the 40 mark our speed limit. Almost 100 cars above 60 and

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12 for a buyer of 80. Three drivers went past 100 miles per hour. The

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initial results came as a shock. Later recordings showed improvement.

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Does it mean these devices are curbing speed? In it seems from the

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figures that at certain times of the day, they were an issue. The

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police will take that up and encourage people to slow down.

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There are plans to target offences such as speeding and skipping red

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lights. There is talk of installing cameras into traffic lights and of

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more police patrols with speed handguns. It is thought if this

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does not change behaviour, fining people well. -- will.

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If you have been out on Guernsey beaches over the last few weeks and

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heard some loud bangs, don't worry, there is a perfectly safe

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explanation. Police have been carrying out controlled explosions

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as part of their bomb-disposal training.

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Prepare to flare! Stand by! Firing! It is a shock for walkers, but at

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Fort Le Marchant, very brave men have been learning skills necessary

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to defuse bombs and unexploded ordnance. New recruits were trained

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by UK instructors in the nerve- racking part of bomb-disposal.

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is a thrill every time. I probably should not say that, but it is

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brilliant. There is a lot of theory and hard work. But when you do it,

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you put a smile on your face. You are putting your life on the line

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and it is a very dangerous operation, but, with the training

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we have had, I am happy I know what I am doing. So some would question

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the need for the team in a safe place like Guernsey. But history

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has a big part to play. We have a lot of munitions from the Second

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World War still being found. We have had 26 call-outs this year. We

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are still required, I am afraid. New recruits have the skills they

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need to tackle this problem. New States members will choose a on

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Monday, Jersey will choose a new Chief Minister. There are two men

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vying for the job, Sir Philip Bailhache and Ian Gorst. We will

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hear from both, but first, Ian Gorst.

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Can I ask you why you have stood for this? During the election I

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said if I was successful, I would consider. I was humbled by the

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amount of support I received. Members have come up and asked me

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to put my name forward. I believe I have something unique. I want to

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talk about my vision for the community. That is why I am

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standing. What do you feel you have to offer? It is a vision of an

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inclusive society. I have a young daughter. I want to see the

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foundations of a society she will be proud of. I want to see

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education for everyone, not just the bows of academic ability.

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Somewhere people can afford a home and where they have good health

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care. Where they know they it is appropriate provision. It is good

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to say that but we are in difficult times. Are you up to those

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challenges? I have already started in the work I have been doing in

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social security in the past three years. We put in a new scheme for

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elderly can and protected the pension. We have been getting

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people back to work. We have the challenge of the Treasury in UK

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saying they will remove low-value consignment relief. It is

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fundamental we build on the basis I have put in place. I have been

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unifying in the assembly. I have got a legislation through Yunnan as

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Ms Lee, -- unanimously, which is unheard of. Do you have enough

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experience of ministerial government? I have been an minister

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for three years. I have served as an assistant minister of. --

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minister. I do have experience. Both of the candidates have had a

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new mandate. That is as it should be. I believe I am offering the

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community the prime of my life. It is that I am standing on. I am

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relatively young. I have never let my age interfere with what I can

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offer the community. If I am successful, I will continue to

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offer myself in service in what at offer myself in service in what at

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the way I can. It is time for the weather.

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We have some rain returning to the Channel Islands later tomorrow.

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Maybe we will get away with brighter weather in the morning. As

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we move into the weekend, we promised drier weather and perhaps

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the chance to see the sunshine. This will move steadily closer

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overnight tonight. It is moving into western parts of the Channel

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Islands. By the time we get into Saturday, the weather front will

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still be around, but it will be weak. Light showers in the morning,

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and then it will get better. Tonight, some dry weather around.

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We hold on to a fair cover of cloud. Winds will be moderate,

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occasionally fresh. There will be some bright weather briefly in the

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morning before the rain sets in. It will be windy with winds from the

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south-east. 15 degrees is the top temperature. And for coastal

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waters... And the times of high water... There will be not much

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surfing with south-east winds. The sea temperature is around 14

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