22/11/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


22/11/2011

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Good evening. Violence, pornography and children - the mobile phone

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operators who aren't protecting our youngsters. What price do you put

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on a child's innocence? Also, find out why this controversial

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development is now one of the best in Britain. And we're with the

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swimmers making the most of the Mobile phone operators in the

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Channel Islands are failing to protect children from pornographic

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and violent websites, because they say it's too complicated and too

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expensive. With a growing number of internet-capable phones, one e-

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safety officer is calling for operators to adopt the same

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policies as the UK, where all of the mobile phone operators offer

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free internet filters that stop children accessing inappropriate

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websites. Amy Harris reports. Colin Cauvain in Sure Cable &

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Wireless today browsing for a Smartphone for his eight and nine

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year old grandchilden. Like their friends and thousands of children,

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they want the latest technology. is what youngsters are into. All of

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their friends have got them. Colin was buying this type of phone

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in the UK it would come with the option of free internet filters

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that block over 18 content. But here in the Channel Islands, they

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don't. And this man at the Education Department wants that

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changed. It is important we recognised that child safeguarding

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is a crucial issue. The companies are dug in their social

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responsibility. -- avoiding their social responsibility. So why

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aren't there any filters? Sure told us it would cost hundreds of

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thousands per island, and possibly per operator. They believe it needs

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a collective approach. Unless we act together at the same time, the

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impact will be negligible. If somebody wants to access this

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content, there is no cost. He is just a case of buying a Sim card. -

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- it is just a case. It is not a cost issue. It is a question of it

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we can offer the quality of filtering to ensure children cannot

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access appropriate content. We have not found a system that can do that

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yet. The third operator, Jersey Telecom, wouldn't comment on camera

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Meanwhile, outside the phone shops people were shocked no controls

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exist. It is worrying. I think the children in the Channel Islands

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should have the same rights as children in the UK at the same

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level of protection. It should be looked into seriously. It is

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worrying, especially if a child gets a phone for Christmas. It

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should be blocked automatically. The worry for parents is that they

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can do nothing to stop their children accessing pornography and

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violence on their mobile phones. The only solution is not to buy

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them a Smartphone. Difficult or perhaps impossible in this digital

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age. The final members of Jersey's

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government have been appointed. All the chairs of the scrutiny panels

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were elected unopposed, and the Constable of St Helier was also

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appointed Chairman of the Privileges and Procedures Committee,

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responsible for States members discipline. Police in Guernsey are

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investigating what appears to be an arson attack on the island's Indoor

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Cricket Centre. CCTV footage caught two people strolling to the rear of

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the building before tampering with a wheelie bin, which then was on

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fire. If this place had gone up in smoke,

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it would have affected her law business, and of course living

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accommodation. -- our. A very scary thought. These youngsters really

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need to consider. They should seek help because in my opinion they are

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sake. It is not the sort of thing you do. Now, it's a building that

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has split opinion. Some see it as one of Jersey's worst planning

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decision, but the housing development above Portelet Bay has

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just won a top building award. We sent Anisha Shah along to have a

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look at what the judges thought was so special.

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This is the show apartment. Portelet Bay has just won the Best

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Apartment Scheme Award in the British Isles. A lot of attention

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to detail has been put into this scheme, to achieve the vision of

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old Architecture in our natural heritage site. The apartments are

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the subject of an independent quality control team. 500

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individual checks are made throughout the process of the

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construction. Assessors from the What House Awards rated this best

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for luxury, attention to detail, originality and a "very special

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setting". As you can see, this is a stunning location. Award-winning it

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is, but uptake has been slow. Just eight of the 53 properties have

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been sold. But Portelet Bay also faced opposition since all this was

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just a plan on paper. The quality and the dynamics of it, plus the

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stunning location, has been well received by those who have come to

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see it. Those cynics claim the site's an eyesore and out of

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keeping with the scenery. For them, this top award won't change their

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view. We do tend to moan when the weather

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is a bit miserable, so we should make sure we appreciate it when

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it's not. And that's exactly what regular swimmers in Guernsey are

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doing. The warm weather has had a knock on affect on sea temperatures.

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Penny Elderfield has this report. It's a popular spot during the

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summer, but this is probably what you'd expect to see at the bathing

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pools as we approach December. But this area is far from quiet, with

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swimmers like Dex braving the sea here regularly. Although he admits

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if the sea wasn't so warm at the moment - around one and a half

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degrees above the 30-year average - he might have given up by now.

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long as I have ever been is 11th November a few years ago. This is

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definitely the long as I have been. I do not think I will make

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Christmas! We will see. It is a lot warmer this year and the weather

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has been better. Not so much wind. If it is windy down here, you can

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go to Bordeaux. The water may be warmer than usual, but that's still

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pretty cold. And you wouldn't get me going in there any time soon. So

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why are temperatures higher, and is the trend likely to continue?

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must remember we have had a lovely warm summer which has warned the

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sea temperatures. Last winter they were very cold. We must not confuse

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changes with climate change. But long-term climate change is

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happening and it is increasing sea temperatures. So whilst the high

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temperatures we've been experiencing recently may be a bit

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unusual, at least swimmers like Dex Good evening. The temperatures in

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the next few days will come down. The sea temperature beginning to

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cool. Still relatively mild and unusually warm. An area of high

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pressure scripting and from the south-west keeping things quiet

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overnight. Hopefully some sunshine or tomorrow. Towards the end the

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week the risk of more clout on Thursday and into Friday. -- cloud.

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Until then it is a drive. Missed the overnight tonight. Overnight

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temperatures well into single figures. Tomorrow we should have

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the most -- mist clearing. Temperatures go into 12 degrees in

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the afternoon. The winds from the same direction, north-westerly,

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becoming variable in the second half of the day. Times of high

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water... Quite messy so if for most of our beaches. -- surfing. The

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forecast towards the weekend, more cloud. Thursday is a fine day. On

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Friday, the cloud will start to produce some outbreaks of rain. It

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