25/11/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


25/11/2011

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Welcome to BBC Channel Islands news. Unemployment crisis as those out of

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work reaches record levels. We have got to expect that in the short

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term, the numbers could worsen. I'll Guernsey and Jersey Police as

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step closer to using these -- are? And a dry weekend across the

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islands with little chance of rain. We will have a full forecast later

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Good evening. Jersey's new chief minister has made tackling

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unemployment his new priority. Today he launched a back-to-work

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programme on the same day Jersey's unemployment figure reached record

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levels. There are 1500 people registered for work, the highest

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ever recorded in the island. 130 more than last month. But a third

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of those are under 25 and 100 of those haven't had a job in the last

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year. The new programme includes works schemes are.

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Learning the tours of the trade. These youngsters are gaining

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practical skills in plumbing, carpentry and building. Skills they

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hope will lead straight into a job. I think this is a good idea because

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it is something that will help people when they are all before

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getting a job. It will give you good skills. I found an

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apprenticeship waiting for me after my work experience. There is

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nothing like having a trade or vocation, child care, plumber,

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hairdressing, electrician, to give you a start and a future. Despite

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the unemployment figures, there are shortages in those airy years.

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government wants to invest in more courses like this to give

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youngsters a better chance of finding work. Providing more

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vocational training is just one of a raft of measures by the

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Government to tackle record levels of unemployment in Jersey,

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particularly in young people. It will cost �4 million. The message:

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Local jobs for local people off. know that we have an ebb and flow

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of people coming into our community. We need to try to prioritise the

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jobs in our community to those individuals who are already here

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and to do that, we have to work carefully with employees, helping

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them with barriers they may have forced job unemployment is the

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biggest issue facing Jersey. Getting more people into work will

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be the new Chief Minister's first and biggest test, but with the

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economy struggling to grow, it won't be easy.

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The convicted drug dealer Curtis Warren has vowed to fight a court

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order aimed at stopping him running his criminal empire on release from

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prison. Warren and five co- defendants were jailed in 2009 for

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attempting to flood Jersey with a million pounds worth of cannabis.

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The Serious Organised Crime Agency want to limit him to one bank

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account and one mobile phone. He would not be allowed to carry more

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than �1,000 in cash and would be banned from travelling out of the

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Senator Ian Le Marquand has been appointed Jersey's deputy chief

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minister. He'll stand in for the chief minster, Ian Gorst. 14

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assistant ministers have also been appointed to support the council of

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ministers. Deputy Carolyn Labey and Constable John Refault both take on

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two assistant minister posts. If you receive an email from

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Guernsey's former Lieutenant Governor asking for money, you're

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being told to ignore it. Sir Fabion Malbon, who left the island earlier

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this year, has had his account hacked into and emails sent out to

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people in his address book. The email claims Sir Fabion is in

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Barcelona, has been mugged and is in need of help. The police say

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it's a scam. It is an absolute con and my concern is that other people

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will be targeted and may well fall for this type of scam, so the

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answer has got to be, be very careful, and look to increase the

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security on your e-mail account, and that can easily be done by

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changing passwords. A ban on tasered guns being

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imported into the Channel Islands could soon be lifted -- tasered

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guns. It means for the first time, both Guernsey and Jersey Police

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would be able to use them. It's a non lethal weapon, used by

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officers across the UK. But since Guernsey got Taser guns back in

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2006, the island hasn't been able to import any more, or any ammo.

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And supplies are running low. It is down to a ban on importing them

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into non-EU countries but authorities here hope that could

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soon change. We have been putting pressure on the very use bodies in

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England, which is the Ministry of Justice and the Foreign and

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Commonwealth Office -- the various bodies in England. The Ministry of

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Justice have given us tremendous support and we believe that within

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the next few weeks, there is a possibility that we could hear

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something regarding the issue. now, Guernsey Police are able to

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use them and firearms officers say there are many benefits of having

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them. The only time they have had to fire one was to disarm someone

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with a machete. And it's a tool the force doesn't want to loose.

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they haven't got it with them, they may be forced to resort to a

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conventional firearm to protect the public and themselves, whereas with

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the tasered device, there is a less lethal option available to them

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which they could try for first. Taser guns may be something that

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Guernsey Police currently have to use but Jersey Police don't even

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have the easier it, but that is something the force there is keen

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to change. There is a huge gap between a baton, 8 cs spray, and

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incapacity and, under police firearms. And a Taser actually fit

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so that gap neatly, a for dealing with people armed with knives for

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example. There maybe examples where Tasers could be beneficial but are

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there enough to convince the authorities to allow the islands to

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have them. Flybe has secured $500 million of

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funding to buy new aircraft. Regional jets like this one are

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scheduled to join the existing fleet between now and 2014. Flybe

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say these aircraft would be ideal to serve their Guernsey roots.

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You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight

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with Justin and Victoria: Following in the steps of Captain Scott, the

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student who's off on an Antarctic David is here with the forecast in

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a few moments. A precious collection of hundreds

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of thousands of historical artefacts. Now you can view those

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collections on the internet. We have some beautiful examples of

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textiles that we look of dot on behalf of the island. We have

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beautiful wedding dresses from the 18 hundreds. Children's christening

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robes... The Jersey Archives Collection has entered a new age.

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Our purpose is to look after these wonderful assets and to pass them

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on to the next generation so it was really important to show people

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that you can come to our museums and see some of the objects on

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display but there is a lot more on store. The website horse more than

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3,000 historical objects and artifacts and now you can see them

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on the website. There are 7500 paintings in total in our art

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collection and looking on the Web site gives people the opportunity

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to see some of the paintings in storage. The website also gives you

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a sneaky peek of the storage room, preserved under lock and key, but I

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was shown inside. This document is one of the most significant we have

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at Jersey archive. This is the oldest document in Jersey. It is

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from a 1378, so it is over 600 years old. It is a Royal Charter.

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The archive also restores fragile pieces and paintings in the

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conversation room. It hopes that tips on the website will encourage

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more people to get crafty. Absolutely fascinating. What is the

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I think we have got a lot of fine weather to endure across the

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islands this weekend. If there is any rain, it will be Saturday night

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into Sunday morning. Showers early on Sunday morning. Either side of

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that, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine. Enough dry weather at

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tonight to let the temperature a get well into single figures. This

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is the weather front and that will cost us overnight Saturday into

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Sunday. It made well first thing Sunday-morning bringing light

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showers before quickly moving out of the way. Sunday will also be a

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largely dry and bright day with a fresh feel. This evening and

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overnight, not much changes. Any patchy cloud will break up to allow

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clear skies to happen. Winds from the south-west. Tomorrow, a fine

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start with little changed during the day. Perhaps increasing cloud

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later in the afternoon. Moderate, There are some quite big waves

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around generated by low-pressure Perhaps a more definite change to

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