01/12/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


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Welcome to BBC Channel Islands news. Tonight's top stories: Light,

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camera, action. The Hollywood film from that a book that could be

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filmed in Jersey -- Guernsey. And has emerged got talent? The Jersey

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girl who has defied the odds to appear on Britain's biggest shows.

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Good evening. Guernsey has moved a step closer to making its Hollywood

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debut. The film adaptation of the novel "The Guernsey Literary and

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Potato Peel Pie Society" has been planned by Fox Studios. Company

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representatives will be on the island tomorrow, identifying

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potential locations. But there is The talk of tinsel Town could soon

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be about a new kind of film. Guernsey, the movie. The island has

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attracted a great deal of attention due to the bestselling book, "The

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Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society". The tale of life

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under German occupation. There have been rumours that Fox Studios will

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turn it into a film, with some of the scenes filmed on the island.

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Those rumours have become reality as negotiations have progressed

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over the last year. Ken Brown will be the director, and it will be

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called Guernsey, which I think is great news for the island. David

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Barron will be the producer of the film. He has worked with Kenneth

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Branagh and has produced five of the Harry Potter movies. It is

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great news for the island. Funds are in place, and filming could

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take place in April. There is still one obstacle. Whether the island

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can offer any discounts to the film-maker. We have all BC said as

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the government, there we are not able to contribute to tax police --

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tax relief. It is difficult when It is estimated that 100 people

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will need to stay on the island. There are hopes that many

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businesses on the island will play their part in enticing the

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producers. Fox Studios are sending scouts to the islands tomorrow.

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They will be looking at potential locations. Then there will be a

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decision about whether a Guernsey will deserve his place among

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Hollywood's bright light. Next tonight, the Jersey Sports Council

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has welcomed plans by a new charitable organisation to fund

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stars of the future. The One Foundation has confirmed that there

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will be money available to help the island's' sports and culture.

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Council bosses say the new cash injection is not enough and they

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want the cover letter states to Home-grown talent hitting the big

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time. There is cash available to turn aspiration into reality. It is

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coming from the One Foundation, a charitable organisation aiming to

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help the island in education, sport and culture. It also confirms

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support for teams to play off the island. Welcome news for the sports

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bosses. The One Foundation can see the development of children across

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the island, and in all sports, helps the community. I know I keep

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going on about the community, but we are a community. It is about

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getting people off the island and competing with other people, and

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enjoying the actual activity of sport. But, he says, it is not

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enough. With sponsorship harder and maintain, he has a herd -- he has

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those the Government not to make any more cuts. It is how important

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sport is. It is competitive -- not just in competitive terms but in

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community terms. We would keep our children occupied. The new

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education minister, Patrick Ryan, was not available to talk on camera

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today, but has issued a statement that he is mindful of the need for

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This is the panel that decides the money. Although cash will be split

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failure -- fairly among sport, education and culture groups, it is

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mainly sport based. But they want the government to do its bit too. A

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man has appeared in Guernsey managed -- Guernsey magistrates

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court charged with sexual abuse. The incidence date back several

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years. Alasdair Robert Garven pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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The media were banned from filming his first court appearance to allow

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other witnesses to come forward. He has been remanded until 5th January.

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It is claimed that Guernsey has made little or no progress in eight

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years in sorting out the island's dairy industry. An independent

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report suggests a number of measures. I do not think there...

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Might amendment does not change that. What we lack is a

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comprehensive vision, and we will forever be in a state of argument

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if we do not get it. It is thought that the systemic -- discrimination

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that people with HIV face on the island is bigger than dealing with

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the disease itself. This man volunteers with an Aids charity in

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Africa. It on a small island like this, where everyone seems to know

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everyone, the idea of disclosing may be harder here. It is important

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as a community that people are better educated about HIV and how

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it affects people's lives. It might make it easier for people to talk

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about their diagnosis. For the past six years, David Kirch has given

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�100 to Ireland pensioners for Christmas. But this year, he has

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had to borrow money to continue the gesture. People have to be over 70,

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resident in Jersey, and they have to be able to prove their

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photographic identity. response? The response has been

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very good. We are issuing about 30 an hour, and we have 1,600 to issue.

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She has been described by her mother as an inspiration, and this

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weekend, she is heading to London to continue her dream. Emma will be

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appearing on Britain's got talent. M up once believed that she would

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never reach a dream to sing on Britain's Got Talent. After

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applying for three years, her mother wrote to to the producers

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telling her story. When she was 5 1/2, she was diagnosed with a cleft

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palate. The doctor contacted the hospital in London where they had a

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specialist in that field, and he came over. He could cure it. Six is

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on, after the correction, and speech therapy, she has been

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invited onto the show. She hopes that it will get people to follow

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their dreams. I feel sorry for people with the condition, because

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some people cannot speak. By an breve -- proving that if you keep

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trying, you can do it. I am looking forward to seeing lots of people as

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well, singing, dancing, expression and that. It is really nice. She is

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heading to London and hoping that she gets a yes from the judges.

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is fantastic, she is really And good luck to her. Let's get the

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And good luck to her. Let's get the weather. Good evening. Some wet

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weather, I'm afraid. That rain will move out the way, and we are

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promised a dry day, which will be colder. Then we will start to see

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more wet-weather as we go into the weekend. We have a frontal system

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right over us, and that will move out the way. It is still going to

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give us a few showers. They will be fairly isolated. This string of

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cloud across the Atlantic will move in. We will have wet and windy

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weather on Saturday, with gale- force winds back. Still some more

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wet weather on the way. This rain overnight tonight will linger for a

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while, but eventually clear in the early hours of the morning. Once it

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comes through, temperatures will start at seven degrees. You will

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need to wrap up warm. That is despite the fact we will have some

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sunshine. Eventually, the showers will tend to fade away. 11 Celsius

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the top temperature. There is a little bit of wind chill. You will

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need to wrap up warmly. Here's the Marine forecast. Isolated showers

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and good visibility. Here at the For most of the beaches, the surf

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The forecast for Saturday and Sunday does not look promising. I

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