02/12/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening and welcome to your BBC in that alliance. Tonight's top

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stories: This small but invaluable equipment so that is easing the

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lives of children with eye problems. Plus a list that will help monitor

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and protect the birds that live on Orions.

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And the fighting spirit that has made this Jersey one and a kick

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boxing world champion. -- our The A new machine is helping

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improve the lives of children in Guernsey with rare eye conditions.

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The Guernsey Blind Association has raised thousands of pounds to help

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pay for the new device which can diagnose problems that would

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otherwise be undetected. As Mike Wilkins reports, it means children

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will no longer be forced to travel to the UK.

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Three-year-old Grace and her mum Claire enjoying a stroll in the

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winter sun, but they have to walk away from the sunshine and seek the

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shade as Grace has congenital glaucoma. It means any direct

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sunlight hurts her eyes and does something like this to her vision.

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What is that? A bid is a microphone. I like it. Chris will always have

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more obstacles to overcome compared to other children. -- grace.

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had to have eyedrops and she had to have an operation when she was 12

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weeks old. So it is a constant reminder that she has got this

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condition for life. And then meet young Emma, who has a rare disorder

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known as Sturge-Weber syndrome, complex epilepsy and is visually

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impaired. Emma's mum Claire also has to take her daughter to England

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regularly to monitor her eyes. is getting more difficult as she

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gets older. She does not sit still and she needs her routine. So

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sometimes going to the UK can actually cause her quite a lot of

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distress. But now this tiny bit of kit is making a huge impact. It's

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called a tonometer and helps measure the pressure in their eyes.

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It means that the girls can now have a quick check-up on the island,

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without the regular upheaval of travelling to England. They've got

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enough problems without compounding them and this has taken away one of

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their problems. It may be small, but this device is having a big

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impact on these young lives. Guernsey Police and the Chamber of

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Commerce have teamed up to take a tough stance on crime this

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Christmas. The Christmas Cracker initiative aims to let islanders

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know they are likely to be in a cell over the festive period if

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they are caught committing a crime. The campaign includes posters and

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more high-visibility police patrols. 33 species of birds are in danger

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of dying out in Jersey, according to a new survey. They're now

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featured in a report into bird populations that's been published

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for the first time in Jersey. One of the most at risk is the puffin,

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which has been declining gradually for decades. Amy Harris reports.

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They're one of Jersey's most endearing guests, drawn to the

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island in Spring and Summer to nest and breed. Puffins are normally

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found in this area of the North Coast, but now you'd be extremely

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lucky to spot them because numbers have dwindled from around 300 to

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just six, because of global warming and over-fishing. It's a shame.

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Lots of people used to to one to come and see them. It is by far the

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British Isles are' most popular bird when it comes to bird-watching.

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It is not just ornithologist or people who why interested in birds.

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Puffins are among 33 types of bird on this most-endangered species red

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list. It's part of a new study monitoring the island's birds by

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Durrell, the Societe Jersiaise and the Environment Department here.

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They believe the project will help them focus conservation efforts.

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The main step is to concentrate on planting schemes. If we can

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reintroduce Headrow systems and plants, and particularly food

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species on which the birds rely upon, Perhaps there will be a small

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part that will encourage them to return. It's hoped in time those

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initiatives will help reduce the number of endangered birds on this

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list although with wider factors like climate change also playing a

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part, there's only so much that can be done. For puffins, there's very

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little that can be done locally to swell numbers, so it seems there's

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an uncertain future for these popular visitors.

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He's been a drug smuggler, best selling author and he wants

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cannabis legalised. Howard Marks - known as Mr Nice - had his life

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story made into a movie and tonight he's playing at the Live Lounge in

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Jersey. He'll be talking about his life and DJing - something he's

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fallen into in recent years. When I started doing readings, they would

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often be in the same venues as DJs and musicians so I started making

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friends with them. So I was asked to DJ occasionally, so I just play

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records I like. What are you going to be doing here tonight? I don't

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know yet. It will either be a mixture of dub step and rock and

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roll or I might go completely mad. Jersey has its fair share of

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champion athletes but now, add to that, the World Champion female

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Kickboxer. Monika Markowska juggles a full-time job and full-time

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training, but fought her way to the title in Dublin this week. Our

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reporter Anisha Shah has been in the ring to see her steely

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It's tough at the top. But with a strict training regime and steely

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determination, she's become the best, fighting off world-renowned

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kickboxers, to claim the title of World Champion. It has been hard

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work all year, starting in February when I won the British title. I was

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told I had a chance to represent Great Britain in the world champion

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just. From that day, I put everything into it. I train twice a

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day, every day, seven days a week. Nearly every weekend, I have

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travelled to England and Ireland are to train with the best coaches

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and Spar with the best fighters. But being crowned the world's best

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isn't enough. They say the sky is the limit. Next year is going to be

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hard as well, because as a world champion I am going to be put in

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certain kinds of matches against the best of the best. And that is

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not putting her off. It is that motivation that her trainers say

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take her to the top. She is so dedicated. She trained seven days a

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week. She works full-time and she is so devastated -- dedicated. She

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has a mental toughness, as well. have been working with her for the

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last six years, on and off, but it is really about the last year that

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she has raised her game. After the Championships in Dublin this week,

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you would think that she would take a break. But for this world

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champion, it is all about keeping the fighting spirit.

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Now, it may only be the second day of December - but Christmas

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celebrations are well underway in the Channel Islands. The lights

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have been switched on in Guernsey, and the Fete de Noue has started in

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Jersey. Emma Chambers has been The spirit of Christmas has taken

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over the cobbled pavement at Jersey's weighbridge. 55 traders

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are selling food, decorations and gifts in the twelfth year of the

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festival. It is a festival people enjoy. It has traditional elements

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and quirky elements. Very quirky on the Continent. Christmas markets

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happen all over Germany, Austria and France and it is catching on in

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the UK and becoming a popular thing to do as a weekend break or a treat

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Along with the Christmas market, there's walks, entertainment and

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even a free film festival. There is a whole host of different movies.

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Lots of traditional Christmas favourites. That is all very

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exciting. You need to phone the arts centre to book a ticket. It is

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limited seats but they are free to go and watch. The Fete de Noue runs

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until the 11th of December, to get everyone who visits into the

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Well, it's official - we've had the mildest November on record in the

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Channel Islands. The average temperature was 12 degrees. Jersey

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was very dry, with 75% less rain It seems to have all changed after

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the rain today. Let's find out about the weekend.

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We have had a bit of sunshine today across the islands, but one or two

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sharp showers. Tamara, a cloudy and grey day. -- tomorrow. Windy and

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wet conditions come dawn, and out into the Atlantic it runs through

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the English Channel, giving us heavier bursts of rain. It will try

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and clear tomorrow night and into the early hours of Sunday, but

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another weather system will give us more wet weather on Sunday.

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Overnight, it will steadily turn worse, with outbreaks of persistent

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rain. Windy, as well, with South West wins peaking at around 35 mph

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and temperatures down to a degrees overnight. Wide whether tomorrow,

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it may Gurkha but it will not remain that way. -- it made

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brighten up. For the coastal waters forecast, the winds are strong to

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near gale force. Rain at times with moderate visibility. Here rather

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high water times. -- here are the. The waves have been big all week

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and that will continue into the weekend. A Long Travel of strong

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winds across much of the Atlantic means that the waves will stay at

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around 5 ft across the weekend. Here is the forecast into next week.

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Sunday is a wet and windy day. A change of wind direction on Monday.

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