22/12/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


22/12/2011

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Good evening. Welcome to BBC in the Channel Islands. The headlines this

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Thursday evening... Why it could be a bright new year

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for Alderney Renewable Energy and we could all bend of it. -- all

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benefit. Plus, a double-edged sword - modern

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technology brings a drop in Christmas card deliveries, by more

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parcels from internet shopping. And fancy a game of Euchre? Why

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this traditional pastime is guaranteed a future, thanks to new

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The Channel Islands could lead the world in developing tidal power.

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That is the message from the French energy company EDF, which has just

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installed the first of four underwater turbines in the Bay of

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St Malo. Up if initial tests are successful,

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they will be looking to exploit the strong tidal flow around our

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island's next. All Alderney could be first to benefit. David Earl

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brings us this special report. Last month, DCNS, who are better

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known for building nuclear submarines, deployed the first of

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four Open Hydro turbines on behalf of EDF in the strong tidal streams

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of the Cotes d'Armor. The 850-tonnes turbine was towed

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into position from Brest on a specially constructed barge, before

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being lowered onto the seabed. If successful, the test will pave

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the way for the world's largest tidal array, capable of powering up

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to 4,000 homes. One man who is taking a keen interest in the

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project is Chris Ambler of Jersey Electricity. Oath we have just

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signed a major long-term contract, a million and you'll contract.

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have put a very good working relationship with them for the last

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30 years and we're keen to continue that and the are obviously keen to

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see how they could use this trial in our water.

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DCNS clearly sees marine renewable energy as a growth market and with

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shipyards in Cherbourg and Brest to keep busy, has set up a new

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division to exploit it. One of their first moves was to

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purchase an 11% stake in Open Hydro, which in turn, has a 20% stake in

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Alderney Renewable Energy. ARE were granted a Master Power

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Generation Licence by the States of Alderney in November 2008 and have

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first choice when it comes to choosing sites for their turbines

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in Alderney waters. I think all the background work that has gone on

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creating the war and creating the regulator and a consenting regime

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and the environmental work we have been doing, means that all the work

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has been there and the project is ready to call. I think Alderney is

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still at the forefront of a very exciting project.

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Given French plans to develop marine renewable energy in the Bay

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of St Malo, plus the fact that Alderney owns its own seabed,

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Alderney Renewable Energy could end up becoming the island's French

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Connection. The French site chosen for the

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first turbines does not actually have the strongest tidal flows, so

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the company behind the project has Alderney firmly in its sights.

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soon is the experimentation is successful, we will start the

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commercial deployment of the energy to install around 1,000 turbine is

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between France and Alderney. We want to do that within 15 years.

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And you can hear much more about what tidal power would do for the

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Channel Islands on BBC Radio Jersey with Chris Stone, tomorrow morning

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from seven o'clock. In other news, further improvements

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need to be made to the way Jersey's government manages the donations

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and bequests it uses to pay for services and grants.

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The accounts for 37 larger funds managed by the States have been

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published. They range in value and are used to fund things such as

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Christmas bonuses, medical equipment and scholarships.

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A new report by the independent auditor says many improvements have

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been made since he checked two years ago, but the States needs a

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standard approach to accepting and managing new bequests and gifts.

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With the pressure on to save money, the last thing Guernsey Post wants

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to see is a drop in the amount of mail it deals with and,

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unfortunately, that is exactly what has happened when it comes to

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Christmas cards this year. But it seems internet shopping may have

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come to the rescue. A classic Christmas card - the

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perfect way to spread Christmas cheer and let your nearest and

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dearest know you are thinking of them.

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Or is it? Because in a world of social networking, e-cards and

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emails, it seems more people are opting to go electronic. Her think

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it is just the internet. It is easier just to send a little messy

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jury text on the phone. Perhaps we should move into any next century,

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but as far as I'm concerned, there are still Christmas cards. It is a

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lot less personal. I prefer to go out and choose my own Christmas

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cards. Whilst some still favour the

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traditional approach, the amount of cards sent this year is down by

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around 5%. But whilst Guernsey Post is seeing

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fewer of these, it is not all bad news. The news is mixed. Christmas

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cards are declining, but on the more positive front, the amount of

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packages has increased exceptionally - we're probably

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looking at an increase of one quarter. Will the internet is

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killing one part of the business, the other part of the business is

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thriving because of it. So the increase in internet

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shopping is one Christmas gift Guernsey Post is pleased to receive.

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You are watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight

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with Natalie and Simon, born in 1910, two months premature and not

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expected to live - Hilda celebrates You can stock surging down the back

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of this awful. The top prize in the Jersey Lottery has been won. The

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top prize was won by an anonymous winner, who scooped �750,000. It is

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thought the lottery raised �400,000 for local charities and

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organisations. Euchre - it is up there with Gauche

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and Bean Jar on the list of Guernsey traditions.

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Yet there was concern that not enough people were taking up the

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card game, which has been played in the island for so many years.

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But a group of local players decided that had to change.

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A busy night at a Guernsey bar. But rather than celebrating the festive

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season, these people are celebrating one of Guernsey's

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traditions, Euchre, a game which has been played on the island for

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many years and these workshops are being put on to ensure it is played

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for many more. We have had quite a lot of people asking us how to

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learn the game. They have seen it played in pubs. It is a very good

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social game and we do not want to see it dying out. Families have

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paid it for generations. I know that during the war, families

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played at almost every night during the war.

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And whilst it takes a bit of practice, apparently you get the

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hang of it - eventually! It is truly enjoyable. A day's your brain

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working. I am doing OK. I am doing so sore! I know I will have enjoyed

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a if I get home and I have got a headache! It took me a couple of

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times to get used to it, but then it became easier.

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So if you want a New Year's resolution that keeps your mind

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active and a Guernsey tradition alive, then perhaps these euchre

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Among good evening. This line of cloud their you can see coming out

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overnight is making slow progress to us. As that moves away, we will

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have a north-westerly winds initially and then by Saturday,

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Christmas Eve, we will have westerly winds with a high pressure,

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which should leave as dry, bright and with some sunshine. There is

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the possibility of some overnight drizzle tonight and temperatures no

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let up law than 10 degrees. Tomorrow, after any cloudy start,

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the rain will set and then it could become quite wet for most of the

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afternoon. He fresh wind will make it quite lively going into tomorrow

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night. Here are the coastal forecasts. The high water times are

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as follows: And if you're heading for the pitch to go surfing, here

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are the wave hates. No soul, he is the look ahead, Friday, a chilly

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day with the rain, a bit more dry on Christmas Eve and much the same

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on Christmas Day. So, very quiet in general over the Christmas weekend.

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Finally, a Jersey businessman is hoping that his daughter will have

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the Christmas number one this year. David Bridge's daughter Sophie is

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part of the Military Wives choir. Their Wherever You Are song is the

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fastest selling single in six years and looks set to top the chart on

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Christmas Day. Sophie O'Sullivan's husband has just returned from

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Afghanistan. For me, it was little like trying to get every single day

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and giving me something to look forward to. It also gave me

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something to get up in the morning for. You feel very deflated when

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your husband is away. So, a position in the top 10 would be a

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huge honour, but to get a Christmas number one would be a huge honour -

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