29/12/2011 BBC Channel Islands News


29/12/2011

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Love it or hate it, Guernsey's finance industry is an essential

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part of the Island's economy. Development will ensure that

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remains the case. We are absolutely where we should be. We are at the

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cutting edge of regulation, and with the transparency we have

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signed up to, we are considered internationally to be one of the

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best jurisdictions on the planet. That is very good for the future.

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With Guernsey's mail order industry under threat, there will be

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challenges. That is not the only one. Is it is not about us. It is

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about the eurozone. For us, are a strong UK economy is fundamentally

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important to our prosperity. The sooner the UK and returns to

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significant levels of grip, the better. It but on a local level,

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the issue is that of the April general elections.

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The police are growing increasingly concerned about a missing woman

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from Jersey. 31-year-old Margarida Nascimento de Ascensao, who lives

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in St Saviour's Road, hasn't been seen for nearly two weeks. Officers

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are asking Islanders to check outbuildings or sheds.

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Women using community contraception clinics in Jersey will have to pay

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more. Charges for many who use the service - here at Le Bas - will

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rise by �5-8. But for those requiring more expensive forms of

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contraception, they will rise by about 50%. The health service is

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blaming budget cuts for the decision.

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Campaigners want Jersey's community AND government to buy the headland

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and former holiday camp at Plemont. The National Trust wants to return

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it to its natural state. The charity already has �1.6 million

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for the project but needs a lot more.

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As the year draws to a close, we are taking a look back at what has

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made the news in 2011. Clare Burton continues to take us through the

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highs and lows of the past year. We pick up the story of 2011 in May,

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and Guernsey's Royal Court. Philip Burton -- Filipe Burton received

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three life sentences. That was reduced to 12 years in prison.

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The goods and services tax went up from three have and 5%. -- 3-5.

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In June, Alderney collected a new President. I understand the

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problems of business. I look forward to using my people skills

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in helping the States and the people of Alderney. Antique rail

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protesters descended as the International Whaling Commission

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held its annual conference. Meanwhile, over in Guernsey, 40

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life-size fibreglass donkey's popped up around the Island. They

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were later auctioned off, at raising �58,000.

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Want to August, and a brave Jersey teenager fought off a polar bear

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that killed his friend. 16 Europe Patrick was a fishing expedition to

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the Arctic. I remembered the prayer -- bear. Everyone was screaming. I

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saw people are very scared. Then, he grabbed my arm and a tip. I

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punched it to get it off me. A later this month, a shocking

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crime rocked Joseph. Won this St Helier Street, six people were

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stabbed to death. All six victims were Polish. Jersey police had to

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appeal for calm. Such an incident will raise a penchant locally, and

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I would appeal to everyone to him remain calm and dignified, and my

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officers to continue with a complex, demanding and difficult

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investigation. 30-year-old Damian Rzeszowski was charged with the

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sixth murders. Mass services were held for the

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victims and attended by hundreds of mourners. The whole community is

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rallying together, and we want to show our support for the family and

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friends of those who have lost their lives.

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Tragedy stuck -- struck in Guernsey as a laughing woman was found death.

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August also brought some of festivals. Alderney Week got things

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started with a raft race, and then the battle of the flowers time. And

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it did at rain! For his second year in the world, St Clements took the

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prize. Not forgetting don't do's battle of

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flowers. Crowds flocked to the show, in its 89 the year.

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This summer, at the age of 70, this don't seem and became the oldest

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person to swim the English Channel. He raised thousands of pounds for a

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cancer charity. I feel very happy to have done it. Most things are

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hurting. Some wet weather on its way per

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tonight. Showers around at first, and then later on tonight, we will

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see this band of rain arriving from the West. Still quite breezy as

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well, with a brisk, north-westerly wind. By 5am, temperatures around

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nine it degrees. A wet start to the day. Heavy rain for a time. The

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rain starts to ease during the second half of the day, but still

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quite wet fog the afternoon. Up to 11 degrees Celsius. But still quite

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breezy. For the New year's weekend, Saturday, things remain mild, it

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just a whisker of sunlight rain, and by Sunday, in other weather

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