24/01/2012 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening. Out top stories: Children's services come under fire

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for the ninth time in a decade. Electricity is going up again, but

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is it partly our fault? And we assess our top athletes' chances of

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Nine critical reports in nine years and the children's services in

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Jersey is not improving fast enough. The Care Inspectorate included in

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its report a lack of communication between senior managers and staff

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and children's point of view not being listened to. Why isn't a care

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getting better? Is a Jersey's young generation in

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care are being let down? The Care Inspectorate has found that the

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island's care services are in need of the improvement. It says that

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specialist units had positive experiences with progress being

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made and the overall service, but half of the overall evacuated areas

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had many witnesses. 14 recommendations have have been made

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following the report. Children who are looked after are the state's

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responsibility and they are the most important children in a Jersey

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in my view. There is a political responsibility to be thinking about

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those children and their needs and making sure they get the best care.

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These recommendations are now part of the island's improvement plan,

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joining 38 others following reports in the last decade. Action has to

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be taken. This is something that we need to implement and it is

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something that our group will make sure is implemented. My personal

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view is that these recommendations are needed to be handled over --

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need to be handed over a two year period. I expect we should deliver

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good outcomes by Jersey expects from its children's services.

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report states that children's services in the state are going in

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the right direction but the right people and right policies may not

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be in place. Now the children's Agassi groups want to put these --

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children's advocacy groups want to put these into practice.

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Paul Creedon says that he will not seek to be President of Jersey's

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Football Association and -- Ricky Weir says that he will not seem to

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be President of Jersey's Football Association and expects Paul

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Creedon to take his place. Electricity bills in Guernsey are

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going up. The cost of electricity in the UK has recently fallen, so

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why is Guernsey having to pay more? The 2.5 % hike has to do with

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electricity that was consumed two years ago. This has to do with our

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current investment plans going forward and will not cover what is

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going on now in the UK. The UK is wholesale market and those prices

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are not reflected correctly. price hike comes at a time when we

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are all using more electricity. In 2006, the a -- island just used

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over 50,000 megawatts of electricity. I have an energy

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monitor here which tells me how much electricity is being used in

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this house. In his living room you will find a television and a set

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top box and also video-games. Let's see what happens when we turn all

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of these devices on. With all of these devices on, I can

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see now that might cost has gone up from 5p an hour to over 8p an hour.

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And it is not just you and me who are trying to become more energy

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efficient. Tomorrow, Guernsey States will unveil its plans for

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alternative energy. Renewable energy is certainly one

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issue that Guernsey States will have to tackle in the future.

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Tomorrow's challenge will be electing a new education minister.

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A new general election will take place in April but the public do

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not seem to get -- be getting too excited about voting yet. The

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electorate will is about 8,000 short this year.

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What a steady stream of forms to process, there is a team working

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behind the scenes to ensure that everyone who wants to vote on the

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April -- on April 18th can do so. If you want to check your details,

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you can do so at places like Frossard House. All of these orders

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contain names that are already on the electoral roll. There is some

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concern that there are not more names. The target has been set, but

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with more than 8,000 names are needed to reach it, there is still

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some way to go, and there are some ideas why this may be the case.

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think there has been an expectation of less people voting. There is no

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real definitive evidence on reasons for people not registering.

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lack of Ireland voting may be one reason, but are there are other

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issues to blame? Some people are saying they are frustrated with

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politics but we live in challenging times and I do not think our local

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politics are divorced from this process. Let's make sure that local

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people take part by registering. is that a message that is getting

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through to the general public? did not have a say. You have issues

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that will not get listened to. I think it is important to get the

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right people voted in. I think that they do not tend to listen to the

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likes of any, you and everyone else, so I am not writing. I do not see

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the point. -- so I am not voting. do not feel I have a say on what

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goes on on the island. The concern that -- is that some people will

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want to decide that they want to vote after the deadline and by then

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it will be too late. Later on Spotlight: We will meet

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the mother looking for answers about her son's death in

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Afghanistan. You're going to be seeing a lot of

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this around now as it is only six months until the Olympic Games.

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Yesterday we met a Jersey Bolley Bott judge who will be officiating

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at the Games. -- of volleyball. Today we will meet three athletes

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who hope to join her. As the prospects of the Olympic Games

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comes to us, there is still time for Attlee's to qualify. Three of

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those hoping to pack their bags for London Ara Lee Merrien, Elizabeth

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Cann, and Heather Watson. -- for London are. Lee was just 18 seconds

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off of qualifying in last year's Olympics and he may have a spot in

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2012. The next few months will be so important for me. I need to get

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myself and the best ever shape that I have ever been end. I will enjoy

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the ride, I guess. He needs a qualifying time of just a few

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minutes more than his last time. He is hoping to make his Olympic bid

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when he competes in a marathon next April. I have really enjoyed it in

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the past and I have the credentials across the board. Another person

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with the work to do is Jersey's Elizabeth Cann. It is likely only

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one person will be selected to select Great Britain and she is

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currently ranked 50th in the world. But she has some top competition.

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We are still in neck and neck at the moment. She is ahead of me in

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the rankings at the moment but that is just because of all the points

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she is carrying from last season. They have not dropped off yet. I

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still need to put in some good performances and start building up

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some points. Nothing is safe at the moment but I am feeling good about

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how I am performing at the moment. From one court to another, and

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Guernsey's Heather Watson could be representing Great Britain. She is

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currently ranked 105th in the world and is the third British seed. She

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could qualify if she makes it into the top 56 players of the world,

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all through a wild card. These athletes all had big dreams but not

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much time to stake their place at the Greatest Show on Earth. It is

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time to go to work with just six months to go.

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We will hear from more Olympic hopefuls later in the week but now

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for a look at the weather. It is quite a mild night ahead of us with

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quite a mild night ahead of us with some cooler weather returning by

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the end of the week. Tonight will bring a lot of cloud around and it

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will keep things relatively mild. We are in between Llais Gwynedd

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weather fronts at the moment. Some of -- in between two weather fronts.

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There will be a cold front coming through that will bring some rain.

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There could be one or two showers by the end of the week. A lot of a

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cloud around with the risk of some fog patches. Temperatures will be

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no lower than nine Celsius but it looks like a start they -- a pretty

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grey start to the day tomorrow with some drizzle. I think it will

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remain pretty ever cast into the afternoon. The winds will pick up

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at 11 degrees Celsius. There is the risk of some fog patches and

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occasional drizzle and the wind will increase in the afternoon.

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For the surf, you will be able to find some shelter, but they will be

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generally choppy, at the waves, around three feet at best. We will

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see some heavy rain overnight on Thursday into Friday. There will be

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some fresher conditions and quite a few showers on Thursday and some

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pretty blustery conditions. The weather will settle down for a

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Friday and still be quite cool. It will feel settled for the start of

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