21/02/2012 BBC Channel Islands News


21/02/2012

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Hello and welcome to BBC News in the Channel Islands. A mounting

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issue, but after decades of trying, has Guernsey States finally decided

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what to do with the Island's rubbish?

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Also tonight, drug concern. The number of people using these rises

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to worrying levels. And prison visitor. Find out why a

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group of actors ended up behind bars.

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How does this one end, Lieutenant? It's taken decades to get to this

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stage, but Guernsey States still hasn't reached a decision on what

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to do with the island's rubbish. And with space at Mont Cuet running

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out, time isn't on the island's side. Penny Elderfield reports.

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In ten years, this tip could be full according to figures out today.

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And the task for Guernsey States this week is to decide what to do

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about it. We asked the people of Guernsey what their tolerances and

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what their aspirations were. What they think is important. That has

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led us to this current proposal which is very high up on it

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recycling, which is environmentally very beneficial and the export of

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waste to the jurisdiction. there is concern that's a deal

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which some way off. And that the 70% target may be too ambitious.

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And Deputy Tony Spruce is worried a cheaper option is being ruled out

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on island treatment. It doesn't have to necessarily be a

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consideration, but that is normally the cheapest method of dealing with

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waste. I just want them to come up with a proposal which is going to

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have less impact on the general public. The States rejected his

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attempt to keep that option open and are yet to agree on the actual

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strategy. But a move to giving new parents more support was accepted.

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In future they will get statutory maternity and patenity leave. It

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could take a while though to introduce. It won't be for at least

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two years because there have to decide on the funding and where

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it's coming from and whether, overall, it is reasonable with

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other areas which require funding, to bring this forward. But it will

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be waste that's very much on the minds of members tomorrow, as they

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look to finally make a decision, which has taken decades and cost

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millions to reach. A 36 year old man has been remanded

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until 24th September by Jersey's Royal Court for trial. Niall Linden

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is charged in connection with a fatal crash last February on St

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Clement's Coast Road. 27 year old Dita Pavarniece, who was a

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passenger in the same car, died in the crash.

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An internal investigation has been launched at Jersey Airport after

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problems with the radar system led to delayed and diverted flights

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last night. Air traffic control staff couldn't see flights entering

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or leaving Channel Islands Air space. But officials say no lives

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were at risk at any time. There was a back up plan to allow some

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flights to operate but with a reduced schedule.

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There has been an increase in the number of people needing help for

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drug abuse in Guernsey. Latest figures from Drug Concern's annual

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report reveal 54 more drug users were referred to the organisation

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last year. A little earlier, I asked Drug Concern's Manager Tracey

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Rear why there had been such a rise. We think it's one of two things. We

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think other organisations are under pressure in terms of resources so

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they are being more assertive with the referrals. But also we are

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wondering whether there is not an increase in people who are using

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substances or who are willing to come forward and ask for help.

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your organisation cope with the increased workload? We certainly

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struggled during 2011, so if there continues to be an increase like

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last year, Ben no, we will struggle, so we will have to create waiting

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lists. What hope do need to cope with that demand? What we are

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looking at now is juggling some of the staff profiles, so as an

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interim measure we are going to train a current measure to take on

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new problems. That is not long-term sustainable. I had got the report

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in front of me. Are any children being affected by drug abuse in the

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island? We know that there were working with parents who are

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substance users. So, if we consider the report from the UK, it would

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suggest children are impacted by substance misuse and we are hoping

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to respond to that by look at getting funding for a children's

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programme to work with the family in the system and break the cycle

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of generational substance misuse. Tracey Rear, thank you very much.

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Plans to reform the way Guernsey's churches are funded could damage

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the island's reputation, according to its Chief Minister. The

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proposals wouldn't change the way the island's churches are funded by

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taxpayers but would give parishes greater control. However, the Dean

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of Guernsey has concerns and has threatened to petition the Queen on

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the issue. It's a move the Chief Minister says could have serious

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constitutional consequences. But the committee behind the plan is

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standing behind its report. We don't like the idea of

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withdrawing. We feel our suggestions and recommendations are

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not that innocuous. And therefore we support them and stand by them.

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Work on a new police station in Jersey could begin by the end of

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the year. Plans have been drawn up for a �21 million building on part

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of Green Street car park. The government has been looking for a

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new base for the force for more than a decade. Rachel Royce reports.

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What's wrong with the existing police headquarters? Well, just

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about everything according to the people who use it. Age has started

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to take its toll on the building. You can see there's a number of

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cracks. Throughout the building Prasad. We have had to do a lot of

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restoration work on it, and it cost a lot of money. Inside the police

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station, the age of the building really shows. In the custody suite,

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the custody sergeants desk is a walk away, one minute to get

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through the locked doors and if you look inside a prison cell, it

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hasn't changed since the 1960s, because the modern cell would have

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up toilet and washing facilities. They don't even need current Home

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Office guidelines. The police have wanted a new headquarters for at

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least a decade but plan after plan fell through until today when it

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seems a solution may have been found. We had a setback last year,

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but there has been magnificent work done getting this project back on

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the road again. It is very exciting, because this time we get everything

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on one site. The proposed new station would be built on the

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outside area of Green Street car park, knocking out around 80 spaces

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but keeping the multi-storey. The �21 million, five-storey building

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would be a one-stop cop shop complete with 20 new cells that do

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meet Home Office guidelines. A group of actors went behind bars

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at Jersey's La Moye prison today. Not because they broke the law but

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to conduct a drama workshop. A UK theatre group is in the island to

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perform a show at Jersey's Opera House this week. But today they

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made a special visit to the prison to try out a new rehabilitation

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technique. Emma Chambers went along. I can't remember what they were

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called but I knew when they were going to end badly.

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How does this one end, Lieutenant? It ends well. Not the venue these

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actors are used to working in, but this performance could be their

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most inspiring. This theatre group is giving prisoners here at La Moye

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a sneak preview of their play, Our Countries Good, before taking it to

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the Jersey Opera House. It's based on true events about a group of

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British convicts in 1788 being sent to Australia. It's the first time a

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practical drama workshop has taken place in Jersey's prison. I've

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always had the idea since I came to the island. It was getting to the

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point where we were able to do that and, because of the nature of this

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play, I think it gave us a level to come into the theatre. I think it

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proved that, in a way today. I have been involved in drama workshops

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and seen it first hand, people come away feeling like they can come

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away with a role that could help with interviews and help them get a

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job, inevitably. About 20 inmates got involved in the drama workshop.

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It was nice to get out of work this morning. We got a big surprise. I

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think it's good. Totally different from that Norman present-day life,

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something to think about four months in here. -- normal. We

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haven't got much to think about in prison. But can theatre be therapy?

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Today's success could see this drama workshop being the first of

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many helping prisoners turn their lives around.

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Guernsey's cricketers beat Argentina by 29 runs in the third

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match of their ICC World Cricket League Division Five campaign. In a

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rain-affected game, Guernsey, seen batting here, hit 213-7 from 42

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overs. Argentina needed a revised total of 163 but fell 30 runs short,

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ending on 133-9. Hello. Good evening. More fine

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weather tonight and tomorrow. But, thereafter, it turns a little more

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damp with rain settling in towards the end of the day tomorrow. Windy,

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too, by the end of the day. As we move into Thursday, we have a much

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milder feel to the day. 12-13 Celsius. Two weather fronts to the

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West at the moment, a long way off. A ridge of high pressure not moving

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particularly fast over the next 12 hours, but by later tomorrow, the

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weather front makes progress and brings mild air and also it will

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bring some wet weather. The rain becoming quite Teddy into the early

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evening and accompanying it strong wind, too. On Thursday, the high

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pressure stays close by. There is every chance we will see good

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temperatures. Possibly as much as 12-13 degrees. Tonight, a lot of

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clear skies. A dip in the temperatures, down to six degrees

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tomorrow. A bright start, clouding over by the end of the day. Turning

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quite wet and windy. The wind increasing through the day and by

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early evening, strong winds from the south, 10 degrees. These are

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As for the rest of the weekend, Thursday, bright and dry. Some

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