03/04/2012 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening. This is your BBC in the Channel Islands and here are

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our top stories. A man is seriously injured after an

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assault in St Peter Port. Police make two a rest. The police are

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devoting significant resources at an early stage in the inquiry.

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Condor Ferries could return to Weymouth after the council agreed

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to fix the harbour wall. And a hero returns home. The

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painting of Major Pierson's death in the battle of Jersey arrives in

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the island for all to see. I man has been seriously injured

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after being attacked by at bladed weapon in the housing Guernsey in

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the early hours. Several roads were closed as police made several

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arrests. A rumours have been flying around

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Guernsey today about what exactly happened and Number Ten Mount

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Durand this morning. At present, the facts are few and far between,

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but surely after 5:00am, a 26-year- old man was rushed to hospital from

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this road, suffering from what could have been a stabbing. What

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nature are his injuries? A I cannot comment in detail, but he has

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clearly been assaulted and a weapon has been used. Can you tell us what

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weapon? It is some sort of bladed item because of the injuries he

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sustained. It is not a gun. victim is in a serious but stable

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condition in the Princess Elizabeth Hospital and Guernsey police would

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like to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area

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between 10pm last night and 5:00am this morning. I think an incident

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like this does have a disproportionate effect in Guernsey

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because we do not have much serious crime like this. Because of its

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severity, the police are devoting significant resources at this stage

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in the inquiry. Two people have been arrested and both remain in

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custody. A coroner has recorded an hour to

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verdict after the death of a man in a Jersey hospital. Joseph Vasse

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went in for a hernia operation three years ago, but developed an

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infection and died. What has happened in court? Joseph Vasse

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went into Jersey General for a hernia operation in 2008. He was

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operated on by his surgeon called Narinder Pal. He needed surgery for

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cataracts on his eyes at the time. After the operation, Joseph Vasse

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developed an infection and died. Joseph Vasse's family playing the

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surgeon and the hospital for his death. What do the verdict reveal?

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A coroner found that Joseph Vasse died from multiple organ failure

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and that his existing heart problems were a contributory factor

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in his death. The coroner said that after considering the evidence, he

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had no recommendations to make to improve safety at Jersey General

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Hospital in order to prevent similar things happening again. He

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also did not attribute blame to any one in what is called an hour to

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verdict. The hospital gave they are sincere condolences to the family

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and they said they are committed to continually improving safety and

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care and that many changes have been made over the last few years.

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The widow says she does not want her husband's death to be in vain

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and she is taking the case to court. Thank you.

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With an appeal ruled out, how long will it be before more of our

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Channel island mail order companies move elsewhere? Will any of them

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stay put? With its roots in the island, the star company says after

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decades have been in Guernsey, it is not going anywhere, despite the

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loss of VAT tax relief. That is because mail order is not the only

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side to the business. It is not so much a case of adapting, because

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our business was built up after 25 years of wholesale distribution to

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worldwide markets. We have only been in the market of mail order

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for the last four to five years, so it is reverting slightly back to

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what our strength was. It is because this business does not rely

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solely on mail order that it is able to stay here. Unfortunately,

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we know for others that is not the case. Key players like Healthspan

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and HMV have announced they are moving the distribution side their

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business elsewhere. Others are remaining tight-lipped. Like the

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online greeting card company Moonpig, who today would not

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confirm or deny why a -- whether they are moving. It does at

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Guernsey's government expect many to still be here. A lot of

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companies are at dealing with goods that are much higher in value than

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the chicken Simon relief levels that were in existence. I would

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hope that several of those companies would still be operating

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here. Not everyone will move. It will be a few months it before we

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know how many others feel bet is a future for them here.

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The rise in unemployment is one of the reasons more and more people

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are choosing to study. Jersey's Highlands College enrolled in extra

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100 people last year and they are preparing for even more students.

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Living the dream. At 19 years old, Glenn Noel is the younger chefs

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working at the Atlantic Hotel. He put much of his success in the

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kitchen down to his training. chose not to do A levels, because I

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wanted to be a chef. At Highlands College, I study the basics and

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fundamentals of cooking, along with the theory. I also learnt a lot of

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the mathematical stuff. We are increasing competition for jobs,

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there is a growing appetite for higher education in Jersey. By next

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year, there will be more than 11 under Highlands College and it is

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expected it will not stop there. With Moore Stephens, come what

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challenges. In terms of classrooms, we are fine, in terms of our

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library and other resources, we are stretched. Our workshops are

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stretched. There will be the need to put investment in if the numbers

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continue to grow as they are at the moment. It is a challenge, but we

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will try our best not to turn people away. Whether it is the

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first step on the path or retraining for changing career,

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more people seem to be turning to higher education to follow their

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ambitions. And for Glenn, who dreams of becoming the first Jersey

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born in Michelin-star chef, it was an investment that paid off.

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

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good Condor Ferries return to Weymouth after the council there

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agree at the expense to fix the harbour wall?

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Now, the painting that depicts one of the most famous moments in

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Jersey's history has arrived in the island for the first time. The

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death of Major Pierson by American artist John Singleton Copley shows

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him at leading the British against the invading French in the battle

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of Jersey. It is been lent to the Jersey Museum from the Tate Gallery

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in London, but getting it here was quite a battle in itself. It is a

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precious cargo, measuring three metres by four macro they always

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have a ton. John Singleton Copley for's famous painting is usually in

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the Tate Gallery, but for a few moments it was hanging over the

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Jersey Museum, having been brought over for an exhibition that has

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been four years in the planning. The logistics of getting this

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picture into a modern museum and were never. Be easy and involved a

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bit of demolition. From the beginning, from the size of the

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painting, we had to estimate the size of the crater to protect it

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while it was being transported. From that, we had to give it Jersey

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the opening it would need from the balcony. It meant they had to

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remove a wall. The heroic death of Major Pierson who rallied the

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troops against a French invasion, is considered to be a pivotal

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moment, not only in Jersey's history, but also in Britain and

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America. Major Pierson was the leading military person at that

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time. His. Had gone back to London. He had left 10 in charge. He very

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much gathered the forces, collected them together and directed the

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forces and sent some regiments up and gathered everyone together in

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order to take them into the Royal Square. Here it is. The first time

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this painting, the death of Major Pierson has been seen in Jersey.

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Good to have it back. Let us take a The cold air is eventually going to

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seek down to the Channel and across the Channel to the Channel Islands

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tomorrow. A drop in temperatures, 12 or 13 today will drop down to

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seven or eight tomorrow. Quite a big change on the way, the cold

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front bringing that change will come in later tonight. It will

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bring some showers by the morning and then move away into the

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afternoon it to give us some quieter weather for a shorter

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period of time, before the breeze picks up. Into Thursday, we had

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easterly winds, which will become strong and there is the risk of

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patchy rain. Rainfall amounts are likely to be small. We will notice

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the drop in the temperatures and a cold wind it too. A few showers are

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possible tonight, wind will become north-westerly and temperatures

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will drop down to four five degrees. Tomorrow, we have a lot of cloud in

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the morning with some showers. A little bit brighter towards the end

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of the afternoon and into the evening. The winds will become a

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north-easterly and they will be fresh and temperatures of no higher

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than eight degrees. Forecasts for the coastal waters. Times of high

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As for the outlook, it's a bit warmer as the move towards the end

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of the Week in into the weekend. On Thursday, with the keen easterly

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breeze, and cloud giving patchy rain, it will be miserable, but

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brighter for Friday and also Some good news for a Guernsey than

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to have won the right to keep their name. The Risk had been in it legal

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battle with the American toy manufacturer Hasbro, who make the

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strategy game Risk. The local musicians face further legal

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challenges from the X-Factor boy band, which has also started using

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the name The Risk. Now, let us find out in a moment what is happening

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