05/08/2013 BBC Channel Islands News


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Islands. Coming up tonight: Smoking laws reviewed - should we ban

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cigarettes in cars, parks and beaches to protect our children?

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am a smoker and I am dead against getting told where to smoke and when

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not to smoke. It is people's personal choices they've smoke in

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their cars but it would be better if they did not smoke in public places.

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Plus, the real Jersey Superman - the local athlete taking on the rest of

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the UK and winning! And it did rain on Alderney's Cavalcade, but a

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Should more be done to protect children from second-hand smoke?

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That's what Jersey's Health Department wants to know. It's

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launched a consultation on ideas including banning smoking in areas

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such as parks, shopping areas, beaches and even private cars. There

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are some graphic images of smoking in this report.

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While the number of people smoking in Jersey has fallen since the

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smoking ban was introduced six years ago, health bosses now want that

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figure to fall even further. They say those who are passive smoking

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like children and nonsmokers are at risk and they shouldn't be. We are

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looking and trying to understand what the public's views would be on

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smoking in cars, homes so we are not looking at saying legislation should

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be in place to stop people smoking in their own home but what can we do

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to support parents to understand the dangers of second-hand smoke? We now

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people often have role models. you smoke, the chemicals cause

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mutations in your body and mutations are how cancer starts.

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Around a fifth of people in Jersey smoke, with the habit blamed for

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higher-than-average rates of some cancers in Jersey compared to other

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areas of the UK. We have seen a big reduction in smoking since the 70s

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when 50% of men smoked and 40% of women, we are down to 20% now but we

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are still seeing significantly higher rates of illness and we need

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to go further. But is there enough anti-smoking legislation already in

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force? I am a smoker and I am dead against being told where to smoke.

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It is personal choice of people smoke in their cars but it would be

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nice if they did not smoke in public places.

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And for this politician, it is a measure too far. My stance is how

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will you please his? You will have the honorary police stomping around

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the parks and on the beach is trying to catch people smoking, or going

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and knocking on doors because you know there is a smoker who lives

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there? The policing of it, you have to look at the practicalities and I

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cannot see how you can police it at all.

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Smoking will always be an issue that will divide public opinion.

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Islanders now have three months to have their say and the findings will

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be presented to the States to see whether or not smoking legislation

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will be extended or whether the idea will be stubbed out.

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The cost of gas is rising in Guernsey and Jersey. From next

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Friday, the prices will rise by 3.5%. The company say the money will

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ensure supplies are more reliable after recent problems.

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There are calls for greater protection for a rare bat found in

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the Channel Islands. The grey long-eared bat is one of Britain's

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rarest mammals, but there are no laws to protect them in Guernsey.

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Roof spaces are a favourite home for the grey long-eared bat but they are

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pretty hard to spot. When they're not flying, they're about the size

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of your thumb and you can find them across the Channel Islands and here

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at Val de Mare. Summer is the best time to see the

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bats as they are out and about finding food, having just had their

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young. The best time to spot them in just after sunset in places such as

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here which is covered by trees. But scientists say there are only about

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1,000 left in Great Britain and they're in danger of disappearing.

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Their biggest predator is building development. And with no laws in

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Guernsey to stop people interfering with their roosts, the UK's Bat

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Conservation Society wants legislation to protect them. Last

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year I had a mother and a baby who had been found and I was able to

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rehouse the mother and baby. Had there been legislation, that may not

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have happened. But without legislation, how can

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homeowners be persuaded to live with bats which can have a bad reputation

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as dark, rather sinister animals? don't think there is any need to be

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scared of bats. There are all these myths about them getting tangled in

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your hair and spreading diseases. That is not the case. If you do have

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a bat roost, love it and cherish it. The grey long-eared bat has a life

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span of about 30 years, so may already be living in your house when

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you move in. What scientists and conservationists want are laws to

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make sure the bats don't then have to move out.

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Move over, Henry Cavill - there's a new Jersey Superman in town. Well,

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Daniel Halksworth is actually an Ironman - and he's beaten the best

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in Britain to take the Ironman UK crown. An amazing accomplishment for

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any triathlete, but Dan was just using yesterday's race to qualify

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for an even bigger challenge. An ultimate test in fitness. Over

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1,600 athletes from around the world battled it out in Bolton yesterday

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for the UK Ironman title. It's a gruelling race combining a 2.4-mile

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swim, followed by a 112-mile bike race, then a 26.2-mile run - without

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a break. But it was last year's winner, Jersey man Daniel

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Halksworth, who crossed the finish line first. Defending his title and

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beating his time by nearly ten minutes.

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Yeah, really, really good, very pleased just to come away and defend

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my title. It's just a special feeling. I wasn't really expecting

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to do it. I knew there was a couple of really good athletes there.

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only does Dan keep his UK Ironman title by beating team-mate Stephen

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Bayliss, but he hopes the winning points will help him qualify for the

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Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. I've been training really

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hard and financially, it's been tough this year and I've had to make

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some sacrifices because I want to get to Kona and the aim is to try

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and race again in two weeks to get points there and spend some time in

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mexico before Kona. So there's no rest for Dan as he competes for a

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place in the biggest Ironman test in the world on 12th October.

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You're watching the BBC in the Channel Islands. Later in Spotlight

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with Justin and Natalie, celebrities join the fun at the international

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scouting jamboree. Alderney Week has kicked off the

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Channel Islands summer festival season in fine - albeit damp - style

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today. The Cavalcade battled on through the rain as did the crowds

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of determined islanders. And this year, Miss Alderney had a very

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special guest accompanying her - a familiar face, but one usually

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associated with a different island. Alderney Week attracts visitors from

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all over the world. Keen to experience this unique event at

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first hand, over 100 visitors came over from Jersey specially for

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Cavalcade Day. A shower at the start of the Carnival Parade put a bit of

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a dampener on things, but the rain soon cleared up leaving people to

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enjoy a pleasant but blustery afternoon. It's the 65th anniversary

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of Alderney Week and this year's theme is "two of a kind". The rest

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is left to the imagination of those who entered this year's Cavalcade

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Parade. Escorting Miss Jersey Battle of Flowers, Taye Le Monnier, in this

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year's Cavalcade Parade was Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac of

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the Bureau Des Etrangers - otherwise known as John Nettles. She is

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beautiful but also very, very clever, much cleverer than I am. You

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are going to the... To study law? But in the meantime, you are a

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spectacular pageant lady. Cavalcade Day is also a big day for

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Miss Alderney. I love the idea of being an ambassador for Alderney and

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it is great all the support I get, it is wonderful. To find out what is

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in store for visitors for the rest of the week, I spoke to one of the

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driving forces behind Alderney Week. The rest of the week is full of the

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favourites, the daft raft race and the gala night, spectacular on

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Wednesday, that will be something. And because it is the 65th

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anniversary, Saturday night, our final night with the torches and a

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rather spectacular firework display. With the weather set to improve, it

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looks as if it will be another Week as the week goes on but let's

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see if the weather will improve. He is our other David with the

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it gets better this week over the Channel Islands and we may have some

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showers but it will be mainly dry and we will see some sunshine

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although generally it feels just that little bit fresher. This week

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is also Alderney Week and the weather looks pretty kind across

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Alderney. Largely dry around 18 or 19 Celsius and the winds mainly from

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the North or Northwest. They will be generally liked. As we move through

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this week, we will see an area of low pressure moving in, although it

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is fairly weak. By Wednesday, there is a bit more activity as an area of

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low pressure developed across the Bay of Biscay but nothing that will

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trouble us too much, you will see some medium or high level cloud but

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then towards the end of the week we may see some more persistent rain

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returned. Patchy cloud overnight tonight but overall, drive. Winds

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from the Northwest and they will drop with quite a breezy start to

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the night but they will drop overnight temperatures starting the

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day at around 15 Celsius. Patchy cloud and sunny spells sums up

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tomorrow, a threat of showers across the East but for most of us, it'll

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be a fine and dry day with winds becoming northerly and we will see

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temperatures anywhere from 18-20dC. The coastal waters forecast. There

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you go. At times of high water as not much for our service, up to

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around two feet, slightly choppy with the onshore breeze. Changes

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towards the end of the week, quite a lot of cloud around on Wednesday,

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