09/08/2013 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening. Harmless fun or environmental

menace? The campaign to allow camper van is to stay overnight in Jersey

beauty spots. I would not like people to be annexed in public space

for their own periodic enjoyment of for their own periodic enjoyment of

Guernsey footballers heading into a new season, and a new league, with

another promotion on their minds. Plus, white -- drafts and a carnival

atmosphere have wrought more visitors to Alderney Week.

And we will speak to the people behind the floats in our extended

There are calls to change the law in Jersey to allow people to sleep in

camper van is overnight in beauty spots. Currently, islanders that do

so risk a fine of �500. One camper van owner has started a petition

calling for temporary permit. Today, the authorities said they

would not rule out changing the law. It is a popular spot for locals and

tourists. But here on the West Coast of Jersey, storm clouds are building

over camper van is. It is pretty quiet at St Ouen's Bay at the

moment. -- camper vans. Later tonight, this

whole site will be packed with camper van is as people enjoy the

views, but they are not able to stay the night. -- camper van is. If they

stay over, they will face hefty fines. Brett Muldoon narrowly

avoided one. Was warned that it could be up to �500. -- I was

warned. It is annoying. We're not anything illegal. We're just coming

down here and enjoying ourselves. He wants temporary camping permits

introduced and he is starting a petition to relax the rules.

Ultimately, it is down to the planning department. The current law

was introduced in the 60s to stop people living illegally on the

island. The law goes back some time. Let's have a look at it. As times

change, requirements change. I am open to looking at it. But those in

charge of the area are concerned that changing the rules could cause

problems. It is a public space and there would not like people to be

actually annexed in public space for their own enjoyment of the

seafront, for a week or more, and denying you and I to go down for a

nice afternoon on the beach. For now, it seems a solution might be a

way off. The row rumbles on over islanders' writes to camp out

overnight. A Guernsey Rugby player has been sentenced to two years in

prison after assaulting a man. Thomas Pool was ordered to pay

compensation of more than �1000. It happened in a pub like last year. --

in a public last year. A large oil spill and two road collisions got to

be caused by the spillage cause traffic disruption in St Helier this

morning. Parts of Gloucester Street must know

Hill and the tunnel were closed during the rush hour. Jersey police

are investigating if the owner of the vehicle left the trail of oil

broke the law. The search is on for a company to sort out Guernsey's

waste, to pull out anything that needs to be recycled.

It is part of the island's waste strategy.

Sport, and after back-to-back promotions, Guernsey FC are

preparing to kick off their third season in existence. They are

travelling to Herne Bay in Kent tomorrow to compete in the fourth

tier of non-league football. Guernsey will not settle for

survival. Who could forget last season?

Helicopters trying waterlogged pitches, and getting to the last

four of the FA Vase. Overcoming one of the biggest fixture backlog is in

the history of the game to win promotion again. Last night, the

green lines were having their final training session before the season

gets underway. It is the first time a team from Guernsey has played at

this level, meaning that they are four promotions away from the

football league. The opponents will certainly be stronger the season, so

will be green lines be content with survival? We want to push for a

play-off place. People have to be realistic. We are an amateur club

working hard to improve on a weekly basis, and people need to be

level-headed. The team will be taking part in the FA Cup this year

but have had to overcome challenging positions -- conditions laid down by

the association, including paying the expenses of visiting teams.

We're going to try to finish in the play-off positions. If the cup is in

the way, it would be a nice distraction but do not want it to

get in the way of the league. squad is largely unchanged but there

are a few new faces, as well as a slightly older one. Ryan Zico Black

is on the road to recovery after breaking his leg. We are a decent

bunch of lads. If people are pulling their weight and working hard, they

will be respected. It is too early to say how Guernsey will do this

season. Despite the attraction of the FA Cup, their focus is on the

league. And there will be live coverage of

that match on BBC Guernsey. Tony Curr will have full match commentary

from 1pm. The build-up starts at midday.

There have been daft raft races, sand castle building competitions

and bunker parties. Organisers say that Alderney Week has been a big

success. Visitor numbers have been Water pistol wielding bananas, minor

celebrities, and a tray of cocktails. What else would you

Old-fashioned fun, like in the old days. Everybody seems to enjoy it.

You do not get something like this anywhere else. What are they flying?

But it would not be nearly as good if people did not make such an

effort. Making sure events like the Daf draft res live up to their name.

-- Dafydd raft race. It has taken my grandpa to make it, about three

months. I think it is really fun. It keeps you involved in the activities

and it helps you to meet new people. Fun aside, the week brings in the

crowds for Alderney, boosting the tourism industry. It is not just for

the hotels and restaurants, it is for all the other industries linked

indirectly. It brings the economy to life, which is so important. There

is going to be a lot more fun throughout the weekend with

favourites like the man powered flights and the torchlight

procession rounding off what has been by all accounts another

successful Alderney Week. So what will be whether had in store

for the torchlight parades for the torchlight parades

tomorrow, and the moonlight parades We have some reasonable weather to

look forward to this weekend. We may see some patchy rain, most likely

overnight into Sunday. But until then, it will be mainly fine with a

fair day tomorrow. Some hazy sunshine, less breezy than today.

Similar temperatures. If you are enjoying the moonlight parades

tonight, expect to see a fine evening. Temperatures of 16, and the

wind continuing to drop. And then as we move through the night-time

hours, we will see more in the wave cloud our way. But the main area of

cloud is coming our way in the second half of the day on Saturday.

Saturday will be fine, with some hazy sunshine. And then this little

weather system will give us my brakes of rain overnight and

possibly sharp showers. -- some outbreaks. Some cloud coming our way

overnight. It will not produce much in the way of rain or drizzle.

Starting cloudy. Overnight temperatures at 15. As for tomorrow,

expect a cloudy start, brightening up through the middle part of the

afternoon. A lot of high-level cloud coming in, heralding the change to

patchy rain. Temperatures up to 20 or 21 degrees. For the torchlight

parade, it will be a dry story but increasingly cloudy overnight. The

rain overnight. Clearing slowly on Sunday morning.

That will be replaced by brighter skies. Temperatures of 20 degrees.

Rather more cloud on Tuesday. Rather more cloud on Tuesday.

The sun certainly shone for the Battle of Flowers parade yesterday.

15,000 people lined Victoria Avenue. Organisers are hoping to repeat that

success tonight with the moonlight parades. The main attraction will be

the winner of the Prix d'Honneur, which was the Optimists Club for the

second year running, with their 'Beyond the Barricade' , French

Revolution themed float. Let's look at the floats. Whatever you are

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thousands of flowers are clinging to their floats, ready to give Jersey

the show of their lives. But they were deep -- are they ready for

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And you been involved in building the floats? We finished at seven

o'clock this morning and we have not had any sleep. We are absolutely

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shattered! But we're having a great float. We did it about two decades

ago, but we thought we would revive it and bring it back in a more

and we are Monopoly! How did you come up with the idea? Judy came up

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with the idea. She handed it over to is Elliott, and I am from ET. My

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What is this float? Optimists Juniors. I'd designed it. I wanted

to make it something fun. Seeing as a lot of people like Lego, I thought

that was fun. it looks spectacular. The lady at the back is doing the

driving. When did you finish the float? we finished at about ten

o'clock last night. And this is the junior float. You are parked on the

Avenue. Does that make a difference? Think it does. It is

better for the spectators. -- I is really excellent.

grandchildren live here, so we have been many times. The way they do it

is fantastic. Like how the floats are done. Is one with the Jungle

book on it, it was absolutely amazing. Amazing. Amazing, all the

it is about Mary Poppins. We have chimneys at the front, the steps at

the back and a carousel which will spin round. The children are on the

float is best is JJ. What are you looking for? we are marking on

animation, crowd interaction and costumes. How much is it down to

technical details? And how much is down to enjoyment? It is down to the

people on the floats interacting with the crowd, seeing that they are

smiling and enjoying themselves, and that everything that is meant to be

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allowed, at bus of Miss Battle. What does it mean to you? I will always

remember it. What advice would you give to this year's Miss battle?

Always keep smiling, because you never know when there is a camera on

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The Prix d'Honneur goes to the So there are those that have won and