14/08/2013 BBC Channel Islands News


14/08/2013

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bus bosses slapped a decision... There are a lot of people who have

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hospital appointments and have to get to work. To hold the island to

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ransom in this way is not good. Use local or lose it. Islanders are

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warned they must buy more home-grown produce if they are to protect jobs.

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From pumpkins to past times, we are at Guernsey's West Show as it

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bus drivers will strike for five days this month in a bid to get a

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sacked colleague reinstated. Workers will walk out for two days from next

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Thursday and for three days from Tuesday August 27. Tonight, bosses

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at Liberty Bus have called the move a slap in the face to passengers.

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Amy Harris reports. It is the busiest time of the year

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for the bus service, used every day by hundreds of islanders and

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tourists alike. But come next Thursday, there'll be no departures

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or arrivals. 71 workers are walking out twice in the next two weeks for

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a total of five days to get a sacked colleague reinstated. The driver was

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dismissed and convicted of driving without due care and attention after

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an accident earlier this year, when a passenger was injured. We feel

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that the driver was unfairly dismissed, we feel that health and

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safety processes words put in place by the company which resulted in the

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accident. They have a duty of care to not only the passenger, but also

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to the driver and they failed. five-day strike over one worker has

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the potential to affect hundreds, if not thousands, of other islanders

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and tourists. Is there any sympathy among passengers? There's always

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sympathy to be had. They probably have a case, do they have to go this

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far? I think they must feel very strongly and they must stick

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together as a union and maybe we ought to respect that. I hope they

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have a good reason to strike as there are a lot of tourists and they

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are needed. The operator insists it can keep the island moving. To hold

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the island to ransom in this way, it is not good. We're trying to put on

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as many services as we can, obviously there are only one third

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of the workforce who have voted for the strike, so we are hopeful that a

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lot of the workforce will still wants to work. And the Government's

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department has also condemned the move as talks are still ongoing

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about the driver involved. We think they have overreacted, the driver in

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question's case is still subject to a tribunal and until it is

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concluded, there is no action to take as far as we are concerned. Is

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less than a year since the company took over and this is the second

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time that strike action has been used. Passengers will be hoping that

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relations improve by next Thursday. Islanders need to buy more

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home-grown produce to protect local jobs - that's the warning tonight

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from some growers and retailers as 80 jobs are axed at two Channel

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Island bakeries. Yesterday, we broke the news that Warry's in Guernsey

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and the CI Bakery in Jersey will shut down because they're losing out

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to goods imported from the UK. Ripe and ready, within hours of coming

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out of the soil, these courgettes will be on shop shelves. In this

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climate, when things are tight, people are looking at price and it

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is difficult to produce quality products which generally speaking

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Jersey products are at a price that is the same as commodities coming

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from all over the world. That means food produced here can come at a

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premium. There is a cost of living here. The economies of scale don't

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exist as they would with multiple suppliers in the UK. We believe the

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quality of the local purchase, there is a price to pay cut that, and

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consumers should be mindful of that. But we have two offer choice.

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competition from overseas and the high cost of production that has

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caused the closure of the Channel Islands Bakery. With more foreign

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food on our shelves, all we ask shoppers if they care? You have been

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dairies have that monopoly is that they are protected by law. It is a

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rare and endangered breed and we are protecting the biodiversity of the

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island. That way, we can ban imports and comply with EU law. While dairy

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farmers can relax, others will remain at the mercy of the market.

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Well, Senator Alan McLean is Jersey's Economic Development

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Minister, so his brief includes helping promote local business and

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local jobs. He joined me earlier and I began by asking him if the States

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should look to ban the importation of other items, like they do with

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milk, to protect more locally made Milk is a different story and I

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think we can keep that separate. Generally, Government and

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protectionism is not a good mood. Consumers need choice and they need

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to have cost effective pricing. We need to get that balance and the

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bounce is obviously difficult to achieve. How do you strike that

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balance? I think the result of the bakery failing suggest that

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consumers won't supporting the business, they found the product too

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expensive and they were buying cheap imports. The market will determine

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which is right and which is wrong and I think Government

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intervention, generally speaking, is something we should avoid. What is

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your message to islanders who are employed in this sector? I think

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there is a strong future. There are new brands and new... Unfortunately,

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that company couldn't make this brand work. But otherwise I think

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there is a strong future in retail. The Guernsey branch of the

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Co-operative Bank is to close by the end of this year. 11 people work

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there. Almost 40 Co-op Bank branches in the UK have been closed already.

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A spokesman says customers shouldn't be concerned and mortgages will be

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honoured. It is one of the main fixtures in Guernsey's calendar and

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it is 100 years old this year. Here's what the West Show was like.

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Around 10,000 visitors are expected over the next few days. Mike Wilkins

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has been to find out what they can expect. When we think of the summer

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shows, we think of the pageants and the funfairs and the entertainment.

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But the serious business of judging the produce is what it is about and

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it started here 100 years ago. Inside, we have the organisers of

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this, the hundredth anniversary of West Show.

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How does it feel to be organising such an event? We are so lucky that

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the event has gone on for so long. To think, in 1913, if they were

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alive now and knew that we were still doing the same traditions, I

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think it would be thrilled. What about you? My earliest memories are

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putting the daughter in and now I am the Treasurer. John, what would you

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say is the magic of this event? magic is that it carries on year by

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year, showing that the old Guernsey traditions are still going. You just

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have to look around at all of this produce, the hours of work, it is

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all here. This is the 100th anniversary, how I you marking it?

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We are marking it by putting on massive amounts of entertainment.

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have beer tents, we have fantastic entertainment on, we have made a

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special centenary programme that is on sale that details the history of

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the show and tells you what is going on. It is all going to happen. It is

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going to be amazing. It is going to be a big party for the whole

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island, please come and support us. Thousands of people are expected to

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attend over the next day or so and well today and I think tomorrow

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promises even higher temperatures and still relatively dry, too. There

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is a bit of a change coming as we move through into Friday, but the

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moment, after a cloudy start it is a humid feel and there are some warm

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sunshine, especially from late morning. We still have this finger

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of high-pressure covering us, it is a bit weaker by the time they get to

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the middle of the day tomorrow, but not until we get into the small

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hours of Friday before we see that cold front comes in. It looks at

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could be around for a good part of the day, generating brain and

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keeping us cloudy. Overnight, the cloud will break at times, but I

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think it'll fill in by the morning and even a spit of drizzle may be in

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the wind. Temperatures shouldn't be any lower than 15 or 16 Celsius.

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After a grey start, it will brighten up and as they go into the

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afternoon, they'll be some lengthy spells of sunshine, possibly 25

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Celsius. The winds are south-westerly, mainly fair with

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good visibility. Times of high water at Saint Helena is at midnight 09

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and 1244 and around 30 024 Saint Peter Port. Not much for the

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surface, there is a bit of a swell, up to three feet is the best we can

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expect. As for the outlook, on Friday, we will have thicker cloud

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and potentially some outbreaks of light rain ordure is not. We won't

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be improving into much later into the day. After a bright start on

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Saturday, it clouds over and we will see some more persistent rain

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arriving and it could be quite a wet afternoon. But all of that will blow

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