08/11/2013 BBC Channel Islands News

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this Urgent improvements are needed at

Guernsey's ambulance service, according to an independent report

out today. The service is run by the St John organisation and is

struggling financially. Today's review makes 49 recommendations

including looking at who should operate the service and how it is

funded. Mike Wilkins reports. St John Ambulance Rescue Service is

a charitable company which operates the island's only ambulance service.

It also provides the cliff rescue service, the inshore lifeboat and

the marine ambulance. However, it's spending more than it receives and

has been in deficit for the last four years. It receives ?2.25

million from the HSSD each year on top of the contributions and

donations it receives. But the finances are in such a state that

the Treasury and Resources Department has had to lend more than

?500,000 to help cover the running costs. As part of that loan

agreement, an independent review has been carried out, which makes some

significant recommendations. This report contains 49 recommendations

to improve the ambulance service. It may look like it has a lot of

technology, but this control room is struggling to cope and calls are not

always handled efficiently. So much so that the report concludes there

is an urgent need to equip the control room with a better despatch

system. It also recommends that staffing levels are improved so they

provide adequate and appropriate cover. And as the organisation

battles to balance its books, management costs need to be reduced.

Not only do we run Guernsey's emergency service, we provide other

services. Therefore, our management structure is going to be difficult

to compare with another ambulance service. We recognise that within

that we need to do some restructuring. We have come if that

already. We have been quite successful. We expect by the end of

next year a reduction in costs. In terms of delivering a better

service, the report concludes that St John will need ?1.5 million to

2.5 million pounds extra each year to break even. I am disappointed

that we have had an ambling service which hasn't been a efficient. I am

pleased we have had a good service. That comes out in the report. The

service is much loved and respected but as it financial injuries receive

treatment, it's ultimately the taxpayer keeping it alive.

Jersey Police are investigating claims that two Jersey`based

companies are implicated in allegations of international war

crimes. The claims come from an American organisation called the

Conflict Awareness Project. The companies involved can't be named

but are alleged to have bought looted gold from the Democratic

Republic of Congo. Plans are being developed to provide

a base for dozens of start`up businesses in a bid to boost

Guernsey's economy. The Commerce and Employment department wants to turn

the old Post Office headquarters into a hub for the creative

industries to include everyone from artists to web designers. Penny

Elderfield reports. A beacon to space, and one which used to be

occupied by HMV. Now they have moved on, could more companies moved in

here? That is the plan of the Commerce and Employment Department.

Tell us more about these plans. HMV, and before that it was the post

office. We have got three floors here of massive space. What we have

in the island is huge amount of creative talent. Some work from

home, some work from premises they had gotten the revolution. What

we're looking at is `` they have got temporarily. We are looking to give

people the opportunity to come inside at not a huge cost to take

the leap from having a creative idea to bringing it to reality. So how

many businesses do you think could be based here, and how much interest

have you had? We have had a lot of interest. People working from home

who would rather be part of a collaboratively minute, and I know

from another 20 or so. `` a collaborative community. To use this

for this project, which I believe is absolutely vital for the future of

Guernsey, we have to evidence it. How quickly can you make this

happen? We have been planning this for a while. The board is so

enthusiastic and so keen to get this off the ground. We have to make the

business case. But I hope we can do it quickly indeed. If you have got a

business but you don't have a base, perhaps this could be for you.

A Jersey photographer living in the Philippines has been caught up in

one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. Typhoon Haiyan is sweeping

across the islands, with gusts of wind of almost 200mph. Former

policeman Bruce Liron is living on the island of Cebu just outside the

worst`affected area. He told the BBC he's been lucky the storm passed to

the north of him. For the last few days, we have known this is coming.

It was expected to be one of the big storms in history. One of the things

that goes through your mind is how you can survive. You need water and

certainly it has been devastating. ?NEWLINE You're watching the BBC in

the Channel Islands. Later, in Spotlight with Justin and Rebecca:

The letters from the front line shedding new light on the life of a

Second World War poet. Swimming the Channel ` and back

again ` is a pretty brave thing to do. And for breast`cancer survivor

Wendy Trehiou, even more so. Wendy's feat was recognised with the

Churchill Award of Courage at a ceremony last night. She's one of

only six people ever to have received the accolade. Wendy popped

into the studio earlier and told me the award was a big surprise. I was

in complete shock. I came off the phone, and I was not to tell anybody

until it had gone public. It was an absolute shock. I didn't really take

it in. I was really overwhelmed I made a few phone calls to the person

who called me to make sure I was understanding it properly. It is an

award for courage. That is quite a powerful message. I think I am only

really starting to see that now Last night it really hit home, the

impact I have had on people and how I have inspired people. You have got

the trophy here. What are you going to do with this wonderful bit of

silverware? Will it be pride of place on the mantelpiece? I will not

be serving drinks on it! It will have pride of place at home. I am

not sure how yet because last night I was out and today I have been at

work. I thought about putting it I stand, and other people have talked

about framing it. Yet to be decided. `` putting it on a stand. Was

quitting ever an option? I did ask to get out of the water but it was

not me wanting to quit. When I asked to get out of the water, when you

look at my track, I could see the English coast. It was never getting

any closer. I was feeling tired Getting out was never an option

Realistically, you don't ever have to swim again if you don't want to.

But something tells me there will be a new challenge. I have got another

swim but for 2015. I'm keeping it closer to home mixed year. There is

so `` next year. There is so much out there.

A Jersey veteran who risked his life time and time again during the

Second World War has finally written his remarkable story at the age of

93. It's the first book to be published by a surviving Jersey War

Veteran. Clive Kemp's memoirs, called Stinker's Nine Lives, will be

launched tomorrow, ahead of Armistice Day, and it details

experiences from Dunkirk to D`day. Amy Harris reports.

D`day was such a big thing. Even the servicemen didn't realise is ``

realise how big the invasion was going to be. When we got there, the

big ramp drops down. I was wet with sweat and fright. There was so much

noise going on. You don't think you're going to get killed. All I

looked at was the beach, which I ran two.

Clive Kemp landed on the sands of Normandy aged just 24. He was one of

thousands of Allied troops that took part in the D`day landings that

changd the course of World War Two. Not only did Clive survive that day,

he was also one of those rescued from Dunkirk in 1940 and lived

through the London Blitz. But despite the impressive array of

medals decorating his jacket, he dimisses the idea he's a hero. I

volunteered at the outbreak of the war. I didn't have to go. I

volunteered to do the job they gave me, and I did it. What is heroic

about that? For years Clive told no one what he

saw during World War Two. Only now has he decided to share those

remarkable ` and unforgettable ` experiences in this book, the first

to be published by a surviving Jersey War Veteran.

Clive Kemp is one of a dwindling number who can tell stories of World

War Two. This book creates a lasting reminder of the camaraderie, chaos

and tradgey he experienced as a young man. I can't go on forever. I

wanted it on so it's their former grandchildren. `` so it is their

former grandchildren. `` for my grandchildren.

Staying with history, Jersey school children got very hands`on with the

past today. Pupils from St Peter's Primary reburied a 20`year`old time

capsule which was inadvertently dug up during a supermarket's

renovation. The children added a magazine and other artefacts of 2013

to the box, which pupils from the same school buried in the early

'90s. A couple of things caught the children's imagination. One was a

booklet made 20 years ago by the year five and year six pupils. It

was a beautifully presented book. On the front were some drawings. A girl

in the current year spotted a drawing of her mum on the front

That was really exciting to know that her mum had been part of the

original team. Eight time for a look at the weather.

Good evening. Lots going on this weekend across the islands,

including Remembrance Sunday. On Sunday, the weather is going to be

kind to us. We are between weather systems. So, largely dry, albeit

chilly. The weekend is split into two. It is a shallow restart.

Brighter on Sunday. The winds are dropping for a time as well. The

best day for a few days is likely this weekend. There is the cloud

structure. There are some showers around at the moment. The cloud will

move out of the way overnight. For a time, the skies will be clear. ,

another line of rain seems to want to come through. `` by Dawn. On

Sunday, we have a ridge of high pressure. It keeps the weather

fronts at bay. That is the forecast for overnight. Plenty of showers

around. For a few hours, there will be clear skies. Temperatures as low

as eight or nine degrees. Tomorrow morning a great rash of showers

moving in. In the middle part of the morning, it looks quite wet some of

the showers will bring some feel. `` some hail. Quite a mixture going on

through the day tomorrow. 12 degrees is the top temperature. The times of

high water: The outlook as we move into Sunday

is a better day. Bright and dry If we are going to see any rain, it

will be overnight into Monday. Remembrance Sunday is a dry day

Monday is going to be quite a wet and windy affair. That wet weather

continues into Tuesday. Goodbye for now. That is the news and weather

for the Channel Islands. We're here with the late news at 10.25. From

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Onto the sport now, and Dave's been to meet a highly`rated welterweight

boxer from Devon, who's preparing for his first professional fight

later this month. This is a boxing gym in Torquay,

where Freddie Hewitt is doing some shadow`boxing. He is preparing for

his first professional boxing match after his amateur career.

And there will be the quest to win the Anglia cup tomorrow. There is

more reason for the Chiefs to do well this year, because their home

stadium has been chosen to have the final in March.

And three teams hope to win `` to get to the final of the FA Cup. One

team will play Peterborough, Plymouth Argyle have a new striker

in time for their match against City. And Paul McCallum is eligible

to play against Rochdale. This story is about the breeding

ground for Formula 1 drivers, and the next one could be from this

area. Would he overtake him `` players like Lewis Hamilton

one`day? And maybe a schoolboy, but Alex is

making a big name for himself in motorsport. He is only 12, but he is

going to the next stage. He is ranked number two in the country,

and has already joined a racing team. However, his performances this

season have also attracted attention from beef or RE `` from the top of

the karting groups. Top races from Formula 1 have been

Carters in the past. He has become a prolific winner.

There is the championships and the British open Championships and the

Grand Prix, which is to events, and I was lucky to win both of them. And

the first winner of the Grand Prix championship?

Lewis Hamilton. You only have to look at Alex's room to see that

there is more than luck involved. In fact, she has achieved all this

against the odds. Despite receiving some sponsorship, other opponents

have a full`time teams. Luckily for Alex, his dad is a mechanic.

It is an expensive sport and we need more help. We are reliant on the

bank of mum and dad. It is every boy's dream to get to Formula 1, and

the karting is a stepping stone. Winter testing with his new team and

his new cart begins tomorrow, just after his final cadet phrase. He has

already been over to Italy for a test drive, and there are talks that

he might go back in the future. I want to go into Formula 1, but

everyone wants that. But I think anything with four wheels and an

engine would be good for me. Freddie, are you ready for your

professional career after only four years as an amateur?

I can't wait to get in the ring. I just want to do it now I am here.

Have you done enough in your amateur career? 11 wins.

I started boxing late, when I was 18. I did mostly knockouts as well.

I think my boxing style suits the professional style. I am ready.

What do you think your strengths are?

I think it is these. People always find it hard to get speed. I am a

faster. My goal is to keep improving. I will see how I have

done in two years. If you cannot beat them, then joined

them. Great work, loved every minute!

Now, as the nation prepares to mark remembrance weekend, new light has

been shed on the life and work of a Second World War poets. John Jarmain

saw action at the Battle of El Alamein, and was killed in 1944. His

letters from the front line to his wife in Dorset contained much of his

poetry. Now, those letters have been donated to the University of Exeter.

Simon Clemison has the story. We have seen sand frothing like the

sea in our wheels, wrapped in the dust from Sun and sky without a mark

to guide them by. The words were written by her

father. She always knew that he was a published war poets, but she did

not know that her mother had kept let after letter, revealing his

character as well as his poems. It gave me an insight into my

Father, which I had not thought of before, as I had never known him. He

became a person. He was killed in 1944 when Janet was

very young. He was a significant Second World War poet, and there are

not many poets from that era. Why are the First World War poets more

non`quiz`macro it could be that the First World War poets had already

written about much of the experience.

But the Second World War poets could write about the sand and the desert.

The environment was even more hostile for a lover of green

landscapes. James is a poets who has written

extensively about Dorset. He tells me that whilst poets may have

written about their surroundings, it is the country that they are writing

`` fighting for that is prominent in their writing.

I think you get that from all war poets. They are describing the

landscape that they are fighting in, but their memory takes them back to

where they come from. It is the collection that we have

been given from John Jarmain. Janet has now parted company with

most of the correspondence. It is now in the University. The letter is

in the middle with more words in the margin.

It is fantastic to receive these letters. John Jarmain was a local

writer. We have a horrific resource here `` a fantastic resource here.

John Jarmain is at home, surrounded with other great writers here.

Students may discover more about the poetry of the Second World War, from

these same letters that helped Janet discover more about her family.

I wish everyone could read these letters, because they are a

wonderful love story. It is remembrance weekend. Is it

looking like a good weather for Sunday?

I think so. Most of the morning services should be dry.

Saturday might be quite wet, but it should be brighter on Sunday. The

rain will be quite heavy tomorrow morning. There will be quite a lot

of cloud, according to the satellite picture. All of this cloud is moving

our way, but briefly, we will get some breaks in the cloud. This

weather will move in towards dawn to give this some wet weather at first

thing. There will be a risk of some hail and under, turning more

showery. Then we will be between weather systems. This line of cloud

and rain will move in during Sunday afternoon. It will not be dry all

day. But hopefully in the morning it should be dry. That first rain will

move away, and we will have clear skies overnight and in the morning

to drop the temperatures into single figures. Some it will be cold. By

morning, there will be thicker cloud and more rain. It will all move

quite fast. The wins `` the wins will be quite strong originally.

The temperatures will be as low as three degrees. Quickly, the cloud

and the rain will march in. The temperatures will be between five

and seven degrees. It will move eastwards and then will go brighter.

You will notice another band of blue going across. This will be the rain

that goes in during the early evening. If you pick your times

tomorrow, it could be sunny. But there will be rain later in the day.

The breeze will fall over the evening, though in some areas it

will be slightly stronger. The temperatures will struggle tomorrow.

Ten or 11 degrees. For the Isles of Scilly, it could be quite windy.

The times for Hyde water `` for high water. With onshore winds, none of

our beaches will not be very good for surfing.

For the coastal waters, the wins will may be `` mainly be from the

west and north`west. The high pressure will come our way Saturday

night. Probably on Saturday night, the

first proper frost of the season. And Sunday will largely be dry. For

most of us, it will be a dry day until the afternoon, when there may

be some rain. And it will be a wet day tomorrow.

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