04/02/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


04/02/2014

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Good evening. Storm force winds are That's all from us.

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Good evening. Storm force winds are again battering the Channel Islands

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tonight, with gusts of up to 70 miles an hour predicted. Hi tides

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are already crashing over the sea walls. The East Coast road is

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closed. In Jersey motorists are advised to stay off the roads. A

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number of trees are down on roads around the islands. Condor Ferries

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has already announced that tomorrow's passenger and freight

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services are cancelled. Aurigny has suspended flights to and from

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Alderney because of gales. Jen Smith reports.

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This sea wall looked very different yesterday. Roy and Yvonne Bullen in

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Jersey had this to contend with after a wave swept into their

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Grouville home. It swept into our sitting room.

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In Guernsey, the busy east coast roads were open again today after

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yesterday's flooding, but parts of the west coast are still impassable.

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Depending on what happens tomorrow morning with the tide, there is a

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new flood warning out for moral and we could be back to square one. And

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the problems aren't just on land. Condor has cancelled sailings of the

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Commodore Clipper and Goodwill freight and passenger ferries

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because of predictions of waves over eight metres, and winds of over 50

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knots. And there could be more bad weather to come. Looking at the

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forecast for the next few days, we are still seeing unsettled

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veterans. And further wind. `` passions. I think that will persist

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into next week as well. Islanders are being advised to stay indoors

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tonight. Those vulnerable to flooding will hope authorities have

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done enough to keep nature at bay. Nominations closed this evening for

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position of deputies in St Helier Districts One and Two. At the Town

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Hall earlier, five candidates have put themselves forward for District

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One, four for District Two. Two by`elections were called after the

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resignation of deputies Shona and Trevor Pitman. Both polls will be

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held on Wednesday the fifth of March.

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Condor Ferries has signed a new five year agreement with Jersey's

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Government. The States had intended to tender for the service along with

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Guernsey, but is now allowing Condor to continue to provide ferry and

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freight services to the Channel Islands. The company wants to buy a

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bigger fast ferry to replace two ageing vessels used on the UK route.

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Alderney's Gambling Commission is taking steps to combat illegal

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betting during the Winter Olympics. The AGCC has signed a memorandum of

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understanding with the International Olympics Committee to alert each

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other to suspicious betting patterns. The island is a hub for

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online gambling companies. The games in Sochi in Russia get under way on

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Friday amidst tight security. A Jersey travel company is calling

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for more Government representation at overseas trade events. They

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believe more promotion is given to the finance sector than their own,

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just days after the island's Treasury Minister returned from a

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finance event in London. Emma Chambers reports.

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What can you find? Places to unwind. Places to explore.

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A fresh advert for 2014 showing the island in all its glory. But it s in

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the cold months ` like today when the beaches are empty ` that news of

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another visit by a Jersey minister to a finance event in London doesn't

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go down well with local travel companies. Robert wants the tourism

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industry to receive the same government representation he says

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the finance industry is getting I think day`to`day management is done

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to ourselves and our other industry partners. But what I'm talking about

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is visible of government coming along to events like exhibitions and

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trade shows in Europe and the UK, lending their support to the

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industry and helping them of the message. It just reinforces the

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message that we are trying to get across. The Minister under fire says

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that message is being put across through the finance sector.

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Finance does get a lot of promotion. But finance and tourism

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are interlinked. They both need each other. The hospitality sector needs

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to ask for help. We will help in any way we can. Jersey's government say

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they invest more in tourism than financial services, so is the island

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being sold well enough to those in the UK? We asked people in Hull

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today if they'd ever consider a holiday to Jersey. I have never been

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there. Probably, if I got the opportunity. Not too fussed. I

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would. So mixed reaction in visiting our

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shoreline. But in a better light there are suggestions UK tourism is

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up by nearly 4%, and hopefully Jersey can ride off the back of that

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wave. Meanwhile, a London university is

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arranging a trip to Jersey for the first time, so its students can

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learn about tourism. We are bringing 35 students to Jersey for four days

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to find out about all that is going on in terms of tourism there. Food

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tourism, sports tourism, heritage tourism. Jersey has a rich heritage

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as a tourism destination. It is fascinating for students to see how

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it all holds together. That is all from me. Join us tomorrow morning.

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The weather next. The weather is going to stay in the

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headlines for quite a few days to come. Some strong gusts of wind at

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the moment. It is the strength of wind combined with the high tide

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that gives us the risk of coastal flooding first thing tomorrow

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morning. We have seen showers through the night so far. That will

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be replaced with some quite heavy showers. The wind slowly becoming

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more south`westerly. For tomorrow the showers keep on coming.

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Gradually the wind will drop through the day but it will take its time.

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Ferry cancellations are likely. Stay tuned to your local radio station

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for more information. For the next few days the rain does not let up.

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In a minute the forecast for United for every day, including into the

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weekend. That is all from the Good evening. Much like the local

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forecast, the national picture is a stormy one in the next 24 hours The

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Met Office have issued an amber weather warning for strong winds

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across southern counties. Wilts up to Surrey in particular. There will

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be some transport disruption, no doubt, and it could go beyond that,

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so if you're travelling across the country there could be transport and

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power disruption and with more rain in the forecast, further flooding

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where areas have flooded and some very strong winds and high seas

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Southern

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