01/04/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

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People in Jersey can find now out if their partner has a violent past. A

UK scheme, commonly known as Clare's Law, has been introduced in the

island. The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme came into effect

in England and Wales last month. It's intended to provide information

that could protect someone from being a victim of abuse or attack.

The number of domestic violence incidents in Jersey has been

steadily rising over the last few years. In 2009 there were 231 cases

of domestic abusee. That increased to 270 in 2011, and last year saw

327. That means domestic abuse accounts for 14% of all reported

crime in the island, compared to 8% in the UK.

Claire 's Law was named after 36`year`old Clare Wood who was a ``

murdered by her ex`boyfriend in Greater Manchester five years ago.

The Domestic Abuse Disclosure Scheme to give it its full name, is

intended to provide information that could protect someone from an

attack. In Clare's case, her ex had a history of violence against women

and her dad believes she'd still be alive today if she'd known about his

past. The lad that killed my daughter had already done five years

in prison for holding a young lady at knife`point for eight hours in

Newcastle. At my daughter known that she was not that stupid as to put

herself and her daughter in harms way and she would have been out of

there in an instant. The scheme is being welcomed in

Jersey. That is around convicted perpetrators of domestic abuse and

we do know that is to his heavily under reported as a crime and many

women might feel shame and stigma attached to it and they might not

want other people to know and become involved. There might be some

information but it might not actually give them what they need.

Detective Chief Inspector Dave Oakley who worked in Jersey for

three years was responsible for the roll out of Clare's law in Sussex.

In Jersey you have quite a transient population with people who come onto

the island to work whether it is agricultural or the financial

services industry so they may not be naturally sitting with the Jersey

police. This scheme gives people the right to come in and ask and it

starts the involvement of the agency.

The scheme is under consideration in Guernsey, but police there can

notify new partners of issues if it is legal and proportionate to do so.

Clare's law is intended to protect both men and women from domestic

abuse. Jersey Police says the term abuse doesn't have to be physical

but can be mental and emotional too. And while the scheme can't prevent

abuse, it's hoped it will enable people to make an informed decision

before entering a relationship. Detective Chief Inspector Alison

Fossey is Jersey Police's Domestic Abuse specialist. She told me why

Clare's Law was needed here. It is needed in jersey as much as it is in

the UK because it gives individuals another option here to take

preventative action before an abusive relationship beds in

tragedy. It will work in jersey the same as in the UK. There are two

aspects to it, the rights to ask and the right to know whereby the police

can proactively disclose information to protect an individual's safety.

Jersey police officers who are qualified to use firearms will be

able to use an electrical stun gun in future. The states have agreed to

the use of so`called Tazers, which incapacitate suspects by giving them

an electric shock. Police in Guernsey already use the devices.

A woman had to be cut out of her car after a crash in Guernsey this

morning. It happened at the junction between L'Ancresse and Chouet.

Police are appealing for witnesses. There'll be a review into the

problems facing some passengers booking weekend flights between

Jersey and Guernsey. The competition watchdog is looking at the impact of

the cost`cutting move by airlines Aurigny and Blue Islands to share

inter`island services. 16 years after a review of financial

services in Jersey recommended it, the island will have a financial

ombudsman. The new post will judge complaints about financial services

and have the power to award compensation up to ?150,000.

We all know having a healthy lifestyle and getting exercise is

something we should do but a new campaign in Guernsey is raising

awareness of why it could help prevent bowel cancer. It's the

Island's third most common cancer. With around 40 to 45 new cases a

year. Latest research shows your chances of getting it could be

halved if you're a healthy weight. Penny Elderfield reports.

A lot of these. Plenty of this.

And five volunteers. And I'm one of them. Over the next 30 days I've

been challenged to stick to a diet and exercise plan to try out the

changes you can make to your lifestyle to reduce your chances of

getting bowel cancer. Research shows if you're a healthy

weight your chances of getting it are halved. So let's start with

exercise. The most important thing is that they almost learn to enjoy

exercise. It is spring so it is time to get out and start enjoying the

cliff paths we have around here. Go to walk and time yourself and get

into with yourself. And it's about combining that with a

healthy diet. We are looking at the amount of red meat in your diet.

Avoiding processed meat, reducing alcohol and increasing fibrous

foods. Fruits and vegetables, whole grains and pulses. Through lifestyle

changes and changes to your diet 43% of bowel cancers can be prevented

every year so that is an important message to get out there. If you

have a healthier lifestyle you eat well and you feel a lot better. That

will benefit you, obviously. So I'd better get on with it. And

the charities behind this are hoping more of public will join me in

having a healthy April. A line of sports news and Guernsey

FC drew 1`1 tonight. They were away to Hythe town in the Ryman League

South. Your BBC local radio station is back

on air tomorrow morning and now I will leave you with the weather.

will Good evening. We have had 18 degrees

today. Not quite as warm tomorrow but a bit more cloud. The

possibility of a few showers dotted around. Still sunshine, particularly

around the middle of the day. At the moment we are dry but some showers

are heading our way to night. Temperatures overnight will get down

to between ten and 12 degrees. Showers will appear by dawn. They

will be off and on through the morning but by mid morning and late

morning the sunshine will be out and it will be a fine day. Another day

with high temperatures. 15 degrees on the coast and 17 or 18 degrees

inland, particularly for the larger islands. Wind from the south`east

will be moderate and occasionally fresh. Onto the forecast for the

rest of the week and we will see showery rain overnight. Bright and

dry on Friday with a risk of showers on Saturday. In a second the full

the afternoon. The outlook, rather cloudy with some rain on Thursday.

Good evening. Before we get to the weather details, little bit about

the pollution which we have been talking about in the weather reports

over the last couple of days. The pollution levels actually during the

course of Wednesday, tomorrow, will be very high across a large swathe

of the country. A couple of reasons why this is happening. During today,

high levels of pollution across parts of East Anglia but you can see

how extensive it becomes tomorrow. One of the reasons this is happening

is because of a light wind dragging pollution from here in our direction

and on top of that, our own pollution from industry, industrial

pollution, but by Thursday, the weather pattern will change so we

think the pollution levels will tend to go down a little bit. Certainly

by Thursday. On top of that, we also have the dust which has been driven

in from the Sahara Desert so our cars are pretty grubby. That will

continue for another couple of days. That leads to a high level