14/05/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening. Paid parking hs coming Gompertz, BB News.

Good evening. Paid parking hs coming to Guernsey. It's one aspect of a

new transport strategy that deputies approved today. It's all ailed at

reducing private car use on the island, but it's taken up htndreds

of hours of States debate already. Louise Walter reports. Pay `nd

display will be the message in long`term car parks in future. A

contentious issue, and one some deputies feared wouldn't go down

well with the public. The m`in concern is very much related to the

effects on a very small grotp of people. From where we are now, they

would have to pay in the order of ?1300 a year for long`term parking.

And the Environment Minister, whose department brought in the proposals,

admits his own department isn't united on the issue. Yes thdre is a

split in the department over this issue, but actually it seems to be

mirrored within this assembly so I don't think there's any surprise

there. I think some of the discussions we have had havd been as

Frank and as honest and as differing interviews as we've had herd. Other

measures voted on today include a CO2 tax, a first registration duty

and a width tax for private motor cars. So what will the Statds do

with all this extra income? They've agreed to pay for free buses for 18

months and better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians. Btt while

the mindset of the political classes may be leaning towards a grdener

future, persuading the publhc to get out of their cars may be more

tricky. No timetable for action has yet been released.

A 42`year`old man from Guernsey has been sentenced to eight years in

prison for sexual offences `gainst two young girls. Wayne Marthn

Brouard was convicted in February for the indecent assault of an

eight`year`old girl in 1999. He s also been found guilty of four

counts of taking indecent photographs of an 11`year`old

disabled girl in 2011. An ehght`year custodial sentence was given

alongside a five`year extended sentence, to be served after he

leaves prison. A 71`year`old man is being treated

in hospital after falling off a ladder at Guernsey's QE2 Marina St

John Ambulance and Rescue s`y the incident happened just before

5.00pm. Guernsey Fire and Rdscue were called in to help lift the man

to safety. His injuries are described as not life threatening.

In shock and disbelief ` th`t's how one man was left in Jersey when his

999 call wasn't dealt with efficiently, not on just ond

occasion, but two. He wants the company JT ` which runs the call

centre ` to review its procddures. Luxmy Gopal reports. One nulber

dialled three times. You're sort of hope if you find yourself in an

emergency. But the sandy, hhs hopes faded when his 84`year`old father

had a fall and his 999 call for an ambulance wasn't and said. He

eventually got help by dialling police headquarters. It was one of

shock and disbelief. You di`l an emergency number and you expected to

be answered fairly quickly. For the phone to still be ringing after four

minutes and 12 seconds I just couldn't understand what was

happening. And, on another occasion, when he needed police help he was

put through to the ambulancd service instead. When you put through to the

wrong service it is only gohng to hold things up. All emergency calls

in Jersey come through here, too JT operators. They receive abott 6 0

calls a week. They answer 98.5% of calls within five seconds. 80% of

those calls aren't real emergencies. Many are hoaxes.

Emergency, which service pldase But how did a genuine emergency call

slip through the system this was simply a human error. It's one of

those that doesn't happen vdry often. We have about 30,000 calls a

year and that is the only one we are where. We are very sorry and

apologetic. JT have recentlx reached view their system to prevent this

happening again, so sandy and anyone else who dials nine and I won't be

on hold. The Pope is being asked to lend his

support to a campaign against a disused Catholic Church in Gorey

Village being knocked down for houses. Fraser Martin, who lives

nearby, has written to the Vatican because he's so upset by thd

proposals. More than 100 islanders have signed a petition against the

development. Mr Martin says if the site has to be developed, hd wants

it turned into a Christian outreach centre instead. I think as far as

asking any earthly authoritx, I ve gone to the highest level. H'm about

to go with that letter to the highest I can. I have every

confidence that I will get ` response from the Pope. Bec`use I

feel that what I'm doing is right. A Jersey woman has set a new record

by becoming the first woman in the Channel Islands to donate 100 pints

of blood. Jean McLaughlin, who's one of the oldest donors registdred

here, reached the milestone today. Since she started giving blood in

1962, she's donated enough to fill the average body ten times. She says

she feels very humble and ddlighted and hopes her example will hnspire

others. It's very important because I'd achieved so much. And sorry To

give blood is very important. We all need it and the mod blood donors we

have the better. The Queen's baton relay has visited

six Guernsey schools today. The baton carries a message frol the

Queen to be taken to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later

this summer. Tomorrow it gods to Alderney, Herm and Sark..

That's it from me tonight. Dmily's next with the Weather and the

national forecast follows hdr. Goodnight. It looks like fine

weather for the last offici`l day of the Queens Baton Relay tomorrow We

are going to keep the fine conditions for the rest the week.

Tonight, it is looking quitd quiet with mainly clear skies and light

winds. The dry night and not too cold either. First thing tolorrow,

it is set to be a fine start to the day with plenty of sunshine in the

morning. Perhaps some fair weather cloud passing through in thd

afternoon. Overall, it should be quite warm in the sunshine. With

highs of 18 degrees. The fine weather continues with yet lore

sunshine on Friday and on S`turday. Light to moderate winds and

temperatures up to 17 or 18 degrees. On Sunday, a bit of

uncertainty. Here's the sumlary for tomorrow.

see 21 or so. We keep that going right until the weekend. Here's the

outlook. Good evening. Mother nature was kind to us today, sunny skies,

the birds and bees were out but not everywhere because one or two places

where a little on the cloudy side. For example, here on a satellite

picture, Northern Ireland and Scotland, increasing cloud. To the

south, you can see the vast majority of the country, Wales and England,

scattered cloud, so lots of find weather. We will turn the heat up in

the next few days but in terms of the sunshine tomorrow, you might be

surprised that it's more cloudy compared to what we had today. Let's

look at the details. Tonight, from Wales, the Midlands, and

Lincolnshire, they will get quite chilly tonight, maybe three degrees

in the countryside. In the city centre is it always a bit warmer. In

Scotland, it will stay fairly damp tonight with mist and murky weather.

Misty in one or two other places but starting sunny in the south and

then, through the morning and afternoon, it will turn quite

cloudy. However,