19/05/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


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Good evening. A Guernsey man is in There

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Good evening. A Guernsey man is in lockdown in Libya tonight bdcause of

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the deteriorating security situation there. Ben Remfrey is trappdd in the

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capital Tripoli, after a string of violent clashes over the wedkend

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prompted by political unrest in the country. He was working in Libya to

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destroy and clear ammunition and is now coming up with an evacu`tion

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plan for himself and his st`ff. Penny Elderfield reports. GTN SHOTS.

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A familiar sound here in recent days, as fighting has spread across

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the Libyan city of Tripoli, following an attack at the weekend

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on the country's interim Parliament. Described as some of the worst

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violence seen here in recent years. And caught up in it, local lan Ben

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Remfrey, who's working in the Saharan desert locating and clearing

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ammunition. The site of the task `` the size and the task in hand is

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immense. Gaddafi collected ` lot of weapons and had storage are` is

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built. The northern Sahara hs one huge ammunition depot. Can xou hear

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and see much from where you are now? I can, yeah. The fighthng has

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been going backwards and forwards around Tripoli, but it has hts peaks

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and troughs. One moment it hs fairly quiet, it was eerily quiet this

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morning after fighting all night and then kicked off again. Are xou safe

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at the moment? I am in a villa, it is pretty secure. I am fairly happy

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and I have spent the majority of today putting together an evacuation

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plan and if needed I will evacuate my staff. That's a plan he think

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he'll put into action tomorrow. After which Ben will also look to

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leave Tripoli temporarily if he can later this week. Meanwhile, more

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action is being taken by Jersey finance companies to freeze the

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assets of people involved in the dispute in Ukraine. An order from

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the UK has been extended to Jersey, so that companies know which

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individuals to take action `gainst. It's the latest in a series of

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measures introduced in Jersdy, following UK guidelines, after the

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outbreak of hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. The two men

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accused of defrauding the States of Guernsey out of ?2.6 million have

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re`appeared at Southwark Crown Court. Fifty`six`year`old John

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Anthony Woodhatch from Essex and 44`year`old Adrian Taylor from Kent

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face charges of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering.They

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have been bailed again and will re`appear on 25th June. Neither has

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yet entered a plea. A furthdr witness has given evidence hn the

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trial of Richard de Wit, thd man accused of murdering Sarah Groves in

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Kashmir just over a year ago.The 24`year`old Guernsey woman was

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stabbed to death on a houseboat in April last year. De Wit denhes the

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charges. The trial's been plagued by delays with today's witness,

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Muhammad Shalla, being just the 12th on a list of 40 witnesses. The UK

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Government won't be funding a ten million pound upgrade to Wexmouth's

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harbour, despite an appeal from the town's MP. Richard Drax met with the

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Transport Minister Stephen Hammond earlier today, where he was told

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they don't have the money to fund the upgrade. This means that if

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Condor does buy a new "Trim`ran vessel, it's likely that it won t

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fit into Weymouth's harbour, forcing travellers to and from the Channel

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Islands to use Poole or Portsmouth instead. But as was being the case

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that the council is working with Condor, of course they are there

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will continue to do so. We will talk with everyone involved to sde if we

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can find a solution. The will continue. Guernsey's St John's

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Ambulance says it would be willing to step in and help their Jdrsey

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counterparts if they cannot recruit enough volunteers to providd first

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aid for the Island Games next year. They need to double the amotnt of

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first aiders they currently have to cover the event comfortably. But

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they haven't had enough intdrest so far. That's in stark contrast to the

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appeal for Gamesmakers. Applications for that opportunity will close

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early, due to a swell of interest. Emma Chambers reports. The Hsland

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Games. Where there's compethtion, there's the risk of injury.

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Competitors suffered heat exhaustion and some had to be stretchered off

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the track in Bermuda last ydar. If people need help in Jersey next

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summer, St John's Ambulance will be providing first aid. But although

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they are prepared, there's not enough of them. They have 50

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members, but need double th`t to cover the 4,000 people attending the

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Games. It is going to stretch us at the moment. This is why we need more

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members. We get support frol the Ambulance Service and I think the

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big thing is to consider, whth the Island Games coming over, if there

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is no first aid cover, you will draw on resources from the Ambul`nce

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Service. So that's why they are desperate to recruit enough

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volunteers. But if they can't, they have to seek help from overseas The

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St John volunteers are used to helping each other out, espdcially

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across the islands. When we held the Island Games in 2003, we had the

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same problems with a big evdnt like that, we need a large number of

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volunteers. We opened it up to Jersey and a number of people from

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Jersey came here and we opened it up to the UK and we had voluntders from

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there also. Some first aid training will be

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offered to Gamesmakers, but it's not the same depth as the nine lonths of

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training offered by St John's Ambulance, and won't be enotgh to

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fill the shortfall. The levdl of training that they will givd to

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people is much higher than the level that we are planning for our

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Gamesmakers. As a consequence, it will be a legacy item that people

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can take away and other events can benefit from it. The recruitment for

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Gamesmakers has been so successful, the application window is closing a

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month early. St John's Ambulance need some of that volunteerhng

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spirit to head their way in time for the Games. People have until

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September before the opporttnity for first aid training closes.

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Guernsey's Heather Watson h`s moved back into the World Top 100 tennis

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players after winning the Prague Open. Heather beat Anna Schliedlova

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in straight sets to claim hdr second ITF tournament win of the ydar. The

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victory puts Watson at 92 in the world rankings and British Number

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two. She'll now enter the qtalifying rounds of the French Open. Newsnight

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starting now over on BBC Two, I ll leave you with the weather `nd David

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Braine. The risk of showers continuds all

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the way through this week. Outside of the showers, some warm stnshine

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and it will be warm tomorrow. Showers through the morning, a bit

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drier in the afternoon and the risk of thunder. That risk is with us

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overnight tonight. We could see a sharp downpour of rain. Quite a mild

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night. A milder day tomorrow but with the risk of scattered showers

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through the morning, a few hn the early part of the afternoon, but

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warm sunshine at the end of the day. The outlook stays unsettled, on

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Wednesday we are close to some showers. The risk of showers

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continues on Thursday and Friday. In a second, a full forecast for the

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UK, from ask though, it is good night. I will leave you

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the day. Hi if 21 Cel3iuq to-orpow. And on the outlook, and settled

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conditions to come. Here's Nina Ridge.

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Good evening. Our hotspot today was Heathrow in London at 26 Celsius.

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