05/06/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Good evening. There is a first dook `t t(e

Personal debt levels in Jersey seem to be falling.

According to the Citizens Advice Bureau the size of islanders overall

debt is down from five millhon in 2012 to 3.7 million last ye`r, and

But many individuals are sthll struggling,

the bills just keep piling tp for Tish and she can't afford to pay.

After the loss of family melbers, she has fallen into debt. I lost my

mum, dad, husband and brothdr. All the debt has come to me and I just

can't clear it. She has not been able to afford the ASICs, stch as

heating her home. I can't afford to eat properly. I can't afford to put

the heating on at all. I suffered so much depression over the winter I

stayed in bed with an electric blanket. These are difficult times

for Tish, but there is a positive message. The number of islanders

seeking help with money problems has dropped. Last year 241 people were

helped, totalling ?3.7 millhon. That has fallen from the year before The

charity wants to get the message out that the is hope. The amount has

reduced slightly. I am hoping that is good news and it is just not a

blip. Hopefully, this year we will see less clients again. But some

islanders are stuck in a constant debt trap. A trap they don't think

they will be freed from any time soon.

The jury in the trial of a former Jersey constabld has

Graeme Butcher is charged whth 5 counts of misconduct in a ptblic

Mr Butcher, who's pleaded not guilty on all counts, is alleged to have

used parish money to buy thhngs for himself, including ?600 of petrol.

He claims the events were mhstakes and he didn't deliberately set out

There's concern amongst dis`bled islanders that little has changed

in Guernsey since the passing of the Disability and

This was the scene outside the States when the Strategx was

Legislation coming from the Strategy won't be ready until 2016.

At a meeting last night, Guernsey's Disability Alliance

recognised progress in Extr``Care Housing and Carers Allowancd,

In terms of what a disabled islander can see right here, right now, there

isn't a lot. One of the reasons for that is that the disability strategy

is something that needs the gift push from the centre of govdrnment.

Things that happen quickly tend to come from individual departlents.

This needs to come from the centre and the state isn't structured to do

that very well as an island. The comments today of the

Commanding Officer of a Can`dian air squadron, which is rememberhng one

of its members who was killdd Flight Lieutenant John Saville was

trying to knock out a radar position on the island so that the allies

could travel undetected to Out of the night sky come the troop

carriers and Knight Riders. More than 7000 vessels were headhng for

France. This radar station was of significant importance. Flight

Lieutenant John Saville set out on his journey, but crashed. It could

have been catastrophic if the radar was not destroyed. Something that

was recognised today by the people of Guernsey. That would havd woken

the Germans are, so it could not be allowed to happen. That mission cost

one life, but saved thousands. One of the men who located the `ircraft

said it was only then they could confirm that the pilot had remained

with his plane. We did several dives and found a few personal itdms. We

also found John stayed with the aircraft. Flight Lieutenant John

Saville's aircraft lies not far away from here. He was the only lember of

his crew not to return. Howdver they did not out the radar station,

even though the Germans got it running again. However, the Allied

fills his was still able to carry out the D`Day operation.

One of the last few flying Lancaster Bombers touched down

It's due to take part in thd D`Day 70th anniversary celebrations

in Normandy and will be in the island for a few days.

And tomorrow the BBC will h`ve full coverage of events to mark

Hearing from local veterans, BBC Radio Guernsey and Radio Jersey

are on air from 6am and we'll have all the pictures here on BBC One

That's it now. I will leave you with the weather forecast. Good dvening.

It is becoming increasingly warm. Tomorrow could read the warlest day

of the year. Temperatures wdll into the 20s. There will be crowd around

and could be Dick enough to bring some light rain. It will mahnly be

dry though overnight tonight. Temperatures around 13 degrdes. To

start the day, there will bd some cloud, but it will soon cle`r. It

will be quite breezy around the coast. Temperatures well into the

20s, we could see up to 26 degrees. Saturday, humid air and it will feel

quite muddy. There will be ` risk of boundary showers. Sunday will be

drier and brighter, but fresher The National forecast in the molent I

will leave you with the Outlook high as 24 degrees. Looking forward

to the weekend, thundery showers. As you will have seen, I cannot promise

you sunshine and blue skies, but I can promise warm. Warmer conditions

will be growing up. The heat at the moment is across parts of Spain and

south-west France. You can see the orange colour is developing. To the

west we have