13/06/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Security was tight in St Peter Port today as police officers and men

in suits protected the politicians inside.

They have been discussing a number of issues.

One being the claim that people flying abroad from the Channel

Islands are wrongly being charged millions of pounds in tax e`ch year.

Some people feel that the British`Irish council c`n be

guilty at times of being a bit of a talking shop, where no real

But many Channel Islanders `re hoping today to see real progress on

Once the Council members had addressed

the press conference, I askdd the Deputy Prime Minister if thd British

government was willing to bdnd when it came to air passengdr duty.

Lots of members here have got concerns over air passenger duty.

There have been some propos`ls from Guernsey to look at changing that.

Is that something that the British government would support?

So, that's one of the reasons why, of course, this council is so very,

very useful because it allows me to hear the differing objections

But I don't want anyone to think that we haven't made a numbdr

We've have made a number of significant changes.

But does that mean anything will actually happen?

Guernsey's Chief Minister certainly thinks so.

You heard what the Deputy Prime Minister said before.

He gave an assurance that HLRC are working on the informathon

It's still unclear if Channel Islanders will see

a reduction in the amount of tax they pay to travel, but the

A 65`year`old Guernsey resident has been found guilty of three counts

of rape and three of indecent assault against underage girls.

Jurats at the Royal Court rdturned unanimous guilty verdicts

against former taxi driver Neil Hastie. The cases dated back

to 1970s and early 1980s whdn the two women were 11 and 13 ye`rs old.

Hastie has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced on 1st August.

A new undersea electricity cable connecting Jersey to

French power supplies should come ashore this weekend.

Visible just off the island's east coast,

this huge barge has been laxing a third interconnector two letres

beneath the seabed between Normandy and Grouville Bay since Aprhl.

It will help secure electricity supplies to Jersey and Guernsey mean

A major redesign costing half a million pounds is being planned

for the sea defences at Ferlain in Guernsey.

There has been a large hole in the sea wall since January after it was

There's been no work done to fix it since then and the

Islands Environment Departmdnt says it will be a major project.

Some of the world's best cyclists are in Jersey this weekend for the

The professionals have been taking to the roads tonight

for the final stage of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series,

So far Horton's team Madisen Genesis have won three titles

in the series and he's now looking ahead to the Commonwealth G`mes

in Glasgow competing against the likes of Bradley Wiggins.

I've done it before and I c`n be competitive at that level. Ht's not

being daunted by that fact, because then you will not perform. H'm

excited for it. It suits me pretty well so it should be good. Good luck

to him. The best women bowlers in Britain

are in Jersey this weekend to fight Competitors from England, Ireland,

Scotland, Wales and Jersey will battle it ott in

singles, pairs, triples and fours. Sophie Sulehria has been at Les

Creux to watch the opening latches. ANNOUNCER: I hope you've all brought

some sun cream. A sweltering hot day in St Brelade

where 130 athletes will be sweating And the home players were

proud to be the hosts. It does make it spectacular seeing

all these people from different What does it mean for Jersex to

have the Championships here? It's the reputation

of the lovely bowls rink and the visitors coming and seeing

this wonderful green we've got. To welcome all these England,

Ireland, Scotland, Wales, to us The variety

in accents giving away their team. The wife is the vice`presiddnt

of the Welsh Women Bowling Association so I

thought I'd come and support her. Well, we look forward to

the Irish winning, which would be the first,

I might add. Hopefully the ladies bring home

the gold medal for Scotland. It's not only the British

title event that is at stakd. Some of these women will be lining

up against each other at All our Commonwealth Games girls are

bowling this weekend, I can't say in preparation,

because it's a different surface. But hopefully by the time they get

up to Glasgow they will be super. If you want to watch top`cl`ss bowls

for free, then you won't be`t Over on Newsnight now, spechal

edition on the crisis in Ir`q. Time now for a look at the weathdr.

Some subtle changes in the next 24`hour is so. High pressurd is

going to give us some fine weather. Briefly overnight tonight and

tomorrow morning, week weather system will bring a lot mord cloud

and just passing to the east of us, the cloud will generates and showers

as it moves into northern France. One or two may just get as far as

Jersey and Alderney. Overnight temperatures, no lower than 14

degrees. A breeze developing, too, and a lot of cloud starting to.

Rather cloudy in the morning tomorrow but it will brightdn up in

the sunshine and we will be back out into the afternoon. Not quite as

warm as today. 18`21. The forecast for Sunday is more of the s`me.

18`19. The wind from Sunday into next week, and north`east whnd sets

in and it will held down thd temperatures. 18`19. Warm and

pleasant conditions. Right on the coast, temperatures around 05. It

won't feel quite as warm as it has been. In a second, the full forecast

from the UK but from us, good night. I leave you with a summary for

tomorrow. next couple of days looci.g gogd

temperatures in the 20s. Now the West -- now the National forecast.

Good evening. Over the last two days in the south of England there has

been a lot of sunshine and temperatures up to 26 degrees. Don't

expect temperatures that high this weekend, cooler for many. A lot of

dry weather even if it is a little bit on the cloudy side at times We

see the cloud increasing this afternoon and through the evening.

The cloud has been drifting south. Over the last few hours we started

to see thunderstorms. Over the next few hours, further thunderstorms to

be found across parts of northern England, the Midlands, the eastern

side of Wales. They are drifting south overnight. Every bursts