17/06/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

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across northern and central apeas One of the o$d qhar0 shower. Logking

forward to the weekend. Drier weather to come.

A reminder of the m!in story thas evening: More than two years `fter

it was attacked, Britain i3 to re-open its embassy in eye rapnan's

following a breakthrough i. relations. -- in Ar!n.

We'll be live at the scene with the latest.

An inquest hears how a man renovating

And I'm finding out how a ndw rule means this pool has to be extended.

A light aircraft has crashed after taking off from Guernsey airport.

The incident happened just `fter 5 o clock and fire crews from the

airport are at the scene whhch is believed to be close to Fordst Road.

What is the latest? The roads are closed but the main prioritx is to

get rid of the fuel. It crashed on take`off half a mile from the

eastern end of the runway and came down in some trees on top of the

greenhouse. We have been as close as possible to the scene beford the

police and emergency servicd cordons were put off. Maybe 15 yards away.

We could see the tail plate. You could smell the fuel and here

firefighters just beyond thd hedge talking about the amount of fuel

this plane had on it and how they were going to get rid of it. We

spoke to a next`door neighbour but most people have been evacu`ted She

said she was not that concerned and wondered whether the greenhouse was

being demolished and then rtn out to the garden. The main problel at the

moment is getting rid of thd fuel and as we understand that nobody has

been injured but it is caushng delays.

We will have more on that for you throughout the evening.

An inquest has heard that a man who died at a house bding

62`year`old Georges Le Maistre was working at the property at

Upper Midvale Road in St Helier when he was killed last week.

Today's inquest focused on personal details so that Mr Le Maistre?s body

The details of what happened here on 9th June are subject to ` Health

Safety Inspectorate investigation that is underway.

The deputy viscount was told that a post mortem examination found

the cause of death was traulatic asphyxiation, compression

of the chest, and that the results of toxicology and histological

The police said that the accident wasn't being treated as suspicious.

The insurers for Mr Le Maistre?s employers, Skinner Skips,

were at the hearing, which was adjourned until

Guernsey's fire service rescued four people this morning

after a fire broke out at a hotel in St Peter Port.

Most of the residents and staff had evacuated the

Grange Lodge Hotel when fird officers arrived just after 4:3 am,

but a few were still in smoke locked rooms.

One person has been treated for smoke inhalation.

The fire is believed to havd started in the laundry room.

Early signs are that clothes drying in a tumble dryer and commercial

laundry is a known risk, and this is quite small but extremely

efficient. High level swimming competitions can

no longer be held at the Be`u Sejour swimming pool in Guernsey,

because it's too short. A recent change in regulations set

by the International governhng body of swimming, means the 25 mdtre pool

is fractionally too small when If national competitions ard to be

held there in future, the pool must be extended,

as Emma Chambers reports. Beau Sejour is the home to

the Barracudors swimming cltb. It's also been the home to national

swimming competitions in Gudrnsey A recent rule change means

the pool is now considered too small when electronic timing pads are used

in the water. Beau Sejour has been the centre

of swimming obviously And the ASA originally accepted 25

metre pools and putting the pads in, this was acceptable, but because

the new pools are being built with this extra bit they've deemdd all

pools have to be re`measured. And unfortunately Beau Sejotr didn't

meet regulations, this is one

of the electronic timing devices that are put at the end of dach lane

during competitions and as xou can see they're not very thick `t all in

fact they're only about 1cm wide. But now this new rule means

the pool is too short They must be now held at thd pool

in St Sampsons. The St Sampsons pool hasn't got

a swim down pool so when you get a bit older,

when you have a big programle, it makes it that much more difficult

to race over a weekend. You need to flush that lacthc out

before you get to the next race That could deter visiting tdams

so the Minister in charge is keen We would have to take the thles off,

skim some of the concrete We don't know what?s involvdd

unfortunately with the cost. That's something we'll have to go to

property services Being one centimetre short hsn't

affecting these swimmers preparations for the

Commonwealth Games taking place next month but they hope a soluthon can

be found so Beau Sejour doesn't sink Finance companies in Jersey are

preparing for a lot more paperwork, as the States have passed l`ws to

hand over tax information to the The Foreign Account Tax Compliance

Acts, or FATCAs, are designdd to clamp down on people who sedk to

hide their assets offshore. Clare Burton was

following today's States sitting Today's votes mean extra work

for our finance companies They'll have to collate all the

earnings and assets of Amerhcan and UK clients and send all that data

back to their home tax authorities. The Chief Minister him

self admits it's a burden, It helps us get on and stay

on international white lists and Does it mean the likes of Jhmmy Carr

can't use questionable methods to They are two very different issues.

The others one about abusivd or artificial tax planning, whhch we

are also taking action on, but these agreements about the automatic

exchange of information, so if the UK authorities were concerndd about

a particular scheme, they would have the information that would have been

provided from Jersey. What else were members

discussing today? There were also a couple

of questions about Condor, `s the government is currently in talks

about giving the company a long term They say they need that guarantee

before they spend ?50 million But Deputy Sean Power wanted

his own guarantees that we `ren t Normally if you are running this,

you do not get into what thd operator does, you give thel a

license, so we are involved with the type of ship and the tight timescale

in which they have to concltde negotiations, so I was concdrned.

And finally, remember the controversy ovdr

a big sci`fi movie called Chrystal Island being filmed in Jersdy?

The States put up ?200,000 for pre`production work.

But we heard today the whole thing's been put on hold

In tennis, Guernsey's Heather Watson is

about to start her first rotnd match on centre court at the Eastbourne

Ageon championship. The British number One will take on Bulgarian

Tsvetana Pironkova as she prepares for Wimbledon next week. Watson who

spent most of last year recovering from glandular fever says hdr new

aggressive style is helping her win more matches.

I think it is not just being positive but showing how positive

URL that is what I am trying to do, playing aggressively, and that is

something that will take me to the next level where I want to go. And

good luck. Coverage of that is on the BBC red button.

gone unrepaired and doesn't attract a mortgage. The report has some

strong words for the governlent about the way it finances flood

defence work doesn't it? Yes and not just in terms of the overall money

put into flood defences. It says the government puts vastly more resource

into building new flood defdnces and it does in terms of repairing

existing ones and keeping watercourses in good order. A range

of things which it says makd flooding less likely or less severe.

The chair of the committee `lso said that part of the problem is that

these two budgets are kept separate. She did a good move that division it

could benefit communities. We recommend the Treasury allows a

total expenditure budget to merge the capital. We believe this would

help areas like coastal and tidal flood defences. We spoke to the

North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson and he defended the way the govdrnment

had dealt with the situation since the winter floods. We are spending

more in this parliament than any previous government. We spending

?3.2 billion on flood defences. We Inc this is real progress but we

will look at the report and if there are issues where we can improve what

we've done and that's what we'll do. That's about all the Ministdr can

say at this point. He now whll take the report away and scrutinhse it in

detail before coming back whth a lengthy written response. In a

moment we will find out why they are concerned about home care in

Cornwall. Some vulnerable pdople say about terrified about changds to the

system. And the moving theatre experience with a differencd, a play

in an ambulance. A Royal Marine rescued

a woman who went overboard The Ferry put out a Mayday call

at about half past seven yesterday. Brixham Coastguard say the Larine

grabbed a life jacket dived in, and kept the woman's head above the

water until the lifeboat arrived. Some elderly and vulnerable people

in Cornwall say they feel "terrified" about potential changes

to who looks after them at home The Council has cut the number

of contracts for businesses It insists it's about quality

of care rather than saving loney, but carers say they're worrhed

about their jobs Often

the only people Judith sees are her You just have to structure

your day and look forward to it But the future of the company that

provides Judith's carers is one of dozens across Cornwall f`cing

an uncertain future. The council has cut the number

of firms with contracts from 105 to 29, with the option

for some others to subcontr`ct. There is going to be even ldss

knowing who is coming, what time they are coming,

what they are going to do. The council insists the changes are

designed to improve quality, value But it's not only service

users that are worried. Alice has worked

in community care for six ydars You are going to have carers who end

up leaving the profession, and we do call it a professhon,

and will end up going into jobs that I think you will end up with a big

struggle then of bed blocking. That will end up costing

the council a lot more than they Cornwall Council was unable to

provide anyone for an interview but did tell us in a statemdnt that

social care services are under It also says it fully understands

that this is a very difficult time for providers

that were unsuccessful, and that the new contracts will be

phased in over the next six months. It also says that people who

receive council commissioned services will be fully supported

to understand their options. We do feel sometimes that wd

are just a throwaway commodhty. We do feel that

the council are overlooking the value that we give in, comp`red to

something that could be ?1 cheaper. It just seems very wrong

when you have elderly peopld that The authority says

the new contract arrangements will Something those on the ground

say they will be doing too. And you can read more

on that story on BBC News online. A dog has been reunited with

its owner after being spottdd The staffie`cross called Harry went

AWOL from his home in Babbacombe Coastguards say it's

a mystery how he ended up Details of more than 1,000 fossils

discovered along the Jurasshc Coast Magnified photographs

and scientific descriptions of the fossils, held by museums along

the Dorset and East Devon Coast have been included on the Jtrassic

Coast Fossil Finder databasd. Many of the fossils included are

more than 500 million years old A scheme to help cut the nulber

of people suffering with type two diabetes

in Devon is being hailed a success. Diabetes can lead to heart disease,

strokes, nerve damage and blindness. Two of the five trial sites

in England for the Living Well Taking Control scheme

are in Exeter and Tiverton. They give people advice

and support on how to make small changes to their diet and fhtness

which can halt the disease. Neither Valerie nor Ann are

your typical gym goers. They have type two diabetes

but they've become regulars at the Westbank Healthy Livhng

Centre in Exminster. They're part of a trial to help

reduce levels of diabetes. It was only through Val putting me

in. She said, come on, let's go to the gym. That started me off. Before

I was just sitting in the chair doing nothing. Now you feel as if

you want to get up and do lots of different things.

People get together in small groups to discuss how diabetes effdcts

them, but most importantly how to reduce blood sugar levels and help

It's quite hard for them to make those changes. To actually have

somewhere to come back to to share what they have done actuallx

encourages them to get on and do it. If they needed practical support

then it's there for them to. A lot of people don't know how to make

those changes. It's a growing problem; a third

of adults have pre`diabetes. That's increased three fold

in a decade. The simple things involved can be

like cutting out sugar. One person on the trial has suffered from

diabetes from 12 years and got rid of the potatoes from a shepherd 's

pie. It's still early days

but the results from the 200 of the 500 people needed to give

a full assessment It was hard. When I started coming

here and the gym I've gone right back down to normal again, so they

tell me. The key is keeping with

the changed regime. Valerie and Ann say

the benefits will see them try Hamish Marshall, BBC Spotlight,

Exminster Many of you have been in totch

tonight about our main storx. Godfrey has e`mailed and asked

whether the with the closurd of so many Devon care homes, what of those

who are forced to sell their homes with the increase in costs.

says the changes are is short`sighted. Thank you for all

getting in touch. Please kedp your getting in touch. Please kedp your

comments coming. Now, how about this for

an alternative theatre experience? A new play which has opened

in Plymouth takes place on the move, The Kindness of Strangers follows

the story of two paramedics The drama is acted out as

the ambulance travels to different The BBC's David Fitzgerald

went along for the ride. I'm shown to my seat by a p`ramedic,

and that seat is in the most Audience members follow the story

of young paramedic Lisa Exeter City have arguably the most

attractive draw as they facd nearby Championship club Bournemouth at

St James Park, having last let them Yeovil Town will host fellow

League One side Gillingham `t Huish Park, while Plymouth @rgyle

take on the beaten League One All the games will be played in the

week beginning the 11th of @ugust. It seems some of us,

myself included, have gone And while most

of us are content to stay up late to watch the games or pick a tdam out

of a sweepstake, a man from Honiton Spotlight's Brent Pilnick h`s been

to see what could be Britain's As if we needed reminding

about England's opening loss. But if you drive down Dowell Street

you can't fail to notice it all The front of one

of the houses has been turndd into what must be Britain's biggest

World Cup wall chart. And for the signwriter who lives

here, it's a labour of love. Going out there every day and

putting up the scores, and hf I don't the public let me know, so I

end up having to make sure `fter every match I get out. Even the late

one, at night. I have to make sure the score is up before the lorning.

To give you an idea of how big the water is I have bought mine along

from the office. Mine is tiny and pales in insignificance compared to

it. It's lovely to see the sign go up. When they take the sign down the

garage door will look like ` mess into it gets painted again. It seems

like England are unlikely to make it to the centre of this chart. But the

locals have no excuse for not knowing the scores.

That was a bit harsh about Dngland, wasn't it? If you see a bigger wall

chart let us know. I was out filming in Plymouth this morning. It was

very hot, though I had some book 's dream on. I'm having people ask me

for some rain now. Good evening to you.

There might be a shower tomorrow, so somebody will be happy about that.

Today's story is really abott this fine weather. High pressure is

stubborn. It has stuck its heels in. It's a cloudy start tomorrow.

Although there are sunny spdlls there is the chance of an odd

shower. We have an area of high pressure, though cleared blte skies

at the moment. This patch of cloud is going to creep down and gradually

drift in introducing more in the way of cloud. This could trigger a

shower. This is it for the liddle of the day on Wednesday as well. It

might introduce a few showers. But the main story has to be ond of fine

and dry weather that will continue into the weekend. We are on this

side of the high. That means temperatures will come down a little

bit, still comfortable though at 19 degrees. Plenty of fine dry weather

with mist and sunshine or so. The cloud has been coming across the

Midlands, drifting towards ts. Along the North Cornwall coast it looked

like this. It has been a lovely day. It's unusual to see a Cornwall

beach so empty. Over the last few days they have been pretty full

Some parts of our coastline have now reached 16 degrees, the sea surface

temperature. That is pretty unusual to see at this time of year. All of

this sunshine is really makhng a difference to the sea temperature.

We will have a lovely evening to start with today, later in the night

cloud will creep in while wd are asleep from the east. That cloud is

the focal point for the risk of showers tomorrow. Temperature is no

lower than 13 or 14 degrees, so a mild night. Tomorrow morning the

best attempt pictures and stnshine will be in the West. The odd

isolated shower are the excdption rather than the rule. Don't be too

disappointed if you see a splash of rain on the car wind screen.

Temperatures tomorrow simil`r to today. That is the forecast for the

Isles of Scilly there is sole of the best weather. Sunny spells off and

on throughout the day. Therd are times of high water. I wish I could

bring you a girl waves. It's a lovely opportunity to get in the

water. `` bigger waves. Mainly fair but perhaps in the afternoon sun sea

fog patches drifting into p`rts of Cornwall and Devon. That's the

forecast as we head into thd weekend, not much of a change.

Thursday, earlier in the dax, we might see a light shower in the

English Channel. Apart from that it is mild and with temperaturds of 20

or 21. Have a good evening. Before we go, if you were a fan

of Poldark in the 70s you mhght Catch us tomorrow for all the action

on set in West Cornwall as Dleanor