21/07/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Wednesday evening. We're looking forward to it.

are counting the cost of flash flooding at the weekend. Place`macro

was basking in sunshine a downpour caused an overflow. It followed a

project to install sewers to prevent flooding. A torrent of foul water

caused a stink in Saint Peter 's port on Saturday. Shoppers were

stunned as a downpour led to sewers and drains overflowing. This footage

shows how quickly the road became saturated. And today the clean`up

operation continued. For the managers at this bar and nightclub,

worse. They have got an opening worse. They have got an opening

night on Friday. It is very frustrating. That the first major

first hurdle. It is frustrating. We test

first hurdle. It is frustrating. We have got to get it up and running.

Guernsey water spent a lot of time and money ripping up this road in

order to fix the problem. Based on what I have seen it has clearly not

worked. In a statement, Guernsey water said...

The intense downpour was very localised. It hit Guernsey, but not

Jersey. The challenge now and in the future is how to deal with a large

amount of water in one small location. A former constable has

been jailed for six months for using a parish credit card to buy things

for himself. He was at St John's for almost five years and convicted of

ten count for misconduct in a public office in trial last month. He was

also ordered to pay ?2000 in compensation to the parish and

15,000 to the prosecution cost. An enquiry starts this week with a

first hearing tomorrow and the panel first hearing tomorrow and the panel

headed by a QC is looking at alleged abuse in a care system on the Island

dating to the 1960s. The panel will hear from the first witness tomorrow

morning. The hearings take place every day this week. It has been

revealed more than 80 people have died from alcohol`related illnesses

between 2001 and 2011. The figure coincides with a plan to cut alcohol

consumption and drug abuse. Official said one aim is easy access to

treatment and advice. We can reduce alcohol`related crime if we can get

treatment and give people support and the advice and clinical

intervention if needed. Then we will make a difference. And at the end of

the day, we want the community to be the best it can be.

One of the ships that brings cargo and passengers to the

Channel Islands will be out of action for another 10 days.

The Commodore Clipper, scraped the sea bed near Guernsey on Monday.

It means more work on the backlog. You might have noticed this

recently. It will not disappear from the shelves for a while yet. Today

they announced the freight ferry they announced the freight ferry

will be out of action for another month. It is still being repaired

after the hull scraped the sea bed. It is disappointing to have a

problem in peak summer particularly. But resilience has been shown and we

are working hard to deploy a freight charter replacement to make sure

that all of the cargoes can be shipped on time. Food is getting

through and parities are getting through but we want to ship

everything on time. Shops have put out these signs warning customers.

Bosses have admitted it is not convenient but they are not too

concerned. Everybody is coping fine. It is slightly late. But goodwill,

we will have enough capacity to deliver requirements for the Island

in these five, six weeks. It is a question of whether the non`urgent

freight is impacted. But as far as food is concerned we expect the

situation to be fine. Waitrose said situation to be fine. Waitrose said

they are doing their best to find alternative products to minimise

inconvenience, but with the Clipper out of service until the end of next

month, the signs are likely to be here for a while longer. 78 athletes

are in Glasgow from the Channel Islands awaiting the start of the

Commonwealth Games. The first Island in the contest is Dan Hawksworth on

Thursday. There are high hopes for Thursday. There are high hopes for

brother and sister competing in the brother and sister competing in the

discus and shot put. I am not sure this year. I will still be quite

young in the field. I am hoping to get experience and make the final. I

do not look at my competitors. I do not look at my competitors. I

wait till I get there and I see what I can do. If I can finish top five,

that would be a massive achievement. It was a long`term plan, top five in

these games. Different goals in 2018. That is the main aim. You can

watch all the sporting action all day on and BBC Three from Thursday

and on seven channels on the red button and 17 live video streams are

available online, and on tablet. We will be reporting live from Glasgow

throughout the The dry weather continues. There is

not much in the forecast in the next few days. Tomorrow is fine and warm.

20 of sunshine, if not very warm. Cabbages and 25 and 26. Not much

cloud over night. `` temperatures. It is clear for most of us. No lower

than 15, 16. It is quite warm. Almost unbroken sunshine tomorrow

but a bit of Fairweather cloud but a bit

bubbling up in the course of the bubbling up in the course of the

afternoon and temperatures getting up to between 21 and 25. 77

Fahrenheit. Cooler on the north coast with a breeze setting in.

Later, more cloud. It is a warm and fine day on Wednesday and a bit more

wins developing in the north`east. On Thursday and Friday the cloud is

doubling up a little bit more. A possibility on Wednesday night and

into Thursday of a rumble of thunder and lightning. Some showers could

show but for the most part the next four days are dry and very warm. In

the second forecast for the Good evening. If you were

unfortunate enough to be at the sharp end of the weekend storms

you'll be pleased to know that the atmosphere is less volatile now.

Temperatures of 28 Celsius on the Sussex coast today. Most places were

fine and warm. In Scotland it was cool with the

breeze off the sea. Some eastern coasts will be cooler. They will be

the exception. Most of us very warm and the vast majority will stay dry.

That is the way overnight. A lot of low cloud drifting to eastern

counties. Misty towards the north-eastern coast of Scotland.

Maybe the odd spot of rain over Northern Ireland. Dry. A muggy,

humid night. It will be a cloudy old start over some eastern counties.

That will gradually thin and retreat towards coastal areas. Patchy rain

over the west of Northern Ireland. Mid-afternoon and some of these

numbers might be on the conservative side.