05/08/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

The UK minister with responsibility for the Channel Islands says

the relationship between Jersey and the UK is healthier than ever.

Lord Faulks had talks with senior politicians in Jersey today.

But other states members fedl he didn't get the full picture on his

brief visit to the island and say they want their voices heard too.

Four years ago, it was said that the relationship needed to be fhxed

This is the man in charge of fixing that relationship

and he is in Jersey today and thinks the problems are now in the past.

There were one or two suggestions including speeding up

the legislative process at both ends, both in Jersex

We have both fulfilled on that and I think, having had conversathons over

the last 24 hours, I think that is going well.

Lord Faulks is in charge of ensuring the islands are properly

governed and there were concerns he had not been allowed to hear enough

dissenting voices because he is being shown around

They believe that there are significant areas where there could

be room for improvement and these are not going to be

relayed to the minister through the Chief Minister because he says

The meeting was only set up after he complained to the BBC.

Jersey's Chief Minister said all voices were being heard

It is right that our decisions are determined in Jersey.

They all issues that people grapple with everyday. We have our own

parliament and it is right they are determined. As the political party

continues to push for a reform, the UK Government may have to t`ke a

great interest in what goes on across the Channel.

The Jersey police officer who crashed a patrol car has bedn

charged with driving without due care and attention.

James Andrew Jenkinson's car overturned on the

He wasn't attending an emergency and no other vehicles were involved

He will appear at the Magistrates Court on Thursd`y.

Bosses from Britain's biggest union are

After a stay in Guernsey, leaders of Unite the Union today

It comes as States workers are balloted

Unite's Jersey spokesman saxs strike action isn't on the table ydt.

People have been balloted on proposed pension changes.

The results are in and we are in the process of advising lembers

and we will announce the results to the media in due course.

Three organisations representing businesses in Guernsey have launched

a joint review into the cost of flying in and out of the island.

It comes following concern from members of the Chamber

of Commerce, GIBA and the CGI about recent increases in Atrigny

The airline recently committed to keeping 60% of its fares under 75.

Well Jim Cathcart will be speaking to Luke Wheadon from

Guernsey's Chamber of Commerce about this story just after seven in

They help us in very differdnt ways ` but all our emergencx

And those calls in Guernsey will all come into one place in future.

A new joint control centre at the island's fire station is

the first step, as the BBC's Mike Wilkins explains.

And this is the room where 899 calls are received by the ambulance

And this is another room in another building where 989 calls

are received by the fire and rescue service.

This is where the emergency calls are takdn.

In two month's time, they whll be taking emergency calls hdre.

Emergency services with their own control room.

Economically, that doesn't make sense

and operationally, it makes sense to move them into one facilhty.

It's claimed that people calling the emergency services will see

In the future, they will have somebody frol all

It will improve the joined tp approach to a multiservice response

to some sort of incidents like a road traffic collision.

They will see improvements for certain.

Merging the ambulance and fhre services is a temporary measure

There are plans for a future joint control centre

That is the news. I am back at 30 tomorrow. `` 6:30pm tomorrow.

We have not seen much rain this summer but we have the risk of a few

showers developing towards the end of the day tomorrow. This is the

reason for the wet weather. These weather systems of brushing the

corner of France. Some of the rain is quite heavy. We have somd

moderate to heavy bursts of rain particularly in the early hours of

the morning. 15 Celsius is the minimum temperature and tomorrow,

some early rain moving swiftly. Through the rest of the day, there

is still a lot of cloud arotnd and temperatures between 20 and 22

Celsius with mainly westerlx winds. The outlook for Thursday is largely

dry. There is the chance of some small showers and

of low pressure bringing us some more rain and more persistent rain

for a time and then turning bright and dry. In a second, a fordcast

from the UK but from us herd, good night and here's the summarx.

unsettled tone continues into t`e weekend.

There's been a fair bit of talk about what weather is heading our

way for the weekend. We will touch on that at the end of the forecast.

In terms of the weather here and now, it is a lot of rain on the way.

So plenty of rain already affecting south-western parts of the country.

That will sweep across the UK as we go through the course of the night.

On top of that, it is not going to be wet, it will be a warm night

too. Temperatures will be hovering around 16 or 17 degrees by the early

hours of Wednesday morning.