13/08/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Jersey fishermen are claiming they are being harassed and persdcuted

They say licences to fish in Guernsey waters have been

revoked under obscure reasons and now they are afraid to work

As the situation reaches a political stalemate, some say

Almost too afraid to leave Jersey's waters for fear of being victimised.

Historically, Jersey Fisherlen have worked around the Channel Islands,

but last year a licensing sxstem was introduced to manage fish stocks

Don has been in the trade for 3 years and says Jersey fishermen

I had my rights removed simply because I wouldn't qualify hn a very

short track record referencd period. Now we are seeing that things are

getting much worse and fishdrmen are being harassed and

licences taken away. The big concern is that

of going back to their tradhtional grounds recalls they will bd

persecuted by fisheries enforcement officers from Guernsey.

escalated so that politicians are getting involved, but Jersex say it

is Guernsey fisheries who won't move forward. There certainly sedms to be

an element in the Guernsey fisheries department that seems to be running

contrary to working to a good relationship with the Channdl

Islands, with Jersey. They seem to be imposing fines and punishments on

our fishermen that don't sedm to warrant whatever they are mdant to

have done. In a statement, Guernsey's Commerce

and Employment department, which is responsible for fisheries, confirms

that "all licensing decisions are conducted and made in accordance

with the relevant legislation." But it added that

the licensing system "does hntroduce The licences were designed

to protect fish stocks. Jersey fishermen are now pushing

for a pan`Channel Islands agreement Condor Ferries is being takdn to

an employment tribunal by two The company promised to start paying

its French crew Social Security in But French union officials say

those payments haven't been made. The hearings are due to start

in October in St Malo. Condor Ferries says it's un`ble to

comment on an ongoing legal process. Meanwhile, there could be ddlays to

freight deliveries to the Channel Islands, as one of the vessdls

brought in to replace the d`maged Local market property prices

in Guernsey are on the up. The figures

for the second quarter this year show the average local markdt house

is worth just under ?470,000 ? % But the number of sales is down

by almost 19%. The family

of the man who died falling 30 feet from a wall in St Helier last week

have described him as a small man 29`year`old Gavin Edward Le Cornu,

who was four foot ten inches tall, seen here in the pink tie,

died after the fall near His family say he will be mhssed

by the many people whose lives he It's over seven months

since the Channel Islands wdre battered by strong winds and high

tides during the winter storms. Today, more work was being

carried out to repair the d`mage. But this morning it was one of

Guernsey's quietest beaches that had The peace and serenity of

Guernsey's Fermain Bay. But, coming into focus this morning

was a very unusual visitor. A huge freight ship

about to attempt an amphibious This is one of Guernsey's m`in

been successful and the digger has just been unloaded.

because this wall was severdly damaged in the winter storms.

Due to its remoteness it?s not very easy to get a digger to the site.

All around Guernsey, the co`stline was battered this winter

and the Environment Departmdnt says they're going to need more loney to

The environment Department have a limited budget, and these

significant repairs has to come out of general reserve,

not the funds to carry out these repairs.

that of environment. This is about protection of the

infrastructure, so it needs involvement from tea and out, and a

great deal of money, and It's unclear just how long this will

be a sight on the beach, Still ahead: The woman taking part

in a record`breaking skydivd to raise money for dementia research.

For the first time in 30 ye`rs, one of the big attractions at Gternsey's

Organisers have decided not to have the Grand Pageant this year,

where people dress up in traditional Guernsey dress.

But there's still plenty to see and do, and thousands headed out

west today to enjoy themselves and we were with them.

Thank you! Look what I won! I won a fourth rosette in the show. Today

it, we had to try and get otr boat to stand nicely. They need to follow

instructions. I have been jtdging the children's cookery classes

today, and we have had lots and lots of entries. One way or

can't think of anything nicdr than the West

like fire coming up. What dhd you get for that one? First prize.

What is your favourite bit? Everything, really. Walking around,

meeting people, enjoying here. The animals are my favourites,

cute. I think they are very excited about the helter`skelter.

make it the best, the peopld that come down. It

what really makes it. West hs best! It looks fun.

And, from the West Show to Battle of Flowers now, as tonight hundreds

It's the 50th year the parish of Grouville has entered thd parade

and, as Chris Harrison reports, it's become a family affair.

To the parishioners of Grouville, it's five decades of memorids.

A group of parishioners, including my mother and father, deciddd to

make a float and they deciddd to go for it. Following year, thex put the

I remember it, just about, `lthough I wasn't very old. I have bden

involved ever since. The making of the float has been a

families of the parish of every generation. 50 years ago, I was

involved in the very beginnhng of the Battle of flowers. I did the

ordering and so on for 18 ydars and my daughter is still involvdd. Now

her daughter is Miss Battle of the flowers, so we have had a great deal

of interest in From the older generation to

the younger, My mum tells me when I was `bout one

she used to put me in a crate, so I have been hit pretty

much Katie?s dad Mark is

the parish chairman, My father was the very first driver

of the float. There were two drivers in those days, so he would have sat

very much like I am today, hn the drivers seat at the back of the

float. After my father, my tncle Walter took over. We have got along

tradition of family, and I am proud to bd sat

here. the 50th anniversary float hs sure

to impress and inspire future They always say it never rahns on

Battle Day, but it is not looking good for tomorrow, is it?

We might be lucky, but therd is quite a high risk of seeing showers

tomorrow. We got away with ht today, it is a shame because not h`ve had a

battle of the flowers today it has been a fine day. Tomorrow

there is a much higher seeing showers, and it is blustery

to. A lair underneath for those dressing up might be needed.

Scattered showers, 17 or 18 degrees the top ten wind. The reason for the

change is a long way of at the moment. It is this lump of

here that is approaching thd west coast of Ireland. It will travel

down towards us overnight tonight. It is a line of showers, quhte a few

of them tucked in with it. Ht moves through Ireland across the West of

England, and arrives on our shores will be a feature into the

afternoon. By Friday, high pressure is back, but for

tomorrow, the showers are lhkely to be quite frequent. Overnight

tonight, there will be weather around initially, then

showers small powers of the morning. They

fade away for a time, but they will be back swiftly tomorrow morning,

overnight temperatures down to 4 degrees. Briefly some morning

sunshine tomorrow, but quickly the showers show up.

the morning onwards, those showers will

might get some sunshine in between the showers, but

frequent, tending to fade away towards the end of the afternoon.

Friday will be a nice day whth some sunshine, and a little bit warmer.

Lighter winds but still frol the north`west. The start of thd weekend

does not look too bad, increasingly cloudy through

Saturday. By the time we get to Sunday, a bit of a change. @ lot of

cloud and rain possible on Sunday. Those winds pick up again, becoming

mostly westerly to the course of the day. So tomorrow, quite a hhgh risk

of showers. Oh dear. David, thank you. We will

have all the highlights frol the Battle of the flowers tomorrow night

at 6:30pm. And live coveragd of the parade on BBC radio Jersey. Tune in

from 2pm. That's it for now. not to swim. They say a high tide is

expected tonight and they anticipate more problems.

A sex`offender from Somerset, who enticed girls as young as nhne with

the offer of singing lessons, has been jailed for four years.

Sixty`two`year`old Paul Francis from Yeovil was sentenced at Taunton

Crown Court after pleading guilty to child sex offences. He handdd out

hand`written invitations to girls on their way to school. The cotrt heard

he had previous child abuse convictions, but at the timd of his

latest crimes, he was not on the Sex Offenders Register and was not being

250 new jobs are to be created with the expansion of two meat f`ctories

in Cornwall. Tulip Ltd plans to spend ?16 million turning shtes in

Bugle and Redruth into the largest de`boning facilities in the UK.

The continuing closure of Longreach House in Redruth for repairs means

44 people with mental health issues are now having to be treated outside

Cornwall. Families say the shortage of beds is unacceptable.

The war hero, Edmund 'Tommy' Purser from Exeter, who took the ldad

landing craft ashore at Sword beach on D Day, has died aged 95. Some of

his crew were killed when they suffered a direct hit. He'd been

married to Pam who was a wrdn, for 69 years.

Onto some sports news, and the South West's three Football Leagud clubs

were all knocked out of the League Cup last night ` in the first round!

The drama included a penaltx shoot`out at Home Park, as

Plymouth argyle were head for the exit in the first half against

Leyton Orient, one division higher than their hosts. They deserved a

2`0 lead until Rubin Reid scored the first of his two goals. Reid, who

looks lean andage Lyle, aftdr noticeably losing weight, shrugged

off his marker to equalise `nd send the tie into extra time. Orhent

restored their lead only for McHugh to send it into the net for 3`3

Penalties decided the winners. Argyle had the chance to go through.

But top`class goal keeping forced a sudden`death scenario.

Exeter City gave a good account of themselves against Bournemotth. They

couldn't prevent the Cherrids from setting up a 2`0 win.

Yeovil town have lost their first two games of the new season, both at

home. This time it was a 2`0 reverse to Gill ham, which sent thel packing

from the League Cup at the first attempt. This despite the fhrst

for the Glovers since joining from Nottingham Forest.

Devon's Olympic event rider Mary King has had a successful rdturn to

competition following her two`month ban for dangerous riding. M`ry,

who's 53 and from Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth, finished both first

and second at the West Wiltshire Horse Trials yesterday.

A skydiver from Devon is prdparing for a world record`breaking event in

America. Maddy Heath`Kelly hs one of a handful of people from thd UK

selected to make the all`wolen jump in California. She's doing ht to

raise money for research into dementia, following her Mum's

diagnosis with the condition. Spotlight's John Danks has the

Jumping out of a plane at 12,00 feet, these images captured on the

helmet camera of Maddy Heath`Kelly. This is something the 26`ye`r`old

from Exeter has done almost 600 times. Her next challenge ` to break

a world record. The record hs formation skydive with betwden 20

to 130 female sky divers from all over the world. It will be the

largest formation with multhple shapes, so we jump out and build one

shape, all let go and then another shape. It has to be at least

two shapes to be the new this jump. When I got offerdd a

place with when my mum became unwdll and

was diagnosed with fund`raising opportunity and raise

money for Alzheimer's Society at the same time. Her mum was diagnosed

She's been moved by Maddy's gesture. I'm

that anybody would think to put the two together like that and say,

right, I'm going to California and I'm fundraising at the same time. I

think good for her, you know, she's really doing well.

Now, how handy are you with a hammer? Probably not as good as a

group of men who descended on Devon today from all over the world. They

were here for the first day of an international Blacksmiths Fdstival.

We sent our reporter Heidi Davey along to Westpoint to have ` go

When I came into work today, this wasn't one of the jobs I thought I'd

end up doing. I have my gloves on, my safety glasses and my apron and

Don is here to teach me all I need to know. What's the plan?

what we're going to do, I'vd heard you need

coat at home, so the mission is we convert

finished item there. We havd to make that into a square? Square. That

sounds simple enough, but I'm not sure it is. Straight up and down

motion. That's it. All the way to the end.

flat bit. Flatten it up. Thdre's your one you prepared earlidr. We

need to turn it over there. Just over the end. Hit it. I took a

sneaky break from with Don to see what else w`s

happening around the show. Ht wasn't long before we came across the Welsh

contingent. There's not manx big festivals like this. So, for

blacksmiths like myself, I'l currently studying, but it's a

really important launch pad. It might be a profession you think

associate with being partictlarly male. But at the festival there are

several ladies showing the len how it's done. Wendy is one of them

You've been a blacksmith for how long? Longer than I'd dare to

30 How due years. First get into it? A pure accident.

environmental biology. I cotldn t find a job. Six months later I

so bored, I went for any job. I loved

it. Time to see how the trahnee and her hook

What, down? Yeah, go on. Have a look. How many

Oh, I'd give you an eight. That s not bad for a first

After all that hard work, I think I've earned a well deserved massage.

Thousands of people are getting ready for round two of a pyrotechnic

battle in the skies off Plylouth's waterfront tonight. Blitz Fhreworks

won the first stage of the British Fireworks Championships last night.

Simon Clemison watched the displays which this evening's compethtors

The hats and coats say Novelber but then again, so does the sky. This is

no Bonfire Night party, thotgh. This is serious competition. Hundred s of

kilograms of explosives battling it out to find a winner. Some of these

fireworks are home grown. Not that you'd want to attempt this

back garden. The crowds havd gathered in their thousands. Up

until now they've been eating and drinking. We've heard them laughing

and joking. Now the only two sounds emerging are oohhh and aahhh. If you

look in the air you can see why A different view, from the he`dland

looking back. Splimth at its best worth millions to the local economy.

It's been amazing. They've got better and better. They havd. This

is the best so far. The best thing for me it's free and it's jtst

great thing. Every year, we all come down and just enjoy the firdworks.

What is there not to again. Showering gold on thhs city,

for a second night. Extraordinary. Every year you think

they can't get better, but they do. Beautiful clear skies which help.

How is it looking for tonight? frequent showers and the ring of

thunder. What's happening is just to the south, there's a lump of cloud.

That's heading towards us. Ht's bringing slightly colder air. It

moves through Ireland overnhght But it gets to us by the middle of the

day. By this evening, lunch time tomorrow, it's

south`west of England. The focus of a lot

and feeling cooler too. A change tomorrow.

Friday, that will have gone. Friday is a largely dry day

today. There have been showdrs dotted around.

Moor. Our cameraman catching a good view of a

couple on holiday. You can see that the clouds haven't been tall enough

of the showers over the high ground of the moors really could bd

the north of Devon and perh`ps through the Bristol Channel.

Tomorrow, a cloudy start and a : : #

Tomorrow, a cloudy start and a day with showers. Some of them `re

heavy. Some of them will have some thunder mixed in, particularly over

higher ground. Towards the dnd of away, as that whole area of cloud

moves of the best of the weather hs

towards struggling with all the clotd and

showers, 17 possibly 18 the our coastal locations, not luch more

than around 16. west`facing coasts in the sdcond

half of the day. Here, throtgh the afternoon, we should see late

sunshine. Friday is a reasonable day. So is Saturday.

All change on Sunday, though. That is all from us tonight. We are

going out with a bang this dvening. We leave you with more

Fireworks Championships in Plymouth. From all of us here, good nhght