05/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

But it's been criticised by the panel reviewing the Health plans.

The Scrunity Panel's report suggests the distance between the current

hospital site, where half the departments will be, to here

at Westmount where the rest will be located, will cause transport

problems for patients, staffing issues and will cause extra

The best option is always a new build on a clean, new site. This is

a decision jersey will be making in a net 6`9 months. If we get it

wrong, generations will pay the eight in the years to come.

But this local architect suggests another option.

His client owns nearby hotels, which he says could be

a solution to keep the hospital where it is and all on one site.

Eventually the site will be developed will stop ``.

The Health department didn't want to comment on the reports findings as

But said they welcome the review and will respond in due course.

A woman who experienced physical and sexual abuse while in care

in Jersey, during the 1950s has told an inquiry how boys were regularly

The inquiry into historic abuse in Jersey heard evidence

from a seventy` year` old woman today, who said staff at the Haut de

la Garenne Children's Home told her to stop making up stories.

Like others who've given evidence so far, Winifred Lockhart spent her

childhood in care homes or foster care.

While being fostered, she said she'd been beaten

for wetting the bed, forced to sleep in a shed and wash her sheets

Social workers warned her foster mother not to beat her

and eventually moved from the Jersey Home for Girls.

There she and others were routinely hit by the head of the home.

As a teenage girl she was moved the all boys Haut de la Garenne.

She recalled hearing boys screaming in the dormitory opposite her room.

One boy in particular, she said, was singled out by a male member

of staff and taken into the staff bedroom where the boy told her "he

When she told staff the following day, she was told to stop

She said "They would hit me then and then

they put me under a psychiatrist, but I knew I wasn't dreaming,

The inquiry also asked her about punishment rooms,

which she described as a 'kind of dungeon' where boys were taken.

She didn't see them, but said she'd heard boys being told they'd be sent

Pupils and staff at Guernsey's newest school have been celebrating

It's for children and young people that experience social, emotional

The head teacher says there has been a big turnaround in attendance

A quick chat to pupils here makes you realise what difference

I don't think I would've ever got any GCSEs.

Our confidence has gone up since we have come here.

Specifically for those that struggle in mainstream schools,

Les Voies caters for pupils with emotional and behavioural problems.

Until last year, it was known as the Link Centre,

but a lot more has changed than the name since it became an official

We got up to about 60% attendance this year. Its continuing to rise.

Today was a chance to celebrate some of the last year's successes, and

They are more confident in themselves now. There are less

people in the classrooms so Pete `` teachers can spend more time with

the children. The education department hope that

these changes will help the pupils that come here. That's it from me.

You can find more news online. Newsnight is starting over on BBC

Two. Here is the weather: Good evening.

It is going to be fresher this weekend. Mostly dry tomorrow, with a

bit of missed. There is a slim chance of showers. The weather

system, drifting in, will bring some warmth. They may be a few showers at

the end of the day. Low cloud will reappear and temperatures will be

down at 15 Celsius. Expect a great start tomorrow, but there is always

a chance of a queue showers later in the day. For much of the day

however, it will be dry. Temperatures at 19`20 Celsius.

Moving into Sunday, they will be some sunny spells. Next week, the

fine weather continues with winds from the East. And he is the summary

for tomorrow: Hello. I am sure you cannot wait to

find out what the weekend wet ler be like. I have to say -- weather will

be like. I have to say it is looking good for most of us. Some of us may

have to use our umbrellas, but hopefully for a short moment. This

is the satellite today. You will notice this cloud, this is a weather

forecast we have said for the