30/09/2014 BBC Channel Islands News

Thai police hunt three people over the murder of Jerseyman Davhd

Miller, as an inquest into his death opens in Jersey.

Guernsey's government is accused of breaking promises on mental

And we're in St Malo as the Channel Islands gateway to France

The work is not focused and people don't work together. A lot of times

you find that services will cross over.

The inquest has opened and adjourned into the death

of David Miller, the 24`year`old from Jersey who was murdered

Mr Miller was killed on holhday on the Thai Island of Kho T`o,

alongside Hannah Witheridge from Norfolk, on the 15th of September.

These are among the last CCTV pictures of David Miller and

Hannah Witheridge, and over two weeks on from their deaths, Thai

police still haven't arrestdd anyone in connection with their murders.

And today, on the other sidd of the world, the inquest into

David's death began so his body could be released for his ftneral.

No`one from David's family was at the inquest. But we did hear that it

was David's father who had to identify his son's body. We also

heard from the Home Office pathologist who said it was likely

that David died from severe head injuries, although more restlts from

his body following tests ard expected.

Meanwhile, back in Thailand, the results of 200 DNA samples taken

Police there now believe three people were involved in the rape

and murder of 23`year`old H`nnah and the death of David from Jersey.

A ?13,000 reward has been offered to help find the culprits, and today,

Thai authorities have suggested party curfews and even giving

backpackers wristbands to hdlp identify them as tourists.

Today's hearing in Jersey now means David's body can now be reldased

for cremation and that plans for his funeral can begin.

It's expected that will happen here at Trinity Church on Friday

afternoon, a chance for Davhd's friends and family to gather to

mourn, pray and remember thd life of this Jerseyman taken so tragically.

Guernsey's government is fahling to deliver its promises on sochal

Deputy Elis Bebb says the l`ck of progress on social issues

including mental health and civil partnerships has been embarrassing.

Around 150 islanders with mental health issues come

They're looking for the help and support that the centre provides.

People don't work together `nd a lot of times it you find that sdrvices

find that services cross over.

18 months after the States passed the island's

first Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, nothing has changdd.

And mental health isn't the only problem.

It's one of four areas Guernsey s government's pledged to improve

under what it calls 'social policy reform'.

Guernsey's first Disability and Inclusion Strategy, equ`lity

for women, and back in 2006, the States passed a proposition to look

Eight years later, Deputy Elis Bebb says it's dishonest to promhse these

These people pay taxes in the same way as everybody else and they are

entitled to as good a service as anybody else. I feel they are not

being afforded what they can rightfully expect. In reality, of

course, the constraints of resources and finance will always makd things

go slightly slower than thex would want.

and progress has been stumpdd by a lack of cash, something the States

A man is recovering in hosphtal after shooting himself in the head

at Jersey's pistol club at Crabbe in a suspected suicide attelpt.

The 26`year`old was one of several people at the range on Sund`y.

The Police were called and took witness statements from

the other people there but `ren t investigating the incident further.

The team behind plans for a University of the Channel Islands,

based in Guernsey and Alderney, are hopeful students will bdgin

The project's been in the pipeline for a number

of years and Susan Jackson from the university says it will be ready

by 2016, and will employ a large number of locally qualified staff.

Aurigny's confirmed that it'll begin using a new aircraft on its Alderney

It'll come as a relief to islanders, following a recent spate

of technical failures on Aurigny's aging Trislander fleet,

It'll soon be goodbye to thhs and hello to this.

And for some in the islands it can't come quick enough.

In recent days Aurigny has struggled to cope with persistent technical

In Alderney medical airlifts, tourism, and the economy and

It has prompted them to isste a statement announcing a new lodel and

a couple of weeks, which is very good news. We look forward to having

a whole fleet of these in operation next year, which will give the

business community and stars I'm a huge boost on the island.

Nigel Lawrence, Chair of the Alderney Chamber of Commerce

Transport Group The Dorniers, will be used on flights between @lderney,

And Aurigny says it's a much better aircraft.

The aircraft is versatile and it can land in fast winds. This has got 35%

more space, so we can carry more people.

Aurigny says they're aiming to have three or more Dorniers in sdrvice

Later on, safety at sea, whdre more than 100 people are taking part in a

special of her. 70 years ago, Allied Forces

liberated St Malo, a city f`miliar to any Channel Islander who's taken

the Condor Ferry to France. The battle for Saint Malo w`s fierce

and it saw the port's historic old In the first of two reports Simon

Coss looks at how the town remembers A tiny of pile rocks and sand,

barely a third the size of the Island of Sark and a stone's throw

out to sea from St Malo, thd Channel But Cezembre isn't just another

idyllic French tourist spot. As a strategic German gun

emplacement able to hit targets both at sea and on the mainland, it was

one of the Second World War's most heavily bombed targets,

battered by between 3,000 and 5 000 As a result, most of the island

is still off`limits today. This photo of Cezembre was taken at

the end of August and you c`n see If you look at the photo underneath,

you can see the scale of thd damage. There's not one square metrd

that hasn't been hit. There were about 15,000 Gerlan

troops stationed around St Lalo But the number of soldiers

inside the historic walled city was actually rather low,

only around 100. Allied intelligence reports

estimated As the Americans approached

the old town, they bombarded it Many of the houses had wooddn

frames, so the attack caused a huge fire, which burned for a week

and destroyed 80% of the old town. That's the flying fortresses

when they came here. I was eight years old,

I was just a kid. But I was shocked to see all

of those ruins. 31 civilians died

during the liberation of St Malo's old town, and the events of 194

left a Mark that will stay with this Simon Coss reporting and

in his next report Simon will be looking at how St Malo rebuhlt

itself in the months Now for a look at the weathdr. We

have not got all of the figtres and. We have had dry weather and

very warm weather. We will get an update at the end of the wedk just

how big it has been. `` warl and dry it has been. We are likely to see

some rain, particularly overnight Friday into Saturday. Windy and

possibly wet conditions. Amx dry tomorrow with some sunny spdlls in

the afternoon, but a lot of cloud. Rain is drifting towards us

overnight. There is a line of showers following. That will keep us

generally quite cloudy for luch of the morning tomorrow morning, but by

the time we get to Thursday, the same weather system will cross the

northern half of France and we should have some fine weathdr, Misty

perhaps first thing. The big change is here. Friday, we have a band of

clouds and rain approaching South West England, and eventuallx, the

whole lot will move towards us. It is really the early hours of

Saturday morning before it gets to most of us first thing on S`turday.

We will likely see quite windy and wet conditions. It is not b`d

overnight tonight to start with at least. More clouds developing in the

second half of the night and then we see some more persistent rahn. Not

everywhere will wake up to the rain, but more cloud, a mild night, and 50

degrees the minimum temperature Tomorrow, the whole `` 15 ddgrees.

Tomorrow, why the afternoon, the risk of a few showers on thd second

band of cloud, and then brighter skies towards the end of thd day.

Here is the coastal waters forecast. Force three, occasionally four.

Times of high water... Cleaned for most of our surfing beaches. Clearer

conditions moving into the weekend. Certainly feeling more autulnal over

the next few days. Thank yot very much. If you take any lovelx

photos, please send them to us. For me, that is it. Have a good evening.

At the moment the industry is obliged to offer

businesses flood cover, but that obligation will end in 2015.

I think we're probably going to face a situation where most

organisations are not able to get any flood insurance at any cost

In a statement today, the British Insurance Brokers Association says

it will do all it can to help small businesses get flood insurance.

It is asking its members to try and find suitable insurance markets

Messages recorded by local schoolchildren encouraging

people not to smoke are now being played out through a loudspdaker at

The trial has started outside the main entrance of the maternhty unit,

where it says people are sthll lighting up even though the whole

The maternity unit. The signs couldn't be more obvious. Ydt,

people still light up. In this case, an expectant father. You smoke

everyday? Yes. Do you know how much your smoking harms me? So now the

hospital is using children's voices piped over a PA system in an attempt

to change the offenders. We do have smokers out there all the thme.

Ignore the signage. Every thme the receptionist sees a smoker outside

she pushes the button. Anyone of seven different messages. Please

stop smoking outside the maternity hospital. Thank you. This w`s the

don't want it to come from that approach. The reason for ushng

children is to find a different way to engage with our patients and the

public. We wanted the messages to come across a lot less

confrontational. Among most new parents we spoke to, the ond idea

was well received. But therd was the odd reservation. I think th`t it

would probably get quite annoying. I hope it would work and make people

think you're stood outside ` maternity hospital and yet xou are

smoking. The whole of the hospital is a smoke`free zone. Right here, if

you break the rules, you will hear about it. This is a smoke`free site.

There are calls for all secondary school children in the south west

Charities say hundreds of people a week in the UK die

of sudden cardiac arrest, sdveral of whom are children in schools

As Tamsin Melville has been finding out, survival rates vastly hmprove

if a defibrillator is used within minutes of someone's heart stopping.

Life`saving lessons using defibrillators for pupils in

Penzance. I didn't know how to resuscitate someone or anything like

that, but now it is much easier I think I am ready to do it if it

actually happens. The DHS estimates there are more than 30,000 sudden

cardiac arrest in the year hn the UK outside hospital. Fewer than one in

ten victims survive. It strhkes at all ages and medical experts say

that if a shop from a different letter is given in the first minutes

chances of survival can increase to 90%. Paul has been campaignhng on

his `` on this issue after his mother`in`law died in 2008 from a

cardiac arrest while playing football. Use a standard by the lack

of knowledge around the Lakdrs. He wants all peoples to be trahned A

lot of people will not commht any cardiac arrest situation because of

fear. What we have noticed hs that those people who ask being trained

have to commit. It would just up the road that his brother`in`law

collapsed. They can vouch for how vital it defibrillators can be. He

has saved two lies with the device, one in the past few weeks. The

gentleman collapsed off his bike and was being held by some of the

customers and staff. I had ` defibrillator and we got it on him

as quick as possible. One shock another minute of CPR and hd started

coming around. So you are a bit of a hero to the people you have saved.

We `` would you say that anxone should be able to do this?

Absolutely, anyone. Paul has trained all the pupils at this school and

one more in West Cornwall. He was to create a nation of life`savdrs.

Somerset County Cricket Club has appointed a new director of cricket.

He's the former England and Glamorgan batsman, Matthew Laynard.

The 48`year`old replaces South African Dave Nosworthx,

Maynard played four tests and 1 one`day internationals for Dngland

and spent the whole of his 20`year county career with Glamorgan.

There are lots of other responsibilities that come

He has many qualities in that regard.

It is all about setting the right envhronment

for the club and the first team inspiring the coaches and players,

getting all of those things right because that is how we will maximise

It is exciting and we are ddlighted that Matt will be joining us.

And staying with sport, do you know anyone that might

We've just started out latest search for a very special individu`l.

They're all BBC South West Tnsung Sporting heroes from previots

years and we're hoping you lay know who their successor could bd.

So, if you can think of someone who gives up

their time to encourage othdrs to take part in sport or keeps

a local team or club going then get inspired and nominate them now.

To get hold of a form and see the terms and conditions

just go to our website or c`ll the number on your screen.

More than 100 schoolchildren have taken to the water off Plymouth

today to experience what is like to be afloat.

They were able to try out a variety of craft,

Johnny Rutherford went along to Mount Batten where

the annual special needs regatta has been taking place.

One, two, three. Steve! Pulling together as a team. One of two

day's lessons for the 120 schoolchildren who are literate and

English skills while being `float. Some for the first time ever. Today

is our annual special`needs regatta. We have children from mainstream

schools across Britain and special schools. It is an event is to get

children on the water you h`ve disabilities and special edtcation

needs. Living in a city likd Plymouth we have the perfect

opportunity to get children out on the water and playing on bo`ts of

all different sorts. The Centre has worked alongside Woodlands special

school and 13 other 30 other Plymouth schools in the reg`tta

There are boats of all diffdrent shapes and sizes providing `n

invigorating experience. Thdy can sense the outdoors all around them.

It is better than being sat inside. So they enjoyed? Definitely. You can

tell that from their faces. What do you like best? Going fast! Have you

ever been unable before? Now. What you think? Fantastic. I havd learned

to use the paddles. You use your muscles. And it is good fun. It has

certainly been a busy day. Dvery 30 minutes these guys have been

changing onto a different txpe of vessel. This one is a gate `nd I

have certainly enjoyed it. H don't really want to go back and stop can

mediate going? `` can we kedp going? I don't want to have to go

back to work. We've all thought it,

but now it's official. It's been

a record breaking September. It's

on course to be the driest September What better way to celebratd than

from one of the South West's John Ayres is in Cockington

in Torquay. When you think of Alton, yot think

of this. Leaves on the ground, the beautiful colours. But we are at the

end of September and it has taken this long to get here because we

have had such amazing weathdr during September. It is a medieval village

listed and was a favourite with the crime writer Agatha Christid, as it

is with many tourists now. This site, along with many places across

the south`west, have benefited from the weather. Tourists have been

enjoying themselves, the we`ther in September has provided a big boost

to the region's two is economy, extending bookings and giving

hoteliers and restaurant sole much needed extra revenue when the

economy has been tight. It has also been a similar story around Cornwall

and Devon. There has been lots of swimmers and servers as you can see

here in Falmouth. They clearly think it is still warm enough to dnjoy

going in the sea. There has also been great scenes along somd of our

rivers here in the South West. This is the River Exe. Look at that

sunshine. Those are some of the pictures we have been able to bring

you over the last month. Later in the programme we will bring some of

the pictures that you have brought us. David has all of the st`tistics

to go with those pictures. The sea temperature has been

unusually high. Let us look at the details for what we saw through

September. We are not quite at the end of the month will yet, so these

are provisional, but we think if it is not the driest, it is certainly

one of the driest. It is thd also be for the warmest. What does that mean

in terms of reservoir levels? The total reservoir storage across the

South of England is a 67% fool. That is more than this time last year,

despite the dry month. Bert or is the reservoir with the lowest total

at 54%. What we see into October? Patchy light rain overnight and a

few showers tomorrow. We ard losing high pressure and beginning to gain

low pressure. It is a long way away at the moment, but the weather

systems tomorrow will drag their heels. They move through and it is

dry and bright again on Thursday, but the big change is the wdather

front to the north`west of Hreland that will come our way late on

Friday and into the weekend. It which has plenty of showers and cool

air. Let us follow the first line of rain approaching from the north`west

in the past few hours. You can make out some of that high`level clouds

come in. Enjoying a view out to sea, still some people in the water and a

little bit of serve. It hasn't been huge over the past four or five

days, but there is enough in Cornwall to at least catch ` wave.

Temptress of 16 or 17 degreds. But as the weather increases thd sea

temptress will drop. Here is the line of rain we have at the moment.

It is light and patchy and loving through steadily overnight. Dry by

the morning. It would be quhte misty and some low cry would around first

thing that a low cloud around first thing. Tomorrow after that Liss has

lifted we should get some stnny spells. A second line of cloud

coming in from the west arotnd the middle of the day. That will cloud

up in the afternoon. Once it goes through tomorrow evening and night

the winds will fall and it will turn colder into the night. Daythme

temperatures still pretty good. More surf for our surfers over the

next couple of days. Lighter winds tomorrow afternoon, so we should see

up to three feet of Queen strf. Here is the coastal water's forecast A

few showers around, but gendrally good visibility. Let us look further

ahead. We will see a drop in temperatures as we go into the

weekend. Thursday is bright and dry. Friday 's stance of fine and dry.

The winds increased through the day on Friday, and by the evening is the

first spell of wet and windx weather so far this autumn. That introduces

colder air for Saturday. It had to change, didn't it? Have a good

evening. And we leave you tonight with a look

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