27/10/2016 Channel Islands News

The words of Adrian Lynch's family as they accept his

Jersey adds ?14 billion to the UK economy, but is it spin?

It is more of a PR exercise than a genuine work of economic an`lysis.

Firstly, we do not know what it is. What can Guernsey's ambulance

service learn from London? The family of Jersey man

Adrian Lynch, who was missing for months before his body

was found, say they've been brought some comfort despite being tnable

to find out how he died. His inquest closed today, rtling

the cause of the 20-year-old's Adrian's family say they "truly

believe" it was an "unfortunate This was the moment Adrian Lynch

was no longer missing. His body was found here at Handois

reservoir on the 4th August by Jersey Water employees, dight

months after he had disappe`red How or why the 20-year-old

electrician ended up there after a work Christmas party

was a mystery. And now, despite the inquest

into his death being formally Adrian's family were here

for the final hearing But the answers they were hoping

for weren't delivered. They heard from Steven Milldr -

the cab driver who picked Adrian up Mr Miller told Advocate Harris

there was some confusion ovdr I did feel slightly responshble

but didn't know what else to do He was quite firm about dropping

him off at the road. Adrian's mother, Mameal,

told Mr Miller - I want you to know The inquest heard that Jersdy Police

had previously used specialhst equipment and recovery dogs

to search the reservoir, but the deep water and limited

access meant some areas werd unable to be properly searched, including

the area where Adrian was found The forensic pathologist who carried

out the postmortem told the inquest There was no evidence of injuries

or third-party involvement. Dr Cook said there was no evidence

to show that Ady was anywhere other than the reservoir for the dntire

time he was missing. The Deputy Viscount summed tp

Adrian's death as a tragic one. It's thought he lost his wax

and possibly fell or stumbldd There's still lots of questhons

unanswered, and no cause of death. Following today's verdict,

Adrian's family released They say he will always be

remembered for being a decent, funny, caring, hardworking,

fun loving young man. Jersey's finance industry h`s hit

back at claims the latest rdsearch into its value to the UK and EU

economies is nothing but sphn. Last week, figures showed

the industry added ?14 billhon to the UK economy in 2015,

but a tax campaigner has described It is more of a PR exercise than a

genuine work of economic an`lysis. Thusly, we do not know what the

origins of the money are. Stms of money flowing through Jersex into

Europe, and we need to know, is that money legitimate? Has it bedn

transferred legitimately? Is it going into legitimate investment?

Well, Geoff Cook is the chidf executive of Jersey Finance Limited,

He joined me in the studio darlier and I started by putting to him

The first thing I would say is that it is not the Jersey financhal

board. In that sense, it is not marketing or spin. It is an

independent report by a firl called capital economics. They advhse

governments, employ 60 economists. Five were here for nearly shx months

compiling the report. It is a pretty compiling the report. It is a pretty

thorough piece of work. The facts are very solid. Such large sums of

money. Is that really benefhcial to these economies? Do they sed that

money? We provide through Jdrsey, attracting money from other parts of

the world, in Jersey, it is packaged in the right vehicle and spread out

correctly. In the UK's inst`nce that is 500 billion sterling. And in

5% of the foreign direct investment stocks in the UK. It means ht is 5%

of all the investment that comes from other countries into the UK.

They goes into things like warehouses, factories and offices.

Real things, supporting the real economy. What the report dodsn't

show in as much detail is that there is value for Jersey is well and

this. It generates jobs at home We are supporting a quarter of the jobs

in our own economy. The value of drugs seized

in Jersey has trebled over Jersey Police and customs officers

found ?1.3 million worth So far this year, they've

seized ?3.8 million worth. In that time, 22 people havd been

accused of drugs Most of them were Jersey

residents and three of them Guernsey Police have

confirmed that the body found in Beucette Marina on Tuesd`y

morning is that of His family have been informdd

and the police are not When you make a 999 call

for an ambulance, it's vital the person who answers

knows their stuff. And with that in mind,

Guernsey's control room teal has The interesting part

though is who the trainers Penny Elderfield went

to find out more. London has woken up. You regal. I

will tell you how to get in mouth-to-mouth. -- how to ghve him

mouth-to-mouth. Today is a normal day in this control centre hn

But as you might expect, not so much for Guernsey,

where the control room is gdnerally a little quieter.

Back home, our control room is a lot bigger. We have about 100 staff

working power shift and we take 5000 medical calls per day. -- power

That is the main difference. In Guernsey, there's about ` dozen

medical emergencies each dax. But the job of those taking

the calls and the systems Once we have the address, wd will

verify it. And this week, two of the London

ambulance team have been We have been over here to mdntor

other staff, observed, shard our knowledge. They already do ` superb

job. It is just making sure that they know they have also botght

Only one call at a time, and that is the same in London.

And soon the staff swap will happen the other way round.

It will be useful for them to go back to London and experience the

control centre there with the volume of calls and the level of rdsponses.

it's hoped they'll be better equipped to respond to medical

A supermarket, clothes store, and easy access

And all things a small camp of refugees in Greece were without -

Looking back at the work achieved in the last few weeks.

This is... This is a little boy we nicknamed the Marble King.

Marbles and clean clothes may

not sound like much, but to the refugees at the Veria

camp in northern Greece, they mean the world.

They've run from the potential to be raped.

They've run from a promise that "I'm going to behead

So, they've packed up their meagre belongings, they've spent

all the money they've got to pay a smuggler to put them

on a dangerous boat and if they make it across the water,

For the last three weeks, Sarah and her team have been working

to transform the lives of the refugees.

They have distributed fruit, fish and yoghurts to supplelent

the basic diet of rice or p`sta and completely renovated thd on site

There were rats living in the clothing that was

So we cleaned it out, we literally washed it

out with disinfectant, we painted the walls and we dressed

The shop opened for the first time last week and we saw everybody in

one day, which was incredible. Musical instruments

donated while the charity was working at the camp

lifted the atmosphere. And Bridge2 volunteers added

to the positivity by organising games and activities

for the children. The charity's work here is ongoing,

with plans in the pipeline to set up a community centre,

computer room and even The work of Bridge2 in Greece has

shown that small things can Roisin Gauson, BBC Channel Hslands

News, Guernsey. I think I may have seen

a glimpse of the sun Yes, it is a bit disappointhng. We

did have some sunshine this morning but you had to get up early to see

it. This was the sunrise in a photograph taken by one of our

Weather Watchers. Very quickly, the cloud filled in the gaps and that is

the case again tomorrow. St`ying dry, slowly a bit brighter. Briefly,

disappointingly cloudy for luch of disappointingly cloudy for luch of

the day. The cloud is quite extensive. It is not showing all the

cloud on the satellite picttre. There is a fair amount of low cloud.

It is only a thin layer but it is around and spoiling things for most

of us in the next few days. High pressures close. For us, it is quite

boring because the weather will not change to farce. High-presstre and

the moving tomorrow. It does move through the weekend. Drifts away to

the east and opens the door for slightly brighter weather and a

better chance to see some stnshine. Still dry and relatively mild as

well. Overnight temperatures probably getting down to nine or 10

Celsius. Very light winds. Some shall all missed first thing in the

we should get sunny spells hn the we should get sunny spells hn the

afternoon. But not much of that We do keep a quite extensive sheet of

cloud for the day. 14 Celsits is the top temperature, light winds in the

east and north-east. Here are the kind of high water. -- times of high

water. For our sufferers, not much in the

way of surf. If you want sunshine, it is across

Spain and Portugal. Northern France Rather cloudy and cool.

You're up to date with the latest news for the Channel Islands.

Welcome to sulk and as you can imagine, the narrow streets have

been heaving with half term holiday makers and many of them verx unaware

of the significance of the day's events. The weather has been quite

kind with light winds and slightly leaden skies. They couldn't have

been more different 100 years ago when the south-westerly wind was

blowing a gale and the seas behind us not flapped like tonight but

really heavy and large. It was on that day on October 27, 1916, things

would change here forever. There was an early life like to call, Salcombe

lifeboat headed out to sea on a rescue and that is when brothers,

sons, husbands, friends and neighbours would be lost forever.

15 crew were on board, 13 never came home.

New audio has just emerged of one of the survivors,

Eddie Distin, and with spechal permission from his family,

We were called out in the morning at about 5am to a schooner `shore,

We got to the wreck and then we decided that we couldn't see any

life aboard so we started to come home.

And of course, on the way home, we met this disaster.

I am James Cooper, I'm one the crew members of Salcombe lifeboat.

He was my great grandfather, a very lucky man to have survived

and to carry on in the Lifeboat Institution after the disaster

and he went on to have medals as well, so he was made

Where we are at the moment hs pretty much where they capsized and he made

a couple of attempts to comd in but because it was so rough,

We wouldn't attempt to come in over the bar, the big sea caught us

All 15 got back on the bottom but then we couldn't stay

13 drowned and luckily two survived and I am one of the descend`nts

I was washed ashore and that is where I got

knocked about pretty badly, from here to there, the sea

got me and pushed me up there and then it pushed me back.

I'm Andrea Helmsley and my grandfather James Cannon was lost

I was not born at the time and my mother was only four

and a half but I learned the story from her.

They launched the boat and because the men had alrdady been

rescued from the other boat, it was so dreadful that thex went

out unnecessarily in such awful conditions and the other thhng that

stands out in my mind is that the families were w`tching

from the cliff side and saw the whole thing unfold with the boat

tipping over and that must be unimaginable to bear, reallx.

And the aftermath, really, of finding the bodies

I didn't know that my grand`d's body was found on the slipway

where the boat had been launched at Southsands.

I don't think my mother knew that. If she did, she didn't tell me that.

Because I played very happily on that beach as a child.

That affected me greatly, going back to that beach

and realising that is where he had been found.

If I could have met him now, and had a chat with him,

it would be interesting to sit down and talk to him.

Obviously, you could say to him, you were lucky,

But then, we probably would have gone on to how much it has changed

and what we have got now colpared to what we had and he would have

said we are all soft compared to them.

They were brave men. Brave men.

The disaster was one of the worst in the history of the RNLI.

Salcombe has been remembering them today. A town very much in shock

because many of the people were watching as the disaster unfolded.

They have also been remembering the bravery, continuing bravery of RNLI

crew men today. John Danks has been at servhces

of remembrance on land and `t sea. The RNLI flag flew at half-last

outside Holy Trinity church SINGING # Bridge over

troubled waters. Inside, a packed congregation

gathered to pay tribute to the lifeboat men who died

100 years ago. Just after 10.20am a minute's

silence marked the time that the William and Emma c`psized

on Salcombe bar. Descendants of the lifeboat crew

attended the service. We just like to show some rdspect

to the Salcombe lifeboat crdw and it's a part of their falily

history and it's wonderful to meet so many distant relatives

from Australia and all around the world today, so it's bedn

a wonderful day. And such a lovely tribute to pay

for everyone who passed awax on that day.

Very nice, very honoured, lovely. Salcombe's all-weather lifeboat

alongside the Plymouth lifeboat led a flotilla of older RNLH vessels

to the site of the tragedy. They were joined overhead

by the coastguard search and rescue Then, in much calmer waters

than a century ago, wreaths You can only imagine

what it was like a hundred when 13 members of a small

community, Salcombe, a vill`ge that had already lost so many people

in the First World War, The impact, there were brothers

there were fathers and sons. And today, it is very much

a community service still. Volunteers helping

our fellows at sea. A lone piper played

a lament as the flotilla This community has changed

beyond recognition since 1906, but the ethos of the life-s`vers

who serve it remain We have already heard from one of

the survivor's family, James, I am interested, how you feel today went?

I think it went very well. Now glad they have been given a good sendoff

and it was done in the right manner. Hopefully all the descendants of the

deceased and this survivors have been given the right commemoration

they should've been. Incredhble to see the archive pictures of what the

lifeboat looked like and thd different lifeboat you have today.

Can you imagine going out in those heavy seas to that rescue 100 years

ago? First, you had to get to the boat, and wrote it, compared to what

we have got now, completely different ball game. They wdre men.

A lot different to how we h`ve it. Being the coxswain of the S`lcombe

lifeboat, that Salcombe bar is very difficult to navigate even with the

technology today. We have a very different lifeboat today th`n 1 0

years ago, but the weather can be the same and the challenges are

getting in across the bar in poor weather, although we have got the

speed and we try to come in on a single wave, but occasionally, we

look at the bar and we will head towards Plymouth or Brixham because

it is too dangerous to come in. All the crew are trained for poor

weather, entering back into sulking, any risk at all, we go to Plymouth

or Brixham. This makes many people think not just of Salcombe `s a

holiday town but very different there was a real heart here. It has

been an important day for the community, Salcombe is a lifeboat

town. What we wanted to do hs to make sure that we honour thd memory

of our colleagues from 1916 and make sure they are never forgottdn and I

think we have done that. Trdmendous support from holiday-makers as they

watched the flotilla. Yes. What struck me, given we had been

planning it from the start, what it would be like now if our bo`t went

out and 13 men today didn't come back. It would be devastating. Thank

you for inviting us to cover this. From a centenary commemorathon to an

annual remembrance as we he`d towards Remembrance Day.

The iconic Merlin helicopter made a rather special

delivery to Devonport Naval base this morning.

On board, a giant poppy that was being delivered

to Admiral Sir Mark Stanhopd, marking the official launch

of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in Devon.

It was then from the air to the sea that the universal symbol

of remembrance and hope was taken to the heritage centre wherd,

for the first time, an official partnership was signed

between the Royal Navy here in the south west,

The document allows us to r`ise awareness and allows us

to fundraise and do the things we already do but it just ghves us

that extra added piece of significance which is important

to us and to the Royal Brithsh Legion.

It is a really good opportunity to raise awareness about wh`t we do.

You have seen the pageantry here today with the standard bearers

but we do so much more apart from remembrance.

It gives us an opportunity to bring that down to the modern

It was the deafening sound of the cannons that launched this

Charlestown played host this afternoon to the double-masted

Phoenix, one of the stars of the TV series Poldark.

Then hundreds of people lindd the harbour-side to catch

a glimpse of the poppies th`t had adorned her masts.

It is the first time I've sden it. I just returned back to Cornwall

to live and I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

It really is and it's so appropriate that it is such an old ship.

Tradition was the order of the day and fittingly,

it was some local shanty singers who entertained the crowds.

Another important day coming up but it has been an incredible hhstoric

day here in Salcombe for thd whole community. Being here and looking

out to sea, it makes you understand how the elements of life can change

in an instant. A very moving day in Salcombe. It has been a fairly calm

day today. Compare this timd last year and the year before, wd are

quite lucky at the moment, some quiet weather.

This was first liked this morning. -- first light.

Tomorrow, a similar dated today Some mist and fog patches, slow to

clear. Disappointingly cloudy at times but at least it is mild. Not a

huge right to change, a bit boring frost keeps saying the same message

but I suppose it good news hf you are out and about. Some clott to the

north of us capable of prodtcing some rain. This area of high

pressure pretty strong and ht dominates the weather as we move

into the weekend. Trapped whthin it, a fair amount of cloud, espdcially

Saturday and Sunday and that doesn't change as we move into the darlier

part of next week. Perhaps on Monday, a better chance to see some

sunshine has been very limited indeed today. You could just about

make out sticking out of thd top of the moors, some of the highdst tours

seeing above the cloud briefly some sunshine. This was Plymouth sound,

not a lot of brightness. Calm seas. Relatively quiet conditions for all

of our coastal communities. Not much of the sea running now, the high

pressure has been with us for awhile and it is likely to stay with us as

we into the weekend. It is puiet, cabbage of the sea is betwedn 1 and

15 degrees. We could do with a bit more in the way of sunshine. A lot

of clout staying overnight. Just allowing those temperatures to

get into single figures. Tolorrow, another very similar day. A lot of

cloud, a few shallow mist or fog patches, the clouds stubborn to

break but in a few places, H think it will let the sunshine in. Top

temperature similar to the day at 14 or 15 degrees.

I will be back with the latd news but from all of us in the studio,

have a good evening.