17/03/2017 Channel Islands News

Drink fuelled offenders, alcohol's revealed as the biggest

cause of referrals to Jersey Probation.

There is no secret we have a big drink or drug problem on the island

and I believe that this report highlights that we are actually

doing the best we can to deal with the problem.

Plus - 50 years on from the UK's worst environmental disaster

Guernsey wildlife is still suffering.

And Jersey's new Lieutenant Governor says the island will have

Alcohol misuse is the leading cause of referrals to

A new report reveals that drinking contributed to nearly half

of all community service sentences last year, but the cases are

shifting away from social incidents as Julie Flanagan reports.

Alcohol is the single biggest contributory factor to offending.

One that Jersey Probation Service has been tackling for decades.

But where alcohol related offences are being committed is changing.

The Chief Probation Officer says they are seeing

a shift away from incidents connected to socialising.

We see less of that work than we used to.

We're still seeing drink-driving and we only see people when they're

repeat offenders or when the level is at a high reading

and where custody is a possibility so that's a big worry.

It's quite often a factor in domestic violence

I wouldn't say that alcohol was the cause of the offending

by any means but it's certainly often present in those offences too.

In their latest report, alcohol contributed to 42%

of referrals to the Probation Service.

Overshadowing the other factors related to offending

including aggression, emotional instability and drugs.

Probation staff work with people to help them develop the skills

and confidence they need to control their addictions.

They are also working with other support agencies

It's no secret we have a big drink or drug problem in the island

and I believe that this report highlights that we are actually

doing the best we can to deal with the problem

and with that is a lot more collaborative working which is,

I believe, is a contributing factor to the success of this report

and if we carry on doing that then I think we're making a big dent

While problems connected to alcohol abuse won't go away,

agencies hope that by working together they can control it.

Guernsey Police say the public's help is crucial in fighting child

I did not know that I was at risk. I thought he cared for me.

This is part of a video that will be posted online over the weekend

by the force as part of a national awareness day.

People are being asked to be on the lookout for inappropriate

relationships between adults and children.

The child is brought into a relationship where they can confuse

the relationship with love and attention, the perpetrator will

often give them guess. Items, expensive items such as bones and

tablets, they can give them cigarettes and alcohol, that sort of

thing. -- balloons. -- phones. It's 50 years since the Torrey

Canyon disaster crippled wildlife in the Channel Islands

and its impact is still It was an oil tanker

that struck a reef off More than 30 million gallons

of oil polluted the sea. It was the world's

first major oil spill. his report contains

some upsetting images. It has moved a grant, the Torrey

Canyon. More than 40,000 tonnes of crude oil. A colourful men nets to

beaches. -- a colossal menace. And that menace was heading

towards the Channel Islands. In a last-ditch attempt to send

the supertanker to the bottom of the sea and burn off the oil,

the RAF and Royal Navy dropped Thousands of birds

and marine life were killed Further damage was caused

by the heavy use of detergents Decades later and Guernsey's

wildlife was still suffering. A lot of the oil was scooped up

and dumped in this quarry. Guernsey Police even sent a diver

below the oil to investigate. Just over seven years ago I filmed

this quiet corner of shame For these birds who landed

in the quarry where oil Since then this toxic quarry of oil

has been transformed by a process known as 'bio remediation',

where organisms feed off the oil turning it into carbon

dioxide and water. late, with dead birds still floating

face down on its deadly surface. And the government says

they're having to adapt An unknown quantity is still in the

sediment at the base which continues to come up to the service. We're not

change the method of dealing with it, we are not using bio remediation

any more because the quantities are so low, we can gather things up

using booms and that keeps the surface clear.

These guillemots were found coated in oil last week.

It's extremely sad to see oil affecting birds in this modern age.

There is so much regulation and so many rules to prevent oil being

dubbed over the side of boats or tax being cleaned, these things

potentially still happen. It is heartbreaking for us here at the

animal shelter. Around all the coastal areas of the British Isles,

the animals being affected by things gone on decades gone by.

catastrophe and many hope nothing like it will ever happen again.

Jersey's new Lieutenant Governor says the island is in a good

position as it takes part in talks over the UK's exit from the EU.

Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Dalton took up his role

as the Queen's personal representative earlier this week.

Our political reporter Chris Rayner spoke to him at Government House

and started by asking how his position as the commanding

officer of the Royal Air Force paved the way to his new job here.

I'm not sure I would describe as a natural fit but certainly one I hope

I am going to bring some value and be able to conduct the role and the

job and to be that conduit here that is so important to life for the

Crown dependency that is the stew of Jersey. How do prepare for taking on

this role? A lot of proper study as to what the issues facing the

island. It is all very well to visit somewhere as a tourist that actually

do find the opportunity to understand the issues, to understand

the history which is of course any proper sense of this word, unique

for the island and to understand what those things that are going to

face the island and its community over the next five to ten years. I

suppose that is particularly important at the moment given the

negotiations the UK are going with the EU. Very much so. I was

heartened to hear just how strongly the Department of Justice in London

as the Crown agents for the discussions are very much heartened

by and taking confidence of the important role and position that the

Crown dependencies such as Jersey house. I think we should have

confidence that they are very much alive to the importance and the

needs. We will have to make sure they keep reminded. In both ways,

this is important junction and one that is going to require patience,

understanding and absolute focus on what is critical to the island

community. You been thrilled when you were appointed. Absolutely

delighted. I was really very taken when Her Majesty asked me if I would

do the job here. It is great, absolutely wonderful opportunity and

I'm looking forward to it enormously.

Should you go down to Waterworks Valley in Jersey,

This huge willow sculpture of a Jersey Crapaud,

It's been made to highlight the iconic local amphibian.

The National Trust for Jersey is creating a sculpture trail along

a woodland path to show the different stages

The group hopes it'll raise awareness of the animal.

This time of year, toads are breeding and some of the research

found that small garden ponds are really important to toads. Just by

having one in your garden, you are doing their bit to help them breed

and doing a bit for the conservation.

I love a good sculpture trail, it's like going for a walk

and to an art exhibition at the same time.

But the question is, will this weekend's weather be good

David, will we need brollies with us if we're out and about this weekend?

I think my picture gives it away. There will be some washed around.

This Bluestein is not the colour we are going to get used to this

weekend. It is going to be grey. The Maestro is going to be around.

Rather cloudy, the risk of some drizzle on both days, was quite

windy. The wind is coming in from the west throughout the weekend

ahead. Most of the weather fronts will be to the north of us across

the British Isles and northern parts of Ireland and Scotland. We are

further south of those but still plenty of cloud around. Why Tabriz,

windy this evening. Windy tomorrow and throughout the day on Sunday. --

windy. It'll take all day is about to go through Monday, introduces

colder air, coming from quite a cold direction. We will see lower

temperatures to start next week. The wind is good to be a feature,

straight down the English Channel, coming off the Atlantic. Bringing

with it the cloud and some patchy drizzle or light rain. That will

arrive through the night to come. Quite a dumb start to the date

across the islands. Notice the breeze, a strong one. -- a damp

start. Tomorrow is a rather grey day. Some are big sovereign

possible. The reservoirs and the farmers and growers appreciating a

little bit of rain. Check the details for the ferry crossings

because the wind will whip up the sea. 11 Celsius is the maximum.

Times of high water. Most beaches quite messy, onshore winds that some

of our best beaches are going to churn the waves over. Coastal waters

forecast. Westerly force, five to six. Occasional drizzle with mainly

good visibility out at sea. Here is the forecast the Sunday. Spot the

difference. A very similar day, Monday we will see some showery at

Briggs of rain do the afternoon into the evening. That will go through

colder but largely brighter on Tuesday. Have a nice weekend. Next

on Spotlight, more coverage on the Torrey Canyon anniversary. Good

night. I'm joined now by one man

who remembers it well, Good evening, you were one

of the people ordered to drop 1,000lb bombs on the stricken

tanker? Yes, very pleased to be able to

have. I'm quite sure it was a great help. We came in on the morning of

the 28th, ten days after the tanker had gone aground. They were moving

thousand pound bombs out there. This is your logbook. Just pointers...

You can see it, can't you? Somewhere down here, it says bombing be Torrey

Canyon. Right at the bottom of the page. Then I went out on the 29th is

doing the same thing. It must be tricky, that smoke would be rising

from the burning oil. There was a lot of smoke around, but we must

remember that once we had set the thing on fire, because all of the

bottom had been ripped out, naturally, what happened was the

tide would come in and put out the fire. So down would go the tide

again, and back we would go and bomb again. Then the smoke would start.

Smoke was one of the interesting things. I was stationed in the far

north of Scotland, and flying south after we cross the Scottish border

we could see this great plume of black smoke coming up, 200, 250

miles away. The smoke was going up to about 30,000 feet. It was a

perfect spring day, absolutely clear with hardly wind at all.

Did you ever expect this is what you would do in your career? Certainly

in wartime one would consider something like that, but not in this

case, where one was hoping a community and is trying to save the

disaster that all this oil was causing.

It's difficult because some of the bombs would have missed their

target. Those days we bombed differently, and some didn't

explode, is that right? I don't understand the word missed,

of course, we didn't do anything like that! But the technology we had

at that stage, you could put a bomb down within about 100 feet of where

you really wanted to be. But if you dropped for you could get a

struggle. A fighting chance. Was it the right

action? There is no doubt in my mind it was. They looked at how they

could actually get rid of the oil, could they bring in a smaller tanker

alongside it and promptly idle across, but I'm afraid but was just

too hard, and it was too shallow. They had tried all of the detergent

is type of thing, but they couldn't deal with this treacle like oil that

they had. We had to get rid of that from the ship itself, and the only

way of doing that is to get something down inside each and every

tank. They were 16 tanks and we had to get ?1000 bombs into each and

every tank. That bomb generated enough feat in itself to be able to

set fire to the oil that was in there.

We know it's changed our view of marine life, and obviously has a

lasting impact on your life as well. Thank you very much for joining us

tonight. It's time for the sport now

and you wait all year for a final What a busy weekend we've got

coming up are you tired On the last day of the Cheltenham

Festival, Devon jockey Bryony Frost was all smiles as she celebrated

the biggest win of her career holding on to win

the Foxhunters Chase in a tight The 21-year-old from Buckfastleigh

was on Pacha du Polder which was the horse ridden

by Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton last year in what's seen

as the amateur's Gold Cup. Bryony was cheered on to victory

by her Grand National winning father Jimmy Frost who nearly completed

the course himself, on foot. In the biggest race of the day,

Lizzie Kelly's bid to become the first female jockey to finish

the Cheltenham Gold Cup The 23-year-old who's

based in north Devon, seen here in orange,

was unseated from Tea for Two at the second fence

to end her dream of making history. Somerset trainer Colin

Tizzard had better luck. Despite seeing one of his two horses

fall at the third to last, his other, Native River,

finished the race in third. Exeter Chiefs' winger

Jack Nowell has had to settle for a place on the bench

for England's Six Nations Grand Slam And there'll be more drama on Sunday

when the south west takes The Chiefs are in their third

consecutive Anglo-Welsh Cup final against the Tigers

and the Plymouth Raiders face the Riders in basketball's

BBL Trophy final. When you're a 6ft 7" basketball

player, Sandy Park is a good place to find someone you can talk to eye

to eye, about the I'm from Sydney Australia. I'm from

Detroit, Michigan. And I'll be playing against Leicester Tigers in

the Anglo Welsh cup. I'll be playing for the Plymouth Raiders against the

Leicester Tigers. What's going on, man? It's a crazy place. It's pretty

cool. With the final coming up with pretty excited.

Likewise, man. Will your boys be nervous? You know

how it is, big game but we are ready for it. How have they been going

this season? Leicester? They've been pretty good. Top of the table right

now. We took it into overtime. An awesome game on Sunday? Yeah, you've

got Leicester to? Yeah, the boys are pretty excited. A tough match.

Everyone is pumped. We're looking forward to it. Nervous but excited.

How are you mentally preparing for it yourself? I take it easy, to be

honest. All systems go, hopefully. Absolutely, man. When you were in

New Zealand did you get a chance to play? Lets see what I've got, man.

All right. You've been practising! On the other side. No, no, let's see

what you got with this. Let me see you move. I'll!

And don't forget you can watch the basketball live

on the BBC website - tip off is at half

Looking back at the rugby and our Championship teams are both

in action on Saturday but the big match is obviously that cup final

If you can't get there don't worry, Radio Devon will have

all the build up and full match commentary from 2:30.

Plymouth Argyle can move a step closer to automatic promotion

to League One when they welcome Morecambe to Home Park tomorrow.

With just nine games left the Pilgrims are ten points clear

Exeter City and Luton Town are two of teams in that chasing

pack and they face each other in Bedfordshire.

Yeovil host Accrington in the other game in League Two.

And before I go, just a quick update on 13-year-old Siam Juntakeret,

from Bodmin, who's trying to become the fastest child to cycle almost

He's nearly half way there as he starts his third week

and about to hit the hardest part of the challenge,

We're hoping to speak to him soon to see how he's doing.

They have been flying the skies of the South West for decades

but today the Royal Navy's Lynx helicopters began saying goodbye.

They were based on Portland in Dorset before moving to Yeovilton

Today the aircraft, which saw action in the Falklands in both Gulf Wars,

retraced their history flying between some of their former bases

before they're decommissioned at the end of the month.

Laurence Herdman watched from Portland.

Airborne for one final time, a diamond formation matching a

polished history. Everything meticulous, just as it always has

been. To Portland, than a hop to Hampshire. The joy of this aircraft,

it does a little bit of everything. Load lifting, winching, it's got

weaponry, anti-submarine weapons, anti surface weapons. It's PIE in

the sky, search and rescue, troop movement. It's one of the fastest

helicopters in the world, it's very, very capable. It's so manoeuvrable.

Every responses fell to do the aircraft.

It manoeuvres just how you wanted to. Defence cuts in the 90s prompted

a move to Yeovil town in Somerset, away from Portland, but the Lynx

response remained undeterred. From the waters of the South Atlantic to

the sands of the Persian Gulf, the Lynx has flown its colours in three

modern-day wars, for many bringing memories flooding back including one

useful person. It seemed everyone wanted to stray the milestone.

Most had a story to tell. Some of the memories I've got our fun

memories. Fun memories. Of working with the boys, the aircrew, and it

was brilliant. It really was good. It's a wonderful

helicopter that served the country for 41 years. You have to say

farewell to it. It's so sad we don't have anything to replace it. It's a

special day. Portland is only a station with a family atmosphere

anyway because of its heritage with the wasp. There was always that

community. But small is station. This high-speed multirole here to

helicopter rose to all its challenges. It made the goodbye to

be Lynx from Portland, but exciting new adventures beckon.

And still some signs of those Lynx helicopters on Portland. The end of

any row. Some grey skies there, but David, a gorgeous sunrise behind

you? Is it getting better? You are so optimistic! No, it's not.

Hello, good evening. This was this morning in Dorset. A glorious

sunrise in Dorset. Some nice blue skies in Lyme Regis. Actually, it's

worked out quite well, a decent bit of sunshine. These guys have been

greyer further west. In court while these cloud arrived swiftly. That's

what's going to happen this weekend. The cloud sticks with us. Limited

blues guys. Not much opportunity for sunrises or sunsets. Cloudy, breezy,

rain at times. Some of the rain heavy tomorrow morning. It will ease

away. Dried on Sunday. A great train of cloud stretches from us right

across the Atlantic as far as the eastern seaboard of the United

States, and its of cloud that is being steered towards us over the

weekend. A couple of weather fronts trickle in and out across the United

Kingdom, sometimes Kingdom, sometimes north, sometimes sounds,

all the while keeping as cloudy. Eventually, this weather front will

clear the south coast. How quickly that happens on Monday is uncertain.

Behind it, from the north-west, is colder air. Mild air and fake cover

of cloud across the South West of England. It's starting to introduce

outbreaks of rain. This was Central Park where our cameraman was trying

to catch a glimpse up towards Plymouth Sound. If you hold in that

cloud but it's become quite extensive. If you find spots of

drizzle arriving in this part of Devon. At least the fly are about,

and a bit of moisture want to the farms all farmers any harm at all.

It is going to be breezy, westerly winds. Some more persistent rain at

times overnight and do tomorrow. It will be mild, temperature of

overnight between eight and 10 degrees. Tomorrow, an overcast day,

outbreaks of rain, the rain begins to move away in the afternoon. Drier

conditions in the second half of the day. Westerly winds, temperatures

shouldn't fall below ten or 11 degrees. Around Torbay, quite across

the Somerset levels being quite mild despite the rain and wind. That's

the forecast for the Isles of Scilly. It may brighten up a little

bit, windy with she was in the morning, brighter still the

afternoon. There's times of high water along the south coast, 749 and

2009. And for servers, earlier this week we had some lovely serve, now

the winds are strong, limited opportunities for anything clean.

Most of the beaches along the north coast will be messy, big waves,

between six and eight feet. Here is the coastal waters forecast: Outlook

is little change. Sunday, the cloud not quite so dark, still a lot of

cloud for much of the weekend. Winds aren't quite so strong on Sunday.

Then Matt weather front I talked about on Monday will arrive in the

morning, more persistent and widespread rain, that will go

through at some point later in the day and introduces colder air. Next

week it's somewhat fresher. But also brighter. Have a nice weekend.

We'll cling on to what hope we can. We are back as part of the News At

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