27/10/2016 Channel Islands News

Words of comfort. inquiry. Join me now

Adrian Lynch's family say they accept he died in an accident.

Good evening and welcome to the late news from BBC Channel Islands.

Is Jersey really worth 14 billion to the UK economx?

More they public relations dxercise then a work of economic analysis. We

do not know what the origins of the money are.

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 unable to find out

His inquest closed today, ruling the cause of 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

The update published last wdek said that jersey economy benefitdd by ?14

billion. It included money towards building bridges, warehouses and

shopping malls. For the first time, the exercise was repeated looking at

Josay's impact on the Europdan economies. The EU benefited by 80

billion euros. Not all agred it is revealed the picture of how valuable

temple is. It is more of a public relations exercise than a gdnuine

work of economic analysis. We do not know what the origins of thd money

are. Those huge sums of mondy flowing through Jersey and hnto

Europe, we need to note is that many legitimate in origin? Has it been

transferred legitimately? Is it going into legitimate investment?

Clearly some are not convinced. Those behind the research are happy.

Well Geoff Cook is the Chief Executive of Jersey Finance Limited

He joined me in the studio earlier and I put it to him

The first thing I would say is that it is not

In that sense, it is not marketing or spin.

It is an independent report by a firm called

They advise governments, employ 60 economists.

Five were here for nearly shx months compiling the report.

It is a pretty thorough piece of work.

Is that really beneficial to these economies?

We provide through Jersey, attracting money from other parts of

the world, in Jersey, it is packaged in the right vehicle

In the UK's instance, that is 500 billion sterling.

And in 5% of the foreign direct investment

It means it is 5% of all the investment that comes

It goes into things like warehouses, factories and offices.

Real things, supporting the real economy.

What the report doesn't show in as much detail is that there

is value for Jersey is well and this.

We are supporting a quarter of the jobs

The value of drugs seized in Jersey has trebled over

Jersey police and customs officers found one point three million pounds

worth of illegal drugs in 2014 so far this year they've

seized three point eight million pounds worth.

In that time 22 people have been accused of drugs

trafficking offences, most of them were Jersey residents -

and three of them were under the age of 18.

Guernsey Police have confirled the body found in Beaucette Marina

earlier this week is that of William Machay.

The body of the 59-year-old was discovered in the water early

He's not from Guernsey and his family have been told.

The police are not treating his death as suspicious.

When you make a 999 called `n ambulance it is vital peopld know

who the trainers are and whdre they who the trainers are and whdre they

are from. Wednesday morning in the London

ambulance control centre and a normal day.

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

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, we will verify it.

And this week, two of the London ambulance team have been

We have been over here to mdntor the staff, observe, share

It is just making sure that they know they have also bought.

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

Next 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

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

Will we see some sunshine for the end of half term?

For us weather forecasters, this weather pattern is rather boring. A

bit dull. We keep a lot of clout for bit dull. We keep a lot of clout for

the next couple of days. Brhefly some sunshine. This was a great

photograph of the sunrise in Guernsey. The cloud has been pretty

change in the weather pattern. It change in the weather pattern. It

stays dry. Slowly some brightness. Briefly some sunny spells. The

reason for all of this cloud is it is trapped in an area of high

pressure that does not move to kill any far away from us over the next

24-hour is. It does move into the weekend. That made promise lore in

the way of sunshine. That is the position of the area of high

pressure for tomorrow. By S`turday it is moving further to the east.

can draw in some slightly clearer can draw in some slightly clearer

skies from France and northdrn Spain. An extensive sheet of cloud

overnight. A bit of missed here and there. Temperatures down to eight, 9

degrees. Tomorrow the cloud is stubborn and will be with us for

much of the day. We may see a few holes in the cloud allowing some

time to come through. Light winds and a high of 14 degrees. The

forecast further afield is for more sunshine. Eastern parts of Spain and

Portugal and southern Francd. The rain extends right across northern

France and as far as Denmark. Here, not only rather grey but also cold.

12, 13 the top temperature. A lot of clout around on Saturday and a

better chance to see the sunshine on Sunday. Have a good night. Good

night. fine and dry and on the mild side.

My colleague Helen Willetts has with the national